ktvu's jade hernandez just arrived on scene near the fruitvale bart station. , what can you tell us? >> reporter: ken, we can tell you that that sheriff's deputies is going to be all right tonight. we hear he injured his foot. san leandro street, we're live at bart station. and this station has been shut down. all the streets around it and this is what we know right now. several blocks of san leandro street are blocked off and many areas around bart as well. every weekend for the past two months the alameda county sheriff's office has will five patrols with two sheriff's deputies patrolling the streets of oakland to help the oakland police department until it builds up its department with new officers. tonight one of those deputies pulled over a ford suv in a regular traffic stop. they arrested a passenger on drug possession. in the process of arresting the passenger, the driver drove away dragging an officer with him for two blocks down san leandro street. as the officer struggled to get out his gun, in the struggle he shot the driver. they don't know if he wo

ktvu's jade hernandez is live at a rally that is just about to begin. it is not the only one in the bay area. jade? >> reporter: that's right. in a half hour they will march from here and they plan to do that, that push to reduce gun violence. >> reporter: less than 100 days since the sandy hook elementary school tragedy. today president obama took to the podium. >> i haven't forgotten those kids. >> reporter: the president aimed his gun violence methitude congress. they will -- the president isn't the only pushing for change. >> i love teaching. >> reporter: they are airing these adds demanding action. more than 100 national events will be held today, including this one in san francisco. >> we have moms whose children were killed 35 days ago. >> reporter: president obama says restrictions can't end gun deaths or violence all together but restrictions make a difference. >> none of these ideas should be controversial. why wouldn't we want to make it more difficult? >> the nra responded, the economy is weak, national debt is mounting, too many americans ar

jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the u.s. supreme court announced it will hear a case involving a michigan law banning race as a consideration for college admission. a court struck down the law last year. michigan voters passed the ban in 2006. a similar law in texas is also under review. the supreme court will hear arguments on california's ban on same-sex marriage tomorrow. ktvu's david stevenson is in washington, d.c. he will report live for us all day tomorrow. and stay with ktvu channel 2 news tomorrow night for a look at the proposition 8 case. we will break down the arguments and the impacts the case will have at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow night. >>> the calendar says spring but storms pound the east coast. folks are digging out from a snowstorm. they got 10 inches of snow over night. it caused flight delays delays and some schools were shut down. the monday morning commute was slippery in new jersey and blamed for several accidents. more snow is expected throughout the day. >>> here in the bay area, back to hoping for rain. o

ktvu's jade hernandez is live to tell us who is taking part. jade? have already started to march. we were at middle field and university and we just started marching. herelive because -- we are here live because marchers want to show their support to reduce gun violence. hundreds of events are planned across the country. one reason, congress will vote on measures to increase penalties for people who illegal sell guns. the marchers have signs, freedom from gun violence. parents call on congress to protect children, not guns. this group that responsered the e-- sponsored the event held a candlelight vigil in support of reducing gun violence. he told us why they are here tonight. >> 92% of americans support universal background checks. we want to make sure that washington hears that voice. >> reporter: the nra tweeted a response to today's action and president obama's push. one of the tweets said the economy is weak, the national debt is mounting and too many americans are out of work. president obama's campaign against guns. this is one of their respon

ktvu's jade hernandez is in san francisco at the montgomery street station where the accident happened. jade? >> that is right. the incident happened at the station, we are live tonight and bart doesn't know who the man was but he was in a place he shouldn't have been and it cost him his life. >> reporter: trains ran on schedule tonight but last night a man heard a horrible noise. police discovered a homeless man on top of the elevator crushed. >> dangerous. unusual, upsetting, disturbing. >> reporter: the homeless usually seek shelter to get away from the cold. one example was depicted in the movie the pursuit of happiness. barted today this tragedy is not -- bart said today this trag trag -- tragedy is not -- >> reporter: there is hope surveillance cameras inside the station might provide clues. >> reporter: as for how bart handles the homeless individuals, police hired a consult tonight identify those who seek shelter inside stations but to connect them with city services. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police are asking for your help identifying a robbery suspect who pist

only on 2, ktvu's jade hernandez is live in oakland where she uncovered what happens to the weapons people turn in. jade? >> reporter: they are putting the weapons underground afor good. we told you about -- for good. we told you about the gun buy back program, but what happens to them? >> reporter: they could be made up of something you might not think of. >> get me that oozy. >> reporter: guns. specifically weapons collected during -- collected during the gun buy back program. the 680 weapons given up to the secret location where the guns are being pulled off the streets and put underneath it as materials for water pipes. but first all of these guns are run through the data bank to make sure they weren't involved in a crime. only one raised a red flag, that was stolen. >> reporter: if it was involved in a crime. >> we would investigate to find out where it came from. >> reporter: as for the rest of the weapons -- >> we pick up the scrap with a magnet, we load it into a hopper so we know the amount we have and we put it into had melting furnace. >> reporter: out comes the metal that is us

jade hernandez complains the allegations two city leaders are now facing >> reporter: last spring a nine-month long audit began. a nine page document exposes interference and leslie read. >> it useds power in their bidding process, and renovations. >> oakland city charter is clear they can only set -- negotiationiated with contractors for the teen center. she and council member read, coerced staff members result nothing a $2 million -- resulting in a $2 million contract. >> may we ever justify that it's okay to break the law, that'll never happen. >> time will tell, but the information she's provided isn't accurate. >> employees were coerced. there was undue influence and the report documents that. >>> read told us he found it ironic only the african-american council members were cited but says he responded to the audit tor. >> he says the staff propoedzed a $6 million contract to a business outside the city without a competitive bid process. >> he says he only wanted to level the playing field. >> but in no way that i direct staff to issue an rfp to benefit a company. >>> council and the admi

jade hernandez spoke with a friend of the victim and joins us live in the city. jade? >> reporter: heather, this family is grief stricken tonight. they gathered down the block. san francisco police have not released the victim's name but a very close friend of his told me that 19-year-old jacob was the young man shot early this morning around 3:00 a.m. you are taking a look at his picture. as he was coming home with a friend near 24th and bryant. police say a man drove up and asked jacob if he was in a gang and then shot him in the chest. outside of the family home this afternoon, we spoke to a friend who was was the 19-year-old when he was shot. understandably, he was too upset to talk to us on camera. but he told us his friend an archbishop was home from lewis and clark college. jacob was on break and headed back to school on monday to play football. one neighbor who has lived here in the mission for a couple of years, says this is a place he feels relatively safe despite being mugged a few weeks ago. >> this is historically one of the centers of the few mission gang

ktvu's jade hernandez is live in oakland with more, jade. >> reporter: this is oakland's 17th homicidear and police are still looking for two possible suspects in this case. now officers found the victims aston martin right here and the victim in that intersection. >> i don't think you get any closer to the police station in oakland to me. >> reporter: this man is referring to the proximity of this morning's shooting on ninth and clay. it's just a block away from oakland police headquarters. one man died. johnny gross an urban garden business found the usual crowd in the neighborhood. >> it gets really busy when the clubs close the doors. >> reporter: last night -- >> i heard bang, bang, bang. it sounded like guns. >> reporter: sure enough moments later police arrived to find a 37-year-old san francisco man with fatal gunshot wounds. investigators marked a dozen gunshots. tran's families owns a vietnamese restaurant. he says he has only noticed more robberies in the area but earlier this month, police investigated a murder a few blocks away. >> we need more police presence. but it seem

in oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> scenes from the past hadding to the bay area.at will get a living piece of history. >>> pope francis and his predecessor. >>> and developments in cyprus as the country gets closer to bankruptcy. >> the dry mild conditions will come to an end and when he expect rain. i have your number for tomorrow, coming up. hello? the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life easier? at chase we're pioneering innovations that make banking simple. deposit a check with a photo. pay someone with an email. and bank seamlessly with our award-winning mobile app. take a step forward... and chase what matters. . >>> here we are the first few days spring and it looks more like the dead of winter in colorado. today's snowstorm was so severe that driver were forced to leave their vehicle stuck in the snow along interstate 25 and, in fact, the red cross responded to assist those stranded motorists. officials shut down several highways because of dozens of accidents and the whiteout conditions an

jade hernandez has the story. >> reporter: the woman was carrying a hatchet.n from inside. refused to leave and threatened to kill herself. this police car sped down the street after a woman came home to an intruder. >> she was ranting and raving. >> when the police responded they saw a woman in the window with a shotgun. >> we initiated a s.w.a.t. call up and brought our hostage negotiators to the scene. >> tom sweeney stood with police officers as police worked to get the woman out of the home. the department evacuated about a dozen people any way including a home to the north and south of the situation as it grew more tense. >> she was threatening herself with the gun. about half way into this event officers could see her standing at the front window holding a shotgun to her own chest. >> reporter: about 5:15 this evening the woman emerged with a shotgun in one hand and a hatchet in the other. arrested without police, police still aren't sure who the white 22-year-old female is. but she will be charged with weapons charges. as if the shotgun that she took f

new information on the death of a man crushed we turn to ktvu's jade hernandez and the tool investigators are turning to for some answers. jade? >> reporter: this took place at san francisco bart station and bart doesn't know who the man was but they are hoping surveillance cameras will explain how long he was inside the station. >> reporter: commuters use bart as they normally do today, service continues on schedule. but last night bart police made a discovery after a rider tried to take this elevate. >> nun of us ever heard that. >> reporter: it crushed the man who was on top of the car. this happened around 9:30 p.m. last night after police sweep stations, clearing out anyone inside. >> dangerous. very unusual. upsetting and disturbing. these circumstances. >> reporter: there are two ways to access that area, the ventilation shaft that was still secure and a elevating hatch. police are focusing on that hatch that is usually secured. there is hopes surveillance cameras might provide clues as to when he snuck inside. >> it is tress passing to stay in the -- trespassing to stay inside the

ktvu's jade hernandez shows thus process. jade? >> reporter: frank, guns are going underground these days. you can't see the pipe underneath. we told you about the gun buy backs. but what happens to the guns after they are collected? you haven't seen this. >> reporter: up close all this looks like is an inferno. a few hours ago -- >> freddy, can you get me that? >> reporter: 700 weapons collected during the first gun buy back were on their way to being destroyed. at secret location. our ktvu channel 2 news crew fallowed them which were all sorts of weapons. >> they ease the citizen's mind. >> reporter: they want to make it clear the public today the guns are not just off the streets, they are going underneath as material for water pipes. but first, they are making sure none were involved in a crime. only one was stolen. it will be reunited with the owner. if it was involved in a crime -- >> we would start an investigation to find out where it came from, what it was involved in. >> reporter: as for the rest of the weapons -- >> we p

ktvu's jade hernandez shows us how this graduating class is already boosting moral within opd. >> reporterice chief howard jordan says being an oakland officer is a very tough job in a very tough city but the new job marks a new phase of the department. today the oakland police department gains 36 new officers. six months later, inside the scotish rite temple, city leaders and family members gathered to celebrate. >> police officers not training officers anymore. you're now police officers congratulations. >> reporter: mayor jean quan emphasized the diverse crowd. some speak english, mandarin. and some ties keep others giving to the city. >> and retired oakland police department frank low. >> cheers came from the low family as the father pinned a badge on his son. and the academy will continue training a new recruit class begins right here in oakland on monday: jade hernandez, ktvu news. >>> more details now, today's graduating class also included seven dispatchers for oakland police. the dispatchers went through 40 weeks of training in all there are now 65 dispatchers answering 911 calls

ktvu's jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: for years controversy surrounded the base and the cleanand today an audit surrounding the two city counsel members. >> reporter: last spring a audit began. the 55 page document exposed what the auditor said is interference by larry reid and desley brooks. among other things it accuses them of using their power to influence the bidding process. and renovations at the center. >> these are serious allegations. >> reporter: he says they are clear, counsel members can only set policy and appropriate funds. they found desley brooks collected or negotiated can contract -- negotiated on contracts. >> at no point in time may we ever justify it is okay to break the law. ktvu channel 2 news caught up with desley brooks this morning. >> time will tell. the information is not accurate. >> employees were coerced. and the report documents that. >> reporter: desley brooks refused to be interviewed for the audit. larry reid found it ironic only the african american counsel members were sited. he said they proposed awarding a contract to a business outside

jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the u.s.me court announced it will hear a case involving a michigan law banning race as a consideration for college admission. a court struck down the law last year. michigan voters passed the ban in 2006. a similar law in texas is also under review. the supreme court will hear arguments on california's ban on same-sex marriage tomorrow. ktvu's david stevenson is in washington, d.c. he will report live for us all day tomorrow. and stay with ktvu channel 2 news tomorrow night for a look at the proposition 8 case. we will break down the arguments and the impacts the case will have at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow night. >>> the calendar says spring but storms pound the east coast. folks are digging out from a snowstorm. they got 10 inches of snow over night. it caused flight delays delays and some schools were shut down. the monday morning commute was slippery in new jersey and blamed for several accidents. more snow is expected throughout the day. >>> here in the bay area, back to hoping for rain. our chi

ktvu's jade hernandez shows us how this graduating class is already boosting moral within opd. >> reporter: police chief howard jordan says being an oakland officer is a very tough job in a very tough city but the new job marks a new phase of the department. today the oakland police department gains 36 new officers. six months later, inside the scotish rite temple, city leaders and family members gathered to celebrate. >> police officers not training officers anymore. you're now police officers congratulations. >> reporter: mayor jean quan emphasized the diverse crowd. some speak english, mandarin. and some ties keep others giving to the city. >> and retired oakland police department frank low. >> cheers came from the low family as the father pinned a badge on his son. and the academy will continue training a new recruit class begins right here in oakland on monday: jade hernandez, ktvu news. >>> more details now, today's graduating class also included seven dispatchers for oakland police. the dispatchers went through 40 weeks of training in all there are now 65 dispatchers answering 911 c

jade hernandez, ktvu news. >>> a frenchman is under arrest in philadelphia accused of impersonating anline pilot. 61-year-old phillipe genard boarded a u.s. airways plane going to florida and made it all the way into the cockpit. genard became argumentative when the crew asked for his credentials. he's being held on $1 million bail. >>> the federal aviation administration made a list of closure today. those that are staffed by private contractors so the future of tower operations at bay area airports such as napa, concord and livermore is still unknown. >>> famed ground hog punxsutawney is being sued. the prosecutor wants to hold phil personally responsible for the faulty forecast. many states are still seeing snow and temperatures in the teens. the prosecutor is everyone calling for the death penalty. >> ouch. >>> officials in san francisco are celebrating the completion of three conservation projects. the prompts are prompt -- the projects are expected to save millions of the gallons of water a year. >> we removed about 30% of the turf grass. we install add better irrigation system.

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jade hernandez here with why the change will take some time. >> reporter: the city council want the mayorsection. they're still mourning the loss of their student. she died over the weekend here. we've learned today that changes will be made but it's going to take years. it's not easy crossing slow boulevard at vale and san francisco. >> the cars eventually stop it just takes a while. >> reporter: a car flew by these two students as they paid their respects to chang. chang was crossing the intersection when police say a drunk driver struck and killed her. changes are coming, the city's public works department secured federal money to fix two intersections. >> over the last five year period there's been about 60 accidents on slote. >> reporter: now the changes to the three intersections will begin in 2014 and they will take about six months to complete. reporting live in san francisco, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it's being called a big success in the south bay. the amount of weapons being taken in and why it may not be the last of its kind. good. no, not good. he's a vegetari

jade hernandez live in berkeley to use e-mails to save the local post office. >> well, ken it all startsilding behind me. and the end of saturday service. both of those things got a berkeley city councilman thinking how could the u.s. postal service make some fast cash? >> an idea he heard about a few years ago seemed to apply and all he had to do was look at his inbox. why not tax e-mail? if send an e-mail to pull the u.s. post office out of debt, but involved a small tax, would you pay it? >> i don't have a yes or no. >> reporter: berkeley city counsel man wozniak suggested looking at revenue ideas on a federal level. a 100th of a cent tax on sent e- mail. a bit tax. his city like many other face no saturday delivery and u.s. postal service has considered selling the downtown postal building. >> one of the reasons is the internet is taking business away from the post office and one it's more convenient, but it's being subsidized. it's essentially providing service for free. it's like the case of amazon versus local small business. >> reporter: keep in mind this is not endorsed by the u