pelican bay state prison was designed as california's new alcatraz, a single facility that would isolate and contain the state's worst inmates, inmates too violent and dangerous for any other institutions. >> involved in several fights on the tier. >> stabbings, beatings, pretty regular occurrence up here. >> up here, they killing people. >> i seen people getting their throat cut. i have seen, you know, people get rat packed, you know, five guys on one, get their head smashed in. >> you can get stabbed anywhere. >> never got out of here without parole. >> richard kirkland has worked at pelican bay since 1992. in 2004, he became warden of the prison. >> we have approximately in any year, particularly over the last several years, somewhere between 700 and 800 reportable incidents. we end using force of some sort whether pepper spray, physical holds, or otherwise in probably some 400 of those. >> inmates are assigned points based on the severity of their crimes and propensity to inflict violence on other inmates and staff. pelican bay houses level four inmates, including some of the most vi

we also have this sunday, and i invite you and the rest of the crowwd to the new year's eve alcatraz swim. you will see the category of 4000 per month. it is something you cannot sit nine or diminish. -- cannot deny or diminish. >> we have 6000 members in san francisco and 30,000 in the bay area. i represent those members on the environmental council. we have been working for the last 10 months. we share some of the concerns about the pollution to the aquatic park area, also concerns about the golden gate park conservancy, the concerns of the national park service. it is important for our park lands to be protected. we have supported the america's cup since the beginning, and we continue to do so. we wanted to be as clean and sustainable as possible and for the city to be able to enjoy the your own while it is going on. -- to enjoy their own city while it is going on. thank you very much. >> i represent the south beach yacht club. we support the certification of the environmental impact report and an immediate vote this weekend. we have concerns about traffic, increased cost, difficu

we also have this sunday, and i invite you and the rest of the crowwd to the new year's eve alcatraz swim. you will see the category of 4000 per month. it is something you cannot sit nine or diminish. -- cannot deny or diminish. >> we have 6000 members in san francisco and 30,000 in the bay area. i represent those members on the environmental council. we have been working for the last 10 months. we share some of the concerns about the pollution to the aquatic park area, also concerns about the golden gate park conservancy, the concerns of the national park service. it is important for

new wetlands. they plan to close alcatraz so they can provide private viewing for the race. >>> some wet roads, you said people were not slowing down when you headed in, right? >> well, i would like to call them. yahoos. they are not slowing down and police could cite you for that. highway for, it is moving along very well driving up to the willow passed great. it is light down there except for the toll plaza for the cash pairs. as you can see northbound 101 and sensors are showing -- sensors are showing green which means they are moving nicely. >> i just received a tweet from drew, there is not a lot to the system. we are seeing hit and miss showers, your garden varietien maybe a passing shower, it is more of a morning event and we are just under clouds, there will be very little left of this system and this is just a weak system. we can use a lot more rain than this. we have some fog but one more system arrives on early thursday morning and that will be it. 4 in fairfield and in liver march. our system on its way where they are getting better moisture down there, and for us it will start to clear

. >> the new battle involving america's cup and alcatraz. >>> political -- [ unintelligible ] . >>> aw scattered showers from the north bay to the south bay this morning. the big rain is in southern california. mountain snow and heavy rain from san babar bra south southern -- santa barbara south. 50s along the coast. >>> good morning. 6:29. the opening bell will ring shortly to begin the trading day. things are not looking good now pointing in the southward direction. u.s. stock futures are falling as initial enthusiasm over last week's agreement on fixing europe's debt crisis is replaced by worries that it won't be enough to get them out of the jam. the deal would allow for central european authority to oversee future budgets for 17 countries that use the euro. trade something about to begin we go live to the new york stock exchange coming up in 15 minutes. [ inaudible ] >>> right now we look at forecast which seems more stable with the numbers here. >> those numbers warm because of the rain. >> as much as seven to eight degrees warmer than normal. good morning. scattered light showe

there are new questions over the use of alcatraz during the america's cup race. the park service submitted a support listing concerns for the yacht race. it's set to take place in 2013 throughout the golden gate national area. the planning commission will review the report this week. >>> the new president and ceo of pg&e is preparing to discuss his first 90 days on the job. anthony earley junior will talk to reporters tomorrow he started working for pg&e in september. he has met with share holders, he was brought in after the san bruno pipeline disaster replacing the former ceo peter darby. he will discuss his first impressions and his long term goals. >> a united airlines jet headed to california makes an emergency landing. where and just what happened. >>> also ahead, new figures indicating some good news, maybe on the horizon for the state budget deficit. >> changes are about to go into effect for a certain type of california auto insurance. >> also find out why a california lawmaker wants you to boycott lowe's. 0!ockÑ?çóxo?Ñ=çñÑñçvxqx?ñññ?óioy . >>> the first

. >>> new tonight at 11:00, a georgia woman says that her two brothers successfully escaped from alcatraz ago. she says that her brothers are two of the three men credited with the only successful escape from alcatraz. she says they robbed an alabama bank with a toy gun in 1958. they were captured but kept trying to escape. that's why they were sent to alcatraz. widmer plans to come to san francisco to mark the 55th -- the 50th anniversary of the escape. >>> a programming note: kron4 tv's agreement with media com will expire at midnight. media com rejected our offer. kron4 representatives are continuing negotiations. we remain hopefully, we'll reach an agreement before the contract expires but believe our viewers should be aware of the risk that our signal might be removed from the media com cable system. please call your customer service center to ask that they reach an agreement that will allow subscribers to continue to receive kron4. in the event that we're not able to reach an agreement, you can continue to get the kron4 broadcast through our free over the fair broadcast transmission

new years eve. spencer says the weather is fantastic. that story for you. her brother escape from alcatraz. gia woman planning a trip back to the rock and why she believes her planning a trip back to the rock and why she believes her f. news >> thinks a lot going on and arts entertainment don has a preview of just a few of those events. >> this is a chance for people to cheer in the new year. 250,000 people are expected to gather near the ferry building and herman plaza. barricade u up. traffic to a halt. police say security will be tight. new year's eve parties and hotel like fairmont mix it one bubble food and dancing. >> this is sold out but we have a few spots left at the court and other room. >> top of the fairmount to the mark across the street. union square. hotel offer elegant evening. won't be parties in union square and the ice rink shuts wn early at 9:30. music you are seeking san francisco symphony mass ka raid ball has classic and pop. at the bill graham civic further bands line up at 5:00 a.m. >> we are devoted. we will wait all day long and we stay late

alcatraz. the planning commission will meet on thursday. >> another controversy brewing after lowe's pulls its advertising from a cable tv reality show. >> the new push to get every driver in california insured. >> the man who chaims director james cameron stole his idea cor the movie of -- "avatar". >> the clouds have started to move in. a few showers. live doppler 7hd picking up a little light rain, from the peninsula to san jose, and we'll look if there's anymore rain [ female announcer ] martinelli's gold medal sparkling cider is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> tonight the pakistan military is claiming the united states has sake tate an air force base used to service drones. today, equipment at the air pores base were loaded on to an air transport before it took off. pakistan ordered americans out of the building after the strikes that killed 24 pakistani soldiers. >> on a sunday news talk show in iran a general stated a captured american surveillance drone will not b

alcatraz as the center of debate. >>> and thousands of birds turned up dead, what scientists say may have killed them. . >>> welcome back to the channel 2 morning news, take a look at that. a busy stretch of freeway in southern california still closed this morning following a huge tanker fire yesterday. that tanker filled with thousands of gallons of gasoline exploded on highway 60 right under the paramount overpass. nobody was hurt but that overpass has major damage. the cause of the fire is still under rex. >>> bart police and oakland police will escort shoppers to their cars. it will be at the west oakland bart station from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., volunteers will be wearing red vests so look for them. >>> planning commission will look at environmental concerns over the cup race. right now cup organizers are looking at what affect alcatraz will have on the area and the edwin encarnacion convenientment tall -- environmental impact it will have so they could view private viewing. >>> 300 my grand birds were killed after they made a crash landing in utah. they apparently mistook snow for water and slammed into the snow covered ground. volunteers are worki

new year's live starts tonight on kron4 at 11:30 p.m.. a georgia woman says that her to brother successfully escape from alcatraz years ago.y are two of the three men credited with the only escape from alcatraz. she said they robbed an alabama bank with a toy gun back in 1958. they were captured the kept trying to escape from prison so then there were sent alcatraz. she believes that they're still alive today. >> the only reason the clinton alcatraz is because they cannot keep them anywhere else. the kept getting away. we know that they're ok. >>reporter: she plans to travel to san francisco to mark the 50th anniversary of their escape this summer. and straight ahead on kron4 news we can we have the latest on the of this developing story where a five-year old boy is the latest victim of gun violence will have a live report from the scene we come back. [music] >>reporter: good morning everybody and welcome to the kron4 news weekend edition. we are going to take you to new year's eve celebrations around the globe. and tonight we have kron4 new year's live. >>reporter: we have catherine and we have gary radnich, now why have?