now another city affected by the hike, el cerrito, where yesterday we caught up with one woman. she dodged the sales tax hike and saved $25. some people say the increase is so sleet that it won't affect them. others are thinking about shopping in other areas. >> that's quite a bit. i'm not sure where else i can go to. have to consider the gas will cost me to go to another city to save 1%. >> reporter: so it might be a wash. >> it might be a wash. >> for the last week i've been looking up here to get a big screen tv. now that you're telling me it's gone up, it's going to cost me more money, i'm kind of disapointed. >> so here's where the sales tax hike goes into effect. santa rosa jumped a%. concord rose half a penny. they were tied to measures approved in november. the city is using the new tax rate to balance their ailing budget. i'm tara moriarty. >>> the labor department reported good news about the unemployment rate. the report shows the nation's unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.8%. economists had expected it to remain the same. the report said companies added 216,000 ne

the partnership with bellmont was abandoned and the city is looking looking for other options. either partner or bond with another company that the union opposes. the city council will consider both options when it meets tomorrow. >>> another cable car line will partially shut down this week. a stretch of the powell line is being closed as part of the major rehabilitation project. union buses will be routed around the work and street parking will be affected. the partial closing starts tomorrow and continues through friday. >>> an ac transit may hike the cost of its passes to deal with a $21 million deficit. the pass provides kids up to 18 rides for $15 a month. they're thinking of raising it to $20 in august. the proposal will be the subject of a hearing wednesday in oakland. >>> a joyous celebration of easter today at glide memorial church. the church has been ministering to the neighborhoods for decades. it also draws people from all over the bay area for its high energy services and volunteer. the pastor says turnouts at the celebration as well as the free breakfast and dinner was as high as it's been in ten

again, not in mind of transporting that system to san francisco, but just to take a look at how another city does it and does it efficiently and effectively. maybe there are pieces that can be borrowed and applied in san francisco. so i know that that's an important issue to you. >> i appreciate it. thank you. >> commissioner hammer. i know we're getting late tonight. commissioner hammer: i know we're getting late tonight, but but the docket is half of what it was over a year ago. it was a crisis at one point. i don't think it is a crisis anymore. we can always do better. i think it is useful, and i think we should agendize it to talk about what a subcommittee is going to do. my understanding was more like commissioner dejesus' was that to ensure it was within the law. did i most of the work along with ms. blitz, the unsung hero back there. she worked very hard on a set of revigs which i think helped, and these more recent ones are a minor tweak. and then we will vote on those. a thought we had a subcommittee to keep looking into better tweaks of the system. if we are going to empower subcom

which include lot line adjustments and ease meants that often make all the difference in whether another city agency will accept something or agree to a change in that thing. with the -- after the earthquake there was -- and the fires -- many of those records were destroyed in the system and city. the entire ownership was gone. nobody had any records of who owned what. it was all people saying, this lots always been in my family so the board of supervisors after the earthquake and fire created a function to allow ownership to continue. it was could a, makanearny, which claims ownership as a traditional right over a certain parcel and those are fascinating and historic documents when you come across them. >> so, learning history go to the assessor office in city hall or a title company and have them search for all the documents recorded against your property and if you're city hall you look at adjourning propertys so see if they have east meants or ease meants. if on page 29 you see a notice of special restrictions under the planning code and we would ask you record it and it would be on file

. >> reporter: the fear is, if it goes up here, people might go to another city where the sales tax is less. officials say they studied that and it turns out not to be the case. in concord, dan kerman, kron 4 news. >>> big changes this weekend. cooler weather on tap. a storm passing us to the north went bring us rain but it brings cooler temperature. no rain expected out of this system. cooler weather, though. a cloudy morning tomorrow. temperatures down 10-20 degrees over today. sitting in the 60s bay area wide and winds pick up. gusts up to 35 miles per hour along the coast and in the hills. we will talk more about that in a moment. sunday's weather. mostly sunny skies. temperatures remain in the 60s through the weekend. a look at the forecast for the a's game tomorrow evening. because it's cooler, bring the jacket. sun breaks into the afternoon and a few high clouds. game time, 62 degrees and it wraps up, 50s. neighborhood by neighborhood. 67 in santa rosa. 53 in san francisco. 73 in fairfield. 50 along the coast line. 60s bay shores. same in the south bay. seven-day forecast, coole

fear is that if this if tax goes up here in some shopping at the local mall, people might go to another citywhere the sales tax's less. city officials say they study that and it turns out not to be the case. as long as people realize, that extra money is being put back into the local community. in concord, kron 4 news. >>pam: oakland controversy over the city's budget battle is being criticized for allowing of the options to close projected budget deficits but not indicating which one she prefers. city councilman said the mayor appears to be avoiding controversial decisions by not presenting of definitive budget. new employment numbers out today. the national unemployment rate is better than most experts predicted a drop in to its lowest point in two years. macon has more from washington. >>reporter: president barack obama speaking to ups workers in maryland friday shared news of the latest economic growth. according to the labor department the unemployment rate dropped 8.8% down 1% from november coul. more than to enter thousand jobs are created surpassing expectations. those gains may not

in another city, i heard in chicago, the drivers got a surcharge for gas, and here, nobody ever does anything about it. please, help us. thank you. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker, please. secretary boomer: [reading names] >> i am against these, because we are already paying for a new car, and then we are also paying a high gas prices, like everybody is saying, and as you know, everybody has family. you never think about us. yellow in munich, they get together. they treat us like we are criminals, and they are always treating us like we are criminals. muni is making money every year. we would just like to raise our family. they always want our money. drivers are paying $2,700 per month. that is lot money. -- a lot of money, and then they pay insurance, gas, $4.50 per gallon. what do you think we are making? $100,000 per day? you know what i am talking about. and yellow and unique, they never think about our health insurance. -- yellow and unique. we do not have anything, you know? please, deny the 5%. help us with electronic waybill. please help us. we need your help. thank y

is there any way that another city can get rid of right turns on red? >> someone may know that answer, i don't think they ever allowed right turns on red. and the hold that the fed's have over the states is the money. and that's all i know. someone needs to do research on this. but we have the ability to individually change right turn on red. you are allowed to ban at a given intersection, you start small and work big. >> i red -- read and the fed's and they came into new york and they didn't have the requirement of right turn and wanted to know how they did that. >> maybe there is someone here that knows that. >> hi, we were successful in a period of time of five to six years and bringing down the pedestrian facility -- fatality rate and we used many tools. and we haven't done consistently looking at a corridor and a lot of them are major transport and have a high volume of pedestrian crossing. and back on the east coast, they have used it a greater extent white letter crosswalk and for the visibility and at dusk we have a higher rate. and why can't we

. >> he was in another city. >> reporter: marisela led the police right to his door. sergio was arrested and brought back to jaurez where he confessed again. >> at this point we -- we haven't found my sister's body. so when he got arrested, he took the police to the place where my sister's body was. >> reporter: sergio was charged with aggravated homicide. nearly two years after rubi had disappeared, sergio went on trial here at the state tribunal in jaurez. the evidence that emerged in the trial seemed overwhelming. not only had sergio confessed, he had shown police the spot where they found rubi's remains. then as the trial drew to a close, there was this surprise. >> i know, marisela, it's a great damage that no one can really repair. like i said before, i know you don't forgive me, but i ask for forgiveness, marisela. >> when we heard this, we thought that he was going to be, you know -- >> reporter: found guilty. >> correct. >> reporter: in mexico, there are no jury trials. three judges handed down the verdict. and what those judges did horrified rubi's family. >

rebels capture another key city in libya, while in syria more deadly protests today. >>> strike three. the owners of the l.a. dodgers lose control of their team as scandal in their personal lives plays out in public. >>> and getting the scoop. how one reporter breaks royal news inside the madness with how one reporter breaks royal news inside the madness with just days to go. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, it has happened again. for the second weekend in a row, we are talking about widespread damage, homes splinter and quick thinking that saved lives in the face of a fierce tornado. it was the worst storm to hit st. louis in 40 years. just take a look at the radar picture from last night, all that red moving over st. louis. the airport there filled with travelers, was near the bull's eye. it is still closed tonight. tens of thousands are without power, but remarkably few people were injured and no deaths are reported. almost unbelievable when you see what they went through. the weather channel's mike seidel is on the ground at the airport in st. louis

i would look -- i would like to quote another from port city. another from our architectural heritage. still working on the docks, i think this policy tries to look at the risk. "the tragedy for maritime use at the port is that you can prevail over particular issues hundreds of times, but you " -- you can only fail once and everyone is gone forever." thank you. >> thank you. public speakers? >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is [unintelligible] and i am the general manager for the shipyard in san francisco. thank you for putting together this maritime preservation policy. i see it as another example of the carnival splendor. a span of pop tarts and media. that ship could not have been docked here if it had not been for the forward thinking of port of san francisco in 2006 when they put together an agreement that allowed us to expand dry dock no. 2. that provides jobs, working closely with the port of san francisco. today we continue to work closely with the fort to maintain access to the shipyard. i appreciate the hard work and effort tha

think well i don't want to get political about this how can i if somebody is watching this in another city in america where there's not a newspaper. like this what are they do to get involved if they'd like to follow your lead i would suggest what they can do is they could call us and find out how we do it they can go right into the streets org and check out our website they can call us directly and say hey we think this is a kind of an interesting thing we have a great thing we do we have a thing called vendor for a day but we actually get businesses and nonprofits high school college students they come for the day and we have them go out and sell with our vendors and the experience with that is the good and bad of it and we go back to them all the time we have these deeper just afterwards and you'll be amazed at how many people when they come back off this they say i don't know why we don't have this in our town and it makes so much sense we're passing great information with a quality product we're getting economic impact to these people and most importantly this invisible community that

another headline, the oakland alameda coliseum name is now called overstock.com. the retailer will pay $1.2 million a year for it. the deal benefits them, the county, the taxpayer and the cityoakland. >>> another amazing come back for sports at cal, it appears the university men's gymnastics team is vaulting off the chopping block as well. recent fund-raisers raised two and a half million dollars, the university first wanted men's gymnastics to raise four million but the team hopes by scaling down it's bumming a bit and raising money throughout the season its program will be reinstated soon, fundraising efforts also save cal baseball. >> walking a mile in someone else's shoes. that's what a couple hundred men did in pumps, and platforms. not drag queens but as linda shows us real men helping to raise money for the rape crisis center. >> i would like to taste i have great taste. >> size ten feet in delicate heels. >> my feet are killing me and i haven't started walking yet. >> reporter: the problem they want to highlight isn't pretty, violence against women. this is the 9th yearly men's march to benefit the san joe ywca program to stop rape, and assault and againer violence.

is that if the sales tax goes up here instead of shopping at the local mall, people might go to another cityst. city officials said they have studied that and it turns out not to be the case. as long as people realize that extra money is being put back into the local community. in concord kron 4 news. >>brian: it's a much more cooler evening tonight them what we've had the past few nights. temperatures in the 50's most places. a cool breeze coming in off the ocean with sfo reporting was winds to 20 mi. per hour. is going to get even cooler for tonight. clear skies for this evening, lots of sunshine for our sunday. all the clubs we had today moving on out. for the afternoon, sunshine and temperatures are high into the '60s to the low seventies for the inland locations. if some gusty winds once again gusting 20 to 30 mi. per hour. if things will more back up again for monday mostly sunny temperatures up for 60s is to possibly the upper '70's. the warm-up is not going to last long in fact by tuesday another weather system are rising. it will cloud of the skies and bring in more cooler temperatu

. >> another city is doing away with its own police force. f moon bay city leaders will meet this afternoon at 1:00 to discuss choosing between the sheriff's department or neighboring pacifica which is 14 miles away. half moon bay has little crime and 12 member police force has seen their budget slashed to pay a legal settlement. they must cuss $3 million from its budget. san carlos made a similar move six months ago. >> there is a new way for entrepreneurs coming to the u.s. from overseas looking for money. investors are always fishing for good bets. how international start-ups are changing silicon valley. >> the start-up playing field is changing. more than ever sburs from overseas is planting roots. philip mcnamara is from ireland. >> we're here because the market is here and there is retailers we want to work with. think this is great place to look for funding. >> they start a global plan is appealing. >> we're really looking at investors for opportunities that aren't just local to the united states. if somebody is building a website that

. >> another city is doing away with its own police force to contract with a larger police agency. half moon bay city leaders will discuss joining neighbors police departments. half moon bay has little crime in the 12 member police force has seen their budget slashed. the city must cut more than $3 million from its budget. san carlos made a similar move about six months ago. >> government figures on the economy showing signs of encouragement this morning. unemployment rate is at the lowest level in two years, 8.8%. employers added 216,000 jobs in march and david curley is finding new growth in the u.s. economy. >> the recession cost this internet start-up company nearly a third of the staff. >> i like that one. >> now they can't hire enough workers. >> we are looking to double our staff next year. >> so you have a hard time finding people? >> he found greg that was laid off. >> you are happy with your job? >> love it. >> what do you think about the economy in general? >> you know, there is definitely signs of hope. >> manufacturing, too. >> we had about 15% cut back two years ago an

the city is in court pursuing another in the fruit vale neighborhood. that injunction seeks to limit 40 suspected gang members from associating with each other and would also impose a curfew. >>> the city of san carlos has rejected a controversial plan to outsource its fire department. ktvu's tara moriarty tells us the vote came late last night after a lively debate. tara. >> reporter: well, after four hours of some heated public comments, the city council made a unanimous decision to pursue the hybrid model of redwood city. we're here at the belmont fire station breaking up this fall. last night police pushed anover flow crowd into the hallways when more than 150 people showed up at the council meeting. at times the mayor had to pound his gavel to keep the noise down. most people said they did not want the city to give the job of fighting fires to a private company called waken hut. >> a low bid contractor, what happens if they fail? will any of you guarantee that they can save my house in a fire? >> reporter: the mayor has said that his city needs to t

. >> eric: another city is doing away with its own police force to contract with a larger agency. bay city leaders will meet this afternoon at 1:00 to decide whether to outsource the job to either the san mateo county sheriff's department or the pacifica police department which is 14 miles away. half moon bay's 12 member police force has seen its budget slashed by 20% to pay a legal settlement. officials say it's simply gotten to expensive to maintain. the city needs to cut $3 million out of its budget. out sourcing police duties will save half a million a year. >>> prosecutors in the barry bonds perjury trial are expected to rest their case today. next at bat. bonds' defense team. terry mcsweeney is live in the newsroom with a preview of what comes next and why the jury could begin deliberating by wednesday? >> prosecution is down to the last witness. anti-doping expert and transcript of bonds' grand jury to read into the lord. and is the prosecution case enough to lying to a grand jury and obstructing justice? perjury cases you have to prove the defendant was thinking in this cas

that could allow states a mayor can't be appointed to another city post until one year after their term is up. >>> in just over an hour oakland residents have a chance to way in on the mayor's agenda. mayor quan and councilmembers will lead the fourth of seven tall how about meetings of district five. today's meeting will be at st. john's church at 10 a.m. meanwhile, oakland's police chief anthony batts is credited for helping a seizure victim in san francisco. he saw a man in an suv crash into three cars before coming to rest on a sidewalk on south van ness avenue. batts ran over and stayed with the man until paramedics arrived. >>> good morning to you! sunny skies sitting in the 60s for the afternoon. this morning we're breezy, giving you a look at san francisco. that wind from the west and it will increase for the afternoon. and at this hour still looking at 30s and 40s outside our door. we're mostly sunny, just partly cloudy skies over parts of the north bay. and around concord perhaps just a few clouds there outside of that we're looking pretty good. you may need those sun shades g

this morning another city is talking ability going without a police department to save money. city leaders voted this weekend to eliminate the police force. they are now negotiating with the sheriff's office. the deal would ensure no officers lose their jobs. they are expected to save 500,0$500,000 a year. >>> santa clara will meet to consider a plan to have deputies oversee the 43-member security team at the hospital. under the plan, valley medical acceptabilitier would pay $128,000 in benefits to hire two officers from the department. a number of hospitals hire law enforcement to oversee security including san francisco general. >>> i think we should get out and enjoy the day. >> waking up is half the battle on a monday. if you are up and with us, thanks for joining us. 49 in hayward. 48 in san jose. as you can see here, high pressure is still in control. clouds arcing up and around the strong ridge of high pressure that brought the temperatures to record levels last week. it is breaking down, headed to the east. we have a system on the way that's going to bring us rain and a

it is not our prerogative and ability under city law to mandate one particular type of pest control treatment or another. our mandate under city law is to ensure that the tests are eradicated. there is no mandate to say they are eradicated in a certain number of days or using certain treatments. this gets to the third regulatory responsibility which is pesticide enforcement. the city does not have an independent jurisdiction on pesticide enforcement. it is the enforcement agency for state law. the state law on pesticides is clear. certain pesticides are allowed in certain uses. it requires licensing a pest control operators. it does not allow the city to independently prohibit or recommend one pesticide treatment or another. it ties our hands. we have tried to do other things. the fourth and last issue i want to point out is our role as manager of housing. we manage some hotels through master leases. we have done some particular things to prevent bedbug infections that may be replicable in the wider industry. when new tenants are coming into a master lease patel, they are being screened for bed bugs. th

. >>> state legislators are introducing a bill from preventing to move to another city unless the team satisfies all financial obligations to the place it is moving from. the senate bill requires any pro sports franchise that previously entered into a financial agreement with the california city to provide a bond or a deposit that would be adequate to ensure the obligations are taken care of before the team moves away. it would take effect immediately if it passes. it does require a two nards jort vote. >>> the oakland mayor quan trying to lure big company across the bay. quan has been meeting with zynga and other company. her press secretary said part of the strategy is to lure more business, but san francisco city leaders are apparently not too happy about these meetings, telling chronicle they don't try to steal from their neighbors. >>> to the facebook, it looks like twins will have to make do. they cannot reopen litigation against facebook founder mark zuckerberg. they claim he stole idea to make facebook. it was settled in 2008 for $65 million. the twins had hoped an appeal would

city. i want to announce today yet another revelation. it is not just twitter. is zenga with their game and many other companies in the on- line game industry that is coming, that is beginning to expand their offices here in the city. it has been buying up 14 acres in mission bay because we have done the right thing in building that infrastructure. those kinds of technologies are still coming. they're still being attracted to our city. as of today, i wanted to make sure that you know that the other company has been here a while, but they are expanding. auto desk technologies, and their online entertainment software, is expanding. today, they just told me that they're adding some 16,000 more square feet to their offices that will invite another 75 people to work in the city to add to their 575 persons already. that is another indication that people have hope in our city. as long as we are headed in the right direction, we will get those jobs going. i do want to say to you that we have a big challenge as well. while we are creating those jobs, while we are doing ou

. >> another peninsula city is doing away with its police force. half moon bay city leaders met to decide whether to contract out their police force. they have little crime, and the police force has seen its budget slashed by 20% to pay a legal settlement. they're not the only city with this situation. san carlos made a similar move six months ago. >>> a fire in the berkeley hills caused a scare this morning. firefighters struggled with a stubborn hydrant while a fully engulfed home threatened the homes around it. firefighters were preparing to conduct a rescue when word got back that the elderly couple who lives there was out shopping. the family's dog also escaped, and firefighters had it are in crowell -- control in 30 minutes. witnesses could see it burning from clear across the bay. >>> overseas, anger over the burning of a muslim holy book at a florida church has fueled a second day of deadly violence inia. demonstrators set cars and shops on fire in canada -- can kandahar. >> anger has turned into protests. the police shot into the crowd, ki

. >> reporter: if the rest of the workers unions do not give up another 10% in paycuts, then the city manager says another 155 police officers will be laid off and another 300 city employees will be let go. and the city has to make a decision soon. the new budget start on july 1. >> tough times. thank you, kiet do in san jose. >>> a man beaten to death at a san jose care home. this morning that man's roommate is in custody. police were called to the home on saint andrews place about 7:30 last night. they say the victim, a 24-year- old, got into a fight with his 28-year-old roommate and died of husband injuries. it's not clear though how this dispute started. the care facility is in a single family house. it's listed online as serving the developmentally disabled. >>> an alleged serial killer will be back in court this morning. 77-year-old joseph naso from reno is not expected to enter a plea in court today. he is accused of killing two women in the bay area in 1970s and two others in yuba county in the '90s. he is under investigation for the murder of three children up in state new yo

. >> is there another city where you find yourself more popular than others? >> chicago, i find there's a good reaction. chicago seems to be city that really loves its columnists. i mean, chicago and royco and clarence paige or bob green. they take columnists very much to their heart. i ran there when i was writing a column once a week called "life in the 30's." so that by the time i started this column in the "chicago times" picked it up, it was probably the only city that i visited in which people would recognize me on the street. so, i feel pretty at home in chicago at this point. >> as i told you before we started now, this discussion started on my way here. everybody kept telling me, i saw anna quindlen on television. some people had it on 20-20, and some people had 2 on prime time live. this was recorded for our audience weeks before we go on the air. what's going on with anna quindlen. what's going on with prime time television? >> i think it's the book. i try to keep a low protile about things like that. i have been asked to be on television a fair amo

. >> reporter: if the rest of the workers unions do not give up another 10% in paycuts, then the city manager says another 155 police officers will be laid off and another 300 city employees will be let go. and the city has to make a decision soon. the new budget start on july 1. >> any idea how they chose to give the pink slips to? was it based on seniority? >> reporter: typically, yes. the officers who were last in are typically the first out. so if officers have been on for at least a couple of years, then for now they're safe. >> all right. thank you, kiet do in san jose. >>> tonight pg&e will give an update on their work and recovery efforts following the san bruno pipeline explosion. utility executives will join congresswoman jackie speier and city leaders at april town hall meeting. the explosion killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. long-term recovery efforts will be at the top of tonight's agenda. it starts at 6:30 p.m. at the san bruno senior center. >>> if you like great weather, have we got a forecast for you! >>> finally we are getting this weather right. it

anothes. nu. the city must act now. what is before you is a disaster. a remote landfill in another county, does it have the capacity to handle disaster tonnage? there is 30 times that unused capacity in the bay area. i was glad to defer to mr. cleveland from the building owners' association. he based we supports this contract. yet the study from ms. nutter shows that you have comparability with other cities. page 170, you can see comparisons of commercial rates. the city and county of seven cisco, 17391 -- the city of san francisco, 173, 91. oakland, $114. fremont, 74. heywood, 105. san jose, about $91. [tone] supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, in the director of the [unintelligible] marine division of the iow and share of the maritime adviser committee. i am speaking to you on behalf of captainship way, who is unable to be here. we support the existing workers and their union and garbage collection for the city of san francisco. the recology facilitation plan will result in a loss of jobs in altamont. we are excited that the opport