because when jean quan took office, one of her biges challenges was creating stability in the top levels, which she says isn't a job she is finished with. >> we are talking about some massive changes in some departments. i'm getting ready of a lot of department heads and flattening the organization. >> reporter: so far that flattening left the city with big holes. >> oakland as a community has been generous. as long as i can meet the minimum, we have a special assessment for libraries, assessment for police and violence prevention program. >> reporter: one program is extremely controversial, gang injunctions. the city council voted to continue with the gang injunctions. you don't support those. how do you resolve that? >> i have never said i don't support it. that's the media's interpretation. i have always said that i have actually used individual injunctions against particular locations, particular individuals. what i worried about in this injunction is this was the entire fruitvale neighborhood and broad list of people some of which the city attorney has had to take off now. >> report

/alcaldesa de oakland 8:17 oakland is mientras tanto la alcaldesa de oakland jean quan invitada a discurso de graduacion les recordo que su ciudad tendra millones de dolares para invertir en construccion en los proximos diez anos y que eso para ellos significa, trabajos, buenos trabajos. pilar nino telemundo. cu ---el agua en el valle de san joaquin est contaminada! take vo ---segun investigadore s de un estudio en comunidades latinas, sus residentes estn expuestos a niveles desproporcionados de nitrato. ---el quimico es utilizado por agricultores como fertilizante y cuando penetra la tierra, contamina el agua subterranea. ---segun el estudio, el agua con mayor numero de toxicos es distribuida a los condados latinos.. algo muy peligroso ya que ingerir nitrato puede ocasionar cancer y otras enfermedades. ---ahora, la comunidad pide que se investigue como se distribuye el agua y que haya mejor monitoreo en los niveles del quimico. cu --actualmente en nuestro estado. el sector educativo atraviesa por una crisis que afecta a los estudiantes en sus sueÑos de terminar una carrera., much

it is debated before the 9th circuit court of appeals and the same system that helped jean quan as the winner of oakland's mayoral race. >> two of three judges on the circuit of court of appeals from san francisco. you are familiar with the disputing voting system. since 2004 the right choice system has allowed san francisco voters to pick their top three choices in a race. if no candidate collects first place ballots the person that comes in last is eliminated and they will have votes transferred to the second choice or third until someone wins. poll recent poll found voter confusion. the architect of the system other surveys that voters understand. >> that doesn't mean necessarily they can sit down and count the ballots but they understand what they have to do as voters. that is to rank, one, two, three and they feel comfortable doing that. >> von trying to undue right choice. he ran an unsuccessful candidate for supervisor in 2006. >> i don't believe it's a constitutional system because voters don't have a way to know what the final three candidates are. >> they are complaining that

/alcaldesa de oakland 8:17 oakland is mientras tanto la alcaldesa de oakland jean quan invitada a discurso de graduacion les recordo que su ciudad tendra millones de dolares para invertir en construccion en los proximos diez anos y que eso para ellos significa, trabajos, buenos trabajos. pilar nino telemundo. cu - bump out ---es tiempo de comerciales, pero mas adelante... sot señor dice; "alrededor de la 80, 85 por ciento de la fuerza laboral esta basada de latinos, en la gran mayoria mexicanos" vo ---el gobierno mexicano pone su granito de arena para aliviar la tasa de desempleo entre sus ciudadanos que viven en la bahia... take vo - anchor ---investigan un cafe de san jose en donde las meseras sirven en paÑos menores... pero... estaran vendiendo algo mas? segment ends cu - anchor --actualmente en nuestro estado. el sector educativo atraviesa por una crisis que afecta a los estudiantes en sus sueÑos de terminar una carrera., muchos de ellos son latinos. --por eso las autoridades mexicanas hoy aportaron a la educacion de sus compatriotas.... --blanca nos dice quienes son los benef

---la alcaldesa "jean quan" propuso reducir de 18 a 4 las bibliotecas de la ciudad a fin de cerrar unos cuatro recintos restantes solo abririan tres dias a la semana. ---entre las sucursales que cerrarian sus puertas se encuentra el museo de historia afroamericana. ---no hay duda que los estudiantes universitarios hoy en Ía tienen que estar preparados para desempeÑarse y trabajar a nivel global. ---y como nos dice ricardo Ázquez de la universidad de california, para eso existe el programa de educacÓn en el ---la policia de "burlingame" le advierte a los residentes que tengan cautela cuando reciben llamadas telefonicas de presuntos familiares que les piden dinero.---en el caso mas reciente, una persona de la tercera de edad cayo victima de una estafa la semana pasada, cuando un hombre le pidio que enviara mil-200 dolares a traves de "western union" a "canada".---el sujeto le aseguró que su nieto estaba involucrado en un accidente y necesitaba contratar los servicios de un abogado.---la anciana envió el dinero y cuando mas tarde contactó a un familiar se dio cuenta de que todo habia sid

---y para calmar dichos temores, la alcaldesa de oakland jean quan publico esta tarde un comunicado donde asegura a los habitantes que aunque no tienen previsto actos de desobediencia civil, --estn preparados ante cualquier eventualidad que pudiera surgir... ---mehserle saldr libre el lunes de una crcel del condado de los angeles... cu --hoy fue un dia de muchas emociones para la familia del bebe de 3 meses que fue herido mortalmente de bala mientras estaba en el auto de sus papas el domingo en east palo alto. --hoy en la iglesia st. anthony en menlo park fue el servicio funebre de isack jesus jimenez para darle el ultimo adios, algo que no tiene nombre para ningun padre que pierde a un hijo... ---blanca garza nos trae la conmovedora despedida. take pkg 7:14 nat 00:30... 00:40... --los medios no tuvieron acceso a la catedral . --su pequeÑo y blanco feretro salio con su padre al frente. nat 1:17... 1:33.. --momentos desgarradore s que a cualquiera le rompen el corazon....su madre se acerco para por ultima vez tenerlo cerca. nat 2:15... 2:26... --y decirle adios... nat 2:57... 3:10... nat 3

----segun la alcaldesa jean quan, los recortes para los empleados de dichos sindicatos llegarian a unosillones de dolares. cu ---tani cantil-sakauye, la presidenta de la suprema corte de justicia de california, take vo ---advirtio hoy que los recortes al sistema judicial planeados en el presupuesto estatal son una amenaza para los servicios publicos. ---para eliminar el deficit presupuestal, el gobernador jerry brown ha propuesto eliminar 350 millones de dolares al plan de gasto de los tribunales estatales. ---cantil-sakauye dijo que de continuar los recortes habra cierre de tribunales, menos servicios y la posibilidad de mas despidos... cu ---el sistema de cuidado medico social para los ancianos de los estados unidos podra sufrir algunos recortes... take vo ---el senador independiente joe lieberman y el republicano tom coburn presentaron hoy una propuesta para hacer recortes al medicare y de esa forma reducir la deuda nacional... ----bajo este plan, la edad para recibir "medicare" aumentara de 67 a 69 aÑos, y obligara a las personas con mas recursos a pagar mas. ---segun los legislador

---la alcaldesa "jean quan" anunció hoy que los viernes y sabados, desde las ocho de la noche hasta la, y clases de musica para los adolescentes.---a decir de las autoridades, éstas son opciones para mantener a los jovenes ocupados en actividades constructivas. rachel hereford/maestra escuela mcclymonds---por lo pronto, maÑana viernes y el sabado habra practicas de deportes en la escuela secundaria "mcclymonds", y en el centro comunitario "rainbow".---se espera que a esta iniciativa pronto se unan las bibliotecas y mas centros culturales. ---la compaÍa de gas y electricidad "pg&e" se enfoÓ mucho en sus finanzas y descuido la seguridad de sus tuberias de gas natural.---esa es la conclusion a la que llegaron cinco expertos designados por la "comision estatal de servicios publicos", quienes criticaron duramente a "pg&e" por tener "multiples debilidades operacionales" que llevaron a la explosion de un gasoducto en san bruno.---los investigadores descubrieron que en el año 2008, "pg&e" le hizo un arreglo defectuoso al gasoducto y, dos años mas tarde, la soldadura se rompio provocando el est

que esta noche la alcaldesa jean quan, hablar sobre las formas de combatir este grave problema.an, dice que ante la situacin, es importante recordar que apenas el aÑo pasado la tasa de homicidios estuvo en su nivel ms bajo en 5 aÑos. ---la funcionaria dijo que espera que para el mes de julio puedan recontratar a algunos de los 80 agentes que fueron despedidos por falta de presupuesto el aÑo pasado. take vo ---esta tarde, el jefe de policia de los angeles, charlie beck, reafirm su confianza en que giovanni ramirez, es el sospechoso "correcto" de haber golpeado salvajemente al aficionado de los gigantes bryan stow. ---hasta el momento, los investigadores no han logrado convencer a la fiscalia para que, basado en las pruebas que tienen, le entablen una acusacin formal. ---de hecho, el caso ya ha sido entregado a otra unidad mas especializada que sabe como lidiar con casos tan publicados como el de stow. cu ---la policia de san jose ya cuenta con mas ayuda para combatir a las pandillas y a la violencia que actualmente generan en la comunidad del sur de la bahia. take vo ---la corpor

. >>> less than two hours ago, oakland mayor jean quan introduced the city's new administrator. she is deanna santana. she worked in the oakland city manager's office from 1995 to 199 before she left to -- 1999 before she left to san jose. >> the ability to return and serve in this capacity is one i told with deep passion and great responsibility. there are both challenges and opportunities ahead of us, and i will serve this organization and this city with a great deal of energy and dedication. >> santana has a bachelor's degree and a master's. she's expected to start her new job in august. >>> a homeless man was injured this morning when a grass fire burned out near his encampment near cota ma der row -- cota ma der -- corte madera. firefighters were trying to get him out of the tent when he fell and burned his arms. it took two hours for the firefighters to put this fire out. they think it might have been started by a cigarette. >>> uc berkeley says a report that finds chemicals in flame retardant do not row dues the spread or intensity of the fires. but they can cause lower i

---es por eso que esta noche la alcaldesa jean quan hablar sobre las formas de combatir este grave problemaquan dice que ante la situacin, es importante recordar que apenas el aÑo pasado la tasa de homicidios estuvo en su nivel ms bajo en cinco aÑos... ---por eso la funcionaria dijo que espera que para el mes de julio puedan recontratar a algunos de los 80 agentes que fueron despedidos por falta de presupuesto el aÑo pasado... cu ---pese al pasar del tiempo, la familia de michelle le, no se da por vencida para localizarla... take vo ---familiares y amigos de la estudiante de enfermeria desaparecida ya hace varias semanas, anunciaron esta tarde que el dia de maÑana conduciran otra busqueda que comenzara a las 8 de la maÑana y culminara a las cinco de la tarde... ---asi mismo, a principios de la semana, la familia de "le" contrato los servicios de un investigador privado.... topvo ---y la policia de morgan hill ha publicado un nuevo video que muestra el auto utilizado por maribel mejia y enrique rocha, dos sospechosos de robar un automovil con una bebe el pasado 31 de mayo.... --- el video mu

---y para calmar dichos temores, la alcaldesa de oakland jean quan publico esta tarde un comunicado dondeegura a los habitantes que aunque no tienen previsto actos de desobediencia civil, --estn preparados ante cualquier eventualidad que pudiera surgir... ---mehserle saldr libre el lunes de una crcel del condado de los angeles... cu --las calles del centro de san jose se convirtieron anoche en un campo de batalla... take vo ---varias decenas de personas se involucraron en una riÑa en las afueras de un restaurante de comida rapida ubicado entre las calles east san carlos y south first street... ---segn la policia cinco adolescentes resultaron con lesiones de arma blanca pero ninguno de gravedad... ---se informo tambien que la mitad de los presentes eran latinos y la otra mitad afroamericanos y que la disputa podra tener tintes racistas... cu ---la ciudad de santa clara enfrenta una demanda inusual... take vo ---robert rubin, un abogado de derechos civiles dijo que ha presentado la demanda contra el municipio porque a pesar de que los habitantes de la ciudad son de distintas razas y etnias,

--la alcaldesa de oakland, jean quan, espera obtener fondos para crear una oficina de quejas administradaor investigadore s ciudadanos, y no por otros policias. --esto cambiaria un sistema de investigacion de abuso policial funcionando desde hace varias decadas. --bajo el actual sistema, las quejas son investigadas por el departamento de asuntos externos de la misma policia, y por la comision ciudadana de investigacion policial de parte de la municipalidad. --ambas entidades cuentan con personal minimo y por ende, cientos de quejas contra la policia no son investigadas. cu ---la familia de la estudiante desaparecida no pierde la esperanza. take vo ---este fin de semana, familiares y amigos de "michelle le", salieron una vez mas a las calles de hayward. ---en esta ocasin para repartir volantes entre la poblacin con el fin de encontrar a alguien que les pueda proporcionar informacin sobre su paradero. ---la policia ya ha informado que "le" fue asesinada, pero la familia ha reafirmado continuamente, que no dejarn de hacer esfuerzos para encontrarla hasta que reciban pruebas contundentes sobr

----segun la alcaldesa jean quan, los recortes para los empleados de dichos sindicatos llegarian a unose dolares.. cu - bump out nos vamos a nuestra primera pausa comercial, pero en seguida... sot señor dice: "para lucrar, con la detención de migrantes." vo ---una nueva investigacin revela quien podria estarse enriqueciendo se con el encarcelamien to de los inmigrantes en los estados unidos... se sorprender.... take vo ---recuerda usted cuando se confiscaron articulos falsificados de los gigantes el aÑo pasado? pues en breve le cuento quien terminar utilizandolos.. . take sot - ariel rodrguez ariel rodriguez dice: "muchas gracias a través de nuestra zona las lluvias continuan afectandonos en el transcurso de las horas de la tarde, esta se ha mantenido en una banda de precipitacion, mas adelante yo regreso con toda la información del pronóstico." segment a ends - break a top vo ---de algo malo... las autoridades sacaran algo bueno... dejeme le explico... durante la pasada serie mundial de beisbol... las autoridades confiscaron en los alrededores del at&t park en san francisco unos dos mi

it is also my good pleasure to be joining jean quan once again because we can go further from identifying each other's faults to identify each other's faults. that is what we are here today for. jean has known me for many years and it is a pleasure working with her now. we both have obviously important cities to work on behalf of, but more importantly, when seismic activities, they will never happen locally. there will always be regional. we have been planning for it. it is because of all of you in this room, from all of your credit vise. i just want to know my appreciation for this leadership forum. the sponsors for this forum have been so important, entities that i have familiarizing myself with for some time now. renaissance risk sciences foundation, whether predict, fedor alliance for safe homes, institute for business and home safety, bay area research institute, pacific earthquake engineering research center, and so many others of you, including our departments working together. i know our dbi director is here. fire, police. our dem as well have all been a part of looking at so many

mayor jean quan is expanding the role of the citizens police review board. the mayor hopes to higher more citizen investigators by july. >>> the stage is set for the next big hearing over the battle of same-sex marriage here had california. kraig debro is joining us live. he's in san francisco now where the two sides are expected back in about an hour ago. >> reporter: hey, dave. >> in beginning, this had controversy written all over it. today, there is another step in the process at courthouse here in san francisco at larkin and golden gate. today, however, according too legal cheryls, the people -- to legal experts, the people bringing -- bringing this don't have much of a chance of winning. today, props -- prop 8 supporters will be cammed by opponents. opponents started the challenge immediately to this earlier. von walk, struck down prop 8. six months waiter -- later, walker announces his retirement and gives an interview with reuters news. during that interview he talks about a male partner. well, supporters say that article. they say it's possible that

jean quan met with the president and the vice president that white house.cussed the economy and efforts to create jobs. oakland lost funding for its youth job program, she said the white house promised to try to pick up the slack. >> they will fight very hard to protect the remaining job training programs. a lot of the -- a lot there is opportunity to give the unemployed tools. >> unless the white house comes through with other funds oakland will not be able to hire summer youth interns. >>> new lawsuit. a lawsuit centers around a parking lot at the college of san mateo. they claim the parking lot will destroy campus green space and school officials did not go through the proper environmental review but school officials say a review is not needed but it is part of a existing project. >>> group of nurses protested proposed cuts. they marched in redwood city. they are considering eliminating three nurses that work for the california children's program. if the positions are eliminated it could delay needed care and put children at risk. >> they are the gate ke

. >> reporter: oakland mayor jean quan says our thoughts are with the family and friends of oscar grant grieving their tragic loss. we expect peaceful gathering we do not anticipate nor tolerate vandalism and violence. protests are expected to start here starting at 3:00 sunday afternoon and this morning, 9:00, the coalition for justice for grant is holding a press conference to talk about how they are going to form the demonstrations here on sunday. i should mention to you that protests are planned to happen in l.a. as well. that is where mehserle is spending his time in jail. >> it will be interesting to see where he heads after all this as well. thank you very much. 5:07 now. the grandmother accused of kidnapping her granddaughter is not guilty. they entered a plea yesterday. she broke into her son's home in the middle of the night and took her granddaughter from her bassinet. >>> an update to a story we brought you yesterday. the car dumped in the water was empty. the car was stolen and had been dumped into the water. the car was lifted from the water and towed away. a civil rights

mayor jean quan said the 8 million dollar system will make it safer to do the job. >> three unions received letters to proposed dates for pension reforms. they want to negotiate before the city council declares a fiscal emergency and approves a ballot measure on pension reform. >> we'll be set off 24-7 . any time the city comes down we'll be here ready to talk. >> san jose is facing a $115 million budget deficit. >> we are facing a temperature surplus for the first time in a while it is cool and will warm up a bit. >> it depends on where you live. >> the farther away you are from water the more you will warm up. right now temperatures, they are calm this morning. out west at 12 miles per hour. calm in concord and napa and. we will see fog develop if in the north bay. visibility is around half a mile. napa and fairfield and rest of us have low 50s under a mostly cloudy sky. we'll peel away the clouds away as the afternoon unfolds. 70s in san jose and mid-70s in the east bay . midcents and mud to upper 60s on the bay shore and 60s out in the coast where the clouds will linger the longest. res

the mayor's office says jean quan is keeping an eye on the situation, monitoring it, but keeping a low profile and the city and police have not gotten an indication that outciders are planning any trouble. >> alan: took nearly two yours for johannes mehserle to be charged, tried and convicted in the shooting death of oscar grant. it happened in 2009 after a scuffle on the platform of the fruitvale bart station. a jury found milesly guilty of involuntary manslaughter on july 8 twowsmght. the judge said there was no evidence that mehserle intended to shoot grant. he was sentenced to main jail sentence, two years minus time served. he has served a total of 365 days, including the time he was held prior to this -- his sentencing, and mehserle could be released anytime after 12:01 tomorrow morning in los angeles. we'll continue to bring you the latest on his release tonight on abc-7 news at 11:00, and tomorrow morning beginning at 4:30 a.m. updates will also be posted on the web site at abc7news.com. >>> in other news, tomorrow morning a federal judge will hold a hearing on a motion to thro

. >> reporter: oakland mayor jean quan announcing the start of a new program designed to give kids ane streets. she calls it late night live. >> we have basketball and soccer leagues at the gyms late at night. we are doing arts. we are going to do board games. we're doing all of this by just reprioritizing resources and getting volunteers. there is no new money. >> reporter: the program starts this weekend at various locations including a high school, rainbow recreation center, east oakland youth development center and the 81st avenue library. mayor says she hopes the program will grow but she knows that providing safe alternatives for kids is only part of the answer. >> i sent the message out about parents to, please, take care of your kids and make sure you know where they are at night. but there are a lot of kids in the town don't have an adult looking out for them. >> reporter: will it work? even those looking forward it have their doubts. >> not so many kids are going to come. >> why? >> i think they should. >> so you done complaining now? >> no. >> reporter: but meet this oaklan

mayor jean quan proposing drags stick cuts to the city's library services.less voters approve a parcel tax on unions agree to a pay cut. the plan would close 14 of the city's 18 libraries. critics say the mayor is exaggerating the city's budget woes to win support for the proposed parcel tax. >>> it's been an ongoing debate for years. can your cell phone give y cancer? >> the w.h.o. says there may be a link. the warning comes from a review of 31 separate pieces of research most i which showed no problems what is over. dr. joel moskowitz of the uc- berkeley school of public health says the world health organization found that cell phones were as dangerous as gas exhaust and ddt, and that prolonged use of cell phones produces agreeioma type brain tumors. -- glioma type brain tumors. >> this is the first scientific body that made this type of declaration. >> opponents of smartmeters say it may be proof that they are pulsing radiation. pg&e says smartmeters give off 1/1000th of the radiation of a cell phone. >>> a military dog is changing lives in france. he can

. >>> at 10:30 this morning, mayor jean quan will introduce deanna santana.erienced in oakland government. she's worked with the police, fire and at the city manager's office. >>> let's talk traffic. sal, what are you seeing out there right now? >> well, i'm looking at traffic that's not all that bad when it comes to accidents and stalled vehicles. we can see 880 here. it looks pretty good driving up past the coliseum. so that commute has not take hold yet. moving along and -- taking a look at the bay bridge, that has been backed up from about 6:30 or so all the way out to the macarthur maze. those metering lights are on. this morning in san jose, we have a crash at the almaden expressway. on the peninsula, 101 and 280 still look good. southbound 208 and 380 there is a -- 28 and 3 0 there is a crash that's on the shoulder. let's go to steve. >>> the fog is going 20 make a big impact on temperatures just 4 hours. inland it will still come down. but they will be 90s. livermore is already 67. >>> 50s, 60s on the coast. this whole system is gonna deepen. one fore