♪ a high-speed chase in oakland brings up renewed complaints police and the community could be in danger because of malfunctioning police equipment. >> that's a claim the new mayor jean quan denies. this is after a ten minute high-speed chase. the police officer's union says their equipment at the scene only works half the time. terry mcsweeney joins us with more. >> the police officer association says communication problems are just a tip of the iceberg. there's problems with cop cars themselves, the computers in them and staffing as well. there's also threatening legal action against the city to start bring the police department up

to snuff. the mayor says what happened last night has nothing to do with communications, it has to do with officer training. take a look where it ended last night, a high-speed chase crashing at 85th street. police were after drive-by shooting suspect and it ended there, a officer shooting and p killing a suspect. one officer was on his way getting his squad car's computer fixed. dispatch did not go through, the system was not functioning according to the police officer association. police could not get a call for an ambulance. another agency had to do that. the mayor sails she had her tech crews on the system all last night into this morning and the police union president says it's too much of a bad system. the mayor says she's told it's too little training. >> it's too dangerous for officers to work under the

environment they're in. at some point we may have to take legal action against the city regarding our safety on the street. if we can't protect ourselves, how are we going to protect the public? >> apparently the new cops haven't been trained properly on the radios when they push the emergency button, it makes a priority then only for the car who pushed the emergency button for the entire system so it blocks off everybody else. >> union president says patrol cars have hundreds of thousands of miles on them. they're failing also. cuts in staff from 2 to 20% is hutting the ability to take care of the city of oakland. he asked what training should really be required to operate a radio inside a police squad car. this debate is going to go on a while. mayor quan out here at james madison middle school to talk to folks on a complete separate

issue. the story at 5:00 and 6:00. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. today police in san francisco are handing out fliers and talking to the homeless in golden gate park to see if they've seen a missing san rafael high school teacher. 53-year-old deborah hasn't been seen hyannis last wednesday. they received ross creek yesterday where she liked to hike but didn't find anything. she wrote the words thank you, everyone, on the blackboard of the classroom and left her school keys and school i.d. on her desk. the san francisco's department has temporarily suspended the current search for the four-year-old giuliani. they think josé rodriguez kidnapped the boys last week. a farm worker had previously

told investigators that they saw the car go into the canal just after the kidnapping. cruels pulled 11 vehicles from the canal in patterson over the past few days but none were the silver corolla the suspect was driving. the sheriff believes they've exhausted their capabilities of their dive operations. >> redwood city is suddenly in need of a new police chief after its current chief resigned unexpectedly. he's been the chief four years and been on vacation since late december and was supposed to return to work on monday. instead he told the city he is leaving for personal reasons. two captains will take over the departmental duties billion a new police chief is hired. >> a majority of voters approve of governor brown's proposal to hold a special election to close the $20 billion budget deficit. the public policy of california poll says two-thirds of californians like the governor's call for a june special election

on extending temporary hikes on income, auto and sales taxes for another five years. 41% of the adults surveyed approved of brown's performance in his first month in office. 19% disapprove and 39% are not sure. people who feel the state is moving in the right direction has doubled to 38%. >> janet napolitano is about to announce plans to phase out the current terror alert system. the color-coded system will be gone by april 27th. the scale was established in 2002. green at the bottom indicates a low danger. at the top a red alert warns of a severe threat. the current threat is orange. they plan to scrap the color system and will identify specific threats and specific geographic areas. >> lots of travel delays. that's the impact of a major

snowstorm that pounded the northeast. its impact all the qua to the bay area. >> kristen, the major airports in the new york area were shut down overnight but are back open this morning with two-hour delays. some flights into sfo from the east coast were cancelled this morning but this afternoon everything is expected o be on time. quite a different story on the east coast. >> the snow has stopped falling from now but the troubles continue to linger. the major blizzard jumped record-breaking snow. too much for the roof of a parking garage in massachusetts. two men were trapped two hours before firefighters could get to them. in new york passengers and good samaritans tried to push a city transit bus out of the snow but no luck. east coasters are frustrated. >> they're ready to move. >> pretty grouchy.

>> for now cross country skiing may be the best way to get around. some 15-minute commutes turned into six hours. snowplows are working around the clock to clear runways. both jfk and newark were shut down overnight. today more cancellations and delays. in new york city officials are more on top of it this time around having lined up city crews and private contractors ahead of the storm. >> by tomorrow morning's rush hour all the city streets and roadways will have been plowed. >> january 2011 has proved to be the snowiest in the city's history. over 36 inches since the first of the month breaking a record from 1925. >> public schools on the east coast are cancelled for a second day today and power is slowly being restored in the washington d.c. area where hundreds of thousands of people were in the dark at one point. the latest weather forecast?

more snow is expected for that region tomorrow night. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thank you. back here today the officials who manage the golden gate bridge could move a big step closer to eliminating human toll takers. the bridge finance committee is expected to vote on a move to all electronic tolling. if approved, it means fas trak tags or license plate scanners will be used to collect tolls and the human toll takers would be out of a job. if the finance commitment gives its approve it moves to the directors for consideration tomorrow. >> facebook.com adding new security features at zucker burger's site was hacked. facebook.com is looking to block hackers through social authentication which will occasionally show you pictures of your friends and ask you to select their correct name fray multiple choice list. >> he dialed the wrong number

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mission streets sending water shooting into the air and right on to muni power lines. muni had to reroute two bus lines for about an hour while things got cleaned up. police are looking for the driver. they said the vehicle most likely has serious body damage. >> a social security fund is now on track to run out of money to run out of money by 2037 according to the nonpartisan congressional office. social security will collect $45 billion less this year in payroll taxes than it pays out in benefits. more than 54 million people currently receive retirement, disability or survivors benefits from social security. a debt commission appointed by president obama recommend chance that approve an increase in retirement age decreasing benefits to 80% and raising the cap subject to the social security payroll cap. >> a first on capitol hill.

the inaugural meeting of the senate tea party caucus. dozens of activists and four republican senators, south carolina, kentucky, utah were in attendance. some asked if the tea party aims to replace the republican party. the senators say the tea party message is simple, limited government and say it's the same message as the republican party. >> not anything that would replace the party, simply a grassroots political phenomenon that's sweeping across the country as american has recognized their federal government has grown too big and too expensive. >> the tea party caucus invited every single senator to join them today. 52 members are jointed the house. >> ahead with the forecast. another glorious day on very s temperatures above average once again but this is probably the last day. show you what's going on. beautiful picture as we look at

the golden gate bridge, alcatraz from emeryville. you can see the haze. that will change when the sea breeze comes back and so will our chances of rain. >> plus "dancing with the stars" two-time champion cheryl berks reveals a personal and painful secret from

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the stars" celebrity cheryl berk is out with a new book that includes shocking revelations. starting at the age of five she was repeatedly molested by a friend of her family's. she testified and helped send him to prison for more than two dedes. she talks about abuse by two former boyfriends and other struggles. the book is called dancing lessons and exerts are in the new "people magazine." >> the search on to find a british soldier who left a marriage proposal for his girlfriend. the problem is he dialed the wrong number and left the message with the wrong woman. he declares his love for his pregnant girlfriend samantha. >> i was gonna ask you simple. i love you.

>> the message was actually left on a machine of a 44-year-old mother of three. the soldier's believed to be serving in afghanistann and wil return from duty in a few months. this message has become so popular online that hundreds of responses have been posted on twitter and a facebook.com page urging them to get in touch. the right samantha, you're out have! hope they connect. >> tough being in the situation he's in. >> yeah. >> and take a look outside. if that's not a right setting for proposing, i don't know what is. >> isn't it beautiful. we've been watching the waves all morning on ocean beach and pretty big but getting smaller and smaller. a beautiful day to be out there. the temperatures pretty warm, the winds down compared to san francisco standards. so another nice day to be out at the beach. if you like the cold and

dampness of the marine layer fog, got that in your forecast, too. mount tamalpais this morning, you see the haze hanging around. the sinking air of high pressure keeping a little hazy and fog trapped in the central valley. still have a dense fog advisory until 1:00. look what it's done to the temperatures. 42 antioch, concord, all around 42, 43. napa and oakland 49. low to mid-50ser santa rosa and livermore. upper 40s to low 60s bay shore and out to the coast. look at the monterey bay and inland. low to mid-60s. that's what happens when you don't have the fog. we'll have mostly sunny conditions and day nine our last day for record high temperatures. we'll see fog in our valleys and even encroaching upon the coast. that's when you know the sea breeze is returning. the bay should be clear for tomorrow morning's commute. cool the weekend, sprinkles, light rain possible on sunday. a new party in town for the weekend. napa, livermore, san francisco,

redwood city 3 to 8 degrees warmer than average. 10 in oakland and san jose. start in the east bay where the temperatures remain cool. antioch, pittsburg and fairfield. mid to upper 60s throughout the east bay shore to 70 fremont. notice not as many asterisks as the last couple days. the record highs warmer. temperatures a little cooler. going to be harder than it has been the last eight days. upper 60s to low 70s in the south bay with mid to upper 60s through most of the peninsula. mid-to upper 60s along the coast and downtown south san francisco. we'll have pretty much low to mid-60s throughout the north bay valleys and the beaches. cloverdale 70. low to mid-70s here. throughout the state you can see sacramento and fresno cooler because of the fog. upper 50s, near 80 l.a. today. big sur 70, dry tahoe and yosemite. bring is back home tonight and see the tulie fog and

temperatures upper 30s east bay valleys. low to mid-40s around the bay and the fog at the coast. that's the sea breeze returning as this high pressure starts to break down tomorrow. so hold on one more day today bringing us mild to record-setting temperatures. this brings us the breeze, eventually this rides over the jet stream and dives into our neighborhoods. sunday it drops all of our temperatures into the 50s for highs and look for a chance of sprinkles, even light rain up in the north bay. ones that passes, warm and dry again next week. >> mac world 2011 gets underway at the montgomery center in san francisco. the event began this morning with the consumer technologies and gadgets for the mac. 25,000 people are expected to attend. billed as the largest gathering for the apple products. allows to buy the latest

apple-related projects. unbiassed training from industry experts. >> that perplexing piano mystery has been solved in miami. nicholas is responsible for this grand piano that show up on a sand bar. he wanted to beef up his application for art school. harrington got his family in on the new year's eve stunt. they lowered it into a canal and set it on fire and lifted it on to the family's boat and dumped it on the sand bar where they burned it again. the piano video was a big hit on the internet and harrington says he's superhappy about the attention. whether or not it will help his college application,

>> today on oprah at 4:00, the first lady introduce us to the bravest families in america. another threat overnight. the state senator leland yee. the latest was a phone message that follows the one faxed to to his office. why one california city is tracking down on trash scavengers that look to make money from recyclables in your garbage. >> from a rock musical to a show that's gone to the dogs. arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez has what's hot ♪ >> alice wrigley recreating her role as a woman suffering from bipolar disease in the rock

musical next to normal. it's the emotional winner of the pulitzer prize now at the curran theater ♪ >> forceses of music offers a dazzling evening of virtue woes so performance. in palo alto, berkeleyly, san francisco. >> you know brian from abc 7's daily program 7 live. catch up in his hit show, not a genuine black man about growing up in san leandro in the '70s at the march in san francisco. the 20th celebrates zinfandel, america's heritage wine. discusses the seek reals. the weekend at four bases center. tails are wagging, barking up the right tree. the 107th golden gate kennel club dog show let's you see 140 breeds. >> the derby, the preakness and

the belmont. hasn't been done in 25 years. >> blu-ray and dvd comes the story about a legendary sports champion, secretariat from walt disney. >> before we head out, a last look at the weather, mike. >> take a look at the weekend forecast. the system is going to slide through that's going to bring most of the rain to us or most of it to the sierra where it will be snow. keep an eye on it. >> than