because the county can't afford it what else can the county no longer afford about a third of all the public employees one thousand jefferson county public workers will soon be told to go on without pay nobody knows how long because the county can't find the money necessary to cover their salaries this is what a county on the verge of bankruptcy in america looks like a well jefferson county is scrounging for nickels in the couch cushions wall street giant j.p. morgan chase just posted the biggest quarterly profit in the history of that bank five point six billion dollars for three months add that to the seventeen billion in profits the bank made last year and it's pretty clear that j.p. morgan chase is sitting on amount of cash and a lot of those profits are why those jefferson county sheriff's can't afford to check out traffic accidents here's how the bank's toure's screwed the county. back in two thousand and two jefferson county officials were looking for a way to update their leaky and crafted sewage system estimates for a new sewage system or around two hundred fifty million doll

they decided it was too large a county, said the card off another county. at the time, the largest population in the state was in san francisco. l.a. barely made a presidio. they had, like, 50 or 60 people. 90% of the population was in san francisco, and everyone down the peninsula is saying if they are in the county, san francisco has this huge population, we are going to have to go along with them, so they can't get off -- they carved it off. >> it looks like it is the richmond district, but a kind of shows what was on the west side town. a great deal of it was sam, and for that reason, people thought that the weather and the san -- it was really not a place that people wanted to live, and it was going to be very typical for san francisco -- very difficult for san francisco to expand west. >> if you look at the early maps, it was 3 miles wide by about 6 miles long, this huge sand dunes that just moved around. >> here is an 1875 map of the laguna. says along the side of the map, high sand hills between the pacific ocean and the like. by the way, this had a

sheriff america's last hope which explains why the american county sheriff is the supreme authority in the county and how important that is to the idea of localism and preserving individual rights sheriff mack thank you so much for being with us tonight. thank you for having me it's again a pleasure and even more with pleasure to. call you friend a rock all right now if the let me ask you go to the premise of your book here if the county sheriff is the ultimate law enforcement authority how does that relate to preserving gun rights and what does that say about. the present company excluded most american tourists failing at their job to stand up to the feds and defend citizens in their respective counties. well it's the bottom line it's the last line in the sand is sheriff is the ultimate law enforcement authority of his county and this is suffice it to say to to make the argument very short because of time he is the only elected by four in of the people law enforcement official in the united states and in his county therefore he used this he reigned supreme because he reports to the

counties where the life expectancy for women declined, that's a quarter of the counties in the unitedgress for women has been worse for women than men. >> reporter: dr. christopher murry and his team looked for life expectancy for women, found wide disparities for women from county to county, even from state to state. >> for large parts of the u.s., for many, many counties, we are not achieving the improvement in life expectancy that is medically possible. >> reporter: women in collier county, florida, live the longest, 86 years. the racial makeup there is mostly white, just 12% are below the poverty line. but women in holmes county, mississippi, have one of the shortest life expectancies, 73 1/2 years. holmes is overwhelmingly african-american with 48% below the poverty line. the decline in longevity comes despite significant gains in screening and treatment for women's diseases. researchers blame high rates of obesity, smoking and other unhealthy lifestyle choices for the decline but do not fully understand the reasons behind the disparities from place to place. researchers are hopi

we have san bruno jail in san mateo county. given we have a significant construction footprint, there should be opportunities for san mateo resident to also benefit from san francisco's program. the concept of the reciprocity agreement was then put forward, really with the idea of taking the existing legislation and making it available to san mateo residents as well. a lot of the materials for how the program will work on construction projects, we have made available to the public at our website, oewd.org, and i will also be presenting at the meeting that was mentioned earlier, that the community advocates are pulling together to get an update. we will also share that information with them there. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> i did know that there were some inquiries with my office, and i had conversations with president chiu and supervisor avalos, as well. i wanted to thnak her for making sure there is a good relationship. is this going to open the door for alameda county, where a number of the puc projects, and potentially

it fell in 737 counties. the largest declines, lives cut short by two years, were in mississippi and oklahoma, another one of the places women are living shorter lives is hamilton county in northern florida. we ask kelly cobiella to give us insight there. >> reporter: hamilton county, florida is about a two-and-a- half hour drive from jacksonville, but the life span of women here is 76.5 years, less than women in libya, where the life span is 80. >> i said i wanted to lose weight, i need to do this, i need to do that, but i don't ever do it. >> reporter: and your daughter? >> same. just a little bit shorter. >> reporter: sue thornbury is 34, she doesn't smoke, but loves her fried southern food. >> i'm not active, other than working and home. that's it. i don't exercise much and i don't eat real healthy. >> reporter: hamilton county is one of 700 u.s. counties where the life expectancy for women has declined. that's a quarter of the counties in the united states. >> progress for women has been much worse than

the county's do not have one. san francisco does not have one. if a person is convicted, they're supposed to be able to attend a 52-week program mandated and supervised by probation. the council created a committee that worked for over a year looking at the rest of the state, santa clara, san diego, which have the program. at the end of this, we developed a proposal. it became a recommendation in the report. we were asking for the adult probation department to look for a way to certify a program in our county for the department of public health to look at increased funding and support to the violence intervention program, formerly the center for special problems. one judge would oversee this, similar to the domestic violence court. we are working with the probation chief and with barbara garcia. we have a meeting with them on monday and we hope to be able to report back to you on where we are going with this one recommendation. the next implementation we will be looking at was that a. -- data. dispatchers would ca

it's moving across marin county, napa county, sonoma county. temperatures today under cloudy skies will be very, very cool. >>> steve, right now traffic is looking okay. if you are driving in marin county, so far it's dry but as steve mentioned, it could be wet at any moment. >>> one home, several police investigators. a home on whipple road near 6th street has in union -- in union city has been the site of recent shootings, some of them fatal. kraig debro is live in front of one of them. >> reporter: good morning, story. -- tori. the man in this video, before we show it to you, is not a suspect. in fact, we can't be sure he lives at that home on whipple. now, a few minutes after knocking on the door, this man emerged from the home. he told me he didn't want to say anything. and then after stopping to a couple of men in a car, the man retreated in the house. at 657 whipple road, the problem is worse. two men have been the victims of homicide since last september and on sunday, police got another call to come here. while officers were responding

but in comparison with other counties. then i will get into the workload analysis. this was put together as an analysis of funding for various public safety agencies in the city and county of san francisco with a comparison of two other counties in a larger part of the state. the district attorney's office, if you look at this assessment from 1996 through 2008, it has the lowest proportion of inquiries. when you move to the next slide, this is adjusted for inflation. if you look at this particular table here, i'm looking at san francisco. you will notice our agency, adjusted for inflation has less resources today in terms of dollars and sense than it did in 1986. most of us would agree that the world as much more complex than id was in 1986. next, there is a 10-year analysis of fte or staffing starting in the year of 2001 and taking it all the way through 2011-2012. you can see our staffing levels today are the lowest they have been in decades. numbers in the red bars are those suggested by the mayor's office. if we follow

the contra costa county says the victim was 97-year-old beatrice graina. they say the fire may have been sparked by candles that fell over inside a religious shrine. >>> there is a new twist in the search for a nursing student michelle le. we reported that calls were made from her cell phone after her disappearance last month. jade hernandez says that's not necessarily the case so what are they saying now? yoo with no new arrests the information that came out of a san diego television station seemed to give this investigation hope but, today, hayward police and the le family are disputing those claims and that is not all. in fact, it was reported two calls came from the michelle le cell phone after she disappeared, one from reno nevada but they say that isn't true. they did receive calls from across state lines but they did not come from her cell phone after her disappearance. >> is the answer to what answered to michelle lying across state lines? no, we don't believe that's the case. >> reporter: investigators did travel to arizona, though, to speak to a

to the city and county of san francisco's carbon footprints. therefore, the san francisco department of the environment has brought together two sets of stakeholders to advise the city on building with energy issues. the first is the renewable task force. the second of which, we, the undersigned are members is the energy independence advisory pafpblet as advocacy organizations and businesses connected to the property, buildings and energy industries, we have focused on energy use, particularly natural gas use in buildings, and energy efficiency in green buildings. our main discussion was the need for discussion among stakeholders in the economy, academics, building scientists, tenants, policymakers, and property owners and managers. inceased access to the latest research and information about energy efficiency and green building and the financial benefits would boost the energy efficiency sector through more effective green and social marketing and the creation of a critical mass of awareness. we are committed to working with the city to foster

mendocino county, lake county and northwest sonoma county beginning to move in as well. i'm sure many people a little surprised. it will be with us today. cloudy, cool, temperatures 60s, 70s and rain moving north to south. >>> the family of a murdered san leandro man hopes to draw attention to his killing by holding a vigil this afternoon. gary jones was shot and killed when he stopped for gas in hayward four years ago. surveillance tape shows two men in a silver or gray van following him to the station. police say the men were stealing the medical marijuana he had just picked up from a dispensary. the family is posted a $70,000 reward for information leading to the killers. >>> a marin county judge has denied accused serial killer joseph naso's request to dismiss the charges against him. but the judge did grant his request to delay a preliminary hearing that was scheduled for july 11th. naso's charged with killing four women in northern california. he is acting as his own attorney. >>> south bay prosecutors are deciding whether or not a 90- year-old woman will face crim

it is county fair season in california. anne makovec on how the decades-old tradition could become another victim though of current budget cuts. >> reporter: there are plenty of reasons to go to a county fair. >> the rides are fun. >> and the food is great. >> i really like to see animals. you will, too. especially this guy right here. >> curly fries. >> curly fries. >> reporter: it is the opening weekend at the san mateo county fair. and people are enjoying all of the spoils. but there may be fewer fun fairs in the future. as california's budget mess continues to spin out of control, state leaders are now talking about cutting $32 million in subsidies, for county fairs. >> that's not right. i mean the fair is part of the state of california. >> it is a huge hit to the fair industry. >> organizers here in san mateo county take $150,000 from the state each year, but they are one of the few self supporting organizations in the fair circuit. they fund raise all year round. >> from small fairs, they will take -- there could be

the first a bit harford county 1916. i will be in cecil county on june 22. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police will be keeping an eye out for aggressive drivers. the number of patrol cars hitting the streets will increase. it is estimated 2/3 of traffic deaths are caused by aggressive driving. >> slots revenues have slipped in maryland. $13.2 million was brought in during the month of may. the casino at ocean downs generated more than $3.6 million last month. casinos have broader more than $90 million -- the casinos have brought in more than $90 million. >> it rich formation of shell. mini earthquakes are created when drilling for the shell. there is a possibility of water contamination. drilling will bring money to the staid. >> angela merkel will be welcomed at the white house today. >> the white house may consider a sharp drawdown of forces from afghanistan. kate amara asked the president about that. >> the president said by killing osama bin laden and stabilizing much of afghanistan, it is time to recognize we have accomplished a big chunk of

jail to serve their time in the county jail. on page 3 of the handout we gave you, we looked at a snapshot from april 15 to may 31, 6 weeks approximately. we look at every person transported to state prison on a commitment, of which there were 49, which is about 12 a week. then we looked at the crime types that they went to state prison for and compared them against the list that the state has provided us with, who would be going to state prison, compared to would be serving their state prison time in the county jail. during this particular time frame, of the 49 people sent to state prison, 38 of them would have been sent to the county jail instead of state prison, which, as you see, is about 10 a week. extrapolating that, that is about 40 people per month -- 10 a week -- 40 people per month will be coming to the county jail. this all ties into our population projection. the second component of realignment, which is a dramatic change, is the fact that very few proles will be revoked and sent to prison in the future. the vast maj

much of fairfax county in the low 60s, near 60 in prince george's county. near the chesapeake bay, mid-60s. farther west, weather watchers around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, 50s as well as much of the mountain region of west virginia. we have a clear skies over haze in the air. there's the sun up. our nearest star on the eastern horizon from the vantage point of 300 feet up on our tower. right now low to mid-60s in the metro area. by 9:00, mid-70s. by noon time, near 806789 by midafternoon, make it briefly into the low to mid-80s but not a very humid day today. humidity at bay again. we'll take a look at the night planner in 10 minutes at around 6:11. now let's check the monday morning commute. jerry, how is it looking now? >> good morning. chopper 4 over the scene of the accident that occurred just moments ago. i-95 southbound before you get to route 198. we are told the two left lanes are currently closed. the fire department just pulled up on the scene right now. those of you coming south from 32 down to 198, heads-up for that. we'll keep you upda

map set up potential battle in napa and marin counties where political allies hold seat. changes in the district borders could pit them against each other in an election. cane says it could also make these typically liberal leaning counties bend more moderate. don't expect this to happen without a fight. congresswoman wolf release add statement criticizing the proposal. she says quote the redirecting commission has dismissed the mandate and violated its own guidelines. she says her constituent more in line with sonoma county than north coast communities. the final map are due august 15th. carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> and internal memo contradicts claims by alameda firefighters that they made no attempt to save a man who committed suicide in san francisco bay. firefighters watched as raymond zack died in the ice water on crown beach memorial day. officials say they were no longer authorized

the treasurer of the city and county of san francisco, jose cisneros. [applause] the public defender and the man that first whispered to george, you should be the d.a., jeff hadachi. one of the judges with whom we have worked for years, lilian singh. [applause] and of course the woman who was your lifeline from here to hong kong when you were trying to escape this awesome responsibility, rose pack. [applause] fire chief of the city and county of san francisco, joanne hayes white. and a man whose work as an architect in three or four administrations, a man that i got from the board of supervisors years ago, he became deputy chief of staff and then chief of staff under mayor newsom, steve koba, chief of staff. and as always, you're in good hands of public safety, but only if there is a police chief, and there is one here, the acting police chief, jeff godong. [applause] the controller, a man who could cook the books or make it very difficult for you, ben rosenfeld. [applause] and from oakland, california, an asian person that beat you for mayor of the cit

and you'll get all of the county with the county of alameda to talk about mutual things. that's something san francisco hasn't jumped into the forefront on, like mutual aid issues. it's an excellent idea to probably have all the leaders either get together maybe once a quarter and talk about what's going on, because with transit, with bart, with all the commuter-type ways of coming into san francisco, clearly our criminals are going somewhere else and committing crime and their criminals are coming to our city. i think this would be a perfect segue to that. commissioner mirkarimi: perhaps we can all give it thought and figure out a way if there is any relevance to this template and how we can further that along. it's time san francisco i think is talking more formally with other jurisdictions and have a more regional -- everything's becoming regionalized in many ways because of where the state is or is not going, right? it's sort of deflecting responsibility back to us. maybe like this example of us stepping up and wanting to maintain our leadership, this gives us purpose

you will only see that in county facilities only because county facilities often times are supported by the county sheriff, which is typical. and that is common more because of the structure of the government organization and probably has as much to bring as any other reason. >> i would be interested to know, not every county in california but at least major urban, sacramento, l.a., san diego come to mind, and just a matter of knowing what the practice is and whether what we're doing is anomalous and that would be useful information. thank you. >> thank you. >> i would like to return back to the same discussion, so if your people could come back. what supervisor weiner was just inquiring about, then reflect for me why there's so much distress by others in the hospital about the change of security. i hear your perspective, but then explain to me the interpretation of why others would be so concerned and remain uneasy. >> i think i can answer that. i think there are folks who are generally concerned about the whole issue of contracting out. that is not a philosophy a lot of them adhere

we're out here at the alameda county fair which just kicked off yesterday.t's going to be going on for the next couple of weeks. a lot of stuff happening out here besides our amazing weather. in the 80s out here in the east bay. with me is my friend april mitchell. you've got our funnel cake. we've been eating it like all evening long. >> i can't wait to finish it. >> it's one of the things people expect about a fair but there's a lot happening here. >> 4-h and ffa is such a huge part of our fair, as you can see from these girls right here. we raise over $500,000 each year just for college programs for these kids. it's wonderful. >> that is so great. a big part of the fair is the kids and the 4-h showing how much hard work they can put into something. >> yes. >> so 4-h is here, the funnel cakes are here. top that. what's something else? >> we've got the -- we have the world's largest barbecue. it came in on a semi trailer. you've got to come and check it out, yeah. we're going to grill the world's largest hamburger on it too. we've got that, we've got mutton

county.double the tax rates of their neighboring counties. pue says she will cut the rate by half by 2014. how? she has listed in seven of programs for tax paying residents. roley realize in part on a plan to reduce the cost of city governments for better efficiency landers believes that 25% to 30% cut is more realistic. the mayor says the size of the cuts the opponents are talking about cannot be done. >> the type of dramatic reductions that many are talking about are pie in the sky. that is not who i am. >> what you call a pie in the sky? >> because it is unrealistic and it is not me saying it. the experts have looked at the plant's coming forth and they say they are incomplete, number one. they are not sound fiscal policy, no. 2. >> rawlings but says her administration is committed to irresponsible tax reduction. what is your plan? >> we will have plenty of time during the campaign to talk about what that is. >> baltimore city's property tax to impose some businesses is also at least doubl

the housing trust of santa clara county is a non-profit. we're community loan fund that makes loans to developers to build new housing, increase the stock of affordable housing in santa clara county as well as make loans to low-income and moderate income home buyers in the economy for first time home buyers trying to get into a home here. we help with grants and non-profits who want to prevent homelessness in the county. >> those grants -- go ahead. >> today what we wanted to focus on what we're doing in the community, foreclosure mitigation. we received a $25 million grant from hud, the american recovery and reinvestment act. with these funds we're growing into 25 -- i'm sorry, 35 census tracks in san jose that have been most hardly hit by the foreclosure crisis and going in to purchase homes, rehabilitate homes and get low income home buyers into the homes. >> we did a story on one of your events in the mayfair area where alex took off his three-piece suit and actually put on jeans and sneakers and go out and clean homes and rebuild fence

it is no doubt across baltimore county, the extreme southwestern portion of hartford county and on tohe eastern shore. these bright areas our thunder and lightning. some indications that there might be a couple of hail stones. we have no reports of severe weather. is moving to the south. this yellow line is an area of thunderstorm activity. it is moving towards the south and will continue that way on towards anne arundel county. let's widen the view of the radar. you can see the storm had its origins up and pennsylvania. it did not die out as the evening cooled. it was persistent. some severe reported -- severe weather reported in pennsylvania. there is rain out to the west, some decaying storms coming out of ohio. that stuff is aiming towards the carolinas and not coming our way. today, 83 was the high at the airport. 82 at the inner harbor. morning lows in the 60's. .001 of an inch of rain was measured. parkton, 67. frederick, 70. in western maryland, the coolest air is up in new england. the hot stuff is to the southewest. humid there, too. that area of thunderstorm activity moving

bet between the san francisco and san the tail county about local higher. this memorandum of understanding that will be approving today is basically a combination of negotiations between the city and the supervisors in the county. i had anticipated this memorandum of understanding happening much later but because there was concern raise about the local higher ordnance, will quickly to resolve concerns raised by the supervisors. and when we crafted the local higher ordnance and anticipated the concerns that come from the region about how we build the publicly funded construction projects, last april, we have a hearing. and we heard about the water systems improvement program, we realized that we need to have a local hire ordinance that would take into account the workers in the region that would like to have access to the jobs created when we build. those workers come from areas that are impacted by that development in those regions are contributing to funding the developments in that area. this memorandum of understanding while anticipated, i urge you to vo

, yuba county. investigators found tracy tofoya's body and made reference to a girl from marysville. so far investigators have only charged naso with four homicides even though there were 10 women on that list. marin county sheriff's office spoke with the d.a.'s office and i asked them if they are looking for more victims and all he would tell me is this case is still under investigation. >>> big delays for riders of mass transit after wires went down this morning. initially guidelines were out of service but they restored the k, l, and m lines this afternoon. buses are running into muni says it will work through the night. the outage was caused by a train that drags down the wires as it entered a tunnel. >> the gang task force is investigating a shooting that left an innocent bystander with life-threatening injuries just after 7:30 a.m. the victim is a 43-year-old man who happens to be in the area walking to or from his home. witnesses reported hearing an argument before the gunfire erupted. >> it

county, napa, parts of marin county and mainly off towards san pablo bay and out to solan no county. contra costa a little bit. quarter inch napa last 24 hours. petaluma .2. sfo and redwood city had .14 and .15. concord, dublin, livermore, about a tenth of an inch to .12 and also oakland in there as well. 40s and 50s. 48 though mostly clear san jose. hayward the warmest at 54. santa rosa 49. napa at 52. you can see the low spinning as it moves into northeast california and northern nevada because it's getting pushed along by the next system dropping down. the challenge is that this next system will not have a kicker. so it may drop here in just sit here and spin and tease us for about friday through monday. eventually it will come through. it's just the timing. sun, clouds, light rain today. mainly partly cloudy, mostly cloudy, partly sunny at times. more sun to the south. 50s and 60s. still not very warm. and still well below average on the high side for this time of year. slightly warmer towards the south bay and i think peninsula just with a little bit more sunshine. sun, clouds,

a little shower and also the showers are starting to diminish into montgomery county as well. things look pretty good. we are not sure if it was hitting the ground because of the air used -- needs to be more moist. so edge mere temperature coming in -- edgemere temperature coming in at 66 degrees. let's talk about the traffic and we have tonya to tell us all about it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thanks. we are starting to slow down out there in certain spots. one of them is on the outer loop top side of the beltway. right here at providence road we are doing okay. that's the outer loop to the left of the screen. but once you get past providence, you may run into bumper to bumper traffic due to late clearing construction. don't forget we have slow traffic russell street northbound between 95 and pratt street, we also have construction on west conway street that has that closed between charles and light. inbound we are doing okay. megan. >> thanks. >>> it's 2 minutes after 6. the pit bull who attacked an elderly woman in greek town that pit bull could be use youth i

item three, resolution approving the budget of the redevelopment agency of the city and county of san francisco for fiscal year 2011-2012, and approving issuance by the redevelopment agency of bonds in aggregate principal amount not to exceed $84 million to finance a portion of rid of element activity described in such approve budget for fiscal year 2011-2012. item four, resolution to approve the budget of the treasure island development authority for fiscal year 2011-2012. item five, resolution concurring with the certification the services previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similar work performed by city and county employees for the following services -- budget analyst, board of supervisors, absentee ballots, voter ballots distribution for the department of elections, lgbt anti-violence education and outreach programs, convention facilities management, the editorial services and security services for city administrators, security services 1680 mission street for public works minister -- mainstream systems support for technology security

we are accident free in baltimore city and baltimore county. and the eastbound span of the bay bridge is closed to two-way track on the westbound span. the beltway is quiet. drivers waking up and getting on the roads. light traffic on both loops. no problems to report there. also, just keep in mind this morning, and i guess until june17th conway is closed between charles and light. we have two-way traffic 895 northbound at harbor tunnel. megan. >> thanks. >>> it's 4:32 right now. today the family of an elderly woman attacked by a pit bull will speak out. athena neofitou remains in the hospital from the injuries from the mauling. sherrie johnson joins with us what's going to happen to the dog that attacked her. >> reporter: there will be a news conference with more information on the victim 78- year-old athena neofitou. the veterinarians must decide the fate of the pit bull named blue. the dog mauled the woman in front of her home e was on the front porsche without a -- porch without a leash and atacked. she is breathing on her own but it's long

middletown lake county just starting to rain there. said rain beginning there as well. north bay look how that is just -- it's inching towards the marin coast it's in marin county now but very close to san francisco maybe about an hour away san francisco and also the peninsula along the san mateo coast it's going to take a while to get to the east bay and south bay. but it will get there. couple points on this system it's the front itself. now you're seeing enhancement as it gets closer. springtime i would say we expect it into june for crying out loud. record rains are possible for 24 hours today. sap san francisco needs to pick up .22. looks like that's likely. once the system swings in and then you have the associated low that has to come in. 50s, 54 to 60. san jose 60 with a south wind. mild for some, cool for others. plenty going on. the low continuing to develop as it gets closer and that has to go over. first the front then the low this evening into tomorrow. so rain develops heaviest in the north bay. it's already developed for