street the police officers the way they -- didn't treat them they're being treated here. >> the police union president is furious that the city is laying off 6 # officers today. the man who signed off on the layoffs says he is mad, too. >> i am not happy. >> the police is not happy. chief is not happy. we should hire officers n culting them or laying them off. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed says a $15 million budget deficit and the retirement cost skyrocketing he and the city council had to make some tough decisions. >> we have a series of bad choices and have to balance it out. the council and i decided instead of closing libraries we'd make cuts. >> it will shift officers from the units such as investigation and property crime to patrolling the street. the union president is going so far to say the city leaders are responsible for put the city at risk. >> whatever ill happens to the citizens of san jose moving forward, they own it. >> the mayor is looking ahead to next year. he says the budget problems will be even worse than they are now. he wants to take pension reform to ballot so voters

amy hollyfield is live at police union headquarters with more. >> the police union officials they walked out of negotiations and if the city called they would come back to the table. time is running out the layoffs will go into place on july 1st. >> both sides agree this a terrible time to be laying off police in san jose. >> i think the rise in the homicide rate demonstrates why i think we need more police officers. >> when you have a homicide rate that has exceeded -- now is not the time to be laying off police officers. >> both sides say they are disappointed. >> i'm sorry wecouldn't come to an agreement. >> it's horrible. you've been on the gravy train, feeding at public trough, feeding the cancer, people that are willing to risk life and limb for citizens, how do you think they would feel? >> both sides agree they should reform their pension plan for the police officers but that is where the conversation breaks down. since the two sides can't agree how to do pension reform they have agreed to lay off 278 officers. >> now the costs of pensions is skyrocketing. this year it's going to

amy hollyfield is live at police union headquarters with more. >> the police union officials they walkedut of negotiations and if the city called they would come back to the table. time is running out the layoffs will go into place on july 1st. >> both sides agree this a terrible time to be laying off police in san jose. >> i think the rise in the homicide rate demonstrates why i think we need more police officers. >> when you have a homicide rate that has exceeded -- now is not the time to be laying off police officers. >> both sides say they are disappointed. >> i'm sorry wecouldn't come to an agreement. >> it's horrible. you've been on the gravy train, feeding at public trough, feeding the cancer, people that are willing to risk life and limb for citizens, how do you think they would feel? >> both sides agree they should reform their pension plan for the police officers but that is where the conversation breaks down. since the two sides can't agree how to do pension reform they have agreed to lay off 278 officers. >> now the costs of pensions is skyrocketing. this year it's going to b

the city and the police union couldn't agree on pence reform. a homicide rate is going up. police officers are an tis pating more violence on the street of san jose. the police union president says he is saying they won't be able to proactively protect the citizens. reporting live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >> they're investing a house fire that was started by a cand candle. >>> we have a look at weather and traffic. >> we will jump four to 12 degrees. it's kind of calm and no flight arrivals delay at sfo. 58 degrees in antioch. in the afternoon, you will notice sunshine everywhere. even at the coast. where we have the low to mid-60s. low to mid-#0s throughout the bay shore as you head to south bay. we start to get the upper 80 -- the upper 70s to low 80s. mythed 70s around san rafael. low to mid-80s inland. comfortable compared to what is unfolding in the accuweather seven-day forecast. low to mid-90s. near 70 at the coast. >> good morning. we're following a delay in mass transit. ace train number three is delayed fiv

street the police officers the way they -- didn't treat them they're being treated here. >> the police union president is furious that the city is laying off 6 # officers today. the man who signed off on the layoffs says he is mad, too. >> i am not happy. >> the police is not happy. chief is not happy. we should hire officers not culting them or laying them off. >> reporter: mayor chuck reed says a $15 million budget deficit and the retirement cost skyrocketing he and the city council had to make some tough decisions. >> we have a series of bad choices and have to balance it out. the council and i decided instead of closing libraries we'd make cuts. >> it will shift officers from the units such as investigation and property crime to patrolling the street. the union president is going so far to say the city leaders are responsible for put the city at risk. >> whatever ill happens to the citizens of san jose moving forward they own it. >> the mayor is looking ahead to next year. he says the budget problems will be even worse than they are now. he wants to take pension reform to ballot so voter

editorial from the police union president that will be running in the mercury news today said the policepartment is so thinly staffed it can no longer proactively protect the citizens. some of the laid off officers landed jobs in police station in sunnyvale, santa clara and san francisco. live in san jose, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> amy, thanks a lot. >> the oakland city council is set to meet late this afternoon and in the night to pass a balanced budget before the fiscal year begins at midnight. the city is considering several plans to cut $58 million deficit. the union negotiators representing the oakland police, firefighters and other city workers agreed to pay 9% of the pension cost. but they will still need approval from the members which can't be completed until next week. the results of the plan to raise $28 million by selling the henry j. kaiser con vention center to redevelopment agency. libraries would remain open but city offices would close in the furlough days. >>> if you are planning to make a big purchase, you might want to wait until tomorrow. tomorrow is july 1. the

worked all the way up to approximately 11:00 trying to resolve our differences. >> reporter: the police union president calls the contract a breakthrough that will help keep the city safer. >> it's a good deal in a sense that one, it allows us to avoid the additional layoffs of 156 of our brother and sister officers. two, it is good for the community. >> reporter: the union agreed to the city's demand of a 10% pay cut. it means about $300 to $400 less a month. they also turned officer positions into civilian positions and to give up jurisdiction at mineta san jose international airport into private security. >> what made the difference, i don't know. i'm just happy that the two negotiating teams were able to come to a tentative agreement so we can avoid the layoffs of 156 officers. that's a really big deal. >> reporter: but the mayor says he will still push for long- term pension reform including a possible ballot measure this fall to allow for such things as raising the retirement age for officer and civilian employees. >> i'm kind of disappointed to hear that. i think this was just a perfec

the police union didn't back down. now as a result, this relatively small department is looking at even more layoffs and revamping how it does business. san jose, the tenth largest city in america, with a 32nd largest city police department. and it's getting even smaller. 122 officers have already been laid off. now with contract talks stalled between the city and its police union, 156 more could get pink slips. total cop jobs potentially lost in 2011? 278. >> if the second tier layoffs go into effect, we'll be down about 920 officers for a city of a million people. >> reporter: that doesn't compare well with other cities san jose's size even with 2009 staffing levels, dallas with almost three times the number of sworn officers and honolulu and san francisco both with smaller populations than san jose still had around 1,000 more officers each. the ratios are even worse now. >> we are going to have to really triage the way we do business and figure out what our priorities are. >> reporter: this sergeant says san jose pd

. >> the city of san jose and the police union negotiations have broken down as they try to scale backyee pay cuts and pensions. the city's pension obligations are draining money from other obligations but the police union says that the city is asking for too much. >> we understand that it need to be reformed. but it is our belief that they have no intention of bargaining over pension reform. they want this one size pension reform that they want to put on the ballot in november and they do not want anything to get in their way of doing that. such >> it is a big issue, is driving the gap that we have this year, about half of it is caused by the increase in retirement costs. should he look at the police department which is in question with the police caelian, the cost of retirement benefits are going up by $25 million the next fiscal year. we do not have the money to cover that. >> is the two sides do not come to terms, another 122 police officers could be laid off in addition to the 126 that got her pink slips her earlier this bring time. that means the remaining months will be spread t

the move came after the police union agreed that officers would take a 10% pay cut. we spoke with the mayor about the decision. >> any time you're laying off police officers and shrinking the fire department, cutting back library hours, it's a sad day. it's a very difficult decision but it's driven by a budget gap that we had to close. >> kron4's j.r. stone talked with the police chief and the union about the tough decisions ahead. >> we want to make that message perfectly clear for people, this is not the time. we will continue to focus on gang-related crime. >> reporter: he made a vow to the community after it was finalized that 180 officers will be laid off. >> you had a riot involving 100 people just a short distance down the block from city hall. you had a triple shooting. you can't afford to lay off one officer, let alone a hundred. >> our number one priority is that response to 911 calls for service is the first priority. >> reporter: the chief says gang investigations are also at the top of his priority list. but there are some things that might be taking a ba

imagine this, more than 150 of the cars could be sitting eye dell if the police union cannot reach a deal with the city. as one san jose city council member tells nbc bay area, it looks pretty dismal right now, more than 150 officers could be laid off, as you mentioned. yefsd the deadline to get the deal done that fell through, though there is a chance it can still get done by tuesday. if not, the matter goes arbitration and 156 police officers will be out of work as soon as next month. the cuts couldn't come at a worse time, of course, san jose dealing with increasing crime, just over the memorial day weekend alone there were two whom sides in less than 24 hours. already, 24 so far this year and as we have been reporting, that surpasses last year's grand total. this morning, we have reached out to the police chief, chris moore,s can as well as a couple of city council members to hear about this. could have earring homicide last week, east san jose, he was speaking candidly to a couple of officers work that case and they told me they are bracing to lose their job in the near future,

in a 7 to 4 vote, the mayor's new budget plan was approved, that came after the city's police union agreed that officers would take a 10 percent budget cut. kron4 spoke with the mayor chuck reed about today's decision. >> any time you lay out the police officers and shrink the fire department, we lost fire department members last year. cutting back library hours, it is a sad day. it is driven by $150 million budget gap that we have to close. >> j.r. stone is following this story, he is in san jose joining us live. you talk with the police and the union and this was a tough decision. >> i did, they have a recess around two hours ago, i spoke with the chief and he told me that 180 people working in his department will not be there come july. >> we want to make that message perfectly clear to people if you think this is an opportunity to pick on the city of san jose police department this is not the time, we will continue to focus on gang-related crimes as hard as we have. >> that is the san jose police chief chris mohr, he made a promise the community after fighting at 180 officers will be l

the "oakland tribune" report the firefighter, police union and other employee group agreed to pay 9% of the pension plan. members of each union need to approve the deal. agreement could save the city $40 million a year. and help prevent deep cuts in city services. >>> this morning, police made two arrests in triple stabbing outside walnut creek car wash. abc7's amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with the latest information. amy? >> reporter: two police cars arrived at the apartment building, next to the scene of the crime. it appears they are working the case, though they made two arrests. the two men they arrested they said did confess. two victims were taken to the hospital last night with stab wounds. a third victim was located later. he had a cut on his arm and he refused medical treatment. police searched last night and this morning announced they made the arrest of two men. this happened at 8:45. a fight broke out between five men at the parking lot of the walnut creek car wash at north main street near geary. residents of the apartment complex next door say they heard yelli

the police union has tentatively agreed to pay 9% of its pension plans. the firefighters, professional and technical engineers and other union members, they're expected to make concessions equivalent to 9% as well. the oakland city council starts voting on that budget tonight. oakland by the way has a $58 million budget deficit. >>> all right. 6:08 is the time. time to check in again on traffic. where are you starting, sal? >>> we're starting here at the toll plaza, pam, in oakland westbound bay bridge traffic looks pretty good coming into san francisco. and, again, we're thinking that the metering lights go on there will be a little more slow traffic. and also as we get closer to the 4th of july holiday at the end of the week we'll see people tailing off and getting vacations in. but right now it still looks kind of normal out there. on the east shore freeway the same thing goes. traffic is busy especially in richmond. but here in berkeley it's evened out. if you're driving on 580 west there's still a crash not in the lanes though. 580 at 680. didn't turn

negotiations between the city and the police unions have broken down.ing to cut pension benefits. the two sides cannot come to terms. more than 270 officers to be laid off as early as next month. all this comes at a time when homicides are double what they were one year ago. house >> at the courthouse and el dorado county, the maximum sentence for philip gorido he is one to serve a life sentence and 36 years to life for his wife in the kidnapping of jaycee dugard. she decided not to show up for the hearing but her mother was here. >> of a statement read by jaycee dugard mother she lashed out saying that i hated every second of every day of 18 years because of the sexual perversion that you forced on me. besides that statement, she told the two of them to save their apologies and in the words and said that i hope you have as many sleepless nights as i did. >> the investigators at the hayward police department handling the michelle le missing persons case say that they have several persons of interest that they would like to interview regarding her disapp

. >> the city of san jose and its police union have reached a tentative deal that will save the jobs of 156 officers at risk of being laid off. the package just announced calls for 10% across the board compensation cuts for officers but more than a hundred officers will still be let go. and it agrees to outsource airport police. >>> the latest jobs report says employers added the fewest jobs last month in eight months. employers added only 54,000 new jobs in may. national unemployment rate inched up to 9.1% and it was 9.0. >> the data flow has turned more negative, that is due to the surge in oil and food prices, declining house prices and the ill effects of the japanese quake. >> despite the numbers, president obama is at a chrysler plant in toledo hailing the rebound of the u.s. auto industry and efforts by his administration to save it. the industry would likely have collapsed if they didn't step in to bailout chrysler and general motors. they will pay off the remaining loans ahead of schedule and just yesterday they announced plans to sell the remaining stake in the automaker to

the city for letting this happen. >> the police union president is saying whatever happens is on thef the mayor. he says this is preventable. this is a change of shift. pilau of officers are arriving. one officer said the layoffs have been happening all week but today is the final days simply because tomorrow, july 1st is the beginning of the new fiscal it is very somber out here. ipolice officers have done cost- cutting measures, they have reduced wages, benefits, they have done everything it possibly could to keep police officers here but instead may your read has ignored that. he even stashed away millions of dollars her to have a ballot measure, for voters to decide as opposed to putting that money to the police officers to keep them on the job. this i am hoping to hear back from the union president to get his reaction. >> thanks for the update. >> and the national news, fbi officials say a man from nigeria is in custody after boarding a virgin american flight with an expired a boarding pass that along to someone else. a big story this morning. investigators say that the man boar

. >> the city of san jose and its police union have reached a tentative deal that will save the jobs of 156 officers at risk of being laid off. the package just announced calls for 10% across the board compensation cuts for officers but more than a hundred officers will still be let go. and it agrees to outsource airport police. >>> the latest jobs report says employers added the fewest jobs last month in eight months. employers added only 54,000 new jobs in may. national unemployment rate inched up to 9.1% and it was 9.0. >> the data flow has turned more negative, that is due to the surge in oil and food prices, declining house prices and the ill effects of the japanese quake. >> despite the numbers, president obama is at a chrysler plant in toledo hailing the rebound of the u.s. auto industry and efforts by his administration to save it. the industry would likely have collapsed if they didn't step in to bailout chrysler and general motors. they will pay off the remaining loans ahead of schedule and just yesterday they announced plans to sell the remaining stake in the automaker to

. >> and san jose police union said it did what it needed to by signing a tentative contract agreement with the city. the city faces a budget deficit and 270 police jobs are on the line. today's agreement calls for a reduction and even with that they stand to lose 122 positions come july. >> it is bitter sweet in a sense. no one wants to take a 10 percent cut in pay and neither do the police officers. >> the deal needs to be approved by rank and file and city council. >> the state of california could face a lawsuit if the comp troller does dock the lawmakers pay. legal action is possible because technically a budget was signed by governor brawn brown in march. that didn't balance the budget and under proposition 25 passed by the voters he can with hold pay and perdium if a deal is not reach. lawmakers stand by the threat and some are optmistec a deal will get done. >> with the increase in revenues to the state we have to balance the budget and funding schools and not raising taxes. we ought to take advantage of that opportunity. >> it should be noticed the law doesn't allow retroactive

the most significant agreement would come from the police union. >> hopefully it'll get me back in the door. if they vote for it, if not i will continue my search. >> reporter: police officers have ten days to vote. firefighters and three other unions have tentatively agreed to similar deals. >>> the prospect of sharp tax hikes and spending cuts spark another round of violence. clashes broke after an announcement of cuts. lawmakers must vote tomorrow or greece will not receive help. >>> corporate earnings helped spark stocks today. >>> san francisco based company zinga is reportedly ready to go public. the maker of popular facebook games farmville and mafia wars could file as early as tomorrow. the wall street journal and others say the company could raise up to $2 billion in its initial public offering. >>> google has announced a new social network called google plus. it allows users to make circles of friends. there's an area where you can hang out with friends via google chat. right now google plus is in its testing phase. >>> officials today are clarifying information about the dri

. >> the last-minute vote, the police union approved a 10% pay cut for one year which avoided another 156 police layoffs. >>> tracking pollution. managing water resources, it's tough to do when money is scarce. and now there is a free app for that. kiet do shows us how a silicon valley giant is now helping san jose protect its drinking water. >>> reporter: along the alamedos creek in san jose their dealing with the city's massive budget deficit with generosity and innovation. 100 ibm volunteers are donating a full eight-hour workday to help out the city watershed protection department by collecting and testing water samples in the city's creeks. >> 16. >> 16 degrees. >> that's a good temperature. >> reporter: and then logging and transmitting in the information with a free public mobile app that he invented. don't you have anything better to do? >> we worked every day up there many, many hours and this is the least we can do. >> reporter: ibm's offer to help couldn't have come at a more desperate time for the city. yesterday the council voted to cut budget by $150 million, the largest

worked all the way up to approximately 11:00 trying to resolve our differences. >> reporter: the police unionresident calls the contract a breakthrough that will help keep the city safer. >> it's a good deal in a sense that one, it allows us to avoid the additional layoffs of 156 of our brother and sister officers. two, it is good for the community. >> reporter: the union agreed to the city's demand of a 10% pay cut. it means about $300 to $400 less a month in their paychecks. they also turned officer positions into civilian positions and to give up jurisdiction at mineta san jose international airport into private security. >> what made the difference, i don't know. i'm just happy that the two negotiating teams were able to come to a tentative agreement so we can avoid the layoffs of 156 officers. that's a really big deal. >> reporter: but the mayor says he will still push for long- term pension reform including a possible ballot measure this fall to allow for such things as raising the retirement age for officer and civilian employees. >> i'm kind of disappointed to hear that. i think this

the head of the police union was overheard saying that he bought the appointment. others have said he is a member of the old boys' network. was that a political choice, that the union got one of their own as chief, that they might be more amenable to renegotiating the pension and kicking back the money in sour or forgoing raises for a third consecutive year? >> none of that injured into my decision making at all. it occurred so suddenly. they were literally confirming the as the vacancy was created. i asked the very same commission that helped to select the last chief to use the same process to come up with the best group of candidates. i reviewed it things with them about what they went through. i had concerns about whether they had open dialogue with the communities of the city, whether they had contact with all possible candidates. they did a very thoroughly vetted process. once i was satisfied with that, i proceeded to look to the recommendations they had. i interviewed each won twice. -- each one twice. focused solely on who was the best. i interviewed groups

the last union to sign off was the police union. d this was the union probably the most contentious. and so they signed off 10% salary cuts. and a number of other measures. but it still required the city to lay off 150 police officers. the trouble with that is, murders are up in san jose. i think they are about 26 murders this year, which means -- in 26 this year, which outpasses last year. which is very problematic for the constituency. totally understand that. but in this era of, you know, declining revenues, it's going to be a challenge, not just for san jose, but for oakland, for san francisco, a number of cities as they try to deal with declining revenues and increasing labor costs. and it's really difficult to deal with that. >> so this is a case of trying to adjust the new normal, basically, something that other cities are going to have to do as well? >> that's very scary for people to hear. when you hear the new normal. when you hear less police officers. when you hear libraries are closing. when you hear people are losing th

it's the result of a tentative deal between the city and the police union. it calls for a 10% pay cut to prevent the layoffs of 156 officers and help close san jose's budget deficit. that means three to $400,000s out of their paychecks every month. >> it's a good deal in a sense that, one, it allows us to avoid the additional layoffs of our brother and sister officers. two, it's good for the community. >> also announced today, a federal grant has been secured that will allow them to receive view 49 fire department jobs that were cust last year. >> according to the labor department -- americans are still looking for jobs right now. millions who have found jobs are working for a lot less money. >> this is a rare treat we get a piece of once in a while. >> for nearly two years, michael and melissa barone were both out of work. >> we absolutely had zero money. we could hardly afford to buy food. >> michael who was laid off by ford just got a new job but at half his old pay. melissa is still looking for a job. >> even though we were out there, both of us, diligen

talk between the police union and the city have broken down. a spoke with police about the high risk stake involved here. >> san jose police department and indeed the entire city are at a cross roads when it comes to police service. there could now be 2 78 layoffs at a time when the city has seen 22 homicides this year compared to 20 in all of last year. >> a lot of the violent crime will get investigated but not much else. you are looking at the property crimes not seeing much attention. >>reporter: police officers association has agreed to take a 10% pay cut to avoid more layoffs but negotiations abrup abruptly fell apart over the police union proposal for an operational retirement plan. >> it got hung up on pension reform. it pay him quite clear to us that the city was trying to sabotage our effort at pension reform. >>reporter: san jose police chief labor northbounder says he's willing to continue talking and offered to eliminate pension reform language to get a deal done. last minute agreement would save 156 officers from being laid off. >>

word that budget talks have completely broken down between the san jose city council and the police officer's union and forcing the prospect of more layoffs anticipated at a time whether homicides are on the rise. amy hollyfield joins us live from city hall. >> this could mean 278 police officers will be laid off. it is a tough time to be doing this in san jose. city has had 22 murders so far this year compare that to 20 in all of last year. but the city has a budget deficit to address. city was hoping to reach a deal with the police union that would shrink the officer's pensions. deal still would have meant layoffs, 122 officers but now they are looking at 278 layoffs. both sides expressed disappointment they couldn't reach a deal yesterday. that was the deadline to make it into the city's budget. they have to have it in place by the end of the month. there is still a ray of hope. city officials still could order both sides to the table to try again before the layoffs are issued but as of right now, talks have broken down and 278 officers are looking at losing their job. live in san jose, amy holl

city negotiators and the police union failed to reach an agreement by a midnight deadline last night. talks broke down few to a disagreement over a -- without a contract deal an additional 156 may be laid off to help close a $115 million budget deficit. the city council could order both sides back to the bargaining table before the end of the month. >>> a jobless report and fewer people applied for unemployment benefits first time claims drop today 422,000. that's the third drop in four weeks. the number of people continuing to collect fell by 1,000 to just more than 3.7 million. the numbers are out just ahead of may's monthly jobs report which will be released tomorrow. >>> jobless claims combined with weak retail numbers sending stocks lower. the dow lost 41 points but the market -- nasdaq was able to get a four point gain. >> to buy a piece of one of the fastest growing companies. groupon today filed paper work for the initial public offering of stock. the filing with the securities and exchange commission sets the potential value at $750 million. groupon was launched in 2008 and h

a tentative compromise has been reached with the open police union and four other city employee groups. they are willing to pay a part of their pension plan. but the problem is this. if councilmembers vote to carve out money to bring 44 of them back, 44 officers will be heading out the door through attrition. a math equation the chief says he has to deal with. >> this year if things go through, we're budgeted for 650. we want to go a little above that by 20 to 22 knowing we're going six a month worse case scenario for a year. for me i'll take it. >> nbc bay area news. >> 4:36 right now. bart will pay $1.3 million to oscar grant's mother to settle a civil suit. she was joined by her brother and civil rights attorney john burris at a news conference in oakland following the settlement yesterday. now, the settlement does not include any admission of guilt by bart or any of its officers. grant's mother says the decision to reach that settlement with b.a.r.t. was difficult. >> no amount of money would ever make me satisfied. what would make me satisfied is that my son would be here. that's

city negotiators and the police union failed to reach agreement by midnight deadline last night. the city has already -- is already posed to lay off 122 police officers. without a contract deal an additional 156 officers may be laid off. the city council could order both sides back to the bargaining table before the layoffs become effective. >>> ahead, the amazing story of a dog abused, buried and left for dead. wait until you hear how this terrible tale ends. >>> and they're not sure what it was, but it caused the evacuation of a bay area courthouse this morning. enjoy the break for now. meteorologist mark will be here soon to tell you when the rain will return. also. >>> i heard like rounds going off. >> an update on an east bay fire where ammunition became part of the story. >>> and we're also continuing to follow the breaking news in san francisco where three firefighters are hurt after a late morning fire. >>> several dozen oakland pudge customers are still without power. pg&e crews were called to 44th avenue around 3:30 this morning after a transformer blew. a police officer

a tentative compromise has been reached with the police union and four other city employee groups. they are willing to pay a part of their pension plan, but the problem is this, if council members vote to carve out money to bring 44 of them back, 44 officers will be heading out the door through attrition. a math equation the chief says he has to deal with. >> this year if things go through, we're budgeted for $650, we want to go above that by about 20, 22. so it would give us another year. for me i'll take whatever i can get. >> reporter: council members will vote on the budget on thursday. live in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> an elderly woman kidnapped from san jose more than a month ago musters the courage to tell her story to police and as a result, police are on the lookout for two hispanic men who abducted her. they said they forced her to withdraw money from her account and threatened to kill her if she went to cops. police believe the suspects may have pulled off a similar crime a week later in north las vegas. if you have any information about this crime, pl

the city says the layoffs are necessary and the police unions say it is a grave mistake. >> this summers going to be bloody and violent and the blood is not on our hands but city hall's hands. >> reporter: 122 officers were supposed to be cut by midnight tomorrow but 50 of them retired or moved on to other departments. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, thieves like copper so much, they're stealing it from facebook's construction site. investigators are looking into a similar theft monday morning on hart's avenue. in all, more than 2,000 pounds of copper has been ripped off to the tune of $8,500. >>> a rabbit raid leads to a breeding facility, intended to raise 21 bunnies for food. officials are working to find the homes formal nourished and abused rabbits that were stocked on top of each other. workers with the spca say the itras were found in the backyard of a home. the owner is under investigation due to the living conditions at the home deemed inhumane. >>> hipster or homeless? is it clever or tacky? has a new san francisco website gone too far with its hoo you more? >>> there's one thing yo

. >> a dc police union official tonight is criticizing the department's decision to demote the two officers, calling chief lanier's handling of the entire incident inconsistent, brian. >> another big story tonight. could the clock being winding down on congressman anthony weiner's career. even fellow democrats are calling for him to resign. he admitted to sending half naked photos of himself to six women. one of them, a 26-year-old living in texas. >> i just thought at the time there's got to be something. there's way more girls out there. this is not just me. this is something that's regular, he's done all the time. he's comfortable. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi has called for an ethics investigation. the question for weiner is whether or not he used any resources or government property to engage in online communication. >>> some neighborhoods could see temperatures close to the century mark tomorrow. sue is in the weather sue. >> here we go again. round 2, brian, and it looks like it will last a few days as well. let me show you temperatures across the nation. we can look around

city negotiators and the police union failed to reach agreement by a midnight deadline last night. the city was already posed to lay off 122 police officers. without a contract deal an additional 156 officers may be laid off. the city council could order both sides back to the bargaining table before those layoffs become effective. >>> a new poll shows majority of californians support governor jerry brown's call for a special election to let voters to decide whether to extend expiring tax increases in an effort to close the state's budget deficit. 62% of likely voters say they want a special election that's up 50 # from 56% a month ago. it's not clear if they would vote to extend the taxes. 46% support the tax extension while 48% say they oppose them. >>> a pinole elementary school set to close next week will stay open for at least another year. >> congratulations. good work. >> it was a packed house last night as the west contra costa school board voted unanimously to keep shannon elementary school open. the vote reverses a 2009 decision to close the school, but it is only temporar

the police union is still negotiating with the city. >>> this morning, the crew of the space shuttle "endeavor" is back on earth and wrapped up the final mission. >> touchdown. >> it was a spectacular sight to see. late last night at florida's kennedy space center. "endeavor" touched down just after 11:30 p.m. our time following a 16-day mission. it's the next to last mission in nasa 30-year space shuttle program. atlantis is scheduled to launch the program time shuttle mission on july 8. couldn't see it as well because it was a nighttime landing but still, mike, we can say there was a beacon of light in terms of the human ingenuity. how is that? i'm feeling poetic this morning for some reason. >> it closes a sad chapter -- it's a sad closing -- well, it's sad. it's a chance for our lives going away. i'm so sad i can't even thinking what to say. look at live doppler7 h.d. showers over the ocean. it lands at night and had a plasma trail behind it. awesome to see. mostly clear as far as rain. light pockets of showers to con teptend with. we have a low and showers in the forecast. thund

it's a budget stalemate between san jose and its police officers union. today was the deadline really to get a new deal done. however, there is still a chance it can still get a deal done by next tuesday. if not, the matter gallon to arbitration. and 156 police officers will be out of work as soon as next month. police cuts are especially painful for san jose this year, where the number of homicide said, 24, have already surpassed last year's total. >> well, who used michelle lay's phone after she went missing? police are hoping that phone records will help them find the nursing student. the 26-year-old never came back from a break during her rounds. police say that cell phone records show someone using her phone several times on sunday. equacntances have been ves and interviewed by cops. her family is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to her safe return. >>> judgment day for the kidnappers of jaycee dugard. they will be sentenced tomorrow. both are expected to receive sentences to keep them behind bars for the remainder of their lives and

will have the forecast later on >>the city of san jose reached a hard fought agreement with the police union to reduce composition by 10 percent. >> it is a challenge to balance the budget but the police are questioning at what cost? >> larry, safety is the issue . hours before the city council and police reaped the contract agreement that ends up laying off hundreds of police officerrs. four people were shot and one fatally. that brings the homicide rate to twen. homicides and crime will increase. >> and the shooting broke out a little after 3:00 a.m. in san jose. >> we don't know if it was one individual that came up and opened fire at these victims having the gathering or more than one. >> four people were shot and one fatally. three of the others managed to find their way to local hospitals with nonlife threatening wounds. >> all in favor . all opposed. >> the city council approved a budget plan that lays off 100 police officers. even with that agreement, the mayor chuck reed believes that more officers will have to go to balance the budget. >> we'll not be anywhere near the 120. we'll h

the police union tentatively agreed to pay 9% of its pension plans. the firefighters, professional and technical engineers and or union members are expected to make concessions equivalent to 9% as well. now the oakland city council starts voting on the budget tonight. oakland by the way has a $58 million budget deficit. >>> there are reports that one of the first big social networking sites will start laying off employees tomorrow. myspace is expected to layoff at least 150 employees. the website had already cut its payroll back in january. myspace is also expected to announce it is being sold by the end of the week. the company has lost ground to facebook and other social media and has recently prompted -- promoted itself as a site for music and entertainment. >>> time now 5:07. round two of the smart meter battle in santa cruz county is expected to start in just a couple hours. critics of pg&e's new smart meters say they're going to go back to capitol will this morning. they've been blocking the gates of a building where they expect pg&e crews to ins

. >>> in oakland, the mayor and city council reached tentative agreement with the police union and other employee group to close a $58 million budget deficit. the city council will discuss the labor negotiations in a closed meeting this morning. then hold a hearing on city hall this evening. the "oakland tribune" reports the police officer union, firefighterune on and other employee groups agreed to pay 9% of the pension plan. member of each union needs to approve a deal. agreement could save the city $40 million a year and help prevent deep cuts in the city services. >>> the driving record of the man behind the wheel of the truck that slammed into an emeryville amtrak train on friday includes several violations. 43-year-old lawrence valley had been cited for speeding four time since 2008, including three for driving a school bus over the speed limit in california. investigators say it was driving over the speed limit when he hit the train killing himself and at least five other people. investigators are also analyzing his cell phone data from the moments immediately preceding the wreck.