and that is something that police departments like the one in richmond, california, want to avoid. what you're about to see could make the difference between life and death. >> drop the gun richmond police drop the gun do it now. stop moving. >> go ahead and kill me. >> do it now. >> i don't care if you shoot me. >> drop to your knees. >> i don't care if you kill me. >> don't move. >> stop. >> this time it's a training exercise but next time it could be a real confrontation. that's when the challenge will be to keep an encounter like this from becoming lethal for a violent suspect. >> so i notice you use good cover here utilizing your car. i would probably talk about your approach first. perhaps maybe parking a little further back and making your approach on foot might have given you a little bit more time. >> with the deaths of michael brown in ferguson missouri and eric garner in new york questions have arisen how america's police departments train their officers in the use of lethal force. which brings us to the city of richmond california. historically it's been one of the most

chief joined with protesters today. >> and the police chief chris magnus, joined them. >> richmond, california is a customed to being in the news. but for all the wrong reasons. in the early 2,000s, richmond was a regular on the fbisms most dangerous cities in america list. but since magnus became chief in 2006 crime in richmond is down over 30%. and officer-involved shootings are down to less than one per year. many credit these restrictions to chief magnus' progressive approach to community policing. >> i do feel the significance of it. i feel like he just set a foundation for other police chiefs to step up their own community and be like, we have to stands with our community. >> what other police chiefs of actually standing side by side with black and brown community members and holding a sign that really is saying like i believe black lives matter and i am going to kind of stake my job my position, my reputation on it. >> we are trying. we are working on it. >> there was some criticism of the chief's actions. like this story which cited the richmond police officers association as being cri

police crossing a line and using excessive force especially in areas of high crime rates in richmond california, hix one of the most violent places in america. but the study has shown that change is possible. since 2008, the richmond chief of police, crime is down. and after the tragic events in ferguson missouri, understanding how police can better exist with the community is increasingly important for police departments around the nation. ali velshi has this report. >> what you're about to see could make the difference between life and death. >> drop the gun richard police drop the gun do it now. >> top where you are stop moving. put your hands behind your head now. do it now. >> i don't care if you shoot me. i'll kill you. >> don't move! stop. >> this time it's a training exercise but next time it could be a real confrontation. that's when the challenge will be to keep an encounter like this from becoming lethal for a violent suspect. >> so i notice you use good cover here utilizing your car. i would probably talk about your approach first. perhaps maybe parking a little further back and mak

in richmond california one protest had an unexpected participant - the chief of police. the chief joined demonstrators and held up a sign - black lives matter - for 4.5 hours. the amount of time michael brown's body lay in the treat after he was shot. >> the whole point of holding the sign saying black lives matter is to acknowledge that relationships can be better between police and nations of colour, that it happens between dialogue and communication and relationship building. >> kimberley helped to organise the demonstration, a presenter of rise, a group serving youth in richmond. we saw the chief drive up with some top-ranking officers. we thought he'd come and say high. he said i really want to hold the sign. >> no one expected the photos of the chief to go viral on the web making news across the country. >> now at six... protesters. >> the police chief chris magnus joined them. >> richmond an accustomed to being in the news, for the wrong reasons. he was a regular on the federal bureau of investigation's dangerous cities in america list. since becoming chief in 200

already, the cities of richmond california, newark, /tphupblgz are already on board. we need to write a letter to the housing /tkwopt department to get the f h a director to encourage fanny may and fanny mac to not sell the distressed mortgages to wall street but to the institutions as well. if that one effort is done, we can make sure that many households can thrive and not lose their property to wall street speculators. it makes sense that we use or bail out that the federal government has done for these banks years ago in ways to actually support the working people here in san francisco and across the country. colleagues, i hope to have your support. thank you. >> thank you. /khraoebgs, can we take this item, same house, same call? without objections, it is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, can you please call item 30. >> item 30 is a resolution to urge the administration of city college of san francisco to present the campus at 750 eddie street in the classrooms for all classes that have been displayed by the student and to pursue higher education. >> supervisors

expected to provide a whole bunch of jobs on top of the 9000 jobs i want to point out that richmond california joined marin clean energy on purpose they are not in marin county they asked to join because they wanted to save the money and get the jobs and they are doing that today the chevron refinery are going to have solar and now contra costa county is talking about forming their own cca because richmond and el, cerrito are getting these great benefits. so it really makes great sense for the department of the environment to be heavily involved there you have the experience dealing about with customers and especially with the last presentation we've heard i agree that i agree. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. eric brooks. san francisco clean party our city san francisco. i really want to speak to all of you but especially to commissioner king i think commissioner king if you have seen me in action over the past decade you know that i'm all about local community benefits and local jobs and local union jobs and prevailing wages. it was the advocates that went to the lafco and insisted tha

other cities to pressure the banks to sell more of these at risk loans and the city councils in richmond california and new ark new jersey have passed similar resolutions and i've been in contact with them and it also urges our mayor to join us in this effort and i hope mayor lee can work with fellow mayors to include other cities to help us pressure the banks who sell these at risk loans and the rest i'll submit thank you colleagues. >> thank you supervisor avalos supervisor campos? >> thank you madam clerk. you know, last week on wednesday at the request of supervisor farrell and i believe supervisor christensen as well, we had a very enlightening hearing at the budget committee to get a presentation on the planning department's efforts to enforce the short-term rental law and so-called ab and b law and it was a very informative presentation and i have to give a great deal of kudos to the planning department staff who were very forthcoming and the long and short of it for those of you that watched this hearing is what we heard from the planning department staff was essentially that that as curren

she was appointed in 2009 to serve on the community development commission in the city of richmond kal california and it's important to know she is also a wife and mother as well as a caregiver to to a dog a turtle and a goldfish and holds a ba in english and ladies and gentlemen please honor this woman. her name is supervisor supervisor kim berly ellis. >> [applause] i have to add my $0.02 i don't think supervisor cohen you could have picked a better honoree she is a no nonsense no holds barred when it comes to supporting and encouraging and uplifting women she has been at the forefront of the cause and i just want to say i appreciate all of the work that you consistently do to support women in political office especially because often times we hear the stories of discouragement of well maybe it's not your time or maybe you should do this or that and k imberly is like no you should run for office if you feel you should be in a leadership position go for it and i want to thank you for your encouragement and your continued support of women all over the bay area and i know emerge has expanded its r

richmond. the other two led them on a high-speed chase from southern california to arizona.it ended with with a crash and shootout. thepolice say one of the men got out of the suv and pulled out a gun. losangeles police are defending themselves tonight for shooting and killing a homesless man. [gunfire] [screaming] >> reporter: the shots fired and the scuffel that led up to it was recorded on a cell phone before the officer's fired the sounds of a taser could be heard. and somebody shouting drop the gun. the witness says the hopeless man grabbed one of the officer's weapon. the commissioner encourages people not to rush to judgment until the facts are known. >> reporter: >>> a wild scene where tear gas had to end a standoff. a suspect wanted for shooting at police ran off. s.w.a.t. teams surrounded the area and the neighborhood locked down. neighbors say it was a chaotic scene. >> all i heard it was pop, pop, pop. i came outside and it this were four more shots and i guess that was by the cops. so, i tried to run and try to tell me mom what happened and she comes outside and

the we no longer have a back up as a toll plaza or so of traffic through rest richmond of 580 westbound >> reporter: californiars month. been mentoring attention to this in front of san francisco on city hall. for an and 24,000 people were injured and home distracted drivers situations and three tell the people were killed. texting talking even hamburger seller and flossing a tooth all of these are distracting of driving >> reporter: no officials at the oakland airport says the passenger does ablation is way up 736,000 passengers that reflects the 15th straight month of growth at oakland airport because people are getting the picture that this is a cheaper the parking is cheaper there a little congestion getting there on my way but is always a smoother ride in issues lee no delays. and livestock in either airport by the way >> reporter: attorneys and the wife of robin williams are gonna work out and they went to court yesterday's and said the the gonna work it out the conflict over the late actor's belonging for one of those home city had they're the kids said that the trust clearly granted them clothing jewel

richmond. the other two led them on a high speed chase from southern california to arizona. it ended with a crash and shootout. one of the suspects was shot and killed. deputies were not injured. >>> the department of justice is reportedly close to finishing its report on ferguson, missouri's police department. sources telling the new york times the report shows african- americans are arrested in the city at a much higher rate than average. the same goes for traffic stops and citations. the report says the city relies on excessive fines and tickets to fund its budget. ferguson and its police department have been under heavy scrutiny since last year's deadly shooting of an unarmed african-american man. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the u.s. right now where today he'll speak at the annual conference of the pro israel lobby aipac but it's the speech before congress tomorrow that is causing a lot of controversy. he was invited by house speaker john boehner who didn't consult the white house beforehand. president obama says the address is inappropriate becau

california drought. the worst outlook in 40 years. east bay mud serves customers from richmond to san ramone but the water supply hasn't been this bad since the late 1970's. conservation effort dismal. 4 percent. here's laura anthony. >> it is as bad as it looks according to east bay mud which supplies water to 1.3 million people in the bay area. >> prediction are grim. we are lacking at water storage levels that are probably going to rival what we saw in the 1977 drought. >> that was the worst year in the district history. east bay mud key reservoir is 90 percent full but only because the district is holding water there rather than relessing it downstream to other storage facilities. such as this 30 percent full. at cable like east bay mud current snow measurement above one if the measurement above one if thement normally it's more like 6 or 7. >> current storage is only 4 18,000 acre feet. we are 70% of average. 55 percent of capacity. >> barring miracle march in april mud plans to look at series of drought measures including increase in the current than voluntary request for

to die in a week and the 66th to die from natural causes since california reinstated capital punishment in 1978. >>> the city of richmond ways to keep thieves and vandals from getting into abandoned houses. now, this may be a st. louis. looks like a window but n this case, the material is virtually indestructdable. it's called secure view. it is an alternative to putting up plywood that's put up traditionally in abandoned houses to protect windows. city officials plan to install secure view on homes that are being rehabilitated. >> we can reuse the product and take it to the next property after we complete the rehab. >> secure view costs more money than plywood but since plywood has to be replaced so often, it will be a lot cheaper in the long run. >>> u c president janet napolitano has issued a public apology at the made at the regents meeting caught in an open mike. she says we don't have to listen to protesters. >> we first showed you that video yesterday. it happened as u c students were protesting possible tuition hikes at the meeting. a spokesperson said that she has met with students and is open to their concerns

california. he and another suspect were in this black suv that crashed during the chase. the other suspect a woman, confronted sheriff's deputies. she was shot and killed. a third suspect arrested in richmond over the weekend, they're all accused in the death of olga danelli. police will not say how she was killed. >>> there's a growing problem at san jose state university you might not associate with a college campus. students say it's turning in to a hangout for the homeless. only on 5, len ramirez on the inconveniences it's causing for students. >> over the past couple of decades students coming to san jose state have always encountered the homeless to one degree or another. but students are telling us now that the population of homeless on campus has exploded this semester and they're more aggressive than ever. >> reporter: as a wide open downtown campus, san jose state university has never been immune from big city problems. but students tell kpix the homeless problem on campus is out of control. >> i wouldn't call it an issue more of an epidemic. >> reporter: trent is a fourth year business student who said it never used to be this bad. >> i'd say you can't walk out of any individual

california. snow wreaking havoc across the country. and near richmonding to 125 crashes in just four hours. in north carolina, black ice led to this 12-car pileup. so far, boston has gotten 104 inches of snow. that's this much snow, a little more than 8 1/2 feet, less than four inches away from the all-time record. snow trucks carting out 950 truck loads a night in boston. this city buckling under the weight of so much snow, like the roof of this barn that came crashing down just outside of boston, initially trapping ten horses. air travel so frozen over the weekend flight cancellations grounded roughly 5,000 passengers in dallas where they slept in the airport. as for passengers stuck on a grounded plane in dallas for nine hours, some resorted to raiding the liquor on board. meanwhile, the new storm brewing in the west, bringing ice and snow to 40 states from california to maine. those estimated 180 million americans in the crosshairs through thursday. all eyes on the monster winter storm barrelling coast to coast. forecasters now say boston's snowfall

. >>> a california woman has reclaimed her father's long lost purple hot medal thanks to a dog that likes to dig. smuckers dug up army corporal richmond litman's medal. it wasn't until a woman saw a story on the news that she realized that medal belonged to her father. smuckers handed over the medal yesterday during a special ceremony. >> see his name on the back and just to know when he was alive he held it in hiss hand. and to know i'm holding it in mine is a wonderful feeling. and i will honor this purple heart as long as i live. richmond lit man died in 1990. >> you can feel her words as he talked. >> to just hold that. >>> still ahead terrified parents watching as their car was stolen with their baby inside. how a san jose father sprang into action to get his baby daughter back. >> we're live at levi stadium where wrestle mania held here over the weekend shattered records. we'll tell you about the boost to the economy and how it helped stadium operators prepare for super bowl 50. around here, we're all about fast. that's why xfinity is perfect for me. with millions of wifi hotspots all over the place including one right here at t

richmond. it happened before 4:00 yesterday near 15th street. police say the shooting happened after an argument between several people. one suspect has been arrested. >> a man in southern california has died after falling 3,000' from a paraglider. the man was paragliding with his daughter in santa barbara and he fell. he was not strapped in correctly. authorities say the daughter remained strapped in and watched her father fall. she crashed landed the paraglider and was taken to the hospital where minor injuries. >> golf tournament remembers and honors a girl hit and killed by a train. today is a your since of death of j." nna in martinez hit by a trade strain after police say she ran back to pick up a cell phone she dropped on the tracks. her mom started an organization called "her smile," to help families going through the same kind of grief she experienced. >> things happen on a dime. it has brought greater awareness not only for train safety but overall safety. >> the memorial golf tournament is held today at grange lynn canyon golf course in hercules and organizers hope to raise $10,000 for the foundation. if you would like to help out we have posted a link on our website at

california highway patrol the was issued last night and be issued this morning. from the golden gate bridge is an easy ride both ways still. note delays yet for the richmond now. >> reporter: the chp has not arrived on the scene and will see any evidence currently of all problems right now this 16 minute commute from highway 101 from the capitol expressway to the montague expressway perry at 1 0192 or 84 interchange currently tonight have backups. >> reporter: news this morning on man is under guard after he was shot several times in fact trying to break into home and fair foot field his them is 46 year-old william gaines. he was breaking into the home when the upholder shot him. he's facing attempted burglary charges in this case and the as the rap sheet as a mile long wasn't of cruelty to children and domestic violence. >> reporter: passenger traffic at oakland's airport has increased compared to last year's. this is the 15th straight month of growth in passenger traffic and oakland. cargo wouldn't volumes were 88,000 lbs. which is up 9% from last year. >> reporter: quick update to a store that we brought to yesterday's the attorneys for the wife and ch

at the richmond bridge there's gliding up but the toll plaza will no longer backed up on 580 west bound to bound <ek-old son. schmieder first court appearance yesterday. >>: for not one word from family members and just moments after some at the green pled not guilty and her first court appearance. the 23 year-old mom showed almost no emotion when she entered the packed court room monday. she was originally facing murder charges but today yellow county prosecutor reduced and charges instead she's facing involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges. this is all over a week after a three week old baby boy justin was found dead influence in an icelandic. >>: documents detailing first indicate that prosecutors know the man killed her baby. she says baby justice unjustifiable physical obtained. samantha's best friend from childhood krista. itos fox that she loved her baby. initially set the tone investigators her son were attack. the share tells us that they have not been >>: connect anyone else to the crime scene beside her. <