a top munni official says the increase will cost munni an extra $3 million. >>> san jose officials say the latest proposal by the fire department union is quote too little too late. the union is looking for a way to save the jobs of 49 firefighters laid off over the weekend because of the city's budget shortfall. the new offer includes a two tier recovering structure. the proposals would save less than $6 million and that the city needs more savings than that. >> reporter: the california supreme court today upheld the state law that bans affirmative action and public employment, education and government contracting. in the 6-1 ruling, the court rejected argumenting that proposition 209 passed through voters in 1989 violated federal equality protection. today's rulings comes as a challenge that gave presence to women and minority owned contractors. the order tphapbs expired in 2008. >>> san jose may be facing another obstacle in its campaign to bring the a's to san jose. at&t says it has no plans to sell the lot where the new stadium is planned to go up. >> reporter: if you look over he

pled guilty to charges that he and two boys beat and robbed an 18- year-old actor last october on a munni bus. morinsiner portrayed a gang member in the movie la mission. the attackers did not know about his part in the movie. >>> and police are looking for a man who they say hit a bank twice. the robber is 25 to 30 years old, about 5'9" to 6'tall. he first hit on june 29th. that is the same branch , wells fargo, which they say he hit today. >>> concerned citizens fought back against crime. they joined with law enforcement on what they call national night out. the event may be attracting even extra attention this year. we have live team coverage this evening beginning with ktvu's amber lee who is live in vallejo, amber. >> we're in downtown vallejo where residents hosted a national night out event. neighbors say this annual gathering takes on special significance this year. vallejo's bankruptcy and lay offs add to the need for residents to lean on each other. a volunteer group called citizens on patrol overseen by patrols are working to get help. >> if they're out of the office they're on

pled guilty to charges that he and two boys beat and robbed an 18- year-old actor last october on a munni bus. morinsiner portrayed a gang member in the movie la mission. the attackers did not know about his part in the movie. >>> and police are looking for a man who they say hit a bank twice. the robber is 25 to 30 years old, about 5'9" to 6'tall. he first hit on june 29th. that is the same branch , wells fargo, which they say he hit today. >>> concerned citizens fought back against crime. they joined with law enforcement on what they call national night out. the event may be attracting even extra attention this year. we have live team coverage this evening beginning with ktvu's amber lee who is live in vallejo, amber. >> we're in downtown vallejo where residents hosted a national night out event. neighbors say this annual gathering takes on special significance this year. vallejo's bankruptcy and lay offs add to the need for residents to lean on each other. a volunteer group called citizens on patrol overseen by patrols are working to get help. >> if they're out of the office they're on

francisco officials announced today that they have pulled together enough funds to restore much of the munniservice that was cut due to budget constraints. nummi plans to restore 61% of the service hours slashed last may. that includes offering out service every half hour and putting extra trolley cars back into service. mayor newsom says funding will come from regional transportation sources and by reorganizing driver schedules, but newsom says that the service cuts could have been avoided if the drivers could have come to an agreement. >> due to the unwillingness of the drives to contribute like all other public personnel have contributed. >> reporter: munni hopes to restore all service cuts by next summer. >>> it was another rough day for passengers who defend on ac transit buses, even though a judge ruled in favor of uc tran social security drivers, 150 of them called in sick again today. ktvu's rob roth is back tonight in oakland with more of what's going on here, rob. >> reporter: ac drivers may have scored a victory in court yesterday, but for passengers today they say it was the same

munni riders will have to get a clipper card to buy their monthly pass. >>> drivers at gas stations have a little good news: the average price of a gallon of unleaded is $2.75. nationwide that's down a few pennnys in recent days. but the bay area is bucking the trend. san francisco prices average $2.27 up three cents from a week ago. san jose is unchanged at $3.19. >>> i think i'm just going to stop complaining about the weather and just roll with it. because it seems like we're never going to have a heat wave around here. >> not in the seven day forecast but we always look toward september and october. looks like we're going to count on that. at least we can always have hope. low clouds and fog, if you like the new weather pattern you must be rejoicing. you can see the cloud bank closing in on the coast. also up toward daily city and parts of san francisco. at least the western part of the city. across the bay bridge now toward oakland we have clear skies. as far as the over all look, i'm looking out toward the bay today. we're looking up to san francisco, you can see the cloud deck on

the end of free parking will help munny's budget shortfall by about 3 1/2 million dollars a year. >>> budget troubles are costing some students on the peninsula access to the library, just as the school year is getting under way. len ramirez on why even parent volunteers can't help out. >> reporter: it's the start of a new school year at central elementary in belmont and for some, like 8-year-old steel i don't say care i can't say you, the reality of the summer budget cuts are setting in. >> even when my mom went to fourth grade there was a library and then last year there was a library but then they, this year, it just closed down. >> reporter: he is right. the library is closed because there is no money to pay a librarian or eight aids and even though it is chalk full of box the door is locked. >> it's there, not accessible for the kids. >> reporter: they had hoped to keep the doors open by putting in their own time. >> if there were volunteer positions we could do that. >> reporter: but that runs afoul of a labor agreement that says the library must be staffed by a teacher or stude

the j church a well traveled munni line that police say was home to a hate crime. a gay man attempting to exit the j line was verbally abused and punched in the face multiple times by two people. >> i think it's incredibly sad because i think it just shows a lack of -- well, it's a lack of humanity, basically. yes, i think we should be beyond this. >> reporter: the story hit the community paper and greg carrie hit the streets. >> this was the first incident in quite sometime that quite apparently is a gay bashing. >> reporter: he is chair of the castro community on patrol with one goal with this neighborhood. >> educating the public is taking care of yourself. taking care of your friend. taking care of the community which is taking care of string strangers. castro is probably safer than most areas in the city. but still there will be events like this that take place. >> reporter: some folks tonight who read about the hate crime say while the gay movement has never been stronger and more accepted, the castro district remains a symbol interpreted in many different wa

the j church a well traveled munni line that police say was home to a hate crime. gay man attempting to exit the j line was verbally abused and punched in the face multiple times by two people. >> i think it's incredibly sad because i think it just shows a lack of -- well, it's a lack of humanity, basically. yes, i think we should be beyond this. >> reporter: the story hit the community paper and greg carrie hit the streets. >> this was the first incident in quite sometime that quite apparently is a gay bashing. >> reporter: he is chair of the castro community on patrol with one goal with this neighborhood. >> educating the public is taking care of yourself. taking care of your friend. taking care of the community which is taking care of string strangers. castro is probably safer than most areas in the city. but still there will be events like this that take place. >> reporter: some folks tonight who read about the hate crime say while the gay movement has never been stronger and more accepted, the castro district remains a symbol interpreted in many different ways