Transcripts For KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 20160

Transcripts For KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 20160319

Service. Good evening, everyone. A firefighter fired by the city of vallejo won a wrongful termination and was awarded more than 2 million. He said he was retaliated against for telling the truth about what happened in a deadly fire. Only on 2, ktvu amber lee is live after hearing the firefighters story. Reporter amber, the jury voted on his side. He hopes nobody has to go through what he experienced. Reporter this mobile home is where it started in 2011. A paraplegic trapped in his bed called for help. Reporter his battalion chief ordered him to kick down the door. I went ahead thinking he will be behind me. Reporter he found the disabled man inside. I still remembers what it feels like. I got you buddy and he is looking at me with his hands and grabbing me. I will never forget that. Reporter his captain never followed him in to help. The firefighter was alone and trying to save him. I was covering my body. I pulled a hamstring. Reporter up able to carry the man out. Theip the intensity of the heat caused him to leave. A as he was recovered he found himself alone, again, when explaining what happened to state investigators. The fire chief at the time blamed his death on me and then i found out my captain forget his gloves and they were trying to put it on me. They retalliated against him for telling calosha for telling the truth. I lost my whole career now. It is a heavy price to pay, you know, for telling the truth. Reporter now, five years later, he says the jurys 2. 3 million reward was vindication. These people they trusted, you know, other fellow firefighters and people that were above me, fire chiefs could do Something Like this. Reporter he says he suspects that it may have been motivated by concerns of violations of moto call and possibility of a wrongful death lawsuit. He still wants to be a firefighter in another city. Despite what happened to me, despite everything i have been through. The greatest job in the world. The City Attorney said in a statement quote we are disappointed in the verdict at this point. We are considering our options. He tells me he is keep teaches classes to emts on lifesaving skills and he is a volunteer paramedic with the park district. Julie . You said he wants to be a firefighter in another city. What are the chances of that happening . Reporter well, he is realistic. At 47 years old he knows it might be a longshot but hoping another department will give him a chance. All right, amber lee, reporting live, thank you. An accused hit and run driver appeared in court in hayward to face charges that he ran into a 6yearold boy. The 29yearold Daniel Morris from Castro Valley did the not enter a plea to the charges. He did not enter a plea to charges of stealing a car from an auto dealership in livermore. The 6yearold was walking to school with his grand mother and his broth or march 7th when the stolen ford fusion swerved on the sidewalk and pinned the boy against a pole seriously injuring him. Morris then ran from the scene. New at 10 00, a customized bike for a teenager was stolen. That bike has value beyond money. The teen can not walk and riding it puts a smile on his face. We are live at the apartment near Stephens Creek parkway. The family says they are desperate to get this bike back. Reporter julie, they reached out to us on our facebook page. They are desperate to find this bike because they say not only does it cost a lot of money but it has a lot of sentimental value. Reporter 16yearold ramona is full of life despite suffering from a rare genetic disorder similar to cerebral palsy. Wong thing that brought him independence, riding a customized bike. A 6,000 bike that he got after waiting two years. He ridden it a hand full of times. He can not walk anymore. When he rides the bicycle around he gets exercise, you know, he moves. Reporter the family says that bike was stolen right from where they keep it chain locked underneath the stairs of their upstairs apartment. His father a produce truck driver noticed it was missing as he headed into work early on friday morning. First thing, i dont understand why people would take it. Why . Why . Why look for it . Reporter the family believes whoever took it stole it between 11 00 and 4 00 a. M. The thief may not have realized no one can use it but him because it was made for him with special straps made for his age, weight and height. What will you do with it . Maybe sold for five . Reporter he told me one word describes this thief. I feel that i am depressed. Reporter knowing his family can try to buy a new one but it will not be easy since they only have enough to afford the bills and they are not sure how long it will take for a brandnew bike to arrive. I dont want to complain about it, i dont want to point the finger to nobody, no, no, no, no, no, no. I am not like that. I just want to see my happy faced boy again. That is all i need. That is all i want. Neighbors have been coming up to us, telling us more thefts are happening in the neighborhood. The family hopes Surveillance Video from this complex will give them chew clues, bottom line, they want their bike bike. No questions asked, julie . It is easy to see why this bike is important to them and ramone. Reporter an assistant coach was arraigned on 10 felony charges, stemming from sexual relations with two students. Garcia did not enter a plea. That is expected next tuesday. His bail was set at 3,000. The Attorneys Office is making an appeal to the public in this case. We are investigating if there are more victims we encourage anybody who has information to come forward and call the San Jose Police department. Garcia was a coach for the Cross Country and track teams at Mount Pleasant high. He was fired when the allegations surfaced. The students in the case are 14 and 17 years old. New developments now from b. A. R. T on the bus ridge set up in Contra Costa County and the delay facing commuters when a stretch of track is closed at the end of the pittsburgh line. Tonight, b. A. R. T says thing station will likely remain out of service through the weekend and that bus ridge to northconcord is expected to remain in use until at least monday. Today, b. A. R. T brought in an expeter to bring in a test to identify the fan electrical problem that knocked dozens of cars out of service. Crucial work is happening on the tracks. An Industry Expert from the east coast that specializes in high voltage systems is on board a test train. The train is equipped with measuring tools to pinpoint exactly where the power surge is happening. If we can at least identify the exact moment that we are having the spike, it will get us closer to cracking the code of what is causing this. B. A. R. T does not know if it is viewed to an aging system. Even if it is not, they say issues like this, highlight an overall need for improvement. We are seeing this across the nation all of the large transit systems, they have billions of dollars in deferred maintenance. We need to rethink investment and transit. B. A. R. T hopes voters will pass a bond measure on the ballot this november to fix the structure. We really need this funding. We have the plan. We can do the work. We need more funding to make it happen. Reporter that moan would not be for new cars. Workers continue to repair damaged cars with burned out cybertwices. A process expected to take months. B. A. R. T plans on to take 8 cars out of service and repurpose those cars to help put 30 to 40 cars back in service while they wait for new devices to in come. Having a spotlight on us right now and what our needs are is always a good thing. We have to be careful because this problem may not have anything to do with age. Reporter ridership numbers could not decrease yesterday that is because they Service People every day at the pittsburgh bay point station. Reporting from north concord, ktvu fox 2 news. Uber is expanding the pool during the b. A. R. T closure. The service matches passengers with others heading in the same direction as a lower price than ubers other services. It includes walnut creek, concord, along b. A. R. Ts pittsburgh line. The sopgz available weekdays during the morning and evening commutes. Coming up, a San Francisco pride tradition canceled. At 10 30 why it could be the first time in years that pink saturday will not be celebrated. Coming up, we could track rain showers. It is like no mace on earth. Literally. We will take you inside san jose comiccon and tell you what to expect over the weekend the Gillette Mach 3 turbo still feels better after 10 shaves than a disposable on its first. Mach 3 blades have twice the coatings. For a closer shave with zero redness. Get an incredible experience shave after shave after shave. Gillette. The best a man can get. From comics to costumes on celebrities. You are going to find it all in the south bay this weekend. That is where the first silicone valley comiccon is underway. Thousands of people are expected to fill the Convention Center for that event that is organized by apple. We have a look now at what it is like. Reporter the event wrapped up an hour ago. There are still a lot of people around here. It has been so exciting. I am am thrilled to be able to share a oneonone interview we got with this legend. The man behind many of marvels most famous comic book characters. Reporter dream became reality for steve, he and others cut the ribbon and opened the doors for comiccon. Fans waited for long lines to get in. It is like entering another world. Sights and sounds. And generations of fans. Inside comic booth figures. Wax museum. Blurring the line between fantasy. This guy is made out of wax. Reporter a core part of the convention. I used to have a desk job. After i got into this. A new world and i love it. Reporter it really allow it allows per for a place for you to come here and be yourself and everyone can be themselves. No judgment, no anything. We can all be nerds together. It is cool. Reporter many fans came for marvels stanly. The hulk, xmen, fantastic 4, ironman and spider man which he said did not come from the relm was spiders. I hate all insects. No, i just thought it would be cute to have a hero to stick to walls and i needed a name for him. So, i went down a list. Insent man, mosquito man and it got to spiderman and it sounded more dramatic than any other the names. So i settled if per that. Reporter they are now collectors treasures, the artwork going for tens of thousands, big screen hits help it. Virtual arrangement it sucks you into another world. A place you were not in before like a movie does. Reporter a along with william shattner, michael j. Fox, some of the other celebrities here. And frank i know you love it, there is a back to the future car sitting in there that i know you would really love to see. [ laughter ] that actually looks like it is really a lot of pun. I am curious, what was your favorite part being inside there . You know, my favorite part was seeing all of the costumes. People dressed up. As stanly told me it is really so amazing and touching to see all of these people and the devotion they have to these characters and that one girl said it. Come here and not be judged. A chance to just have fun with it and really bring all of these dream characters and fantasy characters to life. It is going on all of the way through the weekend, correct . Yes, it is. All right, we are live in the south bay tonight, thank you. Californias Unemployment Rate fell if february but it remains high. Higher than the national average. Todays report from the Employment Development department put the states jobless rate at 5. 5 . Down a fraction from january. It is still higher than 4. 9 . New numbers show california add 40,000 new jobs last month. The bay area accounted for a number of the new jobs, most of the 7200 jobs came in the east bay and San Francisco and san mateo area. Santa clara added 1700 Companies Like yahoo and Cisco Systems laid off employees. Investigators are hoping surveillance pictures will help them find a robber. The man in this picture robbed a u. S. Bank branch at a safe way store on tuesday. They say he is responsible for other Bank Robberies in concord and pleasanton and central valley. The same man committing another robbery. The detectives say between 5 8, to 6 . A worker at a slaughter house was sentenced to throw months in prison today for his role in selling contaminated meat. The Rancho Feeding Corporation was at the center of a beef recall in 2014. 56yearold man pled guilty to 1 count. He admitted to directing workers to remove usda condemned stamps from carcuses so that meat could be sold. State officials finally lifted the ban on fishing for crab off of the bay area coast. Health experts say levels of the acid if crabs no longer pose a health risk to humans. The toxin has delayed crab season for four months and cost fisherman millions. Commercial crabbers can start putting their gear into the water next friday. The season is open until june 30th. U. S. Forest service is requiring extensive Environmental Review for nestle to bottle and sell california drinking water. Environmental companies sued them for taking the money and bottling it for arrowhead brand. The drought is not the time for them to make money selling water from california. The review is required before they can get a new water permit. We could be tracking rain showers as we head into the bay area weekend. Today, the big change, this. Cooler temperatures out there. Remember, yesterday, we had the readings, santa rosa in the upper 70s, oakland, 80 degrees, san jose, upper 70s, everyone cooled off today. Sanfrancisco coming down to 75. Down to 61 degrees earlier this afternoon. Take a look at the highs from this afternoon. Santa rosa, upper 60s, a few spots in the 70s out towards concord and livermore. Passivicaa only in the upper 50s, big view out here in the Pacific Pacifica only in the upper 50s big view out here in the pacific. Now, hooking at the camera. The cloud looking out to the bridge, the clouds are filling in. Now, 7 00, 50 degrees, by 12 00, cloudy. Only in the lower 60s, skycam rashowing you all of the clouds out there. Even throughout the day there is a chance of a few sprinkles, a few scattered light showers, a chance for your side. We will bump up the chances for the second half of the weekend. Coming up we will take a closer look at your sunday forecast and talk about more rain clouds for next week. The federal government had expanded the trade mark. The National Park service asked trade mark trial on an appeal board to cancel the trade mark registration owned by the dnc parks and rewards yosemite. Dncy lost the contract to run the consessions on march 1st. It claims it has trade mark names. The trade marks filing comes in addition to a separate legal action foiled against them and the u. S. Court of federal claims. No decisions are expected in this matter before next year. She beat the odds, now a young cancer survivor is taking on another challenge. At 10 45 how this teenager is turning her survival story into a way to inspire others. Also ahead, the splash brothers combine for 70 points tonight as the warriors play the first of two back to back games in texas. We have the hoop highlights including all of the ncaa upsets. Europes most wanted fugitive caught. How the Police Tracked down a key suspect in the deadly terrorist attacks in paris it was a noisy and rowdy protest against donald trump in Salt Lake City tonight. At one point some of the crowd got into a shoving match with officers. There was a heavy Police Presence outside of the event center where he made his first Utah Campaign appearance. Ed in the republican candidate made several remarks about mitt romney and questioned if he is really a morman. Romney, of course, detphoupbsed trumps campaign. A 4month search for europes most wanted fugitive came to an end today. A suspect from the terrorist attacks in paris was captured alive in belgium. The largest manhunt in modern european history is over. Sadly, the 8 paris attacker is the pan that got away and in custody. Wounded but alive. He is tracked down to an apartment in the home district. Breaching the door, the police shouted at him to come out. Arms up. When he didnt, they shot him in the knee. Tkra mattic footage appeared to drag him from the house. He along with two other men are captivated. He is the one that got away. Soon after the paris attacks he is driving back on brussels. He was stopped twice the day after the attack but let go. Despite a massive manhunt the trail went dead. People significant guessed he went back to syria. 2014. All along he was under the noses of the police. Seemingly hidden. This shows that the community is provides safe haven for hem. They were helping him, they were moving him from location to location. So, a lot of people this to know his whereabouts over the months. That is going to be where the intel tpwepbs should focus. Reporter on tuesday, officials carried out a joint raid in the suburb of brussels and meat with resistance. During the firefight four people were killed. Now, a few escaped. His fingerprints and dna were found in the apartment and he left behind ammunition, guns and an isis flag. Cards, hotel room, apartment, it is still unclear why he did not blow himself up that night. A sued belt was found you in the suburb a suicide belt was found after the massacres t is unclear if he found he did not blow himself up or it did not work. For whatever the reason, had he is in Police Custody and he will face charms. Annual street party here in the castro known as pink saturday will be canceled because of the lack of sponsors it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Thousands of people packed the streets during an annual street party will not be allowed to do so this year. Dishart ening, pink saturday bring

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