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

under a deal between the university of california and the police union, only the officers seen in the video a can of orange pepper spray will be named in the report. the names of other officers will be blacked out. the report will be released online at noon. we'll have a link on abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> today could be the last parole hearing for charles manson who is serving a life sentence. this is the most recent picture of manson, now 77-years-old. he says he does not plan to attend today's hearing. uncurrent law inmates can be denied the opportunity to reapply for parole for up to 15 years. manson could be 90 two before he's eligible for another hearing. he -- could be 92 before he's eligible for another hearing >>> 4:37. in san jose this morning, city workers and the mayor are claim being victory following a court decision on the city's controversial pension proposal. yesterday a three-judge panel ruled in favor of firefighters, police officers and other city employees who filed suit to get wording changed on the upcoming measure. the ballot was unlawfully biased taki

had to be taken to hospital, a task force looked into it but the findings were delayed when the police union sued to keep the report under wraps. as a result the names of most officers involved in the incidents will not be included in that report. funeral services were held in antioch this morning for the father and daughter killed while bicycling through concord. hundreds of mourners were there but don knapp shows us the tragic crash has touched many others, some who have never even met the family. >> to white hearses bring the bodies of a man and his daughter to the antioch cemetery were members of the afghan community gathered for a traditional islamic they're real. the 41 year-old man was a truck driver for the port oakland, his daughter was a girl scouts and popular student at woodside elementary school. father and daughter were killed saturday when an s u v slammed into them while they were riding bicycles along concord. another daughter riding with them was injured but will recover. the loss of two family members in the flesh of a traffic accident touched a nerve although what the doe

today a judge approved a deal between the university of california and the police union to release the document at noon tomorrow. a task force investigated the spraying of students involving an occupy protest last november. the names of most of the officer involved in the incident will about omitted. >>> a teen driver suspected in an accident that killed a father and daughter in concord saturday is out of custody tonight. our news crew was at the juvenile detention facility in martinez when the 17-year-old was released through a private exit at 4:30 this afternoon. he was arrested saturday suspicious of manslaughter. police say they are now checking his phone records to see if he was using his cell phone at the time of the accident. >>> authorities have released the name of a man struck and killed by a truck in mountain view. they say the 26-year-old was not carrying an id at the time when he was hit on shoreline boulevard at around 9:00 p.m. the driver stopped and cooperated police. officers say they want to talk to a woman who gave cpr until emt's arrived. >>> the ntsb is issued reco

the case. last night three were shot at 98th and holly. you don't have to tell neighbors there7, crime rates are up, 20 to 30% since last year. a witness says there aren't enough police. the police unionagrees. ?w everyday in the neighborhoods fighting crime. and they are under ferocious pressure, given the level of crime and the demand for says. >> reporter: there are 400,000d+ people living in oakland about 650 police officers patrolling. the 100 block's plan move officers away from community policing into the areas with the highest crime rates. residents in other neighborhoods didn't like that. the mayor declined our request for an interview this morning but said the strategy is not a failure. >> now we are about to get a new police academy and getting 25 officers from our new federal grant, those people are going to be put back. it was all going to be temporary. that doesn't mean there are less additional officers in 100 blocks. >> reporter: the police officers' association doesn't believe any strategy will work without enough officers. >> if you only have half the police department than you need all you are doing is displacing crime not tackling the big problems. >> reporter: the

the case. last night three were shot at 98th and holly. you don't have to tell neighbors there7, crime rates are up, 20 to 30% since last year. a witness says there aren't enough police. the police unionagrees. ?w everyday in the neighborhoods fighting crime. and they are under ferocious pressure, given the level of crime and the demand for says. >> reporter: there are 400,000d+ people living in oakland about 650 police officers patrolling. the 100 block's plan move officers away from community policing into the areas with the highest crime rates. residents in other neighborhoods didn't like that. the mayor declined our request for an interview this morning but said the strategy is not a failure. >> now we are about to get a new police academy and getting 25 officers from our new federal grant, those people are going to be put back. it was all going to be temporary. that doesn't mean there are less additional officers in 100 blocks. >> reporter: the police officers' association doesn't believe any strategy will work without enough officers. >> if you only have half the police department than you need all you are doing is displacing crime not tackling the big problems. >> reporter: the

the police union struck a tent tish dealle. both sides will ask the police to sign the -- both sides will will ask the -- will ask the judge to sign the agreement today. >>> san francisco authorities are hoping new police sketches will help identify a man hit and killed just two weeks ago, the male examiner describes a tag -- describes a man in his 0s. the imagine -- in his 30s. the man had no 30ed on on him. if you have any information it -- the man had no identification on him. if you have any information, call can police. >>> i think today we did catch a little build of a break. first of all, it's not raining that hard and second of all, the traffic is a little lighter. it always ranches up here. this is not that unusual, but go i know you some wet breaking news,ner at theshy said. , the metering lights are on. kind of tough driving on the air this morning, 4:30. this was a lot clearer than that. i can see clearly. so things have ing chad in the last couple of hours. i think 880 is better. but there is a new crash on 880 west

the police chief. the council voted 4-3 in the indictment of the john leopold. it is believe that the police chief knew about the allegations and failed to do anything about it. two the police unions have alale no-confidence votes against the police chief. unidentified man was found with gunshot wounds. reports of another shooting at around 9:30 on liberty heights avenue. that the victim also died. just before midnight, police were called to west baltimore. no word on that victim's condition. anyone with information into any of these shootings should call baltimore city police. howard county prosecutors are dropping charges against a man accused of killing his twin brother. they said it would not pursue a second trial. the first trial ended in a mistrial. this happened back in 2007. prosecutors say they did not feel they could get a conviction in what is largely circumstantial evidence. >> one councilman wants to sell advertising on the sides of fire trucks in an effort to save fire companies slated to close. kim dacey has details. >> the councilman introduced the measure last night after he was inspired by seeing a school bus with advertising on the side. he thinks that this coul

the president of the police union says the 100 blocks heard the rest of this experience -- hurt the rest of city. >> i cannot speak to the 100 blocks but if you look across the city crime is up more than 20%. that is not a good thing. he would have to bring in hundreds of more officers to continue the 100 block the plan and to deal with the levels of service and crime that we deal with on a daily basis. the bottom line in oakland, we do not have enough officers. >>pam: take a look at these crime statistics. they compared this year to last year. >>pam: despite the statistics, chief howard jordan and mayor jean quan claim that so far the 100 block plan has been a success. overall, crime in this city has gone up. >> i would call it a success because we accomplished what we wanted to accomplish. where we were focused we saw a reduction. now we have to adjust and look at what is happening around those areas. in october the initial task force that was formed returned to patrol because we had to many open besides and we had to make a decision to fill beads or continue with a pro active, not rea

two of the police union's cast no-confidence votes in him. three new overnight shootings. the first one happened just after 9:00 last night and east preston. they found an unidentified man suffering from gunshot wounds. 30 minutes later, reports of another shooting on liberty heights avenue in the forest park neighborhood. the search continues for the shooter in that case. just before midnight, police were called in west baltimore and they found the third victim. no word on his condition right now. anyone with any information is asked to call baltimore city police. >> one councilman wants to sell advertising on the sides of fire trucks. kim dacey is live with details on this unique plan. >> the councilman introduced the measure last night after he was inspired by seeing a school bus with advertising on the side. he thinks that this could help the fire department with desperately needed cash to keep all but the three fire companies that a scheduled to close. he said he would -- officers came to know more about the proposal. >> i think it will be tastefully done and it should

the university and it's police union reached a legal settlement today to allow the release of most ofost of the officerra names removed. tomorrow the university and the police union are scheduled to go to court to ask a judge to approve the settlement. >> a break in the case of a merchant marine murdered in december and ended up saving others through organ donation. paul chambers said one suspect is in custody and police are hoping his arrest will lead to a second suspect. >> reporter: valerie set up this shrin oh, honor her brother. >> first i give him a kiss. i say make it happen. you have to make something happen. >> reporter: she said last friday her brother made it happen. that is the day she was told that police made an arrest in the death. it was december 22nd when the 23-year-old was shot and killed just a few feet from his home. police say he was involved in some sort of minor traffic accident before two suspects followed him. >> nobody can imagine, what it's like to have a loved one that -- not just had his future ahead of him, they murdered him, they stole his future. >> re

the department has 280 officers on patrol throughout the city but the president of the police union says the 100 blocks for the rest of the city. >> i cannot stay till the 100 blocks but if you look across the city crime is up more than 20%. that is not a good thing for citizens. you have to bring in hundreds of officers to continue to plan and deal with the levels of service that we are asking for and all levels of are we deal with on a daily basis. the bottom line in oakland is we do not have enough police officers. >>james: but she says, the blocks has been reduced the overall climate in this city has gone up. >> i would call it a success so because we accomplished what we wanted to. where we were focused we saw a reduction -- reduction, now we have to adjust. >> it is based on data, not a motion. it is based on taking the resources we have and focusing the them and a smart way. holding us and the police accountable. >> take a look at the crime statistics. they compare the same time. this year to the same time. last year. >>erica: we have a wet weather on the way however right now it

the pepper spraying gets a scathing assessment of how police handled this situation. we're live with reactions. laura? >> well this report supposed to be released a month ago. the police union got a bay area judge to push it back so the police officers names could be removed. that didn't really, the lesson the impact of what is inside. and it was uncalled for and the canister wasn't authorized for use by uc davis police. beyond that there are a series of bad decisions and a lack of communication on the part of police and the administration including the chancellor that led up to what uc chancellor called quote, a bad day from the university. and the task force included a student who summarized how the campus police behave that had day. >> the way the police force went about handling things that day are not, is not the same that a veteran of the police department in l.a. would do. it's not the same a veteran, it's just not what a well trained police officer is supposed to do. >> we're going to have a response for the campus and as quickly as possible. that will address our recommendations and a plan of a path forward. >> that was a spokesperson for the chancellor. she did no

the university and it's police union reached a legal settlement today to allow the release of most ofhe report with most of the officerra names removed. tomorrow the university and the police union are scheduled to go to court to ask a judge to approve the settlement. >> a break in the case of a merchant marine murdered in december and ended up saving others through organ donation. paul chambers said one suspect is in custody and police are hoping his arrest will lead to a second suspect. >> reporter: valerie set up this shrin oh, honor her brother. >> first i give him a kiss. i say make it happen. you have to make something happen. >> reporter: she said last friday her brother made it happen. that is the day she was told that police made an arrest in the death. it was december 22nd when the 23-year-old was shot and killed just a few feet from his home. police say he was involved in some sort of minor traffic accident before two suspects followed him. >> nobody can imagine, what it's like to have a loved one that -- not just had his future ahead of him, they murdered him, they stole h

the police union wanted to protect the names of the officers involved. settlement they will be posted online. >>> bart is making its way to san jose. later this morning there will be a preview. lorraine blanco is there. lorraine. >> reporter: the valley transportation authority is trying to get riders excited about this ground breaking tomorrow. many tell us they can't wait for the bart to go in the other direction. right now it only goes knot. but after this will againly 16 miles connection is the biggest works and arrive in san jose head of tomorrow's grand poking. >> it's again a a lot of people. >> reporter:sore coand workers will use $200,000 of con et crew. they are the plan is to finish the fierceness 2015. westbound westbound. >>> sal is back. i know you are physical lowing a wild situation in san francisco. is that what you are focused on now? >> that is right we are trying to get more information. we have a camera crew there now. we are watching it from one of our tower cameras. this is the overturned car in san francisco at the corner of embar

of any responsibility for its failures in the other big organizations in volved in this are the police unions and their job is is just to make life easier for cops regardless of whether the cops are doing their job properly or not so just for them at that time i mean what's the answer here because certainly it stands to reason that police officers want to have you know violent offenders afraid of them so where is that line between you know using a stun gun and doing nothing at all. yes well having violent offenders afraid of them is fine i don't know that all of the population should necessarily be afraid of the police as you mentioned that's one of the things that keeps people from cooperating one thing that is working in our favor is that everybody has a camera and there's a lot there are a lot of cases out there in that you can read reasons coverage again a great story we have called the war on cameras everybody's got a phone everybody's got a camera a lot more stuff gets picked up rodney king you know it was unusual twenty years ago for somebody to get video of something like this happeni

the university and the police union will ask the judge tomorrow to licht the stay. -- to lift the stay. >>> school board is looking at a proposal that will raise property taxes. it would save $400 million. it involves issuing bonds sooner than anticipated to take advantage of the low interest rates, but that would mean they would have to break a promise to cap measure c taxes. the rate could go to $110 per $100,000. >>> the easter bunny stayed dry yesterday. but we got changes in store. bill martin is here to tell us what is happening. >> rain and cooler weather. as we head into a spring break period and the weather isn't going to cooperate. snow and rain in the bay area forecast through the five-day forecast. rain showers to the north of us. those showers will begin to slide south into the evening hours and early morning hours tomorrow. what that means is, 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., showers and rain from redwood city north and that will have an impact on your morning commute tomorrow. tuesday. rain back in the forecast. right now, temperatures are mild, 70 in santa rosa. 60 in oakland. 73

cops always complain about you know doing extra work and all this paperwork but i can imagine the police unions will be complaining too much about this one you didn't even have in this story here because you want to drive out the you tube library like you can put this in the title and i mean talk about it or you know it works when you put it in the i did like that and read in the story somebody the porn industry pointed out that because if you can make a movie in half a day or a day that there's going to be so much porn that they're making that the cops can't possibly watch all that. you know that's an interesting challenge they should issue a challenge to the police department they dare you to watch all the porno we have one of our recent t.v. we had one of our our producers put together a video we were talking about a porn story the upset of the trial a few years ago and he had he was so much more to say this is it this is ruined it for me sitting here all day long watching there's just room porn for me but can you imagine i mean i read that cops are actually going to have to do spot checks o

the police union and mayor's office are talking about a money-saving plan to lower rookie salaries fore first two years of service. >>> south bay police warning people to beware of a er who pretends to be under cover -- of a would be robber who prefriends to be an undercover cop. he drives a green van and targets spanish-speaking immigrants, flashes a fake badge and takes the victim's wallet to the van to check for warrants when he returns it all the cash is gone. >>> mike is here, watch out for breezes this morning. >> they are gutsy in some areas, won't be a detriment to any flights which is good news as you look outside we see a clear sky in the blues, cool blues of the bay either against the originals and yellows not only the lights but impending sunrise, beautiful picture have to put that on facebook, nice job, peter up in transmission doing a great job. mid 30s fairfield, napa, santa rosa, 39 never lore, low to mid 40s elsewhere -- livermore, low to mid 40s elsewhere. today mostly sunny, cool and breezy, like yesterday. clear and chilly tonight like this morning things change tom

the hospital. it's not clear if any police officers were hurt. >> thank you, vic. we are still working to get more details on what started the chase. >>> a police union is airing its dirty laundry with anne arundel county executive john leopold on the radio. wjz continues to investigate this case. mike hellgren is live and has the showdown on the dial and why the union decided to run the critical ads. >> they're mounting the campaign to get the county executive to step down, something he says he will not do. and we learned today, there will be several ads the union produced another one, after the county executive spokesman called them bullies. >> reporter: both of ann arundle county's police unions have been outspoken critics of john leopold. calling for him and the police chief to go, amid accusations leopold was treating his security detail and ordering them to illegally dig up dirt on his enemies while the chief ignored it all. now, the international brotherhood of police officers is airing a radio ad to spread the message. >> doing the right thing wasn't easy. but when people like leopold and chief tier won't do the right thing, someone has to. >> never mind th

the law is not being followed. >> reporter: so the union filed suit to demand the city follow the law and have the board operate. the union fearing a repeat of mass police hirings in 1989 and 90' that resulted in convicts becoming cops. >> they lowered standards and it costs in terms of our reputation and the quality of persons the department hired. they did a lot of damage to the police department and we're headed down the same road if we don't follow what the law says. >> reporter: the chairman of the city council committee that oversees police says the union never raised the issue and he says don't blame the current administration. >> what we saw over the last four years, the previous mayor was that there was a deliberate effort to not appoint anybody any of these boards. a lot of these boards, the membership just dried up and the boards became non-existent. this is just another one of those boards that was a victim of the previous maryland administration. >> reporter: we have had a new mayor that's been in office for almost a year and a half now, and that continues. >> yes. i'm not sure i would say it continues, but they were polled by the abandonme

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the police union calls this symptom matic of a department with only 657 officers and all due to budget cuts. >> we have a public safety crisis. bottom line is that we don't have enough police officers for the city of oakland. >> and this fifrs call made is to mayor jean quan's office, waiting to be briefed. wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> that is disturbing. thank you, wayne. san francisco officials need help identifying a man hit and killed by a muni bus. take a look at the sketch of the man the examiner says he's his opinionic, late 30s to early 40s. and hit in the western edition. witnesses say the man stepped into traffic from between two parked cars. the driver placed on non-driving status pending an investigation that, is standard procedure. >> the man accused of killing three members of a san francisco family told a jury today his mother never loved him. edwin ramos made that statement as part of his dramatic testimony. >> he's winding down testimony as we speak. his mannerism seems odd on the stand. he smilz a lot. he smiles every time he answers a question. his lawyer is concern

in the past there were different schedules for the various labor unions, so police and fire typically lag behind local 21. this is the last time you will see are retroactive, if you will, agreed upon contract once the budget is approved. what we had done procedurally is set aside funds in the city, and once those labor agreements were approved by the mayor and the board, then the comptroller's office would administratively transfer those to the departments in accordance to provisions, but now we will know the value and need to budget for it during the planning stages. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor avalos: motion to approve. supervisor chu: i believe we can do that without objection. and >> item #2, or did authorize an increase of the waste water enterprise commercial paper programs to an amount not to exceed $300 million to be issued from time to time by the san francisco public utilities commission to finance various capt. projects benefiting the waste water enterprise. item number three, resolution approving the issuance of water revenue bonds to be issued by the public util

the farallons earlier this month >>> in union city, classes are in session after a student was shot yesterday afternoon. ktvu's alex savage joins us live from the campus with the investigation. >> reporter: union city police focused on finding this shooter overnight. officers stopped and question several drivers in white work trucks matching the description of the getaway vehicle and now as you can see behind us, there are extra officers on hand behind logan high. one day after the student was shot off-campus, officials totalled us grief counselors are available for students. the student is in serious but stable condition. they're looking for a possible gun man, a man with a beard, driving a white work truck with a rack who was wearing a construction vest. to help put students at ease, more officers are hitting the streets near the school. >> we have increased our visibility with the patrol officers in the neighborhood. i find that at least that gives some sense of security and comfort to the neighbors around the perimeter and we have additional units in place at areas where students generally congregate, so we're feeling pretty comfortable about our security setup. >> reporter: the gun fire broke out jus

fruit of the report's release but without disease of most of the oxisols have in-house the police officers' union suit says he remains under wraps citing the privacy and roughhouse newhouse for fun >>mark: later this morning before a funeral home take place for the father and daughter killed and a bicycle crash and concord on saturday. and there is now wielding against the team driver who has been released from juvenile hall. will tran is and concord with the latest. >> the roadside memorial continues to grow. also growing is the outrageous against the driver who is back at home with his parents after being released from juvenile hall. phillies are waiting of cell phone records to see whether or not he was talking or text think at the time of the collision. they're also waiting for toxicology reports. the fact that he is back home does not mean he is off the hook if prosecutors are waiting for evidence before they make an informed decision which is several legal 80th that means that down the road he could be reread 50 and charged with >>mark: we will be right back as if kron4 news continues until

the flames from spreading. >>> police argents and lieutenants have a message for john liepold, resign. now they're sending the message into the air waves. mike has the show down. >> reporter: police unions have been outspoken critics of john liepold calling for him and the police chief to go among accusations he was mistreating his security detail and ordering them to dig up dirt on his enemies while the chief ignored it all. airing a series of radioads to spread its message. >> doing the right thing wasn't easy, but when leaders won't do the right thing, we're lucky that someone will. >> reporter: the head of the union responsible tells wjz he's going to keep up the pressure. >> if there is any basis for the chief turning a blind eye to the county administrator's alleged shenanigans, i say shame on the chief. >> reporter: they call it an attempt to bully liepold. >> when they're charged with breaking the law, where do you turn? when leaders like the police chief seem to care more about their own power than the safety of the people they're sworn to protect, what do you do? you standby police chief emerson davis. >> reporter: he testified and urged a federal investigation. at his urging,

last november police officers coated demonstrators with pepper spray as they sat in a line protesting tuition hikes. under a deal between the university and the police officer's uniony the officers seen in the video with a can of orange pepper spray will be named in the report. the names of other officers will be blacked out. the report will be released online at noon. we will have a link to the report on abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> "star wars" creator george lucas is scrapping plans to build a huge digital filmmaking complex on his 52 acre ranch in marin county. instead his company intends to sell to developers to build low income housing. neighbors complained the complex would lead to increased traffic and noise. the planning commission ok'd the plan over strong community opposition. opponents appealed to the board of supervisors. the film producing company says it will build a new facility elsewhere. >> this morning some trails in golden gate park are closed to dogs because of over coyotes. last week -- because of concerns over coyotes. -- [ unintelligible ] >>> it is april and it is raining out there and we are thankful for the rain. >> yes, go figure.

. >>> more details now we talked to the hospital police union tonight and a spokeswoman said, our guyse getting beat up left and right. last night was another example of why change needs to be made. end quote. >>> it's another night for the gordon beirsch. the group pub opened in the old hills bros coffee buildinging in 1972. >>> intercom communications will begin monitoring the station. some staff members are also being laid off. intercom says it'll keep its r & b format. >>> a nice little warm up today. at the buoy showing sustained at 13 miles per hour. we're looking for a pretty nice day tomorrow. temperatures are on the increase. these are the highs from your friday recorded by the national weather service. official highs. you watch where they go, they're going up. 80 in concord, that's up 10 degrees from yesterday. you're going to see lots of yellows and oranges. yellows are 70s, mid- and upper and the 80s orange. >>> a major milestone for the revitalization of lands end in san francisco is scheduled for tomorrow. the 4,900 square foot visiting center offering a sprawling view of

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if you know of anything with this -- the fifth--vest contact the union city police department. this is a live picture of the active crime scene. it started at noon. reporting live. in union city, terisa estacio. >>pam: new information for sierra lamar id has been over one month since the morgan hill a teenager has disappeared no signs. hours have been locked from of volunteers. now, the school is been called into question. the school did not notify the parents that she never came to school until 6:00 p.m. that evening. nearly 10 hours after she finished. as rob fladeboe reports the school is thinking about changing its policy. >>rob: this new policy effective immediately is impacting the sierra lamar high school in morgan hill. they were notified that the process of notifying the parents will be changed. the first call attempt will be at 10:30 a.m. to the parents. parents have been complaining that the 6:00 p.m. notice at the end of the day is not acceptable. >> we need to know even if there is been an accident. my children are freshmen and if they do not make it to school. it w

. >>> more details now we talked to the hospital police union tonight and a spokeswoman said, our guyse getting beat up left and right. last night was another example of why change needs to be made. end quote. >>> it's another night for the gordon beirsch. the group pub opened in the old hills bros coffee buildinging in 1972. >>> intercom communications will begin monitoring the station. some staff members are also being laid off. intercom says it'll keep its r & b format. >>> a nice little warm up today. at the buoy showing sustained at 13 miles per hour. we're looking for a pretty nice day tomorrow. temperatures are on the increase. these are the highs from your friday recorded by the national weather service. official highs. you watch where they go, they're going up. 80 in concord, that's up 10 degrees from yesterday. you're going to see lots of yellows and oranges. yellows are 70s, mid- and upper and the 80s orange. >>> a major milestone for the revitalization of lands end in san francisco is scheduled for tomorrow. the 4,900 square foot visiting center offering a sprawling view of

. >> the driver was not hurt in the crash and union city police are investigating. >> they a lently finished the objection book. it says they adopted a policy that raised the price of e.books by two or three dollars. that led to customers paying more than they needed to for popular titles. three of the two have agreed to settlement amazon has slashed prices some less than $10. hello sal. >>> traffic is doing well despite the bad weather however there are some problemmed spots. we do have an overturned vehicle blocking two lanes but it is early and driving conditions are not good. westbound 580, to lanes are blocked, the for marshal is on the scene, -- fire marshall is on the scene. we are getting an update here which says, nobody was serially injured. the traffic here looks good as you drive passed the coliseum and it looks like it may not be raining as hard as it was just a few minutes ago. we do have some slowed traffic here in parts coming down from richmond and in legally are -- berkeley it will be an extremely tough drive. the good news is it is moving through fast and i would give you

the county executive and police chief. >> reporter: well, first the rank and file officers through the union spoke out about the scandal. now we're hearing from one of the top leaders in the police department. just weeks after two anne arundel police unions issue a vote of no confidence and indicted county executive john leopold and police chief james teare, the second in command speaks pickuply for the first time -- publicly for the first time, supporting the rank and file. >> i believe that is a cry for help. >> reporter: and he wants that help to come from the u.s. department of justice. in a bombshell announcement, emerson davis says he called on justice officials to investigate allegations of misconduct and wrong doing with the department, the allegations that stem from the county's criminal indictment last month. leopold is accused of making police officers assigned to protect him use the state's criminal data base to dig up dirt on his enemies, and making them drive him to sexual encounters in public parking lots. >> this is the biggest black eye we have had in the department in the 35 years i've been here. >> rep

police say the victim is a 47- year-old man. we don't know his name or his condition. no arrests have been made yet. >> also this morning union city police are looking for a person they say shot a student from james logan high school. alex savidge is at the school this morning. alex. >> reporter: good morning, pam. there is only a vague description on that gunman that wounded a student from james logan high school yesterday. the shooting didn't happen here on campus but happened in a neighborhood just up the road. this morning police are searching for the shooter. possibly a man seen leaving the scene wearing a construction vest and driving a white pickup truck with blue writing on the side. it was a work type truck. the gunfire broke out yesterday between 14th and h street after being shot that wounded student ran back toward campus. since everything happened near the high school were both put into lock down for several hours. but police tell us what happened yesterday doesn't signal a security issue at logan high. >> i've been here 25 years. this is the second major incident at logan high school. i also want to be clear it

the attack on unions which represent women is an attack on women. when wisconsin's governor, scott walker, administration targeted teachers, unions and nurses unions, they exempted the male-dominated firefighters and police unions. you know, so that was definitely an attack on women. and this policy on attack on women has permeated throughout wisconsin. but what he did was wake up the sleeping giant. because he then woke up all of the women and all of the labor unions who went into wisconsin and, of course, you know, he now has a recall. and we're waiting to get him out of there. the republicans' attack on teachers unions and unions representing other pink-collar professions, like nurses, health care workers, early childhood educators, home health aides, they're attacking organizations in which women workers have political voice. that's the organization -- we organize in these unions, and have a voice in the workplace. and we also have a voice politically. and these other systems are male-dominated. and i know when i go into a lot of boardrooms, because i do have a lot of titles, most of them are filled with men. we can barely count the women on one hand who sit in those boardrooms. when we look around e

the next one is educating voters for jobs against avalos and aa dochy for mayor 2011, coalition for police unions and the final one is the alice toglis lesbian and democratic gay p.a.c. >> i'll ask you to do the second one, as well. shake the box and who does the picking? would you be willing to -- we'll ask our public assistant to make the selection, please. >> me? >> i get -- >> i get to pick one. >> i'm going to use my good hand. >> that seems appropriate. >> and the winner is, terry baum for mayor 2011. >> thank you very much. we have a second group that we would ask you to do and mr. pillpel has volunteered under duress to do the third group. >> good, i'm running out of -- >> we don't want over-strain you. >> so this group, we have 10 committees. >> and this is the group of above $50,000 and up to $100,000. >> the first one is the municipal attorneys association yes on c, no on d. second, committee for a fair and better san francisco, no on g. third, bill fazio for district attorney 2011. fourth, vu trend for sf district attorney 2011. five, golden gate restaurant association p.a.c. six, asi

extreme, the scenario is not uncommon given the amount of calls for service police received on a daily basis. kron4's spoke with a president of the police officers' unione problem is not uncommon. >> not at all. it is a regular occurrence, it is a symptom of the public safety crisis we have in oakland. the bottom line is we do not have enough police to deal with the problems we're facing. in oakland our patrol officers are typically running from a call to call. unlike other cities where they conduct random patrol it reach out to the community, it is very challenging here with the volume of phone calls that we face. >> right now oakland only has 657 police officers. they will soon add an additional 50 offices bring in the number to more than 700. " they could break as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look outside on this dreary tuesday morning. sphere >> a rare look at the widows of osama bin-laden. there currently under house arrest. they were captured after the raid that killed bin-laden they are set to return to get in and saudia arabia. these images show them inside of the home where they're being held in custody. we are back with more in tw

gates i was definitely not receiving visitors then the local police superintendent strode out of the startling news that mr anderson and two local union carbide executives were on time to rest on that police believe the residents are going to tell us exactly who the arrested mr cook mr believe me mr north and mr allison developing interviewing the rest of mr imus really will get him and we've there was a decision. that mr anderson and everybody should be interested by then the world's media was there and everybody knew that he was coming for magistrate and for him to topple over soon. well with me. there were drawers with violations of civil duty and was generally related to a problem like this which mr anderson had been arrested on charges of criminal and constructive negligence offenses carrying a possible two year jail sentence and theoretically no chance of bail even the company's lawyer could see the man as they were confined under house arrest he was right here to solve a problem and representative the u.s. government for money assistance asked are you surprised the chairman of the union carbide has been arrested since he's here

the church to get out. about 100 marched from union square yesterday. protesters want to turn the spaces into come unions for the city's homeless population. police right now are camped out in front keeping an eye on the situation which so far has been peaceful. it is the first major action by occupy san francisco. >>> two injured sailors are brought to the area after their sailboat was hit by a monster swell. they were in an around the world yacht race headed to california when they hit rough seas 400 miles west of san francisco. one woman had broken ribs, a man injured his pelvis. they were transferred to a coast guard cutter yesterday and headed for oakland right now. >> hoping they're going to be okay. good thing, ribs will heal, and it will continue. >> two others had minor injuries. the cutter is due in port this afternoon. >>> a peninsula family lost their house, this morning they're thankful to be alive. a two alarm fire destroyed the home just after 4:00 a.m. a woman and four children escaped the flames, but unfortunately their two cats died. took firefighters about a half hour to finally contain this blaze. >> the fire looks like it sta

police commander is calling on federal investigators to look into the abuse of power allegations against county executive john leopold. derek valcourt has more. >> reporter: just weeks after two anne arundel county police unions ash vote of no confidence and indicted county executive john leopold and police chief john teare the department's second in command speaks publicly. >> i believe those votes of no confidence are a cry out for help. >> reporter: and he wants that help to come from the u.s. department of justice. deputy police chief emerson davis says' called on justice officials to investigate allegations of misconduct and wrong-doing within the debt. allegations that stem from the county executive's criminal indictment last month. leopold is accused of make police officers assigned to protect him use the state's criminal database to dig up dirt and making those officers drive him to sexual encounters. >> who knew what and who is going to be held accountable. this is the biggest black eye we've had in the department in 35 years. >> it gives a great deal of credence. >> reporter: the union president applauds the deputy chief have for speaking out after police chief teare refused to answer questions. he

the wisconsin anti-union law and john k. six anti-union law although john k. sake didn't exempt police and firefighters do you know is there any evidence that these laws came out of the same source or from the same pot and it may be scott walker just tweeted. he thought he needed the help of the police and firefighters whereas in ohio perhaps a case a good need that help because there is no provision in ohio law for recalling. there is no question there is absolutely zero question that the koch brothers the koch brothers funded groups the bradley foundation all these groups are behind scott walker if we listen to you and we know that because we have we know that because david koch himself has said that he is supporting scott walker here all these phony five one c three five a one c four groups that we believe are illegally coordinating they send out non-profits not for profit and they go ahead and they put ads that are exactly what made with scott walker's campaign message actually water or did it with the party republicans put out these phony organs like alec is one of them but they a

bargaining rights and forces public unions to recertify once a year violates our number of our rights of the constitution in a strictly political move walker exempted police and firefighters from the anti-union law for example getting grounds for the call. last week to strike down the law because it violates the equal protection clause the constitution court also said it violates public workers first amendment rights so walker's wildly unpopular war against unions might all be for naught and as he prepares for the political fight of his life in a recall election how might this now unconstitutional law affect his chances of winning the latest coming out of the badger state graham's alinsky is here is communications director of the democratic party of wisconsin graham welcome. d.v. found thank you great to have you back with us what's your take on the court striking down the sly. well i don't think scott walker or the republicans in past cared about the constitutionality of it. everyone and their mother could see that this is an unconstitutional law violating. the rights of association to treated certain use different than others it was a rotten ought to be