news in san francisco -- continuing coverage of breaking news in san francisco. >>> nurses in a bay area hospital are set to walk off the job plus the white house decision not to release photos of osama bin laden. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is bay area news at 7:00. >> good evening. it is wednesday, may 4. i am gasia mikaelian, and this is bay area news at 7:00. >> we begin with continuing coverage of breaking news in san francisco. fire crews are battling a four alarm fire on folsom street. it is our top story tonight we have been following developments in john fowler is live with the latest. >> reporter: this fire burning in a three-story apartment is now partially under control. firefighters have been pouring water on it for the past 10 minutes. this looks to be good news. we were up their moments ago to find that fire had burned through the roof. let's take a look at some pictures from chopper 2 right now. firefighters were alerted about 15 minutes ago to evacuate the building. horn sounded to get everyone out because the fire had burned through the roo

that positive nature and atmosphere it is a successful one. >> reporter: in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 newsw police chief was given an only in san francisco honor this morning. his photo went up on the wall at the restaurant on john street. he received well wishes from the former police chief. it is one of the oldest restaurants in the city. >>> a sex offender featured on america's most-wanted is behind bars in san francisco. police tell ktvu that he was arrested after attempted robbery at a hotel. if >> he was cooperative with the police and he actually spontaneously told them he is a wanted fugitive. >> reporter: the u.s. marshals and law enforcement had been searching for him more more than a year. he was wanted on an indecent exposure charge. >>> california state prison of sacramento is on lokdown after 150 inmates rioted this morning. ambulances took six injuries prisoners to sacramento hospitals. guards used pepper spray and fired a warning shot. the facility is next to folsom state prison and houses inmates that cause problems at other prisons. >>> randy macho man sanchez has died in

in san jose, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >>> we have some breaking news to tell you about now in san francisco. san francisco fire department is working on a three-alarm fire in the 1000 block of fulsome street, this is south of market near seventh street. you see our nbc chopper working the scene above the situation. san francisco fire, a three-alarm fire on fulsome street. we'll bring you more later. we have a crew on the way. we'll bring you more later throughout this newscast. >>> well, still ahead here, hunting osama bin laden. the california bounty hunter who is went to afghanistan in hopes of capturing the $25 million award that came along with osama's head. now they're back home, no reward, but quite a story. >>> i'm marianne favro. coming up, i'll show you a new boot camp here in the bay area that's designed specifically for patients who had an organ transplant. >>> what if you were told more than $100 million worth of tolls went up in smoke here in the bay area. >>> and california schools facing a very serious change because of the state budget.ye an.getet ditadv yet another disadvan

. >>> taxi cab drivers circled san francisco city hall today horning blaring over a new fee. the cost these drivers say they just cannot carry. sal castaneda has the story. >> reporter: that noisy protest lasted for more than three hours this afternoon. dozens of taxi cab drivers circled city hall, horns blaring. the protest was called to coinside with the nca board meeting. cab drivers say they are upset about new surcharges for drivers. many wonder what all the comotion was about. >> it's disruptive. that's what's effective about it. >> 250, they have never seen such a big protest. >> reporter: inside more cabbies packed the nca board meeting. along with repealing the credit card fees, cab drivers say they don't want new york style taxi tvs running adds on ads on the back of every cab. >> this is not the san francisco solution to go to the weakest, the least paid people and take money from them. >> reporter: brad newsham says he's been driving for 32 years and work conditions could lead to a strike. >> i think it would be good to get a strike not only to get this story out

as you know, the project creates a new san francisco neighborhood with over 8,000 -- up to 8,000 homes, up to 450,000 square foot of retail and historic use as well as 300 acres, 2/3 of the island developed to public open space. the infrastructure associated with the project, the developer will be purchasing the presents or the city will be purchasing the property, reimbursed by the developer from the navy. all new utility infrastructure including streets, sewers, water lines at a cost of $179 million. the geotechnical improvements we heard of, strengthening of the land as well as the sea level rise protections, increasing the height of the island up to five feet around the island. the transportation program includes both incentives to use transit as well as ways to discourage car use. there's congestion pricing on the bridge as well as a requirement that pre-paid transit vouchers be purchased by every home on the island. there's a capital investment of $145 million including a new ferry terminal, new streets and road ways and bike path, new buses and shuttles as well as a $30 million

in san francisco, kron 4 news. >>pam: san francisco voters approved public financing back in 2000 and the board of supervisors extended that money to the mayor's race in 2006. >> you can always argue that the money could be used in a different way but i do support public financing of the voters and strongly support public financing as a way to take and reduce the influence of big money elections. the school financing is to allow can this not to have to raise money all the time, not half of constantly fun race. >>pam: the top recipient of the public financing money is former san francisco supervisor duffy. my tennessee plans to retire after 31 years of public service. this afternoon he endorsed the district 5 supervisors to take his job. at a news conference on the steps of san francisco city hall. >> in this particular race for sheriff of san francisco of the most important endorsement to be cast as bad of sheriff mike. which is why i say with great pride, believe so, i want to make sure you have my commitment, that

jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police are also reporting the rescue a toddler caught in the middle of a 5:00 dispute. they launched a search for the child this morning in the potrero hill neighborhood. officers say the parents are boyfriend and boyfriend who would argue and the father reportedly tried to choke the child and the child was taken out of the home. the father is in custody. no word on their identities. >>> closing arguments wrapped up this morning in the murder trial of the men man accused of masterminding the assassination of bay area journalist chauncey bailey. the case will likely go to the jury this afternoon. former your black muslim bakley leader lead -- leader, yusef bey iv is accused of masterminding the crime. police say he wanted to stop chauncey bailey from writing a controversial article about the bakery. >>> in a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled that california prison overcrowding is unconstitutional and upheld a lower court ruling to reduce the prison population. since the original court order, the state has reduced the population by about

when you look at local news, do you think it is being covered well by the sources that were just cited? >> i think in the san francisco area that is true. that is probably not true in all areas, but we are seeing with the development of patch and many other high for local news sites that there is a rebirth of coverage of local news -- and many other hyperlocal news sites. >> i was a foreign correspondent for a number of years. many freelances like myself have kind of jumped out of the business as it has steadily declined. my question is, on the sustainability side, as well in america over the last decades -- and it is an old story, and we have been hearing it for many years. people like paul krugman have been trying to get us to realize how well has been so concentrated in such a small group of folks. what strategies could be used to attack this minority of individuals in a way that foundations and charities did in the past? if we had a few people, and quite a number of them at an immense amount of wealth, why are we not having them at the new macarthur foundation's and the people who will finance this community journ

all of this is good news for san jose businesses and for the people that live here and get chance to see one, all of the great events. in san jose, jeff bush kron4 news. >> san francisco will play host to the international pow wow convention. thousands of hospitality specialists are going to descend on this city. >> we want to ensure that people have a tremendous welcome when they're here. >> this is the president and ceo of the san francisco travel association they have been preparing for the international convention for years. >> the real impact is not over the next few days of the next few years because these people impact travel. >> they hope that the people that visit over the next five days will feel welcome and leave with a good impression. the association has recruited hundreds of volunteers to greet people coming from the airport. they want to make sure that the convention goers feel welcome. >> these people go home and tell others about it, they will go on line and discuss this. >> the association estimates that this could generate $350 million for the bay area over the next three years. in san francisco trawls creek-charles- clifford kron4 news. >> a little

in san francisco, abc7 news. >>> and american airlines jet bound for san francisco made an emergency landing today after the pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. flight 431 in miami landed in las vegas. american rebooked the passengers on to other airlines so they could finish their journey to sfo. mechanics took the boeing out of service as they tried to find out what caused the problem. this jet made a scheduled landding this morning. the airport believes that the boeing 800 freighter is the largest plane to land in san jose. the massive jet returned to los angeles on a flight to test its navigation system. >> still coming up tonight on abc 7 news. the pipe line testing that might have prevented the san bruno explosion and what to expect when they test your neighborhood. >> summer enrichment programs and what happens with low income children when they were victims of school budget cuts. >> it is getting cooler as mother's day approaches. will we have rain? later tonight the baby who arrived in a you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> windy conditio

am so grateful to now be celebrating with you with our first chinese-american mayor in my new home of san francisco. thank you so much for letting us be a part of this wonderful evening. we wish you a happy new year and please enjoy the events afterwards. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mark. thank you to at&t. we have many officials joining us for the celebrations this evening. i see supervisor david campos is with us. [applause] supervisor ross mirkarimi. [applause] and supervisor malia cohen. [applause] where is supervisor scott wiener? [applause] thank you for being here. we have our district attorney mr. gascon. public defender jeff a adachi. and our fire chief, joanne as white. [applause] acting city administrator, amy brown. [applause] port director monique moyer is with us. [applause] and from senator mark lino's office, susan slim. [applause] from assemblyman tom ammiano's office. thank you for joining us in the celebration. we will have the final performance of the evening from the chinese american international school. they helped to start this celebration earlier this evening. i do

. >> we have breaking news in san francisco. firefighters are battling a fire that erupted in the missiony district. >> this fire is in a dense housing district in the 500 block of capp street. it appears three buildings have burned. >> you can see from sky 7 three firefighters and others are on the roof. apparently crews have gotten that fire under control. it certainly threw up a lot of black thick smoke and very dangerous for the firefighters being on top. they called for back up to stop the fire from spreading. >> no word on how many people will need the red cross. we'll keep an eye for this on abc 7 news.com. we'll bring you an update at 6:00. >> listen to this. the state is closing 70 parks out of 278 parks in california because of budget cuts and the bay area will be severely affected. 14 parks are on the list including china camp in marin county. that is where wayne is now. >> we knew this was coming. when and where and how many? >> the good news that california still has 208 parks that are not affected. but if you enjoy

san francisco general hospital, authorities in l.a. continue searching for the two men who attacked the paramedic. in san francisco, reggie kumar, kron4 news. >> a giants fan who does not know bryan stow personally was also at san francisco general hospital to welcome stow home. >> well, bryan stow, he's out there working, saving people's lives, and now he's fighting for his and all we can do for bryan stow is pray that he gets better. i saw his mom and dad today. i gave them my sympathies that he gets a full recovery. >> at a news conference yesterday, stow's mother spoke about the family's mixed emotions leaving los angeles. >> this press conference is very bittersweet, because we're taking bryan home. so on behalf of our family, we would like to say thank you to the community that has embraced bryan and supported him, the people of l.a. have been in our hearts during this six-week journey and your prayers and support have guided us through. we have made life-long friends. thank you doesn't say enough how much we appreciate you. you will never be forgotten. this is truly the city of angels. >> you can leave your well wishes and comments

minutes, new details expected regarding brian stow, the giants fan who was beaten out side of the archers stadium. jerad stone has been following this story. he was just transferred to san francisco, what are we going to learn in this news conference. >>j.r.stone: those at the police department said they're going to discuss the latest on the investigation into the two attackers. as for brian and i talked with his parents, he is in the hospital with those family members by his side. it has been a very hectic 24 hours for brian stow. the giants fan who was beat up at side of dodger stadium more than six weeks ago. ambulance rides, flight troubles that according to those with the san francisco general hospital, tests. those of the hospital say though it was a quiet night for the paramedic they're conducting these tests on by and in the intensive care unit to fully assess his condition. the one that is at this point classified as critical. the same as it was a loss angeles although on conscious doctor stated that he made small movements in the week prior to his transfer. movement in his arms, legs and eyes. the los angeles police department is also said to give us new details about t

not a public defender is calling on san francisco new police chief to implement as zero tolerance policyduct. public defender jeff has uncovered what he calls more troubling surveillance video showing san francisco police misconduct. this video is from a drug arrest at san francisco jefferson hotel in december 2010. he said one of the alleged victims fernandez santana is seen here in the lobby of the hotel. officers say they saw crack cocaine in his hand, he claims the video shows his hands were in his pockets. police said there were given permission to search the room but he said video of santana shaking his head no disputes that. while police were searching his residence, he said a friend of santana's walks by and officers proceed to tackle and choke him. officers let the man go after searching him. the police report describes the incident as a brief detention. after he was released from jail, he said santana noticed some electronics and a black dufflebag were missing from his home. he accused hotel employees and filed a police report but he said this video shows an officer leaving san

live in san francisco, grant kron 4 news. >>pam: san francisco public defender said he is fed up with the alleged police misconduct, when victim is telling us use of bridge. >> this is extremely alarming, there's no justification. i've spent three months accusing the staff at my building for stealing my property and it wasn't them it was the police officers from the mission district. >>pam: stay with kron 4 and www.kron4.com for continuing coverage of the alleged police misconduct. coming up the kron 4 news at 5:00 we will hear from the san francisco police chief as the response to the allegations. a double homicide of rock so quiet vallejo neighborhood over night. it happened on reese avenue in an unincorporated part of town. kron 4 gives you an up close look at the crime scene. >>haazig: two dead bodies found on the street in vallejo. behind me you see the emergency service command center set up. neighbors described what they heard. >> bom, bom, bom and that was set. >>haazig: multiple gunshots fired before 11:00 p.m. tuesda

as you know, the project creates a new san francisco neighborhood with over 8,000 -- up to 8,000 homes, up to 450,000 square foot of retail and historic use as well as 300 acres, 2/3 of the island developed to public open space. the infrastructure associated with the project, the developer will be purchasing the presents or the city will be purchasing the property, reimbursed by the developer from the navy. all

as you know, the project creates a new san francisco neighborhood with over 8,000 -- up to 8,000 homes, up to 450,000 square foot of retail and historic use as well as 300 acres, 2/3 of the island developed to public open space. the infrastructure associated with the project, the developer will be purchasing the presents or the city will be purchasing the property, reimbursed by the developer from the navy. all new utility infrastructure including streets, sewers, water lines at a cost of $179 million. the geotechnical improvements we heard of, strengthening of the land as well as the sea level rise protections, increasing the height of the island up to five feet around the island. the transportation program

news. >>> san francisco major ed lee spoke today about the sheriff's refusal to comply with security. >> if it's up to the federal authority to tell us that it's up to us. if they are saying on the one hand that it's not that you can't opt out and there's no choice on your part then we don't have a choice to not comply. >> reporter: mayor lee said the sheriff's decision will not be implemented until june. >>> the opposition is also spreading outside the bay area. a similar bill is pending in illinois. colorado has negotiated a modified agreement with the government. and washington recently became the first state to refuse to join the federal program. the congressional hispanic caucus has added its voice. the caucus sent a letter to president obama yesterday asking him to halt the program. >>> san jose business owners are hoping this doesn't happen again tonight. it unfolded live last night on the 10:00 news. news chopper 2 is overhead before police had everyone arrived. as hundreds of cinco de mayo revelers got out of hand as they began rocking cars and vandalizing shops. store owners th

to build their businesses, to surround themselves with other great new ideas and to forge a new san francisco work force. we are home to companies that change the way we communicate, like twitter. we're also home to companies that change the way we work, like sales force. we are home to companies that change the way we listen. now, more and more, we are becoming home to the way we play. i want to announce today, it should be consistent with everything else we are doing. as hosting more and more of these on-line game creators and engineers, i want to announce one of the most exciting game companies and we will be opening up and 25,000 square foot office in san francisco as we speak. let the games began. [applause] i just met the owners and management team. they have been here since 2006. they have chose san francisco to be their home. that is very exciting. whether it is the businesses that we have, whatever it is that we are doing in san francisco to make ourselves a successful, my tenure here will be about great communications, a unified city. one that unites all of us to make sure that we c

reporting live in san francisco, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the san francisco giants issued a statement following the news out of los angeles today along with offering its support and prayers to the stow family the team said, "we commend the los angeles police department for their hard work and we're confident that they will continue to dedicate themselves until all of those responsible for this senseless act of violence have been brought to justice." >> it has been more than seven weeks since stow was brutally beaten at parking lot in dodger stadium. he was actad on opening-day, march 31st and taken to usc medical center where he was put in a medically-induced coma. on april 15th, stow's family made a public plea for help in finding his attackers. earlier this month sketches of those attackers went up on more than 200 billboards throughout los angeles. last tuesday, stow was transferred from los angeles to san francisco general hospital, where he is remains in critical condition. and then, the news just this morning. that lapd authorities made an arrest in the case. >>> a n

they are relatively new to san francisco. they have one location currently on van ness ave. they are looking to have many locations. their long-term goal is to have locations throughout the city and county of san francisco, but that will be a relatively long process. they want to come in, get a type 20 license. if approved, it will allow them to serve of sale beer and wine only. it will not have a distilled spirits component. it is located in an area of high concentration of liquor licenses. it is not located in an area of high crime. we come to you this morning with a recommendation of approval with the following conditions. i would like to read these into the record and maybe add a couple of commons. first, the sale of all beverages shall be permitted only between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. daily. second, no more than 5% of the square footage of the premise will be used for the display of alcoholic beverages. 3, no noise sell the allowable be on the area of the control of the licensee. four, the petitioner shall be responsible for maintaining free of litter the

da lin, kron 4 news. >>> in san francisco a three- alarm fire damaged three buildings, leveling several without a home tonight. happened in the mission district. it started early today. this picture was sent inch by a viewer. firefighters battling the blaze. the heavy black smoke could be seen across the skies. officials say it was difficult to contain. >> some of the obticcals were the heavy winds. very windy out today and also the large attic space. carries a lot of volume of fire. very difficult to get to that. >> no injuries were reported but 9 adults were displaced by the 5. the red cross is assisting them. the cause was accidental. [ music playing ] >>> thousands of teachers and students rallied across the state, including in san francisco. they are protesting cuts in education. many asked the governor and lawmakers to put a stop to future cuts. kron 4's reggie kumar was with them, what the teachers planning to do now that menry received -- many received pink slips. >> reporter: they stood in front of city hall demanding they stop cutting funding for the education system. many wil

in san francisco, kron 4 news. ge continues now with reggie he is live in san francisco with reaction from s.f. pb. >>reporter: san francisco police chief address the allegations here at city hall and said all of the accused officers in the video release by the public defender's office at been removed from plain closed assignments and some on administrative duties. some are still patrolling the seats. >> all of these officers are innocent until proven guilty, just like anybody would be. some officers just because the perception is that it's a plain clothes things they are put in uniform. i believe all the officers in the san francisco police department credible until proven otherwise. the answer is yes, if there is an offense and the officers are witnesses there would be credible witnesses. >>rob: the chief goes on to say that his honesty will not be tolerated in the police department. live in san francisco, reggie kron 4 news. >>pam: today's latest video is the sixth of its kind that accuse the police officers of m

it is being replaced with a new proposed treasure island buena island area plan to be added to the san francisco general plan, which would no longer simply reference the plan but instead present policies to provide the foundation for land use and development and the special use district to be added to the planning code along with zoning amendments. the references designed for development and uses its standards and guidelines as a basis. the main financing mechanism also has been revised under redevelopment plans to one or more infrastructure district mechanisms. as a direct result it would change from 2400 units discussed in the e.i.r. to. 2,000 units. it is envisioned to an area plan from a redevelopment plan. some are in response to public comments on march 5 public review draft. the maximum height limits and maximum parking ratios for commercial uses have also been reduced. as described in the memo, none of these present any new information that would alter the conclusions presented in the draft e.i.r. consequently they do not trigger the need purr suents to ceqa. also you have been presented

creating a new san francisco neighborhood -- there are 300 acres of parks and open space that are meant to be regionally- serving. also existing and future residents are serving as a connection to the larger reason, and finally, the suite of community benefits for public facilities such as the waste water treatment plant, a new fire station, and an entirely new infrastructure system we will walk through with you today. this is a detailed breakdown of the development program that was analyzed under the eir. the ceqa findings in need -- in the mnrp -- approximately up to 500 hotel rooms, 12,000 square feet to be used. approximately 20,000 square feet for historic structures. and as i mentioned, parks and open spaces. so treasure island and yerba buena were originally constructed in 1937 as a works projects. treasure island is a 400-acre man-made island. the navy built the island in increments, so the infrastructure is tied together -- what is the best word? not the most rational layout. entirely new infrastructure systems will need to be provided before any development takes place. in add

news. >> in san francisco, 300 teachers about to lose their jobs because of the budget crisis. ktvu's rob roth is live where teachers hoping fans will feel their pain. >> fans are arriving at at&t park. these are pink flyers that parents and teachers will be handing out to try to stop state cuts to education. >> we need to create visibility. a lot of the public, it's a cry wolf thing. they need to realize this is really real. >> reporter: washington high school, one of the largest schools, cutting the budget means cutting basic classes students need to get into class. officials say unless more money comes in this class will be eliminated. that will put college-bound students at a disadvantage because they recommend students have three years of a foreign language. >> we won't be able to offer the courses you will need to compete against the other students that are applying to the universities. >> reporter: washington is cutting $800,000 next year. it is also considering reducing the upper level math and science courses. class sizes will likely increase. >> when you have large cl

. >> reporter: onblackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >>> some relief at last. a decline on the gas prices as we head into the summer travel months. >>> who is laughing now? it was the brunt of fashionista jokes but guess how much that ridiculous royal hat cashed in for charity? >>> i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up in just a couple of minutes. the hall of famer. will show me how to pitch the screw ball tonight. >> it is easy to learn. >> is that right? >> will i be able to throw 16 innings? >> i think so. it is only in your mind. >> all in the mind. >> yes, concentration and confidence. >> confidence, concentration. and the mind. >> 16 innings. >> that's coming up, folks. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, weeks. the lundberg survey says the national average is 3-dollars 97- cents for a gallon of regular unle >>> gas prices fell nearly a dime over the past two weeks. the lundburg survey saying the national average is 3.97 for a gallon of regular unleaded. here in the bay area the average is 4.17. 4.20 in san francisco. 4.10 in san jose and 4.0 # in oakland. the lundburg survey

new details, the san francisco giants ran the was severely beaten outside dodgers stadium is now in san francisco. this is video of the police escort for brian stow. he was moved by ambulance from los angeles to the airport where he was flown by small, private jet to san francisco. he has been in the hospital and los angeles since march 31st. to resell it is light. teresa estacio--is live. therese? >>reporter: a news conference tha took place one yea hour ago. in the next 24-48 hours they're going to be going over the medical records to make sure the gets the care he needs. they say that moving him has taken a great toll on his body. family members are grateful that this day has finally come. watch has crews carefully left brian stow from the plane that brought him to los angeles at sfo. it is been a very long journey. how beaten after the first game of the season at doctor's stadium. he has been in and out of a coma for weeks after suffering a severely fractured skull. damage to a frontal lobe of his brain. he will undergo treatment at a san francisco general. the family, including the

san francisco police department. >> the lieutenant spoke with the victim's husband today. he wasergs motional and thanking people of san francisco and police department and district attorney and people of san francisco. >>> and breaking news in san francisco. this is in the south market area. a raging fire in 7th street and fulton that is getting worse. >> this is the thousand block . it is spreading to a second building. ambulances have been called to the scene. >> we know of three yours. one a firefighter. we don't know how bad the injuries are but again, thuation in south market area are getting worse and the flames are spreading. >> hundreds of dui case in the south bay and peninsula can be tossed out. at issue is the breathalyzers used by law enforcement. they are live with more on what went wrong and what it means for those charged with a dui. >> palo alto police were the first to discover that something was wrong with the breathalyzers in the pring of last year when they bought them. it took us until now for the company to confirm to them that the devices were defective. >> it is the alcosensor five made by a st. louis based company. the santa clara district attorney is reviewing arrest in which officers use the ma