and he visited oakland's airport he legitimated the airfield. in 1927, san francisco's mills field just across the bay was being described as a dismal swamp. in that same year, charles limburg came to the oakland airport and called it the finest, most modern airport in the country. now, what would make him say that? in that pivotal year the oakland airport became aviation's home base for historic flights. in june, army lieutenant's lester mattland and allan took off from oakland bound for hawaiian. 25 hours and 30 minutes later they touched down setting the world record. in august of 1927, the ill- fated dole pineapple race from oakland to hawaiian offered the winner a prize of $25,000. but only eight of the 14 rants were able to take off from oakland the day of the race. four of those were forced to return. two others were lost at sea. and only two planes finally made it. the winner major arthur goble completed the flight in 26 hours and 17 minutes. among the greatest of all pioneer aviators, man or woman, amelia airhart initiated several of he

by oakland. as far as we know the as still want to move to san jose. >> reporter: yeah, as far as we know. we're not really hearing anything about how the as actually feel about this, but this is something that the city of oakland is talking about, the planning commission, even the incoming mayor. again, this is an idea. we've heard a lot of ideas about this, but this is the newest one. the one difference, though, is that they do seem to have some real firm ideas on exactly where it would be and they're looking at things like parking, which is the big concern for people coming off of 880. so certainly, you know, at least they have thought it out. >> all right, thank you much. >>> well, an ugly battle no homeowner wants to fight, fleas, roaches and bed bugs. vicky nguyen has an answer that may surprise you. >> reporter: it's not a sight homeowners want to see. >> i'll go to million dollar homes that have cleaning people or nannies and they're immaculate. >> reporter: the exterminator coming over t

also seeing showers to the west of oakland. a little more substantial rain falling along interstate 80 as you head into solano county this morning. today we'll see rain off and on at times. some of it will be locally heavy where we could see 1 to 2 inches of rain coming down. so most of the rain falling for the central and north bay. thursday into friday we'll see some scattered showers. notice the surf, though, getting up to 15 feet on the coast on thursday. then as the showers shut down friday morning, the weekend ahead looks dry and kind of warm for parts of the south bay. it's going to stay fairly cool and the rain will continue off and on today. the wettest part of the forecast happening today into tomorrow morning. friday showers mainly for the north bay and temperatures at least inland will start to climb saturday with lots of sunshine around oakland to wrap up the weekend. >>> wall street hoping for a longer lasting rally this morning. traders saw a rally yesterday before a fade near the closing bell. hopefully better n

but since it ended in oakland city limits, oakland police are now investigating this case.hey say they will release more details later this morning. reporting live in oakland, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. it's 5:33. marin county officials say 600 gallons of sewage overflowed in the creek because of a storm water surgeon tuesday night. this follows two spills last week that sent nearly 3 million gallons of sewage into the creek. the ross valley sanitary district has filed a report with the emergency management agency informing them of the latest spill. it overflowed for two hours at a rate of 5 gallons per minute. the heavy rain on tuesday caused another portion of the cliffside apartments in pacifica to fall away. now officials are once again concerned about the building on esplanade avenue. >> when we first shot this video a year ago, you can see there was a grassy lawn behind the apartments at 330 esplanade. now you just see a rocky cliff. and, apparently, this isn't even the most dramatic vantage point. >> i didn't know the extent until i walked on t

today the city of oakland will step up its fight to save the oakland as. the planning commission will consider a proposal for a new ballpark near jack london square. kraig debro is live now with all the details. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning. we're inside the boundary of that victory court proposal. that's the one that the city of oakland favors. and as part of that proposal what they want to do is they want to put a 2500 space parking garage right here on what is now the college parking lot. the planning commission will be taking up this issue at tonight's meeting. originally there were three different proposals, three different choices that the city of oakland was looking at. but they finally settled on this victory court proposal. victory court is named after one of the streets in the boundary of the proposed site. it's a dead end street. the stadium they want to build here they want to build it here because they think it would work with a lot of developments already going on here. jack london square, that believe the synergy if you wil

oakland police is now handling this investigation since the incident ended in the city of oakland. this is the third officer-involved shotting in less than 48 hours. when we get more information about this latest shooting, we will bring it to you. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> jenelle, thank you very much. it's 6:08. time to check the weather. lisa argen in for mike nicco and i can already tell you part of the forecast. it's cold. >> you got it, that's right. 29 livermore. how's that for cold. 30 santa rosa and napa with 32 by the delta. 39 oakland, 35 redwood city. not only today, tomorrow's going to be another cold one, too. calm winds for the most part except novato gusting to 23 as well as the airport. breezy as you head over local bridges. everyone as much as 5 to 20 degrees colder this morning. you probably know that and dress in layers today. otherwise clear skies tonight with more frost and increasing clouds again tomorrow for rain on new year's eve. this weak system that's going to ride down on the jet stream to increase the clouds along the north coast. maybe sonoma and th

there is no project in oakland.e're ready to go in san jose, we have a site, environmental review. lou wolf wants to come here, makes sense. >> they are doing everything they can possible to make sure the city of oakland is not astutable place for the a's. >> fundamentally raisist stereotype of this city. >> reporter: so the head of the planning commission tonight, where the impact of a new stadium is underway. >> i may ask some of you to just leave the room. >> reporter: so many fans wanted to weigh in most found that they were ushered out to wait and watch from another room. >> this is just an environmental impact report but people need to see and understand that there is a lot of people that want this ball park here. >> reporter: in oakland, robert liles, cbs5. >>> and other bay area headlines now. three concord teenagers are accused of breaking into a chicken co-op at al a mop take elementary school and killing two chick enterprises. the custodian found the birds dead 8:30 in the morning. four other chickens wer

oakland police are investigating this shooting here in oakland this morning. reporting live and working to get new information in oakland. today in the bay. >>> we will check back with you. 5:01 right now. a community meeting will be held to talk about the shooting in the bayview district. the chief is expected to lead the meeting. this was at a home on bacon street. inside that home, officers found a man with a knife. they opened fire when the man refused to drop his weapon and began walking towards them. the meeting will start at 6:00 at the grace lutheran church. san francisco police are also offering a $25,000 reward for information about a drive by shooting that killed three and wounded three others. the police department et set up a tip line to catch the shooters. it happened december 22nd at lyndon avenue. three men in a dark chevy opened fire and swed off. the victims were between 15 and 20 years old. we are also following in another developing story out of oakland. a scary or dell for several people caught in an apartment fire overnight. we understand

reporting live in oakland this morning, marla tellez, today in the bay. >> a tragic story out of oakland. three people including a young girl are dead after an overnight apartment fire. christie smith joips us with the latest. christie? >> reporter: we have new development for you. firefighters are saying this is a mom, her small daughter and a male friend. the fire started in a front room of an apartment building here. this smoke quickly spread to a bedroom and that's where the family was. a real tragedy this morning. this is a four-unit building and the red cross said the youngest victim was three years old. two others suffered leg injuries after jumping out of their unit. we have a survivor in this unit. another little girl. >> one young lady between 7 and 11 did get out of the apartment. a neighbor assisted her by the time she got out of the front. >> reporter: the red cross believes it's a sister to the little girl. firefighters told us there were absolutely no working smoke detectors. they are also saying in the unit they were running an extension cord from their unit to another un

it's one of four proposed sites in oakland. a's owner says he's still planning to build a new stadium in san jose. however, san jose has suffered a set back in its effort to become the new home for the a's. mayor reed it's unlikely to be able to put that on the marge ballot. that's because a major league baseball committee hasn't decided whether the oakland a's should be allowed to move. that committee was created almost two years ago. >>> heads up for you. a winter spare the air alert is in effect today. this is a live picture right outside our doors right now. you can see this is what it looks like right now. the spare the air alert means it's illegal to burn wood, fire logs, pellets or any other solid fuels in fireplaces, woodstoves or other wood burning devices. they stay in effect until midnight tonight. >>> all right. i guess the toll plaza is getting pretty crowded if you haven't set out for the day spare the air, take bart if you can. >> that's right. bart is doing well and are other public transit systems. we haven't b

the gel is to expand it to all oakland unified schools. pa. >> benicia will have to wait a while to find out who stl new police chief will be. they want to wait until they start work to get a new chief. the current chief is leaving the department in san leandro. that police department is almost three times the size of benicia's. >>> another ship in the moth ball fleet. after 27 years of waiting, the ss american racer will loaf the bay to be towed for san francisco for dry docking and cleaning and then towed to the gust coast. it's the 12th to leave the bay since october 2009 when the obama administration announced an effort to clean up the site. her sister ship ss american reliance will be towed out on tuesday. >> no home runs in a's stadium in oakland. it was a packed house as the study of the so-called victory square stadium was discussed. one man voiced his concern over the proposed 39,000 seat stadium and what it would do for congestion. >> traffic counts that are current have to be part of this environmental impact study. absolutely h

, east oakland. the car crashed into a house on the 3300 block of 13th avenue. police say the four men ran in different directions from the car. officers say they shot one man who died at the scene. police say a gun was found near him and an assault weapon in the car. officers detained two others and are still searching for a fourth man. octavia edwards says the 19- year-old who was shotter with her son obataiye who had run- ins before. >> a young man with troubles. everybody makes mistakes. >> reporter: this is the sixth officer involved shooting in oakland this year. four of them have been fatal. officers involved are on paid leave, standard procedure. >> thank you. sharon chin in oakland. >>> the man accused of killing a well-known community leader in san mateo will be in court today. officers arrested 58-year-old gregory alarms sunday morning at the san mateo police station. police say he was actually helping in the murder investigation before he was arrested. alarms is accused of shooting david

. >>> breaking news in oakland. an apartment fire so intense, people jumped out of the building to escape the flames. sharon chin reports three people including a child are now in the hospital. good morning, sharon. >> reporter: good morning. we're talking about a two-alarm fear here at 82nd in plymouth. three people were taken to the hospital very badly injured. the battalion chief says they were taken in from serious to critical condition. the flames erupted at this four- unit apartment complex just before 2 a.m. fire crews arrived to heavy smoke and flames. two women jumped out of the second floor. >> we had two women who lived in the second floor apartment the back apartment that had jumped out the second floor with lower leg injuries. then people still are unaccounted for from the front unit. >> reporter: those fewer people unaccounted for were able to get out, those four people. those two women who jumped suffered leg injuries. three people on the second floor were rescued and taken to the hospital. what the b

that's the latest from oakland, christie smith, today in the east bay. >> oakland citizens police review board wants to hear your thoughts on racial profiling. paul figueroa and ron davis will thereby at the meeting to listen. davis spent 19 years on the oakland police force. it will be on the oakland council chambers in city hall at 6:15 tonight. also new, today is the deadline to weigh in to keep the a's in the east bay. the planning commission wants public feedback on what should be included in an environmental impact report for the project. the proposed 39,000-seat project will be on lake merit and 880 near jack london square. this is entirely oakland's idea. the a's have not expressed an interest in the plan. they asked for permission to move to the south bay. public comments should be sent to the city's community and economic development agency. money, traffic, architecture and terrorism have been at the top of the list of concerns. criminals targeting the trendiest neighborhoods and plateses in berkeley where people go out for a night on the town. the latest happened not far from

but technically it happened in oakland. so oakland police are doing the investigation. right now, they say they have some of the witnesses down at the station and they have not made any official comment yet. we are hoping for a little more information later on today. elizabeth. >> all right, anne makovec, live for us in oakland, thank you. >>> and tonight, san francisco police will hold a community meeting to talk about a deadly police shooting in the portola neighborhood. officers rushed to a home on bacon street after a woman there called 911 and said she had been stabbed. police say they shot the suspect when he attacked officers with a knife. the stabbed woman south of the hospital this morning. >>> more help appears on the way for survivors of the explosion and fire in san bruno. they will be getting money from a city fund from donations that totals about $400,000. the "san francisco examiner" says a meeting will be held in order to determine how to distribute the money. the disaster destroyed or damaged 55 homes and killed 8 people in september. >>> governor-elect

time is 5- breaking news in oakland this morning... rescuers have freed a man from underneath a train. he now has been rushed to the hospital. anne makovec is at the scene with more. anne makovec, oakland. time is 5: it's going to be another wet commute this morning. let's get to tracy humphrey.. with your forecast. this morning, oakland police are suspecting foul play.. after the gruesome discovery of a woman's body in an estuary. it was found yesterday... near doolittle drive east of harbor bay parkway. the body was lying on the rocks along the water.... in martin luther king regional shoreline park police say the woman was shot several times, and her throat was slit. a bird photographer discovered the body.. and called police. police say they don't have a motive, and no arrests have been made. prostitution is the reason oakland officials are trying to shut down three hotels. city attorney john russo will hold a news conference at city hall this morning to announce lawsuits against those hotels. he's expected to disclose which hotels

>>> why the police chief in oakland wants the f.b.i. to get involved in an officer- involved shooting from last month. >>> getting report of a human in san jose blocking at least two lanes. >>> raise your hand if you haven't seen the sun in about three days. but today there's a chance. what you're say asking there's a chance. >>> disturbing and conflicting details now unfolding in court after four local children died in a fire. it's all ahead here on the ktvu morning news. >>> good morning to you. welcome to the middle of the week wednesday december 15th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. let's check in with steve paulson. any rain today steven? >>> no, pamela. we have cloudy skies, patchy fog but cooler. temperatures in the 40s. yet the north bay i think you'll get a little sun today. south bay could be a tall order but go partly cloudy, partly supny after lows in the 40s end up with mid-50s. big news starts on friday. i'll have all the details in about five minutes. here's my good friend, sal. >>

but even people who want the oakland as to stay the oakland as have some serious questions about what'soing on here and how this 39,000-seat ballpark would really work. the location we're talking about is between 4th street and 'em baker dare owe off interstate 880 with traffic, noise and pollution. those are the questions that neighbors are bringing up now. incoming mayor jean quan has thrown her support behind it saying it really fits into the overall redevelopment. tonight the city is taking public comment on the environmental impact report. they have let major league baseball know what they're doing. the city has been negotiating with a committee appointed by major league baseball over where whether the as should stay in oakland or move down the road to san jose. team owners have been looking at san jose and city here in oakland is going ahead, they say, because the league wants a new stadium in a place for the as by opening day 2015, so this is the first step. the public gets a look at what the city is talking about. the meeting is tonight over at city hall at 6:00. reporting live

oakland berkeley close. most of the lows are around 32, 33, 34, there were a couple of upper 20s. 50 in tahoe. 48 ukiah. 60s down in southern california but there were 30s at palm springs and las vegas. it's cold down there. one little weak system to the north. the stronger one -- the old friday in the own ointment is this one. that's gonna come close to us thursday and friday and then i think it will split and head into southern california by the weekend. it's my hope that's what it d oes. sun and clouds, a little the warmer but more sun giving way toy a few clouds in the afternoon. temperatures warping up a little bit -- warming up a little bit. 58 to 62, average. there will be a day with a little bit of sunshine. even though the sun doesn't last very long. it's dark by 5:00 for crying out loud. cloudy. we'll get some light rain on friday and kind of get it out of here by saturday afternoon. it's the shortest day of the year in three weeks. >> yes, exactly. >> yes. >> and then we'll be adding one minute. >

it would be a good thing. >> the oakland as have been playing in the oakland coliseum since 1968. but age isn't the only factor, major league baseball wants the team to build a smaller arena. lou we'll wants to -- lew wolff and mayor reed says a committee formed has not yet been issuing any recommendations. so they are declining to move forward. they would need those recommendations by 2:00 p.m. today if you want to get specific in order for that ballot initiative to get on next spring's ballot. later this morning, we will try again to talk to some people who frequent some of these businesses who think -- who think what they think about s eeking another alternative. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 n ews. >>> a new deal it expected to bring new life to oakland's jack landon square. the port -- jack london square. theport commission voted to allow market street capital partners to take over a majority stake in ownership. right now, many buildings sit empty despite a million-dollar investment. >> he does look nice. we're used to more people. a lot of people. >> i try to come here as ofte

oakland with about 59. a lot of sunshine and clouds increasing for the second half and the rain returns tomorrow. we will talk about how much we are expecting, coming up. >> thanks a lot and also coming up, the winter storm in the east is shake things up around the country. we will have an update on the ripple effects from holiday travel to football in a few minutes. >> now that you have the gadgets for christmas, the best way to hook them up and use them. >> this is lieutenant commander glen here in germany. i would like to greet my wife and also the american population community in northern california. a very merry christmas and happy holidays. >> this is stephannie anderson n kuwait. i want to say hi to my mom in california. i love and you i can't wait to come home. >>> welcome back and time is 4:43 and a live look outside this morning. fairly mild temperatures to start the day. this is kind of the break in between storms. we will have the full forecast in a little bit. a special honor for the members of

. >> live in oakland, a man confesses to more than two dozen robberies. the surprising way in which police caught him, coming up. >> first, they were caught in a terrible bridge traffic jam because of a standoff. now many drivers get an unwelcome surprise from authorities. the story ahead on ktvu chainlets news at noon. >>> good afternoon. topping our news, a registered sex offender is under arrest accused of sexually assaulting a toddler inside a union city store. according to union city police, officers arrested eugene ramos yesterday afternoon after he allegedly grabbed a two-year- old girl inside a dollar tree store on dakota road and sexually assaulted her inside the store. authorities say the child's grandmother saw the assault in progress and along with other customers began to chase the suspect. ramos was tackled by a group of people and held down until an officer arrived. he was booked for kidnapping, rape, sexual acts with a child and false imprisonment. a news conference with police is scheduled for this afternoon. we'll bring you that today on

of course if you have any information, please do call the oakland police department. >>> oakland city trying to shut down three holtes they say are centers of prostitution. the city will announce details of lawsuits at 10:00. oakland police say the economy inn on east 12th street is one of the hotels where child prostitution and other crimes are taking place. a receptionist at the economy inn said the hotel's owners were not available for comment. >>> also in oakland plans to sell pricey permits so people can set up large-scale indoor marijuana farms has hit a snag. the deadline to apply for the $211,000 permit was today, but the oakland city council stopped the process last night. that's so members can take another look at the laws that the council wrote. the move comes after the district attorney issued a warning that the plan could put councilmembers who approve it in legal jeopardy. >> she is not saying we would be tossed in jail. historically when there have been prosecutions, it has never been against the city government, it's been against the facility. >> councilmembers are dow

he was promised at the north county jail in down town oakland. he was released and given a future date to appear in court >>> we are learning today just how much damage was caused by this week's sudden mudslide in southern california. it will cost an estimated 70 million-dollar to clean up and make repairs in highland, riverside county and orange county. the rain also washed trash, pesticides and bacteria into waterways prompting a health warning. a state of emergency has been declared in a total of nine counties. >>> want to help make christmas a little brighter for some children here in the bay area? we'll tell you how to do that next >>> and on the rush to fix damaged sewers in the north bay before the rain returns and the impact all of this work is having on nearby businesses. >>> and meteorologists mark timaio is working on his computer model right now. he will tell us when the next system will arrive in your neighborhood >>> and christmas comes early today in oakland as santa and the oakland police department make some very special deliveri

for two years lew wolff has tried to transplant the team anywhere than oakland. >> oakland has struck out. there is no project in oakland. we are ready to go in san jose. we have the site, environmental review. lew wolff wants to come here. >> it's like the movie "major league," they are doing everything they can to make it look like oakland isn't suitable. >> reporter: so the planning commission, the impact of a new stadium is under way. >> i may ask some of you to leave the room. >> reporter: so many fans wanted to weigh in most found that they were ushered out to wait and watch from another room. >> this is just an environmental impact report but people need to see and understand that there's a lot of people that want this ballpark here. >> reporter: in oakland, robert lyles, cbs 5. >>> major league baseball will have the final say on where a new stadium isby . the as have the second lowest home attendance numbers in all of baseball. >>> well, a small bay area casino is going to court to get some violent video pulled from youtube. here's one posted in september. it shows security g

well, technically this is oakland's jurisdiction. oakland police are not commenting on the case. but we did just speak to san leandro police and they tell us that that officer was actually firing in self-defense. he believed that his fellow officer was in danger of being run over by that female driver and that is why he fired his weapon. now according to police these are veteran officers and they have been placed on paid administrative leave for the next three days. that's the latest here live from oakland. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thank you. san francisco police chief will hold a community meeting tonight. the subject is yesterday's officer-involved shooting. police shot and killed the man accused of stabbing and injuring a teenage girl. this happened around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. police say they were called to the scene of a party involving lots of young people after a 15- year-old girl phoned in saying she'd been stabbed. three officers entered the home. when police arrived police say two officers fired at the man, he later died. two officers involved hav

oakland police -- the oakland police department has been under investigation for several years and is under court order to address police misconduct. >>> president obama will speak to reporters this morning about the government's latest assessment of conditions in afghanistan and pakistan. it says the u.s. is still on path to start taking troops out in july. the report says there has been progress in weakening insurgents but that the durability of those gains is uncertain. >>> the house could vote as early as today on president obama's $858 billion tax package. the senate overwhelmingly approved the measure yesterday. it will save americans thousands of dollars in taxes over the next two years reduce social security taxes and extend jobless benefits. the bush-era taxes were set to expire january 1. some house democrats believe the taxes for the wealthy should be scaled back. >>> the fate of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy now in the hands of the senate. yesterday, the house voting 250 to 175 to repeal the 1993 policy that banned military recruiters from asking about sexu

live in oakland, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> thank you traci. same city council members may go to bat for a costly study on the new stadium for the oakland a's. council members were vote on whether to approve as 750,000 study along the waterfront in an area known as victory square that environmental impact study would be another step toward green lighting a 39,000-seat stadium deal. a committee appointed by major league baseball is looking at whether the a's should move to san jose or fremont. >>> well, mayor gavin newsom is being urged to veto a law that would restrict lucrative construction jobs to san francisco city resident and contractors. they were asked to veto the local so-called ordinance that san francisco supervisors approved last week. they say it will severely impact the bay area economy. the law states half of all construction jobs in san francisco should be given to city workers. >>> don't ask, don't tell is on its way to becoming law and history. today, speaker of the house nancy pelosi was joined by senate and house members who

developing news in oakland.rews rescued a person this morning trapped under an amtrak train near jack london square. terry mcsweeney is live at the scene with the latest. >> i'm here at embarcadero and broadway, the entrance to jack london square where something along the lines of the miracle on 34th street, a man in the wheelchair crossing the street, a train coming down the tracks hits him and he survived, lives to tell about it. pictures we have from the scene, it happened about 3:45 this morning. a union pacific train coming down the tracks here on the embarcadero at broadway. hits a man rolling across in his wheelchair. it took 30 to 45 minutes according to oakland police to find the hydraulics to jack up that 130 ton train engine but they did get it up just a few inches. that was just enough to get this man who had been in a wheelchair, get him out from underneath the cow catcher. he was not trapped by the wheels of the train. he was upped the cow catcher. according to oakland police he was conscious and t

oakland backers want the new stall near jack london square.downtown ballpark plan but has been waiting a long time for clearance from baseball officials. >>> a san jose woman is hospitalized after two dogs attacked her outside her evergreen area home last night. a neighbor threw rocks at the dogs and they eventually ran off. the woman's injuries are considered major but not life threatening. >>> 9/11 first responders are pushing congress to provide money for their healthcare needs. a revised proposal that would cost about $6 billion may be put to a vote this week. but senate republicans may attempt a filibuster as the lame duck session runs out. >>> fargo is agreeing to fork over $2 billion to california home owners stuck with mortgages they can't afford. now it all has to do with so- called pick a pay loans from world savings and wachovia taken own by wells fargo. they made loans seem afford afternoon. the borrowers like this man. what he and many others didn't realize is that his monthly payment would later mushroom. the settlement reached y

, first fremont and now san jose. >> oakland has been to bat many times. struck out. it makes the most sense in san jose. >> that movie major league, they are doing everything they can possible to make oakland look like it's not a suitable place. >> reporter: so they are headed to the planning commission tonight. >> i'm going to ask some of you to just leave the room. >> reporter: so many fans wanted to weigh in. most found that they were ushered out to wait and watch from another room. >> people need to see and understand that there is a lot of people that want this ballpark here. >> reporter: in oakland. robert lyles. >>> trapped in an iranian prison now posting music videos online. how she hopes it can free her friends still trapped in iran. >>> the strange scene in the site over sacramento today. we're going to solve that mystery for you. >>> what if you couldn't text and drive because the car wouldn't let you, the technology that could make that happen. >>> i despise uncertainty and we have a weather pattern like that. ,,,,,,,, way. chabad of sunnyval

we found this one in oakland. >> pet food express employees 500 people companywide, 110 here in oaklandany's getting a deal on rent, about 30% less than the last tenant, the u.s. postal service. and there's tax incentives. levy expects to hire more support staff here in oakland. >> we always try to promote from within but always looking for great new people. that love pets. >> the building is in councilman larry reid's district. he says there was not a lot of interest from other potential renters. >> they had their corporate centers in city of oakland but particularly my district. a great day. >> expect to open nine or ten new stores in the bay area within a year. heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >> all right. if you're looking for a job, you might find one at the next abc 7 job journal hire event. it is next tuesday from 11:00 to 3:00 and at the windham hotel in san jose. things could be looking up for those of you who are gainfully employed. the h. r. firm says many companies expect to give workers a raise of almost 3% next year. only 5% of the company surveyed plan to keep employees' pa

this is a four-unit building in east oakland near international. this is the time of year people have christmas trees out or crank the heat because it has been so cold. we ask if either of these things might be a factor. at this point firefighters say it's just too soon to tell. they are still trying to piece together exactly what happened. coming up in the next half hour, one woman narrowly escaped all of this. you will hear from her in about 30 minutes. live in east oakland, today in the east bay. >> thanks for that update. we are also on top of another situation in oakland near the border. police are investigating a did thely officer-involved shooting. the s may lead to tough questions about what officers were thinking. marla tellez has more on that situation. >> we are live in oakland at the corner of bancroft and duran on the border of oakland and san leandro that is causing a bit of a twist. i will step out of the way so you can see what's going on. there is not a lot to see. it is taped off at the corner of bancroft and durant. they are work

oakland police arrested a man in 2009 for similar crimes using craigslist ads and last spring oaklandde two arrest after a sting operation. police have tips to protect yourself. they say that if you are buying from craigslist or any other website, don't agree to meet in secluded or residential areas. don't take a lot of crash with you. and if the person appears suspicious, just leave especially if you don't see the vehicle that you're buying. and police in crimestoppers say they are offering as much as a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of these robbery suspects. grace. >> sharon, if you are not supposed to bring cash, what are police recommending? a cashier's check? >> reporter: well, they recommend other options. perhaps using a credit card or a check or something else. they are just saying be very wary of the situation where you're supposed to go to a neighborhood that's isolated or you're required to bring a lot of money with you. just be alert to those sorts of things. >> all right. got t sharon chin in oakland, thank you very much. >>> in other news, oakland

oakland. terry, he's asking for a big chunk of money to get to younger kids. >> he is. he knows who to ask. he's meeting with feinstein and barbara lee and others. he's looking for money to place six officers at each of the four middle school campuses. that's a lot of officers. each in a different part of town, none a stranger to violence. bass says it's to make schools safer but steer kids from crime and gangs and build positive relationships between police and the city's young people at these designated community schools. >> for us police officers in a positive light. that's the one taking your mother or aunt or uncle to jail but that's not it, it's to succeed. >> it's' a resource center for the entire neighborhood. >> i think it is a good idea for the kids 'cause there's a lot of problems out here. >> no? >> tell me what. >> i don't know. the don't like the cops. >> and right there is the problem chief bass wanted to addresses, representatives between young people and police. spend some of

the crime isn't new to oakland police. they arrested a man in 2009 for similar crimes related to craigslist ads and last spring oakland police made two arrests after a sting separation. police have tips. if you are buying from craigslist or any other website, don't agree to meet in secluded or residential areas. don't take a lot of cash with you. and if the person appears suspicious leave, especially if you don't see the vehicle you are wanting toby . police and crimestoppers say they are going to offer as much as a $10,000 reward for information lead together arrest of the suspects. >> thank you. >>> police have run into a roadblock trying to solve a deathly shooting in south san francisco. they say no one is talking after a triple murder last week. police say it's a lack of cooperation. investigators haven't given a motive for the shooting but they are looking into gang conflicts. anyone with information is asked to call the police. >>> police are also looking into a shooting outside a san francisco nightclub. a fight ne

live in oakland, today in the east way. . >>> a body found in the oakland hills. police identified the woman as jill abbott. it's heart breaking news for friends and family and jean ellie has the new details. >>> oakland police investigators are hoping someone saw something or know something about what happened to jill abbott. they believe someone dumped her body in the oakland hills. the holidays take a tragic turn for people living in this apartment complex. a neighbor is gone. jill marie abbott was found dead christmas eve. someone found the 40-year-old's body friday along the bike trail. she was nude. the medical examiner performed an autopsy and hasn't determined a cause of death saying they are waiting on a toxicology report. word of abbott's suspicious death is spreading. her ex-boyfriend said he and his mother knew something was wrong when they didn't hear from her. they last heard from her wednesday night. they called hospitals and this morning they called the coroner when they read about the body. she was beautiful inside and out. she was a waitress and

it happened near the oakland san leandro board erred early this morning.enelle with the details. >> cheryl, san leandro police are not saying anything but what we know is it ended in this intersection with one woman dead shot by san leandro police. >> i heard a gunshot. i ran to the living room, put my son on the floor. >> the shooting unfolded right in front of maria martinez home in oakland. it was around 10:30 last night when san leandro police officers began chasing this 1989 jaguar. just after crossing into oakland city limits, the jaguar lost control and crashed into two parked vehicles. witnesses say they could hear officers screaming at the driver and then gunshots. they say police shot and killed a female driver and tasered the car's male passenger. >> i'm scared. i was like oh, my god, my babies. this is the reason i moved to this neighborhood. it's supposed to be safer than further into oakland but recently a lot of gunshots, this part of town's going down, too. >> this is the third officer-involved shooting in the bay area in the last 24 hours.

>> oakland police open up. the unusual step the department took today to educate the public about the use of force. >>> complete bay area news coverage startses right now. this is ktvu, channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> good evening, i'm mike mibach in for ken wayne. hello again, i'm heather holmes. a15-year-old girl from redding has been found safe in san francisco. police have arrested her uncle and an unidentified man as they are investigate this as a possible abduction. we have a crew working on this breaking news story and we'll have a live report coming up for you in just a few minute. >>> in other news tonight, deputies from virginia are in san francisco. their goal, to get a 12-year- old girl who had been missing for a week and her alleged kidnapper back to the east coast. ktvu's debora villalon is live in san francisco with new information about where the two were living. >> reporter: ocean beach now figures into this, heather. and yes, at about noon today, four detectives from virginia arrived here in the c

now he's taking on oakland's cultivation ordinance.s to growers at $211,000 apiece. >> there are 300 applicants and they're only going to choose four? most of those 300 people are already growing. so if they -- if they're not chosen, they're not going to stop growing. >> reporter: rosenthal says permit holders who paid top dollar will want those small growers shut down. the alameda county district attorney is also issuing a warning saying in a letter to the counsel, it remains an open question whether public officers or public employees who aid and abet or conspire to violate state and federal laws in the furtherance of a city ordinance are exempt from criminal liability. rebecca kaplan says the letter is leading to changes in the ordinance but she's not worried about facing charges. >> she is not saying we will be tossed in jail. historically when there have been prosecutions, it has never been against the city government, it's been against the facility. >> reporter: in closed session tonight the council suspended the cultivation appl

richmond to the bay bridge or even just to oakland. you should have a pretty decent drive right now. it's getting more crowded by the minute. we're looking also at interstate 880 as we often do. traffic there looks very nice coming into the downtown oakland area. now at 5:59 let's go back to the desk. >>> sal, thank you. we're going to start with a shooting apparently over a cell phone. it happened shortly after 11:00 last night at 15th street and madison. not far from lake merit. we have some new details. ktvu's kraig debro live in oakland with those details. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we just spoke to a witness who heard, saw and then almost experienced the shooting. it happened just behind me at 15th and madison on the northwest corner of this intersection next to that apartment building. now according to our witness multiple shots were fired. but not all of them hit the intended target. the victim wasn't the only thing hit with gunfire. a bullet pierced a window in the building next to where the shooting

sfo, oakland and the sand have no delays. for the latest to go to our web site which is kron4 news dog,. >> not a bad day to day on christmas eve with sunshine making it through the clouds and some gusty winds right now. here is the flag flying. as we look from the top of the roof there is wins that are passing 20 mi. per hour. temperatures are in the 60s that some places so it is 64 and hayward, monday, a san jose and all lot cooler in livermore. we have seen a lot of thought today. here is the nexus and that is of short. it is going to bring us rain for christmas day. this is increasing clouds for this evening. the rain is still up towards the north coast are around you read that at to the pacific northwest. this is them will arrive tomorrow morning as we are not being of the christmas presents between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.. that rain can be heavy at times especially bad day to the early afternoon with gusty winds, they could be between 30-45 mi. per hour. i wind advisory is in and that fact. the rain is forecast to stic

answers after an explosion rocks an oakland duplex. the first hand accounts from >>> this morning the search for answers after an explosion rocks an oakland duplex. the firsthand accounts from neighbors and what investigators are saying about a possible cause. >>> plus breaking news, wikileaks founder arrested just about two hours ago. what it means for the release of more secret documents. >>> and good morning to you, it's 4:30 a.m. on tuesday, december 7th. i'm juliet goodrich. sydnie has the morning off. >>> we're going to start with breaking news. coming out of london, england this morning, the man behind the whistleblowing website leek is no longer a fugitive. he surrendered to police this morning and is expected in court in a few hours. charlie d'agata joins us from london about what julian assange is facing. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, juliet. he's been in hiding for more than a week, but as we speak, julian assange is in a court in central london. he will face a british judge about an hour and a half.

the a's their home is oakland. speech is a good idea for oakland, not only does it create jobs but it also creates business. you don't have to go to these games instead of disco. >> traffic counts that are current have to be part of this environmental impact study you cannot build a massive terrorist aren't you just can't do it. you're going to run into that obstacle. >> the plan made it clear that this is just the beginning they did not make a decision on whether the stadium should be built. that may not even happen until after the environmental impact report is complete and that will take 12-18 months. oakland, reggie kumar, kron4 news. >> the a's owner has suggested two possible sites in fremont, the possible move to san jose. the problem had to deal with is a dispute over the giants having territorial rights there. the raiders are considering a move. earlier this year the nfl commission suggested the raiders and then there should steer a stadium. people approved a stadium in their city. >> of a developing story

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oakland police have their investigator on scene.akland fire has their arson investigator also out here trying to get to the bottom. we are told nothing looks suspicious but they're taking a much closer look. fire official arrived on scene. we're hoping to talk to her. we'll keep you updated here on the morning news. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> oakland police are investigating after an officer shot and killed a woman suspected of driving a stolen car. police say it started around 10:30 last night when they spotted two suspected car thieves in san leandro. the suspects led police on a high speed chase that ended in oakland. police opened fire on the suspects. one of them died. the other was injured. >>> we're following some developing news out of vallejo right now. there is word about a possible oil spill. this is near columbus parkway and lake herman road. chopper 2 flew over the area within the past few minutes. the source of the spill is still unclear. understand that the oil is leaking however onto some city streets th

and oakland currently checking in the upper 40s. satellite and radar you can see quite a bit of activity out here in the pacific and rain showers up to our north near eureka and crescent city. we'll watch this later today. here's our forecast model take us into the afternoon hours. at 12:00 maybe a few sprinkles approaching the northern parts of the north bay towards sonoma county. into the afternoon hours the chance gradually spreads to the south. not showing a lot here around the central portion of the bay but we could have some drizzle or a few sprinkles showing up. san jose primarily just a few clouds. and then by late this afternoon into the evening hours you can see maybe a few light showers or a few sprinkles heading closer to san francisco and oakland. bottom line highest shower chances for today will be focused up north bay. for this morning the short-term partly to mostly cloudy. temperatures in the upper 30s to upper 40s. by lunchtime mostly cloudy skies. 53 to 58 degrees. eventual temperature range mid- 50s to lower 60s.

towards midnight, oakland is going to see concord,.it mountains and then to the south bay by 3:00 p.m. and tried commute, the rainfall totals one-quarter in the north bay. these totals could vary. anywhere from 1/4 of an inch-three- quarters of an inch depending on the weather cell. and to the santa cruz mountains is bearing the brunt. off to the amount of 2 in. thick. and with a few inches for the rest of the bay area 2-inches amount. and kron 4 7 day around the bay we're almost done with this rainfall. tomorrow evening and into early wednesday. a pretty heavy round with gusting winds and the thunderstorms. we could even see clearing. thursday, friday, staying dry as and we go towards christmas. the rainfall will continue. and possibly bring showers on a sunday. stay with us. we will be right back. for save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state f

the refund could find in a courtyard on the naval base in the oakland hills. animal shelter workers say the wind as coach of us was hired to clear brush of the area however anonymous tip did lead to that discovery. the colder of goats are rust and a harder what the company were both arrested on the scene, the director oakland animal shelter says she's glad the judge decided not to hold back to those responsible. >> the judge took this case seriously as well in the preliminary hearing he decided not to reduce this to a misdemeanor but held over as a felony trial. this is being taken seriously and that's what as a director of oakland animal services i want to see animal abuse taken seriously as a serious crime against animals. oftentimes we see crimes related to against animals related to many other crimes. for the auspices a good start for that are really getting is cases charge. the men are scheduled to be arraigned next week. the search continues in belmont for robbers who broke into high school install 50 dozen dollars worth of electronic equipment. this hap