this morning i have reached out to the oakland police department for comment. d haven't heard back yet. if i do i'll let you know what they had to stay. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> a campus police officer involved in last year's pepper spraying incident at uc davis has left the department. lieutenant john pike was caught by cameras dousing occupy protesters with spray last fall. that video went viral and now has more than 2 1/2 million views. uc davis will not say whether he quit or he was fired. but pike and another officer were placed on administrative leave after that incident. investigative report released in april called the use of pepper spray unreasonable. >>> 5:36. in is south bay, county planners will consider a controversial mosque. the islamic center wants to build a mosque on 15 acres land in san martin. tonight county planners are discussing the project. the cordova center would consist of a mosque, cemetery and multipurpose building. some residents have raised concerns about construction contaminating local in

. >>> the oakland police department faces the threat of a federal takeover. a court-appointed monitor says the city has not moved quickly enough to implement the reforms the court has required. >> reporter: this report indicates the police department is still not in compliance with court-ordered reforms, and the fact remains behind almost stagnant. supervision and the review of work by officers remain of concern, andbout the - raised about the police response to occupy oakland, some officer-involved shootings, and the department response those raise even greater concerns >> i don't believe they believe these reforms are necessary. >> reporter: this is one of the attorneys that filed the original lawsuit that led to these reforms >> the supervisions, the prigzs, the people who -- the politicians, the people who are responsible for the systemic dysfunction in the police department are never held accountable. >> reporter: the report also indicates photos posted inside police headquarters of a federal judge, possibly the one on this case, and an elected city offi

dirichlet's the report is the last one before a judge decides whether to turn the oakland police department over to federal control. but police and making progress because they're more in compliance with federal standards than ever. when i became a council member the original complaint had 55 items when i became mayor there are 22. where is the ring hollow for the parents of alan boulevard. >>> one change today. we want justice today. the monitor did not acknowledge a slight improvement and i can still become science however he is now looking into different issues involved in officer involved shootings. live in oakland kristen their cbs five. the pepper spray police officer of uc-davis the guy who made headlines all around the world is now no longer employed at the university attended john pike became the symbol of public outrage over the incident after cellphone video of him spring campus protesters spot on the internet at university confirms that pike is no longer employed there but it won't discuss any details. hundreds of people to renounce to wage raises in san jose city council opted

> some news about a scathing report that some say may lead to a federal take over of the oakland police department. >> reporter: there are new calls today for a federal take over of the oakland police department. after the release of this over sight report. a federal monitor describes the decade old reform effort as quote almost stagnant. he also highlights offensive photos that were posted of police headquarters, the pictures showing major jean quan and federal judge jefferson were disfigured. >> it shows that they don't care and the culture change that they say is coming really does not exist in large parts of the oakland police department. >> reporter: according to the report the controversial photos stayed up for two days days even after an employee complained. the report says quote, either they were incompetent and did not know what was going on in their commands or they knew, failed to act and then lied. the federal monitor also sited other problems including poor handling of occupy protests and recent officer involved shootings. still mayor quan says she was fight a take over of the departm

today is dimming report from the oakland police department's independent monitor to were into our handling of recent officer involved shootings the report says the officer stated that the disease pointing a gun at him an assertion that conflicted with videos shown on the officers portable digital recording device. despite that the officer was found to be in compliance with policy though the police chief later reversed that decision the independent monitor also discovered that despite being outfitted with these high- tech recording devices many oakland officers don't turn on. >>> decide whether to turn the oakland police department over to federal control the mayor gene klein insists that people police and making progress because they're more in compliance with federal standards than ever. >>> and became a council member the original complaints had 55 items when he became mayor there are 22 and today there are only nine. words ring hollow for the parents of air in blue for it. did weighty one justice today. did the report did knowledge is slice increase in and the number of items that otb i

sure seems like the hits keep coming against the oakland police department. this time from the city auditor's department that's releasing a report today. basically saying that the department spent about $2 million on equipment that it either didn't use or wasn't used enough. starting with the shot spotter technology system. basically what that is, is a system of microphones set up all around oakland that can pick up the sound of gunfire and help police get to the scene quickly. report found there were staffing issues and police only had one computer for it that wasn't always monitored. the report covers from 2005 to 2011. while police spent a million dollars on a video system for the patrol cars here that could record interactions with residents it didn't even work and the vendor went out of business but that system was tweaked into lapel cameras for officers. three vendors in all actually went out of business with no opportunity for refunds. the report criticizes the i.t. department. the city auditor recommended about 22 ways that the oakland police departmen

there are certain issues in the oakland police department to avoid a federal scutiny and possible take over of the department. >> the mayor wanted to talk about the progress the oakland police department has made since she was mayor. but the new report stripped the narrative. >> the institution has some bad people and i think that the police under howard jordan have made tremendous progress. >> the document critized the way in which it dealt with outside demonstrators and officer involved shootings and cites defaced pictures of the district judge the man overseeing the reforms. and the other of mayor quan. they are race yist insulting and inappropriate. >> racism, you can change the wall and change the institution is supposed to work, but you have to change people's hearts and culture. >> the scrutiny the department is over stems from the arrest of the oakland police officers known as riders. nine years later critics say several key changes are yet to be made. >> it is oakland the problem and not crime and other factors which frankly other departments dealt with. he is demanding more b

department wasted millions of dollars. >> we did not set out to squander $2 million. my job is to make sure it does not happen again. >> the same day it was made public the oakland police chief was ready to answer charges his department mismanaged nearly $2 million >> i don't take that lightly, that is about 20 more cops >> the city auditor found a police department made bad purchases, buying technology that was never used or underuse that was not suitable for the job and in three cases, the company went under so the city had no way to recoup losses >> how you explain that to the taxpayer? >> police officers are not really that technical >> the chief took issue with criticism of the shot spotter system that helped police identify where guns are fired. jordan said in one year registered nearly 3000 alerts but it did not work as planned for years. it took a modification to make it effective. >> it is not acceptable as an auditor or in the eyes of the public >> among the recommendations, make a long-term plan and get guarantees from vendors >> it is not about whether to implement 22 recommendations. what is at risk is public safety >> the oakland police department will hi

the oakland police department is now handling this investigation because that crash happened on city streets. >>> well sunday, new at noon they have their sites setting -- sight set on dui offenders. >> reporter: we are 12 hours away from that crackdown and it's called avoid 13 and it is when law enforcement goes to the roadways cracking down on people drinking and driving. >> as police officers our message is clear and unwaiverring. if you drive drunk you will be arrested. >> i taught me daughter never to drink and drive but i never taught my daughter not to get in the car with a drunk driver. >> reporter: jordan west was killed november 21strd 2010. she was a passenger in a vehicle when a female driver lost control near highway 101. that same year the traffic department reported several drivers under 21 had been drinking and in those accidents five people died. that is why law enforcements from every city in santa clara, and chp are teaming up over the next several days to put an end to drinking and driving. you never want to get that call that you lost a loved one. >> you or your

oakland police and the month of may. family, friends want answers from oakland police had also have filed a federal lawsuit to try to get the police report from the oakland police department. backers say that people are wearing t-shirts and they say that they want justice. i spoke with the father. >> this is just a tragedy for us and our family. we want oakland to be aware. he was 18 years old a went to his high-school prom. just one week before he was murdered he was going to graduate. and his mother went to skyline high school it was very difficult. it is very difficult for us as a family to accept that our son was murdered by these police. we are taxpayers. >>reporter: back out here like a moment of silence is being held for alan.. his supporters are out here trying to get answers from oakland city hall board will have more coming up on kron4 news at 8:00 p.m. >>pam: jeff bush, thank you. the mother of this young man, kenneth harding is still in the city of san francisco. she says that she witnessed that he was running away after not paying his muni light rail. investigators say that he was trying to shoot police but the lawsuit says that he was wrenching and in pain a

new at 10, a bizarre new development involving the federal monitor sent to investigate the oakland police department. rita williams tells us about reports that the oakland city administer is accusing that monitor of making inappropriate comments to her, and that's not all. >> reporter: oakland police department is tearing on the precipice, just a few months from a possible federal takeover, the first in the country. city officials now have accused this man, sent by the federal court to evaluate police, of inappropriate conduct himself. robert warshaw, a former police chief. in a motion with the court, the city did not divulge details of the allegations. but tonight, the chronicle quoted unnamed sources, saying city administer deanna santana accused the federal monitor of making inappropriate comments, holding her hand and calling her stunning, also of using abusive language to describe oakland's police chief. i talked with two attorneys today on opposite sides. they say they're not aware of what the allegations are. >> i really have no idea at this point. >> reporter: but they fear the accusations m

plus-- >> reporter: could the oakland police department be closer to a federal take over?one particular criticism of opd that played into a protest here at city hall tonight. >>> and take a look at this the damage done to a packed passenger plane as it landed today. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver, only from at&t. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying u-verse plan. rethink possible. >>> new at 10:00, loud criticism of the oakland police department after a critical report by a federal monitor assigned to oversee reforms at hpd. eric rasmussen is live, where the criticism is coming from several directions, eric. >> reporter: it is and the issue came up tonight over a protest of the police shooting of bluford. someone put a giant pink slip on the doors of the city hall demanding the officer that shot bluford be fired. and the talk of opd got things fired up. >>> the pare

>> reporter: well, probably no one would deny that the oakland police department faces challenges. >> we have a 30% reduction in our numbers just in the last couple of years. and a 20% increase in violent crime. >> reporter: for nine years, the department has been under a federal court order to change its culture and clean up its act. in less than two months, attorneys who brought the successful lawsuit that led to the court order plan to ask the judge to order a federal takeover of the department, a first in the nation. >> when the reports come out, they show a level of stagnation. that's just unacceptable. >> reporter: the person writing those critical reports the past three years is this man, federal monitor robert warshaw, a former police chief. now he's under attack himself, accused of making inappropriate comments and holding the hand of deanna santana and using abusive language to describe oakland's police chief three months ago. >> obviously the timing is extremely suspicious. >> reporter: the two civil rights attorneys say they spent many hours with city officials. >> i'm pre

. >> good evening i am dana king >> the oakland police department is accused of squandering millions axpayer dollars. a scathing report from the city auditor shows the department spent the money on technology that they never used, or was grossly underutilized. ann noterangelo is here with what was contained in that audit. >> it is a 65 page report with the 22 recommendations on how the oakland police department can better spend taxpayer money. >> we did not set out to squander $2 million, our job was to make sure that it does not happen again. >> the same day a damning report was made public, the oakland police chief was ready to answer charges that his department mismanaged nearly $2 million. >> $2 million to meet is about 20 more cops. >> after a yearlong investigation, the city auditor found that the police department made that purchases, technology that was never used or underused. or was not suitable for the job and in three cases, the companies went under so the city had no way to recoup their losses. >> this is what is so disappointing and discouraging from this report, it is t

. >>> another report and another black eye for the oakland police department as rita williams reports a new audit finds they squaderred $2 million on new technology. >> this newest report slams the oakland police department for squandering almost $2 million on never-used or under-used technology. >> we did not set out to squander $2 million. if you look at what happened this is $2 million over a period of time. >> we have $2 million that have gone down the drain. >> the city auditor says she started the audit more than a year ago. she says she found 4 out of 12 systems the department paid for or never used. one more under used. the under used half million technology was so-called shot spotter system. the deal, five years ago, had one person at one computer monitoring the shots sot department paid more to upgrade the system and now each police car has its own monitor. >> how do you explain that to the citizen? >> these cameras each officer now wears on his chest started with a $1.2 million system with cameras on the police cars. now, scrap. >> the system was broken. that opd for years

new at 10, a bizarre new development involving the federal monitor sent to investigate the oakland police departmentrita williams tells us about reports that the oakland city administer is accusing that monitor of making inappropriate comments to her, and that's not all. >> reporter: oakland police department is tearing on the precipice, just a few months from a possible federal takeover, the first in the country. city officials now have accused this man, sent by the federal court to evaluate police, of inappropriate conduct himself. robert warshaw, a former police chief. in a motion with the court, the city did not divulge details of the allegations. but tonight, the chronicle quoted unnamed sources, saying city administer deanna santana accused the federal monitor of making inappropriate comments, holding her hand and calling her stunning, also of using abusive language to describe oakland's police chief. i talked with two attorneys today on opposite sides. they say they're not aware of what the allegations are. >> i really have no idea at this point. >> reporter: but they fear the accusations mig

plus-- >> reporter: could the oakland police department be closer to a federal take over?one particular criticism of opd here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbng ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> new at 10:00, loud criticism of the oakland police department after a critical report by a federal monitor assigned to oversee reforms at hpd. eric rasmussen is live, where the criticism is coming from several directions, eric. >> reporter: it is and the issue came up tonight over a protest of the police shooting of bluford. someone put a giant pink slip on the doors of the city hall demanding the officer that shot bluford be fired. and the talk of opd got things fired up. >>> the parents of allen bluford led this rally at city hall. bluford's mother insists hpd isn't sharing information about her son. >> that's not cooperating, that's not standing up for justice. that's not getting to the bottom of what's going on. >> reporter: the police department's handling of the

be allowed in the first car of a trainor on crowded trains. >> calling him a legend the oakland police department held a special celebration for one of its own. they played try bout to -- tribute to a lieutenant who is retiring 35 years. he is on the board of directors for the police officer's association and is also president of the latino police officer's association. >> many of us have heard and used a twitter website. coming up why it's causing controversy. >> and back here, temperatures did cool off today but we are back into the warming trend. i will show you how warm in your neighborhood tomorrow. Ñ . >>> social media, twitter specifically is having a big impact on the olympics. paul chambers live with how fans may like it but some athletes may be regret what they have sent out. >> we are live outside twitter headquarters and -- olympic coverage is being changed by social media. if you would not like to know the results change your head because there are tweets in here that give away results. >> first olympic. >> reporter: there was a time when if you wanted to know how someone did you had

car took off the seventh street remains close, you can see investigators out here from the oakland police department because this happened on zero and property. the police department had oakland is covering the investigation in the background, you can see an on ramp to 880 that remained close out here. this is a busy part of the port of oakland for trucks that are coming and going. now we still may be an hour or so away before they wrap up the investigation >> justine: -- >> mark: let us get an update on the area traffic with the georgia >> george: . we have lighter than usual conditions. it looks like the metering lights may be active for your west bound ride. the car and i couldn't any problems your bay area commute still looks great. the peninsula ride is still light and so is the north bay. your ride on 101 from the south bay is to is 14 minutes leading up to the montague expressway. >> george: erica. >> erica: the morning george, we have a lot of cloud coverage to talk about. we also see some visibility and it looks like we have issues with arriving flight at sfo. the delays are 65 minutes. it

. >> some high-tech troubles for the oakland police department. accusations of millions of dollars being wasted. >> also a problem at a bay area oil refinery is adding to the pain at the pump. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. >>> good morning, to you. welcome to the middle of the week it's wednesday, first day of august i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. steve paulson is here with the forecast. it has been pretty hot in some parts. >> some parts. 60nd by the coast. 90s inland though. parts of the bay sitting in the 70s and 80s for afternoon highs. the furl moon out there for some. 60s to mid to upper 90s. here is sal. f >>> good morning. traffic in both directions on interstate 880 looks good. this is a look at the freeway in marin county. southbound traffic looks good. it's 6:01 this morning. san francisco police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting in the portola neighborhood. tara moriarty tells us there are concerns the gunfire could be tied to gang war. >> reporter: inspectors have been working into the wee hours of the morni

. >> high-tech troubles for the oakland police department. accusations of millions of dollars wasted. >> also a big problem at the bay area oil refinery. all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a brand new day good morning, to you it's the middle of the week it's wednesday, first day of august i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. let's check in with steve paulson for me the weather has been gorgeous. >> pam, i do it for you. >> i know it. i appreciate it. >> if you're by the coast you are looking up seeing fog. . if you are inland, you can see the first of two full moons. once in a blue moon we have a forecast like this. 60s, 70s and 80s. here is sal. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving along pretty well on highway 4. as you can see it's not a bad commute as you drive over to concord. and this morning we are looking add 237 if you want to get a good drive right now is the time. 5:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> helping our news this morning -- ktvu tara moriarty tells us the gunmen are still on

. >>> we have been reporting for months no one with the oakland police department the city is trying to fix what's wrong >>> dead spots to ready a silence oakland say are they're dealing with a touching click cheap radios system. when president obama was visiting oakland >>> i want a system that works >>> this president of the oakland police association had problems recently as friday >>> officers reported glitches service >>> they found a determine what was causing the problem >>> these cell sites >>> this is at&t's fruit fell cellphone tower it is set at gq system and in affairs with radio traffic at&t switched off the antenna and 15 others in oakland. >>> credit problems linked to the tower but some problems persist but he's heard all this before they've done a fix last year with no real results and >>> it will take some time to know if this is actually the problem >>> this is not the first time this his hand for similar problems with the port authority due to a cellphone towers to at&t says this is a temporary fix. liven of glen christin ayers cbs 5 >>> the department of agricultu

mayor is quoted as making some well you have to hear for yourself what she said about the oakland police department. >> reporter: oakland mayor once again finds hot water. in the latest issue of new york times magazine, quan is quote in an article. in leaf france in reference to the police department's raid that led to the injury of an iraq war veteran the theory among some left friends and members of my family was that i was set up she said. you know, i was out of town, they closed down the camp a day early and then overreacted. certain people in the police had tried to set me up before. i mean, my car got booted right after the election. why? to send the message that they can do what they want quan said that i better watch out. oakland police officer's association president berry denies the police department set up the mayor and says the mayor's comments to the times are outrageous. >> i think these comments are inappropriate and i think they are totally out landish that you would suggest that police officers in a city that had crime problems and struggling as we are as a prison deputy to try to

based on arbitrary political boundaries you have in one instance the folks that work at oakland police department saying that we would never dream of taking somebody recording device and we actually encourage them to film whereas other police departments proactively take people's property they still are property and a sense try to chill them from documenting their interactions taking their cameras so but again with with the traditional gatekeepers of information losing their grip on the free flow of information cop lock and other alternative media sites are having a huge impact and people around the world. are seeing that you know it doesn't make sense coercion is not the way to to operate your life but instead volunteer actions are much better it seems like we're seeing a lot more of these videos coming our police kind of cracking down on those that do record than and do try to expose what they're doing why do you think that as a there are police officers in these jurisdictions unaware of the law or what do you think is going on so your question i would honestly say it's a natural consequence of

. >> the oakland police department is promising to take action after an audit found that it squandered millions of taxpayer dollars dollars. an audit shows the department spent the mone on technology it never used or was grossly underutilized. oakland police will be hiring and i t director and occasional consultant to help them make smarter purchases. they have until january to report back to the auditor about the changes made. the investigation was prompted after it was discovered california parks department officials deliberately under reported nearly $50 million. the state comptroller's office has also found discrepancies in other state departments >> san jose voters will not get a chance to vote on a library funding measure. the proposal would have guaranteed that libraries get a certain percentage of the general fund every year. supporters contend the clerk's office initially required signatures but there were recently told they needed more, 57,000 signatures. the reason more were required to is because it would limit the city's charter. president obama continues his campaign toda

oakland police. this time about mishandling city money as the department implements high tech crime fighting tools. ktvu's rita williams is live now. >> reporter: another day, another negative report about the oakland police department or so it seems. >> reporter: this one slams the department for squandering $2 million on underused technology. >> we did not set out to squander $2 million. this is $2 million over a period of time. so, you know, my job is to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> $2 million that has gone down the drain. >> reporter: she started the audit a year ago when problems surfaced about faulty police radios. she found 4-12 system the department paid for were never used. one more under used. >> reporter: the under used was the so-called shot spotter system, the deal had one person monitoring shots so they paid more to upgrade the system and now each police car has its own monitor. these cameras they wear on their chest started with a $1.2 million system with cameras on police car, now scratched. >> the system was broken. that opd has been mismanaging technology. >> reporter: the

the oakland police department will talk with us. we do not know if they will talk with us one on one or with a news conference but the fact that the schedule this in advance may mean that they're sitting on something pretty big and they will let us know. if we find out then you will find out and we will let you know. >> mark: we are following the latest with the wildfire burning in lake county. we are getting word that contains it is on the rise. containment is now climbing up to 60%. we are waiting for the latest news another will headed towards the sun rise. investigators have not said how least two fires started both are just 10 mi. apart three buildings have been destroyed and there are still some evacuation's in spring valley although most people have been allowed to return to their homes, we spoke with some residents that experience firsthand how this fire came to their home. >> it came like gasoline on a fire. it was that quick. >> my son kept telling her grandmother, you just have to get out and please be safe. i think he he

police department and city's department of information technology. >> and we have every intention of looking at every recommendation and doing whatever we can to comply with those recommendations. >> right off the bat, oakland has authorized the police department to hire a head of technology of its own to help make sure that nothing like this happens again. >>> well, dramatic video of a jewelry store robbery in southern california that did not go the way the robbers had planned. five suspects running into the store, two armed with handguns. they point the guns at the employees and a customer and the other three men demanded that money be put in pillow cases. the female owner of the store saw what was going on and grabbed her own gun. >> she fired two rounds towards the suspects which caused them to flee the store. as one was running out he fired one round into the ceiling of the store. >> fortunately, nobody was hit by any of the gun fire. the suspects took off. police are investigating whether this incident is connected to a robbery at another jewelry store which took place on monday. >>> a pres fresno county sherif says he has never seen anything like that. one of his deputies executed a death defying mov

. >>> citizens are trained to help the oakland police department. the oldest citizens academy trained experiencing police workup, up close by shadowing officers and riding in patrol cars. it rapinged from a 17-year-old girl to an older woman. >> we live in a society which is very negative and sometimes we need to say something positive to people. >> police chief will invite others to bring others in to recruit new police officers. >> back to sal, checking in on the morning commute sal. >> i want to talk about a fire at 29 and myrtle which is near a busy corner near myrtle and calistoga. they have issued a sig alert and you should avoid this area if you can. also the morning commute, let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic looks good coming to the paid gates, no problems into oakland and the coliseum. the south bay commute looks good. 4:45 let's go to steve. >>> much chi at best, that fog bank got chewed up, inland temperatures jumped up close, about the same today, but inland #0s to near 90s and warm to hot. very close to hurricane strength an

they have been a thorn in the side of the oakland police department, the new communication radios. what is now thought to be causing the problems. the pride of petaluma, little league team is on its way to connecticut for the world series. the community spirit that is bringing everyone together. good evening. >> we begin with campaign 2012. it has been a busy weekend for the republican ticket. today mitt romney and paul ryan campaigned in the south. president obama has now weighed in on the vice-presidential candidates >> thousands of people lined the streets in high point north carolina and spilled out into overflow areas as mitt romney and paul ryan traveled through the battleground state to try to define their campaign >> this is the no. 2 in the comeback tore to get america strong again. the campaign >> the campaign is coming under fire for the ryan house back budget plan. on 60 minutes they gave their first interview together and said they are committed to preserving the program. >> in order to make sure we can do that you must reform. they have bipartisan origin >> president

. >> oakland's police department is in jeopardy of a federal takeover. a federal monitor has questioned the department's handling of the occupied protest as well as officers shootings and is also concerned about racially offensive photos in police headquarters. >> i am fighting for us to stay out of receivership and to make real changes so that is why i have asked the monitor to give us reports on the shorter time frame. >> the oakland police chief says the department continues to make progress in many areas in its effort to be in full compliance >> we expected to hear today from the man accused of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teenager's sierra lamar. we're told the guy never made it to court. >> were here continued in court today. antolin garcia-torres is scheduled to enter a plea hearing on august 29th but he was not in court today. even though the girl's body was never found prosecutors say they have enough evidence to prove antolin garcia-torres kidnapped and murdered sierra lamar who was last seen in march added to school bus stop. her family

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake appointed the former police chief of the long beach and oakland police departments. most recently batts was working as a consultant as well as lecturer at harvard niversiiy. 23:18;35 and to those who hurt beat who would rob and cause pain to the weak were down were not going to back off we're going to cootinueeto make this city a safer city :48 councilman kraft...22:59:19 i would have prefered ssmeone local i think we've gone down this road before with commioners from outside the city it's a steep learning curve :31 3((vo- joy)) commissioner batts says he doesn't plan to make any maaor changes until he has an opportunity to fully evaulate the department and the direction it's heading. top commanners have been told that they will e competing for thier job...and need to expected batts will go before councilmembers for confirmation ... next month. joo lepola fox 45 news at 5:30. work continues this hour on east onument street to repair a sinkhole. sinkhole.crews filled the hole again after weekend rains washed tons of material away. several homes were evacuated yesterd

. >> $2 million squandered by the oakland police department.says this audit. >> but up first, new video just in from san jose, where two people were shot tonight. we'll tell you what was learned on the scene. that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you have it. that's not working. [ grunts ] [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver, only from at&t. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying u-verse plan. rethink possible. >>> happening now, san jose police are at the scene of a shooting this hour that sent two people to the hospital tonight. the issuing happened around 8:30 this evening. police say both the victims are males in their late teens. their injuries are not considered life-threatening. >>> a cherished statue that stood in front of a south bay church has been stolen. as robert honda reports, the brazen theft took place in front of a police station. >> reporter: father michael and his

we have been reporting about the problems with oakland police department christin ayers shows us >>> from dead spots to radio silence oakland police say a long year of testing out a glitch your radio system that failed in july. while president obama visited oakland >>> all i want a real system that works >>> police officers association president said officers had ready of failure as late as friday >>> fallen a police chase that issues with the radio >>> oakland's public safety system adviser says the city knows what is causing the problem >>> the officers when they get one-quarter mile of a cell site experience problems >>> it is at&t's fruit vale cellphone tower if it's to e.g. antenna interfere with radio traffic celeb midnight saturday at&t switched off the intent of and 15 others in oakland >>> we notice a difference in data >>> if you're real problems in the least one area but other problems persist he has heard all this before fix over fix over the last year with no real result >>> it will take time and see the system work consistently to know for sure the system is working >>>

the oakland police department's special victims unit is investigating several robberies of hispanic women that have escalated to sexual assault. >> guess he had been like that. >> this hispanic woman is describing to an interpreter because she was the victim of a recess saccharide >> each remington the grampian any put his hand right here. and when i came back i had a close of pit cristina believe that--said the hispanic women are reluctant to support -- report o'clock the crime. >> this woman did come forward to the the least a part after going to the association. >> see said that the oakland police from the very nice people. >>pam: new tonight, a suspect tried to speed away with a salt police and crashed his car to two other vehicles. then police chased him down on foot. no one was hurt. >>pam: and other developing story appeared isaacs' is downgraded to a tropical depression. louisiana is still covered in water. people are paddling to get around. officials say more than 200 rescues to place on thursday. about 3000 people in one of the areas in louisiana did not evacuate and are being t

oakland police officers association says officers were in jeopardy during occupy week and the timing and not political. >>> disappointing the mayor would say this about her police officers as they serve her citizens. >>> the oakland police department referred us to the mayor's office for comment. it says the mayor and the police chief have an excellent relationship. mark sayre cbs 5 >>> other bay area net lines the caretaker of an indoor marijuana grow shot and killed a would-be thief this morning in oakland's chinatown. three men charged in the duplex and shot the caretakers dog before the caretaker fired back police are looking for the two other men. a family members including two children in hospital after s u v turned over in pittsburgh at 8:00 this morning. unsure what caused the crash. c h p says the family is from antioch and returning home from santa cruz. she >>> a great day for the camera today spectacular and outside. >>> we are 10 to 15 degrees warmer today than what we started the weekend we may see a trace of rain fall and not a cloud in the sky, the coast is clear the visibility unlimited. currently 66 in san francisco. it is 90 degrees in livermore 78 redwood city, santa rosa 84 degrees. a live look at mount diablo

amy hollyfield is live at the oakland police department. just having these sketches a breakthrough. >> reporter: yeah, an old case but this is a very important new lead. take a look at these sketches. see if you can help this is what police believe the killer looks like. african-american in his 20s, about six feet tall, 185 pounds. they believe there was a woman with him, 20 to 25-year-old black woman who was about 140 pounds and stands around 5'7. check this out, they have surveillance video of the car they believe they were driving a chevy impala, maybe silver. police say there may been other women in that car that night as well. 5-year-old gabriel martinez was shot to death on december the 30th, he was with his parents. this was in the parking lot at international boulevard and 55th avenue. the little boy died in his father's arms. there's a reward, $25,000 for anyone who can come forward and help police find these -- this killer or killers. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> san jose police investigating the third shooting in the city in tw

carrying knives, survival gear and methamphetamine cookbook >> a bad couple of days for the oakland police departmentis in jeopardy of being taken over by the federal government and now, a scathing report accuses the apartment of wasting taxpayer money, spending nearly $2 million on equipment it rarely or never used. >> we did not set out to squander $2 million. >> oakland's police chief was ready to answer charges his department mismanage nearly $2 million >> i don't take that lightly, $2 million is 20 more cops >> city auditor courtney ruby found a police department made bad purchases, buying technology that was never used or underused that was not suitable for the job and in three cases the companies went under so the city had no way to recoup its losses >> this is what is so disappointing and discouraging, the systems did not even work. almost $2 million and they never even worked. how can you explain that to the taxpayer? >> the auditor says the police department and the i 80 department were not communicating >> police officers are not really that technical >> the chief took issue of criticism o

some serious mismanagement of the police department's pricey high-tech tools, in some cases, according to the audit, those tools never even hit the street. the oakland police department's already under fire for its year-old $18 million radio system that's been plagued with problems. now it turns out that's just the tip of the iceberg. >> we found that $2 million in taxpayer dollars were basically went down the drain in relation to technology, either being not used at all, or it being under used. >> oakland's city auditor has uncovered widespread problems with opds technology across the board. in a scathing report, the auditor says the city's wasted big bucks on high-tech tools. for example the half million dollar shot spotter system designed to detect gun fire wasn't properly utilized for years and patrol car cameras were never used at all. >> you have two million dollars wasted in taxpayer dollars, in taxpayer money, when the city is in a fiscal crisis, in a public safety crisis and we are not effectively managing technology. >> we admit there's some stuff that we bought that we didn't keep track of and, you know, that's something that we have corr

a possible federal takeover of the oakland police department says that the city has not moved quicklynough over the occupied protests situation. >> for the first time in its history the u.s. postal service is expected to default for a $5.5 billion loan from the government. >>mark: we keep our eyes on wall street with our fans a financial expert rob black. we had several companies come out this morning. comcast said again numbers. billion of income. comcast is telling us that americans are cutting the cord but a me there is saying that is not true. for as much talk as there is about mobile, comcast is doing pretty good. i'm in the hundred and $60 cable bill situation i'm pretty much up there. out >>mark: let's talk about a month. avon got hammered. >>rob: they're probably going out of business. maybe we need to call 20 year old on. now what is happening is this sex parties rarely girls are getting together and talking about adult toys. people in the 20's and '30's are not getting married there dealing in and sex is more an important. they care less about how they look and more about ho

. >>> a scathing new report accuses the oakland police department of wasting almost $2 million on high-techhich it never used. uh ready coulding to a city audit, four of the tech systems the department bought

police department to investigate johns. reporting live in san francisco. david steve especially son. ktvu channel 2news. >> a monitor said the oakland police department is slow to reform its ways. rita william social security live in oakland with the issues. a new report said is at heart of the problems >> reporter: the police department today became closer, a step closer to being the first department in the country to be taken over and run by federal authorities because of the release of this it latest report by federal monitors. >> it's extremely troubling to me that maybe they shouldn't control the police department, that someone else should. >> reporter: jim said that he is fed up that a decade after his successful lawsuit against police the department still has not reformed itself. they criticized the department's handles of last year's occupy protests and officer involved shootings as evidence that the department is not getting better. >> i think every institution has bad people and that the police have made progress. >> reporter: she said the department made all but nine of the 55 court ordered institutional reforms. they sai

oakland police. for months now the oakland police department has been plagued by problems with his emergency radios.many say the $18 million system simply doesn't work well now we've learned there may be an even bigger problem. alan martin with the story will only see on cbs five. >>> offices on the hour minute or day in which it goes dead three weeks ago the are was crucial couldn't talk to each other or the dispatch center. >>> the president of the oakland police union says the officers have come up with their own way of staying in touch officers use their cell phones regularly to communicate in their squad to committee with dispatch officers tried to stay at least in groups of tuesday have a cover officer with them in the likely event that the radio fails. city leaders say the problems experienced during the president visiting all the cooling units at its transmission tower in the oakland hills which represents a computer model that shows what we say 95 percent portable coverage we spoke with the men in charge of the recent regional the system. that many believe to be a solution to oakland's prob

enthusiasim e-at least one of them is calling for civilian police commission with moreover site on policy and direction of the department. in oakland, abc 7 news. >>> former oakland police chief bat has new job tonight. baltimore mayor office has confirmed to the abc 7 news that bat is being named the police commissioner of baltimore. he could be introduced as soon as tomorrow in afternoon. he resigned from the oakland police department last year citing battle with bureaucracy and especially with mayor quawchbility he complained he was given full responsibility but limited control of the department. bat is lecturing at harvard since resignation. >> petaluma also league made triumphant rrp home today after finishing third in the world series. st. [applause] petaluma. st fans cheered petaluma as the team arrived at san francisco enter until airport. then hit the road in style complete with a stretch limo and police escort. leading the way crowds line the street khering their hero as the team motorcade passed through petaluma. city plans to hold a parade for the little leaguer this sunday afternoon. >> they wanted to win and everybody

. >>> oakland's police department is accused of wasting $2 million. many factors contributed to that waste. those included vendors going out of business and poor communication and coordination. the department failed to budget for maintenance of technology systems. formal purchasing plans and does not track its spending. oakland has agreed to implement the recommendations to improve the issues. news conference was scheduled to begin five minutes ago with police chief to talk about the department's on going radio problems. that city audit did criticize the department saying it squandered $2 million on equipment that was never used and the current radio system failed during president obama's recent visit. bring you a full report in our news cast later today. >> new developments in the case of a pitt bull blamed for the death of another dog. there's new information on the pitt bull's owner. joining us now live. >> reporter: police confirmed with me that pitt bull has been euthanized and identified the owner. he has not been arrested yet but they tell me t

oakland police for spending millions of dollars on technology it never used. today christie smith has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. more criticism coming down on the oakland police department at this time that even with the severe budget problem the department went on ahead and bought equipment that it didn't use or that was underused. that according to a new report that was just released by the city auditors office, including the shot spotter gunshot detection system, a series of microphones around the city that can pick up sound and determine where it's coming from. in that case the lack of use was because of staffing shortages and also apparently officers received some really inconsistent alerts about what was going on. the report covers a period from 2006 to 2011 and indicated that 1.87 million was spent on things that were not used enough. another system the cameras used in oakland police cruisers didn't work as initially planned. the cameras among other things were brought to bring oakland in line with a federal judge's order stemming from a civil rights lawsuit from human rights abuses. another system used to help identify at risk behavior wasn't used because that v

enthusiasim e-at least one of them is calling for civilian police commission with moreover site on policy and direction of the department. in oaklandabc 7 news. >>> former oakland police chief bat has new job tonight. baltimore mayor office has confirmed to the abc 7 news that bat is being named the police commissioner of baltimore. he could be introduced as soon as tomorrow in afternoon. he resigned from the oakland police department last year citing battle with bureaucracy and especially with mayor quawchbility he complained he was given full responsibility but limited control of the department. bat is lecturing at harvard since resignation. >> petaluma also league made triumphant rrp home today after finishing third in the world series. st. [applause] petaluma. st fans cheered petaluma as the team arrived at san francisco enter until airport. then hit the road in style complete with a stretch limo and police escort. leading the way crowds line the street khering their hero as the team motorcade passed through petaluma. city plans to hold a parade for the little leaguer this sunday afternoon. >> they wanted to win and everybody w