mccracken and sheriff mirkarimi and myself.and this is an effort that started last year, the goal is a two-year process to look for sentencing reform and looking at best practices to determine what is appropriate. and certainly pretrial detention is part of the mix. i go back to what i said earlier, i believe that pretrial custody should be based on appropriate -- and i want to underline appropriate, risk assessment tools. that will be race neutral. that will be gender neutral. that will be socially neutral. but assess risk, risk of violence, risk of not showing up for court. i believe that, that is an achievable goal. and i believe that the sentencing commission is a really good place. we have excellent resources at our disposal. we have a two-year plan. and we have basically every component of the general system and the community in this process. i hope we will come up with a pretrial releasing process. >> i want to thank all panelists for participating. and thank you all for attending. [applause] i think our public defender

sheriff ross mirkarimi wants to build a 640-bed jail at this mcdonald's next to the hal of justice. he says the current county jails inside the hal of justice are unsafe because the building is believed to be at risk in a big earthquake. opponents say the money could be better spent. >> whether it's drug programs, jobs programs, family reunification. there's many, many things that would be more positive than just locking people um. >> the state grant the sheriff is seek is $80 million. the rest of the money for the $390 million project would come from the city's general fund. >>> the family of a berkeley man killed outside his home has reached a settlement in its wrongful death lawsuit against the city. 67-year-old peter was killed in february of last year. he was attacked while waiting for police to respond to his call about an intruder on his property. the city will now change its policy to allow dispatchers to tell callers an officer will respond when able, but there could be a delay because of other calls. his alleged killer was ruld incompetent to stand trial and sent to napa s

. >> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi agrees there should be an independent investigation into the missing patient that was found dead this week as we reported on a rarely-used stairwell 17 days after the hospital reported her missing. mirkarimies department is responsible for security at the hospital. >>> governor brown signed a law requiring limb seenz to have extra exits, must have two more exits in addition to the door. the law passed after a fire in may where five women died as they were drive dwron a bridal party. the law takes affect for new limos. >> a san jose man will be sentenced to live in prison without parole after pleading guilty to a violent crime spree including murder ask attempted murder of a police officer. last yeefr year's crime spree ended on november 16th with jonathan willbanks and a 15-year-old accomplice shot and killed 22-year-old rory park pettiford, minutes late yes, opened fire, wounding a police officer that pulled them over. the night began with armed robberies on local businesses, willbanks will be sentenced in december and his alleged accomplice w

sheriff mirkarimi says the current jail at the hal of justice is old and seismicly unsafe.onents say the grant should instead be used to fund programs to help reduce the jail population. >>> fog has hampered efforts to search for a missing diver off the sonoma county coast. authorities say the man's wife reported him missing at about 4:00 p.m. yesterday in south point state park. today state park divers and the sonoma county sheriff's office resumed the search at oobt 8:00 a.m. but a helicopter was ground dude to fog. >>> at this time next year, the blue angels should be returning to san francisco. the navy announced the precision jets will perform over the bay next year as part of fleet week, though other activities will be scaled back. the blue angels scrubbed shows nationwide this year as part of the sequestration cuts back in april. water front merchants said they took a big financial hit from that cancellation. >>> apple's newest tablet has dash of nike in its name, but will it bring new customers to cupertino? >>> i do believe there's american football team taking pla

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. >>> it was one year ago today when san francisco supervisors handed suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi his job back. the decision came at the end of a marathon meeting. the supervisors decided his bruising of his wife's arm during a heated argument was way out of line but it did not qualify as official misconduct. >>> 7:11. three new target stores opening today in the bay area. one is in san francisco on geary boulevard at masonic avenue. another is in alameda at mariner square loop. the third one is in san rafael at the shoreline center. here's some video i wanted to show you. the new store opening this morning in san francisco. like the other target store that opened in san francisco, this one will be smaller. they are gonna focus on certain types of merchandise. >> all right. >>> 7:11. boy, a real mystery at sf general. what we've learned about the body found in a hospital stairwell and whether this is a patient who disappeared last month. >>> also -- a new snag in the partial government shutdown. how veterans are now feeling the impact. what's being done about it today. >>> good mo

sheriff ross mirkarimi pledged his support friday of the independent review. office is conducting its own internal investigation of its operations at the hospital. spalding was admitted to the hospital sept. 19. she had been losing weight and may have been suffering from some kind of infection. on sept. 21, spalding disappeared from her hospital bed 15 minutes after a nurse attended to her. as the car crash into the top three. >> good morning let us check your forecast. >> calm winds that is contributing to the colder conditions. we have seen temperatures in the 40's. 40's in vallejo. mild in oakland. as we go for this afternoon temperatures are bit warmer for this time of hiyear. 77 degrees expected in oakland with sunshine and the self bain the s---south bay later tonight, the temperatures will drop off. it looks like we are back into the upper 50s. the wind will pick up as well. the satellite and radar showing a decent air mass has settled in. the offshore wind will increase our fire danger. if you do like warmer weather we will see that for the next couple

he is hoping to speak with sheriff ross mirkarimi directly. >> catherine: how are lynne's children doing? >> reporter: she has a teenaged son and daughter. the lawyer told me. the son is devestated. and the daughter. in his mind. is feeling guilty that she brought her mother to sf general.and she didn't come back. there are still a lot of questions. >> catherine: thank you , justin waldman. the investigation continues tonight into a possible case of elderly abuse in castro valley. authorities say that numerous patients may have been abandoned when their care facility closed down last week. those patients have since been moved to other locations. kron 4's charles clifford is live in alameda county with an update. charles, do we know where the these people have been moved to? >> reporter: this facility remains closed and we believe that all of the patients have been taken to local hospitals. over the weekend, the alameda county sheriff's deparment says they removed 14 residents from the valley springs manner care facility because as of last thursday, the facility's operating license had be

. >> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is facing heated opposition in efforts to get state money to build a new jail. the board of supervisors is meeting to decide whether to approve the application. $80 million could help demolish the unsafe jail at the hall of justice then build a new plan. plans call for building a smaller jail next door. activists say services are needed but not expensive new lock out. >> sfr san francisco, residents complaining about sunday's nike marathon got a surprise. they were told to call 1-800-run nike if they wanted to complain. turns out the number is a phone sex line. the number is 866-run-nike. residents were angry about the announcements and music starting at 5:30 in the morning. the marathon had a start time of 6:30. >> that sound of the blue angels returning to san francisco part of the fleet week celebrations. the blue angels had to cancel shows this we're because of the sequestration cuts. the precision flight team will be performing on october 11th and 12th next year. of course, you'll hear and see practice runs. is it's a speck tackle. >> goin

sheriff mirkarimi wants to build a new jail. opponents say the money could be better spent. >> whether it's jobs programs, drug programs, family reunification. there are many other things that are more positive than lock people up. >> what do you do with people who are in our custody now. we're required to have housing. >> the rest of the money for the $390 million project would come from san francisco's general fund. >>> the strained relationship between san jose city hall and its police union has city residents caught in the middle once again. right now the department has fewer than 2,000 officers that's 700 less than a few years ago. city leaders decided to move 700 officers from background check duty and hire retired officers to do the background checks. but san jose's police unit should block that work. this latest dysfunction has angered city officials. >> it'll make it more difficult for us to do background on the new recruits. it might slow down the recruiting and that's going to undermine the department. >> the police d

sheriff mirkarimi wants to build a new jail. opponents say the money could be better spent. >> whether it's jobs programs, drug programs, family reunification. there are many other things that are more positive than lock people up. >> what do you do with people who are in our custody now. we're required to have housing. >> the rest of the money for the $390 million project would come from san francisco's general fund. >>> the strained relationship between san jose city hall and its police union has city residents caught in the middle once again. right now the department has fewer than 2,000 officers that's 700 less than a few years ago. city leaders decided to move 700 officers from background check duty and hire retired officers to do the background checks. but san jose's police unit should block that work. this latest dysfunction has angered city officials. >> it'll make it more difficult for us to do background on the new recruits. it might slow down the recruiting and that's going to undermine the department. >> the police d

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sheriff ross mirkarimi pledged his support friday of the independent review.riff's office is conducting its own internal investigation of its operations at the hospital. spalding was admitted to the hospital sept. 19. she had been losing weight and may have been suffering from some kind of infection. on sept. 21, spalding disappeared from her hospital bed 15 minutes after a nurse attended to her. >> going through security at oakland international airport may soon get easier for you. the t-s-a launched its "pre- check" program there over the weekend. if you enroll in the program, you'll be able to keep your shoes and jackets on. and you won't have to take your laptop out of its case. for now, a dedicated pre- check lane is only available in terminal one. but a lane is expected to be added to terminal two by the end of the year. for more information on how to sign up for the pre- screening program. go to t- s-a-dot-gov. >> two teenagers arrested for attempted burglary in south san francisco last week have admitted to burglarizing two other homes. the two boys we

sheriff ross mirkarimi wants a new jail. he says the old one is an earthquake ivg.hronicle reports the sheriff will ask the supervisors today for an $80 million state grant towards building a new jail. the supervisor, eric mar, and district attorney, george gas conare against the -- gascon are against the plans. >>> a skate wooder was hit and injured while skateboarding on mayfield avenue. this happened around 11:30 yesterday morning. the man has been identified as 19-year-old vincent su. the chp reports su collided with a silver toyota with ohio license plates. the driver has not been arrested or cited. officers are still investigating who may have been at fault. >>> scientists say the death of two giant oar fish may be connected. one expert says the most likely cause was a current that carried the fish from still waters into a more turbulent area where they are not adapted to surviving. the fish washed upen a southern california beach last week. the fish are deep sea creatures and remain a mystery. >>> watching for one of the rarest wild birds in america is a litt