and he says piedmont lumber had financial problems.r, myer did promise to refund angel out of his own received a personal check for 120. >> so we're and the owner myer announced he sold his last store last week. and the one in lake county. the other were in the bay area and closed over the myer said he didn't want to end an era without making good on an aangle its fantastic. >> thank you. >> and the giants on a hot streak. >>> we have an update for you and there breaking news a fire in san francisco on california street is under control. we've just received these pictures exmailed to abc 7 news. and the fire was reported to be burning in two residential buildings. so far, no reports of injuries. and remember, you can upload breaking news and video at you report abc 7 news.com. or e mail and headlines for you a good quarter for chevron. the oil giant today reported its income up by a third and profits have tripled thanks to improved margins in refineries. and says there is a recovery is slow. and this is almost a year, and this is dow j

takeover robbery happened just before closing time last night at a new shop on a trendy block of piedmont avenue in oakland. ktvu's mike mibach is there tonight with our report. mike? >> reporter: frank, it was a 40- second crime. the robbers got away with credit cards and cash. but they also got caught on tape. the investigation began close to 11:00 in the evening. officers were interviewing victims who just minutes earlier were inside this smoothie shop. security cameras inside the store capture a man walking into the establishment, pointing a handgun. the owner, who did not want to be identified, was behind the counter and heard the demands. >> get down. everybody get down, yeah. >> reporter: a table of six quickly drops to the ground, the gunman grabs over-the- counter and grabs the money while his accomplice heads to the customer's table and grabs their purses and eventually the till. >> i was kind of freaked out and standing there and doing nothing and watching him take the money. >> reporter: two summers ago piedmont avenue was the epicenter of a swarm of similar restaurant take-ov

takeover robbery happened just before closing time last night at a new shop on a trendy block of piedmont avenue in oakland. ktvu's mike mibach is there tonight with our report. mike? >> reporter: frank, it was a 40- second crime. the robbers got away with credit cards and cash. but they also got caught on tape. the investigation began close to 11:00 in the evening. officers were interviewing victims who just minutes earlier were inside this smoothie shop. security cameras inside the store capture a man walking into the establishment, pointing a handgun. the owner, who did not want to be identified, was behind the counter and heard the demands. >> get down. everybody get down, yeah. >> reporter: a table of six quickly drops to the ground, the gunman grabs over-the- counter and grabs the money while his accomplice heads to the customer's table and grabs their purses and eventually the till. >> i was kind of freaked out and standing there and doing nothing and watching him take the money. >> reporter: two summers ago piedmont avenue was the epicenter of a swarm of similar restaurant take-ov

and piedmont avenue in oakland. this is in nevada city. these schools, like so many of the new deal are beautifully built. this is the school you just saw. teaching, they employed tens of thousands of teachers and librariance. new nutritionist. starving children don't learn well. they give them lunches. this is an art class in san francisco hospital. art class for crippled children. the photographers that i find of san francisco indicate that schools were integrated at the lowest level. you could mitigate the racial problem from the bottom up. there was also adult education too. this 1 learned one learned to read as many did. many of the community colleges were a result of the new deal. sacramento. i gave a talk at santa rosa and the city college in san francisco was largely a product of the pwa and has wonderful art work all over it by the art in action project at the treasure island fair. and then there's these special schools for crippled children. this is in the mission district and it's a beautiful school with all the features we take

just before 11, nine customers were robbed inside the green bubble restaurant on piedmont avenue. the restaurant it self was also robbed >>> in the gulf of mexico, most of the ships near the site of that bp oil spill have been told to get out of the area ahead of the arrival of tropical storm bonnie. that new containment cap will be left in place >>> north korea now threatening what it calls a physical response if the nudes and south korea go ahead with joint military exercises planned for this weekend. that statement was made by a north korean official at a con press in vietnam. by the way, secretary of state hillary clinton is representing the u.s. at that conference. >>> a fire in a parking lot damaged six cars. ktvu learned there was no sign of accelerants at this point. at this point, investigators are paying special attention to a toyota minivan which is the first car to catch fire. >> because it's the car was in a damp area, investigators are coming in. >>> time now 62:45. hours of debate ended last night with the oakland city council deciding against a plan that could have

for now, sequoia, mansinita, piedmont will be shut indefinitely. >>> new numbers about how congestion pricing is affecting traffic on the bay bridge. a live look at the toll plaza, at the beginning of this month, new tolls went into effect. among them, first time fees for car poolers. it seems those new fees are changing driving habits. >> reporter: in life there is always a good and bad sight. change. case in point, the recent toll hikes on the bay bridge. the increase to $6 for peak congestion tolls has inspired some commuters to change their habits. >> the first thing we're seeing is a lot less traffic on the bay bridge during the peak. one's wait time, one's feeling of being in congestion has been cut in half. >> transportation officials say the addition of a new $2.50 toll for car poolers is also having an impact. the number of car poolers is down 30% from this time last year. >> in other cases, we think that because the congestion is so much lower now, the incentive to go through the car pool lane isn't as high, because you don't get a great travel time. >> drivers on i-80 may b

two men forced a half dozen customers at the bubble restaurant on piedmont avenue to hand over their wallets and purses. on the other side of town, a kaiser employee coming home from work was gunned down near his front door. with 80 fewer cops on the street, residents say they are terrified. >> there's not enough police to prevent these activities or to respond to them quickly when they happen so that they can actually capture the criminals. and now with the reduction of 80 police officers, they're not going to be able to investigate these crimes. >> oakland police say even with the cutbacks crime is down over last year, so far there are no suspects in last night's killing. >>> oakland firefighters made an interesting and smelly discovery this morning when they were putting out a house fire in a triplex. testimony investigators say firefighters found a marijuana growing operation inside one of the units of the three-story building and police are investigating to determine if the grow operation is for medical purposes. the fire was reported at 5:15 this morning in the 3200 block of te

green bubble on piedmont avenue last night. at least 9 people were robbed of their purse, wallets and electronics. the robbers may have also taken money out of cash register. there is a $10,000 reward for information that would lead to any arrests. >>> in palo alto, police are investigating a series of home burglaries that apparently involved a boy who appears to be about 10. mrs. believe he entered at least two homes while an adult waited outside. home owners claimed to have seen the boy in both cases. apparently one home, he escaped through a window. in the other, he told the home owner he was trying to make a carpet delivery. >>> in golden gate park, vandals are targeting trees. they are cutting, stripping the bark, even sawing some in half. robert lyles shows us the destruction, possibly a motive why. robert. >> reporter: one after another, week after week, someone is killing the very heart of golden gate park. and as you mentioned, it is the trees. now, cbs 5 has learned tonight that that attacker is attack the grove stand

green bubble on piedmont ave. in oakland the small restaurant was the victim of a strong arm robbery on thursday night. just before 11:00 p.m. two masked men carrying guns came in to mr. greenwald or restaurant demanding cash from the register and the personal belongings of customers. from then the to purses, wallets and electronic devices if the two men were running for the restaurant after the robbery. oakland police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to their rest. the couple accused of robbing home of a family days after they died in a car crash are changing their pleas. michael it is pleading no contest wallace girlfriend andrea pleading guilty. they previously pleaded not guilty john and susan melodion the two children died in a car crash days before their home was robbed back in november. a surprising discovery made during a house fire this morning fire fighters responding to a blaze at a three story apartment building after 5:00 p.m. at telegraph avenue. the fire officials said firefight

green bubble on piedmont avenue. were robbed of their purses, wallets, electronic devices, you name it. the robbers may have also stolen money from the cash register. he and the man believed to have set a fire in front of a berkeley market is under arrest tonight. police identified travis eugene churchill from a surveillance video. the fire that he is accused of setting was one of nine authorities say were deliberately set around berkeley in the past week. they say there appears to be a definite link. >>> a concord family is devastated by the loss of their 2-year-old. little jacob bisbee was mauled to death yesterday by his step- grandfather's pitbulls and tonight his grandfather is in jail and admitting his responsibility. linda yee spoke with him and jacob's father who is also feeling responsible. >> i lost my son. and now the loss of my father. he's a good father, you know. lost two in one. >> reporter: michael bisbee clutches his 4-year-old son as he mourns the death of 2-year- old jacob. the little boy was kille

good the businessman from piedmont, okla. very good -- the businessman from piedmont, okla., and a retired businessman from oklahoma city area. [applause] thank you, candidates. candidates will start the first question, and we will move down the table in alphabetical order. on the second question we will continue down the table and conclude with jerry, and we will continue that rotation throughout the evening. question no. one, and you have two minutes to complete your answer -- oklahoma ranks poorly and many categories, including general health, mental health, child and spousal abuse, teen pregnancy, prescription drug abuse, as well as illegal drug abuse. each of these areas place significantly in our economic statistics. what do you thing must be done to improve our overall state of health? >> first i would like to thank northeastern state univ. for hosting us and the opportunity for all of you to be able to come and join us and certainly the oklahoma academy for this forum. we know every report guard continues to rate okla

. >>> investigators are investigating a takeover robbery at a piedmont restaurant. people inside the restaurant were robbed. the restaurant itself was robbed. police interviewed the victim. so far no word on a description of the suspects. just two years ago, there was a string of take-other robberies targeting oakland residents. >>> we're learning the identities this morning of the six people killed in yesterday morning's bus crash near fresno. investigators say three young will, all from the fresno area died when they were thrown from an suv after it overturned on interstate 9. a gray hound bus slammed into them. a bus rolled down the embankment hitting a tree. two individuals from mexico were killed. they were on their way to visit relatives in merced. >>> ktvu news has learned there was no sign of any accelerant at the scene of that car fire at sfo yesterday at the parking lot. right now, investigators are paying special attention toward a toyota mini than. that was the first vehicle to -- to have caught fire. >>> 7:36. we want to check in with sal, who is gonna

the downtown oakland y serves hundreds of families from oakland, alameda, piedmont and emeryville so you so much. tracy i don't know if we can read that clock in the background but they meet at 5:30 three times a week. so those are some devoted workout fans. >> they are doing the ymca symbol with their hands. >> right. so instead of giving us a wave because of the fog, we have a y. if you want to be part of future hi-5s email us mornings@cbs5.com. we need more people to email in. they look good. >> they do. >> hi-5 downtown oakland ymca! bright and early! well, this morning, it's not so bright. but it's early-morning. plenty of clouds out there along the coast and the bay. can't even see coit tower, clouds have erased it at least for now. but you do see some drops on the lens. there we have some drizzle, mist along the coast and around the bay. we have delays on arrivals at sfo around 40 minutes because of the fog. traveling this morning, call ahead. inland a few areas of low clouds partly cloudy conditions. temperatures ranging from the lower to the mid to the upper 50s. this aftern

mans nita, jefferson, golden gate, santa fe, piedmont avenue, and sequoia. is going to be a meeting tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 at the santa fe location on adeline street here in north oakland and that's where the parents will be talking about their alternate plans. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thanks a lot, christie. >>> new this morning, oakland is now a step closer to becoming the first city in the country to allow marijuana as a wholesale industry. after a seven-hour meeting that ended just after midnight, the city council voted 5-2 in favor of selling four production permits. the debate was heated. one city council member says the marijuana industry could generate $3 million to $5 million for the city in the next two years. and that money could go to the general fund and would pay for everything from police to libraries and schools. on thes a opponents are worried it means the end of mom and pop style producers. >> i don't have a financial stake in this ordinance, but i do have a stake in the way small farmers are treat

i represent the area that includes the piedmont triad international airport, both with continentalland service provisions. how will this merger affect airports that have seen a decrease in passenger service as a result of the current dismal economy? provide opportunity for communities to attract additional service? >> as we both said, we serve 148 small communities that have alreadyymade their case for service. as the economy improves we are always mindful of opportunities. very recently, speaking on behalf of united, we have commenced service to small communities that we had not previously served. we are mindful, actually, but something quite differenttfrom what mr. oberstar mentioned moments ago. lowering the sites, like south carolina, we are finding that those markets are beginning to compete vigorously. as the economy improves, i think the markets like the one that you represent, like greensboro, n.c., are going to find themselves the object of service from both of our companies. >> thank you for that. >> you bet. >> you concur? >> i do. markets are better served by healthy carrie