and we have had this year, after a decade, finally you launched the oakland -- in the worth of oakland by a point over there and our interim director debra allen is here all right -- and that is a major economic engine for the whole region how many you have are involved in transportation lodgestics? not that many here, okay but that is if you look, into commercial real estate and they use economic engine for the entire region and so i look at the jobs that are for the worth port oakland which, is the first port that met the call to export more than we imported and that, that, is very important and that the expansion of the army base after ten years and my deputy there on swan son, over here for played a major role in getting that conversion for the federal government and the chief of staff -- and so, this is an area where, we made a decision that -- industrial jobs and the calm of the president, to make sure that we have a balanced economy, we sure hope we get one of those 15 industrial charity and is training opportunities in the country. because, they are paying college jobs -- as a

it'sth fourth annual oakland running festival.x savidge is live at the starting line for us with all the prep and alex it looks like it's getting busy. >> reporter: yeah things are getting busy. more than 9,000 runners will be taking part in all four of the races excuse me five races. this is the starting line and also the finish line. this is where they will be taking off right near snow park. you can see a lot of runners are down here. they are all geared up and ready to go. i want to show you the course route. the runners will leave here in downtown. they will go through rock ridge neighborhood and head up to the oakland hills down to the fruitvale district and go to west oakland they will go along lake merit before they finish here. i between bring you the executive director. lee, thank you for joining us. you have a good crowd out here and a great day for a race. >> yeah we do. last year we suffered with a little bad weather. the weather gods have blessed us here. >> reporter: you have five races right? >> yes five. >> report

to choose to locate in oakland. and grow in oakland. >> oakland is quietly becoming a breeding ground for successful start-ups, giving birth to a revolution in everything from food to online music. streaming music by pandora had its best days as a publically traded company last week. revolution now delivers 120,000 deals daily. thanks to its central location of oakland. >> the city, county and state have made it a positive business climate. it's the enterprise zone. and, as such, our company can take advantage of the business incentives. >> the national venture capital association ranks the top u.s. cities for young tech companies in 2012. oakland ranks 11th. san jose and san francisco tops the list. no surprise there. but the high cost of rent is making other areas like oakland more attractive. >>> another note, oakland has con sis tently ranked among the most sustainable cities in the u.s. many at the start-up are also green. live in oakland, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, kimberly. so is it the smartest s

the first friday festival is going on right now in oakland. first since a fatal shooting there last night. david jackson with how the city is tightening the rules. david. >> reporter: ken, one of the most pleasant and peaceful friday nights they have had in oakland in a long time. people of all ages, all types, everybody getting along very well. it was a very enjoyable evening, making oakland the happiest place on earth. tonight, oakland was awfully happy and that may be a direct response to the tragic murder of campbell one month ago during art walk. the 18-year-old was shot and killed in a dark parking lot, an hour after the art walk closed down. tonight, nobody wanted a repeat, so police and security flooded telegraph avenue and everyone was in a cautious mood. >> we have to believe in the good. if we tend to focus on the negative, you'll go nowhere. >> it was tragic. i thought it afforded an opportunity to, you know, that's really oakland. that collision of different demographics and older folks and people of all different ages, ethnicitie

oakland to know it, is to love it.. >> (applause) all right. so thank you mayor khan and now we have for san francisco coming up and to sso to welcome mayor lee welcome kristine row wish senator vice senior vice president of service area of case zero permanenta. >> thank you peculiary if you have questions write them on the cards and hold your hands up. kristine >>> good morning case zero permanent at a is pleased once again to be a sponsor of this annual event where our mayors come together to share their vision for the coming year. our partnership with both oakland and san francisco is of key importance to kaiser permanent at a. we provide care to over 400,000 people in those city and is our partnership with those cities helps us fulfill our mission, to improve community health. because we know that, with improvement community development and economic vitality we get better access to care and better care. we have enjoyed a robust partnership with mayor lee since he has taken office and even before when he was the city administrator for 20 yea

oakland resident akerman spoke about getting open oakland in contact with young people living in theig surprise to me when i moved to oakland and i found myself in the middle of a war zone. >> reporter: they're finding the digital divide may not be a real issue. >> there's a perception that the under class in oakland isn't using the internet and that they don't have access to it and informs they do. >> reporter: some young people in akerma's neighborhood used pictures to show off guns. >> well yeah, i google a lot of things. >> reporter: like what? >> like for instance right now we're looking for a place to live. >> reporter: lisa hernandez was cruising through the area of oakland known as deep east and to the rest of the area as east oakland. we spoke to her about how open oakland is trying to reach her. >> just trying to go to some where interesting. >> reporter: reaching hernandez may be their next challenge. >>> using a helicopter to try to fly to freedom. the daring escape that had all the makings of a holiday block buster. >> plus the unusual site after an italian volcano erupt

jordan oakland city counsel. pat concern ham. oakland port commissioner instead of butt inner and bryan parker and deputymary sandra sum sum. so, that was wrong sorry. mayor khan, you are going to have do me better on that. so, now, for a look at the economy and financial markets broadly and also, drilling down into the region we are delighted to have tim quinn lynn an economist with wells fargo securities to she had light on what the future hold tim quinn lynn provides analysis on financial markets macro economic developments in the mainly economies in the world he writes for wells fargo monthly economic reports these are great report if you get them by-the-way, and provides regular updates on industrial production, business spendings and manufacturings and tim has flown across the country to be be us and so we are so delighted and so please welcome from wells far go tim quinn lynn economist: . >> thank you very much for having me here today. i have got about ten minutes to spend with you and in that time, what

high profile officials including the oakland mayor, police chief, state attorney and u.s.ttorney all part of this press conference today going on as we speak. the results more than a dozen agencies served at least 21 warrants this morning in what is described as one of the biggest gang and violent sweeps in oakland. this is part of operation cease- fire which you mentioned us an anti-crime anti-violence initiative, the raids netted 18 arrests and confiscated firearms and targeted a known gang called the case gang and money team. they said they were successful in disbanding them, some are charged with attempted murder, robbery and home invasions, this started in the early morning houses in gear raiding their houses. the state attorney said planning for it actually started last november. >> we fulfilled a promise today that i made to this community back in october. and that is we will use every legal means possible to identify those that are involved in violent crime and to bring them to justice. today we kept our promise. >> and in particular looking at a gang that has been

told her about open oakland. >> that sounds great to go to it. it sounds interesting. >> reporter: how exactly open oakland will find people, it may be it's next programming challenge. mike, ktuv. >>> a group of graffiti busters worked today to wipe out gray fee graffiti in one neighborhood. this is the first of many planned weekend graffiti clean ups. crews painted over a large wall in the district. he says residents are fed up with the mess. >> the people that have been sited and arrested have been outside people coming to oakland and this is not the small gang tag that you used to see in the past this is organized, people that just want to come and trash oakland. >> he says police are doing extra patrols and sting operations. people caught painting or tagging face a fine and may be required to volunteer with a paint crew. >>> a former supervisor is facing five felony charges for using campaign and taxpayer funds to fuel the gameling against. 51-year-old george is expected to pled guilty tomorrow to perjury and misappropriation of public funds.

promising fast results. >> this is a very winnable situation here in oakland. there is a lot of opportunity here to make some early gains quickly. >> with oakland seeing a surge in violent crime, bratton and the team of consultants are paid $250,000 to reverse this. he will look at new ways to get assistance from state and federal law enforcement and will improve oakland's real time crime tracking computer system. he endorsed the controversial police tactic known as "stop and frisk." >> there is not a police department in america that is effective without it. >> i expect them to practice constitutional police willing. we do this in oakland as part of what i expect officers to do but it must be based on reasonable suspicion. >> defense attorney is helping to oversee federally mandated reforms in oakland. >> his efforts at trying to reduce crime are important and positive. >> he returns to new york where he expressed interest in" old commissioner's job, and will be back in oakland several times over the next three months with recommendations which the police depa

and hayward and san jose and oakland, a degree or two from yesterday. cold front came through yesterday, and high pressure is taking over right now and with the high pressure, the sinking air is giving dry breezes and we have more sunshine that yesterday. the temperatures are 66 in san jose today, most of the santa clara valley in the mid-to-upper 60's and up the peninsula, we drop counsel to 59 at millbrae and you will be cooler because of a breeze coming in all the way through san bruno and upper 50's and near 60 in downtown, south san francisco, and low-to-mid 60's in the north bay valley but the beep is brick and temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's and let to mid-60's along the east bay shore with san leandro and oakland at 64 and east bay valley is warmer with concord and brentwood the warm spot at 68. around the state it is quiet, 48 in tahoe, upper 60's to low 70's through the central valley and through that, there will be a stiff north wind. as you head to palm springs it is 90. back home, it will be cooler than this morning with a full night

oakland police have taken over this investigation.t police are out here, but i can tell you right now that sheriff's deputy who was involved in the routine traffic stop, he is all right tonight. we're reporting live in oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> so you don't know whether the deputy was shot in the foot or not. >> reporter: it's not clear because's was struggling with the driver he tried to pull out his gun and they don't know if he wound up shooting himself for there was an exchange of gunfire between the sheriff's deputies and the driver. >>and is the bart station closed or open? >> reporter: as far as i can tell the streets to the bartz station are closed. we haven't hear a drain go by, so i'm not quite sure, but when we arrived, arriving 10-15 minutes ago and got all of this information as it was coming in, but as soon as we find out we'll check back with you. >>. >> thank you, jade. >>> we want to check on this very important easter forecast coming up tomorrow. lots of people planning their easter-egg hunts a

a live look over the oakland estuary. mostly clear skies and patchy fog along the coastline. >>> thousands of protestors took to the streets in tokyo today ahead of the two year anniversary of a devastating earthquake that spawned a tsunami and nuclear disaster in japan. they called for an end to nuclear disaster and said the fallout could last tens of thousands of years. tomorrow marks two years since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed 19,000 people. the meltdown forced 160,000 people to evacwait their -- evacuate their homes. concerns remained about debris containing hazardous materials including radio active waste. workers say they have received little training on how to dispose of hazardous debris. organized crime is also a concern. criminal gangs often control big construction companies who have been bidding on cleanup contracts. >>> a winter storm dump -- that dumped more than a foot of snow caused thousands cancellations. two children were killed in a car crash on a snowy highway. >> next possi

oakland had 6-1.ubbies would tie it up about rosales has a two-run blast, bottom seven and bottom eight. fighting for the second base spot. the a's win 12-6 giant giants and rockies, pablo sandoval scratched for discomfort. tim lincecum on the mound. fifth inning, brandon belt. opposite field. top seven, cuddyer again. the rockies take the lead but gill -- paul gillespie hits the walkoff home home and the giants win it. >> raiders signed kevin burnett, played nine years in the league. last two with miami, his brother is with the raiders. unfortunately the raiders lost tight end brandon meyers to the new york giants. 806 yards and four ttds. >> the silver and black need to find player ford carson palmer to throw to. >> le another new winner on tour. kevin streelman finely -- finally finds the inwewinner circle. great round for boo weekly, 8-under 63. he round of the week. his approach on 16, inches from the cup. he was the leader going goo clubhouse. streelman, tied for the lead. third hole. trying to

thanks so much. >>> in oakland, findings against two oakland councilmembers could result in a misdemeanor and ultimately cost them their seat. the report claims councilman reed and brooks interfered with a $2 million construction project. she said her document proved they pro the law hen they directed staff to push a $2 million demolition contract at the oakland army base toward turner construction. the department claims they violated, reid and his staff members. >> this is clearly comersing and influencing the contracting process. >> i should have just voted on it and didn't open my mouth and speak out because now i'm bearing the brunt of the city auditor's report. >> the city attorney forwarded the audit to the alameda county district attorney's office. so far no charges have been filed. >>> a woman searching for her service dog after someone stole it on b.a.r.t. she and her dog archie riding home after an spca event. the pomeranian in a carrier next to her. somewhere between san francisco and san bruno she dozed off. when she woke up, archie and her carrier were gone. archie is trained