now, the city of berkeley's interim city manager has also apologized, saying there was no justification for police contacting a reporter the way they did. >> you don't hear about that very much, do you? >> reporter: i don't think it's happened any time i can recall around here. >> don, thank you much. >>> well, hayward investigators are looking into two early morning fires that broke out within two hours of each other. the first was reported around 3:45 this morning at a home on a street near highway 880. the second broke out at a quarter to 6:00 at a plastics warehouse about a mile away. the fast-moving warehouse fire gutted the building, but crews were able to contain the flames before they reached any of the other businesses in the strip mall. they did have to close for the day. >> our main objective is to make sure we don't lose any more businesses than we have to, so we did have to break into the businesses and make sure there was no fire extension. >> crews spent the rest of the morning putting out hot spots on the roof. businesses at the strip mall are expected to reopen tomorrow

so i became a member of the berkeley city council. didn't get to brandeis. 1970, people in the community, peace community, the left community, et cetera, et cetera, came to me and said, we want you to run for congress. oh, my god. must have figured out i didn't know how to say no. and anyway, i said, well, if i run, i have to run on my own terms. fine. so i become a candidate for the berkeley city council -- i mean for the united states congress. jeff was the representative. he had been in congress for 12 years. this is 1970, against a backdrop of the civil rights movement, the vietnam war. the district was 71% white. 29% total nonwhite. african-americans, latino americans, asian americans in that voter. seven to eighth eight voters were white. when we called the press conference, one of the press said, councilman dellums, what makes you think as a black man you can win against a white person in a predominantly white congressional district. it was 1970. right? so i thought for a moment and i said, sir, your question assumes that there

berkeley police chief is coming under fire. the cityouncil may take a close look at his recent behavior. ktvu tara moriarty is live in berkeley to explain the fallout from the chief's late night command. tara. >> reporter: critics are calling this a case of police intimidation. saying michael meehan lacks a police chief gene. they are meeting to talk about it. this all stems from a controversy thursday after midnight when meehan decided to send an officer to a reporters home. doug oakley a reporter for the oakland tribune wrote a story about a heated community meeting earlier that night. meehan had apologized for the slow response in connection to the february killing of berkeley's resident by an intruder at his house. meehan bris led at the -- meehan bristled about the report. the police officer mary cussmiss knocked on his door while the family slept. she told oakley she is mortified to be at his home but was asked by the chief to ask him to change the story. he did make minor changes but when the chief was not satisfied that's when o

association says they are gravely concerned about meehan's actions. >>> and how do you think berkeley's cityncil should respond to the incident? that's the questions we're asking our viewers on facebook this morning. frank wrote if berkeley doesn't want an out of control police department, they will at least suspend him. math lin wrote the council should suspend the chief. and we want to know what you think. follow the ktvu channel 2 morning teams on facebook and send us a message. we'll share more of your comments coming up on mornings on 2. >>> new video we want to pass on to you. take a look at this. new video out of california. swimmers were ordered it of the waters when sharks were spotted near the shore. there are no reports of any swimmer being injured and the beach was reopened a couple hours later. >>> northern california air national guard rescue team is helping two injured sailors off the coast of mexico. members of the 129th rescue wing left moffett field yesterday. they headed 700 miles west to provide medical care to the men that were burned by diesel fire. they plan to send he

berkeley city leaders meet this morning on the uproar over the police chief sending a sergeant to a news reporter's home demanding changes in a story. amy hollyfield is live at the berkeley police department. >> reporter: this is all because of a community meeting that happened thursday night where police were discussing how they responded to a call that ended in the murder of a berkeley hills resident. the police chief michael meehan apologized to that crowd. he says he apologized about how the department informed the public about its response to cukor's call for help in an online article in the tribune be a reporter said he apologize for how police responded. the chief sent a spokesperson to the reporter's home at 12:45 in the morning and asked that the story be changed. >> i didn't know what to think. i couldn't sleep the entire night i was shaking, i was so shocked! >> reporter: the chief has apologized. called eight over zealous attempt to get the right -- called it an over zealous attempt to get the right information out. a city councilmember wants to meet with the city manager abo

. >> thursday, community members vented frustration in a meeting organized by two berkeley city council members. michael said internet bloggers ran with the story that was not entirely accurate. >> we put out information. we didn't put it out quickly enough and we got behind that. that's unfortunate. it leaves people with disbelief that this crime wouldn't have happened but for this. this discussion about occupy. >> bay area news group reporter covered the meeting and wrote an online story stating that he apologized for the beating death. the response was extreme. the chief sent a police officer to the reporter's home after midnight to demand a correction. >> police showed up at my door and something might have happened in the 1950s in the south for some other countries where journalists aren't as protected as they are here. >> first amendment coalition director says it isn't about the story changes, it's about sending an armed police officer to a reporter's home. ordering a police officer to a journalist home in the middle of the night to demand changes is an attempt at sensorship by i

. >>> the berkeley city council approved a downtown revitalization plan after years of debate. the plan includes seven tall buildings. the height of the buildings has triggered the most controversy. four could be up to 320 feet tall. three others could be up to 380 feet tall. the city will start to receive applications for one of the tall buildings on july 1st. >>> there are two efforts honoring four oakland police officers killed in the line of duty three years ago. today a freeway sign was unveiled on 580 honoring the four officers. the sign is near the keller avenue overpass. a paroled felon, lovell mixon, killed the officers. >>> this morning we spotted another memorial at a small park on sequoia and oak hill roads. the neighborhood association is inviting anyone who wants to pay tribute to stop by. >>> divers are set to return tonight to complete work on a damaged san francisco night on the embarcadero between mission and howard street. crews have been working around the clock to fix it. the sewer line carries 80% of the waste from the northeast side of the city to a treat

. >>> and berkeley city leaders are meeting right now to discuss a controversial move by the city's top cop. there, police chief michael mehan, sent a sergeant to a newspaper reporter's home after midnight thursday to demand changes to a story written. and apparently upsetted about being misquoted in the piece. mehan has since apologized for his response. >>> pg&e will pour tens of millions of dollars into rebuilding the community shattered by the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. kate koheran has more on the settlement and where the money will go. >> reporter: good afternoon, grace. we're in front of san bruno city hall where moments ago, san bruno mayor announced that the city and pg&e reached a settlement in the amount of $70 million. now, that $70 million will help pay restitution for the san bruno community, to help recover from that tragic accident. the mayor says the money will come from shareholders and not from rate payers. pg&e says the utility company will make the payment within 30 days, and the city plans to create a group to help manage and decide where those funds will

tonight's meeting is at 7:00 at berkeley city council chambers. >>> rob is in for christina this morning. spring has sprung officially. >> and temperatures are not that bad this morning. we're back 15 degrees warmer at this hour than yesterday. we've got clouds out there, 40s and low 50s outside. so i think a light jacket will be fine. you don't need the winter coat this morning and we also don't have much in the way of wind. you saw the gorgeous pictures across the bay. the water calm, acting like a mirror, not much wind right now. it will turn breezy around the north bay. and depending on where you are, you're going to see wildly different weather. north of santa rosa, a lot of rain, areas south of san francisco, things are looking dry. here's a look at your morning commute. really not seeing any rain. got to head up to the north coast to find the rain right now. that rain line should start to drop to the south as we go to the afternoon the jet stream parked just to the north. this is the story over the next couple of days. the north bay seeing rain showers, areas south of san francisc

berkeley city councilwoman susan windgrass plans to discuss the chief's behavior with the city managerin custody after afghan authorities say opened fire on civilians. stay with "mornings on 2". ahead, what nato is now saying about this alleged incident and we'll hear from former ktvu reporter now on the ground in kabul. >>> throughout the pacific rim, people are observing the anniversary of the japanese earthquake and tsunami. sirens went off to mark the moment in a town devastateed by the disaster as residents prayed. the sound served as a reminder of the emergency sirens what warned people to evacuate last march 11th. in tokyo japan's prime minister bowed and placed flowers at a national memorial. the country held a moment of silence, the moment when that earthquake hit. >> and i feel the grieving families pain and i can not express my sorrow enough. >> more than 19,000 people died in the disaster. 325,000 survivors are still living in temporary housing. because of damage and fears of a meltdown, only two of japan's 54 nuclear reactors are now running. >>> san francisco will hold a

. >>> members of the berkeley city council are slated to take up a measure tonight on teenage prostitutionthe first to tell you a few months ago about the growing concerns that more and more minors may be turning to prostitution on the city streets. berkeley high school students could be involved. the commission on the status of women wants a task force to study the issue. >>> new details tonight an anonymous tip helped police track down the dog that allegedly mauled a woman and killed a smaller down in san francisco last month. as patti lee reports, the owners have since sent their dog to obedience training. >> reporter: kim ferguson remembers the moment she was mauled and her dog killed. >> i can't believe it was happening. >> reporter: after the february attack, ferguson launched a campaign. her story appeared last night on ktvu. a day later, police got a tip. >> shortly after that attack the owners sent their dog away to obedience training in gilroy. the owners didn't want to talk on camera but said they realized their dog had some aggression problems but did not want to hide him. the

. >>> berkeley city leaders will meet this morning on the uproar over the police chief sending a sergeant to a news reporter's home demanding changes in a story. amy hollyfield is live at the berkeley police department. >> reporter: the story picked up steam over the weekend. now that it is monday morning a city councilmember says she wants to take a closer look. the police chief michael meehan has apologized and said what he did was an error in judgment. he was questioning a news story about a community meeting thursday night entitle an online article for the tribune the reporter wrote about how the chief apologized to the crowd. the chief disputed the reporter's account and sent his spokes earn to the reporter's home 12:45 in the morning to ask him to change the story. >> i didn't know what to think. i couldn't sleep the entire night i was shaking, i was so shocked. >> i hope it never happens again. and i hope that people are rearthurred this was a unique isolate -- people are reassured this was a unique isolated incident. >> reporter: a city councilmember has called meehan's action a l

. >>> members of the berkeley city council are slated to take up a measure tonight on teenage prostitutionto tell you a few months ago about the growing concerns that more and more minors may be turning to prostitution on the city streets. berkeley high school students could be involved. the commission on the status of women wants a task force to study the issue. >>> new details tonight an anonymous tip helped police track down the dog that allegedly mauled a woman and killed a smaller down in san francisco last month. as patti lee reports, the owners have since sent their dog to obedience training. >> reporter: kim ferguson remembers the moment she was mauled and her dog killed. >> i can't believe it was happening. >> reporter: after the february attack, ferguson launched a campaign. her story appeared last night on ktvu. a day later, police got a tip. >> shortly after that attack the owners sent their dog away to obedience training in gilroy. the owners didn't want to talk on camera but said they realized their dog had some aggression problems but did not want to hide him. the owners hav

>>justine: the berkeley city council has approved a plan to change the city's skyline. ggie: the view from the berkeley hills into downtown berkeley could look different in 20 years. the wells fargo and power bart buildings of the biggest structures at 17 stories high. this is how that you could look from the berkeley hills in two decades. this council member says five people can start submitting applications for construction on july 1st fifth half half for cost >>justine: some of the residence that attended the city council meeting did not like the plan for the new building. some >> the parking problem has not been solved. >> i have not found anyone yet who wants the high- rises. they like the historical sins. >>justine: all of the new buildings will have open spaces. city officials hope that construction will begin when the economy makes a full recovery. >>james: tapes of students having sex have turned up, the counselor secretly recorded students having sex in his office during school hours. 14 videos were made in the room. >> we believe in the knew they were there at

>>> big changes coming to berkeley. the city that will change the city's skyline. reggie kumar shows us what it will look like. >> reporter: the view from the berkeley hills to downtown could look a lot different in 20 years. these buildings are the biggest structures in the city, 17 stories high. this is how the view could look in 2 decades. tuesday night, the city council moved forward with its planned construction of five tall buildings over 75 feet. you can see how they would look in these pictures. three of them could be as high as 180 feet, similar to the tallest buildings in downtown now. and two of them could be 120 feet, about 10 stories high. they would be located along shaddock and university avenues. >> one of the things i hear from people is that they want the downtown to be more vibrant. there are people that don't come downtown because there's no stores. it's going to be more of an issue for people that live around the downtown, particularly my district. from that new development will be contributions that will go

. >>> we have good news if you are a book lover in berkeley. the city'smain public lie bay areavy due to reopen. it started in the bathroom there. >>> the team, now pursuing four- time mvp peyton manning. what that all means for free agent alex smith. >>> the owners of the san francisco's gold dust lounge hope a landmark designation will save their bar from closing. on wednesday the city's historic preservation is due to vote on the bar's landmark status. but according to a landmark collision report, the physical structure would be repaired only, the lease is up and not being remied due to a clothing store going in there. >>> this is a life line, and families living as normally a possible during a very precious period of time. what you do do -- >> after giving a short speech, she met with the family and planted a tree. >> how did she do? >> very brief. and public engagements are a huge part of life. >> okay. >>> 7:21. well, spring time actually starts later today. look out our window. rosemary is here, she is the go -- she's gonna tell us about the windy

. >> berkeley city council member says that it is too early to determine whether or not the department handled itself properly when it responded to this call for help or whether or not the police chief panel himself properly. >> today the police chief was all smiles as the four celebrated the promotions of four berkeley officers. but looming over the department are questions about how they handled the death of a man that was killed in his driveway. daniel to which is charged with murder. at issue is why an officer was not sent when he called a non- emergency number concerned about is the suspicious person near his home. he calmly told the officer " of like an officer right away ". >> whichever number, you did the same people in the same room and the only difference is the order that they will answer those funds. is to calls come in simultaneously, one on 9 1 1 and one on the non-emergency, they will answer the 9 1 1 first. we'll ask some questions and it will generate the same response. >> 15 minutes later his wife called 9 1 1 as her husband was being attacked. the chief is also under

back here at home berkeley city leaders cautioning the transcript of a 911 call in the case of a man that was beaten to death may not be complete. they released the transcript due to media request. 67-year-old peter sue core pleaded with police -- he is accused of killing mr. sucor minutes later. in his 911 call he told police he lives here. berkeley's manager is telling the bay area news group that transcript is not intended to be complete and a verbatim transcript. >>> several dozen senior level employees are suing the board of regents. a policy adopted by regents in 1999 that would give higher pensions to those earning more than $255,000 a year. >>> time 5:18. ready for baseball? this morning the oakland a's helped kick off the official 2012 major league baseball season. the a's are overseas. they are playing the seattle mariners in the tokyo dome. you are looking at video when the two teams played last year. this mornings game in japan this one counts. the other big league teams are still enjoying the warm weather of spring training in arizona and florida. the a's-mariners game i

we'll have developments coming up next. >>> the city of berkeley hired law foirm investigate the actions of the city's top cop. this started from an incident midnight last zachl he sent a sarge dwront a reporter's home in the middle of the night requesting changes to a story. and he thought the reporter misinterpreted what he said in a public hearing. he called the decision an error in judgment but today the city of berkeley and manager confirmed the investigation after the police union demanded one saying any other officer would be placed on leave and fully investigated. >> we're going to shift gears to something exciting. could 49ers get peyton manning as a quarterback? >> he is the top guy out there. and it could be expensive. there is larry beil here with the stri this is fascinating. and especially since niners said they weren't pursuing him. tight yonz -- titans want want him. and when healthy he's one of the best quarterbacks of all time. espn reported jim harbaugh met with him and had him examined by 49er team doctors and have seen manning as a clear upgrade if his neck is fully

the city of berkeley 's interim city manager said there was no justification for police contacted reporter and not way. >> two early-morning fires within hours of each other for the drain on the white fire department. the first fire was reported around 3:45 this morning air highway 880. the second broke out at 5:45 at apostate or how's about on my way. the fast-moving fire destroyed the building. there was some damage to us in the shop, doughnut factory and payday loan store that had to close for the day. >> aren't made objective is to make sure that there is no fires here in any of the existing businesses. >> police spent the rest of the morning putting out hot spots on the work. businesses on the strip mall are expected to reopen tomorrow. >> the 60 -year-old man came up from work to find flames coming out of his house. he went inside to rescue his 92 -year-old mother and both were rushed to the hospital with burns. the woman is listed in critical condition at her son is in serious condition. the fire caused about $100,000 in damage. >> oh four republican candidates are looking ahead to

mayhem now calls the decision an error in judgment but at that time berkeley city manager said it hired a law firm to investigate after the police union said any other officer would be placed on leave and fully investigate investigated. so why not the chief of police as well? >> well, sports making big news tonight. could the 49ers get peyton manning as their quarterback? pretty exciting stuff. it could be expensive however if it happens. larry is here with the story tonight. this kind of a surprise. >>reporter: it is amazing. so surprising but here's the question. with you put up 90 million bucks for a guy with a history of neck problems? >> tough choice. such a great quarterback if he can play. >> if he can mraichlt the broncos they want manning. titans want him. revealed today as dan mentioned somewhat by surprise that the 49ers are also in the manning sweeps stakes when healthy ease one of the best quarterback of all time no doubt. espn the first to report that 49ers coach met with manning and watch him work out at duke on tuesday then had him examined by team doctors on wednesday.

he and his wife worked hard to make the city of berkeley a national center of disaster resilience. mayor bates will discuss the importance of citizen awareness as loma prieta engaged with the city to address emergency preparedness headon. let's welcome mayor bates to the podium. [applause] >> thank you, paul. thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be at this beautiful building and i was reflecting back and i was at the baseball game 22 years ago. how many of you were at the baseball game? i am the only one. two of us. i was sitting underneath the -- canned really stick park underneath second deck when the earthquake happened. the whole deck was like moving over us. i was thinking, that close from being killed because if it came down it would have been a disaster. the trick was trying to get back to berkeley. i come on public transportation and a friend of mine had a tv. as you can imagine one of these portable tv's. we realized that it wasn't running and the bridge was down. so it was quite an adventure getting back. what actually happened, i was able to get a bus that was headed d

the berkeley city council will tackle a sensitive topic tonight, teenaged prostitution. the council may vote to create a task force to fight what some call a growing problem in the city. the daily californian on the cal campus says a recent is panel discussion says underaged girls are involved in prostitution at berkeley high school. if approved, the task force will investigate incidents and data conne connected to sexual exploitation and underaged sex trafficking. >>> the shooting of an unarmed florida teenager is generating nationwide controversy. a white neighborhood watch volunteer says he shot the black teen because he felt threatened. but the teen's friends and family dispute that claim and say there's proof. nbc's jay gray has the latest on the case which is now a federal investigation. >> reporter: it's been almost a month. >> the guy is yelling help. >> reporter: still the cries for help and controversy echo through the florida community can and now across the country. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right what is your -- >> there's gunshots. >>

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berkeley city leaders and activists right now calling for legislation that would ban single use plastic bags at businesses statewide. the group planning a news conference today to call on law makers to create this legislation. more than 20 california counties and cities already have plastic bag ban in place. >>> some bay area passengers left out in the cold on site to shanghai. the united plight 857 left sfo sunday. it was diverted to anchorage when they discovered several bathrooms didn't work. the passengers were forced to deplane and given vouchers for food and hotels. united brought in a second plane on monday but that plane also had problems. passengers finally took off yesterday, two days after they left. >> the joy of flying. >> little peanuts for breakfast, lunch and dinner. >> yeah. >>> 5:09. meteorologist christina loren joining us. i have to leave that story alone. >> good morning to you. we have really a cold start out there in a couple of places. otherwise it is really mild. 43 in napa. you need a jacket there. 50 this morning, san francisco. we head throughout the afternoo

. >>> and berkeley's city council will attack the crime of sex trafficking.sing creating a task force to fight the exploitation of children. the daily californian reports the idea stems from a recent panel discussion that alleged underage girls are involved in prostitution at berkeley high school. >>> it is 5:21 right now. coming up, a late-night decision on whether to allow walmart to open a new supermarket in one bay area city. we'll tell you what was decided next. o and want to see a couple of gu ruin a perfectly good ipad? we'll show you coming up. buying this juicer online was unbelievable. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but new bounty gives you value you can see. in this lab demo, one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. so you can clean this mess with half as many sheets. bounty has trap and lock technology to soak up big spills and lock them in. why use more when you can use less? new bounty. the clean picker upper. >>> welcome b

. >>> and berkeley city council will tackle the crime of sex trafficking at its next meeting tonight. they'll discuss creating a task force to fight the exploitation of children. the "the daily californian" reports that alleged underage girls are involved in prostitution at berkeley high school. >>> 6:36 right now, rob mayeda is in, and sounds like you're seeing on that radar maybe rain in the north? >> yeah, to the far north bay right now, but it is slowly creeping to the south this morning right now, no rain in the bay area, it's pretty mild too. 40s and 50s outside, the clouds keeping our temperatures up overnight, the other thing we're watching will be wind gusts. right now, nothing, that's good news. not too breezy right now. and we'll see wildly different weather depending on where you are. north bay, you're going to see quite a bit of rain. for areas north of santa rosa. to the south bay, though, mainly dry and mild. tomorrow, a little bit warmer and as we get toward the weekend, we're talking rainy conditions and much cooler temperatures. right now the rain is dry from santa r

. >>> berkeley city leaders say a transcript of a 911 call of a case -- in the case of a man beaten toete. yesterday, we reported that the city release the transcript due to media request. the transcript shows on february 18th, seater s um km ore had comreed -- february 1 -- february 18th, peter sukore called police and daniel dewet is accused of killing him. he told police he lives here. he wants to come in, which is very strange. he's looking for someone named soy -- zoey. the interim manager says the transcript is not intended to be a complete and verbatim trains script. >>> a proposed change to liquor laws will not come up with discussions tonight. the ordinance was scheduled to go before the council tonight but has been rescheduled. >>> oakland police are warning people about a rash of street robberies in theian town area -- in the downtown area. police say two suspects on bicycles approached the victims and then robbed them. no one was hurt. anyone with any information asked to contact oakland police. the american civil liberties union accuses the fbi of spying on muslims. the no

he and his wife worked hard to make the city of berkeley a national center of disaster resilience. mayor bates will discuss the importance of citizen awareness as loma prieta engaged with the city to address emergency preparedness headon. let's welcome mayor bates to let's welcome mayor bates to the podium.

>>ysabel: be an investigation has been ordered into the chief of police in a city of berkeley. e union representing the city's police officers has been demanding an outside probe saying that if she should have been held to the same standards as officers. the chiefs sent a uniformed officer to the newspaper reporters home to demand a change for a story. >>marty: to carjackings suspects have been identified. there a picture here, they're both from san jose. police believe fifth here carjack a vehicle early on friday before a high-speed chase began on highway 85 and then police trailed the couple to a house on blossom ave handed the swat team surrounded and entered the home. police are saying that most suspects should be considered armed or dangerous. it's >>ysabel: we're learning more on that afghan soldier who opened fire on 16 civilians. at the weather to see what a weather is bringing us. the latest on the forecast would come back. cost for ron faugh rainier >>jaqueline: here's a look at your respective highs. as we take a look at the 7 day around the bay we will still be on an

but this is a situation that raises serious first amendment concerns and at least one city council member in berkeley says he is going to raise those concerns with the city manager on monday morning. reporting live in berkeley, abc-7 news. >> alan: in livermore, police are looking for a whan who hey say tried to kidnap a four-year-old boy. this is a sketch of the suspect. he told a livermore valley ten news club child care employee he wanted to pick up his son and pointed to a child. when he was asked for i.d. he left. police could not find the suspect. >>> two fires-under investigation in hayward. one happened at a home an a street. then a few hours latary strip mall went up in flames a mile away on jackson street. lisa amin gulezian is live in hayward with the latest. >> reporter: it took an hour to put down the fire behind me. firefighters were able to stop the blaze from destroying that business and several more right over there. just before 6:00 a.m., the flames turned the sky before this strip mall orange. crews aggressively attacked the fire from the ground and from up above. >> certainly don'

. >>> berkeley's internal city manager released a statement saying, "there was no justification for contacting the reporter in this way. and the chief understands that the more appropriate response to his concerns about inaccurate statements in the alter should have been to wait until the following day and make contact by phone or e- mail." . >> a shooting in san francisco's mission district has left a man dead. had happened just before 7:30 last night near the corner of 23rd and shodwell streets. police say they found the victim shot to death need a car. he is only identifieds a 3-year- old 39-year-old man there. is still no word on a motive or suspect. >>> oakland police say a man is in custody linked to an illegal street race. officers recovered one badly damaged car around 12:30 a.m. police followed another vehicle suspected of taking part in that race. the chp picked up the chase and eventually arrested the suspect in castro valley. >>> police are looking for a man who may have been trying to kidnap a child today in livermore. police say a man resembleling this sketch walked into the live

meanwhile, a city council member near berkeley says she has concern and is going to be walking into the city manager's office on monday. reporting live, sergio quintana. >> alan: tired of being targeted by robbers, oakland food truck owners are taking security into their open hands. here's why many of them are considering armed security guards. >> reporter: the family run the tacos truck and are still mourning he loss of gabrielle jury who was shot to death in the truck. they're hiring their own security but the aunt says it won't stop random violence like the kind that killed gabriel. >> things happen. no one knows writ will come from. we still can't understand why it happened, nor who didded. these food trucks are described as a mobile atm. now the association of local foot trucks is hiring arm edgars. >> we're taking the bull by the arms and we're going to do what we need to do. >> maybe food trucks have lost customers due to the fear of violence. >> they're still really nervous. >> the issue is money. how much will the security cost and which security companies will they hire, the a

he and his wife worked hard to make the city of berkeley a national center of disaster resilience. mayor bates will discuss the importance of citizen awareness as

she >> the city of berkeley has a san francisco law firm investigating its police chief. an army officer was sent to the reporter's home to change the story in the middle of the night. the oakland tribune reports there is no word on how long the investigation will take. >> this morning apple will reveal what it plans to do with $90 billion of cash reserves. a conference call with analysts is scheduled for 6:00 this morning. the company could decide to pay dividends to shareholders for the first time since 95. the company has enough money for $100 dividend for every shareholder. >> this past week was a fantastic week for me and it was great for the rain because we need it around the bay area and it looks like we will see of chance of a few showers. temperatures outside right now under mostly clear skies so it is chilly if you're headed out the door early on but it remains dry. high-pressure is starting to build in so we will not get a lot of rain but there's still a chance we could see rain in the not too distant future. last week we were at 30 or 40 percent of normal but

city leaders are really pulling for its success. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> in berkeley police chief and city council held a community meeting to answer questions and correct what they consider misconceptions about the circumstances surrounding the death of a 67-year-old homeowner last month. 150 residents showed up. officials expense more than an hour answering questions about what happened the night peter cukor called for help. they say public reports that police failed to respond because of an occupy march pulled all of their resources are false. >> i hope it never happens again. and i hope people are reassured this was a unique, isolated incident. >> that was precious time! >> police arrested daniel dewitt diagnosed with paranoid skis friendia for the murder. a -- paranoid schizophrenia for the murder. >>> fire officials are investigating claims by residents of a burned apartment building that the fire alarms did not go off. today crews will dismantle the back of the building because of concerns it could collapse. it was gutted by flames yesterday morning. several ne

tomorrow a berkeley councilwoman plans to meet with the city manager to discuss the controversy involving the police chief. the chief is publicly apologizing for ordering one of his officers to pay a midnight visit to an oakland tribune reporter to try to get him to make changes that a reported story. abc7 reports on the backlash the chief faces, even after apologizing for what he calls an error in judgment. >> it happened thursday night after a raucous meeting in berkeley put together by city leaders. police chief michael meehan took pointed questions by the audience about the way his department responded to an attack last month. the oakland tribune reporter filed his story online about 11:00 p.m. about the meeting. about two hours later sgt. mare kusmiss, the police department's spokesperson, showed up at his house. >> she said she was mortified that she had to be there but she was very apologetic but we will -- she had to come over there and tell me that the chief wanted me to immediately reextract some stuff from the article that i posted. >> 23 years his by line has showed up in prin

a coalition for a safe berkeley is working with our city council to ensure our relationship other police departments through mutual aid, and our own police department's criminal intelligence work all are governed by strict adherence to constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression and assembly and equal protection under the law and california's constitutional right to privacy. i urge you to pass the save san francisco civil rights ordinance. your positive vote will be a message to leaders in berkeley and run the state and nation at the era of racial, political, please profiling is over. and the civilian leadership will step up and decree the progressive dollars for police work that will truly provide safety and security for us all. thank you. [applause] supervisor mar: i does wanted to thank george -- we miss you from san francisco in berkeley. thank you for your support for an immigrant communities in the 1990's, the social justice part that you have done. it was terrible that you were interrogated like that. i appreciate your work on the other side of the day. thank you very much.

temperatures are slightly cooler than yesterday morning, 57 expected in novato, 57 for berkeley, 56 expected in the citymid-50s along the coast with partly gray skies, increasing clouds ahead of that system for tomorrow morning. 60 degrees for san jose. if you are just joining us, we are transitioning today. tomorrow, spring showers in the forecast for some of us. low 60s in the forecast as well. it is back about 7500 feet and the weekend looks cool, mainly dry. >>> number 17, we will join 5 others at or call arena. it is half-time against minnesota wolfs. just last year he was inducted into the basketball hall of fame. >>> well the search continues for a missing teen. the clue discovered, narrowing a search causing more concern for her family. >>> it caused a big soggy mess, we will take you there live to see just how much is flowing through a meadow park neighborhood.

tomorrow a berkeley councilwoman plans to meet with the city manager to discuss the controversy involving the police chief. the chief is publicly apologizing for ordering one of his officers to pay a midnight visit to an oakland tribune reporter to try to get him to make changes that a reported story. we report on the backlash the chief is facing even after he apologizes for what he calls an error in judgment. >> it happened thursday night after a raucous meeting in berkeley put together by city leaders. split chief michael meehan took pointed questions by the audience about the way his department responded to an attack last month. he filed his story about that might online at about 11:00 p.m. about two hours later sgt. mare where kusmiss, the police department's spokesperson, showed up at his house. >> she said she was mortified that she had to be there but she was very apologetic but we will to tell me that the chief wanted her to come there and tell me to immediately retract some stuff from my officer that posted. >> in 23 years he has been in print, he has never had such an unusual si

. >> berkeley residents wanted to confront city council residents about what happened. instead, questions need to be handwritten and city leaders would read and respond. it didn't go over well especially with the occupy crowd. >> that encampment was there in terms to occupy the truth. >> but very berkeley was attacked before he was bludgeoned to death. >> the young man coming from the other direction punched me in the face and then started calling my face. i grabbed him and we both went down. >> there was no escaping the real question. the berkeley police failed to respond to the 911 call promptly and did occupy preoccupy the department? >> the internet media, bloggers and commentators, they got ahead of the speculation. we put out information but not quickly enough and we got behind it. and that's unfortunate because there are people that believe this kind would not have happened but for this. this discussion is not occupied, if the red hearing. there is no one to blame for this murder except one person and that person is currently sitting in jail. >> two calls were ma

cities. los angeles is working on it. berkeley is working on a project. washington, d.c. is, too. cities are looking at parking management differently than the have in the past. >> later this year, we are gathering all the data we need to evaluate rigorously all our expectations of how this can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, improve transit speed, reliability, reduc. [applause] >> good evening. i'm the director of transportation. for me, this is not the academy awards. this is the all-star game. the folks sitting over here are truly the all stars of the city. i've had an opportunity to work with ed, harlan, and jocelyn. behalf of all of us. we are also very lucky to have a bunch of people from sfmta, many of them are here. my job is to introduce the awardees. please join me and give a hand for jay primus, george reynolds, steven lee, and lorraine fuqua. >> thank you. this is a tremendous honor. it really does feel fabulous to be recognized. one of the relief fund things about this project is that it is just complex enough and just big enough that it is truly a case wh

berkeley. those are the best cities to walk in. >>> tonight at 5:00, we're going on a search for sierra lamar. it's been 13 days since she disappeared. the new plans to try to find her. >>> well, thank you for joining us. be sure to join us again at 5:00 and also we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. have a great day.

safety concerns are being addressed this morning in the city of berkeley. an apartment building was badly damaged in a fire yesterday. the building could be demolished today. >> and a decision could come this morning on whether a videotape will be allowed in the ross mirkarimi domestic violence trial. the defense trying to keep the jury from seeing video of bruises of eliana lopez's arms. ross mirkarimi's lawyer will be live with us here in another half hour. >>> the u.s. military will be transferring its main detention center in afghanistan to the kabul government in six months. the today's agreement extends a deadline set by afghan president hamid karzai for the transfer of 3,000 detainees. >>> the wind is causing big problems out on the east coast. check this gas station in massachusetts. that's where the wind knocked over a canopy which landed on top of a car. yikes. the driver wasn't inside at the time. good thing. the national weather service said that winds reached up to 50 miles per hour. >> i think i'll pass on gas at that place. >> next station pl

. >> and the vote that will change the sky line of the city of berkeley. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> more live pictures as news chopper two is giving us a nice picture of the largest ship ever to come into san francisco bay. it is at the port of oakland it will turn around and boy, it is a tight squeeze. we expect it to take 15 minutes to complete that very narrow turn and then it will go ahead and head back out into the bay and off on its journey. news chopper 2 is live over the ship, once it starts moving we will bring it to you live right here on ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama set off a war of words over the pipeline. the pre