one of them ran to a nearby restaurant to get help. police say a woman was delivering food to this home on 20th avenue and came upon a brutal attack. someone was beating a woman in her 70s, possibly stabbing her, as well. then the attacker turned on the woman making the delivery. he attacked her. she ran back to the restaurant she had come from around the corner. they called police but the attacker or attackers ran off. >> we don't know what led to this assault. it's under investigation. we don't know the --we haven't confirmed the race of the suspect at this time. >> reporter: both of the women who were injured were taken to the hospital with life- threatening injuries. police also say they had a little bit of a language barrier issue with these women. they spoke mandarin and cantonese. it took them a while to figure out what happened. it sounds like they are still not clear. either that or they are just not telling us right now. they won't give us a description of the suspects nor the weapon that was used. we have heard it was some s

this year, spectators will be barred from the beach and nearby bluffs. instead, there will be a festival and live tv coverage at a nearby hotel. mavericks organizers will give details at a public meeting at 6:00 at the half moon bay yacht club. >> in a few hours, a peninsula city will decide if it will sue facebook over the company's expanding presence in menlo park. area says it's concerned about increased traffic as facebook adds thousands more employees and potentially expands the campus to the west side of the bayshore expressway. the city also concerned that facebook could push low income residents out of the area. local consulting group says only about 3 to 5% of facebook's employees would decide to live in east pal totality toe. >> we just saw proof why we need rain. it is not white in tahoe right now. >> not at all. now, we are looking towards a major pattern change towards the midsection of this month. maybe nine, ten days out from now right around the 15th or 16th, it looks like we are going to get more moisture consistent storms passing throug

the head of a local security company was driving nearby. steve brown got out of his car, tackled one of the suspects and held him until the police arrived. >> i was a well-trained citizen that responded. and i just thank god no one was hurt. >> the other suspect fled on foot to gunderson high school where he was arrested. a stretch of highway 85 closed in both directions as police used robots to check the suspect's car for explosives. quite a day. the suspicious device was detonated but turned out not to be a bomb. >>> executives and shareholders got money that should have been spent on safety, that's what two state-ordered reports say about pg&e in the years prior to the san bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight. the "chronicle" says pg&e diverted more than $100 million meant for gas safety and operations some of it going to executive bonuses. one of the reports said that the utility gave, quote, low priority top story pipeline safety. >>> red box is facing a first- of-its-kind lawsuit filed by a group of blind californians. they say

it is really some of the arrival flights that it is from a nearby destinations. >>mark: this is the kind of morning where we seized an ounce. >>george: we are expecting a number of hot spots but so far we are not tracking any. days are still pretty, but that could change at any moment. on the bay bridge the volume is only building slightly. there is a wind advisory in place for the bay bridge into the san mateo bridge. the 92 commute looks pretty good for the westbound direction. for the golden gate bridge, no wind advisory but there is for the richmond center fell bridge connecting the east bay so far, no problems for 101 southbound. >>george: the san francisco 49ers are shocked over last night's loss. gary ravaged has highlights and lows of the big game. >>gary: the 49ers are a little short in the nfc champion should game. rain or no rain the place was packed. eli manning handed the giants fell behind early as alex smith and vernon davis hooked up for 73 yds. the incredible stat is that it's alex smith, in touchdowns avertin davis in the third quarter. the 49er

moving quickly and quietly they crept about a mile and a half to a nearby camp where it was determined the american aid worker and her colleague were being held. as the seals closed in on the kidnappers shots were fired. all nine of the suspects were killed but there were no american deaths. two army helicopters swooped in, picked up the seals and the freed captives and carried them to safety. they were kidnapped october 25th in a lawless area of somalia where criminal gangs use kidnapping as money making operations. they were working with a group clearing mines and bombs. a senior administration official said the president decided monday night to launch the rescue. after intelligence revealed the woman's health was failing. the mission came nine months after seal team 6 tracked down and killed bin laden. on cbs this morning the vice president praised the rescue and sounded this warning. >> everybody should know all those pirates, terrorists, we will find you. we will find you and we will take care of america's interests. >> reporter: the mission included an option for the seals to pos

a viewing will be held at a nearby hotel instead. want to prevent what happened last year when strong waves injured spectators. the competition will be held tomorrow. >>> coming up on 5:00, a high profile case, what is going on on the overnight clash between protesters and police. stay tuned for more. . >>> whatel alameda county coroner is not saying about the first homicide victim of 2012. >>> observe apartment fire in the -- an apartment fire in the ea

cameras were there as paramedics rushed the to the nearby hospital.otential for death, a potential witness told one of our camera wslm9>> a pilot accused of flying under the influence is facing some serious charges. he was arrested tuesday. chp says two officers spotted his plane flying recklessly over highway 7 right near infineon raceway. it was flying as low as 50 feet off the ground and dangerously close to the freeway traffic. it is where he failed the sobriety test there. >> this is very unusual for us. á any time something like this happens it reflects badly on us. >> he may loose his pilot's license. >>> good smart continues -- good smart continues help -- good samaritans helped save five people including three babies trapped inside. a grandmother saved her grandchildren by throwing them into the arms of a neighbor. they and the community worked as a team to make sure everybody made it out okay. >>

why is your husband not working does he want to walk he wants work but there's no jobs and in the nearby town he would need to go there every day but it's not far she would need to pay for the bus to help at wages but at the moment. miller's house nearby is much better kept she is the village elder and shows me pictures of her grandfather revered as the lost ground sharman amid a world still rooted in its origins but nowadays the people around her are very different they've given up they don't want to live a normal life. there are now only a few hundred or it's left this village is perched on the edge of the sea but in a quite different sense it's now clinging to the edge of existence tom barton r.t. and i'll be back with another summary for you in about ten minutes time but up next we head to italy to see what footprint russian artists and public figures have left on the country's culture through their ages. hello and welcome to the program. music russians have been fascinated with italian culture for centuries and today they come here in the tens of thousands in search of everything fr

a settlement of that suit forced san francisco to build a new jail nearby. >>> the chp has cleared a big rig accident in tracy. this blocked off part of i-205 for hours this morning. officers say that the semi truck caused the crash when it tried to pass a cement truck. it sideswiped cars causing the semi to flip. it was hauling boxes and furniture before it overturned and blocked a lane of traffic. it took crews about four hours to clean up the mess. >>> s.w.a.t. teams in vallejo knocked down fences, hunting for a man suspected of killing a vallejo police officer. and the city of vallejo may face a new lawsuit for the property damage that was left behind. homeowners filed claims requesting $11,000 in damages. last november, officers were combing the neighborhood for a bank robbery suspect accused of

the nearby mobile home park is okay. no firefighters were hurt. but one resident from that mobile home park was sent to the hospital. that person had inhaled too much smoke. as of this morning, frank and grace, the cause of the downed power lines is still unknown. back to you. >> thank you, gil diaz. >>> also this morning, developing news right here in san francisco. a hammer may have been used to attack two women. anne makovec is in the sunset district with the latest on those women's conditions. good morning. >>> reporter: good morning. we know they were badly injured. this is the house where it happened in the sunset district on 20th avenue. you can see the lights are still on. both of the women though, these victims, were taken to the hospital and that's where they spent the night. police say one of the women was delivering food to this home on 20th avenue around 9:20 last night when she came upon a brutal attack. someone was beating a woman in her 70s, possibly stabbing her, as well. and then the attacker turned on the woman making the delive

. >> if there's a zebra nearby, keep your head on a swivel. >> good advice, but a little too late for this woman. >> oh! >> and, a dog dumped in a parking lot, cowers under a car. >> that is the cutest little puppy. >> how her rescuer finally coaxed her out. >>> we're going to get things started with a story that steven

it's not affecting nearby nearby villages right now. it sits on the island of sisly. it's the -- cicely. >>> in the philippines a search for landslide victims right now where 23 people have already died in the remote gold mine village. a mountain collapsed and swept away 50 homes and other buildings. the officials warned the gold miners that the mountain above them was destined to fall. >>> 2012 is off to a good start when this comes to jobs. we learned this morning that unemployment is down. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom to break down the numbers for us. >> reporter: tori, that's right. it's the lowest unemployment rate in nearly three years. we learned this morning that unemployment drops to 8.5% for december from 8.7% the month before. employers added 200,000 new jobs. i talked to labor secretary hilda solis and she sounded upbeat about the economy. >> i think overall we're expecting to see more confidence and i'm hopeful we'll have more businesses feeling confident to hire people. >> the bickest gains were in retail, transportation and heal

with their nearby nearby countries and their neighbors there. also want to see a study of russian literature which of course some of the great books of the world coming out of russia a lot of them. written by people with experiences all of russia's history of multiculturalism we want to see them read in schools and people can learn more about russia's relationship with the wider world also not just in schools though he says there is a responsibility of of people involved in and religion religious leaders to educate their followers about the fate of religions of other people. but to be prudent also saying that there will be a. huge review of the immigration system if he's elected as president he plans to overhaul of the senshi in twenty thirty implementing a russian language test and a test on russian history and russian society and russian culture to well essentially make sure that as he said those people coming to this country will learn about this country will know about this country will be able to fit in to russia all right peter thanks very

a lot of damage to nearby businesses, east bay m.u.d. says about 10 businesses were near this water main break behind me at the corner of bancroft and fulton. a water main break that happened nearly 24 hours ago. and this is what results when water bursts for a long period of time. you can see that pavement has buckled under pressure. it looks like east bay m.u.d. has been here all night working the streets to make sure that everything is repaired. they have gone from the scene already. they have capped the water leak. water should be back on to nearby businesses. and no homes were affected, only businesses. some businesses on this corner are like coin, stamp collection, art gallery down the road. a lot of them have shut down before the rupture occurred. but i'm sure a lot of those business owners have a lot of damage to repair when they get back to business this morning. back to you. >> okay, gil diaz live for us in berkeley, thanks. >>> the l.a. carport arson suspect behind bars this morning. 24-year-old harry birkhart was caught after

drivers, it turns out were blinded by folk and smoke from a nearby brushfire. and tonight officials say that fire may have been a case of arson. nearly eight hours after the deadly pileups began, firefighters were still trying to put out the flames. the images from above even more dramatic. a hollowed out tractor-trailer still burning. behind that a white sedan under a pickup truck. it happened after a series of cars and trucks collided with each other just before 4 a.m. the drivers blinded by smoke from a nearby brushfire. >> we had a mixture of fog and smoke that combined and kind of laid into that area, made visibility a factor. and we had a series of crashes that occurred both north and southbound. >> jeff: one driver told the gainseville sun she couldn't see anything. her car struck a guardrail. as she dialed 911 she said she heard as many as 15 crashes on both sides of the interstates. the smoke and flames were so thick rescuers said they found the injured only by listening for their cries for help. late this morning traffic was backed up for ten miles as

in some cases the flames spread to nearby buildings. so far no one has been hurt. a $60,000 reward is being offered in the case. >>> tomorrow republicans in iowa will cast their baal lots in that -- ballots in that state's caucuses. the latest poll shows massachusetts governor mitt romney leading but followed closely by ron paul and rick santorum. >>> we'll take a closer look at the caucus coming up in our next half hour. plus a look at why more americans are staying away from movie theaters. >>> at 5:35, apple accelerates its plans to release the ipad 3 and brace yourself for a cold snap. details in the 7-day forecast, next at 5:15. thanks, mom. who are you calling "mom"? dunkin' sausage pancake bites, delicious like mom's, only easier to carry -- get three for $1.59. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now. it is 5:00 a.m. glad you could be here with us. olga breeze is in for howard bernstein. boy do we have some breezes out there. >> this is really a taste of what's to come even more for us, this is tomorrow like our pre show. >>> exactly. we are actually

check out the local winds, i clocked a 50 miles per hour gust nearby. we will let you know what station had that in the last few minutes. up to 42. we will slide back with flurries and snow showers throughout the day. back to you. >>> abc2news.com for traffic and commute today. click on the traffic tab, 100 cameras at your disposal. a law taking effect in the nation's largest state where parents are now required to put kids up to 8 years old in car seats. kuren redmond is standing by live with the details of this new law. >> the booster seat law will take effect in california. it became affective january 1st. the law states children under 8 must be in a car or booster seat. parents could face fines. the law is a trend as california joins 30 other states with similar laws that put kids in car seats longer. children who don't ride are at greatest risk for that if they are not proper restrained. >> it's going to go in to all her organs. see how it goes across her neck. she is going to be uncomfortable and going to want to do this this is dangerous. she is

he was emergency evacuated to a nearby hospital where he was put in intensive care.is responsive and he told a spokesman from the hospital, tell all my well wishers and all my fans that i feel the best i ever have. he's the best in the business. there's nobody better than him at wing suit flying. for him to have an accident like that, that's a bummer, because he's a pioneer. >> i have a really cool love tore for you guys. we found this story at the daily mail. this is laura pardo and tom holloran. they met in college new year's day 2010, started dating each other. they felt like they had known each other forever. then tom introduces laura to his mom. his mom is like seems like i met someone with that last name in my fraternity class. she goes up into the attic, digs around in old photo and finds pictures of tom on his first birthday. in it was laura. >> what? >> they were at the same place at the same time and at each other's birthday party? >> yes, but then tom's family moved away and the moms lost touch. >> after the first birthday, that was it. no contact. >> neve

the call came as police received a call of three men nearby kick down the door of a nearby home. they raced to the home. >> the pursuit ensued and because of the suspect's reckless driving, the officer called off the pursuit. >> police called off the pursuit. >> one suspect was ron watkins and suffered critical injuries in that crash. >>> he is due in court. mirkarimi is expected to plead not guilty to three misdemeanor charges, both he and his wife strongly deny the charges. yesterday he and his wife took to the airwaves discussing the scandal with a venezuelaian radio station. lopez appears to blame outside sources. >> many will not forgive him for being a son of an immigrant married to a latino. >> ed lee issued a hearing, earlier the mayor said there were no imminent plans to suspend sheriff mirkarimi. >>> and there were more than 2500 part-time employees and it's about double than what it is -- what is discussed. it gives them options on consolidating services. 400 people will actually loose their jobs. police and firefighters are exempt due to their contracts. oakland will

>>> in denver, a nearby broomfield, one girl really knows how to pull her weight. 13-year-old abby is the championship weight listlifter. she started picking up the barbells three years ago when her dad took her to the gym. now she can lift 176 pounds, nearly twice her own weight, and she dritstarted to dream of fut olympic glory and best of all the guys at school promised to stop messing with her. i bet they have. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> our time is now. we have 43 degrees outside right now. we have some clouds in the sky as well. good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to new 4 today for this thursday, january 26, 2012. today a former marine is expected to enter a guilty plea that he fired shots at the white house. yonathan melaku was connected to shootings at several military installations in the fall of 2010 and a cash of car break-ins. melaku pled guilty to the break ins and six months at jail. he faces a minimum of 35 years in federal prison and a maximum of a life sentence. >>> arizona's gov

people nearby were evacuated to be sure the hillside was in good shape. tenants in all but one condo unit have been able to return. >> scary. >> in san francisco of all places. you wouldn't expect that. >>> 5:51. we have all had those boring work meetings but did you know they actually could be hurting your iq? >> well. and a player saves the ball and scores an incredible shot. more coming up. around many people as previously >>> welcome back. headlines around the bay area now, oakland may not have to lay off as many people as they previously thought. city leaders are proposing to hand out just over 100 pink slips consolidating several departments. the measure is in an effort to fill the $20 million budget gap following redevelopment funding from the state. the mayor will present the plan to the city council tomorrow. >>> the future of the proposed 49ers stadium in santa clara expected to be in court. opponents of the stadium have collected enough signatures to put the issue back before the santa clara city voters. but the "mercury news" says the group sa

moving quickly and quietly, the commandos pressed about the mile and half to the nearby camp where us intelligence had determined that danish coworker were being held. at the closing, shots were fired. all nine of the suspects were killed but there were no american casualties. they carried the three captives to cbt. they were kidnapped october 20 fifth in the lawless region of somalia where pirates and criminals can use kidnapping. the senior administration official said president obama decided monday night to watch the rescue after fresh intelligence revealed that buchanan's health was quickly deteriorating. the successful mission came just months after the trek down and killing of osama bin laden. this morning vice president biden praised the rescuers. >> everyone should know, we will find you. we will find you and take care of americans interests. >> one option was to possibly take them alive but another said they were heavily armed with explosives nearby. he added that the troops acted appropriately. >> an emotional sendoff today for gabrielle giffords, figures of the congresswoma

>>> in denver, a nearby broomfield, one girl really knows how to pull her weight. 13-year-old abby ishe championship weight listlifter. she started picking up the barbells three years ago when her dad took her to the gym. now she can lift 176 pounds, nearly twice her own weight, and she dritstarted to dream of fut olympic glory and best of all the guys at school promised to stop messing with her. i bet they have. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we will start out with some rain in some neighborhoods on this thursday. scattered light rain showers. it will pick up in intensity as we go through the morning. we are above freezing. we switch over to the weather computer. 37 in randallstown. 35 in parkton. rain showers are likely. cloudy skies and it will be chilly with high temperatures in the 40's. we will come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. >> 4:57. 40 degrees on tv hill. the ravens will lose a key coach to the team that help them get t

spectators will be barred from watching this year's contest from the beach and nearby bluffs. oral n organizers will have more information changes. police will be there to answer questions. >>> as christina loren is telling us, there's not a lot of snow. the city commission says the reservoir is currently at 85% capacity. much of the reverse is a result of last year's wet weather. several are filled to 80% of their combined capacity. >> it's like night and day. last year we had so much snow. we are skiing into july. this year we're trying to hit the slopes of the man-made snow. christi sna. >> yeah, it's always equal but opposite. typically when they're getting slammed on the east coast, we're getting fair weather. that's the case. we have gorgeous weather again today. near record highs. the jet stream is like a river of air that carries them to the west and east. as the systems ride like a conveyer belt. the jet stream will take a dip and start to shape up. and we'll see the storm systems ride over the bay area. 49 degrees now in san francisco. so you're dropping off just a t

the two people suffered minor injuries at a nearby -- they were taken to a nearby hospital. on this hour there is no word of what caused the shelving to collapse. when a person is being treated in shock, after a two vehicle crashed that brought traffic on i 93 to a standstill. a chevy van was hit with another driver -- his car try to change flights and that caused the chevy to look twice. two people were ejected from the vehicle this by wearing their seat belts. the accident happened 5:30 this morning and it shut down all southbound lanes for nearly three hours. >> stop and go and a lot of congestion. more akin to where the accident would be, i did not see anything. i hope the girl is ok. that is my biggest concern. >> state police say there is no evidence alcohol or drugs contributed to the crash. >> there is still much more ahead tonight on a 11 is at 6:00. >> the latest from the campaign trail coming up in our commitment 2012 report. >> look at the baltimore ravens who made the all-pro team. >> much warmer than normal on the sixth day of january. we have the insta-weather

the suspects eventually fled the home with money, electronics, and a car, which was found abandoned nearby. the family hopes telling this ordeal will help bring the suspects to justice. >> i feel like the more this is publicized, the more chances that he is going to be caught and that this won't happen to someone else. >> anyone with information should contact metro crime stoppers, 1-866-7-lockup. reporting live in east baltimore, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. medical examiners are working to determine the cause of death after a body washed ashore in annapolis on monday. police just released the victims identified. he's from maryland. he was one of three people tossed into the bay was the sailboat they were in a capsized. a plane made an emergency landing in maryland after running out of gas. they did not have time to switch to another tank. >> 6 members of the occupy baltimore movement have been arrested. they gathered on the east-street on monday afternoon. they scaled the fence surrounding the property and tried to set up a plywood structure. protesters want the state to use

then a nearby building goes up in flames too.so we're seeing auto fires as one f the primary incidiary phats what we'reelooking for - but that doesnt mean its only thing out there. so far no serious injuries. but, the crime spree caused an estimated 350- thousand-dollars in damage.... a 60 thousand dollar reward is being offered tt catch the arsonist. the streets flooded all the way down. there's like waves coming off the fronts of cars and off the sidewalks." sidewalks."roads turned into rivers in denver....the result of a major water main break near the university of denver....causing major damage po carsand buildings. this is one of the worst water main breaks the area has seen. and the cold temperatures in denver.... were expected to turn a lot of that into ice. a botched robbery in missouri caught on tape ... and it looks like something out of the "world's dumbest cri" criminals."three men try to drive a pickup truck through the front wall of a beauty supply store.after three tries ... they finally get in.once inside ... vid

woman in her 70's was being attacked in her home when the second woman delivering her food from a nearby restaurant was also attacked. the second victim was able to run from the scene back across the street. both women were taken to the hospital and are there with life- threatening injuries. the women were attacked with some sort of the lines of jettied police did not have a clear description of the suspect or motive. of >>darya: of the power is back on it but the transformer is not fixed. a kron4 view or send us this video, a small grass fire erupted. pg&e has been under this morning trying to fix the power. craig skalar is live on the scene. >>craig: right now they are working around the problem. this is what cell. there is a cable going all the way to the ground. pg&e has to repair its. pg&e is telling me that they are working around it, making sure that the area is safe. they will be bringing in a 100 ft. crane that will allow them to replace the wire. i can still smell the moat--i can still smell the smoke around here. this is the stevens trail right by the microsoft campus. they wi

i work nearby. i walk to and from the metro every day. >> it surprised me that it's in this area. normally the police coverage is fairly good. i think the economic times force people to do desperate times. >> the majority are related. and that they are being conducted by a group of two to three men. police have already increased paroles in the area, but they don't have a good description of the suspects. in northwest washington, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> also today, police agencies taking a careful look at a supreme court ruling that says gps tracking cannot be done without a warrant. tonight, nine wants to know what the implications will be for crime fighting and your privacy. that's where scott broom steps in with answers tonight. >> it was a gps tracking device like this attached to the car of suspected d.c. drug kingpin antwon jones. netted a million dollars in drugs and cash and now, the supreme court has ruled it was all unconstitutional. >> this was a devastating decision by the supreme court. this is going to set law enforcement back tremendously. >> the university of

it is adjacent to the commercial district, and there is a bar nearby. the parking lot owner is out of her mind because it is this little parking lot. are there going to be thresholds' in place for the district? >> de manila that bar has an entertainment permit? -- and do you know if that bar has an entertainment permit? >> it is in the smaller commercial district, and the parking lot owner, i am really concerned about the cost of the very small parking lot of people, others that may not be as heavily trafficked. i wonder if there have been discussions? >> that person would be impacted. there has been conversation about possibly allowing the chief to raid of the requirements. that is a conversation that is a topic. >> i am concerned about the pressure, the lead to just selling the parking lot than developing it. we will take out a small business and parking, and not the unintended consequences. commissioner adams: i would like to also agree with what the cl commissioneryde -- commissioner clyde just said. there are a lot of parking lot owners that this w

kevin and jonathan both of fremont were working nearby. they were not closest to the scene they were a mile and a half away. when they saw the smoke they went there to see if they could help out. >> they found them inhuczv/$ the yard trying to exit the property with flames of smoke coming out of house obstructing their access to a gate that had to be opened from the frontyard. >> i asked if anybody else was left in the house. they said no. he did mention that he had two cats that were in there. >> i don't even remember. >> reporter: sam's main concern was his 77-year-old wife who he rescued from the house moments before. >> grabbed her up and drug her. she is a semi invalid. when we got outside, i don't -- >> i rushed the wife over to the neighbor's house next door. and she went inside. >> and he stuck around and was talking to the fire department. >> he took care of us very well. >> reporter: in recognition the two received certificates of commendation for doing something that turned a possible tragedy into something else. terry mcsweeney

the authorities believe that he lived nearby. a dog walker found the head on tuesday in a wooded area near the hollywood sign. his hands and feet were found the next day. so far, police have not found the rest of his body or the killer or killers responsible. >>> also today, the music world lost a timeless voice. ♪ at last >> that's etta james, legendary blues singer. she died this morning in southern california from complications related to leukemia. she was 73 years old. born in los angeles, james got her big break while singing on san francisco's street corners in the 1950s. >> takes a look at the vocalists life and music. ♪ [ music ] >> it's the signature song of etta james, known as the blues singer. >> every time someone gets married, they say, sing at last. >> she was born to a 14-year- old mother she rarely saw and a father she never knew. she got her start singing at a baptist church in los angeles, then joined a girl group and then finally started making solo records. ♪ [ music ] it was the 1961 hit song, at last, that

they were brought hire by a teacher from a nearby school they attend. they talked about ending the need for violence in taking young lives. >> we have to put up with this. it just gets me frustrated. we walk down. we go down, watch our backs. it should not be like that. >> they are in grief. they are asking for donations, you know. they want change. >> reporter: little gabriel was shot just a few feet away from his father outside that taco truck last friday night. oakland police say they don't know the motive for the shooting but they doubt that the little boy was the intended target. so far, there have been no arrest in this case although there is a $25,000 reward on the table for any information that leads to the shooter. we are live in oakland, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> a surge in hiring last month pushed unemployment levels to its lowest levels in nearly three years. that moved the national unemployment rate down to 8 1/2%. that ills the lowest it's been since february 2009. the rate has dropped four straight months.

. >> if there's a zebra nearby, keep your head on a swivel. >> good advice, but a little too late for this woman. >> oh! >> and, a dog dumped in a parking lot, cowers under a car. >> that is the cutest little puppy. >> how her rescuer finally coaxed her out. >>> we're going to get things started with a story that steven has. >> the ohio state highway patrol recently released this video of a traffic incident from december to, quote, illustrate the dangers of impaired driving. so, guy is getting pulled over in marietta, ohio, on his way home to west virginia. cop pulls him over, gives him the whole, yeah, got calls about your driving, i'm watching you swerve around here, going 95 in a 65. a lot of reasons to pull this man over. but then he asks him this question. >> have you yourinated yourself >> no. >> are you sure. >> one of the dangers they're trying to illustrate is going the bathroom on yourself while intoxicated. >> what is this all on the front of you then? >> urinated. >> urinated. >> i urinated. how much have you had to drink? i think i've had one wine. one wine, this man is s

the men fired at people paragliders outmuscle rock from the nearby balcony. luckily no one was hurt. >>> now they have blunted any measure aimed at cracking down on tobacco. >>> supervisor keith serious as that would have overlapped with current laws against smoking pot. accounted loss, dot mac account is locked smoking in and around apartment complexes. >>> hugh jackson learned this morning that he would not return to coach this over and parked next season. it was the first major move by the team's new general manager, reggie mckenzie. they failed to make the playoffs for the ninth straight year and the team now begins to look for its sixth head coach in 10 seasons. >> the bay area pistol team is coming off of one of its best regular seasons in years and it's not over yet. and some diehard fans not have to wait to get their fix. >> looking, looking, going in the end zone, he got it. >> was to catch the launch the football dynasty. and today he did it again for the fans. >>> 1500 fans pay to see the 40 niner legends remember the old days. there was rice, high

the men confronted him earlier that night inside the nearby club. in southern california police are searching for a serial killer. coming up in nine minutes the group of people being targeted. >>> during his inauguration last night san francisco attorney gascon promised to make the streets safer through prosecution. >> and the constitution of state. >> the swearing in ceremony was held in the mission district with a lot of big names in attendance. gascon chose the location saying the neighborhood reminds him of where he grew up. they say san francisco is their new adopted city. >> what about higher office for you? >> i'm so happy with this. this is such a great time to be a district attorney in california. >> last night's inauguration was a historic. fast con is san francisco's first latino elected attorney. >>> mayor ed lee takes his oath of office at city hall. ross merck reny will be sworn in as sheriff. meantime san francisco's sheriff elect is the focus of a criminal investigation. police are looking into a possible incident of domestic violenc

hundreds of protesters ran toward's nearby ymca to escape. a few made it out of the back, but the majority were arrested while ymca members watched. >> the cops had all the protesters or the occupiers lined up in the front, against the wall. >> reporter: but the night was far from over. while mass arrests took place at the y,ten blocks away, a small group of protesters entered oakland city hall. >> no one broke in. the doors were unlocked. people started to tip over stuff and i left, because i didn't think it was right. >> reporter: police barricaded the entrance to the building, where a crowd was starting to gather. city hall is ground-zero for occupy oakland. >> they burned some of the flags, that are usually in the center that they threw trash on the ground. that they broke into one of our electrical boxes and we don't quite get it. they turned over the historic model of city hall , and they destroyed the children's art exhibit on recycled art. >> reporter: over the course of today's protest, oakland police tell us that they arrested an es

woman was attacked, possibly with a hammer and a knife, another woman delivering food to her from a nearby restaurant came on to the scene. the attacker then turned on her. she apparently ran back to the restaurant on noreaga, where workers called 911. now both women, the victims in this case speak only mandarin. there's some language difficulties and police haven't been able to get a good description of that suspect. they are working on that and the details on why this attack happened. meantime, the suspect is still at large. dana, back to you. >> linda, you say an elderly woman. any idea of this woman's age. >> they don't know. possibly in her 70s. she was home alone at the time she was attacked. it's unclear who may have triggered that attack and why. >> if anything changes, if you get anymore information, please let us know. >> linda yee, thank you. >>> the mayor has been san francisco's sheriff less than a week, but sources told our phil mateir that he will likely be charged with misdemeanor domestic violence. a majority of san franciscoens say he should step aside. that's according t