several other northern california cities have failed to file their disclosure forms. they include amador, ione and oakdale. >>> san jose city leaders are considering cutting their own pensions to cut costs. a committee headed up by mayor reed unanimously approved a proposal to eliminate pension plans for the mayor and city council members are. pensions of course have been a hot button issue as costs balloon into the hundreds of millions of dollars. >>> oakland recorded its first homicide of the new year. a teenager struggling to make a better life for himself. it comes just days after oakland's last homicide for 2011. christin ayers on how the city plans to reduce gun violence in the new year. >> reporter: it's still a new strategy introduced just a few months ago. the city is funling police and other resources into the 100 most dangerous blocks in oakland. it's a strategy that didn't work for the 5-year-old boy and young college student whose future was snuffed out. >>> reporter: as the memorial piled high at the spot where 5- year-old gabriel martinez, jr., was shot,

. >>> like many california cities, san jose is facing a big budget short fall this year. the city is turning to neighborhood groups to help them decide where to make the painful, but necessary cuts. ann was there as people weighed in. >> the biggest challenge facing our government is a lack of civic engagement and part of the lack of civic engagement is a lack of true discourse among people with different points of view. >> this fake money represents the millions of real dollars san jose has to play with. but in real life, there isn't enough to go around and these representing neighborhood groups are in the politician's shoes, deciding what should stay and what can go. >> only through choice do people really understand the decision that elected officials have to make. you can't be everything to everyone. >> the budget challenges here in san jose and in most cities across california are being made worse by a court decision late last year that allows the state to take away local redevelopment funds. this year, san jose is dealing with a $40 million short fall and has to bala

and once again, the city is >>> like many california cities, san jose is facing a big budget short fallhis year. and once again, the city is turning to neighborhood groups to help them decide where to make the painful but necessary cuts. anne makovec was there today, as people weighed in. >> the biggest challenge facing our government is a lack of civic engagement. and part of the lack of civic engagement is a lack of true discourse among people with different points of view. >> reporter: this fake money represents the millions of real dollars san jose has to play with. but as in real life, there isn't enough to go around. and these people represent the neighborhood groups, they are in the politician's shoes, deciding what should stay and what can go. >> only through choices do people really understand the decisions that elected officials have to make. you can't be everything to everyone. >> the budget challenges here in san jose and in most cities across california are being made worse by a court decision late last year that allows the state to take away local re- development funds. th

. >>> special ops out in force over a major california city. the secret training mission we were never supposed to find out about. >> i'm juliette goodrich live in vallejo where there used to be a huge prosecution problem here. not anymore. that's because the residents are cracking down. i'll tell you how coming up. >> when it comes to the bottlenecks, it's one of the worst in the bay area. help is on the way. when drivers can expect relief at this east bay trouble spot. surveillance video shows the >>> the kiss bandit was unmasked by an 80-year-old grandfather. surveillance video shows the robber going into the sacramento store, points the gun at the owner, then the father of the store owner fought back snatching the clown mask before the suspect get away. the 80-year-old's family was inside the store, heard the suspect pull the trigger. >> he click it. i heard the noise. but it does not work. >> maybe no bullets. >> the robber is known as the kiss bandit because his mask they say looks like gene simmons. police now have the mask but they are

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the state supreme court put california cities on notice when it voted to stop funding redevelopment agencies statewide. oakland isn't the only city suffering with millions of dollars disappearing from city coffers. downtown san diego wouldn't look the same without redevelopment cash and morgan hills spent $20 million to build city projects chl many cities like oakland are left scrambling sgl the point is we have people that work for the city that are being laid off and management is not. sgl last week 2500 layoff notices were sent to city employees to close a $28 million deficit created by the loss of redevelopment funds for oakland. sgl it is going to impact the lives of city employees and impact the city, as a whole when we have to reduce services to the people. sgl the people have the voice of perez. a state lobbyist who came to explain why oak bland officials have to be careful before they layoff employees sgl every employee you lay off you lose money on right now. we know you have a lot to center, a lot to do through. it is going to take months to figure out what your other the city cou

. >> pelley: president obama's special forces doing above a large california city. next on cbs 5 >> pelley: president obama's tour of five battleground states in the coming election took him today to las vegas, nevada. no state has higher unemployment, 12.6%, and no city has a higher foreclosure rate. anthony mason now on what can happen when a state places all its bets on a single industry. >> reporter: the sign says "fabulous las vegas," but it's not so fabulous these days. sin city's economy was built on gaming and tourism, in the recession, that hand was a bust. >> you want to talk about a company town? this is a company state. >> reporter: jim murren should know. as c.e.o. of m.g.m. resorts, he runs a dozen resort casinos in vegas. with 50,000 workers, m.g.m. is the largest employer in nevada and its biggest source of tax revenue. >> we alone, one company, represent about 12% of the entire state budget. >> reporter: while tourism and gaming revenue are rising again, the state's largest casino still lost $4 billion last year. there are plenty of casualties along

furthermore, in 2004, california passed a law which addresses the need to ensure that any california city does not discriminate against any person on the basis of gender in the allocation of parks and recreation facilities and resources that support or unable youth athletic programs. prompted both by this law and are pigee's interest in providing more regulation softball fields -- fields, rpd conducted an evaluation of its facilities which found that there are a very limited number of fields in this area of the city available for girls recreation softball. given this finding, rpd determined that lang diamond number one was visible field to be converted to a regulation softball diamond, based on quality and location. current users of the field have been notified of the proposed renovation, and they understand the need to create more complying carell spc of coffield. the have been assured that they will continue to be able to play on the field, even if its is skinned. creation of this requires a significant initial investment to change irrigation, grating, and at infill. financial support p

and we will be in that other big california city, los angeles, in a few other days. thursday, and -- thursday and friday. and i was convinced quite easily about the use to have these kind of work shops in l.a. but i thought san francisco, there's so much going on already. we had leah and for almost nine months in amsterdam and chairman david chiu and others for a week. and there is such great organization here and there are so many ideas. there are so many professional little here already about bike infrastructure and the future of biking. but it will come down to implementation and it's perhaps a bit like riding the wiggle. you have to push hard and hopefully we might be a sort of additional support, a sort of small electricity motor for you to push your -- up that hill. and it will come down to implementation and leadership and it's great to have a sort of down to earth approach during these two days. working in teams on i think three important places in town. market, mid market. there's a lot going on. last week we had people from one of the biggest and the greate

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clearly, the value of the tickets exceeds the state gift laws but san francisco and some other california cities created a loophole to avoid the ethical dilemma. sheer how it works in san francisco. because the city owns the land and stadium, it elected ton lease the three box locations and 22 stadium seats to the 49ers. by keeping control of those portions of the stadium, 66 total tickets, elected leaders can argue they are not receiving anything from the 49ers. >> i think that's a very aleejant view the supervisors are taking and it is something of an insult to the intelligence of people. well, san francisco owns the stadium. the people of san francisco own the stadium. if that's the case, then i should be able to go to the game free. >> now san francisco city attorney issued a ruling saying it is fork the elected leaders to accept the tickets. supervisors say they will accept the free tickets. this is interesting. supervisor david chu decided not to take the free tickets. he is going to the game and paying the city $214 per ticket. some san francisco lawmakers donated tickets to schools and n

> we begin with a day of violent clashes between occupy oakland protesters and police in that california city. police fired tear gas and about 300 people were arrested and three police officers were injured. >>> a massive lawsuit has been filed in miami, against the costa concordia ship. they're suing costa cruises and its parents carnival for $460 million many damages. the company has offered to pay uninsured customers for $15,000 for lost luggage and psychology trauma. >>> and a team of u.n. nuclear inspectors arrive in iran this this morning. the group was greeted at the airport by protesters. they'll visit nuclear facilities. >>> and the escalation of the violence in syria has forced the arab league to suspend its monitoring mission there. at least 20 people were killed in clashes between government security forces and protesters on sunday. this morning there are reports that heavy shelling and fighting in the suburbs outside the capital damascus. >>> new studies claim that class size doesn't matter in student achievement. two harvard researchers said factors including frequent teacher fe

. >>> the mayors of seven california cities are asking for funding for last year's massive windstorms. they hit late november and stayed through the first week in december. they reached 120 miles an hour. and damaged a number of homes. the mayor stayed the emergency cost and clean up would be at least $40,000. >>> good morning to you. a gloomy start to the day as the next storm approaches the bay area. we will be with scattered showers over the north bay. a light rain is expected and it will become moderate to heavy tonight and into early, early tomorrow morning. look at storm tracker 2. light showers over santa rosa and petaluma. it is over parts of the north bay. we saw a pretty good dry period yesterday. now we are back with cloudy conditions and we will be turning wet throughout the day. 46 in napa right now. numbers are cooler than yesterday. with all the good clearing we saw late in the afternoon. 42 concord and 42 in livermore. 46 in oakland and outside your door. reporting 45 degrees right now. winds are light and right around the coast and san francisco reporting 10 to 15 mil

. >>> in oakland, california, city hall is trashed and hundreds under arrest after an occupy protest boiled over. police fired tear gas and smoke grenades into the rowdy crowd. they claim protesters hit them with bottles, rocks. occupiers tried unsuccessfully to take over a convention center. some of them trashed city hall, burning a flag, busting windows and spray painting walls. according to police they arrested as many as 400 demonstrators. in the nation's capitol police threw down an ultimatum, leave or you'll end up in hand cuffs. police put up a notice telling occupiers they can't camp out there anymore. >> i'm more than happy to go to jail as many times as they would like to take me to jail. everybody else here is in the same boat. >> starting around noon on monday officers may begin making arrests. we are keeping a close eye on the situation. >>> four police officers in east haven connecticut arrested and charged with beating and arresting latinos in their community. a catholic priest is getting credit for bringing the problem out in public. cnn's national correspondent intro

phase two will connect regional and inner-city high-speed rail systems within california. the san francisco high-speed rail working group was established two years ago, primarily to respond to challenges that were identified within the alternative analysis report that was released by the authority, calling for the construction of various options for high-speed rail within the states, specifically within the peninsula. the city has identified a number of concerns, with alternatives at the time identified specifically as the analysis that included options other than trans bag. the plan, as presented, provided significant impact at mission bay boulevard, with likely impacts to the mission bay redevelopment area. providing reduced assets -- reduced aspects to mission bay itself, further impacting the stations at bay shore, because a planned maintenance facilities in the area. the high-speed rail working groups also served as a way of bringing multiple agencies within the city together to address issues and develop a coordinated city position, providing a venue for city agencie

. >> like many california cities, they are turning to neighborhood groups to see where to make the painfulsary cuts. $40million shortfall and has to balance the budget by june. the city is working with the company innovation games to help them decide what can be trimmed by asking people in the community for their opinion. they use this fake money to represent the millions of dollars the city has to play with but in real life there isn't enough to go around. >> only through choices do people really understand the decisions that elected officials ha tough make. you can't be everything to everyone. >> they helped with cuts on the fire department and to put more money into paving roads. >> they could receive a facelift soon and that could result in a new name and even less parking. barts is looking for developers to transform it into on urban hub with shops. also they want to rename the station there. they will develop proposals later this spring. >>> nine of seven and the heart jesse street yacht that knees celebration in the bay area. >> is that right? >> ♪ >> in fact nearly 70,000 people ca

the next 20 years served as a warning that bubonic plague was accomplished in the rats in california. the citysts warnings in infected areas. >> because we only have one or two cases each year, the california public doesn't realize just how important the plague is. that it's out there and it's only because of the preventative measures that we don't have to hear about more cases. >> health officials say, those few cases of plague we have today may indeed be remnants of that initial san francisco plague epidemic in the first years of the 20th century. >> that's it for this week's second look. i'm julie haener, remember to tune in for live coverage of san francisco's chinese new year parade. thank you for watching. ññg

>>reporter: no doubt the money will be put to great use hit as hard as any california city by an economythat can't seem to recover. it's the woman behind dot nation that make this is story even better. elanore was 96 and didn't live like someone capable of donating nearly two million dollars. >> she did buy carpet for her house one year which took an act of god. >>reporter: john bullock was her financial advice or. obviously making wise decisions with her stocks and real estate investments. >> she kept track of every penny. she was very frugal. never spent money. she, she was ultra frugal. >>reporter: she lived in west modest to in that house. neighbors as well remember her being very careful with her money. >> the last year she was there she just got cable tv. this is wonderful. i could watch the history channel for the rest of my life. >>reporter: perhaps because she lived through the depression every penny was important. maybe because her life wasn't easy. she had a special feeling for others struggling to get by. she selected the salvation army after researching which agency spend th

morning.ortu my name is georgina mendoza, ano i am the senior city deputy attorney for the city of salinas, california, about twonr hours south of san francisco. one of the main things that we are working on is preventing and reducing gang and youth violence in our city. our city is mostly latino, and our gangs are the northerners and southerners. and one of the ways that we are looking to reduce and prevent our gang and youth violence is through a coordinated and comprehensive approach. specifically, we believe thated prevention, intervention, enforcement and reentry are absolutely critical to work simultaneously if we're going tl have a significant and longmult lasting impact. i am also the designated site leader for the california cities gang prevention network as well as the national forum on youth violence prevention which is a white house initiativement um, i am -- initiative. i am deeply honored to be part of this task force, and i want to thank attorney general holder and all of you for being here. u i look forward to learning more, to hearing strategies and lea recommendations that have prove

the only two other california cities that did, lake tahoe and san diego. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, sierra ski resorts, trying to salvage the ski season despite a lack of snow. a rundown of the resorts that are offering some pretty deep discounts. >>> a look outside shows you the reason it is so chilly, at least one of the reasons. no clouds, winds picking up this afternoon, what it means for your chilly ry afternoon ahead an your full weekend forecast when we come back. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ femalennouncer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. >>> good morning. a beautiful sun rise, very clear and very shall very cold. rob my ayeda has a look at our forecast if we

the wild scene that brought traffic to a standstill in the california city. with an >>pam: and the president says anyone who wants to go to college should be able to go. he was at the university of michigan in ann arbor and unveiled a plan to make college more affordable and says the schools who did not play along can expect funding cuts. >>president obama: i am telling congress, we should steer federal campus based aid to those colleges to keep tuition affordable and provide good value and serve their students well. we're putting colleges on notice, you cannot keep... you cannot assume that you can jakob tuition every year. >>catherine: the president is also pushing for a creation of competition for states to keep tuition costs down. the changes have to be approved by congress. >>catherine: a connecticut man was sentenced to death today for killing a woman and her two daughters. he was convicted of a home invasion crime in 2010. he sexually assaulted a woman then killed her and left her two daughters to die in a fire. you are looking of friends and relatives

police there in that california city clashed with "occupy" protesters, arresting an estimated 400 offficials say demonstrate you'res broke into city hall, smashinged display cases, cut wiring and burned an american flag. and "occupy" oakland calls the arrests illegal. they say protesters were not given enough time and not enough instruction on how to leave before the police moved in. >> what would the world look like if iran had a nuclear weapon? united states officials say mahmoud ahmadinejad and his partners in the iranian government could be a year away from that goal. international inspectors are in iran right now. we'll see how their mission is going and that's coming up in just a moment. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents: the cold truth. i have a cold. and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] sorry buddy. truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. what? it doesn't have a decongestant. really? [ male announcer ] you need a more complete cold and flu formula, like alka-seltzer plus liquid gels. it's specially formulated to fight your worst col

week ahead of the state supreme court february 1 deadline to dissolve redevelopment agencies in california. cityeaders cutting jobs to close a $28 million deficit. >> we have people that work for city and we have manage thamt does nothing and they are not being laid off. >> oakland city council will vote tuesday on how many people will exactly be laid off. >> it's 5:49 now. local high school basketball coach speaking out about his decision to kick 13 varsity players off of the team. mike allen of san jose's gunderson high says he initially suspended a handful of players for bad behavior like being late to practice. eight other players then joined their teammates after confronting the coach during practice tuesday. now the coach says those players may return to the team but only if they show respect for the school's athletics program and staff. >> understand that you know, a coach is here to teach and everything, motivate, to challenge them to be the best that they can be. if players do not respond to that, you know, a coach has to make a decision. >> coach allen says gunderson school officials s

san francisco and some other california cities have created a loophole to avoid the ethical dilemma. how it works in san francisco. because the city owns the land and the stadium, it elected not to lease theee thrhr box locatis and the 22 stadium seats to the 49ers. by keeping control of those portions of the stadium, about 66 total tickets, elected leaders can argue, they're not receiving anything from the 49ers. >> i think that's a very elitist view that the supervisors are taking. it really is something of an insult to the intelligence of people. to say, well, san francisco owns the stadium. the people of san francisco own the stadium. if that's the case i should be able to go to the game free. >> reporter: supervisors have said they will accept the free tickets to sunday's game. now, this is interesting. supervisor david chu told nbc bay area he's decided not to take the free tickets. he's going to the game and paying the city $214 per ticket. also we have confirmed some san francisco lawmakers have donated their tickets to schools and nonprofit organizations. san francisco city

. >> the noise in this southern california city...♪ ohhh >> ♪ ahhh >> pushes the judges to the edge. >> ♪ hey now >> yo, yo. >> ♪ fly high and... >> oh, my god. sergio! christina! question for you. what factors led you to buy your explorer. definitely the ecoboost option. what's pretty amazing is that you can get the fuel economy of a car in an suv. that basically did it for us. and the technology... oh, my goodness, the technology is amazing. everything is touch. you can actually talk to the car and it talks back to you. what have your friends said about your explorer? can we drive it? can we borrow it? what's your answer? no. no way. uh uh. (laugh) all mixed together. with galaxy nexus by samsung, now you can organize your contacts into circles, like you do in real life. so you can choose what people see and what they don't. and with the speed of verizon 4g lte, you can chat as a group in a googleplus hangout without missing a beat. introducing the first phone built for android 4.0. only at verizon. e best . at h&r block, we believe

the city issued 2500 pink slips ahead of the february 1 deadline to dissolve all redevelopment agencies in california. the city leaders are cutting jobs to close a $28 million deficit created by the loss of those redevelopment funds. >> the point is that we have people that work for the city and they are being laid off. we have management that does nothing and they are not being laid off. >> oakland city council will vote tuesday on how many will be laid off. >> it is 4:35 now. call this one case closed. caltrans reached a settlement with a former technician fired for falsifying bridge safety tests. duane wilds was fired for allegedly fabricating data. he also worked on the bay bridge. according to the "sacramento bee" under the settlement he will be unfired and then allowed to resign. this prevents him from filing a wrongful termination suit and may have spared caltrans airing dirty laundry in a public hearing. >> a move to repeal the high speed rail project is closer to the ballot. the california secretary of state giving the go ahead to start gathering signatures to get rid of the $98 billion proj

made by foster city base jillian. california watch says some health care providers fear that those most at risk will begin to think they are immune. >> if you are really marketing the drug towards hay risk individuals who might not even be willing to use a condom, are they also going to remember to take the pill every day. >> our community is really sal ychlt i think we necessity what we have to do to protect our self. >> it's still being tested but the company says it has been shown to prevent hiv and up to 73 percent of at risk people. >> apology and some cash from puppy that he was in southern california. tl pet store surveillance camera captured the thieves sean here in the dark shirt hours after newscast began airing the video the pair sent the pet store 600 dollars and apology. next day second apology and more money. the store dropped charges of burglary and grand theft. both which carry prison time. this is the third dog stolen from that store in recent months. the other 2 were returned after

. >>> in other news now, oakland, california, city hall trashed and hundreds of people are under arrest after an occupy protest boiled over. windows smashed, debris all over the floor, even graffiti spray painted on some of the walls. city hall was just one of the targets during a day and night of clashes downtown. we had it for you live here on cnn yesterday. protesters also tried unsuccessfully to take over a convention center. according to police, they arrested as many as 400 demonstrators. oakland's mayor says this behavior only distracts from their message. >> it's time, i think, for the occupy movement to take a stand on whether this behavior, this kind of behavior that has nothing to do with the 99% movement, should be tolerated. >> here is what police are saying. they're saying the protesters pelted them with bottles, rocks, and burning flares. in turn police used tear gas and smoke grenades on that crowd. oakland has become a hot spot for the occupy movement after a police raid on a camp outside city hall erupted in violence in october. >>> very bold, an occupier in atlanta spr

what we do more than drivers in any other california city. >> who doesn't have the day off is hackersey are hard at work. we'll tell you about that. >> welcome back everyone. a live look over san francisco. it is a holiday out there, mlk day. so hopefully you're at home relaxing, not even thinking about work. it's 5:24. >> good thing to note about dr. martin luther king, jr. day that a lot of transit routes will be operating on altered schedules. b.a.r.t. said it will work on a saturday schedule. check the website before you head out. muni will be on a saturday schedule. ac transit is on a sunday schedule. caltrain and vta says they operate as normal. >> turns out diamonds don't mean much here in the bay area when it comes to diamond lanes. the bay area home to more carpool lane cheaters than anywhere in the state. chp officers wrote more than 208 carpool lane tickets between 2000 and 2010. that to me doesn't sound like that many. we're beating l.a., the city of los angeles is a distant second with 165,000. so that was 208,000. scott mcgrew has been monitoring this. >> good morning. z

. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, in oakland, california, city hall reopened after a saturday melee betweenrotesters and police. it started as a peaceful rally before some in the crowd broke into the building. a series of photos showed masked protesters burning an american flag, as a woman in the crowd urged them not to do it. outside, police fired tear gas and flash grenades, and demonstrators threw rocks, bottles and metal piping at officers. more than 400 people were arrested. on wall street today, stocks closed slightly lower as investors watched a european summit and waited for news on greece and its debt reduction efforts. the dow jones industrial average lost more than six points to close at 12,653. the nasdaq fell more than four points to close just below 2812. congress has moved a step closer to barring insider trading by lawmakers. supporters in the senate easily won a procedural test today. it set the stage for a final vote later this week. the bill would bar members of congress from using non-public information for personal benefit, or from tipping off others. violators could be