smith, nbc bay area news. >> they have three months to know those candidates. >>> san jose mayor chuck reed joined us earlier for an exclusive interview about recent layoffs for the 49 firefighters in san jose. negotiations hit a stalemate when the city flatly rejected a brand new offer from the firefighters. mayor reed said every department needs to make cuts and the firefighters did not make enough concessions. >> in many departments, the unions agreed to 10% reduction in pay and benefits in order to avoid layoffs. the fire union has not been willing to give sufficient concessions to do that. to avoid the layoffs. >> reed wants the union to vote on an 8.9% cut in take-home pay in order to salvage those jobs. >> we will have some important numbers coming through tomorrow about jobs. >> the labor department talks about the unemployment rate, look for it at 5:30 our time. tesla reported its profits for the first time as a public company, losing more money as we show the nasdaq open this morning. tesla is down about 3%. a first time we have been able to look at tesla's books ever. lost $38 mi

and chuck reed says that the latest looks like the previous two, three and they fall short. requesting a 10% cut. offering $4 million in concessions which is not enough. >> the average salary is $120 k and 8 is with another additional $60 with pension and health benefits >> now, the average salary is over $180,000 per year and we cannot keep as many as polite. >> the union does not have to give up the 10% and was spared layoffs. and the police is twice the size of the of firefighter saw the fir savings to no add up. >> and in terms of dollars saved. the police came up with a lot more savings that allowed the delayed layoffs of the 70 police officers. reporting in san jose, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> and despite the big budget problems, the muni drivers will have a pay increase as early as tomorrow. dan kerman explains why. >> despite derri cut, heights, d with the trolleys, and light rail. there will see their salaries increase by more than 5% tomorrow night. and with the muni board rubberstamp and an increase required by city law and how was that possible? the city char

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and mayor chuck reed said that at&t does not need the building and the company is digging its heels and because of another property anin santana fr row and the city has refused to rezone this for at&t and now at&t is not offering his property to the city. >> with three suspects in april stabbing at this park. it was did mid-19th/and beaten, robbed, stabbed a 1:30 on saturday. a rich like a police thought that at least one dozen people were involved but they just thought that there were innocent bystanders. three people a been arrested, 16, 17, 21 and is seeking to others. a 40 year- old victim is and general hospital with a life-threatening injuries daniel villareal >> new details on the wildfires in southern california. crews are finally beginning to get the biggest scandal with the key vicki liviakis who started this, and when crews can have this fully contained. >> the rush of oil fires that flared up in southern california they appear to be under control. the largest, the crown fire near palm dale and the high desert scorched 14,000 a. and burned nine houses. at one point, 2000 were

quarter pay cut, reduction and rare retirement for new hires and mayor chuck reed says that the firefighters union looks like a lot like the previous two, three. and the ball short. the city requesting a 10% cut- fall short. we're offering a $4 million concession and it is not enough with their offering. >> the average salary is $120 k and with health benefits, pensions, that is adding another $60 k. >> the average cost of a firefighter, a police officer is over $180,000 per year. we cannot afford to keep as many as we would like. >> the firefighters' unions of the police did not have to give of the 10% and was scared layoffs. and the police is twice the size. -speered layoffs, and they're saying that these savings to not get at up. in in terms of dollars saved, the police had a lot more savings. to avoid the layoffs. with 70 police officers. reporting in san jose, kate thompson, kron 4 news. if ♪ >> a live look, the golden gate bridge with foggy skies hugging the coastline. you can barely see the bridge through this shot. temperatures are cool in those locations. 87 degrees in half moon bay

the public >> it was then before we cut back to 49 firefighters, we are incredibly empty >> dear chuck reedaid the union is using the fires as a political tactic. >> every time you all the press conference to blame somebody for something is not connected to the event in question of course it's political. the facts are the way they responded to the fires are the way we would of responded to the fires two years ago. in san jose craig kron 4 news. >> the mayor of san as they are accusing at one another plan politics of public safety. rob the laudable has deep results. this >> city of san jose has been calling for such a vote will fire fighters for several weeks it happened. a secret ballot some 600 firefighters voted overwhelmingly to reject the city's offer which would cut their total compensation by roughly 8.9%. the vote was 88% i against, 12 percent favor even though the city includes reinstating those 49 firefighters laid off last month as a result of budget cuts. today's vote was advisory only nonbinding but if there's progress of the talks on the road than the thick of formal ratificati

mayor chuck reed says the layoffs did not change anything. >> i have no doubt that our fire union will use whatever they can to their advantage to make their political arguments about the need for bigger raises. >> reporter: friday afternoon, yet another fire popped up in the same area as the day before. >> the response time for this fire was 7 minutes, and remember engine 30, firefighters laid off a couple of weeks ago? well, this would have been their call. so the big question is, would engine 30 have gotten here in less time? >> could have been faster if engine 30 was in quarter and all the other units were in quarters at their station, engine 30 would have been here first. >> reporter: for business owner david graham, one of the fire victims on thursday, this was his second blaze in as many days. >> does it make you nervous, knowing there are less firefighters out there? >> maybe a little bit more, after these last two fires i would say, yeah. >> reporter: are the layoffs affecting response times? are the firefighters being too greedy? it all depends on who you ask. in san jose, cb

mayor chuck reed say the layoffs did not change anything. >> i have no doubt our fire union will use whatever they can to make their political arguments about the need for bigger raises. >> reporter: friday afternoon, yet another fire popped up in the same area as the day before. the response time for this fire was seven minutes and remember engine 30, the firefighters would got laid off a couple of weeks ago? well, this would have been their call. the big question, would engine 30 got gotten here in less time? >> it could have been faster if engine 30 was in quarters and all others were in quarters, engine 30 would have been here first. >> reporter: this was the second place in as many days. does it make you nervous knowing there are less firefighters? >> yes. >> reporter: are the firefighters being too greedy? it depends who you ask. back to you. >>> a riot involving hundreds of prisoners broke out at the old folsom state prison. at least five inmates were in injured after attempting to break it up. chris pickles has more. chris? >> reporter: we got here a little after 8:00, just i

san jose mayor chuck reed reassured residents today that they are well protected despite budget cuts and he said the delay in response time was due to too many fires in the same area at the same time. >>> bay area muslims say they are worried that a coincidence may be working against them. that's not the only current event that has muslims concerned. >> reporter: for muslims it's the wholly month of ramadan a time of prayer, of peace. but thanks to the moon, it's celebratory end may fall on the september 11 attacks. >> this year coincidentally it's going to fall on september 10th. in some cases some mosques may be doing it on the 11th. this is not of choice, we don't control the moon. >> reporter: hate, rhetoric and violence against muslims is already on an up tick. >> i don't think any where in the united states is immune from any kind of racist activity. >> reporter: she's talking about an alleged hate crime tuesday at a mad era county mosque, a brick thrown at a mosque. >> there's so much anger and hate. >> reporter: the same day in new york, an intoxicated student is accused of s

san jose mayor chuck reed reassured residents today that they are well protected despite budget cutssaid the delay in response time was due to too many fires in the same area at the same time. >>> bay area muslims say they are worried that a coincidence may be working against them. that's not the only current event that has muslims concerned. >> reporter: for muslims it's the wholly month of ramadan a time of prayer, of peace. but thanks to the moon, it's celebratory end may fall on the september 11 attacks. >> this year coincidentally it's going to fall on september 10th. in some cases some mosques may be doing it on the 11th. this is not of choice, we don't control the moon. >> reporter: hate, rhetoric and violence against muslims is already on an up tick. >> i don't think any where in the united states is immune from any kind of racist activity. >> reporter: she's talking about an alleged hate crime tuesday at a mad era county mosque, a brick thrown at a mosque. >> there's so much anger and hate. >> reporter: the same day in new york, an intoxicated student is accused of stabbing

. >> reporter: chuck reed said he was disappointed with the vote today.but that the fire department's response to yesterdays fires were not affected by the lay offs. >> any time you have multiple fires you have stretched resources. that would have happened last year just like it did yesterday. >> more trucks, more men, that would be great. >> reporter: do you understand the city and the situation they are in. >> sure, they have to make cuts. i have don't think safety should be one of them. >> reporter: san jose is pushing a november ballot measure to give the city authority to change the arbitration process. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> mexicana airline is grounded tonight. it has suspended many of its flights, but as of midnight tonight it is stopping operations completely as it looks on how to restructure. there was no one at mexicana today at sfo so we asked a travel agent to see what people can do if they've already got tickets. >> there's a website, it's called mexicanainforma.com. there's a form there that you can fill ou

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mayor chuck reed here at city hall defended the city's decision to layoff 49 firefighters. three fires within a two hour period yesterday showed what strain firefighters are under, but the mayor say the resident's safety is not being compromised. >> the citizens of the city are going to pe well protected, notwithstanding the budget difficulties we have to face. >> reporter: firefighters began voingt on thursday to consider the city's proposal, asking them to take an almost 9% cut in wages and benefits, voting ends today. if the firefighters approve the city's concessions proposal the 49 firefighters can return. iron igly three fires which broke out within a two hour period yesterday highlighted the problem of cutting first responders from the budget. firefighters told us et took 10 minutes to get to one of the fires, two minutes longer than their goal. yesterday firefighters were still at the scene of two of the fires when a third fire broke out. the last fire firefighters responded to was a three alarm fire and they were forced to call for mutual aid. coming up you are goi

mayor chuck reed here in san jose defended the city's decision to layoff 49 firefighters. the city says it is willing to reinstate those firefighters at a cost. we are live in san jose this morning. the city says the firefighters can be reinstated if the union agrees to take an almost 9% cut in wages and benefits. firefighters met in this hall yesterday to vote on whether or not to make those concessions. voting ends today. ironically on thursday three fires broke out within a two hour period, pushing response times up. from eight minutes to 10 minutes, which is two minutes longer than the department's target goal for response time. two of those fires were within two miles of each other. firefighters point to this very situation as one which could have turned deadly had anyone been trapped inside hen the fires broke out. city councilman pete constant says the department doesn't have concrete evidence that the loss of firefighters plus four engines and a truck is costing the city more than monte sterile but he certainly was effected yesterday. >> hopefully going to get clos

hired firefighters but the pay reduction offer remains at 5.25%, far short of the 10% that mayor chuck reed and other leaders have asked of all city employees. >>> time now 5:05. >>> san jose voters will decide in november whether to limit the role of outside arbitrators in labor disputes involving firefighters and police officers. it's one of three ballot measures approved by the city council yesterday. another november measure would give the city council more flexibility to make changes in city workers' pension plans. those measures are aimed at controlling spending. the third ballot measure is meant to generate revenue for the city, a 10% tax on medical marijuana. but councilmembers unanimously ee rejected a fourth proposed ballot measure, a quarter cent increase in the city's sales tax. >>> the state has fined a los altos nursing home $100,000 in connection with the death of a resident. the department of public health says pilgrim haven health facility was negligent in the december death of an 85- year-old man who had dementia. investigators say the man had a history of falling and when

. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed said he is disappointed with the vote but said the reduction the firefighters offered is not enough compared to what other city employee groups have given up and said the fire department's response to yesterday's fires was not affected by the layoffs. >> any time you have multiple fires in a struggle area, you got to stretch resources. that would have happened a year ago just as it happened yesterday. >> more trucks, more men, quicker time, that would be great. >> reporter: you understand the situation the city is in in terms of their budget? >> sure. they got to make cuts. i don't think safety should be one of them. >> reporter: mayor reed said the city would like to have more firefighters but can't afford them. after today's vote the city and union are heading to binding arbitration which will also mean a campaign fight because san jose is pushing a november ballot measure to give the city more authority to change the arbitration process. in san jose robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> blockbuster video may be going the way of the vcr. coming up a look at

. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed said he is disappointed with the vote but said the reduction the firefighters offered is not enough compared to what other city employee groups have given up and said the fire department's response to yesterday's fires was not affected by the layoffs. >> any time you have multiple fires in a struggle area, you got to stretch resources. that would have happened a year ago just as it happened yesterday. >> more trucks, more men, quicker time, that would be great. >> reporter: you understand the situation the city is in in terms of their budget? >> sure. they got to make cuts. i don't think safety should be one of them. >> reporter: mayor reed said the city would like to have more firefighters but can't afford them. after today's vote the city and union are heading to binding arbitration which will also mean a campaign fight because san jose is pushing a november ballot measure to give the city more authority to change the arbitration process. in san jose robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> blockbuster video may be going the way of the vcr. coming up a look at

mayor chuck reed defended the city's layoffs and says the residents are safe. city is willing to reinstate the firefighters, though, if and only if the union agrees to take an almost 9% cut in wages and benefits. a top paid firefighter would lose about 11,000 dollars a year. when they met in this hall yesterday to vote on whether or not to make the concessions, voting ends today. pete constant says the department does not have conquered evidence the cuts are costing the city more than momentarily. >> it took our fire department 12 minutes to respond to a gas line explosion, and in those 12 minutes, what was really sad to hear is that we were not able to respond in the time that we should have responded, which is within the 8 minute response time. we've learned this morning the firefighter union is holding a press conference scheduled for 11 this morning. when the city made the cuts to the fire department, officials were supposed to install a computer program which would send and divert companies quicker to a dispatch fire also dealing with emergency calls. but

mayor chuck reed says the latest proposal looks like all lot like the previous two-three. nothing falls toward the city needs a 10 percent said. >> what they ever offered is a 04 million dollars in concessions, because of. >> the august is were under $20,000 without the benefit of tension that comes jones up another $60,000. >> the average price or fire for error, please seltzer is now over hundred and $80,000 a year. we cannot afford to keep as many as we like. the >> union says the police determined that i have to cure the 10% and whispered layoffs. but the police the room and is twice the size of the fire department said the savings and does not. >> the place of this is double the size and terms of dollars saved, will place the reserves came out all more savings that allow us to avoid the layoffs of 70 police officers. >> meanwhile, the gulf of mexico spill, home they tend towñy÷ pua c,gv)+pxustranglehold onbñ19ud while there are a threatbñ19ud trusting the global budget to determine whether nugget to handle the ceiling up process. if it works engineers than plant f

. >>> san jose mayor chuck reed wants to hear from firefighters about the recent layoffs of 49 firefightersa stalemate when the city flatly rejected a new offer. mayor reed says every city department needs to make cuts and the firefighters did not make enough concessions. >> in many other departments, the unions agreed to 10% reductions in pay and benefits by some of our unions to avoid layoffs and we managed to save a lot of jobs. but the fire union has not been able to give us significant concessions to avoid layoffs. >> reed wants the union to vote on a 8.9% cut. >>> safety teams will be at muni stations to walk riders home from high crime areas. they'll wear yellow votes and carry phones from at&t. the examiner says 100 crimes happen each month on muni buses and it must stop. they say the new pilot program is meant to help passengers feel more comfortable. more local news coming up in a half hour. the "today" show returns in less than a minute. have a great morning. ♪ >>> grammy winning song by the band train, spent more than a year on the charts as fan favorite. now train has a lot of

. >> mayor reed and others of his colleagues on the council are putting politics ahead of public safety. >> reporter: earlier today mayor chuck reid stood firm. san jose police took a 4% pay cut as did other unions, he said firefighters should not be exempt. on top of that the union has no business accusing the city of not implements a gps tracking program sooner. he says the system to better deploy fire companies would not have changed response times yesterday. >> the way they deployed like they were yesterday is like a year ago. if you have multiple events you always have to move people and resources around to account for that. >> reporter: city council woman nora campos charges the mayor with playing political gales and she, too, points to one of the three fires that broke out yesterday morn and response time. >> it took our fire department 12 minutes to respond to a gas line explosion and in those 12 minutes what was really sad to hear is that we were not able to respond. >> i hope the firefighters will see it is better for everybody to take a 10% cut than it is for some people to take 100% pay cut. >> reporter: union mem