anne makovec is in oakland this morning checking on the chances that some of those drivers might be calling in sick again today. anne, the buses have already started running this morning. what have you found? >> reporter: we have seen two buses so far. i'm at the lake merritt station in oakland. we saw the 88 and the 62 pass right on through. the problem is the buses are difficult to count on this morning because we just don't know if what happened yesterday might happen again today. we have not heard from a.c. transit yet this morning or the bus drivers union. yesterday, a.c. transit says more than 200 of their drivers, almost 20%, either called in sick or simply didn't show up for their shifts, leaving passengers depending on the east bay's largest bus system either stranded or inconvenienced. service across the dumbarton yesterday, for example, was cut in half. the driver's union denies this was a true sick-out but says new work rules and interim account that went into effect on sunday changes driver's schedules and they weren't ready for their assignments. those new rules are the latest

anne makovec is on treasure island.ood vantage point to see the first pieces of the big tower that's being raised this afternoon. good morning, anne. >> reporter: day by day the view behind me here of the bay bridge is going to be changing on the eastern span. i'm here with bart ney the spokesman for the bay bridge. thanks for joining us this morning. tell us what's happening this morning today. >> at before:15 we started lifting the piece and you can see it's already coming up off the barge starting at 6:15. we are focusing on getting the first piece of our tower in place today. it weighs over 1200 tons and we are going to be lifting it and setting it down inside that cage out there for the first structure. >> reporter: that is the white piece that you're talking about. so that is going to start today. what will people notice driving home tonight? >> what they will see basically is the crane equipment that's at the very top at the about the level of traffic. probably sometime between 11:00 and noon will be vertical wit

let's go to anne makovec. she is in oakland where the city council voted last night to allow what they call large growing operations. anne, good morning. >> reporter: they are saying this could be the dawn of big box stores for pot here in oakland on a vote of 5-2 late last night with one abstention, the oakland city council approved a measure to allow four marijuana factory farms bringing in a lot of money for the city. each farm would pay an annual fee of more than $200,000, be subject to city oversight and devote up to 8% of sales to taxes. that could generate millions for oakland, which is desperate for cash. but a lot of people came to speak against the plan in the name of smaller mom and pop pot shops saying these big operations would put them out of business but there wasn't a lot of concern expressed about pot in general. >> this is a very valuable medicine that many suffering people need and that it's right and proper that it be produced in a way that is legitimate and that is above board and is regula

let's go to anne makovec in palo alto, where police are investigating not one but several break-ins. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. six or seven since february. what appears to be happening is the burglar is targeting local office buildings smashing through windows and grabbing whatever they can of value, mainly things they saw from the window before at the broke windows, things like laptops and small television monitors. here's a map of where this has been going on since february. it is along the east bay shore corridor on and near embarcadero road just east of highway 101 and then south to san antonio road. so that area of palo alto. but this has also been going on in neighboring cities. so what police are telling businesses right now is to hide everything away from windows. they might want to improve lighting and even hire private security guards has police investigate. the mercury news is reporting that they also have some blood evidence from one of the crime scenes and they are trying to match that up and find the suspect. they believe it is probably one person do

anne makovec in sfo this morning. >>> it is 5:34.he california state fair is out $100,000, stolen by two armed men. that heist happened about 10:00 last night at cal expo in sacramento. the two thugs stole the money from an office near the grandstand. that office was being used by ovation. it's a company that provides catering for cal expo. police say though the robbers were actually wearing the company's uniforms. no one was injured during the heist. >>> oakland police hope surveillance video will help them track down two people who could be connected to a downtown murder. >> two individuals were seen moment before the crime was committed. >> this video shows a block of webster street sunday night just moments before someone shot and -- robbed and shot jinghong kang of virginia. the man and woman in the video match witness descriptions of the killers. kang had just had his teeth cleaned nearby at the time he was killed. he was scheduled for a job interview at google in mountain view the next day. >>> it is 5:35 right now. >>> $6.5 m

anne makovec is in, checking on the chances that some drivers might be calling in sick again today. anne, good morning. >> reporter: will they or won't they? at this point we are not sure. but, of course, passengers who depend on a.c. transit wonder if they will have a ride to work. yesterday over 200 a.c. transit bus drivers called in sick or didn't show up. that's 20% of the bus drivers in the system, leaving passengers depending on the east bay's largest bus system either stranded or inconvenienced. service across the dumbarton yesterday, for example, was cut in half. the driver's union denies this was a true sick-out but says new work rules and interim account that went into effect on sunday changes driver's schedules and they weren't ready for their assignments. those new rules are the latest chapter of an ongoing dispute between a.c. transit and the union over pay and benefits. on friday the judge ordered both sides to enter binding arbitration but then that interim contract went into effect on sunday. today the union is going back to court trying to get those work rules repeel

let's go to anne makovec in oakland this morning, where the city council voted last night to put a parcel tax plan on the november ballot. how does that work? >> reporter: that would charge people who own property here in oakland $360 a year for four years. ultimately it's you want to people. the council voted 5-3 to put a parcel tax on the november ballot in effect for three years. at $360 for four years it would cost property owners $14 40. but it could lead to the rehiring of the 80 police officers laid off earlier this month and prevent more than 100 more officers from getting the axe next year. the police officers union is obviously supporting this. they had to agree to some concessions to get measure on the ballot. they get a three-year no layoff guarantee if they pay more into their pensions and if the measure passes, of course. it's called the violence prevention and public safety act of 2010. >> only way we can actually meet their demands of three years of no layoffs is if we have a tax that would allow to us do that. >> reporter: but some of those laid-off oakland police officer

let's go to anne makovec in oakland this morning, where the city council voted last night to put a parcel tax plan on the november ballot. not only a paris the tax but several other taxes. here's what the city council passed last night. the council voted 5-3 to put a parcel tax on the november ballot in effect for three years. at $360 for four years it would cost property owners $14 40. also $2 a month for cell phones and an increase in marijuana taxes 10% on recreational use if that's allowed after that november vote. but the most controversial the parcel tax. the council voted 5-3 last night to put it on the ballot. it would be in effect for four years and it's $360 per year. it would cost property owners $1,440. but it could lead to the rehiring of the 80 police officers laid off earlier this month and prevent more than 100 more officers from getting the axe next year. the police officers union is obviously supporting this. they had to agree to some concessions to get measure on the ballot. they get a three-year no layoff guarantee if they pay more into their pensions and if the measur

our anne makovec is at the long- term parking lot with more on what happened. half dozen cars were destroyed? >> reporter: yeah, six cars are undriveable because of fire. you can see they are being towed away right now. arson investigators trying to figure out exactly what happened here. this car siena minivan is where this fire appeared to have started. you can see that vehicle is definitely done for. the interior has been burned- out. the air bags were destroyed. and that fire then spread down the line. a parking attendant saw the fire and called firefighter. now they are going to be towed away as investigation continues into what could be an arson in this case. sfo officials say this is very uncommon for cars to just spontaneously combust on a cool, moist evening in san francisco. it appears to be suspicious. officials aren't saying what clues they are looking into right now. they are going to have it look into the liability issue here. >> it's airport property. we'll have to work out with the operator of the lot and the airport and the city attorney's offic

anne makovec is on treasure island.ge point to see the first pieces of the big tower that's being raised this afternoon. good morning, anne. not the entire tower this afternoon obviously but the first pieces. >> reporter: the beginnings of what is going to be an iconic new tower, john. the view behind me is never going to look the same. i'm here with bart ney who is a spokesman for the bay bridge. we'll see the new leg erected at 12:30. what's going on this morning? >> we are going to lift a 165- foot-tall first piece of our iconic tower into place today on the bay. >> reporter: so the cables are being strung right now and it's the cables that are going to lift that leg up? >> right. we have a gantry crane that will pull it up into place and move it down to where it needs to go. >> reporter: this is animation for the next few weeks. are people going to notice when they are driving across the bridge tonight during the commute that things are different? >> i just drove over the bridge myself and what you see right now a w

anne makovec is in oakland.where four large pot growing operations were approved last night. good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. they could be massive but it's kind of funny, when you think about this, this debate if it was going on around many other places in the country, the debate would be more about pot and how it leads to the demise of society, things like this. but here in oakland it was the typical wal-mart debate that we have reported on in the past, the big box versus mom and pop store debate. but it was approved last night. these factories could be huge. there is no limit on size. they could take up hundreds of thousands of square feet and produce massive amounts of marijuana, tens, even hundreds of thousands of pounds of pot per year but would also be subject to heavy regulation and be forced to pay a lot of money to the city, more than $200,000 in fees plus up to 8% of gross sales in taxes. now, the main concern expressed during this debate, unfair competition for small growers, those that

anne makovec, cbs 5. >> two other homes in san jose caught fire this morning. one broke out at a duplex on witten avenue about an hour after the fatal hamilton fire. just before 4:30 there was a third fire at an apartment on fourth avenue near o'connor hospital. there weren't any life- threatening injuries. but san jose firefighters say all the fires highlight the importance of keeping the city's fire station open. they rallied at one of fire stations that may close starting a week from today. >>> concern is growing about the two american sailors missing in afghanistan. in the bay area, a soldier killed in afghanistan earlier this month was laid to rest. don knapp has the latest. >> reporter: the war has ended for the young soldier from napa county, in what is shaping up to be the deadliest month in afghanistan. anxious wait continues for two military sailors believed captured by the taliban. he was a napa high school grad. at the time of his death in afghanistan at 21 years of age, army specialist chase stanley served a 15 month tour in iraq. he was killed jul

anne makovec is near that apartment plex in san jose where it happened. anne. >> reporter: yeah. no more danger here, but you can see the san jose police continue to investigate the scene on rexford way. 48-year-old verna holland was killed inside this apartment complex. she died, shot for simply answering a knock on her door, a knock from a woman who had just been stabbed herself. >> miss holland was shot after answering a knock on the door last night just before 10 p.m. it was a woman who said she was stabbed by neighborhood robert turner. police say turner then shot holland at the door. >> it was a big old boom and i know had to be a double- barreled shotgun or .45 because it was so big and the house was black with smoke. >> reporter: that's when the family called 911 and paramedics and police soon arrived. >> it's chaotic. we are getting -- we are receiving information and calls, updates on the radio, from the dispatcher. >> reporter: here's the timeline according to police. at 9:57, emergency workers arrived, found the stabbing victim on the sidewalk, and at 10:12 she was ta

anne makovec in palo alto with reaction from apple users about what's being called the death grip fix. >> reporter: customers are standing by steve jobs who held a press conference in cupertino even through antenna-gate. jobs said that this is not a serious problem, but he is willing to try to fix it for his customers to keep them happy. >> we know that, you know that, and, uhm....... phones aren't perfect. >> reporter: steve jobs announced that apple is offering some concessions. a free bumper case for every iphone 4. if you already bought one of these cases, you can get your money back. they cost $29 and apple is coming out with a software update to fix how the bars on the screen report reception. now, jobs showed where the problem was coming from on the iphone 4 explaining how people putting their bare hands over the black strip on the side in some cases leads to signal droppage. the so-called death grip, the case should fix that. he said this is a problem with many brands of smart phones and white he admits there have been some difficulties, jobs downplayed the issue saying only h

anne makovec has the story. >> reporter: this is the beginnings of the tower of the new span of the bay bridge. you can see that white pole behind me with the black squares on it, that is the first of five legs being put into the ground, which will become the base of that tower. >> a lot of people don't realize that history is happening right before them until after. we're lucky enough to understand it. we're here while history is being made. >>> reporter: inch by inch today the beginning of a new bay area icon took shape. crews are putting the first part of signature eastern span tower in place. >> the process has to be closely controlled. we don't want too much momentum with that much weight over the bay. >> reporter: they had to lift 1200 tons of steel up from the horizontal to the vertical position on a barge with computers to balance its weight. >> this is the first time that we have something physical to show that new tower. >> reporter: this animation from caltrans shows how the rest of the tower base will be built, each leg 165 feet tall and will be slid in and set down on the f

anne makovec reports. >> reporter: the city council voted to put these measures on the ballot, the vote 5-3. most people we talked with in oakland said they were willing to pay more in tax. >> i understand this would be a hard measure to pass. >> reporter: but the city of oakland is making a go of it asking property owners to pay $360 per parcel for the next four years a total of $1,440. it would bring back the 80 officers laid off earlier this month and save $122 more from layoffs next year. >> i know that some people cannot afford that. so we are just to go out and try and see where oaklanders are. >> that's what we did today and the vast majority had the same answer. >> yes, i would. i would pay it. it's important. >> yes. >> reporter: you would? >> sure. >> oh, absolutely. >> yeah. >> i want to feel say safe. it's worth it. >> reporter: only about 10% people in our unscientific poll said -- >> no way. >> reporter: why not? >> because i don't think the police do anything to support me. >> i think we pay enough taxes. they need to finance the budget in other ways and help us out. >> t

anne makovec takes a look at how it will impact the people who live there. . >> these are unchartered waters. we haven't had this kind of a problem before. >> reporter: the problem, fewer officers, and more dangerous confrontations. today, there were only six officers on duty in the city of vallejo, with a population of almost 117,000. >> and we are committed to doing the very best we can with what we're given. >> reporter: so starting today, vallejo police officers are doubling up, two officers in every patrol car. and there has been an increase in armed robberies here, and one officer is not always safe when responding on his or her own. >> we can't protect the citizens if the officers themselves are not safe. >> the streets are so dangerous now, you really don't want to be out there, by yourself, kind of receiving a call, you know. >> reporter: only a few cars patrolling the city, some people are worried that no one is safe. >> we need the policeman, just in case something goes wrong, you know. you need somebody to protect you. >> the police have been trying this out off and on for

but anne makovec in richmond with more on the investigation into who stole the car in the first place. >> reporter: that's right, that thief still has not been caught this morning, allen. if this is really the kind of story that makes parents shutter, but luckily for the family involved it was a happy ending. police are searching for fingerprints and clues to catch a car thief turned kidnapper in richmond. it started as a parent's worst nightmare. >> oh, my god. i don't want to think about it. it is scary. >> reporter: at this 76 station, a car thief took off in a cadillac with a 5-year-old girl strapped in the backseat, and the girl's dad was inside, pre-paying for gas. >> when he came out of the gas station or when he saw his car driving away, he realized what was going on immediately called 911. >> reporter: police say the car thief got on the highway and got off two exits lateer to get rid of the girl. about a half hour after the car was stolen, a woman found that little girl here on the corner of 41st street and roosevelt avenue and called police. >> she was doing fine. we had am

anne makovec reports from san francisco, and you are not alone. >> reporter: there was a protest out here not only protesting arizona's law but also a federal law. in fact, the group just moved inside the state building here on golden gate avenue presenting a letter to attorney general jerry brown asking him to play a stronger role in preventing the implementation of a federal law from taking effect here in california. it's a day of action in protest of arizona's immigration law and another program now in california, the secure communities program, or s-com which forces local law enforcement to share the fingerprints of all arrestees with the feds. >> the impact would be devastating, as devastating as what's happening in arizona. >> reporter: fingerprints taken at local jails are compared with the department of homeland security database to find out if the arrestee has ever been in trouble or even simply filled out an application for citizenship. then i.c.e. may arrest them. >> it's immoral because it will lead to a high level of deportations, which separate san francisco families, c

anne makovec reports. >> reporter: these people are concerned about the smart meters' health effects. this was organized by teens turning green. they are expecting about 60 people calling for a moratorium on smart meterrings until there is a longer term scientific proof that the radiofrequencies have no impact on human health. pg&e has been installing them all over the bay area, they record energy units in 15- minute or one hour increments and are transmitted on a wireless network back to pg&e using radiowaves and cellular technology. pg&e says smart meters fall within ftc transmission requirements and they are safer than radios, cell phones and televisions because the smart meters only transmit intermittently but these protestors say any exposure is too much. >> we have no choice here. there is no opt out. there are plenty of people that are sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. they still have them put on their houses and they tell us it's too bad. >> once customers get information about the program about the ability to help them control their energy costs that smart meter provide

anne makovec reports. >> reporter: it is the end of the road for six vehicles that were parked in the long term lot at san francisco international airport. their engine compartments toast. >> a lot of people are going to be unhappy when they come to get their cars. >> let's hope they have their insurance paid up. >> reporter: this siena in section s10 is where the fire appeared to have started around 12:30 a.m. it received the most damage. the entire interior is burnt. the air bags deployed. a parking attendant initially tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher but called firefighters as he watched it spread to five adjacent cars. >> the fire is put out quickly. unfortunately, the damage is done by the time the fire department got here. >> reporter: airport official spent the morning trying to contact owners, people in for a surprise, getting sympathy today from drivers whose cars weren't burned. >> major bummer. major. >> reporter: and from people who heard about the fire, nervous their car was gone and relieved to find it safe. >> i really ran so yeah, i'm good. i can make it

anne makovec is there asking the question, what is this doing to safety in the city? what answer are you getting? >> reporter: it is not good, allen. the fight here at the fire station, you can see no flag flying in front of it. because it is one of two stations that closed at 8:00 a.m. it is something you might take for granted, a shiny red fire truck manned and standing by to save the day. but in vallejo -- >> over the last couple of years, we have went from 122 firefighters down to 67. >> reporter: and today, the city is losing one engine company and closing two stations. 26 on fulton avenue. and station 25 on mini drive. within blocks of four schools. so what happens with the area over here with all of these children? >> i guess we're going to all burn down. >> reporter: station 21 on marin street will be staffed with a ladder truck only. >> sot only truck that have you access to right now is a truck without water? >> correct. it doesn't carry any water. it doesn't carry hardly any hose. >> an that's the station that responded to the courthouse fire in vallejo las

anne makovec asks at what cost to the public. >> these are kind of unchartered waters. we haven't had this kind of problem before. >> the problem, fewer officers and more dangerous confrontations. today, there were only six officers on duty in the city of vallejo, with the population of almost 117,000. >> we are committed to doing the very best we can with what we're given. >> reporter: starting today, vallejo police officers are doubling up, two officers in every patrol car. there has been an increase in armed robberies here and one officer is not always safe when responding on his or her own. >> we can't protect the citizens if the officers themselves are not safe. >> and it is dangerous on the streets now and you don't want to be out there by yourself trying to receive a call, you know. >> reporter: but with only a few cars patrolling this city, some people are worried no one is safe. >> we need the policemen just in case something goes wrong, you know. you need somebody to protect you. >> reporter: the police have been trying this out off and on for the past couple

anne makovec is in oakland where the fbi has now joined in the investigation. anne?ter: and some alarming information coming from his mother overnight. this man was wearing body armor and armed with several guns in this shootout with police that shut down highway 580 here behind my in oakland for almost 21 hours. and that is now re-opened in time for the morning commute. but it started as a basic traffic stop and then ended with the bomb squad. the investigation now turning to what the man who started this may have been planning. one of the alarming items in his truck, a binder with the word "california" on it and a suspicious package that the bomb squad blew up that. turned out to be nothing but it did cause a lot of alarm. the chp says it all started when byron williams, a 45-year- old from groveland, was seen weaving in and out of traffic on 580 westbound near grand avenue at midnight on saturday. after officers finally pulled him over, a shootout ensued. >> this incident that took place is absolutely every officer's worst nightmare. wherever he was going there is

anne makovec is in oakland where the fbi has now joined in the investigation. ng. >> reporter: good morning. they are trying to figure out what this guy might have been up to. we do know this is the thing that's going to affect all of our viewers, or a lot of them, 580 is now re-opened. it was closed for about 22 hours and there was some concern that this could last longer as far as the investigation. the westbound lanes of 580 closed since midnight on saturday all the way through last night. then part of 980 was shut down as well off and on so the highways are re-opening but this started as a simple traffic stop and end with the bomb squad yesterday. the investigation is now turning to what the man who started this may have been planning. one of the alarming items found in his truck, a binder with the word california on the front and a suspicious package that the bomb squad blew up. the chp said it started when byron williams a 45-year-old from grover land was seen weaving in and out of traffic on 580 westbound near grand avenue in oakland midnight saturday. af

anne makovec is in san mateo where employees at the dmv will probably take three days off starting next month without pay. >> reporter: that is the plan. that would be in effect next friday. places like the dmv wouldn't be open. this doesn't affect just state workers. it affects everybody who uses state services. the governor signed a deal yesterday that means that state workers will be furloughing three days a month starting august 1. the furloughs will continue until there is a budget in plasms the budget was supposed to be finalized by july 1. some agencies, cal fire, highway patrol and some revenue-generating agencies like those that collect taxes are exempt from the furloughs. now, back in february, you might remember a judge in alameda county ruled that furloughs were illegal and that workers who furloughed in the past should get back pay. ironically those checks are in the mail as the furloughs begin again. that means taking three fridays off a month without pay. >> you are not worth being a governor ever period anywhere. you shouldn't even make another movie in california as far

anne makovec in palo alto. >>> two teenaged brothers are in the hospital this morning. they were shot at a house party in the east bay at about 12:30 this morning in brentwood. several teenagers were at a party when a group of young men drove up. witnesses say words were exchanged outside the house and when the small group is leaving, one of them turned and opened fire. an 18-year-old shot in the back, his 16-year-old brother wounded in the leg. >>> so far, so good for the >>> pictures president bush released of the rioting following the killing of oscar grant. pictures are shown. we have a link to all the pictures as well as the oakland police department tip line. you can find it on our website on cbs5.com. >>> there is a lawsuit in connection with the murder of vallejo city councilman matt garcia. his mother filed a $16 million wrongful death suit against two men convicted in the killing. the councilman was 22 when he was shot and killed in 2008. the two convicted men mistook garcia for a drug dealer who owed them money. the suit also names the alleged getaway driver

and anne makovec is there this afternoon. ann, what can you tell us? >> reporter: what a rude homecoming. that would be such a bummer coming home to find out that your car is not even here and airport officials have blocked off this air and they want to make sure that the pavement here wasn't damaged too much by the fire that damaged seven cars, six now totaled. it is the end of the road for six vehicles that were parked in the long-term lot at san francisco international. their engine compartments toast. >> a lot of people are going to be unhappy when they come to get their cars. >> i hope they have their insurance paid up. >> reporter: this siena in section s10 is where the fire appeared to have started around 12:30 a.m. it received the most damage. the entire interior is burned. the air bags deployed. a parking attendant initially tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher but called firefighters as he watched it spread to five adjacent cars. >> the fire was put out rather quickly but unfortunately the damage was already done by the time the fir

but as anne makovec explains, the scene of the crime this time, very different. >> reporter: it is the end of the road for six vehicles that were parked in the long term lot at san francisco international airport. their engine compartments toast. >> a lot of people are going to be unhappy when they come to get their cars. >> let's hope they have their insurance paid up. >> reporter: this siena in section s10 is where the fire appeared to have started around 12:30 a.m. it received the most damage. the entire interior is burnt. the air bags deployed. a parking attendant initially tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher but called firefighters as he watched it spread to five adjacent cars. >> the fire is put out quickly. unfortunately, the damage is done by the time the fire department got here. >> reporter: then airport official spent the morning frying to contact owners, people in for a surprise, getting sympathy today from drivers whose cars weren't burned. >> major bummer. major. >> reporter: and from people who heard about the fire, nervous their car was gone and relieved to f

i'm anne makovec. >> i'm lawrence karnow. glad to see you here today. a little foggy out there today. all around the bay area. >> i guess it is no surprise. >> no. >> this is that time of the year where we get socked in with the low clouds and fog. the question is, when while it burn off? when will we see the sunshine? we will talk about that in a couple of minutes. >> looking forward to. >>> it wondering if their weekend plans will stick and when that fog will burn off, because it is. let's just say it is. >> in some places. >> good to know. leading the news this morning, a soccer tournament is going to go on as planned at a park in concord where a pipe bomb was found. someone discovered it near the soccer field at new haul community park yesterday. it is the third explosive to turn up at the park in just three days. >> reporter: you're looking at photos of the scene of a third pipe bomb found since wednesday all in the same park in concord. investigators say it looked like a pipe bomb and hours after it was found, they set it off. the item found on fr

in oakland, anne makovec, cbs 5 eyewitness news. >>> all right. the fifth consecutive night on this newscast, we are going to take you to the city of bell, california. why? because it just keeps getting worse. fresh off those jaw-dropping city pay revelations, we have a new scandal. dave lopez explains, this one reaches into the voting booth. >> reporter: and now the state controller has entered into the bell salary controversy. >> we wanted to make sure that we got the books cleaned, that we provided transparency most importantly, so that we can restore public confidence. >> shame on you, all of you! >> reporter: angry bell residents pounced on the city council last night. four of the five members are no longer going to get $100,000 a year for part-time work. two of them cut their pay 100% down to zero. the other three will be making just over $600 a month. and the citizens say that's not enough. >> recall still goes on? >> the recall is still going on. >> reporter: lorenzo velez is the only one not a target of the recall and well comes the john

anne makovec, thank you soap much. >>> did police go too far arresting a woman? they are reviewing a video taken over the weekend. the officer appears to push a handcuffed woman to the ground face first after she allegedly resisted getting in the squad car. police say she was drunk. they tried to arrest her because they thought she was a suspect in an assault. the police officer admits to using force against the woman. the officer has been taken out of the field until the investigation is complete. >>> and sfpd wants you to take a look at this woman. she is the suspect in two bank robberies last week. police say she walked in the banks, pointed a gun at the teller and demanded money. officers say she hit a bank of america on balboa street. she is described as latina, in her 30s, about 5'3" inches tall and 130 pounds. she has orange or red tinted hair. >>> other headlines around the bay area, a.c. transit is dealing with a third day of workers calling in sick creating delays for passengers. the agency says more than 200 drivers called in sick today. drivers are no

in oakland, anne makovec, cbs 5 eyewitness news. >>> a drunk driver who killed a 9-year-old novato girl with his motorcycle has been murdered himself at san quentin. a prison spokesman says that another inmade, frank souza, stabbed edward schaefer in the chest and neck yesterday morning in a prison yard. sousa apparently used what inmates call a bone crusher a knife made from the metal in prison bunk beds. schaefer killed melody other than recover when he ran a stop sign in may of 2009. that crash also injured her father. he lost one of his legs. 10 days ago schaefer arrived at san quentin to start serving his sentence of 24 years to life. >>> the man who is said to have killed schaefer is serving 60 years to life for killing a homeless san jose man in august 2007. >>> one of the suspects in the murder of a virginia man who was in town for a job interview at google appeared in court today. althea housley was charged with one count of murder and three counts of robbery. the 33-year-old is one of two suspects in last week's death of jinghong kang in oakland. he had just left the dentist w

anne makovec on the latest cuts and what they mean for public safety. >> reporter: it's suggest might take for granted, a shiny red fire truck manned and standing by to save the day. but in vallejo? >> over the last couple of year, we have went from 122 firefighters down to 67. >> reporter: and today, the city is losing one engine company and closing two stations, 26 on fulton avenue and station 25 on minnie drive, within blocks of four schools. >> so what happens with the area over here with all these children? i guess we are going to all burn down? >> reporter: station 21 on marin street will be staffed with a ladder truck only. so the only truck that you have access to is a truck without water. >> correct. it doesn't carry any water, doesn't carry hardly any hose. >> reporter: that's the station that responded to the courthouse fire in vallejo last month in time to save most of the building using resources it no longer has. >> it's going to be difficult. there's a lot of calls in this district. it's' downtown area. >> reporter: the city only has four running engines covering 30 squ

anne makovec is at the dmv in san mateo. it's one of the places we can expect longer lines on -- not even to be open on some fridays. good morning, ann. >> reporter: that is going to start a week from tomorrow, unfortunately. so it's not just the state workers being affected here. it's all of us that use california services. now, here's the deal that was decided on yesterday. governor schwarzenegger has ordered state agencies to furlough workers three days a month starting august 1. the furloughs will continue until there is a budget in place. the budget was supposed to be finalized by july 1. now, cal fire, the highway patrol, and some revenue generating agencies like those that collect taxes are exempt from the furloughs. you may remember back in february, a judge in alameda county ruled that furloughs were illegal and that workers who furloughed in the past should be getting back pay for it. so ironically, those checks are in the mail as the furloughs begin again. that means taking three fridays off a month without pay and