reporting live in menlo park, debora villalon, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> getting safer? what statistics show about violent crime in the bay area's major cities during 2010. >> a barning for iphone users. there is a software glitch that has taken down a popular feature. . >>> new crime statistics are in and several bay area cities are reporting a drop in homicides last year. and the crime reduction is significant in some cases, including in the bay area's largest city, ktvu's diane guerazzi reports. >> reporter: san josi has grown by 10,000 people with 100 fewer police officers than a decade ago. yet homicides have dropped to their lowest level since the year 2000. we're one of the safety big cities because of the greatest work of our police department and community working together. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed says it's not just san josi. homicides are declining in many cities. the richmond rate, down 15% and san francisco showed little change, but a 50% drop the year before. salinas and la, saw major reductions. >> we're proud of the san josi model and we have to keep

reporting live, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we posted the letter to pgxe on our website, www.ktvu.com. just click on the introduce know fire tab. >>> more more fallout after a favrey video released this weekend. the favrey is considering firing the person who was the second in command on the u.s.s. enterprise when the videos were produced he is now the commander of the nuclear powered aircraft. >>> president obama and democrats are heading to a battle with republicans in the house over health care reform. republican leaders plan to hold votes on repealing the health care overhaul plan one piece at a time. but they don't have an alternative plan to offer and democrats say they will fight it every step of the way. the full repeal of the entire health care package would be difficult. >>> a group of democratic senators wants to put limits on filibusters. one wants them only to be used to hold up a final vote on a bill. that is the first day of the new congress and the only day that senate rules can be change bade simple majority. in the past two years there have been a record

reporting live, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we posted the letter to pgxe on our website,ww.ktvu.com. just click on the introduce know fire tab. >>> more more fallout after a favrey video released this weekend. the favrey is considering firing the person who was the second in command on the u.s.s. enterprise when the videos were produced he is now the commander of the nuclear powered aircraft. >>> president obama and democrats are heading to a battle with republicans in the house over health care reform. republican leaders plan to hold votes on repealing the health care overhaul plan one piece at a time. but they don't have an alternative plan to offer and democrats say they will fight it every step of the way. the full repeal of the entire health care package would be difficult. >>> a group of democratic senators wants to put limits on filibusters. one wants them only to be used to hold up a final vote on a bill. that is the first day of the new congress and the only day that senate rules can be change bade simple majority. in the past two years there have been a record 8

debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> protesters called for the solano county district attorney to a more in-depth investigation into the shooting death of a man. he was taping an anticrime video at the time. police said that he pointed a pistol at them. friends say there are many unanswered questions. >> you want statements from the police and from the paramedics on the scene. we want to know why he was taken to concord hospital. >> reporter: he died on his way to the trauma center in walnut creek. >>> ten people are facing charges connected to a prostitution and human trafficking ring. we reported their arrests after a year-long investigation. the alameda county district attorney's office says that two suspects pleaded not guilty yesterday and seven will be arraigned next week. >>> san francisco prosecutors said today the trial of a suspected gang member should start in june for the killings of a father and two of his sons. police say a 24-year-old fired on a car, killing tony and his sons michael and matthew on june 22nd, 2008. police speculated that the family was mistaken for

debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> protesters called for the solano county district attorney too a more in-depth investigation into the shooting death of a man. he was taping an anticrime video at the time. police said that he pointed a pistol at them. friends say there are many unanswered questions. >> you want statements from the police and from the paramedics on the scene. we want to know why he was taken to concord hospital. >> reporter: he died on his way to the trauma center in walnut creek. >>> ten people are facing charges connected to a prostitution and human trafficking ring. we reported their arrests after a year-long investigation. the alameda county district attorney's office says that two suspects pleaded not guilty yesterday and seven will be arraigned next week. >>> san francisco prosecutors said today the trial of a suspected gang member should start in june for the killings of a father and two of his sons. police say a 24-year-old fired on a car, killing tony and his sons michael and matthew on june 22nd, 2008. police speculated that the family was mistaken for