. >> happening now, alameda county board is voting to vote on legislation forcing mentally ill people into treatment. opponents of laura's law protested in oakland. laura's law aluz a court to order outpatient people for treatment. sit state law, each county has to decide whether or not to adopt it. >> they're not a harm to themselves or others but the law says if you think they might become a harm, this crystal ball here, you need to force them into treatment. >> supporters say it's better than the current system which can lock up the mentally ill in facilities if they represent a danger to themselves or others >> now to a big change in obesity rate for young children. cdc says rates dropped dramatically over the past decade for children ages 2 to 5, numbers decreased from 14% to 8% in 2011. that is a drop of 43%. cdc believes fewer sugary drinks more breast feeding and programs are the reason norz the head of the agency says the country may be turning the tide against obesity epidemic. >> there is this, wall greens teeming up with ucsf to launch a program to reduce pharmaceutical er

for for more than a year a grooul group called voices of the mothers has been pushing alameda county to get on board talking about the beating death of a 67-year-old. her son was charged with the crime but declared mentally incompetent to stand trial. >> we can have as many good programs as we want if they're voluntary and they don't understand they're ill, they'll not walk in and ask for help. >> that is why she is leading an effort to get laura's law implemented in alameda county the law calls for involuntary, commune-based, court ordereded out patient. >> it is outpatient but forced >> lisa runs an organization where the majority have recovered from mental health

the mothers has been pushing alameda county to get on board. >> candy dewit is talking about the beating death of a 67-year-old. her son was charged with the crime but declared mentally incompetent to stand trial. >> we can have as many good programs as we want if they're voluntary and they don't understand they're ill, they'll not walk in and ask for help. >> that is why she is leading an effort to get laura's law implemented in alameda county the law calls for involuntary, commune-based, court ordereded out patient. >> it is outpatient but forced >> lisa runs an organization where the majority have recovered from mental health issues it's opposed to laura's law. >> any time you introduce force into a situation, where you're talking about someone getting treatment, where they're forced to get a treatment, the ethic, how well that is going to work is going to fall apart because of that. it's not going to be as effective when shun can't choose for themselves. >> but the supervisor believes it's a better alternative than the current system, where they can be held against their will up to 7

for for more than a year a grooul group called voices of the mothers has been pushing alameda county to get on board. >> candy dewit i talking about the beating death of a 67-year-old. her son was charged with the crime but declared mentally incompetent to stand trial. >> we can have as many good programs as we want if they're voluntary and they don't understand they're ill, they'll not walk in and ask for help. >> that is why she is leading an effort to get laura's law implemented in alameda county the law calls for involuntary, commune-based, court ordereded out patient. >> it is outpatient but forced >> lisa runs an organization where the majority have recovered from mental health issues it's opposed to laura's law. >> any time you introduce force into a situation, where you're talking about someone getting treatment, where they're forced to get a treatment, the ethic, how well that is going to work is going to fall apart because of that. it's not going to be as effective when shun can't choose for themselves. >> but the supervisor believes it's a better alternative than the current system, where

. >>> alameda county supervise (o)ors -- supervisors are going back to the drawing board called laura's. under the law a judge can order outpatient treatment for people with a history of severe mental illness. each county must decide whether to adopt the law. supervisors were divided and decided to delay the proposal for 90 days while health officials come up with a better set of recommendations. >>> a new five career agreement to have google turn the downtown corridor of mountain view into a wireless holt spot. google is replacing the wi-fi network which is not functioning because of technology changes which covers castro street. the city council accept a $ $500,000 grant to install and maintain the wi-fi networks at community center, senior center, parks, and libraries. >>> we are monitoring the storm. >>> the storm will come this afternoon and the evening. live doppler 7 hd shows the light-to-moderate rain moving through the northwest corner of sonoma county and it will head to senator that rose and cloverdale and as far south as row neither pack. you can see a lot of green which is

the alameda and contra costa county boards of education were the first bay area school boards to banchool districts have followed suit. >>> david lee did not make the trip to phoenix and andrew bogit did not play. warrior fans still making an appearance down in the desert last night. the warriors cashed in 20 points off 18 phoenix turnovers. jordan crawford with a total of 10 on the night took advantage of one of those turnovers right there. an impressive night from harrison barnes. he had 23 off the bench. this bucket put the warriors down 2 with 8:50 left. it was all goran dragic. he was 6 of 7 from behind the arc getting 13 of his 34. warriors lose 122-109 at home tomorrow the against the 76ers. >>> one of the top college basketball players of the nation could be suspended. oklahoma state guard marcus smart fell into the crowd trying to stop a tech player from score egg. then a fan said something to smart who turned around and pushed him. smart's teammates took him back off the court where he received a technical but was not ejected. smart could be disciplined by the school or his

board meeting. now the district said 1.3 million customers are in contra costa county. >>> and the alameda county districted 300,000 customers to reduce water consumption by 20% and more restrictions could be coming. >> whatever happens next will be identified signed and go there and not penalize those customers. >> they could include a ban on water rationing overtime not just current usage. >>> time now, the pride of the bay area is now headed to the olympics and what is headed for paulina and how she plans on giving back once she returns from sochi. >>> the man arrested after months of abuse. the evidence against him and the reason police are especially concerned. >>> 208 in san jose -- 280 in san jose and we have fog to tell you about. >>> well, it is cold up there and we will tell you more about clouds and some rain maybe by the weekend. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follo

board will meet to discuss whether to ask customs to voluntarily reduce their water usage by 10 percent. starting today, east bay mud provides drinking water for customers in alameda and contra costa countiesck with mike nicco, our meteorologist, to see if we are getting more rain. >> a "little bit," is the key. some in the not bay wednesday and thursday and better chance on saturday night into thursday and valentine's day, friday, is looking dry, and so is live doppler 7 hd, can you see there is no radar return but it is moist, with a lot of moisture hanging in the air and you may have to use the windshield wipers drive through the thick fog. temperatures are cooler. mostly mid-to-upper 40's. by noon the fog will lift but not much sunshine and barely a few breaks in the cloud cover and mostly cloudy in the afternoon mid-50 in noon and mid-to-upper 50's at 4:00 reaching the low 60's in between that time and hang out mostly in the upper 40's to mid-50's in the evening. our best chance of light rain is in the north bay, wednesday and thursday. friday, it will just be partly sunny with temperatures in the low 60's and money 60's for the rest of us. >> now an update on the commute. >> we have

board at the time. he walked away without any injuries. >> >> it will soon be easier for people who receive food stamps in alameda county to eat fresh fruits and vegetables. a farm stand for food stamp recipients is scheduled to open today in east oakland. health officials hope the farmers market will help cut rates of obesity and diabetes. children in oakland have a one in three chance of developing diabetes in their >> a san francisco community is once again being warned about poisonous meatballs targeting pets. kron 4 first told you about this story when it happened last year. poisonous meatballs have now been found in the twin peaks and diamond heights neighborhoods. the meatballs are laced with rat poison. after pet owners called police, animal control found at least 21 contaminated meatballs. malignedanimal control says there could be more of the deadly meatballs out there and they are encouraging people to keep a close eye on their pets while police try to hunt down who is responsible >> still ahead. but first in the kron 4 news . a major flaw leaves apple users and their device is exposed to hackers. how to protect yourself and you

board will consider voluntary cut backs at the next meeting on february 11th. >> the district serves 1.3 million customers in alameda and contra costa counties.conserving water. the alameda county district has asked its 300,000 customers to reduce water restrictions by 20%. more restrictions could be coming. >> we don't want to penalize those being supportive of our request. whatever happens next will be designed to not penalize those customers. >> the district says new restrictions could include a ban on watering lawns, water raushening would be based on a household water use over time and not just its current usage. >>> 8:38. get out. that's the message for google's mystery barge. the reason that vessel is getting the boot. >>> bullet holes remain in a pittsburg home after a double shooting. >>> the san mateo bridge is looking pretty good at this hour. but we have a lot of hot spots an muni delays to talk about -- coming up. >>> a lot of cloud cover over us. cold. 30s, 40s for temperatures. they won't be very warm. the cloud cover is looking like there could be a couple of systems moving in bringing us rain. we'll see how far south we get.