among them, sergeant offran arrechaga, a.c.o his men. >> i'll give you more information as we get it. >> the first thing we heard was three casualty. >> as we were running down there, i had no idea how far they were. >> we just took off. >> it just clicked into my head. it was like muscle memory. you just run. you just run to them. >> he said, hey, a.c.'s shot. he's hit in the back. we stopped the bleeding. >> sizemore ended up trying to put the tourniquet on. i was trying to help him cinch it down. as i was cinching it down, i took two rounds to the chest. kind of caught me off guard. basically, there was a lot of dust and shrapnel from my plate. >> i got shot. >> and i realized a bullet fragment jumped up behind me at the same time i was getting hit in the face and hit me in the back. >> i got shrapnel in the ass. my tang bottle stopped it. >> that's the one that went through the tang bottle. i thought it stopped it but it didn't. >> start engaging with everything we had. it was a rough, rough day that day. >> reporter: fello

other mass transit systems such as a.c.ransit, bart, caltrain, muni and other ferries operating on a holiday schedule. you need extra time for that. >> is it a holiday. >> yeah. >> anyway -- >> got nothing but time. >> right. thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news. >> we'll be back at 7:24 for local update. join us for midday news at 11:00 for the latest barbecue weather. isn't that right? >> that would be nice. >> bye-bye.

and we're joined now from memphis by that city's mayor, a.c. wharton. mayor wharton, thank you for joining us. what's the latest in the terms of the river cresting. do you have an update for us. >> the reading i received at 3:00 p.m. was 47.82, just under 48 feet which is the expected crest. that's the absolute latest we have had. >> brown: things are clearly moving faster than anticipated. have you been able to keep up in terms of alerting citizens? >> yes, we have. we were not waiting on the readings from the corps of engineers. we're preparing for even greater than 48 feet. we'll be prepared even if it goes beyond that. we've acted all along as if it were right at 49 or 50 feet. so we're notifying, we're doing what we call windshield surveys. we're doing tv, radio and actual door-to-door. so everybody will be notified. hopefully they'll be able to get out on their own from low- lying areas. if not we'll be prepared to give them assistance and get them to safety. >> brown: we mentioned in our piece the comparison and learning from katrina where too mu

>> my name is a.c. washington. -- my name is ace washington. [inaudible] you mentioned the african- american community. when you did that, my flags went up. right now, the african-american community is in a state of emergency. that is what i am doing here, a lobbying for the african- american community. you might hear some chuckling in the background and that's ok. the -- we have no advertisement for the black community. we have the sun reporter and of the new baby, we have the paper i used to own called the western addition. all of them i worked for at one time or another. but there is no clarification on how the city administrates into the black community. i would like to make sure you have these, that we have some advertising in some of the black-on the papers. i will be putting together a black paper to talk about the experience of the african- americans here in san francisco. not only that, i'm getting ready to write a book so you can take a look. just one page you have to read and you will be hooked. i am up here definitely lobbying. i am

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. >> a.c. transit riders will see fare increases. yesterday they voted to raise regular fares by a dime. in addition senior and disabled fares will increase by five cents. district officials say the increase is a small portion of what it needs to reduce the projected $20 million deficit in the next fiscal year. so another round of service cuts will likely be seen. >> and weather forecast time cooloff is well underway. >> and check out what is going on. >> if you are biking heading toward the ocean, stiff wind from time to time. here is a look at the cold front. notice the rain staying to the north, as we talked about yesterday, the cold front will roll through later this morning break that marine layer and see sunshine and warmer weather. until then, looks at the west winds, 12 miles an hour around hayward. 10 miles per hour out of fairfield and southerly wind 10 in concord. biking around mountain view and san jose, calm conditions. mid to upper 40s in los gatos, napa, santa rosa, everybody else a little bit warmer than yesterday and

see some new faces, in my name is as, and i am on the case, and i do not normally -- and my name is a.c. -- ace. president mazzucco: can you say this for line item number three, general public comment? >> oh, this is not line item public comment? president mazzucco: thank you, ace. will someone move? may i have a second? now we move onto line item number 3. come on up. secretary falvey: line item number three is a general public comment. >> my name is ace washington, and i have been here over 20 years basically as an advocate and reporter. right now, i am here, working in a capacity of problems with the police department which i experienced, in which the racial disparity has raised its ugly head. now, some of you may know, two years ago, i came to this commission because i was arrested at the jazz festival, and this officer right here, in my opinion, i think he went way beyond his duty as a police officer and was used as a security person for the festival that comes down in the fillmore. now, i was charged with five charges, all felony charges. i was charged with extortion, battery, sta

the other item that we have changed since our last presentation is we've moved the caltrans -- the a.c. transit administration offices over one bay, so they're one bay closer to second street. what that has allowed us is to provide tandem parking for the buses in the previous spot, so that increases our bus counts a little more, and we're currently at 50 buses. this is an image of some of the items that we're thinking about in terms of the sound walls. like i mentioned, we're looking at standard caltrans walls, but then we want to put a living wall in front of it, so this would be a metal grid structure or wood structure, and have planted vines on it. it softens it up for the neighbors and also helps with maintenance. makes it more graffiti- resistant. this is a slide on landscaping. we have begun to start thinking about a landscaping, different types of bonds. we have different conditions on the site. the site facing stillman is a lot sunnier, which differs from the side facing second and third, on the west approach, which tends to be more shaded. the other item on landscaping is we h

bike path, new buses and shuttles as well as a $30 million transit operating subsidy to be used for a.c. transit and weta to subsidize the ferry service. 2/3 of the land dedicated to open space at a cost of $124 million for the improvements and o.& m. costs for the open space paid out of the project. affordable housing, we discussed 2,000 new units of affordable housing, and units dedicating to tihdi use for homeless as well as inclusion units. again, we have the opportunity to increase the number of units over time if we're able to get additional resources from the state or on the local level. community facilities will be renovated public school as well as new police and fire station and up to 33,000 square feet of additional community space including space for daycare, senior care, as well as just general community space. there's a land pad created for the treasure island sailing center and environmental education center and retenth of existing facilities including the chapel of the existing gym and dlansy street life learning academy. finally, there's numerous jobs created between 20

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a collision between an a.c. transit bus and van. fifth avenue and foothill.ow, five passengers and the bus driver have been taken to the hospital and witnesses say it was the van that ran a red light. the 40 line bus slammed into the van and sent it into the fence. no word on how severe the injuries are. but they are working of course to clear the accident scene. >>> and i'm dana king. here's what we're working on for eyewitness news at 6:00. >> immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. >> shocking at first. erectile dysfunction ads don't raise eyebrows anymore. so why are similar ads targeting women not making on television? we are going to show them to you and let you decide if there is a double standard. that and more at 6:00. >> thank you. the "cbs evening

a.c.udes people who live in the county but are in cities that have their own library system, san jose sunnyvale and los gatos. they have to make up for a million dollar loss in state funding. >> police cars did damage in the line of duty but not like this. florida squad car is going to need repairs after an alligator tried to take a bite out of it. a gator wandered into his yard. the gator chomped on to the bumper. the deputy put the car in reverse and slowly backed up but the alligator wouldn't let go until a front pad spring busted and the alligator let go. they called from a nearby preserve $2,000 is the cost for a new bumper on that police car. >> it's taking a bite out of crime. >> bite out of a crime fighter. >> way to go buddy. >> san francisco's you in police chief by changing a few words. >> afghanistan now pointing fingers at pakistan saying it must have known that osama bin laden was hiding out in the country. and details really went down when the al-qaeda leader was killed. >>

a.c. transit, bart, caltrain, muni and some ferries are running on a holiday schedule. but there is no service on the alameda harbor bay ferry today. we have an accident in south bay, northbound 85 blocking the fremont off-ramp. it's still out there. looks like from an overnight crash. you can see the traffic is flowing well on the freeway. it's holiday light out there right now. eric, kristen? >> all right. thanks a lot. >>> 4:39. >> still ahead, some of the bay area memorial day services to remember the service me and women who gave their lives. >> the bay area racer who almost won the indy 500. he practically had the checkered flag in sight. you see there, oh, he took a nasty turn at the end. we'll tell you the whole stststststststststststststststst >>> happy monday, memorial day. embarcadero, all quiet. not many people awake at this hour. not many cars eler this. you can see it's clear and dry. should you be needing to get anywhere today, there shouldn't be problems as far as the rain is concerned. it's still cool. mike will check in with them to see if there is any

because i don't know and there are certain a.c. solutions since i love my cell phone, why not? i mean it doesn't cost me anything. is to me a no-brainer. let the scientists figured out. either there are or not harmful effects. i can have my cake and eat it too. i can use my cell phone and minimize any potential at it there is. >> host: what about the use of a bluetooth or some other ear device? guest: we have not evaluated the bluetooth and i think it is important to evaluate the bluetooth. again, until we have more information it will be very difficult to determine whether one should have any concerns or not at all. i don't think there is information. >> host: who funded the study and what was it budgeted for? >> guest: i have two lives. this story is a result of my life as an investigator and my laboratory is part of the national institute of alcohol abuse and alcoholics. brookhaven national laboratories is where i keep my laboratory. >> host: fully funded by the u.s. taxpayer. both of. >> guest: there are no private companies. >> host: dr. nora volkow conducted the most rece

. >> reporter: one huge help for allergy sufferers, turn on the trusty a.c. air conditioning is known to be able to cut down the amount of pollen we breathe in by at least 90%. and for those of you who suffer from asthma, be aware that spring blooms and even thunderstorms are known to keep people grabbing for tissues and eye drops. george? >> linsey, thank you. but if you put on that air conditioner, make sure you clean all the filters, as well. thanks very much. >>> and when we come back, valuing moms. trying to put a price on all the work a mother does. [ robin ] my name is robin. and i was a pack-a-day smoker for 25 years. i do remember sitting down with my boys, and i'm like, "oh, promise mommy you'll never ever pick up a cigarette." i had to quit. ♪ my doctor gave me a prescription for chantix, a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] chantix is a non-nicotine pill proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitati

. >> a.c. transit board voted to go to 2.10. senior and disabled fares will increase by 35 cents. officials say the increase is a small portion of what it needs to reduce a projected $21 million deficit in the next fiscal year. they say another round of service cuts will likely be seen in the next 12 to 18 months. >> there is another twist in the contra costa county narcotics scandal. new allegations involving the former head of a task force, norman wielsch. chris butler is said to written a statement in which he claims that he and norman wielsch ran a brothel in a business park. the two are accused of stealing drugs from a police evidence room. an attorney says butler may be making up the story to shave time off of a prison term. >> the family of a man that was shot and killed by police will not get on hear their wrongful death suit in court after all. they didn't allow it to move forward because two officers was part of cnet the same team that norman wielsch ran. they say the officer committed made a justifiable homicide. since then no while wail and another officer has been acc

. >>> a.c. transit riders will see fares increase.aise regular fare bias a dime to 2.10 in addition, senior and disabled fares will increase by five cents and youth pass will increase to $20 a month. increase is only a small portion of what is needed to reduce a $21 million deficit in the next fiscal year. they say another round of service cuts will likely be seen in the next 12-18 months. >> waking up to a gorgeous morning. take a look at that it's beautiful and check in with mike. >> marine layer, much thinner than yesterday. because of that temperatures are going up this afternoon with the extra sunshine. cold front to the north is going to keep all the rain away from us. changing of the air mass as high pressure moves in. that is the reason why we'll see clouds erase quicker from the skies. we do have a wind blowing from the west. so if you are biking that way, you'll be going into head wind. 18 miles an hour and sfo. 25 in fairfield. concord, mountain view and santa rosa, less than 5. break down the thursday, sunshine at likely,

. >> wednesday or thursday by the weekend, free a.c. just like we're see along the coast.see the clouds spilling from the coast over san francisco having a hard time making it to the east bay shore but expect a little finger fog. that is the big change compared to yesterday. we had yed we had a warming land breeze and we'll have a cooler breeze inland valleys. expect another warm day. talk about temperatures as you step out right now. low 40s around napa and santa rosa. a lot of mid to upper 40s until you get to san francisco, mountain view, fairfield and antioch, with low low to mid-50s gilroy cool spot at 39. along the bay, monterey, warmest spot at 50. so not quite as warm as yesterday. we'll have those clouds that will break out from time to time. along the peninsula they will stick a little longer than anywhere else. warmest afternoons begins wednesday and thursday and cooling and clouds during the weekend. so complete opposite of what we went through with the warming trend. oakland, redwood city, san jose about 3. livermore, 4, napa 5 and sun will set at 8:01. east b

. >> a lot more from the norton family and more on anderson cooper a.c. 360 tonight at 10:00 in the east continuing to track the tragedy here, trying to find their loved ones, either to find them alive and get a miracle or to get that closure. family members wandered, desperate for information. they scan the list of the names tapped to the walls. like this one here, dionne hayward's sister patty pen came here from northern california. tonight, her hopes are fading. i assume you just -- >> if i think -- if her name was on the list, she would have called, you know, so we're just going to go see if maybe she's unconscious somewhere, hooked up somewhere at a hospital, so we can bring her home. >> how many places have you looked? >> we just started today but her family has looked at a bunch of hospitals. they went to the morgue today. they've been -- had her -- her church has been out digging every day, looking every day. probably everywhere, everywhere. >> how many children? >> three kids. the 18-year-old just graduated that day. she's going out to get pizzas for his graduation party. she's

. >>> a.c. transit says a passenger was stabbed by another passenger on a bus following an altercation. this happened in richmond last night on the 72 san pablo hill top mall line. we don't know the condition of the victim at this hour. >>> 5:49 is the time right now. back over to sal who i believe is keeping an eye on the san mateo bridge. >>> that's right. westbound 92 looks pretty good getting out to the high-rise with no major problems. as a matter of fact, the commute looks very nice if you are driving on westbound 92 all the way over to 101 or 280. 101 traffic also looks good as you drive on the bay shore freeway. let's move along and take a look at interstate 880. the traffic there is moving nicely. and if you're going to the bay bridge toll plaza, still not a big delay westbound traffic is moving well. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you, sir. we had a little change in our weather pattern today. that's in the form of fog. it's going to be a little cooler today as well after a warm up o