four officers in this class come from oakland. the oakland police officers union says it costs up to .4 of a million dollars to recruit. in the past week ten officers have resigned. >> they don't feel there's stability here in the police department. >> we're trying to get the best of the crop. >> you want people with diverse experience. >> reporter: we were not allowed to interview the new officers or reveal their identities to protect their privacy. this class of laterals is scheduled to graduate in june. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> >>> more details now. more on where the laterals come from. two in oakland, two from san francisco and two others from stanislaus county. >>> president obama is set to visit the bay area for some old fashioned fund raising and a town hall. a member of the presidential council of economic advisories told ktvu news today the focus will be on budget issues. afterward the president heads to san francisco for a private dinner and fundraisers. then it's on to knothill for a second fundraiser. local r

four officers in this class come from oakland. the oakland police officers union says it costs up to .4 of a million dollars to recruit. in the past week ten officers have resigned. >> they don't feel there's stability here in the police department. >> we're trying to get the best of the crop. >> you want people with diverse experience. >> reporter: we were not allowed to interview the new officers or reveal their identities to protect their privacy. this class of laterals is scheduled to graduate in june. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> >>> more details now. more on where the laterals come from. two in oakland, two from san francisco and two others from stanislaus county. >>> president obama is set to visit the bay area for some old fashioned fund raising and a town hall. a member of the presidential council of economic advisories told ktvu news today the focus will be on budget issues. afterward the president heads to san francisco for a private dinner and fundraisers. then it's on to knothill for a second fundraiser. local r

in the current class four from the oakland police department, the oakland police officer's union says in the past two weeks alone ten officers have resigned. >> they don't feel like the stability is here with the oakland police department. and that's one of the largest reasons why officers are leaving. >> but their loss is san francisco's gain. because of their past experience, lateral officers only need about two months of training compared to seven months of training for new recruits. that saves the department much needed time and money. the current class of officers is expected to complete their training and graduate to the city streets in june. >>> time now 5:56. san jose sharks celebrating one of the biggest comebacks ever in the nhl playoffs. it happened last night on the home ice of the l.a. kings. >> wow. sharks came back from a 4-0 second period deficit. they beat the kings 6-5 in overtime. so the sharks now lead the series 2-1. the teams stay in los angeles for game four tomorrow night. >>> i'm guessing a lot of people -- what time did that game end? i'm thinking a lot of pe

oakland police were called to union street near 30th street just before 10:00 last night on reports that shots were fired. officers say a boyfriend had already taken 33-year-old beatrice where she died of multiple gunshot wounds. burton and another woman were walking to a nearby store when shots were fired from a passing car. >> i know she was not a violent girl. she didn't get into kind of trouble with nobody. no fights or anything. she has never been arrested or anything. >> burton leaves behind two daughters. police say they have little information to go on tonight. >>> a sheen of oil that appeared near san francisco's fisherman's wharf disappeared today before anybody could trace its source. it was spotted as at aquatic park. the signs were posted but people ignored those. it looked like diesel fume and could have drifted in from a passing shift. >>> a message for bicyclists slow down. the bridge district is now considering a 10 miles per hour for bikes. an estimated 1,000 cycleists a day cross the golden bridge at an average speed of 13-15 miles per hour. they cite 118 accidents in the past decade and in 39%

union pacific tracks. the victim has not been identified. >>> an overnight native oakland police are investigating a shoot that left one man dead. around 2:00 this morning, officers responded to 73rd and holiday after receiving calls about a possible drunk driver. when they arrived on scene they found one man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. paramedics loaded man on to an ambulance but he died on his way to the hospital. opd says it appears the man was shot in his car near the mall. >>> homicide detectives in oakland hope surveillance video will shed lit on the killing of a 25-year-old man. this was obtained exclusively by ktvu showing the man walking along international boulevard, yesterday morning. you can see a car does a u-turn and approaches taylor. a short time later police found taylor on the ground with a possible gunshot wound. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> a san francisco senator is again receiving racist and threatening fax messages. as you can see, the fax also threatens president obama. the office received similar fax messages earlier this year and last year, including one that showed an image of a noose. the state senator says he h