thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000 people. and the meadow next to the concert meadow is full of people even though they can't see the music they hear it. i walked into the meadow several times and they don't even care. we do have literally events going on day and night. the concert association has kids days during the week. the performers come out for hundred 200 kids. now, the truckadero truck house gets rented out for weddings and retirement. the croquet clubs and horse shoes. 2 play grounds, tennis courts. we have from 25 to a hundred dogs here. it's like bisons going across the mid west. there are so many dogs they are covering the ground cht it's a get together. all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day camp now, you will see 50 kids there. the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drough

that's stern grove behind it. they are using wheel barrels. for this reason, many projects were well built. there are no cw a plot. this was one in berkeley placed there and the tennis court at coat niecis park. i was showing a montessory class there. this is an amphitheatre. it's a wonderful amphitheatre. there was from the sidewalks and they just reused it to create other things. down in menlow park. they built into a caretakers house. the wpa is must more famous. it came after the cw a. it did everything. they put eight and a half million people to work. they built roads. they sewed clothes. they built roads is in san francisco. this one, i have seen them on sidewalks in san francisco. this is on a retains wall in crocket. they are very seldom markers. cw a doesn't. pw a, almost never. not nearly commiserate with what they were doing. that's one of the restrooms in golden gate park. that's a plaque, carefully hidden. the gardeners prune the vine so you can have a chance of finding it. here's one at park and mont clar. they are using a facil

it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in this 317 acres. the park, as a general rule, is heavily used in the mornings and the evenings. one of the favorite places is up by the upper reservoir because dogs get to go swim. it's extremely popular. many fights in the city, as you know, about dogs in park

on sundays, including the san francisco ballet is performing at stern grove along with some concerts.hen delores park has a bunch outdoor movie nights coming up as well. so a lot of fun.

abc7 traced this white bullet-riddled truck to janice williams in grove land, california. by phone she confirmed that byron christopher williams is her son who lived with her. >> i found out when the sheriffs told me he was there. i never met him and didn't know who he was or nothing like that. >> mrs. williams says her son was released two years ago of a serving time in washington state on a bank robbery conviction. the chp says williams had two strikes against him. records from the washington state patrol also show he had multiple arrests in seattle for a suspended license, assault, property destruction, dui, hit and run and theft. mrs. williams who says her son is a carpenter by trade couldn't get a job because of his prison record. he felt ostracized at church and upset with the political climate, going on rants against liberals while watching the news. he's been upset with the direction the country is going. that's what williams' mother said. he feels the people of our country are being raped by our government and politicians. after the shootout, police found this bin

the plan area doesn't include all of grove street around the bart station, and i know this is quite a few blocks away, but that is a very critical part of what makes this transit work, work. so i hope there's some work there. lastly, i'll just points out that linden street here, which we call linden alley, one block over is the blue bottle. we're getting a livable street, whatever you want to call it, and i just urge that as this moves forwards and as the particulars are worked out right here, that that be in consideration. so thanks, and, again, we enthusiastically endorse this project. president miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is jerry street. i live in the south beach neighborhood the san francisco. my wife and i are both have been longtime members of the jazz organization, and the music truly brings joy to our lives, and the outreach programs, the discover jazz series programs, are enriching and have been enriching our lives for sometime. the young man who spoke to you was the drummer one evening in another venue, in another part of the city, and it wa

. >> at hulk and grove, that sound the the automatic -- it helps people cross the street safely. >> nowe have a successful pedestrian signal. >> i push the button, i get an audible message letting me know that i need to wait. when it is safe to cross, not only am i going to get an audible indicator, this button is going to vibrate. so it tells me it is safe. there is the driller sound and this trigger is vibrating. i am not relying on anything but the actual light change, the light cycle built into it. >> it brings san francisco from one of the major cities in the u.s. to what is going to be the lead city in the country. >> city working on all sorts of things. we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights movement, the city has the overall legal obligation to manage and maintain the accessibility and right of way. with regards to the curb ramps, bounded by a groove border, 12-inch wide border. for people with low vision to get the same information. the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt

. >>> the man is described as a 45-year-old man from grove land near yosemite. he is in stable condition at high land hospital this morning. two chp officers were treated for mine injuries. they are promising a thorough investigation after five officers opened fire killing a man they say rushed them with a knife and n each hand. john alston reports. >> the shooting in oakland will come under scrutiny of the bart review committee. >> from what i see, they acted properly. we do know we have some community people that have observed it. i think everything is proper. >> before 9:00 a.m., oakland and bart officers shot and killed a man on 33rd avenue near east 16th street. >> right after that, i heard it. >> it started around the fruit veil bart station when police got a 911 call. man polled down international boulevard. oakland officers joined the chase and tased him but the man kept running. that is when this witness looked outwitted. >> i saw the man walking backwards like this, saying shoot me. shoot me. and none of the police say anything, they were gathered toge

upper 60s to low 70s for monterey and pacific grove.undreds spread throughout the valley. 112 today in palm springs with dry thunderstorms possible. temperatures are nearly 25-30 degrees in los angel than they were earlier in the week. 97 for a high. also the break is or, giants areack in town taking on the mets. warm by san francisco standards, 73 degrees down to 56 and relatively calm. tonight's temperatures will be coole in the north bay valleys with upper 50s but low to mid-50s will spread through the rest of our neighbooods. antioch may hanground 70 degrees. >> some of the bees bay neighborhoods could touch 100 the next two days. around the bay we'll hit the mid-80s and lose about, i'd say 4-7 degrees sunday and about another 4-8 degrees on monday. wanted you to know aids walk san francisco is coming up on sunday july 18th. >> more news for yo, a popur teen clothing store is adding new line to its inventory, maternity wear. forever 21 is known for trendy clothes. three of states have the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country.

upper 60s to low 70s for monterey and pacific grove. hundreds spread throughout the valley. 112 today in palm springs with dry thunderstorms possible. temperatures are nearly 25-30 degrees in los angeles than they were earlier in the week. 97 for a high. also the break is over, giants are back in town taking on the mets. warm by san francisco standards, 73 degrees down to 56 and relatively calm. tonight's temperatures will be coolest in the north bay valleys with upper 50s but low to mid-50s will spread through the rest of our neighborhoods. antioch may hang around 70 degrees. >> some of the bees bay neighborhoods could touch 100 the next two days. around the bay we'll hit the mid-80s and lose about, i'd say 4-7 degrees sunday and about another 4-8 degrees on monday. wanted you to know aids walk san francisco is coming up on sunday july 18th. >> more news for you, a popular teen clothing store is adding new line to its inventory, maternity wear. forever 21 is known for trendy clothes. three of states have the highest teen pregnancy rate

the fillmore and see these great band, the doors, and jimi hendrix, cream, and then go down to the groveo see other music. you could go to the mission district to hear mexican. everywhere i went there was this multi dimensional color and i felt like it was on necessary for me to do just one. like baskin-robbins, i want all the flavors. you cannot just be a mexican play music. there is a lot of beauty in that, but it was not for me. i was born without arms around my heart that wants to embrace everything. palestine's, israelis. japanese, apaches. i am more concentrated with life and love than flags, nationality, religion. that stuff gets in the way. one gets in the way is me, myself, my story. for me, that is why music is liberating. when you hear "imagine" anywhere in the world, people sang the lyrics. as soon as you hear the melody -- same thing with a bob marley song. i grew up taking everything from bob dylan, curtis mayfield, the beatles, smokey robinson. mike alma mater was the streets of san francisco. i would dare to go to school. where i really hung out was at the fillmore. that

williams' mother who lives in grove land said he was upt with the direction the country was going. >> if convict, it' a third strike and he'll be put away for a long time. this is definitely someone that belonged in society because he a dangerous dividual. >> there is no doubt that this man was a deadly mission but exactly who he as after, where he was going might be information in that notebook but investigators aren't saying much about that. terry mcsweeney, "abc news." >>> also in oakland, police are investigating a snip attack, trying to find a person that fired from a high-rise building. they arresd three people on drug charges when someon begin firing from a nearby high-rise building. police called for back-up and s.w.a.t. teams went into the building but they didn' search any individual apartments. officers were looking they would find images of the suspected shooter by visiting the building's surveillance camera om. >> in an effort to see if there was video footage that captured the shooting, that is where w went to first. apparently their video system room of what it containe

it broke out this morning on the 1600 block of hamilton avenue in willow grove. the fire damaged 6 apartments. >> it is something that is hard to witness. >> reporter: but dozens who live in this apartment building witnessed a fire that killed an 8-year-old girl. >> i just started crying. >> reporter: the two had just moved in days ago, they woke to screams coming from an apartment across the pool. >> you can see an orange fire something you would see in a television show coming out the window. >> reporter: six minutes after 911 was called, they found most of the seven people staying in the apartment had made it out. one girl was trapped. she was in the back bedroom. the firemen pulled her out. >> reporter: that girl and other other people were taken to the hospital including one woman who appeared to have fainted in shock and there the little girl was pronounced dead, in a complex where most people knew each other, the news hits hard. this man had just seen her. >> the little girls were going to some kind of an event and they all had little dresses on. >> report

in our midst and will actually increase the version by able to compartmentalize the cultivation and groveflowering. the typically are growing because day return doesn't come as quickly. >> what's in it for the city? city officials say it would be safer because these facilities £yv9ññó. more importantly the middle of the dough for the city. when these four facilities you have to pay an annual fee of more than $200,000 just operate. on top of that the city would reap sales tax which is estimated at more than $3 million a year. in oakland kron 4 news. >> the proposal that would allow the so-called wal-mart marijuana farms to set up shop in oakland the small growers he spoke with one warm said the large farms would put him out of business. >> he's been selling is organically grown marijuana to ñ2h0$ú+fm:7qwst-n4%dev1huxó two years and said the large- scale marijuana farms that be considered would be bad for business >> it would use chemicals that are really proven and the bishop about the quality of the medications are consuming. given a lot of people are 61 things that are safe as possible

there are other great outdoor concerts in san francisco including four more at stern grove on sunday. >>> thanks for watching the bay area. sports sunday coming up next. a hall of fame kind of day as the sports giant was inducted from cooperstown. jeremy lynn has plenty more to talk about tonight as he transitions to life with the warriors and nba. you might be surprised what he has to say coming up on sports sunday. have a good night. >>> almost 40% of our public school's budget is spent on overhead. we need to consolidate management and merge districts to keep more money in or classroom. that's the editorial stand we took last week and you responded. one rallies for reform, repeal prop 13 and make everyone pay their fair share. think about the district where you live, less administration and more dependency on people doing their jobs without so much management oversight. darlene adds, why not go straight to the source. using documents from the library of congress instead of interpretation of facts by textbook companies who have traditionally taken a huge chunk of our education dolla

please tell kron 4 news they've searched williams' home and grove and.ack here your looking at a picture of the williams was in court today he is now facing four counts of pre meditated murder in connection with the shoot out the we have learned he will possibly be facing other charges in connection of trying to go in target this facility. and san francisco teresa kron 4 news. >> thank you to resell we just spoke to the ceo of tied center for his reaction to the news. >> we were dismayed to learn tides' was identified as a ,ñ this fellow was arrested after the shooting out on 580. we don't know this guy from anywhere were shocked. were maze that anybody would target cost were more sad than anything else. were very happy was resolved in the way it was resolved instead of other people being injured. the very hopeful the police officers involved will come through with this find is anything that might of ç very lucky that this was resolved in this way. and >> what producer kimberly sakamoto has a closer look at the typesetter. >> the question is what is tide

they perform at stern grove very often, and having them have preservation hall here in san francisco would be a boost for the city and a boost for culture just generally. also, k-box is closed, as far as as you know? >> k-box is closed. >> is there any way that we know they are closed and are going to stay closed? >> we'll continue to keep an eye on them and watch them, so we'll check in on them from time to time to make sure. >> ok. and lastly, my last comment is in addition to the night life safety summit, we are going to go ahead and follow up, going forward i know commander crenshaw and myself are going to meet and follow up on the safety breakout group. so i just wanted to say that as well. thank you. >> inspector granelli. >> thank you. commissioners, i have a lot of information, so i'll try to keep it brief. first, just as we do every meeting now, the notice of -- three notices of violation were issued recently, one was to majewel for containment of sound, one was cafe kokomo for containment of sound and one was for eddie's cafe because they had a band and no p.o.e. it was a b

>> our groves were planted r 100 years ago.it is called the silver ridge ranch, and it is all spanish olives, extra virgin, less than 0.8% at the city. -- acidity. we offer a house plant, which is a nifty blend of five types of spanish olives, which incorporates this into that. we also offer a tangerine olive oil, a new product, fresh tangerines. you taste possessed from the appeal of the tangerine. -- you taste the zest from the peel. >> emerge very well. excellent. they sell different types of salt here which are a big thing in it killing our world. i have found at home that it makes a big difference the texture of the salt, not word is from -- where it is from. where is this from? >> it is from france, the top layer of of salt, a very fine salt. for every 80 pounds of the great salt, 1 pound of this is made. >> we did not really talk about the clock tower yet. at 230 feet tall, this is built as a replica of of the clock tower in spain. this was electrically i polite. electrically operated? >> correct, but it still can be run

now, cbs 5 has learned tonight that that attacker is attack the grove stands here, cutting and slicing in a fashion that shows he is all too familiar with his sapling victims. >>> reporter: it's normally a tranquil oasis in the bustle of s but since may -- >> i was just appalled. i couldn't believe someone would do something like that. >> reporter: it's a crime scene. it's rooted victims unable to run and unable to fight back. >> pretty, clean. i don't know personally whether it's a hand saw or a power saw. >> reporter: 15 young elm and sycamore trees were the latest victims. shawed to death outside the band concourse in right in front of the de young museum. they had a life expectancy 100 years. the killer knew exactly where to saw at 4" above the ground. >> does that completely kill the chance of the tr -- >> yes, it will die. >> reporter: the band concourse is just the recent killing field. since may, 44 trees inside golden gate park have been cut or girdled. cutting away the bark so the tree can't suck water from the soil. more evidence the attacker knows what they are doing. >> th

on the mccauley's brothers olive grove, dozens of family members, friends, and workers are all pickingolives the centuries-old way--by hand. so you look busy there, sir. >> yes. >> what's your technique? >> i'm just kind of sliding it down, trying not to do too much damage to the tree, you know. i don't want to do too much damage to it. i don't want to put it in shock. we want to show it love so that way, it will do more next year, you know? >> mccauley, a second generation farmer, knows that despite the fun, there's also plenty of hard work ahead. last year, his company produced 1,100 gallons of california olive oil. now, the first rule of harvesting is don't let those olives fall on the ground. >> just like an apple, if you drop an apple on its face, it bruises, and that raises the acidity of your oil. and so, the less bruising, the sooner it gets to the press--so you want to press the same or the next day. that's important. >> sean's parents were almond growers, and he knew that, like them, he would someday make a living working off the land. he skipped college and began looking aro

it, there are other cool outdoor concerts coming up in san francisco, including four more at stern grove at 2:00 p.m. on sundays. >>> it's a super fast race car. and it doesn't use any gas. our business and tech reporter scott budman was there for a little ride-along on that car. >> reporter: it was the gawk of san francisco. locals and tourists all trying to get a glimpse of this. a full-blown sports car that can do 150 miles per hour and it's totally electric. >> it's meant to grab everyone's imagination. >> reporter: and it worked. the car was put together by students from london's imperial college who took us for a drive getting looks everywhere it went. >> it's electric. >> able to reach 60 miles per hour in three seconds, thanks to a 400 horsepower. >> we wanted to show people that electric cars can really be the future. they can be sexy. they can be fast. look fun to drive. so, i mean, that's really what gets people interested. >> the racing green endurance team is driving this car from alaska to argentina to raise awareness about green technology and electric cars. sort of like a

here's a picture of byron williams from a prior arrest the 45 year-old grove glenn california has an extensive criminal history including armed robbery. they tell kron 4 news williams is talking homicide detectives his mother is reportedly said williams was upset because he couldn't get a job because he was a next volunteered kron 4 reports on the shoot out and how police believe william survive the violent confrontation. the the the toyota pickup truck of the oracle with the lips. the chp vehicle with its windows shot out. seal the yellow markers on the freeway, officers tell kron 4 news more than 60 shots were fired at suspect byron williams. after he opened fire. a chp spokesperson tells kron 4 the violent confrontation all started saturday evening and night. officer saw williams driving erratically and weaving through traffic on 580 in oakland your poll bullet of the new appeared they tend to pull over several times is a finely when he did that 20 pulled out a gun and started to shoot. listen as you can hear gunfire in this youtube video posted by witness. officers say the hell o

i lived on langley avenue in chicago, and they were on cottage grove where the streetcar ran up and downhat alley all the time and break bottles up against the wall and stuff like that, you know. hey, i was a little boy, too, you know. i liked to see a coke bottle splatter, you know. so i did it. and so they asked me-- when i went to vee-jay, they asked me, says, "what kind of music is it?" i said, "i don't know, man. i'm just playing it." "well, we don't-- we-- "we don't like-- we don't know what to do with something like that." so i left. tore my little heart down. i mean, i was like, i was 26 years old, and i said, "hmm. okay, i'll go back home." and i had a little old tape recorder. we used to have a wire tape recorder. this is going way back, had wire on it, you know? and i went back, and i said, "i'm gonna make me a tape dub." then the lady across the street sold me a webco disc cutter, used to make 78s. and i didn't have no money, so i took another record that i had found in the alley and went and bought me some lacquer, paint lacquer, you know. and i laid it down flat, and i took

it, there are other cool outdoor concerts coming up in san francisco including four more at stern grovet 2:00 in the afternoon on sunday. >>> good news on the treatment of cancer. promising research is under way at the university of connecticut that soon may make it possible for patients to know if they have cancer even before they have a tumor. lisa carbrook from hartford has that story. >> reporter: joanne marareo is lucky. when she got a breast cancer diagnosis last year it was in the early stages of the disease. >> i think my prognosis is very good. >> reporter: catching cancer early can dramatically improve a patient's prognosis. as a result of the research happening inside this lab, doctors may eventually have the ability to detect various cancers sooner than ever before. >> there is a big interest now in the protein called biomarkers that increase in concentration and blood when people start to get cancer. >> reporter: professor james russelling and his team are studying prostate and oral cancer biomarkers. he says doctors do currently screen for single biomarkers in the blood, b

season this year and just mandarin groves have been growing fantastically some people are also saying making jokes about the heat has now exceeded thirty six or thirty seven degrees the exchange rate between the ruble and the dollar and it's on its way to approaching the exchange rate with the euro so people here are making light of it as much as they can just by often some very uncomfortable and difficult circumstances and my or my colleague peter oliver has told his report some other ways that people have been trying to escape or to deal with but. when temperatures saw everyone has to find their own way to keep cool in the sweltering city summer two brothers in moscow have come up with a plan to beat the heat as well as make a bit of cash on the site and the tolly and boris rent out their apartment in the summer months and set up camp on a small island in the state one kilometer outside of the city center a camp here in one hundred sixty when i was in my second year at school we came here in a car and we saw the place was vacant we bought a boat right away and brought it here it's a

of the internatioational mango tango in indilable here, include mango tango in india, coconut grove in colombia, and saffron escapade in saudi arabia. in london, even dogs get a taste saffron escapade in sa the flavors include a dog saffron escapade in sa the flavors include a dog uck.uit crunch and a sort of obbins has not announced its five n baskin-robbins has not yet announced its five new flavors, but hopefully pork sorbet is not announced its five new flavors, but hopefully pork sorbet is not among them. john berman, abc news, new york. >>> have a delicious night. we'll see you here tomorrow. >>> a sidewalk confrontation over shooting death of a bart passenger. tonight a rally in support of the officer who killed him. >> the suspect in an east bay freeway shootout had enough fire power kill dozens of people. why police believe he was planning to do just that. >> how would you like to live near the country's busiest fire station? some people are noied but it's neighborhood swap. >>> a car dealer is forced to close doors but some of the customers are still out thousands of dollars.

williams' mother who lives in grove land said he was upset with the direction the country was going. >> if convict, it's a third strike and he'll be put away for a long time. this is definitely someone that belonged in society because he a dangerous individual. >> there is no doubt that this man was a deadly mission but exactly who he as after where he was going might be information in that notebook but investigators aren't saying much about that. terry mcsweeney "abc 7 news." >>> also in oakland police are investigating a sniper attack trying to find a person that fired from a high-rise building. they arrested three people on drug charges when someone begin firing from a nearby high-rise building. police called for back-up and s.w.a.t. teams went into the building but they didn't search any individual apartments. officers were looking they would find images of the suspected shooter by visiting the building's surveillance camera room. >> in an effort to see if there was video footage that captured the shooting that is where we went to first. apparently their video system room of what

continuing up grove street to the war memorial opera house, tagging walls and the bill boards.ce arrested donebar gerngs brought her to the psych ward. she bit an officer's hand. >> she bit my hand. >> she faces three counts of felony vandalism. prosecutors added felony charges for moore's incident. and a recent hearing other street artists came to court, tell meeg they wanted to show their disgust. >> the number of black, latino and asian writers i know is huge. they're offended by that symbolism. >> in all, dunbar's graffiti cost more than $10,000. and she's just one person. imagine what the bill would be if you added up all graffiti in addition to impact on the neighborhoods? there is links on katie dunbar her six month life in street art and her trial in a new blog. abc 7 news.com. and update now to another investigation, the man at the center of a real estate fraud scheme appeared before a court today. james mcconville zited for mail, and wire fraud. and prosecutors say he made more than $11 kblinl, ruining the credit of dozens. this morning asking the court to release him

but sea breeze will keep carmel and pa assist i can grove in the mid-60s. cloud cover tonight, a little bit of mist is possible. low to mid 50s in most neighborhoods. napa could be cooler at 48 degrees. accu-weather seven-day forecast, let me get of the way so you can see all seven days, and notice the morning clouds gives way to afternoon sunshine and temperatures will be upper 50s to low 60s. around the bay, 70s and inland, upper 80s to near 90 degrees. >>> chp is on their way to two new accidents. one in san jose, southbound 101 approaching 880 but they are having a hard time finding. an injury has been reported. looks like it just cleared. but the second accident is in san bruno, on the connector to 101. they are sending emergency crews there, as well. better news for an earlier injury accident, it's been cleared. so lakeville road is now open. live camera shots for you, elsewhere, problem free on the east shore freeway. drive times is 19 minutes from the carquinez as you make your way down to the maze. bay bridge toll plaza, friday light. don't forget.

maybe just a few patches closer to monterey bay as we come in tighter now around pacific grove and we are expecting the fog to regroup a bit very late tonight into early tomorrow morning, mainly coast side. look outside right now. we can show you this a couple cameras, san jose, currently 70 degrees in san francisco. just depending on where you are. ocean beach around 60 degrees. look what happens across the bay. san francisco a dramatic rice in temperatures, hottest locations inland in the 90s. the warmest location around 3:00, 100 around the antioch area. we will start the cooling trend tomorrow but it kicks in by tuesday and into wednesday of at least over the next few days. san francisco 64, santa rosa 88, san jose in the lower 08's. livermore topped out at 95. we still had the familiar pattern. hot temperatures inland. breezy for this evening. cooling starts for monday and more fog expected. the marine layer will increase by monday night and tuesday. heating up a good portion of the west and it'll weaken and a weak system from the north and west. that will help increase the on sh

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fort mason, san francisco, conditions temperatures in the lower 60s and the stern grove festival thisr, sunday afternoon, 62 degrees in san francisco. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >>> in the headlines, more than 50 san jose firefighters are being laid off due to budget cuts. one fire station is being closed. but the fire chief reassures residents and says the department will still be there when people call 911 for help. >>> an out-of-control wildfire burned through seven square miles. these are live pictures from southern california. 2,000 homes in the hills around palmdale in northern los angeles county have been evacuated. that fire started yesterday afternoon. the cause is still not known. >>> and there will apparently be no plea deal with democratic new york congressman charles rangel over his alleged violations of congressional ethics. republicans on the house ethics committee say it is too late and house speaker nancy pelosi is resigned that there will be a trial in september. >>> silicon valley may be running on caffeine. the daily beast has a list of the most

meanwhile, looking ahead towards the weekend, 67 on sunday for the stern grove festival. extended forecast does call for the abundance of sunshine each and every day. and with that sunshine, temperatures gradually come down over the weekend. i said gradually. that's the main emphasis. so while you're hot, think about your pets. they get hot also. coming up on eyewitness news at 10 on the c-w and at 11 on c-b-s five. keep those photos coming to cbs5.com. >> thank you. >>> coming up at 10:00 and 11:00, a new salmonella scare. the california company that's recalling its lettuce products and why some consume, say the warning is too little too late. >>> here's what you're find right now on cbs5.com. the search is on for looters after last week's protest in oakland turned violent. take a close look at suspects wanted by police and find continuing coverage of the case on our crime watch page. after more than 85 days, no more oil it going into the gulf. get the latest updates and watch video of the oil well with our live stream coverage. the story is always on cbs5.com. >>> the w

and cbs 5 has learned tonight that that attacker is going through the grove stands here with such precise precision, it suggests he has a lot of experience with his green victims. it's normally a tranquil oasis, cutting a slice of red, yellow and green throughout the bustle of san francisco. but since may -- >> i was just appalled. i couldn't believe someone would do something like that. >> reporter: -- golden gate park has become an arborist's crime scene. its rooted victims unable to run or fight back. >> pretty clean saw, we are not sure -- i don't know personally whether it's a hand saw or a power saw. >> reporter: 15 young elm and sycamore trees were the latest victims, sawed to death outside the band concord right in front of the de young museum. the trees had a life expect ancy of about 100 years. it took the killer just seconds to hack away their lives. a killer who knew exactly where to saw, 4" above the ground. >> at 4", does that completely kill the chance of that tree -- >> yes, it will di. >> reporter: the band concourse is just the recent killing field. since may, 44 trees i

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police say 45-year-old byron williams of grove land begin shooting after they stopped him for a traffic violation. two officers were slightly injured. the gunman was hit by several bullets largely because he was wearing body armor. >> there is no doubt in our mind based on the body armer the amount of ammunition type of west that was in his possession he was on his ato go a serious crime to someone or or a group of people. >> the freeway was shut down much of the day while crime scene investigators used a the reason to remove evidence from a truck including a handgun and shotgun along with a notebook titled california, that the f.b.i. has described as disturbing. >> this morning we're learning more about the gunman's background from his mother. 45-year-old byron williams is an unemployed carpenter that is frustrated not being able to find work after being released from prison after serving time for bank robbery. he gets upset with the political climate going on rants against liberals and the quote left wing agenda. she told us quote he is upset with the direction the country has going.

it's taking place next to the children's discovery museum curator and san francisco stern and grove festival an italian superstar. the last day of the gilroy garlic festival kicks off at 10:00 a.m. and includes a big garlic festival cookoff. kron 4 stop by to taste some of the sticky but delicious food. so we here are my channel for listeners right here at the gilroy garlic festival how does this look. all the judge has to do to get me on his side is offer me some of what he's got. what you have got here? i've got to dock burger appeared the garlic is on the bread and in the leak and a good summer that the bite is set up for you. oh my god i'm the happiest girl ever by the movies and review them for you i don't get this one definitely happy here of the garlic festival. yam, younyum, . thank-you and the guys who made this their volunteers here on the mass but i'm happy that's part of the garlic festival all see you all down here. >> not after that say which. thank stand still to come on kron 4 news weekend the age march is happening are you going to participate,, are you a little far young en

present at a homicide case she describes the suspects that had begun as a man amtrak did richard black groves their fans. i believe that is a city jury here without his video i don't think we should be able to have a suspect description. video is to homicide cases. armed with fidelity itself on the handcuffs the guardian angels have stepped up patrols in oakland since the layoff of 80 police officers reggie kumar tells us that the goal is to present people from breaking the law. >> there on the move, city of criminal activity. armed with own they eight radio cellphone in handcuffs. these dirty in angels volunteers are were richard's black fans read raised their goal is the director people from breaking the law of these men were drinking alcohol in this part as a visitor a gesture of the man left. the guardian angels says they're patrolling of the now that the list of several officers. . we are stepping up for patrols to every day of the week i'm getting help from other places. we even get us to come of your by the city of the lease or rent. we are basically like a new or watched. >> she's a l

who you see here being rushed of the gulf, he's 45 years old white, he lives with his mother in a grove and a california near yosemite. this. a pickup truck the u.s. driving is restored to his mother. the chp says his extensive criminal record. >> depending on the outcome of this recitation he could be facing a third strike. among his rap sheet by research tells me he was convicted of armed craig robbery and sentenced to 11 years in prison. authorities say williams will be a church with attempted murder and could face federal charges. dahlin pop. kron4 news. >> oakland plays aren't searching for suspects after a man was shot and killed last night that happened about 1130 at the intersection of 19th and webster street about an unresponsive man suffering from gunshot ones are the structures were not able to resuscitate him he died at the scene police say they do not have a suspect description. and other bay area news we now know the name of the man killed by police this weekend in oakland, 48 year-old fred. collins. he was shot saturday near the front yard station police say he was armed

commission decisions, they removed the squad's fighter mission but they remain stationed at willow grove, pennsylvania, and will continue to serve our nation. to quote the resolution before us, quote, members of the 111th fighter wing of pennsylvania national guard have served with courage, selflessness and compassion in every war they have been asked to fulfill and have earned the respect and gratitude of the citizens of pennsylvania and of all americans. i appreciate the bipartisan support for resolution 1411 and thank the members of the 111th fighter wing. i have met many of them who currently serve in the 111th fighter wing for their dedication, honor, service and sacrifice to this country. and i yield become. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas. mr. conaway: madam speaker, we have no further speakers. i ask my colleagues to support this resolution, honoring the 111th fighter wing pennsylvania air national guard. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gen

host: next is a call from cedar grove, north carolina. this is dan on the democrats' line. caller: i am just a dumb, old country editor with 50 years of experience. the honest reality is there will never be kidded treform. to me, basically the idea is to get this thing down where there is a limit on how much can be spent by all parties for everything, soft money, tax, everybody. there is a limit to the congressional district on how much can be spent. a limit that cacan be spent for the presidential elections. and the same thing for all of the state elections. as long as money is a factor, you will never have honest politics. i came out of a state where all but one of the supreme court justices went to prison for corruption. as long as you have money involved and money is a factor, you will have corruption. host: one of your states congressman is co-sponsor of this alexians legislation we have been talking about. the provision of the bill is that has to be small donations and has to come from the district in which to surge. do you think those are important aspects of any ref

interesting case to watch likely justice kagan in is the case of snyder versus phelps, involving the west groveaptist church, a church that expresses its phase by picketing funerals of fallen service members with bogor placards -- vulgar to america tolerance of gayath rights, basically, and posting online the vicious attacks on the parents of the debt service members. the fourth circuit court found that the church had a right to do that, and that is now on appeal to the supreme court. elena kagan at several points during the confirmation hearing criticized at one point or when the supreme court created a very high standard for libel suits by public figures. she said at several points that she thought perhaps that standard was too high. it was that case which informed the fourth circuit decision in snyder versus phelps, so i think it would be interesting to see what her interest is in speech and press cases and how she draws the balance in the future and whether she draws it in a different place than justice stevens might have. you take that into account as in citizens united, which for most of

host: moving on to grove, independent caller from new york. you are on the with ruth goldway, chairman of the polls the regulatory i have three products i would like to touch base with. first of all, you really cannot at this point and time consider the post office a monopoly when you have fedex and ups, and i would say 90% of my correspondents on the internet, so they have a lot of competition. it's very difficult for them. number two -- unneeded offices. i live at the border of new york and new jersey, and within a 12 mile strip going north, there are seveseven post offices, many of which serve towns with -- this is right in the new york area -- with less than 1000 people. they could be consolidated into two, at the most, three. in my town of less than 1000, i do not even get home delivery. i have to go to the post office every day. no. 3, i think five-day-a week postal service would be fine. why does it have to be the saturday that you cut out? >> those are very good questions, and i appreciate that. it is certainly true that there are opti

host: next is a call from cedar grove, north carolina. this is dan on the democrats' line. caller: i am just a dumb, old country editor with 50 ars of experience. the honest reality is there will never be kidded treform. to me, basically thedea is to get this thing down where there is a limit on how much can be spent by all parties for everything, soft money, tax, everybody. there is a limit to the congressional district on how much can be spent. a limit that cacan be spent for the presidential elections. and the same thing for all of the state elections. as long as money is a factor, you will never havhonest politics. i came out of a state where all but one of the supreme court justices went to prison for corruption. as long as you have money involved and moy is a factor, you will have corruption. >> i have personnel announcements to make. first is to make a happy birthday. today i am pleased to announce that i recommended to the president. that he'd nominate general james madison \ e. he is an outstanding combat leader and strategic thinker. bringing a central mix of expe