the department honored security guard bryan jones with a certificate of appreciation today. police say jones detained the suspect who grabbed an 84-year- old man by the neck and threw him to the ground earlier this month apparently while practicing some kind of martial arts. the victim is now in the hospital and recovering. >>> four oakland fire stations fate hangs in the balance tonight. mike mibach is live where one of those stations could become a victim of a worse case scenario. >> reporter: we were down there and decided to come down to downtown oakland because that big budget meeting just got going. right now it is taking place inside council chambers. on the table for discussion city jobs from police to public works as well as the possible closure of certain fire houses. four of them and as one councilwoman told me, lives are literally at stake in this next fiscal budget. oakland fire on the move protecting lives, protecting homes. >> great to have it right there. >> reporter: jeff belan is talking about station seven located doors down from his family house. his home