lori is the director and ceo of the oakland museum of california. n oakland. >> that's right. it's the official dance of california. and we have it right here on our plaza with the oaktown a's. >> reporter: this isn't the first time you have had dancing here at the museum. no, we dance here every friday night for our friday nights we always feature a dance live music as well as deejays. >> reporter: this is just a little extra because you have a lot more going on here at your museum. >> oh, we have something for everyone here at the oakland museum of california. we just opened a few weeks ago a major exhibition the first- ever on the san francisco bay. and it's called above and below, story from our changing bay. >> reporter: i have been walking around talking to people about this particular exhibit and they have been saying it's a little bit of something for everybody. >> well, it's amazing. i mean, the bay is what defines this region. and we look at what happens under the water and what happens over the water. so under the water we have a wonderful

>> that's gh >> ctr oakland, california. according to reports, this is after a street race near the port of oakland. if you look closely at this video, you'll see a black car and a white car off in the distance. according to reports, that black car rammed into that white car causing an accident. this is a the after math. the people went up to the car and beat the driver of the car but it gets worse. [ gunshots ] >> oh, my! >> that man opens fire into the windshield of the black car. you hear the woman screaming. that is the owner. the guy inside was just driving it for her in the race. we believe the man had already been pulled from the car by the group of angry people. no reports of why this occurred. as you get toward the end of the video, we start to hear the sound of an automatic weapon. >> that seems like a war zone. >> according to people who witnessed this, the port authority called police just as the scene was breaking up. by the time police had arrived, everybody had fled the scene. >> news of two different robberies

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i'm a nature born american citizen and since i have arrived in oakland, california nearly almost say a lot over three years ago i've been the target of crime serious crime and that's not even the worst of it. anonymous has it crippled me but i'm still bleeding internally. its not so much that things i've - they're not even drug dealers they're crazy people people living in r f os because we no longer have a mental health system in california we have a dual diagnoses so if you're not addicted to alcohol which i don't drink and you're not 2kik9d to drugs which i'm not you don't get help. i've suffered from chronic illnesses it's s f public works d i've become a victim repeatedly. when i walk near the sheriff they give me respect. i give them respect. you can't get that from sfpd the racial precisely is out of control it's no longer about immigration. today, i can't have the privilege of feeling my thump much less full use of my hand. thank you >> thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> hello supervisors i'm bob bobby we're all poets. and next month think the 26th at the san francisco

>> let's head on over to oakland, california, for a bit of a side show. this, not the type you'd see at a circus. this is basically a bunch of rowdy guys out with their cars behaving badly. this is an intersection in a city. this isn't closed to these guys. they're just out there breaking the law. keep your eyes right there. see those while headlights coming over the hill? >> yeah. >> they're not there to join the party. they're there to break it up. white lights turn into po-po lights. they chase after him but that chase stops quickly. >> oh! >> that mustang reverses into those cop cars. >> oh, [ bleep ]. >> squeezes through. >> get on the ground! >> the officers jump out, weapons drawn, and pull this guy out of the car. he has a female passenger. in the background, people scatter, you hear glass breaking. that glass is coming from bystanders hurling bottles at the police. >> hey, be careful! >> what a wild scene. imagine if you're just trying to get through this intersection? do you just sit there and wait until they're done? these side shows are not un

. >>> let's head over to oakland,california for a side show. this is not the circus. this is a bunch of rowdy guys out with their car behaving badly. this isn't closed to them. they are just out there breaking the law. right there, see the white headlights coming over the hill? they are not there to join the party, they are there to break it up. >> whoa! [ sirens ] >> bright lights turn into po po lights. >> oh! that mustang reverses into the cop cars. [ bleep ]. >> squeezes through. >> get on the ground! >> the officers jump out, weapons drawn and pull the guy out of the car. he has a female passenger. in the background people scatter and you can hear glass breaking. the glass is coming from bystanders hurling bottles at the police. what a wild scene. imagine if you are just trying to get through the intersection. do you wait until they are done? the side shows are not uncommon in the oakland area. the drivers, obviously looking at felony charges. [ sirens ] >> oh! >> oh! oh! >> an expert skier tries to outrun an avalanche. he falls and the snow catches up with him.

statewide historic preservation in oakland california. we had a policy of commemorating events that took place 70 years ago. the reason that this is about 70 years was about as long as people who are alive either participated or witness historic events. and this particularly pertains to those right now in this period of world war ii. the event that i want to draw your attention to tonight or this afternoon is regarding an action of this very same board of supervisors on september seventh, exactly seven years ago to the week of 143. it was special order 359 2, urging repeal of the chinese exclusion act ~. and the chinese exclusion act had been passed in 1882 as you probably know and the subsequent action reinforcing or extending its impact. and by 1943 the national situation was changed very greatly and and it was seen there was a great deal of interest on the part of interested parties in having this act of 182 [speaker not understood]. the purpose of this was to put the chinese people in the system. it didn't matter how many, but that wa

. >> the santa rita jail consumes 113 acres of land in the foothills just outside oakland, california. opened in 1989 it is bed space for more than 4,100 inmates. while some have been convicted most are currently charged with crimes, and are awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. men and women are housed in separate areas. but all wear jail-issued scrubs, eat the same food and sleep on the same thin mattresses. yet, as danielle benifield proves, individuality is hardly lacking here. [ screams ] >> she doesn't have a decibel limit. >> i knew you was going to say -- >> she tends to be what i would call one of our problem children. >> girl, she told me yesterday, wake up. >> she likes a lot of attention. >> i know how to use my mouth, i mean, you know, talking. i am just a people person. i am a social butterfly. this is how i do my time. i always have my makeup and my hair done, radiant. that's the reputation i have in here. some of them call me diva. >> i am a bit of a shopaholic. i like nice things. that's why i'm in here, for grand theft, stealing people's stuff and shopping

. ♪ say you want to roll with the team ♪ >> oakland, california, is one of the birthplaces of west coastop and a hot bed for gangster rap. the lyrics often glorify criminal activity, so it should come as no surprise that so man inmates the at the jail consider himselves to be rap artists. [ rapping ] >> you don't have to hate, just pick your game up. >> santa rita is a sprawling jail complex located 30 miles outside the city. but many of the nearly 3,000 men and women incarcerated here were arrested in oakland. most have only been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases and one is a bay area rapper who is more than a wannabe. [ rapping ] >> we have an inmate come in a couple days ago, international rap artist named drew down. [ rapping ] >> my kids know his songs, my daughters. they're all into the rap. >> drew down was around when 2 short was around and, you know, pocket man was around. he'd been around for a while. [ rapping ] >> in the '90s i listened to a lot of his music. i was a drew down fan. ♪ who let the jump out >> so we have a celebrity here

i categorically reject that >> woodruff: and schools in oakland, california, want to curb a decade of declining graduation rates. we profile programs aimed at engaging students. >> >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president obama won key support today as he stepped up his courting of congress to back military action against syria. he and his top lieutenants lobbied for punishing the damascus regime over the use of chemical weapons. >> i want to that leaders of both parties for being here today. >> the president called in house and senate leaders this morning, plus key commit

roberta gonzales live at the oakland museum of california. >> reporter: yes, and we are moving an grooving because the music is now playing. it's currently 72 degrees. we have full-on sunshine near oakland. winds were blowing out of the west at 17. they have died down. we have so much activity going on here at the oakland museum of california that we brought in louise the senior curator of history here at the museum. first up, tell me about your brand-new exhibit. >> it's called above and below stories from my changing bay and the first major exhibit about the environment and history of the bay area. >> reporter: what would make me so interested to come to your museum? >> we are telling all kinds of amazing stories about the bay. we worked with incredible scientists and artists and we have everything from live fish to a nike missile launcher to an incredible 2.5-hour scan of the bay taken from a helicopter. >> reporter: so sounds like something for everybody from the kids to the adults. >> there are. and there's all kinds of interactivities if the gallery programming in the gallery tonight

kids were beat with the tons and santa cruz mace rained down on students in my home town of oakland california thousands of police in march the streets beating brutalizing and launching tear gas canisters and smoke grenades at peaceful protesters what you're seeing now is footage i shot of a normal night in oakland behind the crackdown all of this under direct orders from the federal government which made sure every camp was boarded up for good. luck two years ago was the birth of a grassroots movement organized against the system as a whole that's why occupy wall street pose such a threat to the establishment occupy didn't die it signified a man. a new mental shift in consciousness and that's not something that simply goes away. with a lot of kerry deal on syria's chemical weapons and like it would appear the international system is returning to some kind of multilateral order the united states remains the world's only military superpower but that same power can now be put into check in washington cope with this new geo political reality. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to ma

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cecilia vega, abc news, oakland, california. >> and thank you so much for watching and for everyone celebratingyou. we're always there at abcnews.com with the latest. "nightline" will be here later and i'll see right back here tomorrow night. good night. st. "nightline" will be here later and i'll e you right back here tomorrow night. >>> tonight a sentencing of a serial killer. he murdered four weather now, their families are speaking out. >> we'll be live in traffic tonight. how drivers are trying to adjust to commuting across the new bay bridge. >> and home video of a burglary in pro gress what. to do, and say, if something like that happens to you. >> a remarkable 3 d game helping keep your brain functioning like you're 20 years old again. he in orkland there has been a fatal accident. it appears a pickup truck hit and killed a person here in this parking lot. >> this is taking place on embarcadero cove and 16th avenue. that happened around 4:15 this afternoon. we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. and breaking news coverage continues right now on twitter. >> goo

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we represent this table, and over here oakland california. and you're aware of the violent nature in that city. >> of course, yeah. >> what i'm concerned with is you have do gooders and they're painting out something that the nortenas have painted and want to stay up there and they don't really observe nighttime hours versus daytime hours. so, how do we protect the possibility of some violence being put upon these people that are doing the good work? >> so, you're thinking more like the retaliation from taggers of the people that are abating the tagging. >> you just have to educate them. try to make them aware of what's gang graffiti and what's tagger graffiti. either way it's going to be dangerous. there is a lot of violence in the taggers. they get into fist fights. i've arrested tagers with knives and brass knuckles. i've heard stories of guns being taken off tagers. it is a violent culture or has aspects of violent culture in it. you need to educate people on that. when you're going -- when you're painting over someone's graffiti, that co

is rumored to be part of today's ceremony marking the completion of the bridge. >>> the oakland museum in california also has a display of bridge photographs. taken by peter stagpole. he was one of the first photographers hired. he took black and white photos of the workers and the structures. they'll be ob display at the museum through january 26th. >>> the cost of game day at the 49ers stadium is continuing to rise. according to the san jose mercury news parking at the new stadium could range from 40 to $50 per car. right now drivers pay between 30 and $35 to park at candle stick. and cal train is in talks with the vta and the 49ers to determine the level of service it will provide on game day. >>> well this may be a holiday for most people. but that makes it a workday for car thieves. the national insurance crime bureau says nearly 2,000 cars were stolen on labor day in 2011. that's one every 43 seconds. progressive insurance says not everyone notices if their call is stolen during a long holiday weekend. one of the busiest days of the year is the day after labor day as well. but the car recover

. >> when marie works on her oakland, california home, the same home she grew up in with her brother, she is haunted by time. >> my brother is 10 months older than i am. >> 10 months. >> you're almost twins. >> almost. >> her brother, who is now 55 hasn't set foot there, hasn't seen this house in over three decades, because for the last 32 years, he's been doing time for murder at pelican bay, the super max prison on california's coast. time, his sister regrets, has transformed him. >> this is him at san quentin. >> is that your brother? almost a different man. >> that's an aged man. when i look at these pictures, it makes me think about the time that we didn't have. >> it's not just that her brother has been in lock up for all that time, for 20 of those years, he's been living for what passes for in pelican boys notorious security housing unit, better known on the inside as the shoe. human rights activist call it solitaire confinement. the united nations calls any confinement like this after 15 days torture. dr. terry cooper is a psychiatrist in the wright institute in san francisco.

cecilia vega, abc news, oakland, california. >>> the tsa says you can keep your shoes on at more airports that means for the bay area, next. >>> cell phone backlash. mi spend too much time on our phones. now a bay area woman has made a movie about ou >>> it could soon get easier to fly out of two more bay area airports. oakland and san jose will soon join san francisco as partf a tsa precheck expedited screening program. prechiclets qualified passengers keep shoes and jackets on during screening. they can havlated byes and gels in their carry-on bags. it costs $85 and is open to u.s. citizens who belong to frequent flyer programs on participating airlines, or who are in the federal trusted traveler program. the tsa hopes to have precheck in 100 airports by the end of this year. >>> after a months-long buildup, yahoo! just unclailed its new logo. you're looking at the old one now. here is the new one. the exclamation point stays as u yosee. the look of it slimmer and cleaner. the new twist, the exclamation mark occasionally darts about and dancing. ceo marissa mayer is behind the makeover,

. >> steve de angelo co-founded harbor side health center in oakland, california, the largest medical dispensary in the country with nearly 130,000 registered patients. >> the dispensary appears to be thriving but its legal situation is fragile. the justice department is seeking civil forfeiture of the building where harbor side operates, charging it's in violation of federal drug laws. >> the reason they're doing that i think is they want to frighten every other property owner in the country and keep them from leasing their premises to medical marijuana operators. >> forcing many of them to become all cash businesses. >> last year we paid about $1.5 million to the city in taxes. and we make those payments on a weekly basis. we have to actually transparent huge piles -- transport huge piles of owner currents down to the tax collector to make those payments. it's dangerous. >> david wedding dress or dress, says getting a bank loan is a challenge. >> at one point i generated a list of all the banks and credit unions across the state. and i definitely called 100 of them in a two-week spa

due to budget cuts, oakland california's police force is at a bare minimum, and with crime skyrocketingighborhoods are banding together to hire private security companies to supplement the police. the companies say they're not trying to replace cops but won't hesitate to make citizens' arrests until the police can get there. oakland's police department says they're happy to have that help. >> a new study to tell you about this morning. on a possible down side to learning to read early. children who learn to speak and read at an early age are apparently more likely to become heavy drinkers in later life. studies on twins revealed that the siblings who spoke or read first was twice as likely to drink more alcohol than their brother or sister by the time that they were 18. so you're asking why. researchers say more intelligent people are more likely to be willing to try more risky things like verbal intelligence makes people more social. >>> a michigan man wants to find a vietnam veteran or his family to return some priceless pieces of history that he found in trash outside a home. larry w

on the other end of america, in oakland, california, another charter chain gets similar top results using different methods. >> here is what i say. give me the worst school in oakland, black, mexican, polka dot, give us the worst school anywhere in america and we will take it and we will outperform the other schools in five years. >> ben chavis created the model of the american indian public school right in the middle of a rough neighborhood. [ bleep ] >> these are hard workers here. >> the kids at american indian schools now have some of the highest test scores in california. >> and you can do that on the same amount the state gives every school? >> we get less. we get less than every other school. >> the kids in american indian public charter schools are scoring so far above the average for the state for public school children that there isn't even a word for it. >> they use different techniques from the charters in harlem. here at american indian they pay some kids to tutor other kids. >> we hire our students and we pay them. they are excited they are going to make some money. >> chavi

. >> a new bay bridge connecting san francisco and oakland, california, is opening this week. john blackstone will tell the story of a photographer's labor of love. >> 24 years after an earthquake damaged the old bridge, the new eastern span of the san francisco-oakland bay bridge is just days from opening. its rise has been covered bay photographer focusing on the workers who turn steel and concrete into a new bay-area landmark. >> i just want them to be recognized for what they did. >> it's teamwork and you became part of the team. >> absolutely. it's team work. it's collective labor. >> the labors of photographer joe blum and the workers he pays tribute to later on "sunday morning." >> for former late night host arsenio hall, the second time could be the charm. lee cowan will tell us about a comeback nearly 20 years in the making. >> johnny carson may have been the king of late night, but for a time, arsenio hall was the prince. >> call your friends. oprah's on. >> and then he disappeared. >> what have you been doing for yourself for... >> 19 some odd years. oh, gosh. >> wha

. >>> located on the east side of san francisco bay, oakland, california, is a diverse and dynamic city. but all too often, it has been near the top of national rankings for violent crime. those arrested and charged with serious offenses could very well be taken 30 miles outside the city to a location that combines natural beauty with the concrete walls and razor wire of the sprawling modern mega jail. the santa rita jail of alameda county sits on 113 acres and spans a half mile in width. it currently houses 3,000 male and female inmates. most of whom are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. >> come over here for a minute. >> for 19-year-old daniela guzman, that journey has only just begun. this is guzman's first time in jail. she arrived 12 hours ago and has spent most of that time in a holding cell with ten other women. >> out of all of them, i was the youngest. out of all of them, i was the only one facing life. i ended up here today because i just couldn't keep running anymore. it was eating me up inside. >> guzman has been charged with m

kbvr that, it was the -- before that it was that seattle cafe, six dead, oiko university, in oakland, californiaven dead. the ihop mass shooting in carson city nevada, before that, five dead. in tucson, the gabby giffords shooting, six dead. and, and, and, a and. the fbi definition of mass murder in which a killer takes four other people's lives, whether or not the killer takes his own life in the incident. most of those i just mentioned are not famous. whenever there is one that is shocking enough or big enough to be famous, it rises close to becoming a policy matter, close enough to becoming a policy matter that leaders do get asked about it. after yesterday's mass hooting which the fbi siz was committed by a young man who was acting alone. after that one, that one is big enough and famous enough to rise to the level that our leaders get asked about it. president obama was asked about it tate. he was asked whether we should stop hoping whether this kind of thing will ever get any better. >> are we condemned to live in a country where massacres are just part and parcel of our daily existence? >