mayor chuck reed praised the city's green vision plan. for creating tech jobs here in san jose. we're live at city hall, george kiriyama. >>> quick cash that comes at a very high price. >> i got a pretty substantial bill enough to screw me up for the month. >> it's banned in 32 states but california can do nothing about it. tonight a legal loophole that could leave you pennyless. >> your blackberry, your smartphones, will they work in the morning? tonight, why nasa scientists are keeping a watchful eye on silicon valley tech. >>> and the not so fast drivers hoping to get a jump on the holiday weekend find themselves stranded, stuck for hours. >> and three storms in one week and winds today, that happened to 60 miles per hour in los gatos. we have all of the windy and the wet details as we head into tomorrow and also forf your upcoming weekend in minutes.or >>> it's chimchilly and it's snowing. a look outside in the sierra highway 89 at squa. the snow's still coming down but it's still clear there for motorists. while snow is falling travelers hoping to government a jump on the h

mayor chuck reed laid out the scenario during his state of the city address. we're looking at a $110 million deficit. today the police union is meeting with the mayor and his staff members trying to come to some sort of agreement. but mayor reed wants significant concessions now from all of the city's unions. here's what he is asking for. it is including a significant pension reform measure which voters have given approval for the november ballot. right now police and firefighters can retire fully at age 50. reed wants to change that to 65 or 67 to match social security benefits. he also wants to eliminate the automatic 3% raise in pensions annually and end some of the provisions that allow for big bonus checks and payouts for sick leave and vacation pay. if police officers don't agree to this, reed has been warning of major layoffs including possibly more than 300 officers. about 349 to be exact, and almost 150 firefighters. that is a quarter, as i mentioned, of san jose's public safety sector. so the police union is holding a big press conference this aftern

so here's mayor chuck reed's proposal that is including some significant pension reform. t now, police and firefighters can retire fully at age 50. reed wants to change that to age 65 or 67 to match social security benefits. he wants to eliminate the automatic 3% raise in pensions annually and revise some of the big bonus and payouts for sick leave and vacation pay. mayor reed was re-elected and is riding popular opinion and voters have recently voted for pension reform. but what will the unions reaction be? the police officers rather are planning a big meeting at a substation that has never been able to open because of budget cuts. and they will be speaking out today. frank and sydnie? >> anne, thanks very much, anne makovec at san jose city hall. >>> san francisco's police commission expected to vote this evening on a plan to allow officers to use tasers. they are concerned that officers could overuse them and they are dangerous. >>> time now 6:32. a teenager with a record of robbery is under arrest for a series of holdups in the city of oakland. a 19-year-old is accused

chuck reed/alcalde de san josé no one wants to lay off police officers or fighter fighters, but it'll significant concessions to avoid lay offs. el alcalde dijo que nadie quiere despedir policias ni bomberos, pero que se requieren concesiones significativas para evitar despidos. el alcalde propone aumentar la edad de jubilacin. eliminar aumentos anuales automticos a jubilados, cortar los bonos, y hacer permanente la ya aprobada reduccin del 10% a salarios. s.o.t. felipe juarez/sindicato mef 4:15:00 si quitan el 10% va a doler la gente que más necesita, mayormente mamas solteras, con niños o estudiantes. felipe juarez es directivo del sindicato que representa a trabajadores pblicos de bibliotecas y centros comunitarios de la ciudad, y dice que la mayoria es de medio tiempo y no tienen beneficios. s.o.t. 2:17:00 los trabajadores que trabajan en las bibliotecas en los centros comunitarios son los más bajos que pagan en todo la ciudad, necesitan ver todos los posiciones incluyendo las oficinas del concilio, del financiero, del alcalde. .o.t. george beattie/pres, asoc. de policias there is

mayor chuck reed made the statement last night during the state of the city address.the city has a $110 million budget deficit. the mayor said all city employees need to take a permanent 10% pay cut. he also wants to increase the retirement age and eliminate huge sixth payout. the state pensions are this city's most serious problems. >> the public needs to know in our particular retirement system, while members are contributing nearly 22 percent of their gross wages into the retirement fund. that's how much we contribute to on a weekly pay. . >>pam: last year the police agreed to a 4% pay cut, the mayor said he will be more givebacks to avoid police layoffs. >>jacqueline: a look at storm tracker 4, heavy rain to the south as we expected. we will lead to know how this is going to play out coming out in just a few minutes. >>pam: in national news, day three for teachers and other union workers as casing reports that more demonstrations expected this weekend. >>reporter: thousands of teachers and other public- sector employees have gathered here for the third consecutive

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the bleak outlook by mayor chuck read and the challenge he's already -- mayor chuck reed and the challengey predicting. >>> and a political debate gets real personal. the unexpected announcement from bay area congresswoman jackie speier. >>> it's too bad there's no snow up in the mountains. i just talked to a friend of mine. he's at donner summit driving up 12 to 15-foot drifts on the side of the road. >> wow. >> yeah. light snow continuing. winter storm warnings continue. snow has made it down to 1800 feet. so suffice it to say, winter storm warnings will continue probably until saturday morning for the mountains. >> boy, steve. look at those pictures. unbelievable. >>> 8:14. we're still following developing news coming out of bahrain. soldiers have fired tear gas and heavy weapons into the air. that's because thousands of demonstrators. now look at them. they are ignoring a government ban on gathering. at least 20 people have been hurt so far. all of this follow a day after riot police swept into a protest camp and killed five peel. more than 230 were hurt. these demonstrate es are calli

. >>> san jose mayor chuck reed delivering the annual state of the city address this evening and budget troubles are sure to be the focus. the speech set to begin about 7:00 at civic auditorium. tonight's event will be far from festive given a budget deficit projected at $110 million. earlier this week, city officials said that a worst- case scenario could lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs in the fire and police departments. >>> a judge won't make a decision until next week on a proposed gang injunction in oakland's fruitvale neighborhood. it would prohibit 40 suspected nortenos gang members from being on the streets of fruitvale after 10 p.m. and would make it illegal for them to congregate during the day. 20 of the suspected nortenos showed up at the hearing to discuss the proposed injunction. their lawyers argue they are not active gang members. >>> how you can get in on a surprise concert coming up. >> plus the high court of california stepping into the middle of the same-sex marriage marriage battle. the key question it plans to answer about prop 8. >>> and it's white knuckle dr

major chuck reed said that won't happen.re's a process for selecting a new police chief, a process the city manager followed. what will happen later this morning at 9:30 is the city manager will present more to the city council in a closed session. during this time members have a chance to question moore and to vote yea or nay on his approval. moore is a highly-educated 29-year veteran of the force. despite the credentials, ebb members of the coalition for accountability argue he would be more of the same, he wouldn't change the culture of the department leading to accusations in the past of unfair treatment of latinos, asian and african-americans and those with mental illnesses. they argued for chief anthony batts in oakland because he would have brought an outsider's perspective. patts was in the running for the job in san jose to make him the first african-american police chief until last week when the city manager indicated she had settled on moore. reporting live outside san jose city hall, bob redell for "today in the

. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed set up a special committee to help the struggling airport which recently completed a $1.3 billion upgrade last summer. the name change is one of the ways the airport could spur business. since 2008 they've lost a quarter of passengers and third of scheduled flights. remaining flights could be pricey. there's talk about police and fire protection and also this name change. there's a committee meeting at 1:00 this afternoon right here at this airport to discuss that change. we'll have more from the airport in just about 30 minutes. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right. let's check in with sal for a look at traffic right now. how does it look, sal? >>> it looks all right. we have some problems now developing. first of all go out and see what we can do about getting you into san francisco if you're driving to the bay bridge it does look good. and you know one of the things you may start to consider as the weather changes how to make commute plans for the next day. steve will talk about what the weather's going to be like in just a

i'm very pleased to be involved with make chuck reed's gang prevention task force which brings peopleithin the community as well as law enforcement to try to provide alternatives for kids so they don't join gangs. one fact that is very striking is if we increase graduations b% drop in murders and aggravated assaults. that is based on findings from the california state attorney's office. in santa clara county that would mean we would have seven fewer murders and 700 less aggravated assaults if we would increase graduation rate by 10%. >> i appreciate you coming there. i hope you accomplish those goals. we do have to take a break. coming up in just a moment. we're going to talk about the courage of one mother who suffered one of worst [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. plus i get two boxtops for their school. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's n

even if police agreed to pay cut mayor chuck reed said there could still be layoffs. >> the members toff of all we get is 10% concessions that will be enough. there of the things we do to save money in order to avoid layoffs. or try to figure that out. >>rob: please union said the recent spike in homicides should be a wake-up call to city hall. the department would surely delighting gangs and criminals as police response time will slow to a crawl, procter police work will come to an end and will become a thing of the past. war crimes will go on self >>rob:. in san jose rob kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: we've been talking the last couple of days the possibility of snow in the bay area. here's a picture from 1962 along the peninsula, snow in the streets. we saw 3 in. of snow in the storm. this week on the same pattern as what we saw these previous to storms with cold arctic air dropping down from canada into the bay area and lower snow levels substantially. it's the same pattern we saw in 1962. as we head into tomorrow afternoon, the ram will start in the north bay about 3:00. snow levels w

chuck reed sat down with "the wall street journal" and talked about san jose's budget woes. ing we said earlier, that san jose is considering shutting off street lights to save money. a plan reed says is likely not a worse case she in their you. he blames the high costs of pensions of firefighters and police calling this like a cancer, starting slowly, no one noticing until it becomes deadly. >>> meanwhile, speaking of cancer, i'm talking the real kind, not the figurative kind, there's evidence this morning push published in the journal of american medicine saying that cell phones may stimulate brain cellsle. they have actual photographic proof of a scan showing when you hold it to your ear it does affect your brain. the interesting thing, brent and laura, is they are not sure, the doctors who did the research, whether that's necessarily a bad thing. it is indetectable as far as showing you that and an interesting picture, the brain activity is the same. >> it kind of activates it. >> yes, it activates it. they have proof there's an effect, but they don't have proof it is bad

the officers association and chuck reed are holding a news conference this afternoon and we are expecting to learn more about where the negotiations stand. >>> san francisco's police commission voting tonight on a proposal to arm officers with tasers. if approved, the department would be allowed to study the issue more. the plan would then go back to the commission for a final vote. the police chief hopes tasers will cut down on officer- involved shootings but the critics are worried they could be overused. >>> we could have a decision today on a proposed gang inning junction for oakland's fruitvale area for the injunction. it would restrict the activities of 40 suspected gang members in the fruitvale neighborhood. it's been in place in north oakland since june. critics say it's racial profiling. >>> he is 2 years old and using pot. why his parents say medical marijuana saved this little boy's life. >>> and jail time for actress lindsay lohan? the ultimatum from the judge. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> no more schools closing in the mount diablo unified school district, at least not now. the sch

san jose mayor chuck reed will deliver opening remarks. the chief has plenty of experience, he took over as acting chief in october after former chief rob davis stepped down and he has also been working as a police officer for the last 29 years. >>> the san francisco police commission has given the green light for a detailed study on the use of tasers and other less lethal weapons. after hours of debate at 11:30 lasts night the commissioners voted 6-1 to allow the department to study the use of the weapons. this comes almost a year after the commission voted down a similar proposal from former police chief george gascon. new chief is happy with the change heart. now chief will search the -- research the dangers and use of tasers and present his findings to the commission. >>> in just about an hour and a half, nasa's most traveled space shuttle is scheduled to lift off at the kennedy space center in florida. it will be the space shuttle discovery's 39th and final trip into space. not long ago, six astronauts climbed aboard and weather condi

that's what san jose mayor chuck reed told city employees in his state of the city speech tonight. outlining his plan to save the city from what he calls fiscal disaster. among other things, reed wants city employees to have to work until social security retirement age to be eligible for full city retirement benefits. >> there is no more money. the well is dry. the $445 million we're spending on public safety this year is more than we will receive in revenues from the property tax, sales tax. >> well you know, if i understood the mayor correctly tonight, he wants us to work to age 67. i got to ask you, how comfortable would a 65-year-old or a 67-year-old feel chasing down a 20-year-old in a gang neighborhood? >> earlier this week the city went public with a plan too lay off hundreds of police officers and firefighters if the unions didn't agree to concessions. san jose faces a $110 million deficit for the next fiscal year. >>> well you know that your credit will be ruined if you don't pay your mortgage, or if you're late on your credit cards, but now something else will affect your

. >>> san jose's mayor chuck reed will deliver the annual state of the city this evening. the speech is set to begin about 7:00 at the civic auditorium. tonight's event won't be festive given the bleak financial situation. city. the budget deficit is projected athe $110 million. earlier this week the city said hundreds of jobs could be lost in the fire and police departments under a worst-case scenario. >> if you think about our patrol force itself is roughly 560, half the patrol force would be gone. that would be supplemented by people we are bringing back from the bureau of investigations and other parts of the department but it's a significant piece of our department. >> the city is also looking at millions in other cuts. the city council is asking unions for salary reductions and pension reform. councilmember pete constance says if nothing is done san jose is on the path to bankruptcy. >>> and the mayor of san francisco also warns his city might declare bankruptcy in the next five to ten years. he tells the citizens the city needs to shave up to $400 million in employe

mayor chuck reed and other city officials are warning of major layoffs in the police department unless the union makes major concessions on pay and benefits. the city is dealing with a budget deficit over $100 million. leaders of the police officers association plan a news conference today. >>> the mount diablo school board has unanimously agreed not to close any more schools in their district. but the board's president said they could revisit that ide if voters don't approve a tax extension proposed by governor jerry brown. the district is looking to save $1.5 million annually. >>> earlier this month, trustees voted to shut down glenbrook middle school and holbrook elementary school. those two schools will still be closed for good next year. >>> 4:41. what does the health of steve jobs mean for the future apple? we could get some answers today. >> plus, the date is set. when will we get our first glimpse of that new ipad? and a preview of some of its unique features all coming up. >>> and you can breathe easier on your next flight. why air travel is safer than it's ever been. ,,,,,,,,

mayor chuck reed will deliver opening remarks at the ceremony, set to begin at 5:00 at city hall. it comes at a time when the police officers association not very happy with the mayor. he warned hundreds of officers could be laid off because of the city's deficit. >>> how about this. san jose thinking about changing the name of its airport. right now it is already a mouthful. but the "mercury news" says the committee is looking into changing it to normal y mineta san jose international airport. they think it would better market it outside the area. the public will weigh in at a meeting tonight. >>> now what this is? >> i do. i see them all the time. a snowplow a few are getting ready for what promises to be a cold wet snowy next couple of days. caltrans has a few on standby. that must be like a 1975 mod gilles bring your children out and taked a picture. we have never seen one down here. >> i guess, lawrence, everyone is talking about it. that snow better come, huh? >> well, this is probably the best opportunity for us to see some snow in the bay area since i have been doing this

. >> reporter: san francisco mayor chuck reed and the san jose city council have so far voted against joining the system called bay web. it would connect the nine bay area counties and santa cruz. >> miss representations were made to the u.s. government in order to get funding from the federal government, so a grant was given directly to motorola and it's going in a direction that we think is not a good use of the public funds and will interfere with our inability to public safety and violates the rights of the residents of san jose. >> i've never misrepresented anything we're trying to do here. >> reporter: some staff members including the executive director are former motorola employees. >> the fact that they had worked for motorola who was given the grant does not seem that much of a problem to me. >> reporter: the sheriff's role has come to a question. >> the sheriff is leading us in a path to commitment with motorola. technology that hasn't been proven. >> all i'm trying to do is build the program for the future. >> reporter: how complete is a bay area communications system witho

mayor chuck reed says this is terrific news, not only for san jose but for all of the bay area. back to you. >> thank you, tara. >>> 7:07. well, four new b.a.r.t. police chaplains will be sworn in today. b.a.r.t. says the chaplains will be available to offer counseling to police personnel and their families. they will also offer support to crime victims. these chap lanes are all volunteers. they will wear b.a.r.t.une forms but they will -- uniforms but they will have an insignia and you will be able to tell them apart. >>> we want to check in with sal now. >> bay bridge, about a 10 to 15- minute delay getting onto the span. also, the morning commute is okay in san francisco along northbound 101. let's take a look at san jose, 280 northbound. that traffic is moving well but around the corner you will see some slowing there. 101 is slowing getting into sunnyvale. let's go to steve. >>> good morning. cloudy, light rain, it's this evening and tonight when the front moves through. the pattern is changed. we had almost two weeks of sunshine and warm weather. remember? remember? well,

chuck reed is part crew coach and life coach. >> a lot of athletes will be left out. we are kind of discouraged by the nature of the whole thing and not continue the sport which is really unfortunate. >> lucky students can move on to other teams but the kids on scholarships may have to hang up their oars. >> its traf. we have to do, it's a travesty. >> those were the long term goals but now for the kids it's just about rowing until they can't row anymore. >> this is the last week. >> much more to come. michael finney is up. how could this man put 30,000 miles on his car in less than two weeks? >> these cars have been trapped since last night. they are digging out from the storm of the century. >> i'm spencer christian, how warm can i get this weekend? i'll have the answer in my accu-weather forecast coming up. ♪ ♪ >> and a bay area recording studio that has been keeping the studio that has been keeping the music playing for 50 yeaeaeaeaea a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never

. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed's fifth state of the city address was his bleakest.with san jose facing a projected budget deficit of $110 million. >> the danger from the deficit has grown like a cancer. >> reporter: the mayor says san jose's largest cost are for police and fire pensions. and will take significant concessions to avoid lay offs. at its worse, $349 could lose their jobs. >> the less officers you have in a city of a million, the harder it's going to be for us to get to handle those calls for service when people call. >> reporter: last year, san jose cut 800 city jobs. this year the mayor wants all city workers to take 10% pay cuts. >> not all employees are created equal. we represent employees in this city that are the lowest paid workers in san jose. >> reporter: besides possible lay offs the mayor wants to increase retirement ages for city workers to receive full benefits. eliminate the city's guaranteed pension raises. and end so called retirement bonus checks. >> i am sorry to have to write this unpleasant prescription. but this is our new reality a

. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed's fifth state of the city address was his bleakest.with san jose facing a projected budget deficit of $110 million. >> the danger from the deficit has grown like a cancer. >> reporter: the mayor says san jose's largest cost are for police and fire pensions. and will take significant concessions to avoid lay offs. at its worse, $349 could lose their jobs. >> the less officers you have in a city of a million, the harder it's going to be for us to get to handle those calls for service when people call. >> reporter: last year, san jose cut 800 city jobs. this year the mayor wants all city workers to take 10% pay cuts. >> not all employees are created equal. we represent employees in this city that are the lowest paid workers in san jose. >> reporter: besides possible lay offs the mayor wants to increase retirement ages for city workers to receive full benefits. eliminate the city's guaranteed pension raises. and end so called retirement bonus checks. >> i am sorry to have to write this unpleasant prescription. but this is our new reality a

mayor chuck reed says it cost the city $14 million and says retirement payouts are too generous. >> i understand that people are working hard and we copyright continue to afford to pay money at this point. >> reporter: and concessions have been made to limit vacation accrual. we showed the numbers to some residents. >> i would like to know what i'm getting for that money. >> i guess i wouldn't blame the perp as much for take advantage of it knowing that i might do the same with the wife and a young son, probably the system is what we need to be maybe altering. >> reporter: the number come as the city is trying to negotiate payouts and the council is expected to hear dire numbers if the mayor says these concessions aren't made to close $110 million budget shortfall. live in san josi, maureen naylor, ktvu, channel 2 news flat panel an effort to update pg&e's record system may have caused the utility to lose crucial information about its pipelines. the san francisco chronicle reports in 1993, pg&e install a computer system. according to the report, the upgrade required employees toip put

that's one of the things the committee set up be chuck reed is looking at to make the airport more competitive. one option is adding the name, silican valley international airport to the title. >> as long as the code doesn't change and everywhere i've got to book my flight to the sjc i don't care. that's fine with me. >> it's way too long. too complicated. too difficult to type into the computer. so many reasons. >> reporter: the name change is one thing the committee will consider to help the airport recover from a slump. >>> and another massive recall from toyota to tell you about. the auto maker is recalling more than 2 million vehicles. accelerated vehicles can become entrapped in floor mats. toyota has now recalled more than 14 million vehicles worldwide since 2009. now if you have a toyota and want to know if your vehicle is being recalled. go to our website it's ktvu.com. when you're there, click on the toyota tab right on our home page. there we have information on what to do to get your car fixed. >>> an impressive come back for general motors. gm posted its first profit since 2004. t

. >>> san jose mayor chuck reed plans to travel to japan tomorrow to meet with representatives of that nation's second largest airline. mayor reed wants to accomplish service between san jose and tokyo. the mayor says there's large demand for transpacific flights. >> it's a good place to start. >> a recent agreement between japan and the united states lifted the limits on the number of flights between the two countries making it possible for san jose to seek new connections with japan. >>> homeownership in the united states has fallen to its lowest level since 1998 leaving nearly 1% of all u.s. homes empty. the census bureau says 66% of people earn their own homes in the last quarter of 2010. that is down from a high of 69% back in 2004. foreclosures are responsible for many of the empty houses. but half of those are rental properties that have become too expensive for people to rent. >>> the dow jones soared back over that 12,000 point hitting it's highest level in two years. better than expected profits in the manufacturers and pharmaceutical industry also drove the market higher. in

the mayor chuck reed says there is something wrong with that picture. >> the jobs are being created notsarily staying in california and california has a terrible record on job creation, something that the state needs to change. >> reporter: manufacturing was once a source of employment providing many thousands of good middle american jobs but the loss of those jobs to other states and other countries has given silicon valley's economy an hour glass shape. >> it has got a good number of jobs at the top. good quality jobs. it has a very shrunking middle. a declining middle class. then it has a lot of poor jobs, low end service jobs on the bottom. >> reporter: this man says the u.s. economy has historically had a rounder middle and they should be concerned that the valley doesn't become a place where good ideas grow but jobs do not. >> what we in california have to be careful about is we don't just become a state that deals with the front end, the start- up innovation and doesn't have the scaling take place. doesn't have the next generation ciscoes and hps actually happen here. >> reporter

. >> mark: san jose where mayor chuck reed made the city address. ll in the budget public enemy number one. closing the budget all would take more than a 10 percent cut in wages and benefits. reed is urging city workers to consider making those concessions permit. retirement costs need to be brought under control but he pledged there will be no drastic cuts to the police force. >> mark: stock futures are flat as investors take a breather. no reports are due today, it rose 30 points yesterday. oil prices fell down to $86 a barrel. a judge has approved borders plan to close 200 stores including 12 bookstores in the bay area as an attempt to fix its business in bankruptcy protection. it allows approval. >> mark: officials from the big apple extending stanford university an invitation. it want them to create an engineering campus within the city. if stanford university except the new campus would be larger and more permanent than their rigs and the existing centers. >> darya: antioch father behind bars right now facing murder charges. police say he bruta

that is a grim warning from san jose mayor chuck reed in last night's state of the city address. the mayor described his city as in a state of fiscal disaster. among other things, reed wants city employees to work until social security retirement age to be eligible for full city retirement benefits. >> there is no more money. the well is dry. the $445 million we're spending on public safety this year is more than we will receive in revenues from the property tax, sales tax. >> you know, if i understood the mayor correctly tonight he wants us to work to age 67. i got to ask you, how comfortable would a 65-year-old or 60-year-old feel chasing down a 20-year-old in a gang neighborhood? >> earlier this week the city went public with a plan to lay off hundreds of police officers and firefighters if the unions didn't agree to concessions. san jose is facing a $1 10 million deficit for the next fiscal year. >>> 5:12 your time. it's not just late payments that can hurt your credit. the new consequences for not paying your rent on time, as well. >> plus, some say a relationship isn't offi

the san jose police officers association will meet with the media to try to tear holes in mayor chuck reed's budget program. he is calling for major pension reform including grening the age for full retirement, getting rid of annual increases in pension benefits and bonus payments to retirees. also asking city workers to take 10% cut in salary. the city may have to lay off 349 police officers if unions do not agree to the concessions. >> new san francisco district attorney is looking to make his imprint. he is going to hold a news conference to announce how he plans to restap the office that he inherited. he will explain how he's going to maximize resources and improve public safety. the former chief was appointed by san francisco mayor gavin newsom. >> tonight revisiting the idea of arming officers with tasers. the commission voted against a taser proposal last year but could come without a new outlook. still some question the cost and effectiveness of those tasers. mayor lee backs the idea but would like to explore other alternatives. >> alameda county may renew a sales tax set to expire.

president of the san jose police officers association will feet with the media to try to tear holes in chuck reed's plan. the mayor is calling for major pension reform. getting rid of guaranteed annual increases and bonus payments to retir retirees. he is also asking city workers to take 10% cuts in salaries. the city may have to lay off 349 officers if unions don't agree. >> new george gasgon will hold a news conference. he will explain how he plans to maximize resources and improve public safety. the former police chief was appointed by gavin newsom. >> i want to check the forecast with christina. another cold start. >> warmer in some cities with clouds. clouds tend to trap in the daytime heat. i can tell you these clouds are all ahead of a front that drops in as we head through tonight bringing our showers tomorrow night. and this is a really gold system. today's partly cloudy conditions, in the mid-50s, little likely be embraced. we have a chance of rain every day for the next seven days. through the latter part of next week we'll start to see temperatures climb back up and the rain chances com

budget deficit, possible police layoffs and skyrocketing pension costs are a few of the topics mayor chuck reed is expected to address during his state of the speech address. city leaders laid out a worst case scenario plan to deal with the budget gap. proposals include shutting off neighborhood street lights overnight and getting rid of gang-prevention programs. >>> protests in the middle east turned violent overnight. three people are dead in bahrain. witnesses say police raided a camp full of protesters early today firing rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators. thousands of anti-government protesters are out of the camp now. they have been there several days. bahrain is home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. >>> protestors in libya declare today a date of rage. two people died and dozens were issued from clashes with libyan security forces yesterday. that country has been under the rule of muammar go day fee for 40 years. >>> the convicted mastermind behind a murder for hire plot in the south bay is going to ask for a new trial today. paul garcia faces life in prison for hiring a hitman

san jose mayor chuck reed blames out of control retirement costs. those benefits reportedly will hit $61 million this coming fiscal year. mayor reed says if no union concessions are made, 1100 jobs could be eliminated. he also warns concessions won't be enough to completely solve the problem. >> 10% for next year will give us about $38 million in savings against $110 million problem. so it's just a piece of what we need. >> he says it may mean reducing staffing on fire engines, restricting overtime and reducing benefits of the future police officers. san jose has a $110 million budget shortfall. >>> despite the budget crunch, san jose's downtown is moving into its third year of a beautification program. right now the city helps pay for trash pick up, graffiti removal and plants and flowers. property owners agreed to increase their property assessments and chip in some money, but they say they're worried that the strained finances could force the city to cut its contribution. still, a city official says the money is an investment in san jose to keep

we're chuck reed said the biggest increase in costs for san jose as police and fire pension.ll increase by $45 million in the next year. the city is dealing with the major budget deficit. as kate thompson reports the police union says most rank and file members don't get a golden parachute. >>christine: retiring at 90% pay after 30 years of service. george b. did present and the san jose police union says of 106 officers that retired last year only for action get the full 90 percent. >> in those offices you talk about the high payouts once again this chief officers. we have very few chief officers. the average working copy doesn't retire with that amount of money. police and fire. last year the police department agreed to a 4% pay cut the mayor said he needs 10 percent. >> if you look at the city's numbers, they're saying even if we take a 10% pay and that there still going to lay off police officers. >>pam: new details now a narcotics officer and a former police officer make their first court appearance today after being accused of distributing a variety of drugs. as john tr

mayor chuck reed and the city council are honoring outstanding people in the district and several citythe event is free to the public being held in the evening to encourage the public to stop by after work. it is being held at the downtown civic auditorium recently renovated. >>> scott told us about borders filing for bankruptcy yesterday. today the chain says it is closing 200 stores nationwide, including 11 in the bay area. here they are, a couple in san jose, two in san francisco, and one in los gatos, san mateo and alameda. other stores set to close are in fremont, pleasanton, union city and san ramon. most of them are going to have sales this weekend to try to move out the inventory. then the closing dates happen within the next few weeksle. if you have a gift card to borders, now is the time to use that. >> yesterday was the time to use it. >>> we have been talking about the growing tension between taxpayers, teachers and firefighters. and it is getting worse. >> yes, let me take you to madison, wisconsin. take a look at this video. this is the birthplace of local government unio

mayor chuck reed is calling for 10% pay cuts from eleven unions to try to help avoid layoffs and alsouts to city services. also tonight san jose's new top cop will be sworn in. last night the city council unanimously approved the city manager's choice of chris moore to become the new police chief. moore has been serving as acting chief since october when the former chief, rob davis, stepped down. >>> the san jose police department's horse unit may become the latest victim of budget cuts. the san jose mercury news reports $280,000 in donations are need today save this mounted patrol unit. without that money, the unit could be eliminated this june. the horse unit is responsible for patrolling the downtown area, the parks and also gives crowd control at special events. just their presence is credited with improving safety. >>> and later today san francisco district attorney will announce some changes within his office. he will talk about restructuring efforts aimed at improving effectiveness, maximizing resources and increasing public safety. he took office last month after 18 months as

mayor chuck reed of san jose pointed out to "the mercury news" that sfo markets its way to the gateway to silicon valley while the airport that is actually in silicon valley doesn't even have silicon valley in its name. do you think as an outsider that would help san jose by putting silicon valley in the title? >> it would be too long. i'm from atlanta and it is atlanta hartsfield/jackson international airport and it is too long. so as an outsider i think that would be too long, either san jose silicon valley or san jose whatever the other name is. >> reporter: what do you mean the other name is? you don't know? >> i can't remember. i only fly in once a year to san jose, that's all i know, san jose airport. >> reporter: even the outsiders know and refer to this as sjo. so reporting live here from norman y mineta san jose international airport, soon to be norman y mineta san jose -- just just a minute, san jose/silicon valley international airport. >> thank you, bob. >>> we have some breaking news right now. toyota just announcing it will recall some 2.1 million vehicles in the united s

mayor chuck reed is calling for 10% pay cuts from 11 unions to save jobs. but he also warns warns that even if they get concessions there could still be layoffs. here's what some citizens have to say. >> i'll pay cut. i'll weather it if it happens but whether or not one day at time. >> i don't know if i'll be able to keep my house and pay all my bills because i'm barely making it now. >> the mayor blames out of control retirement costs which are projected to reach $61 million this coming fiscal year. >>> time now 5:17. san jose's budget troubles could mean less money to keep the cities downtown clean. right now the city helps pay for ground works. that pays for trash pick up, graffiti removal and cleaner sidewalks. property owners who agree to increase their property assessments also chipped in some money. strained finances could force the city to cut its contributions. but some say that money is an investment to keep downtown safe and beautiful. >>> the san jose city council votes tonight on whether to move ahead with an energy saving plan that would dim s

mayor chuck reed will be delivering the opening remarks at the ceremony set to begin at 5:00 at city this comes at a time when the police officers association is not happy with the mayor. >> other similar sized cities have doubled sometimes even tripled the number of officers. >> that is a clip from the union's latest television ad criticizing mayor reed. the mayor wants officers to make pay and benefit concessions to help the city reduce the massive budget deficit and if they don't, the city is threatening to lay off as many as 350 officers. union leaders expressed their concerns at a news conference yesterday. >> today is about raising the alarm of a 350-officer cut. today is about raising the alarm of a 900-force police department protecting a city of over a million people. >> they say a scaled-down force would eliminate pro-active police work. the union says that could leave more crimes unsolved and raise the crime rate. mayor reed says the average total cost for a police officer has gone up 100% in the past decade. tough times in san jose and everywhere right now. >>> 5:14 your

major chuck reed is calling for 10% pay cuts from eleven unions to help avoid layoffs and cuts to city services. >>> also tonight, san jose's new top cop will be sworn in. last night the city council unanimously approved the city manager's choice of chris moore to take over as the police chief. moore has been serving as acting chief since october when former chief rob davis stepped down. >>> the san jose police department's horse unit may become the latest victim of budget cuts. san jose mercury news reports $280,000 in donations are needed to save the mounted patrol unit. without the money, it could be eliminated in june. the horse unit is responsible for patrolling the downtown area, parks and provides crowd control at special events. >>> and later today san francisco district attorney george gas cone will announce changes in his office. he will talk about restructuring efforts aimed at improving effectiveness, maximizing resources and increeding public safety. he took office last month after 18 months of serving as the city's police chief. >>> time now 6:18. in just a couple hours,

. >>> chuck reed says city workers need to make sacrifices, especially police and firefighters. the major says the city simply cannot make enough money to cover the skyrocketing costs of pensions. >> no one wants to lay off police officers or firefighters, but it will take significant concessions to avoid layoffs. let me emphasize, there's no more money. the well is dry. >> mayor reed is calling for major pension reform including increasing the age for full retirement and eliminating guaranteed increases in pension benefits and bonus payments to retirees. he's also asking them to make 10% cuts in salary payments. of course, all of these remarks were made during his state of the city address last night. >>> it is 5:07 right now. the final touches are taking place today for floats in san francisco's chinese bill yard parade. tens of thousands of people will show up to chinatown tomorrow night to celebrate the year of the rabbit. the floats will be part of the largest chinese new year parade outside of mainland china. over 100 floats with participate. the parade has been a traditio

. >>> also in san jose, mayor chuck reed will deliver the annual state of the city address this eveningto begin about 7:00 at the civic auditorium after a short ceremony. tonight's events will be far from festive though given the city's bleak financial situation. the budget deficit projected in san jose at $110 million. earlier this week, city officials said a worst-case scenario could lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs in the fire and police departments there. >>> it is 6:37. will all this rain put you in the mood for a good movie? liam mayclem is here with what's hot at the theater and other weekend fun. >> plus, it's rough going for people heading up to the sierra to do a little skiing. we have a live report on the conditions and the low snow this morning. coming up. >>> and the market opening just about 10 minutes ago. taking a quick check of the early numbers, you see the dow jones industrial average already down in negative territory 31 points. an unemployment report coming out and it is not very encouraging. we are going to get an update from jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoney

chuck reed says city workers need to make sacrifices, especially the police officers and firefighters. the mayor says the city is simply not making enough money to cover the skyrocketing costs of pensions. >> no one wants to layoff police officers or firefighters, but it will take significant concessions to avoid layoffs. let me emphasize there is no more money. the well is dry. >> mayor reed is calling for major pension reform including increasing the age for full retirement as well as eliminating guaranteed annual increases in pension benefits and bonus payments to retirees. he's also making them make 10% cuts in salaries permanently. >>> more than $100 million of construction work could be headed to the east bay. marla tellez is live in dublin with how this will impact people there. not everyone is onboard, marla. >> reporter: not everyone is happy with the idea, believe it or not. we'll explain why in a moment. to give you an idea, this is 580 with the traffic flowing eastbound just fine this morning. there's the brand new west dublin/pleasanton station complete with a pedestrian

that's something mayor chuck reed said will not happen. the selection process of coming up with a new police chief has been followed. debra figoti will present this in a closed session at city hall at 9:00 this morning. then they will vote yes or no to chris moore's approval. this is approval he's expected to receive. moore is a highly-educated 29-year member of the force. despite the credentials, members of the coalition of justice say he won't change the culture of the department leading to accusations of unfair treatment of latinos, african and asian-americans and those with men call illnesses. they argue for chief batts instead in part because he would bring an outsider's perspective. he was in the running for the job that would make him the first african-american police chief. that was until last week when the city manager indicated she had settled on moore. reporting live outside san jose city hall, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> a couple of san jose police officers are going to be recognized later on this morning for their serv

those are the ominous words of san jose mayor, chuck reed. the city may be forced to lay off hundreds of police officers and dozens of firefighters. nbc's damian trujillo joins us now from city hall. what's the strategy tonight for the political hot potato? >> reporter: it's not easy, raj. this is his fifth year in office and they've all been full of budgetary bad news. tonight he's up on the 18th floor preparing for tomorrow's state of city address. and again, he's prepared to go after the public safety unions. the cherry blossoms are out along this quiet rose garden community. but also blossoming here is the crime. >> i'm not surprised at the burglary rate going up because of the economy. >> reporter: kirk mcclellan has lived on el dorado avenue for decades, watching his friends recently organize a neighborhood watch program. but the signs didn't prevent a break-in mid-monday afternoon here. and it left neighbors with little reason to believe that police will solve this and other crimes, now that fewer police officers are on the street and

. >> mark: a complaint by chuck reed talking about this trip.or plant in oregon and not in california. we will talk about the competitive nature in the united states. as well as the competitive nature in california. that was reportedly one of the topics of conversation last night. >> darya: check out the air force one. it looks mass of dozen of george? >> george: for many years the largest plane in operation. as mark was saying incredibly well equipped operating room, the mobile white house. it's the communication caught capabilities on board as well. >> mark: it can fly continuously refueling mid-air. they have the advance security communication. it is a mobile command center. >> darya: the building in the way, there were snipers on top of that we saw them position. jackie, he is getting the shots for us. he had to go through ground security as he does. they are staked out into the president leaves. george they are closing their space right now. >> george: no landing traffic, taking off traffic, commercial flights are on gate hold, the airport