Tonight the police chief posted a meeting. Reporter were told the man moved here from danbury connecticut to pursue some new opportunities, but according to those three suicidal notes something happened. It was in a dark place, so hope faded, and then he orchestrated his killing. A church can provide compassion for those proceeds by suicidal thoughts. Tonight, this church in San Franciscos Mission district was used to provide details of a suicide. A sympathetic chief described the shooting of matthew hoffman. He said hoffman confronted police in the Mission Parking lot and was asked to leave. Instead, he turned and faced the officers. The officers see a but of a gun, he pulls the weapon cobb pointed at the officers. The two sgts. Fire their weapons 10 times. Reporter the weapon turned out to be a pellet gun, is bright orange markings covered. The sergeants were forced to pull a trigger on a man who they thought had a real gun. They are secondguessing themselves. Should the have seen something they each didnt see . They navigated a lifeanddeath situation and then find out its not a real gun. Reporter hours before the shooting, hoffman approached the officers asking about their weapons and ammunition. Audit encounters, the chief said , that didnt raise suspicion. It wasnt until after the shooting and a check of his cell phone that they connected the dots. Three suicide notes including one addressed to the officers saying they did nothing wrong, that they ended the life who was too much of a coward to do it himself. This is really hard on the cops. You have been in a lifeand death situation, and you survived. Then you find out that you took somebodys life mr. Hoffman is not a criminal, but he planned this whole thing. Now the officers have to live with the fact that they took somebodys life. Its hard on them. Reporter critics at tonights meeting questioned whether there was another way to handle this, but the chief insisted there wasnt. He also detailed this alert from officials in connecticut. An officer there received disturbing texts from hoffman back in february. He asked them what would happen if he pointed a fake gun and a cop . An indication that this was something he had been planning. Heather holmes in San Francisco. New videos of a two alarm fire in a grow house and alejo. In the alejo. The fire broke out shortly after 6 00. The building was in automotive shot, but when crews put out the flames, they found dozens of Marijuana Plants inside. The fire started inside the building, but the cause is unknown. No injuries were reported. Now to san ramon. Another marijuana grow. There was no fire, but hazmat team was called in. People were concerned that you 10 canisters might explode. Amber lee is at that home just west of interstate 680 and san ramon and tells us this is an unusual bust in the neighborhood not known for drugs. Reporter this is a comfortable neighborhood where homes run more than 1 million. Today one home became a crime scene. A small quiet street and san ramon. Uneventful until a tip about a possible marijuana grow at a singlefamily home brought police here this morning. It is a shot. Reporter a shock to see police, fire, and hazmat teams enter the home. A neighbor tells me a couple has lived here for years. Investigators say one son has a record. They researched the residence and found that the owners son is on probation. Reporter they found and removed items such as grow lights and equipment used to make honey oil, a derivative of marijuana. Similar but more potent than hash oil. They use butane tanks, and that butane is what is hazardous. That is why the hazmat was called out. Reporter police say they arrested 31yearold Ahmad Suleman who was home alone. He is accused of running a drug lab in the garage. The devices were fairly sophisticated. There were quite a few. I would consider this a sophisticated operation. Reporter police say they did not recover firearms nor was there a large amount of cash. We did see investigators removed items including an oven. Its quite alarming. Reporter police say suleman is being held at the jail where there will be no bail because they say he violated probation. Police are not say why he is on probation. A doctor was shot and killed today at a Military Hospital in texas. Reports of an active shooter at the va facility caused tense moments, but in the end, the gunmen killed himself. The shooting happened this afternoon at fort bliss in el paso. The military hasnt identified the doctor or the gunmen. The shooting triggered a lockdown. A major generates general says the army is taking the lead in the investigating action investigation. The new Congress Sworn in tonight. For the first time in a decade republicans control both the house and senate. Ktvu reporter here with the shift in the balance of power. Reporter there are very clear indications that the next two years could be a big struggle. President obama, Republican Leaders and are rebellious ranch of the gop today drew lines in the sand. Ratio write hands. Do you solemnly swear. Reporter behind the pomp and circumstance, there was drama as the gop took control of congress. I present for election to the office of speaker, john baynor from the state of ohio. First a symbolic statement as 25 republicans refused to vote for john baynors reelection. This vote shows that he is going to have to worry quite a bit about his right flank for the next two years. Reporter Eric Sheckler says despite the majority baynor must decide whether to pursue an outright battle with obama or broker a bipartisan compromise. The challenges if he makes too many deals with democrats, that will anger more and more of the conservative republicans. Reporter republicans wasted no time. First on the agenda, the keystone oil pipeline. Everyone knows the first measure will come out of the energy committee. Reporter the white house threatened to veto. I can affirm that if this bill passes, the president will sign it. Reporter the president laid out Common Ground items like infrastructure. We have to make sure that we focus on those areas where we can make can make significant progress together. Reporter the shift to a republicancontrolled house means less power for democrats. Many California Republicans see this as an opportunity for the golden state. I consider myself a conservative. I am looking to see both the senate and the Congress Takes a leadership now that they have the opportunity. Reporter according to a spokesman, the president has invited four leaders from each party to meet to set the agenda for 2014 and discuss foreign policy. More details on the 114th congress. 246 republicans, 188 democrats fear congress is getting a little less mail vail and a little less white. More than 20 are nonwhite. Republicans will rule with the most seats. Jeb bush is widely expected to make a run for the white house. Today he took another step. He set up a Political Action committee. The former governor launched a website where he can raise money and share ideas. Its called the right to rise, a leadership pac. s first fun rater fundraisers tomorrow night. Costa county supervisors will reconsider the controversial 32 pay raise they awarded themselves. At a board meeting, john joyce joy announced he proposed rescinding the pay hike. Nearly 40,000 signatures were turned into put a referendum on the ballot asking voters to overturn the race. s hole in the ground in downtown San Francisco is an ultimate destination. Monumental challenges lie ahead. Coming up, he lived through a collision on the Golden Gate Bridge. s survivors giving us a perspective on the installation of the ridges new barrier. Bridges new barrier. Clouds will bring cooler conditions. A colorful performance from dancers in san jose as the city welcomed its new mayor. Mayor boccardo mcardle took office in front of a packed house. The comment that drew huge applause, maureen . Reporter mayor the mayor has moved into his office at city hall. Is four year term has now officially begun. [ applause ] reporter tuesday night, the mayor was greeted by applause, holding his wifes hand. With this oath, the 44yearold san jose native was sworn in by the cities independent Police Auditor as the 65th mayor of san jose. [ applause ] reporter 2000 people attended the inauguration at the center for performing arts in san jose. This also included the swearing in of four new counsel members. I will support and defend the constitution of the United States. Sorry. Reporter the mayors speech discussed innovation and risk. Loudest applause came after he acknowledged a severe Staffing Shortage in the Police Department. Make no mistake. We will compensate our Police Officers well and fairly for their critically important work and rebuild americas finest Police Department. Reporter after the speech, the police union expressed little hope in the leader. Eat appoints people who are supportive of measure b and policies that dismantle the Police Department. So far, its more of the same. Reporter the mayor plans to me with esquivel. Meet with esquivel. We know thats everyones top priority right now. Reporter do you for see yourself being here for several more years . I am not sure. I am getting up there. I will hang out as long as i can. Reporter dave cortez he. Is someone who just ran against the mayor, i am hoping that we can Work Together to pull the city together. Reporter former secretary of transportation norman now that was supposed to speak tonight, but his flight was canceled due to bad weather. A dozen homeless advocates took part in the demonstration outside the ceremony. The group was upset over the evacuation of the san jose homeless encampment known as the jungle. The group wants more help with housing and a legal area for Homeless People to camp. Oaklands new mayor, libby schaaf arrived early for the first rollcall of the morning and will continue meeting with officers until midnight. She said she wants to meet with all the men and women on each shift to let them know she supports them. She says her priority is to build a better relationship between the Police Department and the community so they can Work Together. And Alameda County judge sentenced to numb sisters for swaddling favors babies too tightly. The sisters appeared in a courtroom today and received five years of probation and were ordered to take a year long child abuse awareness course. It to numb sisters ran the livermore preschool and daycare where they swaddled seven babies with tight knots for long periods of time. Prosecutors say the sisters put the babies in a potentially dangerous situation. For the first time in history, the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed for an entire weekend so the crews can install movable median barrier. The barrier is designed to prevent headon collisions. During the closure, the super trucks will be tested. The trucks can adjust the concrete and steal segment of the barrier to open and close lanes depending on traffic patterns or the time of that day day. The bridge will be closed saturday and sunday and will reopen on monday morning at 4 00 unless they finish early. Drivers familiar with the golden gates have been known to reduce refer to the center lane to suicide lanes because of how easily traffic can cross over and crashed. When it does happen, it can be catastrophic. Noelle walker tells us this new barrier is designed to and those collisions. Reporter the Golden Gate Bridge is the most iconic and most photographed landmark in the bay area. Its beauty and utility wrapped into one. More than 2 billion vehicles have crossed it since it opened in 1937. I love it. Reporter Brian Gerritsen crosses it twice today. Its beautiful. Its always left me speechless. I like to think of it as my bridge. Reporter on may 21, garretson was driving northbound to sausalito. It was a beautiful afternoon like today. And then it happened. I didnt see anything coming towards me. All i remember, being struck on the drivers side just to the rear of me. A driver traveling south crossed the centerline, hit his car, and slammed into an suv, injuring three women inside, leaving one of them paralyzed. This is the first time garretson has seen footage from that day. That could have been me. Reporter garretson says he feels lucky. A split second made the difference between walking away and living with injuries for the rest of his life. Everyday i see distracted drivers on that bridge in that center lane, and i cringe for what will ultimately happen again. I am a huge advocate of this barrier going up. Reporter it took years of debate, but a movable barrier going up this weekend is meant to prevent the same kind of accident from happening again. For this regular commuter, the barrier cant be put in soon enough. Why did we wait so long . Why do we allow things like this to be mired in red tape and debate when the benefits are clear . Noelle walker, ktvu news. A warm night and day out today. We had 78 in santa cruz. Tied a record. Two click short of 80. 71 in napa, 71 in santa rosa. Those are the highs. Tomorrow, probably the same if not warmer. Well over the top, lots going on in the pacific. The motion is going to the north on the jet stream. The highpressure build syncada winds our offshore at this hour. They were blowing offshore this morning, but northeast trajectory. It allows the air to sing. Sink. Thats where we are tomorrow. There will be sinking for the most part. Some areas will warm up. Overnight lows cant the ridge tops will be mild, in the valleys cooler. In napa, its 43 right now. Not below freezing in napa tonight. I believe everybody stays above freezing for the most part. Patchy valley fog like we had last night. Highs tomorrow, yellows are going to be up in the 70s. You are talking about lots of 70s, lots of upper 60s, and perhaps some 70s, mid70s and low 80s as you have had south into the monterey area. A slight chance of showers and a cool down coming in the long range. Well talk about that with the five day forecast after the breaks. A new bay Area Partnership fighting against parkinsons. Plus a staggering statistic cost six , six deaths from alcohol poisoning each day in the us. Breaking down on californias highspeed rail line. New at 10, two Companies Teaming up to fight parkinsons. Genentech says they will work with another company to find treatments. Genentech is based in south San Francisco and has been working on parkinsons for years now. 23 and me is a personal Genetics Company in Mountain View whose database includes parkinsons patients will be used to test the therapies. Every year, more than 2000 americans die of alcohol poisoning. Thats an average of six people every single day. Rob roth tells us who is most at risk. Its not who you might think. Reporter for rss he enjoys ferarra says he enjoys drinking, but says he is not a binge drinker. I dont overdo it. Not according to me. Reporter the cdc reports that an average of six people die every day in the United States of alcohol poisoning and that three quarters are not Binge Drinking College students but men between 35 and 64. I am not surprised. Reporter abby medcalf, a psychologist who treats addicted patients, says binge drinking is not uncommon among middleaged men. When you dont have tolerance, you are not really amazing how much you can drink. You can drink quite a bit before you treat feel drunk. Then it is too late. Reporter a binge is five drinks for a man, four for a woman in two hours. The effects can come on quickly. One of the big factors is to have people with you who are watching who will help you. You go to the bar, and you are not there necessarily to drink, your there to have fun and be with friends. But drinking comes along with that. Reporter the cdc says that if binge drinking can be eliminated, the number of deaths from alcohol poisoning could be dramatically reduced. Rob roth channel 2 news. The first meeting about the sale of bay area hospitals will be held tomorrow in santa fe. The sale of the hospitals was approved and is creating a backlash from Union Workers who worry that the hospitals tradition of serving the poor will not be carried out. Six hospitals total are being sold. The meeting is being held at 10 00 a. M. Phone calls that wouldnt stop. A bay area woman is raising privacy questions about californias healthcare exchange. It is scary that it can get out anywhere. Behind me is the northern destination for highspeed rail that had an historic groundbreaking today. Download our new ktvu app and watch our newscast live on your mobile device. A groundbreaking in fresno for californias highspeed rail project. It has been all concept until now, but construction starts. The project shuttles passengers between the bay area and Southern California in less than three hours. Ken pritchett live in San Francisco. Reporter this is the trans Bay Transit Center here in San Francisco, were construction is well underway and should be ready well before highspeed rail arrives, if that happens. With the signing of a symbolic rail by gov. Brown in fresno, ground was broken on highspeed rail. This linksys from the past to the future, from the south to fresno and forth. This is truly a california project bringing us together today. Reporter the first tracks wont go down for years. The initial construction will only stretch a short distance to madero. The list of critics as long. Some heckled the groundbreaking today. They voted for 45 billion for the entire system. Now its 68 billion for a shorter distance, and they are using commuter lines. It is not what the people voted for in the first place. Reporter gov. Brown says he had his doubts. I was quite not quite sure where we were going to get the rest of the money. But dont worry about it. Were going to get it. Reporter if the money is found, its destination is the trans Bay Transit Center and the rail station already under construction. We built the underground rail levels in phase 1, the train box. That is where highspeed rail will come in, underground, to the transit center. Reporter when phase 1 is completed 2017, bus service will begin. Phase ii will involve a 1. 3 mile extension. When that is completed, caltrain could then use the new trancebased station with easy access for highspeed rail later sharing caltrains tracks. We will be finished before highspeed rail. Reporter funding for the 2. 6 billion phase ii is being worked out with completion targeted around 2024, years before highspeed rail what arrived. 35 years, and they tell us we still have 15 years to go. Im going to try to cut a few corners and get it going. Reporter the current target for targets passengers to arrive in San Francisco is 2029. A san Jose Councilmember has announced support for toll lanes on a freeway in the south bay. Valley transit authorities considering adding toll lines on highway 85 between interstate 280 and highway 87. A congressman says he wants to see two of the four lanes become toll and high occupancy lanes. There is so much growth in Silicon Valley that action is needed now for the future, he says. We are building 3000 units here, 2500 there. This will bring in thousands of new jobs. Other highways already have toll plans and similar plans are being considered for highway 101. New flights today because a passenger demand. Southwest Airlines Offering nonstop flights every day to dallas and baltimore. There are also daily return flights from both those cities. Southwest had offered some flights to baltimore seasonally, but due to demand, southwest will fly there every day. On wall street, another hit today. The dow dropped 130 points after losing 300 yesterday. The nasdaq fell 59 points. Another drop in oil prices helped contribute. The dmv step statistics on drivers license for undocumented immigrants. More than 46,000 people applied for licenses under the new state law. Most past on the first day, and 36 past the spanish test. A total of 970 licenses have been issued so far. A warning tonight on the California Health insurance website. A bay area woman shared her says the website shared her personal information without her permission. What happened next. Reporter 26yearold marketing rep dan yoga south Danielle Casale went to the website last month. I put it all my information. Reporter . And ask for a phone call, which came the next day. I decided i wasnt going to go with them, i didnt need their help. I didnt call anyone else or pursue any other Health Insurance after that. Reporter a week later, more calls. Hello . Reporter annoying Health Insurance sales calls. Hello . Reporter from all over the country. About two a day for weeks. Hello . I got one from ohio, and they said that my phone number had been sold to a bunch of insurance companies. Reporter spokesmans spokesman James Scolari shared that since she did not complete sign up, they did not violate privacy laws by selling the information. They tell me it no longer shares any contact information. You should know that there are lookalike websites that try to full you into giving personal information thinking its legitimate. The ages he tells me it plans to investigate how danielles information got out. John fowler, ktvu news. American idols 14 season kicks off tomorrow night on fox. Show producers released this video on youtube of some of the top contestants. Jennifer lopez, keith urban, and Harry Connick junior are returning. Randy jackson will not be back and will be replaced by scott or shadow orchetta. You can get a sneak peek on our website. Major progress in the search for the airasia plane in the java sea. 70 degree weather in january. I will lay out the conditions prompting hazy skies and another spare the air day. The red carpets rollout in San Francisco tonight, the screening for a show portraying the lives of three gay men living in the city. Redwood city officials getting the word out that there is help for people recovering from storms last month. Redwood city and the group rebuilding together hosted a meeting tonight. It focused on helping people from two flooded mobile home parks get assistance to pay for repairs. Residents of those two parks were ordered to evacuate because of possible health risks caused by the standing water. State water officials said the californians managed to cut back on water use by almost 10 . The Water Resources control board says overall water use went down by 9. 8 in november compared to the same period a year ago. Thats just about halfway to the goal that jerry brown had set of reducing water usage 20 . Here is a look at how some Water District spared. North marin, cutback the most, almost 40 . San francisco conserved almost 8 . It could be the key to why airasia plane crash. The tail section of the plane has been located. Less than an hour ago, the head of the indonesian search and rescue operation said identifying numbers are visible underwater. The critical flight data recorders are located in the tail. So far search teams have recovered 40 bodies. They also found parts of the plane, but not large sections that crashed into the java sea december 28. Mario cuomo was laid to rest today. He died thursday at the age of 82. He was a key liberal figure during his terms as gov. During the 80s and 90s. s son, the Current Governor of new york, andrew cuomo, delivered and emotional eulogy are calling how his father always stuck to his police regardless of political fallout. At the ces in las vegas, check out this basketball with a sensor that tells you to dribble faster or it thermometer that measures a babys temperature and sends it to an app. And ultrahigh death tvs that are superthin and curved inward for a more cinematic experience. The show opened with 35 football fields of exhibit space. One of the reasons it is a big show is because everything you see is a glimpse of the future. Most of what you see here you cant see anywhere else. Security is another big thing. There is a deadbolt that allows you to open the door with your fingertip or your phone. A small cube seeks to your smoke alarm thinks thinks syncs to your smoke alarm. A special screening of the hbo season to premiere about the lives of three gay men in San Francisco facing new challenges. With season one, we scratched the surface. It was so important to go to season two because we can explore these characters more deeply and understand why they do the things they do. Promoters say it is San Francisco is an important backdrop. Hbo will air the First Episode of looking season to this sunday. A major Music Festival in the wine country. We will know we know who will be playing in the festival. Also, a five day forecast. Plus how long this will mild weather will last. A search for the arsonist to scorched the mrs. Doubtfire house. Find out who police are looking for. New information about an arson suspect accused of setting fire to a San Francisco house that is well known. The police are looking for the former patient of a Plastic Surgeon who lives in the home used in the mrs. Doubtfire movie. Reporter the house at broadway and steiner in Pacific Heights has become a shrine of sorts. We are on a famous movie sites tour today. It is known as the mrs. Doubtfire house, where many fans paid their respects after Robin Williams death last year. Now it is a crime scene. We dont know at the suspect is capable of. Reporter police say the owner and the surgeon a surgeon had a conference tatian confrontation with the former patient. He smelled gasoline and found his doormat was on fire along with the garage door. The doctor did not talk to us but invited neighbors to view the damage. Police are searching for the former patient and guarding the house. Because no one is in custody, we want to make sure that the suspect is not return does not return. Reporter neighbors and tourists say they were shocked and saddened by the violence. To hear this today, thats really sad to have such a hate crime happen. Reporter police say they have been checking the neighborhood for Surveillance Video but have the name of the suspect and have hope to make an arrest soon. Apples new campus, known as the spaceship, is beginning to take shape. This is apple campus to in cupertino, taken from a drone and posted on youtube. You can see why its called the spaceship. The campus will be the workplace for 13,000 employees, and apple says it will be the most advanced and environmentally friendly building anywhere in the world. A mild night for the most part. We had some near record temperatures in the bay area and tied a record in santa cruz. It 78 degrees. These were the highest today. 68 in fairfield. Tomorrows highs will be just like these. A little bit warmer in some places, a little cooler in others. Everything up and over the top, and active pacific, but not for us. All the moisture will end up somewhere, but not us. It will get wet in the east, cold, as that system flies over the top. We stay in the striped pattern that takes us into another warm day tomorrow. Current temperature is running three or 4 degrees warmer than last night. The warmth has to do with the cloud cover. We had for a day on wednesday a lot like the day that we had today, starting off warmer, ending up warmer. Patchy valley fog, not a lot. Dry and warm for wednesday. Wednesday will probably be the warmest day of the week. We could break some records especially in moderate. Monterey. In this area, we will get back compression oh heeding. Temperatures will be in the 60s and 70s. After that this loan comes in, the high goes away. Low lull comes in, the highest go away. As we go into thursday and friday, you are going to see clouds increasing on friday. And then a few clouds will linger through the weekend. The real story is going to be a few clouds and cooler as the low comes through. The forecast highs tomorrow, lots of mid, upper 60s, low 70s. There is your five day forecast with your bay area weekend straight up to you. A nicelooking bay area straight up view. A good chance of rain around 17 january. Rain like a couple of weeks ago . You can only hope. The bottle rock Music Festival returns to napa, and today organizers announced the lineup. The threeday festival made a successful comeback last year after a rocky launch in 2013. This year, organizers say they have more than 70 performers including imagine dragons and led zeppelin lead singer robert plant. The festival starts may 29 at the expo. s you can find out more about the lineup in advance by going to our homepage. And now franks favorite subject, hockey. Some pretty good news to deliver. A different city but same results, delivered by the same guy. The is for vlasic. They calling pickles for obvious reasons. He had been pretty streaky good, pretty streaky bad. Minnesota tonight, down toone in the third. 6 21 to noon to the into the third. A minute later a rebound shoved back in. s 10th goal of the year. Shortsleeved threeto. Overtime we go. 4. 5 seconds left, vlasic tied it 1 51 left in ot. He ends it with another victorious swing of his stick. The sharks with a second consecutive road victory. 43 the final. I hear you knocking, but you cant come in. Voters are not letting up on any of the stars. The hall of fame is reversed reserved for the squeaky clean top of the bill. Five cy young awards, numerous victories. He did it all, june rain joining them in cooperstown. 200 wins as a starter and 150 saves and infielder craig bco biggio. Johnson had 93 of the vote, writing hide high this afternoon. Randy johnson was elected to the hall of fame today. I was . I am so appreciative. I never joined a fraternity, and now i am amongst one of the coolest in the world. Anyone connected with steroids getting no love. Barry bonds did not get in. Roger clemens, mark mcgwire, sammy sosa not even close to getting the votes. A couple of nights a week we are talking about the warriors victory. It might be the most impressive of the year. It keeps topping itself night in and out. Sports part two next. When you consider the last 30 years of warriors history, it is fun to think about, the word championship. Curry says the where, i dont get ahead of yourselves. We have a long way to go to get there. Thats the only thing thats driving us. You cant take your foot off the gas at all. We have seen that we are not unbeatable. We can come out and lay and egg if we and egg if we dont play the way were supposed to. Its good they have that attitude. You dont want to think too far ahead. Thank you for joining us. Our coverage continues a kttv you. Com. Kutp. Com. Ktvu. Com. Good night. This. Is the best part of the day. When we sit down together and talk. 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We cant have some unscientific poll shaking claires confidence. Phil. What poll . Too late. She knows. Who told her . What is this, a witch hunt . Oh, my god. I have to go. Well, i just dont think its a big deal. I mean, how many people read the weekly. Saver . Saver, anyway