pried the open door shut. after an hour officials agreed to meet with three of the occupy protestors, including this woman. >> two demands. the release of all the prisoners. second is an immediately end to police harassment. >> ktvu was not allowed to accompany them inside for the discussion. outside, occupy protestors warned about the threat of more arrests. police arrested 12 protesters last night, said demonstrators got in the way of an officer fulling down a tp in frank ogawa plaza. >> one thing it has to say is space ought to be sacred space. >> i support freedom of expression. i don't support police raids in the middle of the night.

>> reporter: some protesters are still out here right now. the three spoke with the mayor's new chief of staff, they are negotiating the release of the occupy protestors in jail and the city said they need a permit to have anything placed inside frank ogawa plaza, that includes tents or any other items. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> another "occupy oakland" camp was cleared out today. the protesters had been living in the trees till they were ordered to leave. today workers removed the belongings and cleaned up the areas. occupy protestors gathered today outside a san francisco bank. they marched outside bank of america. they say many of them have been in struggles like this most of their lives. >> our country has been sold to

banking and huge corporations and there are people out of work. >> menry occupy protestors -- many occupy protestors are retired. governor jerry brown's office released his budget cuts online today and then called a press conference about it. the early release reveals the plan to cut money for welfare and medi-cal programs and funding for schools and courts could be slashed more if voters don't approve tax hikes. >> they attempt to do good. child care or education, university, or policing, whatever, now when you say we don't have enough money, you got to cut some of that good. that is what we are doing. >> the state is facing a $9

billion budget deficit. the proposal would increase taxes on residents earning more than $200,000 a year. high surf advisory will go into effect in an hour. here is a look at what we have seen. this shows how high the surf is. it will be in effect up and down the coast. ktvu's robert handa is live in santa cruz right now. >> reporter: we are here at twin lakes beach where we have joined a lot of beachgoers who came out to watch the big waves, watching with appreciation and fear. >> reporter: the big waves that are only just starting to crash on to the coast line are attracting big crowds. most of the people decided to view it from the beach. >> i love watching the big waves but i don't like going into the water. i don't know, the sound of it is soothing and it is exciting

and beautiful. i get timid if i am swimming. >> reporter: it appears the waves will get bigger. this is video from hawaii where the pacific swell has been generating 40-foot waves. >> there is a lot of water moving up. lot of water sucking out. unless you are experienced. >> reporter: some say the waves are trouble. >> rip currents, can suck people out to sea. >> reporter: the harbor master is asking the public to be cautious during the next few days. >> if you are viewing from the beach, stay beyond the high tide line. it can take everything out to

sea quickly. >> reporter: warning signs are already posted where wave as attempting visitors to get closer. at 6:00, more on the big waves and including how it will effect boaters. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco ocean beach the waves are expected to be high as well. crews working nearby to shore up a wall worry it could impact their project. our chief meteorologist bill martin has been tracking the swells as they head towards the bay area. you say the waves are big but getting bigger? >> yeah. shots from hawaii last night, the swell came through the islands, 40 feet over there day before yesterday. those swells take a couple days to get here. they will arrive tonight. they are just showing up now. 14-foot swells here. 14 feet in 15 second intervals.

the biggest swell will be here by early tomorrow morning and that is when we could see 30- foot waves. my concern is in the morning, 9:00 a.m., there is a 6.2 high tide. that sabeefy high tide. you com-- that is a beefy high tide. the great highway, just about here, this is where they are having the trouble, the lake and right here is where the most problems are. there could be issues there. may might have to close the great highway. today, 15 feet. by friday they come up into 25 feet, even bigger. erosion concerns and the rip currents nasty. so high surf advisory goes into effect. i will be back and we will talk about your forecast ask the surf as well. -- and the surf as well.

the organizers of the maverick surfing contest are plan agameting agameting to discuss crowd control. the founder regained control of the competition and is proposing a plan to keep spectators off the beach. the meeting starts at 6:00. the organizers also plan to hold opening ceremonies tomorrow for the surf contest. and the public is invited to join as they paddle out at 2:00 tomorrow morning. it is important to mention this, this is not the first day of competition. that will be announced 24 hours in advance. >> san jose police are investigating a bank robbery that happened at the wells

fargo. the bank was held up about 10:30 this morning by two men. a witness told ktvu the obrobbers told everyone to get down and then demandded money. he spoke with one frightened customer. >> really scary. i have kids, three, so that is all i can think about. >> no one was hurt. they got away with an undisplacessed amount of money. >> police thought they had him surrounded but he got away after hid hihiding on telegraph they have been watching the hillside since tuesday. he jumped over a wall leading to the cliff on telegraph hill. last night a neighbor reported seeing the man slide down the hill to escape. >> and then walked off the

fence. >> investigators are checking finger prints found inside the apartment. president obama today announced a sweeping new defense strategy. it puts breaks on the pentagon budget and calls for a smaller military. >> the military will be leaner but the world must know the united states is going to maintain our susuperiorty with arm forced that are flexible. >> the u.s. reached a moment of transition. the president announced a new scaled back military. after 10 years of war american's leadership has been restored and the nation is safer. the military will shift its oaks to asia. and assured the nation's security with smaller ground forces. but defense secretary said the

newt gingrich today came out swinging against mitt romney and president obama.

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at 5:30, how he surged in iowa and his chances of surviving the rest of the primary. new information in the base of a baby bison that died in golden gate park after being injured by a small has more. >> reporter: ktvu obtained a copy of the incident report. several dogs were reported inside the enclosure. we want to show you, this is a dog park.

the bison -- causing a disturbance. >> reporter: that dog was coaxed out but officials think the dogs frightened the heard. >> they were worked up and so the animal crashed into a fence post. >> reporter: they found a baby bison, one of 7 obtained by the city with three broken in. the bison died later in the day.

lives nearby. she was caring for 5 dogs but only had leashes for two. the san francisco zoo says they are performing a necropsy on the animal. >> reporter: sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. >> san francisco china town is new year january 23. with that day 2 weeks away, crews were out this morning

>> we should mention, as always, the parade will be broadcast live right here on channel two. >> we heard him talking about they want the tourist to like what they see. i can't imagine they are complaining about the weather. no, bay area weather has been outstanding, clear skies, has everything you could want, sunshine, good air quality and great visibilities. if you get up to the top and look east, you can see the z

clouds today. a.m. fog back in the forecast tomorrow. tomorrow, friday, just like today. maybe cooler as we get more cloud cover and wind. temperatures in the low 60s. overnight lowes 35 in santa rosa. patchy fog, if you had it this morning, you will have it tomorrow. south bay, 42 in san jose. weekend is around the corner. active pacific. you know what it is doing? generating big surf. that is where the swells are coming from. generating surfs at midlatitude. large swell tonight and tomorrow. it will be big. not running the mavericks big

they could. size will be there but they will wait because there is more big swell behind this. look how warm we are. today's temperatures. nice. low 60s. what is unusual is, when we get big storms that bruce big surf w the surf comes the weather, so we would have heavy rain bac the five-day forecast, we will look for rain. see you back here. >> thank you. people in concord may be wondering what is causing a sulfur smell. it is due to clean is

harmless. warning about catalytic converters. which neighborhood is seeing a surge of thefts and protesters still trying to get inside city hall. whale general motors fears could happen to the the volt that has them pulling them off the road. @f

monitoring developing news in oakland. a live look at what is happening outside oakland city hall. this is occupy protestors and they are demanding to meet with the mayor, mayor jean quan. three protesters were allowed inside city hall and they met with a city :not the mare. they are still demand agameting with mayor jean quan and that hasn't happened. jade hernandez is covering the story if anything new happens she will tell us. consumers of

the consumer protection bureau, richard cordray outlined his goals for the agency. republicans blocked his conformation saying it would hurt u.s. businesses. yesterday president obama used his powers to appoint richard cordray. th:republican lawmakers but richard cordray won't let opposition effect his work. >> to me the only issue is making sure people understand what we are doing and they can appreciate it and overtime i think it will win its way. >> they will oversee mortgage, pay day and student loan lendchevy volt zekes

because of fire hazards. it is the electric cars. they performs side impact tests that penetrated the battery packed. which caused a short. general motors plans plans to add protection and a censor. police in san francisco :ar warning to take precautions after catalytic converters thefts. four thefts have been reported in the and this shows the locations where the thefts happened. other cities are reporting a jump in catalytic converters thefts. toyotas, trucks and suv are popular targets. park vehicles in and new details in the case. ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005.

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complete bay :is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. a possible motive surfaces for a killing by machete that left a woman dead. the woman accused faced a judge for the first time this afternoon. ktvu's maureen naylor is live where the victim's family and friends family. >> reporter: the this afternoon, sagal sadiq quietly walked into a courtroom wearing

a jail suit. the nurse accused of mudderring hir partner's mother said nothing. but her attorney requested :the arraignment be postponed. while still early, she will plead not guilty. >> you have a woman charged with a heinous crime. she deserves all the legal protections we have here, that we fought for here in the united states. we will be sure she gets a proper defense. >> reporter: police say she

without speaking to reporters. the prosecutor said she made an attempt to contact her partner from jail. >> reporter: her partner just ended the relationship after a history of domestic violence. sagal sadiq is set to be back i:court in two weeks. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. the man suspected of leading police on a wide chase tuesday made his court appearance this afternoon. he weapon on a police officer. he is due back in court january 12. the family of a 5-year-old boil buoy held a public

memorial service today. a gunman shot and killed him friday as he stood next :the family's taco truck. police think he was not the target. a funeral service is set for tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. friday at st. elizabeth church at 1500 34th avenue in oakland. providing funding to pay for prison realignment. the law requires them to be sent to funding now governor jerry brown is seeking the same thing. rick santorum is trying to build on the momentum from the iowa caucuses but the polls from new hampshire show him way behind mitt romney.

can he change that? the rick :reporter: good evenin it is interesting. he is starting to shake things up. rick santorum campaign was essentially left for dead. go back two days. what he did in iowa. now the question will be, can he do the same thing in new hampshire? >> reporter: is really here. >> rick santorum can thank conservative votes for his strong sewing in iowa. they refused to rally behind michele bachmann and rick perry. now he is trying to strike the same tone in new hampshire. >> i trust the people of new hampshire. if i ask you to do do, lead, do

what :best interest of the country. i don't have to tell you what that answer is. >> reporter: extra scrutiny. we are seeing analysts pour through his record. other candidates are also jumping in. >> if you think of us as partners he would have been the junior partner. >> we will perfect? no. no, i am not. i made my mistakes. the problem for rick santorum is going to be in the numbers. the latest polling out of new hampshire shows mitt romney has a commanding lead at 41%. rick santorum is third at 8%. that is a huge difference between :live in washington.

mitt romney's tax plan would raise taxes for the poor and lower them for the wealthy. households with less than $20,000 a year would see taxes rise by 60%. those earning between 50,000 and 15%. nancy pelosi is criticizing republicans for failing to pass a bail. they are accusing republicans of pursuing a agenda to undermine the middle class. now, democrats are calling on republicans to return to washington to get back to work on the full exdeposition of :th

payroll tax cut legislation. -- extension of the payroll tax cut legislation. >> getting to work, addressing the concerns of the american people to create jobs, trenton the middle class. >> it isn't set to be back till january 22 points to 2,670. stocks fell in italy and spain. the dow recovered from a 134- point loss to end down just under 3 points at 12,416 thursday. one cell phone company moving ahead of the others, the new service available through at&t but what you have to have to access it and what the government wants :do when it comes to the transplant of faces and hands. [ beep ]

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service. it u.s. government may place stricter measures on transplant surgeries. people who want kidney transplant services have to be on a list but the rules are looser for face and hand transplants. it could make it more available, especially to injured troops. the centers for disease control says young people with conditions are at high risk for flew complications. they investigated a flu out break last year, half of the

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newt gingrich and others signed up as well. account holders control the pictures they post but followers can post on the area as the campaign allows. >> no one can take down photos except for :have an active comm policing going on. any photos that cross the line are reviewed. >> reporter: something millions of supporters will be watching just like hawks, it is barack obama. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. mark zuckerberg is brought

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in the film. they have been spotted from the pacific northwest to new england. now let's look at the weather. it has been a great day in the bay area. i ima:no rain in the forecast. >> no rain in the forecast. we are starting to feel guilty. mild overnight lowes. day time highes, 70 in santa rosa. 72 yesterday. 67 in concord. 70 in livermore. guess what tomorrow will be like? like yesterday. we will continue with this weather pattern. it will be a little cooler tomorrow. !+÷(%jd:fx#"6rqíñkct.$-ó:qs

are strong -- that is storms are so strong. this moves down the backside and that is it. that is the subtle changes. reno will be windy as well. the forecast for clouds and clouds tomorrow morning. that :the valley fog. maybe coastal fog. coastal fog into the afternoon tomorrow. and friday get away looks very, very nice. tomorrow, patchy fog and cool. clouds and sun and partly one -

season like this, losing its interest. so stationary. so sane. 60 in napa. 60 fairfield. 59 berkeley. 60 in hayward. we are weather geeks and get into the subtle changes. these changes have been subtle at best and they continue that way through the bay area weekend forecast. bay area weekend in view. no rain. long range model hint at significant rainfall about 10 days out. >> wow! >> really? >> yeah. hard to hang our hat on but at least there is that. >> thank you. which college majors have the highest unemployment rate and which is the most likely to have >uggñ.=q--ñnñnça-]ññkgññ and a new plan to get teens and

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arts major are second. grads in the healthcare field have the lowest unemployment rate. the white house launched a jobs program that provides summer job opportunities for the most :1.5 billion dollars program aims to put 180,000 low low income teens and young adults to work this summer. most of the possessions aren't paid leading some to call it a summer bummer. but he says the job is to teach job skills. >> half of them are paid and so

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. swoles creating a safety issue along the coast. the precautions that are being taken tonight. a high school drop out :the district attorney. we will talk to him about his chams. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening. i am julie haener. >> i am frank somerville. he started as the police chief, today he was