book is about i police we tell them it is about my family's journey from communist china to oakland city california and my journey to get to go freedom. that what i really thinking is i need to hurry and write another book and if i do that i can go to all those places that barack upon the has gone. yes, we can. [laughter] i am joking of course. i was not born in this country so i cannot become president. [laughter] [applause] >> but donald trump kept at my hopes for a long time he kept telling me and everybody else barack obama was not born in this country either. so when he finally released his birth certificate in the 2012 election i was pretty devastated. >> all of my hopes were dashed and a feeling marco rubio will become familiar with but i realized it would not do anything for my political ambitions i thought i would tell people about the books i had written an end to it was worth writing for its own sake and let me tell you a little bit about it. my story is an immigrant story a legal immigrant story. [applause] i was born in china at a time when the country had been devastated by decades of

she expected to live a better life in california but instead found oakland to be broken city. this is about one hour and ten minutes. >> good evening. imagine being a fourth grader that left a rather isolated existence and was told about a faraway place called disneyland. she had heard exciting things about it. but she couldn't really comprehend the magnitude of such

oakland at the age of ten. she expected to live a better life in california but instead found oakland to be broken city. this is about one hour and ten minutes. >> good evening. imagine being a fourth grader that left a rather isolated existence and was told about a faraway place called disneyland. she had heard exciting things about it. but she couldn't really comprehend the magnitude of such a place. figuratively speaking, when ying ma and her family integrated to the u.s. from china, she thought she was headed to disneyland. but confronted her was a far cry from the magic kingdom. it wasn't the foreign language and culture that proved the most difficult. rather it was the shocking racism, isolation and the disdain that she encountered in her own backyard of oakland. ying ma's story is a perfect example of what made america great. the courage to confront hardship and the abuse, determination to move past and gratitude to a country that made it possible for anyone to succeed and discover one's self worth. i highly recommended that you read the personal account of her journey in her book "chinese girl i

but oakland wasn't the only california city to make the list of top ten most dangerous cities in the stockton ranks sixth. in the newsroom, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> authorities are investigating a 40-person brawl that erupted during a high school football game in rohnert park. yesterday's semi-pro game at rancho cotati high school de-volved into all-out fighting around 3:45 p-m. it took backup from the sonoma sheriff's office, sonoma state university and cotati police to bring it under control. three vehicles were damaged in the fight, but no one suffered major injuries. prosecution. the family of a missing teenager, who recently suffered a traumatic brain injury said doctors warned he could die if he is not found soon. sean sidi has been missing since may 21st and was last seen at his former high school in san francisco. his family is hoping the doctor's opinion issued this week, will help change sidi's status with police to "medically disabled." family members say changing his status would raise the priority level of the search with police. friends and family are holding

oakland wasn't the only california city to make the list of top ten most dangerous cities across thentry. stockton ranked six. in the newsroom, phillipe jegal, kron 4 news. >>> we're in for a big treat this weekend. amazing view of a massive full moon. it's called a super moon. in atlanta. you'll be able to get a first hand look early tomorrow morning and that is really early. 4:32 a.m.. 14% larger and 30% brighter than an average full moon. it occurs when the moon is full and at the the same time reaches it's orbit. we're anxiously awaiting the moment. >> i am staying up until 4:30 this morning, actually you don't need to stay up until 4:30. that is when it's going to peek. it's it's pretty big. look at it right now. it's a real bright moon. i was on the roof a few minutes ago and you practically need sunglasses to look at it. we have a storm headed in for tonight so you may not be able to see it too much longer. fog off of the ocean and that's pretty a typical for the end of june. going to bring wet weather here tomorrow and monday. look for a mostly cloudy day sunday. showers deve

. >>> meet 13-year-old nick legrand in kansas city. 1800 miles away in oakland, california, meet the telerobotic pitching machine. nick throws the first pitch on the left. on the right, the pitch goes and is caught. nick can't travel because he's fighting a life-threatening disease. >>> early today sports is brought to you by new just for men autostop. gray is over. >>> just ahead, paul mccartney takes stephen colbert by storm. >>> and nelson mandella is responding well to treatment. >>> welcome back. there's an upper level storm spinning in the upper levels of the atmosphere right off the northwest coastline. another spoke on the wheel. we just went through the portland area. just kicked off heavier showers and rain. behind it, more scattered showers throughout your early morning hours. that's literally going to sit up here and spin for the time being and keeping temperatures rather cool, too. onshore flow is why san francisco is cool but you'll get some sunshine this afternoon. interior sections remain very warm if not hot for the foreseeable future. our weather pattern gets a litt

. >>> meet 13-year-old nick legrand in kansas city. 1800 miles away in oakland, california.ightening a life threatening disease. great stuff. >> great stuff. thanks so much, richard. >>> time to dig deeper into some of our topo lit call stories. we're joined by bob franken. thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> earlier in the show we mentioned bill clinton has comments about obama being too soft. is it time for obama to be more aggressive? >> what's interesting is that he said president obama might be relying too heavily on the polls. during clinton's presidency his opponents complained about exactly that. his administration was poll driven. it's interesting how things can change. the problem that the obama administration has, we're all well aware of this, is that in syria some of those who are opposing the assad regime are in fact people who are islamic extremists. that could become a problem if they are left with the arms like they were in afghanistan. >> now turning now to some issues closer to home. republican congressman trent franks is catching flak by saying inci

with the report was if they want to change state law, i want to see what other cities in california are doing, l.a., oakland, san diego. somebody just separate me a report in l.a., it wasn't from mta, which was interesting. but the most problem that i have with is the fourth item, is the four-hour parking limit. as somebody who worked for the city and has a disability, one of my goals when i was working on the side was working for the city to hire more people with disability. i worked with walter parks and susan messner in trying to hire more people with disabilities. but if they are going to put a 4-hour time limit, without any, you know, any flexibility, then this is really not acceptable. and also, what about people with disabilities whose doctor's appointments are more than four hours? my wife has a disability placard and was in the dentist for over four hours. so i think there needs to be some flexibility and i hope mta would have an outreach, something modeled like we had at spur about disability. you know, pedestrian with the mta and sf walk and i think there needs to be a lot more community involvem

oakland pd comes to our city their policy follows them. if they ask us to take over the pursuit our policy applies otherwise oakland police department or normally california highway patrol their policy will dictate what their officers will do. if we receive information their officers are in our city we will send one car to enter that pursuit so we know what is occurring in our city so we can make good judgments as well, and if it's unreasonable if the city our supervisors can certainly call that agency and ask why are you pursuing and we need to cancel. again the balance test. >> thank you. i was looking for that sentence that would just basically say that, but i feel like you don't necessarily need t i think it would help to make it extra clear but without tithink it's logical that the rest of the policy applies regardless and the policy follows the sf police officer. okay thank you. >> commissioner truman. >> one of the things they was struck by is reading criteria of the things that an officer must weigh and pretty much in a matter of seconds some of these may come upon you. i am looking specifically at roman numeral 42a and the listing there. are we a

mayors from several california cities including san francisco, oakland and san jose were in sacramento meeting with the government about the new budget. ktvu's ken pritchett is live there now. they are happy with the budget but they have concerns? >> reporter: they do. the bay area's big three mayors met with the los angeles mayer and other big city mayors to meet with the governor and talk about the budget. they feel like they lost a valuable tool when it comes to job creation. >> reporter: it looked like a reunion. all smiles as mayor ed lee, mayor jean quan and chuck reed filed into the governor's office. they thanked speaker of the house john boehner thanked area -- governor jerry brown for a budget passed on time. they said it will help their cities. the budget targets more money for k-12 students who are english learning or poor. >> a third of my kids are low income kids so they will get extra money to give kids a more even start. >> but they have disagreements. governor jerry brown wants to eliminate enterprise zones which mayor ed lee says it has helped create jobs. >> reward c

. >> the study did not break out results for specific cities. 20 states including california have logged barring housing dediscrimination. >> oakland is spending millions of dollars to install l.e.d. street lights. their build is energy efficient and could make the streets safer. ktvu's paul chambers found out today, not everyone is buying into this project, paul. >> that is right. the light behind me is one of the old ones. one of the new ones, a loot brighter, which will enhance the community safety. people we talk to say the lights alone aren't enough. >> in this area, there is a lot of crime. >> she lived in oakland her entire life. today when she heard the city spending $15 million on l. e.d. lights, she was upset. saying the money would be better spent on summer programs for kids. >> they don't have anything to do for the summer. what are they going to do besides fight and kill each other? >> renee knows firsthands about the violence in oakland. recently, she lost two nephews to gun violence, six months apart. >> i don't want to lose my kids. but it's hard. they don't have nothing to do. they don't have nothing to keep them o

oakland california. and you're aware of the violent nature in that city. >> of course, yeah. >> what i'm concerned with is you have do gooders and they're painting out something that the nortenas have painted and want to stay up there and they don't really observe nighttime hours versus daytime hours. so, how do we protect the possibility of some violence being put upon these people that are doing the good work? >> so, you're thinking more like the retaliation from taggers of the people that are abating the tagging. >> you just have to educate them. try to make them aware of what's gang graffiti and what's tagger graffiti. either way it's going to be dangerous. there is a lot of violence in the taggers. they get into fist fights. i've arrested tagers with knives and brass knuckles. i've heard stories of guns being taken off tagers. it is a violent culture or has aspects of violent culture in it. you need to educate people on that. when you're going -- when you're painting over someone's graffiti, that could be seen as the ultimate disrespect. and you could be exposing yourself to a lot of danger. that's o

oakland coliseum. those drivers haven't-caught. >> violent crime is on rise in 11 of the 15 largest cities around the bay area and the fbi says oakland has the highest per capita crime rate in california. violent crimes rose 20% in oakland last year from the year before. they were up 12% in richmond, nearly 11% in san jose, 7.5% here in san francisco. fremont had the biggest decline by the way with violent crime down 20%. >>> right now, the powerhouse fire north of los angeles is 60% contained. they say it will be next monday before it's fully contained. better weather conditions though are helping the fire crews that work through the night trying to get the fire out. three firefighters have been treated for minor injuries since the fire started last thursday. six homes have been destroyed, nine others have been damaged, but the number of homes threatened is down now to 275. there have already been 2,000 wildfires in california this year alone. that's 60% more than last year and 90% more than in an average year. >>> meanwhile, new mexico, the fight continues against the trace lagunas fired that burned about 8,000 acres in five days and prompted the evacuation of about 100 summer homes

california. stay with ktvu for complete coverage. >>> the oakland as try to sweep dusty baker and the reds. >>> and happening now, a live look at san jose city hall where a celebration is just getting started. we'll be right back. >>> happening now, we want to show you another live look at the castro district in san francisco where people are gathering for tonight's rally. it will be a celebration in the prop 8 case. same-sex couples have been celebrating throughout the city all day following today's decision. it is a day that many people say they have been waiting a long time for now and now many are planning wedings. this rally is set to begin in just minutes. we've been following the developments in the castro talking with people, getting reaction following today's supreme court decision. >>> we want to go to our sports director where the as were trying to get the one-two punch against the reds. >> thank you for coming, now get out of here. as definitely bringing their a- game this afternoon start to finish. josh reddick, the reigning gold glove winner helping out a.j . griffin. as break it open with a four- run fourth one, two, three. jo

city of oakland and b.a.r.t. >> you're going to see on july first that the working class in northern california are mad and we'renot going to take it anymore. >> it's time for the truth to be told. it's time for the employees to be treated fairly and i'm sorry. it's going to take a strike to get it done. >> reporter: but strikes are only as good as the sympathy those inconvenienced give to workers. >> we are asking that the community stand with us. that the b.a.r.t. riders stand with us. that the citizens of the city of oakland stand with us. >> reporter: for oaklanders, losed services including police work performed by civilians, library services and housing inspections. but in oakland, it's just for one day. >> one day is really just, scaring people. but if you go back to work they're saying, okay we're not really scared. do it for longer. show them that you really mean to get things done. >> only thing it's going to do is influence people's day and make it worse. other than that it really has no effect. >> i'm not sure it's effective nor necessary. my opinion is even though i'm a union member that there shoul

city of oakland and b.a.r.t. >> you're going to see on july first that the working class in northern california are mad and we'renot going to take it anymore. >> it's time for the truth to be told. it's time for the employees to be treated fairly and i'm sorry. it's going to take a strike to get it done. >> reporter: but strikes are only as good as the sympathy those inconvenienced give to workers. >> we are asking that the community stand with us. that the b.a.r.t. riders stand with us. that the citizens of the city of oakland stand with us. >> reporter: for oaklanders, losed services including police work performed by civilians, library services and housing inspections. but in oakland, it's just for one day. >> one day is really just, scaring people. but if you go back to work they're saying, okay we're not really scared. do it for longer. show them that you really mean to get things done. >> only thing it's going to do is influence people's day and make it worse. other than that it really has no effect. >> i'm not sure it's effective nor necessary. my opinion is even though i'm a union member that there shoul

. >> it's violating california law by interfering with a contract the city has with the oakland a's to move themselves. it accuses the league and the commissioner of failing to -- at the economic expense of san jose. >> why should every other sport that national hockey league, the nband the nfl, national football league all have to live with the laws? they all are bound by the anti-trust laws. why should baseball alone be exempt from that? >> the suit contends that mlb exercises monopoly power and lists the 1998 complaint in which the new york yankees call the mlb a cartel. it also claims that the only reason the giants have territorial rights over santa clara county is because back in the late '80s. the a's tried to help their fellow team as the giants considered a move south. an independent study indicates a downtown stadium would jn rate $30 million in net revenue in san jose over 30 years and $10 million for local school districts and 18 million for the county cou coffer. the owners who control the san francisco giants and lawyer and lobbyists are trying to dictate the few tu of ou

even though they are compliant with the california law, the federal government u views them as a criminal dispensary. the city of oakland has taken them to court to keep harborside up and running. this marks the first time any city has taken the u.s. government the court over its marijuana laws. >> so the next big test is going to be december 20th. it is going to be a really historic day of hearings and critical constitutional issues about the power of localities and the cities and the states and the relationships to each other will be discussed and implicated in the case. it is a case of huge national importance. first we will hear a motion from the city to stop all of the proceedings. if the judge hears a motion on that day, it stops everything in its tracks and will never resurrect it again. but then we will hear motions from the landlords for the court to issue an order for us to cease selling the cannabis. if we win, we will get our day in court and we will win. we will be in front of a bay air jury, and all we have to do is to prove that more harm will result from closing harborside than results from allowing harb

california's assault weapons ban. recently the city of berkeley and oakland changed their fire arm investment policies. >>> 8:49.se police are investigating new details about a fatal crash we first told you about yesterday morning. police say the crash could be connected to peer that was stolen from a convenience store one mile away. the accident happened around:00 yesterday morning near hillsdale avenue. a toyota avalon hit a row of parked cars. the passenger 40-year-old henry olmeda died at the scene. >> the 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of dui and vehicular manslaughter. >>> concession workers at at&t park will be holding another rally. it starts shortly before the giants' game. 750 workers held a one-day strike last month in their continuing contract dispute with their management. the workers include cashiers, cooks and bartenders. they say they've gone without a pay raise since 2010. but management is offering a fair pay increase and the best compensation package in their industry. >>> one of san francisco's leading tourist attractions at fisherman's wharf will close in august. the wracks museum is

california's gas tax will be the highest in the country. want more bad news? okay. i i've got it. more than 1500 city of oakland employees are geared up for a strike on monday. workers from local 21 and seiu 1021 say this all stems from 15 weeks of, quote, unsuccessful negotiations with the city. they claim they made several concessions and cutbacks in the past and with the economy improving, they should be able to get some of their wages back. >> of court services, open residents during economic times. it is first members and i want to say we are proud to show our true colors standing here in blue. we will be on strike monday, july 1st. >> one-day strike, and the strike is set to take affect starting at 6:00 a.m.. >>> well, it's been two years since brian stowe was nearly beaten to death outside dodgers stadium. his recovery has not been easy. law shows us what his life is like now. >> there's no masking the strain. each step a challenge trying to walk just a few feet, but the biggest hurdles for brian stowe are the ones you can't see. >> you did good. >> a stunning feat for a man who two years ago was beaten

the california public utilities commission will be holding a public hearing tonight discussing that proposed increase. it starts at 7:00 p.m. in the city council chambers at oakland city hall. >>> new this morning, fire investigators trying to figure out what sparked a brushfire in antioch overnight. fire broke out before 11:00 last night near wilbur avenue and minaker drive. took crews an hour to knock down the flames. in all, 15 acres burned. no reports of injuries. no buildings were damaged. >>> people in the south bay may notice smoke in the air near milpitas. it's all part of a firefighting exercise. crews from several agencies including the santa clara county fire department taking part in a live fire exercise at ed levin county park. the exercise a culmination of a four-day training event. crews practice using fire as defensive tool in fighting much larger, more dangerous wildfires. >>> let's see if we'll have winds today if it will carry the smoke out there as well. >> good wednesday to you. want to help you get started. help you get your day going right. calm winds continue right now up in santa rosa. we have winds picking up down in the south bay and an

oakland san jose and other bay area cities. >>> ktvu channel 2 morning news will stay on top of the very latest developments and they will let you know officially when same-sex marriage can begin in california and you can get more information on our channel 2 website just look for proposition 8 at the top of the page. >>> a very dangerous moment for chp officers who risked their lives who tried to search a burning car early this morning. >> witnesses reported a car bursting into flames, it happened on 808 in oakland -- 880 in oakland. police realized the car was empty and they walked away before somebody came by and picked her up. >>> they are trying to find out how a tree trimmer was elect cuted. he was attached to a live wire and they believe they hit a power line causing the execution. they will solicit the report of passengers and the embarcadero is showing a looming bart strike. >>> they will be ones who are most convenient and they will be out here in about an hour basically letting passenger know why they are taking this action. the near unanimous vote was announced wednesday and it was representing 2300 bart workers and it shut down the entire system and there is of course every cha

with supporters in oakland recruiting volunteers to perform marriages at city hall when the same-sex marriages resume. governor brown has ordered all county clerk offices in california to begin issuing marriage licenses the moment the 9th circuit confirms the stay has been lifted. in the bay area clerk will add staff and extend hour to accommodate the flood of couples when the state gives the green light. in alameda county the marriage license forms have been updated to be gender neutral. we reported the rulings when they came down if you were with us yesterday you know that. you can stay open top of breaking news by downloading our smartphone app which is free at abc7news.com/app. >> other news this morning, bart riders will want to work on a backup plan just in case there is a strike. workers voted to authorize a work stoppage over pay and benefits. it could disaster monday. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more from walnut creek. >> we hear a lot of optimism with hope. we do not hear a lot of backup plan. we hope this will not happen. we have video of the vote that was taken to authorize by the union. this just happened and we are finding passengers who are

california. we will show you the damage and hear how long it could be before flames are under control. >>> breaking news in oakland. triple shooting just blocks from city >>> plus a huge tree causing a big mess in san francisco. how it could impact the morning commute. star command, i'm detecting high levels of happiness. luscious locks there's an entire land here...with living cars. now this is flying... with style. great glittering galaxies. disneyland resort just got happier, see it all with a 3-day park hopper ticket. i now appear to be lost in a deep dark cave... >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news it's monday, june 3rd i'm brian flores. >> good morning, i'm jana katsuyama. pam cook is off today. let's take a look at weather and traffic. we will start off with steve paulson. >> who is here today. >> he is here today. >> a lot of low clouds. cooler for some. still way, way inland. that time of year is really tough to cool down. there is a bigger fog bank and no doubt about it a delta breeze. that helps many today. 50s to near 90. >>> traffic at the bay bridge not all that bad. traffic continues to move along pretty well. now we cont

california law, the california government used the dispensary as a criminal organization, but harborside is going to fight back and they have an unusual ally in the corner, and the city of oakland taken the city to court to keep harborside up and running. this marks the first time any city has taken the u.s. government the court over its marijuana laws. >> so the next big test is going to be december 20th. it is going to be a really historic day of hearings and critical constitutional issues about the power of localities and the cities and the states and the relationships to each other will be discussed and implicated in the case. it is a case of huge national importance. first we will hear a motion from the city to stop all of the proceedings. if the judge hears a motion on that day, it stops everything in its tracks and will never resurrect it again. but then we will hear motions from the landlords to ask the court to ask us to cease and desist selling cannabis. if we win, we will get our day in court and we will win. we will be in front of a bay area jury, ab all we have to do is to prove that more harm will result from closing harborside than results from allowing harborsid

california public utilities commission holding a public hearing tonight to discuss the proposed increase. this one starts at 7:00 in the city council chambers at oaklandy hall. >>> the baseball brawl that a former oakland athletic toss off the field, next. >>> a look at true cost of driving and electric car ahead. >> some potential lil tough news for the giants' marco scutero could be out for a considerable amount of time but fans hoping it's not too serious. he'll see a specialist after hit by a pitch in the seventh inning last night's ball game. comcast sportsnet bay area andrew baggaley says x-rays are negative, no fracture. there are worries scutero could have damaged a tendon because he cannot straighten out one of his fingers. the giants, we can tell you, lose the game. 8-2. bruce bochie and george kontos both ejected in the eighth after kontos hit a batter with a pitch. the league right now reviewing those ejections and suspensions could be handed down as early as today. have you seen this one? former oakland a's slugger mark mcgwire ejected from a game last night. now a batting coach for the l.a. dodgers, right in the middle with the benches c

oakland, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> san bruno city officials want the state to fine p-g-e ton dollars for the company's role in the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. the city's lawyers responded to the californianed two-and - a quarter billion dollars. san bruno officials said the c-p-u-c's terms allow the company to deduct part of the penalty from its taxes, which lets the utility "off the hook." p-g-and-e called the fine excessive and said its shareholders have paid more than two billion dollars in system upgrades. diablo view middle school officials in clayton are this morning. >> friday was a normal school day without incident. but earlier in the week, up the school. it was written on a wall in the girls' bathroom. routeas a precaution, administrators notified parents, students and staff. they also hired private security and took student handwriting samples. however, school officials have not yet identified the person responsible for writing the threat. lunch with billionaire warren buffeett isn't cheap. an anonymous bidder is paying over one-million dollars to dine with the successful investor and philanthropist. but that price is a bargain compared to last year's bid of nearly three-poin

california. a beautiful start to the day. this is coming from oakland. looking out across the bay bridge to the city by the bay.ate bridge, that's how good our visibility is this morning. crystal clear out there. temperatures with the sunshine coming in so early are going to be comfortable today. 77 degrees in livermore. 72 fremont. 72 san jose. 62 degrees today in san francisco. i bumped up your numbers from yesterday. bump them up more for thursday and the first full day of summer friday, 65 inland. cable or weather.com online. savannah. >>> all right al. thanks. this morning a consumer alert for bargain shoppers. some major retailers maybe misleading you with those big sales. today jeff rossen is here with those details. jeff, good morning to you. >>> you're a war began shopper, right? >> i am. if it sounds too good to be true -- >> it probably is. >> see how we did that. we all love a good sale. when you see the sign 20% off or 30% off or like savannah loves, 50% off, you assume you're getting a good deal but we found that sale price may not be a deal at all. now customers are fighting back with class actio