richmond is the 10th in the improvement program. lottery's serve all the communities in the city. it really is a community. i live here, just a few blocks over that way. the way that the city deals with the branch library, the work they have done recognize this, and all the work they have done for the community. they want the library to be built in san francisco. that was in 1914 that the present building was designed and funded through the philosophy of andrew carnegie. historically, is the second busiest branch in the system. it is outpaced only by the chinatown branch. thanks to additional funding a 5.9 million provided by the state propositiond by proposition 14, that's referred to the california reading and literacy improvement and public library construction and bond act of 2000, that's the short version of the title. we were able to expand the space and provide additional space for collections, computers, room for teens. a community meeting room. which you can see that it is accessible from outdoors, if we have to have an aft

and enjoy your richmond. senator milton marks library. ♪ >> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. to understand them, you have to understand the topography of san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of sa

. >>> we are also following overnight news from richmond. homicide investigators are looking into a grim discovery earlier this morning. kraig debro joins us now from richmond. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, pam. i've just spoken to richmond police. they confirm this is a homicide. take a look behind me. we have a little bit of a scene here. police were searching the field near the richmond marina. when i spoke to police sergeant a few moments ago she told me this was a homicide. they were working a homicide out here and a domestic dispute. there were two people fighting. a third person tried to intervene to stop the fight. the person was chased by the suspect in custody and that person because they were chased down and stabbed or excuse me i'm not sure the method of the homicide. that person was chased down and killed by the person involved in the dispute. they chased the suspect. they have suspect downtown with the witness in this case which is the female. moments ago people were searching a field right next to marina way using f

and the seven suspects of a gang rape in richmond. it happened to turn this homecoming dance last october in dan kerman is live in martinez with the details. what happened in court today? dan? >> catherine, court wrapped up at 4:00 p.m. and greeco has interviewed the suspects and finally wrapped up his testimony as the cross- examination continued today. >> and on the night of the sexual assault of some of this ridge of high school. that was the testimony of the eighth day of the richmond gang rape hearing. seven suspects are accused of raping a 16 year-old girl. returning the stand was retired richmond police officer come off greeeo interview the victim and the model for to model for take of e suspect of intercourse? a hispanic male. during the cross-examination of the attorney for jose montano, perhaps that is not her client but to another hispanic defendant who had a ponytail and a group. also she was thinking that it could apply to somebody else. >> and richmond police officer also took the stand that he was part of the evidence c

. >> reporter: many of the people who live here in richmond are all too familiar with the sights and sounds of crime in their city. richmond has the highest per capita rate of serious crime in the state. >> i have seen it so many times. it's sad. but kids are used to it. the community is used to it. >> reporter: jackson and his neighbors want a change. they want to get tough with juvenile offenders. >> kids that commit murders alone, they are getting younger and younger and younger. >> they should be charged you know as an adult. if you do an adult crime you should get charged as an adult. >> reporter: and in contra costa, more than in any other bay area county the district attorney's office is using its authority to force juvenile suspects into adult court where sentences can be much, much longer. five years ago california voters changed the law to allow prosecutors to direct files. that is sentencing juveniles to adult court without asking the judge for permission. last month the da sent the now 17-year-old scott directly into adult court. he is accused of beating and stabbing his

that is right near the border of richmond and albany. the city of albany and richmond is there. we do know that amtrak services have been stopped by the quarterly line because of a train that hit a pedestrian 45 minutes ago flow. train service has been stopped and this is going to mean big delays for amtrak services down to oakland and the rest of the bay area. a lot of people use that service from the sacramento area heading all the way down into san jose. this is a big problem. by the way, we do have ktvu reporter jade hernandez on the scene gathering the details. this is bay bridge. this is a ten minute delay. this is 280 northbound in san jose. that traffic does move well. here is steve. >> yes. very happy friday. we get to point it into what will not be a warmer week. sunday when you set your clocks back plan to read a book or watch a movie. we have rain moving in. the fog has come back. yes, it has. it will be cooler by the coast. a lot of high clouds over us. they retained the heat we we will continue that theme. yesterday if you were in these areas and it was a record hi

a guy by the name of marsh, who was from richmond, england. >> australia? >> australia? >> george turner marsh. >> no trees at all. people see trees in the city and think they may have been made. sand and scrub. at some point, these are the lives were used recreational -- these outer lands were used recreational lly. . >> there is. we hoave -- what, the third? >> depends on it you are coming the addition. but they all burned down. that was around 1900, so if you are ever stuck in traffic in the six-lane boulevard in 19th avenue, imagine what it was like back then. >> [inaudible] i would say this is after they began to develop some homesteading entries. >> it was a large chicken ranch out there. lawson chicken ranch was along 19th ave. >> [inaudible] >> not exactly. he donated the land later to the city, though. sort of the farm house feeling of the richmond. >> there is a water tower with a windmill in the back. >> right, get your water from wells. that was the early boathouses. looking at that map, sporting men would come out in the horses, have little rac

it was a case that stunned the richmond community. a 15-year-old richmond high school student brutally gang-raped outside her homecoming dance. since then, a lot has changed. >> there is a new gate. the trees have been cut back. it's more illuminated. there is more light over there. >> reporter: school board member charles ramsey walked us through the campus to where he says the incident happened over a year ago. ramsey says this part of the school was dark and isolated. school security and administrators didn't have any idea the attack, which police say continued for more than two hours, was going on, while a crowd wamped and did nothing to help. ramsey showed us some of the security changes which include more than 200 high definition cameras. >> it was the best investment we could have made to insure the safety of the students. >> reporter: tonight a soccer game drew families to the campus, including students who graduated from this district. they say richmond high school looks cleaner, but say the fresh paint and security upgrades

richmond's daytime curfew allows a judge to fine truant students up to $500. vicki has an update on how the curfew is working and why some feel it's unfair. >> no one can argue that truancy is not a problem. the last time they conducted a sweep they picked up 425 students in three days. richmond becomes the last city in the school district to add a daytime curfew. we rode along with the officer to see how it works and how the program is designed to prevent repeat offenders. precisely 30 minutes after school starts. ray hernandez searches for students skipping school. >> you have students back here hiding in the bleachers and the play structure over here. >> it doesn't take long to spot them. >> how are you guys doing? where are you going? >> these two, 14 and 16 years old tell the officer they go to the continuation, but they attend richmond high and were heading home. before the curfew, they would return the students to class and if it was close to the end of the day, they would go home. now they are taken here to the activities league. >> come on down here.

he response from richmond station, no objections from richmond station as long as the following situations are met. no gambling, no online capability. i don't know what that means. not to be operated by minors during school hours and only the aforementioned game is to be installed. those are the recommended conditions from richmond station. what? and -- oh, this is wrong. my memo is wrong. sorry. staff recommendation is certainly to issue a conditional grant. but again i apologize, we got this recommendation really late in the day and wasn't able to call richmond to clarify what no online capability means. online gambling. i think mr. miles can tell you that you can play buck hunter with other people online at the same time in other bars. do you know this? i would love to play. but i want to clarify -- vice chair joseph: it's like a trivia game. you can compete against other bars. >> i just wanted to bring it to your attention for discussion. i think just so we don't get out of order. why don't we ask mr. miles if he has anything to say and then we can go into that discussion. >> i've been

richmond said revell, 12 minutes from richmond center felt that has increased. now 21 minutes.bling of the drive time from richmond to san rafael. if you can choose a different bridge san mateo bridge for the south duron we have the dumbarton bridge.we have the dun bridge. >> back to the bay bridge, the traffic impact is still hundreds of cars stuck here on the incline yuli is following the latest. it looks like there's still blocking of traffic? >> that is right, they still have this blocked off on the 80 right where you continue to 80 or 580 that is your only choice 580 or 880 you can not going to the toll plaza that is completely blocked off let me assure you the incline, there you go, even though on the other side of the upper deck their opening up some lanes these cars still seeing a little bit of a standstill it is unclear if they're going to let them go through the yerba buena island tunnel or if they're making these cars turnaround on the island is still unclear what they're doing with these cars that are just up here on the incline. i'm trying to get word from ctc woul

and right now, they are heading up towards richmond actually at the scene of an injury crash. let's go to our maps so we can show you what we're talking about. this is westbound 80 down the eastshore freeway, a solo car spinout, chp is on scene. i want to show you what it's doing to our sensors. we are already seeing that line of slow traffic heading into richmond on westbound 8 so watch out for that. it is like will go blocking at least one lane. we didn't have a whole lot of other details right now. except for this developing hotspot right there otherwise we're pretty quiet throughout the east bay and the rest of the bay area. so far no metering lights and no big delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:06. a day of fun at chuck e. cheese turns into a nightmare for dozens of bay area fabulous. >> oh, my god, that's horrible. >> here's our first look at surveillance video and what the robbers did in just 60 seconds. >>> plus, no more free parking. who is able to slide by without paying at city meters. ,, hey, ellen, what are you doing? just brewin

highs in the east bay valleys mid to upper 70s. 69 in richmond.g east bay shore. mid to upper 70s in the south bay with mid-70s throughout the peninsula. look to mid on upper 60s along the coast. so that 68 in downtown san francisco. ten degrees cooler. low to mid-70s in the north bay valleys. a 76 record high in santa rosa. low to mid on 50s along the coast. mid-60s, carmel and monterey. low 80s inland. tonight we'll see more widespread cloud cover low 50s in the north bay. half moon bay and livermore mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. formidable area of high pressure three of them and they are splitting this cold front into two small sections one will head to the north other one is going to head to the south. it brings us the cooler weather starting tomorrow. and under partly sunny sky temperatures will drop another ten degrees but the storm system to the north a secondary one that comes in on sunday that will bring us a quarter to half an inch of rain in the north bay. a 10th to a quarter inch in the south bay. >>> news on capital corridor al

in richmond. today it's the lack of gunshots making the news. >> we've been very lucky. >> reporter: the city's 2010 tom lied rate has gone down by about 50% over last year. >> i'm glad it's dropping. >> reporter: in 2009, there were 47 reported murders in the city. this year, just 22 with only one molest to go. police charge it up to several things. >> officers are getting to know the community. >> reporter: police say it seems as if people who live in the neighborhoods are now more willing to step forward. >> that's how a big part of how we solve a lot of cases. we have to have community involvement. we are finally starting to see that partnership evolve. >> reporter: they have added ten officers this year, and new technology. they have also beefed up their gang task force and monitoring for parole he's. for the people who live in richmond, ten active hope. >> i'm hoping that we're weeding the right people out. >> hopefully it gets better, but i'm not sure. >> reporter: in richmond. >>> school b

classes at allen temple in oakland but lived in richmond. the leadership of the church says they will reach thousands of people by just talking to a few pastors. >> >> so each of those 20 pastors represents maybe 300, 400, 500 people each, maybe more. >> reporter: it's not just pastors who will benefit from the paining -- training. >> they, too, are being trained in the area of urban ministry and community advocacy. >> reporter: the church already does plenty of outreach. the victim was trying to get his ged in fellow ship. he was shot outside when he went to take a phone call. the father of the church preaches economic inequities are to blame. >> health despairries and despairries in economics. >> reporter: yesterday's homicide was the 74th of the year, but the first in the 90- year history of the church any homicide was committed on church property. reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> we're following a breaking story out of richmond where police say an unidentified man was shot to death jus

emotional testimony as a preliminary hearing resumes today for the suspect in the gang rape of a richmondigh school student. alcohol may be a key part. >> leaders meeting today in san francisco to consider another fee hike. students are bound to protest. >> live look at the ferry building this morning. notice the lack of clouds once again. off to a cooler start. that means a cooler afternoon. i'll show you how much of a difference today makes. >> off to a pretty good start across the san mateo bridge. major road work going on in hayward for the 880/92 connector. i'll have the details coming up. >> 80 degree weather in november, who knew. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. breaking news. chp officers arrested a man they believe is the suspect in the string of robberies. a high-speed chase started in the east bay after officers spotted the suspect and recognized him from police reports. the chp managed to spin the car out at east 25th street at 23rd avenue in oakland. they took two people into custody then but the driver ran away. after more than an hour of searching, they finally located

ocho estantes como estos se instalaran en richmond en lugares no tradicionales como esta lavanderia oentro de salud.para algunos padres es un verdadero regalo pues dicen que no es facil ir a la biblioteca en esa ciudad. ciudad.solo hay una, y es una area donde esta mas lejos de las casas muchos de los libros que llegaran a estos estantes son donaciones hechas por los mismos padres de familia, usted sabe los ninos crecen ya no quieren leer los mismos libros, asi que esos los puede donar en sitios estrategicos de la ciudad de richmond como la alcaldia donde hay cajas como estas 39:57 esos libros a la vez serviran para seguir dotando estos estantes el nombre del proyecto es tome un libro y deje otro., pero aclararon que si un nino se quiere quedar con uno de los libros, puede tomarlo como un regalo....pilar nino telemundo. ---y para este miercoles, molestos por inspecciones en escaners, algunos usuarios proponen boicotear al servicio de seguridad en los aeropuertos------isolda peguero tiene los detalles--- --- probablemente muchos de nosotros ya estamos listos para celebrar el dia de acc

richmond 70, all the way 74 fremont. oakland right in the middle of san leandro 72. brendwood the warm spot 76. the monterey bay, we have monterey 68. carmel a little cooler at 66. low to mid-70s santa cruz, watsonville and as you head inland for tonight temperatures 40s and 50s for all of us. i think san francisco significantly cooler at 53. most of the bay shore and the coast 50s. exception fremont, palo alto and the 40s like the east bay and north bay valleys. your accu-weather 7-day forecast, a little more cloud cover and about a 4 to 6 degree drop tomorrow. we'll drop another 4 to 6 degrees thursday and about 4 degrees on friday. before you know it the weekend's here. it's wet and temperatures are in the 50s. that's quite a change. let's see if traffic conditions at all. >> no, mike, luckily it hasn't. kind of just the way we like it which is quiet and easy and no big hot spots. a live shot of interstate 80 in berkeley. traveling in the eastbound direction, kind of an on-commute direction. westbound traffic all open looking good towards the bay bridge toll plaza

pues en richmond a alguien se le ocurrio que una lavanderia publica es un excelente lugar para ayudars ninos que van con sus mamas, a acercarse a la lectura.pilar nino nos explica. =pilar niÑo=en medio del detergente, las monedas y los blanqueadores ahora tambien encontrara disponibles, libros para ninos en medio de esta lavanderia publica. publica. buena opcion verdad que vengamos a lavar y al mismo tiempo, entretener a los ninos leyendoles libros algunas mamas dicen que es buena idea sobre todo por que gastan dos y tres horas en estas labores. labores.pues seria bonito fijese porque aca he visto que vienen muchos ninos que solo vienen a correr a estar molestando que quieren chips que quieren galletas o dulces si si se aburren porque uno esta doblando y ellos estan corriendo y ya se quieren ir a la casa casahoy se instalo esta pequena biblioteca en una lavanderia de richmond.es parte de un proyecto para mejorar el acceso de los pequenitos a la lectura. lectura. esta bonito porque hay ninos que no tienen libros en sus casas y tal vez los papas no pueden comprarles libros we wanted to

the city of richmond wants to do something there to bring in much needed revenue. [ music ] >> fog is back in the bay area. there are more changes behind it. the forecast for tomorrow in about ten minutes. >>> seven defendants are back in court in that richmond gang rape case. what a crime scene investigator testified about today about the injuries to the teenage victim. >>> a bay area biotech giant announces layoffs. we wil . >>> a crime scene investigator took the stand today to discover injuries survived by a teenager in a gang rape in richmond. he spent the whole day testifying. this was the straight day of testimony to determine whether the seven suspects will stand trial. ktvu's rita williams has tonight's update. >> reporter: families of the seven defendants watched as sheriff's deputies marched them in to and from the jail in courthouse in martinez today. the men 16-43-year-old are charged in the alleged two-hour gang rape last year of a 16- year-old richmond high school student after her homecoming dance. richmond police crime scene investigator was back on the stand today mo

the city of richmond wants to do something there to bring in much needed revenue. [ music ] >> fog is back in the bay area. there are more changes behind it. the forecast for tomorrow in about ten minutes. >>> seven defendants are back in court in that richmond gang rape case. what a crime scene investigator testified about today about the injuries to the teenage victim. >>> a bay area biotech giant announces layoffs. we will tell you what jobs will be affected and when the lay- offs will start. the news continues in 90 second. ktvu, channel 2 news, dependable coverage of breaking news. the bay area's major news of the day. and complete in-depth coverage. plus the forecast for the area where you live. frank somerville, julie haener, ktvu, channel 2 news 10:00 news, complete bay area news coverage. let's support the small business owners getting our economy booming with the first ever small business saturday. on november 27th, shop small. it's going to be huge. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence . >>> a crime scene investigator took the stand today to discover injuries surviv

. >> en richmond sucedieron detonaciones, el atacante huyó y el móvil del crimen se desconoce. >> elviolada en richmond el 24 de octubre de 2009 , fueron presentadas nuevas pruebas , hay varios menores de edad implicados . >> y una víctima , empresario local fue detenido en la frontera , oficiales falsos que se hacían pasar por estos secuestraron al hombre . >> deluns dijo que no abandonará su puesto, el alcalde presentará un informe por escrito. >> y ya se sabrán los elegidos para la liderar la cámara de representantes. >> hacemos una pausa comercial ya regresamos . >> en breve hay quienes dicen que pueden hablar con los muertos y otros que dicen que harían lo imposible por comunicarse con ellos. . >> nancy pelosi fue reelegida en la cámara de representantes, y los demócratas perdieron el control frente a los republicanos en esta materia . >> y aumentan las quejas por los scaneres en los aeropuertos y podrían aumentar para este día de acción de gracias . >> es algo denigrante porque no debería suceder en el siglo en el que estamos viviendo. >> las quejas prometen aumentar para el dí

for clues in the shooting death of a richmond man. it happened at 1:30 this morning in the 900 block of 23rd street. officers found the 30-year-old man shot to death in a doorway. investigators say there had been a private party at the nearby veterans hall but it is unclear if he was an invited guest. there is no word on a possible motive or suspects. anyone with any information about this case is asked to contact the richmond police. >> hundreds of pounds of outdated prescription drugs were handed over to officials today in an effort to keep those drugs off the streets and out of the hands of teenagers. the castro valley community action network organized a medicine drop-off today. volunteers collected pills for safe disposal while law enforcement handled the controlled substances that were turned in. >> vicoden, oxycontin and perk set and these are the drugs that people like to use. >> organizers say 1-5 teenagers have abused prescription drugs. 300 pounds of medication were collected at a similar event back in may. >>> a stanislav

i know maybe there's not one in the richmond district but something just to consider there. this is not at all opposition to your congregation having a space or being independent but it's really just an issue of, you know, the priority principles and policies that this commission must uphold for the city and then overall respect for the neighborhood and the impact from them. so, you know, we apologize but i also do agree with staff recommendations. president miguel: commissioner moore? >> i appreciate the staff's thoughtful analysis and comments made by the commissioners. i think we all feel that this particular church and this growth needs support except the support does not come by us doing what which we really can't do. the recommendation to us comes from the law in anticipation of the development rules which govern the city. what i would suggest, and that is within support of what all commissioners are saying, to work with the supervisor, we find ourselves with access to church properties, vacant properties we're struggling with to maintain and there's no taker for one e

just outside of richmond and san rafael, one just went through richmond. another one coming up into san rafael. notice it's not a lot, just a little bit. once you get closer to sebastopol, you've got some there. a lot of people will be traveling this week as we go through the week. maybe even through the day tomorrow. if you're going up interstate 5 and you're headed up to oregon or washington, you'll need the chains. be prepared for some delays. we've got some snow across lake county. and if you're headed to the sierra, we've got some snow there as well. into southern california, we're clearing out. the storm that gave us all the rain over the weekend is now moving over the central part of the state. so this is all that wraparound moisture. behind it, though, there is another one right there. some cold air still going to be with us. so we'll get some sunshine tomorrow and a couple of scattered showers. but as this storm makes an exit, the next one drops in right behind it. that will give us a chance for a couple of scattered showers, not real heavy, throu

richmond at 70 warm in oakland and san leandro 72.r than this morning. spread into fremont palo alto the east bay valleys and the north bay valleys while the rest 46 us are low to mid-50s. let's look at that accu-weather seven-day forecast. a slow step backwards. about 4 degrees, that's how much we lose in warmth for wednesday, thursday and scattered showers on friday. the 50s hold through the weekend when it's going to be quite chilly and wet. have a great day. here's frances. >> a little crowded in some spots but looking good. 680 walnut creek shows traffic flowing well on the right-hand side towards highway 24. interstate 80 in berkeley the drive time about 20 minutes now from the carquinez bridge to the maze. just getting crowded but no big slow spots. at the bay bridge toll plaza we're going to start to see delays grow. metering lights on. see the fas trak lanes back up as well. in the north bay though it's looking great. still light as you make your way southbound out of novato down to the golden gate bridge. and 101 also fine f

live in richmond with a look at what's going to happen in court today. bob? >> the da charged seven men, most under 22 in the gang rape of the 16-year-old girl outside last year's homecoming dance at richmond high behind me. and they will be record are for a hearing so they can decide if there is enough evidence to move on. the hearing can last several days because the da is expected to call many to the stand including police, experts and witnesses. several people witnessed the gang rape as it went on for 2 1/2 hours and did nothing. they were not aware they were going on since it was at a darker part to prevent it from going on. it spend $2.5 million and they improve the lighting and added fencing and cut back trees and installed over 200 security cameras. >> seems like it was last month. you think about that and what was running through their mind and why they did to that to her. >> the school is much safer than it was before, but you still have that conscious going on in your head. >> as for the 16-year-old victim, she has since chose tone remain anonymous

frost advisory for the inner east bay including oakland and richmond. you can see the pattern here, big drop in the jetstream pushing in this canadian air so not only are we seeing a cool start, afternoon temperatures will have a tough time warming up. close to 50 for a high around livermore, 52 for dublin, oakland and richmond seeing highs in the low 50s and about the same story as you head out to contra costa county into the delta, you'll see highs only in the low 50s. we'll show you just how long this chilly weather and frosty conditions will be sticking around in your seven-day forecast in a minute. >>> east shore freeway, the drive times normal as you expect. 61 miles per hour. the rest of the east bay, 880 looking pretty good but you'll want to reduce your speeds this morning. i know you're seeing 70s as you head towards hayward. reduce your speeds for the possibility of patchy ice on the roadways. towards the altamont pass, travel times right on schedule, 64 miles an hour. highway 4, one of the spots we see slowing typically in the morning, right

the people that live in richmond, tentative hope. >> people are moving in and out. i hope that we are weeding the right people out and it stays calmer around these parts. >> hopefully it gets better. i'm not sure. >> reporter: in richmond, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> a drier day today than yesterday. some backyards got flooded because of a 16-inch water main burst in san ramon. the good news, the pipe was carrying recycled water, not sewage. the break still caused damage to the landscape. >> i was woken up by my neighbor that the backyard was flooding. >> there was a water main, actually behind the hoist that broke and flooded our yards. >> the city of san ramon plans to start repairing the pipe tomorrow. >>> it's last call at one historic watering holes. dan brown's lounge and sports. it opened in 1926 as a steakhouse called george's. dan brown took it over six years ago. the curved bar inside follows the signs of the wall. he said the cost of fixing it up made it difficult to keep going. >>> a new kind of bullying gets parents involved. the findings of a study that s

outside of richmond high school last year.ay, a retired detective said that as many 15 other people watched this attack. one suspect said that there were pouring alcohol and urinating on the victim and having intercourse with her. they also admitted to trying to steal her jewelry during this attack. >> stay with kron 4 with continuing coverage of the richmond and gang rape. we of a complete record of 5:00 p.m. and will be back with a complete story on rblack. and your money. rob black. - ♪ [ male announcer ] open up a cadillac during our season's best sales event and receive the gift of asphalt. experience the exhilarating cadillac cts with a direct injection v6. it's the one gift you can open up all year long. see your cadillac dealer for this attractive offer. backed by the peace of mind that only comes from cadillac premium care maintenance. the season's best sales event. from cadillac. >> taking a look at the market today. stocks improved from the lowest levels of the recession with mixed results. the nasdaq was ending at

. >> seven different minors of a gang rape of a richmond girl.uring a homecoming dance at richmond high school in october of last year. she had been beaten. dan kerman was in court today and he joins us from martinez. testimony. dan? >> we can tell you that the courthouse there was a lot of finger-pointing going on with attorneys tried to point fingers away from their clients. >> exactly who did what on the night of this sexual assault also to this richmond high school? that was the focus of this date testimony. seven suspects are accused of raping 1716 year-old pro, and retired richmond police greeco and manuel ortego and morelas and montayo that a hispanic male had intercourse with the victim. and they were trying to point to a different hispanic with a pony tail. or possibly to somebody else. >> and coming up tomorrow we're expecting to hear from another richmond detective who also conducted interviews with all the defendants. this trial is continuing most longer than expected at least two more weeks to go. reporting live in martinez, dan kerm

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. >> a big drop in the murder rate in richmond. >>> wiki-leaks does it again. hundreds of thousands of classified state department documents released on the internet. what the secrets reveal about international diplomacy. >>> u.s. and south korean ships sail into military exercises. what one senator says about north korea's threats of an attack. >>> crime does make news so does a drop in crime. tonight a dramatic drop in an east bay city that makes note. and make could vick -- makovec. >> reporter: today the lack of gunshots makes the news. >> we have been lucky. >> reporter: the city's 2010 homicide rate has gone down by about 50% over last year. >> i am glad that it's dropping. i'm being invited to funerals every other year is not fun. >> reporter: in 2009, 47 murders record. this year 52 with one month left to go. >> officers are staying in the beats. >> reporter: police say it seems as if people that live in the neighborhoods where crimes are being committed are more willing to step forward and help police solve the crime. >> that is a big part of how we so

>> yes. >> richmond is number six. >> i thought richmond would be number one. >> reporter: the press says the most dangerous cities in the bay area are in oakland. richmond number 6 and then number 8 is compton. 39 stockton, 57 salinas. 72 sacramento and antioch also made the list at number 91. california, by the way, wasn't the only state with two cities in the top ten. detroit and flint, michigan are numbers 3 and 4 respectively. >>> a vallejo man is in critical condition after being shot at a comedy club in fairfield. this happened just after midnight yesterday. at pepper bellies theater. the 29-year-old victim was shot once in the abdomen area but is expected to survive. >>> the family of a german t ourist killed near union square in san francisco is reportedly planning a trip back to the bay area. the woman was caught in the crossfire of a good night while walking with her husband down mason street on august 8th. the couple was celebrating their wedding anniversary and her 50th birthday. "the examiner" reports her husband and two sons plan to visit san francisco in april. >>> on

if you are going south into richmond, 95 is closed. save yourself some grief. i 70 to 95 all smooth. that's it for traffic. >> ok. thank you, lisa. we have 46 degrees outside. you are watching good morning, washington. thank you for waking up my "me time" is when i thought i parked on level 2. or maybe 8? my "me time" is when there's a 10% chance of rain! [ cellphone rings ] my "me time" is when he doesn't get the hint. ♪ my "me time"... [ bang ] is when everybody's takin' shots at me. [ male announcer ] discover you time anytime. mccafé your day with a mcdonald's frappé. smooth and icy caramel or mocha blended just for you and topped with a decadent drizzle. "me time"! [ male announcer ] the simple joy of a frappé. ♪ >> apparently one magazine says our region doesn't have enough beautiful people. the d.c. area was ranked six. >> folks walking down the streets don't exactly cavort like they are in an account walk. women in d.c. is very conservative. >> conservative or boring. d.c. came in as one of the least style ish places in the country. lacking style is one

it is getting more crowded now as you drive through richmond.nd if you're in san francisco so far looks okay 101 if you're driving south to the airport it's a nice drive. 5:50 go to steve. >>> lot of low clouds in place. cooler for everybody. especially coast and north bay. clouds are banking up and being pushed along by the system to the north. it's a weak system but the first of what will be a significant cool down for us. not expecting any rain today. there could be some lake county later on. but the theme today is the low clouds and cooler pattern. so fog then sun and clouds. cooler. 50s, 60s and 60s. out of the 70s. berkeley forecast clouds and then sun. high today 59. that will be it. 50 to start off with. and san francisco also 59 starting at 48. but it looks like just too much low clouds in place. 39 concord, livermore. and then 40s for everyone else. mid up toker oakland berkeley 49 to 50. 40s in the mountains. 50s for some but 40s for others even down to southern california. an extremely cold pool of air is bottled up but it is beginni

. >> there is richmond police investigating a murder of an 18-year-old man tonight. police received calls of shots fired this morning. the gunfire activated the shots spotter system. at the scene found a body of a man. investigators say the shooter approaches on foot, shot him, and then fleft a dark blue chevy suburban. >>> a richmond crime scene investigator testified the suspects accused of gang raping a richmond high school student may have also dragged the girl along the concrete. this was the third day of testimony in the preliminary hearing for seven suspects in the rape of a 16-year-old girl. and the investigator testified the girl had scrapes on her back, face, ears. knees, toes, and knuckles one deformed her left cheek. evidence at the scene included empty alcohol containors condoms and female clothing. a junl will determine whether there is evidence to bring the case to trial. >> oakland announced a $430,000 grant today to prevent the type of violence that happened outside of its front door yesterday. a 46-year-old man was shot, and killed, in a daytime mur

, you know, welcome to richmond. >> for the past 6 years richmond and a developer have been trying to get a casino hotel and housing deal off the ground. but it's been slow going. >> the final eir has never been published, they haven't gotten any of their federal government approvals they need to make this a go, and i just don't think it is ever gonna happen. >> so residents were asked what they thought should go out here. they took those and ran them by a consultant to see what was the most viable. >> a giant pot farm. >> what do you think about that. >> kind of interesting. >> like a lot of people they would prefer to see it turned into an historic park. another idea? how about a big green energy center, nice thought but accord to go the developer -- >> the economic realities is that the greenest universities in the world, the uc berkeley, they are running out of money. where they invented it. >> reporter: but eh, if they want to trade the slots for pot they say. >> give us a security contract and a lawn chair and we'll be fine. >> reporter: as we know california voters just turned

and richmond 81. it was warm here. san diego 100 degrees.t broke the old mark in '97. 1976 for those that lived here then in california was a very dry year. extremely one of the strongest drought years we ever had. ucla97 that tied a record high. santa maria that is hot for them. 73. that is a record high. a lot of high clouds. still a little humidity. by the coast it will drop ten degrees for many. 55 san francisco. at this time yesterday they were 64. there is a big difference over by the coast. also i think parts of the bay. 30s in the mountains. 50s in the bay. still warm and muggy. the source of the higher clouds are getting pushed inland by a weak system. there is a low out there. it will dive south. that will continue the cooling trend. that system is your rain on sunday. today 60s by the coast. 70s mid upper by the bay. tomorrow we continue that cooling trend. rain arrives. and you set yourself back. windy looks like a cool breezy day on monday. >>> this morning toyota reports its second quarter profits are four times higher than the

let's go out to richmond. it's our only place where we're dealing with a little bit of roadwork that extends until about 8 a.m. eastbound 80 between el portal and hilltop. we are hearing about three lanes could be blocked eastbound until 8:00 this morning. westbound down the eastshore freeway, still looks great. in fact, no delay all the way down towards the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights, very quiet all across the upper deck. all your approaches to the bay bridge look great. so far we have not seen any big hot spots. we started around 5:00 this morning. still nothing really going on in the south bay, still moving at top speeds coming up 101. if you are coming up from morgan hill. and a live look at traffic heading out of downtown san jose in those northbound lanes of 280, fine. like i said 101 and 280 both nice rides along the peninsula and mass transit off to a good start on this tuesday morning commute, as well. bart, ace, muni and caltrain all reporting no delay. back to you. >> thank you. >>> i

more chilling testimony expected today in the richmond gang rape case. a judge is deciding if there's enough evidence to put the seven defendants on trial for last year's horrifying gang rape of a 16-year-old girl outside of a homecoming dance at richmond high school. now yesterday the testimony of one of the arresting officers stunned the courtroom in martinez. officer gary lewis says one suspect claimed the teenage girl was drunk and had consensual sex with the suspects. however, prosecutors claim they have evidence that the girl was an innocent victim of a savage attack. >> fair to say that critical was putting it minor. she had injuries that were life threatening. and that's going to be introduced through these records. >> now so far only five of the 20 witnesses have testified. a hearing that was expected to wrap up before thanksgiving may last until christmas. >>> we're also now hearing this morning that the former attorney for bay the 4th is resigning from the practice of law. after being implicated in a plot by bay to kill witnesses in the chaunc

protect richmond any longer. when he does, he goes to danville and stays a while. then he moves on. but he doesn't seem to be in any great hurry to get out of harm's way. you got both of the men who seem to be very indifferent to the danger to their own lives. so what's happening there? is that just a characteristic of great men? or are they simply out of their minds? >> guest: well, lincoln did not believe in prompt circumstances. he believed he was a plain man, citizen temporary elevated to the great and high office. he didn't like having an entourage of guards. he didn't like that kind of protection. he thought it seemed kingly. unfortunately, that's the way that lincoln thought. during the civil war, washington, d.c. was a cesspool of disloyalty, agents, spies, at that point in time, anyone could have gone to the white house and said that i want to see the president, what's your business? i want to see him about this. you are told to wait on the bench for a few years. it's a miracle that during the civil war,

---un Óven de 18 aÑos muri acribillado a balazos en un vecindario de "richmond".ento se registÓ a las 10:20 de la maÑana cerca del cruce de la calle "south 30" y el boulevar "cutting". ---las detonaciones desataron un gran Úmero de llamadas a la poliÍa que, de inmediato actiÓ el sistema de deteccÓn de disparos a distancia.---lamentablemente, el atacante logÓ huir en una camioneta "suburban" color azul oscuro.---el Óvil del cÍmen se desconoce. ---una investigadora, experta en lesiones, rindio su testimonio en el caso que se sigue a los 7 acusados de la violacion tumultuaria de una estudiante de la secundaria "richmond". ---la agente "joanna grizetti" identifiÓ numerosas piezas de evidencia, encontradas y fotografiadas en la escena del crimen, aquel 24 de octubre de 2009.---tambien describio y explico las heridas que presentaba la adolescente de 16 aÑos tras haber sido ultrajada en una banca en el patio de la escuela, una noche que se realizaba un baile.---los siete sospechosos tienen entre 16 y 43 aÑos.---hay tres menores de edad que son investigados como adultos.

police on the scene of a fatal drive by shooting in richmond. sky 7 was over the scene just a short time ago to bring you picture that's happened on 20th street, closed between cutting boulevard and potrero hill avenue. police say it involved an older-model white oldsmobile. this is richmond's 17th homicide this year. there were 45 killings by the same time last year. and a group of trick or treaters found a body of a college student after he was shot on a walking trail in south richmond. police say cameron edwards was walking home after helping a friend move them. believe the killer knew him. >>> politics now, long race to the finish line is frway among candidates, meg whitman and jerry brown are shaking hands and kissing baby as cross the state. we under oakland with brown's final campaign stop. >> that democratic rally underway. candidates showing up in just minutes within the next hour to make a final appeal to voters, republicans do see that this last day before the election is a chance to sway more. so jerry brown and meg whitman have been

you're afternoon highs not very much levity. 554 set a listen, novato, richmond, for the most part everybody into the mid fifties. 7 day around the bay wet weather the next couple of days once we dryout that is when the cool temperatures start to appear the overnight low as 26 degrees lower wednesday, thursday, we could talk about some of frost in the morning some freeze concerns out there. cool until the end of the work week and then saturday a shot of rain again. >> thanksgiving week we will see lot of troublholiday troubl. 880 did have ag requirement to and will allow the use throughout the morning. a look at the bridges no hot spot jet this morning the west were led to the bay bridge looks good. it may be of the glider hard to say. but it could be a normal commute of course we always hope for an easy commute. san mateo bridge traffic volumes pretty, which means there's a lot of traffic out already on highway 92. the golden gate bridge ride 1 01 southbound no problems here an easy trip in from marin county. a quick check on the mid peninsula 1013 milbur1 01 th mi. chain requirements curre