last month several protesters with a swastika over schaaf's face popped up over oakland., that is. schaaf is one of 12 people who's running against current mayor jean quan. >>> coming up next, a popular bay area park undergoing a multimillion-dollar face-lift. we'll tell you about all the improvement and the additions on the way. >>> and we'll take you to southern california where rescuers and homeowners are on alert as the major threat goes from fire to flooding in the course of just a few days. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >>> in oakland police are looking into a suspicious fire after firefighters found a body at the scene. the fire broke out in an alleyway of an apartment complex near the corner of foothill and 34th avenue. about 5:00 th

schaaf officially launched r campaign today. top priorits include making oakland safe education for all children, more open city government a plan to create more local j the lifetime oaklander is focusing on the theme "maden oakland." schaff is entering a crowded field with 12 other 's a look at so , and more open city government and a plan to create more local jobs. lifetime oakland or his focus on the theme, made in oakland oakland. >>> here's a look at some of the top candidates, jean quam running for more election. dan siegel, former oakland school board member, and joe to men, san francisco state university political science professor who finished fourth in the 2010 election. >>> it's billed as northern california's biggest and best rummage sale. the white elephant sale for the oakland museum and you can find everything from clothes, jewelry, books, and tools. the proceeds fund the museum, this is the 56th white elephant sale. >>> people hit hard evacuated from their homes by the latest storm in california are being told to

schaaf officially launched her campaign todayp priorities include making oakland safer, education fol >>> councilwoman libby schaap is throwing her hat into the ring for oakland mayor. chef officially launched her campaign today. priorities include making oakland safer, education for all children and a more open city government and a plan to create more open jobs. she's entering a crowded field with 12 others. here's a look at some of the top candidates. jean quan is running for reelection and is considered the front runner. dan siegel is a former oakland school board member, and joe toomey is at san francisco state university political science professor who finished fourth in the 2010 election. >>> let's take a look at what's in store in the bay area. we have a mild like night we were on the northern fringes, we still got some pretty good rain and the numbers right now are mostly in the 50s and 60s around the bay area. first we have a video to show you from san martine which is between gilroy and morgan hill on the 101. you can see the rainbow over on the horizon. an indication of th

oakland city councilmawoman libby schaaf presented an ordinance and a committee meeting last night thatetter protect bicycles and pedestrians. this ordinance would provide a way for bicyclist a pedestrian for her to six of the lawsuits. a recent study funded 184 oakland pedestrians and bicycles were killed and more than 9000 or injured in car accidents from 1992 through 2000 and 11. >> san francisco voters are more supporter of the high- tech industry and employee commuter shows that a recent protest would suggest. a recent poll by the bay area council found only 17 percent were not in favor toward tech workers while 72% were favorable. 28% due employee shuttle buses of favorable about 57 percent favored employee shuttle buses. >> coming up on the kron4 new is. we are tracking the storm that is moving through the bay area this morning. here is a live look of the san mateo bridge. >> happening now, air france plane that was carrying nearly 500 passengers has been diverted to hamburg, germany. the plane was in route from shanghai to paris will russia announced a short notice are the airsp

schaaf is one of 12 people planning to run against jean quan. >>> a san francisco elementary school will soon be the first public school to kick off a student crossing guard program. the program which promotes pedestrian safety awareness starts tomorrow. it's a collaboration between district 7 supervisor yi, san francisco police chief greg sur and school superintendent richard coranza. two more schools will kick off student crossing guard programs in the coming weeks. >>> and now to the developing story in ukraine. the crisis now on the brink of becoming a full-blown war with ukraine mobilizing troops and calling in military reserves as russian troops surround military bases in crimea. ukraine's interim prime minister is calling this move a declaration of war. yesterday russian president vladimir putin approved sending troops into ukraine and the troops took over crimea without firing a shot. russian president vladimir putin called the situation in ukraine, quote, extraordinary with russian lives under threat. meanwhile ukraine's acting president says he's ordered the country's armed for

oakland city council member libby schaaf is introducing a new law protecting pedestrians and cyclists from intentionally aggressive acts after a new study highlighted the dangers of vehicular aggression and it found from 1992 to 2011, 184 oakland pedestrians, bicyclists were killed in auto collisions. >>> the city of concord is cracking down on tenants who don't do anything about bedbug infestations. we told but this apartment infested with bedbugs last october. now concord has a new policy that would cite landlords for failing to keep rental units free of infestations. tenant advocates say absentee slumlords routinely ignore the problem. they have been working with the city since last summer to do something about it. >>> other bay area headlines, newark police say they have seen a huge drop in violent crime and they are thanking the community. crime is down 21% but there's a huge drop of homes getting broken into because of a boom in neighborhood watch groups. >>> and this is what the drought has come to. hundreds of thousands of salmon were trucked today to the delta in hopes they w

councilwoman libby schaaf will announce her run this morning at the penn rose restaurant.bility as some of her top priorities. it is a crowded field for oakland mayor. there's the incumbent, mayor jean quan, with schaaf, courtney ruby, port commissioner brian parker, college professor joe tuman, and civil rights attorney dan siegel. after months of speculation, governor jerry brown has made it official he has filed for re- election. he submitted the paperwork at the alameda county registrar's office in oakland yesterday. brown currently enjoys a 60% job approval rating among voters. after pulling the state out of a financial hole, he says his work is not done. >> there's always races around. i've been able to find a number of them. i certainly enjoyed being mayor of oakland. that was a wonderful opportunity. >> brown is running for an unprecedented fourth term as governor. he served his first two terms in the '70s and '80s. >>> five of the six current andrea former san francisco police officers facing charges have pleaded not guilty. the sixth is waiting for a new attorney

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oakland city councilwoman libby schaaf presented an ordinance at a committee meeting last night thatclist and pedestrians. the ordinance would provide a way for bicyclists and pedestrians who are hurt to seek civil lawsuits against aggressive drivers. a recent study found that 184 oakland pedestrians and bicyclists were killed and more than nine-thousand were injured in car accidents from 1992 through 2011. >> speed is being blamed for the death of fast and furious star paul walker. crash investigators have found that unsafe driving not a mechanical falure caused the fatal crash. a person who reviewed the report says the porsche carrera was traveling around 90-miles-per-hour before it went out of control and crashed into a light pole. the los angeles county sherriffs department and california highway patrol conducted the investigation. the investigation's report has not been officially released. >> president obama has extended the health care exchange deadline for those who start 31st. officials say they are extending the deadline for those with complex circumstances that keep them f