park were up, richmond we're up. ingleside we're down, and so we are making arrests for property crimes. rrests for property crimes. >> all right. moving around to the auto theft and auto situation, i think we know of people who have been victim of an auto theft or burglary in san francisco. i want to talk -- i want to focus the rest of my presentation in on this topic. i want you to know that there are 485,000 registered vehicles in san francisco. we believe an additional 500,000 travel to and through our city every day. many cities have two cars parked in front of their homes due to lack of garage space. we know there were approximately 400,000 -- 4,000 vehicles stolen in 2010. in a recent article, the author made reference to a spike in auto theft and burglaries. we know oftentimes one auto burglary suspect may be responsible for numerous instances. once captured, we begin to see the numbers reduced. we also know with increased public education and awareness, members of the public will choose to report the auto bu

park police person this year of operating in the richmond district on 19th avenue, park city corridor, along with another officer at the richmond station. the university of california is also actively enforcing and participating. absolutely no impediment to that. supervisor mirkarimi: as long as those duties are not interested in the department of sheriff, there are ways that sworn officers of the sheriff's department could help to complement and assist in the ongoing day to day activities of the police department, correct? such as in the topic we are talking about? >> correct. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. next we have at sfmta. i also want to recognize for my colleagues, we have ed riskin from dpw. raymond smith from district pedestrian safety advisory committee. questions if there are. we also have here ed, the director of department of public works, courtney from redevelopment, elizabeth from what san francisco, and raymond smith, to insert questions as well. -- to answer questions as well. >> i want to thank you for having this hearing. it

park police person this year of operating in the richmond district on 19th avenue, park city corridor, along with another officer at the richmond station. the university of california is also actively enforcing and participating. absolutely no impediment to that. supervisor mirkarimi: as long as those duties are not interested in the department of sheriff, there are ways that sworn officers of the sheriff's department could help to complement and assist in the ongoing day to day activities of

park. in richmond, city leaders are discussing plans to build a casino.he indians have spent $30 million on the project, many residents are voicing concerns about legalize gambling. the council will hear both sides at 6:30 p.m. tonight. in san jose, baby falcons are taking a presence of the top of city hall. the three eggs and one baby checker in the nest with their mother named clara. they say this is her fifth season of nesting at city hall. all the aid should be patched with in the next month. >>grant: last out were we told you that twitter was down, apparently they have work to fix the issues and twitter is now back up. go ahead and tweed away. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: and will be right back after we take a quick look at the james lick our traffic is have in all directions. we'll be right back. >>jacqueline: temperatures several degrees cooler than what we saw. upper 50s and los 60s for the most part currently. of course still clinging to the '70s in the north bay and los gatos 70 degrees there. temperatures cooler today and will continue t

and there is a parking lot, so those were special reasons for concern, but you also said that there is relatively low crime rate in the richmond district for the area that is in and around lincoln park, and those were all considerations you considered. >> correct. and also, where i was able to find balance was finally getting pbs to understand that these conditions were going to protect the community, and that is what we are trying to accomplish. i would also suggest, although this is not necessarily my area of focus -- i think it also protect the small business owner. with these conditions, obviously, we know that alcohol sales are statewide allied 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., and we are narrowing their time frame and restricting products. i will also caution that i noticed with conversation, their preference would have been to have a distilled license, which is another thing we were opposed to. i think there has been a lot of learning. supervisor mar: i noticed that besides the restrictions on lighting and loitering, or the improved lighting and restrictions on loitering, there are also percentages of the alcohol and wine, and on

patrolling richmond notoriously dangerous crescent park apartments felt like it was practice for real police work. they say they each paid harris 500 dollars to buy them glock pistol. >> it was needed for work. it was for working purports. >>reporter: at the time they were 19 and 20. too young under federal law to purchase a gun and illegal for someone tolls buy guns for them. after more than a year on the job the friends say the relationship with the mentor went south when they complained about money and work conditions. that's when sergio says 2 strange women kept coming on to him. >> they wanted me to go out to meet them and san ramone area and so forth at a bar and drink and have a drink with them but they also wanted m tow take my handgun or hand guns over with them so they can take picture of them naked. >>reporter: the chronicle reports the women are part of contra costa county scandal involving private investigators christopher butler. authorities say he hired female decoy to target men and get them drunk at bars like this one in danville. butler police contact were there to a

richmond's waterfront has been scrapped. the city council voted down the proposal halting any future consideration. they cited parking congestion and a lack of federal approval as major obstacles. project supporters hope the casino might have brought some much-needed jobs to the city of richmond. >>> libya's leader sent a letter to barack obama urging him to stop an unjust war. moammar qaddafi says his country has been hurt morally more than physically by the nato campaign and also wished mr. obama good luck in his bid for reelection next year. rebel leaders complain there is little real support coming from nato as qaddafi's troops regain more towns >>> the japanese company that owns the crippled nuclear power plant says radioactive water stop leaking into the ocean but authorities it say there are other hidden problems. the leak was discovered saturday when sea water outside the plant had more than 7 million times the legal limit of radiation. and in cape cod, massachusetts, summer camp is swarming with police today. investigators looking into a suicide at camp good news. this camp made news recently after massachus

gate park is very isolated, not much traffic and it's dark back there in those bushes where police say the man was attacked. >> and you'll see another sort of natural canopy. >> reporter: richmond district police captain took us off the paved roads of golden gate park today. >> this is where people like sleeping on cardboard. >> reporter: to another world of hidden homeless camps. that's where we found the spot where police say four suspects pistol whipped a 50-year-old homeless man and burned down his tent. >> what really concerns me is that a person up here by themselves can be set upon or victimized and no one is going to hear their screams. >> reporter: police say it appears robbery was the motive and they're looking for three men and a woman now possibly transients. >> what our concern is this time of year, though, as it warms up, we get an influx of sort of homeless tourists from other parts of the state and country. >> reporter: police issued 1,143 citations to people illegally sleeping in the park last year. park rangers estimate about 40 are regulars and after two homicides, a stabbing and vandalism park officials worked on legislation to impose a nighttime curfew. >>

gate park is very isolated, not much traffic and it's dark back there in those bushes where police say the man was attacked. >> and you'll see another sort of natural canopy. >> reporter: richmond district police captain took us off the paved roads of golden gate park today. >> this is where people like sleeping on cardboard. >> reporter: to another world of hidden homeless camps. that's where we found the spot where police say four suspects pistol whipped a 50-year-old homeless man and burned down his tent. >> what really concerns me is that a person up here by themselves can be set upon or victimized and no one is going to hear their screams. >> reporter: police say it appears robbery was the motive and they're looking for three men and a woman now possibly transients. >> what our concern is this time of year, though, as it warms up, we get an influx of sort of homeless tourists from other parts of the state and country. >> reporter: police issued 1,143 citations to people illegally sleeping in the park last year. park rangers estimate about 40 are regulars and after two homicides, a stabbing and vandalism park officials worked on legislation to impose a nighttime curfew. >>

sheriff department and richmond police are beefing up patrols into these area autos and a 2-year-old boy found wandering in a walmart parking lot has been reunite with his mother, police say he was able to open the front door of the apartment design forward someone in a wheelchair, then cross aid four-lane road and walked into the parking lot and was found by a manager. he seemed to be familiar with the store. he pointed to the mcdonalds sign and said he wanted french fries. it and was -- like i said he was in good spirits. >> and police received a frantic call from a woman who said her child was missing. cps is investigating and police say the mother will not be charged with a crime. >> to sacramento just a moment. after ending budget negotiations this week citing frustration with republicans refusal to compromise the governor released a pension reform plan today. brown says he's developing more than 12 reforms including a pension benefit cap, and limits on public employees working for the state again after they retire. and the leaders held a news conference today to respond to the governor and claiming he's the one who wo

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parking, traffic? >> san francisco's transportation system i believe has a lot of great qualities. we have good bustlines in our richmond district. i'm always looking at creating more efficiencies and finding where the needs are. there have been some cuts over the years, so -- to bus lines, like along the outer richmond district area that have led many seniors without a bus route to get up the hill or to get down the hill to go either grocery shopping -- so we are looking at how the system might not be closely enough based on the needs of people like, especially seniors, or disabled people. there's also some bustlines that are less used in the richmond district that we are now working with the muni system to think about continuing but maybe reduce its frequency, but continue its access for many people that live in isolated parts of the city. i strongly support stronger youth discount passes and supporting the bus system so that younger people have strong access. we are trying to work with the school district right now and city agencies to ensure that young people get more support. we want them to be lifelong transit rid

richmond woman last night by a drive-by shooter. they say 33-year-old beatrice ber ton was shot several times as she walked on union street near poplar park. her boyfriend rushed her to the -- rushed her to hospital. she was with friends. they heard more than a dozen shots. she worked in a staff kitchen. >>> a san jose dog park remains closed after what authorities believe was a pet poisoning. a dog died on saturday after visiting butcher park on camden avenue. there are fears that someone planted poison bait. jennifer said her 3-year-old collin started vomiting and collapsed. dog died after leaving the park. >> we heard he got poisoned. we weren't happy about that. we love the dog park. >> and you love your dogs, too? >> yes and we don't want them to get sick. >> jennifer said she adopted the dog from six weeks ago and he was perfectly healthy. >>> santa cruz biotechnology cells antibodies to researchers. now the "sentinel" reports the company is under investigation by the u.s. agriculture department after a dozen sick and injured goats were found. they faced problems before in. 2009, the usdga fined them -- fined them for violating sani

park. she was 34-year-old beatrice burton, a young mother near richmond.nd president obama is holding a town hall meeting in virginia. the focus, america's skyrocketing debt and how he plans to bring it down. he says taxes need to be raised on the wealthy and spending needs to be cut for the defense. pam? >>> president obama will be in the bay area at the facebook headquarters to talk about economy and hear from his facebook friends. let's take a look at when president obama came in the room. take a look. there's a few cameras there. but mostly it's smartphones. certainly an indication of how important social media has become in politics. his sewn was -- his sewn was very serious focusing on the amount of money despite our huge deficit. >>> we had a surplus back in two. 11 short years ago. but then we cut taxes for everybody, including millionaires and billionaires, we fought two wars and we created a new and expensive drug program and we didn't pay for any of it. >> the president's next stop, facebook headquarters in palo alto. and he issued the open invi

park. 76 in los altos. san francisco coming in at 70 today. sunshine for the sunset and richmond district in the 60s. there was normal weather here in the north bay. we'll see highs climb to the mid-70s from novato and sonoma. 72 in vallejo. near east bay, lower 70s by the water's edge in berkeley. as you head down to san leandro and fremont and even union city topping out about 75. out over the hills, beautiful day. 75 to concord. livermore, 75 and monterey bay, even by the water. upper 60s in monterey. gilroy warms to 77. take a look. seven-day forecast, features the warmest day today. coming down as much as five to seven degrees tomorrow. then by wednesday, we're talking breezy showers coming our way wednesday night into thursday. it's chilly, maybe frost by saturday morning and a little warmer next week. >> one crash reported in san francisco, westbound 80 coming off the bay bridge on the sky way. we have a live shot here. it was right here on the off ramp, partially blocking a lane. i would like peter taylor and scott lawler. they make me feel welcome back. now, there is a delay on "h" train num

a memorial is set up at poplar park where beatrice burton was killed in a drive-by shooting two nights ago in a case of mistaken identity, according to police. the richmond was a mother two of and a beloved granddaughter. >> she was my granddaughter, my friend, my everything. and she was always there for me. >> burton worked two jobs as a lunch lady for the berkeley unified school district and as a caretaker for the elderly. teachers at oxford elementary school will tell students about her death today and counselors will be on hand. >>> 4:36. the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in san jose will be reduced to 10. that was the decision by the city council last night in a close vote, 6-5. the city has been struggling to find a way to control the pot clubs which are legal understand law but illegal under federal law. over the past couple of years, the city has seen the number of dispensaries grow to more than 100. the number of nuisance complaints has also grown. >> what we had for the last two years is the wild west, a number of operation outside the law. they need to be shut down. >> if it passes a final council vote, the proposal would allow two

parking lot. in berkeley, this is the some of slowest. from richmondhad he should be, low to mid 50s,

park middle school in antioch. >>> medical privacy laws prevent police from saying why redmond was in the hospital. he is scheduled for extradition next to contra costa county next week. >>> police in north richmond are bracing for more violence after two deadly shootings this week. officers say the deaths of young men on tuesday and wednesday nights were provoked by last week's killing of a richmond gang member in san francisco. it is likely it resurrected a long-running feud between two street gangs. extra patrol cars are in the problem areas now. >>> i was out and about yesterday, and it felt warm, christina. >> i hope brent was behind you fanning you down. >> no, i was pushing the stroller. >> pushing the stroller. a good day for that. a good day for dog walking. and today is just a pip ch cooler in most cities. well, about ten degrees cooler. we almost hit 90 in los gatos, 88. that was the rm with aest city. 87 in napa breaking all kind of temperature records across the bay area. oakland, you set a new temperature record. oakland hit 85 degrees yesterday. so another warm one on tap. we'll detract maybe 10 degrees, five to ten degrees on average. you have a big ridge of high pressure still in

even if we would have gone with at&t park, it would have been toasty by anyone's standards for california this time of the year. 83 degrees in richmond yesterday. 88 degrees in los gatos. and take a look at some of the other fantastic highs from yesterday. mountain view, mike's old stomping grounds, 83 degrees. the san francisco airport hit 80 degrees. these numbers are nothing to be reckoned with for this time of the year. it will go down as one of the warmest days in march in history in the bay area. as you can see here, high pressure is the reason why. it is actually drifting a little bit over the four corners region. so for us today it will be warm and still will be in control for today, but we'll see changes for the second half of your day. more cloud cover is pushing in as the system of low pressure is dropping into the area on saturday making for mostly cloudy conditions. we'll start to push some of the cloud cover into the bay area as of this afternoon. so that's going to keep our daytime highs a little cooler than where we ended up yesterday, even though we are start out so much warmer. take a look at some of the numbers rig

park safe and clean for everyone. in san francisco, kron 4 news. >>haazig: for the department of health and richmondcrisis the state lab ran tests on the samples once a month. now the trace amounts of radiation has been found in milk from california cows, the lab has stepped up the frequency of the testing to once a week. at the state department of health in richmond, kron 4 news. >>kate: habitat for humanity in all media is selling its surplus supplies. it's saturday and sunday in alameda. things that people will find include flooring, cabinets, fans and chandeliers. but and they expect to pay? pennies on the dollar for many of these items. some lighting fixtures that would sell for up to $300 retail, are being sold for $25. reporting in alameda, kron 4 news. >>rob: here in the mountains in morgan hill, crews managed to clear one lane for this huge mud and rock slides it came down following last weekend's storms. the slide cut off several dozen people above the slide. there is still a lot of work to do here in the days ahead. can the official say it's the largest mudslides since the only new year o

parking lot. sanmateo bridge and golden gate bridge looks good. right now, traffic on the richmondridge is moving out of marin county. coming up in my next report, i will show you some of the freeways. let's go to steve. >>> sal, mostly sunny. cooler for the -- the wind has turned noticably out of west in advance the system but it's already bringing in higher clouds. a very strong cold low will be here wednesday night. a temperature trend will be down over the next couple of days. even though this won't be bad. it will be cooler tomorrow. 40s and 50s. but a lot of 50s, low to mid. 53 at oakland. there's your west wind, your delta breeze your -- your sea breeze, yesterday, we had the north easterly breeze. that's a north wid. mostly sunny, cooler, breezy. that system will slide south giving us folks in the north bay later on. but the -- partly cloudy skies in the north bay later on. but there will be cooler highs today. we'll have 50s, 60s and 70s. 59 pacifica, vallejo 68. sanmateo, 68, oakland 66. cooler even more so tomorrow as we get out of those 70s. the big change will be thurs

richmond. investigators hope surveillance video from the 7 eleven store will help lead them to the killer. >>> time now 5:02. a dog park in san jose remains closed this morning after the sudden death of a dog. it happened after the owner took his dog to butcher park in san jose last weekend. ktvu's kraig debro is live out there now to tell us there are reports the dog may have been poisoned. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, dave. officials are mincing any words. the signs outside the park are very scary sounding. it's closed here both small and large off leash dogs parks are closed pending investigation per possible poisoning case. fear someone might have left poison behind for dogs to eat. the city of san jose shut this park following that story told by a local dog owner. the dog was the first the woman had ever owned and just the second visit the woman and her dog had made to butcher park. jennifer adopted her dog just six weeks ago from a shelter. last saturday while in the park she believes the dog ate something that killed it. the vet told her collin's reaction to what he ate is consistent with the

parking each month. especially events would continue but may be reduced. cal trains is facing $30 million deficit. >> after six years of planning and debate. richmondt to halt plans for a casino. council members voted 5-2 in favor of the motion to discontinue discussions on the casino. original plans was a group and the developer to clean up the property and turn it into a resort including a hotel convention center and casino. last year 58% of voters voted against the casino. they may now decide to stew richmond trying to get millions of dollars back for project redevelopment. >> the victims of san bruno pipeline explosion were among people at a hearing last night to give their advice to pg&e and puc in hopes of preventing another disaster. speakers called better inspections and testing of pipelines and better maps that tell fire departments where those gas lines are. they also demanded pg&e spend more on safety and less on corporate perks. >> bonuses seven times their satisfactorily or more in a year when they blew up a neighborhood and killed 8 people is ludicrous. >> my brothers and sisters were outside the house. it was 600 to 800 degrees outsi

there were 18 richmond explorers who worked for the private company owned by harris and fellow officer ray thomas. the job included patrolling high crime areas, including the crescent park apartments. after a falling outs with their bosses, rio says officer harris tried to set him up to get a dui. >> reporter: did you ever get a chance to ask: why would you do that to me? >> no. >> reporter: no one answered at this office where the young men say harris and thomas still run their security firm. but we found more young-looking security officers back patrolling crescent park. >> you wouldn't buy that aged person a better or cigarettes. you are endangering our lives for having someone that is not fully trained, having a gun in our neighborhood with our kids. >> reporter: officers harris and thomas have filed their own discrimination suit against the department, but they could not be reached for comment today. in richmond, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> and more details on the case now. we contacted richmond police. no one agreed to speak on camera. but chief chris magnus released this statement. >>> police in fairfield have announced an arrest in a homicide case

there were 18 richmond explorers who worked for the private company owned by harris and fellow officer ray thomas. the job included patrolling high crime areas, including the crescent park apartments. after a falling outs with their bosses, rio says officer harris tried to set him up to get a dui. >> reporter: did you ever get a chance to ask: why would you do that to me? >> no. >> reporter: no one answered at this office where the young men say harris and thomas still run their security firm. but we found more young-looking security officers back patrolling crescent park. >> you wouldn't buy that aged person a better or cigarettes. you are endangering our lives for having someone that is not fully trained, having a gun in our neighborhood with our kids. >> reporter: officers harris and thomas have filed their own discrimination suit against the department, but they could not be reached for comment today. in richmond, eric rasmussen, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> and more details on the case now. we contacted richmond police. no one agreed to speak on camera. but chief chris magnus released this statement. >>> police in fairfield have announced an arrest in a homicide case

richmond. 68 concord. berkeley 64. livermore only 66. this is not a favorable pattern for livermore. 67 santa cruz. upper 50s half-moon bay pacifica. daily city. west lake. menlo park at 68 degrees. sunshine warmer weather. especially as we head into saturday afternoon, sunday into monday. claudine and dave. >>> all right time is 5:20. european markets open mix. the british market is closed today for the royal wedding. asian markets closed down. markets in hong kong, australia, and taiwan also lost ground. let's take a look at how the marks closed yesterday. the market rally dow was up 75 points. nasdaq two. and the s & p four points. stock features pointing to a lower opening. investigators looking a the key earnings coming in. caterpillar, america, and chevron. chevron is the companies second largest oil company. economists expect chevron to stay. it made more than $3 million a share. >>> time now 5:21. trying to recover from the damaging tornadoes in the southwest u.s.. look at this as that death toll keeps rising. >>> good morning, northbound 280 traffic looks pretty good getting up to interstate 880. we'll have more on the commute coming up next. >>> mississip

park where beatrice burton was killed in a drive-by shooting two nights ago. police believe the murder was a case of mistaken identity. no arrests yet. the richmondeloved granddaughter. >> she was my granddaughter, my friend, my everything. she was always there for me. >> burton worked two jobs as a lunch lady for the perchloroethylene unified school district and a caretaker for the elderly. today teachers at oxford elementary school will tell students about burton's death and counselors will be on hand. >> san jose is slashing the number of pot clubs in their city. the city council voted to reduce the number of medical marijuana dispensaries for more than 100 down to just 10. the city has been struggling to control pot clubs but illegal under federal law. >> what we had for the last two years is the wild west and a number of operations that were outside the law and we need to shut those down. >> two pot clubs would be allowed per council district. they would have to grow marijuana on site. the 10 clubs could be chosen by the end of the year. >>> pg&e will test two transmission lines, in antioch and mountain view, close to the pipe loan explosion

richmond but warm up to 63 in oakland union city castro valley. down in the south bay 54 in saratoga and also san jose. about 52 in redwood city and menlo park on the peninsula. with breezy conditions and upper 50s along the coast. near 60 in downtown san francisco and sausalito. low to mid-50s through the valleys and any had to upper 50s in the breezy beaches. breezy around the monterey bay with low to mid-50s and low to mid-50s inland but not nearly as windy. at&t park, it will be breezy this afternoon also. into the evening hours first pitch cool breezy 56 down to 52. for tonight you see some of the patches of drizzle develop and temperatures not as cold as this morning. clouds will keep us mid to upper 40s. 50 in san francisco low to mid-50s up in the north bay valleys. cold front washed out as we thought it would. today little bubble of high pressure mainly sunny conditions and notice the cold air behind the next front on wednesday. it is definitely going to be a change maker as far as temperatures as most of us will be the upper 50s to low 60s with a chance of rain in the north bay. another slight chance on friday but that will not rit

parks and historic sites and airports. tsa considered essential personnel so no impact on airline travel. in pittsburg, the headline is, government shut down nears. under -- and "the houston chronicle." nd "richmond times does that," hometown newspaper of eric cantor. andrew taylor is covering this story for the associated press. thank you for being with us. shortly after 7:00 in the morning this friday, where do things stand? guest: it is hard to tell. yesterday there was a lot of brings minted -- brinksmanship and tough talk but there were two negotiating rounds in the white house. the issue is less about how much to cut the budget and more about how many of these republican policy provisions to include. some of them are very controversial, involving cutting off money for planned parenthood and cutting off money for president obama's healthcare of law or stripping the epa of its ability to issue regulations on a whole slew of industries. differences yesterday were chiefly about those. there has been a perception that ultimately speaker boehner bank is going to have to give up most of the riders because president obama is not willing to accept them. they cannot get through the senate. but in exc