oakland city officials could stall from 20th to 57th streets. but adding the barriers could mean losing a lane of traffic on some parts of telegraph. >> too much congestion. it would be too slow coming down. >> other east bay cities are also taking steps to better protect bicyclists. alameda is installing barriers on shoreline drive and berkeley and walnut creek are also considering adding safety barriers as well. >>> three armed robberies in two days in the peninsula. the area being targeted and what each crime has in common. >> and call for police officers to wear body cameras. >> good morning. right now traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on the san mateo bridge. but we are looking at traffic that is getting a little bit more crowded approaching the bay bridge. >> some temperatures inland approaching 90 degrees yesterday. that will not be the case today. >>> we are live in san jose where at this hour police are searching for clues to help track down the person responsible for hitting and killing a man. >> a new pub for poli

the san francisco chronicle reports that fbi reached out to two supervisors and two oakland city counsel members. they were looking to land development deals. san francisco supervisor confirmed she had a meeting with the man. >> i had a very brief interaction with him. as i have with many people. so there wasn't, you know, a lot of shock as to whether or not the allegations are true. >> leland yee, raymond "shrimp boy" chow and 27 others were indicted on corruption and conspiracy charges. >>> surprising shortage faced by police officers. >> at 5:45 p.m. 2 investigates why one police department is actually reusing crime scene tape. >> a major security flaw facing one of the most used internet browsers and the simple way to protect yourself. >> a bay area hospital closes its doors. >> i am very sad. it is wonderful hospital. >> the efforts now to get patients new care. ñsxóxgñ so what we're looking for is a way to "plus" our accounting firm's mobile plan. and "minus" our expenses. we're offering our best-ever pricing on mobile plans for business. run the numbers on that. well, unlimited ta

oakland city council member larry reid says, the team missed a key deadline to file a letter of interest. to be part of the new football stadium plan. on the current stadium site. but oakland's outgoing assistant city administrator says, the city is not giving up. in spite of all the noise that's been out there this week, we continue to keep our shoulder to the wheel." we'll have more on all the bay area sports teams with gary -- later in sports. the father of the santa clara teen who stowed away inside the wheel well of a hawaiian airlines jet. broke his silence today. he told "voice of america". he was confused and shocked after he heard the story. he also shared some of the boy's struggles adjusting to life in america. here's kron 4's j-r stone. the kings have learning challenges and school to do no education in africa. the boilers talked about going back africa. high school. a school official there says, the boy came to the united states four years ago. some of his classmates say, he just transferred to the school a few weeks ago. meantime, when the plane landed in hawaii, airport of

oakland police say city wide they've seen a 16% reduction this year. at a meeting tonight, the police chief says murder, gun assault, raper, robbery and murders are down. >> robberies are down 36% for the year to date as of yesterday. >> reporter: police captains who oversee each of the scenarios proceeded to announce decreases. they're seeing a problem with street races near the port. police say they issued 62 citations and had 152 i 152 -- i -- incidents of breaking up races over the last year. area three has a big problem with human trafficking. the commander says they are seeing many teenage prostitutes along international boulevard between 16th and 18th avenue. >> we have arrested about 100 individuals so far this year associated with human trafficking. >> reporter: in area four police say they're trying to stop a trend of street robberies. targeting people with cell phones, money and gold chains at sidewalks and vehicles. in east oakland, the commissioner says they are trying to reduce gangs. residents voiced their concerns. >> i'm still seeing a

oakland police say city wide they've seen a 16% reduction this year. at a meeting tonight, the police chief says murder, gun assault, raper, robbery and murders are down. >> robberies are down 36% for the year to date as of yesterday. >> reporter: police captains who oversee each of the scenarios proceeded to announce decreases. they're seeing a problem with street races near the port. police say they issued 62 citations and had 152 i 152 -- i -- incidents of breaking up races over the last year. area three has a big problem with human trafficking. the commander says they are seeing many teenage prostitutes along international boulevard between 16th and 18th avenue. >> we have arrested about 100 individuals so far this year associated with human trafficking. >> reporter: in area four police say they're trying to stop a trend of street robberies. targeting people with cell phones, money and gold chains at sidewalks and vehicles. in east oakland, the commissioner says they are trying to reduce gangs. residents voiced their concerns. >> i'm still seeing a

. >>> ktvu has confirmed oakland's city administrator is leaving the post after a month on the job. fred plaque well has taken a job as ceo of the san francisco foundation. a major philanthropic organization. blackwell named to replace ed santana. she reportedly felt stymied in work by jean quan and other city leaders. blackwell said being the city administrator, and leading the foundation are both dream jobs and it was difficult to pick one. >>> 18 resident life staff members are now out of a job. the staffing changes happened over the past few weeks. the former staffers worked at various dorms over campus. they're invited to undergo training. in a statement, said quote, these changes are not linked to the hate crime allegations. last fall, an african american student said he was harassed by four white roommates. >>> leeland yee has hired a new attorney to represent him. his new attorney is james lassert, a former prosecutor now in private practice. he said there was no conflict, or disagreement, and that yee is in good hands now. yee is due back in court for arraignment next tuesd

san francisco, oakland, redwood city, los gatos and half moon bay. another live view from emeryville, looking westward from the east bay. and temperature readings 49 degrees santa rosa and petaluma. right around 50 at napa, fairfield, concord, livermore. and a nice view from mt. tam looking down onto the bay and parts of san francisco under skies that are currently mainly clear. these are our forecast features. partly cloudy skies tomorrow with increasing clouds in the evening hours. light rain arrives early friday morning. and will linger for a while. saturday, warming trend begins and continues into next week. it's really going to warm up. first we have this. satellite radar composite image showing the approaching weak frontal system that will bring rainfall on friday. tomorrow night at 11:00, it will be quite cloudy. rain to our northwest. during the overnight hours tomorrow night into friday morning rain pushing in. 5:00 friday morning we'll see quite a few areas of wet weather. and that rain will push slowly inland. by midday we'll see it coveri

. >>> ktvu has confirmed oakland's city administrator is leaving the post after a month on the job. fred plaque well has taken a job as ceo of the san francisco foundation. a major philanthropic organization. blackwell named to replace ed santana. she reportedly felt stymied in work by jean quan and other city leaders. blackwell said being the city administrator, and leading the foundation are both dream jobs and it was difficult to pick one. >>> 18 resident life staff members are now out of a job. the staffing changes happened over the past few weeks. the former staffers worked at various dorms over campus. they're invited to undergo training. in a statement, said quote, these changes are not linked to the hate crime allegations. last fall, an african american student said he was harassed by four white roommates. >>> leeland yee has hired a new attorney to represent him. his new attorney is james lassert, a former prosecutor now in private practice. he said there was no conflict, or disagreement, and that yee is in good hands now. yee is due back in court for arraignment next tuesd

this is oakland city hall all lit up in blue and yellow. th is happening every night while the warriors are in the post season. and here is video sent to us showing the ac transit buses with go warriors on the bus headers. there is even a warriors flag on top of the tribune tower. >> all right. let's talk about the weather forecast. it is nice outside and maybe some rain. >> sandhya patel is here with a live look at doppler 7hd. >> we will show new a moment and we will look at a time lapse and this is something you cannot miss. when the sun was going down, check out the clouds coming in. it is a spectacular shot of the time lapse of the sunset. and now we will show you live doppler 7hd. there are a few clouds around. there is no rain showing up just yet. we are tracking showers as we head out tomorrow night and tomorrow morning. visibility is terrific looking across the bay. 55 in san francisco and 58 in oakland. mid50s san jose and redwood city and half moon bay and temperatures are in a narrow range from the exploratorium camera looking at the trans america pyramid. 53 napa. it is coo

this is oakland city hall all lit up in blue and yellow. th is happening every night while the warriors are in the post season. and here is video sent to us showing the ac transit buses with go warriors on the bus headers. there is even a warriors flag on top of the tribune tower. >> all right. let's talk about the weather forecast. it is nice outside and maybe some rain. >> sandhya patel is here with a live look at doppler 7hd. >> we will show new a moment and we will look at a time lapse and this is something you cannot miss. when the sun was going down, check out the clouds coming in. it is a spectacular shot of the time lapse of the sunset. and now we will show you live doppler 7hd. there are a few clouds around. there is no rain showing up just yet. we are tracking showers as we head out tomorrow night and tomorrow morning. visibility is terrific looking across the bay. 55 in san francisco and 58 in oakland. mid50s san jose and redwood city and half moon bay and temperatures are in a narrow range from the exploratorium camera looking at the trans america pyramid. 53 napa. it is coo

a new job that a city administrator in oakland will land >>> we have breaking news happening outside of atlanta, this is half an hour north of atlanta, and six people, at least six, have reportedly been shot at a fed ex facility near the airport. who are told it is a workplace shooting with no word on the conditions of the victims or the fate right new of the shooter, and don't know if he is in custody and our breaking news coverage continues on twitter and can you follow us at abc7 news bay area but you can see the police response there as we happening north of atlanta at fedex. >> an auditor will present fining to a city council before one is calling for change. he wanted the city to change police policy and fire officers who die during an investigation. keeping the officers on the force can undermine credibility of cases and this is as the auditor criticizes the city for not firing two officer whose had sex on duty and were caught lying about it. the department of homeland security is wanting people not to use internet explorer because it makes everything available to hackers. the

this is oakland city hall all lit up in blue and yellow. th is happening every night while the warriors are in the post season. and here is video sent to us showing the ac transit buses with go warriors on the bus headers. there is even a warriors flag on top of the tribune tower. >> all right. let's talk about the weather forecast. it is nice outside and maybe some rain. >> sandhya patel is here with a live look at doppler 7hd. >> we will show new a moment and we will look at a time lapse and this is something you cannot miss. when the sun was going down, check out the clouds coming in. it is a spectacular shot of the time lapse of the sunset. and now we will show you live doppler 7hd. there are a few clouds around. there is no rain showing up just yet. we are tracking showers as we head out tomorrow night and tomorrow morning. visibility is terrific looking across the bay. 55 in san francisco and 58 in oakland. mid50s san jose and redwood city and half moon bay and temperatures are in a narrow range from the exploratorium camera looking at the trans america pyramid. 53 napa. it is coo

. >>> well, developing news for the city of oakland tonight. just a short time ago we confirmed that the city administrator is leaving after just one month on the job. fred plaqblack well is leaving become the ceo of the san francisco organization. he applied while he was still an assistant city administrator for oakland. he was appointed after deanna santana left. now his replacement has named. henry gardner is named as oakland's city administrator, effective june 15th. as mr. blackwell leaves, will seek council confirmation. some may remember henry gardner, the city manager in the '80s and '90s. he starts work in mid-may. >>> an ex-san francisco firefighter charged with hitting a motorcyclist while driving drunk appeared in court the first time today. michael quinn is free on $100,000 bail for last june's accident. he was reassigned shortly afterward. the i-team first brought you the surveillance tape of the crash at fifth and market. really hard to watch. quinn faces felony counts that could put him in prison for three years. >> the first cou

. >>> well, developing news for the city of oakland tonight. just a short time ago we confirmed that the city administrator is leaving after just one month on the job. fred plaqblack well is leaving become the ceo of the san francisco organization. he applied while he was still an assistant city administrator for oakland. he was appointed after deanna santana left. now his replacement has named. henry gardner is named as oakland's city administrator, effective june 15th. as mr. blackwell leaves, will seek council confirmation. some may remember henry gardner, the city manager in the '80s and '90s. he starts work in mid-may. >>> an ex-san francisco firefighter charged with hitting a motorcyclist while driving drunk appeared in court the first time today. michael quinn is free on $100,000 bail for last june's accident. he was reassigned shortly afterward. the i-team first brought you the surveillance tape of the crash at fifth and market. really hard to watch. quinn faces felony counts that could put him in prison for three years. >> the first cou

. >> and >>> oakland city council made a proposal to ban donation bins critics say the bins have become magnet for trash we found there were donations such as old sinks, garbage and wood with nails sticking out. if passed the ban will be temporary. one proposed fix is making sure the boxes are 1500 feet apart. >> it might seem hard to believe but the department of transportation says the average price of an airline ticket went up just $1. the airline says that is because domestic air fare is now $381. lowest is long beach, $249. while talking about flights, customers may be you, are not happy with airlines. annual american index finds passengers are frustrate traited by cramped seating and poor service saying they'd consider the companies on par with the irs. those airlines that did score highly include jet blue, southwest. united and continental received worst ratings >>> a teenager who got too close to a train in peru may be making a lot of money for moment of fame. he was so close, that is the conductor's foot kicking him out of the way. according to news reports he signed with a sou

. >>> oakland police are calling on the city council to buy think radios after another outage last night left officers unable to communicate in the field. it went down for three minutes last night. it's a problem that has plagued the oakland police department for years. oakland city manager says officers will get new radios and the matter should go before the full city council no later than june. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the deadly bus crash on interstate 5. as part of its process in determining what caused last week's accident, the chp recreated the conditions leading up to the crash. yesterday investigators tested two vehicles similar to the fedex truck and bus that collided with one another. it was a reenactment without the actual impact. cameras were installed of the vehicles to determine the drivers line of vision. and there was a test to determine the speed of the vehicle. >> we owe it to the families of the involved parties and the victims of this tragic collision that we tell the story of what happened. >> the chp investigation could take up to six months to complete

. >>> the latest shakeup at oakland city hall has some critics blaming the mayor. fred blackwell says he is resigning after only 1 month on the job. he's leaving for the job at the san francisco found daugz. it comes after a number of other personnel changes in the city. some critics say that the leadership style is the blame. his spokesman defended the mayor today. >>> a conford police officer is under scrutiny accused of actions. he is suspended after allegedly receiving prescription drugs from senior citizens. >> he's a wonderful police officer. >> reporter: helen says officer matthew is a good man. >> you take him off the road and you've lost a good police officer. >> reporter: a trusted officer who was always nice to her. >> he asked me if i was taken norcotics and i said yeah. i he wanted to borrow some. >> reporter: he borrows her drugs on several different occasions sometimes coming with his canine partner and family. >> he brought his boys over when he wasn't working. when he'd come over to borrow some pills. >> reporter: conford police chief says it's an

. >> the firefighters and the oakland city council have to approve the agreement.likely to happen. rob brock. channel 2 news. >> our chief meteorologist is here and a lot of people are thinking about weekend. we need to get through the next day or so. >> through friday anyway. temperatures will continue to stay on the mild side. temperatures are going to warm slightly but we're going to have that net loss. highs tomorrow. back in the mid-70s. any -- still managed to go 8 # degrees. lot going down. you got weather system to the north of us that's bringing showers right now to the beutd county area. it's coming a little bit closer here. just this one patch. it's amusing to the north and east but big, big thunderstorms. you're up north and east. some rain is coming with this. a lot of lightning strikes and the rain helping -- dry lightening as you all know. with the rain coming down, that should be helpful. temperatures dropped off. we have gusts at 35 miles an hour at sfo today. that's a current reading. so the cool, moist marine air are coming in. they're down 15 de

oakland city hall was lit up in blue and yellow last night and every night while the warriors are in the post-season. here is video showing a.c. transit buses that have "go warriors" on the headers and a warriors flag on the tower. tip-off is 7:30 and tickets are still available on their website. >>> the question is, how much water is contained in the next system? >> not much. we are getting too late if the season. the winds show a sea breeze developing with winds at 15 at sfo and 17 in fairfield. the rest of us are eight miles per hour or calm. the winds continue to calm compared to a couple of days ago. the deficit is 7.75" at moffett field and ten in oakland and san francisco and 20" deficit at santa rosa. you can make up the deficits this time of the year. our day planner tries to bring in clouds and keep temperatures close to average but it will be dry all 12 hours with high clouds over our neighbors at 7:00 this morning and low clouds along the coast and spilling through the gap and temperatures are in the low-to-mid 50's. at noon we will have the high clouds get thicker and ar

. >>> oakland city leaders celebrated the success of a partnership that allows every day people lend local clothing store to discuss the program. the partnership with kiva.org provides business owners with zero interest crowd funded loans. >> it's great for a city like oakland that's bursting with civic pride. it let's me support a business where i know the open and i want to support her reaching her dreams. >> oakland is the first city in the country to take part in the microlending program. >>> the death toll from the mudslide in washington state rose to 29. seven victims remain unidentified and the number of missing is 18. the receding water has helped the crews extend their search. major league baseball will donate $25,000 to red cross for the relief fund. >>> traffic in the area is slowing down. workers are transforming the hewlett-packard property. they have set up lane closure signs as they demolish the old building. drivers have noticed a difference. >> it's disappointed they are closing brown ridge, that's our -- prune ridge. that's our cut threw. it is backed up by a couple

it shares the campus with castlemont high school in's oakland. >>> well the city of oakland is launching a pr cam plain to attract tourists. christin ayers on the lengths and the distances it will go to lure people in. >> reporter: ask a portlander what they know about oakland awe you get the bad. >> the crime side. >> the ghetto. >> reporter: but portland is about to get a lesson in oaklandish. they are putting on these splashy billboards up in downtown oakland to get tourists to consider making a stop. kim works for oakland. they have tried to woo tourists. now they are trying something new. >> the oakland you don't know is the name of the came pain. we feel a lot of people don't know oakland. >> reporter: research shows leisure travelers like to road trip california. san francisco, napa, los angeles. but they rarely stay in oakland. >> i would drive through there. i wouldn't make it a destination. >> think of any reason to go. >> one major problem, where tourists will stay once they get here. >> reporter: oakland only has 4,000 hotel rooms. even the city sports teams stay out of town

. >>> oakland city leaders are trying to clean up a freeway pass that some say needs immediate attention on 680 not far from jack london square. it's an area where homeless people take shelter. people who live and work nearby say conditions are so bad they are driving people and businesses away. >> what we want it to be a clean, well-lit and safe, so nobody thinks twice about walking from downtown to jack london square. >> a meet be will be held about how to clean up the area. possible solutions include more lighting, murals and even stores. >>> today is earth day. across the bay area, people are marking the occasion with special events. in hayward, the south bay salt pond project is getting some attention. volunteers are rolling up their sleeves and doing some planting. the area is part of -- more than a 15,000-acre project to restore. representative eric swalwell of pleasanton was onhand for the project and said the project will not only benefit wildlife but will hey lou people to enjoy the area -- allow people to enjoy the area. >> we'll have thousands of people out here every month s

. >>> city leaders say in oakland they want to keep baseball and the city. this comes 24 hours after the oakland a's rejected the latest offer to stay for ten years. >> county and city leaders say the deal deal offered to the a's is a fair one. at the same time they were giving another deal to oakland's to other professional sports teams. this week the city of oakland had a few setbacks when it comes to its sports team. first the warriors moved to san francisco, tuesday the a's rejected a deal to stay in oakland for ten more years. >> we cannot finance these sports teams without the sports teams coming forth with their resources. >> nate miley is in alameda county supervisors and chairman of the coliseum authority whichmanages the complex on behalf of the city and county. miley says the city is doing its best to keep the teams in oakland. >> we want to retain them but we want to retain them this responsible way. >> miley says the authorities working a deal with the raiders to build a new stadium coming stadium while the same time trying to iron out an extensi

from sutro readings 66 in oakland. 70 redwood city. 75 san jose. 80 in los gatos a wide range of temperatures. 55 half moon bay. looking over the bay more blue skies. seven # degrees if santa rosa. 79 concord, 80 in livermore, another live view at the sky over sfo. you can see more clouds there.

-- protest starts at 1:00 this morning if san francisco and another is at 6:00 tonight outside oakland city hall. >> from the indian ocean, an australian military plane has detected a new upwater signal from what could be the black boxes from malaysia airlines flight 370. right now teams are trying to narrow the search area in the indian ocean but to do that they need to hear more of the pinger locate beacons and right now they not hearing them. the team leading the search in the last 24 hours has been reenergized after this pinger locator picked up two more pingers. searchers towing the locator have now detected the signal fur times, the first two on saturday, two dozen airplanes and ships are searching today and their target area is considerably smaller but it is still enormous, over 22,000 square miles the size of west virginia. searching such a large, deep ocean could take ifs unless they get a better idea of where to lock for what is called malaysia airlines flight 370's final resting place. >> a young man who has given so much of himself received the ultimate guest: moving from el sal

oakland police say crime is down 15% but there's still room for improvement. last night the city's interim police chief and five area commanders held this publy safety meeting at oakland tech high school. the police say homicides are up. but the number of gun assaults, rains, robberies and burglaries are down. >> the trend that began last summer of a reduction in shootings, robberies, burglaries have continued through the first quarter of this year. >> each oakland police commander outlines specific problems in their arias. for example, street racing. that's a problem in west oakland and downtown. jack london square, known for car break-ins, prostitution is a problem along international boulevard. gun violence by gangs and street robberies like stealing cell phones, cash and jewelry at bus stops and from people just walking on sidewalks. those are problems in east oakland. police in fremont telling homeowners install surveillance cameras. take a look at this video. you can see a woman stealing a package from outside of a house. police say this video helped them find the stolen item

blackwell applied for the job in november while he was assistant city administrator for oakland and appointed after the woman in the previous position left. and now henry gardner is named effective june 15th. this is a position that gardner is familiar with as he previously held the city manager position in the 80's and usually 1990's. >> close to 5:09 and time for the forecast. mike? >> we will start with what is going on in the midwest and we could have flight delays into kansas city, st. louis and chicago with severe weather rolling through the area and possibly indianapolis and cincinnati and cleveland also in the next couple of hours. at home, it is quiet and lock how clean the air is as we look from sutro back to oak hand with pollen to contend with and tree presidenten is high and mold spore is moderate and u.v. index is pot road because of the high clouds. we are mostly cloudy this morning with some sunshine, and beautiful and colorful sunrise and 56 to 60 by noon and mostly cloudy conditions and we will stay that way through 4:00, and well hit the mid-40's to low 60's and back in the

ac transit buses say go warriors and the tribune building adorned with golden state flags and oakland city hall is shining a beautiful blue and gold. >> very nice. >>> from the court to the ice, playoff action for the sharks tonight, as well. team teal has a chance to sweep the kings in los angeles to advance to the second round of the stanley cup playoffs. the puck drops at 7:30 tonight, as well. >>> so, there will be one last football game at candle stick park after all. >> joe montana will lead a team of former 49ers against fellow hall of famer dan marino. his team of nfl all-stars in a flag football showdown. the game is set for july 12th and part of the last summer at the stick series. roger craig and dwight clark and tickerts stat at $30 and go on sale may 10th. guys playing flag football. >> mike, maybe we can all move the chains or be all ball boys and girls. >> be on the sidelines, that would be cool. >> i want to get in there. >> you don't have to explain the game. we're looking over here towards 92. san mateo bridge. a little haze in the area and not a problem. low clouds drift

i'm the city administrator for the city of oakland. and had to leave my job to come here today, and i'm actually sad, disappointed, and upset that i have to do so. i've known juliet for about 16 years as well. i first got to know juliet when she was a fellow at the san francisco foundation and i was working there as well. juliet -- i also served on the board of urban habitat when juliet was the executive director, and served as a colleague of hers when i was the executive director in san francisco's redevelopment agency. juliet is one of the most hard working, dedicated, committed people that i have ever worked with when it has come to issues having to do with low-income communities, communities of color. and in general, people who are in need of the kind of work and the kind of hard work and smart work that juliet bring to the table. as i said, i was the executive director here at the redevelopment agency. before that i was the director of the mayor's office of community development, and currently i run the city of oakland. and juliet

oakland only has 4,000 hotel rooms. even the city's sports teams stay out of town when they play here. >> we're working on it. there are plans in the next few years of developers coming in in key parts of oakland to bring some new hotels. >> reporter: she says the recent sale of oakland's historic claremont hotel to the fairmont chain could be a game changer. but a city this size will need at least 4,000 more hotel rooms. portlanders say if they build it, they might come. >> it's a cheap place, oakland. >> probably. >> reporter: in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> portland isn't the campaign's only target. visit oakland plans to start marketing to the northwest, then spread to the midwest, and then branch the campaign out globally. >>> some people down on their luck were the lucky recipients of a good deed. a southern california homeless shelter was transformed into a five-star restaurant. april fool's day gesture was actually a gift from a comedian moan for youtube videos. a professional chef, servers, musician surprised people wit

. >> oakland city administrator appears to be close to landing a new job. santana left oakland in march after butting heads with mayor jean kwon. the city council in sunny sail will vote next tuesday. >> nearly 20 years of work by conservationi conservationists took the biggest leap. the california state coastal conservancy used a drone the air field covered with water. the bay will grow by 648 acres thanks to the breech. >> interesting pictures >> we had real down pours >> this is rather surprising. >> you know, it's late in the season. >> heavy down pours and lightning strikes around the bay area. and cluster of strikes in the valley. live doppler 7 hd, i'm not surprised. showers tapering off right now. we do have smours redeveloping up in the north bay. it had hoefyer activity earlier today. showers are widely scattered we have pockets of down pours some moving away out towards st. helena. and we'll focus on this cell. some locally heavy down pours snow in picking up. winter weather advisory until 5:00 in the morning. 3 to 7 ivenlgs of snow above 5,000 f

he allied for the job in november while three was still an assistant to the city administrator if oakland and appointed to the top job after santana left and now, his replacement has been named. the mayor tweeted and i quote, "i am pleased to name henry gardner as city administrator as mr. black well leaves." some may remember gardner because he was the city manager in the 80's and early in 90's. >> a group of city college students in san francisco is considering legal action for protesters injured in a campus demonstration that turned violent last month according to the "san francisco examiner". this is cell phone video showing the tug el, two students were arrested and a dozen occupied the building overnight. any students who were injured are asked to contact the lawyer who helped occupy protesters scott olsen reach $4.5 million settlement with the stiff oakland after being hit in the head with a police dean bag. >> fast food workers are listening to protest against what they call illegal wage theft in the industry protesting in front of mcdonald's on jackson street in oakland and it st

oakland. for two years, the city has been keeping one fire station closed at all times. that practice could end by july. >> reporter: fire station 23 is open today, but on tuesday, it was closed, or browned out. had it been open, it would have been the second unit called to this fire on church street that killed the owner. firefighters from another station got there within four minutes, just one minute after the first crew arrived, and well within the national response time guidelines. >> it appears to have not had an effect on response time. >> reporter: having a close fire station may not have made a difference, but firefighters say brown outs may cause trouble. >> not only for incidents that occur within that company's first end district, but it can cause a trickle affect down the line to surrounding neighborhoods as well. >> reporter: two years ago, officials chose to close, or brown out fire stations on a rotating basis. >> this city was at the brink of a financial disaster a couple of years ago. >> reporter: the economy has improved, the firefighters union and the

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. >> oakland city administrator appears to be close to landing a new job.tana left oakland in march after butting heads with mayor jean kwon. the city council in sunny sail will vote next tuesday. >> nearly 20 years of work by conservationi conservationists took the biggest leap. the california state coastal conservancy used a drone the air field covered with water. the bay will grow by 648 acres thanks to the breech. >> interesting pictures >> we had real down pours >> this is rather surprising. >> you know, it's late in the season. >> heavy down pours and lightning strikes around the bay area. and cluster of strikes in the valley. live doppler 7 hd, i'm not surprised. showers tapering off right now. we do have smours redeveloping up in the north bay. it had hoefyer activity earlier today. showers are widely scattered we have pockets of down pours some moving away out towards st. helena. and we'll focus on this cell. some locally heavy down pours snow in picking up. winter weather advisory until 5:00 in the morning. 3 to 7 ivenlgs of snow above 5,000 feet.

the city of oakland is tired and it's not going to take it anymore. there was a meeting today at oakland edification counsel at oracle rain up. stay local and federal agencies attended and one federal agency while i can say the name, its initials are fbi. their environmental crime officers will be going after the big fish. it just got real. and there's even discussions of offering awards if you happen to catch an illegal dumpers and they are found guilty. if but that will have to be voted on by oakland city council. >>: they're also looking for ways to make sure people from other cities don't try to dump here. i've been covering illegal dumping in oakland for years and finally there is action across the board to stop people from crack trashing of corporate hundreds of people are still missing, after a ferry capsized off the coast of south korea. coast guard officials now say at least nine people are dead. andrew spencer reports the hope for others may be dwindling. lawyers for former nfl safety darren sharper will return to a phoenix courtroom today t

oakland, redwood city, san jose, gilroy and half moon bay. and another live view from our exploratorium camera looking back at the skyline or a portion of it of downtown san francisco. and we have temperatures in the low to mid-50s at santa rosa sack, napa, petaluma. that's a cool spot right thought of mid-50s at concord and livermore. one more live view from our emeryville camera look westward out over the bay. these are our forecast features mostly clear overnight. it's mostly clear already. warming trend begins tomorrow. but it's really going to heat up on huz, and continue through thursday. here is a look at our satellite radar composite image. you can see the clouds pretty much moved out of the bay area now from what was left of this morning's light rainfall. so with the clouds moving out, clear skies moving in, high pressure is building in also. and that's going to be the dominant feature in our weather picture over the next several days and bring us a significant warm-up over the next few days, right on through thursday and into about

oakland. a big crowd to see the a's play the rangers tonight. but the a's' relationship with the city of oakland has hit another low point. this is a messy battle that's been very public and jodi hernandez is at the coliseum. it seems all three teams, the warriors, raiders and a's are on shaky ground there. >> reporter: that's right. the golden state warriors say they're already on their way out of oakland. and now the future of the city's ore two sports teams, the raiders and a's, is very much in limbo as the city tries desperately to stay in the game. >> i think we've made errors in the past that some of my colleagues and others just didn't think that the sports franchises didn't have any options. we know now that they do. >> reporter: vice chair larry reed says that's the harsh reality folks in the east bay are facing. with the warriors announcing they've bought land for a new arena in san francisco, the a's declining to sign a new ten-year lease and the raiders yet to promise to stay in town, fans are on edge. >> upset. don't like it at all. don't want any of them to leave. >> rep

oakland. for two years, the city has been keeping one fire station closed at all times. that practice could end by july. >> reporter: fire station 23 is open today, but on tuesday, it was closed, or browned out. had it been open, it would have been the second unit called to this fire on church street that killed the owner. firefighters from another station got there within four minutes, just one minute after the first crew arrived, and well within the national response time guidelines. >> it appears to have not had an effect on response time. >> reporter: having a close fire station may not have made a difference, but firefighters say brown outs may cause trouble. >> not only for incidents that occur within that company's first end district, but it can cause a trickle affect down the line to surrounding neighborhoods as well. >> reporter: two years ago, officials chose to close, or brown out fire stations on a rotating basis. >> this city was at the brink of a financial disaster a couple of years ago. >> reporter: the economy has improved, the firefighters union and the

the city of oakland is considering a ban on new unattended donation boxes in the city. that's because people are dumping garbage broken appliances and dirty ma tleses at -- mattresses at the bin sites. the bins are supposed to be used to collect clothing. but the city says it's become such a big problem around the city, the issue needs to be addressed. oakland city leaders are also trying to clean up a freeway underpass that people say needs immediate attention as well. the trouble is around interstate 880 at 6th street, not far from jack london square. it's a place where the homeless gather and dozens of pigeons nest. people who live and work in the area say the conditions are so bad it's driving both people and business away. >>> it really fractures this beautiful spine that connects the waterfront to the core of our downtown. >> there will be a meeting next week on how to clean up the area and make it more inviting. possible solutions include more lighting, possibly murals and even more stores. >>> terrelle pryor's career with the raiders has come to an end. yesterda

protesters. >>> someone in oakland city services made a little spelling mistake.you come to the intersection of martin luther king way and arlington avenue, make sure you come to a full and complete sotp. somebody painted s-o-t-p on the street instead. hopefully drivers will get the right message. tomorrow marks the first sunday for walnut creek's new every day and more costly meters. the rates have doubled in some places for street parking as much as $2 an hour. city leaders say it's an effort to have more turnovers in the shopping and dining areas. in san rafael, a special preeastegg hunt. this was the blind baby foundation's 14th annual beeper egg hunt held on the campus of guide dogs for the blind, it was for kids blind or visually impair.ed. the eggs had a beeper guiding the kids to their location. they exchanged them for bags of candy. it looks like things were pretty nice where they were weatherwise today. we have the latest our weather for tomorrow. >> sandhya. >> it was a nice looking day for the egg hunt there. sunshine around the bay and inland this aft

. >> plenty of feedback in oakland last night in public workshop for future coliseum city this prom held be great if it was going to serve the residents that already live here and not displace. >>reporter: the city would include up to 3 new sports venue retail housing and enter tunement. oakland planners hope it would entice the warriors to stay put. >> plan has a wonderful environment for the new venue for our team when or if they want to participate. so we have a place for all of them. >> just this week the warriors bought 12 acres in san francisco mission bay area. plan to build arena for the 2018-19 season. if the warriors leave oakland before 2027 they are obligateed to pay off the debt on the wren a project. that's 61 million dollars. if the team doesn't pay, taxpayers would be on the hook. but the warriors say they don't know anything beyond 2017 when the lease expires. that's coliseum city proposal. second public workshop planned for this saturday at oakland city hall 3 to 5 inth the news ramp abc of 7 news. >> game 4 against the clippers right here open sunday at 12:30 followe

oakland is hosting public workshops for input on a future coliseum city designed to keep the warriors and the raiders in oakland. >> we feel confident we can be ties the fans to pant in the great planning process. >> the warriors announced they bought 12 acres in the mission bay area with machines to build an arena for the 2018 season. oakland would include three new sports venues, restaurants and retail and planners say it would create 20,000 new jobs. another public workshop is scheduled for saturday at oakland city hall from 3:00 to 5:00. >>> southern california prosecution says 49ers linebacker smith will not face felony charges for an incident at l.a.x. with the arrest caught on video this month and now it is up to the city attorney to decide if he should be charged with a misdemeanor. a t.s.a. act claims he made a phony bomb threat when randomly selected for additional screening. he faces drunk driving and helps charges in san jose and went interest rehab and missed five games after the d.u.i. arrest last fall. >> san francisco police are announcing success if their traffic crac

we have alameda city, alameda county, and oakland along with counties from con tran cost at that timecounty that assists us to staff our stations. >> in the beginning, it was a mad dash to make sure there were no people inside of those buildings. they do say that because it was the weekend it helped. that many of the people just weren't there. they called in the fire immediately after seeing flames. that was the owner of joshua tree. he made the initial call. when fire crews?h say they immediately started to attack those flames and they saw smoke, saw flames, went after it immediately. there are no injuries. i can tell you these crews will be here through the night. they say they have a lot of work to do. it's only just starting. in berkeley, nick smyth, abc7 news. >> and the fire which is in the middle of your screen here caused a massive backup on i-80 affecting traffic in both directions. the university off-ramp eastbound is closed. this is what it looked like an hour ago. and let's take a look at a live picture of the same spot from our epryville camera. traffic is moving a little

oakland. mayor is optimistic in the case of numbers of all three of the city's sports teams. e raiders missed the deadline to give them their let are of intent to stay in oakland. today's workshop is from three to five in council chambers at oakland city hall. >>> this morning the planning commission will have the second of three meetings to create through rules for medical marijuana businesses. officials are preparing rules to regulate where pot clubs can operate. at 10:00 a.m. today a community meet willing be held at city hall to get input from the public. may 13th the city council will pick up the final proposal. >>> this morning the city of menlo park is celebrating the grand opening of a new police department substation and neighborhood service center by facebook. it's on hamilton avenue and willow road. social networking company last year agreed to pay more than $200,000 to open the new police station half a mile from its headquarters. in march facebook also agreed to provide another $600,000 over three years to pay for a new patrol officer for the area. >>> a rare even

. >> the oakland city council will discuss problems oh the large donation boxes located across oakland designed to collect donations such as books and clothing and distributed to those in need but they are a dumping ground for crash. the city council will consider banning the installation of new donation boxes while members develop rules to regulate the bins or decide to permanently prohibit them. >>> today, protesters are planning to rally outside the mayor's earth day break far of the in san francisco protesting eviction of recycling centers. members of the homeless coalition will gather at 8:00 this only outside city hall. >>> ground breaking is set for a federal project to restore wetlands in richmond at part of the regional shoreline. the complex will filter polluted run off and protect projected sea level rise in the sex century and protect animal species. >> there will be free health clinics in the bay area for people who cannot afford care. the bridges to health clinics have services ranging from root canal to eyeglass fittings to x-rays. the clinics are held tomorrow and thurs

yesterday oakland mayor jean quan announced the prince of dubai is partnering with coliseum city. it would include new stadiums for both the raiders and a's as well as a hotel, shops, and homes. oakland city councilman larry reid also revealed that mayor quan and major league baseball they are not interested in an alternate stadium site. >>> hope that our record breaking dry spell may be coming to an end. federal scientists say the weather phenomenon known as el nino could develop in the pacific by the end of this year. now that could end california's severe drought with a series of soaking storms next winter. the new el nino prediction comes after scientists reviewed updated weather models and soot lites. california did get rain in february and march but the state is under an official doubt emergency. >>> san francisco ranks fifth with 289 buildings with energy star technology. los angeles comes in first followed by washington d.c., atlanta, and new york. >>> time is 5:09. hillary clinton got a warm welcome in the bay area but that was not the case. look at that. at one of her pr

. >>> after only a month into his new job, oakland city administrator is stepping down. bay here in san francisco for the san francisco foundation. it's a group that grants money to community organizations across the region. the change could hurt mayor jean quan's re-election campaign. >>> san jose police say they don't have enough recruits. the department says it received roughly half the applications it normally gets. hundreds passed basic physicals but background checks and interview boards wiped most of them out of contention. we have traffic and weather coming up. stay right there. >>> a five-car chain reaction crash on southbound 101 near woodside road. everything clear to the shoulder. check this tweet showing some of the backups just moments ago approaching the accident scene. but again, things should start to recover, they just cleared everything out of lanes. traffic also very heavy 101 through san jose. that's traffic. here's roberta. >> let's head outside partly to mostly cloudy skies currently from san francisco looking out towards the bay into oakland where