what are they saying about him. >> reporter: a lot of great things. it has become clear that this man touched a lot of people's lives and has left many inspired. full of life, that's how the man known as a chef, surfer and rock climber, but most of all known for being an inspiration. >> he just radiated joy and life and vitality and he was always charging. >> reporter: mckay says brad was a regular at her rock climbing facility in santa rosa. parker died over the weekend while climbing. earlier that day he proposed to his girlfriend who said yes. >> she is just beside herself. >> reporter: a table is being set up to honor brad who traveled from tibet to thailand to new zealand but returned home to share his zest for life. >> he is just such a light and inspiration and a guide. that's why without being a leader he was a leader. >> when you climb with somebody you really bond with them on a level that you don't in other activities or in other areas of life. >> reporter: brad was an experienced climber. recently appearing on this climbing magazine. he had climbed the same rout before. his friends say he died doing what he loved. >> the other side of that is stop doing something that you absolutely love to do. that's not a way that we would choose to live our life and obviously it's not a way that brad would either, so. >> reporter: there will be another vigil for brad on saturday. including a surfer paddle out at the mouth of the river. his family says his ashes will be scattered in the places he loved. yosemite, hawaii, and the sonoma coast. live in sebasta pool, ken wayne. now to new developments in the growing crisis over the shooting of 18-year-old michael brown in missouri. today protesters gathered in st. louis calling for the prosecutor in the case to step down. this has police in the suburb of ferguson prepare for another night of protest. the federal government is taking steps to try to calm tensions. garrett tenny reports eric holder will visit ferguson tomorrow as the family of brown is planning his funeral. >> reporter: protests over the police shooting of an unarmed man had given way to riots and looting on a nightly basis. now eric holder is taking the lead to stop the turmoil here. ferguson will stop by to meet with officials carrying out the federal investigation into michael brown's at the time. a third autopsy has been performed for the justice department by an experienced military medical examiner. dozens of fbi agents are combing ferguson for witnesses to the shooting and the national guard is in the area as well. lawyers for brown's family are demanding immediate charges be filed against a police officer who shot and killed their son. they claim the private autopsy revealed earlier this week is all the evidence they need. >> i agree it was excessive force because of six bullet wounds. which is more than usually necessary to stop a person from any bad behavior. just in general, of course the fact that the young man died. >> reporter: a grand jury could begin hearing evidence tomorrow to determine whether the officers should be charged in brown's death. and i just spoke with the families attorney who confirms that michael brown's funeral will be held this monday. in ferguson missouri, i'm garrett tenney, fox news. the pictures of officers in ferguson in army uniforms are being brought into question. >> we're not militarizing law enforcement, we're not pushing things out. it's a process by which this equipment is available should they deem that they need it and they want it. >> law enforcement groups say the program helps protect the public and saves cities money. we're learning from people from california who have gone to ferguson to protest the shooting. the family of oscar grant went to visit with the family of michael brown and lend their support. the advice they had for michael brown's family coming up at 6:00. police say they have stopped a violent plot against a school in california. >> we may have saved some lives today in my opinion. i think we really saved lives. >> two teenage boys were planning to kill staff members and as many students as possible. investigators then started monitoring the boys via social media and they determined that the threat was credible and then searched the boy's home. one of the boys computers on one of the boy's computers they found searches for explosives. firearms, tactical information about propane and advanced weapons. >> as they were planning it. they didn't have a target date but they had a very, very specific plan on how they were going to carry out their submission. >> reporter: the boy's are 16 and 17. both were arrested for conspiracy and criminal threat. two hit-and-runs on the same streets in 24 hours. one man is dead the other victim is in critical condition. police arrested a female driver in that last case but the other one remains unsolved. live azenith with the latest on these investigation. >> i'm siting in an area where one man was found lying on the street hit by a car last night. it's a block away from where investigators were found also hit by a car the day before. people who walk up and down this street say they've had enough. >> reporter: otis edmenson was already careful walking on the road. now he's extra careful after two hit-and-runs in the last couple of hours. >> it's a battle to cross the street. >> reporter: at center and balfore a car slammed into owen. he died at the hospital. last night about the same time in a street over a 42-year-old was crossing the street when another car hit him. >> because they don't stop. it's like people don't get it. they're on their cell phones or speeding they just don't care. >> reporter: in this last case, two hours after the crash, the driver came forward. in sunday' hit-and-run the suspect remains on the lose. >> whenever there are major collisions like this. certainly we're going to take a look at it and to label something as a problem area we have to look at a bigger period of time to make that determination. >> reporter: pedestrians we spoke to are not surprised by the back to back hit-and-runs. they hope people start following the rules of the road before another death like this one happens again. >> people don't stop everyone with that crosswalk right there. >> reporter: police say they will analyze these cases and work with the department of transportation to see how they can make this road safer. meanwhile they're looking for a 2001 black or dark colored honda civic. it'll be missing the right mirror. as the suspect car remains on the lose from sunday's death. and residents and business owners are now being allowed to return to the city of oak hurst. the junction fire is burning near yosemite. tonight it no longer appears to be a threat. however it is now moving toward the community of bass lane. fire crews had the fire 30% contained. and thousands of people are still under evacuation orders and at least 500 homes are threatened. >> it exploded it was crazy. i've never seen anything like it in my life. >> reporter: at least eight structures have burned so far. calfire has revised the acres burned down from 1,200 to 600 because of more accurate mapping. two firefighters have suffered -- depicting the execution of a man they identified as an american journalist who went missing in syria. in a video that emerged today a man identified as foley is seen being beheaded. the national security council says officials are now working to determine the video's authenticity. the video also shows another man identified as american journalist steven sotlaughts. three months after two investigates first learned that cars with open safety recalls were being sold to unsuspected customers. two investigates found cars on lots with recalls. you can look up the vin number and find out about recall issues before you buy. the new data base will be available starting tomorrow. small shelters built for people on the street going up in flames. >> if i've been there i probably got burned out. the concerns about a firebug possible targeting homeowners. >> how long these below average temperatures will last. >> and next new developments in a notorious case a tourist gunned down near union square. the deal reached with the suspect four years later and why none of them is facing murder charges. a small plane crash that killed a pilot is under federal investigation tonight: the ntsb and the faa are looking into the cause of that crash. plane tried to make an emergency landing in novato last night but didn't make it. it went down in a rural part of marin county and it sparked a grass fire. john sasaki live at the peninsula with more on how the investigation is coming together. >> reporter: gasia, this is the san carlos airport where the plane that crashed was based. officials here at the airport tell me that they were called this morning by the faa to check and see if a certain plane was here. it was a plane involved in last night's crash in marin indeed it was not here. this afternoon our news chopper 2 flew over the crash site near hicks valley west of novato. you can see on the video that the plane is in the middle of the burned out area because the crash sparked a 32-acre wild land fire. a coroner's official said the pilot's body has been recovered although the person's identity has not been confirmed and likely won't be until sometime tomorrow. the plane is registered to a san carlos resident, and i found out that the man had sold to a family. search and rescue crews spent hours trying to find the wreckage. >> we began conducting searches of the area out here. it took three hours until a time when a deputy luckily was able to spot the orange glow of a fire near the hillside which at that point we called to the fire resources to come. even at that point, it took us an hour after arriving on scene of the fire before we located the wreckage within the fire area. the coroner told me that the fire could make determining the pilots identify more difficult. authorities will be dealing the investigation on why this plane went down. john sasaki, ktvu news. peanut and almond butters are under recall due to possible salmonella contamination. inspired foods are recalling certain lots of peanut and almond butters by aaron head mills, and some private labels. those were sold by safeway, trader joe's, whole foods and kroger's. the company is asking people to throw the product away and then contact them for a refund. you will find more information on ktvu.com under hot topics. the parents of a uc berkeley student want to spread the word about the dangers of west nile virus after their daughter was hospitalized with the mosquito disease. she suffered from a severe rash, vomiting and headaches. abbie's parents are now using facebook to spread the word on how west nile virus is spread. fogging is set for 11:00 tonight through 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. this comes as county officials report a spike in the number of dead birds with west nile this year. mosquito fogs is also scheduled tonight. >> we had low fire danger because of all the clouds and low fog and cooler temperatures. highs today warmed up a little bit and we're going to warm up a little bit more as we go through each day in the five day. what do we have now? we have a marin layer that's thicken up. as it does we went to look at the depth of the marine. the sounding out of oak land. -- oakland. we have a depth over 2,000 feet basically. what you're seeing is a very deep marine layer which means a lot of cool air is working its way inland. cool moist air. that's kind of been the dominant weather pattern throughout the week. i mean a low pressure center is going to stay to the north of us and create an opportunity for thundershowers in the mountains. we have a thundershower activity along mount lawson. this is around bear valley. south of bear valley we're getting thunderstorms around there. around here it just gives us a bunch of fog. what i noticed right off. see how much of it is pushing inland. this looks like a footprint of fog. this is what you would see at 8:00 or 9:00. it's already pushing inland. tomorrow morning all this cool moist air makes it inland and we continue with this kind of mild pattern. kind of cool mild pattern. it's nice, it's cool in some places around the coast and around the bay you're pretty darn cool. wind are blowing too. 33miles per hour at fairfield. that's the gust. san francisco airport is blowing pretty strong. they have been most of the day. we had gusts out there at 35 miles per hour. as you look at the temperatures currently, 78 in fairfield, 82 in antioch and then there's that cool moist air around the bay. these are current temperatures. as we head into tomorrow, slightly warmer but not a ton warmer. the foot fingerprint, the forecast 6:00 a.m., it's all the way into the inland bay valleys. burns back and we're in the 90s. there's nowhere to be found. the 80s these are oranges. the 80s in sacramento. 80s in vacaville and granted mid- and upper 80s but still pretty cool. look how far the 70s extend inland. cool moist mild pattern into tomorrow and slightly warmer than today. there's vacaville at 85. 80 in fairfield. just kind of getting close to that 90-degree reading. along the coast we have the patchy fog which will be there and there might be a little clearing. you know that out in half-moon bay and pacifica. you may see some sunshine tomorrow. the five day forecast with the bay area weekend in view. look how far we get a little drizzle tomorrow morning. slightly warmer on thursday and hovers upper 70s or upper 80s. this is not a super high fire danger five day which is good news. again we haven't been doing a lot of fire stories because this pattern has been helping out. again this is the worse drought on record in california. and i fully suspect that we have many more fires than we've had. the weather has cooperated on that front. >> because just think if it was super dry, super warm. >> it would be horrible. >> thank you, bill. new developments tonight after a tourist was killed in san francisco by a stray bullet while celebrating her wedding anniversary. why four men are going to prison but not for her murder. plus a new plan to make it easier to park in one of the busiest parks in oakland but depending when you park may cost you. stories of outrage and loss. the police shootings of oscar grant and michael brown. >> black men and brown men being killed consistently around the united states. >> tonight grant's uncle talks about his journey to ferguson missouri and his heartfelt conversation with michael brown's parents. plus -- >> the right thing for the right reasons. >> for the first time ever trained civilians will hit the street to investigate crime in san jose. we'll tell you how this controversial move is dividing police and triggering a war of words over public safety. these stories and more are coming up 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blocks where demand is high. >> we want people to come here and find a place to park when they're ready to come and have dinner or have lunch and do whatever they have to do and not leave the community because they can't find parking. >> fees will range from $1 to $1.50 an hour. if the program works it could be expanded to other parts of oakland. brita is recalling bottles for children because of risk of cracks that may cause cuts. brita says it has received 35 reports of lids breaking and cracking and there's concern children could cut themselves on the lid. >> so it seems that it's a manufacturing defense in the plastic as you can see right here it just doesn't seem to be at the quality we would hope to see and when these have been dropped, they've been cracking and our concern is that children will cut themselves on these cracks. >> the bottles were sold on target, amazon and drugstore.com. the company is offering a full refund and will send parents a mailer. and how an automated 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the life of a tourist visiting the city for her wedding anniversary. prosecutors today said four men indicted in that shooting have cut a plea deal though none were named as the killing of sawyer from germany. >> none of the defendants who were indicted based on the evidence appear to have shot the fatal shots at the victim. >> reporter: surveillance video shows people rushing in to a building lobbied just after the shooting broke out on mason street. witnesses were uncooperative. >> it was very difficult based on the evidence to find out who in fact, started shooting at who first which creates self- defense issues in the great scheme of things. >> reporter: murder charges against the four were dropped in exchange for guilty pleas on gun and assault charges. the four men received state prison sentences ranging from five to 10 years involved with strikes under california's three strikes law. we reached out via e-mail for reaction today from sawyer the widower of the victim but did not receive a reply. the weapon that killed sawyer an elementary school rector has not been found. >> there were over 70 people out there on that street. so it was very difficult to know how many additional shooters there may have been at the time. >> reporter: prosecutors say the case is still under investigation with one additional defendant now facing prosecution. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. now to the south bay where police in san jose have made an arrest with a fiery collision. bryan cuellar was arrested for felony hit-and-run. 10 people were hurt and taken to the hospital including two passengers in cuellars car. he started to run away from the scene but was detained by officers. police have stepped up patrol in a neighborhood where 20 vehicles have been vandalized. it happened on santa rosa avenue between sunday night and yesterday morning. the vandals spilled paint on vehicles as well as fences, sidewalks and even the road. investigators are also looking into reports of ongoing vandalism in the neighborhood involving vehicles being scratched and tires being cut. police are asking anyone with information no matter how small it may be to give them a call. there is some positive news tonight about one of california's natural wonders. mike lawrie reports that the lake's famous clarity is improving but still other challenges remain. >> reporter: lake tahoe's beauty is a natural attraction for the degray family of sacramento. they love coming here to spend time on the beach with their daughter. >> i love to be until the water. the water is so clean. i always forget until you get here. >> reporter: but the clarity has decreased when the lake summit first began. since that time california and nevada have worked together to protect this fragile environment and slowly those conditions are starting to improve. with lake clarity now at 75'today. there are still many challenges ahead and elected officials here offered a wide variety of perspectives of what to tackle first. >> there's no greater threat to the environment and economy than a catastrophic forest fire. >> reporter: recent forest fires in the tahoe basin are being blamed on over aggressive regeneration. >> the proper fuel reductions in our forests and we're now suffering the result. >> reporter: but lake tahoe faces many different threats. dianne feinstein told us she's concerned about -- >> invasive species because they just seem to come and you have the quaga. they just found a quaga on a boat. that one quaga is capable of producing 1 million other quagas. >> reporter: california and nevada must collaborate even more to save the jewel that lies between. at south lake tahoe, mike lawrie, ktvu news. president obama is electing a san francisco lawyer. hayward gilium jr. is currently a partner at the law firm of covington and burly. if his nomination is approved, gilliam would take the seat of claudia wilkin. the san francisco family evicted in their apartment in china town is making a push for a measure on the november ballot that is intended to discourage evictions by developers intending to flip properties. the lee family gathered outside their former home gathered by supporters of proposition g. that would impose a tax on residential properties sold in san francisco within five years of when it was initially purchased. the law is meant to discourage evictions of tenants from rent controlled apartments under a law known as the ellis act. >> to have specklators come in and make pretend it's a new gold rush they're making a gold rush out of property, flipping property, that is just too much. >> the ellis act enables owners of owners to evict tenants if they withdraw the property from the rental market. the number of ellis act evictions in the city has tripled within the past year. the school that used to have a tarnished reputation now has a long waiting list for students. >> they offer high school in the movies. >> we'll explain how this one bay area school has done a complete 180. plus investigators fear someone would be targeting homeless people by burning the few possessions they do have. and pictures here of flooding from arizona. the damage and the rescues. >> take a look at this, flash floods in arizona left people stranded in their homes and the only way out was up. phoenix rescuers rescued a woman and a girl out of their home. a new field poll shows most californians who went on the california health care website were satisfied about their experience. over all 56% of those polled were satisfied with their experience on the site. 42% were not satisfied. 53% of registered democrats said they were satisfied compare that with 39% of republicans who say they're satisfied. the smitsonian is adding thousands of item dedicated to the lesbian, gay, transgender history. they include items from the show will and grace which was one of the first shows where the main character was gay. she's the first little leaguer to be on the cover of sports illustrated. mone is expected to start in the next game. she wants to play for yukon's women's basketball team. the coach reached out to her and said i'm watching your games, you are doing a great job. >> she's going to be a lock on that uconn. she's literally 70-mile an hour fast ball. how the tsa plans to provide faster service while still making sure only the correct people are getting through security. >> high school used to have a bad wrap but now there's a waiting list just to get in on that campus. coming up we'll tell you how this school turned things around. tracking your chances for a little bit of wet roadway for tomorrow morning's commute. i'll let you know when and where you can expect it. at kfc, we make the world's best chicken. we dip it and shake it seven times. we hand bread it seven times. we rock it seven times. why all of the sevens? because it's a lucky number? jack pot. ♪ a new machine promises to make your trip through airport security a lot faster. >> what this does is make the document checking automated so it makes it much easier for the travel document checker because he or she can put it into the machine and tell whether it's been tampered with very easily. right now of course the tsa worker has to visually check your i.d. make sure it's you and then check the boarding pass. the new technology will be able to verify your license, passport and boarding pass all in one step. the goal is to move 3,000 pete through security. -- three times through security. >> sometimes when she's in the basinette and crying and screaming and there's other kids crying and screaming it does get on your nerving a little bit, yeah. >> the scanner could be here in bay area airports been the next six months. as ktvu heads back to school we take a closer look at a bay area high school that has seen a dramatic increase in enrollment over the past few years. deasnas high school caused to battle a bad rep, low test scores and depth. the school is now in its second year and has seen a dramatic change. >> reporter: when the passing bell ring at deanza high school it becomes very clear very quickly, that this school is maxed out. >> we're at capacity at this point right now. >> how does the waiting list look like now? >> it gets longer and longer and longer. >> reporter: a few years ago the old deanza campus didn't even have 300 kids. now it has 1,000. >> the spirit of the school has doubled and tripled. >> reporter: you get a glimpse at why. the campus is brand new with state of the art security. an open courtyard, two new gyms. >> the old establishment we had no gym whatsoever. >> reporter: a work out room. >> after school all our athletes use this. >> reporter: that had staff members canceling gym memberships. >> half our staff works during lunchtime, half after school. >> reporter: do kids enjoy school, we think they're going to do better. we're going to be more successful. >> reporter: four years ago the honor roll was elusive for many. last year in this new theater more than 500 students were honored for making that list. >> i would say the teachers, they're the best part of deandra. >> reporter: the principal hopes to add more centers and activities. the only thing he can't add more of are students. and construction isn't even finished. everything you're looking at that's just phase one. phase two will be here and will include among other things athletic fields, tennis courts, basketball courts and softball fields. it should all be done in the next 12 to 18 months. claudine wong, 13 13 -- ktvu news. governor brown is accepting a debate from neil kashkari. governor brown has a strong lead and previously said he did not want to participate in the debate. kashkari asked for 15 debates but brown agreed to one. s man played by paul rudd. here's a picture of the actor at the golden gate bridge. he can increase his strength using a specially engineered suit. we have pictures as we see film crews working in the tenderloin district. marvel doesn't say how long production will stay here in san francisco. it's going to move to atlanta next. another big actor is playing his mentor and that will be michael douglas. >> one second they're down by golden gate, they turn a corner and they're at -- >> they need a local. and these are the numbers we achieved today. national weather service numbers you see around the bay they're pretty darned cool. 72 in oakland, 68 in san francisco. it's not cold but it's cool. 78 in fairfield, all right, that's down. now 85 in antioch that's the warm spot. highs tomorrow will be slightly warmer. that's kind of where we go. you will notice it early fog burn off. but it's going to be pretty much like today with a little bit more heat. there's the fog right now and check it out it's already i mentioned this earlier, it's very deep fog bank. so it's already shooting up over the coastal hill. this is the kind of fog footprint over in richmond now and moving off toward hercules. that's the kind of fog print you expect to see at night. you have fog rushing through alameda near high street. fog is going to be in your neighborhood tomorrow morning. the temperatures currently right there there's the warmth air inland. 78 in fairfield and cool and mild around here. the good news, fire danger slightly improved because it's very drought -- big drought biggest drought ever recorded in california. as this low pressure center gets closer it's going to create a little bit of drizzle. this low is going to linger offshore through the rest of the week. what does it mean it means big d marine layer. and a very significant an shore flow. that's being represented by the winds now out at fairfield that are gusting up to 30 miles per hour. 85 in vacaville tomorrow. like today. 80 in fairfield. 89 in clear lake up out of the fog a little higher. 84 in livermore and the santa clara valley the air quality is very good with this pattern. the forecast for last week was a lot like this week. remember i said monday is going to be like, tuesday is going to be like. this week is very similar to that. the weather in the bay area can be very similar day-to-day. but there's usually strong variations that, this pattern that we've had the last two weeks is really pretty stagnant. there's not some big changes. not real cold overnight. not real warm. more of the same what we had last week we will get this week. air quality is good. that's the upshot. >> looking well into fog here. when do we start getting rain or when should we start getting real rain. >> i'm hoping soon. because i mean because of the drought situation. we should start seeing rain by the end of the october it would be nice to get an inch in here by september. >> boy it sure would. thanks bill. suspicious fires in the east bay and now investigators fear that someone may be targeting the homeless. >> and back now julie haener in our newsroom with more on what we're working on for 6:00. >> eerie reminders of the san bruno pipeline explosion. properties where homes one stood still sitting empty nearly four years later. >> we were here the night of the fire and every day. and so we've been living with this for four years now. >> how these vacant lots are triggering new tensions between residents, the city and pg & e. also, one on one with oscar grant's uncle after his visit to ferguson missouri. what he revealed about his candid conversation with michael brown's parents and the advise he gave them. these stories and much more coming up in less than 10 minutes at 10:00. ñw? new at 5:00, they were meant to be shelters for the most vulnerable but now it appears someone is setting fires. someone is targeting homeless people. ktvu's rob roth talks to one man who says he's lucky that he wasn't seriously injured or worse. >> reporter: you can see them cropping up on sidewalks in parts of west oakland. wooden boxes crafted and donated by someone in the neighborhood. shelters for homeless people. but this one on magnolia burned down over a week ago. this man had been liveing in it and he says he was out when the fire started. >> if i had been there i would have probably gotten burned up. >> reporter: he says he lost everything. >> money, my food, clothes, the shoes i just jumped out. >> how do you feel about that? >> i hate it. >> reporter: blocks away this shelter also burned. the man who lives in it can't hear or speak but was able to repair it but there was yet another fire last year. oakland's fire investigator is calling the fires suspicious. one neighbor who lives across the street from where the latest fire happened, worries someone could have been killed or the fire could have spread. >> there's an empty lot full of dead grass. that would go up and then you're looking at a much bigger problem for sure. >> reporter: word of what's happening has spread between the homes bay area wooden box dwellers. >> we worry. >> what are you going to do now? >> there's nothing i can do. try to keep ongoing. >> reporter: fire investigators worry that homeless people just aren't safe in these wooden shelters. but those who live in them say, just where are they safe? in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. uber has hired a high profile washington insider to steer its strategists. bluff top advisor has been tapped as uber's senior vice president of policy and strategy. the hiring coming as uber is waging a political -- the 77- year-old will effectively run with over all strategy and communications. an update to a story we first told you last month here on ktvu. thanks to a huge donation from an anonymous donor, vallejo will soon be getting a mobile spay and neuter unit. the nonprofit group snips had been desperately trying to raise money. snips just told us that a representative of franklin templeton investments saw the story and reached out to a client. that client anonymously donated the $100,000 needed to buy the van. one of the rescue dogs helped with the new check. and this is a picture of lin carvalo of snips and her rescued dog clemen to the best -- clementine picking up the check and depositing it at the bank. they tell us that almost $30,000 has been raised on their go fund me account with one donor giving $20,000. the police shooting and the riots in ferguson hit home for a bay area family because they'd gone through the same thing. >> we hurt over and over for many different community members that he was shot more than two times. that he was shot several times, that he was shot in the face. >> reporter: oscar grant's family members go to ferguson to see how the family of a young unarmed black man killed by police is dealing with what happened. >> people who live in the san bruno neighborhood that was devastated four years ago by a massive explosion and fire are asking why are there still so many vacant lots in the fire area. >> it's a move that's triggering controversy. how san jose is training civilians to handle calls as the department deals with a shortage of officers. 10 days of demonstrations and protests in ferguson missouri and people across the country and around the bay area continue to watch the tension situations there between the community and police. and for some here in the bay area, it's hitting them particularly hard. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. one bay area family says they share a unique connection with the family of michael brown. the young black man shot and killed by police. they sat down with ktvu's allie rasmus to talk about it. she's in the newsroom now to tell us what they said. allie. >> reporter: oscar grant's uncle came back from a week long trip to ferguson, missouri. he and his wife met with the families of michael brown. that's johnson with the father of michael brown. the two families share a unique

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