the oakland tribune reports two oakland police officers who shot and killed an oakland father and barberner will not be charged. the alameda county d.a.'s office has decided not to prosecute the officers who shot derrick jones last november. jones was killed when police briefly chased him. jones was unarmed. the officers told investigators that jones kept reaching towards the waistband of his pants. he was carrying a pocket scale there. >> oakland's new mayor is taking a pay cut. mayor jean quan is giving back 25% of her salary or about $46,000. that will reduce her annual pay to about $137,000 a year. quan says with oakland facing a $40 million deficit and more painful layoffs and furloughs, she wanted to lead by example. quan is not the first mayor to take a pay cut. governor jerry brown turned down raises and kept his salary at $113,000 when he was oakland's mayor. >> pg&e says it found no other pipelines in its system with welds like the ones that brew up in san bruno. they told the san jose mercury news its only internal review found nothing resembling the san jose pipe construction

no problem for oakland heading through the area. here's the map where you can see debris reported with a couple large boxes in the roadway. we may see a traffic break there. really quickly, as they remove whatever it is in the roadway, we'll take a live look at the bay bridge. no problems now, but it is monday. folks can get to work at 6:00 or 6:30 this morning. >>> google is looking to add more than 6,000 people this year. the financial times this morning says google is trying to cut out the intellectual mind games interviewers often use to test the brain power of potential hires. why is a manhole cover round? and how many ping-pong balls does it take to fit a plane? they say the iq tests favor those adapt to quizzes. >>> for other news before the bell, we'll turn to sharida brantley live at cnbc world headquarters. >> reporter: good morning, scott. futures are fairly high they are morning. as wall street comes off another positive week, that despite friday's disappointing unemployment report showing companies only added 36,000 job

oakland p. d. stoppers put together a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect who is described as a black male, 6 feet, medium complexion, last seen wearing a long sleeve black shirt and a black cap. if you know anything about this, monday night 10:00 here on jackson street near lake merritt, oakland p. d. would love to hear from you. >> santa cruz county sheriff's investigators are also looking for a sexual assault suspect. they say he approached a 17-year-old girl monday in a parking garage at the college, chatted with her a bit then forcibly kissed her. she shoved him and he ran off. here's the sketch. he's described as a hispanic man between 40 and 50 years old with a medium build and dark hair with some graying. he was last seen in a light older model car. >> the 18-year-old san jose woman struck and then dragged by a hit and run driver is showing signs of improvement. doctors upgraded erica luna's condition from critical to critical but stable. polic

now, oakland police shut down 41st street between gilbert and broadway and near oakland tech high school. they locked the campus down for 15 minutes while police searched for that man. as we mentioned, the suspect is still on the loose. >>> also this morning, an east bay city says its crime rate is at a 50-year low. pittsburgh police say people reported 2,213 serious crimes in 2010. that's a 40% drop from the year before. police say fbi statistics show last year's crime rate when adjusted for population is the lowest for any year since 1960. pittsburgh police say the number of robberies, homicides, and arsons went down in 2010 compared to 2009, but rapes, aggravated assaults and burglaries were up slightly from the year before. >>> the feds say they will crackdown on east pot lovers and their backers if oakland goes through with a plan to license large scale marijuana farms. in a letter to the city attorney, the justice department warns it will not allow even city-approved pot farms to operate. the department of justice calls the plan a licensing scheme that allows behavior that is illeg

this morning oakland police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man in east oakland lastight. police say the shooting happened around 7:30 in the 5700 block of foothill boulevard. no arrests have been made and the victim's name has not been released. oakland a man was shot and wounded in the 2300 block of 55th street. he's reported in stable condition and police are looking for a suspe suspect. >> oakland police officers who killed a barber shop owner will not be charged. the alameda county district attorney's office decided not to prosecutor the officers who shot derrick jones last november. he was killed after police briefly chased him while responding to a call about a domestic dispute. jones kept reaching toward the waistband of his pants. investigators determined he was carrying a pocket scale. >> oakland's new mayor is taking a pay cut in a symbolic move during the city's tough financial times. mayor jean quan is giving back $46,000. it will reduce her pay to $137,000 a year. with oakland facing a $40 million deficit and more painful layoffs and furloughs, she wante

there are no 757's out of oakland or san jose. it's a good idea to check if you are flying out of sfo. the weather, the city of richmond says it will maybe sandbags available to everyone in the city for winter storm precautions available at the city yard off 580 in richmond. get them from 7:30 until 5:30 monday through friday. it's amazing, we went from 70 degrees and gorgeous to here's where to get your sandbags. >> old man winter went to florida, now he's back. we've got a lot of wind. i think we're going to see the winds taper off but the east bay saw some of the gustiest winds over the course of yesterday afternoon. we saw a 60-mile-per-hour wind gust in san rafael yesterday. really gusty winds throughout oakland all day. today the winds are calming down but we're focused in on wet conditions. we'll check in with mike inouye in a minute. let me show you where the showers are coming down. the bulk of the moisture you see the yellows and reds, that's coming down over central california. you can see most of the heavy rain pushed

and girls club. >> terry mcsweeney live in oakland with the latest. >> i'm here at the oakland eastmonthand we're getting new information. police are now telling us they're looking for more than two suspects in this case, in the case of a seven-year-old boy being raped at a bathroom in a boys and girls club on international boulevard. police are saying it happened last night. originally they were saying two people followed the boy into the bathroom. now it may be more than two. in any event, they went into the bathroom with the seven-year-old boy and raped him there. boys and girls club officials found him, notified his mother. the mother took him to oakland children's hospital to take care of his injuries. the police may be getting a big break at surveillance cameras. they're looking at the video from those cameras this morning to get a much better idea exactly who was involved. perhaps they've looked at the video already and that's how they determined there's more than two suspects. the new information, at least three suspects involved in this attack of the seven-year-old boy in a bath

out of the city near oakland, a nice drive as well. here are travel times off the cartinas bridge. 18 minutes. a nice flow through berkeley approaching the berkeley curve. slowdowns here closer to 6:30 when they turn the metering lights on. construction on 880 both directions near 182. we have a detour potentially for 92 near the san mateo bridge. that's just for the next couple of minutes. no major issues out of the livermore area. at month pass could see a gust of wind, but right now the roadways are clear. back to you. >>> much more ahead on "tost in the east bay." coming up, a breath of fresh air fir kids struggling with asthma. how east bay kids are helping a tech giant put clean air in the palm of your hand. >>> verizon customers breathlessly await the arrival of the iphone4. the phone company is asking some poo people to delay their orders. we'll tell you why just ahead. >>> and how a nursery rhyme brew ed up this free throw shooter in a college game. >>> you are looking live at pictures of the bridge. it looks slow in. we'll ch

ann makovec is in oakland where the chief is meet being the city's mayor. ann. >> reporter: i am in west oakland and the chief and mayor kwan will be speaking here answering questions about the fact that he is apparently going to keep his job as the top cop here in oakland. a little bit of history, he has been on the force as chief since 09, he signed a three year contract then applied for the police chief job down in san jose last fall, one year later that came as a surprise to city councilmemberthe mayor here in oakland when they found out last month turns out he did not get the job in san jose but still last week threatened to leave the chief's job in oakland any way. over the past few days he has had a lot of meetings with the mayor and others campaigning to keep him, even finding the money to rehire 10 of the laid off officers here in oakland from last year. promising to fix some of the pds equipment. in a statement today he said they understand the needs of the police officers who work diligently for the residents of oakland and are willing to work wi

>>> a warning for grocery shoppers in oakland. the crime tend police are noticing as shoppers leave the store. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us it's tuesday, february 22nd i'm pam cook. >> a brand new day i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic. here is steve. >> thank you dave and pam. good morning, everyone. skies are mostly clear. sal tells us there is a little bit of patchy fog but it won't last long. lots of 30s. we will end up with a few 50s to upper 50s. we'll have on what looks to be an interesting end of the week. here is sal with an update on traffic. >>> traffic is moving well on highway 4 heading out to the will low pass grade. no major problems here. also the morning commute looks good if you are driving on the bay bridge heading into san francisco. now let's go back to the desk. >>> time now

the oakland police department is using a faulty radio system.hey say it has been broken for years and puts officers in danger. "today in the bay's" kristy smooet is live with a problem the oakland police department is facing. >> reporter: good morning to you. this problem just won't go away. the oakland police radios went down during a critical incident less than two weeks ago. that's when the mayor stepped up and everyone seemed to think that the problem was fixed. since then, the radios have gone down again. not once but twice. now, according to "the tribune" wednesday during a drug operation with state agents officers couldn't talk to their dispatchers thursday. officers were looking for three burglary suspects and had to refer to hand signals. they couldn't talk to each other or dispatch. officers have been complaining for a while about the bad equipment, even before these incidents popped up. but that latest one a couple weeks ago put it in the spotlight. january 26, a shooting suspect led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash

stanley davis has been in the oakland area for years. he expects a layoff notice because of the cuts. he believes he could be reduced to part-time status. on top of that he said the bank initially sent him a notice of foreclosure. he doesn't see how he can afford the mortgage. >> it is terrible. i was trying to build up the american dream and trying, you know, to buy a house. i was trying to be a part of my community, make a really positive change. it is like a punch in the gut. >> reporter: the oakland teachers are currently working without a contract. >> people that are professionals, but they can't make enough to earn their living and pay for a home, that is a real reflection where society is going. >> reporter: this fourth and fifth grade teacher here has been teaching in oakland for the past 25 years. the banks foreclosed on an investment home and now she says she can't retire, because if she does she can't afford her current year. >> it will be hard, i can see the rest of my life it will be hard. >> we haven't been able to say, the

chris is what program in oakland to address this issue, but it's not just of an oakland problem? no it's nationwide. what we're experiencing in oakland we're experiencing in parts of l.a., in d.c.. in new orleans. new york, really every urban environment. i think what has been unique to oakland, some of the leadership of our superintendent and school board actually is addressing the needs of black boys given the pipeline is not three going to college, the pipeline is they are going to prison. we want to readjust the system so we ensure that black males exceed, graduate like every other group in the city of oakland. >> it's early on but are we making a dent. i would want to ask someone like london what else she sees the reason for the problem for the challenges. >> i would say that part of it is positive role models. african-american men that are in the community consistently. one of the issues we face when we bring in instructors to work with our boys was an african-american man, they have a lot of struggles because they don't want to take direction from an african-american man.

at 4:30 >> live pictures from oakland. and over head picture and from the ground that this is a developing story. la escuelita elementary school at 1100 3rd avenue in oakland earlier today, a man was reported in the area. he was carrying a gun. once that report reached officials there was a lockdown at the elementary schools. on the left side, the process of evacuation and that safely getting the children out of the school. where the children could be collected by their parents. >> on the right, the police are out in force during this evaluation process. still, no word on weather or not this suspect has been found. -evacuation process, and the one of extra security just in case. and they are departing the school irreal safely at this time and will keep you posted on the developments. >> big changes to the oakland police department. jean quan announced that 10 officers will be added back on to the force. from a deck for laid off this past july. the department is also increasing active sergeants. promoting more, if you remem

and maybe even attract more business to downtown oakland. mayor jean quan is going to kick that off later. it's called oakland shines, it's a partnership with a company called quest. they scored $5 million stimulus grant from the california energy commission. that will be applied to businesses in 120 block downtown area that includes jack london square and china town. it offers things like technical assistance and cash rebates to help pay for things like energy efficient lighting, to improve heating and air conditioning and up to 50 to 90% of the cost to get those improvements done. the city is also looking to try and grab new which is and get them interested in coming to the city. if it works, the businesses could see a 20% drop in their energy use, businesses can go and apply for this right now. it is up on line. you can go to the website oakland shines.com. that's the latest from here. live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >> thank you very much. let's turn to weather. it is a strange story across the country. a tale o

. >> no sñ presentaran cargos por la escuela de oakland ha dicho que los investigadores dicen que losestaban teniendo sexo oral en la sala. >> un exagente de la policía fue detenido por haber tenido relaciones sexuales con una adolescente. >> el trato que no hablara con las autoridades . >> en oakland la policía busca a responsables de atacar a balazos a una personas . >> ya esta en manos de la policía a un secuestrador que era buscado en febrero . >> la policía dice que este sujeto la rapto y la golpeo . >> un joven de 18 años esta en condición crítica despuñs de que el recibiera una puñalada en un bus. >> la agresion quedo grabado. >> el presidente barack obama cenara con jhon doer . >> donde comerá con los líderes de las redes sociales . >> se sabe que tambiñn el derrocamiento de el presidente de egipto podría ser el tema de sobremesa. >> el condado de sonoma ha recibido entre 8 y 9 pulgadas de nieve. >> la ciudad de san francisco demando a unas tiendas por vender droga . >> el funcionario aclaro que los acusados no están vendiendo estupefacientes. >> queremos parar que se vendan p

. >> plus, a second chance for giant pot farms in oakland. how the city hopes to get around a legal challenge. >>> and a balmy start across the north bay this morning. reduced visibilities there but high pressure promises dry mild weather for the next couple of weeks to come. >>> and foggy freeways and roadwork. what areas to avoid coming right up. >>> and good morning. it is tuesday, the 1st of february. i'm sydnie kohara. >> i'm elizabeth wenger. time now 4:30. >>> tens of thousands of egyptians are already gathering in the streets of cairo this morning. the city is bracing for today's march of a million. terrell brown tells us the army has agreed to keep the protest peaceful. >>> reporter: protestors camped out in the heart of sky overnight ready to hit the streets in force. organizers are calling for a million people to march and demand the ouster of egyptian president hosni mubarak. there are signs that mubarak's military support may be slipping. official promised not to fire on peaceful protestors and admitted the people's concerns are

>> the perception i hate to say about oakland is a violent city? >> becoming the mayor, i think people are taking a fresh look at the city. there are few people that realize that crime has been down four years in a row now. this particular issue that you are talking about has broader national significant. it's not a question whether they can own guns but do we really need to let anyone to own a weapon of war and to be on the streets of your hometown. >> there was a ban of some of these assault weapons? >> because of the 101 california massacre, dianne feinstein was able to get a assault weapons ban through congress. unfortunately because of the balance in congress, she never been able to get a renewal on the floor of congress since then. >> assault weapon issue, you bring that up do you see more on the street? >> i bring it up, i go to police line-ups. i'm going to one at 9:00. i go to them, we had 28 line-ups. what i heard from police, the real concern we had four years of reduced crime and particular murders but at the beginning of the year we ha

whether to stay in oakland will come this week.st thursday after learning he didn't get the san jose job, he said his future in oakland was still uncertain. >> other news today, san franciscans who rely on the yellow pages to look up information will only get those books if they ask for them under a new proposal. it's way to get tons of phone books out of landfills and save tons of money. terry mcsweeney joins us. >> san francisco may be on the verge of going so green it cuts back on the yellow, pages that is. that would in fact impact businesses here on brian street. they advertise heavily in the yellow pages. supervisor david chew says you can save a ton of money if you just make the yellow pages available only upon request. the yearly distribution of yellow pages is a tradition that needs to stop says the president of the board of supervisors david chew. he says it costs the city $65 million to dispose of and recycle those votes which fewer and fewer people are using in this age of the internet. if someone wants the yellow pages

oakland now, still hanging on to the 70s. 71 degrees. nor record-breaking, record melting around the bay area. we got up to 77 officially in downtown oakland. 73 degrees in san francisco. look at napa and santa rosa, two locations that hit 80 degrees. in february, a remarkable weather pattern. temperatures in the hilltops in the mid-70s. as the air compresses down to sea level, it warms up a few more degrees. the valley got close to 80 today. the winds are in place tonight, wind advisories through 10:00 tomorrow morning in elevations above 1,000 feet. tomorrow we'll stand another chance of breaking a few more records. one more day of 70s, before bigger changes arrive as we get towards the end of the work week. high pressure holding its ground. in this pattern we get the gusty offshore winds and temperatures, regardless of the fact it's the first week of february, it will be soaring into the 6 o0s and 7. now, for the rest of the week, the storm track way off to the north with high pressure holding its ground. no sign of any storms. but st

whether to stay in oakland will come this week.st thursday after learning he didn't get the san jose job, he said his future in oakland was still uncertain. >> other news today, san franciscans who rely on the yellow pages to look up information will only get those books if they ask for them under a new proposal. it's way to get tons of phone books out of landfills and save tons of money. terry mcsweeney joins us. >> san francisco may be on the verge of going so green it cuts back on the yellow, pages that is. that would in fact impact businesses here on brian street. they advertise heavily in the yellow pages. supervisor david chew says you can save a ton of money if you just make the yellow pages available only upon request. the yearly distribution of yellow pages is a tradition that needs to stop says the president of the board of supervisors david chew. he says it costs the city $65 million to dispose of and recycle those votes which fewer and fewer people are using in this age of the internet. if someone wants the yellow pages

this is 880 oakland traffic is moving along very well here and the oakland corridor. the morning commute is going to be okay if you are driving in san francisco along northbound 101. getting out to the lower deck of the bay bridge. most people coming in from oakland and san francisco that is okay. they have not switched on the metering lights or they will shortly. if you are taking public transportation, especially vta and you are using that new clipper card drop me a tweet to let me know how it's going. >>> overall it's clear and cold out there. temperatures today almost start to rebound. a little breeze out there. santa rosa northwest 6. oakland at five. there is a puff out there. our system from yesterday could not have been drawn up better. it went right down the coast. 30s for almost everybody. oakland is down to 42. hayward 41. get a good look at it. just spinning. parallel to the coast. now we will start to focus our attention to the north as an extremely cold low gets ready to drop in here thursday, friday, and saturday. today sunshine. cold in the morning. bu

as a matter of fact, traffic continues to look good all the way through oakland. also this morning commute is moving along well on westbound bay bridge. toll plaza coming into san francisco. this mornings commute on 880 oakland the road work has been cleared and traffic is clear. let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal, thank you. the fog is gone. the wind picked up yesterday afternoon. really cranked up last night. mount diablo is the strongest gust i could find. 36-50 on the lows. clear and breezy this morning. by noon it will be sunny and breezy. the wind should tail down a little bit. 60 to 70 on the temps. this is a little cooler air mass coming in even though we get rid of the fog. we are in the 40s and 50s. today no fog. clear skies. gusts of 25 to 55 miles an hour especially in the hill. not so bad at the surface. there is still gusts 25 to 30. 40s and 50s it's already 52 in san francisco. 52 santa rosa. at this time there were 34. this is a big difference. in the satellite there is nothing coming toward us. everyone will go up and over. high pressure for aw

low 40s in oakland and hayward. and upper 30s along the east side valleys. 49 in vallejo this afternoon. 49 in napa. so it's going to be a chilly day. we'll warm five and 10 degrees. comparison to what we typically get we're below normal. 48 in santa rosa. san francisco as well as oakland, again we will be between partly cloudy skies, maybe a little sunshine, and with that unstable air perhaps even a thunderstorm or two. 50 degrees in gilbert for the afternoon. 5-day forecast, focusing on weekend first, we'll leave that possibility of a little light rain through the first half of today, drying out by tonight. we'll be dry tomorrow. our temperatures tomorrow morning will be cold, even colder than what we're seeing this morning with the clearing. 50 degrees in the afternoon. finally climb into the upper 50s by tuesday, wednesday. but we're leaving in the possibility of clouds maybe few sprinkles on and off and overnight lows quite chilly. we'll talk about how much rain we saw from this last storm and what you can expe

all with a link to a single grocery store in the oakland hills. terry mcsweeney joins us live from oakland with more. a dozen attacks now, terry? >> well, it's actually a half a dozen attacks to this point all in the past month, all coming out of this safeway store. the crimes don't happen here. the crooks follow these women home and they rob them there. take a look. again, six in the past month. police say it goes down the same way every time. a man right here in the store parking lot pretends to be talking on his cellphone, spots the victim, gets into a white s.u.v., and there's someone behind the wheel already and the two follow the women home and rob them in front of their house. shoppers we talked to had no idea this was going on. >> you're not saying from this particular store -- >> yes. >> is that right! my god, my husband's going to be upset now. >> if i have to go out at night, i'll bring one of my older sons with me. >> police are saying these generally happen between 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 in the evening. police say they're close to solving t

in oakland, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details about the staffing of the oakland policedepartment. the total will go up to 666. last june before the layoffs, there were roughly 770 officers. opd has a strength of 803 officers. >>> meteorologists say it has the makings of a monster storm and is bearing down on the nation's midsection. it could hit the rockies, plains, and midwest before heading east. right now, a blizzard warning is in place for the chicago area and north into wisconsin along with north western indiana. it is feared this storm could dump up to 2 feet of snow in st. louis and bring bone- chilling temperatures to tens of millions of people. january is turning out to be a record breaker in new york city. this is now the snowiest january there since the national weather service started keeping track back in 1869. it could end up being the snowiest month ever with more than 36 inches of snow. the cost of dealing with that snow isn't cheap, new york city spent almost all of its $38 million winter budget before the first of the year because of the blizzard that

it will kick off the oakland standard art series tonight. the oakland standard will feature both artwork and events including music by deejays, film screeningings and lectures. officials say it is a new way for the public to participate with the museum. all starts tonight with a launch party at 8:00 and admission is free. >>> coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00, the mystery of a missing google executive is deepening. the company's middle east marketing chief took part of a protest in cairo and had been tweeting from the center of the action but 10 days ago he went silent and friends say he could be in a cairo jail. that story coming up at 5:00. thank you for watching. have a great weekend.

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oakland '80s, 81. old record of 68, now back, 80, 77 san jose, santa rosa 83, breaking the old record of 79 set back in 1912. across the board warm temperatures. 56 san francisco, upper 40's for oakland, south bay. quite a bit of a drop compared to this time 24 hours ago. 17 degree drop for oakland 18 in redwood city. fairfield 24 degrees colder than it was yesterday, 22 livermore. today, a clear conditions, a northerly winds lineup today, picking up the intensity to mark, especially to the hills, oakland has upper 60s. napa 67. 62 san francisco a few degrees warmer in richmond 66, #in south bay. warming it up to 68 in san jose. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. windy weather tomorrow, temperatures dropping to those '60s drive to their work week. erica. >> reporter: no complaints, and traffic looks great. you can see that indicated westbound 80 we are still seeing a couple of cars on the road. still great conditions no weight at the pay gates leading lights are off. same story for san mateo

-- well, near oakland, in the oakland hills and then right back over san francisco, right over the bay bridge. pretty intense. so there's going to be -- that's our pattern today. we're going to have cold, unstable air and a lot of reports of hail today. >>> 8:46. let's bring you up to date on tom of the other top stories -- some of the other top stories we're following for you. this is another live picture. if you are driving on 80 and 50, changes are required right now. that big truck may or may not need it. you are looking at a live picture of blue canyon, this area -- these are the two main highways limbing the bay area with the -- linking the bay area with the lake tahoe area. the fbi is testing a suspicious letter mailed to the va hospital in virginia. the first floor of the va building, that will stay closed until that fbi investigation is completed. >>> and service is getting back to normal this morning for united airlines. tear are -- their 757 jets were voluntarily grounded for inspections yesterday because united didn't comply with some of the faa requirements but we're told

of 98 avenue and walnut street in east oakland.he took her to his home near by and then sexually assaulted her. -- the girl -- [audio difficulties ] >> williams and another man grabbed a woman on ilene street in north oakland on february 5th. she escaped the next day when the men fell asleep. wilson was arrested last week >>> you may call it oakland's version of scared straight. a ktvu crew got the first look at a program that targets young men and warns them of the consequences if they repeatedly end up on the wrong side of the law. rob roth shows us how it works and why it's making believers out of some of those involved. >> inside oakland city hall in this nondescript hearing room, law enforcement officials are offering one last chance for ten young men to turn away from violence. they say this could be the last exit from their road to violence. this is the first time a television camera has recorded what authorities call a call in. various young men are called into this program, many of the men are from violence plagued west oa

the oakland community. from what i see a gang injunction is a clumsy tool, not proven to be effective. very expensive and a lot of negative results that might be unintended consequences or collateral damage. >> what might they be? >> for example, oakland's police follow policy for classifying gang members. one criteria is presence in a gang zone the other is gang clothing. we have a neighbourhood, fruit vail, which john russo seeks to cover with an injunction, possibly anyone wearing red in that neighbourhood would be subject to police harassment as a result of this policy. definitely react knowledge there is a gang problem but this is not the right way to address it. >> not just anyone wearing red these gang members or alleged gang members would be pointed out ahead of time their names in the injunction it wouldn't be anyone walking in wearing red you would be in trouble. >> well, the question is how do police classify someone as a gang member. we have young police officers who don't live in the community,

reporting in oakland, kate thompson kron 4 news. >>parents in the mount diablo school district today, after learning to schools were shut down in august. last night, the school board voted to close holbrook elementary and glenbrook at the end of the school year. they're considering closing the third school. the board asked the superintendent to study the advantages of clothing either west would elementary or so for what elementary in concord. westwood had never been on the potential closure list, this news came as a shock to those parents. parents, teachers and school say they will fight to keep them open. >> it's very sad, we never thought the west would would be on the chopping block. were distinguishable in the district. it affects me most for the kids. >> silver what, if the kids would go to three different schools, the school would remain vacant. -- silverwood -- >> the west would students held an impromptu rally after school today making signs that say save our schools. christine walks us through. >> it this option was chosen,

we will bring it back out to oakland. temperatures and conditions could be just right so they say make sure to slow down when you get out on the road. live from oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a winter storm warning is up in the sierra until 4:00 tomorrow morning. here is a look at what it is like right now live pictures along interstate 80 in truckie. quite a contrast from when we saw the sunshine in jade's live report. when the past half-hour cal trans has closed interstate 80 between colfax and truckie, due to snow hazard and is advising people to take alternate routes, basically stay off the roads. traffic is a mess with chain requirements on all the mountain highways. forecasts call for two to four feet of new snow day above 7000 feet, on top of the new snow -- the 2 feet of new snowmany resorts reported yesterday. skiers can wait. we are told sunday and monday should be perfect condition for the slopes. we will keep you updated here all day. look on our home page ktvu.com and stay with us, in 10 min

oakland police say a 33-year-old man was shot and killed near his home in east oakland. police are still looking for the suspects in that homicide. >> thank you, chem berly. >>> thousands of people gathered in downtown san francisco this afternoon for what's being called international solidarity day. people in the bay area from egypt, tunisia and elsewhere came together to show their support for the protesters, and their efforts to establish a democracy. the rally started at 1:00 at u.n. plaza on market street. >> i'm here to condemn strongly the mubarak's regime use of violence against unarmed civilians who are demonstrating for their rights, against journalists, and human rights activists, and to call on the u.s. government to condemn these actions. >> the event included live interviews of journalists on the ground in egypt as well. president obama says discussions have already begun in egypt for turnover of the government. and he pushed for transition period to begin right now. although he didn't go so far as to call for mubarak to step down. >>> two uc berkeley gradu

chief bats knows all this, knows what the situation in oakland is.erhaps the mayor and the city council threw him a bone. ten of the 80 officers who were laid off last summer are being brought back on the force. just ten out of 80 and the 80 only half the number since batts became the chief. maybe they'll start moving in the right direction and chief batts is staying here in oakland. >> an emeryville police officer was slightly injured while trying to break up a massive bar fight early this morning. kitty's bar on holland street flagged down a passing officer. they told them about 180 people were battling it out with bottles, knives and guns inside. that's where the mob turned on officers. one officer was hurt when he was hit in the face. additional officers from emeryville, oakland, berkeley, the chp and u.s. berkeley police came to help. police arrested only two people. >> arson investigators are looking into yet another suspicion fire in san francisco castro district, the fourth in two days. a small fire was set outside the door at a home at 18th

the fatal shooting was oakland's 15th homicide of the year. last year at this time, there were five. >> the guy who got shot, he usually knows who shot them, but they don't want to cooperate with us. >> reporter: jeff israel attended the community meeting today, where besides the homicide they discussed a new trend of strong arm robberies. >> at least three suspects fleerves a white suv from the scene, that's what people have reported. we think they're following people from various grocery stores. >> reporter: and from north oakland to east oakland where the violence is also fresh, this new public library hit with gunfire. >> you'll hear gunshots every night here. >> reporter: the bullet is lodged in the side of the library where today inside dozens of children were reading. >> there are great cameras on the library, so we're going to figure out who did it. i think it's probably teenagers. >> reporter: today mayor kwan held her first of seven scheduled town hall meetings, the goals, finding jobs for the youth and cutting down crimes. >> it's a

he was rushed here to oakland's children's hospital. he was checked out and released, and tonight a lot of people want answers. >> i've been going here since i was a kid. this never happened here before that i know of. >> reporter: alvin gaye is in shock over allegations that a 7-year-old boy was sexually attacked by several boys all under the age of 12 in the club's bathroom. >> what i've been told a young man, age 7, was in the bathroom. and two other young men assaulted him. >> reporter: club president cal stanley says the boy didn't tell staff but instead went home to tell his mother. his mother rushed into children's hospital of oakland. he was examined and released. >> we're here for this young man as well as we are for the other 2,140 or so. >> reporter: stanley says the boy just joined the club a week ago. police say they questioned five boys. some staff members thursday, no one has been detained. the allegation is shocking for parents and troubling for debbie mccann. >> there's a certain amount of sexual exploration, sexual cur

of 98 avenue and walnut street in east oakland.he took her to his home near by and then sexually assaulted her. -- the girl -- [audio difficulties ] >> williams and another man grabbed a woman on ilene street in north oakland on february 5th. she escaped the next day when the men fell asleep. wilson was arrested last week >>> you may call it oakland's version of scared straight. a ktvu crew got the first look at a program that targets young men and warns them of the consequences if they repeatedly end up on the wrong side of the law. rob roth shows us how it works and why it's making believers out of some of those involved. >> inside oakland city hall in this nondescript hearing room, law enforcement officials are offering one last chance for ten young men to turn away from violence. they say this could be the last exit from their road to violence. this is the first time a television camera has recorded what authorities call a call in. various young men are called into this program, many of the men are from violence plagued west oa

oakland, a little bit more clear. a recent increase in gang violence. hear, a recent shooting left six people wounded. you can see here-- >> and also downsizing, san jose are dealing with the gang problem. three of those seven homicides of and game-related including this teenage shooting. also with budget constraints. how >> and with a officer related shootings this san francisco is provirevising its efforts with electronic stun guns. after the police commission rejected a similar proposal to explore using appeaser--tasers. earlier >> and anonymous possible gunmen la escuelita elementary school at 1100 3rd avenue in oakland this is where there was a heavy police presence at the ramada toward the children xing the school safely. there were accident mitchell xin >> so far, no gunmen found. this anonymous caller had claimed that somebody had entered the school with a rifle. all of the students are safe and parents were told to pick up their children at a nearby parking lot. >> i received a phone call from work at work. >> and i wanted to make sure that my

temperatures 13 oakland.pping outside the monterey bay, we have upper 40s to mid-50s even as you head inland. our highlights, showers today and thursday, isolated thunder. it's possible the showers will include some snow down to 2500 feet possibly. 3,000, that would put hamilton and selenena with a little snow possible today. rain, a little drier saturday and sunday. when a low develops, it tends to slow the progress. that's why the rain was so impressive last night. you can see the cold behind us and it going to hang around 7 it 2 to 96. into the afternoon hours it's going to be a lot harder to get in an activities this afternoon outside like you did yesterday afternoon. overnight we'll see a little tapering before another chunk of energy and cold air comes through. you can see the snow on mount hamilton and mount selenena. noon still looking at scattered showers. those start to taper by thursday evening. you can see friday, the steadier rain just to the south. the next front falls even 50 miles to the north

in oakland, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details about the staffing of the oakland police department. the total will go up to 666. last june before the layoffs, there were roughly 770 officers. opd has a strength of 803 officers. >>> meteorologists say it has the makings of a monster storm and is bearing down on the nation's midsection. it could hit the rockies, plains, and midwest before heading east. right now, a blizzard warning is in place for the chicago area and north into wisconsin along with north western indiana. it is feared this storm could dump up to 2 feet of snow in st. louis and bring bone- chilling temperatures to tens of millions of people. january is turning out to be a record breaker in new york city. this is now the snowiest january there since the national weather service started keeping track back in 1869. it could end up being the snowiest month ever with more than 36 inches of snow. the cost of dealing with that snow isn't cheap, new york city spent almost all of its $38 million winter budget before the first of the year because of the blizzard that

we are live in oakland hills i'm tara moriarty. >>> a stranded barge is now docked in oakland this morning following an emergency cleanup operation that may have prevented a disaster. that barge ran a ground early yesterday morning near the st. francis yacht club on the northern waterfront. our ktvu news crew was there last night when the barge was finally removed at high tide and moved across the bay. it was carrying thousands of gallons of fuel and hydraulic fluid. >> if she had sank, those tanks would all ruptured and we would have had 3800 gallons in the bay. >> that would have created a spill larger than any in the bay area. in this incident the barges fuel tanks held tight. >>> an investigation is under way into a fatal car accident that killed a california highway patrol officer in northern mendocino county. that officer 24-year-old thomas adams was on the force for two years. the chp says he was killed in a head on collision on highway 101 right near the humboldt county line yesterday afternoon. now it's still not clear which vehicle crossed into on coming traffic but the two peopl

oakland city thorns it has greatly reduced the gang violence in north oakland. critics say that plan leads to racial profiling. >>> ten laid off oakland police officers have been rehired. they are back on the job this morning. there are 663 officers in oakland's police department force. just six below. those rehired police officers must first under go retraining before they can hit the streets. >>> east palo alto crime rate is dropping. the city's police chief will hold a community meeting tonight to talk about the reasons why and discuss a new program that will bring gang members face to face with police. the fist gang call in is march 1st. they will be offered the choice to stop the violence and get help or become the primary target of law enforcement. tonight's meeting is at 6:00. >>> time now 5:11. the pressure is growing for libyan leader moammar gadhafi to step down. the message world leaders are sending his way. >>> a new feature on facebook. the reason some say it may be a tool for stockers. >>> good morning, westbound 92 san mateo bridge that traffic is

from oakland to san francisco, we saw a massive scale pounding the pavement. kron 4 storm watch continues now. >>pam: jackson is here with our weather map. we've had a little bit of everything today. hell, sunshine, rain and cold temperatures. what's next? >>jacqueline: the sunshine is what helped the hail (laughter) rate now were seeing a bit of a break, a few places in showers right now. were seeing areas of heavy rainfall in the north bay. looking at storm tracker 4, you see some hail it concord, look at the hail though. we see the purple there on your screen indicating areas where we have seen hail. not much here in the past 30 minutes or so, but quite a bit more in the morning through the north bay and east bay. it is pretty cool out there right now. we are seeing temperatures only in the low fifties for the most part. also in the upper '40's and parts of the bay area. 48 fairfield, 47 napa, 54 in hayward, 53 in oakland, 52 in san francisco. it's been pretty breezy out there today. wind speeds in the teens and low 20s. 20 mi. an hour winds right now in fa

no delays though have been reported so far at airports in oakland or san jose.re calling that storm a whopper. >> it could be a big winter storm developing through the day for them. so the delays and the backups will only get worse as this thing settles in across the front range of the rockies and points eat. it will not be affecting the west weather-wise unless you're traveling across country. we're looking at dense fog a stagnant high pressure system across the west it will keep us mild for the foreseeable future. no snow to shovel or rain to push around here. we'll look for dry conditions. temperatures will be warming through the day. sunny this afternoon. strong winds this afternoon out of the north-northeast but that's as bad as it will get. winds clear skies out and warm temperatures up over yesterday. fog pattern their morning, it's too early for visible imagery, we see there is extensive fog around the bay, dense in certain areas. and that will be improving hour by hour here as those winds start to developing out of the north coming off the top of that h

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. >> reporter: oakland radio communication systems a big problem here in the city of oakland. the police chief says it's a problem that needs to be dealt with, he says lives are at stake. six officers, a paramedic, responding to a man shot and wounded on brush and west grand in oakland, a new police procedure, officers are working in pairs because of a persistent problem with the police radio system. >> i want to make sure that officers can back each other up and we have an area that's gone to two-person units. >> reporter: recently making that adjustment to assure officer safety. last wednesday police were unable to talk to one another during a high-speed chase that resulted in an officer involved shooting in east oakland and there were more radio problem this is week. >> this is a big city and the communications systems have a huge number of components. >> reporter: radio communication

. >> in the days of the 60s, a home grown group sprang up from the streets of oakland. militant, they were the black panthers. >> it's hard when people are at war and that's what happened in oakland. the panthers were at war with authorities. the sheriff's department, police department, any department of authority and the fbi at that time had targeted them as a group that was considered to be one of the most dangerous in america. >> the black panther party doesn't attack anyone but we will use self-defense in the event that it's necessary. >> they sent a clear message. they would not hesitate to use violence if they found it necessary in their fight for freedom and equality. and in 1967 to reinforce that they executed a bold demonstration in the very halls of power. with an armed march to the assembly chamber in the state capitol building. >> i have these black panthers up here with guns on the second floor. >> velda davis covered that story for kpix. >> we didn't have a camera there that day. we didn't have any idea they were going to show up. we had to play catch up o