port of oakland. here's elizabeth with more. >> chopper 5 is the first one who spotted this. let's go out to the scene. this is near 7th and maritime right there by the port of oakland. looks like this accident is a big rig versus car. as far as injuries go, we are not sure about the extent. i just saw them try to -- they put one person on a stretcher and sounds like they took them away in an ambulance. fire department on scene as you can see. looks like about 5, maybe 6 different police units and they are out there doing some traffic control in the area. again, this is reported around 5:45. so again lanes blocked 7th and maritime right there near the port of oakland. we are actually following a couple of different accidents also in the city of oakland. the other two are on freeways. let's go to the maps. live look at the nimitz 880 through oakland past the coliseum if you look closer towards the bottom of the screen, northbound 880 close to the 66 exit we have an accident there blocking two lanes. an

occupy oakland... about 4:30 this morning, police moved in to frank ogawa pl >>> back to our top story this morning, the raid on "occupy oakland." around 4:30 this morning, police moved in to frank ogawa plaza. hundreds of officers were clearing out the encampment that has been there for two weeks. a lot of live picture going on. they used tear gas an hour ago. >> protestors were warned last night that a raid was expected this morning they took away their cooking materials the propane so they had a tip. some of them used some trash cans as barricades. it didn't work. officers arrested protestors who refused to leave the area. a number of people did after the tear gas. no word on how many arrest were made. we expect more word from the police as the clean-up continues. city of oakland suggests business owners near the plaza that you open later than normal today for obvious reasons. >>> elizabeth has more information on traffic. >> great news about the businesses delay their start times so again if you do

live in frank plaza in oakland. stay with us, we will go book to see if something will happen, right now we want to check in with steve paulsen because a lot of people want to check in and they want to know what their day will be like. >>> mostly sunny, a little breezy, a system sliding by, tomorrow sunny for all, we get a northerly breeze, cooler mostly sunny, quiet pattern for the for seasonable -- foreseeable future. this whole system is coming by, it will wipe out the clouds, 40 and 50s it feels cool, 15 miles per hour at travis that is about it but we still get that sea breeze and there is plenty going on in the pacific just not over us, high pressure builds in to the north and ushering a cool air, a little breezy at times, we settled in and it doesn't matter coast bay, inland and it lacks like the weekend will be all right, it will be cool with some more fog, palm. >>> 4:49 is the time, we want to take you back to oakland, 14th and broadway where police are standing by in riot gear, tell us what is going on ri

>>> we are covering the oakland situation. plus some oakland residents want to fire the mayor. thieves getting desperate in san francisco. so desperate they stole a bell. you're looking at a live picture of the golden gate bridge. it's tuesday, october 25th. this is "today in the bay." >>> well, good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. it's 4:30. we believe some things are happening in oakland with the occupy situation. we will have lots more in a minute. in the meantime, let's get a check of weather with christina. >> good morning. we have interesting development fls the weather department. a red flag warning has been issued for the area. very dry conditions as we head throughout the day today. not only that, coupled with very gusty winds that will only intensify through this afternoon and tomorrow is looking downright blustery. we'll tell you what this means for you city and what the weather holds for today. another cool day. this is the story. we'll talk about that all morning long. let's check your drive with mike inouy inouye. >> we think we could see a clash in the east

right back to downtown oakland. once again this morning we have road closures, nothing like yesterday but there is about a block stretch closed right there at 14th and broadway. 14th is closed between broadway and clay. so just a heads up. "occupy oakland" protestors still out there. police presence, as well. so no official advisory from a.c. transit this morning but, of course, it is a fluid situation as you may have just seen anne makovec's report, still 100 police cars out there. stow a.c. transit may have to adjust their service as necessary. mountain teen that time bart is on time systemwide, in the meantime, no other delays in the transit system. so far, so good on 280 out of downtown san jose. >>> coming up, what one city could charge homeowners to pay for pothole repairs. >> president obama gets an unwelcome reception in san francisco. the protestors who greeted him. >>> and a pg&e pipeline rift, could it happen again? the next planned test that has a bay area neighborhood on edge. [ man ] it's big. responds

mid-80s into oakland. and upper 80s into santa rosa. next couple of days, looking fantastic. very similar weather for tomorrow maybe just a few more clouds. over the weekend though becoming partly cloudy, temperatures beginning to cool down. think we'll stay cooler toward the middle of next week. that's a look at weather. let's check on traffic with elizabeth. >> i think chopper 5 is over this bus that's set to take the passengers from oakland's jack london square station and send them towards emeryville where they can continue on the rail line towards sacramento. so again if you are just waking up with us, late last night around 9:30 there was an amtrak train collision. two trains right there near oakland station. so they have had to temporarily suspend service in all directions out of jack london square. so train 522 was set to leave about 6:30 this morning heading eastbound, towards sacramento. again, that is not going to be the case. service has been suspended so they are taking those folks on buses to

occupy oakland. at lea >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> right now, police raid on "occupy oakland." at least 100 officers are moving in ordering those demonstrators to leave. >> and president obama just hours away from -- [ please stand by ] >>> good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, october 25. a busy morning already. i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm grace lee. 5 a.m. and we begin with oakland. >> yeah. a protest camp is being taken down in oakland as we speak right now. >> police station are moving in on the "occupy oakland" camp at frank ogawa plaza. kristy seifkin reports. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, it's been a busy morning for sure. it's gotten a little quieter in the past few minutes. our crew was forced to move out because police set up tear gas in the middle of the park and obviously that caused many of the protesters to flee. the park has gotten quiet and emptied out quickly if you look over my shoulder, you can see some of the remnants of the sleeping bags and

oakland police laided the -- raided the "occupy" oakland.ll continue our live team coverage. >>> a little show on the field right before a huge feet on a college football field. now the streaker is talking about it. >>> the situation in thailand is getting serious. the main airport is not closed but the other airport for the domestic flights has been closed due to floodwaters on the runway. and flooding is moving into bangkok. a friend of mine text -- e- mailed me and said the river is getting very, very high. some of that water is building into the streets. the canals cannot take much more. so what was mainly con fined to the -- confined to the north is now starting to move into bangkok. this is the worst flooding in 60 years. >>> our time is 8:15. in other news, the oakland man is accused of using a van to run over and kill a member of the hells angels. he's due in court today. investigators say paratransit van driver eddie hall intentionally ran over biker george lopez, junior and dragged his motorcycle more than a mile. the motive in sat

live in oakland. this amtrak station open this morning. they are working to clear the aftermath of a head-on collision

in oakland the meeting is at 5:00 at oakland technical school.ay two schools in oakland that were not on the closure list decided to avoid all of this and leave the district and reorganize as charter schools. the schools told the oakland tribune they look forward to having more control over their money. i'm katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 6:46. >>> turn around for to stocks after painful drop yesterday. >> jane king joins us live with the latest numbers. >>> good morning. off to the races this morning after yesterday we had the biggest drop in stocks in three weeks. i guess we can thank better than expected profits from boeing one of the things driving markets higher today. first new 787 dream liner flying, just made its first commercial flight helping after years of delays. boeing shares now trading up a little more than 4%. also, germany's -- germany has approved bailout plans for europe. for now european countries will contain the debt crisis there. that's why we are positive this morning with the dow up 127 points. s&p and nasdaq trading up. b

. >>> a tug of war in oakland. what has protestors fighting against one another and the new calls for a citywide strike. >>> good morning. it is thursday, october 27. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. nice to have the team back together. everyone feeling good? >> feeling great. good to see you guys. [ laughter ] >> forget it. i'm over it. two seconds in. [ laughter ] >> it's good to be back. got some great weather again today. we have the offshore wind blowing, red flag warnings come down at 6 a.m. but the temperatures are chilly. north bay into the 30s in the napa valley. also into the santa rosa area. skies clear all the way to the coastline. and it's going to stay that way today. looks like another nice day ahead. more on that in a moment. first let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> lower deck roadwork on the bay bridge towards oakland. there may be reroutes possible for muni near justin herman plaza. "occupy sf" once again may be detouring things around for muni. so we'll have

they chanted "march with oakland. march with oakland." nypd allowed the march to continue. >>> one of those injured is a former marine who served two tours in eye rack. several investigations are now underway to find out how he was left in critical condition during the clashes with police. 24-year-old iraq war veteran was injured. his roommate said he has a twoinch skull fracture and they are deciding if surgery will be necessary. >> it is really sad. he was seasoning gree because he went to iraq without injuries and to come here and to be shot by the same people who were supposed to be protecting him instead of shooting him. >> it is unclear if he was injured by a rubber bullet or teargas canister. now video surfaced on youtube as olson was lying on the ground, others rushed to his aide, but then law enforcement officers nearby fired teargas at those trying to help him. the police chief says the injury to olson will be a level one investigation. >> level one in our department is the same as if an officer used lethal force. >> a wisconsin

, as police finally move in on oakland protesters, occupy oakland protesters, after two weeks of cccccccccccccc>> 5:45. latest on our breaking news downtown oakland scene of tension and hostility police in and arrest occupy oakland protesters. >> amy hollyfield has been live at frank ogawa plaza. this began a little over an hour ago. is the situation calming down? >> reporter: we have a new development. this if going to be a sloppy shot. i'm going to ask steve to look over there. about 100 people suddenly, coming down 14th street, toward broadway and they are marching and protesting. i can't hear what they are saying from where i am. we had no idea this was coming. clearly they've reorganized, the occupy oakland protesters who did not get arrested have now started a rally and a protest. that is going on. you can hear probably behind me the officers on their motorcycles, rushing off to that area to deal with it and protect and patrol it and watch over it. all of these motorcycle cops moving out of the area where they were focused. now they are going down 14 street to see what is going on. we can

oakland protest are are gone right now. they move to close occupy oakland.has moved to snow plaza. what's happening over tl? >> good morning to you, jon. you can see if you look up there to the right, police have that intersection. that's 19th and harrison blocked off. 10 to 15 protesters in here. it's hard to see in the dark. police came in 15 or 20 minutes ago and removed these protesters as well. farce the situation here goes at snow park, officers tell me it's secure. it's a matter of taking the protesters out of here and perhaps doing a clean up of the snow park. contrast this to what took place two hours ago where there was overwhelming force. one has been set up for two weeks now within 30 to 45 minutes. what was noteworthy is how smooth the process was. one protester lit off a snoek bomb. a couple of bottles thrown in the direction of police. other than that, not much in the way of a physical confrontation. the arrests were made. they took them hand in hand without resisting. many protesters left before the police pushed into the tent cit city. >> bo

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we're alluding to the activity in oakland related to occupy oakland.have a lot going on. >> we want to continue to take you live to oakland. the occupy oakland protesters are gone. they are hout if steady force this morning, surrounding the plaza and the other areas there. it was actually somewhat of a peaceful protest. t raid that went on this morning. police told people they were violating civil law to be there. several people left voluntarily. a u couple of people put up some struggles. there are people in the van to the left of your screen. a couple of people resisted arrest, so to speak. oakland police continue to show their force. the proes ters sent out tweets and e-mails asking for sport. asking for people to come to the plaza this morning. the tent city is now being wrapped up. it's a mess out there. we'll continue to follow this developing story this morning. >>> parking light obama is making his return to the bay area this afternoon. he's attending a fund-raiser for the re-election campaign. marla tellez is live in san francisco with an upda

park in oakland. over the handling some are calling for the ouster of mayor quan. another group of oakland residents have launched a recall drive against the mayor. petitioners complain she hasn't done the job fighting crime, spurring development or cutting the city's 16% unemployment. >> the mayor is 100% focused on herself, the mayor jean quan. in the meantime, public safety is collapsing in this city. the city budget is teetering towards brunt . i don't think oakland can take another three years. >> mayor quan's office counters she is putting 63 more police officers on the streets. working on a neighborhood safety plan and actively working with business and community leaders on major chick projects. >>> we are continue -- we are continuing to check the news at frank ogawa and snow park. we'll bring you the latest. right now weather. >> higher fire danger coming, making news. >> coming tonight. we've been talking about it for five or six days. now it is here and becoming a reality. the first step is

elsewhere on the roads, eight at through oakland is fine past the coliseum towards oakland.y. southbound traffic looks good, as well. if you have an early-morning flight at the oakland airport, no problem same thing for marin county. no problem on the roads this morning. south bay fine, as well. and coming out of downtown san jose, there is a live look at that northbound traffic on 280 approaching the 880 interchange. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's traffic and weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:47. no amtrak service at jack london square this, mo. two amtrak trains collided last night. capitol corridor passengers can catch a bus to meet the train in emeryville. >>> assistant police chief howard jordan will become oakland's interim chief once anthony batts least his job. jordan previously served as interim chief for several months in 2009. batts is resigning by next month. >>> and investigators have identified the gunman in a salon shooting in orange county which left eight dead,

they chanted "march with oakland. march with oakland." nypd allowed the march to continue. >>> one of those injured is a former marine who served two tours in eye rack. several investigations are now underway to find out how he was left in critical condition during the clashes with police. 24-year-old iraq war veteran was injured. his roommate said he has a twoinch skull fracture and they are deciding if surgery will be necessary. >> it is really sad. he was seasoning gree because he went to iraq without injuries and to come here and to be shot by the same people who were supposed to be protecting him instead of shooting him. >> it is unclear if he was injured by a rubber bullet or teargas canister. now video surfaced on youtube as olson was lying on the ground, others rushed to his aide, but then law enforcement officers nearby fired teargas at those trying to help him. the police chief says the injury to olson will be a level one investigation. >> level one in our department is the same as if an officer used lethal force. >> a wisconsin

oakland protest organizers plan a general assembly at 6:00 this evening. >>> the oakland protestors are rallying around an iraqi war veteran. 24-year-old scott olsen of daly city among the protestors when he was hit in the head with some kind of projectile that happened on tuesday during one of the raids. friends contend it was a tear gas canister that was hurled by the police. now, olsen is in critical condition in an oakland hospital with head injuries and swelling on the brain. acting police chief howard jordan says internal affairs is now investigating as are the alameda county district attorney's office and two other agencies. >>> oakland voters are not happy with mayor quan's handle of the protests. that's according to a cbs 5 poll. 72% said they don't approve of the way she is handling the situation. only 20% approve. as for the oakland police department's response, 56% said officers were too harsh with the protestors while 11% said they were just not harsh enough. 30% said the opd's response was just about right. >>> "occupy wall street" demonstrators in new york city have now t

occupy message through oakland, walking the streets. they're on the move, possibly in the broadway location. it is our understanding at this point, that the b.a.r.t. station at 19th and broadway has been closed. there were early rumblings about protesters getting on the b.a.r.t. to head to san francisco, in solidarity to be there with protesters in san francisco, who may be facing eviction themselves tonight. >> we'll take our live cameras to san francisco, across the bay. this is the scene at the embarcadero at the herman plaza. about an hour ago, the plan was to force the occupy s.f. protesters out of the plaza by midnight. we'll see if that plan is still current. that would be in about 35 minutes from now. we continue to follow the story. right now, it's a peaceful protest on both sides of the bay. once again, notear gas like we s ghniioar and tear gas like we saw last t.nit. from 20 leading brands, including barista prima. it's the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. way to brew. >>> raider faithful give jason cam

our breaking news story, oakland police moved in on the occupy oakland protesters. this year was the scene around for 40 5:00 a.m. as they moved in, telling protesters to disperse. some >>darya: all of the demonstrators have not gone away, will tran has to be empty. >>will: as far as the encampment, it is gone. there are hundreds of police officers years hook, making sure that this place is encircled by the dairy case of the city workers can come in and clean up the area. you're starting to get a sense of normalcy as far as the morning >>will: it seems like over the past 10 minutes or so, if you look like you are not a part of this group, was on nurses wearing their scrubs, it were allowed through without being questioned. sometimes the officers are asking, where are you going? nothing like what we saw when this went down two hours ago, no one was allowed in or out of the.. things have calmed down drastically. >>justine: here is a video at since this began unfolding at 4:00 a.m.. this is video inside of the encampment showing police in full riot gear, taking down th

from from you know the people of oakland. you know it's nothing in comparison to the violence that was handed down to us from the police i should say right now there's an iraqi veteran who's a member of iraq veterans against the war who's in the hospital right now his condition is rapidly deteriorating he has a skull fracture and brain swelling he is in stable but critical condition because he was hit in the head with a tear gas canister from police last night there's videos all over the internet that when people try to intervene and pull him out after he was unconscious and weaning from the head on the sidewalk the police then rubber bullet it those people who were trying to help him and they threw flash bang grenade you know on that group of people and on the injured protesters head while he was unconscious lying on the sidewalk now he's in the hospital maybe going up or going brain surgery so you know at this point if we talk about violence then we're. i think most people in oakland are talking about the violence from the

two big incidents for the oakland area. >>> speaking of oakland, protesters are regrouping in oaklands morning after police raided their occupy oakland camp arresting dozens of people throughout the day and evening. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live from oakland this morning where last night officers fired teargas at protesters after police say they tossed a range of items at them including paint and chemicals. what's the latest now? >> i can tell you that frank ogawa plaza here is still off limits. oakland police are out here this morning. some of them still have helmets on. they've got a barricade up. protesters are out here, too. if that chair is any indication. what they're telling us is that they're in it for the long haul. some of these protesters have been here all night. one told me he just got out of jail last night from the demonstration yesterday and then joined the demonstration that was going on yesterday evening. now, downtown oakland, we have some youtube video of what it was like when police fired at least five teargas canisters into the crowd of hundre

terry mcsweeney is live in oakland police headquarters. >> reporter: that report said the oakland police department is not moving fast enough to implement court-ordered reforms. we are finding out that chief batts got that report monday. he announced his resignation tuesday. take a look at the press conference with where he announced his resignation. he was blaming tuesday the city council and bureaucracy saying he wasn't allowed to do the job because of a bureaucracy that made change impossible. >> no chief wants to be in a position where he or she has been held accountable but does not have power to make an impact. >> reporter: the report obtained by the chronicle says the oakland police department was going backwards in making reforms required stemming from the case in 2000 when four officers were accused of beating and traumaing suspects. the officers called them self the righters no convictions in that case. the city paid million as a result civil cases. the report from a court appointed monitor lays the blame on the leadership of the department. saying it must be the impetus for re

the 99s were bad for oakland's mayor before. tonight, an exclusive look at the growing disapproval for jean quan. >>> it's a question a lot of us were asking: what do you do with a stolen 2-ton church bell? how theevs plan to move that mefrp -- thieves plan to move that merchandise. >>> efforts to save jack the cat. >>> and the scandal was almost too much to bear. now berny maddof's wife tried to kill herself, and her reaction to surviving. >>> there is action right now on the streets of san francisco of police getting ready for what looks like a raid on the occupy san francisco camp in justin her man plaza. linda? >> reporter: well , ken, hundreds of protestors are knaerthing right now. they are preparing -- gathering right now. they are preparing for what they believe will be as me raid some time tonight to clear out this encampment. they will remain nonviolent. [ indiscernible ] >> obviously we're having trouble with the audio. we're going to try to restab and get back to her at justin -- reestablish and get back to her. >>>

a tip led cops to a field in oakland. curiously right across the street from a scrap yard. >> i have heard already that they planned to bury it and wait until things cooled off and then go back at it again with torches. >> it's worth 1 75,000 dollars. copper robbers could get about half that melted down. nobody has been arrested but investigators believe it's the same gang who stole copper from other san francisco churches. police say this time they caught a lucky break. for now the bell has been taken to a secret evidence warehouse. police strongly advising the church not to put it back where it was taken but to find a new permanent place under lock and key. in san francisco, cbs5. >> a cat who got lost on a move from the east coast to california has been found. jack is battered hungry and very scared. he is in good hands though after being lost in an airport for months. the hope for him to have at least eight more lives. >> reporter: the latest image of jack the cat is heart breaking. he is in new york now, dirty, with

a lot of oakland fire crews are on the scene.ou can see how this cloud, if you're anywhere in the east bay, now you're probably wondering what's going on. we just got a report of this about 15 minutes ago. it's building on fire on west street. when the crews arrived, they saw heavy smoke and flame and immediately declared it a working fire. we're not sure if anyone is injured. we're based in oakland and just minutes away. one of your crews is minutes away. we're going to find out more as you head to the interchange. so far we don't have any major traffic delay reported by this fire. let's go to the toll plaza. nice pretty sunrise and decent picture of the 15 minute delay. if you're on the peninsula, it's a nice drive heading south to the south bay. >> some of those higher clouds making for and enhancing that sunrise. we do have these in the morning. i think it will clear out to a mostly sunny day and high clouds. overall it's not going to stop temperatures from warming up. we have a lot of temperatures in the 80s after everything

of city hall for two weeks as part of the occupied oakland movement. officials have been worried about health and safety, we will check in with police officers and try to figure out how many arrests have been made and we will of course bring it back to you. >> tara moriarty on one side, jefferson, 14th and jefferson, broadway as well and we will continue to update that story this morning. >>> it is a rallying cry across the nation. >>> what one new york man is doing to stake his claim and why you may end up paying for it. >>> she died trying to help a moatist involved -- motorist involved on the freeway, what this father wished he had taught his daughter. . >>> the streets right now are not a good place to be in downtown oakland. >>> well a new york man is trying to capitalize on the occupied wall street movement. robert has filed a trademark claim for the slowing began and wants to -- slow began and wants to keep it out of corporate hands, it could be plastered all over bumper stickers and earlier, there was a phrase, we are the 99%. >>> the father of

the statement oakland mayor jean quan says many oaklanders support the goals of the "occupy wall street" movement. but over the last week it was apparent that neither the demonstrators nor the city could maintain safe or sanitary conditions. says protestors can return from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. at night but no overnight camping once the park is cleaned up. we'll follow the latest developments on the "occupy" protests this is oakland. you can also find updates at cbssf.com. >>> all this and we're minutes away from president obama's arrival here in san francisco. this is the third leg of his three-day west coast tour. air force one is expected to touch down within the hour. these are live pictures at the tarmac at sfo as you can see some people gathered already. his security detail is in place. and they are waiting for air force one to touch down here shortly. now, the president will be at a fundraiser this afternoon at the "w" hotel in san francisco. several groups as you can see rose fromming in front of the hotel -- as you can see, groups protesting in front of the hotel, many different gr

some oakland schools say they're leaving the district. why the battle lines are being drawn. >>> plus twi a he mainstream media in the coverage in oakland. we'll take a look, coming up. st >>> welcome back to the 11:00 am news. clear shot of the transamerica building. christina loren will be along to tell us about the forecast. she'll fill in all the blanks in a matter of minutes. >>> different things happened at frank ogala plaza, depending on who's reporting you believed, mainstream media or twitter's. twitter has made a name for itself, covering crisis like these. >> egypt and libya, during the earthquakes, for instance. it's been amazing for making a connection between the action and the outside world. during this morning's action in oakland, many on twitter reported things our reporters simply didn't see. that doesn't make what was said on twitter untrue, but it's hard to see what's right. here's our reporting. >> reporter: it's definitely smoke. >> that's reporter christie smith about 20 yards from what she is calling smoke. tweets

allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. >>> oakland city police and oakland police -- oakland police and city official the held a press conference to talk about the decision to carry out the raids on the encampment. at least 16 agencies were involved. mayor jean quan is in washington, d.c. on city business. but the city administrators said the parks had to be cleared. >> they have an obligation to uphold, and i made the decision with the team that was in place to put an end too what i see is a very -- a very critical situation that posed significant risk. >> reporter: santana says during the demonstration, deteriorations at frank ogawa plaza were unsanitary and at least twice mental medical care was needed. -- twice medical care was needed. >>> our coverage on this story continues. tara moriarty is live near snow -- at snow park near lake merritt. >> reporter: good afternoon. about two hours ago, fresh tents sprung up in place of the old ones. police and protesters that had the protesters taking down the tents. it's calm and peaceful now. but six hours ago, tensions we

oakland mayor jean quan blew out of the plaza. this was the scene last night after the embattled leader attempted to address the protesters then this morning during a tour of the new bay bridge reporters surrounded mayor quan demanding a response to the controversy surrounding her and heard ministration's actions this week over the occupy oakland protesters. reggie kumar attended the news conference and he joins us live from oakland tonight with the details. >>reporter: despite what happened last night mayor quan is adamant about speaking with the protesters. take a look at them behind me, one says they will maintain a minimal police presence. she says this has turned into a complex situation and she wants the plaza to remain peaceful. the mayor still does not want the protesters camping out in front of city hall. first to hear from the men and in the city administrator carol boyd. >> i heard it in the camp last night that we wanted to support the movement on the of--the other hand you want to keep people safe. so when we moved it

you're not sure if that is from the people occupy oakland or the oakland police department.o far i do not see them physically grabbing anyone at this point. >>justine: it is not teargas, it is not something that feels harmful correct? >> will: trust me, this is not teargas, is just smoke. >>james: i thought officer tech of his helmet put something over his head into his helmet back on, you see, there is an officer with a gas mask. >> will: this look five this will be a precursor to what might happen but at this point i continue that the air is still breathable it is a little windy so it will definitely have in our direction at this point that is just smoke in the year that if still tolerable. it seems like they're replacing some of their equipment and possibly putting on a gas mask at this point. it appears that we are sitting on a powder keg that is ready to go off any moment. we do not even know, this is the variable no one has gone through the encampments to make sure the very least that those people do not have weapons, and i have knives or something. we did not know yet

in oakland, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> oakland mayor, gene kwan was out of town when police cleared out the encampment. our team coverage continues with amber lee. >> reporter: julie, oakland mayor, gene kwan is coming under heavy criticism for being out of town when the violent confrontation took place here in downtown oakland, between police and protesters. at city hall this afternoon, mayor gene kwan, flanked by the police chief and city administrators, met with reporters for the first time, since she left for a business trip. >> when i got on the plane, things were pretty peaceful. when i got off, it was very different. >> reporter: kwan told us she was back in oakland around 10:40 last night. a source told us, the mayor was never at the emergency operations center last night. this oakland resident said she used to protest alongside kwan for social change, decades ago in berkely. she says the mayor's absence is disappointing. >> it's from somebody who's been a progressive. i just don't understand that. so it's like betrayal times two. >> i think it was a big misstep, given the whole

the oakland coliseum station. >>george: let's get to the freeways. we are not tracking any hot spots on the roadways. the ride on the bay bridge is backing up with no major problems. your ride on the san mateo bridge at last check was good. on the right side is the commute directions. traffic is still pretty light. the golden gate bridge is a problem free for your trip through marin county. a quick use a check. the freeways are still showing mostly green as they are on san jose freeway's except for a brief stretch of slowing on 101 northbound. that will likely clear. the north bay is a problem free, under a 30 minute drive time from nevada to the golden gate bridge. the time is 6:03 a.m., let's get a check on the weather. >>james: good morning, we will begin looking at what it was like compared to yesterday. in this kind of a mix. we are exactly where we were yesterday or slightly warmer. 2 degrees warmer in san francisco, three degrees warmer and napa. a degrees warmer in oakland. fairfield, hop san jose, two deg

this city of oakland is cracking down, moving in and of breaking up occupy oakland. >>darya: businesses are telling people who own businesses in the area to open later. we will be right back. hop horsehead half have h >>darya: police moved in this morning and clearing out protesters from frank ogawa plaza. >>mark: will tran has been there since the action started. >>will: within the last 10 minutes we have seen is a big trucks come in and dropping off their caves. the police officers are here at city hall. everyone is gone from occupy oakland as far as in front of city hall. they have brought in barricades and they are surrounding the camp with them to make sure that no one goes inside that place, so as to the workers are allowed to clean up. there are still some stragglers out here yelling and cursing at the media and police. for the most part, " we saw happen as recently as an hour ago, it is no longer here. it seems like the police officers are circling this area on their motorcycles to monitor the situation. as far as getting in the face to face, that is no longe

in oakland. officials began warning the occupy sf kampers. this morning police officers handed out notices to the camp at justin her man plaza warning people conditions there are a danger to public health. they are going to have to leave. the protestors are planning a new encampment outside city hall. >> we would be visible to the supervisors and the mayor when they come and go to work every day. >> this afternoon mayor met with city officials to plan out a ban against over yinight camping an what to do if violence did erupt. >> hoping we don't have to resort to anything that represents a forced removal. we are prepared to have to enforce our laws. >> the mayor says san francisco already surpassed it's 100,000 dollar budget for pat controlling the encampment. a handful of occupy san jose protestors moved back into city hall plaza this morning. the protestors have been spending their nights across the street after being moved out by police early this week. police are not trying to remove one prote

. >> no police in oakland where occupy oakland protesters have returned to occupy frank ogawa plaza. so far they've been left alone in small numbers. >>> good morning. live look from sutro tower notice how clear the air is, dry but the winds are diminishing. fire threat is almost over. >>> good morning. follow thursday morning commute. live look at san mateo bridge moving well. we'll update you on muni and ac transit service disrupted due protesters. >>> a busy thursday morning in the bay area. thank you for joining us i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. is the showdown imminent in san francisco? protesters and police seem poised for something this morning. hundreds of protesters at one point amassed at justin herman plaza and reports all night that hundreds of officers may be nearby and ready to raid. amy, i drove by nobody was getting any sleep. >> reporter: it has been very active here. lots of music, lots of energy. people with gas masks on. rumors flying that police were coming. now they just made an announcement to the crowd they believe police are not coming. that they'v

oakland. and police were ready with their riot gear. although the are protest was pretty peaceful. the march was pretty peaceful. there were reports however, of protesters, some protesters breaking some parking meters and also breaking some window, and spraying buildings with anti-police slogans and police have not had that much of a presence here at the plaza. and they really didn't confront people during that march. but for the fire department, it has been a different story. and the firefighters have been here every day, performing four inspections. since fire hazards were a main concern before that camp was raided on tuesday. and now protesters obviously have big plans for this wednesday. they have been talking about it for several days. a citywide strike is in the works. and they've gotten numerous employees on board. including members of the labor counsel. and the longshoremen and warehouse union and members of the teachers union. and they have three mass gatherings planned for wednesday

in oakland the meeting is at 6:00 at oakland technical school. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> today president obama will announce a new plan to help college students pay back loans. the president wants to fast track a measure bassed by congress that cuts the maximum loan repayment from 15% to 10% of income. the white house wants to push the date up to 2012. the administration wants any debt forgiven after 20 years instead of the current 25 that could help a billion and a half borrowers. >>> concord police investigating the pursuit of a stolen truck that ended with a crash and the death of an innocent driver. the truck driver took off when officers tried to pull the vehicle over the pick up crashed into a bm work killing the driver. the suspect in the -- truck suffered major injuries. >>> a transit driver charged with murder accused of running over and killing a hells angels motorcyclist last weekend in a case of road rage. investigators say eddie hall deliberately hit george lopez saturday anding dragged the victim's motorcycle -- more than a mil

>>james: yesterday you watched live oakland police cracking down on occupy oakland. they are still out there in the streets, the crews are following their movementswe will have that coming up throughout the morning. we will have a full update about the weather coming up with erica but this is a full alert, a fire alert the have high winds and high fire danger all that is coming up in a moment. >>erica: looking over downtown san francisco it is pretty clear there. we will see dry winds and gusty conditions later in the morning and stretching into the afternoon hours. let us take a look at conditions here. our future cast is set for 12:00 p.m. wednesday to show you how gusty the wind will get. it is pretty gusty in san jose coming in at 14 m.p.h. as we take a look, and other live look at conditions over our mount tancam is a little windy out there in my city will be a cold start to the morning but we will see clear conditions as we head into the afternoon. i want to highlight the temperature is right outside the door. we are in the '40's and 50's, low '40's up to navat

right now, oakland it does not exist. they are running a bus bridge as george said, you get off in emeryville and they will take you by bus to santa clara or san jose and reconnect in those places. they are also monitoring trains that come from further away like seattle or oakland. unless they get this fixed, they also have to stop in emeryville and take a bus bridge. i will keep you updated on how long the repairs will take. >>mark: 17 injuries, none considered life-threatening. this comes on the heels of another amtrak accident two weeks ago where a train hit a truck in contra costa county. the train departed from oakland and crashed near discovery bay. 30 of the 204 passengers on that train were hurt, but no one was hurt seriously. that train did not the real after the crash. >>justine: parents at a san francisco school are planning to hold a rally to call for the removal of the principal. people say the principal at paul revere school has instituted new rules such as issuing demerits for students taking bathroom break

the northeast wind in oakland. we'll see all the winds shift out of the northeast as we head throughout the morning. this is actually setting up to be the breeziest time for us, right here between now and 11:00 a.m. really tied pressure gradient. your temperatures are gold. it's clear out there. you're at 419 degrees in novato. we'll hit the upper 30s. our coolest time of the day this time of year is just before sunrise. that doesn't even check in until about 7:30. we have more cooling before we hit our lows this morning. low relative humidity, gusty winds, keep that red flag warning in place through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that means if you're living in elevations before 1,000 feet you have high fire danger in your area. practice the best of fire safety throughout today and tomorrow with the very dangerous conditions. 71 in redwood city, not a bad day in santa cruz, 71 degrees. there is fog out there. whatever we see develop, it's going to go quickly once that sun comes up. >> construction eastbound direction

they outlined a plan to cut crime in oakland. hundreds of people showed up to discuss the plan which calls for community involvement and focused city resources on oakland's most dangerous neighborhoods. >> we can't arrest our way out of crime. we have to look at other ways to try to reduce crime and having a laser focus, which is what we talked about, putting officers in strategic locations where we think that most violent crimes are taking place gives us that opportunity. >> the summit is part of the mayor's comprehensive strategy to fight a sharp rise in serious crime in oakland. there were also educational work shops on a wide variety of public safety topics from oakland's violence intervention strategies and gang awareness training to personal safety and self-protection training. >>> eight years in iraq and tonight news that the u.s. troops will withdraw fully from the country by january. that's about a year earlier than planned. a senior u.s. military official confirmed the departure. all american troops will reportedly leav

and he got shot in the streets of oakland. >>reporter: olson was unresponsive and had to be interest baited when he arrived at the hospital and now is communicateing in writing and breathing on his own. doctors are hopeful he will make a full recovery despite fractured skull and major swelling on the left side of the brain. >> that swelling pushes the nerves together and makes it not function as well. writ now that portion of his brain not functioning as well is his ability to speak. other than that, he's fine. >>reporter: the hospital says hundreds of people from around the world have called to wish olson well. new so-called faith of the up movement here in the bay area seem to be taken aback by his new role. >> he is surprised at the interest when we share with him that the world is watching. >>reporter: but the people of the up movement are not surprised. they say olson is an inspiration and they hope he will inspire those who have yet to join the demonstration. >> his life is on hold because he stood up for what he believe

in oakland, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> oakland mayor, gene kwan was out of town when police cleared out the encampment. our team coverage continues with amber lee. >> reporter: julie, oakland mayor, gene kwan is coming under heavy criticism for being out of town when the violent confrontation took place here in downtown oakland, between police and protesters. at city hall this afternoon, mayor gene kwan, flanked by the police chief and city administrators, met with reporters for the first time, since she left for a business trip. >> when i got on the plane, things were pretty peaceful. when i got off, it was very different. >> reporter: kwan told us she was back in oakland around 10:40 last night. a source told us, the mayor was never at the emergency operations center last night. this oakland resident said she used to protest alongside kwan for social change, decades ago in berkely. she says the mayor's absence is disappointing. >> it's from somebody who's been a progressive. i just don't understand that. so it's like betrayal times two. >> i think it was a big misstep, given the whole

resonates with average americans then there are more clashes between police and protesters occupy oakland last night we're going to speak to somebody who's been a victim of the pepper spray and the tear gas over the last few days and then is it time for soldiers to have a non-religious choice when it comes to the counseling that they receive in war zones we're going to speak to a man who's trying to make that possible we'll have all that for you tonight and more putting a dose of happy hour but first frank a look at what the mainstream media has decided to the. now as you know the author my movement has been spreading all across the united states since it first began on september seventeenth and the longer this movement goes on the more clashes that we see between protesters and police and last night there are arrests in both atlanta and for a second night in oakland california patience runs out police move in and dismantle the occupy wall street movement in two major american cities in atlanta police stormed a downtown park overnight they arrested dozens of protesters there even dragging