topvo cesar ---noticia en desarrollo desde el condado de contra costa... aereas captadas hace poco menos de una hora que muestra un choque mortal entre un camion de carga y un automovil... ---esto ocurrio justo al sur del aeropuerto de la comunidad de byron... ---segun la patrulla de caminos, hasta el momento se ha reportado un muerto y hay varios heridos aunque no se ha determinado el numero... ---la autopista bryon se encuentra cerrada... cesar ---actualmente el precio promedio por galon de leche en el pais es de tres dolares con 50 centavos, take vo ---pero algunos expertos aseguran que podria duplicarse dentro del proximo ano... ---esto porque en la capital del pais no se han realizado audiencias sobre un proyecto de ley que debe ser renovado y por medio del cual se protege a los productores agricolas... ---normalmente, el gobierno es el que fija los precios de la leche por medio de dicha ley, pero con toda la atencion en el precipicio fiscal, no se ha renovado y la competencia seria libre, lo cual significaria un aumento de precios... stop open cesar

---asi lo confirmo hoy el alguacil del condado de contra costa...pilar nino tiene mas detalles. 0:01 0:20 0:56 1:37 1:58 take pkg actualmente el condado de contra costa colabora con inmigracion, deteniendo a peticion de ellos y por tiempo extra a indocumentad os que de otra forma los hubieran dejado ir....esto es parte del programa comunidades seguras. pero hoy el alguacil de ese condado dijo que esta haciendo revisiones y dispuesto a cambiar esa politica.... david livingston/alguacil condado de contra costa si hemos booked someone si en nuestra carcel tenemos a alguien por una falta menor, que hubiera sido solo citado, pero que ahora esta sujeto a una detencion de inmigracion, estoy pensando que vamos a dejar ir a esa persona, asumiendo que no tiene ninguna otra historia criminal. este martes la procuradora estatal kamala harris envio un boletin oficial aclarando a todos los alguaciles que no estan obligados a retener a indocumentados a peticion de inmigracion, si fueron detenidos por faltas menores. livingston dijo que es el mismo pedido que organ

. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open after an accident that killed two people including a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the

gentleman firefighters in contra costa county join a heated debate involving the closure of four fire stations. rob rosts is here with when a final decision could be made. >> this fire station on shell avenue in martinez is one of four stations in the county marked for closure. in a meeting that just wrapped up, the contra costa county board boar put off making a final vote. >> fire fires throughout the county came in on their day off to see if the contra costa county board of supervisors would vote to close four fire stations. people urged the board to spare the stations in their communities including this fire station situated blocks from the shell refinery. >> it's the first line of defense for us against the many mishaps that could happen. >> in addition to the station in martinez, the others earmarked for closure are in walnut creek on hawthorne driver, loafer, and clayton on center avenue. >> this will leave clayton with absolutely no fire stations in our city. >> the stations were marked by contra costa county fire officials to save $10 mall year. officials warn that if a park

the reality, contra costa county couldn't get enough votes. the county's fire protection district's funding measure, measure q, failed to pass the november ballot. now four stations are on the chopping block. >> the decision to close a fire station is not easy. there is no perfect modem. we don't go to school to learn how to close fire stations. >> reporter: the fire protection district covers 300 square miles serving 600,000 neighbors. leaders say industry standards require at least 600 firefighters on staff based off the area they cover. but right now they are operating at 250. >> this organization throughout not only in emergency response and fire prevention and support services is bare bones. it's one of the most thinly staffed metropolitan fire districts in california. >> reporter: the closures would take effect in january including walnut creek, martinez, lafayette and clayton. the city's only fire station. he says all cities went district would be impacted. >> once we start taking any of those stations out of service, then having 10 uni

the contra costa county coroner's office says he's 22-year-old anthony banta, jr.. they say someone was screaming in the background of the 911 was shot and died on the scene. >>> pittsburg police investigating a shooting in the parking lot of the bay point bart station. sky 7 hd was overhead 7:00 last night, 18-year-old was shot several times and taken to the hospital with life threat anyone injuries trains were delayed for 45 minutes. >>> friends of a novato man who jumped into a creek to escape police three days ago are fearing the worst. yesterday's search for anthony donaldson ended with no sign of the 23-year-old. he was seen jumping into the frigid water early monday morning. police stopped him for possible dui, he got out of the car and ran. officers chased him along side the creek until he jumped in. >>> oakland's city leaders reaching for help to stem growing crime right, plan calls for consulting with veteran law enforcement officials from los angeles and boston, it includes a return to neighborhood policing with five districts drawn. >>> state senator jer

live doppler 7 hd, what we are going to see is heaviest and best returns in contra costa county movinginto the eastern sections of concord, treat boulevard, ignacio valley road, walnut creek, willow pass road starting to see heavy bailey road heading to bay point, pittsburg towards antioch be prepared, highway 4 corridor is going to be a tough go. san rafael, larkspur, tiburon, mill valley, heavy rain starting to move back into your neighborhoods. a lot of yellow even orange lurking offshore not only in san francisco but marin county coast coming in for the morning commute that's the wave we talked about yesterday going to hook-up with the front and intensify the rain during the morning commute, it is just about on schedule i am you know how often that happens weather-wise this is coming -- at us through the morning commute only going to get harder to get around the next couple of hours, mid 50s santa rosa, low 60s fremont, mountain view, livermore and san francisco. mid 50s monterey bay and inland. rain this morning, showers this afternoon foggy the income couple of nights, brighter a

. >> four fire stations across contra costa county will close in early january after voters rejected a measure that would have funded the stations. to get 2 more news faster we turn to kron 4 is so low reporter jacki sizzle who joins us live from fire station no. 4 in walnut creek which is slated for closure. >> this is one station here in walnut creek that is slated to close in january. this is after the partial tax failed. here is video of the fire district at work. they stated that they do not have the money in the budget. this means that they will have to slash the budget by closing four stations. they stated that they should save about $3 million by doing this. which ones will be closing? station for4, no. 11, no. 12, and no. 16 and lafayette. >> the contra costa fire district is huge and its services nine cities about 600,000 people who live in the area. they get about 41 about the calls a year from the district. so this is a huge deal. the meeting will be today at 1:30 p.m. in martinez. they're encouraging the public to come autumn voice their concerns to the supervisors and w

in all there are 28 stations in contra costa county. stations are going to close to do to measure q felling dorn voting.ailed durin >> as we stated before no. 4, no. 11, no. 12 and no. 16 in lafayette. this is a huge fire district and we're talking about 600,000 people that are been serviced by this. they have an annual budget of about 41,000 calls per year. they stated they cannot continue to run this due to a budget shortfall. that will have to take a few stations i allude. >> there is a meeting today and they're encouraging the was a come out and show support for the firefighters. they just voted less than a month ago and i do not know how good this will do. >> they used to foment a formula of of how many calls at each station received. the highest ranking ones were the first on the chopping block. if you live in this area near one of these fire stations this will be a little scary because the and response time will increase. >> the judge overseeing the court-martial of accused ford could shooter nidal hasan has written been removed.

this weekend's storm triggered a mudslide in an area bordering contra costa county and oakland. and in richmond - there was flooding. it was a similar scene in east palo alto - where there >> and it's not over. tomorrow - more rain is expected. >> we spoke with the mayor. he is concerned about the levee, and knowing that the saturation level of the soil is a concern. we will have to wait until it dries out before we can deal with it. our team coverage on the storm damage continues. crews in east palo alto plan to work into the night. trying to make sure there's no more flooding at the san francisquito creek. it was a big problem last night - there was a mudslide today in contra costa county.near the oakland border.on pinehurst road. it was a mess and the road was closed for awhile. drivers were trying to navigate around the mud. scene around 5 this morning. the slide was cleaned up in a few hours. forecast - the public works flooding caused a mess in richmond. a viewer sent us this video of castro ranch road. the two lane street, became one big mess. improper damage from a pipe

. >>> this morning firefighters in contra costa county beginning the process of shutting down four fire stations. the board voted last night to close stations in lafayette, martinez, clayton and walnut creek. will save the county three million dollars per year. supervisors say they were forced to close the stations after voters turned didn't a parcel tax that would have kept them open. >>> google co-founder larry page and his wife lucy want to make sure every child in the bay area who needs a flu shot can get one for free. the family foundation is funding a month long program offering kids 4 to 18 the vaccine at no cost. the shot is available now at most target many younger children will require a booster shot, those are also free. all you have to do is show up, fill out some paperwork and the kids get their shot the program runs through december 31st. normally it is $25. free, that is terrific and deserves a shout-out! >>> december 12th, 2012. >> lucky day to star the share your holiday food drive, a lot of us will be taking your donations having fun. how is the weather going to be? >>

. >>> also developing news from contra costa county, the sheriff's department is investigating a homicide. it happened last night pleasant hill near 680 and concord avenue where we find terry mcsweeney. >> reporter: the body was found last evening across concord avenue from where i'm stage near the 680 northbound on-ramp. you can see shopping carts, hopeless area there, another one under the over pass as well don't know go that has anything to do with this homicide investigation underway pictures from last night a lot of deputies this area concord and 680 north they are looking for clues, anything that could lead 'em to resolution of the matter we have been trying all morning to get ahold of the spokesperson for the contra costa county sheriff's department, been unable to do so what we know it was adult found here last evening and it is being investigated as a homicide. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> major development this morning, oakland is now the first city in the nation to willfully surrender control of its police department to a court appointed director. the city reached a deal yes

. >>> it's official now, four fire stations in contra costa county will close in the coming

. >>> the fate of four contra costa fire houses is going to remain in limbo for at least another week. as rob ross explains county supervisors put off a decision during a contentious hearing earlier today. >>> dozens of firefighters from county came in on their day off to see if the contra costa board of supervisors would vote to close four fire station. people urged the board to spare the stations in their communities including this fire station situated four blocks away from the shell refinery. >> it is the first line of defense for us against the many mishaps that could happen. >> in addition to the station in martinez, the others earmarked for closure are in walnut creek, lafayette and clayton on center avenue. >> this is going to leave clayton with absolutely no fire stations in our city. >> the stations were marked by contra costa fire officials to save $10 million a year. officials warned that if a partial tax measure failed last month, this would happen, and the measure did fail. >> we're basically at a juncture now where we don't have an awful lot of options available to us.

. >> speaking of fires let's move to the east bay where we have contra costa will tran is joining us live and martine as >> this is station no. 12 and unless something changes barring a miracle the plan is to shut down the station. also won a walnut creek lafayette and creighton because they cannot afford it any longer. a couple months ago the boulders in contra costa county but it to reject a measure q which route would have generated millions of dollars and that all the fire stations open. i talked to some people inside, they can't go on camera but they did tell me they planned to sell the supervisor they now or pay later. the extra $80 and property tax the rejected for measure q or does what? the home insurance policy could go up by the hundreds if not thousands of dollars. here is what we're looking at. they chose these four stations because of the volumes of calls. apparently these did not get as many calls as the others and they are close enough to surrounding fire stations that is something should happen in nearby station could come by and pick up the load. if you live next to

. >>> the contra costa -- they are in the fire chief and board members. we've posted the list of times on the hot topics page of ktvu.com. >>> people in the midwest open -- snow if flow -- and it could be that way for a few days. the deaths of more than a dozen people in several states are if if >>> the -- he was taken >>> a few hours later bart trains were held at the concord station because of a report with a man with a gun. the police activity did cause delays on the pittsburgh bay point line. those reports were not related to the earlier shooting and nothing was found. >>> the brawl that caused wide spread panic inside a mall caused -- no shots were actually fired but there was a brawl. police arrested three people. all the commotion led to a lock down and likely kept thousands of post christmas shoppers out of the mall. there is no estimate on how much money businesses lost. experts tell the sacramento bee it's likely a significant count. >>> the shortage is due top bad weather. a local crabber strike and under way crabs around the state. prices for

. >>> several fire districts in contra costa county received life saving equipment. 70 defibrillators were delivered. >>> fire department policies could be changing following a crash this month that sent several firefighters to the hospital. three firefighters on december 1 were struck by a out of control car by highway 24. they want to review policies to prevent a similar accident in the future. the district has implemented some new procedures. >>> a local playground destroyed, who is repairing it? >> not one, not two, a half dozen classrooms vandalized. >> in 4 minutes a $4.3 million pay day. the check lender called out for ripping off customers. >>> bringing in a new team of experts in hopes of reducing violent crime. ktvu's mike mibach joins us now. >> reporter: 5 days away from the new year and a new plan of attack underway. that plan announced here outside city hall. includes splitting the city up into five districts and dropping a quarter million dollars on a consultant. >> reporter: downtown oakland midafternoon, a robbery investigation underway, same time two blocks away at c

we've got goodies to give you this stuff from the food bank contra costa and solano county we have games for kids to play and our deejay. if that's not enough, abc7 is going to give away a few things, we are going to raffle off several prizes, we have three pairs of tickets to the san francisco ballet. if you donate $25 we'll put new a raffle for four ticket to disneyland. come down here to walnut creek we'll be here all day. let's fill up these buckets. >>> we also have a team at santana row in san jose until 7:00 tonight. if you can't make it you can still take part by calling the number on your screen: or you can text the word feed to 80077 to donate $10. >> you can participate in the share your holiday fund drive-by doing those things we mentioned. >>> well-known hotel slapped with a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. >>> king-sized problem by mother nature. >> the majority of the rain has moved through the bay area. there's another weather-related issue. the king tide highest of the year arriving this morning. heather issue -- heather ishimaru is live at that area. >> reporter:

we called the contra costa district to see if water service has been returned and we have not heard back yet. >>> police say it all started at 8:00 last night when they tried to stop a suspected car in bancroft. it was in defense of bond street and the alleged car was taken away in handcuffs. there is still no word on whether a driver will face charges for hitting a pedestrian in san francisco. jack wing was crossing around 2:30 when he was hit by a truck. the driver stopped and is cooperating with investigators. >>> the man used of killing sierra lemar will return to court tomorrow. the judge approved an amendment to join the other crimes antolin garcia-torres is accused of. he also tried kidnap three other women in 2009. antolin garcia-torres will enter a plea in both cases. 25 years to life. the woman convicted of killing michelle le, that is the sentence for giselle esteban. the judge said giselle esteban has shown no remorse for killing her friend. michelle le's family attended this hearing and had this to say. >> maybe she will never feel remorse and if she did, it will she has som

. >> contra costa county's sins of supervisors will vote today on the future of four fire stations, ae report is coming up. >> we're watching the talks to train the white house and the gop as the fiscal cliff is looming just 21 days away. >> of weather and traffic may be on your mind this morning so let's check in with erica. >> today's forecast is not as good as yesterday's. increasing fog and clouds cover this afternoon and it looks like rain is on the horizon. out the door temperatures are in the first 30's and 40's. we will only warm things up into the upper 50s low 60s. those of the cooler conditions and rain as on the way. current conditions 37 for a delay of 38% for rosa 44 for hayward 45 for redwood city. dallas they were the numbers are expected to go the afternoon and have a full look at future cast four coming up in my next report. >> more cars on the road now that we are in the 6:00 hour. give yourself extra time if you're planning on heading into san francisco. traffic is busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you fasttrack you will save some time because the cash lanes ar

both walnut creek police and the contra costa county d.a.'s office will be taking over this investigation. and police here say they will have another update for us later this afternoon. in walnut creek, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >>> we now know it was an 11- year-old boy from daly city that is killed in a police pursuit in pasadena on christmas day. police and fbi agents were conducting a gang sweep when they started following a car that committed a traffic violation. the suspects took off and eventually hit a minivan carrying a family from daly city. an adult and 11-year-old were killed in the car. three others in the minivan were injured, as well. four suspects are arrested and face murder charges. >>> the search is on for suspects in a gang-related shooting in south san jose last night short live before 9 p.m. in the area off serenade and lullaby drives. officers safe the suspect started an altercation with the victim, shot him and then took off. the victim taken to the hospital, no word yet on his condition. >>> apparently the smell is what l

the contra costa county board of supervisors agreed to shutter four fire stations. it means a lot of people will go from having a fire station seconds away from their home to one miles away. we mounted a camera on our live truck and timed our drive. it took us 8:12 to arrive at fire station 223.5 miles away that's obviously a bit longer than it would take a fire truck to make that same trip from fire station to fire station. people who live in this area say the crucial extra minutes could be the difference. >> every minute counts. we'll have to wait that much longer. >> reporter: some residents blame their own neighbors for rejecting a parcel tax. >> if they want to blame somebody they should turn around and look at people that asked them not to vote for it. >> reporter: whoever is to blame it's career the consequences could be dire. >> it's hitting us of what we've been through and what others will have to go through. >> reporter: now this station in clayton and the three others expected to close mid january no firefighters will be laid off. fire officials say resp

we've got goodies to give you this stuff from the food bank contra costa and solano county we have games for kids to play and our deejay. if that's not enough, abc7 is going to give away a few things, we are going to raffle off several prizes, we have three pairs of tickets to the san francisco ballet. if you donate $25 we'll put new a raffle for four ticket to disneyland. come down here to walnut creek we'll be here all day. let's fill up these buckets. >>> we also have a team at santana row in san jose until 7:00 tonight. if you can't make it you can still take part by calling the number on your screen: or you can text the word feed to 80077 to donate $10. >> you can participate in the share your holiday fund drive-by doing those things we mentioned. >>> well-known hotel slapped with a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. >>> king-sized problem by [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a

we have $20,000 donated to the food bank of contra costa and solano counties, so, this is obviously abig amount! >> this is great. it really motivates the high school kids to go out and do this. we are thrilled! >> awesome. if you would like the latest information on how you can help, go to our website at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.co m. frank, back to you. >> nice job. thank you. >>> a different kind of cleans. one for your bank account, the steps to take for a financial diet. how much money you could actually save, that story and more coming up at 5:00. >>> and finally, a world's first. a dog trainer successfully taught his pooch to drive. i kid you not! he underwent two months of intensive training, learning how to control a car. he started with mock controls and then moved to modified pedal, then took over driving completely on his own. monte's special car has speed limits -- i bet it does! enjoy the day, folks! ,, ,,,,,, [ male announcer ] december is customer appreciation month at subway restaurants. saying thanks is a great deal because we're offering $2 six inch subs -- the cold cu

. >> reporter: pam dodson of contra costa county emergency medical services leads the cpr class withique's help. today they are teaching 6 through 8th graders at saint catherine of siena school in martinez where darius had graduated. >> she has been such an inspiration. she has taken this and she inspired us to do more. >> press the button. >> reporter: monique's nonprofit also donates automated external defibrillators to save kids' lives. when a person has sudden cardiac arrest, it analyzes it and gives instruction. electric shock restores normal heart rhythm. in the last three years in contra costa county, when a layperson has used an aed, there's been a 53% survival rate. monique has donated more than aeds to --more than 30 aeds to schools, paid for through fundraisers with american medical response ambulance service and students by bryan binayas take the training to heart. >> if there's something who needs my help i can help them. >> reporter: it's darius' legacy. >> i told him, always do the right thing. and this is the right thing. our children are our future. >> reporter: so f

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today the contra costa county supervisors were grappling with shutting four of the stations. >> we did say we would listen to what the voters said. they either would want us to continue the current service level, or they would not approve it. unfortunately it did not get the two-thirds it n >> the vote was postponed, but many feefl it is inevitable because the district feels it needs to shutdown two more stations by july of next year. >> the county supervisors will vote to close down the stations next tuesday. as i mentioned, they will also have to close down two more by july of next year along with one or two more by july of 2014. reporting live in martinez, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> a school in new jersey was forced to remove a bob marley branded drink from the lunchroom after several students became ill. it is called marley's mellow mood. the drink's label says it is not intended for children, however several middle school students bought it on campus. some became lethargic and volume milted. a food service manager has been suspended during the investigation. more to c

that mudslide that disrupted traffic is just up the street behind me on pine hurt road over the contra costa border there. i have rain sha slammed the eat bay was part of the december moisture that is already overwhelmed water logged soil. >> this it was no match for the rocks and vandalizing station that now call the hillside home. massive stones some weighing hundreds of pounds were pulled from the foundation and hanged precariously across the road in contra costa county. they closed sections of it to cars until road crews could remove the debris. in the oakland hills, a tree came crashing down without any warning. >> i see this tree coming down and my heart just sank. >> at nearly 80 feet in height and weighing close to a ton, the tree slammed across the canyon road with another pressure and density to crush anything beneath it. the force from the branches caved part of his car's roof and rid ripped off his side view mirror. the damage an eerie reminder of what could have been. >> pretty lucky. >> heavy rains, saturated hillside, weak root system. >> reporter: firefighters from station 24

. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open aftercident that killed two people including a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the scene. witnesses say the driver of an 88 oldsmobile swerved across the yellow line and then smashed into the big rig. the boy believed to be between 8 and 9 years old died at the scene. the driver, a 21-year-old woman from bay point died at the hospital. >>> the supreme court today announced it will take up two same-sex marriage cases including proposition 8. it was approved by voters in 2008 and it banned same sex marriage as you know. the justices will also take up the 1996 defensive marriage act which withholds federal recognition and spousal benefits for gay couples. some p p people hope f f for t t to marry whhhile e other s s say states rights will t t t trumpmp washington.. >> i have been waiting to enjoy theee s s samee privivili. >> thehe coconstititution o o oe unitited statatatatates doesn'te mamamamamarriage in it. ananand the 10th amendment says w w what is not in the federaral popopowers belon

. >>> major changes may come soon to fire services in contra costa county. today, county supervisors are discussing the possibility of closing four fire stations in walnut creek, clayton, martinez and la fayette. the closure list comes a month after voters in the contra costa fire district rejected measure q, the temporary seven- year parcel tax would have provided enough funds to keep the four dations -- the four stations open. >>> the oakland raiders are expressing their condolences to dennis allen who lost his father last night. grady allen passed away due to cardiac arrest. according to a statement from the raid, dennis allen traveled to the dales fort worth area to be by his father's said white after -- right after the game on saturday. he does plan to play in the game on thursday against denver. >>> we're still on stormwatch as more wet weather moves into the area. in the meantime, the cleanup continues from the weekend storm. a free that well on reed avenue is scheduled for removal today. as you can see it was still laying on sop of -- on top of sever

alliance also provides the recruitment for all the positions in contra costa county, which i think was interesting. they were asked to -- the references were asked to rate the quality of the candidates and they said that they were outstanding and this was specific to a question about a chief building official recruitment. and the other thing that he found out was that this vendor is flexible in working with the hiring authority to meet the specific needs including scheduled meetings with subject matter experts, development of recruitment strategy and presentation of the final list. that really basically says they were willing to craft the recruitment based on what the entity wanted rather than a preconceived notion. bob murray and associates, he was the individual who did the last recruitment for the director. he knows the department as it was 7 years ago, is that how many years? he is, he brings a lot of skills, knowledge and abilities to the forefront and he has dealt with stake holder groups in high profile positions and they also can customize the services to meet the budget and se

. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open afterg a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the scene. witnesses say the driver of an 88 oldsmobile swerved across the yellow line and then smashed into the big rig. the boy believed to be between 8 and 9 years old died at the scene. the driver, a 21-year-old woman from bay point died at the hospital. >>> the supreme court today announced it will take up two same-sex marriage cases including proposition 8. it was approved by voters in 2008 and it banned same sex marriage as you know. the justices will also take up the 1996 defensive marriage act which withholds federal recognition and spousal benefits for gay couples. some people hope for the right to marry while other say states rights will trump washington. >> i have been waiting to enjoy the same privilege. >> the constitution of the united states doesn't have marriage in it. and the 10th amendment says what is not in the federal powers belongs to the states. >> the justices will decide by late june whether gay couples have the constituti

today the contra costa county supervisors were grappling with shutting four of the stations. >> we did say we would listen to what the voters said. they either would want us to continue the current service level, or they would not approve it. unfortunately it did not get the two-thirds it n >> the vote was postponed, but many feefl it is inevitable because the district feels it needs to shutdown two more stations by july of next year. >> the county supervisors will vote to close down the stations next tuesday. as i mentioned, they will also have to close down two more by july of next year along with one or two more by july of 2014. reporting live in martinez, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> a school in new jersey was forced to remove a bob marley branded drink from the lunchroom after several students became ill. it is called marley's mellow mood. the drink's label says it is not intended for children, however several middle school students bought it on campus. some became lethargic and volume milted. a food service manager has been suspended during the investigation. more to c

we have a tremendous need in alameda, contra costa, solano counties that's why we are here to help thosertunate. we want to feed them, give them food, make them happy for the holiday season. our barrels are empty we need you to come down we have giveaways, let's fill these barrels, we will be here all day, not only union square how about in san jose. here's katie marzullo. >> reporter: good morning. no excuses we are everywhere today saturday to be out and about and share this is santana row in san jose it is gorgeous here. the decorations are beautiful and festive, it feels so christmasy. come down, you probably have shopping, you want to do look at beautiful decorations and while you are at it, how about you come down and share. we are collecting canned goods as well as cash in second harvest food bank knows how to stretch a buck they can take one dollar and turn it into two nutritious meals. we need more than 12 million dollars that's the goal so come on down we would love to meet you. we'll have a lot of special guests throughout the morning. >>> you can take part in the share your h

today the contra costa county supervisors were grappling with shutting four of the stations. >> we diday we would listen to what the voters said. they either would want usue theo continue the current service level, or they would not approve it. unfortunately it did not get the two-thirds it n >> the vote was postponed, but many feefl it is inevitable because the district feels it needs to shutdown two more stations by july of next year. >> the county supervisors will vote to close down the stations next tuesday. as i mentioned, they will also have to close down two more by july of next year along with one or two more by july of 2014. reporting live in martinez, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> a >>> a school in new jersey was forced to remove a bob marley branded drink from the lunchroom after several students became ill. it is called marley's mellow mood. the drink's label says it is not intended for children, however several middle school students bought it on campus. some became lethargic and volume milted. a food service manager has been suspended during the investigation. m

cold air comes in okay on sunday. >>> two separate police shootings in one day in contra costa county. the new information regarding the latest shooting why officers say they have no choice but to pull out their guns. >>> russian's presidents say no. >>> this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we do have a little bit of a backup there. we'll have more traffic ahead. >>> good morning. a lot of cloud cover. could be very light rain later tonight. it will be a cold cloudy day. >>> 5:42 here's a quick look at the top stories. oakland police are investigating three homicides this morning. two people were shot and killed in west oakland around 1 sam. around 2:30 a.m. a woman was stabbed to death in east oakland. >>> president obama summoned congressional leaders to the white house today for a last ditch effort to stop the economy from going over the fiscal cliff. they only have until january 1st to avoid tax increases. >> highway patrol and local law enforcement agencies will be cracking down on drunk drivers this holiday weekend. there will be more patrols and extra dui check points a

. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open after an accident that killed two people including a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the scene. witnesses say the driver of an 88 oldsmobile swerved across the yellow line and then smashed into the big rig. the boy believed to be between 8 and 9 years old died at the scene. the driver, a 21-year-old woman from bay point died at the hospital. >>> the supreme court today announced it will take up two same-sex marriage cases including proposition 8. it was approved by voters in 2008 and it banned same sex marriage as you know. the justices will also take up the 1996 defensive marriage act which withholds federal recognition and spousal benefits for gay couples. some people hope for the right to marry while other say states rights will trump washington. >> i have been waiting to enjoy the same privilege. >> the constitution of the united states doesn't have marriage in it. and the 10th amendment says what is not in the federal powers belongs to the states. >> the justices will decide by late

. >>> contra costa county's fire protection district is closing four five houses. the ones in walnut creek, clayton and martinez, will close after january 1. the 4th in lafayette is already closed. the county's top fire official says the loss of property taxes and a failed tacts measure in november caused the district to burn through its cash reserves. he says now an already understaffed agency will have to do even more with less. >>> the holidays are prime time for crooks trying to pass counterfeit bills. the clues to look for if you suspect a fake. >> plus, the medical breakthrough making it easier for couples to conceive. >>> then iced out. dozens of hockey games lost. how local businesses are losing out in the nhl lockout. >> and remember, you can track the rain anytime with our live high-def doppler radar on our website, cbssf.com/weather. to reach a deal that would e this year's hockey season. ready done. >>> negotiations resumed today between nhl owners and players hoping to reach a deal to save the hockey season. but a lot of damage is done. cbs 5 reporter

. >>> fire protection is going to be stretched a little thinner contra costa county. supervisors have voted to close four fire stations in walnut creek, martinez, lafayette and the city of clayton. it's part of a service reduction plan in case voters don't pass the parcel tax proposal. the goal is to save about $3 million a year. no firefighters will be laid off. that's the good news. the four stations are set to go dark next month. now clayton has no fire stations. >> it's hitting us in a tender spot with us because of what we have been through and we know what others will, you know, unfortunately have to go through. >> clayton's fire crews responded in minutes to save kelly's home from an electrical fire last year. fire crews say the station closure will affect emergency response times. >>> time now 4:35. a cold storm is bringing some showers today and lawrence is talking snow. >> snow? >> snow. >> snow? >> wouldn't that be nice. [ laughter ] >> it would be. >> not in san francisco. but over the mountaintops we could see a little snow over mount diablo, possibly mou

we talked to contra costa water district about an hour ago. they tell us service has been restored. >>> tonight, the pittsburg planning commission will debate whether to permanently ban medical marijuana dispensaries. currently, there is a moratorium in place banning these but it is set to expire in april. oakley and brentwood has banned these. >>> in colorado, only a few marijuana activists turned up at the state capitol to show up for the legalization of marijuana. colorado's governor did not want the kind of scenes like washington. the governor who opposed the measure quietly announced this on twitter and e-mail after the fact. >>> 7:35. the movie studio lucas film just won an appeal of a discrimination case. a state appeals court overturned an earlier video that said lucas film committed discrimination when it fired a woman after she revealed -- after she revealed she was pregnant. she won $114,000 in damages in 2010. the court said the judge's instructions to the jury in the earlier case was incomplete and incorrect. >>> bell, a stalemate

. >>> contra costa county board of supervisors are delaying a vote on whether to shut down four fire stations including ones in walnut creek, clayton, martinez and lafayette. if approved, the closures will go into effect january 1. it comes after the district burned through its cash reserves because of a loss of property taxes in that failed tax measure on the november ballot. the county's top fire officials say they will have to do even more now with less. >> we should have roughly 600 firefighters on our staff. currently we have roughly 250. so we're only at about 44%. so any further degrading or reduction of our service just puts us further behind the power curve. >> contra costa fire district serving some 600,000 people over 300 square miles. more stations could close this summer, as well. >>> in other headlines around the bay, a proposal to buy a drone from the alameda county sheriff's office was sent to the public protection committee for further study. it's expected to hold a public hearing on the issue sometime in january. if approved, it will go back to the board of supervis

the closure list comes about a month after voters in the contra costa fire district rejected measure q, that temporary seven-year complex would have paid for those four fire stations. >>> the berkeley fire station sent out warning letters to more than 900 ambulance patients saying a tax fraud ring may have had access to some of their personal information. a former employee that handles berkeley's billing accessed client informs reportedly to give it to a tax fraud ring. the information may include names, social security numbers and birth dates. 13 people have been arrested so far for their involvement in that ring. >>> 7:07. the good news, muni is back in service. >> that's right. full service. up right now, the hyde cable car was down. it was cleared just before 7:00. everyone back to normal in san francisco with your mass transit. >>> we're gonna take a look outside. we have backup extending all the way to the maze. also starting to see some backup on the east shore freeway. 280 at the 880 split, you can see slow going on 280 as you are headed northbound on santa clara. give yourse

the contra costa d.a.'s office is investigating the shooting. >>> we know the name of the man killed by police in walnut creek yesterday identified as 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the diablo point apartments at about 3:00 yesterday morning. when officers arrived, they say they were confronted by banta, who was armed. but so far, they haven't said what that weapon was. >>> it is 4:32 now. even city leaders commit crime in oakland is out of control. but help is on the way. as linda yee reports, a former big city police chief has been hired to offer the city some help. >>> reporter: 127 homicides in oakland so far this year, the highest in five years. some people are afraid to just go out. >> i work in east oakland, and it's really scary going to work and coming out every day. >> reporter: the mayor and the police chief agree, crime is out of control. >> we have to try something different. >> reporter: that something new comes in the form of a $250,000 consultant t

contra costa county health services and the the community center are sponsoring events to commemorate this day. from 11 to two, free hiv tests and counseling will be offered at the delta bay church of christ on railroad avenue in pittsburgh and at 8:00 tonight in concord a candle light vigil will take place at the park. county health officials say the most recent census figures show the number of people living with a.i.d.s. was up in 2011 compared with four years earlier. >>> coming up next, tensions are escalating again between north and south korea. what is being planned days ahead of south korea's presidential election. and a tourist is attacked by a shark while snorkeling in hawaii. hawaii. how he k you need to goounter. think you need to go to a department store counter for a professional cleansing device? join the counter revolution and switch to olay pro-x. get cleansing results as effective as a $200 system. guaranteed or your money back. olay pro-x. everything about the oral-b power brush is simply revolutionary. our unique brush head cleans in three directions with up to 50%

s office is now underwaythe contra costa county district attorney's office. crime lab is handling the forensic evidence collected at the scenein what happens to be is walnut creeks first homicide of the year.in walnut creek haaziq madyun kron4news >> we are following developing news tonight with the fiscal cliff. g-o-p senators say they will meet with president barack obama tomorrow. this as members of the u-s house are set to return to washington on sunday -- just one day before the deadline to pass budget deal. if congress does not reach a fiscal deal before monday's deadline, automatic tax increases and steep spending cuts will take effect. an in depth look at where everything stands right now -- and we'll be talking live with our political analyst -- tonight at 5:30 >> breaking news. retired general norman schwarzkopf has died in tampa, florida. known as 'stormin norman' because of his explosive temper, he commanded the u.s.-led international coalition that drove saddam hussein's forces out of kuwait in 19-91. he lived in retirement in tampa, where he had

. >> four fire stations will close in contra costa county. >> a merry christmas for her and she starteding immediately and then i started crying. >> some generous secret santas go on a shopping spree in a bay area walmart. >> from across the bay to around the world -- >> we are union! >> -- the stories that matter on "eyewitness news this morning." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> good morning, it's wednesday, december 12. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:30. get ready for a little more rain and perhaps a little bit of snow, too, right? >> i know. let's get to meteorologist lawrence karnow with more on that. snow. >> yeah, beginning to feel a lot like christmas around the bay area. >> yeah. >> very nice. we could see a couple of snowflakes across some of our higher peaks. that cold air sweeping onshore overnight. we have scattered showers outside right now. our high-def doppler radar is picking up on some of that activity. out on the roads, there are brief periods of downpo