look at the richmond bridge, it's wet there as well. we back out a little bit, and you can see out in hayward you have showers, and over to south san francisco. so it's slowing the afternoon commute. there's more showers in the forecast tonight, but there's a lot more behind this that will impact us over the next couple of days. when i come back, we will have the forecast and the computer models and i will take you through your holiday weekend. >>> a break, any break, from the storms is good news for many people, especially in the south bay and santa cruz mountains. today's dry weather gave people there a chance to make repairs and get ready for the next onslaught. robert is live now in san jose with this part of our storm watch coverage. robert? >> reporter: well, we talked to a lot of people today who are taking a deep breath and getting ready for the next round. sometimes it means picking up big branches that broke off, or cleaning out leaves and debris from storm drains and hoping for the best. the storms finally let up today giving

but richmond will always be home. she comes back each year to head up the giveaway program. >> something about richmond needs a little bit more attention. since i am able to do it i will keep doing it as long as i can. >> reporter: this year spears told us the program is short on volunteers and donations but says she remains hopeful. just earlier today she said she received truckloads of unexpected donations through word of mouth. spears' mother is scrambling to cook all of the fixings for a traditional holiday meal for tomorrow's giveaway. >> the feeling, i just can't explain it. i find myself doing a lot of crying on christmas. and they are tears of joy just watching other people, just serving and making other people happy. >> reporter: all of the gifts and foods will be distributed tomorrow at the nevan community center and the north richmond senior's center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. back here live at the church you can see there is a lot of work still to be done. and we know that the volunteers will be here for hours

this is one, so is richmond san rafael.here's a look to the san mateo bridge, you can see the camera is shaking around. the wind is blowing the camera around trade at the toll plaza. san jose, south bay, this is one of the latest commute ever. that is the case again this morning at least for 280, 80 and 101. >> news around the bay, police are asking for when this is after shooting took the man. officers responded to reports of a gunshot victim in the 200 block of kashmir street. the that the scene done to run against his head. >> san mateo police have released this sketch of one of two men suspected. in an ira robbery of two construction workers. they were in the 1300 block of maple street by two men with a handgun and a knife. after taking the possessions of both fled the scene, described as hispanic men between 20 and 30 years old each weighing 180 lbs.. police have identified a man who stormed into the rallies all with their rifle, rob the strike and. before stealing a car at knife point. the suspect identified as joseph

and richmond, richmond could end up with 3 to 5 inches of snow out of this. after last year's blockbuster season, it's amazing we're already getting another storm. here's a look -- closer look at the radar, huntington, west virginia, all snow but freezing rain through kentucky. not quite seeing a lot of the snow hit the ground. the air is dry there but it'll moisten up and we will see it going up to roanoke and charlotte during the morning commute. d.c. to richmond as we go throughout probably the end of the rush hour more like midmorning, it'll be a daylight snow event for d.c. and areas like alexandria. the highest totals in the mountains, 6 to 10 inches and this little band of 3 to 6 goes through richmond, so, lynn, philadelphia, new york, boston does not get this storm. this is literally isolated just to that area between richmond and d.c. >> lucky them. bill, thanks so much. >>> grinches take hold on wall street. beer is booming and the world's most expensive christmas tree. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines straight ahead. >>> comin

but richmond will always be home. she comes back each year to head up the giveaway program. >> something about richmond needs a little bit more attention. since i am able to do it i will keep doing it as long as i can. >> reporter: this year spears told us the program is short on volunteers and donations but says she remains hopeful. just earlier today she said she received truckloads of unexpected donations through word of mouth. spears' mother is scrambling to cook all of the fixings for a traditional holiday meal for tomorrow's giveaway. >> the feeling, i just can't explain it. i find myself doing a lot of crying on christmas. and they are tears of joy just watching other people, just serving and making other people happy. >> reporter: all of the gifts and foods will be distributed tomorrow at the nevan community center and the north richmond senior's center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. back here live at the church you can see there is a lot of work still to be done. and we know that the volunteers will be here for hours

reporting live in richmond, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> seven richmond area nonprofits will be getting part of $1 million from oil giant chevron. the money comes from the company's california partnership initiative which invests in education and economic development. some of the money will go toward teaching disadvantage youth, helping the homeless find jobs and creating transitional jobs for north richmond neighborhoods. >>> yahoo is handing out pink slips today. the sunnyvale company is letting workers go. a yahoo representative says the lay offs are part of a strategy to increase revenue. >>> the holiday shopping season is giving the u.s. economy a boost as retailers tailers post better than expected gains. that led the national retail federation to boost it's over all holiday forecast saying the holiday gain will be the largest since 2006. >>> stocks closed higher today on wall street this comes on the heels of the over all positive projection for holiday sales. an announcement that it plans to buy -- >>> 14 people will be inducted into california museum hall of fame tonigh

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

he is concerned about evidence on a 23-year-old richmond man. yesterday he ruled that an interview with the 16-year-old is not admissible because he believes his rights were violated and ignored his first request to remain silent. the preliminary hearing has gone

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supervisor chu: do the richmond or park station provide outreach/transportation? >> yes, each car that is on the street, part of their day will necessarily include the park. with the dog mauling an event that we had in july, in richmond, we started when we called operation safe summer, which ran through the end of october. we did traffic enforcement in the park. we did a beat in the park. we have some lead time activities, officers deployed to different sections of the park. the point is, we wanted to send a message out to folks, when they see police cars, horses, they feel safer. so we moved those assets all run the park. generally, it is a patrol area of our district and park district. supervisor chu: what i am hearing is we have patrol, but that is not adequate. we have only one at any given time. meanwhile, from what you are saying, you do regular patrols through golden gate park. what is the nature of the manpower, during the day, at night time, how would you describe that? >> it changes depending on what is going on, if there is another mission that is calli

it's all over richmond and vallejo. heavier rain also to the south. you can see along the coastline, look at this yellow and orange on the screen. and possibly embedded rainfall. let's look at a wider view. a lot of yellow up and down the coastline. a lot of instability end of this system as pushing through. and even potential hail and lightning strikes a this pushes through overnight. let's look at futurecast because it's going to get intense. 10:00 we're seeing the rain in the north bay. i want to show you this. look at that deep red offshore at midnight. that's going to be pushing in toe north bay. you can see by 2:00 in the morning, moderate rain through the north bay. and the deeing shading here offshore indicating the areas we could see small hail plus gusty winds. sitting over san fransisco, san bruno, all the way down the san ma mateo coast. we'll see more rain than what it originally showed. so we have a couple pockets left plus showers over most of the bay area. into the morning commute, things should clear out. things will continue to get d

howard and south toward dc, good two to three inches of snow and down toward richmond, three or four inches plus. that's where it looks like the most snow. 17 tonight. partly cloudy, breezy, cold, snow on and off in the afternoon. again, more steady as we go south and toward south maryland. 19 tomorrow night. the snow showers will taper off overnight and here is the outlook into friday. cold day 35, snow on the ground from what had fallen and then we look to saturday night, sunday morning for the coastal storm that. one hard to nail down. we will watch it but the timing saturday night into early sunday. back to you. >> all right. santa busy this time of year so it's a good thing a lot of normal people are helping spread the cheer. at the central post office in chicago more than 7,000 letters to santa are getting a once over before they make their way to the north pole. folks can pick a letter or two or three and fill a wish. then the post office makes sure that the gifts get to the letter writers. >> it's really hard to -- wish you could take them all. i'm trying to see if there are

police in richmond searching for two robbers who held up a credit union at gunpoint. they walked in, ordered the employees to stand against the wall while they emptied the cash registers at the atkinson village credit union. they a away with $10,000 and no one got hurt. >> pat the nan who caused a traffic snarl on the bay bridge won't face kidnapping charges. he said there was insufficient evidence to put him on trial for that. the 52-year-old was arrested november 11th. he stopped on the westbound upper deck and allegedly phoned in a bomb threat. he has been in custody on $750,000 bail and faces child endangerment and making a false bomb threat. carlos was reportedly upset after learning his wife had an affair. >>> a missing man suffers from dementia. they are looking for 90-year-old robert liktenstein who vanished after his afternoon walk. if you have information as to his whereabouts, you are asked to call the oakland police department's missing persons section. >>> wisconsin's loss is our gain. they are redirecting more than $1 billion from wisconsin and a higho t

san francisco, oakland, berkeley and creeping into the richmond area. that will be the drill for the morning. rainfall and then tapering off to scattered showers. we'll have a chance of showers for the afternoon. that's a quick look at your weather. for traffic, here's liz. >>> thank you, tracy. treacherous driving conditions. be careful. a lot of wet spots. no hot spots yet. a lot of standing water. especially in the middle lanes. worse earlier. we saw cars making big splashes there around in the middle lanes. so far, no metering lights. haven't had big incidents at the bay bridge. we have a high wind advisory though still in effect, it's our only one. obviously a lot of wet weather. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. that's your traffic. back up to you. >>> thank you, elizabeth, tracy. gruesome discovery in oakland. a woman's body has been found in an estuary e and it appears to be foul play police say. anne? >> reporter: so many questions this morning about this murder. who the woman was and who killed her and left her here lying on rocks

i came back across the richmond san rafael bridge fog and rain wet roadways all the way. congestions still exist out here it's been a trying week for commute yesterday we had heavy rains today we have the fog, we still have rain here and there patches of rain as you drive this morning you will get rhett wet road ways plus the foggy conditions. >> so another slow commute today you might will leave a little early. >> a hotel emergency is differences go a toddler is rushed to hospital after falling into the water found in the lobby of the hyatt. jonathan blum has more. >> here at highet please are investigating a tragic accident where one-and-a- half year-old boy somehow wound up in a fountain in the hotel's lobby. he wasn't breathing when police and firefighter showed up he was given cpr and rushed to hospital where he had a pulse and was breathing although no affirmation is available. police say family members of the boy contacted security when they discovered he was missing security found the boy nine minutes later and called the authorities no word yet on how the child w

. >>> así es buenas noches, hace un añ una familia aquí en richmond celebra que la virgen de guadalupecasa. >>> ofelia re koourz con emoción de 9 de noviembre del añ pasado que dice que la virgen respondió a su pedido. >>> estaba enseñando e la mañan y ahora yo estaba cantando cuando termine de cantar mi canto voltee para la pared que tenemos aquí al lado de mi y dije que no creía lo que estaba viendo, incluso estaba oscuro y prendí la luz y estaba llorando, fue una emoción grande, familiares y amigos dicen que esta silueta no estaba antes en la casa, propiedad que compraron hace varios años >>> pero ella dice que lavñ clara. >>> aunque algún dicen verla silueta de la virgen, no todo ven detalle de lo que alcanza a ver ofelia. >>> aquí está la virgen, los ojos nariz y boca, aquí tiene cuello, la capa con las manos así y lo que es toda la silueta aquí está su cabeza para allá. esto cantará a la virgen de guadalupe en lo que le queda de vida ♪ ♪ . >>> la comunidad aquí en richmond celebrara mañan el 12 de diciembre con una pro situación que saldrá de richmond a las diez de la maana. >>>

we are live in richmond. >> reporter: take a look around the richmond firefighter toy drive headquarters and you can see shelves holding ties for needy kids but the packaging hides a dark truth. this year's donations down dramaticly from last year. everybody loves a shopping spree and this is a shopping spree for children in need. >> a lot of -- it gives us a lot of joy to be able to pick out the toys and know they will go to some kid who is going to get a lot of enjoyment out of it. >> reporter: today we watched the toy drive as it invaded wal- mart and richmond looking to spend about $4,000. dolls, board games, remote control cars, just some of the thing that will go to the county's neediest children. >> for them to get something like this, little boy to get something like that they would just be excited i think, so happy. have something to play with that they could call their own. >> reporter: while this looks like a lot of toys it doesn't come close to matching the needs. >> it's families from all walks of life. people that had jobs a year ago that don't have them now, when you say d

the trend is notable in richmond. the city has had 21 homicide down from 46 last year. >> a lot of different factors, a lot of things coming together. but probably the most significant would be staffing, involving of residents, technology, and some smart strategies. >> police deputy chief owen brown says for the last five years the department has been implementing strategies from across the country, testing what works best in other cities here in richmond. >> there's no one sort of tailor-made thing that's going to be a cure-all. the dynamics in richmond. >> brown says cameras like these have also really helped getting extra eyes on the street. >> we have a closed circuit television system active in a number of neighborhoods across the city that have historically crime problems. >> they haven't noticed any changes in their neighborhoods. the others say the difference is drastic. >> i think our neighborhoods are what you make it to be. i think wherever you go, there's crime in it. i think that just because, i mean, ric

>> this is how the richmond book drive works.ey're offering their online christmas albums for free, to anyone who buys one of the books on the list through amazon.com. >> bookshelves are empty. >> the book goes directly to this richmond address. then you get an order number to use to download the song. they're counting on the generosity of its fans. >> since last christmas, gosh, our fan base has gone from 15,000 subscriber to 200,000. >> you may have seen them in this hundred -- hyundai commercial. hesser and his two friends net come, and now more than ever are committed to fifth to others. >> our whole generation across the board i feel like is starting to really realize that we have a tremendous responsibility at this point, and we have to start doing things like this. >> reporter: four schools, including his own, leadership, are already receiving the goods. >> we've got books coming to this school, books come to richmond high school and kennedy high school. >> the vast majority of those students are not reading at grade level

>>> today the defendants in the richmond gang case could find out if they will stand trial. >> reporter: in just days, the potrero power plant will shut down for good. >>> and the you? census figures are in. what they mean for california's involvement in national p olitics. those stories and more on the news at noon. >>> good afternoon. i'm heather holmes in for tori campbell. >>> well, any moment now, a contra costa county judge is expected to make a crucial decision in the richmond gang rape case. we'll soon learn how many of the selfen defendants will stand trial and on what charges. jade hernandez has been f ollowing today's developments and joins us live from martinez. jade? >> reporter: good afternoon, heather. i can tell you right now, court has been adjourned for now. the contra costa county judge will decide which of the seven defendants will go on to trial and on what charges and which ones will stand trial for the gang raping of a 16-year-old richmond high school student. no cameras were allowed in the courtroom today. contra costa county judge gregory kaskie is expected to d

a huge puddle of standing water partially flooded this on ramp to interstate 580 in richmond.berkeley some folks took advantage of a break in the rain for a walk on the beach. >> the wind is kind of hard core, kind of hurts the eyes. >> reporter: over in oakland there was still a lineup to grab free sandbags and plastic sheeting. joseph tanios woke up to a flooded basement. >> as you can see, i've been dealing with it all night, so i lost my voice. i hope i don't get sick again. >> reporter: it's a problem meyers knows all too well. >> so much that we've lost due to mold. >> reporter: although the water has never seed into his living area, he says the -- seeped into his living area, he says the moisture has caused damage and his home has flooded 30 times. he bought the home at an estate sale for $20,060,000 almost eight years ago, but a recent assessment valued it at only 4,000 bucks. >> we expected some dry rot and 4th, but no one ever expected -- and so forth, but no one ever expected this. >>> a homeowner in the oakland hills is dealing with a hole in his roof in all this r

first and foremost to bring the announcement to the richmond. it is an opportunity to preview this beautiful library opening tomorrow, a grand reopening of the richmond library. the first in the city, from 1914 cricket -- from 1914. this is no. 10. we are on a roll. secondarily, it is a port -- important because the poet laureate has a tradition people, and this library -- what better place to celebrate the announcement are new:gloria? with me, gavin newsom, who will do the honors. >> it was an extraordinary commitment the public made when it passed not one bond, but two bombs. what a contrast is to be in san francisco in spite of this huge budget challenge where we are actually expanding our hours of the last 12 months, of expanding them on the evenings and on sundays and investing in unprecedented amounts of capital and improving the physical conditions of the library. we're proud of that, and it is important to reflect on that. i do not know of another city that can lay claim, so i am proud to be here and thankfully to the time to be here and

golden gate bridge, richmond bridge traffic looks good. when it comes to the dunbarton bridge accident they are doing a little bit of clearing. the traffic is going to be slow there. i would give yourself a little extra time on the bridge approach. let's go to steve now. >>> lots of reports of frost this morning. skys are clear except for the fog. it's going be sunny in the morning. clouds in the afternoon. they will get here. today is a dry day. frost this morning 20s and 30s. cold, cold, cold. some of the tweets coming in. sp weather by the way. spweather. it's all quiet now. it's going to change by tonights that clouds roll in and not only that but the rain will start tomorrow. still leaning towards santa cruz mountain south. again, 24 hour, so now we may adjust that. we are going to get rain. sierra is going to get snow. question is how much of where it sets up. winter storm watch in to sunday. snowfall measured in feet and windy up there. today would be a great day to travel if you could to the mountains or anywhere. 30 or 40s, clear

. >>> a city known for deadly violence is seen a sharp decline this year and richmond has received a grant targeting gangs. police suspect it will further reduce the number of homicides. john sasaki reports. >> reporter: this is the music studio, a safe haven in the middle of a city that has been a tough place to grow up. >> music has been used as a form of therapy. >> reporter: the coordinator says he has recently noticed a difference in the city. >> richmond is doing better. >> reporter: with just 11 days left this year, there have been 21 homicides, that compares to 47 last year. >> we show if you commit a crime in richmond, no matter what level or type of crime, you will be prosecuted. >> reporter: this officer took us for a ride where much of the violence occurs. >> a lot of the main players are locked up or dead. >> reporter: both he and the police chief say that community stepping forward to help solve crimes has been invaluable as well. the city is celebrating a $370,000 state grant by offering alternatives to gain leaders. >> we will be a part of some pretty intensive law en

this affected passengers on the richmond line coming into oakland from richmond and berkeley. >> i took a cab from berkeley here to the bart station. >> that's expensive. >> yeah. about $30. >> i'm going to a doctor's appointment. they know about the inconvenience on the bart so it's going to be okay. >> the good news, the morning commute is over. the bad news, bart doesn't know when service will be restored. crews are working on the problem. i'm live from the fruit dale bart station in oakland. >> all right. thank you very much. the bay area is getting ready for what could be a week of rain. the chp is investigates whether wet roads caused it big rig crash. it crashed about 12:30 this morning. the driver suffered minor injuries. and as the rain falls here, the snow is falling in the sierra. chains or snow tires are required for highways 50 and 80 and some predictions say the sierra could see 10 feet of new snow in the next week. mike has the latest. >> we open the flood gates to the warm, moist air this morning with a round of showers. kind of dissipated on live doppler 7 hd. heading o

police in richmond are reporting good news is a crime is down dramatically this year compared to last. push this to the number of homicides in the city of drop from 44 last year to only 21 this year. assault and firearms have also been dramatically reduced. the beef up police patrols and in the more dangerous parts of the city. >> were thankful that the police department it's up to its part. that the politicians are doing their part. we would like the community to know that the faith community is doing their part is well. i think that it's very important for all these entities to be involved to get there. this is the iron triangle its notorious for seven or eight mortars in this area. since we've partnered with the city of richmond and related companies in california there have only been two murders in this area. >> i community-based police patrol system are also credited with reducing the problem of crime in richmond. it will be right back on the kron 4 news @ 4:00 the rain continues to fall it's only going to pick up along with the wind traffic if already backed up on the james lick

. >>> police in richmond are asking for the public's help tonight as they crack a cold case. ktvu's john sasaki spoke to the victim's family and police today. john is live in richmond tonight on more of what they're saying. >> reporter: frank, this is frank's market now a neighborhood eyesore. five years ago that back area was a place where a 16-year-old was killed in a crime that remains unsolved. >> they took a way a away a person. but it's not going to stop anything to keep me from looking for who did this, i'm never going to stop. >> reporter: officers say they still have no suspects or motive in the case. >> he was located back here, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. >>> police talked with several witnesses. >> they described a black male about 5'10" that just popped out of nowhere and shot him. >> reporter: investigators say they don't know why moore was targeted. no previous gang or criminal activity, no known dispute with anyone. >> before the homicide occurred, the people that were on the street said they seen him laughing, giggling, walking. >> jerrelle was a

the judge in the richmond high gang rape case ordered the youngest suspect released from custody today amy hollyfield joins us from the courthouse. >> make that two that have been released. he was released moments ago and he was able to post the bail and he was released. now he still faces charges. not of rape, but penetrating the girl with a foreign object when she was too drunk to resist. but 16-year-old cody smith is completely free. the judge had harsh words for cody smith, saying his conduct can only be described as horrible. according to court testimony smith called the victim's father after the rape and taunted him. but the judge decided there was not enough evidence to hold him. smith's rights may have been violated, but a police detective continued to question him after he invoked his right to remain sigh lnt. >> i don't agree with him on everything. as i said, we will evaluate it as to whether we will want to go ahead and file charges. >> the prosecutor called this the most complex case in her 25-year career. she took seven people through this preliminary trial, accusing them

in richmond, kraig debro, kraig -- kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 n ews. >>> some needy families are in the midst of a shopping spree right now. the salvation army's toy and joy shop is open. more than 1800 people are p icking out toys. the food is free. preregistered clients arrive at their appointed time and are assisted by a shopper. you can still donate to give items and toyotas to people in need. go to the home page of ktvu.com to find more information. >>> coming up next, a closer look at wall street just ahead for you. also, it was a very big day for a giant, giant lizard at a bay area facility. >>> faking a live look -- taking a live look at how things stand right now on wall street. stocks rising modestly. the s&p 500 is on tract for a fifth consecutive day of gains. the dow gained more than 20 points. actually-- yeah, about 20 -- 20 points after hitting the highest level since august of 2008. >>> the california academy of sciences was showing off the latest fit to its rain forest exhibit. a giant -- latest exhibit to its rain forest, a giant lizard. it weighs about 14 pounds a

department. >> on the stand richmond police detective their expense who conducted interviews with menhile and salvador rodriquez. a man who was there that night but is not in charge. smith testified that are take up a defendant jose martel et of a phone line up and said he was the first person has sex with the victim. smith's interview with rig has proved to be more illuminating as to how the evening and folded it and what role some of the seven suspects may have played. basically, a detective smith testified that in his statement robbery has indicated that several of them were sitting around a table drinking, the victim showed up then there is inappropriate touching going on between several the suspects and the victim but at that point she was objecting and they say she was drinking heavily at the time in fact chugging. at a certain point rodriguez indicates that the victim walk away and vomited and then passed out that is what you might say the sexual activity red dye. he said two hispanic men known as the mafia showed up and they along with men while had sex with the victim. testim

i want to go to richmond because overnight on par boulevard near the richmond parkway there was flooding. par boulevard and the richmond parkway a lot of people use those roads in the industrial area of richmond to get around interstate 80. this week it's been a little lighter than usual. but you can see certainly there's been a lot of standing water. just overnight this was flooded. now the water has kind of gone down and cars are using par, they're also using the nearby richmond parkway with no major problems. you will see some flooding in some areas. some puddles now really. let's move along and take a look at the san mateo bridge westbound 92 busy. also a little bit windy. looks like there is just some slow traffic heading out to highway 101. caution high winds signs are up. same for the bay bridge. westbound traffic is going to be okay just hold on to the steering wheel. now let's go to steve. >>> sal. >> yes, sir. >> about 40 miles an hour allot month pass. >> wow. >> i was just looking about 35 to 40 on the san mateo coast. actually point ray's lighthouse about 50. generally it's

. >> reporter: the iron triangle richmond' high crime area feels safer according to some who live and work in the neighborhood. >> i think it's getting better. >> we had a murder outside our building. so it has been safer but we come outside of the gates. >> reporter: the proof is in the numbers. richmond's homicide went from 44 to 21, a 52% drop comparing the first 11 months of the year with the same period last year. firearms assaults fell 11%. neighbors credit more community involvement. >> the churches and stuff and that are getting really involved. and they are targeting those areas that are, you know, crime-ridden. >> police have stepped up. i don't think it's the police actually. i think the community got tired of it. so i think that helped. >> reporter: community leaders also credit police actions, unlike neighboring cities laying off officers, richmond has hired to fully staff its police department for the first time in almost 10 years. it's restored funding to its gang and drug teams. officers are better monitoring parolees, enforcing a curfew on truants, and using gunshot d

>>reporter: book goes to this richmond address. you get an order number to use to down load the song. he's counting on the generosity of the fans. >> since last christmas our gosh our fan base has gone from 15,000 subscribers to 200,000 subscribers. >>reporter: you may have seen nem this hyundai commercial. >> there are times when you can get a brand new elantra for a song. >>reporter: he and his 2 friends met in college and now more than ever are committed to giving to others. >> whole generation across the board i feel in like starting to really realize that we have a tremendous responsibility that the point. >> yes. and we have to starting to things like this. >>reporter: 4 schools including his own leadership are already receiving the goods. >> so we have got books coming to this school. books coming to l here and richmond high school and kennedy high school. >>reporter: vast majority of thoughts students are not reading at grade 11. sought used is to get become to engage and help them succeed. today some of the kids got a peek

at the richmond san rafael bridge, san mateo bridge, benicia bridge. the commuter otherwise not too bad. next up we will still take you for the look of the ride on 1013 san jose. here you see camber shaking round so indicative of windy conditions in the south bay as well. the wind advisory still in fact here. what mike craig and a look at interstate 680. note taillights southbound direction toward all mall because traffic is so like there's no backup for delay. 6:50 a.m. we will take a break and be back with more after this. join the jaguar platinum celebration ! come celebrate exciting cars that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or 50,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, and no cost replacement of wear and tear items. visit your bay area jaguar dealer during the platinum celebration for a $599 lease offer on the 2011 xf. never we look at the year that has been hollywood always pops out as a sign of blacks, dram

. >>> the city of richmond is offering its waterfront as a place for america's cup teams to practice and train before the event begins in san francisco. city would receive as much as hundred thousand dollars per month for leasing space at the port of richmond. they feel the image and economy would benefit from being associated with the race. >> today the regents are expected to consider a plan to reduce funding for thousands of workers' pension and retirement plans. they say the retirement system has a $21 billion deficit to try to fix it. they are recommending a retirement age and age of receiving maximum benefits to go from 60 to 65 and they would decrease contributions to most retiree health care premiums. last month they approved a tuition hike. >> fed ex and postal service are bracing for a rush today. fed ex expects to process 16 million packages worldwide today 13% increase from last year. ups says volume to be up 7.5% for the season as a whole in addition to today, u.s. postal service expects to see a rush of holiday mail next monday. it expects wednesday december 22 to be it

this affecd passengers on the richmond line coming into oakland from richmond and berkeley. >> i took a cab from berkeley here to the bart station. >> that's expensive. >> yeah. about $30. >> i'm going to a doctor's appoinent. they know about the inconvenience on the bart so it's going to be okay. >> the good news, the morning commute is over. the bad news, bart doesn't know when service will be restored. crews are working on the problem. i'm live from the fruit dale bart station in oakland. >> all righ thank you very much. the bay area is getting ready for what could be a week of rain. the chp is investigates wheth wet roads caused it big rig crash. it crashed about 12:30 this morning. the driver suffered minor injuries. and ashe rain falls here, the snow is falling in the sierra. chains or snow tires are required for highways 50 and 80 and some predictions say the sierra could see 10 feet of new snow in the next week. mike has the latest. >> we open the flood gates to the warm, moist air this morni with a round of showers. kind of dissipated on live doppler 7 hd. heading out of the

i want to commend the richmond station for taking seriously that particular theft. those pieces have been recovered, by the way. otherwise, i want to commend marcus from park control because they always show up when we need them. we want to recommend anything that you can do to support that. supervisor chu: thank you. are there any members from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. first off, i want to say thank- you to the recreation and parks department, to the public speakers, and of course to the richmond part stations to come and present information to us. i know we have a number of items on the agenda today but i would like to continue this item to the call of the chair. i think there are still some follow-up items to discuss, and in particular, what i would like to request from the pd is year- to-year statistics in terms of what we have seen in the golden gate park. without knowing where we were last year, two years ago, it is hard to give context on the level of crime we have. it is also useful to understa

fine sign is a critic including a plan to build the casino in richmond.es reports feinstein is backing laws for approving tribe ties to casino land. this morning investigators are looking into what caused three helicopters to crash as they try to protect crops from freezing temperatures. three helicopters crashed within two hours. helicopters were reportedly working through the night, flying crops to keep the cold from settling in on the land. a pilot and passenger of the helicopter survived, but two pilots are seriously injured. we are continuing to follow the story of a toddler who nearly drowned at a san francisco hotel. the boy remains in critical condition at san francisco hospital. we learned the reflecting pool in the hyatt regency has been drained since the incident. the boy was found uncautious in the pond after going away from his mother. they gone to the holiday display when it happened. >> pat the richmond gang rip hearing is almost over, but the most damaging testimony may not have been heard. the final two witnesses are set to take the stand

heading to the richmond bridge, no delays.ice, easy conditions a couple of cars at the toll plaza. runways are wet. westbound 80 upper be sure you're right to albany no problems to report traffic is heavier than usual. as carol, bay area traffic instead heading abroad to the sierra chain requirements in effect. interstate 80 in both directions you will need to change for highway 50. >> q. why are a developing story this morning the fight or same-sex marriage. an appeals court clearance to your to our arguments today about the voter group man as proposition 8. it was a violation of civil rights or turn back in august is will be the constitutionality of that measure. paul governor schwarzenegger is calling a special session of a legislator today to $66 billion deficit that emerged this week's ' the budget. it begins after new lawmakers are sworn into office the announcement came a day after the office said the budget deficit has grown to $25.4 billion. that includes the six plan dollar shortfall for their current fiscal year. th

>> major developments in the richmond high school gang rape case. a judge expected to decide which defendants will go to trial. we will have that coming up. >> we continue our look into at a pointed tap water. what is in the water and who is in most danger when drinking it. >> good morning. it is 4:30. let's start with rob and the east bay forecast. >> a quiet start on the east bay. an active start with thundershowers waking up the fish, but some will spill towards the coast. from fremont southbound, seeing a lot. the same story around the east bay. with the showers going from south to north. the north bay is dry and we will see the moisture offshore heading into the afternoon. an increasing chance of rain. east bay temperatures mostly upper 50s around places like pleasanton and san ramon. low 50s around fairfield. we will talk about this round of pretty heavy rain and gusty winds in the seven-day forecast. scott? >> let's move over to mike. >> i have to take you out. slick roads rob is talking about that let up, but wet roads and alamo got reports

from headlands to sausalito, moving towards berkeley, oakland, richmond and hercules.nce we get past that, already starting to see a little bit of a drying trend. but very mild when you step outside. low to mid-50s. temperatures running from 2 to 9 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. this afternoon it will translate into warm weather now with a cold front going through. filtering behind it, mid to upper 50s for the rest of us and some sunshine this afternoon. frost in our inland valleys. low to mid-40s the rest of us. the next storm system hiting saturday afternoon into the evening and then sunday. good morning, megan. >> good morning. starting things off in the north bait where police are on the scene in santa rosa investigating an earlier fatal crash that happened northbound 101 at mendocino. right now the right lane is blocked. this crash happened 1:40 a.m.. also a new crash in solano county, westbound 80 at red top road. a car spun out there and facing the wrong way in the fast line. wet roads all throughout the bay area. travel with caution this morning. >> t