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live in antioch, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> any minute now wikileaks founder is due to appear in a london courtroom. he surrendered to police as part of a sex crimes investigation in sweden. right now he's in the court building waiting to attend a hearing. now he has been hiding in britain since wikileaks began releasing hundreds of classified u.s. diplomatic cables last week. he has denied the sex crime allegations and his lawyer says he will fight extradition to sweden. this just in we hear that visa says it has suspended all payments to wikileaks pending further investigation. >>> time now 6:06. just weeks before christmas santa claus just got fired. macy's in union square has fired its long time santa claus all because of a naughty joke. john has been the macy's santa for 20 years. he's told the same joke thousands of times. but he's lost his job after an older couple found that joke inappropriate. he says he would only tell the joke to adults who when they asked him why he was so jolly he would say it's because he know

that is a vacancy rate of 35% here in antioch.epartment is not able to fill those jobs right now because of budget problems. again, a similar story to what we have heard in a lot of bay area cities but it really is raising some concerns here in antioch because of the spate of violent crimes. the mayor wants to meet with the police chief today and other police brass to figure out how to keep the streets of antioch safe even with fewer officers. >> thank you, anne makovec in antioch this morning. >>> he is not governor yet but jerry brown is already getting to work tackling the state's budget crisis. he will be holding a meeting in sacramento today about the state budgeted deficit. he has invited all the state lawmakers and constitutional officers. among them, is the current finance director, brown has decided to keep her in that position in his administration. >>> supervisors in san francisco say they need a little more time to choose an interim mayor. it's up to them to choose a replacement for gavin newsom, who is moving up to sa

people in antioch. hear how the city and police are responding. >>> and he is being held right now in a military brig, but he could soon be hailed a hero. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> a surge in crime is coming at a bad for the short staffed antioch police department. genanne is live in antioch tonight where an important action is happening. >> reporter: in less than an hour, the police chief will be meeting with the mayor and other city officials here on the second floor at police headquarters to come up with a strategy on how to deal with the recent crime that has been occurring here in antioch. long time residents of antioch say the city used to be a sleepy city. >> it has a great place to raise your kids in. now it's completely opposite. the kram is really scary. >> reporter: in the past two days, there have been two homicides and two shootings. police say

suspects arrested in antioch. today the city's mayor hopes to meet with police officials to discuss staffing problems. >>> hosting the america's cup could mean building a second cruise terminal in san francisco. the board of supervisors will meet today to discuss that proposal and other financial impacts. san francisco is in the running to host the sailing race in 2013. >>> president obama defending the tax cut agreement he reached with republican congressional leaders. but some democrats are outrages that he agreed to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. the president says it is the only way to get congress to pass a package that continues tax cuts for all americans and an extension of unemployment benefits. >>> the woman stranded in the santa cruz mountains for nearly a week is telling her story. >> said, are you debra collins? and i said, yes! and it was like i was just so shocked that he knew my name. it was like oh!! i'm found! >> at a news conference last night, debra collins said she stayed positiv

live in antioch, i'm paul chamber, ktvu news. >>> antioch police are investigating a violent carjacks in a neighborhood that is not known for violence. investigators say the victim of 40-year-old man was sitting in his mercedes benz last night when an armed man approached him. the victim is expected to survive. police have not released a description of the gunman. >>> dozens of bay area residents rallied protesting the killing of jones. the rally started about an hour ago, then many protesters went inside whether they hope to speak at oakland's city council meeting which is going on right now. 37-year-old derek jones was shot and killed after responding to a domestic dispute. the police department says that officers thought he had a gun but it was later determined that he was unarmed. >>> elizabeth edwards, the estranged wife of john edwards has passed. her death comes one day after the family issued a statement saying doctors had advised that further cancer treatment would be unproductive. elizabeth edwards was 61 years old. >>> governor elect jerry brown today announced the first tw

there was actually an antioch police officer very nearby.e tried to help her with l ife- saving efforts. they failed shand -- and she d ied. they are looking at this as a homicide and not a hit-and-run because they say there's no way this driver did not know what was happening. >> based upon what we're seeing here preliminary and the fact that was proceeded by an argument and the driver left the scene, it's our kneeling that the driver -- feeling that the drivinger knew what was h appening to the victim. the victim appeared to be on the side of the vehicle, possibly under the vehicle and sustained these great injuries. it should have been very obvious to the driver that this person was there. >> reporter: the hunt for the person responsible is on at this hour. we do have this vehicle description for you. the vehicle that was scene taken off is a late model silver four door nissan frontier pickup. had it a luggage on the cab of the truck. that's the vehicle. they are searching for at this hour. they believe it left north on k avala road. but

. >> right now, a developing story of antioch. a 3 year old boy was critically injured in a shooting. this was on elementary court. >> christine? >> we are beginning this any moment. still getting some of the details from the antioch police department. we are hearing that it is a two year-old boy. he has passed away. and let us roll some video. from the scene, this is a lemon tree court. where this occurred at 11:30 family members outside, crying. this was the little boy's birthday today. they actually had gone out to get balloons, and other items for the birthday party that there are going to have over this weekend. off with a lot of very sad and family members by this. we talked to them and let us take a listen to what they had to say about we getting information. >> all i know is that he was shot in the face, accidentally or whatever. i do not know what happened. and hospital? i do not know? >> and condition? i do not know. i cannot give any information from anybody. i'd just want to my nephews funeral, and it is just too much

the jobs of six antioch police officers are still on the line today -- meetings between the city and union are underway but they are hoping those meetings will help save those jobs from budget cuts. kraig debro is in antioch right now with where the negotiations stand. >> reporter: good afternoon, kraig. >> good afternoon, claudine. >> reporter: nothing illustrates the money problems the city of antioch is having more than city hall itself. city hall is closed every friday according to the sign on the building. it's closed between d ecember 22nd, and j anuary 22 -- and january 2nd. i just spoke with the lawyer for the police union says that the two sides are trying to delay to prevent layoffs. for the first time in the city's history, it plans to lay off six officers. the reason, a budget deficit that one individual says will approach $5 million in five months. >> we're broke. >> reporter: the solution, asking for contexts from six bargaining units or unions. two council members told me five of the unions are close to an agreement on foregoing pay r aises. according to those council

. >>> antioch police are investigating yet another violent crime. three people were stabbed last night. why this comes at a particularly troubling time for that city. the morning news continues. >>> good morning. welcome back to the ktvu morning news i'm tori campbell pam cook is off today. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic. here is steve. >> good morning. we had light rain last night. this morning there is a broad brush here. some of that green is turning to white. i wouldn't be surprised if it's a little dicey there right now. lows 40s to 30s for some. light rain will turn to heavy rain by the weekend. now here is sal. >>> steve, right now at the toll plaza westbound there is a little bit of a slow down. i wouldn't say there is much of one. it may be getting a little bit heavier in a few minutes as they turn the metering lights on. also when you get to marin county rain is coming down the commute is not good. and there has already been an accident on southbound 101. let's go live to ktvu reporter kraig debro who is near m

livermore 63. 62 antioch.rs it o'clock, we are seeing pretense of an inch in santa rosa. a few hours later more rain in the north bay. that's where most of it is. novato just about a quarter inch few hundreds of in its and other parts of the bay. seeing almost 7 t of an engine santa rosa. san francisco quarter of an inch. 10:00, east bay, two tenths of an inch, once again not see too much wet weather in this update. wet weather is going to stick around and are forecasts wednesday into thursday maybe even into friday our highs will be in the '60s, slowly creeping up until we had 70 as a high on sunday at that point dryout, warm up the rest of the weekend of coast and yellow spots low 50s. over to their credit check and your traffic, better news for your rights the bay bridge westbound we can finally see the end of the back up movement here and 800 over across a lot more shuffling coming from the maze. the back up stretches as low- cost these zero overcrowds, leading lights are still cycle on covering some small

antioch is city of 100,000 methamphetamine and it will -- antioch is a city of only 100,000 police officers and it will be looking at more crimes. >>> volunteers are very busy this hour at the glide memorial church. last year at this time more than 6,000 grocery bags were prepared for those that really needed it. today hundreds of volunteers including 300 employees at the gap will help fill up hundreds of new bags. they want to make sure that everyone that shows up this year will have enough food for a holiday meal. >>> 5:04. we are on storm watch this friday morning. a light but steady rain has been falling all night long. it's a first in a serious of increasingly strong systems over the next week. the bay area is bracing for what could be the wettest weekends in years. it will be wet all day today. the main event is tomorrow. rain may have been a factor in a serious big-rig accident in antioch earlier this morning opinion the crash happened just after midnight on the westbound highway 4 bypass near loan tree way. the driver swerved off the highway for an unknown reason and plunged down th

antioch at 62, san francisco right around 60. san jose mid-60s, right around 65. your five day forecast, we're dry for saturday, also sunday and also into monday. temperatures will be cooling off in the next week in advance of those rain chances, by tuesday we bring chance of scattered rain showers and slight chance as you can see into wednesday as well. gasia and mike, if you are traveling the roadways, just be extra careful. you can have clear skies and all of a sudden that fog bank, you are in it and it's dropped visibility. >> thanks, mark. >>> 11 state buildings to a texas firm was given a tentative go ahead. state buildings would be among those sold then rented back to the state. the governor hopes to raise $1.3 billion in the sales and pay off $1 billion in bond. critics claim the deal will cost $6 billion in rent over the next 35 years. >>> senator dianne feinstein is speaking to tribes to build casinos. >>> hundreds are seeking shelter this christmas but there simply is not enough room for all these furry little friends. the way you can help this holiday

antioch has had ten homicides this year. there were five in 2009. >>> police in rohnert park plan to check the cell phone records of a drive irwho chit and killed a driver in a crosswalk. the girl died and her mother was severely injured when the car hit them last wednesday. police believe the 18-year-old driver was using her phone at the time of the crash. now, the driver could face charges if police determine she was on her cell phone during that time. a 62-year-old atherton woman is facing dui charges after a wild ride if -- wild ride in d owntown. police say while backing out, margaret brill hit a parked car sending it into another parked car. a man was pinned between the two cars but he's expected to be okay. brill allegedly sped off in her mercedes and hit two more cars before slamming into a tree. she was taken to jail. >>> 8:34. the registered sex offender who is accused of sexually a ssaulting a 2-year-old girl inside of a store heads back to court this morning. eugene ramos is expected to enter a plea when he appea

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the person of interest is in custody and being questioned by antioch police. we'll continue to bring you the very latest throughout the rest of the day. reporting live, anser hassan, cbs 5. >>> an east oakland man is in critical but stable condition after an apparent natural gas line explosion. this happened last night at a duplex that the man was remodeling. it's at 87th avenue and dowling street. 63-year-old leon spencer has burns over 80% of his body. witnesses say the man was on fire when he came out of the building. neighbors provided first aid until the firefighters arrived. >> we actually jumped over the fence. i jumped over the fence right here. and then this girl handed me a blanket. she says he's on fire so we ran through the gate and he was just burning up. we put the blanket over him and started patting him out to make sure he tried to live through it. >> a neighbor says that the man had recently complained of smelling natural gas. but pg&e says the company's gas inspectors do not believe the explosion was caused by a leak in their equipment. >>> n

through antioch, and brentwood. and even towards solano county and bird landing and in the high country some snow in the sierra. the blue is representative of the snow, and the green is the rain. and with a lot of slick wet roads. and here is the view at kingsville and for tomorrow, we are going to see a mixture of rain/snow. a day and eventually dropping to the amount of five dozen feet. and tomorrow, we will see snowfall at 6,000 ft.. and then, essentially dropping to 5,000 ft.. chilly temperatures to more about your next storm system will be arriving around 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. and notice the rainfall approaching the coast. it moves off the shore by 5:00 p.m., and the heaviest rainfall will be in the yellow indicative of moderate/heavy. and it is not out of the question that we could see a thunderstorm. as this passes through. still steady through 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night, and an on/off. through monday morning, scattered shower activity. i think all of this weather will be finished on noon on monday. temperatures

. >>> budget problems forced the city of antioch to lay off six police officers. they blamed the police unions' unwillingness to give up raises. simon perez is in antioch where the union has come up with a way to retaliate. >> reporter: the police union indeed is cranking the heat up on city council to try to find some money, any money, to keep from laying those officers off. >> how would you respond to somebody that says "you guys are balancing the budget on the backs of public safety." >> you know, i live here, i've lived here for 40 years. don't you think i want my safety too? >> reporter: but council member marry rocha says the city has no choice. if they won't give up pay raises and accept cuts to benefits they'll have to face layoffs. >> i think they think we're playing games and we're not. you think they are going to find the money and we don't have it. >> reporter: they say they are not playing games. they say they blame city council for the layoffs. union brass tells cbs5 it will put off raises for a few months if that's what it takes to keep the officers

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flyers were showing faces and contact information for antioch city council and city manager. officials say the layoffs are necessary to cut the budget but the union says those notices may be a ploy to force concessions. >>> let's get another check of weather and traffic. tracy with our forecast good morning. >> yeah, got the forecast, if you are heading out the door you are not lucky enough to still be up enjoying the holiday. like myself. patchy fog inland, partly cloudy, school temperatures around the bay. temperatures ranging from mid- 30s to mid- to upper 40s. later on today, we will squeeze out more sunshine love that. partly cloudy along the coast cool temperatures a few clouds and dry around the bay. still expecting just a little bit of fog hanging in there. inland otherwise partly cloudy conditions high mid- to upper 50s. today will be dry but after that, it is all downhill. nah just kidding. no, i am not. rainfall moving in as early as tomorrow. take a look at your seven-day forecast for your traffic here is liz. >> thank you. all right. we got a new accident, burlin

. >> antioch police made an arrest today of a hit and run driving death of a woman.he suspect says it was an accident but witnesses say no way. >> governor elect jerry brown convenes a gathering today of top state officials to talk about the budget. california is likely to end the year $6 billion in the hole. good morning, everyone. it is a wednesday morning. yes, it is a wednesday morning. we thank you so much for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. what did i say tuesday about wednesday? rain? >> yep. >> it's here. >> we had that dry spell. monday and tuesday. no rain after sunday's downpours but it's back. >> it is. here's the leading edge of it all the way down just now knocking on the south bay. this is very light. in fact san francisco the national report light rain. that's like the appetizer. the real deal is still up in the north bay and then it's going to be sliding to the south throughout the day. if you look at the last three hours you can see how it's coming straight off the ocean so these storms are scooping the moisture off the ocean and th

detained based on information that we learned from a location that the victim frequented in downtown antioch this person was somebody who is familiar to the victim we are still looking into what constituted that relationship and how long the duration was from what we've been able to gather the back down and the suspect met earlier in the evening they were in the vehicle together and drove to the which led to the death of the victim. the act which was perpetrated on the victim was clearly intentional we do have video that we were able to gather from local business there. that clearly demonstrates it was intentional the victim appears to be initially run over. she accepts the vehicle. then he could see the dispute happening looks like sulphur property is being boulders from the vehicle. so she separates from the vehicle the vehicle backs up accelerates quickly hit the victim very hard with a friend and not the victim down. the vehicle proceeds through the parking lot and appears the victim is under the vehicle for some time. we do have a confession from the suspect, has made some statements tr

off the antioch bridge looks great slowing on our sensors through antioch. through pittsburg and concord, that green appears again, top speeds towards 242. take you live outside here's live look at the san mateo bridge. everything looks great. this is the commute direction westbound 92. it's a friday and it's still early. so no big delays really anywhere. looks like that should be 13 minutes. it's updating right now but it's about 13 minutes in the other direction as well heading toward hayward off the high- rise. might be a good day to use mass transit. everything is on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> this just in. america's unemployment rate moved higher last month. the labor department just reported the jobless rate reached 9.8% in november. that is up from 9.6% in october. and it is the highest rate since april. only 39,000 new jobs were created last month but here in californias it is much higher, around 12%. >>> millions of people whose u

we are getting slow traffic right through antioch which is typical. we don't have any crashes reported along the way. moving a long and taking a look at westbound bay bridge that traffic is moving a long okay. there are no major problems. if you are driving on the peninsula that traffic looks pretty good on 101. a couple of minor fender benders out there. people running off the road. nothing major right now. let's go to steve. >>> thank you. some of the rain totals coming in. livermore in the last hour. 6:00 a.m. observation. most of it looks to be heading out of the area. still light showers. looks like concord and clayton. wind ramped up within we had wind advisories. still gusts of 50 in the higher elevations. 40 and 50. mt. diablo had gusts of 50. partly sunny and cloudy with decreasing rain. observer kent up in boulder creature an inch and a half. lexington inch and a half. st. mary's .194. after that it drops off. fremont both picked up-- fremont picked up .36. light rain and sun and clouds. a little breezy but completely different pattern than

contra costa county is now identified the victim as 47 year-old shelley baker of antioch. security video from a neighboring business was rolling when that hit and captured the incident. to the business owner describes what he saw. >> i saudis on truck pulled up to the parking lot budget you got out of the truck, there are doing right here, you can see the lady being pushed around and then the guy he went back to his truck got it is truck and backed up and took the lady head on straight on. he dragged her to the street. >> the victim died of a local hospital from or in trees. kron 4 is live in antioch were news conference is just wrapping up. >> that's right pam the just wrapped up a pet press conference for the and that's the rest of 51 year- old lucille rivera a brooklyn resident who they say is responsible for this fatal hit-and-run on cavallo road. were vero became a suspect early on in the investigation and the got information on his whereabouts which was about five blocks away for the crime occurred. he was taken into custody. and yet police investigators say rivera a

so far, antioch has recorded ten homicides this year.here were five in 2009. >>> san francisco mayor gavin newsom was on hand to tout the expansion of one of the programs he has begun to help the h omeless. it's called "homeless connect." and it's held every eight weeks at the bill graham auditorium or at golden gate park. this is to make homeless connect a daily op -- daily operation. he also introduced this in the tenderloin. >> i'm very proud of the -- that this is gonna continue. >> the program needs to hire staff for the daily homeless connect operation and finish renovations on the tenderloin site before opening in mid- february. >>> we want to. >> back to our meteorologist, steve paulson. how long is this rain gonna stick around? >> could be friday morning for the north bay. right now, it's light. not too much but it's starting to pick up for others. right in between, when you see the green go to yellow, that's a little bit heavier. there are a few breaks in the clouds. actually breaks in the rain, not the clouds. but some of that

you can see the afternoon highs keeping it cool for concord and antioch. morgan hill right around 68 degrees. here is a look ahead, your five- day forecast. pretty much the same deal into monday as well. we'll be talking about low clouds and fog. showers likely into tuesday. mostly cloudy skies for wednesday. and heather and mike, for thursday/friday and beyond that point as well, we could be talking about significant rainfall across parts of the state. just be extra careful trying to navigate through the fog tomorrow. >> thank you, mark. >>> when it comes to poor graduation rates many americans say the problem begins at home. the new stanfordp associated press survey say they believe a lack of parental involvement is a problem,53% considered school administrators a problem, but only 35% believed that bad teachers are to blame. more than half asked consider a lack of discipline and violence in schools to be major issues. the u.s. marines and the mass transit authority screamed up to fill the trucks with toys. the vta tells us that the bus was filled and a

antioch is bound by contract to give officers pay raises. antioch said that the raises will cost the city nearly $600,000 and it needs to make cuts. the crimestoppers reward program in oakland is paying off big. oakland police say the partnership as well as reward money resulted in hundreds of arrest over the past years. crime stoppers solved 79 case this is year alone. last year it helped crack 62 cases. more than $100,000 in reward money has been handed out. when we usher in the new year, the state is going to usher in several new laws. here's a look at a few of them. an internet-based exchange will let people shop for health insurance. possessing up to an ounce of marijuana becomes a misdemeanor. no more serious than a speeding ticket. another law holds parents accountable for their children's attendance in school. they could face up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine if their children miss too much school. water rates will go up. the water district wants to raise rates by 8%. that would be about $36 a year for most homeowners. the hike

this morning, antioch police trying to learn the relationship between a murder suspect and the woman he's accused of killing. a 51-year-old from brentwood admitted using his truck as a murder weapon yesterday. >> reporter: he didn't hide his alleged guilt from antioch police. >> we have a confession from the suspect. >> reporter: a vicious and bloody murder by pick-up truck. he's accused of driving 47-year-old shelly baker to this market at the corner of 18th street just before 2:00 a.m. but what happened in the dark came to light. courtesy of the gas station surveillance camera next door. >> looks like some of her property is being either pulled or thrown out of the vehicle. >> reporter: by the man who was arguing with baker. surveillance video shows him jumping behind the wheel of this silver nissan pick-up truck, gunning the engine. >> hit the victim very hard with the front end, knocks the victim down. the vehicle proceeds through the parking lot and it appears the victim is under the vehicle for some time. >> reporter: the woman was dragged more than 50 feet before the curb disl

we'll go with 57 in antioch. down by the monterey bay, clearing out, temperatures warming up throughout the day. mid-60s morgan hill and 68 in watsonville. a little cooler tomorrow, the rain comes in on tuesday. then more rain, wednesday and thursday and it's looking promising for more at the end of the week. >> you call it promising? >> yeah. >> i find it a little bit of a nuisance. thanks very much. >> sharks went to ot against the blackhawks and we'll hear from the heisman trophy winner. >> good morning. chicago blackhawks, a shot at the stanley cup in san jose thinking pay back at the tank and overtime. and facing his former team he would get support in the first they deflect it in the net and sharks out to a 1-0 lead. shoots one pass and into the net but the goal doesn't count. the whistle this h blown and sharks get a break. in overtime, it's close striking again, he beats corey and sharks get a big 2-1 victory. >> cam newton won the trophy and quarterback of the year. last night in new york, he gets the he

. >>> we have some breaking news now out of the east bay city of antioch that a child has been shot.ce on the scene of an apartment complex at 2405 lemon tree court near l street, north of highway 4. we have live pictures now from newschopper 2, where you can see it two patrol cars and a cul-de-sac. police confirmed that a two- year-old boy has been shot and that officers are questioning a number of people who were in the apartment at the time. the boy has been taken to the hospital. at this point there's no word on his condition. and you can see some yellow tape there blocking off looks like a couple driveways and several patrol cars on the scene. we will bring you any further information as soon as we have it from antioch. >>> the oakland unified school district is apologizing today for a cost-cutting move that left middle school students shivering in their classrooms. they've been without heat since monday. the district turned it off during the thanksgiving break but it's an older system that doesn't fire back up easily. officials have not been able to get it back on. they were su

mark sayre in oakland. >>> 6 antioch police officers are out of a job.just received their two- week notice because of money problems. the "contra costa times" reports the police chief says there is a chance the jobs could be saved if the city and the police unions reach an agreement on concessions. earlier this year, antioch laid off all of its 20 community service officers. >>> 5:32. thousands of children will have to find a new way to get to school next year. let's go to sharon chin, she is in san francisco to explain what the school board is calling a cost saving move. sharon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the school board has voted to cut bus service more than half and that means more than 3,000 students in the san francisco public school district are going to have to find a way to school. the board of education voted 6- 0 to cut the service to save more than $2 million a year. it costs the district $100,000 to run each bus and the examiner reports the district faces a $113 million budget deficit. the school bus cuts would affect the eleme

and antioch-is the 100 dangerous cities in america. 30-rapes. over 1000 burglaries. >> with the stormtracker 4 radar, you notice of the light shower activity off the shore. and so far, just a few sprinkles through san francisco. and a look to the wider view. a steady stream of more to point towards the bay area with plenty of torture embedded in this system. as we go towards the weekend sunday of moisture. apps we are in the fifties for the most part, w45and as we go towards the morning, that is when the short really picked up. by noon, widespread shower activity. the intensity will pick up. widespread rainfall by 3:00 p.m. and continuing through the evening. and even more in intensity on saturday. . time it out on futurecast, the cirrus, the snowfall, and your extended forecast coming up in just a bit. this year as a debt- >> and with good weather,- sip the sierras. >> and with wicked weather. >> and why this truck pushing down the street is not doing anybody a favor. >> 5:55, a great gift ideas for the tech person on your list. under $30, comi

. >> the fifth homicide in antioch this month. overnight, a killing overnight at an apartment complex. 12 homicides total this year. and you can see this was on katrini road the firefighters were trying to clear brush. >> and these roads have been.. >> and also, these waters have been that close for over one week with unsafe levels of bacteria. lake shore park, they've been closed on december 22nd and closed for rockridge is told use until a further testing. at least until monday. governor jerry brown is staying silent. budget deficit despite reports that he is planning a special congressional election. with the budget 2012 fiscal year, and he had to do this by january 10th. the l.a. times, the sacramento beat are a sighting on nhe will be extending taxes that will otherwise expire by july. >> a weather cell system or the pacific. it is heading our way. >> and the left it was west towards the toll plaza. plenty of traffic. stay with us. we will be back. >> we are looking at the golden gate to the left. plenty of people heading int

another driver, this 18- wheeler, lost control on highway 4 in antioch and ended up in a ditch. only minor injuries there. another concern, flooding. in san carlos like many other cities across the bay area, people could pick up free sandbags and shovels. >> as much as we can do to i don't know what up the streets and prep the -- to clean up the streets and prep the facilities, to the extent that we are prepared that will make things better when a major storm comes. >> reporter: the sandbags will be available through next week. >> yeah, i came prepared today because i knew it was going to be raining. >> reporter: we found brian watson building sandbags to bring back to his work, which has a history of flooding. >> i said okay, i'll go pick up some sandbags, no big deal until i'm filling them, thought i was just grabbing a couple. 10-minute job turns into an hour and a half. >> reporter: yeah. as i said, it is a do-it- yourself kind of thing here. there are free sandbag giveaways across the bay area including oakland, san mateo county and san anselmo, as well. most of the weekend

. >>> a bay area city in trouble, antioch has a serious shortage of police officers and a recent spike in violent crime has authorities concern, a look at why there is a shortage of officers and what >>> the man who escaped from custody last month was in court today. he faces 29 felony accounts. it is all in connection with an incident where he overpowered a sheriff's dep ate and used her gun to threaten two teachers. >> this man held a community in terror and it went from multiple crime scene, one crime seen, one crime seen in the parking lot, in a day care center and another in a house blocks away that he did multiple acts and we are going fight to hold him accountable for each and every act. the hospital, two schools and dozens of homes were locked down for several hours while the s.w.a.t. team searched for him. they are now reviewing a policy that permitted a loan dep ate to transmit inmates. >>> plenty of rain today. a chance we could see more tomorrow but the weekend forecast [ female announcer ] give yourself the gift of time with the kfc festive feast. twelve pieces of the colo

officers found the 42-year-old antioch woman on l street with massive head injuries. she later tiedied. they only have a vague description of the car, a newer podle purple or dark blue mini-van. if you saw anything on "l" street in antioch around 5:30 yesterday, you should call police. >>> a fairfield neighborhood is quiet after six hours of police activity. a cleaning crew called police to a home on 100 block of sparrow lane after finding suspicious newspaper clippings with glass jars of unknown powders. the findings amounted to a false alarm. >>> a cross-country search for a 12-year-old girl and the man that may have killed her mother ends here in the bay area. this morning, investigators from virginia will pick up the girl and the suspect in san francisco. the nationwide manhunt started in roanoke, virginia, last night an ended in a safeway store in the outer richmond district. the suspected killer and kidnapper is in jail and will soon be taken back. >>> an amber alert was issued for jeffrey easley and his girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter, brittany smith, after t

and antioch starting off at 52, fog. and kind of a cloudy mostly cloudy day and light rain off and on but not as much as yesterday. 53 to 57. we're starting off rather mild. wouldn't take much to get into the tropical feel that we already have. 40s and 50s. look at reno 51. sacramento 54. the moisture will continue to move north but it's going to take a couple days to clear it out. the fog is not going anywhere. that will play into our forecast for the next couple days. very mild temperatures. 50s and 60s. under cloudy skies with rain. mostly in the north bay he said mostly. fog, sun, very foggy inland areas but mild to warm on the coast as we head spot weekend. >>> all right. thank you, steve. a heated show down in vallejo. the reason some parents say they feel bullied by an anti- bullying program at their children's school. >>> good morning if you're driving on 80 a lot of fog there. we're looking at a small portion of interstate 80 in emeryville. tell you more about the morning commute and tell you what to watch out f

. >> antioch, more are getting laid off, six more officers, these cuts are getting on the heels of 20 non- community service members earlier this year. now, 98 sworn officers well below the recommended 127. the city's murder rate has doubled since last year. >> it is just getting worse. there were two fatalities last week! in one week alone. it seems to be a common occurrence. in the recent study that antioch is one of the most dangerous cities listed in california. >> added vallejo, to shoot and kill a man last week. this picture was released. that gun and he was reaching for this gun when an officer shot and killed him. they're releasing this as evidence of counter evidence that he was on are good at the time not hard at the time-- >> and if you noticed that- that th officer was not a qu-they're releasing this evidence as counter evidence. that the shooting victim was armed. >> that rainfall seven offshore, and that heavy will be coming later. it- sitting off shore. and with a wider view, you can notice a steady stream pushing towards the bay area. the radar is also showing a light

over at antioch, the slowing through antioch before l street. unusual fleg through pittsburgh and unusual for a friday. likely because of the wet weather and rain. twhoots i'm advising. >> talking about rain and slick, let's check with rob. >> good morning to you, mikeful the spots in the east bay and san francisco where he thinks fog and drizzle. an easy drive and 58 degrees and 29 in oakland. san francisco downtown. you can see the bay bridge in the distance. you have mist falling and patchy fog. a few spotty showers around contra costa close to highway 4. the clouds spilling in will filter the sun at times with the 50s and low 60s, but the storm tracker is expectinga i dry weekend forecast and warmer as well. a few spots may climb to 70, but if it's cooler as the fog lingers into monday. >> 10 minutes after 6:00. need is up and donation is down. you can help at least one today. >> a stanford player is a heisman finalist. see how he taxes up for the prize. >> nixon's thoughts on reagan before ronald reagan became president. >> a live look outs

only 18 minutes to get from antioch to concord.hrough the altamont pass, 21 minutes from 205 to 680. that's westbound 580. you can get your own drive times delivered right to your e-mail by going to our website at abc7news.com. click on the traffic link. eric, degrees. >> thanks for all the updates. >> 6:18. time for must reads. another byproduct of the slow economy is hitting the life insurance industry pretty hard. u.s.a. reports that 44% of american households have no life insurance now. that's the lowest percentage in 50 years. rather, you know what i'm saying. that's a low number. ironically prices are at a ten-year low. many families say they just haven't bought life insurance because it's not high on their list of priorities while money is tight. >> a story in "the washington post" will frighten anyone who's baited a hook or shopped at a fish market. the world is running out of places to catch wild fish. the study say commercial fisheries have expanded so far and so fast that many areas are fished out. >> the mercury news re

antioch reported ten homicides this year. there were five in 2009. later on today antioch's mayor plans to meet with the police and community leaders to talk about this disturbing increase in deadly crime. >>> police in roanoke park say an 18-year-old driver that hit and killed a toddler in a crosswalk may have been using her cell phone at the time of the accident. cally died an her mother were severely injured. investigators filed a petition with the driver cell phone provider to find out if she was talking or texting at the time of the crash. >>> a san jose man is in jail this morning after fighting with police officers during a standoff at his home. police were called to 11th and washington yesterday afternoon by someone who saw the man swinging a bat in front of his neighbors home. officers say when he arrived the he was inside of his home but refused to come out. officers went in the man fought with them but he was eventually arrested. >>> a cost cutting measure is left oakland school kids in the cold. they are heading to class this morning with

coming through antioch, you're at the limit for highway 4 but this will change dramatically the nextnutes. we always show the first signs of the east bay slowing coming up around 5:40. a little more gradual change for westbound 580, which is also at the limit coming out of the altamont pass. this might be affected by rain that is drifting through the area and is going to hit the entire bay area. rob has a look at your forecast coming up with more details. you'll want to stick around for the changes that he has in store. >>> viva las vegas. a woman is glad that a bay area doctor took a trip to sin city because he ended up saving her life. we will show you what made this event even a little more out of the ordinary. >>> good morning to you right now. 5:23. you're looking on the other coast right now. live pictures around the space x launch site. this is a spacecraft that is scheduled to launch in the next hour or so and is seen as perhaps one of the replacements for how you can get cargo up to the international space station. this craft part of a private venture that will be getting in

antioch reported ten homicides this year. there were five in 2009. antioch's major plans to meet with police to discuss this disturbing increase. >>> 5:31. police in roanoke park say an 18-year-old driver that struck and killed a toddler in a crosswalk may have been using a cell phone at the time of the accident. two-year-old cally murray died. her mother was severely injured as she hit last wednesday. they have now filed a petition with the cell phone provider to find out if she was talking or texting at the time of the crash. >>> a san jose man is in jail this morning after fighting with police officers during a standoff his house. police officers were called to 11th and washington by someone who saw a man swinging a bat in front of his neighbors home. when they arrived the 41-year- old man was inside his own home and refused to come out. a few hours later police went in. the man fought with them, but was eventually arrested. three police officers suffered minor injuries in that scuffle. >>> it is a weak meeting that was filled with a lot of tensio

heading toward vallejo and antioch. now, here's the futurecast.re. in fact by this afternoon i think most of the showers will be shutting down. all the rain sets up for southern california. so as typical for this time of year, winonce the rain clears o the winds go, light, patchy fog. so today around the bay area we'll see highs in the mid to upper 50s with sunny breaks. not a bad finish to the day. and for the seven-day forecast, still on schedule for christmas day will be another system that will bring some wind and rain to kick off the weekend. scott. >>> a former hp ceo mark hurd is asking a judge to keep the letter accusing him of sexual harassment sealed. that accusation led to his resignation and triggered an investigation by federal regulators. the judge is expected to make a ruling on whether to unseal that letter early next year. >>> for other business news this morning, let's turn to hampton pearson who's live at cnbc headquarters in washington. good morning, hampton. >> reporter: good morning, scott. as a matter of fact, futures are fl

--el presunto asesino de una mujer, que fue el lunes fue apuÑalada en un estacionamiento de "antioch"malmente de homicidio.--se trata de "roy crites" de 56 aÑos quien segun las autoridades, ataco a la victima con un cuchillo, tras una aparente discusion en el centro comercial "delta fair". --la occisa fue identificada como "arlene jefferson" de 44 años.--las autoridades se negaron a revelar la relacion entre ambos.--al sospechoso se le impuso una fianza de un millon de dolares. --el distrito escolar de san jose analiza cambios en sus planes educativos para el proximo aÑo escolar.--los representantes del distrito consideran crear una academia para estudiantes de nivel intermedio, restuarar las clases de verano para los estudiantes con bajo rendimiento academico y devolverle 5 dias de enseÑanza a los maestros.--la disyuntiva es que, para efectuar estos cambios, se le tendrian que quitar mas de 3 millones de dolares al presupuesto del programa de educacion para adultos. --cientos de alumnos de "oakland" siguen tomando clases tiritando de frio pues la calefaccion no funciona en decenas de

rain may have been a factor in a serious big rig accident in antioch this morning. this one happened after midnight on the westbound highway 4 bypass, right near lone tree way. the driver swerved off the highway and plunged down embankment in the pouring rain. the driver was rushed to the hospital, we don't have any word of his condition right now. >>> all over the bay area, people are preparing for the storms. in the south bay the santa clara water district is moving debris from creeks. they will be monitoring gauges that measure water flows. people are warned to prepare homes because of the water expected. >>> we saw many people in the santa cruz mountains stocking up on supplies including sandbags. if you need some sandbags we have a list of locations where you can pick them up. click on ktvu.com. >>> early morning fire displaced 6 people in oak land this morning. a fire broke out inside of a home. this happened 4:00 this morning on 82nd avenue. a woman and her two young kids were among those inside the house at the time. everybody got out safely. this fire broke

reporting live in antioch, debra villalon.ktvu news. >>> a judge has scheduled a hearing next week that could free a man that was says was wrongly convicted of murder. the caldwell is seen here as a young man. another man has since confessed to the killing. a judge could order a new trial or release caldwell. >> it seems to me that the responsible thing to do would be to gracefully acknowledge the mistake, apologize to mr. caldwell and release him. >>> two years ago, maurice jell confessed and wrote a statement that said caldwell was not involved. >>> authorities found the victim 22-year-old larry robertson of marin city. deputies arrested cumar mills tug the mills near the scene of the attack. >>> police say the crash happened when a car traveling at a high rate of speed rear ended another car which slammed into the shuttle and a fourth vehicle. at least three people were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >>> graffiti taggers are a growing problem in san jose, while the city has a program in place to ta

the stabbing comes at a time when antioch has had several other violent crimes and the city is talking about laying off officers to help balance the budget. >> if there are more cops laid off then people will be more liable to do bad things. >> the city hopes to renegotiate its contract with officers to avoid layoffs. >>> we are learning new details about a man accused of sexually assaulting a child in that store. he is charged with three felonies after inappropriately touching the girl. he wrote a letter of apology after he was arrested. he was captured on cameras walking around the store possibly looking for a victim. he will be back in court next month to enter a plea. >>> this weekend's agenda for lawmakers now that they have passed the new legislation. steve paulson will tell us when to expect the next round of storms. >> people are leaving the boardrooms and classrooms to serve their country. we will tell you about their important mission coming up. >>> just as so many of us are preparing to welcome relatives many or leaving. tara has this emotional report. >> reporter: we are at