and there is a the president arrived and mayor jean kwan headed the welcome party. there is the first official visit to oakland though here when he campaigned for president and there is marijuana advocates staging rallies in downtown oakland. the president will host another fund-raiser tonight and they've been demonstrating in the plaza most of the day and are angry at the feds for cracking down on medical marijuana clubs there is a one of the organizer autos we're here in the names of thousands of patients who cannot get away from their job who's are too sick to rise from beds. those who passed on and those who are incarcerated. >> there is legislation i wrote the first city ordinance and we're now trying to also find ways to tax and license ask keep safe. >> and there is is most recently u.s. attorney warned harborside health center the biggest pot club in the country that there are properties now subject to seizure and federal agents raided a dispensary and a school belonging to oak siste sisterdam university. we're waiting for the president to arrive here at the

for the first time oakland mayor jean kwan is talking about the seven homicides in your city in the pasteven days it's a crime wave that has stunned many people in the city the most recent victims were teenagers and nice to come up with mayor kwan did you look at the murders that we've had in the last couple of weeks? more than half of them were among people who knew each other was not the random street crime. so the mayor says adding more police and keeping up with the friday night's barbeques like this one and no plans will help bring communities together and help reduce crime. a bay area mayor is be accused of breaking the law and it's all because of what happened at this week's berkeley city council meeting. >>> council members joined in on a chance against putting a set ordnance on a november ballot cbs five reporter kristin arizona with the mayor did that is leading to threats of lawsuits. the waves a first amendment fight is brewing in berkeley. public comment and into public asset is five hours city council meeting tuesday. city council members were supposed to be voting on wheth

reporter: and just within the last half hour, i did get a phone call from a spokesman for mayor jean kwan. he told me that the mayor is in meetings throughout the day with the cleave of police. later on today, she is planning to release a statement of some sort regarding this recent string of killings here in oakland. this morning's homicide by the way, the 64th here in this city so far this year. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and there was a lot of s.w.a.t. action last night. police tossed a flash bang grenade in a home between birch and cherry street. they surrounded the house for about four hours before moving in. police were reportedly looking for a shooting suspect but he was not there during the raid. >> san francisco police say in recent weeks, they have received more reports of a theft scam. this one targets elderly asian women. the suspects, also asian females convinced the victim they were possessed by civil spirits and they claimed that praying over the victim's money and jewelry would get rid of the spirit. the victims' jewelry and money were placed in a bag during th

both oakland mayor jean kwan and police chiefs howard jordan are hoping for a strong turn out on august 7th. >>> new details on a story we have been following since morings on 2. police have called off a search for a suspected car thief there. investigators say the suspect crashed a stolen jeep into a curb this morning then took off on foot. officers set up a perimeter and searched it thoroughly before giving the all clear. >> we are we are towing the car and figure out who is responsible for this. >> police are looking for a white or hispanic male 25 years old. >>> they are investigating the city's third homicide this week. last night officers got a call about a car hitting a pedestrian in downtown san jose. when they arrived they found a man face down on the ground. he had been stabbed. paramedics performed cpr but he died at the hospital. there are no suspects and the victim's identity is being withheld. police say he is in his 20s. >>> the suspect wanted for the killing of a young mother and father may have fled to southern california or mexico. last night police released this pictu

. >> and in a conference, jean kwan had no comment on the shooting but former mayor brown did. >> there is a great deal of crime. i think it's a great city. i live here and i am here several days per week. i was just say together police chief you've got to do better, guys. >> police are still looking for the shooter and the gun in this case. the meantime they say they'll increase patrols in this area and i mexed there are three other homicides over the weekend. police have made arrests in all three of the cases. >> jury selection began today in the wrongful death suit against a former so far ware company owner convicted of murdering his wife, nina riser in the oakland hills, he's acting as his own attorney. the children are suing their father. they want compensation for their suffering from this murder. >> there are a number of people who think mr. riser has money somewhere in russia. if he does, what we need is a judgment so we can find assets for the children. >> gonzales says it should apply to any money he makes from software ideas in prison. his children will not attend the trial.

> oakland counsel man would like to see his city do away with the rank choice voting ushering in jean kwan in a surprise win. and he says the mayor used maneuvers to kill it. he says he'll try to bring up reasons for repeal. >> it's more confusing for people, especially people of color. >> we did not hear back from the mayor today, he said that time has now run out for him to try to get his name on the ballot. here, one or both measures could make it. >> san carlos residents could be voting on a $72 billion bond measure to benefit schools there. it would help support a wide range of improvements. and would be tied to a property tax increase of $26 for every $100,000 in assessed home value. that is about $125 to $160 per year for a typical residents. >> enrollment is growing and becoming very attractive for young families to move here in part because of the schools. and this is ultimately we need to provide support and facilities for the students. >> that would require approval by 55% of the voters. burlingame set to consider a similar measure this month. >> and race for president is more c

i just checked oakland mayor jean kwan's facebook page.he has an advisory, this is the first time mr. obama has come to oakland as president and she is letting people know that you should probably think about taking public transportation because of demonstrations and changing street closures that will go on throughout the day. president obama had a slight change of plans landing around 8:15 after visiting with families impacted by the tragedy in colorado. he was originally expected here today. first before anything happens in oakland he has a trip to reno where he is speaking, then back to the bay area for three fund-raisers in the east bay including the fox theater protesters supporting medicinal marijuana are upset with crackdowns. also anti-war groups plan to be out as well. supporters of course will be there too for mr. obama. president obama was just here you may recall in early june at a fund-raiser in the city where he raked in about $2 million in just four hours. some groups plan to start demonstrating by city hall as early as 11:0

he says that he is been in touch with mayor jean kwan. >> i have been touched her, and the city managerneed for focused attention on criminals. it has had high crime for years. despite that it has been coming back in downtown has been revitalized. a am confident that open will continue to make progress but with some periodic setbacks. >> darya: there were also three murders this past friday in oakland. >> mark: supervisors have asked merely to abandon any consideration of the stock and seizure program it allows them to stop people they consider spot suspicious. this program goes on in new york and philadelphia. they said it resulted in a majority of the people being hispanic or black. now it is good to have james fletcher back we are talking about the climate today it is still really hot in the? >> james: it is, although we will have some relief in san francisco and other parts of the media bay, many areas will still be on the warm side. the this is what it looks like outside. you can see some of the cloud coverage that is more evident in our golden gate bridge camera. we will show you

. >> mark: mayor kwan issued ac a stakea miss saying that she has set up additional patrols0--mayor jeans said additional patrols in the area. >> darya: a local handyman's that is being treated as a homicide. >> darya: they are performing an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. >> mark: the mayor says he's refocusing his efforts to get the athletics to move to sacramento. they have been trying to move to san jose but that is the part of the san francisco giants territory. >> mark: johnson says sacramento has everything the athletics needs. >> we have 203 million people in our region that is more than 500,000. >> darya: we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. they're ready for the key to that will pour on tomorrow. right now we do have some clouds hanging over much of the bay area. this is the shock of the bay bridge. must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch