they have been patrolling montclair business district. frustrated residents and merchants are concerned with the rising crime are taking steps to fill the void in police. >> burglaries, robberies are and creasing it is important to have a police presence with the limited staffing. with the robberies -- increasing. the community is willing to step up. like montclair, it is looking for ways to improve its security and with its diverse options. we of had a security program for a long time. we want to add more presents to the street. >>pam: shop owners are also looking to integrate their individual security cameras. to cover the entire business village. team coverage on the oakland crime problem continues tonight at 6:00 p.m. >>terisa: off the oakland police chief speaks to the 911 response. guidelines are dictating that oakland officers should be able to get to calls. within seven minutes. the severity. such as a rape, or a robbery. however, that is not happening. how long is it really taking four officers to get to an important call? how lo

but i have some news for you-- you are now attending the first annual montclair film festival.ther time because you're going to be seeing some great films like the may 5 creeping of "flat daddy" a documentary about military families who cope with loved ones station overseas using life-sized card board cutouts. not to be condition fused with flat packing, the gripping documentary about ikea that does not exist. to find out more visit montclairfilmfestival.org. get your tickets today and be part of the first-ever film festival with talkies. i'm telling you. they are the future, kid. that's it for the

but i have some news for you-- you are now attending the first annual montclair film festival. time because you're going to be seeing some great films like the may 5 creeping of "flat daddy" a documentary about military families who cope with loved ones station overseas using life-sized card board

he lives in montclair, new jersey, and there is a concourse in the middle of the road coming to his house. so, you can get to his house going either way. so when he says when he comes to a fork in the road, take it, he claims this is where it came from. when you go to his house, you could go left or right. baseball -- less so today -- but the owners, the players, they are bland, colorless, they don't have nicknames. baseball used to be staged like a grand opera. you had a roof, casey stengel, up and down the ride very funny -- up and down the line, very funny. great quotes, great excesses in public. and the managers, all these different characters played the game. now it is much more corporate, it is much more sanitized or something. >> so are the speeches, aren't they? speeches are sanitized by speechwriters. i once was hired by a corporation, along with some other people, much more important people that i am, to write a single speech. and they must have spent a small fortune, more than what anyone at this table would in a year, on experts to contribute to the speech. my little contribut

>>grant: this just in to the kron 4 news room there is live power lines in the east bay and near montclairis big board showing this large tree fell about 15 minutes ago on glenn corte dry. the power lines are hot as we speak. pg&e is not even there yet. they are in route. we have to do for a cruise on the way and will bring you updates. be advised, there are hot power lines after it is a tree fell. with all of that rainfall. that is the very latest. >>pam: foreclosure crisis devastating california and confirmation that homeowners are getting very little help. this new report is that banks are consistently failing to modify home loans. kate thompson reports that this is impossible for people to stay in their homes. >> banks are failing, they rarely are they are making promises that they cannot keep. >>reporter: 2 california reinvestment coalition is that it is nearly impossible to successfully get out of a mortgage. >> they continue to lose the their homes when they thought they were doing everything right. sometimes, said in the paper work 10, 20 times over and over again >>reporter: they

>>jacqueline: >>reporter: in piedmont, charles clifford, kron 4 >>pam: take a look this was in montclairon the plan court strike. this morning a social worker told how important it is that this tree came down right after work. >> normally i am parked right here. if i was here this afternoon i could have been trashed crashed -- i was very lucky. and thank goodness >>pam: that treat hit electrical lines and pg&e were on the scenes restore power. that tree -- >>grant: the meetamazing shots f the bay bridge with lightning bolts actually hitting the bridge. let us take a closer look. it does not even appear to be making it to the water. a direct hit on that support tower. these smaller bolts there is so many that the national weather service recorded 750 lightning strikes overnight. from the north bay towards monterey county. as we take a look at the other shot. look past that. right in san francisco. experts say that this amount of intensive likening is typical only once per decade in the bay area. air travel was impacted. dan kerman reports from s f o. the international flight was turned ar

the montclair lions club is sponsoring an ease club at the montclair recreation center. >>> in san franciscoade kicks off on union street. there will be plenty of free activities, food and of course the easter bunny. it begins 10:00. that parade starts at 2:00 in the afternoon. >>> the kiwanis club is sponsoring 50th annual easter egg hunt today. it begins at noon. >>> good morning to you, fair weather in the forecast for your easter sunday. giving you a live look here at blue skies, high clouds sweeping across the area for today, and that's really going to be about it. the subtle change in the forecast for the afternoon, perhaps a sheet of high clouds over parts of the north bay with fair skies over the rest of the area. calm conditions, cool conditions, still this morning. easterly breeze. you say it is calm around the region. 44 in santa rosa. 48 in napa. this is an improvement because when we started the morning, the inland spots had sunk into the 30s in the overnight hours. 49 concord, 50 degrees reported at the airport in san jose. widespread low to mid-50, campbell, we're still dealin