san jose. then eventually the department of transportation for the city of san jose will present the full council report and their recommendations. that will be coming up at the end of september, september 28th or so. a little piece of san jose trivia for you. the yellow lights when they first came in, they were considered state of the art and very, very energy efficient at the time. of course, a lot has changed in the last 30 years. so the l.e.d., it seems that's the way to go. in san jose, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> thanks so much, kris. >>> a new york city police officer faces charges in connection with a hit-and-run with a bicyclist. we've been following this story for you. take a look at this video. it appears to show the officer hit a bicyclist with his car in brooklyn last month. police say that the bicyclist had minor injuries, cuts to his face. the officer turned himself in yesterday and is now charged with assault, reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident. he pleaded not guilty and claims that the cyclist fell off his bicycle after he was startled by the siren on

discussion about negotiations and unions and pensions and contracts and things like that, the city of san jose has treated me very well. i would just like to thank them for the opportunity of the service i did. >> the san jose city manager says she hopes to require a recruiting firm and have a new place in chase by the time davis retires. davis has no plans to take another job. he plans to step down october 30th. >>> in san francisco, the police chief there is preparing to hire civilians who would help investigate certain crimes. the chief says it will help the department do its job better during his tough economic times but not only -- not everyone is so sure. david stevenson is live in the city tonight with our report. frank, we just spoke with chief gascon and talked to him about the plan to hire civilian investigators to collect, fingerprints, dna and take police reports. the goal is to free up officers to focus on more serious crimes. >> we want people to go in there and make the victim feel good about the process. >> reporter: chief gascon said he's looking to bring to the city a ram he

we see the principal balance. >> reporter: dozens of san jose city workers set in on a workshop today to see if they could save their homes. leslie martin isn't sure. >> i put 80,000 down on my condo. >> reporter: stories like martin's the president is hoping to prevent by signing the laws. they hope it brings predatory lenders out of the shadows. >>> it would have been better if it happened four years ago but better to have it now than to never have it. >> reporter: only a handful of republicans support the bill. most think it is a bad idea. >> when you cult through the talking points of what the regulation will do the practical real-world effect of this bill in the near term will be job loss. >> reporter: but at sure pass financial solutions -- >> that's one of the things that is going to be on the consumer's favor. >> reporter: maria was studying the bill's impact after counseling clients who are in financial ruin. >> there's going to be more relief for them. make sure that the terms are clear. they are going to make sure that lenders are actually offering loans that the consumers

with or without the blessings of major league baseball. >>> mayor chuck reed says he will ask the san jose cityouncil to put a measure on the ballot to build a stadium for the san jose a's. the deadline for the november ballot measure comes up in just a few weeks. >>> well, for the time being the a's are still in oakland and fred is here. he's in for mark tonight. he's going to tell us about the game coming up tonight against the white sox. >> a's are starting to roll a bit. a's fans are tired of seeing promising young players come in and get traded away for more prospects. just as soon as they start to reach their full potential. today oakland fans, one of the good ones did not get away. catcher suzuki agreed to a contract extension today. the new deal avoids arbitration this winter. he's currently batting .257. curt's strength is his defense and his ability to cultivate his young pitching staff. feels that he's now part of the a's family. >> this is the organization i came up with. they were great throughout the whole process. you know bringing me up when i was really young, being patient wit

detect certain cancer in younger women. >>> a new survey shows two bay area cities ranks some of the higher coffee drinkers. san josend san francisco are among the top five u.s. cities that consume the most. san jose came in third, san francisco came number 5 on the list. the top for the most coffee con shum shun was seattle. >>> a giant step forward -- consumption was seattle. >>> firefighters bracing for win right now as they battle two fires that burned dozens of homes in southern california. >>> and here is a live look outside. the sun came out in many parts today. bill martin will be up next as for what is ahead for the rest of the week. children are especially at risk for the h1n1 flu virus. so get yours vaccinated. learn more at flu.gov. together, we can all fight the flu. a fantastic opportunity to get 0% apr financing on every new 2010 cadilc model. like the cts sport sedan. the most acclaimed vehicle in its class and a "car and driver" 10 best, three years in a row. or the all new cadillac srx luxury crossover. and even the most acclaimed luxury suv ever, the cadillac escalade. summer brings out the best i

san jose community hall. if you want to go and have your questions answereded, the full city council will hear the ultimate recommendationt the end of september. in san jose, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> thanks a lot, kris. >>> cutting the chaos out of your commute is the goal of the new vehicle fee that could bring in $5 million. the fee still needs to be approved by san francisco voters. border of supervisors approved putting the $10 registration fee on the november ballot, saying it could help save a crumbling infrastructure. it would help improve transit, street conditions, and sidewalks. a poll shows the majority of voters would pass the fee. >>> there is a new sign this morning that the cap on the gulf oil spill may be working. nbc bay area's charles hadlock is live this morning from venice, louisiana. he has an update this morning. charles? >> reporter: good morning, brent. yes, that cap is still holding in place on top of the crippled bp well at the bottom of the gulf of mexico, about 50 miles offshore from venice, louisiana. bp says it would like to keep that cap in place. it's holding back the oil and th

that convinced the san jose city council to name the business district little tong. >> they control san jose, they l control whole california, and every where. >> he has a date in court tomorrow. community leaders expect his reaction and his attorneys say they first plan to ask the judge for reduced bail set at $100,000. in san jose robert honda ktvu channel 2 news. >> if you ever wanted to be in the movies, you just might get a chance next week in oak lan. that's when movie crews will take over the coliseum to film money ball and brad pitt stars in it. the story is about beans unique strategy to assemble a winning team. you can find information at www.ktvu.com under web links. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00, the stars are expected in oakland tonight for a special tribute to celebrate bay area musicians. >>> and the summer cool down continues. our chief meteorologist is tracking the temperatures. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photo

. >>> we begin with new information on the attack near the san jose city college that left one woman dead and another critically injured. we have heard from a witness who was in the apartment and this witness offers a possible motive for the violence. >> reporter: the witness brings you right to the scene. we are at san jose police head quarters were police are recommending homicide charges for one man and defending themselves against the family of this victim who says they delayed medical attention too long. the family is identifying the woman is verna hallens. she lived with her husband, sister and brother-in-law. neighbors say someone shot her to settle a score. it all started with an argument at the front door. >> he said where is my knife. he said my big knife. >> reporter: she said she pleaded with the suspect to stay inside the apartment. after retrieving the knife turner went back to the front door. >> then she said you are going to stab me now and then i heard her scream. >> reporter: family members say turner showed up down the hall and shot hallens. >> he held a bloody kni

the san jose city council is being done with in the proposal. the deadline is coming up next week. >>> two marin county with the municipal water district is considering dueling ballot measures tonight and one has a pretty qualified for the november ballot and would require approval before the district steadies the idea of building a plant to convert the water into drinking water. at the meeting set to begin in a few minutes they will consider a second less restrictive ballot measure. >>> officials are looking for a thief who stole the catalog and drove up with a 5-year-old girl in -- with a cadillac and drove off with a 5-year-old girl inside. >>> the father, a toupee with the keys in the ignition and that is when a white minivan pulled up. police say a man got up and jumped into the cadillac and drove off. while investigators were handling that investigation in another call came in. >> we got reports of a young girl unintended an area about 3 miles away. we were able to link the two. a father and daughter were reunited after ten minutes but i c

san jose residents would be in favor of such a tax. medical marijuana providers say the proposed 10% tax is excessive and they say that taxing something that is considered medicine is immoral. the city will decide next week whether to put the measure on the ballot. >>> he might seem like an unlikely supporter of legalized pot, but former san jose police chief says he's backing a proposition on the november ballot to legalize and regulate marijuana. he is now a research at the hoover institution wrote one of the proarguments for prop 19. he says legalizing pot could actually deter young people from smoking it. >> so if a young person's trying to get marijuana, they can get it easily because they're dealing with drug dealers. but if they tried to get something that's regulated, they have to produce identification showing their age. >> he says marijuana laws take valuable time away from more serious law enforcement and have turned millions of californians into criminals. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,, [trumpet playing ,,,,"reveille" throughout] reviving the economy means reinventing the way we do business. here's to the owners showing us the way. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to sil

nbc bay area damian trujillo was at san jose city hall with the changes. they might have haeped avoid the troubles they had today. these were people part of the housing crisis, damian? >> that's right. for many people here, the bill might be too late. the new rules are swenlded to prevent a future financial crisis. with the stroke of a pen and flanked by supporters, president obama ushered in sweeping financial reform from maine street consumer protection to new regulations aimed at preventing another financial meltdown on wall street. >> because of this law the american people h never again be asked to foot the bill for wall street's mistakes. there will be no more tax-funded bailouts, period. >> reporter: the legislation gives the government the power to intervene when companies pose a threat to the economy and creates new oversights. the reforms passed mostly with democrats and had some crossover support from republicans. but the majority of republicans say the new law only adds to more government intrusion for bankers, businesses and consumers. >> when

>>> one point the union has ressed is the dits parity between the staffing level in san jose versus other major city. san francisco is numberour out of 25 cities with comparle populations. san jose has the fewest firefighters p capita. >> we have breaking news in the east bay, a traffic nightmare on interstate 80. you can see where it is. it's near albany, west of gill man but past university. a car in a big rig crash. there are mino injuries and the chp told us nobody die it has shut down at least four of the five eastbound lanes and you can see will is a big back-up and very few cars are getting . they are letting cars getting around one at a time and backing up eastbound. but westbound traffic is backing up as well as people slow down near the crashcene. so aga, this is on interstate 80. >> and bringing an end the sickout by a.c. transit drivers. every day since they imposed a new contract more than 150 drivers have called in sick. the sick calls have forced them to reduce th service causing delays and in some cases stranding riders. a judge will decide wheer to suspend the contract while they go

that's at 12:30 and we'll continue to follow the work worker are doing this morning. >>> today san jose city officials are expecting to announce they are backing off on the plans for a new ballpark for the as in san jose. chuck reed met yesterday with officials in washington, d.c. he says the league will help even pay for a special election in the spring time so the league can have more time moving the as south. >>> san francisco supervisors voted to put a measure on the november ballot that would increase the city's property transfer tax on some high-end properties. if this is approved by voters, the transfer tax on properties selling for less than $5 million would stay the same, at 1.5% but the transfer tax on property selling between 5 million and 10 million that would go up to 2%. it's estimated the increased taxes could raise $35 million a year. >>> several other bay area cities will be asking others to approve sales hikes to help balance the budget. >> the concord city council agreed to promote a .50 sales cent. the santa rosa city council brought that city's sales tax to 9.5%. and the

the new business will bo >>> the discount retail chain ross has opened a new store in downtown san jose. cityls hope the new business will boost san jose's stagnant economy. the 24,000-square-foot department store is the first to open in the downtown area in decades. the last major retailers moves moved out of downtown in the 1970s. the new location on south first street will provide 50 jobs. >>> rebate offers are pretty good incentive, aren't they? but sometimes you have to jump through hoops to get your money and that's what happened to a woman in stockton who bought a computer online. >> it's really frustrate, unfair. >> reporter: that's how she felt when her rebate claim was denied. her laptop purchased from fries.com came with a $50 rebate offer from the manufacturer msi corporation. >> so this is the packing slip from fries. >> reporter: the computer came with this packing slip showing what she bought, price, address, all the usual things you expect on a right. she then submitted her rebate online meeting msi's 15 terms and conditions including the original upc code and what she thought

transit's busiest routes. >> and big incentive major league baseball is offering san jose if the cityill delay a measure to put on november ballot. >> and milestone moment as the bay area skyline begins to change. i'm teresa garcia live on treasure island where soon we'll be watching the first part of a tower being installed. >> and clouds made it to sfo, only parent with flight delays. potential of great lakes and new england of severe weather later this afternoon. >> on the way to motorcycle injury accident. highway 4, but we're still trying to determine if it's eastbound or westbound. i'll have drive times and more i'll have drive times and more news, weather and have you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? wow. it's seriously strawberry. they're everywhere. it's in the bunches, on the flakes, even real strawberries in the mix. can i have some more? honey bunches of oats with real strawberries. it's delicious. nobody does it quite like us. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big

san jose. as kron 4 rob reports the city of san jose is in what way around for major league baseball the way inplant. >> it's now or never that so long san jose city councilman characterized as san jose's bid to become the new home of the oakland a's. mayor chuck reed said he's going to take a step further. he said is the push for november ballot measure even though there's been no word from major-league baseball on the issue pureed the city of san jose are working on a plan to build a new stadium for the a's here in downtown san jose. there's one problem santa clara county is part of the san francisco giants territory and they are against this plan. there read said 16 months is plenty of time for major league baseball and commissioner to a waiting on this and he informed the commission 60 months ago to do just that. he said he's going to take this to the public in an effort to gauge exactly how much public support their risk for this plant in an effort that will fraud major league baseball and the commissioner to make a decision one way or another puritan san jose kron 4 news. >> sunny skies o

that convinced the san jose city council to name the vietnamese business district, little saigon. >> they will protect san jose, they will protect california. the vietnamese community and we are still in a big communist prison. >> reporter: community leaders expect big reaction. his attorneys lou and nguyen say they first plan to ask the judge to reduce jail which has been set at $100,000. in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ktvu has obtained a letter, oakland mayor ron dellums september to all city employees a week after mehserle's verdict became public. oakland demonstrated that it is a community of people who have character and they displayed that character thursday night out of respect for the family, honor for the young life of oscar grant, love of community, commitment to peace and passion for justice. >>> coming up, developing news, a plane heading to california suffers turbulenceandd there's injured people. >> how do i feel? i feel optimistic. >>> a bay area mother with a lot of stake reacts to the u.s. plans to retrieve troops from afghanistan. >>> they say th

that convinced the san jose city council to name the vietnamese business district, little saigon. >> they will protect san jose, they will protect california. the vietnamese community and we are still in a big communist prison. >> reporter: community leaders expect big reaction. his attorneys lou and nguyen say they first plan to ask the judge to reduce jail which has been set at $100,000. in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ktvu has obtained a letter, oakland mayor ron dellums september to all city employees a week after mehserle's verdict became public. oakland demonstrated that it is a community of people who have character and they displayed that character thursday night out of respect for the family, honor for the young life of oscar grant, love of community, commitment to peace and passion for justice. >>> coming up, developing news, a plane heading to california suffers turbulenceandd there's injured people. >> how do i feel? i feel optimistic. >>> a bay area woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all

they say were aggressive police tactics and also racial profiling against latinos in downtown san jose. >> the city of san jose has treated me very well, and i've been very grateful for the opportunity to have been a police officer here and especially to have served as chief. there's always going to be a crit critic, and that's the nature of the occupation in any city in america. so is that a reason why i may be choosing to retire at the moment? absolutely not. that just comes with the territory. >> i talked with city manager debra fregoni who says the search is under way for chief davis' replacement. the goal is to find someone by the end of october. live at city hall in san jose, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, george. shot and killed for $10. tonight oakland police say they have arrested two people for the murder of ain out-of-towner. behind bars is 33-year-old althea housely of oakland. police picked her up on saturday after a caller i.d.'d here from this surveillance video taken moments before the shooting on july 18 when 35 years jinghong kang was killed during an apparent robbery. a virgini

>> one point the union has stressed is the dits parity between the staffing level in san jose versus other major city. san francisco is number four out of 25 cities with comparable populations. san jose has the fewest firefighters per capita. >> we have breaking news in the east bay, a traffic nightmare on interstate 80. you can see where it is. it's near albany west of gill man but past university. a car in a big rig crash. there are minor injuries and the chp told us nobody died. it has shut down at least four of the five eastbound lanes and you can see will is a big back-up and very few cars are getting by. they are letting cars getting around one at a time and backing up eastbound. but westbound traffic is backing up as well as people slow down near the crash scene. so again this is on interstate 80. >> and bringing an end to the sickout by a.c. transit drivers. every day since they imposed a new contract more than 150 drivers have called in sick. the sick calls have forced them to reduce the service causing delays and in some cases stranding riders. a judge will decide whether to suspend the con

. >>> today, the police are leaders are for >>> the san jose city leaders are expected to pull back on the plan to move the team south. earlier the mayor said he was ready to put the measure on the ballot even without the blessings of major league baseball. >>> surveillance cameras are soon going to be recording the license plates of vehicles driving in and out of the area. the police will receive alerts that show up in the data base. >>> a moratorium has been issued on new massage parlors. 36 of the licensed therapists received certificates by schools that are considered suspect. the concern is not prostitution, but rather a lack of qualification. >>> well, if you are driving around the bay area around noon today, you will see a giant tower rising up in the middle of the bay. caltrans is putting up the first piece of the tower that is going to be the center of the bay bridge. the project is expected to be completed in 2013. >>> sal, there was an incident? we used to call it a gawker's block. >> i like that. good morning everybody, let's go out and take a look at the commute now, the t

city to save money. >>> meantime more than 50 san jose firefighters are about to lose their jobs as that city struggles with its $118 million budget gap. firefighters are also upset because the city may drastically change the waylay boar contract disputes are resolved. robert handa join us live now with details,. >> reporter: ken, we're out fire station 30 in san jose where inside some firefighters and a fire engine are about to go out of service. victims of an ongoing budget battle. it was a polite but tense atmosphere when mayor chuck reed met with the firefighters union this afternoon. since the city and union are battling over two issues. the union are at impasse on a contract with no new talks scheduled. so the city's firefighters will be officially laid off at 8:00 tomorrow morning. >> we know it's going to put the community at risk. their property at risk, then it's going to put the firefighters at greater risk. >> every department had to take a hit. >> reporter: ironically the dispute seems headed to binding arbitration, a city charter process that allows an outside meet mediator to make a fina

which is in violation of the city of san jose and leash law.ding to san jose a animal control of us this is a designated dr. park all dogs must be unleashed at all times. this means no water play. i did mention to problems the second if you been to this park please watch for you walk. i found a disturbing amount of dog droppings all run the park even though the park offered it doggy bags. its coat of violating either the rules to be it was defined. in san jose stanley roberts kron 4 news. if you of a comet or story for stanley e- mail him at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.com a live look here at the colgate bridge a little slow in both directions under way to the toll plaza of up to about its ban right now. backed up as you make your way.

san jose fire department. never in the history of san jose has this city had to lay offer firefighters but that's going to happen tomorrow. >>> reporter: san jose fire engine 33 is still in service but not for long. just three years after owning in the communication hill neighborhood, station 33 is about to lock its doors and close and this firefighter, just 26, is losing his job. it's a bit too much for the fire captain to take and he is one of the few speaking out. >> to be essentially thrown out of my station and have my station's doors closed, uhm....... in the final months of my career is very sad. >> reporter: he has 30 years with san jose. johnson is just a rookie. he was not allowed by the department to speak on camera but he is one of the 49 young firefighters who lose their jobs tomorrow due to budget cuts and a contract stalemate. >> i know what it takes to get to this job. and to have them put their heart and soul into it and then have the emotional and financial hardship that's going to be coming to them is very hard for me as the brotherhood to take. all of us, it's deeply affecting us. >> reporter

city, pacifica and half moon bay. lower to mid-70s in mountain view, sunnyvale, 76 in san jose.nd as we move out to east bay location the upper 80s, pittsburg, antioch, brentwood. lower to mid-80s in pleasant hill, walnut creek and concord and the lower to the mid-60s in richmond, berkeley and oakland. that's a little chilly. those temperatures are below average for this time of the year. mid- to upper 70s in santa rosa and petaluma. 73 in novato. 73 in kentfield. and the lower 60s in sausalito as well as in san francisco. seven-day forecast, plenty of sunshine once you get those clouds out of here. that's going to be the drill wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday sunday and monday. still expecting a good deal of fog and also clouds along the coast but otherwise, mix of sun and clouds around the bay and plenty of sunshine well inland with temperatures topping off just near 90. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. >>> wall street watching earnings reports coming in this week. >> yup. some big silicon valley companies will be reporting later today. jason b

the city of san jose is now in the business of buying and selling foreclosed homes. as kron 4 and kelly shows is the progress of the neighborhoods hard hit by the market meltdown. >> for sale by the city of san jose. it always looks like this here's a picture for when the city bought it it was an aging home chipping pay. the loan is to look like this trend up and covered with weeds is now launching cool green with hours a landscaping. they took this outdated to gin up did it with this. the city got a federal grant to buy happened except homes and hard hit neighborhoods like this shows which is now being remodeled. has been abandoned every woman window broken out and gain most from the wall. people are still doubts the old furniture and for the empty home. the city is saying not to qualified low to middle income buyers. they're not doing it to make a profit but to approve the neighborhoods that these in the homes were trading down. if you learn more about how to qualify for the program log on to our web site www.kron4.com and look for news leaks. >> ec transit driver's

it's just south of san jose city college. len ramirez shows us the family of the woman who died is criticizing the police department. >> reporter: i knew something was going to happen. i didn't want to see it. i just sat there. phyllis hidalgo is traumatized by the violence that took place necessary small apartment complex. >> he just went off and got a knife and i asked him please, don't go out there with that knife. >> reporter: she is talking about her 61-year-old roommate, robert "bobby" turner, who is accused of stabbing one woman acquaintance and fatally shooting another, his neighbor. >> i heard him say, a girl's voice says, for what you're going to stab me now? and then a second later i heard her let out a yell. >> reporter: after the stabbing, hidalgo says anderson came back to their apartment apparently to get a single shot muzzle-loading handgun. >> two seconds later, i heard a gunshot go off and then he ran back in and closed the door and locked it. >> reporter: turner allegedly stabbed the woman first, who then s

the city of san jose asked each of its 11 unions for concessions, 10% cuts in salary and benefits. mayor chuck reed says the firefighters' union came up $6 million short to avoid those layoffs. city leaders say they are working to minimize the impact of these layoffs by moving resources, including engines, where they are needed the most. now, if the city is able to reach an agreement with the firefighters union within the next few weeks or the next month or so the mayor says that the city will work to bring back those laid off firefighters as quickly as possible. live in san jose, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, kimberly. >>> another big story we are watching this morning, hundreds of people evacuating their homes in southern california as wildfires continue to burn out of control. these are live pictures this morning and see where the flames burned right up to the house. the flames and smoke are out there rite there. that is safe but seven square miles near the town of palmdale have burned. at least two buildings have been destroyed. thick, dry brown grass and brush fu

. >>> right now dozens of san jose firefighters are working what maybe their final shift. they have been laid off because of the city's budget deficit. teresa garcia is live in san jose and the firefiter union has been trying to head this off? >> they really have, but you know, i spoke to the mayor tod and he says it's too late down to the wire. it's not o late to reinstate those men and women who are firefighters. san jose is tenth largest city in the nation but has one of the lowest staing levels. it respoed to more than 80,000 incidents last year. they try to get them in less than 8 minutes but firefighters are starting their last shift on saturday. >> san jose resident is frustrated public safety has come to the point that people may have to protect themselves. >> i'm just fortunate i live across the street from these guys. they are good people, some of the best americans we have. >> now 50 firefighters are being laid off at the end of this month and nearly three dozen vacant positns not getti filled because thenion and city haven't agreed on a labor contract. >> they have not been willing to give us the concessio

. >>> right now dozens of san jose firefighters are working what maybe their final shift. they have been laid off because of the city'sudget deficit. teresa garcia is live in san jose and the firefighter union has been trying to head this off? >> they really have, but you know, i spoke to the mayor today and he says it's too late down to the wire. it's not too late to reinstate those men and women who are firefighters. san jose is tenth largest city in the nation but has one of the lowest staffing levels. it responded to more than 80,000 incidents last year. they try to get them in less than 8 minutes but firefighters are starting their last shift on saturday. >> san jose resident is frustrated public safety has come to the point that people may have to protect themselves. >> i'm just fortunate i live across the street from these guys. they are good people, some of the best americans we have. >> now 50 firefighters are being laid off at the end of this month and nearly three dozen vacant positions not getting filled because the union and city haven't agreed on a labor contract. >> they have not been willing to give us

sa city is tellin >>> an algae bloom has forced the closure of almanden lake in san jose. s telling people to stay out of the water until it clears up. coming in contact with the algae is particularly harmful for small children. the rec department says it will likely subside once the weather and water conditions change. >>> magnitude 3.5 earthquake shook parts of the bay area this afternoon. it was centered off the coast near daly city. sharon chin on another theory that some scientists say could help predict the big one. >> reporter: if you pinpoint the location of recent earthquakes including those in palm springs, mexico and eureka, what do you see? >> i think looking at the pattern of earthquakes in california, some people think they can see a donut. >> reporter: u.s. geological survey seismologist andy michael explains the concept that first came from a japanese scientist in the 1960s. >> if you saw a circle of earthquakes, that there might later be a big earthquake in the middle of that circle. >> reporter: the oval shows the mogi donut and the hole in the middle wher

mayor reed met with san jose fire unions. the city and union are $6 million apart on a labor contract and so far no new talks are scheduled. >> the city of san jose lost control over employee costs. the average cost for a firefighter and police officer is doubled in the last ten years. >> reporter: now it appears it may be heading to binding arbitration. a city process that allows an outside mediator to make a final decision. the continental cowill decide if it will go before voters in november. something the mayor would like to see happen to limit the arbitrators authority. coming up we will have word from the interim fire chief and also word from the fire union. fishes will give you information on what is going on. once again the fire officials just got off of their shift and are here at the training facility turning in their gear and badges and hopes that further negotiations could bring them back to their jobs. live in san jose, k, vu, channel 2 news. >> thank you for the update. certainly a tough day. >>> oakland police are searc

>>> an algae bloom has forced the closure of the lake in san jose. the city is telling people to stay out of the water until it clears up. coming in contact with the algae is particularly harmful for small children. the rec department says it will likely subside once the weather and water conditions change. in the meantime, park staff plan to test the water regularly. >>> magnitude 3.5 or 3.2 earthquake shook parts of the bay area this afternoon. this was centered out in the pacific ocean about three miles from daily city. tonight we wanted to know if recent earthquakes can help determine where the next big one will hit. sharon chin shows us one idea. sharon. >> yeah, when earthquakes happen scientists gather data to see if they can accomplish one type of pattern. one possible pattern literally has a hole in it. if you pinpoint the location of recent earthquakes including those in palm spring, mexico and your roadway coo, what do you see? >> looking at the pattern of earthquakes in southern california, some people think they can see a donut you are the u.s. g

city and one in san francisco. the robber threatened tellers with a semi automatic handgun before taking off with cash. the woman is now being held in connection with the daily city robbery. >>> san jose has become the latest bay area city to lay off firefighters due to a budget shortfall. the first of the firefighters to lose his job turned in his gear this morning after the city council and union would not come to an agreement. many of the lay offs were among those who recently joined the department. >> we started the program and the saying was 30 years in, 30 out. and i'm surprised that they let me go after one year. >> the officers will remain on the force but the city is under such financial strain that it can no longer afford to maintain training and funding for the units. vallejo has laid off 63 police officers and made deep cuts in the fire department because of it ongoing budget deficit problems. >>> the budget battle in sacramento is threatening the closure of child care centers. christien kafton is in oakland with the latest. >> reporter: child development center behind me is one of seven sites in danger of closing and closing their doors for good for a lack of funding. now

city. john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> the san jose police officer association has announced the ratification of a new contract with the city. a union spokesman said that they have come to an agreement. >>> federal officials today joined for a terrorist drill in the east bay. about a dozen agencies took part in the drill this morning at the old concord building. the scenario was a mock attack at a bart station. the idea is to test response plans, procedures and capabilities for such an incident. >> that's the purpose of this exercise is to use information to help officers make good decisions, to use coordination and corporation in mutual training. to help work together in the event of a catastrophe. >> reporter: the drill was organized by the northern california regional intelligence center. >>> authorities have identified a third victim of a boating accident this week off the marin county coast. the coroner's office says the body of 65-year-old ronald fuente washed ashore yesterday. puente was among three men on board. the bodies of two other men have been recovered. the fourth fishermen identi

cities top a new list of the most caffeinated towns in america. no surprise, seattle, which is on the starbucks, ranks number one in the list that the "daily beast" compiled. san jose is number three and san francisco rounds out the top five. the list used cities with the most number of coffee shops per capita and the average monthly spent on coffee. >> no surprise most cities have a lower temperature than we do here. >>> well, "the nightly news" is coming up next. >>> more local news headed your way at 6:00, including the arrests at the immigration reform rally in san francisco. we'll see you then!

allegations of aggressive tactics and racial profiling by some officers but days of also made san jose the first major city in the nation to post detailed crime data on the internet. he was also one of the first police chiefs to issue tasers to all officers. >>> san francisco's police officer has a new way to deal with nonviolent crime have civilians deal with the problems. the police chief is going to save money and free up officers to focus on more serious crimes. 15 civilians will be trained to collect evidence, conduct interviews and take pictures of crime scenes. >> anyone can apply. the retired police officers are more than welcome to apply. these positions will be full time positions. those who apply if they are retired police officers that have experience would be great, but it is open to everybody. >> the civilian pilot program starts in january. >>> the step-grandfather of a toddler killed by pit bulls is now charged with felony child endangerment. steven hayashi who owned five pit bulls is charged with allowing a vicious animal to be at large in the death of 2-year- old jacob bisbee of concord l

san francisco weather. and maratho runners, it will be warming up later. redwood city, 76 degrees in san jose. alameda, 65. 62 in oakland, sunny skies, berkeley, as well. san rafael and northward, with a thul starting to clear. 63 in napa. low to mid-70s so a great day on the delta and all the way through the weekend. we'll start to se 90s. coastal clouding throu sunday, a very quiet weather pattern i'm showing you this because this system is moving off and allowing a warmer weather pattern moving over us and lots of fog the next couple of days. here is the forecast high, 91 in danville. 71 in sflnl with night and morning clouds returning. and menlo park, 76 degrees. 74 in san mateo. downtown san francisco, 66 degrees. beautiful afternoon in the north bay. temperatures will continue to warm through mendocino and inland areas where we'll see mid to upper 90s. morgan hill, 88 today low to mid 90s for the garlic festival. heer a look aheadt the next seven days. similar weather, perfect san francisco-styledeather, fog clears out to the coas, keeps us md around the bay. >> sounds good. >> more news

it's hard not to think about that. >> reporter: the city of san jose asked each of its 11 unions for concessions, 10% cuts in salary and benefits, but mayor chuck reed says the firefighters' union came up $6 million short to avoid layoffs. kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >>> san jose is one of many bay area cities struggling to balance public safety concerns with budget woes. oakland, for example, layed off 80 police officers to offset a $50 million deficit. this week, the city council voted to put a parcel tax on the november ballot in order to try to help hire more officers back. san carlos is getting rid of its city police department and turning law enforcement over to the san mateo county sheriff's department. the mayor says that move will cut the city's $3.5 million budget gap in half. >>> san francisco voters get weigh in on whether they want a police foot patrol program. in november, voters will bes a asked to approve a measure that would require police station captains to work with business and community members to create specific foot beats. the proposal is the latest in a

today could be the last day of work for release 50 san jose firefighters that city is dealing with a ncial crisis a total of four engines are going to be cut through a san jose kron 4 as will tran reports from one of the stations that will be affected. >> to firefighters worked out of station 30 from time to time will be let go. one of the firefighters came from the east coast just last year for the job. station 30 will not shut down but instead will turn into a posting station that means some fire fighters will be here for a few hours some of them will be over night. no firefighter will work for a full shift out of here. i spoke to a man who lived in this neighborhood he says he's very angry with the city. >> i've talked to my children and i told them things will be different because of fire department are pretty active in this community. they actually like that we live half a block away from a fire department that's why we lived here. >> firefighters are being let go based on seniority if the city of san jose decides to rehire the firefighters the san house say firefighters will be

san francisco weather. and marathon runners, it will be warming up later. redwood city, 76 degrees in san jose.eda, 65. 62 in oakland, sunny skies, berkeley, as well. san rafael and northward, with a thul starting to clear. 63 in napa. low to mid-70s so a great day on the delta and all the way through the weekend. we'll start to see 90s. coastal clouding through sunday, a very quiet weather pattern. i'm showing you this because this system is moving off and allowing a warmer weather pattern moving over us and lots of fog the next couple of days. here is the forecast high, 91 in danville. 71 in sflnl with night and morning clouds returning. and menlo park, 76 degrees. 74 in san mateo. downtown san francisco, 66 degrees. beautiful afternoon in the north bay. temperatures will continue to warm through mendocino and inland areas where we'll see mid to upper 90s. morgan hill, 88 today low to mid 90s for the garlic festival. heer a look ahead at the next seven days. similar weather, perfect san francisco-styled weather, fog clears out to the coast, keeps us mild around the bay. >> sounds good. >> mor

] nce the city's bu >>> dozens of san jose firefighters are out of a job today. y are being laid off to help balance the city's budget. don knapp now tells us what it means for the people who count on them to come to the rescue. don. >> reporter: that's right, juliette. with all of these stories we do about city budget cuts and job losses, there is the political side and the personal side. and today it got very personal for 49 san jose firefighters. a group of san jose firefighters arrives at the training center to turn in gear part of 46 men and three women all with a year or less of service who have lost their jobs as the city trims budgets. for michael hidalgo, he is devastated. >> i never thought this would happen. came here with the intention of serving 30 years for a career and continue to serve the citizens of san jose. and to be honest, i'm just completely dumbfounded right now, just absolutely cannot believe that this is happening. >> reporter: firefighters say they have offered the city $9 million in wage cuts and medical and pension savings but the city

well, after 30 years on the police force, san jose's chief of police says he's ready to retire. >> the citysan jose has treated me very well. and and i would just like to thank them. >> reporter: steve rob davis started as a rookie back in 1980. he served as chief since 2004. davis says he's most proud of helping the adopt the use of taser and to new technology. he's also dealt with criticism for alleged racial profiling and police tactics. he will collect the maximum benefit from the pension fund, 90% of his estimated $240,000 surgery. >>> the menlo park police department is getting closer to replacing its retired police chief. that job has been offered to brian robert. right now he's the commander in the citrus heights police department in the sacramento county. if robbers passes a background check, he could begin as september 7th with an annual salary of $179,000. >>> 8:18. in southern california, the city county in the blue collar los angeles suburb of bell voted to slash its own salaries by 90%. the council tried to head off a heated debate last night to cut their pay for their part-ti

morgan hello '90s 85 san jose in redwood city will top off at 82.lisha with the forecast is going to be like for tomorrow the rest of the weekend to look into next week to. >> this 04 so good as we take a live look at that massive cap that's holding back the oil from bp slow well in the gulf. engineers watching it very closely to see the pressure is not as high as expected when various monitoring devices have shown no sign of any leaks of thus far. this afternoon will work to pull days since bp stop the oil from leaking from the oil rig explosion back in april. bp senior vice president says there's been no decision yet on whether engineers will open the cap when that task. and later today. >> every six hours were going to look at everything we know and make the right decision to move forward. no decision has been made yet at what will do at the end of 48 hours. i can equally say no decision has been made yet were appointed to the next six hours, 12 hours or whatever. what we will do is make the debt as decision that minimizes pollution and avoid the

city. we've seen the sun in san jose and forecast high of 76. cold along the coast, mid 50s. downtown san francisco topping out in the low 60's maybe even upper 50s. north bay looks like a pretty day. sonoma and napa seeg a little bit of sunshine. here is theeven-day outlook, we'rgoing to return to a little bit warmer temperures, that would be nice. still fog in the ovnight, cloud cover and sunshine with summer like weather will perst all the way through the weekend. >>> re news right now. federa health officials say a current study of the controversl pill avandia needs to stop enrolling paents. it appea to increase heart risks but they also recommending leaving the dr on the market for now. fda is deciding what action to take. >> fais back is going to court to fight a new york's man claim that he should own 84% of the steoshl networking site. he clai that the founder, mark signed a contract seven years ago when zutterberg was an freshm trying to expand his year book. he gave him thousand dollars and he would hold half the business. contract between the two men were for an un

peninsula as well for the stake but not seen fog at this hour ride on through san jose so current temperatures 54 san francisco redwood city upper 50s pushing 60 in oakland and hayward 56 in san jose the upper 50s and los gatos this morning. by about 6:00 same story widespread fifties out there even some sixties by the time we hit it will seal the yellow showing you the '70s moving in as we head into the afternoon your eyes will be in the eighties don't be surprised if you see some '90s out there as well your afternoon highs getting to the '80s for the north bay sonoma 87 for fairfield 78 remote valley along the peninsula 64 in san francisco as we head towards peninsula 74 sam until east bay getting in the upper 60s for berkeley 70 in oakland and 774 hayward san ramon valley mid- 80s so nice warmup there livermore valley could get up to 97 for antioch down and in the south bay temperatures in the '80s even some '90s. 76 in mountain view. 7 day around the bay saturday looks to be the warmest day of the week warming it up even more tomorrow pearson it will cool it off slightly continuing with the cool down through next week.

with partial clearing at the coast at best for the most part cloudy, and 58 degrees in daly city. 78 in san jose when we should be at 85 degrees. i think if any city has seen a notably cool summer, it has been san jose. east of the bay numbers 70 in alameda to 89 degrees the brentwood area. that will be one of the outside numbers. otherwise here's a look at your north bay temperatures from the mid-50s in stinson beach to 74 degrees in novato. so for the most part, the temperatures will range around the 86-degree mark except well inland. and then over the weekend, we stay pretty much status quo, with this mild weather pattern and it will continue, dana, all the way until about thursday and then we'll bump back up to 90 by the end of next week. dana, i know you're looking forward to that. >> yes, i am. but i'll take this. >> looking ahead. >> i'll take this weekend, as well. all right, roberta, thank you. >>> you know, lots of bay area cities want to be seen as the leader in green energy. san jose, san francisco, berkeley, to name a few? but you may be surprised to learn which city has been recogn

commute in say from antioch and work in the city you will go from night -- well on your way home you will go from 60s to 90s to near 100 degrees. 63 san jose. the city at 56. 67 on the high yesterday. tough tough. i was very happy with my highs yesterday except for the city. fog just knocked me right down. everywhere else was right in line. see some of that tropical moisture up, again it will stay south. high pressure starting to lose its grip. temperatures in the interior hot, for others 60s and 70s. a cool day for a few. 80s around the bay to 80s, 3 to 5 degrees cooler for inland areas today. still warm to hot. we will see a cooling trend kick in on saturday and continue sunday and monday, claudine and dave. >> officials are expected to address about the iphone 4. the phones are flying off the shelves but the complaints are piling up about the reception problems. jade has more. >> reporter: good morning. no one knows what we are going to hear at this press conference but we know it is unreasonable. we are live in cupertino this morning. apple is not a company which calls for media gatherings but no one has to speck for a reason. the ipho

. >>> major league baseball speaks, but the city of san jose listened. the city agreed to put off a vote on a possible south bay ballpark for the oakland as until the spring. len ramirez explains why this long running saga is going into extra innings. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed was upbeat about his dealings with major league baseball that could bring the as to san jose. >> they are offering to play ball with us. we'll see. >> reporter: last week reed put a measure on the november ballot to allow a privately financed baseball stadium. that came as news to the baseball commissioner who blasted reed calling the move premature. today reed bowed to the commissioner. >> the right course of action is to honor his request, let him finish the process which we hope will be done quickly but it is the commissioner's process and we let that play out before we go to the ballot. >> reporter: major league baseball offered to help san jose stage a special stadium election next spring a one issue vote that could cost a million dollars. >> what i have is a -- an offer fr