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captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsoredmedia access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org . >>> you're watching cbs 5 eyewitness news. >>> new at 6:00 tonight jerry brown lays out his plan to end the budget madness. what it means for spending and taxes. >> an army of police, a lot of scared kids and parents but still no sign of any threat on campus. >>> and it's oakland's police chief is on the way out or is he just grabbing some bargaining power? the cops and cars he may have already secured. >> good evening i'm allan martin. >> and i'm dana king. in a very short state of the state speech jerry brown laid out the problems in california. a governor wants to put a key part of his budget plan to a vote. hey, mark. >> reporter: hey, dana as promised by the governor himself the speech was short

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captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> free parkingfor bus drivers? i'm phil matier in san francisco where the city says no more to that perk. >>> confusion over clipper cards on cal trains. just ahead the $400 mistake you don't want to make. >>> take a look at this beautiful landmark behind me. the clairemont hotel surviving even the oakland hills fire. but now a new problem. bankruptcy. the story coming up. >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. $80 a month to park. it would be a steal for a lot of people who work in san francisco. but muni drivers are furious that the city is ordering them to pay anything at all. phil matier shows us why muni employees say charging

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captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> you're watching cbs5 eyewitness news. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> his job bust drug dealers. his home for the night a bay area jail cell. what a top narcotics officer is accused of after an undercover sting. >>> her job. how police used her position at the airport to steal a whole lot of credit card numbers. >>> hot on the heels of scenes like this. look out. because here comes storm number 3. good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. named the safest city in america but tonight the money situation is so bad in san jose that is warning of massive layoffs. >> reporter: keep in mind we are talking about a worst-case scenario here but that worst case is pretty bleak here in san jose when you are talking about laying off a quarter of the public safety officers, police and fire in the city. out of the gates and onto the streets is how police officers report for duty. but with massive layoffs looming there could be hundreds of fewer officers patrolling san jose. >> the wo

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