fresno county never made the final step. we worked closely with that board of supervisors as we developed our implementation plan. we have the somewhat dubious honor of saying we were the first entity to file an implementation plan and have it certified by the public utility commission for commencement of a community choice program for our member agencies. that initial certification was achieved in april of 2007. we worked through the processes as a result of a request for proposal process. we identified a potential full- service energy supplier. we also identified a number of potential renewable projects we pursued, potential development. our long term this and is somewhat different from visions here. it was for krcd to construct and operate a large generation facility that to this day we would argue the greater fresno area needs to maintain reliability and hedge its exposure to transmission infrastructure deficiencies and an extreme dependence upon hydro to serve our region. our contract negotiations took about 18 months w

you are in fresno. first of all, what is it like in fresno? [laughter] and tell us about this battle that you have been going through where, you know, it almost sounds like a horror movie where they are going after you with a buzz saw and at the same time, they have used contract attorneys to try to undercut the work that your office does. >> well, the problem in fresno, it is hot. trezz know is hot of course in the -- fresno is hot of course in summertime. it is hot all the time for me. i think the problem just mentioned right now is disparity in the funding theme as opposed to the ore parties involved in the criminal -- other parties involved in the criminal justice system. most of the funding agencies for us is almost 100% from the county. while the prosecution has the benefit of grants. in fact, i believe the district attorney might have at least half of their budget is provided by grants. that is not provided to the indigent defense providers. federal grants are almost all directed toward prosecution and law enforcement. so the problem to

. >>> in fresno, thousands of moreners paid respect to a key u.s. ally in the vietnam war and a hero in the community. during the vietnam war general pow lead them in a cia-backed battle against communists. they were credited with reset lig in the american cities including fresno. he died at age 81 after battling pneumonia. today's elaborate ceremony was muted by news the army vowed to bury him in the arlington national cemetery. >> we are very humble. we are not going to get angry like that, but we will be feeling betrayed. >> it is not clear where his remains will be laid to rest at the end of the 6th day funeral. >>> oakland's police chief says he is staying on the job despite some frustration about budget problems that are making his work more difficult. his future has been in doubt since he said he was applying for the chief's job in san jose, a position he did to the get. today he joined the oakland mayor. >> the bottom line, the reason they came to the city is to make a difference. the community responded and asked me to stand by them. that's

. >> segun el alguacil de fresno el hombre tiene antecedentes sí sabe algo llame al 911 . >> en la bahiaido muchos robos . >> buenas noches almenos diez famacias y tiendas de comida rapida han sido asaltados. >> la mayoría son en farmacias y tienda de comida rapida !. >> segun la policía dice que el responsable parece ser la misma persona pues en todas ha utilizado con la misma ropa . >> cuando llega compra golosinas luego llega a la caja y los asalta con una pistola . >> algunos de los clientes dicen que es la primera vez que escuchan de un robo en esta zona pues es un lugar seguro . >> se me hace raro . >> se puede decir que es muy tranquilo. >> siempre vengo como las nueve de la noche y nunca nos ha pasado nada . >> el hombre es descrito delgado de 20 años y afro americano . >> siempre tiene una susadera color rojo y un gorro de basquetbol con una letra c . >> gr fue arrestado un maestro acusado de abusar de un estudiante!. >> fue detenido por tocar de forma inapropiada a un alumno . >> el hombre se puso en contacto con la familia para ofrecer dinero . >> el presidente barack obama da

next we have the public defender of fresno county. ken tagucci. he has fought a valiant battle. it is still going on on. a raging battle with the board of supervisors in fresno county and last year, they cut his staff by 12 attorneys and at the same time he was expected to handle more cases. and the county responded when public defender said he could not do any more cases by trying to outsource the responsibility of the public defender to low-cost bidders. next we have john truzano who comes from washington, d.c. he is the co-founder of the justice project and john recently co-authored a report about accountability of both prosecutors and judges and so he studied why misconduct curse and what steps need to be taken to ensure that it doesn't happen and finally we have sean levy. he did a serious about the fact in santa clara county they were not providing lawyers at the first appearance in misdemeanor cases. he will tell you about his series of stories that actually changed the practice in santa clara. i want to start with amy and if you can tell us what is "ordinary injustice" a

who were identified as not only honor roll students but grew up in the farming community in fresno and martin helped place over 125 latinos into ivy league schools. yes. and he's bringing about ten high school students. undergraduate students, whether they are transferring from a junior college to a four-year institution or graduate students as well as middle management and senior management, have already registered for this summit. >> that is awesome. it's happening up here in may, at stanford university. there is the web address. final thoughts from you about this great event, frank? >> yeah. i think one of the things that in mentioning closing the achievement gap and really building tonight latino pipeline, is this year it's going to be the first year we honor a visionary leadership award that's going to victor adias. victor is a board of trustees emeritus. he is an mba from stanford. he works for corn ferry, the largest executive firm search firm in the country, and a person that is very humble, person from humble beginnings to extraordinary success. >> that's 2011 leadership summi

. >> hoy en fresno miles de personas salen en protesta contra la embajada de mñxico por no querer pagardel estado . >> las personas se están muriendo y no les quieren pagar. >> tres adolescentes fueron acribillados en la ciudad de juárez . >> no hubo testigos ni pistas. >> las bajas temperaturas en mñxico cobraron a lo menos 23 vidas de personas en el norte de este. >> tambié hubieron problemas con la agricultura. >> ahora vamos con el tiempo del deporte . >> en acción deportiva despuñs de 6 años de espera , los representante en el bñisbol le dan una corona a mñxico por la copa de la confederacion . >> á ♪ . >> momento del los deportes. >> la selección mexicana realizo su primer entrenamiento en atlanta con su debut del josñ l chepo >> tambiñn se incorporaron el javier "chicharito" hernández y jovani do santos ha sido muy agradable todo y ha sido todo muy normal . >> todo ha hido en tiempos y armonia los lacker se siguen enfrentando con su contrincantes con el deseo de quitar la supremacia al lider los yakis de obregon , vencieron a los caribes de venezuela . >> son los 6tos en darle es

e muchosn bebñs en una zona del valle central nascan cond efectos congñnitos comunidad cercana a fresnoo fenomeno que ha hecho que un alto numero de bebes nazcan con deformaciones conÉnitas.-- francisco mireles acudio hasta ahi e investigo que podria estar detras de esta amenaza. ---el gobernador >> asie s , los haibitantes comeinzan que algo esta matando a los bebñs u ocasionado que estos nascan con malformaciones congenitas. >> estabamos anciosos de que ella naciera y que estubiera aquí con nosotros . >> todo iba muy bien , pero al acudir a una revision medica esa ilusion de desmorono. >> tenia 5 mese sy me hicieron un examen y todo salio positivo, no lo podia creer, . >> le tubieron a saar a su bebñ porque estaba muerto. >> noe staba muy bien formada, solo le mire un poco de su cuerpo, no se formo bien , venia bien pequeña, mal foramda. >> pregunte si era pro algo que había hhco y me dijeronq no, que pòdria ser por lo quimicos, a lo mejor el agua -. >> ahí ella comenzó a sispechar- . >> lisbet noe ra la unica que vivia esta experiencia. >> cuandoe santa mujer tubo a su bebñ , al verl

it's important to fresno unty that we preserve agriculture. >> the trail traces the outskirts of suctiny central valley towns as reedley, selma, and sanger. and as the landscape wakes up around the area, so does business. take simonian farms, for example. just outside thfrno city limits is where you'll find this 20-acre family owned operation that has grown 100 varieties of fruits and vegetables for more than00 years, and doesn't looc to close shop atime soon. especially if the lion of fans the place has earned over the years has anything to say about it. >> oh, my god. just for people to see it. i don't think they've ever seen anything likthis. toee the beautiful blossoms, and the colors, and thcountryside, and what--what it really takes to doing farming. i mean, i think--god, i just-- i just think they get a lot out ofhis. >> blossoms are one of the most visible signs a new crop is on the way. and for about 6 weeks out of the year, you can see this spectacular sight, trees flushed full of blossoms. some have as many as 20,000 per tree. but the one thing yo discover quite quickly about

. >> a las 4 me conect y soporte llam a fresno para confirmar los captions, contest hector velezá lasen saber quiñn dejo entrar a un mñdico que planeaba inyectar botox a la reina del pacifico. >> con este fin logro que un mñdico externo realizará una reunión con ella . >> empizan ha hablar con sandra , para transformar su cara y cuerpo . >> las autoridades dicen que en ese encuentro tambiñn le aplicaria el botox. >> esto pone entre dicho a el sistema de seguridad en estados unidos . >> cuando usted analiza el sistema , se da cuenta que los que sacan sus liberacione son los secuestrados. >> más adelante . >> una carrera inusual en donde los participantes , tienen que comer varias donuts. >> a la vuelta de la pausa , lo último que paso con el barcelona ,á ♪ . >> hoy fue un gran día para todos los seguidores de lionel messi . >> en españa demostraron los del barcelona todas las capacidades que tiene para salir campeones el la copa del rey. >> con tres de lionel messi , e barcelona pasa a la historia. >> el inglaterra el manchester expuso su invicto ante algunos de los que estaban más baj

. >> fue vanessa martÍnez desde fresno.mas, trabajarÍa licencias de con dosis y ciertos prÉstamos estudiantiles eso fue el gobierno pasado y a partir de esta semana una iniciativa que pide limitar el acceso al indocumentados a licencias de la descubridores estado y esperan muchas marchas en contra. >> en un estado donde casi uno de los habitantes es hispano el porcentaje mÁs alto de la naciÓn los vientos polÍticos estÁn cambiando. o puesta a la legalizaciÓn la nueva gobernadora ha trazado la lÍnea dura en cuanto a inmigraciÓn, estÁn viviendo el cambio los inmigrantes? >> es el temor. aunque las leyes todavÍa no pasen la psicosis anda en el aire. >> apurÁndose a hacer las compras de la semana todos comparten la misma preocupaciÓn. >> ................................ existe en el que >> lopez tiene en dos trabajos pero no tiene papeles. del miedo es real pero puede ser exagerado la legislatura sigue siendo controlada por los republicanos a sÍ nos estÁ promoviendo la ley como la de arizona pero no importa cuÁntas veces se repi

. >>> el primer señor será en marzo 10 en seattle, y luego vamos a san francisco, fresno, san josé, comoco? >>> pa fin de año posiblemente. >>> hay, espérate un poquito, y en miami? yo no lo puedo creer, y cancelas los conciertos en la maravillosa ciudad del sol? pero por presiones de los patrocinadores se dijo que no. y parece que coinciden ciertos eventos encontrados, se celebra el 50 aniversario a bahía de los cochos, y se va a tocar con los tigres del norte, y soltará rugidos. >>> voy a hacer algo diferente, voy a cantar con los tigres. van a hacer un acustico y me han invitado. >>> y miren esto. >>> es un suceso grande trabajar con ellos. y la invitación me pareció muy agradable. feliz. >>> sabes la canción? >>> creo que es una canción nueva. jaula de oro. >>> es uno de los temas más importantes de ellos. >>> el atuendo podría cambiar? >>> no creo. >>> es una buena manera de tomarse las cosas de manera alegre, porque de roquero a grupero es excelente. >>> hay una cosa que no me cuadra. porque recordemos q cuando juanes hizo un concierto mucha gente del exilio le reclamó . >>> y much

in fresno, federal agents spent most of the day hauling out boxes.ice and hulman security thinking that this is counterfeit items. homeland security--an elderly couple lives in this house. >>jacqueline: the rainfall is continuing with snowfall and eventually snowfall exclusively friday night. >>pam: a look it traffic at the bay bridge. as we mentioned, and earlier accident/injury of the east side has been cleared. traffic was a bit sluggish but it is good coming off the bridge. we will be back. >>pam: this is the suspect. a former student living in the texas. the justice department says that he planned to hide explosives and dolls and baby carriages as part of americans against americans. with the dallas home of former president bush, dams, and he was apprehended after a north carolina chemical company tipped off the fbi about this suspicious order. if on bomb making materials in the apartment, with wiring, and has met suit and cloth. has mat hazardous matt maternal suit. he's going to be tried tomorrow on hazardous material possessions. >>jacqueline

tendremos lluvia, prepararse para esto, toda la semana con temperatura inestable, 40° sacramento fresnoorción norte del estado, mañan máxima 60° f, concord, 62° f, palo alto, esperamos una baja en la temperatura una vez pasen frentes que estarán trayendo nieve y lluvia temperatura fas frías, alta posibilidad de lluvia, con máxima alcanzando 60° f, y por la noche, 45 f, y 49 es todo en el tiempo sigan con más. >>> enseguida el ejércit de egipto comienza a sdam telar el campamen campamento, mientras es toman medida para organizar el nuevo gobierno efectivos militares aceleraron las tareas de limpieza en la plaza "tahrir" de el cairo... mientras la ciudad retoma . >>> egipto a cero larn la tareas de limpieza en la plaza de caí ro, mientras la ciudad retoma su vida habitual, sdol vieron el palo lamento, respondiendo a dos demanda claves, para aplicar medida que impulsen la transición hacia un gobierno democrático. >>> la comisión de la verdad que nombró aporto fío lo beso tienen listo el informe tienen como misión aclarar los hecho que ayudaron a golpe de estado contra más zelaya. >>> dicen

still mild for sunshine, 73 in fresno. 59 in yosemite. 76 in los angeles a 63 in monterey and back home, look for numbers have a comfortable in intelligence, 66 for you. 65 in redwood city. on the coast, breezy much cooler about 60. 62 in downtown and in the north bay, no more 70s, 65 in novato. in the east bay, cooler afternoon. of you fremont. and then in the inland valleys, quite cold but 65 in pleasanton. monterey, warming up, pebble beach will be cool in the low 60s, 5-6 degrees cooler there. dry day today, the last one, valentine's day, wet in the north bay but everyone should see rain, low snow levels maybe mount hamilton. >> i got it. thanks, lisa. >> coming up next, why a valentine's day >>> tomorrow is valentine's day, you can expect to see things flying in justin hermann plaza, it's time for the great san francisco pillow fight. thousands of people gather in front of ferry building to quietly wait for the clock to strike 6:00 then it's just crazy. it looks like fun but it ruffles the feathers of the department of public works. the cost of cleaning up runs about $35,000 each y

in the city of fresno in 2008, the court concluded the substantial evidence rule and not the fair argument test applies to a local agency determination of whether a building that has not previously been determined eligible for the california register of historic resources has not otherwise been determined to be a historic resource, such as in this case. supervisor campos: your argument would be that there is no substantial advantage? >> correct, we have not been presented with any substantial evidence. supervisor cohen: did the report also look at the potential impact of the new construction for surrounding properties that might be included in a new historic district? >> yes. the department invited the new project and took into consideration the offsite historic resources of any potential historic districts and considered that with the proposed project. president chiu: any follow up to your question? supervisor cohen: now that you call me, i think i will ask one more question. this building will be eligible for the inclusion in that district, right ms. tam? >> this building is not a histor

. >>> mínima fresno por encima de 04 d el resto a la región con temperatura mañan 60° palo alt 61° fa, se jugó el dervy en la ciudad de manshester, le vamos a decir qu pasó con javier hernández, vamos y regresamos en un flash las aguilas del america tuvieron un ligero tropezon, al caer . >>> Águilas del améric tuvieron un ligero tropezón ante hidrocálidos del necaxa. >>> william viene con más. >>> qu tal amigos buenas tardes, la fecha número 6 ha comenzado con una cuota de goles en méxico sumgallos blancos de querétar choriceros d. >>> inicio de la segunda mitad el chileno lo graba un gol increíble, hoy centrales de querétar fueron un mar de nervioso, servía tambié para que lograr la 4 anotación para el equipo de diablo rojos de cincinati que hoy celebra su aniversario número 44. >>> ganó. >>> miren ustedes tiro de esquina golpe de cabeza y conejo los trata su reflejos, 485 minuto sin anotar para hidrocálidos del necaxa terminaban, hidrocálidos del necaxa ganaba 1 - 0. >>> ga jaguares 4 por uno, juegan tigres cruz azul igual que pachuca y puebla. >>> atlas frente a santos d. >>> atla

fresno finished with 26. packed in play with an 87-76 victory.e road sanford visiting oregon first half. around spinning, going up strong for two. ducks up three. but that lead wouldn't last. jeremy getting the friendly roll on the three. cardinal off the steal. owens throws it down. he had a career high of 31. stanford has a four-game skid with an 88-71 victory. there's no place like home for the second-rank stanford women. the new program record with their 60th straight win at maple pavilion. 11 straight back in the regular season title. the stanford band is the lucky charm. okay. it's their talent early going. strong pose through. 31-10. off the great outlet from peterson. lays it in. she has 20 of 35 to 14. cayla driving baseline. she converts. 13 for cayla. the freshman, up strong for two. stanford rolls 99-60. >> i'm really proud of the program that we built at stanford. you know, i'm proud of the young people like toni that are part of it. but it's not easy. i mean, to stay healthy, to come out every night, if it was easy more people would

first friday with sunshine in fresno this year.xist. 39 degrees on the south shore. no snow in the forecast all weekend. looks like our temperatures are going up. 73 in santa rosa. average high temperature is 60. mid-60s san jose. there you have the extended forecast where we do call for warmer conditions each day with sunday being the warmest of the two coming up. we will have some record high temperatures here in the bay area. very similar to what we experienced in mid-january. and the dry weather pattern continuing all the way through thursday. annie sent us this picture from new york. she is stuck there. that's from san jose. that's the public library. want to compare that with what we are experiencing? stanley lee thank you for sending us this beautiful sunset. keep the pictures coming. >> thank you, roberta. gorgeous. >>> so far the message has been come on in, we would love to have you. the message from verizon to its new iphone customers. tonight 10:00 p.m. on the cw, 11 on cbs5. how the network is trying to keep all its us

california plans to build 800 miles of track for high-speed trains between san francisco and san jose, fresno, and bakersfield, l.a. and orange county. the stimulus already provided $8 billion in funding for high-speed rail but republicans are trying to revoke 2.5 billion of that. >>> san jose has posted information about the salaries and benefits of every play ployee in the city for the year 2010. the former police chief robert davis had the highest total compensation with more than $534,000 in salary and benefits. city manager made more than $276,000. parttime office specialist nicole braid made the least, paid joust -- just one dollar. the release of the information is an example of san jose's commitment to an open and transparent government. we posted the entire list on abc7.com. look under "see it on tv". >> a pod of oreck kaz put on a show for a boat load of sightseers outside the golden gate. another warm winter day. hard to believe what's just around the corner. leigh glaser has that. >> mike: the usual suspects in pebble beach, including the clown prince, taking this man's >> all new

. >>> standing room only at the fresno convention center. funeral for a long general who served as the u.s. ally in the vietnam war. thousands gathered on the first day of the six-day service for powell. powell led a battle who once saigon fell he moved to fresno and helped people resettle in the u.s. today his family got the word, the u.s. army denied a request to have him buried at arlington national cemetery. >> that was his last wishes that he gets recognized for his life long contribution to america. >> i would give my spot as a korean combat veteran. i would give my spot for that man. >> he was told that powell couldn't have the spot because he would take the place of an american veteran. he plans to appeal the decision. general van powell died last month at the age of 81 leaving behind 25 children. >>> two twins from vallejo are on their way to serving their country. >> against all enemies. >> born and domestic. >> melissa and her sister took the ceremonial list of enlistment this morning. we first told you about them last month. they

if you sign a but the two years 3 g data plan through fresno wireless it would give the tablet internetre. if verizon will top $200 off the cost of taking the zoom when $600. if you do that, a contract to get the lower price zoom don't forget he will have a $20 a month data plan to pay for. it's a pricing gadget. is it worth it? the $800.30 jesu ms. price closest to the mid- level model 32 date i pad three g which costs $729. the differences this it has to cameras one on the backside for taking pictures and recording h-p video, the one camera on the front for video chats and terry and the i pad as know camera. once you expand your storage on a micro sd card for 32 gigs the core storage. the i pad is not. the zoo has aged you might out but some u.s. the inputs. the i pad has no input to output. this system has a bigger screen at 10.1 in. compared to the i pad 9.7 in. screen. the still has more features. i think it will or some people away from the i pad. i use both, both used well handled well. apple is expected to unveil the i pad to as early as march 2nd. all the features that the zoom

. >> in frez no thousands of -- fresno thousands of people showed up for a funeral service. during the vietnam war he assisted u.s. special forces. men in military uniforms and woman in traditional -- women in traditional dresses walked behind his casket. he died last month at the age of 81. >>> turning to the turmoil in egypt. thousands of people are call g ing -- calling for the president to back down. today's demonstration was fair well friday, but no indication that the president is preparing to step down despite pressure from the united states. >> the key question he should bg himself is how do i leave a legacy behind in which egypt is able to get through this period, and my hope is that he will end up making the right decision. >> the obama administration repn officials with the newly appointed vice-president as interim president. >>> one executive from google has mistously disappeared from egypt -- mysteriously disappeared from egypt. >> students and american-egyptif ongoing campaigns to rally support. protesters believe marketing director has been incarcerated for ta

according to forbes magazine, stockton, modesto, sacramento, fresno, salinas' and bakersfield's are all on the list. it the decision is based on factors like unemployment, inflation, crime rates, taxes, whether, commute t, foreclosures and changes in home prices. vallejo landed in the no. 9 spot. marine kelly shows why. >> the city of vallejo bankruptcy in 2008 was the first reason it as to why was ranked no. 9 in the list of most miserable cities in the u.s.. after that is the employer unemployment rate which is expected to average 12 1/2% this year. other factors look back, a high foreclosure rate one of every 16 housing units and the city was in some state of foreclosure in 2010. high crime is also an issue. vallejo police officers say and to designate the city had a higher violent crime rate in add yet another california city its size. those communing does san francisco have to trudge the section of highway 80 that his starkly has the worst congestion of any freeway in the bay area. the majority i spoke to in the base i community say that vallejo has a lot more going for it than for

." >>> a baby boy abducted from his home in fresno is back home. he was found late last night. and was miles away at the suspect's parents home outside of bakersfield. that suspect is the baby's fire, 19-year-old edward ramos, who was arrested last tight. anniversaries say he -- anniversaries say he kidnapped the -- investigators say he kidnapped the boy and that triggered an amber alert. >>> president obama bunched the -- launched the 2012 budget battle. he says this involves tough budget cuts. craig boswell say the republicans say this is just a road map for more spending. >> reporter: staffers on capitol hill began this valentine's day morning unpacking and unwrapping budget books. president obama '$3.73 trillion blueprint. the president says his proposal trims more than 200 federal programs while making key investments in transportation, research and education. >> the only way we can make these investments in our future is if our government starts missing -- living within the means. >> reporter: he also says it contains 1.1 trillion in deficit savings through tax increases

>> reporter: even with a good spring general manager brian sabian will almost surely start at aaa fresnoust as buster posey did last year. belt was a football player and basketball player as well. but it was the peace of advice that set him on the road to the big leagues. >> i changed schools and our baseball coach there said i could have a future you know playing baseball, i could -- was going to be able to go to college and play ball so i put everything aside including basketball and football and i just kind of focused on baseball from there out. >> we'll have more with will clark tonight on game day. kim we'll also give you some of the flavors of old town scottsdale including a famous soup and i know you know what i'm talking about. talk to you tonight. >> oh, i do. come caguy. i love that suit. >>> they love the aussie, fred couples lives riviera but not the 7th hole. somebody get the guy a weed whacker, tads into seventh place. check out this putt. 7th hole, keeps going all the way into the cup. batly cards a 69 to win for the first time in four years. the win gets him an invite to

one is training, found out in jersey, baltimore and long beach and fresno that you put in school dayevelopment training, ideally this would be happening at gnome but not happening enough. attendance and discipline is cut it's pretty much eliminated. at skyline high school we actually, ninth grade boys that are going through training with credit in the community. it's a system that is pushing our boys out. we can inoculate them with the compassion to navigate through that system, things will change. so right now we're looking at putting in place programs in the school day but trying to change the conditions through learning and creating stronger school culture and what have you. >> all right. we'll be looking to see how that progresses. we're going to take another quick break. we'll right back to continue our conversation about challenges and opportunities in our africacacacacacacacacacacacacaca ♪ ♪ ye ♪ look, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? simple stuff... eating right...whole grain. whole grain? [ female announcer ] people who eat more whol

everybody from fresno up through sacramento and beyond have tasers. the death cases have come about in those communities. we do know that they can be used. i will say that over the last five or six years, tasers in response to some of the cases i have seen half issued on different training nonchalance to incorporate much of what fits here to try to change the dynamics and give officers more guidelines on how they ought to be used. that is not to say the potential for abuse is not there. that is the question you have to decide for yourselves as to whether or not what you're getting is worth the potential harm you have. i will say, you are not being fair and clear if you think that if a weapon can be used in order to prevent deadly force -- that is not the case. i have not seen that. i have seen officer shoot. they have. taser. they shoot because they have a potential threat of deadly force in front of them. they see a knife in front of them. they can close that gap pretty quickly and shoot them. you will not use a taser for that. you don't know if it i

upper 50s eureka, big sur and into fresno.60s sacramento and chico with upper 60s san diego, palm springs. the warm spot l.a. 75. the cool spot a dry but sunshine 39 in tahoe. eric? >> mike, thank you very much. it's 6:42. more news for you. egyptian protestors continue to fill cairo's central square this morning two weeks after their uprising began. the crowds are growing more angry over a new demand by the vice president negotiate or the government will be forced to move in. that's a quote. but the demonstrators say they won't go until president mubarak leaves. emily schmidt has the latest. >> today egyptian protestors enter a third week of demonstrating with a familiar call. >> we need freedom! freedom! >> the message is the same day after day. but despite the represent repetition, the crowds are growing. president mubarak is appearing in photo opes while warning the country can't bear protests. urging a transition that's prompt, peaceful, meaningful and legitimate. >> what we need to see now is continued progress by the eg

fresno, seam for you. a great wednesday. lynn, will thursday be as nice? is that possible? we can all dream of it here on the east coast. thanks so much. >>> well, the toyota verdict is in, and i pad update is in the works, and the catholic church sakes an app to deal with your sins. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, she's in trouble again, and this time it's more serious than any legal problems she's had before. >> coming up, a record setting night for kevin love. lebron turns up the heat, and a frosty celebration for the super bowl champs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of the your top headlines this morning. >>> sill have i i don't berlusconi is accused of paying for sex with an underaged girl and improperly pressuring police to release the girl after a robbery arrest. the judge's decision is expected within a week. in iraq a tv camera captured a car bomb exploding in the city of kirkuk. it was the third in a series of blasts that rocked the oil-rich city. at

today is the third day of the six-day funeral in fresno. yesterday members of his family said it was disgraceful the u.s. army denied their request for vang to be buried at arlington national cemetery. when many hmong people sought asylum in the united states, he became a cultural leader here as well. his arlington burial request was denied after unanimous recommendation of a board made up of civilian and military leaders. >>> coming up next, meditation is making inroads among the inmate population. how california prisoners could benefit from a closer relationship with buddha. >>> sorry. so surprised to see you. >> the reunion no one thought would happen. between paramedics and a teen hit by lightning. >>> if you have friends drinking during the super bowl, how to get them home safely for free. >>> it was another amazing day of temperatures around the bay area. record-breaking once again. still 76 in san jose. big changes coming up in your seven-day forecast. cool-down and rain finally coming back. [ wheezing breaths ] [ woman ] the first t

if you go to fresno, or even los angeles and into the suburbs, you can see this on every street. i have not noticed this and this article was a little bit, not so happy. >> commissioner? >> i have a couple of items, and they also have an origin in the press. many of you may have seen an article in the chronicle. the public safety building that will be retaining the existing fire station, there was a lot of mention about the design. i contacted john and we had a conversation. i thought that this may come before us because the other prize -- the other projects, we have always had authority over these designs. and it turns out that because this is a public building as opposed to a commercial building, we do not. i spoke to an architect in consultation and without commenting on the building itself, i suggested that we may want ask for the hearing on this, because this is an iconic building. this building is the subject of a lot of news reports, and certainly, many of us remember the beautiful hall of justice that we used to have. and we remember the streets of san francisco, but not