a contentis debate is underway at a packed bart meetin they are reconsidering a plan to build a rail extensioto the oakland airport. terry, it's over the people mover? >> that is correct. but it nearly stopped moving when the federal government pulled the money 6 months ago. that problem has gone away but the proteors have not. >> the idea of an oakland airport conntor linking the station and the airport seems

headed for approval but it doesn't have tony's approval. he says theris a lot of better things to do with half a billion dollar >> bart has failed to carry out promiseso people who live in alameda and cont costa counties by building stations out to the east. at the same ti they failed to do the retrofit on their infrastructure. >> black shirts are members of a carpenter's union, with they look at the connection they see jobs. >> these folks will go to work and spend that money in local businesses. >> the project seemed in trouble back in february when the federa government pulled $70 million worth of funding because bart violated civil rights laws. a bart spokesman says the issue no longer exists. >> it's been adequately addressed and they inially pulled the fundin if they are comfortable witness,

we're comfortab with it. >> but the federal money has gone elsewhere and they have come up with alternative funding including state transportation and bond money and a loan fm the federal government. it would be a driverless system to the airpo in eight minutes. >> and another controversy coming up at this bart board meetg, they are trying to figure out what to do with the $4.5 million surplus. one is reducing fares for 3% for 90 days. they did a survey and public said, don't do that. clean up the trains instead. that vote will be later this afternoon. police arrested a man they say was posing as pole officer. now, they need your help to determine how many people he victimized. san jose resident was booked

into jail. he faces several charges includg possession of a loaded firearm and personating a peace officer. a real patrol officer noticed an unmarked car and he found him in the car and discovered he was not with any police gain. the vehicle had a dashboard camera, front and rear strobe lights and a mobile computer. he was wearing a california highway patr baseball cap. when they searched, they found handcuffs and multiple badges and several air shot pellet guns. >> they are trying to figure out if a group of car fires was an accident at the airport. the fires were reported after midnight. officials believe th fire begin in a toyota minivan that had been parked in lot since july 1. flames spread to half a dozen

other cars. surveillance ceras were working but officials say no camera was pointed to the area where the fires burned. >> all the cars that wer affected, but the main car, it looks like the entire interior has been gutted. >> no one was injured. sfo says right now it has no plans to increase security in the long term lot. >> oakland's new police chief is giving updates on what he is doing to keep oakland residents safe in the wake of recent poli layoffs. the update comes hours after the city recorded its 47th homicide of the year. a man was shot to death at harmorn and seminary avenues. teresa gara has the latest from the chief. >> good morning. today the chief wanted to ensure that the communy gets their

message, that the police department has heard them. what what he is doing, he has redesigned assigents to do three top assignments, gangs, drugs and guns. and they are did you say cussing the status of safety. number of homici is down bu preventing crime rather than responding the aftermath is harder. with the layoff of 80 officers. days before the layoffs, many office were involved in what the chief is calling a successful operation dealing with crowd control and looting after the involuntary manslaughter verdict in the bart officer shooting case. in order to, the chief says he has to prioritize the work first. >> we're not trying to punish theommunity or threaten the community. that is not it at all. we're following their directions and find better ways to allow

community to report so we can be more efficient in prioritizing. community wants to deal with violent crim, guns, gangs and drugs. >> to deal with lower level crimes like burglary he is assigning injured on-duty officers to take reports. they are also assigning them to work hot spots in the city. i ask the chief what are you going too when it comes to the sentencing of johannes mehserle. that will be operation sentencing and they do plan to constantly deal with cro control and they will have to make it work with the number of officers they have. this morni, oakland police are also revealing for the first time the contents of notebook that was found in a truck used by 580 gunman. byron williams has california writteon the cover but up until now we didn't know much

else. they s the notebook listed some locations and different groups without mentioning specific people. it containe his ramblings. chp tried to pull him over on 5 on 80 in oakland. instead, they ended up in a gun battle with him. he had three guns and was wearing body armor. he was on his way to san francisco to shoot people a at the aclu and tides foundation. >> we fl developing news, concord police are investigating a fatal dog attack on a two-year-old boy. it happened on trail creek court this morning. toddler walked into the garage where three of the family's pit bulls were located. the dog attacked th child and he was taken to a local hospital where he died. animal services are working the case and we' have more coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >> six people are dead after a

greyhound bus crashed in the central valley overnight. californ highway patrol says the bus was traling from los angeles to sacramento with 36 people on board. just outsi fresno, the driver swerved to avoid another csh and slammed into a concret divider and hit not vhicle and a tree. the driver was among those killed. 9 more people were taken to the hospital with injuries. >> i was asleep and then i heard the boom that woke me up. all i know is we were down this embankment he. >> greyhound has set up a hot line for people that ve friends or family. it's on your screen. we also posted the number at our website. >> the woman fired from a government job after being

accused gets a call from president ama. problem she said that may keep her from accepting a new federal job offer. >> a new storm tlonts derail the

president obama signed a bill into law that cracks down on billions of dollars of improp payments using taxpayer

money. >> we he to challenge that accepts billions of dollars in waste is the cost of doing business and under performg programs survive year aft year simply sple because that is the way things have been done. >> the legislation strengthens efforts by federal agencies to halt the flow of improper money. supporters s it will prevent the paynt of some $50 billion to dead people and fugitives and those in jail that shouldn't be getting befits. >> also president obama has spoken personally by phone with a former official. he told shirley sherrod he she was forced to resign. she was is forced out of a job after a blogger put an edited video.

the video clip took her speech out of context. the who speech was actual lay story about racial rick on sill yiags. >> my life has been about fairness. to have to thin that i was a racist, someone that worked against racism all my life really hurt. >> the whiteouse and agriculture secretary have apologized. sherrod says she isn't sure if she acce it because she doesn't want to be the one person in the agency everybody is looking to clear up discrimination issues. >> bp and government officials still haven't decided to shut downperations in the gu of mexico even though a strong storm headed their way. bp is weighing whether to allow ships to ride out the storm or evacuate. if an evacuation is ordered.

equipment moniring the ruptured well will be removed. company must then decide whether to tap the well or leave it uncapped allowing oil to flow freely into the gulf for four days. they don't want unexpected problems that could release more oil into the gulf. a decision must be made soon so ships can get ou of way by saturday. >> no storms here but cool weathe. >> the weather is so cold an foggy in pacifica and so many coastal areas, gloom and doom, we thinkf this in june but the sky is starting to clear in emeryville. i'll tell you when we can expect the sun and what does it mean for the upcoming weekend. >> plus, free vaccination clinic that could help you and your family avoid a growi health

epidem here in california.

in concord, health officials are giving away free whooping cough vaccines. it's reached epidemi levels at the state with six infants dying

already this year. they say it's very contagious and can be serious for young children. they are urging that parents make sure their children are vaccinated and they are recommending to pele that are over 65 and women that may be held clinic. it's being held 4.to 9:00 in concord. hopefully they will have ni weather. >> i tnk it will be nice in concord but a loof cloud cover outside you can see from the picture behind us. right here in the embarcadero but we do have gray skies. this is it. sea of clouds taken from mount tam, picture in hd lookining towards tiburon. a lot of cloud cover but a lot thinnethan yesterday in terms of the depth but it is still there and significant enough that most of us are still in the clouds.

looking downwn from the roof cameras south beach you can see the sun is starting to show. that means a little warmer tempatures for the city where we saw no sun yesterday. 60 across the bay in oakland and fremont and starting to warm in the low 70s. fog really did move all the way in to first of all the northern portio of sonoma county as well as the east bay and down south. the gray and foggy conditions will persist throughout the day at the coast and get sunshine there later. in pacifica, a little bit of sunshine and bit warmup readings. not a lot changer. this is responsible for deepenin the marine layer and we have a system that is lurking offshore. so we'll continue to see foggy nights and mornings. this system will l drift away and 'll start to see drier and

warmer weather. statewide temperatures will warm up inland with nice 80s in the yosemi and perhaps some thundersrms. very hot conditions, 105 in palms springs. >> not too hot and not too cool. we'll see even alameda county getting into the 70s. 75 sunnyvale. plenty of sunshine in the south bay along the peninla, flight delays because of the dense cloud cover. 62 in downtown san francisco. north bay, san rafael, but 74 is expected high in novato. 66 in monterey and 69 degrees in salinas. so the forecast pattern once we thin the f out a little bit then we settle into a weather pattern that will bring us typically warm weather inland

valleys with low to mi 90s. nothinsuper hot and around the bay, temperatures in the 70s, coastside temperatures in the low 60s. pretty much what we expected in san francisco. we're going to get away from the cold conditions we've had the last few days. >> thanks a lot. >> a south african couple denying reports they were harassing a 40 ton whale that leaped out of the sea and landed right on their sailing boat deck. he and his partner were sailing off the coast of cape town when they saw a whale about 120 yards away. he resurfaced it was ten yards away. >> we are used to whales and we sail well clear of them.

>> no one was hurt. couple says thesaw the whale swimming arod minutes after the collision and believe it wasn't injured. as for the boat, it will cost $5,000 to fix that.

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viewfromthebay.com. then oprah at 4:00, south carolina's first lady jenny sanford opens up about her husband's infidelity. then at 5:00, a deadly pit bull attack in concord whera child was killed in a garage. one more reason to eat fish. it may help you and those stories ming up at 5:00 5:00 today. there is something for everyone. don sanchez has what's hot. >> it's serious and funny new comedy auctioning the ainsleys from theater works in palo alto. >> san francisco symphony, they celebrate mexican bicentenni

at dolores park. >> story telli, images of spirit. jewish film festival begins in five theaters around e bay for two weeks. >> america's premiere summertime event, gilroy garlic festival has food and 4500 pounds of garlic. new jazz star catch him saturday afternoon in mendocino music festival muse identical the edge of the world. >> a berkeley teenage theater group presenting a true story at julia morgan theater. ♪ >> salsa festil features live music in six clubs and dancg in the streets. free dance lessons saturday

night. >> quality family entertainment and theater for kids. chevron faly theater all day saturday in the leer center for the arts. >> you know what. >> not yet. all of those activities will be under clear skies r the weekend with inland temperatures and readings in the 70s. >> pretty comfortable for the gilroy garlic