. >> reporter: the department of corrections did not return our calls but stated that they corrected alleged errors and reject the notion that the risk assessment is flawed. >> the department of corrections is lying when they say they fixed their computer programs. >> reporter: it is unclear how many police have committed crimes since been released. >> when you have a person led out of the state prison system on some sort of parole, you are worried that that person is going to commit that type of crime or a similar crime again. >> reporter: the state senator says he is requesting that department of corrections to overhaul the unsupervised parole program. >>> developing news involving a corporate jet that overshot the end of a runway in sedona, arizona. the faa says the jet made a hard landing and cleans 300 feet down a hillside. one person is being treated for a back injury. >>> updating a story we first brought you at 5:00, firefighters have gotten a handle on a two alarm house fire on bird street. it sent a thick plume of black smoke in the area. firefighters say there was extensive

. >> reporter: how is that happen something in the past the department of corrections and parole agents assessed if an agent was to violent. in 2009 to save money and clear cells the department of corrections convinced the legislature that a computer program would assess better than humans. >> this computer program has only a weak predictive ability. >> reporter: it was found the failure rate was at 23.5%. there is no way to put the wrongly released felons back in jail. in fact the ig offenders may have been discharged from nonrevocable paroles after completes 12 months. that means cdcr can't take action to correct their inappropriate placement. still the faulty program is being used each day. >> we actually probably have over a thousand people now wrongly released. >> reporter: there is more, late today the senator sent this letter to the secretary of the department of corrections. he is demanding the names and release locations of all 450 high risk parolees but nonrevocable parole is just like general release so that means parolees play have already left the state. >> this is frighten

they are waiting to be picked up by the department of corrections. so, they are giving and taking and will come out ahead. if this is secured to the constitutional amendment. the other big cost, in terms of the sheriff's department is the expansion of programs. this is part of the electronic monitoring did not exist at that time. the expanded use, this is doing some checking with the -- this is the first when they answer the phone. there under the state grant. there are parole violators, and those drug cases, they may be counting prisoners. this is the best and least please -- least expensive. >> can you single out any program that would be the most to deal with, you mention this because they are monitoring. which started doing this research. we are doing other checks. most shares department -- departments will rely on monitoring, because this is a sophisticated technology. there are larger number of people out in the community. and that some time, the capacity issues will be affected on the back end. the front end becomes a problem. the sheriff has n

in the past the department of corrections and parole agents assess if an inmate was too violent and likely to offend. but in 2009 to save money and clear prison cells the department of corrections persuaded the legislator that a computer program would assess better than humans. >> this computer program has only a weak predictability. >> reporter: the inspector general found the computer failure rate was at 23.5% and there's no way to put those wrongly released felons back behind bars. in fact, the ig found offenders pay have already been discharged from non-revokable paroles after completing 12 months of parole. thereby precluding cdcr from taking actions to correct the parolees inappropriate placement on non-revokable parole. and still this faulty program is being used each day. >> so we have over a thousand people now erroneously released. >> reporter: there's more late today a state senator sent this letter. he is demanding the names and release location of all 450 high-risk parolees but consider this: non-revokable parole is just like a general release. that means those parolees may ha

the number of violent felons being released without supervised parole. >> reporter: the department of correctionsreport stated that they connected any alleged errors. and they reject the notion that the california risk assessment is flawed. >> well, the department of corrections is simply lying when they say they fixed their computer program because my report shows they have not. >> it is not clear how many parolees have committed crimes since being released. >> when you have a person that is let out of the state prison system on some sort of parole, you are always worried that that person is going to commit that type of crime or a similar crime again. >> reporter: state senator ted lou tells us he is requesting the department of corrections call a halt to the unsupervised parole release program at san quentin state prison, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a pre-trial meeting concerning lawsuits filed against pg&e for the sanbruno pipeline explosion is scheduled for tomorrow. more than 150 victims of last september's disaster have filed suits against pg&e. attorneys for both sides are set to m

the number of violent felons being released without supervised parole. >> reporter: the department of corrections not return our calls. but in response to the report stated that they connected any alleged errors. and they reject the notion that the california risk assessment is flawed. >> well, the department of corrections is simply lying when they say they fixed their computer program because my report shows they have not. >> it is not clear how many parolees have committed crimes since being released. >> when you have a person that is let out of the state prison system on some sort of parole, you are always worried that that person is going to commit that type of crime or a similar crime again. >> reporter: state senator ted lou tells us he is requesting the department of corrections call a halt to the unsupervised parole release program at san quentin state prison, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a pre-trial meeting concerning lawsuits filed against pg&e for the sanbruno pipeline explosion is scheduled for tomorrow. more than 150 victims of last september's disaster have filed suits again

. >> the department of corrections is releasing hundreds if not thousands of highly violent thousands without parole supervision. >> the report is flawed and pointing out 20 percent error rate is improved. all 450 felons were brought back and put on supervised parole. the agency stands by the program. it predicts risk. >>> and the error rate is eight percent . critics like harriet whose daughter was murdered that amounts to hundreds of unsupervised dangerous criminals on the street. >> i don't want to see anybody walking in my foot steps. >>> and the supreme court ordered the california to reduce the overcrowded prison system for 30 thousand inmates. they wonder if the public will be put in more danger. >> the department of corrections can't safely identify felons released on parole. how can they identify 33,000 prisoners. >> he wants the program suspeppeded until it is fixed. live in. abc sevennews. thanks. detectives in los angeles are conducting a line up. givan -- giovani ramirez. ramirez claims he was never at dodger stadium and has witnesses who can say where he was when stow at

today's suit names the current governor, jerry brown, the director of the state department of correctionsnd esteban nunez. >> the last-minute come mutation made without all the facts or input from the parties only fueled the public's mistrust of government and greatly diminished justice. >> the san diego da's office says the lawsuit is believed attorney the first of its kind in the nation. >>> a dogfight brewing tonight after santa clara county now decides to hold owners of pit bulls and other dangerous dogs accountable for the dog's actions. the board of supervisors approved a measure that gives more authority to animal care and control to label dogs as potentially dangerous. the law also requires anyone walking these dogs to be over 18, capable of controlling the dog, and have increased liability insurance. critics say the board should not have targeted a particular type of breed, but instead increased education and training. >>> a tough new vehicle emissions standards are being drawn up by the state air resources board. these new standards could save california billions of dollars and

. >> reporter: the california department of corrections is releasing some prisoners without super visionnd many of them should be on super vision. they reviewed records from july of last year of 10,000, say they 1500 should have been supervised because they have a good chance of reoffending or a good chance of being violent. they say these numbers and the reports are all wrong. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >>> the report card on california beaches is out and the bay area faired well. 86% of beaches received an a grade. excellent water quality. baker beach had the distinction of labeled the 8th most polluted beach in california. in san francisco, kron 4 news. >> reporter: continuing our coverage of that list out of california's most polluted beaches. number one on the list, cowl beach here, north of the warf in santa cruz. there are signs warning beach goers of the lie level of bacteria here, mainly because of rotting kelp here and high number of birds and sea lie lions, contributing. rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> lakers have a new coach and the giants battle back in the 9 9th against the mar

>> one is that the department of corrections knew this was happening. a year and a half. i repeatedly sent them letters showing instances of people released that should not have been and having actual public safety consequences. a few weeks ago a double homicide occurred in culver city. the only suspect was someone who was released under this program without parole supervision. >> is there anything beyond -- can they actually take these people who have now been released who are out in the public, can they put them back in prison or is this simply what's done is done? >> so here's the problem. under this program, you're released without any parole supervisor and there are no parole conditions. so basically the department loses track of you. and if you go ahead and commit another crime, you won't be brought back into state prison unless you're caught, reprosecuted and reconvicted. so the implementation of this is extremely, extremely serious and i'm calling for it to halt right now. >> all right, senator, thank you very much for bringing this to our attent

to solve the problem, the california department of corrections will start a monitoring center next week to screen those alerts. it's a pilot program that will last for three months. with the help of the company that makes the gps tracking devices, the monitoring center will take care of the low- priority alerts and forward the serious alerts to parole agency. the hope is it will free up agents to spend more time checking on those offenders. >> they can visit their workplace, they can have more face to face time with the sex offenders. >> reporter: in san francisco, kron4 news. >>> a live look outside from our cam down on the city, it's shaking around a little bit right now. we are seeing gusty winds in the hills, not too bad down in the valley but the winds are certainly going to be picking up as we head into tomorrow. taking a look on futurecast in the morning, not too bad. but watch this, i'm going to put it into motion, all that blue creeping onto your screen indicates wind gusts increasing into the 20-mile-per-hour range. the dark blue is the 30-mile- per-hour range. that's going to

at the department of corrections, the county officials warned that the numbers could get worse depending on the outcome of the state budget negotiations. in san jose, rob fladeboe. kron4 news. >> now the incident happened last night in belmont, maureen kelly has the latest information on the case. >> a san mateo woman and her five year-old daughter were caught here in the pizzeria around 9:00 p.m. tuesday night. that is when a man got into the car, demanded the keys, then pushed the mother out of the car. it was while the suspect was trying to get the car started, the woman was able to quickly get the child out from the back seat before the suspect drove away. luckily the woman and a little girl were not hurt. the suspect took off and eluded capture for five hours until the stolen honda civic was found around the highway and the suspect was still inside. police say that he has confessed to stealing the car, he was booked into county jail for carjacking. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> a piece of naval history has been recovered, some thieves tried to cash in in. kron4 shows you how the poli

local jails is that what is happening in the state prisons is very similar and the state department of corrects has recently recognized that and they are embarking upon building a brand-new penitentiary near stockton in which there will be 461 psychiatric beds. now, this seems very peculiar to me because we have moved from the point of depopulating state hospitals and now we are going to start putting those patients in state prisons instead of hospitals. so i find that remarkable and unfortunately it is my belief -- [bell] sutter is involved in that. thank you very much. president olague: just in the order i called your name you can start coming up to the mike. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is lorenzo and i'm a resident of the tenderloin and a member of the tenderloin filipino community association. we believe in our organization that this huge project will create many negative impacts in our community. we can say that cpmc has not done much for our community in provide health care access for residents. that's what the record will show. tenderloin residents are one of the lowest ser

also in the cross hairs, the department of corrections. >> republicans may hand obama his first defeatomination. they have a filibuster against liberal law professor. they decided to force a vote to end the gop blocking tactics. it does not appear the democrats have enough votes to stop the filibuster. lu was nominated for the ninth circuit court of appearance. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. coming up, the latest on an oakland officer of all shooting dead leaves one man dead. we're live on the scene. we'll have a live report coming up. ow#ç3 this was so easy. that was quick. no envelopes to lick. no deposit slips to fill out. a lot less paper to deal with. i like that. i just feed in my check... feed the cash right in. and... -boom. -there it goes. it read my checks, counts my cash... adds it all up. how does it do that? it even shows me what kind of bills i deposited. four twenties; one ten; two fives. -amazing. -look! there's the check -- right on the receipt. -genius. -fast. easy. i could get used to this. [ male announ

the inspector general's office said that was the situation but the state department of corrections said they are disputing the findings. they said that the risk assessments have improved. they say the numbers are completely wrong. >> in short, we dispute this, we have already gone back on active supervision just in an abundance of caution. as the inspector general office says yes, they went back to review this, but they say this was done prior to the assessment, they say that they reviewed this, and found that they had to put four people back under supervision but the bottom line is that their review is in july, the 1500 people that they found were still on supervised at that point if indicating that there was still a problem. >> this just in, oakland firefighters battling a blaze. take a closer look in looks to be a fairly densely populated residential area. no word on any injuries, we have a crew on the way, but a to alarm fire burning in east oakland, i and grant lotus, kron4 news. >> take a look at the developing story, we see the tornadoes touching down just outside of chico. it lo

. >> a department of corrections can't safely figure out how to identify felon they want to release on parole. i don't see how they can safe live identify 33,000 prisoners they want to release. >> correction department says the program's error rate has improved and that all 450 of the high-risk offenders released are on supervised parole. >>> the state assembly moved to restore more than $440 million in state subsidized child care that was slashed in march. they offered subsidized child care to low-income families, those in work training programs and people transitions off welfare. democrats want to use the funds from $744 million increase in unexpected tax revenues. that is in governor brown's revised budget. the governor wants to use the money to repay past borrowing. some lawmakers want half of it to go to restoring the child care cuts and the other half to go to community colleges and k-12 schools. >>> this morning, the giants are holding their breaths and fans have their fingers crossed and waiting word on severity of the injury that buster posey sustained in last night's extra-in

the prison is on lockdown while the department of corrections investigates. >>> and tense talks at the white house today between president obama and israel president netanyahu. >> there are tense talks between us, and that will happen between friends. >> while they are able to make generous compensations, they can't go back to the 1967 lines, because they are not defensible. >> the two men talked for an hour longer than scheduled but came to -- no resolution, they both said they would remain peaceful and friends. >>> and new, from the pakistani compound, as recently as last summer al-qaeda considered hijacking and blowing up oil platforms. the terror groups hoped to start an extreme economic crisis. both sides say there was no imminent threat, but there was a warning to law enforcement as well as oil and gas companies. >>> and for the first time in two years, california's unemployment rate dropped below 12%. the state added 8900 new jobs, most of those were in leisure and food services. it is surprising who got the most jobs, some say as they had a sponsored job fair. >> reporter: for

nearby, department of correction inmates were working to clear brush. >> it is routine work. we do a lot of restoration of our lands. it's part of our basic mission to restore the land. >> reporter: they are not releasing the names of the dead and injured nor are they telling us the name of the private contractor they hired. tonight the highway patrol is investigating how this accident happened. >> linda, you know, from the helicopter video, that pickup truck didn't look like a standard cab. looked like it had a back seat but they are not telling you whether everybody was in the cab, are they? >> reporter: no. they are not saying too much. in fact, because communication are so bad in that remote area, they can't even get a confirmed number until late this afternoon. so all those kinds of details haven't been released yet. >> seven would have been a lot in that truck. thank you, linda yee >>> it was a heist that nearly paid off big time. an atm repairman swapping out fake bills for real cash. the total haul? $200,000. don knapp on how a family member helped in making the arrest

the department of corrections disputes the findings. >>> the monstrous storm system ripping apart the midwest isn't letting up. tonight we have dramatic video of a tornado roaring through oklahoma. >> oh, my god! back up, oh, no! >> oh, no, what it destroyed... >> this video was caught by a storm chaser in chickasha yesterday. now on this video, focus on the white semi truck that's right in the tornado's path in shawnee, oklahoma. you see the twister slamming into the semi, just ripped it into shreds. this is what was left. the driver very fortunate, though, was able to make it out on time. but here is a look at what's left and what it is like to be a survivor of that terror. customers and staff inside this yogurt shop in joplin, missouri spotted sunday's tornado. they rushed to cover. moments later the twister blew out the shop's windows and sent debris flying. >>> for people living in joplin the shock is slowly wearing off and reality is kicking in. joplin, missouri 124 people have been killed, an estimated 1500 are missing. but nine have been rescued and search crews are not giving

the deepest cuts are expected to be in the social services, health care and department of corrections>> senate republicans in washington may be handing president obama his first defeat on a denomination as they appear to have enough votes to sustain a filibuster. democrats have decided to force a vote today to end the gop blocking tactics. it does not appear the democrats have enough votes to stop the filibuster. lu was nominated for the san francisco-based court of appeals. " >> plainclothes officers must archemorus so that they will have their own record, a video record of what police are doing. the cameras would cost about one of the $25.00 a piece. >> birth records are showing that patty ginsburg to the child up earlier than people thought. more than a decade ago. but both children are 13 years old. radar on new-line claims that she was fired which made her mad and she threatens to go public. that prompted its words never to tell shriver. >> camera crews have been swirling around this bakersfield home where since baina lives. ♪ and tempered by 125 years hoffman >> , and welcome ba

. >> now the california department of corrections says the problem in the computer system that identifies inmates for unsupervised release have now been corrected. >>> meantime the state officials looking for ways to meet a june 6 deadline to start removing 30,000 inmates from overcrowded california prisons. the governor and corrections leader are pinning their hopes on a realignment that would send most nonviolent inmates back to county jails. that would require the state give money to the counties, something that's not likely to happen under the current fiscal conditions. >>> well, the bail for the woman accused of kidnapping her baby granddaughter now stands at $5 million. investigators say 58-year-old erica took the 4-month-old baby from her contra costa county home last weekend. the child was recovered the next day in southern california. her bail was increased from $150,000. she's now also charged with an additional count of burglary. family members say they feared she was a flight risk. >>> more than a thousand people attended an emotional vigil for a danville teenager who authorit

for the department of corrections used to carrier birds but birds i used to make fun of him he was a voice for moderation so he worked with the street he was a state employee the officers that inforce the long years years he is of the third of the law i loosely was a plan was have been to muslims of course and i can speak from personal experience that every time i get on a plane i have this is on my good. side search through once then when i go to do machine a special screening again after you get. to the gate there's a no go. has it gotten more so since nine eleven now. nine eleven is definitely nine eleven we believe was a pretext to. to sway the laws towards prosecuting muslims in other words the global islamic movement has been growing over the last thirty or forty years has it grows and develops the so-called enemies of islam have to come out against it it's doing no harm to anybody but in order to justify it so pressured of muslims it has to have a nine one one and bin ladden has nothing to do with it if he was there that's fine but that that has nothing to do with it bin laden

and he was right in the middle his voice of moderation in fact he was a nice man for the department of corrections he used to carry a badge a regular bed i used to make fun of in his voice for moderation so he worked less and the state he was a state employee and officers that enforce the law yes yes he is of sir of the law at least he was at that time was happening to muslims of course i can speak from personal experience every time i get on a plane i have s's on my ticket pulled aside searched once then when i go to the machine a special screening then after you get to the to the gate there's another. i think gotten more cell since nine eleven or. since nine eleven it's definitely nine eleven we believe was a pretext to. to sway the laws towards prosecuting muslims in other words the global islamic movement has been growing over the last thirty or forty years as it grows and develops the so-called enemies of islam has to come out against its doing no harm to anybody but in order to justify its oppression of muslims it has to have a nine one one bin laden has nothing to do with it if he was there

have some probably unnecessary perch at this point i had a lot of friends who are corrections officers my father in law works in the department of corrections and it runs pretty consistent saying prisoners get a little bit too much it's a little rosy for him and i know that when you're talking about funding and education and what rules he never comes up it's always tough it's cut there's cut there that you know i'm in a school district right now that don't have to consider cutting transportation you have to consider cutting and cutting sports i can't fit my computer labs of new computers or seven years old if you really want michigan to move forward if i need to reinvent michigan and reimagine how we educate kids how can i really do that with less and less fun and we've been doing it funny thing for the last five to seven years do you think that perhaps michigan just has its priorities wrong are not only are they not investing in their schools but you can say it as something of happening across the country california is a perfect example of prisons that are simply overcrowded of laws that are too absurd you know a lot of peop

. >> confirms my worst fears that the department of corrections has been releasing hundreds if not thousandsf dangerous highly violent felons without any parole steuper vision. >> the corrections department says the report is flawed, pointing out the 23% error rate has been improved. in fact, all 450 felons brought back on put on supervised parole. >> it predicts risk in fact beings can do. it uses factors prove ton predict risk. >> still, the error rate is % under the improved system and critics like helen whose daughter was murdered says that still amounts to hundreds of unsupervised dangerous criminals on the streets. >> i don't want to see anybody walking in my footsteps. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court ordered, california, to reduce its severely overcrowded prison system by 130,000 inmates. senator liu wonders if corrections can follow through with that without putting the public in even more danger. >> if they can't figure out how to identify felons who they want to releus under parole, i don't see how they can identify 3,000 prisoners they want to release. >> the senator says he w

to solve the problem, the department of corrections the started monitoring the violators. th the help of the gps tracking devices the monitoring center will take care of the priority alert. and 40 serious alerts to parole agents. the hope is that more time can be spent on the high risk offenders. >> more home visits, to visit their work the said and more forced to face time. >> reporter: 40, texas have similar and florida have similar control centers for the gps tracking problems. >> more drug cases have been dropped. with surveillance video surfacing from the alleged misconduct against dozens of san francisco police officers. dan kerman take a look of the new video and what it could mean going forward. >> this surveillance video from april of last year shows an undercover officer trying to purchase drugs. in the white shirt. the officer is more in the dark clothing. however, the public defender is saying that what you are seeing is this not what happened. >> these are complete fabrications and completely not true. >> reporter: the police report say the suspect reached the

the department of correction and rehabilitation said he is scheduled for a june 1st court date and the judge will likely credit him for time serve good bemeasurely could be released early as middle of june. the grant family calms it a slap in the face. >> it is painful emotionally just to be able to see him not behind bars, and the fact that he is now seeking employment, maybe right here in northern california. >> the criminal trial for the new year's day shooting in the b.a.r.t. station ended last year. but the civil suit still moves forward. the u.s. district court judge ordered the transit agency dropped from the list of defendants. measurely still remains named in the suit. >> we'll make improvement to the police department. >> and b.a.r.t. would still cover damages that judge or jury awards. >> from the point of view, it is about measure. >>> and the u.s. justice department has not finished the investigation into whether grant's civil rights were violated. measurey - measurely could face trial. supporters continue to speak out encluding the father who offered a glimpse of what his

. >> reporter: the department of corrections didn't return our call. is flawed. >> they are lying when they say they fixed their computer program. they have not. >> reporter: it's not clear how many have committed crimes since being released. >> when you have a person released on some sort of parole you are always worried that person will commitment that type of crime again. >> reporter: state senator is calling for a halt of the program. at san quentin, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> breaking news in east oakland. we will bring you live pictures. you can see there is a lot of thick, black smoke from a fire on burr street. 9800 block. you can bet that people from all around east oakland are seeing the smoke. this fire is across interstate 580 from the oakland zoo. now you know the area we are talking about. this is a densely populated residential area. lots of buildings. two stories at least. fire crews are on the scene. you saw an active fire burning, lot of thick, black smoke and a lot of buildings in that area. it did rain in oakland earlier tod

jerry brown, the director of the state department of corrections, and the state prison warden were named. >> the last connotation made without all of the facts or input from the parties only fueled the public's mistrust of government and greatly diminished justice. >> the san diego d.a. says it is the first time of this situation. >>> an unarmed man shot and killed by a b.a.r.t. officer is fighting back. a $50 million lawsuit has been cleared to go to trial. a federal judge says a jury should decide most of the allegations against current and former b.a.r.t. police officers involved in the shooting death of oscar grant. the lawsuit is now focused only on the officers who responded to the fruitvale platform. they revealed that b.a.r.t. could not be held responsible for the killing. he was killed on christmas day 2009. >>> the mountain rangers could actually destroy everything that we enjoy. we're talking about living in earthquake country. tonight, scientists are getting closer to predict the next big quake by actually studying how the san andre faults impacted by earthquakes miles and mi

the head of the department of correction said if it passes then inmate may not have to be released early to get the population down to 110,000 in 2,000. that's 33,000 less than what we have now. violaters and low-level offenders will be sent to county jails instead of state prisons. reporting live at sec s, rita williams -- at san quentin, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a tour bus accident, happened on lion road just south of cherry glen road. lion road runs parallel to interstate 80 in fairfield. from what we understand, balances took away some people, we don't know their conditions and there is one ambulance on the scene. we are trying to figure out exactly what happened here. but we haven't been able to get too many details. it's just too hard to tell at this point what happened. as we get more information we will bring it to you. again, the headline a tour bus accident. we believe some of the passengers on board suffered some type of injuries. as we get more information we will bring it to you. >>> jurors finished deliberation this afternoon in the murder trial in the killin

they are disputing the findings state department of corrections, these numbers are completely wrong >> we dispute this and we have already gone back and looked over of the offenders can put them on active supervision >> the inspectors general state this review was done prior j their assessment. the bottom line is when their review was in july, so the 1500 people were still unsupervised. >> at clear trishaw >> a look outside right now and paid bridge approach traffic is moving at the speed limit. eyeshot of taillights heading towards foster city. golden gate bridge nonoccurrence find no problems or let spots in the area at this time >> more details on the clock keno slowing trend think in your. over all lebanon under its flights were canceled because of the volcano and the ash irian >> when navy has filed an to trade mark speed lawsuit for that term 6. the debt croon will check for any kind of damage are we on the endeavor. today will be the fourth and final what in outer space. they want to make sure the endeavor has not experienced any damage before the return back to earth. >> astro

to solve the problem, the california department of corrections will stray monitoring system next weeken the lower-screen-the alerts. system that will last for three months. the monetary system will take care of the low priority alerts, and then for the more serious alerts to the parole agent. hoping that this will allow the more time to check on the high-risk offenders. >> they can do more home did this, and have more face-to- face time when the sex offenders. >> here is a beautiful shot from treasure island look he out over the bay. a lot of clouds today storm clouds that are producing some rain. most of the rain has moved out tonight here is the golden gate bridge lies, we are dry we will stay dry for some time here. things begin to wind down. san jose's at 58 degrees, 64 amount you it is a cool evening, the winds will crank up as we get on the backside of the weather system for tonight. the storm trackers shows with the rain is taking place. we are trying out as of 9:18 p.m.. but still some showers we have san jose. and it into gilroy. the showers are moving down the valley. for th

the inspector general office indicated that was the situation but the state department of correctionse disputing the findings. they say the risk assessment has improved and in addition they have gone back and we reviewed. they say that these numbers are completely wrong. >> please have a lot of concerns with this, in short we are disputing it. we have already gone back in and picked up a lot of vendors and put them on active supervision is just under precaution. >> the inspector general's office says yes, corrections to go back and review that. they said the review was done prior to their assessment, they say they have re-reviewed that and they have to put 400 people back on supervision, the bottom line is that there review was in july, so the 15 other people they found were still unsupervised at that point indicated there was still a problem. >> 8250 year-old oak tree nicknamed granny has been given a reprieve at least for now, it was in danger of being taken down, it is in the middle of the pipeline improvement projects. jeff bush has more from menlo park. >> randy the old tree is s

. >>> prisons going green, the department of corrections announced a deal to install solar panels at five prisons. they will pay for the installation and sell the excess electricity. they'll split the profits with the state. the prisons are in southern california and the central valley. officials say they expect to save $55 million over 20 years. construction is set to begin next year. >>> a group is suing the federal government to all the california's fishing season. they filed yesterday in court in fresno. the group is suing the fishery service and related agencies. it argues the fisheries violated their duty to protect the threatened run of salmon. a full-commercial salmon season opened on may 1, it's the first full-length season since 2007. >>> a warning about table-top feeding chairs. babies and toddlers may be hurt in certain versions of the me-2 clip on chairs. the product is made by colorado-based company. the chairs have metal clips that attack to table. the clamps can easily come loose, causing a child to fall to the ground. the agency says so far about one dozen children h

. >>> prisons going green, the department of corrections announced a deal to install solar panels at five prisons. they will pay for the installation and sell the excess electricity. they'll split the profits with the state. the prisons are in southern california and the central valley. officials say they expect to save $55 million over 20 years. construction is set to begin next year. >>> a group is suing the federal government to all the california's fishing season. they filed yesterday in court in fresno. the group is suing the fishery service and related agencies. it argues the fisheries violated their duty to protect the threatened run of salmon. a full-commercial salmon season opened on may 1, it's the first full-length season since 2007. >>> a warning about table-top feeding chairs. babies and toddlers may be hurt in certain versions of the me-2 clip on chairs. the product is made by colorado-based company. the chairs have metal clips that attack to table. the clamps can easily come loose, causing a child to fall to the ground. the agency says so far about one dozen children h

. >> department of corrections can't safely figure out how to identify felons who they want to releasearole. i don't see how they can safely identify 33,000 prisoners they want to release. >> the correction department says the program's error rate has improved and that all 450 of the high-risk offenders released are now on supervised parole. >>> president obama and world leaders are opening two days of talks on security and economic issues in northern france this morning. the g-8 summit is held in the chic seaside resort town of doville. this morning, president obama says the u.s. and russia are committed to finding an approach to build european-base missile defense system. something that russia strongly opposed. other issues expected are the situation in afghanistan. nato mission in libya. global economy. this morning congress is rushing to extend the controversial patriot act before it expires on midnight. it was approved before the 9/11 attacks and has provision for law enforcement to set up roving wiretap and have surveillance of so-called lone wolf suspects not tied to specific te

nearby department of correction inmates were working to clear brush. >> it is routine work. we do a lot of restoration of our lands. it is part of our basic mission to restore the land. >> reporter: they are not releasing the names or identifying the dead person or the injured but tonight the district did tell me that this crew they hired has done the work here in this area before so they are familiar with this remote site. tonight, dana, the highway patrol is investigating. >> seven people in the truck. it is a big truck. they were all inside the cab, correct? >> reporter: they were probably all in the cab when it rolled over. but we are not getting any of those specific details yet. >> linda yee, thank you. >>> friends of a teenager sholt and killed in oakland vow that he will not be forgotten. more than 200 gathered at the high school this morning to honor franklin jr. he was killed while riding his bike yesterday afternoon on richie street. his friends say it was a case of mistaken identity and a tragic end for someone with a very bright future. >> oakland is going to be

the department of corrections signed a deal to install solar panels at five prisons. sun edison will pay for the installation and sell the excess electricity. they'll split the profits 50-50 with the state. officials say they do expect to save $55 million over the next 20 years. construction is scheduled to begin next year. >>> oakland mayor kwan is helping promote the city's port on a trip to china. they left yesterday for a three- city trade mission. the mayor hopes to increase exports through the port and generate new investment by chinese businesses. first stop is beijing, then hong kong. according to u.s. cencus data, $14 billion worth of goods moved between the port of oakland and china just last year. >>> homes are going to be evacuated in mill valley today but it's just a drill. a mock evacuation officials are hoping you participate in. plus, a surprising discovery on the dumbarton privilege. how a pair of falcons are disrupting a multimillion- dollar projected. >> outside this morning, cool, breezeee but the sun is gaining the upper hand. we have your extende

the department of corrections disputes the findings. >>> if you're going to put it in your body you want to know where it came from, right? >> are they going to go investigate the farms to make sure what kind of chemicals you are using? >> oh, but we are not talking about food. what's behind the new push to remove the cloud of mystery surrounding the source of marijuana. the city of san franci >>> what's the future for solar energy? i'm ann notarangelo. we will try to help you answer the question of whether or not you should put solar panels on your own home. >>> and we want to take a look at that fire in the 9800 block of burr street. firefighters there just maintaining this and trying to tap it down. it appears to be under control. all that's left now is smoke and rubble. this is a house in the 9800 block of burr. it was a two-alarm fire started at 2 p.m. in the afternoon. appears to be completely totalled. we have no word on any injuries and people in the house but if we get that we will get that back to you. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the health department wants to >>> the city of san francisc

the correction department says messerly could be released as early as the middle of june. grant family calls it a slap in the face. >> it would be very painful emotionally just to be able to see him not behind bars. and the fact that he is now seeking employment maybe right here in northern california. >>reporter: the criminal trial for the new year's day 2009 shooting at the fruitvale bart station ended last year. but the 50 million dollar civil suit filed by grant family still moves forward. today a u.s. district court june ordered transit agency drop from the list of defendant. individual officers like messe messerly still remain named in the suit. >> we will continue to make im froovt our police department to avoid something like this happening again. >>reporter: grant family attorney says bart would still cover damages a judge or jury awards. >> from our point of view this case is always about tl messe messerly. >>reporter: u.s. justice department has not firnd its separate investigation into whether grant civil rights were violated. messerly could still face a federa

court documents filed by the california department of corrections and rehabilitation requested to delay review of new lethal injection procedures until january. that follows a decision last week by governor brown to scrap plans all together, to build a new death row facility. >>> pg & e is beginning to process of testing its gas pipelines. utility workers will first test the massive 132 a pipeline in mountain view. the pressure test will help determine whether the pipeline is safe or if it needs to be replaced. the pipe is a mile long cross feeder line to the same pipeline that ruptured in san bruno. that rupture destroyed an entire neighborhood and killed eight people. the next question, who pays for the testing? >>> for the first time since a deadly attack in 2007, the san francisco zoo will house a siberian tiger. she may be rare and exotic, but the zoo says the new tiger has a down to earth name. that name is martha. she's 10 years old. here are some pictures of her here. and is expected to arrive at the zoo next month from a zoo in nebraska. the last siberian tiger at the san franc

he did have one visitor, but the department of corrections would not say who that was.t he was put on a suicide watch. doesn't mean he's suicidal, but because he's such high profile, this is a guy who is used to meeting with prime ministers and power brokers and presidents. he's isolated now by himself. so as a precaution, they have put him on suicide watch and checking on him about every 15 minutes. >> it's unbelievable. thank you very much. >>> as sonny said, getting dominic strauss-kahn out of jail would be a top priority for his lawyers on friday. this is a man "forbes" magazine named one of the most powerful people. to say his life has changed dramatically in the last 72 hours barely begins to capture it. mary snow has new details about what he's facing right now at rikers. >> reporter: inside these walls, dominic strauss-kahn now spends his day in an 11 x 13 foot cell. most share barracks with about 50 beds in them. because of his high profile, a prison spokesman said he's separated from other inmates. it's a far cry from the luxury suite at new york's hotel where

that's according to the new york department of corrections.n is considered a high-profile detainee at rikers. senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin joins me now. jeff, i know you make the point that people are innocent, obviously, until proven guilty. that said, he's been picked out of a line-up. that certainly is not a good development for him. >> well, certainly the evidence looks awful so far. but we really have only heard one side of the story. it's important to remember the duke lacrosse case because that sounded bad initially too. but you have to ask yourself, why would a maid make this accusation against someone she apparently had never met before, didn't know who he was. most americans don't know who he is. i mean, it looks very bad for him. but there are a lot of questions still to be answered about the facts in this case. >> he also reportedly called back to the hotel looking for his cell phone, and the security officer at the hotel lied, said that they had the phone, which they didn't, and asked him where he was. and that's how police

this could mean deep cuts in the budget at the department of corrections, the county officials warned that the numbers can get worse depending on the outcome of state budget negotiations in santa clara rob fladeboe kron4 news. >> have a school ltd. traders said this school will likely have to raise tuition nearly 32% for the winter 2012 term is the state does not extend the temporary tax increases. under that scenario, california residents will pay nearly 15,000 in tuition to attend one of the uc's 9 campuses. a carjacking almost became a kidnapping if not for the quick reaction of one of the victims. this happened last night in belmont. kelly has more on the case. >> of a woman and her five year-old daughter will park here in the pizzeria about 9:00 p.m. tuesday night. that is when a man got into the car, demanded the keys and pushed the mother out of the car. it was while the suspect was trying to get the car started that the woman was able to quickly get a child out from the back seat before the suspect drove away. luckily the one in the little girl were on her, the suspect took of

schwarzenegger is out of office, the suit was filed against current governor jerry brown and the department of corrections>>> well, this morning, aids activists will protest in san francisco to demand fair pricing for life-saving drugs. activistless meet at 9:30 this morning outside the westin san francisco airport hotel where a drugmaker will hold its annual general meeting. they're asking the company to keep costs down because hiv patients are in a crisis because of budget cuts in federal and state aids programs. the current price of the hiv-aids drug is about $10,000 per patient per year. >>> today uc workers will announce cost saving suggestions to protect campus services in the face of $500 billion in state funding cuts. their suggestions include bringing the worker to management ratio to 8-1 from 7-1. that move would save some $260 million. another idea, eliminate extra perks for 1,000 of the highest paid workers saving some $20 million. also, doing away with athletic subsidies saving another $12 million. >>> at 5:36, laura has more on injured giants' fan bryan stow. we head back out live to san fra