oakland. amy will join us live from outside city hall. the vote was not even close after that? >> 7-1. s controversial but bratton is coming to oakland. he attracts a crowd. the city hall used four rooms for the overflow crowd last night: 250 people signed up for speak. the issue was, whether to hire former police chief and new york and los angeles police chief, william bratton. the city of oakland wants him as a consultant. the chief is calling him one of the brightest mines in -- minds in policing. but he has supported stop and frisk technique in new york and some worry that could lead to available from filing. supporters say, look at the record. >> brought crime down in l.a. and helped to get minority people working. the complaints levels went down. a change for the good and better. >> the problem is you look at people from the east coast. you look at police officers from marin county or pleasanton. they are not part of the community and don't understand it. >> the vote came a few hours later at 2:30 in the morning at 7-1. the chief and mayor insist that bratton said the ultimate dec

and the newest members of the oakland city council are sworn into office. plan to tackle the city's growing crime problem. the coast guard checking out strikes the bay bridge. about 30 to 40 feet ot the fender system was damaged and will need to be replaced. the 750=foot ship sideswiped one of the bridge towers while traveling about the speed of a bowling ball. causes was it human error or something else. the accident coming five steering the container ship cosco busan into the same the oil tanker "overseas reymar" was empty when it slammed into one of the support towers. on the western span of the bridge late this morning. everyone on board the vessel is safe. and traffic continued to flow. as if still both the coast guard with more on what happened. is a vital link for forjust minutes after bay bridge tower number 6 was struck, caltrans dispatched the protective fender that surrounds the tower at the the very first thing our inspectors look for when safe. the initial investigation should that the fender took the brunt of the allusion and preformed as it w

city leaders expect a big town out in oakland when the city considers bringing on a controversial policet, william bratton, former chief of los angeles and new york city will be consulted to reduce problems in oak. but tempers flared over possible available filing because he favored "stop and frisk" where police can stop anyone they think is suspicious. the oakland city council will take up the meeting tonight. >> in san francisco the use of tasers is the focus of a community meeting. right now the san francisco police department is the only agency in the bay area that does not use stun guns. the chief wants do launch a pilot program to he quinn -- to equip officers with tasers. >> the governor's proposed education will be discussed for education for $371 million for the university california and the plan to allocate $10 million for online solutions to help students pass high demand courses were the board tables fees that would affect senior whose register for a heavy course loads and student whose repeat courses. the person low park city council will constitute another facebook expansio

kron 4's reggie kumar is live outside oakland city hall. tonight's meeting is already heating up. reggie? >> reporter: yes, pam. this former police chief and police commissioner in new york. he he is a advocate of this technique called stop & forest but this is also being possibly feud as racial profiling of the " stop and -- frisk'... this however, resulted in reactions from the crowd yelling out obscenities. some people had to be removed. residents, strongly opposing this. >> we do not condone racial profiling. we of work very hard and long to build relationships with this community it is a work in progress. i do not think we have to do that to anyone. if i think that you have a gun in your pocket? then i have a reasonable suspicion to stop you >> reporter: stop and frisk does not work look at the new york city. we need to find solutions that have statistical proof of their validity. the public safety committee will decide weather or not this will be confirmed the. if it is approved it will go to the city council and the will make the fin

to pay to bring in ten alimeda sheriff's deputies to patrol for six months in oakland allowing the city to add another police academy some time this year. right now oakland has 615 police officers on force. compare it with five years ago when they had 840. live in oakland, kristy smith, "today in the bay." >> a pair of east bay citys, just say no to medical marijuana. pittsburgh and antioch city councils both voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within city limits. pittsburgh will hold the final vote on february 19th. the ban will go into effect 30 days later. antioch's ban stops mobile delivery service. >>s it is back to square one. a proposal to build more than 450 affordable housing units in the up scale town has been sent back for review. an intense public hearing playing a huge factor here. residents concerned new housing will turn into a traffic nightmare. we can tell you the town is required by law to add the affordable housing unit if it doesn't come up with a plan the town could lose the ability to issue new construction permits or may be forceded to rezon

city side of the bay bridge at west 80 and 5th stet. a crash, single car involved. it's taking a while to clear. we'll track that. back to you. >> 4:32. new this morning oakland's police department getting outside help, but not without a lot of controversy. after more than nine hours of heated debate the city council voted to approve a plan to hire former new york and los angeles's bill bratton as a consultant. kristy, this meeting wrapped up less than a couple of hours ago. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. i have to tell you. from almost the minute his name was put out there people in oakland were divided about bill bratton. people thought bringing him on would lead to racial profiling. you had another group who said, hey, crime is so bad people are afraid to come out even in the daylight. in the end after much debate that went on for hours the city council decided to bring him on. >> seven ayes, one no. >> thank you. [ applause ] [ shouting ] >> reporter: the protester shouted "shame on you" as the city council finished voting. another shouted, "let the war begin" after the line of speakers went out the door. this went on for hours. the vote coming after 2:00

this comes before the oakland city council, the full oakland city council, tonight is set to considerer million dollar contract awarded to expert william bratton to reduce crime. frank and michelle? >> how about the detective? >> he's expected to recover. he was out here investigating a number of shootings, you may recall there was a shooting out here on sunday, and that's a week after five people were shot in front of a birthday party about a week before that. there have been a number of activities here, and they are trying to figure out what's going on, they were pursuing that. it's not clear whether the people that this officer was talking to may have been suspects, may have been associated with any of those shootings, we're not sure. we're hoping to get details from a spokesperson in the next couple hours. >> holly quan, thank you for that report. >>> the oakland city council will consider tonight whether to pay a quarter million dollars to hire the anticrime consultant, a big name, william bratton, previously leading the police departments in new york, l.a. and boston, with plent

i did not want to throw that away. >> the oakland city council is split on whether they should hire brattonit is expected to make a hiring decision at its meeting next tuesday. a chilly start but not quite as cold as the last couple of mornings. >> as we take a look at the temperatures we are very similar than just 24 hours ago below freezing and in some areas, napa. of vallejo but not quite as cold as the heart of the bay. but we are still below freezing for the inland communities. surprisingly, the national weather service did not issue a frost advisories. the dewpoint are actually higher so that means that we are seeing more moisture. it is probably certain that you will see some moisture on your windshield. expect that. faswith mostly sunny skies it is going to be warmer with temperatures in the 50s. tonight, clear but not quite as cold with most of us into the 40's. as you walk you through four futurecast. still some 30's for fairfield, concord, those communities along the delta. but that dark purple indicating 40's at least. as we set the clock into motion. the green will appear on th

they are bigger cities and oakland. his style is aggressive including a style and stop and frisk. which we believe that could lead to racial profiling at it could lead to a lot of young african- american and latino men in oakland being shot wrongfully by the police department. for the first time a long time a lot of peopafrican-american ministers came out and supported the decision. they say desperate times call for desperate measures. he is a picture office of william bratton coming with the endorsement of police chief howard jordan and mayor jean quan. jordan says he is against stop and frisk. he will squash that it does get that very much. >> we will have more including several other key man on the table. >> a quick question will. how much influence or power does the position hold? >> he is he will come up with policing plants. it is up to the oakland police the market to decide yes or no. the fact that our joint likes him and is giving him the endorsement says we need the guy. whenever he brings to the table it will

jodi hernandez joins us live from oakland city hall. that name, bratton, very divisive. >> reporter: it certainly is. dozens of protesters are inside city hall as we speak trying to put pressure on members of the city council's public safety committee to scrap its plans to bring bratton to town. though the city is dealing with an unbelievable crime rate, folks here believe that bratton is not part of the solution. people have gathered at oakland city hall to try to convince city leaders not to bring one of the nation's biggest names in law enforcement to town. bill bratton, former head of the nypd and lapd is ready to bring his expertise to oakland if the contract is approved to hire his team. >> i would love to see $250,000 go to community

it was inauguration day for 3 new oakland city council members sworn into office at city hall representing north oakland, west oakland, and east oakland's fruitvale district while all three agree that public safety is their top priority they tell kron4. job creation is also critical for oakland residents ".public safety" (cheers & applause) >> the three new city leaders replace long time councilmembers jane brunner, nancy nadel, and ygnacio de la fuente. >> the families of the victims of the colorado movie theater shooting. heard emotional testimony today. some of the police officers first on the scene, testified at the preliminary hearing for suspect james holmes.. holmes is charged with killing 12 people and injuring dozens of others back in july. one officer said, holmes seemed unusually detached and relaxed when he was taken into custody. another officer broke down when he described how the floor of the theatre was wet with blood. the hearing could last for several days. >> secretary of state hillary clinton returned to work today. and was welcomed back with a few playful gifts from he

also from oakland, oakland city council considering a graffiti enforcement ordnance. the ordnance, which received preliminary approval last month, seeks harsher penalties for taggers. the new fine on businesses that failed to remove graffiti within 15 days. the city council now expected to take a final vote on the issue tonight. >>> in brentwood now, four teenagers have been seriously injured after being shot during a drive by shooting. they range in age from 13 to 16 years old. police say all four were standing on the sidewalk near a home on bretton drive when someone in a passing car began shooting. the four victims are expected to survive. police describe the car as a white or late modelleded four-door sedan. >> a total of three suspects under arrest, accused of kidnapping a man from his home at gunpoint. petaluma police spotted suspects in a car leaving the the victim's home on 6th street. they also found a loaded handgun and some meth. the three suspects are being held on $5 million bail. >>> in the south bay, an elderly couple tied up while their home is ransack

new this morning the city of oakland is as controversial measure to hire former new york and los angeles police chief william bratton. as a consultant. >> the city council meeting lasted uuntil about 2:00 this morning. kron fours will tran joins us. b a lot >> a lot of people are not happy because he comes from a controversial history. he has had success in other cities but how he achieved it people feel is the wrong way. as does the here and oaklanespecially here in oaklan >> bratton was voted in seven to one. he is aggressive and used tactics such as stop and frisk. the community is wary that will lead to racial profiling. -- the community is worried. >> in the past african- american ministers have been against police policy. in this case is a desperate times call for desperate measures. they are in support. here's a picture of william bratton. >> he comes to open with the tab of $250,000. he is just a consultant. he does not have the final word. he comes in with the endorsement of mayor jean quan and police chief howard jordan. >> jordan is not for stop and frisk. he will be against i

. >> the oakland city council will consider approving the contract of a controversial high profile police consultant, a former los angeles and new york police chief, will be paid $250,000 to turn around oakland's crime wave. tempers flared last week when protesters showed up to voice concerns of possible available profiling. he favors "stop and frisk" where police can stop anyone they feel is suspicious. the oakland city council is scheduled to take up the issue tonight at 6:30. >> in san francisco the use of tasers is the main focus of a community meeting. the san francisco police department is the only agency in the bay area that does not use stun guns. the chief wants to launch a pilot program to equip officers to dole with mentally ill after a police shooting last summer triggered this when a man attack add co-worker with a box cutter. the community forum is at 6:00 at the hamilton recreational center. repairs begin on the bay bridge bumper damaged in an oil tanker crash this month. abc7 news reporter is live in san francisco with details. katie? >> kristen, it has been two weeks sinc

one oakland city leader calling for a state of emergency after yet another violent weekend in the city. four people were killed. 11 others were wounded just since friday. the most recent shooting happened last night on seminary avenue. police say five people were shot at a birthday party. all of them are expected to survive. police are blaming gangs for the surge of violence in oakland. ktvu tara moriarty has been on the story since 4:30. we'll have more about this call for a state of emergency that is coming up in our next half hour. >>> also this morning at the white house vice president joe biden continues his gun violence meetings. this time hearing from members of congress. tomorrow the vice president will give president obama his recommendations for new gun control policies. coming up the national rifle association predicts how congress would vote on an assault weapons ban. >>> it was a busy weekend at bay area hospitals with people reporting flu like symptoms. >> reporter: people are encouraged to get a flu shot. here at kizer santa clara it was very busy with people in the emer

right now: the oakland city >>> good evening. i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allan martin.right now the oakland city council is meeting to decide whether to hire william bratton to help the police department deal with an out of control violence situation. joe vasquez is in oakland where some people think that there are better ways to spend the department's money. joe. >> reporter: allan, dozens of demonstrators are inside right now as the city council meeting is under way. there are perhaps as many police officers here to make sure the proceedings don't get out of control. meanwhile, it's the violence on the street that's out of control. several miles from here, in east oakland where this debate is resonating most profoundly. you want to know about violence in oakland? talk to gerline robertson. >> you have four sons? >> i have four sons. and out of the four sons, three of them been shot. and two of them been shot real severely. but through the grace of god they survived. >> reporter: at a time when politicians are debating whether to hire a $250,000 consultant and proteste

residents are stuck in tokyo. >> grounded from san francisco to tokyo. >>> and protestors storm oakland cityncil chambers angry over a controversial plan. >>> stop and frisk does not work, look at new york city. >> the public safety committee voted to approve that $250,000 contract, but not necessarily with bill bratton on board. >>> president obama will unveil a plan to curb gun violence. >> the president prepares for a big fight. >> what's upper most in my mind is making sure i'm honest with the american people and members of congress about what i think will work. >> from across the bay to around the world -- >> mothers need to get mad about guns. >> the stories that matter on eyewitness news this morning. ♪ >>> good morning. it's wednesday, january 16. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:31. we begin with two people, dead after a helicopter crash during this morning's commute in a busy area of downtown london, england. the aircraft hit a construction crane before falling on the street below. the pilot and one person on board are -- rather on the ground, are killed, 13 oth

nbc bay area jody hernandez is there on the scene. >> some here at city hall and across the city of oakland, everyone here in the city of oakland are calling for something to be done here to curb the violence, some say it's time to ask the governor to declare a state of emergency here in oakland. that after an incredibly violent weekend, 15 shootings took place across the city over the weekend. four of them fatal and many took place in daylight. it's time for city leaders to forget about the egoes and ask for more help. but the police chief say they are getting help from the california highway patrol, and alameda sheriff's deputies will be hitting the streets that is after help from the atf and u.s. marti marshals office. with the violence escalating, many say it's clearly not enough. >> we have to forget the pride that some folks are kind of hesitating on asking the governor for help. and asking for a state of emergency. for me, my pride goes out the window when it's about the safety of the residents of the city. >> we have asked for and received the same level of resources that we would h

one oakland city leader calling for a state of emergency in oakland after another violent weekend in the city. four people were killed. 11 others were wounded just since friday. ktvu tara moriarty is in oakland now. she tells us the latest shooting happened last night at a birthday party. what happened? >> reporter: we're not even halfway through the first month of the year and already the city of oakland has six homicides. the vice mayor says he believes the city has lost control and needs to declare a state of emergency. he says the move would free up mutual aid funds from the state. his colleagues seem to think it's not that dire just yet. although they do admit it's tragic. the latest shooting happened at a birthday party last night. people scattered and ran to neighbors house after someone entered the party and started shooting. >> the victims went inside of a house seeking refuge on the people that were shooting them. officers responded and found five victims suffering from gunshot wounds. >> reporter: police don't know if last nights shooting as well as others on saturday and s

the community and the police here to begin with. >> he is exactly what we do not need in the city of oakland. >> the protest against the hiring of high-profile police consultant started on the steps of city hall and worked its way into the public safety meeting. >> if you could move the individuals out. >> the zero tolerance police strategies have been highly controversial and the use of gang injunctions and curfews and anti-loitering laws have been rejected in oakland in the past. but oaknd la is facing a crime epidemic. just last friday four people were killed in less than 10 hours. if hired the city would pay $250,000. >> if you really need to hear what he has to say why not go and have -- buy his book on amazon? >> oakland police chief howard jordan favors hiring the police chief who is now police commissioner in boston and new york. but protesters feared the use of stop and frisk techniques that braton introduced will lead to racial profiling. stop and frisk enters a gray area of what is reasonable suspicion? last week a federal judge found it to be in violation of people 's civil right

and: today mar >>> city leaders call a state of emergency in oakland.n after a streak of violence over the weekend. >> and today is a month since the elementary school tragedy in newtown, connecticut. the difficult question about the future of that elementary school. >> clear and cold freeze warnings up for much of the bay area. maybe a taste of spring coming our way. we'll talk about that coming up. >> traffic is busy on westbound 80 in berkeley. live look down the eastshore freeway. a full look at your morning commute coming up. >>> good morning. it is monday, january 14. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:00. don't say good-bye to the 20s and 30s just yet because it's another frosty morning. >> yeah. i didn't have too much frost on the windshield but it was cold. >> very cold, very dry outside. so we are going to see frost but chilly temperatures down to 22 at mount diablo right now. cold in the bay area, no getting around that. cold arctic air is plunging into the bay area. we have told temperatures even at the coast, could s

oakland. now - the city taking action to try and bring it under control. more on that ahead, but first grant is standing by to show us the problem. grant >> yes, pam. starting last friday, and extending through this past weekend.oakland was especially violent. four fatal shootings froday, all over the city. two more shooting scenes saturday.one which saw 3 people shot. and three more shootings sunday.including a birthday party where five people were shot at 7:50 sunday night. now other numbers.right now there are 613 sworn officers policing oakland. the police chief is looking to increase that number to at least one thousand. so the department is painfully understaffed right now. by at least 400. this officer shortage and the recent spike in shootings has residents and police pushing for change.pam. >> pam: help is on the way today, the oakland city council's finance committee approves a public safety plan which includes authorizing a police academy for june 2013 hiring 21-civilian employees, including crime lab support staff and establishing a contract fo

the city of oakland now a step closer to adopting a new crime fighting plan that is after last night'slate night vote and a very heated city hall meeting. ktvu tara moriarty joining us live now to tell us about that noisy emotional council meeting. >>> oakland police chief is hoping that this plan will get the final seal of approval next week. he met with pretty rough protestors last night. and anyone who supported this new crime fighting plan. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: now committee members had to ask repeatedly for the gallery to quiet down. at the heart of the controversy a policing tactic called stop and frisk. it's supported by bill bratton l.a.'s former police chief. someone chief jordan wants to hire to crack down on violence in oakland opinion he's helped reduce crime in l.a. and new york city would be hired as a consultant for $250,000. some say it's a waste of money. >> i don't advocate violence. >> ask yourself why people in this room are so willing to risk going to jail by shouting out and screaming because they know there is something fundamentally wrong with the oakland

the community and the police here to begin with. >> he is exactly what we do not need in the city of oakland. >> the protest against the hiring of high-profile police consultant started on the steps of city hall and worked its way into the public safety meeting. >> if you could move the individuals out. >> the zero tolerance police strategies have been highly controversial and the use of gang injunctions and curfews and anti-loitering laws have been rejected in oakland in the past. but oaknd la is facing a crime epidemic. just last friday four people were killed in less than 10 hours. if hired the city would pay $250,000. >> if you really need to hear what he has to say why not go and have -- buy his book on amazon? >> oakland police chief howard jordan favors hiring the police chief who is now police commissioner in boston and new york. but protesters feared the use of stop and frisk techniques that braton introduced will lead to racial profiling. stop and frisk enters a gray area of what is reasonable suspicion? last week a federal judge found it to be in violation of people 's civil right

the community and the police here to begin with. >> he is exactly what we do not need in the city of oakland. >> the protest against the hiring of high-profile police consultant started on the steps of city hall and worked its way into the public safety meeting. >> if you could move the individuals out. >> the zero tolerance police strategies have been highly controversial and the use of gang injunctions and curfews and anti-loitering laws have been rejected in oakland in the past. but oaknd la is facing a crime epidemic. just last friday four people were killed in less than 10 hours. if hired the city would pay $250,000. >> if you really need to hear what he has to say why not go and have -- buy his book on amazon? >> oakland police chief howard jordan favors hiring the police chief who is now police commissioner in boston and new york. but protesters feared the use of stop and frisk techniques that braton introduced will lead to racial profiling. stop and frisk enters a gray area of what is reasonable suspicion? last week a federal judge found it to be in violation of people 's civil right

kron 4's terisa estacio is live in oakland tonight. where the city council is hearing from those concerned residents. terisa? >> reporter: things are really heating up in oakland. let me show you this hall just one of many rooms that they have been forced to open in dealing with these large crowds. here is video that we took just a few moments ago from inside city hall. you can see for yourself nearly 270 people have a registered to speak tonight about this controversial issue of. and controversial contract here is what some had to say (poor audio) (cheers & applause) why not use that money to keep the schools open? >> i have done a lot of research on bratton and what we found was foundstop and frisk .. >> this is not a necessary expenditure. we could use that $250,000 to open up the parks in the city that could help the youth. >> reporter: this is still keeping with this meeting is just getting started with just one of many people that have scheduled to speak in to do with the overflow crowds. we are going to stay on this story and the oakland counc

: protestors jam oakland city council chambers, irate over this man's words. >> for any city to say they don't do stop and frisk, they don't know what the hell they're talking about. >> reporter: he is the former police #k450e6 of los angeles and -- chief of los angeles and new york, he may be the most voek opponent of stop and frisk. >> any police department in america that tries to function without some form of stop and frisk or whatever terminology they use is doomed to failure. >> reporter: and he's on his way to becoming a highly paid consult apt for the city of oakland. is it safe to say that you are and bill bretton are on the same page when it comes to stop and frisk? >> i think we're saying the same thing. >> reporter: they say it unfairly singles out minorities. >> stop and frisk doesn't work. look at new york city . >> reporter: new york city's program resulted in more than 700,000 stops in 2011, according to the new york times. 85% of those stopped were black or hispanic men. and the vast majority of the stops discovered gnaw wrongdoing. >> some people are arguing that it's a

city and in boston. but last week. a number of oakland residents voiced concerns about bratton's controversial tactics. h include the "stop- and- frisk" policy. tonight at 11 -- the city continues hearing from those concerned residents. kron 4's reggie kumar is live in oakland tonight. reggie what's the latest? >> they have been consulting, with over 200 people that wanted to talk about this item. let me show you what it to looked like tonight. it has been mowemore subdued. about the safety consultant team. he is calling the former la p d bratton one of the brightest minds in policing and he is one of the best to work with limited to resources we will hear from parents of blouferd if you remember, he was shot by police. >> stop and frisk we will exercise constitutional policing >> if they let this go on if there will be children that will be killed. >> hire those that are needed! bratton whoever the mayor has requested, and if our chief has requested for these people to come in the. >> he is a strategist he can help i am supportive and i would think that he should come in. >> reporter: they will conside

city. >> thank you. a big turnout is expected in oakland when the city council votes whether to hire a controversial high-profile police consultant. the $250,000 contract brings on former los angeles police chief bratton who would advise police on ways to reduce the violent crime. not everyone is on board. tempers flared when protesters showed up to voice concern about possible racial profiling. bratton favors an approach call "stop and frisk" where police can stop anyone they feel suspicious. the oakland city council will take up the issue tonight. breaking news from houston. this is a campus spokesman at lone star college in north houston who has confirmed shots have been fired on this campus. you are looking at live aerial views. there are lots of police there. the campus is evacuated. emergency responders are in that area. that is the campus library. there are unconfirmed reports of three people injured already. medical crews were seen tending to who victims outside the building and students are filing out of the building. we do not know conditions of the injured. no immediate information on the shooter or w

supporters say bratton improved new york and los angeles when he worked in those cities. oaklandds his help. >> crime went down in los angeles and he helped to get minority people working. the complaint levels went down in that city. it was a change for the good and for the better. >> you keep pouring money into people from identified of our community to solve the problems of violence in our community. violence is a language of the unheard so you need to start listening to the people who actually live here when they are telling you what it is they want, what they need. >> this city will pay the consulting firm that brat were works for $250,000. an oakland police chief and mayor says that brat were will will -- says that bratton will not support available profiling and the city will make the final decisions. they decided to hire 11 alameda sheriff deputies who will work two days a week in an effort to stop the rise in violence here in this city. live in ocean -- oakland for abc7 news. >> a suspect is in police custody after a police chase that started in hayward and ended across t

police are drafting a plan now with different scenarios. >> oakland city leaders considere of emergency while some call for the national guard patrols on the streets. >> i'm okay with that. let's do it. let's do it! two thumbs up. >> crowds in a bay area gun show. >> it was like some kind of political climate. it's created an artificial demand. >> a month after the sandy hook shooting, americans remain divided on gun control. >> i would say that the likelihood is that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this congress. >> the lockout is over and the san jose sharks are back on the ice. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "eyewitness news this morning." >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning. it's monday, january 14. i'm michelle griego. >> happy monday, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:31. and i got an electric blanket turned on now. i threw it on the bed. it was cold last night. >> it was. it was a little chilly out t

if that's the case, then go next door to richmond. >> many oakland residents at the meeting tonight are furious the city would spend that amount of money on an outside consulting team. oakland activists voicing concerns about the zero tolerance policy and new york city's controversial stop and frisk policy linked with racial profiling. >> we know what it means, any young black or brown person that fits the profile will be subject to being harassed. >> why are you pegging them if other departments are doing that as well right now with chp and jurisdictions? >> that's the mantra. and it is something that we are trying to move the department here in oakland away from. >> the oakland city council had a number of items on the agenda. the top priority is that issue about the police consultant, bill. they expect to be here well into the morning hours. juliette goodrich, cbs 5. >> a bay area director's feature film about oscar grant has been the breakout hit of the sun dance film festival this year. the movie is titled, fruit vail. it's a drama about the day leading up to the new year's day shooting. it was so

city. >> thank you. a big turnout is expected in oakland when the city council votes whether to hire a controversial high-profile police consultant. the $250,000 contract brings on former los angeles police chief bratton who would advise police on ways to reduce the violent crime. not everyone is on board. tempers flared when protesters showed up to voice concern about possible racial profiling. bratton favors an approach call "stop and frisk" where police can stop anyone they feel suspicious. the oakland city council will take up the issue tonight. breaking news from houston. this is a campus spokesman at lone star college in north houston who has confirmed shots have been fired on this campus. you are looking at live aerial views. there are lots of police there. the campus is evacuated. emergency responders are in that area. that is the campus library. there are unconfirmed reports of three people injured already. medical crews were seen tending to who victims outside the building and students are filing out of the building. we do not know conditions of the injured. no immediate information on the shooter or w

identified them them" in oakland haaziq madyun >> pam: seminary ave between harmontonight, the oakland city council is taking up crime on the agenda. one issue -- a consulting agreement which would bring in. former -new york police chief william bratton. he is known for his controversial "stop and frisk" policy. also for his success in fighting crime in new york and l.a.. some people are not happy about the idea of him coming to oakland. kron 4's terisa estacia is live tonight -- where that council meeting is just minutes away. terisa? not very many people are happy about >> reporter: these doors will open at 5:30 so far, i've seen about 50-60 people attending. earlier, i spoke with an oakland resident. do you believe that having this would be a good idea. >> no. i think he is the wrong answer for oakland. he has the track record, beat los angeles in oakland of deteriorating relationship between the police force and the community. the oakland police department is already a mess. you have somebody that is coming in from outside we do not want somebody to contribute to its worst. we need some

next at 8-30. >> the oakland city council votes to hire a controversial police consultant.he department is reacting to the cricticism of william bratton. continue to see rainfall and when it will stop >> now for a look at our top stories at eight-thirty. firefighters are mopping up a fire that raged through an abandoned house on the outskirts of downtown oakland. it broke out just before 5- 30 on harrison street. and burned for close to an hour and a half. at least one injury was reported. the cause is under investigation. >> two people are in recovering after being shot along a bike trail in el cerrito. the victims are described as being in their late teens. police say multiple people were seen fleeing the area. and they are still searching for the shooter. >> and san jose police are asking for your help finding a man who tried to abduct a teenage girl. investigators say the man grabbed the 13-year-old early friday morning and dragged her into a driveway. she was able to fight him off. and the suspect ran away. he's described as hispanic man between 25-and-35 years old. a

city council will pick it back up in a week. live in oakland cbs 56. >>> many gun owners who are ready to trade in their weapons for cash walked away with ious instead. 827 guns were turned in at a buyback today, and they just kept coming and coming all day. cbs 5 reporter grace lee on the huge turnout marin county wasn't expecting. >> the aim to get guns off the street. the trade, drop off your legal or illegal firearms, no questions are asked and you get cash. a hun dollars for operable gun #12k30s for semiautomatic weapon sdmrs i've had them for years. i don't use them. i don't feel any need to keep them around, and cash is better at this point you know. pay some bills. >> we need to be mothers against guns. guns are killing our children. guns are killing our -- our children in the streets and in the schools and mothers just need to get mad about guns. >> are you mad. >> i'm mad. >> this gun buy back happened at five locations in marin county today, at the novato police station the line snaked down the street and business also brisk at the p

oakland city council's finance committee approved a public safety plan which includes, authorizing aune 2013. if that was also fired 21 civilian employees, including crime lab support people, that was also established a contract for 10 deputies for the alameda county sheriff's department. all pd chief howard jordan says, the deputies will help his offices deal with violent feud between rival gangs. >> just imagine having the highway patrol coming today is a week. we will see what we have it will have extra patrol. >> the finance committee approved it and it moves to the oakland city council for a final vote next tuesday. >> the body of a novato man who jumped into the corte adera creek to invade police last month has been recovered. this is video of the search back in december. the marin county coroner's office has identified the body as that of 23 year-old anthony donelson of novato. a citizen told fairfax police monday evening that there appeared to be a body floating in the creek inadaline e. kent middle school in kent field. donaldson fled toward the creek when officers asked the

. >> happening now the oakland city council is getting a brand new look, free new city council members are sworn into office at this hour and two them have never held elected office before. environmental advocate and an affordable housing advocate who will replace a council veteran from west oakland. the third new member will replace a veteran councilmen from another district. the california legislature begin as new session in sacramento with a new advantage for democrats. for the first time in 130 years democrat lawmakers have supermajorities in both the senate and the state in the assembly. they will work with the governor of the same party. the combination means they could unilaterally increase taxes, pass emergency legislation, and put constitutional amendments before voters. >> playoff fever is gripping the bay fever with 49 playoff tickets online attic it master and told out in three minutes. they play on saturday at candlestick park at 5:00. fans have been encouraged to visit the nfl ticket exchange or another resale site to go to the game. it it is possible more tickets could b

today, oakland city officials promising action. more on that part of the story coming up. first, kron4's grant lodes shows us where the shootings took place. >> there were four on friday. you can see that three of the four were in the middle of the afternoon. on saturday, there were two more shootings. three people were shot on this one location on harmony /seminary. and also to yesterday. near seminary and 3 people were hit.. violent couple of days grant, kron 4. >> pam: oakland police chief howard jordan says, rival groups are connected to a number of city. >> we have all arrested one person and that is involved in one of the shootings from last friday. two of those people from this weekend work involving groups of people. these are two different groups that are involved in about 90% of the violence and oakland. >> pam: in addition to the one arrest. o-p-d confiscated 11- illegal firearms while officers were out investigating the shootings that occurred over the weekend. >> the nation's debate on gun control. continues. president obama re-issued a call to action. coming

while bratton critics plan to be loud and boisterous, others in oakland say this crime-ridden city needs all the help it can get. >> it's hell. it's hell. it's hell on earth. >> reporter: that's how sandra describes what it's like living in this east oakland neighborhood, where an undercover police officer got beaten and shot in the arm last night. >> they're violating everybody else's constitutional rights. we can't walk our streets without worrying about a bullet coming our way. you know, they need to be stopped. >> reporter: tonight the oakland city council will vote on a controversial plan to hire former nypd and lapd chief bill bratton as a consultant. oakland's police chief said last night's shooting draws home a need for a plan. >> we need to take the resources, the very limited resources that we have and address that issue, and how we prevent people like the three to five people we have involved in this, how do we stop them from becoming violent and removing them from off the street. >> we're paying for essentially two police chiefs here. >> reporter: protesters plan to come out

. >> oakland city leaders will make a major announcement. good morning, i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. they will take steps to get help fighting crime in the wake of a rash of violence since friday when nine shoot spring -- shootings have been killed. four have died. and now, amy? >> kristen, this is where a three-year-old was shot to death in 2011. the community was outraged. a mural is dedicated to him. today, the community is outraged again. the police chief and the mayor will leave downtown and come to international boulevard and hold a press conference in front of the mural and address the violence this weekend. >> there are high hopes throughout the community that significant change will be announced at the press conference. the police chief and mayor will address the violent weekend. four were shot to death on friday. 11 were shot over the week end. they all survived. >> there is a public safety crisis in oakland. >> the police union president is hoping to hear more resources are directed to the police department. >> we are cl

according to city officials she is the first african-american woman to be elected to city wide office in oaklandthis week marks a milestone for san jose as it first arab-american city councilman is in office. he grew up in san jose. he says he's honor today represent district 10 which includes almaden and blossom valleys. >> i'm hoping that many more of americans are encouraged by these results and -- and do want to get involved in -- in city politics because, you know, after -- after 9/11, a lot of the a rab-american community kind of got scare and had went inside that you are shils. >> his top priorties are public safety and refinancing. san jose short-term loans into long-term loans. >>> police are searching for a man they say try today lure children into his van twice last year. most recent incident happened december 30th on monterey road. an 11-year-old girl said a man in his 50s waved her over and offered her a rise. in both case, the man was driving a forest green mini van. >>> the state has gin the green light to a plan to install a red light camera at one of san francisco's most dangero

with a vote of 7-1, oakland city council approved his hiring as a consultant for $250,000. also added language to the contract that reiterate the city's opposition to racial profiling. >> bill bratton is neither as i said neither the devil for a saviour. he is part of a team. he is a person who developed a com stat system. >> reporter: he is scheduled to begin in three weeks. his first order of business is working on the computer based policing system to help the department come up with a citywide crime-fighting strategy. one major change announced today, he was slated to play a central role in a series of community meetings the police department is planning to have. today the chief announced that is no longer the case. >> based on some of the reaction from the community, we want to get things done. and what we're going to do is make other team members available to address community concerns. i will be there myself along with my staff, mr. bratton will be available to meet with city leaders, and most importantly my internal staff. >> reporter: last week, bill bratton told me

city police chief to provide consulting for oakland pd, but today protesters are speaking out. d william bratton to help the city straddling the police department. it comes with a to let the the thousand dollar contract for his him and his firm. today processors birds the city council to not grant the additional funds. demonstrators will head to frank about what a lot on at 5:00 this afternoon. for the new mattress models but sleep train's huge year end clearance is ending soon. for a short time, save hundreds on tempur-pedic mattresses. get the most highly-recommended bed in america at closeout prices. plus, get interest-free financing and free same-day delivery. why wait for the new models? sleep train's year end clearance is ending soon. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> senator dianne feinstein will introduce list legislation on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. here's a live look from washington and let's listen in. >> carolyn mccarthy from new york knows firstha

and residents are becoming desperate for a solution so desperate in fact that earlier this week oakland city council ignored boisterous two week long protests from the community to vote almost unanimously for a consulting contract to william bratton of strategic policy partnerships however the contract only lasts for one hundred twenty days and it will end up costing taxpayer. two hundred fifty thousand dollars to merely get breton's advice and how to believe it crime in the city and it becomes even her controversial when you realize what bratton is most and for mislead known for his. support for the recently declared unconstitutional tactic known as stop and frisk or better known as racial profiling community members that attended the eight hour long meeting expressed concerns about bratton implementing policies that would only further exacerbate tensions between the oakland police and the people of oakland. and if you've ever done any activism in oakland you know that cops well let's just say that they're a little bit tahn happy and they don't have much patience for dissent now don't get m

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oakland. what to do, how to bring it down. in the end city council brought on bill bratton. >> the vote is seven ayes, one no. >> shame on you! >> reporter: council member malone was the lone no vote. the vote came in after 2:00 this morning. the council approved a $250,000 contract that includes hiring former l.a. and new york police chief bill brat ton to consult with police on how to bring down crime. some in the crowd said they thought bratton's support for stop and frisk policies will lead to racial profiling. with 131 homicides last year, six so far this year, other residents said, look, oakland needs help. >> we happened to have an unfortunate skin color. i hate to say it like that. i have pride in who i am. >> when you can't walk down the street, be safe. you can't go to school because it's just a war zone that's going on. we believe bill bratton is a strategist. >> reporter: the council approved hiring 20 new police techs to allow oakland street police to do more crime fighting. also approved paying to bring on ten alimeda county she