was he a rival gang or -- >> no, he was a white gang.sn't an asset to us as a gang or he wasn't an asset to his own race. and he was just a headache. >> most shu inmates are single-celled. but due to overcrowding, that's not always possible. a circumstance farmer used to his advantage. >> i moved in with the guy to take him out. >> and when you say he was taken out, what happened? did you personally -- >> my job was to go in there and kill him. and i went in there with the intention of killing him, but i stabbed him several times and the damn knife bent. we used a knee brace. we have to be real resourceful in the shu, what we can use for weapons. we used an aluminum knee brace. this was a big guy, so i went after this guy and i hit a bone and the knife had bent on the third time. so he got lucky. >> like other inmates who find themselves growing old in the shu, farmer eventually quit his gang. >> i got tired of the impulsive subjective reasoning for people doing things. we were actually killing people that didn't deserve to be killed. >>

the victim was a southern mexican gang member. but all violence in prison is gang-related. especially when you're talking about an assault where weapons were used where a guy was hurt this badly. it just doesn't happen without it being ordered or authorized by the gang. we believe right now that it was other southerners that attacked him. he was probably in trouble for one thing or another that he did in his past, violating gang rules. you can hear them doing their little solidarity inside the unit there. we don't know exactly what he did. hopefully we'll know in the next few days. >> it's important to get somebody, you're going to get to you. coming to prison made me more violent than what i was. it's about getting basically your little piece of america, but in prison. if a new yard opens up, you're going to fight for that handball court. you're going to fight for some tables. we're going to get our peace for our people and we're going to secure that area, but if you are a northerner, and you come into the areas, you're going to get stabbed. it's a whole different lifestyl

>> what gang are you affiliated with? how do you deal with your gang affiliation once you leave here? >> i'm going to ignore them and go to school. >> you think ignoring them is going to work? >> hopefully. >> did it work last time? >> no, last time, i didn't have future plans. i got out, i didn't have my ged. i didn't have no future plans. now i do. i got an education. i got my ged. i'm going to go to college and play football. >> what was your intent with the gun? why did you have it? >> protection. >> from? >> other gang members. >> let me ask you this -- if i sent one of my sergeants to shake your room down right now and your release was dependent on whether or not there was stg material in your room, are you leaving or not? >> coming up on "lockup, pendleton juvenile." >> you were just talking about your victims, you were smiling. why were you smiling? >> tension-filled hours for andrew and abel. there's no guarantee either will go home. later, we find out what happened to the officer marcus branch attacked. an accid

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of known gang members from hanging out with each other in the town of wanted it. that's right city leaders and police are asking a judge if it's legal to ban gang members from a two point two mile public area and when doing now the area covers the downtown business district and police say the measure is desperately needed in the community which isn't plagued by gang violence between two fighting factions of the bloods gangs have the propensity to take over school yards. street corners playgrounds and in many areas within a downtown district they do not own no she treats. now here's how this proposal would work a judge must sign off on the plan and approve the thirty seven members from the wayne dank and braveheart bloods who would be banned from the area and the thirty seven members or people who've already had run ins with police for gang activity and if they violate the judge's order they could face contempt of court charges now i'm just wondering personally what these run ins are they get you banned from the city are they violent and felonies or is it simply so

>> it wasn't a factor in north oakland because there's really no gangs in north oakland. >> the gang injunctions, i don't know if they're working too good because everybody's not in gangs. i don't know how they're going to do it but you have to figure out certain individuals and i guess it's guilty by association, which i can't understand. >> i would like to be real clear on exactly what the problem. >> east oakland has not opted to put gang injunctions into place. do they work? it depends on who they ask. they haven't had any major problems with those 15 people who have been on restrictions. however, they also haven't shown any numbers that show any decrease in violence. for now, j.r. stone, kron4 news. >> meanwhile, these are the two men in police custody, lawrence denard and willie torrence. they're both charged with murder in connection with carlos nava's death. investigators say denard is believed to be the shooter, torrence is said to be the driver of the car. >>> for the first time since losing his son, carlos nava, sr. spoke publicly about what happened through an interpreter

jobs overseas how about a gang of six to bring the jobs back to how about a gang of six would. have to discuss i could agree with you more it's time to stop making cuts and put this country back to work he says that gangs are fundamentally undemocratic they concentrate power in fewer and fewer hands and we need to stop doing that we've been doing it in corporate america since reagan stuck to force in the sherman antitrust act and we started getting oligopolies in megalopolises and then run in the banking crash and now we're doing it in government with these gangs frankly nuts and we need to speak up and tell our representatives we don't want any more government by gangs. our next comment is also from the rahm line last night president obama called on americans to get involved in the political process and call in members of congress to tell them that a deal need to be reached on the debt ceiling negotiations americans responded on capitol hill switchboard crashed within hours of the president's speech in a statement today the president again president obama once again credited t

on tonight's show, senator dick durbin from the gang of six, the gang of six. yo yo. you know to, get into the gang of six, they beat you inch i don't know if you knew that. sacksby chambliss just gets up, come on, let's do it. anyway, special day. it's our president's 50th birthday, and i am no ingrate. i got him a little something that i think he's going to really enjoy. >> massive 500-point sell-off dousing wall street in a sea of red. >> and the bears are mauling wall street. >> watching it fall like a rock in a swimming pool. >> the 14th-worst point decline for the s&p 500. >> extreme fear and panic. i don't know what happened. [laughter] >> jon: ♪ happy birthday to you [cheering and applause] by the way, i don't have a receipt for that. so... [laughter] you know, america's recent fiscal troubles in the economy shouldn't take away from the fact and shouldn't let us forget that we all hate each other. [laughter] a quick reminder of that in our new segment "culture war update, the dividening of america." our first dispatch comes from a veteran culture warrior, mr.

hubs for san jose. >> reporter: a gang hub, he believes, will thrive again after san jose police cut ties with federal agents two days ago. >> i think it's going to start surging up after a couple of months when they actually see things going you know -- calming down. everybody's hiding right now. >> reporter: there hasn't been a homicide here for more than two months. police chief chris moore credits his plan of reassigning 38 metro officers to focus only on gangs. >> we had 38 metro officers out on the street. i really believe that was the major factor in what made this happen. >> reporter: they monitored the hot spots during the past eight weeks and put officers wherever needed. this is the kind of intel the department of justice is here for. the feds are wrapping up a two- day visit to learn from sjpd which they believe has a good gang prevention model. mayor reed is hoping the collaboration will bring in some much-needed money. >> we are trying to get a grant for re-entry program because we know that many of our gang problems, our violent crime problems, caused by unsuccessful r

-- gang camp? [inaudible] >> about three months ago, i walked through the mission district with jane kim and david campos. this was after that shooting in the mission. we were walking along with officers in the district, just watching the streets, -- walking the streets, talking to merchants. we got an eyeful and an earful of these kids hanging out on the corners with nothing to do. people said the city has come out to come up with better programs to track these youth. they are listening to the people on the streets trying to recruit them. we know that they are interested player from getting in ties into these gangs. we particularly listened to the community response network, the people that are in touch with these gangs. we have a program where they are helping police officers get information on what is going on. they recommended that we create an annual camp, where for free, about 50 kids -- and we may increase down the road -- will get a full camp experience. kids across whole arena of san franc

bug, we just exported the gang life out there. >> randall's gang activity led to his incarceration at the youth facility and soon after, prison. there he joined a militant gang called the black guerrilla family. >> ended up in 15 years solitary confinement. tried to get back into the main line, but it was kind of hard. after facing walls for 15 years and handcuffs everywhere i went, i didn't adjust too well. i still became more assaultive, more combative, more violent. >> after 25 years of incarceration, randall had plenty of violent episodes to share. >> i had threw a bomb in an inmate's cell and blew his toilet off the wall and blew a patch of his leg off. an officer came to my door. i made a zip gun out of some magazines and i shot him in the face. >> as the story unfolds about why he's there, what he's done in prison, it can send chills up your spine. then it occurs to you, i'm sitting right in front of this guy. anything can happen to me. >> most of randall's violence was directed at his cellmates. >> i don't have a problem taking a cellie but what i have a problem with is crackh

the argument is if the gang members had been listed on a gang injunction they wouldn't have been able to hang out together and maybe the shooting would haven't happened. opponents say that is a stretch. but the councilmember wants to try it. >> i think from the mayor to the city council we have to not just come to the event and mourn people but we have to enact real tools for the police to do their job. >> we want councilmember and harry reid to look at needs of the community. they haven't spoken to the family or the community. they are pushing an agenda that does not work. these gang injunctions produce gentrification, racial profiling. a lot of young men in jail. when the young men go to jail, that means one more house without a farther. >> there is a gang injunction in place. it's against 15 people. but the city council attorney says they have not committed a crime. the city attorney office thinks it's been effective. the opponents say the money used to implement the gang injunks is better spent in other ways. services for young people, well the police department and i checked in w

it's time for something else, too, a concerted all out war on gangs and gang culture. this isn't some side issue. it is a major criminal disease that has infected streets and our states across our country. stamping out these gangs should be a new nationa priority. last week i sat up a cross government program to look at every aspect of this problem. now, the last front in this fight is proper punishment. on the radio last week they interviewed one of the young men who had been looting in manchester and he said this. he said, i'm going to carry on until i get caught. this will be my first arrest, he said. the prisons were already overflowing so he'd just get a slap and live with that. what we've got to show to him and everyone like him, the party is over. i know when's people talk about policy and tough sentencing people sometimes roll their eyes. yes, last week we saw the criminal justice system deal with an unpcedented challenge. the courts sat through the night and dispensed swift a firm justice. we saw the system was on the side of the law-abiding majority. buconfid

the argument is if the gang members had been listed on a gang injunction they wouldn't have been able to hang out together and maybe the shooting would haven't happened. opponents say that is a stretch. but the councilmember wants to try it. >> i think from the mayor to the city council we have to not just come to the event and mourn people but we have to enact real tools for the police to do their job. >> we want councilmember and harry reid to look at needs of the community. they haven't spoken to the family or the community. they are pushing an agenda that does not work. these gang injunctions produce gentrification, racial profiling. a lot of young men in jail. when the young men go to jail, that means one more house without a farther. >> there is a gang injunction in place. it's against 15 people. but the city council attorney says they have not committed a crime. the city attorney office thinks it's been effective. the opponents say the money used to implement the gang injunks is better spent in other ways. services for young people, well the police department and i checked in w

a new police unit in novato is focusing on gang members. heather ishimaru has the story. >> novato police want to see fewer of these, crimes involving gang members. with the help of county law enforcement and san rafael police they made a special gang enforcement unit that went into service on july 20th. >> in the first two weeks, the gang unit resulted in six felony arrests and 17 misdemeanor arrests. they include members of the white supremacists and other gangs all who live in no ja to or have some connection there. arrests range from possession of drugs to threatening an officer and gang unit continues the crackdown. >> it's an ongoing problem. we have gang members that live here in novato, they traf travel here to commit crimes. i don't know if we're going to put an end to it but we're definitely going to deter them. >> outside the youth center, they arrested a juvenile in gang attire after a fight. the birthday party was being held in a rented gym space. >> the executive director says the 35-year-old youth center has never had an inci

members here after a spike in gang crime in the first half of the year including at least 14 gang- related homicides. but some people in the community said they were scared that i.c.e. agents were going to target illegal immigrants here. police say they are not caving to public pressure by ending this i.c.e partnership. they say the last gang-related homicide was two months ago which is why they cut the ties. so doj official meeting with the city's gang prevention task force this morning. and frank, the public is invited to join so that people can listen in on this discussion. >> always good to sound off. okay, stephanie chuang live in san jose, thank you. >>> some familiar activists were among the people arrested in this week's protest against the bart. take a look at the man in the red sweatshirt on the bart platform on the ride. that's zachary running wolf of berkeley who was among the tree- sitters of berkeley a few years ago, you might remember, and has been a mainstay of protests in the bay area through the year. also, gabriel myers of oakland was arrested in connection with the g8 p

. >> a major blow to a notorious south bay gang. how long these guys are going to be locked up. >> some members of the gang will be going to prison for the rest of their lives. this crime spree was so extending that to read the list of charges alone took an hour and a half. the longest and most extensive gang trial san jose has seen in years has finally come to an end. it has been four years since his son, hernan copa was gunned down in cold blood. there has always been pain, but now anger. >> you apt life sentence? >> yes. because they kill my son. >> back in 2007, coba was working on this street in san jose. gang members demanded his phone. when he refused they shot him 12 times. seriously injuring eight people and left four dead. san jose police cracked down hard and arrested more than a dozen gang members. after an exhaustive trial that started at the beginning of the year, four men got life behind bars, the rest made plea deals and got several decades in prison. the da hopes this clears the way for gang prevention programs. >>

hthe gang injunctions keep gang members from moving freely those who supported say that maybe it willurn those members who are against it, to expand them. reporting from oakland, will tran. >> oakland's leaders are calling for more gang injunction. when like us on facebook to participate in this discussion. >> dr. phil is kicking off his tenth season with a high profile interview. the episode will air on kron 4 with george and linda anthony. everyone will be talking about it. more news stories so we come back. we are back with more as we take a live look outside. >> warm inland highs in the '90s. 60's at the coast. it will be worn today and tomorrow and then we will cool down a few degrees as we make our way to the weekend. to big changes in the news section of the bay bridge. >> most recent addition to the suspension bridge is the installment of four catwalks that go to the top of the suspension tower. the orange cat walks arcs essential for installing the main cables but not for people afraid of heights or a cat walk that moves. >> the catwalks are what they stand on to build cables

did not want to talk on camera says his employees are not in a gang. he says the victim only started working at his restaurant six months ago. this woman didn't want to give her name. she lives nearby and feels sorry for the man who was shot early tuesday morning. there is still blood on the sidewalk where it happened. >> i heard two gunshots. >> according to the restaurant owner, his chef and another employee were standing outside this back door. they were having a cigarette when they were approached by two latino males who asked them if they were scrubs. both employees reacted like this, no, no, no. and that's when the restaurant owner says his chef was shot twice in the head. >> i would say i don't walk between 14th and 17th street after 7:00 p.m. by myself ever. >> why? >> because i think everybody knows the gang thing is a little bit scary. >> police are reviewing surveillance video from a camera mounted above the back door. they're hoping the video will help them identify the suspects in this case. the restaurant owner says his employee is on lif

that's a gang under the folk nation. the first gang experience was probably when i was probably 14. part of it was just kind of like another family, and the other part of it was just fitting in. it's an adrenaline rush. it got your adrenaline pumping and i don't know. a lot of teenagers, that's kind of what we do it for is that adrenaline rush. i got my first felony when i was 9, and like a lot of my family kind of -- they was with me at first and then they kind of gave up on me. because they seen i kept getting locked up and they figured there was no hope for me. >> the adolescents, sometimes when they go through the court system, i like to say they're a three-time loser. many of the parents have been through court, numerous times, they've seen their child kicked out of school, kicked out of the community. honestly, once they come in to our system, a lot of the parents have said i can't do this anymore. >> indiana department of correction commissioner david donahue says it takes a special kind of person to work with the juvenile population. >> our community support or lack thereof

in 400 gangs.olent, territorial, they have a culture that's developed that is exclusive, and they are vulnerable. and they are recruiters. >> so in your experience, those really bad people are -- do those gangs continue to operate when they go to prison? >> very much so. >> so basically we have a lot of gang activity that's an on going enterprise in a lot of prisons? primarily state prisons, am i correct? >> that's correct. >> so the issue is is if we are looking at radicalization are you saying that those radicals, bad people, are gang members primarily in the percentages versus what we are looking at here today? >> the structure is interesting. when you go into a prison, you are in the crypt side, blood side, liema side, or the involving muslim side which is getting more attention, but not enough. and many of the gang members are moving over to that side. as you know, kevin james is a rolling 30. he recruited a rolling 60. who on the outside were vicious enemiesing but on the inside became aligne

in megalopolises and then run in the banking crash and now we're doing it in government with these gangs frankly nuts and we need to speak up and tell our representatives we don't want any more government by gangs. our next comment is also from the rahm line last night president obama called on americans to get involved in the political process and call in members of congress to tell them that a deal needed to be reached on the debt ceiling negotiations americans responded to capitol hill switchboard crash within hours of the president's speech in a statement today president again the president once again credited the american people for their involvement in this process. i want to thank the american people for keeping up the pressure on their elected officials to put politics aside and work together for the good of the country but john called us to express his frustration with the political process in this country where there are appreciate all you do and i try to get good all right vote right our but i fear it just there from joining to we're screwed now i'm fifty years old a working t

and gang culture. this isn't some side issue, it is a major criminal disease that has infected streets and estates across our country. stamping out these gangs should be a new national priority. >> this evening scotland yard issued these pictures of a gang of looters being pursued by police as the thieves are chased down the street in east london, what's now identified as a green sit ron careers into two officers. one can be seen slumped on the ground. both were lucky not to sustain serious injury and the incident is now being treated as attempted murder. it's seven days since hackney turned on itself. for all the party jives, there does seem to be a broad consensus, these pictures are a metaphor for something rot been britain. from the -- rotten about britain. from the richest and poorest, there is greed, selfishness and immorality. >> the buildup to the u.s. presidential campaign is gathering pace. president obama is on the road in the midwest but already his republican rivals have been staking out t

they arrested 215 gang members. there have been a jump in gang crime in the first half of the year including 14 homicides. there were people in the community expressing concern that i.c.e. agents would be targeting illegal immigrants to deport. now, san jose police said that this was successful operation and that's why they ended the partnership and they weren't caving into any sort of community pressure. san jose is getting help again from the feds. we have department of justice officials visiting for two days here. they are going to be here this morning. there will be two meetings where they are discussing the antigang strategy. they happen at 7:30 and 9:00 this morning. grace, people are invited to come and see what goes down. >> i'm sure people will show up. a lot of people concerned about this very issue. stephanie chuang live in san jose, thank you. >>> it is a busy news day for a friday but weather is nice and easy today. >> nice and easy? >> we got sunshine. >> my job is easy today, no significant weather to

a man he claims does not fight or hang with gang members. >> they got little kids. little gangs. i am 37. i am not in no gang. >> reporter: hudson described the shooter's car as a dodge neon with two people inside. oakland police chief has not backed down from saying this shooting was gang related but robert sticks to what he says he knows. >> i know i was not the target. i was just walking by. >> reporter: and to the nava family -- >> i am sorry that it happened. and please trust me it was not me that it happened over. but if they need anything -- anything that i can do for the family i will try to help them. >> a similar promise made to the family by the oakland police department. in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> just a terrible story tonight from passive ache where a pregnant woman was killed by the family pit bull. the police say they answered a 911 call at a home on del mar avenue at 4:15 this afternoon. the officer says he arrived home -- say her husband arrived home from work and found his 32- year-old wife bleeding. the pit bull was in the house and then put in the ba

a new police unit is now focusing on gang members. heather ishimaru has the story. >> novado police want to see fewer of these, crimes involving gang members and with the help of county law enforcement and san raphael police the police department created a special gang enforcement unit that went into service july 20. >> we know it is affected by the numbers of arrests to be made and contacts to be made. >> in the first two weeks the unit resulted in 6 fellly arrests and 17 misdemeanor arrests. police say they include members of gangs who live in navado or have some connection here. the arrests ranged from possession of illegal weapons and drugs to threatening an officer and the gang unit continues its crackdown. >> an ongoing problem. we continue to have gang members that live here in navado and travel through to commit crimes. just a continuing problem. i don't know if we will put an end to it but we will deter them. >> outside the youth center, police arrested a juvenile in gang attire after a fight. a girls birthday party was being

>> reporter: some of those areas are magnets for gangs and violence. the owner of the mcdonald's have no comment. we should note that so far, no arrests have been made in connection with this brawl. i'm matt bigler live in san jose for cbs 5. >>> 634. can a golf course survive san jose's budget crisis? golfers will have their see this evening in san jose about a plan to sell a golf course to developers. the nine-hole rancho del pueblo opened on the east side 11 years ago offering rounds of golf at budget prices but mayor reed says it costs $2 million a year to operate, can't afford it. the public hearing begins at 6:00 at mayfair community center. if you are a golfer, go and speak your peace. >> even if you can't go there, could be a great day to play golf. >> it is a good day to play golf. kind of an early foggy start. but a good day ahead. >> hardly a bad day to play. inland mostly clear skies in the valleys. mount vaca cam looking good. we have patchy fog elsewhere but that's going to break up nicely today and that means it's going to return to the

but "gang of six," this is serious business. now people are going to get hurt.t happens then? >> first the tattoos. [laughter] >> jon: the teardrops. terrible. >> a few secret handshakes. then we sat down for about five, six months and worked it through. how do we turn this idea into a law? it wasn't easy. but we did it. and unfortunately we did it too late. if there's anything, any fault i would have with our effort, we should have done this weeks before so we were players in this last conversation. but here's what was interesting. we held a meeting about three weeks ago, invited 70 members of congress who had expressed an interest in this to come around and let us tell you what we've decided. 49 showed up. equally invited. then we said, all right, let's take the next step. are you ready to sign on the line here, put your name next to this thing. 36 senators, democrats and republicans, said, we'll sign on it. and it's the real thing. it isn't a joke. i mean, it really does get to the bottom. that's what, despite all the negative feelings people have about congr

tonight, a major blow to a notorious south bay gang.s in san jose with how long these guys are going to be locked up. >> it has been four years since his son was gunned down in cold blood. there has always been pain, but now anger. >> they got life, but you wanted a death sentence? >> yes. because they kill my son. >> back in 2007, coba was working as a lock smith on this street in south san jose. gang members demanded his cell phone and wallet. when he refused, they shot him 12 times. seriously injuring eight people and left four dead. san jose police cracked down hard and arrested more than a dozen gang members. after an exhaustive trial that started at the beginning of the year, four men were convicted and got life behind bars. the rest made plea deals and each got several decades in prison. the da hopes this clears the way for gang prevention programs. >> in order for there to be space in communities for counselors to come in and for social workers to come in and try to keep kids from getting involved in gangs, you sometimes need to

he is said to be the leader of the drug gang. a brazilian judge known for her work against organized crime has been shot dead. she was gunned down by gunmen outside her home. the judge was known for convicting members of vigilante gangs with links to corrupt police officers. police officers in england have been countering criticism of their efforts to quell the riots which erupted across the country earlier this week. they may get some lessons from this country. former los angeles police chief says he is being approached by david cameron to invite britain's police and will meet with them next month. what is there to be learned from the l.a. approach? >> requesting an additional units. >> a regular afternoon police patrol in gang land, south central los angeles. >> i have two guns on me. this one has no safety, just pull the trigger. if i am dead on the ground, feel free to defend yourself. >> there is still lots of tension and violence here, but it is much calmer than it was 20 years ago. when the rioting began at this crossroads

the family of little carlos nava is saying the last thing oakland needs is another gang injunction or a city-wide surf yu. >> i don't don't think it's a good idea. >> relatives of the 3-year-old boy shot dead last week in a gang drive by might seem like the last people to oppose a gang injunction, today at the spot where carlos nava became a tragic target, his family stood side by side with antigang injunction activists, denouncing new pushes for injunctions and a city-wide curfew coming from city hall in response to the boy's death. >> and that is not the root of the problem. it's that drugs and guns and violence, you know? they're just drowning oakland. >> there is a universal hope that something good might come from the murder. but just one day after he was laid to rest, exactly what that good may be has sparked an angry debate. >> and it was not a curfew and the issue is not gang injunctions. the issue is lack of jobs, lack of education, lack of activities for young people. >> we are prepared to do anything we need to do in order to brie vent this from happening. >> the city has i

we saw absolutely no evidence whatsoever of these armed gangs.vernment minders kept calling me on the phone, telling us to be careful of the armed gangs, telling us they were coming after us. but, again, we saw no evidence of this whatsoever. all we saw was a group of individuals who were quite simply asking for their basic rights. to be free, and for the government security forces to stop shooting at them indiscriminately. >> thank you for talking to us. >>> cnn has exclusive new details in the case of robyn gardner, the american woman missing in aruba. what her traveling companion, now a suspect, told authorities before his arrest. and why his statements are not adding up. >>> no laughing matter. a violent threat made against late-night tv host david letterman. who was making it ahead. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] more people are leaving bmw, mercedes, and lexus for audi than ever before. ♪ experience the summer of audi by september 6th and get over 130 channels of siriusxm satellite radio for 3 months at no charge. and get over 130 channels of siriu

and there is a police unit focusing on gang member autos police want to see fewer crimes involving gang members so with help of county law enforcement, the police department created a special gang enforcement unit that went into service july 20th. >> we know it's effective and. >> in this first tw weeks there were 17 fell nay rests and 17 misdemeanor arrests. and the arrests range from possession of illegal weapons and drugs to threatening an officer and continues a crack down. >> could be ongoing. and we continue to have gang member that's travel to novato to commit crimes. so this is just a continuing problem. we're going to deter them. >> police arrested a juvenile in gang attire after a fight. the girl's birthday party being held in the rented gym space. >> and we're upset by what happened. >> this director says the center never had an incident like that, but more young people here need support to stay away from problems like gang involvement. >> and i won't say it's a gang problem. and would say youth today are having problems building coping skills and understanding how to make g

on recommendations from the new gang of twelve and if they choose not to vote on that or if the gang of twelve doesn't come up with anything on this automatic trigger goes into another trillion and a half in cuts are blown out of the side of the american economy is that is that a set up for making things even far worse particular given the been or has said that there's no way that they'll go along with raising taxes. yes it's it's it's the design of a horrific christmas gift to the american people it is a stunning demonstration that the whole shift of american politics now is not to enter into a crisis and beef up the economy with what the government can do but basically to have the government turn its back on the bass of the american people a few short years after republicans and democrats alike poured trillions of public money into the banks the insurance companies corporate giants like general motors no one then worried about whether the government could live within its means it was an emergency it was something that the national well being required as if the needs of the american

the brainchild of two men named in the gang injunction. artists with the east side arts alliance say dozens of fruitvale residents turned out to peacefully paint it but other residents say it will take more than a mural to stop gun violence. >> think they should have curfews. it will keep teens off the street at night. >> it might help stop quite a bit especially if the parents know that they have to be in and be responsible for them. >> reporter: the proposal will be taken up in mid-september when the city council returns from recess. it could face some tough opposition from the mayor and vice mayor who have proposed things like this in the past. the community is pulling together this weekend saturday at 11 a.m. for a peace rally in remembrance of carlos. christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> jaycee dugard is inspiring lawmakers to make sure the most dangerous criminals stay in prison. right now the parole board focuses only on behavior in prison when deciding whether to grant parole. a new bill debated at the capital today would broaden what the bo