there's san francisco's newest police officers and we're told they are saving the city money before they ever hit the the street. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. they are from oakland, san jose and other regions. police officers don't need specific trains because unlike rookies they are coming from

other departments. police are saving time and many money by adding manpower without having a class of cadets. amber lee has the story. >> reporter: it takes two months to train a police officer. compare that to a new recruit. we were given complete access to see the new officers enter their first week of training. the 14 new hires are called laterals. officers from other law enforcement. they dress in dark blue uniforms, unlike what this would be. a sign of the respect for their previous experience. four officers in this class come from oakland. the oakland police officers

union says it costs up to .4 of a million dollars to recruit. in the past week ten officers have resigned. >> they don't feel there's stability here in the police department. >> we're trying to get the best of the crop. >> you want people with diverse experience. >> reporter: we were not allowed to interview the new officers or reveal their identities to protect their privacy. this class of laterals is scheduled to graduate in june. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news.

more details now. more on where the laterals come from. two in oakland, two from san francisco and two others from stanislaus county. president obama is set to visit the bay area for some old fashioned fund raising and a town hall. a member of the presidential council of economic advisories told ktvu news today the focus will be on budget issues. afterward the president heads to san francisco for a private dinner and fundraisers. then it's on to knothill for a second fundraiser. local republicans say that it is all about raising money. >> i think the town halls are semily a guise to appear to be connecting with normal

americans. >> reporter: protesters from conservative and liberal groups are expected to be on hand at various stops tomorrow. it's the president's second visit to the bay area in three months. among the ticketholders if -r the president's speech tomorrow are about three dozen members of the san francisco's boys and girls club. jana katsuyama spoke to a few of the students on what they wanted to see. >> reporter: these students will get to go right inside the auditorium where the ticket prices ranged from $25 to $2,500. in the heart of san francisco's tenderloin today, students at the boys and girls club were very excited. >> init's pretty cool to have the opportunity to meet the president. >> reporter: if you think these teens don't care about presidents, think again. today they shared about what they would share with the

president about the tenderloin. >> it's hard to live in. where people are selling drugs on the corner and there's needles on our sidewalks. >> reporter: how budget cuts impact their schools and family businesses. >> there's not enough paper in our classroom. the teacher won't give us any because they don't have any money. >> he's a normal person. he's a dad, he's a husband. >> it doesn't matter if you're black, white, asian or hispanic or any kind of ethnicity. >> the president has swag. in california means --

>> charisma and confidence. and we'll be tracking president obama's visit at ktvu .com and here on ktvu news. the faa is investigating the possibility of a high profile misstep involving air traffic controllers and a plane carrying first lady michelle obama. the first lady's flight was told to abort it landing yesterday evening at andrews air force base. the faa says the 737 carrying mrs. obama was flying too close behind a military cargo jet and had to abort due to concerns that the plane would not clear the runway on time. the first lady's plane landed without further incident. air traffic controllers in virginia may be responsible. a woman is under arrest

tonight accused of shooting a man several times at close range. it happened around 7:00 this evening on the 700 block of west grand avenue. the woman was with the man at a gas station when she pulled out a gun and began firing. they said she made remarks that suggested he had been hitting her. following the shooting the woman walked to a near by church where she called police to turn herself in. the man was taken to the hospital. police say his injuries appear serious. oakland police are also investigating a homicide tonight. someone shot and killed a richmond woman last night as she was walking down the street. the victim's daughter learned a the devastating legend. >> reporter: a memorial for 33- year-old mother of two sits along the roadway in west oakland where police say she was shot. >> it's just hard for me because i never would expect to lose my momma so soon. >> reporter: sims is now without a mother. just before 10:00 last night

officers responded to a call of a shooting on union street. 33-year-old patrice burton had been shot. it appears burton was the victim of a drive by shooting. >> she dropped me off about 5:00 after we had dinner. >> reporter: after that her granddaughter went to oakland to visit friends. she was told that burton and another woman were walking to the store when they were shot. the other woman who was not harm called a male friend who -- who was not harmed called a male friend who drove her to the hospital. >> i just want to say to all the young girls who ain't looking up to their mama or thinking they are too grown. not to because you don't know when you're going to lose her. and it hurts so bad.

>> reporter: oakland police say they have little to go on and think that someone might know what happened on this block. if you have any information call police. we checked with oakland detectives today and learned there have been 35 homicides so far this year. at this time last year that number with us 28. it's still only april but that works out to an increase of 25%. there's some pointed criticismed aimed at governor brown after the analysts office said his proposed contract with the state's prison guards could cost taxpayers big money when those guards retired. under the deal proposed by brown, the guard must be paid vacation time when retired. the association claimed almost $200 million to help brown win

last year's election. the legislature must approve the contract. fired chiefs in three peninsula cities are working on a plan to merge their fire departments. millbrae and san bruno are looking to join. they'll have to determine what stations to close and if a new one should be open for a centralized location. former alameda fire chief capler has filed a lawsuit against the city. capler says he was wrongly fired from his job. he says a councilwoman

conspired to fire him. the utility says hydrostatic tests involve using pressurized water to check if a pipe is structurally sound. pg & e is stating that they can't find lines that are similar to the san bruno line that exploded. it plans to supply customers with gas from other lines. an iconic shot this afternoon of fog in the bay. what's in store for tomorrow? chief meteorol

this evening the san jose city council decided to drastically cut the medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. the rules are going to be tough and not everyone will like him. lloyd lacuesta is live with the story. >> reporter: the medical center is one of 110 medical marijuana collectives in san jose. tonight it is trying to position itself as just one of the 10 that will be allowed in the city of san jose. >> here on the shelf there's probably close to 30 varieties on the shelf. >> reporter: this cannabis club

has 3,000 members and has been in existence for 13 months. marijuana is grown here. tonight the san jose city council after nearly three hours of spirited discussion voted on regulating the sale of medical marijuana. >> my count that passes on a 6- 5 vote. so the motion is approved. >> reporter: san jose will now limit the number of marijuana clubs to ten. no more than two in any of the cities 11 districts. the marijuana sold must be grown on the club's ground and not brought in from the outside. >> hopefully the city does what it says and they do go through a process where they do a process of elimination. where you are the best of the best. >> reporter: but other club operators were not happy feeling 10 is not enough to serve a city of 1 million. >> there may very well be lawsuits. hopefully we can avoid that. >> reporter: the police chief wanted a ban on all clubs siting seven violent robberies

that have occurred at marijuana collectives. >> we still have questions on the law. >> reporter: mayor reed says the intent is to serve only those who really need medicinal marijuana. >> if we are just providing medicinal marijuana to people who are ill 10 will be plenty. >> reporter: the medical american -- medical marijuana clubs will also have to pay the 7% taxes. >> permit. >> jim: be issued on a first -- >> permits will be issued on a first come first served basis. police tell ktvu that around 1:00 a 50-year-old man was at the base of an escalator at holiday plaza near the union

b.a.r.t. station. police say the man's hair and sleeve got caught in the escalator. power to the escalator was shut off so firefighters could cut him free. officers say the man may have been trying to go up a down escalator when he suffered a medical american. the man was taken to the hospital where he later died. and prosecutors allege yusuf bey iv ordered chauncye bailey to be killed because she was going to write a negative report on the bakery. it also wrote the bakery owed the irs more than a quarter million dollars. the reviewing recommendations from the department of energy, this comes after an audit found the

lab failed to adequately protect information. for example the audit said the lab allowed cob tractors to make changes to a system which monitors nuclear explosions without getting proper approval. the east bay lab maintains several security systems pertaining to the nation's stock stockpile and reactor programs. oakland residents saying not in my backyard. they are upset that a new tower is going up in their neighborhood. but this tower isn't for cell phones it's for community safety. >> reporter: people who live here on butter's drive tell us construction started late last week. luxy hardaway's house is across the street. she says nobody she knows in the neighborhood was told before construction began. >> i am pretty comfortable with

my neighbors here. i spoke to several of them, nobody received notice as well. >> reporter: it is one of two new towers to support a new radio system they say oakland has needed for quite some time. >> there's been some well publicized recent incidents where our public safety radio system is aging. it's starting to not operate as efficiently and effectively as we need it to. >> reporter: which is why the city says the process was fast track. roxy hardiman says she wants to know from the city that the tower won't harm her. city officials emphasize that the tower is safe and are working hard to get the

communication system in order by summer? some walnut creek rez residents are upset about a tower going up in their neighborhood. neighbors of the buena vista group say they are concerned about cancer risks and they believe the tower will be an eye risk. the proposed at&t tower will be at st. steven's catholic church. the group also questioned whether there was a conflict of interest. there are a few clouds out there right now. more cloud in the forecast as we head to tomorrow. weather system stacked up over the pacific. they are all very weak but they are bringing a little bit of shower activity to parts of the bay area. here we are at 10:00 mostly cloudy. here is the computer model for

the next 24 hours. when you wake up tomorrow morning, it's mostly cloudy. late in the day sprinkles show up in the bay area. these sprinkles are going to last with us probably into thursday then we see more chances as we head into the weekend. i'll have the computer model solution to the long range forecast back here in about 20 minutes. a natural toxin was found in millions of the fish that suffocated in a redondo beach. the toxin is released from an algea bloom, it's uncurable. we'll show

cooper thieves in san francisco are taking crime to a dangerous through level. thieves cut a power line that feed electricity to the city's nummi buses. that kind of power can kill. when the first calls came in, authorities thought it was a case of vandalism but it turn out to be a theft. >> about 125 feet of line were cut. >> reporter: the thieves cut down the line about 8:00 sunday evening. and managed to get away with 300 pounds of cooper cable before anyone noticed. the thieves took their lives into their own hands.

>> reporter: there is electricity involved in the wires, it is extremely dangerous to mess with those. >> reporter: those who ride the line said they saw crews repairing the line in the morning. >> that's pretty desperate. it's pretty incredible. i wouldn't take that risk. i don't care how much money i got. >> reporter: san francisco police say oftentimes cooper cables have specific markings that are a dead give away to anyone trying to sell stolen wire. >> it's a particular wire used on these lines. all of that is part of an invs. investigation that we'll do. >> reporter: these electric buses can run for a little while without getting power fed to them so they were able to drive through the power gap. and nummi powered in diesel buses so the impact was minimal. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. hundreds of people around

the area are waiting to find out whether they'll be mcdonalds new employee. the line in palo alto stretched around the building. mcdonalds is looking to hire at least 700 employees this week for its 250 bay area restaurants. many job seekers we spoke with said they want to advance into manage ment. , the company plans to hire 25,000 people nationwide. california and 12 other states along with the district of columbia had a net loss. most of the countries faired better. last month 34 states saw a drop in their unemployment rate. that's the largest amount since june. texas led the way adding 37,000 jobs. the price of gold hit an all time record hitting $15.59

an ounce. credit and debt concerns are said to be pushing up the price of golds and precious metals. the price of gold has climbed more than 5% since the beginning of the year. a strong earnings report from johnson an johnson sent stocks higher today erasing some of yesterday's losses. the nasdaq picked up nine, the dow picked up 65 points. private first class brandon manning faces several charges for leaking information. some lawmakers and human rights group have criticized his name at a marine corp. base in virginia. rebels fighting to house libyan leader gadhafi will be getting some help. the british company said it's sending up to 20 military advisors to help the rebels who

have been outmatched by gadhafi forces. the advisors will help organize the rebels. although they say they will not arm them or help in tear mission. nato acknowledged day strikes alone will not stop the daily bombardment of masrata. misrata has been undersiege for seven weeks and government forces have been pounding it with mortars and shells. hospitals are said to be overflowing with the wounded. the may

new at 10:00, city leaders unanimously approve a plan to redevelop a huge property that's been vacant for more than 30 years. that vote -p had within the hour. the property is located in the 1,500 road of geary road off main street. eric rasmussen is live. neighbors say this place has become quite an eyesore. >> reporter: it sure has. the chain is all coming down when the new owners put a new grocery store here. >> i remember shopping in this building as a child with my mother pushing me around in a grocery cart. >> reporter: now the new opener

says he's ready to rebuild a new henry's market. >> they are a competitor that's closer to whole foods i would say than safe way. >> reporter: many neighbors tell us it's good news. >> i'm very excited. it's been this way for a long time. it's such an eyesore to go by every day. >> reporter: they say for six years, this building has been a black eye for walnut creek, a building not known for blithe. >> how does a building go empty for 30 years like that? >> reporter: some have raised concerns about more impact to traffic and whether there'll be enough parking. >> this will be a changed community and very much for the better we think. >> reporter: city council members just signed off on zoning changes needed to get

this project going. the grocery store even a new coffee shop here could be up and running before the middle of next year. we're live in walnut creek, eric rasmussen, ktvu news. it appears a deal is done to bring a target store to san francisco's mission district. a development company says target has signed the lease. construction is expected to begin in the fall. there is no word on a target date for target's opening. the deal to let twitter move in to a market street building cleared the board of supervisors today on an 8-3 vote the board approved a tax exempt for twitter. twitter threatened to move to the peninsula if it didn't get the tax break with the exemption, twitter says it will sign a six year lease at the

building. and police say a woman was followed while walking on the 1400 1400 block of third avenue. when she got home a man followed her inside the gate and ordered her to take off her clothes than ran away. the man is described as a black man with a dark complexion. investigators describe the van at a box type block. and has two windows on the passenger's side. we have an inspirational story of sur survival from one of the most shocking rampages in san francisco history. you will remember the wine country killings carried out by

ramon salcedo. the loan child to survive those attacks now has a daughter of her own. >> she is a good baby. >> reporter: carmila calls her 6 -week-old child a miracle. many call carmina's a miracle. salcedo killed his wife then four others then came for then 3-year-old carmina and two other sisters. >> you could cut the tear with a knife. it was so dense. the energy was so dark. >> reporter: he drove to the sonoma city dump. carmina says she can remember in detail what happened. she says her father slashed the throats of her two young sisters then it was her turn. >> i said papa please don't cut me. i was thinking, i don't know if i said that but i know i

definitely was thinking. what on earth did i do wrong? >> reporter: it was off this road that a transient spotted carmina. he said he saw three doll like figures and one of the dolls suddenly moved. somehow carmina had survived. carmina seems at peace now but through the years she wondered why she survived. >> maybe it's to help others, to be an inspiration to others. maybe for her. who knows. >> reporter: in sonoma, rob roth, ktvu news. santa cruz police have identified the 22 kwraorld man who died after falling from a cliff as nick saed hussein of fremont. hussein was pronounced dead below cliff drive. rescue crews raised his body with a long ladder to bring him up off the rocky ledge where he

landed. hussein was with two friends when he fell, both friends were arrested for being intoxicated. a chicago police officer says he may have solved at least part of the mystery of the zodiac killer. john lewisson said he decoded one message from the killer. lewisson says he has uncoded the zodiac's initials but plans to turn it over to the investigators before releasing it to the public. you know about speed limits if cars, what about for bicycles. why the golden gate bridge wants to control how far bikes can go on the span. i have the latest computer model. it shows rain for tomorrow

golden gate bridge officials are trying to find ways for bicycles to slow down. bicyclists tell ktvu news they want the district to increase the security only on the west side of the bridge. and the -- that was inspired by rosa parks refusal to sit at the back of the bus. the bus stopped at three

schools today in san leandro, berkeley and hayward. it's part of an effort to teach young people of about the struggle of black americans. and protesters shown running from gunfire in the country's third largest city. at least one person was killed. they gave authorities almost limitless power of surveillance and arrest now some protesters are calling for an end to theregime. china is facing a widening income tax between the poor. a widening inflation is threatening china's red hot economy. and in cuba, castro made a surprise visit with his brother

and current president raul castro. while the castros say it's time for a new generation of leaders. raul castro was nailed first secretary. three some what younger politicians received lesser roles. one year ago today, bp oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico killing 11 men and triggering america's worse oil spill. from the air the water looks clean but a closer look reveals oil is still there. louisiana wildlife officials say bp hasn't done enough to clean it up. but the oil giant says it is committed to finishing the job. a list of suspended air traffic controllers and managers is growing. the latest controller that got in trouble wasn't sleeping but for 10 minutes, pilots were unable to contact the air

traffic control because he was watching a movie with his mic on. the faa has suspended nine controllers and managers since march. we'll show you how a newly developed water plant can save lives in

two blind sea lions at the marine mammal center are getting new homes at the san francisco zoo. once who's known as silent night and another named henry will be moved to the zoo as soon as arrangements can be made. silent night was apparently shot in the head and is now completely blind so he can't be released to the wild. henry who is also blind has become his companion. the san jose city council

today gave the green light for an environmental study to rebuild a major water treatment plan in the south bay. the san jose, santa clara plant has been in business for about 60 years but now it's in need of a major rebuild. the project could cost $208 million. that rebuild is not expected to start in the near future. for years sign years scientists have been trying to perfect the process of turning sea water into fresh water. two local companies have come up with a new portable water desalination plan that can be used on emergencies. >> reporter: we watched bags of life saving drinking water churn out of this new first of its kind purification machine. >> it's pumping the water out

and using this hose to our emergency response trailer. inside joe of forever pure showed me a series of filters and pumps, a desalination plant that turns saltwater into drinking water in second. >> we want to get water to victims as quickly as possible. and we can bag it into half liter bags and distribute them immediately as well. >> reporter: the bags are tough. the system's power is as clean as the water. this 2,500-watt motor solar system is unhampered by weather. >> over cast is no problem. even a rainy day is all right. you still have rays coming through. >> reporter: the bay area's forever pure and renewables west are now partnering on these emergency units, one already sold to canada. they are talking to the

military for a battle zone version. they say they could make 5,000- gallons of water for 10 people a day indefinitely. and welcome back, we have clouds out there right now. we'll go to live to believe the trags you believe -- we go to live storm tracker two. here's how the story goes, tonight will be mild because of the clouds. tomorrow not really a bad day but it's cloudy all day. then at the end of the day sprinkles show up. drizzle at the coast, that lasts light showers and sprinkles into thursday's commute. saturday looks a bit unsettle too with a few light scattered showers. light scattered nuisance showers that will keep temperatures out of the 70s. we should be looking at mid-60s right through your holiday weekend. satellite loop you're going to see the system i'm tracking

blocks out everything. you can see it right here. there's a series of them and they're all very weak. and we're going to see more of the same. so tomorrow starts off cloudy. increasing clouds during the day. the morning should be dry. and then by late afternoon, maybe the afternoon commute a few sprinkles out toward vacaville and san helena. sprinkles out around tahoe. the computer model does this and it's been moving around a bit. but the basic premise is clouds increase tomorrow. then you see here by 7:00, light sprinkles out there. now we go into the other night hours, 10:00, still some light sprinkles. this is not a big deal. unless you're out here toward buke county. this is really, i have to say no fun for anybody. no fun to forecast this, it's fun to get rain in here.

you can forecast a good strong front with rain. this is just minimal stuff. as you get into thursday, we clear out. friday we clear out and friday afternoon in the evening, the model flipped out there but we would be seeing increasing clouds out there and those increasing clouds will lead to showers and sprinkles on saturday. so mostly cloudy and showers late in the day. at lunch 63 for a daytime high. beautiful shot, there's concord out there toward the right side of your screen a little bit. that's mount vaca in the background. 62 in vallejo, cooler than they were today and they're going to be about the same the next few days. the five day forecast, just nuisance showers, what else can we say. things could change on that weekend. don't shut your plans down yet on saturday. i think the next model will have a different take on it. for now, tomorrow evening scattered, sprinkles in the

forecast not a big deal. >> kind of lingering. >> yeah. apple appears to have the edge on the android when it comes to the popularity of its mobile technology. industry researchers come score says nearly 38 million people own the i pod, iphone and i pod touch. a northern california mother spoke pub libly today for the first time about her life after undergoing a hand transplant. emily fennell of yuba city lost her right hand in a car crash. last month doctors at ucla attached a donor hand in a marathon 14 hour operation. doctors say fennel should gain some feeling in that right hand within a year. fennell says her goal is to be able to use her new hand without even thinking about it. >> the morning commute came with a sweet treat for some folks today. b.a.r.t. and this oversized bear which

we don't know exactly why there's a bear there. were handing out fair trade chocolate from. b.a.r.t. says the give away is in connection with its blue sky environmental festival on thursd

ticket master and its parent company is going to start using demand prices. if tickets aren't selling prices will be reduced. but for a popular show prices may go up. last summer was a down year for many concerts and concerts were cancelled. and this year is a big year for hockey. >> national hockey at its best. the cartoon balloon read over

every fan read, here we go again. unexplained lethargy early. no, maybe this is not the sharks of play off past. down 4-2. san jose wakes up they are down 5-3. closes the deficit to 5-4. final 31 second in the second period it's pavelski with a shot. we are all even 5-5. a scoreless third period. and we go to the first ot. and right off the stick of setaguchi. the sharks win this one in l.a.6-5. unbelievable finish. score early, score often and shovel it down to cruise control. it happened last night in colorado, why not mess with

that formula. giants, how about four this evening. start with buster ball game a two strike single to game off jimenez in that first-inning we have 1-0. pablo sandoval finding one to his liking and the 3-run jack his fifth of the year. 4-0 san francisco. that one is going to be good enough for jonathan sanchez. but just to make sure. aubrey huff starting to find the long ball stroke, 2-run blast his second of the year. bryan wilson comes off for his fifth save of the young season. another one of those beautiful examples of big payroll but little emotion losing out to low payroll but highly incentivized the a's. strike them out, throw them out brett anderson eight scoreless. help from suzuki. his call is late but it's

cameron called for interference. and ellsbury called out. and he's got himself a 2-run double and a 4-0 lead. they add another for a 5-0 victory over the red sox. the suddenly unrelevant knicks finally pull out a big with stoudemire. they decide to get mellow. carmelo anthony. the three here with 2:37 has them up on the floor by three. but kg kevin garnet gets a three. and they hold on 2-0 series lead there. and thanks to 33 points, 19

rebounds by dwight howard pull even. that's the sporting life for a tuesday night. as promised nothing but