Investigations

A federal law allows for the government to detain undocumented immigrants indefinitely but a recent spate of rulings by judges in the 9th circuit shows some leniency in the wake of this controversial decision, 2 Investigates has learned. 

The city of Oakland has been ordered to pay $226,500 in penalties for violations related to sewage spewing and spilling into waterways and the bay, according to a letter sent to the city by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Newly released body camera video shows police officers knew of dangers inside the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse more than a year before a fire broke out and killed 36 people.

Individual Bay Area prosecutors promised to review marijuana cases and clear thousands of criminal cannabis records. But a 2 Investigates review of the major District Attorney’s offices show that they have only made a small dent in the number of cases before them. In three months, they've dismissed between 4 to 10 percent in the cannabis caseloads they vowed to clear. 

For the first time since last October's deadly North Bay wildfires, CalFire released hours of transcripts, incident reports, dispatch audio and 911 calls that depict panic and confusion during the fire storm.

Federal attorneys paid a visit to Palo Alto schools Thursday to see how the district is recovering and repairing a tumultuous year marked by a series of campus sex assault scandals uncovered by 2 Investigates.

The California Attorney General's Office has decided not to criminally charge Wondersitter and its owner, Rose Titcomb, after accusations emerged the company failed to pay more than a hundred babysitters for hours they’ve worked. Alleged victims have reported unpaid wages from a dozen different cities nationwide including San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore and New York. 

Albert Wong, 36, was described by his former legal guardian as a law-abiding and soft-spoken person who moved around to different Bay Ares homes as a child. KTVU spoke with Cissy Sherr at her Milbrae home Monday. She says she had known Wong since he was six-years-old when his father would bring him to her home to eat dinner.

Millions of unsafe cars are rolling on California highways with unfixed recalls, serious issues or defective parts, according to the latest manufacturer data supplied to Carfax. Of that, a significant percentage of vehicles are registered with rideshare companies like Uber or Lyft, or are a registered city taxi cab.

The newest numbers from the San Francisco Controller’s Office show thousands of unpaid invoices are being processed, reducing the backlog of bills following the rollout of the city’s new financial payment system.

The man at the center of the Ghost Ship fire criminal case is defending himself from behind bars once again in a rambling 21-page letter sent to KTVU's 2 Investigates unit. 

Taxpayers could be forced to foot the bill for interest on thousands of contractor and vendor invoices that have gone unpaid for months because of problems with San Francisco’s new financial system.

As police continue to investigate assaults and mob-style robberies against riders, attacks on BART employees are also steadily rising.

The city of San Francisco has failed to pay thousands of contractor invoices and left some contractors waiting in excess of seven months for payment.

The FBI has a message for those looking for love online this week: watch your wallet. The agency is warning people that so-called “romance scams” have jumped 20 percent, and these types of schemes net some of the biggest financial losses compared to other online crimes.

The City of Oakland spent $100,000 on a pilot surveillance camera program to catch illegal dumpers. The problem is, even as a pilot program, the cameras don’t appear to be working to curb the larger problem.

When 93-year-old Celia Christian from San Ramon first settled into her new nursing home, she started taking medication that caused her to hallucinate and sleep all day. One day, her daughter even got a call that her mother was seeing lady bugs coming from the ceiling. 

A Half Moon Bay couple caught a man on camera entering their apartment when they weren't’t home, drinking their alcohol, and allowing his dog to urinate on the carpet. And even worse, that man was their own landlord.