just a question about the gang homicides. what's the clearance rate on the gang homicides? if you know. my presumption is unfortunately less. >> well, but some of these 19 are in fact gang homicides. and we've been successful. slaught slaught i understand -- commissioner slaughter: i understand we have seven gang homicides this year and 9-19 that have been cleared. of those 9 that are cleared, are some of those gang homicides? >> yes. commissioner slaughter: and do you know if our rates of clearing gang homicides are higher than, less than our overall rate? >> i don't understand the question. commissioner slaughter: i want to figure out, are we solving gang homicides at the same rate at which we are solving homicides as a whole? >> i would have to say gang homicides are more difficult to solve. that's partly because winds are afraid to come forward and assist our investigators. but i will say since january of this year, and real say since j this year, and really since the latter part of last year are year -- year, i've seen that turn around a little bit, and that's comforti

i think it is important to say of the 19 homicides we've had in san francisco this year to date, homicide investigators along with the police officers of our department have solved 16-19. i have included -- vice president marshall: do you think it has the clearance rate -- do you think the clearance rate has anything to do with work be -- being moved out to the district station? y think some of it could be. we work collaboratively with other investigative units within the department, and i think because of that collaboration we're able to develop information more quickly and it's leading to the arrest. i can't stress the amount of work that my investigators do in homicide. they catch a case. as many of you, i am sure know, oftentimes, they go and they work on just a couple hours sleep every day. i'm really, really proud of them. i think it is a combination of all of that, commissioner, that is cleaning to just these incredible clearance rates. vice president marshall: we can't say -- >> we can say it has helped. a lot of the credit is due to lee as well as david lazar. the homicide invest

days after the homicide, a homicide victims funeral was scheduled. the victim of wasa soreno, and a funeral home was in norteno turf, as was the church but and cemetery. we cooperated with the community and they arranged for transportation of the srenos into the norteno turf for the wake, the next day for the funeral. the community workers stayed out. we provided a heavy presence and the was no violence. it was a volatile situation. i mentioned the shooting at 24th and harrison on march 2. the victim was rushed to the emergency room of the general hospital. there was a large group of nortenos, very angry because this fellow had been shot. if you hours later, a soreno gang member was shot. he was coming to general hospital. we anticipated this was not

days after the homicide, a homicide victims funeral was scheduled. the victim of wasa soreno, and a funeral home was in norteno turf, as was the church but and cemetery. we cooperated with the community and they arranged for transportation of the srenos into the norteno turf for the wake, the next day for the funeral. the community workers stayed out. we provided a heavy presence and the was no violence. it was a volatile situation. i mentioned the shooting at 24th and harrison on march 2. the victim was rushed to the emergency room of the general hospital. there was a large group of nortenos, very angry because this fellow had been shot. if you hours later, a soreno gang member was shot. he was coming to general hospital. we anticipated this was not good, a bunch of angry nortenos already there, with angry sorenos coming in. because of our communication, we give them a heads up. the immediate responded to general hospital with their workers and was no violence at the hospital. there was a big potential for that. i think these are three great example

i think it is important to say of the 19 homicides we've had in san francisco this year to date, homicide investigators along with the police officers of our department have solved 16-19. i have included -- vice president marshall: do you think it has the clearance rate -- do you think the clearance rate has anything to do with work be -- being moved out to the district station? y think some of it could be. we work coll

we have had one homicide so far this year, and we had one homicide up to this point in 2010. we're hoping to keep it at one. last year we wound up with six homicides, and that was too many. we're going to try to keep it at one this year. last year at this time, there were five rapes in the mission district. we have had three so far. robberies are slightly up from last year. last year we had 122 robberies. in the same time frame this year we have had 123. on aggravated assaults, last year we had 132. this year we have 112. we are down. and last year's total, 260 violent crimes. this year we have to utter 39. we're down overall, and we are down in every category except homicides, where we are tied, and we are one over on robberies. as you can see, we have an 8% reduction this year as opposed to last year for the same time frame in violent crimes. property crimes, the same reporting period, last year we had 98 burglaries. this year we have had 56. we're very happy with those statistics. automobile theft, last year 96. this year 90. the one area we are concerned about, as mention

the department says the homicides are unrelated. reporting live in concord, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and this comes as jade said it's concord's second homicide in two days. a 20-year-old man was fatally stabbed in a concord parking lot outside a fast food restaurant on sunday. police say the 19-year-old stabbed richard in the heart during an argument at the shopping center sunday afternoon. he's being held in the contra costa county jail. >>> time now 4:32. four teenagers are under arrest this morning and one facing murder charges in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy in san francisco. the boy was found about 4:30 sunday morning near rankin street. police identified him as 16- year-old andy. they haven't said how he died or commented on a motive. three other teens facing charges of attempted arson. police say a fifth teenage boy still hasn't been caught. >>> we expect to learn more today about a nevada man who is suspected of four killings around northern california including in marin. 77-year-old in the

there... there's no way i can say that that is a homicide. there's no way of telling how, why this man died. >> bergman: but last year, an extraordinary federal probe found that the death of henry glover was in fact a homicide, and a new orleans police officer has now been convicted in the killing of henry glover. as a result, some in the community perceive that law enforcement has a greater influence over, let's say, the determination of the classification of death? >> to that i say, bull-( bleep ). the police has nothing to do with my classification. and we have had battles with the police and the district attorney, and we always come out on the palace of truth. you've got to keep that in the back of your mind-- palace of truth. the point is, the truth is what we peddle. the truth is what we peddle, and we don't care who wins and who loses. >> bergman: but we have found new cases that reveal cracks in coroner minyard's palace of truth, like the case of cayne miceli. on the morning of january 4, 2009, here at tulane medical center, 43-year-o

= 20 homicide for the entire senate. right now, san jose has more than a 30 for the entire-a city. it--san jose was known as the safest city in america. in the san jose, rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >>pam: not one single factor is to blame in the recent spike. and assistant chief. >> difficult to speculate. we've had extraordinary circumstances with a triple homicide that appears to be drug related. in the channel, it is a pretty even mixture. five of those homicides happening gang- related and two of those seven domestic rivals related. and that triple homicide the dimension is drug-related. it is across the board. it does not seem to be attributable to just one particular characteristic or circumstance. it is difficult to say at this point. >>pam: the chief says that despite the rising number its telesphere mo salsa has your homicide---the association warns that this is certainly going to get worse in the san jose--if there are more police department layoffs. >>pam: of vallejo police have arrested a council or 43 year ol

it's now a homicide investigation. what's happening now after a body was found inside a concord home. we're live on the scene with the latest. >>> and a frightening new description this morning from the japan nuclear disaster and just how bad it really is. >>> a live look at the estuary. plenty of sunshine. off to a colder start this morning. current conditions coming up. >>> good morning. i'm jade hernandez. new details about a concord homicide investigation. more on that coming up. >>> also this morning police are accusing this man of four murd

a homicide investigation is underway. police found the body inside of a home on bedford road near lexington road. ktvu's jade hernandez is there now. and, jade, i understand there's new information, right? >> reporter: well, dave, we do have new information at this hour. we can tell you that concord is investigating this as a homicide investigation. they have the yellow crime tape up around the home where this homicide happened last night. now concord police told us that this involved one victim. but we've just witnessed two bodies being loaded up into the medical examiner's van. as i mentioned earlier, police are not looking for any suspects this morning. but they did tell us this was a homicide investigation. we have now just learned two bodies have been loaded up into the medical examiner's van. this is the latest that we know at this hour. concord police went door to door to every home on this block. they asked neighbors what they saw and heard. and within the past hour as i mentioned, the medical examiner has arrived

one- third of those homicides are gang-related.s kron4 reports the man whose job it is to fight gangs says the city's budget woes could make things worse. >> reporter: homicides alone are no measure of whether gang violence is on the increase. in 2010, there were six gang-related homicides. one more than the five that had so far this year. the head of the mayor's gang prevention task force worries that layoffs and budget cuts could not come at a worse time. >> as resources does manage, the unintended byproduct will be less safety more violence. >> reporter: some two-thirds of his staff received layoff notices. that means your case brokers. and if your investigators. -- case workers. >> when they start diminishing, you will see more violence? i really hope not. but all trends would indicate yes. >> reporter: it's not just about the possible layoffs, it is also about the budget cuts. it could have a huge impact on the community centers. they very often provide kids with a place to go, things to do. >> pam: don't miss kron4 is exclusi

it's the second homicide scene in as many days.bays marla tellez outside the home with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. here is what we know so far. the call came into concord police about 8:30 last night. they were called to bedford road, where we are near market and clayton. two people were found dead inside this home. it was a much more active scene earlier this morning. it is still taped off with crime scene tape. the coroners left about 30 minutes ago. police say one of the people found dead is a suspect in a salano county homicide. there are no outstanding suspects in this case, but police are not confirming it is a murder suicide. neighbors they will me a woman maybe in her 60s lives here with her son, his girlfriend and a grandchild. they saw the woman leave last night after the police arrived. another neighbor tells me police had been to her home before, but this is still not expected. is this a surprise? >> yeah, it's shocking to me. it's weird how this all happened so fast. >> reporter: now thi

yet the number of homicide detectives has dropped from 14 last year to just nine this year. so where do these much needed investigators go? >> some of our sergeants gets sent to patrol. >> reporter: leaving detectives like sergeant jones with heavy case loads. he is currently investigating more than 40 murders. >> is that a lot? yes. >> does that worry you? >> definitely. >> idealy in a picture perfect world no investigators would take more than five homicides a year. that would be the federal standard. >> reporter: under federal standards oakland should have 20 homicide detectives instead of nine. so we ask the assistant chief if more are on the way. >> is that likely? >> that's what i would have to take up with seat manager and the mayor city manager. >> i believe the chief will be organizing the department. >> reporter: into what she describes as less specialized cops but hiring more officers is out of the question. >> if i had to cut all of my parks and libraries an give them the other 15% of the budget i actually thing time would gel up because part of reducing crime is

are we exploding to the up-side in homicides? and two, on the data here, it is not clear what it said in terms of the number of solved homicides. maybe the clearance rate is the solving rate. i don't know. two, the data related to gangs doesn't seem consistent with what is taking place in the media. you only have one latin gang member that shot somebody? we have a trial going on just monday, multiple murders over the past decade. i'm asking these queezeques. i don't know. -- i'm asking these questions, i don't know. i think on the future agenda on a monthly basis, there should be a discussion about the murder rate solved and unsolved in the city and county of san francisco. so we know about it. >> i know one of the ride rs -- i know one of the authors watches these programs and seems to come up with a great article. maybe he can come up with the solve rate. i know one of the speakers that spoke said there was a shortage of investigators? 12 vs. 16? don't quote me on that. that we don't have enough police investigators. that with

a nan accused of four homicides. joseph naso. he's 77 years old. he's being held on the marin -- in the marin county jail with no bail. his crimes are cold cases dating back to 1977. this morning, the team of investigators released just a few more details about naso's arrest. police say naso's arrest came at the el dorado county jail monday. he had been in the jail prior to this recent arrest. they would not say why he served time there. according to a published report he was on probation for a grocery store robbery. a probation officer made a random visit and found him to be in possession of firearms. that's a violation of his probation. they would not say what evidence they found but it did crack the case. >> during that arrest investigators found items by mr. naso that imcoy lited came -- implicated him inable -- multiple murders of women. >> reporter: roxanne, tracy, from yuba county. the d.a. is trying the case under a law that will combine prosecutions with the consent other jurisdictions. the d.a. will charge him with special circumstances,

of course, the homicide rate is only one measure of violence. i talk about all kinds of different things in the book. and in part, that's the point. to sort of look at under currents of violence in american life to look at what i call the ethoughts of violence in american culture and american society. and accordingly, i spend time in the book in the first chapter looking at violence as a male phenomenon. violence is predominantly something done by men to other men to women, to children as well. and so i wanted to look at the violence of american masculinity, how masculinity is constructed in the united states, and to look at how boys are socialized into becoming men in this nation. and i found that in part there are ways in which violence has sort of built into that process. talk about that in the first chapter, the second chapter of the book is entitled tell violence, and it deals with violence in the media, violence on television, violence in movies, hollywood violence, and it's no surprise to you to hear that there's a lot of violence in all

i am certain that many of this year's homicides are gang-related.s we mentioned earlier in the air filing crimes are down almost hundred officers from 2003. if all this now were " the city negotiations were looking at losing another to hundred and 32 bodies. at one. i think we are currently fifth, if costs we will lose that. in their words. >> justine: police also pointed out that san jose still as one of the lowest homicide rates of all large american cities. >> on national news, new case for climate change is headed to the supreme court if the arguments are based on whether courts or the environment protection agency has the authority to order utilities to cut their carbon emissions. the u.s. car and a vanity has pledged to buy $1 billion in support to california solar power plant. expected to trade more than 1000 jobs. it will be located in riverside and will include and a mile transmission line. apple is suing samsung saying that that says carrying country that sea- land smart phones and computers copy apple's popular ipad and iphone. in a lawsu

this just came up because of the rising homicide rate issue. we normally try to get to all of the districts. i note the meeting is publicized through the commission office and through the district. the district captain himself. all right, no further public comment on that item? commissioner kingsley: just throwing this out to the last speaker, sir? if you have any specific suggestions of what you think effective outreach is on the part of the commission to get the message out, we are open to any suggestions you have that are specific on that point. to the lieutenant would be terrific. thank you. vice president marshall: all right, a public comment on that is closed. item number six. secretary lt. falvey: did you want to item number four? a discussion review status of the commission's priority list and possible action to repriori tize itee -- items. vice president marshall: commissioner, this is your baby. commissioner: this is on the work we did at the retreat. lt. falvey has the criteria for setting priorities and the priorities that we establ

the firearms homicide rate is 16 times higher for american children. as alarming as such numbers may be, the united states' homicide rate involving -- it is the united states' homicide rate involving handguns that makes the united states stand apart internationally. in 1996, for example, handguns were used to murder 0 people in -- 30 people in great britain, 106 in canada, 15 in japan and 9,390 in the united states. the cdc, the center for disease control, reports the rate of firearms death -- that is the number of americans shot to death per 100,000 -- as hovering between 8.8 and 9.2 for white americans during the period 2000 to 2005, between 7.5 and 7.8 for hispanic or latino americans and between 18.4 and 19.3 for african-americans. such statistics suggest that there is something unique and frightening happening in the united states. and, of course, the homicide rate is only one measure of violence, and i talk about all kinds of different things in this book. and in part that's the point, to sort of look at undercurrents of violence in american life

s office said all the homicides occurred late '70s and mid 90s., he was in jail for probation violation stemming from an arrest from a shop lifting from a grocery store. a visit from his probation officer turned up weapons. they were seized at the house but what question did role did they play. there will be duel news conferences, one in san rafael and one up in reno. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> checking other top stories, alaska about to have the country's first and most ambitious standard for renewable energy. brown is expected to sign a bill that would require one-third of power from utility comes from solar cells or windmills or other alternative sources within ten years. >> what say you? >> mostly sunny and patchy clouds but temperatures a lot like yesterday, throw mid-50s and breezy 50s along the coast. clouds will gather tonight and patchy drizzle, temperatures not as cool, 41 in santa rosa. most of us in mid to upper 40s. that cold front brings us a chance of some measurable rain, scattered to light rain mainly in the north bay and

homicides have been cut in half since 2009. >> he put a lot of cops and things on the street here. they did a lot of walking in the area. they were okay. i appreciate that. >> reporter: among some residents, greg suhr's tenure seemed heavy handed. >> you got people running around here shooting people. >> reporter: greg suhr's term as chief could be short. they elect a new mayor in november and it's the mayor that selects the police chief. >>> one of those praising the selection is jeff. >> greg suhr is somebody who understands that it pays to play by the book. and that if there is problems better reflects on the good police officers. >> he said he plans to meet with greg suhr to discuss what steps the department will take. >>> we have a developing story in oakland. the intersection of 55 and foot hill is blocked off because of police activity. these are live pictures over the scene in east oakland. police say an argument started outside of a funeral this afternoon. that argument escalated into a physical fight. and we are told one of the participants was hit by a car. there are no

united states homicide rate in evolving -- it is the united states homicide rate involving handguns that makes the united states stand apart internationally. in 1996 handguns were used to monitor--murder 30 people in great britain, 106 in canada. fifteen in japan and 9,390 in the united states. the center for disease control reports the rate of firearm deaths, the number of americans shot to death as hovering between 8.8 and 9.2 for white americans from 2000 to 2005. between 7.5, and seven.8 for hispanic or latino americans and between 18.4, and nineteen.3 for african-americans. such statistics suggest there is something unique and frightening happening in the united states. the homicide rate is only one measure of violence. talk about all kinds of different things in this book. the undercurrent of violence in american life to look at what i call b ecoterrorists of violence in american culture and american society. accordingly i spend time in the book in the first chapter looking at violence as a male phenomena. it is predominantly something done by men to other men the additional to wom

police say one-third of those homicides are gang- related.ity budget rows could make matters worse. >> reporter: police, gang experts believe that gang violence is not indicated by filing times. in 2010, six of gang-related homicides for the year, one more than the five we've had so far this year. the head of the mayor's gang prevention task force wants that layoffs, but in cuts could not come at a worse time. >> as resources diminish, the unintended byproduct is likely to be less of a safety net, more violence. >> reporter: two-thirds of his staff have received layoff notices. your investigators like those who help solve the killing of a young san jose boy. >> when resources diminish, will we see more violence? i really hope not. all trends would indicate we probably will. >> reporter: the layoffs could also heard gang prevention. >> an increase in violent crime activity. we're not able to put as many behind bars. >> reporter: is not just about the possible layoffs, it is also about the budget cuts would teach says could have a huge impact o

>> reporter: -- reduce the homicide rate by 50%. >> by who? >> reporter: the fact are the rate has reduced under him. >> hey it went down a little bit under newsom and went back up and he was the worst mayor we have ever had because he is on top of taking over this community. they want the land! >> reporter: there are some i talked to who still wonder whether an outside candidate should have been brought in given the kind of troubles suhr found himself in the past. but that debate is over. the folks at city hall say they will be watching him carefully especially when it comes to how his officers are treated when there is trouble to make sure they don't get preferential treatment. live in san francisco, joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> and coming up tonight at 6:00, phil matier is going to sit down with one-on-one interview with the new police chief. his plan to combat crime with fewer cops city wide. that's at 6:00. >>> i'm juliette goodrich life at uc-berkeley. one sport still hanging in the balance. coming up the last-minute scram to believe get it b

one of the individuals is a suspect in a homicide. also interesting, police say there are no outstanding suspects for these two deaths. one could speculate it is a murder-suicide but it's not confirmed. the officer on duty says they are waiting for the coroner to arrive. it's expected to happen in 30 minutes or so. this follows concord's first homicide of the year that happened on sunday. 19-year-old joshua cardone is in jail for stabbing a person to death at a shopping center. this happened sunday afternoon, just a day before. it is not related to this case here. still worth noting, three people have been killed in concord in just two days. i may be mistaken, but this could be the coroner who just arrived live on scene during the report. i'll check with police to get the latest information and bring it to you in the next live report. for now, we are live in concord. >> thanks. we'll check back later on. >>> a 16-year-old san francisco boy is found dead. a murder and arson investigation are under way. san francisco police are searchin

we begin with new information on a homicide this morning in oakland. a body was found on the side of busy international boulevard at 80th avenue right in front of several businesses. new at noon, ktvu learned that surveillance tape from one of those businesses may help police. ktvu's tara moriarty has exclusive copy of the tape and new details on the investigation. tara? >> reporter: police say this is where the body of 21-year-old dawan taylor was found. if you take a look over here, those are surveillance cameras right there on the corner of the fast food place and they may bring police one step closer to his killer. let's take an exclusive look at video that may help police. you see a man walk through. taylor's family has seen this video and they identify him as dawan. and you see a car pull up next to the man. it appears there is some sort of conversation, argument programs and then the driver jumps back into the car. it appears that taylor suffered several gunshot wounds. they won't know for sure until the coroner reports. they say it was a possib

it would also include rape, aggravated robbery, homicid. we will look at some of the data in a second. when we discussed this hearing with organizers, we decided we would not drill down super deep into anything because this was sort of a clearing house. to illustrate the amount of data and the types of things captured in the barometer, i have a handful of slides. supervisor avalos: it is also important for the public to know that this exists and is pretty easy to find under website. >> i have five or six slides to show you what we are capturing here. this is just data through december. as i mentioned before, we have a public data set that has these figures dating back to 2008. this is the turn of the new patient wait time. a fair amount of variability. some of the explanatory factors are clinic's opening and closing for renovation, try to add some new staff, nurse advised line, increases in enrollment around help the san francisco -- healthy san francisco. some of the driving factors, we are holding steady, around the end of 2009. muni is p