in west oakland. the man was shot in the chest.e know he is in his 20s but police have not yet revealed his name. they think it may have been an attempted robbery before it became a shooting two men were seen leaving the scene. the oakland police department is facing challenges with a tight budget. they have been trying to work smarter in recent days. in fact, they have undergone a probation sweep this week for four days because of half of all probationers end up reoffending according to police. so in this four-day sweep they found 28 probation violations. they made 17 arrests. they took in 7 guns and a whole lot of drugs. now, the whole community is still raw after the killing of a man named brother john who would go out and feed the homeless. he was shot and died on wednesday night. we'll take a look at that crime and some reaction from the police chief and the mayor coming up. >> okay, anne makovec, thanks, live in oakland this morning. >>> san francisco police say they have recovered the weapon a seattle man allegedly used in a

nobody in west oakland had the money to pay for it, but everybody read it. i know because i walked around and handed out paper copies of it. how do we focus on those organizations, the people who cannot do it themselves? i am sorry to answer your question with a question, but it is something i am passionate about. >> hello, i am just graduating high school this year. i plan to pursue a career in journalism. like others, i get a constant reminder that it is a struggling field. personally, i am not too concerned with money. i am just passionate about journalism. like many others, i want to know what it is looking like for people like me, who are planning to pursue a career in journalism, what steps do i need to be taking? >> four years from now, i believe she will be out of journalism school, what will landscaped look like? >> it will look great because you are cheap labor. [laughter] and there is plenty of room for you to work their way up. if you really focus on digital skills that make you stand out from everyone else, you are going to make it. fundamentall

it was in west oakland. he was shot in th chest. he is in his 20s. it may have been an attempted robbery. two men were seen leaving the scene. there is no description on them. oakland is no stranger to unsolved violent crime and murder including one that has people feeling raw this week. that is the killing of brother john, paris powell. he made a name for himself feeding the homeless in oakland. he was shot on 47th avenue this week. his pregnant wife and his young daughter wer -- were also hit. brother john was removed from life support on wednesday. the community has been reacting to this over the past 48 hours. anthony batts calls it an outrage. jean quan plans to meet with the family. show hopes this was a case of mistaken identity. -- she hopes this was a case of mistaken identity. no leads in the case. just one of many unsolved murders. there are dozens here in oakland and when you think about it that way, you can think about the fact that already a lot of murderers running around free in this city. coming up, we are going to hear a little more

the oakland a's joining force was police and community organizations to change summer time for west oakland kids. and we'll show their new summer camp. >> playing wiffle ball was unimaginable foremost of these west oakland kids. not too long ago this, area was just a parking lot. oakland a's helped make this dream possible. and a newcomer second baseman threw the first pitch. >> someone like me is someone they can look up to, you know? they see guys like me on the streets all the time to. see there is a positive influence. >> in sm kids were star struck. >> it's good. a lot of phone shall in it. >> it's part of a free summer camp called "together we can" put on by oakland school police department. there are days when up to 90 kids from this neighborhood show up. oakland unify std only school district in the bay area to have its own police force. separate from the city. it was a chief decided to create a lace where police officers and kids could bond. >> that was one of the goals. is to create a safe environment where kids with k.feel safe. and it was two fold. how to build positive relation

the plan divides oakland into two parts, area one west oakland and area two, east oakland. deputy chiefs the department's third highest ranking officers will control each area from the street not -- not a desk. >> sounds good something they need to do. >> reporter: and that's not all. in august, the overwhelmed homicide unit will collapse into one major crime unit that also focuses on other violent crimes. injured beat cops relegated to desk work will pick up the slack learning homicide detective work on the job. >> it will take time to get up to experience. i think it takes anywhere from five to six years from my liking to have a homicide investigator that has all the techniques and talents. >> reporter: chief batts' plan also slashes specialized groups like motorcycle and bike cops putting them all in cars. he admits it's an experiment. >> we'll evaluate and shift into change if necessary. that's the focus of what we're trying to do. >> reporter: residents hope it's one that will work. >> sure. i'm hoping all the time things change. >> reporter: oakland police will start

>>> a driver struck a fence in west oakland. we'll have more about the police chase that ensued. >>> a crime caught on tape. a pet storeowner says money is not the only issue in this case. >>> and a man discovers that his long-lost brother was not lost at all. >>> good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm kraig debro. >> i'm tori damage be. it's monday, july 18th -- tori campbell. it's monday, july 18th. >>> police are investigating a dadly shooting. a man and a woman were killed. a third man was critically wounded. that was one of two shootings in richmond. paul chambers has more. >> reporter: good morning. richmond police there's a a feud going on between north richmond and south richmond. police say the first shooting happened at about 10:15 in the 400 block of business olavenue -- business olavenue. olavenue-- biss -- biss. l avenue. police took a third female to the hospital where she is expecting to survive. they are connecting this homicide to a shooting that happened at 9:45 in the 200 block of gertrude avenue earlie

a's have joined forces with police and community organizations to change summertime for kids in west oakland's abc7's education reporter. >> playing whiffle ball on a hot summer day was unimaginable for most of these west oakland kids. not too long ago this was a parking lot. the oakland a's helped to make the dream possible. >> the ceremonial first pitch -- >> and newcomer's second baseman , mr. weeks, threw the first pitch. >> somebody like me, somebody they can look up to. they see guys like me in the streets all the time where they are from and see it as a positive influence. >> some of the kids were star struck. >> good. got a lot of potential in it. >> it's part of the free summer camp called together we can. it's put on by the oakland school's police department. there are days when up to 90 kids from the neighborhood shows up. oakland school district is the only school district in the bay area to have its own police force, separate from the city. it was the chief who decided to create a place where police officers and kids could bond. >> that was one of the goals, is obviously to crea

leeann. >> reporter: playing whiffle ball on a warm summer day was unimaginable for most of these west oakland kids. not too long ago this area was just a parking lot. the oakland a's helped to make this dream possible. >> a ceremonial first pitch. >> and newcomers second baseman, mr. weeks, threw the first pitch. >> somebody like me, they can look up to. they see guys like me on the streets and see us as a positive influence. >> some were star struck. >> good. >> it's part of the free summer camp called "together we can." it's put on by the oakland school's police department. there are days when up to 90 kids from this nabbed shows up. oakland unified is the only school district in the bay area to have its own police force, separate from the city. it was a chief who decided to create a place where police officers and kids could bond. >> that was one of the goals, obviously to create a safe environment where kids can feel comfortable and safe but it was really two-fold. how do we build positive relationships between young people and the police. >> without this camp there would be nowhere for t

in west oakland we'll get started, one man was shot near the corner of chestnut and 24th street. that victim is in critical condition this morning. the other happened just before 11:00 last night. a second man is in the hospital with undisclosed injuries. a 22-yr-old woman was shot on the usually quiet piedmont avenue. witnesses say four men were seen running into a residential neighborhood in monte vista avenue. two people were shot in jack london square. both victims remain in the hospital. >>> outside the silver dollar hotel, one man was shot just after 10:00 last night. police are releasing few details in that shooting, but they say the investigation continues. and finally, a shooting on sun kist drive about 1:00 this morning near interstate 580, not far from mills college. the victim is in the hospital. no suspect in custody. police say they can't yet tell whether any of this violence is connected. >>> to san francisco now, where an 11-year-old girl is in critical condition at san francisco general hospital after she was shot in the chest last night in the western addition.

what is the weather going to be like tonight near the west oakland bart station in. >> i'm glad you askedill see the clouds move back into the bay but between now and then they will retreat. a thick marine layer with mist and drizzle. 61 in the city. we won't look for a lot of clearing here. 74 across the bay in concord. a little bit of warming tomorrow, not much. gradual warming trend really starts monday and lasts through then of the week. >> all right. thanks, lisa and thanks for joining us on the saturday morning news. the next newscast, 8:00 a.m. stay connected at abc7news.com. stay connected at abc7news.com. take care. denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. with two children and no way to support them. people told me i wasn't going to do anything. and i just decided i have more to offer than that. i put myself through nursing school, and then i decided to go get a doctorate degree. university of phoenix gave me the knowledge to make a difference in people's lives. my name is

a 28-year-old man was killed last night in west oakland. he was shot while driving his suv at 19th and west streets. police have no motive or suspects. that was oakland's 65th homicide of the year. >>> three other people are recovering from three shootings between 1 p.m. yesterday afternoon an 9:30 last night. two of the victims managed to get themselves to the hospital. the third was treated and released. no suspects in any of these shootings. >>> a violent video game that goes on sale next week has already made some enemies right now. among them several mexican lawmakers and a bay area group fighting negative images of latinos. kiet do shows us the game's ties to mexico's drug war. >> reporter: the drug war in mexico that has left more than 40 knew people dead seeing increasingly gruesome executions and strained relations with the u.s. now has its own video game titled call of warez, the cartel. plenty of violence, sex, blood and even more violence. you can play as one of the cops or as one of the many thugs from a mexican drug cartel. >>

an officer told him to turn down his cell phone music at the west oakland station.aims he did turn it down, but beaten anyway. wong spent two days in jail and received a citation. bart officials refused to comment. >> a community in mourning after police say a father killed his son and then turned the gun on himself. these are pictures of the victim, andrew of university of san diego student. santa clara county sheriffs discovered the bodies last night in a home. deputies say they recovered a 38 caliber handgun from near the father's body. >>> we're going to see a couple changes this weekend starting tomorrow with slightly cooler temperatures into the afternoon with mid 80s inland and low 70s for our bay shores. into sunday, into the afternoon, we're going be seeing high clouds and possibly dry lightning down in the south bay. taking a live look outside. seeing plenty of shower activities and southeast california. also through arizona and nevada. subtropical moisture s over us. this is going to shift a little bit to the north, but mainly into sunday. it will bring u

oakland a join forces with police and community organization to change summertime for kids in west oakland. here's education reporter lee ann. >>reporter: playing which have el ball on warm summer day was not imaginable for most of these west oakland kid. not listening ago this area was jaws parking lot. the oakland a's helped to make this dream possible. >> ceremonial first pitch. >>reporter: newcomer second baseman weeks threw the first pitch. >> somebody look me somebody they conspire look up to. see guys like me in the streets all the time where they are from and see there's a positive influence. >>reporter: some of the kid were star struck. p.m. >> got a lot of potential witness. >>reporter: part of the 43 summer camp called together we can. it's put on by the oakland school police department. there are days when up to 90 kids from this neighborhood show up. oakland yawn fight is the only school district in the bay area to have its own police force. separate from the city. it was achieve who sdaided to create a place where police officers and kids could bond. >> that was one of the go

west streets. no motive and no suspects. it is oakland's 65th homicide of the year. >>> three other people are recovering from three shootings between 1 p.m. yesterday afternoon and 9:30 p.m. last night. you can see on a map where the shootings happened. two of the victims actually managed to get themselves to the hospital. the third was treated and released. no suspects in any of these shootings. crime stoppers is offering $10,000 for information leading to any suspects. >>> we also have new details tonight in the murder of a young mother whose burned body was discovered in the rockridge neighborhood of oakland. police have identified a person of interest in the killing of 21-year-old monica lotus. investigators expect she was killed at a different location before her body was dumped and then set on fire. >>> meanwhile, close friends of losus and community activists held a car wash fund-raiser today. friends say a big part of the event was to help pay for her funeral. then set up a trust fund for her 2-year-old son. still activists from an

. >> the bridge is still scheduled to open in 2013 >> the shooting happened in west oakland 19th and adeline street one man is in critical condition 7 cisco police had target wide sweep in may 40 a rest most were for felony arrest they wanted to get those felons off the street and the park's police found one at active marijuana grown the officer was conducting a foot patrol went to suspects followed assault rifle at him he taught cover after returning fire in it is not clear if the shooting and the gross site >> this is pictures of a drawback hosting did chase how he woke up tuesday morning and saw someone at the foot of his bed he thought it was trading p.j.'s person down on wall heat ruptured his right achilles' tendon the woman was apprehended and in what he will now be a cast for six weeks. the hearing for the woman was arrested will be delayed until next week she is waiting for a public defender she has two prior convictions in 1990 and 1991 prosecutors world looked into in charging are on your the three strikes or roll she has been ordered held on $625,000 bail and this is a li

it's a residential part of west oakland. two suspects fled from the scene and an ambulance took the victim to the hospital. >>> other bay area headlines, investigators tell us that they found the marijuana grow site near rancho leguna park. evidence of the fire fight including casings from an assault rifle were sent to a crime lab. nobody has been arrested, but police believe that mexican cartels are behind this grow operation. >>> san francisco police say that they have recovered the weapon a seattle man used in a gun battle with officers in the bay view a couple weeks ago. a neighbor led them to the pistol that police say belonged to kenneth harding. tests show it was the gun that was fired that killed harding, but police don't know if harding shot himself on purpose or by accident. >>> a mother saw her baby tumble into a san francisco street today when a man grabbed the infant's stroller and threw it to the ground. the mother recounted the story to a medic after the attack on new montgomery street around 3:00. officers sa

[cheers and applause] >>> 300 elementary students from west oakland are the first to attend a summerneering camp. they competed to build the best roller at martin luther king elementary school t. is organized for black engineers to get more interested in engineering. >>> john fowler explains what people are calling the google effect. >> reporter: in text savvy sap fran people told us they use the internet as a memory crutch. from on-line appointment calenders to bank a koupblts to shoe and cloth sizes. >> counts to shoe and cloth size is. >> it is all self-contained. easy. >> i use the internet you utilize it i can remember everything. >> reporter: at this cafe we found 23-year-old teacher. she says she googles things dozens of times a day my think it is awesome we have so much information accessible now. but, i think people are getting lazar -- lazier. >> we are antisocial. that is what i believe. it effects your memory, you're aability to pay attention. >> reporter: paul crosby does not use the web. >> i am aware i am missing information and access to information. >> reporter: seve

about 300 elementary school students from west oakland attended the seek academy.competed to build the best roll foil. >> well the british open is almost half way through. >> yeah, and little bit of a rarity today over there in southern england because it was sunny and mild. you always see the video of the british open it looks blustery and rainy. they're going to get that over the weekend. meantime round two. angel jimenez warming up. he's only one shot off the lead. tom watson, 167 yards with a four iron. it'll bounce once, and ace the 15 15th of his career. he made the cut, another american by the name of lucas glover shot an even par 70 which is tied for the lead after 36 holes. hiss approach on the par four he sets up a birdie. he's 4-under right now. 42-year-old darren clark two shot lead. threw a 68 today and the man from northern ireland makes a 90 feet eagle put. look at the fancy stuff he does with the arrows too. he is-4. it is open for all to take. meantime the giants getting ready for game two of the series with san diego. made a roster move today. pat

. >>> 300 kids in west oakland are spending part of the summer mastering engineering skills they're ined friction will slow it down. >> this is something rubs together, energy is moving. >> he and 300 other west oakland kitsdz between 8 and 10 are participating in a three-week camp. >> it was started in 2007 by the national society of black engineers who have been operating in the east coast. this is their first year in oakland. >> we want to put it into our mind that it's a cool thing. i can be a college engineering major. >> it's science technology engineering and math making a skimmer glide power bid wind is another project teaching them that the sign's design matters. >> this controls the land. this part right here wind is blowing like this. >> a rubber band and metal washers inside of the can help move a steel can over. >> you spin it. inside there is a rubber band and it's twisted. and it winds up. the rubber band is used as an engine. >> coaching them during three weeks are african american college students from around the nation. almost all of them are majoring in engineering.

. >>> in west oakland near the corner of 19th and west streets a man was found shot inside a vehicle. police responded to that area after reports of a gunfire. en donald robinson was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. a lone gunman was responsible for the shooting. there's no word on any suspects in this case. >>> oakland police say there's been a development in a mother who was found burning in a street. they have identified a person of interest in the death of monica rotis. rotis was discovered in the rock ridge district. police have not released the suspect in the crime. >>> meantime friends and family of monica rotis held a fund raising. they washed cars. the money will go toward a trust for rotis son. family members said they raised about $400. >>> volunteers conduct another search effort for michelle le. a family spokeswoman says some of the searchers came from as far away as florida and also included a kidnapped survivor. le was last seen in hayward hospital. hayward police are investigateing the case as a homicide but friends and family still hope she will be fo

headlines on this friday, a man is in the hospital with life- threatening injuries after a shooting in west oakland. police say he may have been the victim of a robbery. the man was shot in the chest on 9th street near adeline about 10:00 last night. police are trying to determine the motive. so far they have made no arrests. >>> an oakland firefighter injured his hand trying to battle a warehouse fire. this morning crews broke through gates and doors to get to the fire in an old electrical supply building on adeline and 30th. cost about $70,000 in damage to the mechanical room there. the cause is accident. the injured firefighter is treated and released. >>> los gatos investigators believe the shooting death of a father and son was a murder- suicide. the wife of ed dow found the bodies of her husband and son in their home. police believe ed killed his son andrew and then himself. neighbors describe him as a real estate developer as eccentric. they said he had recently had marital problems. andrew was a straight a student at the university of san diego whose father reportedly pushed him to succeed.

grand avenue and market in west oakland. the demonstration honored two men lane is in the area earlier this year -- slain in the area this year. neighbors say they hope the efforts bring attention to the problem of violence in oakland. >>> a car accident knocked over/power pole sparking a fire. a minivan hit a pole on the monterey highway near hale and miramonte in morgan hill. four people in the van suffered minor injuries. the arcing power line set off a small fire. crews from santa clara county and cal fire quickly put it out. >>> a san francisco federal appeals court has ordered the military to temporarily continue the ban on gays serving openly in the military. the same court order "don't ask, don't tell" lived just 10 days ago. the ninth circuit court said the ruling was based on new information but also said the government cannot discharge any openly gay troops as the military prepares to repeal the ban within a few weeks. >>> casey anthony is spending her last hours in jail in orlando. authorities are expected to set

west 14 oakland. west 10sfo. south-southeast santa rosa a cool direction.ermore, stockton and an east southeast i saw san jose. it's right there. that system right off of portland. that's pretty good for this time of year. it's really good for this time of year. we're far enough south that it won't matter as far as any clouds or anything. we get the low clouds and drizzle. the system will squeeze out drizzle and crank up the old wind machine. ooze coast and bay, 50s, 6 0z, 70s inland. concord 72. san jose 75 santa rosa might be overdone on that. upper 70s or low 80s for a few. cooling continues tuesday into wednesday. looks like that low ejects out and starts to lift. as it does signs maybe the high will build back in towards the end of the week and weekend and more warmer inland temps. >>> the quarterly earning season kicks off today after the closing bell. all koa what is expected to announce its second quarter profits more than doubled. that's as customers such as general motors and air bus drove up demand for aluminum. a lot of other companies report ea

it plays near the west oakland bart station. >> that's spectacular. >> yeah, larry will be moonlightingy next job will be as a fire knife dancer. i have been singed a few times. >> it looks pretty tricky. >> it is tough. fire equals hot. >> the giants enjoy their home away from home down south. and the british open highlights are featuring the best -- oh, let's stretch it out. sports is next. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. nogoing back the again. good for you! how'd you do i eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. the giants were at at&t park south tonight. pet co park was filled with orange and it sowbdzed like a giants -- sounded like a giants home game. the giants fans in force in san diego. i got it, i got it. i ain't got it. tough play to

this happened just before 10:00 last night at 19th avenue near adeline in west oakland. the man shot in the chest. he was in his 20s. police originally thought this might have been an attempted robbery but they haven't said for sure. the only clues they have is that two men were seen leaving from the scene. so obviously, a lot more pieces of this puzzle to put together. but when it comes to unsolved homicides, oakland is no stranger to that, either. and we have seen a lot of cuts in the police force as well so again they have their work cut out for them. frank. >> anne makovec live in oakland this morning, thank you. >>> house republicans meet this morning to decide on their next move in this debt ceiling debate. house speaker john boehner will try again to get enough support for his plan. he was forced to postpone yesterday's scheduled vote after he failed to round up enough votes. some tea party members are demanding deeper budget cuts than proposed in boehner's plan. >> i simply cannot raise the debt ceiling if we are not going to fundamentally change the way we do bu

west-northwest oakland. fairfield southwest i think there will be a good sea breeze kicking up its heels later through the delta. system move into the pacific northwest that will continue a cooling trend. topped out on sunday cooling trend will get started yesterday coast and bay and start to move in for areas away from the coast. for some like lake county or eastern solano contra costa county might take another day. fog, sun, cooler warmer west breeze. 60s 70s coast and bay. 80s and then 90s inland but temperature trend again is down and continue that way as we settle in around wednesday and thursday and hang out there for a while. >>> all right. thank you, steve. well, today the san francisco parks trust will receive a gift from the coca-cola company. coke plans to donate a quarter million dollars to the organization. the money is expected to be used to build a new trail in golden gate park and spruce up the northeast corner of the park. the ceremony will take place at 10:00 this morning. >>> well, another

west-southwest fairfield. southwest 5 at vacaville. puff of a north at oakland airport. west 6 at sfo. yesterday there was nothing. it was like 5 miles an hour. yesterday we ramped it up twice as high. it's not rip roaring but it's there. leading edge of the next system right there starting to come in that's going to give us a cooling trend. mainly coast and bay today inland temperatures still in the upper 80s and a few low to mid-90s. if you're up towards parts of lake county still mid-90s. more fog, cooling trend friday into saturday. cooler coast and bay today. but anywhere from cool to warm to hot. afternoon highs 60s by the coast. 70s around the bay and then some upper 80s and low 90s now inland. concord, livermore yesterday 95 morgan hill 95. santa rosa in the 90s. today we're taking those down just a little bit. continue that friday, saturday then i think a little bump up in the temps afternoon highs sunday, monday. >>> california school principal at the center of a scandal. the allegations that have shaken up an entire community near s. >>> also the labor dispute could end soon

community party is just about to get under way in the next few minutes at the elegant but long closed west oakland train station. it's the first of a series of events in that station to boost interest in a $30 million restoration. today's party will feature food trucks and a trapeez act it all starts at 8:30. >> the old fashion crime now hits new spots, six schools in one bay area city. >>> repairs have started here at the santa cruz harbor focusing on a docked damaged by the tsunami. but we found out tonight the list of repair projects is getting longer and longer. completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> the vallejo school district says it is under attack from cooper thieves the most recent incident happening just last night. all together six schools have been hit leaving power out in some buildings just weeks before school is set to begin. ktvu's mike mibach tells us why this is not the work of someone just off the str