this is at oakmont memorial park in lafayette. it is believed someone broke in sunday night and took the urn thinking perhaps it was made of gold, although it is really made out of bronze. these are the ashes of thomas gonzalez jr. they were inside the urn. he co-founded commerce one in 1994. one of thearly success stories of the dot com boom creating software for online exchanges. he died of 2001 of gastric cancer at the age of 35. the sheriff's deputy says this is the second incident like this recently, but the first time the remains were actually stolen. there is a $10,000 reward being offered for the return of the urn and the ashes. of course, if anyone has any information they are asked to call the contra costa county sheriff's department. reporting live in lafayette, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >>> the union city man accused of sexually assaulting a 2-year-old in a store will head to court. eugene ramos is expected to enter a plea in fremont later today. he is facing three felony assault charges with a special e

in fact, the story with lafayette is very interestingesi because lafayette comes over at the age of 19. he quips a ship with provisions and munitions. armedmedo philadelphia with a letter from ben lin franklin, and franklin writes to the continental congress, youow know, please treat the young marquis rather well because he's very close to louis vi, and he could be politically useful. u the congress without consulting washington makes lafayette a major general. this 19-year-old kid who's just arrived.-old makes him a major general which was the highest rank belowene commander in chief.omma but they did it as an honorary title. lafayette then goes and meetse georgeet washington.ton. washington writes a priceless letter to the congress saying i don't think that the youngoun marquis understands that the t title is merely honorific. he's kind of looking, you know, for a regiment to command. [laughter] amazingly enough, lafayette becomes such a resourceful and really fearless general that her becomes one of the major generals in the continental army. and one thing that i found, you know, th

. >> to lafayette, they're also fall. >> and with water posing a perhaps a different problem. >> withan extension-would do no one pretends to overflow. even the we enjoy the rainfall. there is still the potential. >> and with people getting the impression that we are through but we're not through. we will still love three, four different dry months. >> with these reservoirs filled managing the water is a fluid situation. in lafayette, jeff pierce. >> news from the bay area, hayward man is in critical condition after police say he was shot by this song. his 15-year-old, you can see on his son. the boy shot the victim and took off and he was arrested the have not released a motive. and with one the iraq campus. santa cruz. 1 b iran-campus. warning that violence will occur on campo 1-05 cool fautheir increasing security efforts. and to differen shootio different shootings--two different shootings. and a woman was greased in the head. the second was south 42nd and wahl avenue. a 50 year-old man was shot in the leg. meanwhile, a bit of good news with richmond. a new program will keep child

a family from lafayette is asking of family to bring the ashes from an earth back. >> these broke into a mausoleum and stole end are contained ashes of a co- founder. it is the second call for aco-founder pleading fr his remains. >> it is a tragedy. to a lot of people it is a lot of pieces of equipment. but this is our family. >> they smashed the door and stole the bronze all could of their remains. >> this is important message to get to everyone. there is attend as an dollar reward. >> there asking for a halt fighting their loved ones' remains. >> anyone who has information, please let us know. >> in lafayette this is jeff pierce for kron4 news. >> i checked on traffic, things are back on normal after the holiday monday. if you look on the bottom of your screen we will be back. they aren't working and repealing president ronald, as health care law. they're looking to overturn a legislative victory. smith days has more on the battle over health care. >> the day before it has a representative plans to vote on repeal for president greco, the supporters and opponents are taking sides. for

. >> the superintendent of lafayette school district thanks to generous parent support, lafayette is relatively better off than other districts but cut 10% from the budget in two years. >> we didn't come into education to say "fine. we'll just cut. we'll eliminate programs and take away arts and science. we'll take away counseling services and reduce instruction ." these are things we're looking at that are not good for kids. >> this has been an emergency for three, four years. >> gary everhart is on the board of the mount diablo school district. looking at closing three schools. >> communities go past schools and see coors open and say everything is okay. everything is not okay. >> marina's children go one of he seven mount diablo schools. >> could you pay more money as a tax pay grer our school children goring to become better educated? i would be willing to. yes. >> besides clearing and emergency and asking for more public support, she said today he'll be conducting a thorough review of the departments to determine what cost-saving measures can be implexed at the state level. >> t

i'd like you to meet diana, she's a member of temple isaiah in lafayette and also the cofounder and cochair of an organization within the context, it's a hebrew term that means open our hearts and it's a cluster of synagogues and organizations in contra costa county that works with mental health issues within the jewish committee. i'd also like to introduce you to pam wrightman who is a member here in san francisco and she's the chair of a similar group, a hebrew word that means mental illness and works within her synagogue. she's also the director of a jewish meditation center program for the center of jewish peoplehood at the san francisco jccc. welcome diana and pam. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> i'm so thrilled. i think we should say from the very beginning we know each other because of the work of the bay area jewish healing center and we have at the healing center particular outreach on mental health issues and in particular, a half day synagogue conference that works on spiritual care issues for folks with mental illness. and both of you were the chairs and driving for

joe vasquez in lafayette, thank you. >>> well when alcohol is involved a small fight can sometimes get of control. after a few high-profile bar brawls one bay area city plans to serve some new rules to some bars and restaurants. ann notarangelo asks is that fair? >> with the associate the way it is now with the different crowds we're getting in, that, there probably are a few more problems. >> reporter: patsy wilson's husband opened krogan's bar and she hires up to 7 people to keep things in check on the weekends. >> we do a pretty good job trying to be good neighbors and covering the bases for keeping people out that shouldn't be in here. >> michael dell seen oh calls walnut creek one of the quietest bars he has seen. if you think this is big bar fights you haven't been to many bars. >> reporter: they require older establishments like crow governance to follow new rules. >> are there any establishments that are of concern and why they would be under a closer scrutiny? >> not that i would say. i think it's not to pick on the one establishment, the same performance criteria, the same ap

i took the corridor and i can tell you 24, lafayette it was a heavy fog area. pockets of fog around the bay area but specifically in the 680 corporate >> it is cold out there to boot latest on weather, traffic. >> temperatures keep dropping off, more locations temperatures in the '20s. bit chilly for your day dealing with bob as well, this is how much colder than what they she cared typically be this time a year. concord bottom out at 32 degrees, six degrees below average, as at 04 degrees below, napa's seven, same for san jose, eight degrees below the typical temperature in oakland. let's look at those numbers. 29 degrees, cooler than yesterday in san rosa, 28 for napa, 32 for livermore, still in the third is the most locations, the only places we are seeing in 40's is hayward, fremont, and 41 a half moon bay. dealing with a lot of fog spilling over from the central valley, into the state ballot locations, dealing room with fog in the north bay. visibility less than a mile in many locations. less than a quarter of a mile through novato, san rosa, now moving th

. >> continuing with weather and traffic yoli is live in lafayette watching the fog there. >> it looks a bit better. conditions haven't changed much. it doesn't look too bad but as you continue highway 24 you will hit a pocket of thick fog. you can see the lights disappear. that's the way it's been all through the morning. you'll drive through, you'll have less than a quarter mile of visibility, then it comes down to three-quarters of visibility. you will definitely have to slow down your drive this morning. you'll run into different pockets of the fog. >> thank you yoli. we hear steal jobs as a medical leave of absence by the ford of directors. according to the wall street journal, tim cook will run the day operations for the company, we will have more on this coming up as we get new information. other stories oakland police department could be moving to san jose. chief anthony batts is one of the two finalists to take over the drop in san jose he says it would take the position of it was offered. bats was recruited by mayor and dellums from long beach. he became the top cop in 2009.

someone broke into the door of a mausoleum at the oakmont cemetery in lafayette. they stole the urn containing the remainers of thomas gonzales. he was 35 when he died of a rare form of cancer in 2001. >> 10,000 reward so if you have any information, regarding this please contact somebody and let us get thomas back. >> the urn is brass. one other breakin was reported at the same cemetery in the last couple of weeks. >>> berkeley is looking to help city workers who want sex change operations. this isn't the first bay area city to consider adding the surgery to employee benefits. sonja shin is in front of city hall where the council will vote on that proposal today. hi, sonja. >>> reporter: good morning. the city council here in berkeley is set to vote on this controversial benefit tonight. city workers could have $20,000 set aside for them annually for the gender reassignment surgery, a procedure not covered by the cities two health insurance providers according to the "chronicle." berkeley has about 1500 employees. some have asked about the benefit recently and em

lafayette at 39. cold lows. but the days are nice. 36 fairfield. livermore upper 30s. napa is in there. santa rosa. patchy fog. component of an easterly breeze keeps some locations hayward and oakland in the mid 40s. napa at five. very thick fog in the valley could come back in. we can get some of the very low ground fog but it pushes off fast. high pressure is here. it's sticking around for awhile. it's deflecting everything rain to the north and we get that easterly breeze. so in the hills you can get gusts 25-35 miles an hour. 34-50 on the morning lows. it's clear for everyone else. 58-64 sunny to mostly sunny and then i will say fair. mild to warm. 60 to near 70 degrees santa rosa. concord a little cooler. 60s to 70 degrees. gilroy, santa cruz, pleasanton and redwood city. it's sunny. all the way into the weekend. probably sunday and monday a cooler pattern. >> thank you, steve. >>> the oscar nominations are in this morn. it's about 30 minutes to go. we took you live to los angeles as they were announced. we want to update you now for some of the nominations for be

it will be closed for several more hours straight another car stolen was also found abandoned in lafayette. >>> right now the president is giving his state of the union  address. >> we know what it takes to compete. we need to out innovate, out educate, and help build the rest of the world. we are the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices. of google and facebook. in america, innovation does not just change our lives, it is how we make our living. >> lawmakers made a show of solidarity sitting together and we will have more from washington in just 11 minutes. >>> google is adding jobs and they will hire 6200 additional employees. jana katsuyama is live with this story. >> reporter: the lights are on and new hires are on the horizon, outlining a plan to hire thousands. >> reporter: today we talked sweet treats, and today had google more to smile about. they stated that 2011 will be the biggest hiring year in the company's history and its needed 6200 jobs worldwide. the internet search giant has one big profits in online ad revenues in its looking to expand. >> a lot of

the other stolen car, it was parked -- found parked in a driveway in lafayette.aureen kelly kron4 news. >>> an arrest in the murder of a woman whose body was found burned in a san francisco neighborhood. 29-year-old almond johnson was arrested for suspicion of murder. police believe the victim was killed in sacramento and then driven to san francisco where the car was set on fire with her body in it. >>> visibility is already forming out there. half mile visibility, also half mile visibility in fair field. notice we still have good visibility toward the south bay. it's not expected to form in each location. as will the delta and inland vallies. here is what we're going to be seeing, areas of dense fog, the dense fog advisory has been extended up to the north to include parts of the delta. it could be clear skies by noon and if y'all could hang on to fog a little bit warmer than that. we'll take a look at the fog and extended forecast for changes to come this weekend all coming up in just a bit. >>> we'll tell you what investigators pulled out of a irrigation cana

he finds inspiration at the gallerya lafayette. he's looking for a warm christmassy don't have sooth his creation. from lavender to cart blanc to thyme. he is an expert when it comes to sniffing out ingredients' of perfume. today he chooses the classic shall mar. a french classic produced since the 1920's. >> it smells really strongly of tonga bean. vanilla, rose. like snugaling up by the fire. >> and the cocktail to match? how would that snaste >> definitely sweet. slightly fruity. it certainly wouldn't be a big drink. it wouldn't go in a long drink glass. it served elegantly in a cocktail glass. >> making these special cocktails requires more than just liquor and juices. he looks for the right places for his drinks in a tea shop. in reality most of what we identify as a flavor is mostly scent. we identify scrents through our noses, just 20% through the tongue. he is looking for teas. >> a touch of earl gray. it should be creamy, because this fragrance is a bit powdery. i'm sure i'll get the right scent. >> back to work. right by

in the stolen subaru's escaped it was later found and lafayette. pg&e crews are trained to repair the powerful. this is from 6:30 a.m., who last check traffic was moving in both directions. we will keep you updated. another developing story, the search for the four year-old boy who was kidnapped by the ex- boyfriend of his mother. juliani cardenas taken from his grandmother week ago. they are still looking for signs back at the adult the canal in paterson. trying to find the boy, the kidnapper, the car they were last seen in. will tran is live at the canal waiting for the water surged to continue. >> the search will begin in 30 minutes, the fog is lifting, the whatever problem bringing out the two trucks, they have their hands on the 10th object, that is a priority. they don't all fit the car or refrigerator, we will wait and see. as soon as we find out what the object is we will let you know. so far they have pulled out nine stolen cars. we are at the location where they believe a car when into the canal. it could possibly be the silver collapse a

authorities say thieves broke into the family's private mosoleum in lafayette over the week weekend and made off with the bronze urn possibly believing it was made of gold. >> that was broken completely. like a broken windshield. just shattered and all over the floor. >> reporter: shattered glass and a broken lock is all that was found. gonzalez' urn was the only thing housed in the mosoleum. yesterday a person called police saying that they believe someone on sunday stole gonzalez's urn. >> it's a very large mosoleum. what are they going to do? recycle or hold it for ransom. >> reporter: it's all they have left to remember gonzalez, last weekend's incident wasn't the first of itself kind. >> there's incidentally an intent before they broke in and got the urn. >> again that was paul chambers reporting. we contacted oakmont memorial park but no one there would talk to us on camera. >>> state health officials are warning consumers about a candy bar that has been found to contain high levels of lead. the candy is called nuclear bar under the name toxic waste. any children or pregnant women

it was stolen at oakmont memorial park in lafayette and contained the remains of thomas gonzalez ii. gonzalez died of cancer in 2001. >>> a san francisco man who spoke up after witnessing a crime is now concerned about his safety. he says he helped police identify john paul olson as a suspected arsonist trying to set a fire in the tenderloin. today he received a letter signed by olson said from the county jail. it says in part, i do not know why you did what you did to me and ended with the words, careless ignorance and peer prejudice has made a solid cause. >> i understand why people do not want to come forward. god forbid this was a shooting or something. >> it is not clear how olson got his name, address, and cell phone number that was all included in that letter. it is illegal to provide such private information to defend and olson's attorney told us he would not discuss the case while pending. >>> zookeepers say she was loved to the very ends. by any means, a full life and the details of a bay area type of a elephant. >>> if there is no tv nearby, you can watch bay area news at

. >> the superintendent of the lafayette school district thanks to generous parent support, lafayette'selatively better off than other districts but cut 10% from it's $27 million budget in two years and is facing more cuts this year. >> we didn't come into education to say, fine, we'll just cut -- we will eadvice rate programs, we'll take away arts and science, counseling services. these are all things that we are looking at that are not good for kids. >> this has been an emergency for the last three or four years. >> gary he beer hart is on the board of the school district. mount diablo is now looking at closing at least three schools. >> communities, they go past schools, they see the doors open, say, well, everything's okay but everything's not okay. >> maria's change go to schools on the potential closure list. >> can you pay more. >> as a taxpayer, if our children don't become better educated, i would pay more taxes, yes. >> asking for more public support, he will be conducting a thorough review of its own departments to determine what cost-saving measures can be implemented at the

. >> police are still looking for you two suspects who led them on a high-speed chase from lafayetteo oakland. police got a call of people breaking into cars. when they arrived, the suspects took off in a van leading police on a chase through the caldecott tunnel. they took highway 13 and came down monterey road. they nearly crashed into a house. >> going about 100 plus mph. she backed off because it was too fast. this is where it ended up in front of my house. >> police say both suspects ran off despite a search using dogs they got away. police have been able to check out their van and say they recovered property believed to have been stolen from those cars in lafayette. oakland mayor jean quan is making good on her promise to walk the walk and talk the talk in one of oakland's toughest areas. >> we're going to clean your parking lot. and we'd really like you guys to do it yourself. >> the mayor city officials and local residents gathered to clean up litter and debris in east oakland yesterday. quan says the neighborhood has been victimized by illegal dumping. >> we want the neighbo

fewer intervention specialists, reading specialists all of which are being cut debate principal of lafayette agrees. >> they basically feel unsupported because there is not clear evidence that they are being prioritized. they areanting to there and they are giving their all to the students here. they don seem to be appreciated. >> many scho districts don't feel they'll go back to the magic 20 number anytime soon. lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> up next, another bay area medical breakthrough. >> the toxin and it works for them. >> coming up what may free kidney patients from dialysis. kidney patients from dialysis. some of the tinie patientss were prese i want you to >> i have fallen in love with making bird houses. caw caw! [ director ]what is that? that's aorrible crow. here are some things that i'll makas little portals. honestly, i'd love to do this r the rest of my life so i've got to take care of my heart. for me, cheerios is a good place start. [ male annncer ] got something you'll love to keep ing? take care of your heart. you can art with cheerios. thnatural whole grain oats can he

in the home had inadvertently put the explosives inside her truck after clearing out a garage in lafayette. they had been in that home for years. >>> well, oakland police chief anthony batts says he has not been selected for the police chief job in san jose. instead, he says san jose's acting chief chris moore is being offered the position. what's not clear now is whether or not batts will remain in oakland. his decision on whether he wants to stay depends on whether he gets the support he needs from city leaders. >> i need to have concrete conversations with my bosses to make sure i fit what they want to do. it's not only a fit for them but it's also a fit for me. i have to know we're in agreement along those lines. >> reporter: he says one major force of frustration is the declining number of officers. when he arrived in 2009, there were 800. now there are 655. >>> well, the man reportedly chosen for the police chief job, chris moore, has been an officer in the city for 29 years. >> i am bringing forward the best candidate for the city of san jose for all the issues that we're facing and

someone broke through the door of a mausoleum at the oakmont cemetery in lafayette. they stole the urn containing the remains of thomas gonzales the founder of an internet company. he was 35 when he died from a rare form of cancer in 2001. >> a $10,000 reward so please if you have any information regarding this, please contact somebody and let us get thomas back. >> the urn looks like gold but it's actually brass. one relative says at least one other break-in was reported at the same cemetery in the last couple of weeks. >>> a sign of recovery more than four months after the deadly pipeline explosion in san brun that destroyed dozens of homes. a family who lost their home has now become the first to submit plans for the rebuilding. if the process goes quickly they could break ground as early as spring. the city expects to see more submissions in the next few weeks. >>> house republicans start debate today on a plan to repeal -- the house of representatives getting back to work after the shooting of gabrielle giffords. the republican majority plans to tackle healthcar

. >> contra costa county san francisco investigators are looking into a cemetery in lafayette.unday night somebody broke into a mausoleum and stole a glass urn containing gonzalez, jr. he was during the dot-com boom. whoever stole that urn may have thought it was made of gold. they're offering a $10,000 reward for its return. >> san jose police are looking for the gunman in what they believe was a gang-related deadly dry-by shooting. shots were heard in the 1900 bloke of poke coway just after 11:00 yesterday. when police arrived, they found a 20-year-old man dead in the street. investigators don't have a vehicle description yet. this is san jose's 7th homicide of the year. an oakland woman is recovering this morning after being shot in the leg. it happened around 11:00 last night as well as she was walking along international boulevard near fruitdale avenue. police say two men tried to kidnap her but failed. they're still looking for the men. >> federal investigators say they collected a lot of video that captured the tucson shooting incident that clearly shows who did the shoo

and at and t says they did the same thing in november 15, locations in orinda and lafayette. >>> a $2500 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction to a person or person who's shot a sea lion named silent night. he is now blind in the right eye and will not be able to return to the wild. for information if you can help go to abc 7 news.com. >> coming up role the tie between family and birthday may flai autism. >> toll maik taker jobs are on the line. the golden gate bridge considers going all electronic, all the time. >> big farewell to the son, hello to rain. how much we'll get coming up. >> and government agency setting up shop in china with [ male announcer ] rockin out to the big hot pastrami. big. hot. pastrami. don't dare call it a cover band -- unless you're talking about covering freshly baked bread with layer upon layer of flavor-packed pastrami. this sub lays down power cords of tasteocity with pickles, mean licks of mustard and riffs of melty, bubbly cheese. catch 'em before the fresh toasted tour leaves town. subway big hot pastrami. crank up the flavor at subway

lafayette and walnut creek, 39, among others. livermore, these temperatures now 40 minutes old, they are probably warmer than this. 50 already in san francisco. 46 mountain view. fremont's forecast started at 39. we'll go 56 at noon, then 66 today for an afternoon high with lots of sunshine. occasionally some higher clouds drift by, but that's it. that's it. the jet stream, everything stays so far to the north it can't do much here. maybe a pattern change early february. we'll see. fair, nice to mild. usually that's what happens. patchy fog to the valley but not really much left here. there was a sliver of it but it's mostly gone now. 60s, low, mid to upper. sunshine, cool cold nights and sunny warm days. >> all right. thank you, steve. 8:42. we're following developing news. >> that's a murder over there, half a block away, and then a murder here. >> another grim discovery early today in a troubled san francisco neighborhood. >>> also, the pope has a special message involving 21st century communication. >> 8:46. the top stories w

reporting live in lafayette, christie smith, "today in the bay". >>> good morning, folks. 5:48. we are getting your tuesday on here as many head back to work. the fog is a big issue for the morning commute. the volume is increasing throughout the east bay and approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. the east bay shore freeway is seen here in the shot, but you can't see beyond that due to the fog. we'll show you where the slowdowns are. amtrak right on schedule 20 miles per hour heading out to elk. also slow out of the altamonte pass. right on schedule for a tuesday. a 15-minute drive into the heart of livermore, but smooth by the time you are to the dublin interchange. a blip or two through sunol, but along 680 heading to the south bay, it is an easy drive. a flip or two heading downtown. the fog advisory, the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridges have advisories. there's dense fog all over the place, right? >>> it is drifting and definitely not staying put this morning. heading throughout the next hour it is going to get worse before it gets better. keep that in mind,

fog started about lafayette and got thicker and thicker as we progressed to here.hey have advisories out in vacaville. we know the fog advisory will stay in place until 10:00 this morning. so if you are in the east bay, keep in mind it is extremely cold out here and visibility is very low. if you're het hitting the road, give yourself extra time you want to slow it down because it's really hard to see what's in front of you. can't even see very far much more than several feet at certain points on the benicia bridge and across it. just a word of warning if you are headed out this way. live in benicia, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in oakland, a father of four remains in critical condition this morning. he's the innocent victim of tuesday night's shoot out in east oakland that injured five ores. investigators say the 49-year- old man was just sitting at home watching tv when a stray bullet went through his wall. oakland police believe the gunfire may be gang-related and they fear retaliation in the coming days. >>> hayward police say a man who was shot and

>>reporter: fred is the superintendent of lafayette school district.thanks to generous parent support lafayette relatively bet off than many districts. still cut 10% from the 27 million dollar budget in two years. and facing more cuts this year. >> we didn't come into education to say fine we'll just cut. we'll cut programs and take away our signs, counseling services, reduce instruction year. these are things we are lacking at not good for kid. >> this is an emergency for the last 3 or 4 years. >>reporter: gary is on the board of the mount diablo school district on the edge of insolvent sent they are now looking at closing at least 3 schools. >> communities they go past schools and see the doors open and say well everything is oka okay. everything is not okay. >>reporter: her children would to one of 7 the skals here on the potential closure list. >> could you pay more money. as taxpayer if our school children are going to become bet educated i would be willing to pay more taxes, yes. >>reporter: besides declaring an emergency and asking for more publ

the driver of the second car ditched it in lafayette and got away. >> the circumstances that led policeo fatally shoot a man in the rural hills east of san jose. it happened in a ravine. the man shot was possibly a suspect who burglarized another home. he was armed with a knife. san jose police in claire account sheriff deputies were questioning neighbors in the sparsely populated area following the shooting. >> i was questions by one of the deputies saying did you see any vagrants, suspicious people walking around. that led me to believe they knew the person didn't belong up here. >> rescue crews were called in last night to pull the body out of the steep ravine. no word on his identity. >> authorities plan to resume the search in a canal for the vehicle involved in the kidnapping of a four-year-old boy. last night family and community members gathered for a candlelight vigil in patterson where giuliani was abducted. he was kidnapped by his exmother's boyfriend a week ago and it's taken a toll on giuliani's mother. >> every day it gets harder. it gets harder to keep the faith. you know

vandals did the same thing in november at 15 different locations in walnut creek creek orinda and lafayette mystery grows. first it was arkansas, louisiana, then tennessee. now dozens of birds turn out dead in the bay area. there's next at 5 a.m. >> a pg&e practice has one congress woman claiming the utility gross negligence. what are they doing in your neighborhood? a live report coming up. >> and we'll have the latest on the arizona shooting rampage including the services planned for the victims. [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. plus i get two boxtops for their school. winning is my but we lost today. no, we didn't... ♪ we're the kids in america ♪h, oh, oh ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh

a graverobber has struck the oakmont cemetery in lafayette. >> it's sad, heartbreaking. >> reporter: sunday night someone broke into a mausoleum and stole the urn containing the remains of thomas gonzalez. here's the photo of one that's the same size and color of the one that was stolen. it looks gold but it's made of brass. gonzalez grew up poor and worked his way to become a startup star in the early dot- com days. he was a founder of commerce 1, a pioneering e-commerce company that soared to great heights just before the internet bust. he died of cancer in 2001 at the age of 35. his family placed his remains on a hill at the oakmont cemetery property so on clear days he could look out at his beloved mount diablo. >> one of the family members has talked to the sheriff's department and there has been reported another break-in in the last couple weeks at the same cemetery here in oakland month. >> reporter: a contra costa selves spokesman says they have received a report of the theft but they don't have suspects or leads. did someone steal it because they thought it was worth somethi

police found the subaru abandoned in lafayette. that truck crash knocked out power to almost 300 customers. most of them finally do have their power back. the rest, we are told, should get the power back on within the hour. >>> well, to the search for a kidnapped stanislaus county boy. today investigators spent another day searching a patterson canal looking for clues. crews have pulled 10 vehicles now out of that water but none of them is linked to the kidnapping. last night, the family of juliani cardenas held a candlelight vigil at the home from where he was taken. his mother begged the suspect, jose rodriguez, to bring her son home. >> i forgive you, jose, if you are watching. this [ crying ] >> i forgive you. >> i forgive this guy who took my grandson. i forgive him from the bottom of my heart. >> again, rodriguez just a suspect. but deputies say their strongest lead is still the tip that a car matching the description that rodriguez was driving in went into a canal last week. today deputies received a vote showing where rodri

lafayette who was involved in the early stages of the french revolution he wanted to simply a form the marquee. he later and that was a victim fleeing france, but initially he was supportive and sent to washington with a key to the bastille in the july 14 takeover which is the initial event in the french revolution. he sends the key to washington as a symbol of american contribution to the french revolution. our revolution, republican revolution came first and the french liberals saw that. that he still stands or is hanging in the wall and mount vernon and many of you may have seen that. as soon as the situation turned violent and especially after the jack evans took over, the american society was deeply split along party lines. federalists supported england and jefferson and fall was supported france and it contributed to the party split in the united states. jefferson never lost his feeling for france and felt that the american revolution future as the republican state in a more marked cool world dependent upon the success of the french revolution so he made extraordinary statements

the driver of the second stolen car ditched it in lafayette and got away. >>> toyota is issuing a hugerecall. that story is ahead. >> and he is known as spider dan. tonight why this san francisco sky scraper climber says he didn't really get his day in court. >> also, why this man's beard is keeping him from getting a job with the state. >> and the push to give san francisco nannies prefered parking. >> and then later tonight on "nightline." >> i'm terry moran. coming up next on "nightline" a special edition on the state of the union address. the president declares a sputnik moment, and he calls for a political truce. we'll look at how america is reacting to what the president said and how he said it.@t this is a strawberry pop-tart. and this is the warm fresh baked taste... of a strawberry toaster strudel. see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's nothing we love more than listening to our favorite songs. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pi

for one hundred twenty people have been arrested in the largest single day in lafayette crackdown in u.s. history they're accused of responding to it's led to extortion to drug trafficking f.b.i. agents used whatsapp so tonnage and its assistance from the families informants sweeps which to me york's five million one families took place in the city and in other areas north east of the country. the mysterious billboard depicting the infamous deceased colombian drug lord public giving season's greetings has been taken down by police in the ukrainian city of hot coffee the border showed a smiling asked wishing locals a happy new year shows claim they have no idea who was behind the bizarre message that had paid their forty twenty five thousand dollar cost to use the billboard even with the hope point of it was. packed with headlines a few minutes before that crane that will bring you all that is business liza stay with us. please. they're about to business good to have you with us ross they have and b.p. have come under fire after their recent share swap preparation to join the develop

contra costa sheriffs investigators are looking for a he theft at oak lawn cemetery at lafayette.omeone stole a glass urn. the family believes whoever stole the urn may have thought it was made of gold. they're offering a $10,000 reward for its return. >> several investigators say they have collected reams of video that captured the incident and clearly shows who did the shooting. sources tell the l.a. times, the best evidence comes from security cameras posted in the safe way parking lot. a source say they clearly show the gunman shooting his victims one by one beginning with congresswoman giffords and federal judge john roll who was next to her. giffords' husband gave his first interview exclusively to diane sawyer and lee has more on that. >> after days in an arizona hospital room, congresswoman gabrielle giffords' husband says he sees clear signs of hope. >> for ten minutes rubbing my neck. i tell her, gabby, you're in the ucu. you don't need to be doing this. but so typical of her. no matter how bad the situation might be for her, she's looking out for other people. >> astron

the door has been jimmied, the glass shattered, a graverobber has struck the oakmont cemetery in lafayette. >> just sad. it's just heartbreaking to see this for no apparent reason. >> reporter: sunday night, someone broke into a mausoleum and stole the urn containing the remains of thomas gonzales. here's a photo of an ur in. the same size and color of the one stolen. it looks gold but it's made of brass. gonzales grew up poor and worked his way to become a startup star in the early dot- com dames. he was a founder of commerce one a pioneering e-commerce company that soared to great heights just before the internet bust. thomas gonzales died young of a rare form of cancer back in 2001. he was 35. his family placed his remains at the top of a hill on the oakmont cemetery property so on clear days he could look out at his beloved mount diablo. >> one family member has talked to the sheriff's department and there is reported another break- in in the last couple of weeks at the same cemetery here in oakland month. >> reporter: a contra costa sheriff's spokesman says they have received a report

here on this block brought in a box of what appeared to be military mortars from a friend's home in lafayette. something told her to call concord police. when they got here they said this is something for the bomb squad to handle and that happens to be in walnut creek and now in walnut creek officials got here, they said you know what, this is something for the military to handle. travis air force base called in, it took them five hours to get here. when they got here they x-rayed the box of what appeared to be mortars. the woman who brought in the box told us tonight that her gut told her to contact authorities. >> it's like opening up a box that you've never seen so it doesn't actually hit you and then you open it up again, those are kind of different and look at it maybe a third time and it's like, you know, i kind of watched a few movies and that might be -- but you it just didn't occur to me that they might be live. >> it turns out the mortars were not live. they were empty but they were military mortars. probably leftover from 40 years ago. travis personnel took the mortars back with th

continuing coverage with jackie sizzle was live in lafayette. taking a look at how many car lengths can you see in front of you. >> quarter mile of visibility but it drops significantly in some spots. there was a spot just half a mile from here, visibility was 100 yds. this is the fifth day in a row we have seen this out here. we have seen that affect most of the week this valley fog rolls then, this is where it lies. you'll run into that fog periodically. >> thank you jackie, be wary of that. leave extra time. >> it was difficult on 37, another story it has been 10 days since juliani cardenas has been missing. dive kurds returning to the canal near patterson to continue their search. 12 vehicles have been found so far in the canal. none of will have been the silver corolla, this is where they will be searching again today. we highlighted the areas that carries water under creek. near where they saw a car with tubulin side roll into water. we will have more formation coming up. >> the utility cannot find records on nearly one-third of its natura

a live look at lafayette, have led to address bound as you can see the fog is extremely thick their momnd your brother in a moment.there. more on yourr in a moment. 5:00 a.m. on the kron 4 morning news on the smart lines is the king day pleasers searching for suspects in an overnight shooting that left one person dead near a church. details coming up. >> oakland's top cop could be moving to another bay area city will tell you where coming up. police are investigating a murder- suicide how it could be connected to the tenure of murder and rustication details ahead. big story around the bay the fog, stockton with fog advisories in effect, a live look from the golden gate and our roof camera i think i can even tell were those pictures are it's so foggy out there louisa has more. >> dense fog, a lot of that fog widespread ride across the bay visibility's really down this morning in fact visibility less than a 10th of a mile at this turn our lots of sunshine ones that fog burns off pretty pleasant for least a couple of hours before the fog returns into the evening. right now here's a look to

office and scalp some deputy official you know maybe you know somebody will set off a rocket in lafayette square you know who knows but there are certain points in history where all of a sudden stuff just changes and you're in a different place. you don't see any kind of transition lateral transition and almost were resisting any kind of a coherent transition and right now we are not able to construct a coherent consensus about what's happening to us and we're not able to also figure out what we're going to do about it right so with no coherent analysis of what's really going on we can expect a coherent transition it's unlikely so we end up with a you know revolutionary revolutionary mode and you know folks who are thinking about ultimately who is the new warden of the bastille who would be the guy to whose head would find itself on a pike in the year two thousand and eleven who would be that guy any any guesses oh my gosh there could be so many things you know these things seem to be epidemics that go in cycles for example i don't know if you remember you may be a little younger than i a

it six is affecting the lafayette. this is traffic heading westbound out towards i read that. the taillights are headed towards of the calder cup and tunnel. definitely under of blanket of fog. mark? >> there is new video coming in of protests again today in egypt. that bit of dish like thousands of protesters taking to the streets. it looks like smallpox cocktails' are being thrown at the police officers. water cannons are being drawn into the crowd to disperse them. their leader mohammad is joining the supporters of the protest. in see them in the streets. there asking for the egyptian president to step down and they are calling for economic where it forms. reforms. their internet providers have been shut down. president barack obama addressed the situation in egypt. >> egypt is an ally of ours in many critical issues. their president is very helpful. there are tough issues in the middle east and i've always said to him that " making sure that they are moving forward on reform. political, economical, it is critical to make the well being of egypt. " you concede the effect of

this incident started from a woman who had been cleaning out a home in lafayette and brought the explosives to her home here al at concord. they have warned people to stay away just in case. >> we came to school at about 4:00. we saw police cars coming in. they started knocking on everybody's door all around and they were telling us to stay as far as possible as we can. >> reporter: where you see the flashing lights is the police chief. they do believe they are world war ii mortar artillery and they did not have to be detonated. we'll be talking to the woman who brought these explosives. >>> tonight we learned that oakland's chief is going to stay in oakland and san jose is going to hire chris moore. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live in san jose. but we begin this tale of two chiefs with john sasaki in oakland. >> reporter: this is where oakland police officers pick up and drop off their patrol cars, it's also the place officers will talk about the news i received when i sat this afternoon with chief anthony bats. >> san jose are going to go in another direction, they're going to my good friend

this incident started from a woman who had been cleaning out a home in lafayette and brought the explosives to her home here al at concord. they have warned people to stay away just in case. >> we came to school at about 4:00. we saw police cars coming in. they started knocking on everybody's door all around and they were telling us to stay as far as possible as we can. >> reporter: where you see the flashing lights is the police chief. they do believe they are world war ii mortar artillery and they did not have to be detonated. we'll be talking to the woman who brought these explosives. >>> tonight we learned that oakland's chief is going to stay in oakland and san jose is going to hire chris moore. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live in san jose. but we begin this tale of two chiefs with john sasaki in oakland. >> reporter: this is where oakland police officers pick up and drop off their patrol cars, it's also the place officers will talk about the news i received when i sat this afternoon with chief anthony bats. >> san jose are going to go in another direction, they're going to my good friend

the driver in the stolen subaru escaped, that car was recovered in lafayette. >> what what what president barack obama had to say last night in his second state of the union address. dame said he was moving the country for and asking democrats and republicans to move forward. he talked up innovation and investing in the future in order for a market to be more competitive. >> now that the worst of the recession is over, we have to confront the fact government spends more than it takes and. that is not sustainable. everyday family sacrifice to live within their means. the deserve a government that does the same. (cheeri(applause) tonighti am proposing starting this year, we freeze domestics spending for the next five years, this would reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade. it will bring discretionary spending to lower share of our economy since dwight eisenhower was president. >> in response paul ryan said the president spent too much in the stimulus package. the government added three trillion dollars to the debt. he says republicans can tackle the debt and cut spending b

. >> contra costa county san francisco investigators are looking into a cemetery in lafayette.y night somebody broke into a mausoleum and stole a glass urn containing gonzalez, jr. he was during the dot-com boom. whoever stole that urn may have thought it was made of gold. they're offering a $10,000 reward for its return. >> san jose police are looking for the gunman in what they believe was a gang-related deadly dry-by shooting. shots were heard in the 1900 bloke of poke coway just after 11:00 yesterday. when police arrived, they found a 20-year-old man dead in the street. investigators don't have a vehicle description yet. this is san jose's 7th homicide of the year. an oakland woman is recovering this morning after being shot in the leg. it happened around 11:00 last night as well as she was walking along international boulevard near fruitdale avenue. police say two men tried to kidnap her but failed. they're still looking for the men. >> federal investigators say they collected a lot of video that captured the tucson shooting incident that clearly shows who did the shooting