bart. historically, this rate has increased with regular fares as determined by their board at bart. since 2003 they have had an increase policy based. adjusting to inflation at a less than 5% productivity factor, this policy expires in 2012. i am not sure what the bart board will be doing after that. based on this formula for wage increase, it should be left to 5.5%, if you look at a biannual formula and give it an average inflation rate of 3%. i know that for the past five years, there is in san francisco have increased by 40%. but the key financial terms of the proposal before you suggests that the reimbursement rate goes up by 17%, from $1 to $2.19. because of the length of the term agreement before you, after 2012, the rate increases are consistent with other fare policies as approved by the bart board. also suggesting annual rate cap increases of 10%. the budget analyst recommendation concurs going back and discussing this by not knowing what the board is going to do in the future, something more close to inflation. i will conclude by saying depth both bart and ourselves are co

the bart board says the tax measure could be on the ballot as early as november as next year. the media partner, the "contra costa times" report that bart estimates it would cost $3 billion to purchase up to 1,000 new train cars. officials say some of the 659 cars now in operation are up to 40 years old. without replacements they will be more difficult to maintain. >>> 7:30 this morning. parents in redwood city will join other parents around the state in an effort to keep political pressure on state lawmakers to fund education. wake up california school rallies will be held in 20 cities. school districts are being told they may get the same level of funding next year they got this year and that is a big relief from what they were told in january when cuts appeared to be worse. but organizers of the rallies today say they will keep pressuring sacramento until a budget is signed. >> thousands of marin county water users may have to pay a whopping rate increase starting next week. north marrin water district officials will meet today and consider a 33% rate increase over three yea

the bart board is considering making sure that each officer is assigned a taser. that is actually one of the recommendations from bart's outside consultants after the shooting death of oscar grant in 2009 captured on cell phone video. in that case, officer johannes mehserle said he thought he was firing his taser at the unarmed man instead of his gun. he was convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter. right now, bart has 60 tasers so the officers have to check them out if they need them. there aren't enough to go around so the bart board is deciding whether to buy 130 tasers at a cost of $141,000 so that every officer will be assigned one. bart managers say if officers have their own taser to use, they will be more familiar with them and they will have another nonlethal tool in dealing with violent suspects. so bart's board is going to take up this issue of whether or not to buy more tasers on thursday morning. >> thank you, sharon chin in oakland. >>> 5:06 now. i guess today is the pick of the week if you like good weather. kristy? >> it's going to change ahe

. >>> the bart board is expected to ask residents of three bay area counties for as much as $1 billion. bart says it needs the money to replace 1,000 of its oldest train cars. the money would come from a parcel tax on residents of san francisco, contra costa and alameda counties. if it's approved, that request could appear on the november ballot next year. >>> all right. 5:07. it's early, but sal keeps an eye on what's going on -- traffic, sometimes construction. right, sal? >>> all kinds of stuff, pam and dave. i've got it all right here. and traffic is actually doing okay this morning if you are driving around the bay area. this is a look at interstate 80. looks pretty good. the winds in the last few days have been annoying. we'll register that complaint with steve in just a moment. but no high winds right now on the bridges for now. westbound bay bridge looks pretty good coming into san francisco. of course we checked south bay and that traffic is looking good getting up to highway 17. at 5:07 let's go to steve. >>> sal. >> yes, sir. >> been my experience that more people complain a

the bart board is considering making sure that each officer is assigned a taser. that is actually one of the recommendations from bart's outside consultants after the shooting death of oscar grant in 2009 captured on cell phone video. in that case, officer johannes mehserle said he thought he was firing his taser at the unarmed man instead of his gun. he was convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter. right now, bart has 60 tasers so the officers have to check them out if they need them. there aren't enough to go around so the bart board is deciding whether to buy 130 tasers at a cost of $141,000 so that every officer will be assigned one. bart managers say if officers have their own taser to use, they will be more familiar with them and they will have another nonlethal tool in dealing with violent suspects. so bart's board is going to take up this issue of whether or not to buy more tasers on thursday morning. >> thank you, sharon chin in oakland. >>> live pictures now from chopper 5 over the city of san leandro over an apparent house fire. you can see some o

>> reporter: the bart board is responding to a shooting that took place here where a bart police officer thought he was reaching for his taser and actually reached for his handgun and shot a passenger. a report recommending a shooting more tasers, not fewer. >> they will consider spending $140,000 for 130 tasers enough to outfit everyone on a permanent basis. currently they are shared. >> it's not a bad practice and police departments do it. the practice is to have a taser in hollister that is unique to every officer. >> this stems from the shooting of oscar grant by johannes mehserle mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and he testified he thought he was pulling his taser when he pulled his handgun. they say tasers should be mandatory so they can become familiar with them. the public defender says tasers are inherently dangerous weapons. we have seen them substitutes for deadly force but that is lie. >> a taser is better than a baton. for the most part it's not going to hurt like a baton would. >> he says tasers are almost always used on an unarmed suspect and if he has gu

>> reporter: the bart board is responding to a shooting that took place here where a bart police officer thought he was reaching for his taser and actually reached for his handgun and shot a passenger. a report recommending a shooting more tasers, not fewer. >> they will consider spending $140,000 for 130 tasers enough to outfit everyone on a permanent basis. currently they are shared. >> it's not a bad practice and police departments do it. the practice is to have a taser in hollister that is unique to every officer. >> this stems from the shooting of oscar grant by johannes mehserle mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and he testified he thought he was pulling his taser when he pulled his handgun. they say tasers should be mandatory so they can become familiar with them. the public defender says tasers are inherently dangerous weapons. we have seen them substitutes for deadly force but that is lie. >> a taser is better than a baton. for the most part it's not going to hurt like a baton would. >> he says tasers are almost always used on an unarmed suspect and if he has gu

right now, bart has 60 tasers so the officers have to check them out if they need them but the bart board is deciding whether to buy 130 more tasers at a cost of $141,000 so that every officer will be assigned one. bart managers say if officers have their own taser to use, they will be more familiar with them and they will have another non-lethal tool in dealing with violent suspects. bart board will consider buying more tasers at its regular thursday morning meeting. back to you. >> sharon chin live in oakland, thank you. >>> in palo alto, the city council will consider major cuts to the police and fire departments today. a proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year calls for the police and fire unions to make $4.3 million in concessions. if that doesn't happen, drastic cuts are likely. the daily news reports that the potential cuts include layoffs in both departments shutting down a fire station and eliminating the city's rescue company. >>> a quick look at traffic and weather. i kind of wimped out. i put on my hearth today in my car. >> it was cold this morning. >> it's only in the 4

later today bart's board of directors will decide whether to spend $140,000 to buy more tasers for bartolice. about 130 more tasers. some passengers we talk today this morning say more tasers would be a good thing. others say the additional tasers have to come with more training for the officers. >> because that is important. if you're going to be handling anything like that, it is important to have more training. otherwise what's the point of carrying them? >> i agree with that. safer for the passengers. >> safer for them to use tasers. >> yes. i don't feel comfortable with gun at all to be honest. >> reporter: right now bart's police force only has 60 tasers. and officer must check them out when they're on duty. so the $140,000 would be used to buy 130 additional tasers so that each officer would have his or her own. reporting live in oakland, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:32. a search is on this morning for two men believed to be targeting men lo park homes for robberies. ktvu's kraig debro live with what the police are saying about three different incidents that

tomorrow bart's board of directors will vote on a proposal to add 75 television at bart stations.he screens would show a arriving and departing trains as well as weather forecasts and connecting to local bus lines. the screens would be paid by ad agency that would have advertising slogans. >> kristen: bart board member says it would be too costly to do the oakland airport project. the new interim general manager says pulling the plans would cost bart $125 million to $235 million. board member robert rayburn would like to see the project stopped agrees next step is to try to contain the costs. >> eric: coming up, they go gaga. >> they [ male announcer ] using frontline plus shows your pet you care... by unleashing a complete killing force against fleas and ticks. and not just adult fleas. what makes frontline plus complete the flea life cycle -- is that it breaks killing adults, eggs, and larvae. and it keeps killing fleas and ticks all month long. that's why it's the #1 choice of vets for their pets, and yours. unleash a complete killing force in every dose of frontline plus. >> e

the bart board says it could be on the ballot as early as november next year. the media partner "contra costa times" reports that bart thinks it would cost more than $3 billion to purchase up to 1,000 new train cars. officials say some of the 869 cars now in operation are up to 40 years old and becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. >> this morning, parents, teachers, students and education leaders will gather in the various bay area locations including redwood city for unique protest against the cuts for education spending. wake up california school rallies will be held in 20 cities for the early rallies, most of which begin at 7:00 a.m. participants are encouraged to wear pajamas. the protest comes despite the fact that the estimate shows the school district may get the same funding next year as this year despite a budget deficit. organizers of the rallies say the money already cut is enough to do serious damage. and say they will keep pressuring sacramento until budget is signed. >> 15-year-old oakland high school girl now faces charges for bringing a l

the president of the bart board of directors wants the agency to make a specific text line that will allow passengers to alert bart about problems by sending send ago text message. the proposal covers issues from dirty trains to suspicious packages. the text would be forward today a call center and immediately relayed to the right department. bart riders like the idea. >> i think it's helpful. everybody has a phone these days and quick access to it. >> right now, if you use it, but it's nice to know if that option is there. >> the proposal calls for creating a pilot program focusing on one specific issue. if it proves to be popular they would expand it. >>> stanley cup fever in san jose. 10:00 this morning, tickets went on sale for the sharks upcoming home games in the western conference final against the vancouver canucks. tickets will be sold at ticketmaster or ticketmaster.com. last night they held on to beat a determined red wings team. they advanced to the conference finals for the secondly straightyear. it begins sunday night in british columbia. >> they made it exciting, won th

the president of the bart board of directors wants the agency to make a specific text line that will allow passengers to alert bart about problems by sending send ago text message. the proposal covers issues from dirty trains to suspicious packages. the text would be forward today a call center and immediately relayed to the right department. bart riders like the idea. >> i think it's helpful. everybody has a phone these days and quick access to it. >> right now, if you use it, but it's nice to know if that option is there. >> the proposal calls for creating a pilot program focusing on one specific issue. if it proves to be popular they would expand it. >>> stanley cup fever in san jose. 10:00 this morning, tickets went on sale for the sharks upcoming home games in the western conference final against the vancouver canucks. tickets will be sold at ticketmaster or ticketmaster.com. last night they held on to beat a determined red wings team. they advanced to the conference finals for the secondly straightyear. it begins sunday night in british columbia. >> they made it exciting, won th

the bart board president wants a phone line set up to receive text messages about issues on the trains. "the examiner" reports the agency will look into the idea and possibly start a pilot program. muni recently set up a similar system for reporting vandalism of its system. >>> no booze on the race route. you don't have to have clothes but no booze. that is the warning to anyone who wants to run drunk at sunday's bay to breakers. >> did you hear that, lawrence? well, this morning, the san francisco mayor kicks off the 100th race with a news conference set at 11:00. police of course cracking down this year with a ban on alcohol and floats. also, new this year tipsy racers will have to sober up inside drunk tents on the race route. runners will find more security and more porta-potties and they should be handing out -- >> the porta-potties and a lot of neighbors have complained for years that people used their front yards. >> i covered the boston marathon for over 20 years and they cut it down to about 20, 25,000 people because that's all it can really handle. they say -- you get 100,000

bart's board proposal wants the agency to establish a phone line where passengers can report problems such as unruly passengers, broken doors, or suspicious packages. barts interim general manager says they will start investigating that proposal. >>> the san jose sharks are heading to the western conference finals of the stanley cup playoffs. >> it came down to game seven last night after the sharks missed three chances to win their series against detroit. goal by devin, logan, and patrick gave the sharks a 3-2 win. excited fans there. take a look they flooded downtown san jose after that shark victory. >> i am feeling so much better now and it was such a great game. fantastic. >> it's -- the curse over? >> the curse is over. >> the sharks now face the vancouver canucks for a chance to play for the stanley cup. tickets for all of the home games back here go on sale at 10:00 a.m.. >>> all right it's 4:38. we want to go back over to sal. it sounds like people were pretty civil last night i goes. >> yes. it does sound like it. the san jose sharks showed class. let's go to the 80 westboun

. >>> a taser for every cop is what the bart board will consider today. commended the change in the wake of the oscar grant shooting. when a former bart cop shot and killed an unarmed passenger. 130 new tasers would cost $140,000. >>> right now president obama in france at the g8 g8 summit and met with the russian president talking about the u.s. plans to set up a missile defense system in europe. >>> a nice day outside as we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. a few clouds moving by this morning. temperatures in the 50s and 40s. no rain today. you will see sunshine poking on through. temperatures in the 50s and upper 60s in the warm spots. breezy especially at the coast especially toward the afternoon. cold front moving through, things calming down today. a lot of clouds streaming north of us right now, more of a zonal flow. but otherwise we'll stay dry. that could change as early as tomorrow as it looks like another system is going to drop in and clip the bay area. most of the chance of rain is going to be north of the golden gate bridge. the rest of us just

the bart board approved a proposal to buy 130 new tasers. an outside consultant recommends the move after the oscar grant shooting. former officer who shot grant said he thought he was reaching for a taser when he fired his gun. the price tag for the new tasers $140,000. >>> a $200,000 atm scam, police say this is their guy a former atm repairman. he is accused of swapping out $200,000 in real money with fake $20s. he is said to have hit up atms in san francisco and another in daly city last summer. he pled not guilty. >> can you imagine getting one of those photocopy $20s? >>> new photos of arnold schwarzenegger spending quality time with his secret family. >> what he did right in front of maria shriver. >>> didn't think were you going to see roxy going? >> no. >> lost and found in the rubble of a tornado. the unexpected tale of survival. >> the rapture didn't happen but now police think it led one man to his death. what he tried to do to meet god. coming up. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. seeing a li

the bart board meets thursday morning and will consider spending $140,000 to buy 130 more tasers. >>> an elderly man brutally attacked inside his menlo park home. right now he is recovering in the hospital. but as kiet do tells us, the guys who did it, well, they are still out there. >> reporter: menlo park police say there is a crew of guys running around town kicking indoors and trying to rob people. it all started sunday morning and happened at three homes. the first was right here on windermere avenue where the guys tried to enter through a side door. police say two people kicked in the door and confronted the man who lived at the home alone. he is 88 years old. intruders hit him on the head, knocked him out and ransacked the house. the incident on windermere avenue happened at 5:15 sunday morning. 25 minutes after that, someone tried to kick in the front door of a home on the 600 block of central avenue a mile away but didn't get in. and then 10 minutes after that one, intruders once again unsuccessfully tried to kick in the front door of a home around the corner on laurel avenue

the bart board just approved spending $140,000 to buy 130 more tasers. an outside consultant recommended the purchase of more tasers after the shooting death of oscar grant. the former officer who shot and killed grant said that he thought he was reaching for his taser when he fired his gun. >>> and neighbors say they are still shell shocked from the san bruno explosion. now they are calling for a ban on fireworks. san bruno is one of two cities in san mateo county that allow the so-called safe and sane fireworks. much of the glenview neighborhood where the pipeline ruptured is now just grassland and neighbors say that combined with fireworks is just a bad combination. >>> people should not be using them to eat with. >> what our tests reveal about what's on your dinner plate. >>> how do you put into words that one of your two sons is missing? >> it has been agonizing and tonight, growing desperation days after the tornado ripped through joplin, missouri. >>> and from the cbs 5 weather center, taking a look at the high clouds developing above the sky at s

. >>> the bart board is expected to decide today whether to buy stun guns for every officer on its policeorce. that was one of the recommendations from an outside consultant following the oscar grant shooting death in 2009 by an officer who said he thought he was reaching for his taser, not his gun. price tag would be $140 now for 130 new tasers, holsters and extended warranties. >>> so how much is a college degree worth these days? >> one silicon valley tycoon is paying students to drop out. 24 teenagers will be paid $100,000, not to go to college for two years. instead, they will use that time to work on their entrepreneurial ideas. the paypal cofounder launched the program. he says college can sometimes get if the way of creativity. one of the winners is from palo alto. >> the intent of the fellowship is not to pay kids to drop out and pursue their ideas. these people i think can make it no matter what they do, like, they're that good so i think it's a great idea to produce like really good opportunities for the future. >> award winners are working on projects ranging from biotech to e

the bart board president wants a phone line set up to receive text messages about issues on the trains reports the agency will be looking into the idea and possibly start a pilot program. muni recently set up a simpler system for reporting vandalism of its system. >>> well, the battle between silicon valley giants is heating up. facebook admits to hiring a pr firm to plant negative stories about google in newspapers and on blogs. the stories accuse google of violating the privacy of facebook users by searching pages in the social network. >> facebook is obviously paying very close attention to what google is doing and they might be scared about it. they looked a little bit like they needed to lash out against google, and they picked a strange way to do it. >> facebook released a statement saying, no smear campaign was authorized or intended. the issues are serious and we should have presented them nasir just and transparent way. >> no official comment yet though from google. >>> well, it is friday the 13th, a big day for one of the bay area's most popular landmarks. >> the bell at the

. >>> this morning the bart board of directors is expected to vote on the plan to double the number of tasers for its police department. now that would allow every officer on the force to carry a stun gun. an outside consultant made that recommendation after the fatal shooting of oscar grab two and a half years ago. former bart police officer mesherle said he thought he was firing his taser instead of his gun. his lack of experience with tasers was a critical factor in that mesherle trial. >>> well, parking tickets issued in san francisco, the controversial practice we uncovered that could lead to millions of those tickets be thrown out. >>> and the injury that could put the giants chances of defending their world champion title, oh, in jeopardy. >>> the winner of "american idol" is scotty mccreery. [ cheering and applause ] >> last night the 17-year-old from north carolina edged out the judge's pick to become your new "american idol." after sharing the stage with his own idol, tim mcgraw, the aspiring country singer reflected on his big win. >> it hasn't sunk in yet. i'm just on top o

. >> a bart board member says it would be too costly to stop the oakland connector project. new interim general manager says pulling the plug on the project would cost bart between 125 to $245 million. board member robert rayburn agrees. he says the next step is the trying to contain the costs. the project would connect the station with the airport replacing the current airbus system. >>> tomorrow night the sharks will play game seven against the red wings. after winning the first three games. last night sharks were outplayed but sharks goalie stopped them and then in the third sharks took the lead after a rebound. red wings scored three goals in the final ten minutes 3-1 and they will be playing back in san jose. >>> and the weather is changing. this is may. >> everything is out of the ordinary it seems like. the sharks on both of those games and come back and lose them unfortunately. with win last night. nicklas lidstrom had a gem of a game. it will be cool and breezy if you are heading to at&t. cold front moving to our north steering the winds back on shore. that is why i

the bart board will meet thursday morning to consider that proposal. >>> some other news around the bay. firefighters have gotten a handle on a four-alarm fire at an apartment building in san leandro. flames broke out shortly after 3:00 this afternoon on lewelling boulevard. no word on what started this, but the building, we're told, was evacuated and nobody was hurt. >>> and the chp says that the brakes on a tour bus that crashed yesterday near fairfield did not malfunction. the bus was heading from sacramento to san francisco when it careened across several lanes of interstate 80 crashed through the fence there and then ended up on the service road. 13 people were hurt. the driver had told the highway patrol she swerved after she sensed the brakes were failing. she will now get a ticket. >>> tragedy in oklahoma. at least two people are dead after a violent tornado touches down during the evening rush hour. take a look at this video companytured by a local tv station just outside oklahoma city. -- captured by a local tvs station just outsidessed side oklahoma city. you can see the twis

that's the word from bart board members of the the director says bart already spent $95 million on the project which would be money down the drain if the project was canceled. he says the best strategy is to contain the costs going forward. >>> bart has a plan to install 75 tv screens, it would show information about schedules and the weather. it would receive money from advertising companies if they display commercials. >>> the city of san jose remembered its police officers who have died in the line of duty. officials joined with the police officer for the annual memorial service. san jose police chief says it is an important reminder for police officers and the public alike. >> they never know when they go to work whether they will make it home or not. so we never take it for granted. we hope the public appreciates the effort. >> the chief says san jose has not had an officer killed in the line of duty in the last 10 years. this was to remember all officers kill across the united states every year. >>> san francisco teachers are taking their message to the ballpark. they hope to mak

. >> and bart's board of directors vice president says if too many saturday morning passengers are negativelyted, can't get to work, can't get to the places they need to get to, then bart may decide not to extend latenight service. this is the first of two saturday mornings that bart surveyors will be out doing this. they'll also be on the trains on all five lines next saturday morning. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new information on a homicide investigation underway in vallejo. employees at the spring brook masonic temple found a body of a man yesterday near the park lot. police are now saying the man was shot to death. the victim is identified as keith oso bee jr. if you have any information, call the police department. >>> oakland police are looking for witnesses in a afternoon shooting, just after 4 p.m. yesterday people reported hearing gunshots on 76th avenue at hamilton street. that's not far from the oakland coliseum. when police got there, they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. paramedics took him to the hospital in very critical condition. so far, no word o

with that, let me introduce the executive director of liveable cities and a member of the bart board of directors, tom middle of which -- radulovich. >> we have two goals -- to make this city a great place for the people who live here, but another is to make san francisco and is a blur. i am a proud san franciscan -- transplant, but a proud san franciscan, and i think san francisco values are our greatest export. i think the america's cup is a great opportunity to highlight both of those things -- how to make this a great event for all of the attendees, but also a great event for all the people who live near the waterfront and for san franciscans. we do not want to overload our streets with traffic. we want to keep this a livable city as we do this huge event and make -- bring mass numbers of people through. the other is to be an example, and a lot of people have talked about this. every event wants to be the greatest ever. i want this event to be the greatest ever feared with any other city is doing a large sporting event, i wanted to go to san francisco's people plan and say this i

. >> bart board of directors are looking into purchasing new guns. giving each officer '80s there will improve. school officials report they confiscate at least one and done per week. >> when a reporter when tisch school they were locked down. the chief and stated they confiscate at least one gun per week from students. they are trying to make a difference to younger students. >> i do not have a younger brother and they do not need strong. if >> we have police officers the coming into the school and we have anti violence counseling for elementary school students. and we encourage the students to come forward and speak about their problems. >> we will be right back with a crime for morning news >> smart was just 14 years old and says she plans to be in the court ruled today. >> the two astronauts will be working on the hind wire or work to the russian. supplying more power to the russian side of the space station. we'll be right back with more crime foreigners this system is like fedex where they stand information on who went where. is loaded onto a s

. >>> the bart board is expected to vote today on a plan to arm every bart police officer with their own taser. bart directors will decide whether to purchase 130 tasers at a cost of $140,000. bart officers currently share off tasers. the issue came to light after a shooting death of passenger oscar grant by johannes mehserle. mehserle claims he meant to pull his taser but had you lived his handgun instead. let's get an update on bart now. >> close to normal. they are recovering from delays. almost no delays. they had to shut down power after a person fell on the track. alameda harbor bay ferry resumed service and there is new crash at stone valley road. traffic is backed up to the bay bridge toll plaza. >> when we come back, mike will have a look at the bay area forecast. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also

the bart board will talk about this idea at their meeting tomorrow. >>> speaking of bart we want to check in on the commute. let's go to sal. >> traffic is moving along very nicely around the bay area. as you can see from the pictures 280 northbound is nice. that is right through downtown san jose temperature it's a nice job all the way to the valley. 880 so far is fitting that description if you are driving from the airport. you shouldn't have any trouble getting there. of course, if you are come together bay bridge toll plaza, right now they just about now they turn on the metering lights. so far so good. now let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. all the cameras show cloudy skies. that's what the observation shows. far enough away we have sunrise over the big city. as you can see what is going on one system moves in and that enhances the fog bank. temperatures will cool down today. 50, 51, 52 from santa rosa to concord to redwood city. i would say that is a sea breeze. west, southwest all the way out to sacramento. one system moves in. that cools us down. the big low coming from the gu

bart's board of directors are considering a plan to end train service later on saturdays around 1 a.m. instead of midnight. >> a lot of people go out on a friday night so it is good for partying and stuff. >> it would take a lot of drunk drivers off the road. >> reporter: but trains would also start an hour later the next morning at 7:00 instead of 6:00. >> that's the problem. i would probably have to try to get on a bus, cab, you know. because the way gas is nowadays, it's too expensive. >> we are a public transportation system. and we are trying to do the greatest good for the most number of people. >> reporter: the questionnaires are supposed to help bart figure out who and how many people the change would affect. >> i have to take the bart to work. so if it did, you know, start at a later time that would be bad so for me. >> reporter: bart's directors would vote on the late night service extension depending in part on the survey results. >> if i have people that would be losing jobs, it could be five or ten, it could be one then that would be a deal breaker for me. >> reporter: su

the bart board of directors approved the purchase of more than 130 tasers. t now, the bart police officer wants a taser, they have to check one out. but a new policy will require every officer to have one, and carry one. all officers have to undergo additional taser training. one bart director voted to buy the tasers despite personally being against them. >> i would rather have our officers properly trained and with their own individual taser so that they grow accustomed to it as opposed to having to find one in a desk or check one out and not know if it's accurate. >> now the taser decision follows a 2009 new year's day fatal shooting of oscar grant. johann yuhas -- johannes mehserle thought he was pulling the trigger of a taser. >>> the heat will now host the dallas mavericks for game one of the nba finals. >>> trouble in the open hills early morning. the attack that has prompted a massive search. >>> san francisco's public defender says he has new evidence and a new video he plans to release today that shows police officer misconduct. it's really about the

the bart board says the tax measure could be on the ballot as early as november of next year. ntra costa times" reports that bart estimates it would cost $3 billion to buy up to 1,000 new train cars. officials say some of the 669 cars in operation are up to 40 years old. without replacements they will be more difficult to maintain. >>> thousands of marin county water users may have to pay a whopping rate increase next year. north marin water districts will meet to consider a 30% rate increase over three years so 11% each year. residential users will see the bill rise $5 in june and then next year and next year. the rates already went up the last two years. water officials say they have to make up for revenue they lost since the customers have been using less water to save money and the environment. >>> the mother of the man arrested in the beating of giants' fan bryan stow says police have the wrong man. los angeles police arrested 31-year-old giovanni ramirez at his hollywood apartment sunday morning. police say he resembles a sketch of one of two men who attack stow in the do

the bart board is expected to vote on a plan to arm every bart police officer with a taser. bart directors will decide whether to purchase 130 tasers enough to outfit every officer on a permanent basis making them for familiar with the non-lethal weapon. $140,000 measure needs two-third majority to pass. bart officers currently share 60 tasers. the issue came to light following the 2009 shotting death of bart passenger oscar grant. by then officer johannes mehserle. mehserle claimed he meant to pull his borrowed taser but pulled his handgun instead. >>> san francisco police now say the controversial sit lie law has been largely ineffective to prevent homeless people from loitering in the haight ashbury neighborhood. it made it illegal to sit or lie on public sidewalks between 7:00 in the morning and 7:00 in the evening. in a bimonthly meeting yesterday officers acknowledge the law has not done much to change behavior in the area. officers say the homeless will often get up when they see the police patrol cars drive by but they return a few minutes later. >>> hearing this mor

. >>> the bart board is expected to vote today on a plan to arm every bart police officer with their own taser. bart directors will decide whether to purchase 130 tasers, enough to outfit every officer on a permanent basis. making them more familiar with the non-lethal weapons. the $140,000 measure needs two-third majority to pass. they share 60 tasers. this issue came to light following the 2009 shooting death of bart passenger oscar grant by officer johannes mehserle. mehserle claimed he meant to pull the borrowed taser but pulled the handgun instead. >>> a healer in san francisco is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow on charges of selling toxic pills. 79-year-old fang owns the healing center on utah street. the u.s. attorney office says he sold six god tablets or six spirit pills and it contains arsenic and other controlled substances. he claims if you take pills as described they have no ill-effect. >> the drugs have poison, yes. but the poison is too small for poison to make other poisons go away. >> the food and drug administration investigated after a patient got sick after

the bart board of directors approved the purchase of the tasers yesterday. officer wants a taser, they have to check it out of a common pool. but new policy will require every officer to carry one. it will also require additional training for bart police officers to carry the tasers. one member voted to buy the tasers despite reluctance. >> i'm not 100% there, but i'm moving in the direction that tasers are probably in the use of force, there is probably a place for them from doing nothing to using your side arm. >> now, the taser decision follows the 2009 new year's day shooting of officer grant, by former bart police officer messerly. >>> the stage is set for the n-ba finals. >> lebron with the step back, yes! >> makes it look easy. lebron james led the miami heat, a major come back. they beat the chicago bulls 83-80. the miami heat are the eastern conference champions. they will host the dallas mavericks for game one of the nba finals tuesday night. >>> giants' fans you can send a message to injured catcher buster posey hoping he'll have a speedy recovery.

. >>> bart's board president wants to set up a special phone line where passengers can report problemsose messages would be sent directly to a central call center. >>> engineers are trying to protect two big cities from the rising mississippi river. but holly is in vicksburg, mississippi where thousands of homes could be devastated as a result. holly. >> reporter: good morning, pam. good morning, dave. i don't know if you can tell but it's starting to rain here. they are expecting rain in the forecast until 11:00 a.m. local time. it's supposed to be dry this weekend. the last thing they need here is more water. we're already five feet above flood stage in vicksburg. across the south the mississippi driver continues to threaten homes and businesses. the u.s. army corp of engineers opened 113 more bays on the spillway thursday to divert rising water into the lake. sending millions of gallons of spill water into the base son. residents are already being urged to make evacuation plans. >> the decision to open the floodway could be any time between saturday and tuesday. we continue to ask t

bart's board president wants to set up a special phone line where passengers can report unruly passengersld be relayed to a central call system. >>> time now 6:34. severe weather around the united states is on track to hit an all-time high. so far the nation has been hit by five weather related disasters expected to cost more than $1 billion each. that is according to a new report from a global insurance broker. tornadoes, flooding, storms, they have effected heavily populated areas this year which drives the cost unusually high. >>> the army corp of engineers is trying to lower and minimize the flood damage along the mississippi river this morning. our reporter holly firfer who is in mississippi now surrounded by flood waters, says pretty tough decisions still ahead for which communities to save. holly. >> reporter: good morning, dave. about 600 residents here in vicksburg have been evacuated. more than two dozen roads and streets in and out of the city have been closed in preparation for when the mississippi river crests next thursday. it hasn't crested yet but we are already five feet

the bart board president wants a phone line set up to receive those text messages about issues on therains. "the examiner" reports the agency will look into the idea and possibly start a pilot program. muni recently set up a similar program for reporting vandalism of its system. >>> the business world can get nasty and this morning we are getting a rare look at just how cutthroat it is down in the silicon valley. kcbs radio's matt bigler with more on not so friendly facebook. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, we're talking about this stealth smear campaign against google that came to light this week. and it became evident after the reporters who were being pitched to start to do negative news stories about google. the reporters started to ask, who is paying for this? who is funding this campaign? and the pr company had to admit they were hired by facebook. city says that the job was nonstandard procedure and should never have taken the assignment. so the question, why was facebook trying to get google? eric goldman director of the high-tech law institute at santa cl

the bart board is expected to vote tomorrow to let an advertising company install 75 tvs inside stations that they would provide transit and weather information for passengers and there would be advertising. the ad company would pay for it all. >>> the sharks are now in danger of losing their stanley cup play-off series, a series they once led 3-0. san jose's goalie put on an amazing show in detroit last night but only for about 2.5 periods. he just could not sustain the sharks' lead at 1-0 as san jose's offense struggled again. the red wings scored three in the third period including an empty netter. the 7th and deciding game is in san jose at 6 p.m. tomorrow. a limited number of tickets go on sale this morning. i don't think many people thought those tickets would even be used. but if you got them, get to use them now. >>> 5:54. fancy hotels offer all kinds of amenities but one in canada even has its own k-9 concierge. >> we have heard of everything. ben works at the sheraton eau claire hotel. the chocolate lab isn't paid in money but gets petting and free reinof the lobby. canine amba

this week, of bart's board of directors will look into purchasing more taser guns. those will cost about $1,085 each, a total cost of $140,000. the reports suggest that if each officer had a taser, there will be familiar with it and become more comfortable. guns are making their way onto the oakland school district campus at an alarming rate. school district officials say that they confiscate on average one gun per week from the open students. this is on the heels of a recent incident at oakland high school where a female student is arrested after a 38 caliber revolvers similar to this one on the screen was found in her backpack following a fight on campus. kron4 is hazzig manyud went to the campus to talk with the students and he found that the school was under lock down when he arrived. >> the lot with school campus was locked down by the police such four armed suspects in the area. it says that >> unfortunately this area has a lot of gun violence. >> so has the school district, it compensates one gun per week from oakland students. these three students are trying

. >>> this morning the bart board of directors is expected to vote on the plan to double the number ofasers for its police department. that would allow every officer on the force to carry a stun gun. an outside consultant made that recommendation after the fatal shooting of oscar grant two and a half years ago. former bart police officer mesherle said he thought he was firing his taser instead of his gun. his lack of experience with tasers was a critical factor in this trial. >>> time now 6:35. only minor damage reported outside of chico after at least three tornadoes touched down. take a look at one of those funnel clouds right there in the middle of your screen. it was spotted in butte county yesterday afternoon. it dragged up some debris, but reportly no one was hurt. >>> across the midwest about a dozen states are still under tornado watches and warnings right now. jim spellman joins us again from joplin, missouri, where the search for the missing continues. jim. >> reporter: that's right, pam. take a look at what the search and rescue teams are dealing with here. this is a sidewal

today, the bart board of directors voted unanimously to purchase taser for each officer on the police force. coming in the wake of the officer grant tragedy and two independent studies of the department, the purchase of the 130 additional tasters will be accompanied by training that exceeds the state law enforcement standards. >> following the tragedy on j. murray first 2009, we took a hard look at ourselves and we found that we met all of the minimum standards that this date set for us, but we want to do better than that. we have tripled the amount of training for the officers, part of that will be additional training. they will be required to carry taser is and go through additional training. >> bart will spend $140,000 on additional taster's that will be delivered to the police by june 30th. unsolicited yellow pages will be a thing of the past in san francisco, that is because a new law that was signed by the mayor. >> the internet has made the yellow pages of each useless except for a booster seat for kids. i typed in the who will all parts store, i got a list of tin although part

the bart board is expected to make a decision on that today.uying the stun guns was one of the recommendations from an outside consultant following the oscar grant shooting. former officer was shot -- that shot grant said he thought he was reaching for his taser. price tag is $140,000 for 130 new tasers. >>> 6:12. more tornado warnings and watches in the midwest. we have a live report on the new round of storms and the damage. >> hollywood wants a piece of osama bin laden bin. an oscar winning director's plan to bring the terrorist's story to the big screen. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. sculpted by an unyielding passion for design. ♪ and tempered by 125 years o