este hospital es la principal sala de emergencia en el oeste de contra costa, que incluye richmond yl 8:38 si se llega a cerrar este hospital a donde vamos a ir ellos atienden 80 mil visitas al ano, la mitad a la sala de emergencia, esto es el 60 por ciento de la demanda en la zona... sin su presencia centros aledanos se verian inundados, eso, si los pacientes llegan a tiempo.. porque algunos tendrian que ser transportados hasta martinez 8:41 en un caso de emergencia el tiempo cuenta, si uno tiene un infarto necesita llegar a una emergencia de inmediato 8:51 pero la junta de supervisores no dio muchas esperanzas... .john gioia/supervisor de contra costa 50:47 the county el condado no tiene el dinero para tomar el hospital, tendriamos que recortar nuestros propios servicios, asi que a a menos que otras instituciones como kaiser, o el estado, contribuyan a la solucion el futuro del hospital no es prometedor la mayoria de sus pacientes son subsidiados por el gobierno o no tienen seguro por lo que la entidad arrastra una crisis financiera de anos... maximo rivera/paciente del hosptial 48

the contra costa sheriff's department is kicking off its water safety program. they are patrolling the waters and that's because nobody needs to get a license to get a boat. >> that is why we want with pass a test before you can drive a boat but driving and driving a boat can end with a citation. >>> they are searching for three men after a large mudslide. the slide hit in the town of call burn, two miles long 2- mile wide. deputies said it sounded like a freight train and no structures or major roads were affected. >>> they ordered 1,000 homes and businesses to evacuate in the face of a huge wind fire to the south of ache wrong roof and his pilgrim and had a holocaust vigil and par it will be the last super and pray at the molely wall. >>> hidden cash, just waiting, a mystery around whoever keeps hiding from somewhat whatever keeps doing it. how. >> some colleges are pushing back on the plan to develop the rating system to compare graduation rates, the amount of student debts and the income levels of students after they graduate. they could use that rating to d

it's not for the folks out in the contra costa. it's hot out there but they're used to the heat.it's in these big cities like the outer richmond, outer sunset where temperatures in the 80s and 90s is tough. it's tough on folks out there with no air-conditioning. it's tough at the ballpark. what a night to play baseball and to be at the game. we have two going on. one over at at&t and one over at oracle. i wish i was going to a baseball game tonight. these are forecast hikes tomorrow with temperatures right almost in the upper 90s low 100s. it's going to be a hot one tomorrow. the forecast 90 in los gatos. tomorrow is going to be hotter than today. san francisco most notably. any time you get a san francisco record to fall that's a big deal and they beat it by 3 degrees. the old record was 87. today downtown san francisco got up to 90-degree. winds shift around. winds start coming on shore on shore. tomorrow in ernest the winds started dropping. it's not crazy heat but it's hot. >> it is hot. especially inland. bill, thank you. >>> well it's affordable housing week in the east bay

. >>> also in contra costa county, a former city manager passed away yesterday and he leaves behind a not so flattering legacy. da lin reports, he also left behind a big mess.

joining me now is the contra costa supervisor, john joy.ou are providing the front line of medical carry. you have a choice between emergency room service and other clinics in the city that provide primary care. what do you do? >> this hospital is an example of the problems we face in our health care system in this country. we have people relying on emergency rooms when more of them should be in primary care centers but we need emergency rooms. so here you have a very important emergency room located in an urban district that because of its challenging mix 80% of its patients who are medicare or medical cannot -- medi-cal cannot be here with part of a larger system. >> bhar the arguments for -- what are the arguments for national health care? get them back to being for emergencies? rather than people who just can't afford to go to health care? >> right. >> that doesn't seem so be working. what is the problem with this hospital? >> this hospital has 10% inunshirred. some of those will get covered under the affordable care act. however, the m

of fortunately got no one was hurt, and the nurses will be rally in the at a contra costa supervisors' meeting try to save the doctor's office in san pablo. if voters reject the tax the past by simple majority but not by the super majority necessary for the parcel to keep hospitals doors open. scanners believe richmond and san pablo surrounding communities will be in danger if the emergency department and critical care services closed at hospital three see if the hospital closes the two hospitals that will take up the pace a low blow because a richmond and contra costa regional medical center in martinez 3 >>: michael jackson's album is out today read nearly five years after his death. the album is a project of the executive producer l.a. reid who got an unlimited access for four decades worth of jackson's local materials and it has eight unreleased songs on it. >>: also taken a quick break but first here's a live look outside. san mateo bridge on this tuesday morning. if kids ready for the heat. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. are those thrusters burning? tha

four are in contra costa county. chevron in richmond. conocophillips in rodeo. and martinez. there is also the valero refinery in be in each benetia. >>> 20-year-old demarrio drew is accused of punching a fellow student in the face several times, fracturing his jaw at a frat party. the alameda county district attorney's office says drew attacked the student and kicked his dog during an event at a fraternity house. drew's attorney says according to his client, the incident began when the sophomore safety was attacked by the alleged victim's dog and that drew was defending himself. >>> a bus driver is being called a hero tonight because he pulled over and then put himself directly between a snarling dog and scared kids. >> it's not heroic. it's somebody caring about somebody. that's all. >> this surveillance video from the west contra costa transit authority bus shows the pitbull on the right charging back and forth. the bus driver, craig willis, said the dog was barking menacingly, first at one teenager boy, then a boy and girl in front of the pinole public library. willis got

contra costa county animal services says. little dog is socializing with people and other animals. but is still very anxious. and won't be adopted out just yet. there have been so many requests to adopt freeway dog, the county says, it will likely need a "lottery" to decide on the owner. for the first time since his racist rants got him banned from the n-b-a. donald sterling spoke on camera. in an interview with anderson cooper, sterling denied that he is a racist, and asked his team for a second chance. sterling said he believes he was set-up. and when asked why it took so long to apologize and attempt to right his wrongs, he said he didn't know how. "and the reason it's hard for me, very hard for me, is that i'm wrong. i caused the problem and i don't know how to correct it" while sterling talked to c-n-n, his estranged wife was speaking to barbara walters and a-b-c. shelly sterling said, she wants to hold on to her share of the team. giants braves for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace clot

preocupa el correr para donde 0:41 este hospital tiene la sala de emergencia mas grande del oeste de contra costa, y ante su ausencia, los pacientes tendrian que acudir a hospitales vecinos como en richmond. 35:20 ir a la sala de emergencia de kaiser de richmond es mucho mas pequena esperar mucho mas tiempo 35:27 o tendrian que ir a berkeley o a martinez maria aguilera/usuaria del hospital 32:05 no pueden traerme yo me vengo sola, y si tiene uno que ir mas lejos como voy no voy a poder ir 32:1 2:35 de mi casa ahorita 15 minutos y para el otro lado como 40 minutos 2;42 11:19 sino estamos aqui la gente va a morir punto 11:20 este centro lleva arrastrando una crisis economica por anos 11:48 miramos a personas indocumentadas, sin seguro o con muy poco seguro muchos de nuestros pacientes no pueden pagar 11:56 el ultimo intento fallido por salvarlo fue que los votantes aprobaran un nuevo impuesto para financiarlo....s in embargo esto fue rechazado la semana pasada... ahora le estan pidiendo al condado que asuma el control.....per o.... luz maria gomez/vocera supervisor john gioia 34:53 pero el condado

airline the dog that caught highways 80 and rescue by the chp in contra costa county back with their own inside dog was nicknamed freeway or her real name is charm officials say the dog disappeared from the backyard of a home near the freeway the girls had been posting pictures of the missing dog on instagram for day as last friday the dog was fat, chp and analysts of shelter. withing social media for the happy reunion >> : much cooler out there today cooling trend will continue as a head in silicon >> : clara temperatures at the start of the coastline >> : only a low 60s danton's of this is the 65 biggest eye for an invalid is a plot but in the brady is will this still clear the upper yesterday on the warm sun >> : on the south bailey had 78 san jose 77 in sunnyvale and 71 in three not >> : result of a change over the past 24 hours a very dramatic out there this afternoon we dropped 16 degrees in fremont 14 degrees cooler in san francisco oakland a half moon bay and a sunnyvale. down 11 degrees in san jose tennis: a fall in land values and richmond six and nine degrees cooler than w

. >> reporter: and the only public hospital in west contra costa county this morning is in danger of closing its doors. we'll tell you about the election results that could put a lot of patients in a very tough spot. >>> a car hits another pedestrian and another car before slamming into another building. the manhunt tied to a very scary seen in san francisco's marina district. "mornings on 2" begins right now. >>> we are live in danville, where we've been following developing news since 4:30 this morning. a teenager was badly hurt after police say he led them on a high-speed chase. you can see the wreckage still on the side of a hill next to southbound interstate 680. coming up in two minutes, ktvu's tara moriarty will tell us what initially sparked the police pursuit. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning, tori. >> good morning. >> busy morning. >>> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. and steve, a little chilly. is the coast clear? >> that's the punch line to a joke. >> i know. >> it is for marin and sonoma. for to the san mat

chp contra costa tweeted this photo yesterday of the rescue.s the small chihuahua clinging to the center divide on interstate 680 near the main street overpass. it appears the officer used a protein bar to help catch the dog. no one has come forward to say how the chihuahua made it to the center of the interstate. >>> 9:57. let's go over to rosemary now. we want to take one last look at our saturday forecast, see how things are shaping up. >> yes, good morning to you. mostly sunny outside our door this morning. getting into the 10:00 hour, low 50s to low 60s. for your lunch hour, 50s and 60s. for the afternoon, slightly warmer than what we had for your friday afternoon. low 60s at the coast, mid-60s san francisco. widespread upper 60s, low 70s around the bay. warmest locations reaching into the mid 70s. it's going to be a nice day out there. unfortunately, the winds will be picking up for the second half of the afternoon and it will be quite gusty, especially along the coast. as we get into your mother's day sunday, nice notable jump in tempera

add cross the state claiming the west contra costa unified school district is refusing to give parcel tax revenue to the district. so far, the district has not commented on that suit. >> a teenager senior will not never get to graduate or go to college. the 17-year-old ashley carlson beings a senior just weeks from graduating was killed in a crash last night. you might expect her school is devastated. abc7 news is live at the scene. wayne? >> you can see behind me, it's very narrow. it's got a reputation to being a place where people speed. a good example this, is the road and where it drops off. if a car should go off, there is not much opportunity to recovery. three weeks from graduation in sonoma county today, only sadness instead. >> this is horrible. i don't know how to deal with it. >> but she sent us this photo from yesterday it's possibly the last ever taken of the 17-year-old ashley carlson shown on the right. a few hours later she would lose her life. >> she was just so happy. and it got taken from her. it's not fair. >> the road has a reputation for being narrow, skinny and

the dog is now in the custody of the the contra costa animal care shelter in martinez.hway patrol officers found her on the concrete median of interstate 680. that was in walnut creek on friday. the man said he tried everything to keep her from running into traffic from using a bag of trail mix to calm her down. >> try to keep her calm so it wouldn't attempt to run from us and be afraid of us, which is why i went to food to see if i could get him on my side. >> edmunds and a fellow officer were successful. they stayed with the dog until animal control arrived. the chihuahua is still fighting, but otherwise in good health. already people are calling with adoption offers. >> animals being rescued in situations like this, they garner a lot of attention, they garner, i call them, overnight celebrity status. this animal, she's certainly a celebrity at this point. thinks are waiting to see if the dog's owner comes forward before they put her up for adoption. investigators say they still don't know how the dog got on the median. >>> an 11-year-old south bay boy born with a rar

the dog is now in the custody of the the contra costa animal care shelter in martinez. highway patrol officers found her on the concrete median of interstate 680. that was in walnut creek on friday. the man said he tried everything to keep her from running into traffic from using a bag of trail mix to calm her down. >> to try to keep her calm so it wouldn't attempt to run from us and be afraid of us, which is why i went to food to see if i could get him on my side. >> edmunds and a fellow officer were successful. of course, we see them there. they stayed with the dog until animal control arrived. frightened, but otherwise in the chihuahua is still frightened, but otherwise in good health. already people are calling with adoption offers. >> animals being rescued in situations like this, they garner a lot of attention, they garner, i call them, overnight celebrity status. this animal, she's certainly a celebrity at this point. >> she is a celebrity. they are waiting to see if the dog's owner comes forward before they put her up for adoption. investigators say they still d

. >>> a new warning for parents in contra costa county about highly contagious whopping cough. we told you about confirmed cases. now the school district is sending out a new letter today telling parents about even more cases at the campus. we don't know how many yet, but whooping cough starts with cold like symptoms, turns into uncontrollable coughing. school officials urge parents to have their children looked at if it continues for more than a week. >>> police say a car struck a 21-year-old woman as she was crossing the street. the driver told police she didn't see the young woman or the flashing yellow lights that are supposed to bring traffic to a stop. >> how does a driver not see the yellow lights flashing? >> i don't know. if they are just looking forward and not paying attention. >> three people have been hit while crossing this intersection alone. leading to demands of safety improvements. in response the city plans to put up a stoplight sometime next year. >>> fire in the oakland hills. when firefighters arrived they found the roof fully engulfed in flames. the homeo

she is now at the contra costa county animal shelter. she is in fearful but in good health. they're waiting to see if the dog's owner comes forward. the chp tweeted a photo of her after rescuing the pup from the median on interstate 680 near walnut creek. investigators don't know yet how the dog got on to that poor median. poor little puppy. >>> time for a check on the weather. meteorologist frances dinglasan is here and seems like the wind never ends. >> breezy today. we're starting off with live doppler 7hd, sweeping around the bay area so we have some cloud officers parts of the east bay. no precipitation falling. i want to take you to the sierra nevada and loop it over the next three hours. you can see thunderstorms over the last few hours and areas of green, light rain, and even some snow, pink, and the white as well, and here's a live shot. this is in tahoe, in heavenly. mountain top. this is live. heavy snow right now reported as well in truckee. currently it's in the 60s around the bay area. 60 in san francisco, 67 in oakland, and 62 in redwood city. 67 insen jose. h

. >> tenemos 49 casos de tosferina en todo el condado de contra costa. >> y mientras tanto, hasta, como napa, con nueve de ellos en las Últimas semanas, por eso las autoridades tienen recomendaciones. >> es importante que toda la comunidad reciba la vacuna de tosferina, especialmente las mujeres embarazadas. >> en napa en 2013 sÓlo hubo 13 casos y aunque atacan niÑos que estÁn en edad de ir a la secundaria, en los bebÉs puede ser potencialmente mortal. los sÍntomas de la tosferina asemejan a los de un resfriado, pero al cabo de semanas la tos se vuelve mÁs grave, por eso es recomendable que visite a su mÉdico se presenta alguno de los sÍntomas y se vacune si no lo ha hecho. >> no tener papeles no impide que los jÓvenes sigan alcanzando sus metas, hoy un grupo de soÑadores se graduaron en un colegio en san francisco, hoy celebraron el logro de poder continuar sus estudios en una universidad. >> es un logro que he luchado por mucho tiempo, pensÉ que tal vez no lo iba a lograr, he llorado, sufrido, pero ya lo tengo acÁ, es el primer paso a nuevos logros que voy a tener. >> la acciÓn

mes pasado le diagnosticaron la tosferina a un alumno de la primaria tambiÉn en el condado de contra costa especialmente las mujeres embarazadas, con cada embarazo, y las personas que cuiden a los infantes. >> de acuerdo al departamento de salud pÚblica se han registrado 49 casos de tosferina en el condado de contra costa en lo que va de este aÑo. >> el presidente barack obama presentÓ un plan sobre la eficiencia energÉtica. >> el mandatario hizo un anuncio en la tienda walmart, y esto generÓ protestas, obama vino para hablar sobre la creaciÓn de empleos. >> te escuchamos, buenas tardes. >> el presidente obama, conocido tambiÉn como el hombre mÁs poderoso del mundo vino a esa tienda para hablar sobre la creaciÓn de trabajos, pero tambiÉn fue recibido por grupos de manifestantes que le recuerdan que un buen trabajo tiene que estar acompaÑado de un buen salario. mientras que en el interior el presidente hablaba sobre la creaciÓn de empleos, afuera estos manifestantes se quejan que el presidente debe hacer mucho mÁs para lograr que negocios como walmart incrementen el sueldo de sus trabajador

we have had four babies hospitalized this year in contra costa county. luckily all are recovering. in 2010, 10 babies died throughout the state. and what we are trying to do is protect the babies. >> reporter: one parent said he was taking his daughter to the doctor this afternoon because of a persistent cough. >> all night long. all night long coughing. wheezing. we thought it was asthma. but it might be more than that. >> reporter: district sent a letter home, if parents notice their children have a cough for more than two weeks to see a doctor. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> martinez is not the only place seeing a jump in whooping cough cases. in napa county there have been 17 cases this year with 9 in the last two weeks. in 2013 there were 13 cases in napa county for the year. all but three of this year's cases are in middle or high school. >>> firefighter filed a lawsuit claiming she was wrongly identified as driving over and killing a teenager who survived the asiana airlines plane crash. elyse duckett said the fire department is using her as a scapegoat because she is

if it closes west contra costa county could become a medical desert. >> the hospitals will be impacted. >> reporter: that is why they sent this flier out to communicates beyond the contra costa county voting boarders. inviting people to a meeting tonight. >> if that is the only way they could keep it open they need to extend the vote. >> reporter: like the dog park where she brings her puppy to play. a fence doesn't keep what is happening on the other side from effecting what is within the boarder. >> whatever is possible. >> reporter: this is hail mary. a medical miracle that would take $18 million and passing a tax to have a shot at curing the financial ills at doctors medical center. it would take more than the counties. that meeting tonight starts at 6:30 p.m. at the senior center. reporting live, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> one of the victims from the deadly rampage near santa barbara will be remembered tonight in san jose. they will gather to pay tributes it george chen -- pay tribute to george chen. >> reporter: for the first time since the tragedy those who knew geo

also looking at contra costa county, 680 looked good from concord to walnut creek. also looking at the commute on highway 24. drive time 8 minutes from pleasant hill road to the tunnel. 882, 38, thornton, 10. then 580. this is the light -- it probably won't stay this way, but 580 from depressant lain road to 680, 20 minutes. 4:49. steve? >>> slightly hard to sleep last night in area that is don't have air conditioning. a little better tonight? >> welcome to my world, sal. >> i had the fan blasting. >> it will be cooler, no doubt about it. still one more day inland. we have some fog returning to the coast, but i think the pacific yesterday was 79. i am going 59 today. meteorologically we call it a marine layer. you call it fog, which is fine by me. a low cloud deck is there. fog return, clear inland. 40s through 60s on the lows. a big difference in the temperatures, 59 to 89. definitely almost a summertime pattern here. i don't think it is that warm. 65 closer to antioch. 52 at half-moon bay. forty-nine in santa rosa, 49 in napa, 49 in oakland and 59 in san jose. mos

. >>> more and more food trucks are rolling into locations in contra costa county. >> a new lunchtimetruck market set up today near the transit village. the taste of the world market plans to open at that location every thursday offering a wide range of food. organizers say a portion of the proceeds will react educational opportunities for people in other countries. off the grid is working on starting up a weekly dinner time market in contra costa county. >>> two dogs tearizing a -- terrorizing a neighbor. new at 5:00 p.m. we talk to one of the victims from this morning's attack, how they got away. >> news chopper 2 over san jose for the may day rally. we are monitoring the situation as protests pop up in the bay area and all around the world. >> 2 investigates the lessons learned from the deadly landslide in washington state. where bay area landslide are most likely to happen. >>> complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m.. >>> two dogs on the loose going on a ramp age in a bay area neighborhood -- rampage in a bay area victim. new a

contra costa county fires fought a fire a couple of hundred yards from where we're standing, and they had to rush out there this weekend in walnut creek. about an acre of dry grass and trees burned, and they had to spray it down. still don't know exactly what started it. also, in san jose, crews battled a three-alarm fire that burned through a landfall that started late sunday afternoon. there were also issues with that one, getting water out there. the crews had to drive some of it in. and they battled a half dozen vegetation fires in just a day. we're still in early may. contra costa county fire marshal said this is normally what we would see in july. >> we had several fires this weekend that were more than just little spots. we had a few that were up in the -- about the acre range, which is unusual for this time of year. we don't usually get that in may. that's normally an early june type of fire scenario. so we're aware that this is going to be the worst fire season than most. >> reporter: he tells us that home abasement defensible space inspection should start soon. they've alrea

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. >> reporter: nurse maria seguin says it's the contra costa board of supervisors that must step up and take responsibility for the hospital. >> three weeks ago there was a 17-year-old that i know for a fact had we not been here he would have died. >> reporter: many agreed saying the county has a moral obligation to keep the doctors hospital healthy. >> it's save our hospital and save our health. >> reporter: but the cost to save it is $18 million. that's big money for a county to cough up. >> unfortunately the county doesn't have $18 million to take over the hospital. because what that would do is cause the county to have to cut its own health services. >> reporter: an earlier effort to save the hospital including a parcel tax failed. the hospital sees 45,000 patients a year. many low income. only 10% of patients have full paying insurance. without the facility the number of emergency beds in the community will drop. from 40 to just 15. 40 years in nursing, that statistics worries her. >> they dent get seen. the -- don't get seen. the care will be delayed and lives will be lost. >> peo

only 9% of homes in san francisco are affordable to the middle class compared to 47% in contra costa. joe vasquez, kpix5. >>> well, if you think this market in san mateo is crazy, get this. in san francisco, this house just sold for 70% over the asking price. the home at pacific heights was only on the market for a week before someone snatched it up for $3.4 million. >>> tonight, rescuers are racing to trap 200 people trapped inside a coal mine. families waited for news in turkey. more than 2 one workers were killed. more than 800 people were underground at the time of the explosion. the mine blew when power machinery caught fire. this is video from inside the mine. you can see how many of the men helped each other out. >>> parents watched in horror as a bounce house blew away with their children outside. two of them are in the hospital. >> the first little boy came out, landed in the middle of the road right there and the other little boy, he came down, hit his head off the back of my car and landed on the ground. >> a girl who was also in the bounce house when it went up escaped wit

the dog is now in the custody of the the contra costa animal care shelter in martinez.ighway patrol officers found her on the concrete median of interstate 680. the man said he tried everything to keep her from running into traffic from using a bag of trail mix to calm her down. >> keep her calm so it wouldn't attempt to run from us and be afraid of us, which is why i went to food to see if i could get him on my side. >> edmunds and a fellow officer were successful. they stayed with the dog until animal control arrived. chihuahua is still fighting, but otherwise in good health. already people are calling with adoption offers. >> animals being rescued in situations like this, they garner a lot of attention, they garner, i call them, overnight celebrity status. this animal, she's certainly a celebrity at this point. >> we are wait to go see if the dog's owner comes forward before putting her up for adoption. investigators say they still don't know how the dog got on the median. >>> an 11-year-old south bay boy born with a rare heart condition is on a quest to beat the odd

the employees say they hope contra costa county will help take over the hospital. but county supervisors say they don't have the resources. >>> leaders have worked out a deal on a new budget to help close a $4.5 million budget gap. they agreed on a two-year, 140 million-dollar budget plan. reserves many city programs and facilities such as park pools. however there will be cuts to services including park maintenance of library hours. the proposal calls for an increase in downtown parking rates and some civic events will be canceled. the city council is expected to pass the budget at its meeting on june 17. >>> the city of richmond is a step closer to raising its minimum wage to more than $12 an hour. that proposal voted on late last night is controversial especially those under the age of 18. paul why are some young student worker saying this plan is unfair? >> it's a very hot topic here in richmond especially with those at this youth center who want to know why lawmakers think it is okay to not pay them as much as they would pay everyone else. richmond city counci

the cooler air right new and notice the radar runs are moving through the eastern section of the contra costa and alameda county and a few sprinkles of detected through the altamont pass and some of the wind mills if you are traveling through that way maybe you are getting wet. the first forecast shows we will be mostly sunny, 65 to 71 and 75 inland. up to 64 into san francisco. >> 38 bart trains are rolling and ace train one and three are on time if not a minute early. it is looking slow over the altamont pass and we are seeing a bit more traffic as they head out of address into livermore. the area mike has been talking about is wet so you could see slick conditions if you make the drive in the westbound direction. be careful. in dublin or down highway 84 to the sunol grade it is moving along fine and further to the south through fremont and milpitas it is clear and san jose, all moving along at top speed. >> developing news from the south bay, where a crime laboratory technician has been reassigned following botched tests in methamphetamine cases. matt is in san jose with more on the story

at a west contra costa county school board meeting last night. frame fred coramatsu was suggested. he took his fight toover turn his criminal record all the way to the u.s. supreme court and won. >> my father's fight for justice wasn't just for himself. and not just for the japanese-american people. it was for all americans. >> i would like to propose another outstanding citizen's name for consideration for the renaming of portula. >> several members of the audience made suggestions for names they think should also be considered. the school board will now form a committee to listen to all the ideas and narrow down the choices. it will then make a recommendation to the full board in the coming months. >>> all right, tori, time now 8:26. new this morning a mysterious sign in san francisco getting a lot of attention from drivers. it says, you can see it, the city is closed due to the heat wave. a few expletives thrown in there. new video came into our newsroom from ktvu's social media director. now, we're still not sure who is responsible for this m

. >>> chief meteorologist paul deanno took mobile weather to the contra costa county fair in antioch.aul, have you had any fried food yet? how much? >> no, you know. on a little bit of a diet but that will like what, 30, 40 minutes while you're here? you have no choice. it is the joyful noise out here of all the kids screaming having a good time. of course, today likely the slowest of the four days but things will be active tomorrow and over the weekend. we're expecting over 100,000 folks here. 79th contra costa county fair in antioch where we are live tonight. and this ride right here is called the tornado my favorite. you know, being a weather guy. beautiful weather out here a little warm but we'll be trending cooler toward the weekend. temperatures out there, it is cool in san francisco at 63. san bruno currently 68. oakland 74. we find the 80s widespread away from the water 80 in san jose. 81 santa rosa. and 82 in livermore. overnight tonight it will be cool in the north bay. upper 40s for you, san rafael 49. santa rosa 48. san jose down to 52 tonight. vallejo 53. livermore 51 deg

. >>> there is a last-minute scramble in contra costa county in hopes of preventing a hospital from shutting its doors. doctors medical center appears doomed after voters failed to approve measure c a parcel tax measure in the west contra costa county healthcare district. the 140-bed hospital in san pablo has the largest emergency room in the western part of the country. >> unfortunately, the county doesn't have $18 million to take over the hospital because what that would do is cause the county to have to cut its own health services. >> it's a lot of people that ain't gonna have nowhere to go. that's gonna be really bad. >> hospital has been losing about $1.5 million per month. if the district board can't come up with a solution, the hospital will close this summer. >>> time now 4:41. the organization tasked with taking care of our vets is under scrutiny. the allegations against veteran affairs that already has some out of jobs. >> one minute he was a normal 7- year-old, the next he was so violent his dad had to restrain him. the mysterious syndrome that finally has a name, coming up. ,, ,,

. >> new at 6:00 phil matier is following the money over in contra costa county. gotten those mailers, phil. i know what you're talking about. >> reporter: exactly, ken. from the secretary for schools in california to the assembly race here in the contra costa county, there is a fight between labor and business interests millions pumped in, in the last few days and in this case is the last year's bart strike is a big issue. >> a sacramento political consultant who profited from oil companies and developers, that's steve glazer working for the special interests, not you. >> reporter: that pretty much sums up the tone of the hottest and ugliest stated assembly fight in california. it's right here in the east bay. it's between two democrats who represent two big interest groups, unions and businesses. >> these are ar targets. >> reporter: in the business corner political consultant and orinda city councilman steve glazer whose call for a ban on bart strikeses, and pension for public workers, has made him the enemy of labor in the state. >> they don't want politicians

but the contra costa county sheriff's department has a procedure. first they have to recover the body, then they determine the cause of death and only then do they officially notify the family. reporting from points on pablo, mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, mark. >>> serious concerns this evening involving a major local police department. protecting their own officers by covering up information. and it's all legal. >> now there are calls from san jose city hall to change that. we're joined with internal police numbers about police misconduct. numbers that may surprise us. >> in just the last five years we found nearly 18,000 citizens complaints against officers at the bay area's five largest police agencies. and the rate of those complaints found to be true continues to rise. here in san jose, we obtained numbers of police reporting misconduct on their own. they showed the number of sustained or verified incidents of misconduct has gone up. but that misconduct is rarely, if ever, punished by termination or demotion. >> i think it's i

we're at the contra costa county fair in antioch. garlic fries, $6. bubba's bad barbecue turkey legs, ribs tacos, ceviche, bananas, leave the diet at home. but i'm here to tell you weather-wise to please bring your sunscreen because sunshine will stick around although temperatures will be dropping. beautiful shot of downtown san francisco. san francisco down to 60 degrees. the sea breeze is kicking in. 67 san bruno. oakland and san jose in the low 70s. livermore around 80. overnight tonight chilly in the north bay, santa rosa drops down to 48. tomorrow morning in san jose 52. san francisco 52. vallejo 53. high pressure which inched closer to us today giving us less of the on shore flow and milder weather very quickly begins to move away. it's shifting out of here. so that will allow an area of low pressure to build to our north that will kick up the sea breeze once again and a stronger sea breeze with more of the ocean influence. one it will be cooler and two it will be cloudier especially near the water. we are clear inland tonight but coastal fog wi

this week contra costa education trustees rejected the teachers' bid. they say the petition doesn't meet all the criteria required for a charter. previously, the antioch school district board had nixed it. the teachers now say they will either appeal to the state board of education, or try to come up with a compromise. >>> harvey milk's legacy is being celebrated in a new postage stamp. today at the white house, the new forever stamp was unveiled. it's a black and white picture. he was one of the first openly gay elected public officials in the united states. more than 30 years after his death, people still embrace what he stood for. >> today we put a great american gay man gay hero on the postage stamp. that i think send a message of hope all over this country. i can't wait to mail these postcards to my family in utah and texas. >> the unveiling coincides with harvey milk's birthday. he would have been 84 today. >>> vice president joe biden is coming to the bay area next week to attend an event at a private home in san francisco on wednesday. he will b

it has been a big hit in contra costa county and it is where a big streak parked together.e will be offering it and the truck will then be there between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. and off the grid plans on doing it every thursday. >>> a deadly gas explosion happened at a florida jail. two inmates were killed while part of that building collapsed and they are now focusing on the weather. >>> thousands will take to the streets and rally and march. live in san jose and we will tell you what to expect for the annual mayday events. >>> on the sunole grade, we have traffic that is doing well straight ahead. >>> what about the cooler pattern when will that kick in and we will update on the coast, that is also in for a cooler pattern. ♪ ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. start exploring at followyournola.com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans! . >>> coming up in two minutes, an exclusive interview r-alex savage will tell us about her dramatic escape why police still need your help even though the suspect is in jail. good morning,

look at this contra costa county looking great right now. highway 4 southbound 680 looks great from antioch all the way down into walnut creek and a check of the south bay where you'll see it's about 64 miles per hour on 101 coming into san jose. 280 through downtown, even the guadalupe parkway everything is fine. remember kcbs when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. that is your latest traffic. lawrence we have had some gorgeous sunrises and sunsets lately. >>> mostly clear skies from the offshore winds but things changing today. some fog along the coastline looks like that's going to snap the heat wave and some much cooler weather on the way for the weekend as it looks like that cool air going to spread onshore and it's doing so already. in fact, got some foggy conditions as you approach the coastline. mostly clear though in the interior valleys then mostly sunny this afternoon but some cooler temperatures and then much cooler over the weekend. high pressure finally sliding eastward. that's allowing a sea breeze to kick in and fog to

and also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza the commute looks good with no major problems and contra costa, not bad, venetia creek looks good and san francisco traffic is moving along well, they have a mind much their own ,2 4 westbound between the walnut creek interchange. not bad, 5:18 let's go to steve. >>> flip flop shorts... >> we have clear skies, and it is not much of a breeze and they may be dealing with the breeze but there are some 40ss and remember 91 is what we are forecasting, 91 is the record and 1976 a lot of records were set on this date, san rafael is 100, and that was also 1976, livermore today is hot and the record is 99. fso, record was hotter and san jose, yes that is hot but the record is 99, guess what year. 1976, there is not for those and then when it is the 0 for san francisco, and others around the bay, 06 at antioch and there is a huge difference in some of these temperatures. 60 in mountain view, it will not take long. days are longer, large and in charge we will help them clear. we are definitely warmer than yesterday and even lake county, yesterday and today.

look at this haul from contra costa county. a sheriff's deputy stopped a driver in pleasant hill, asked to search the car, and found two large boxes of marijuana. from there, a search warrant on a home in concord uncovered more than 150 -marijuana plants-- plus weapons, ammunition and cash. the marijuana is worth several -hundred- thousand dollars. two people were arrested. health officials confirmed monday-- a second person in the u-s is now sick with the respiratory virus known as mers. 'mers' stands for middle east respiratory syndrome -- and it has made hundreds of people sick in the middle east. health officials here say, the most recent case is a man visiting florida from saudi arabia. they say, he was diagnosed last night and is doing well in an orlando hospital. earlier this month, a man in indiana was diagnosed with the potentially deadly virus and later released from the hospital. the city of oakland--under more scrutiny for its treatment of animals and response to requests for animal services. kron 4 went out to inve

. >>> we want to show you now a picture of mount diablo and contra costa county. the combination of high temperatures, still air and vehicle exhaust will create unhealthy conditions. you can help reduce smog by driving as little as possible and taking public transportation. officials suggest you do all your athletic activity early in the morning. >>> san jose police are investigating an officer involving shooting that injured a teenage suspect. shortly before midnight. officers spotted a suspected stolen car on storey road and jackson avenue and followed it to mccre ery avenue. the driver rammed two patrol cars after police tried to stop him. one woman feared for her life. >> an officer fired her firearm because she was in fear of her life. >> a passenger who was a juvenile was not hurt. the officer who shot the suspect and her partner are now on routine investigative leave. >>> authorities are investigating a shooting that left a victim dead. >>> the pilot of a small plane is safe after making an emergency landing in livermore but where he landed put him in handc

including alameda, contra costa, santa clara and san mateo. this is a live look outside. temperatures are cooling off for the evening. i'm in the weather center with kron 4's chief meterologist jacqueline bennett -- what can we expect for friday and the weekend. .. >> pam: continuing our team coverage. kron4's charles clifford is >> jacqueline: it will cool off so much more dramatically. away from the coast of very hot with record temperatures in concord with 93, hayward and nine antioch 95. much cooler in the '70s and '80s and other locations. temperatures still in the '80s out in pleasanton and antioch 64 and half wahl bay. it will become much cooler as we had in to be we can't especially. as we head into the weekend especially >> jacqueline: out at crissy field in san francisco. where he spent the afternoon in the heat. charles? >> reporter:this was pleasant hill thursday afternoon. it reached about 91 degrees around noon. pretty good day to get a scoop of ice cream. this was downtown san jose on thursday morning. just a great day to be outside. this is a shot from a t

you will see some slow traffic. 680 is also slow contra costa county. in san francisco we have record of a new injury crash involving a motorcycle. northbound 101 at silver avenue. we have northbound 101 just south of the toll plaza on the golden gate, i looked at my camera on the golden gate bridge. i don't see anything. but i don't see a lot of cars getting through. we'll investigate that. 7:04. back to the desk. >>> new this morning, fire season began a week ago. it's been a busy start in the bay area. this morning, firefighters were on the scene of a fire at a homeless encampment at story road. janine de la vega is live to let us know how this fire started. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. i want to show you all of the dry brush at my feet. this stuff is everywhere. it's very easy to pick up. it's very dry. if you look further down into this homeless encampment, there's a lot of vegetation here, a lot of trees. the potential for fire to break is great. the firefighters got on scene quick. the fire was spotted by a sheriff's dep

voters were asked to approve another parcel tax to keep the only public hospital in west contra costaopen but only 52% of the voters said yes. measure c needs two-thirds approval to pass. similar parcel taxes to keep the hospital open were approved in 2004 in 2011. the hospital is losing $1.5 million every month. >>> 2 investigates has uncovered unexpected opposition to a bill that would require smart phone security called a kill switch. this would allow people to lock your cell phone if it is stolen making them useless to a thief. they were contacted by a sacramento nonprofit called weave. women escaping a violent environment. lawmakers say the group opposes the kill switch bill suggesting domestic violence abusers could place their victims in more dangers by locking the phones without them knowing about it. george gascsn says argument does not hold up because 911 calls cannot be disabled. >> i think it's time for the industry to put profits aside and start looking out for the well being of our community. >> now weave's executive director strongly denies making any contact with lawma

we've had a couple of issues in contra costa county.ker pass road is closed for the peak of the commute. they should be opening up soon. if they haven't already. highway 4 is slow h people on highway 24 are behind schedule. highway 4, 242, very slow. a lot of people are staying off kirker pass road because they have to. even when it opens, i don't think it will make a difference this late in the commute. bay bridge has been a little better. about a 20-minute drive time into san francisco. i want to remind you there is a giants game and that means a lot of people will be coming in to see that on the bridge during the day. let's move alond and take a look at one more thing here, that would be the peninsula where highway 92, the san mateo bridge and 101 in san mateo still very slow. 8:19. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. thanks to all of the comments that twitter is working. we do have monterey, there is a lot of fog forming off the coast. there might be a hint of a preez for a few of -- breeze for a few of you on the coast. excessiv

doctors hospital has served west contra costa county. for more than six-decades. because of a multi -million dollar shortfall. hospital officals now say, they have no choice but to begin closing down the facility. kron 4's haaziq madyun has more on the problem. and a last ditch effort. to avoid the shutdown. "how many lives will have to be lost?" "that will be really bad if this place closed down" "we all need to be together on this, we need to save this hospital" a desparate call for help to keep the doors open here at doctors medical center in san pablo. these hospital workers say there will be a huge void in healthcare in this area based upon the volume of medical service provided here "we see 80% of the ambulance transports around here, we accept 2/3 of the critical care that comes through west countyship them out to the trauma center in john muir" the nearest emergency room is a few miles away in richmond here at kaiser permanemte "we would go from 40 to 15 emergency room beds if doctors hospital closes" contra costa county supervisor john gioia says now that

and this morning's commute to the east bay still looks good and we have no problems in contra costa county on 880, and here is a couple of drive times, interstate 880 and 08 are off to a -- 08 are off -- 80 are off it a good start. >>> a double shooting in vallejo, one person is dead while another is in the hospital. alex savage where a moment ago he just spoke to police and what did they tell you? >> well they said the shooter in this case just killed a map inside. there was a second victim and it all happened at the 5 star gas station here in vallejo. he told me he heard he was hit by fun fire and was he went inside to pay for his gas when he was hit by the bullet and the shooter is on the run and police are trying to figure out what led up to the gun fire. >> unfortunately we don't have a motive for the shooting and detectives are here now working on the case and i imagine that is forthcoming. we do have some leads to follow up on and we are doing that right now. >> at this point police are identifying the victim who died at the hospital after being taken and the second man is recoverin

the numbers out of contra costa county shows unemployment is 7%. below the high in 2010, 11.6 pest. as ktvu's tom vacar found people of all ages and experience levels are still looking for work. >> reporter: hundreds of people attended a job fair today in pittsburg where they were libed up around -- lined up around the building and in an area where jobs are in short supply. >> it under scores the fact things are turning the corner. things are picking up. >> the attendance shows you how difficult the recession has been in the area. what is good about this job fair is there are real jobs available. >> we have entry level positions and looking for a journeyman machinist. >> reporter: if there is a dark tide is this scene, it is the volume of people of all ages who showed up. >> looks like a lot of people are out of work, trying to get back into the work field. nice to have the vendors here. >> this is the biggest one i have seen. concord, oakland. this is 5 minutes away. >>> for many it means starting over. as with david, he once made $30 an hour. >> this shows how desperate people are