before. ever in a million times police officers have fired their tasers it has never happened before. guess what, it has. rains also argues the judge made errors in instructions to the jury and asked him to order a new trial. to have a judge reverse himself, it is very unlikely. it is hard but it is not impossible. the district attorney had no response to the motion yet but the attorney representing the family of the victim, oscar grant did. the jury has decided this case, on the evidence that was there we don t agree with that decision but they were not the kind of errors to justify a new trial. now if the judge rejects meheserle s motion for a new trial he will sentence him november 5th defense is asking for probation, oscar grant s family wants the maximum, 14 years in state prison. reporting live from the newsroom. rita williams, ktvu channel news. for the latest be sure to view ktvu.com click on the meheserle case tab. residents near walnut creek don t fe
good afternoon. we begin with some unexpected drama this morning at a local campus on the first day of classes. there was a gas leak on the hayward campus of cal state university east bay. ktvu s jade hernandez joins us now to explain what happened and how it could have been ch worse. good afternoon, jade. reporter: well, good afternoon. the situation definitely could have been worse but windy conditions saved firefighters from having to evacuate buildings and upgraded to a very serious gas break. now, i want you to take a look now. you can pg&e crews still working out here this afternoon. they ll be working the rest of the afternoon to repair the 2- inch plastic gas line break. crews clamped down on the pipe and shut off the leak about a half hour ago. they are safe. nobody hurt. they should all be able to attend their classes. reporter: crews alerted police and fire and they arrived. we re told the fire department was not worried about the possibility of an explosion.
rain heads your way tomorrow. good morning everyone. i m theresa garcia. a memorial service later today for one of four people who died after a gas main exploded and ungulfed the neighborhood in flames in san bruno. the public memorial for jessica starts at 7:00 this evening. it s at the church of the highlands in san bruno. many of her family and friends reflected on her life at a private vigil last night. amy shares their story. she wasn t even supposed to be there. she had to switch her days of work to go watch the game with friends. but yeah, she didn t live there. so wrong place at the wrong time. 20-year-old jessica morales was at her boyfriend s san bruno home when the explosion happened. 19-year-old joseph gomez was severely burned as he tried to save her. he is still in the hospital with second and third degree burns over 40% of his body. jessica s friends and family tried to focus on her life and not how she died. we re trying to get to the person she was
pathway toward a solution and it is quite simply subjecting all of its complexities to the disciplines market analysis and economics. so, what is the problem? let me say i can tell you the problem in the united states. it is simply that this country, the historic and the contemporary paragon of market capitalism runs its water systems on a thoroughly lamb was modeled from top to bottom. david thank you 13 talk of california. it is the people s republic of california. [laughter] because the philosophy and political theory of water in this country is all seeing state must deliver water has a free good tall times to all people. its sharp contrast to a nasty capitalist model which would require people in a deficient system to pay for water. ok. [applause] presentation, would want to be the mayor of an american city. [laughter] this is a kind of a little bit of group therapy. we thought instead of having one of them there