leaders are getting together with the lieutenant governor as well as san jose mayor chuck reed and they are brainstorming some of these ideas seeing how they might be able to take action on some of these ideas in newsom's plan, how to create jobs. grace? >> you know, we need all the help we can get. thank you, sharon chin. >>> a light at the end. tunnel for those two cal grads that have been held captive for almost two years in iran. >> plus, school south and thieves are striking. the gold mine they discovered at bay area schools and why they keep coming back. >>> and a little shake, rattle and roll. we all not bay area roads are bumpy. -- we all know that bay area roads are a little bumpy. how our potholes compare to the rest of the country. >>> clouds clearing out, plenty of sunshine for friday. i'll have the weekend forecast coming up. get at&t u-verse today. at&t u-verse tv. make the switch! [ female announcer ] call now to get at&t u-verse tv for only 29 a month for six months. hd-ready dvr receiver included at no extra charge. plus, get up to 132 channels,

and just last week as i, along with mayor kwan and mayor chuck reed were being interviewed at the siliconadership c.e.o. forum about technology, and about what our cities are doing in the region, there was david louie covering that information, that news, trying to highlight for the peninsula and the east bay and other communities in the bay area what our three mayors were doing. what we were doing with business, how technology was part of that. he's been the first minority elected chairman of the board of national academy of television arts and sciences in 1984. he's an emmy award winner of course. but more importantly, i think, is that he's used his position all these years and also as a member. asian-american journalists to promote others. that's really to me the key to success. when you get to a position of dignified contribution, you then open the doors for others. that's what i continue to aspire to in this position. so i want to thank the judges for putting forth david louie as a finalist. for janana hero. we've grown up with jan. evening magazine from the mid 1970's to the 1990's,

. >> it's a tough situation to be in, mayor chuck reed says he wants more cops on the street not less, but he says pension costs have skyrocketed and the city simply can't afford to keep the 67 officers. >> on the peninsula, it pays to sleep on the job. the new hybrid fire department servicing san carlos and belmont has interesting perks. following a city council vote on monday, new firefighters can retire at 50 and rack up overtime while sleeping at the fire hours. san carlos is one of the few bay area cities with a budget surplus. the city stands to save about $900,000 annually when it dissolving the existing belmont san carlos fire department this coming october. as the city's assistant manager tells us, additional cutbacks and financial maneuvers are also in placed. >> we've reduced the salaries by 5% and the pension plan from what they call 3% at age 55 to 2% at age 50. >> beginning in october the san carlos belmont fire department will be operated by red road city. >>> the big day before the get-away day before the long holiday weekend. right now you're looking outside and even

critics say they cannot believe that the mayor chuck reed had this happen. mayor read said that with the $50 million deficit there was no other choice. if this was the scene at the san jose of union hall today. emotions running high vircho the turned n their badges for a family know even of the was a pay cut, and pension reform still believes continued. they say that this could not have come at a worse time. with homicide and gang violence on the rise and san jose. the award on the street is that off our everyday encounters with the gang members and they think that crime is going to go off they all know the we are going to get a leadoff. by july 1st. the homicide rate is almost 50 percent more than 2010. if it will at least double because this six more months >> city council slashed the mission of the cities and to rest at heart. cities is going to end up backfiring and the better own it! when summer comes. >> known gang members and the san jose the word on the street is of the jokingly say will july 1st. you guys are not going to be out here right? aren't y

mayor chuck reed was at the event.e was going to help the state for the chronically homeless. >> we're already spending more money on the homeless than it would cost to get them in housing and provide services. >>> major reed said the city will work with the state to get tax credits for affordable housing -- the mayor reed. >>> and there is much more news ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 starts in 90 seconds. >>> a bay area marine back home from the front lines of afghanistan. his store on this independence day weekend straight ahead. >>> and new information tonight about the house fire in san francisco that killed two firefighters. the official word on the cause of that deadly fire. >>> it's a san francisco neighborhood known for crime but tonight there is a shift to change that. what's in the works that is only days away. >> and days before the 4th of july, authorities are cracking down on illegal fireworks. how the internet is helping some skirt the law. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm san frank some

but mayor chuck reed says that's still not enough to put it on the ballot. general purpose tax got 51% support. >>> well the u.s. postal service is looking to close thousands of postoffices. the tough economy has been especially hard on the government's mail delivery service. the government's alternative idea to keep some of those postoffices in operation. >>> time now 6:36. bay area football fans are ready to see some football. the raiders and the 49ers some of them will return as soon as today. ktvu's kraig debro now with the very latest. >> fans are ready to see some football. we're at the 49ers headquarters and training facility here in santa clara. the doors are going to be opening in 30 minutes. it's a voluntary place that 49er player can come today. it's voluntary, not all players can come, we'll tell you a little bit more about that in a second. preseason game, first one is two weeks away. both san francisco and oakland, the city's of have revenue issues with games. san francisco gets about $5 million a year from 49er games, the money goes to the cit

. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed says cities are bracing for the impact.ond rates could go up which could make financing infrastructure improvements like roads or sidewalks more expensive at a time when cities can least afford it. >> we are talking hundreds of millions of dollars of obligation and if the price goes up only 1% it could be millions of dollars additional cost to the city. >> reporter: how does that affect the citizens? >> with more money going into paying debt service that means there's less money for services and we have to cut from someplace else in our budget. >> reporter: san jose is one city with its own debt crisis looking at a deficit next year of $110 million. dana, just about everywhere you look now the cities, state of california, the federal government, it's all filled with red ink. maybe somebody should ask steve jobs for a loan. >> with low interest, please. >>> len ramirez, thank you very much. >>> it's not just california. the feds want a piece of that internet shopping too. legislation is being introduced in the senate and the

among those taking part mayor chuck reed and his wife. >> speaking of parade, alameda's fourth of july parade will kick off 18 few hours, it will start at park street, make its way to webster street. starts this morning at 10:00. more than 170 entries and 2500 participants will march along the three-mile route. >> in san francisco the city's fireworks display takes place on the northeast water front down to pier 39, starting at about 9:30. mu nistal pier at the foot of enis avenue will be closed to the public. boats can't enter the lagoon from 1:00 in the afternoon until 11:00 at night. there are other fireworks events around the bay area. some of them are on the screen. you can see san francisco fireworks from the deck of the uss hornet in alameda. that would be cool. $10 for kids, $25 for adults. fireworks are at 9:30. or head to leo j. ryan park that starts at 9:30 as well. there will be a show at berkeley marina at 9:30. and at the milpitas sports center the show starts at 9:30. morgan hills fireworks show starts at dark at the morgan hill community park. should be a lot of fun. 5:

among those taking part the mayor chuck reed and his wife. >> speaking of sprayeds, alameda's parade will kick off in a few hours. that parade will start at park street and make its way to webster street. it starts this morning at 10:00. more than 170 entries and 2500 participants will march along the three-mile course. >> in san francisco, for spectacular fireworks display check out the city's waterfront show. it will take place around 9:30 on the northeast water front from aquatic park down to pier 39. municipal pier will be closed to the public, boats will not be allowed to enter aquatic park lagoon from 1:00 in the afternoon until 11:00 tonight. >> and there are other fireworks events around the bay area. check out your screen right now. you can see san francisco fireworks from the deck of the uss hornet in alameda. that will be cool. take a tour of the museum. $10 for kids. $25 for adults. fireworks are at 9:30. or head to foster city's leo j. ryan park. that starts at 9:30. there will be a fireworks show at berkeley marina at 9:30 and the milpitas sports center at about 9:30. g

campaigning in 2008, he went off to do the obligatory trip and was going there with senator jack reed and chuck hagel from nebraska. it is a 14 hour flight from washington into kuwait. for most of that 14 hours according to both senators, what was on this senator's mind was a vietnam and the lessons because he was going to afghanistan and the iraq and wanted to learn from these two men what was the relevance and is a possible i missing something? and kept asking questions about vietnam over and over again there were both amazed that he sat there and listen to in the first time going into his first national security council meeting, the first point* he makes to his people is "afghanistan on is not vietnam" why does he have to say that at the beginning embassy thinks there is a possibility of getting into another vietnam? and bruce who does books for the brookings press at that time was thinking through the firstenergy paper on of guinness and into bruce told less the ghost of vietnam walk the corridors of the white house every day. >> period explain to me how would is those close can affect diff

among those taking part, chuck reed and his wife. >>> the fourth of july parade will kick off in justis morning at 10:00. more than 170 entries and 2500 participants will mampl along the three-mile course. and in san francisco, for a spectacular fireworks display, check out the city's waterfront show. it will take place at 9:30 tonight from aquatic park all the way down to pier 39. it will be closed to the public. boats will not be allowed to enter the lagoon from 1:00 until 10:00 tonight. other events happening around the bay, some of them are on your screen. you can see san francisco's fireworks from the deck of the uss horn net in alameda tonight. $25 for adults. a show starts at 9:30 as well at foster city. berkeley marina, 9:30 and milpitas, the fireworks show starts about 9:30 as well. don't forget, the fireworks show oinilot g morgan hill. park. a lot gng oion. what will the weather hold? we'll check in a minute. >>> welcome back. 97 degrees. that's the forecasted high in concord. kind of warm today. down right hot in the east bay. 77 in san francisco. 83, a beautiful beach day

chuck? >> well, thank you. you know, this morning at 10:00 a.m. on the floor of the senate, leader reed asked senator mcconnell to come negotiate. the door was open all day. nobody knocked. nobody walked in. and some said, well, speaker mcconnell wanted to wait until the house disposed of boehner. but after the boehner amendment was defeated, in a television conversation i was sitting there, senator mcconnell still refused to negotiate. we will not solve this problem by standing there and folding our arms and saying "i am not talking to anybody." and the nation's future is at risk. republican senator, i've talked to ten today, they want to come to an agreement. but until senator mcconnell gives them the green light, nothing is going to happen. and they get the vibes and perhaps the direct word. i don't know, from the republican leader -- don't do anything. we all know in the senate we can't pass anything with a bow to bipartisan agreement. we all know the senate is the only way out this mess. you've seen the huge difficulties in the house. their inability to even tie their own shoes. an

chuck grassley a member of the senate budget and finance committees. nice to see you. >> nice to see you too. >> greta: what do you think of senator reed's proposal and speakerthink speaker boehner has a bill that is going to get good support. i don't know whether he's got the votes entirely yet. secondly, his real reductions, the most important thing about his program is, short term so we get a chance to review this from time to time. i think short term is good for the fiscal responsible of the federal government. when you have to review increasing the debt limit it gives congress more control over where we are going. the reid proposal is blue smoke from this standpoint. that he calaises a great deal of the savings -- he calculates a great deal of the savings from things we know are going to be saved any way. >> greta: a gimmick? >> yeah from this standpoint, safelying we projected we would in the iraq and afghanistan war when we know we are going to be out of there. it is dishonest to say you are going to have savings from something that isn't spent any way. >> greta: what would he said? >> he would probably say the republicans -- the budget never becomes