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ktvu's noel walker is at the crash scene, which is also just steps away from britney's home. noel. >> reporter: yeah. in fact, frank, britney liviers right next door to these tracks. about 10 minutes ago her family came out here to the memorial right at the time she was hit by that train last night britney was very familiar with this area. had to cross those tracks everyday. her mother said those ear buds were a deadly distraction. >> trains are not quiet. they announce their presence with a deafening blair unless something else is blairing in your ears. >> she has her headphones in, she is just in her own lit ill world. >> britney silva was crossing the tracks just yards away from her home when a train hit and killed her just before 6:00 last night. she had ear buds in and didn't appear to hear the train approaching. >> as a kid, you don't really think about. this you're like i got it. i got my headphones in. i can pay attention. but then something like this happens, it shows you anything can happen. >> elizabeth olander's husband was on that train. >> he call med at 6:00 an
ktvu's noel walker is at the crash scene, which is also just steps away from britney's home. noel. >> reporter: yeah. in fact, frank, britney liviers right next door to these tracks. about 10 minutes ago her family came out here to the memorial right at the time she was hit by that train last night britney was very familiar with this area. had to cross those tracks everyday. her mother said those ear buds were a deadly distraction. >> trains are not quiet. they announce their...
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ktvu's noel walker talked to one man who is blind, and says he was passed up on the street. >> reporter: everyone goes at their own pace. >> got a long ways to go. >> reporter: like a metronome, it keeps him on his feet. but when the edge of the world is within reach, you learn to lean on other things. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: like public transcription. >> i hailed an uber. >> reporter: to get a lift. he brought his service dog. >> good boy. >> reporter: to help get around. >> i got a text, saying oh, we're sorry, your driver had to cancel the ride. >> reporter: jonathan says he heard the car drive away, leaving him on the sidewalk with benito. >> it's almost a twist in the gut to know you are being discriminated against for being who you are. >> reporter: jonathan innocent alone. we found out disability rights attorneys are looking into a significant number of similar claims from people who depend on things like uber to get around, because this is what the world looks like to them. >> this is a systemic problem. >> reporter: timothy elder is looking into claims of uber refusing s
ktvu's noel walker talked to one man who is blind, and says he was passed up on the street. >> reporter: everyone goes at their own pace. >> got a long ways to go. >> reporter: like a metronome, it keeps him on his feet. but when the edge of the world is within reach, you learn to lean on other things. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: like public transcription. >> i hailed an uber. >> reporter: to get a lift. he brought his service dog. >> good boy....
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ktvu's noel walker talked to one man who is blind, and says he was passed up on the street. >> reporter: everyone goes at their own pace. >> got a long ways to go. >> reporter: like a metronome, it keeps him on his feet. but when the edge of the world is within reach, you learn to lean on other things. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: like public transcription. >> i hailed an uber. >> reporter: to get a lift. he brought his service dog. >> good boy. >> reporter: to help get around. >> i got a text, saying oh, we're sorry, your driver had to cancel the ride. >> reporter: jonathan says he heard the car drive away, leaving him on the sidewalk with benito. >> it's almost a twist in the gut to know you are being discriminated against for being who you are. >> reporter: jonathan innocent alone. we found out disability rights attorneys are looking into a significant number of similar claims from people who depend on things like uber to get around, because this is what the world looks like to them. >> this is a systemic problem. >> reporter: timothy elder is looking into claims of uber refusing s
ktvu's noel walker talked to one man who is blind, and says he was passed up on the street. >> reporter: everyone goes at their own pace. >> got a long ways to go. >> reporter: like a metronome, it keeps him on his feet. but when the edge of the world is within reach, you learn to lean on other things. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: like public transcription. >> i hailed an uber. >> reporter: to get a lift. he brought his service dog. >> good boy....
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ktvu's noel walker is in san francisco, one of two cities where the app is being tested. >> reporter: the other city is rome, italy. before you use this app, you have to ask yourself one question. how much is parking worth to you? in the city, there are lots of cars, lots of people. but it seems never enough parking. >> it depends how lucky you are. you have to go in circles. if there is an angel on your shoulder, you find a space. >> reporter: a new app called monkey parking is finding a space in san francisco. >> we immediately saw that parking is a problem there. >> reporter: via skype, we spoke to developers in rome about the app inspiration. >> people leave parking spots every day. we want to make it a valuable moment for them. >> here is how it works. the flashing monkeys shows where users parked their cars. other users place bids to get the spaces when the users move. >> and so they can sync with other drivers that are looking for parking, avoiding them to drive around. >> it can be a challenge to find working. >> sf muny showed 440,000 parking spots city wide, 275,000 of those
ktvu's noel walker is in san francisco, one of two cities where the app is being tested. >> reporter: the other city is rome, italy. before you use this app, you have to ask yourself one question. how much is parking worth to you? in the city, there are lots of cars, lots of people. but it seems never enough parking. >> it depends how lucky you are. you have to go in circles. if there is an angel on your shoulder, you find a space. >> reporter: a new app called monkey parking...
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noel walker, ktbu channel 2 news. >> pleaded not guilty to the felony charges today. our cameras were there as michael quinn arrived at san francisco superior court to enter the plea. his blood call level tested at money 13. the they call the prosecutor's case circumstantial. he resigned from the fire department after the crash. >>> police say they've arrested a -- shut down market street yesterday. culinary school, after someone found a threatening note taped to a kitchen timer. the school was evacuated, market street was shut down for more than two hours. the bomb squad was called and determined there was no threat. investigators say 19-year-old jesus urena faces a misdemeanor charge. >>> attendance down about 50 percent today at two schools where there were threatening messages. officials say threats were written on walls at both schools. according to a letter sent out by the principal, police caught a person they believe is responsible for at least one of those threatening messages. >> investigators say that a disabled man was the only survivor of a deadly fire th
noel walker, ktbu channel 2 news. >> pleaded not guilty to the felony charges today. our cameras were there as michael quinn arrived at san francisco superior court to enter the plea. his blood call level tested at money 13. the they call the prosecutor's case circumstantial. he resigned from the fire department after the crash. >>> police say they've arrested a -- shut down market street yesterday. culinary school, after someone found a threatening note taped to a kitchen timer....
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walker will have much more on this story on our news at 5:00. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> also in the east bay the bart station was closed after a train hit and killed a person. it happened just after 9:00 a.m. there. police are trying to determine how that person got on the tracks, right now all trains are not stopping there, we just checked with bart and the incident is causing 15 to 30 minute delays on the pittsburgh bay point line. >>> developing news on the fire burning in san diego county, they are looking into arson as a possible cause of the 9 fires that started within 48 hours, the first started on tuesday, eight others all began within hours yesterday, they were fueled by intense heat and gusty winds, those fires have burned more than 9000 acres along with dozens of homes and businesses, damage already estimated at 22 million dollars, coming up in just about 10 minutes we will have a live report from the fire lines. >>> a bay area strike team is on its way to help fight those fires in southern california, i wa
walker will have much more on this story on our news at 5:00. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> also in the east bay the bart station was closed after a train hit and killed a person. it happened just after 9:00 a.m. there. police are trying to determine how that person got on the tracks, right now all trains are not stopping there, we just checked with bart and the incident is causing 15 to 30 minute delays on the pittsburgh bay point line. >>>...
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noel walker shows us how some people traveled a long way today to tell the judge why they are afraid that hubbard will strike again. >> reporter: they call themselves the ladies of lake los angeles. they traveled seven hours to san jose to ask a judge to stop a sexual predator from moving in. >> christopher hubbard needs to stay in lockup. >> reporter: for decades, he terrorized women from the bay area to southern california. he got his nickname, because he put pillowcases over the victims' heads to muffle their screams. the actual number of victims could top 100. >> we don't want him out. nowhere we live, not where anybody else lives, he could be released to the antelope valley. he would live five minutes away from misty's home. today, the rape surviver told the judge, she's scared. >> absolutely. if you look at his history, when he got out, he never stopped. he just kept doing it. >> reporter: hubbard spent more of his life in prison, and mental hospitals than out. each time doctors deemed him no longer a danger and let him out, he raped again. this apartment complex was then calle
noel walker shows us how some people traveled a long way today to tell the judge why they are afraid that hubbard will strike again. >> reporter: they call themselves the ladies of lake los angeles. they traveled seven hours to san jose to ask a judge to stop a sexual predator from moving in. >> christopher hubbard needs to stay in lockup. >> reporter: for decades, he terrorized women from the bay area to southern california. he got his nickname, because he put pillowcases...
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. >> we begin with noel walker. >>. couldn't talk to a firefighter without one of their scanners going off to announce another grass fire. one firefighter said by the end of this week, he thinks the semi-green hills behind me will be dry and brown. >> >> firefighters busy today. santa claira helicopters wrapped up rescue drills. >> a big disaster to happen, we all come together and work as one big agency. >> reporter: and in between drills -- >> we'll work on grass fires. >> reporter: put out real fires. >> we had a fire by the airport this morning. >> reporter: san jose fire tweeted this picture of that fire believed to be started by someone tossing something out a window. one of a half dozen grass fires today >>> we'll see increase in fire behavior. fires will be spreading more rapidly and they will be in intensity. >> reporter: thation is is wrapping up equipment and staffing this week at other northern california stations. >> definitely ahead of schedule with the drill, obviously, it's helping things to dry out quic
. >> we begin with noel walker. >>. couldn't talk to a firefighter without one of their scanners going off to announce another grass fire. one firefighter said by the end of this week, he thinks the semi-green hills behind me will be dry and brown. >> >> firefighters busy today. santa claira helicopters wrapped up rescue drills. >> a big disaster to happen, we all come together and work as one big agency. >> reporter: and in between drills -- >> we'll...
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noel walker shows us how some people traveled a long way today to tell the judge why they are afraid that hubbard will strike again. >> reporter: they call themselves the ladies of lake los angeles. they traveled seven hours to san jose to ask a judge to stop a sexual predator from moving in. >> christopher hubbard needs to stay in lockup. >> reporter: for decades, he terrorized women from the bay area to southern california. he got his nickname, because he put pillowcases over the victims' heads to muffle their screams. the actual number of victims could top 100. >> we don't want him out. nowhere we live, not where anybody else lives, he could be released to the antelope valley. he would live five minutes away from misty's home. today, the rape surviver told the judge, she's scared. >> absolutely. if you look at his history, when he got out, he never stopped. he just kept doing it. >> reporter: hubbard spent more of his life in prison, and mental hospitals than out. each time doctors deemed him no longer a danger and let him out, he raped again. this apartment complex was then calle
noel walker shows us how some people traveled a long way today to tell the judge why they are afraid that hubbard will strike again. >> reporter: they call themselves the ladies of lake los angeles. they traveled seven hours to san jose to ask a judge to stop a sexual predator from moving in. >> christopher hubbard needs to stay in lockup. >> reporter: for decades, he terrorized women from the bay area to southern california. he got his nickname, because he put pillowcases...
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noel walker, ktvu channel 2. >>> one of the biggist first atracks in san francisco is going to close down. lombard street. we first told you about the possibility last night. now, it is official. ktvu's paul chambers from the so-called crookedest street in the world. there is only an experiment, paul? >> reporter: it is something many of us have done lombard. a lot of congestion. that's why for 90 dayings this summer lombard street will be shut down. >> this is in order to keep people who are driving, walking, and the residents safe as we believe. >> they say roughly 2,000 people drive down the iconic street every weekend. this does not include the hundreds of tourists that come from all around the world taking pictures at the top and boat tom. >> sfth spokesman said closing the street will give the agency an opportunity to collect data to show if there are safety issues. on top of that, residents say visitors have stolen rocks and flowers. >> people race, have drunken races in the middle of the night down the street toasty how fast they can make it. a lot of them wreck. we have had
noel walker, ktvu channel 2. >>> one of the biggist first atracks in san francisco is going to close down. lombard street. we first told you about the possibility last night. now, it is official. ktvu's paul chambers from the so-called crookedest street in the world. there is only an experiment, paul? >> reporter: it is something many of us have done lombard. a lot of congestion. that's why for 90 dayings this summer lombard street will be shut down. >> this is in order to...
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noel walker is in east oakland tonight. is it a company decision not to accept those wic vouchers? >> reporter: no, not at all. in fact, the manager here tell me they want to be able to accept the wic vouchers and have applied to do so, but because of alleged mismanagement and price gouging within the program, new applications aren't being accepted. east oakland has been a bit of a food desert, but when food coopened in march, it filled a need, but not every need. the supermarket doesn't accept women, infants and children, or wic vouchers. the manager told us he would like to, but can't because the federal government has a moratorium on new store applications in california. we found out the new grocery store isn't alone. >> we're hoping we're going to get it. we have a lot of customers that come in. >> reporter: this market in east oakland is stocked with produce, formula, everything a new mom needs, except the ability to accept wic vouchers. >> it's not fair. they don't take it here because, you know, some women don't have cars. >> reporter: the inability to one-stop-shop is not l
noel walker is in east oakland tonight. is it a company decision not to accept those wic vouchers? >> reporter: no, not at all. in fact, the manager here tell me they want to be able to accept the wic vouchers and have applied to do so, but because of alleged mismanagement and price gouging within the program, new applications aren't being accepted. east oakland has been a bit of a food desert, but when food coopened in march, it filled a need, but not every need. the supermarket doesn't...