not the oakland you may see in the news or the oakland you may remember from your childhood and that a lot of ex-oaklanders may remember. oakland is the second most literate city in the nation, the city with the best weather -- sorry, sand francisco. -- sorry, san francisco. we are constantly being named as the most diverse city. that is, like, 129 languages spoken in our public schools. our latest group, the winner of our spelling contest is a young lady from nepal. oakland is a city that is constantly reinventing itself, whether it be in the end of the transcontinental railroad with dozens of hundreds of different kinds of european immigrants across the country, or the home to the borders that gave birth to a jazz movement, or today, as the most affordable place for new immigrants coming to the bay area to live. each of them leave a mark. one thing that i would say, when you come to oakland, is that of lenders -- is that oaklanders are pretty passionate about our city. i was teasing ed that he and i have probably made more public appearances together then my husband and i have in t

the oakland area.>> good morning to you, a live look at the widespread gray out there again for today. even some rain popping up on the radar. light rain expected throughout the afternoon for most of the bay area. >>> major league baseball's home run king will be back in court at 8:30 tomorrow morning. >> the prosecution will be calling at least six more people to testify during the next few days in what is week two of the barry bonds perjury trial. >> live now from the newsroom to talk about this case. good morning, michael. >> reporter: good morning. >> we've looked at this list of people we know are probably going to testify next. tomorrow, everyone is looking at his former girlfriend, kimberly bell. what do you expect her to say, and do you expect it to have an impact on the jury? >> reporter: i think it will have some impact. there are eight women on this jury. kimberly bell is going to get up and talk about her relationship with barry, and the fact that she had an affair with him. not sure how th

can i get a job in the city of oakland. it is unfortunate in california that jerry used to say that in and he was campaigning for the first time, this is only -- of the budget, more than we spend on our universities. how we spend money on the criminal-justice system has to be part of the solution as well. they will be tied up in court for years. in addition, they are forgetting the multiplier. how much we play for unemployment? how much we pay for prime? those are the factors that you have to look for. >> and do you have had back up plan for moving some of these projects forward? will the governor be successful in eliminating these agencies? >> we are doing is pretty silly things. you will see the special session where i am selling back- and-forth. i have to protect money as a last property and the money based in town -- and the money base. there could be some strange blending not controlled by the city. >> what the worst does this open and what does this represent for each of -- what opportunities does this open and what d

ofir sánchez/resident e de oakland 2:28:00 usted sale de noche? ya a las 6 ya no salimos porque está muy peligroso. s.o.t. alejandro rodríguez/residen te de oakland 31:00 tienes que cuidarte en las calles, tienes que andar viendo para los lados.. s.o.t. 3:04:00 we've had a lot of abduction sexual assaults and robberies due to people being distracted .. suspects look for people who are distracted.. la policia agreg que oakland ha registrado bastantes raptos, violaciones y robos debido a que las vctimas se distraen con aparatos electrnicos como telfonos y ipods.. ellos piden andar por lugares iluminados y vigilar sus alrededores para no convertirse en vctimas de los delincuentes.. ---- ---- si usted tiene informacin sobre este incidente, puede llamar a la policia de oakland al 238-3641.. ---- blanca, regreso contigo... cu --muchas gracias jaime. --hoy es el dia de la trabajadora domestica! take vo ----mujeres que cuidan niÑos, ancianos, limpian casas y viven en residencias prestando servicio domestico se reunieron en san francisco no solo para celeb

critics say the oakland city attorney's call for a gang injunction goes too far. and a long battle over abuse at pelican bay state prison may finally come to a close. coming up next. ♪ >> belva: good evening. welcome to this week in northern california. joining me on our news panel tonight are michael montgomery, reporter with the center for investigative reporting, aimee allison, publisher of oaklandseen.com . jill tucker, education reporter for the "san francisco chronicle." and tom vacar, consumer editor ktvu news. tom vacar, what have we learned this week after those earings in washington about the san bruno explosion? >> these are hearings in front of the national transportation safety board which is the accident investigational arm that looks after transportation government, trains, planes or ships or pipelines. if this is an accident they are charged with the investigation. what they were trying to do is get a good idea beyond the inspections of pipes to have a formal hearing in washington, d.c. probably the one thing we learned most of all out of this thin

and oakland the last check reporting 60 degrees. the overall weather story for the today is this, mostly cloudy skies from light showers, tomorrow will be dry but temperatures will be cooling off for your friday. the weekend and other split deal with mild temperatures for saturday. for sunday, we bring in the chance of a few showers. highest chance for one the past bay area. here's the satellite and radar. you can see the approach of today's system. not a storm but still a impact our forecast in the short-term with the clouds and the light rainshowers. and in fact here's our forecast model. not showing a lot of rainfall there this afternoon but still that will be a spreading to the south. by 6:00 this evening, for the most part it will be dry with lingering clouds. and tomorrow morning partly cloudy skies, and that will be the theme for your friday. just partly cloudy skies and temperatures cooling off. for today, at 3:00, still a chance of a shower, 58 to 65 degrees. by 6:00, mostly cloudy, 53 to 58. and then by 9:00, partly cloudy

. >>> and more troubles for the oakland police department this morning. why dozens of officers may be on their way out of town. >>> it's all ahead here on the ktvu morning news. >>> good morning. thank you for waking up with us on this tuesday march 29th. i'm pam cook. steve paulson is here with the forecast. feels a little warmer already this morning, steven. >> oh, yesterday, pamela, just one guy talking but that was beautiful weather. could we continue the theme of pushing it up? we'll see a lot of low to mid-6 0z pushing a couple upper 60s and gill roy right at 70. here's my good friend, sal. >>> steve, right now traffic on highway 4 off to a nice start coming to the willow pass grade. if you want to get on the road early and heading west, it's a good time to do it. also this morning interstate 880 in front of the coliseum traffic is moving well. 4:31. let's go back to pam. >>> thank you, sal. it may be sunny today but the recent rain is still crumbling more bay area hillsides. ktvu's kraig debro is in hercules this morning at a landslide that's now t

we are in oakland this morning with an increase in ridership. could be good news there. >> reporter: that's right. you know, filling up at the pump can be down right painful, but as the numbers creep up, so do the numbers at mass transit. we actually just went into the station right now a couple minutes ago. there are a few people inside and that's where we met john. now he is traveling from oakland this morning down to los angeles. he has a car, but doesn't want to use it because of gas prices. so he is hopping on an amtrak train this morning. he is going south today. that kind of thinking is what has numbers going up by double digits in the corridor the track between here and sacramento. >> gas like gold. >> reporter: it's like gold. >> it's like gold. like gold. >> reporter: and convinced you to get on the train today. >> exactly. exactly. >> reporter: now it's not just amtrak that's seen an increase, bart is talking about increased numbers today. we took a look at numbers that will be presented in a couple of hours. and you can see the numbe

cheryl hurd joins us from oakland. >> reporter: jessica, we all know that oakland's police department is understaffed and sometimes outgunned. but one of their top priorities is to find underage prostitutes. and tonight, we got a rare glimpse of a unit whose job is to save the victims and arrest the pimps. oakland police department vice and child exploitation unit preparing for a bust. >> this is a massage parlor operation. >> reporter: using marked cash, the unit is getting ready. the target, teenage prostitutes. >> it's a lot more lucrative than udrugs. it's easier to sell the product. with a girl, there's no overhead. snatch her off the corner. >> reporter: jim is one year from retirement and has worked in the unit for a decade. >> the pimps at first, oh, you're my girlfriend. i love you, i love you and ease them into it. then there's a girl pimp that will beat her, have his friends gang rape her until she agrees to do it. >> reporter: there are hundreds of underage girls working as prostitute in oakland, and many are doing it against their will. >> all of these are offenders of ch

powell brings in oakland's only run with the rbi. the giants add two in the seventh and one more in the eighth as nate leaves the yard. the finale exhibition games at 12:45 at china basin. coming up a new job for oakland's police chief. >> as you get moving i'm focusing on the san leandro area. a hot spot. e focusing on this and the commute coming up. e >> oakland's police chief is reiterating he is going to stay. in his first briefing in months anthony batts said his quest for a new job is over and he is focused on oakland. his commitment was called into question when he was a finalist for san jose. during the briefing bat ining d rumors. laura is in the newsroom. good morning. >> good morning. is it a good idea to put a cell phone tower on a campus? we're going to tell you about that. a marin mom is in hot water accused of hosting a drunken party for her son. and his friends. we're going to tell you about the charges that she now faces. and the governor is expected to end california's drought declaration today just as we get new in

oakland, 51 degrees, oakland will see a high of 76 this afternoon. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. . >> mark: new developments at of libya rebel say opposition fighters are retreating rain now from a key oil part. this after they came under heavy shelling from ground forces loyal to gaddafi. planes flew over the zone. explosions were heard in the keating and new wave of air strikes against adelphi forces. having air strikes for the first time during daylight hours. they have intervened with nearly daily air strikes. the latest word this morning is the rebels are retreating from three major cities. >> darya: japan, the president of the nuclear- power plant has been hospitalized for dizziness, high blood pressure. radiation levels have spiked near the damaged plant in nearly 3000 times above normal. workers are still struggling to prevent a meltdown. they're repairing a broken power lines once that's done the cooling system can be turned back on. until then water is being dumped on the six

among them, san jose and oakland, oakland schools are also closed, oakland city offices and schools will closed tomorrow in a money- saving move. >>> the prosecution might be close to wrapping up its case in the barry bonds perjury trial. two of the three final witnesses testify this morning. bond' orthopedic surgeon took the stand and contradicted earlier testimony from bond' former business manager who said he had talked with the surgeon about bonds' steroid use. after him, bonds' former personal shopper she saw the personal trainer inject bond in the belly button before the 2002 season. the final prosecution witness will be a drug-testing expert. you can get updates any time on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. click on "the bonds trial" tab. >>> we'll show you the people who won the mega millions jackpot. >>> and san francisco officials are thinking about how to handle the traffic jam when the america's cup comes to town. our meteorologist will tell fuss the nice bay area weather will break records today. also -- >> this is an honor that extend across the entire organization. >>> the

i think in oakland, though, we have a more serious problem. just because our police officers do not give anything to their pension. at least in oakland, the average police officer makes $100,000 a year and can retire at age 50, so that is not sustainable. i've been saying that for a long time. opponents said would not have to make layoffs. we could cover it. it is not sustainable. in our city, they pay nothing. not a penny. so i'm in negotiations now with the opoa, and we believe that in this next round of bargaining, the all the unions will have to go to different years because of tensions that were given earlier in the last decade are just not sustainable. on the other hand, i'm not into all the tension bashing. the pensions will actually only be a small part of the structural changes that we will have to make. some of the bigger changes, and you do not have this problem because you are both a city and county -- the city and county and school districts are going to have to merge some facilities and colocate some of our efforts and try not to

police stopped that train in oakland. they searched the train with bomb detecting dogs but found nothing. service was delayed for two hours. >>> there is little chance that california voters will see a special election. governor brown posted a statement honks you tube saying -- posted a statement on you tube saying he could not approve it. the governor and legislature has already enacted $11 billion in spending cuts but it's still unclear what they will do now to close the budget deficit. >>> there is concern in san francisco this morning about a proposed school for troubled youth. the alternative school would move into the old la goo that honda building. it would serve and rehabilitate students that have had a run in with the law. they understand the need for the new school but they have concerns about safety. >> if it's for troubled youth you warrant to know they are proper supervision, they are getting instruction and care. and something to address why they are troubled. >> school officials held a community meeting las

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