police chief howard jordan will ask the city council to impose a curfew to keep kids off the street but not everyone agrees, lyanne melendez has started to. >> violent crimes are up 20% in oakland and police chief howard jordan unbeknownst has to be done and likes the idea of a curfew. so does oakland's council president. he wasn't available but chief of staff that he was behind a similar proposal last year. >> the shootings and homicides that our young people are involved in are either victims or suspects, they are taking place during these hours, peak hours, 10:00 p.m. >> it didn't have the momentum that the chief hoped he had. they are hoping to put publish on the city council. this oakland resident says she would support a curfew. >> parents don't have any control, if it's in the kids' minds, it happens. >> the details of a curfew have not been hammered out. that is why the mayor jean quan is waiting to see the entire plan but councilmember says she won't supported a curfew. >> when you don't have a real strategy you come up with gimmicks to make it look like you are doing something

chief howard jordan is telling "the chronicle" he wants to bring the idea back, get it on board, that's why -- >> why? >> reporter: you don't think if will help the crime? >> no. >> reporter: what do you think should be done? >> i don't know. i couldn't tell you. i re-- i really couldn't. i don't know. >> i was born here. we've never had a curfew. >> reporter: do you think it would help? >> no. >> reporter: now, this curfew idea just the latest idea. the chief told "the chronicle" he's hoping for some type of public/private partnership. no hard, fast proposal on the table. as he works on the ordy nabs, it row maynes to be -- ordinance it remains to be scene. but i wants it passed by the end of the year. back to you. >> thank you. >>> oakland mayor quan is distancing herself from the article that statement were out to get her. she says these were orchestrated by police to make her look bad. however, mayor quan said the "times" reporter tried to put records in her mouth and she had no intention of criticizing police. >>> a man is in the hospital after being hit by an elderly drive at the

. >>> with the crime rate soaring howard jordan is asking city leaders to approve a youth curfew by thend of the year. there has been a 20% increase in violent crimes so far in 2012 compared to a year ago. and crimes by teenagers under 18 are rising with it. the city council rejected a similar curfew proposal last year. at least one lawmaker tells abc news she is ready to say no again. >> when you don't have a real strategy you come up with gimmicks to make it look as if you are doing something. >> details of this new curfew plan have not been released. oakland mayor gene quan says she will not comment until she

now once again the police chief now howard jordan is saying a curfew may be the apps to solving that crime problem. but this is still new. he is still working. according to the chronicle he is thinking about public, private partnership. possibly with a nonprofit to deal with anyone that might be after curfew hours. still very early if this latest installment. obviously one of the things they are looking at as a possible solution to the rising crime problem in oakland. claudine wong channel 2 news. >>> oakland church is missing its bell this morning. st. john church is at 19th and market street. a parishioner said someone stole the church bell on wednesday. the bell weighs more than 1500 pounds. >>> a pedestrian was seriously hurt at a san leandro part station after being hit by a car driven by an elderly driver. the car being driven by an 80- year-old driver smashed through a hedge, ran across a bus zone, and then hit a 63-year-old man. the car also crashed head on into another car. all this happened at 5:45 last night. the elderly driver was treated for nonlife threatening injuries.

police chief howard jordan knows something has to be done and like the idea of curfew. so does oakland council president. he wasn't available today but his chief of staff says he was behind a similar proposal last year. >> the shootings and homicides that our young people involved in as either victim or suspect are taking place during these hours. peak hours in the evening 10:00 p.m. >>reporter: last year proposal did not the have the momentum chief jordan hopes his will have. he's counting on the community to put pressure on the city council. this oakland resident says she would support a curfew. >> parents don't have any control on what their children do once they leave the door. in their mind to did something regardless of the time, it's going to happen. >>reporter: details of a occur if you not been hammered out. that's why mayor kwan said today she's waiting to see the chief entire plan. but council member brook says she won't support a curfew. >> when you don't have a real strategy you come up with gimmick to make it look as if you are doing something. >>reporter:

>>haaziq: oakland's top cop, howard jordan, wants to establish a juvenile curfew in an effort to reduce violent crime. fiske said that, city council member larry reed says that left serious he drafted last year's curfew ordinance in the wake of the drive-by shooting death of a three year old. the idea was supported by then police chief anthony batts that reed says he did not have the backing of some key city council members on the public safety committee including now mayor jean quan. the mayor released this grey mare regarding record he's saying in part, i commend and support chief gordon for exploring all avenues to reduce violent crime in oakland, especially for our youth. he and i will work closely to involve the community and come up with a proposal that will be successful. tsk >>vicki: neighborhood in san bruno has seen major changes since the explosion, we have a look at some amazing before and after imagery. offs set faugh >> new grass has sprouted leaving only the vague outline of houses. you can also see a blue tarp covering homesteader being renovated. the side of the explosi

. >>> in recent media interviews oakland police chief howard jordan refloated the idea of an overnight curfew for minors a similar proposal was considered but not enacted in october last year. now jordan says it wants to see a curfew approved before the end of this year. brad jackson thinks a curfew a good idea. >>> the violence and oakland is ridiculous. this will eliminate some violence that happens in the street >>> i don't believe that is the right intervention for the city >>> the executive director of oakland's youth uprising is not convinced she says most of the youth violence does not happen during the over nine hours a curfew runs the risk of day running a fragile relationship between police and young people. >>> the young people who are subject to this our young people of color that looks like were targeting people of color. that we are profiling that is not our intent. >>> you may remember this issue came up last year and a divided city council table the idea of a youth curfew the chief jordan says he believes the effort to get this done before the end of the year. mark sayr

. >>> with the crime rate soaring, oakland police chief howard jordan asked city leaders to approve a youth curfew by the end of the year. there has been a 20% increase in violent crime in 2012 compared to a year ago. the city council rejected a similar curfew proposal last year, and at least one lawmaker tells abc7 news she is ready to say no again. >> when you don't have a real strategy you come up with gimmicks to make it look as if you are doing something. >> details of the new plan have not been released yet. oakland mayor gene quan says she won't comment until she sees them. the plan rejected last year had a curfew of 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for anyone under the age of 18. >>> marin county police are looking for three men wanted for robbery a jewelry store at gun point. the shop's owner suffered minor injuries when they stormed julie anna's fine jewelry at the mall. one robber was armed with a semiautomatic pistol and another used a tire iron to smash jewelry cases. there is no word what they got away with. they were last seen speeding north in a black dodge charger with blue pa

. >>> with the crime rate soaring, oakland police chief howard jordan asked city leaders to approve a youth curfew by the end of the year. there has been a 20% increase in violent crime in 2012 compared to a year ago. the city council rejected a similar curfew proposal last year, and at least one lawmaker tells abc7 news she is ready to say no again. >> when you don't have a real strategy you come up with gimmicks to make it look as if you are doing something. >> details of the new plan have not been released yet. oakland mayor gene quan says she won't comment until she sees them. the plan rejected last year had a curfew of 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for anyone under the age of 18. >>> marin county police are looking for three men wanted for robbery a jewelry store at gun point. the shop's owner suffered minor injuries when they stormed julie anna's fine jewelry at the mall. one robber was armed with a semiautomatic pistol and another used a tire iron to smash jewelry cases. there is no word what they got away with. they were last seen speeding north in a black dodge charger with blue pa

chief howard jordan believes these citizens can actually help prevent the spread of violence. >> we can't be every place all the time. so we have 45 extra eye ins this community that the i hope will help us to reduce crime in oakland. >>reporter: oakland china town considered a model of how the program graduate have helped to reduce crime significantly. volunteers in yellow shirt patrol the streets and businesses have chipped in to mount surveillance camera all over china town. >> when they see something wrong they have the cell phone or beat officer letting the officer know what they see that bothers them. >>reporter: citizens police academy is also changing attitudes. >> in the past years ago the police the they were sort of heavy handed. >>reporter: charles hill believes oakland is hiring and training more professional officers. >> really focusing on making sure that they have the rate type officers here. that can interact with all races and creed and color of people. >>reporter: now sentences are encouraged to take more active role. >> so i want to challenge the department and the ele

chief howard jordan believes these citizens can actually help prevent the spread of violence. >> we can't we have 45 extra eye ins this community that the i hope will help us to reduce crime in oakland. >>reporter: oakland china town considered a model of how the program graduate have helped to reduce crime significantly. volunteers in yellow shirt patrol the streets and businesses have chipped in to mount surveillance camera all over china town. >> when they see something wrong they have the cell phone or beat officer letting the officer know what they see that bothers them. >>reporter: citizens police academy is also changing attitudes. >> in the past years ago the police the they were sort of heavy handed. >>reporter: charles hill believes oakland is hiring and training more professional officers. >> reaing on making sure that they have the rate type officers here. that can interact with all races and creed and color of people. >>reporter: now sentences are encouraged to take more active role. >> so i want to challenge the department and the elected leadership here tonight to try to th

chief howard jordan believes these citizens can actually help prevent the spread of violence. >> we can'te every place all the time. so we have 45 extra eye ins this community that the i hope will help us to reduce crime in oakland. >>reporter: oakland china town considered a model of how the program graduate have helped to reduce crime significantly. volunteers in yellow shirt patrol the streets and businesses have chipped in to mount surveillance camera all over china town. >> when they see something wrong they have the cell phone or beat officer letting the officer know what they see that bothers them. >>reporter: citizens police academy is also changing attitudes. >> in the past years ago the police the they were sort of heavy handed. >>reporter: charles hill believes oakland is hiring and training more professional officers. >> really focusing on making sure that they have the rate type officers here. that can interact with all races and creed and color of people. >>reporter: now sentences are encouraged to take more active role. >> so i want to challenge the department and the elect

. >>> with the crime rate soaring, oakland police chief howard jordan asked city leaders to approve a youth curfew by the end of the year. there has been a 20% increase in violent crime in 2012 ago.ar. the city council rejected a similar curfew proposal last ye one least one lawmaker tells abc7 news she is ready to say no again. >> when you don't have a real strategy you come up with gimmicks to make it look as if you are doing something. >> details of the new plan have not been released yet. oakland mayor gene quan says she won't comment until she sees them. the plan rejected last year had a curfew of 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for anyone under the age of 18. >>> marin county police are looking for three men wanted for robbery a jewelry store at gun point. the shop's owner suffered minor injuries when they stormed julie anna's fine jewelry at the mall. one robber was armed with a semiautomatic pistol and another used a tire iron to smash jewelry cases. there is no word what they got away with. they were last seen speeding north in a black dodge charger with blue paper license plates. >>

. >> the institution has some bad people and i think that the police under howard jordan have made tremendous progress. >> the document critized the way in which it dealt with outside demonstrators and officer involved shootings and cites defaced pictures of the district judge the man overseeing the reforms. and the other of mayor quan. they are race yist insulting and inappropriate. >> racism, you can change the wall and change the institution is supposed to work, but you have to change people's hearts and culture. >> the scrutiny the department is over stems from the arrest of the oakland police officers known as riders. nine years later critics say several key changes are yet to be made. >> it is oakland the problem and not crime and other factors which frankly other departments dealt with. he is demanding more be done faster. the federal take over may have unintended consequences. >> the police department could change and they would have no control over the policing in their city . >> the next step a motion to be filed requesting that power be taken from the oakland police department. >>

chief howard jordan told reporters cause of the problem was a cooling system that broke down.

that is howard jordan right there.e left the job last october after conflicts with mayor jean quan. he starts in baltimore on september 27. >>> bart police are crediting the swept action of a -- swept action of a worker. he noticed the man trying to use a credit card with a woman's name on it. the worker immediately called police. police identified the man as derek pits. police say he got the credit card from a purse he stole. >>> the california supreme court over turned the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering two brothers in their san jose store in the 1980s. miguel angel bacigalupo was sentenced to die but the supreme court ruled that prosecutors failed to hand over key evident. prosecutors could retry had penalty phase or allow the sentence to be converted to life without parole. >>> officials are expected to have a wildfire fully contained by tomorrow. it consumed 43 square miles and destroyed 150 structures, including 52 homes. several hundred homes are still at risk. the fire was caused by lightning 9

. >> larry reed response to the oakland police chief howard jordan recent statements about establishingcurfew in oakland. >> as long as we do is constitutional, as long as the witness is administered the way it should be, where it is not violating the civil rights of those who we are targeting then i would only say is when we should look at it. >> in san jose member of the officers' association wants the full membership to continue -- to consider a no-confidence vote towards the chief. he had to do with laos, but a san jose mayor has come to his defense. he says he will not asked the sheriff to step down. >> in the speed freak killer case there is no hot, to the hon. wesley shermantine is the killer on death row he says he will no longer give away the location of any gravesides and so the bounty hunter gives him some of the items that were promised. >> in oakland, a recent rash of robberies has police morning shoppers to be careful. the workshop and on cragslist for electronics and cars are being held up when a me to exchange the goods. they believe it is different people committing rob

now the chief howard jordan says he's adjusting resorts to form new crime fighting unit. >> we're actuallyutting officers in place now because of our crime reduction team reassignment this past week. i feel very confident we'll be able to impact crime in oakland. >> crime four has big money today to find out which officers will be used to form this new crime fighting unit. >> going after guns and gangs so the streets of oakland in an effort to reduce violent crime in the city. the reshuffling of the deck is being done here reassigning some officers for their neighborhood beats to designated crime fighting units. officers watson. >> we're shifting some resources and part of that shift is going to be taking problem solves officers and we refer to as psos and forming a team called the crime reduction team. this is a very proactive law enforcement team that's going to be going out and addressing the part one crimes, the robberies, burglaries, homicide, crimes in progress. >> she will form two crime reduction teams one in's oakland and one in west oakland. >> these teams will do everything from

. >> chief howard jordan acknowledges mistakes have been made, but says things are on the mend. he says shot spotter is already back up and running. in fact police can now even access it from their patrol cars. and the department is set to hire its own technology expert. >> my job is to make sure that doesn't happen again and that's what i committed to my senior manager and what i commit to the citizens. >> reporter: the audit for says that she hopes the city's committed to making changes, she says the department's track record is unacceptable. >> with all the obstacles that oakland faces, we need to make sure that we're implementing and using every taxpayer dollar effectively to move the city forward. >> the chief says nobody intended to squander $2 million. he acknowledged that that kind of money could pay for 20 police officers, so he is not taking this lightly and he is committed to making the necessary changes. reporting live in oakland, i'm jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> happening now, the san francisco police commission is once again weighing whether to arm office

. >> the oakland police chief howard jordan says the department continues to make progress in many areas in its effort to be in full compliance. >> new 04 contra costa county firefighters to keep their jobs. a fire protesprotection board vd for a new tax that would generate nearly $70 million per year. now, without the tax the fire district will close seven to 10 fire stations and layoff crews. >> we're hearing from bay area parents that say it is next to impossible to get their children into swimming lessons, not so that it can be the next olympian but just that they can learn to be swimming to say from a water. mike sugerman spent the day poolside, what did you find out? >> swimming is making a splash on top of people's minds, just because of the olympics, it brings up the fact that in san fransisco the pool of pools is pretty small. >> of san fransiscans are going to make their parents proud in the olympics like to see franklin has done ... it has not yet been done in swimming. some joke that the only pool they will win in is a betting pool. the city is trying to keep its head above w

chief howard jordan told reporters the next day the cause of the problem was a cooling system that broke down causing one of 3 radio towers to fail but officers have been complaining the new radio system which was installed only a year ago has been riddled with inference and glitch right from the start. internal city investigation found the cause 4 days agatha at&t cell site in oakland were interfering with the city radio system. david cruz public safety system advisor he spoke exclusively to receive news. >> their system is bleeding over into our site. >>reporter: the fcc was called in and they verified on their own the findings. the city says at&t has now stopped services that have affected its radio system at 16 of its cell site in oak land. we asked mayor kwan about the development. >> there are so many cell phone towers and we have them everywhere. i don't know but but i'm finding more and more even with my cell phone. i'm having harder time finding places where i can talk to people without inference and interruption. same thing apparently happening with these. >>reporter: at&t says

. >> in recent interviews oakland police chief howard jordan is floating the idea of an overnight curfew for minors, a similar proposal was considered but not enacted by the oakland city council in october of last year. but now jordan says that he wants to see a curfew approved before the end of this year. brittany jackson thinks that a curfew is a good idea. >> right now the violence in oakland is getting ridiculous. so if you have a curfew, that will eliminate some of the violence that happens in the streets. >> i just cannot believe that is the right intervention for this city right now. >> but this executive director at the oakland youth uprising says that she is not convinced. simmons says that most of the youth violence is that happening in the overnight hours and a curfew runs the risk of hurting what is already a for agile relationship between the police, and young people. >> young people that are going to be most subject to this, our young people of color. it further positions us as looking like we are targeting people of color. that we are profiling and i do not think that is t

chief howard jordan says keeping young people off the streets late at night would help reduce homicidesnd other violent crimes. >>> and today and every friday in august bart will allow you to bring a bike on trains during commute hours. it's a temporary pilot program. bikes are still not allowed if trains are crowded or in the first car. >>> a woman is behind bars accused of trying to run over police. janine de la vega is in san jose this morning with the condition of the officers and the suspect who refused to give up. >> reporter: pam, we just spoke with people in this neighborhood they tell me they are surprised about how fast the patrol cars were coming down this road. this is galveston avenue. officers say the woman they were chasing she was using her car as a weapon. and this here this neighborhood is right where the chase ended. police say around 5:30 they tried to stop 42-year-old city is a her than december. he fell to the ground. other officers in the area spotted hernandez's car and chased her for a couple miles. they were able to box her in with their patrol cars. officers s

. >> oakland police chief howard jordan and i. t. director gordon responded to an audit have credit sizes the department for wasting money on equipment that was barely used and in some cases not used at all. >> we have every intention of looking at every recommendation and doing whatever we can to comply with those recommendations. >> most of the equipment and policies were put in place prior to jordan becoming chief in february of this year. but the audit claims the department was hemorrhaging cash since 2006, always trying to get more for less. >> you need quality as well as the lowest bids. >> in most cases the audit suggests it was the former that was missing. three of the companies hired to provide services, equipment or both went out of business, leaving the department with a lot of stuff they couldn't use, service or update. also in the audit more research on equipment before buying. a police department that kept shoddy inventory records and no oversights of technology systems. that led to taxpayer dollars down the drain. i th

oakland police chief howard jordan responding to an oakland city audit that criticizes his department for wasting $1.8 million on high-tech equipment that was barely used and some some cases not used at all. the chief said they were looking to get the best bang for their financial buck so more often than not they went with the low bidder but three of the companies went out of business, leaving them holding the bag. >> you need quality, as well as the lowest bid. >> among the problems listed in the audit, poor research of equipment before buying. a police department that kept shoddy inventory of equipment after they got it and no budget to maintain and service the equipment. >> and we have every intention of looking at every recommendation and doing whatever we can to comply with those recommendations. >> the audit also went after shot spotters saying it had been underutilized a claim the chief denies, sighting statistics that point to 2800 alerts during the year that officers respond to calls. >> it's one of the many tools opd uses to respond to and investigate over the $624,000 for s

police chief howard jordan knows something has to be done and likes the idea of a curfew. so does oakland counsel president. he wasn't available, but his chief of staff says he was behind a similar proposal last year. the shootings and the homicides that our young people are involved in as either victims or suspects, they are taking place during these hours, peek hours in the evenings, 10:00 p.m.. >> last year's proposal did not have the momentum chief jordan hopes his will have. he's counting on the community to put pressure on the city council. this oakland resident said she would support a curfew. >> parents don't have any control on what their children do once they have it in their mind to do something. and regardless of the time. it happens. >> the details of the curfew have not been hammered out. that's why mayor jean quan said she's wait to go see the entire plan. but a council member said she won't support a curfew. >> when you don't have a real strategy you come up with gimmicks to make it look as if you are doing something. >> daniel is with the center on juvenil

howard jordan says he's now taking -- staking -- taking ses to high crime areas -- staking tense to high crime areas. on monday, a monitor questioned the complying to court order forms. >>> the latest mars rover is preparing to land this sunday. the latest name is "curiosity." the biggest obstacle for now is landing on the planet. part of the challenge is this over is the size of the car -- is this rover is the size of the car. >> ten times the instrument in terms of mass than any of our previous rovers. >> this is the last big individual program for nasa and because of cuts, nasa will be working with the european space agency on most future products. >>> the city of berkeley will not expand plastic bag bans to smaller grocery stores. council voted against the ban. they say it would cost the too much money. -- cost the city too much money. this is due to take effect on january 1st of next year. >>> toyota is recalling 778,000 of its vehicles here in the u.s. toyota says the rav4s and the lexus hs-25 0 h-have problems with the exsuspension -- with the exsuspension. toyota says they will s

. >> reporter: the oakland city of the tour and the opd police chief howard jordan find themselves at odds over a recent police technology audits that was conducted. it criticized them of abusing $2 million of taxpayers' moneys. they were not using or under using technology purchase for the system--for the department. listed in the audit is the opd spotter system that cost the city close to half a million dollars. >> we found that the system was now working to its ties to the ability. you had one computer designated, the dispatcher was going off infrequently. >> computer they are talked about was that the communications section and that was in the past. today' most of our cars in that area where shot spot is located have the ability to see the record from this function. >> justine: we will take a break and be back with weather and traffic stay with us. >> justine: more than half of all the counties in the united states are now considered natural disaster zones based on damage and drought high temperatures we have more on this story. >> reporter: the u.s. department of agriculture decl

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. >> reporter: oakland's top cop police chief howard jordan was to establish a juvenile curfew in ant to reduce violent crime. city councilman larry reed says the following. >> i would say the vote. >> reporter: last year, redrafted the ordinance in the wake of the drive-by shooting death in the three year-old carlos now, the idea was supported by the then police chief anthony batts. but then he said he did not have the backing of some key city council members on the public safety committee. that includes the following. >> the now mayor jean kron, and two other council members. >> reporter: all three of them were for it? >> no. >> reporter: mequon said the following statement. >> reporter: council member read the says he's ready to back this chief as well because is the right thing to do. >> reporter:--bam i wish to achieve a much different outcome than when i brought it forward. >> marty: in the south bay they could be trouble for a san jose police chief. the chief says he has no issue mayor chuck reed says the budgetary issues are beyond cheese control. --and beyond the chief's con

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howard. >>> some sports the nationals wrap up their ten-game road trip today. >> afternoon game against the giants in san francisco. first pitch 3:45. >> last night jordan zimmerman took the mound for the nationals but left in the 6th after brandon hit an rbi single. they were enough for the giants. that's because starter madison bungardner through a-one run complete game. the braves won so the division lead is back to four and a half games. >>> if the season ended today, the orioles would be one of the american league wild card teams. they began a series with the red sox last night with a bang. mark reynolds homered twice for the os. baltimore topped boston 7-1. >>> the redskins will be out of chris neild. his campaign is over. he injured his acl. the skins and d.c. united hung out at redskins park. bill hammond is from annandale and loves the skins and rg3. >> it's been a while since the city has had this much faith in a quarterback and, you know, the positive energy that we've got right now is looking good for the season. >> above energy. redskins play the beers on saturday in chicago. d.c. united hosting philly this sunday. >>> coming up on 6:25, st

howard's current contract is up after next season. >>> after three close games, the nationals shutout the astros yesterday to complete a four game sweep. flush flush starting pitcher jordan zimmermann struck out 11 batters with washington already in the lead michael morse hit two solo home runs in the 6th and 8th inning. nats win 5-0. washington heads to arizona tonight for a weekend series. >>> some of the guys on the sports channel or maybe this will continue. we'll have to see. >> of course -- >> the nats are for real. >>> campaign 2012 again be focused on virginia this weekend. that story is coming up. >> plus the bill to expand gambling in maryland passes its first test in annapolis. beverly? >> we're checking out the ride to the west. where all the showers and storms have moved through. on i-66 through manassas and east, you've got lanes open on wet pavement but west in toward the plains and dell la plains. several accidents with only one lane getting by. your next timesaver traffic comes up at 5:29. you've watching 9news now. we'll be right back. stay with us. happy friday. >>> good morning and become back to 9news now -- welcome back to 9news now, happy friday. i

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