. >> vallejo police are investigating a home invasion that left two fearing for their lives. it happened just before 6:30. police say that the suspect forced his way in to the victim's apartment by threatening them with a knife. after taking what money they had he ran away. nobody was hurt. >>> a man suspected of killing a federal criminal investigator from oakland has been charged with her murder. the 56-year-old is scheduled to enter a plea on monday for the murder of sandra cok e. she worked in sacramento and was last seen august 4th. her body was found in vacaville. family say they once dated and she had been trying to help him get his life together. >>> people left homeless by an apartment fire say they have been made victims again p by month telephones who -- motels who raised rates after the disaster. four people were hurt in the fire. now people left homeless say that local motels are trying to take advantage of them. >> i asked what the rate was

according to vallejo police the group was from south san francisco heading to a party. the victim's name has not been released. police said the motive was not clear and it appears that there was just one gunman. >> oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting near the oh- dot- co coliseum. a man was found suffering from a gun shot wound earlier sunday. he was taken to a hospital where he died. police say the incident is not connected to sunday's raiders game, even though it happened nearby. at this time police have no suspect in the shooting. >> a memorial service was held for the santa rosa teen shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy. deputies say 13-year-old, andy lopez, was carrying a replica assault weapon when he was shot and killed. the police department later found out that gun wasn't real. >> he had dreams and someone took that away from him. he had a life to live and he only was able to live it to 13. that is hard. >> hundreds gathered at his memorial service sunday. maligned >> a sea of mourners wore white shirts with photos of andy on them. the family say

the shooting happened saturday night on princeton drive, a normally quiet part of north vallejo. police four cars filled with people from south san francisco were headed to a party in vallejo when one of the im:' gt a flat tire. everyone pulled over and got out to help the driver. well, that's when police say a white suv with tinted windows drove by and someone from inside opened fire. >> i was in the living room, and i just heard a big boom. i came outside, and there was just people trying to fix their broken wheel. i went back in the house, and i just heard, like, 20-some gunshots. i just stayed in the house. >> when police got to the scene, they found a total of five victims, one of them a 19-year-old who died at the scene. three others later showed up at the hospital with gunshot wounds. those other seven people are expected to survive. >>> now, police in sacramento are looking for answers this morning after a drive-by shooting there outside a halloween party that killed one person and injured six others. so far there are no arrests, but investigators say the promotors of saturday

. >> reporter: according to the vallejo police, the teenager killed on sunday was not the intended target. his mother, jessica garrett tells me he was outgoing and caring. >> there is no reason for this. he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. i don't understand why this is happening. i don't know why our family is going through this. >> reporter: police believe chandler was shot by gang members but don't believe he was in a gang. the police sergeant tells me that he was caught in the middle of a violent turf war. a gang feud that has led to 14 shootings since june. last month, someone opened fire on this car full of teenagers leaving one dead. and coming this wave of violence is a tall order for a department hit hard by budget cuts. right now, there are just 80 officers here in vallejo. half of ha they had five years ago. and the gang unit is gone. >> we lost the gang intelligence officers. it's a perfect storm for us to have the inability to have the intelligence and the resources to enforce. >> reporter: vallejo police plan to shuffle around officers to deal with this gang ri

that happened saturday night on princeton drive, normally quiet part of north vallejo. police say four cars filled with people were headed to a party in vallejo when one of the cars got a flat tire. everyone pulled over, got out to help the driver, and that's when police say a white suv with tinted windows drove by and someone from inside opened fire. >> i was in the living room and i heard a big boom, and i came outside and there was people trying to fix the broken wheel. and i went back in the house and i heard like 20 some gun shots. i stayed in the house. >> when police got to the scene they found a total of five victims, one of them a 19-year-old dead at the scene. three others later showed up at the hospital with gun shot wounds. those other seven people are expected to survive. a similar scene at a halloween party in sacramento. police say seven people were shot while leaving a party, one of them killed. police say someone driving in a car opened fire. the party was held at a dance studio. this morning police are still on the hunt for the shooter. >> 4:37. emotions are

. >> and vallejo police didn't have to go far to find a suspect in the deadly shooting of a mother. >> a temperature drop today of 10-20 degrees. amtrak and weather system on shore. coming up, a track of that system and the impact on your cloud cover for your friday. >>> one of two students injured in a nevada school shooting today is talking about the danger of guns. >> i'm lucky to be alive and that the bullet didn't go through me. if it did, i would have been dead. >> mason is 12 years old and was shot in the abdomen. the same age as the gunman who injured mason and another boy, -- and killed the teacher before turning the gun on himself. mason says he has a whole new perspective on guns. >> i used to treat guns, not poorly, but a little poorly, because i thought they were a toy. but when i got shot, i learned that they're not just a toy. they're a weapon, and it could damage somebody very bad. >> . >> the other wounded student is in stable condition. authorities haven't figured out why the young shooter opened fire. mason says he was friends with the boy who was identified late to

. >>> with a wave of officers leaving the vallejo police department, questions are being asked abouthy tax dollars are not being used to hire more officers. >> there are cracks in the road. there is a bump in the road when it comes to the city of vallejo hiring new police officers this year. they decided to slate the money to be used for repaving city streets. some res departments trying to find an officer to talk to are not feeling good about the idea. >> i think the streets need to be repaved but that doesn't help when someone breaks into our home or car. >> reporter: they lost half of their police force when they filed bankruptcy back in 2008. they can't even keep the lobby open on friday. why not spend the money on hiring more officers? >> the process takes a long time. the recruiting process for police officers takes a fair amount of time. >> reporter: you need more people to help with that process? >> you know, i've added staff to the team just to focus on hiring police officers. >> reporter: the funds will be use today repair pot holes like these. >> we get complaints about pu

road >> "it's not that bad" however there is a bump in the round when comes to the city of vallejo hiring new police officers this yearthat is because the city voter approved measure b tax moneyabout 2 2 million dollarsslated for hiring new copsto instead be used for repaving city streetssome vallejo residents trying to find an officer to talk to here at the police stationare not feeling good about the idea >> "it's crazy" >> "i think the streets need to be repaved but that doesn't help me when someone breaks into my car, steals stuff out of my house and you can't get an officer" art >> vallejo lost about half of its' police force in the wake of filing bankruptcy back in 2008leaving just over 80 uniformed officers not enough even to keep the police station lobby open on fridaysinstead you have to use this phone that connects you to dispatchso why not spend the measure b money on hiring more officerscity manager daniel keen >> "the process takes a long time the recruiting process, it takes a fair amount of time" >> reporter: so that's the reasonmaybe you could use some of those funds to hire more bod

." >>> there is disagreement in vallejo about why the city's police department is so understaffed. vallejo currently has 83 officers just about half of what it had before the city filed for bankruptcy five years ago. $2.5 million initially set aside for new officers will now go towards paving streets. the police chief says it's because there are not enough qualified candidates applying to his department. >> simply saying that we can just go hire a bunch of people like we're going to hire a bunch of people to work at mcdonald's tomorrow, it doesn't work. >> the vallejo police officers association says the city needs to come up with competitive compensation packages to attract qualified candidates. >>> there is a war shaping up along the san francisco waterfront. [ chanting ] opponents of a proposed luxury condo project picketing along the embarcadero yesterday. prop b on the november ballot coming up would exempt the developers from the city's 84- foot waterfront height restriction. the city claims it's all worth it for the parks, the jobs and the housing projects it would create. >>

according to vallejo police said the group was from south san francisco heading to a party. >> the victim'sed. police said the motive was not clear and it appears that there was just one gunman. >> a memorial was held for the 13 year old santa rosa boy who was shot and killed by sonoma county sheriff's deputies. >> deputies say,andy opez was carrying a replica assault weapon when he was shot and killed. hundreds gathered at his memorial sunday. >>a sea of mourners wore white shirts with photos of andy lopen on them. >> they say they will have an account set up for people who would like to donate to his funeral. a sense this is the man who police arrested for urinating on library shelves, and caused over $3,000 worth of damage will be arraigned today. >> 33 year-old aton cole was caught in the act by a library employee at the city's main library he was booked on suspicion of vandalism. it >> stay with us back after the break on kron4 morning news. welcome back to kron4 morning news traffic is improving heading into san francisco. >> coming from the 880 it is looking much better appeared >> i

. >> vallejo police are searching for a gunman who shot into a group of young adults changing a tire, killing one and wounding more. police responsibilitied to multiple people shot lastneath at 11:00. investigators say for carloads of young adults from south san francisco withgoing to involvement one car got a flat tire and the whole group pulled to the side. a neighbor warned they were in a bad area and then heard shooting. >> a lot of gunshots. you can't count them, how fast and how many. and that's pretty sad. >> a 19-year-old man died at the scene. police say the gunmen fired from a white suv with tinted windows. >> a memorial is underway in santa rosa today for a teenager, andy lopez, who was shot and killed tuesday afternoon while walking with an air rifle resembling an ak-47. the deputy says he told lopez to drop the weapon but the teen turned and pointed the air rifle at him. the deputy opened fire and hit the teen seven times. the funeral is tomorrow. >>> a danville family is holding a mecklenberg -- holding a memorial right now for two children who died in a car accident a d

. >> a vallejo police officer shot and wounded a suspected car thief. police today released a photo of the knife they say was found on the suspect, a 41-year-old man from vallejo. involve investigators say that man was stolen car this morning. officers stopped the vehicle and say the suspect got out and ran, reach are for his waistband. the officer first used a taser before shooting the suspect is who is expected to survive. >>> to our continuing california of that salmonella scare lynched to foster farm chicken. a costco in south san francisco is recalling 40,000 pounds of cooked chicken after almost two dozen customers became ill. a bay area family provided the clue that linked those illnesses to the national salmonella outbreak. ktvu's patti lee has more now on the new recall. >> reporter: a package of kirkland signature rotisserie chicken sent three members of this family to the emergency room. >> stomach cramps, they were sweating, diarrhea, vomiting. it was bad. >> reporter: he said he thought his family had come down with some kind of flu, but hi

. >> thank you, roberta. [ laughter ] >>> there is growing concern in vallejo about staffing shortages in the city's policeepartment. vallejo currently has 83 officers just about half of what it had before the city filed for bankruptcy five years ago. $2.5 million initially set aside for new officers will now go towards paving streets. the police chief says it's because there are not enough qualified candidates applying to his department. >> simply saying that we can just go hire a bunch of people like we're going to hire a bunch of people to work at mcdonald's tomorrow, it doesn't work. >> the vallejo police officers association says the city needs to come up with competitive compensation packages to attract qualified candidates. >> the state is taking one of the bigs for profit colleges to country to court over claims of false advertising and fraud. the lawsuit says corinthian colleges parent company of everest, heald and other colleges deliberately targeted and misled low income students. they say the college used deceptive ads about its job placement success. >> and in some programs, not one single stu

. >>> the unthinkable, why vallejo police didn't have to go far to find the suspect in the deadly shooter of a mother. >> a big cool down across the bay area. ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo will let us know if it's going to stay cool right through the weekend. >> going >>> a 17-year-old from vallejo is behind bars tonight accused of the unthinkable. police have arrested and booked him on suspicion that he killed his own mother. this is ktvu's rob roth. >> reporter: the shooting happened inside this apartment of this public housing complex yesterday afternoon. >> i give to her something like some wood or something. like pallets. that's what it sounded like then when i came out. >> reporter: she realized later they were gunshots. police say they found shantenea brown with several gunshots. and police arrested brown's own son with the crime. >> our investigation has accomplished that he is the son of the victim. and the actual motive or reason behind why this tragedy has taken place is unknown at this time. >> reporter: relatives have told police that they knew of no tensions between the m

vallejo police said they were from south san francisco headed to a party. the victim has not been released. -jeff the victim's name has not yet been released. but police believe there was just one shooter. >>james: police say the incident not connected to some of these riders came even though it did happen nearby. at this time police have no suspect in the shooting. >>darya: a robbery suspect shot by police ride in the middle of the marina and san francisco still in hospital. this robbery happening right here at this the ave atm. on sunday afternoon somebody was at the atm when a gunman walked up and tried to rob them. this is at chestnut and your street bridge there was a struggle and the pistol went off. the robber pistol whipped the victim and around one off. the suspect was hit. he's of the house floor right now san francisco general. >>mark: a memorial was held for the 13th of santa rosa boy who was killed by officers. deputies said 13 year-old andean lopez cruz was carrying the replica of assault weapon when he was shot and killed. hundreds gathered a

. >>> the unthinkable, why vallejo police didn't have to go far to find the suspect in the deadly shooter of a mother. >> a big cool down across the bay area. ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo will let us know if it's going to stay cool right through the weekend. >> going above and beyond. how a california father got creative making his daughter an internet sensation. once wrote something on a sheet of paper ♪ the challenge always accepted. and the calling forever answered. ♪ introducing the all-new 2014 s-class. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >>> a 17-year-old from vallejo is behind bars tonight accused of the unthinkable. police have arrested and booked him on suspicion that he killed his own mother. this is ktvu's rob roth. >> reporter: the shooting happened inside this apartment of this public housing complex yesterday afternoon. >> i give to her something like some wood or something. like pallets. that's what it sounded like then when i came out. >> reporter: she realized later they were gunshots. police say they found shantenea brown with several gunshots. and police arrested br

road >> "it's not that bad" however there is a bump in the round when comes to the city of vallejo hiring new polices decided to redirect voter approved measure b tax moneyabout 2 2 million dollarsslated for hiring new copsto instead be used for repaving city streetssome vallejo residents trying to find an officer to talk to here at the police stationare not feeling good about the idea >> "it's crazy" >> "i think the streets need to be repaved but that doesn't help me when someone breaks into my car, steals stuff out of my house and you can't get an officer" are >> vallejo lost about half of its' police force in the wake of filing bankruptcy back in 2008leaving just over 80 uniformed officers not enough even to keep the police station lobby open on fridaysinstead you have to use this phone that connects you to dispatchso why not spend the measure b money on hiring more officerscity manager daniel keen >> "the process takes a long time the recruiting process, it takes a fair amount of time" >> reporter: so that's the reasonmaybe you could use some of those funds to hire more bodies to help you hire m

the vallejo police department has a very serious staffing problem. police are having enough trouble to watch the screens from those cameras. >>> in walnut creek, four city employees are asking the city to pay their legal fees in the lesher trial. jason pedrosa pleaded guilty to child sex abuse charges. four employees accused of not reporting abuse were cleared of wrongdoing. so far the city has turned down three of the managers' requests to pay their legal fees. there are reports that the four managers may file a lawsuit against the city. >>> new this morning, san francisco city leaders plan to make a big announcement that will help boost learning at local schools. mark benioff plans to donate $2.7 million to help boost access to technology in the city's 12 middle schools. the money would be used to help buy hundreds of ipads, wireless access and funds to train teachers on how to use the devices, which is the largest single business investment in the district's history. >>> fleet week in san francisco was supposed to begin today. not much planned any

. >> reporter: vallejo police plan to shuffle around officers to stop the gang rivalry that's now leftis teenager dead. >> whoever they are i hope they get caught because this is not right. i am losing my son because of somebody's stupidity. >> reporter: alex sadvidge. >>> the dried offshore winds dried up the entire area. we still have warm numbers at this 10:00 hour. livermore right now checking in 65 and up to the north bay. napa one of the cooler spots, currently checking in 59. the plan for tomorrow lots of sunshine once again. temperatures on track to reach the 80s by about 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. the warm weather sticks around right into the weekend. with weaker winds, overnight lows mid-50s. morgan hill 54 degrees. most areas in the 50s. you can see the nice recovery into the afternoon hours. 70s this orange contour links up with the # zeros. temperatures ranging from the mid-70s coast side. warmest locations inland and great weather for hardly strictly bluegrass for tomorrow. we have a rain cloud in the five day forecast. i'll have more on that coming up in our full w

. >> vallejo police are trying to keep the public safe. >> and the government shut down hits bay area'sire readiness. we will tell you which crews are furloughs and which are standing by at the ready. >> this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> flames charred more than 1,000 acres and burned a ranch building but this rural wild fire is creating a big problem across the bay area tonight. good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm frank somerville. julie haener has the evening off. >>> the smoke that filled the skies earlier is dispating. the san francisco skyline looks pretty clear. >> look at this. this was the scene before 3:00 p.m. the smoke was so dense, the san francisco skyline pretty much disappeared and that is that prompted air quality officials to issue a smoke advisory. >> ktvuwe have been talking about the dangerous offshore winds transporting the dangerous smoke plumes. 80 degrees, winds gusting at 25 miles an hour. humidity, very dry at 16%. so we talk about a north wind coming out of this direction, what should be showing up, we will show you that coming upright now. nor

. >> reporter: vallejo police plan to shuffle around officers to stop the gang rivalry that's now leftthis teenager dead. >> whoever they are i hope they get caught because this is not right. i am losing my son because of somebody's stupidity. >> reporter: alex sadvidge. >>> the dried offshore winds dried up the entire area. we still have warm numbers at this 10:00 hour. livermore right now checking in 65 and up to the north bay. napa one of the cooler spots, currently checking in 59. the plan for tomorrow lots of sunshine once again. temperatures on track to reach the 80s by about 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. the warm weather sticks around right into the weekend. with weaker winds, overnight lows mid-50s. morgan hill 54 degrees. most areas in the 50s. you can see the nice recovery into the afternoon hours. 70s this orange contour links up with the # zeros. temperatures ranging from the mid-70s coast side. warmest locations inland and great weather for hardly strictly bluegrass for tomorrow. we have a rain cloud in the five day forecast. i'll have more on that coming up in our full

. >>> vallejo police are investigating the shooting of a motel clerk that happened early this morningthe shooting happened at about 2:00 this morning at the roadway in along interstate 80. the female clerk was shot in her upper body. it's believed she will survive. at this point police don't know what the motive was. >> protesters camped out on the sidewalks of albany after being told that the homeless will be evicted from a waterfront park. people set up camp last night. they're fighting the city's decision to enforce no camping laws at a park known as the albany bulb. >> if they want to kick out the homeless people from where they told them they could live for years, they should have other places to have them live. >> this is an ongoing situation where we're trying to find caring and do passionate solutions for. >> city leaders are looking to relocate the homeless with the berkeley housing project. >> the fifth generation ipad is expected to have a thinner, lighter design and also a better camera. apple is expected to unveil the new mac pro and its osx maverick desk top operating sy

vallejo about why the city's mr. president is so under-- why the city's police department is so understaffed. they have 83 officers, about half of what they had before they went bankrupt five years ago. $2.5 million initially set aside for new officers will now go toward paving streets. the police chief says it's because there are not enough qualified candidates applying to his department. >> there are a lot of other agencies out there that are looking for police officers and so we're competing with other agencies for work. >> the vallejo police officers association says the city needs to come up with competitive compensation packages to attract qualified candidates. >>> a major airline lost a dog and apparently is not very concerned about it. the last time anyone from air canada saw larry the dog alive was at sfo p his flight to british columbia on monday was delayed so an air canada employee took the tan and white greyhound out of his kennel for a potty break. then the dog escaped. its handler says she warned the airline to be careful. >> all italian greyhounds or almost any dog and especia

. >>> new from vallejo. policeare investigating a shooting that happened outside the roadway inn on mare poe is a street. we have very few details from the police right now. we do know someone was shot. stay tuned we'll bring you more details as soon as we get them. >>> there's new information now in the asiana air crash last july. the pilots have told federal investigators that a problem with the jet's speed control system was a major factor in the deadly accident. so far the ntsb has not uncovered any mechanical or electrical problems with the twin engine jet prior to impact. instead the agency is focused on why the pilots reportedly failed to check the air speed until it was too late. >>> the clock is ticking towards thursday night and the b.a.r.t. strike deadline. however, there's a major new development in this labor dispute. there's new hope for a settlement when negotiations resume at 9:30 this morning. today's contract talks come after perhaps the most encouraging sign that the two sides may be moving close

police say there's no word about a possible motive. this, by the way, was vallejo's 20th homicide of the year. a group of represents in oakland's rock ridge neighborhood, they have raised more than $20,000 to hire private security guards. one of the residents started the campaign through a crowd funding web site called crowd tilt. this started in september after an armed robbery at a casual car pool pickup stop near claremont avenue in hudson. this is just a short-term solution to the rising crime until the area. >>> it's 7:10. the recent tragedy on the b.a.r.t. tracks may lead to a new emergency alert system for b.a.r.t. two workers had gone out to inspect the tracks near walnut creek nine days ago when they were struck and killed by a b.a.r.t. train. today's chronicle reports that deadly accident has b.a.r.t. taking a second look at a high- tech system now used on train systems in boston and baltimore. under this system is, track workers are equipped with alarms that sound and brit -- vibrate when a train is 15 second is away. >>> the results of a vote are expected

. >>> police in vallejo still searching for the gunman who shot 8 people killing 1 person. they were driving in four different cars when one of them had a flat tire. surveillance shows them pulling over and one white suv pulled up and started shooting. >> i have not witnessed an incident where eight people are shot. >> one 20-year-old victim was shot and killed. this was vallejo's 20th homicide of the year. >> an officer involved shooting in san francisco marina district. police say an incident started when they responded to a fight. a man with a gun pistol whipped another man. the man with the gun ran from police. they found him hiding in the bushes. police say they were forced to shoot him as he refused to drop his gun. >> i heard the gunshots and people were running way from the gunshots. >> now, the other man involved in the fight, he left the scene. he was later treated for injuries in a castro valley hospital. police are also investigating whether he was a robbery victim. >> munis is starting a new line on the fulton line. they are going to add more buses during the p

police department. he led the department through a time of financial uncertainty and divisiveness in the ranks. so far he has no immediately plans for his retirement. >>> in vallejo, money to hire new police officers will go to street paving. the paper reports the hiring of new officers is behind schedule and the city council unanimously approved the plan to shift $2.5 million from hiring officers to road repair and other projects. the police chief said diverting the funds will not hurt his hiring process. >>> investigators are still trying to figure out what caused an early-morning crash that happened right in front of two chp officers. it happened about 1:40 a.m. on the central avenue offramp of westbound interstate 80 in el cerrito. the chp says two officers were in a construction zone on. highway when they spotted a van driving by with a flat tire. both officers were just about to pull out to make contact with the vehicle when they saw it lose control, hit the center divide and go over the embankment. >> they put out a little information over the radio and then all of a sudden, it was oh, hit the center divide. oh, went off the shoulder. >> the driver was pro

vallejo. one of those victims was found inside a restaurant. policetals. all are expected to survive. so far no arrests have been made. >>> a proposal to enforce tougher regulations for gun dealers attracted a full house at a city council meeting. gun dealers would have to get annual permits from the police department. also need to install alarm systems and have surveillance cameras. all of their employees would have ciuncidid not vote on that yet. >> time is 5:39.etermine what prompted a middle school student to bring a gun to school and opened fire. injured two 12-year-old boys and killed a popular math teacher. the unidentified student began firing a semi automatic handgun after yesterday's morning bell at spark's middle school. he brought the gun from home. other students say the shooter had been bullied in the past. >> the best description is chaos. cannot say if he was targeting specific people or going on a shooting spree. >> the boy shot and killed himself. he was also 12 years old. >> time now 5:40. new development in the story of a patient w

. >>> police in vallejo still searching for the gunman who shot eight people. a group of friends from san francisco were driving in four separate cars when one of them got a flat tire. this surveillance video shows them pulling over into a side street. that's when police say a white suv pulled up and someone started shooting. a 19-year-old man died at the scene. candles have been laid there in his memory. >>> a man is in serious condition in san francisco after an officer involved shooting in the marina district. this resulted in a fight at pearson street. they said a man with a gun pistol whipped another man. the man ran from police and they found him hiding in the bushes and they were forced to shoot when he refused to drop the weapon. >> i drove around the corner and heard the gunshots. >> later that man sout treatment. they are investigating whether he was a victim of a robbery. >>> happening today the munis is testing a line on the 5 fulton lane. it's going to be during peak hours during fulton street and nine% of 9% of customers will need to walk a block.

. >>> a 17-year-old boy is behind bars in vallejo tonight in connection with the killing of a 35-year-old woman. police identified the victim as shauntanai brown. the killing is vallejo's 19th homicide of the year. >>> oakland police are preparing for what could be a tense protest on friday. they're expecting an occupy protest. protesters say they plan to protest peacefully outside of the oakland marriott. the event brings together law enforcement to train for disasters. friday also marks the second anniversary of the day police first removed occupy campers from frank owe gala plaza. >>> a man ended up being beaten by some of those involved in a side show. >> the signs of a side show are obvious at the corner of foothill, and mcarthur in east oakland. >> we can hear it. we can spell the burnt rubber. >> residents have had enough. >> we don't have the protection that our property tax paid for. >> dangerous side shows are common in many neighborhoods. police said they called officers, but officers took too long getting here, so a 69 took matters into his own hands. >> in one sense, i don't care what happ

. >>> a 17-year-old boy is behind bars in vallejo tonight in connection with the killing of a 35-year-old woman. police identified the victim as shauntanai brown. the killing is vallejo's 19th homicide of the year. >>> oakland police are preparing for what could be a tense protest on friday. they're expecting an occupy protest. protesters say they plan to protest peacefully outside of the oakland marriott. the event brings together law enforcement to train for disasters. friday also marks the second anniversary of the day police first removed occupy campers from frank owe gala plaza. >>> a man ended up being beaten by some of those involved in a side show. >> the signs of a side show are obvious at the corner of foothill, and mcarthur in east oakland. >> we can hear it. we can spell the burnt rubber. >> residents have had enough. >> we don't have the protection that our property tax paid for. >> dangerous side shows are common in many neighborhoods. police said they called officers, but officers took too long getting here, so a 69 took matters into his own hands. >> in one sense, i don't care what happ

. >> a shooting last night in vallejo left five injured and one dead. police say four car loads of people came to a party in vallejo. one of the cars got a flat tire after hitting a curb. and all the cars pulled over to help. that's when police say a suv with tinted windows approached the group and opened fire. the search is still on for the gunman. authorities still working on a motive for the shooting. >> new details in the deaths of a menlo park couple killed by a drunk driver. the family of balbir singh and his wife kamal will lay them to rest on thursday. the couple were killed and their dog was injured thursday evening while walking. both the husband and wife in their fifties were killed instantly. police arrested marjorie reitzell on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and felony d-u-i reitzell had a previous d-u- i conviction from 2012 the funeral will take place at ten a-m at the chapel of in hayward. >> the raiders playing at home today getting a big win against the steelers. kron 4's scott rates was at the game he shows us the highlights and h

police in vallejo investigating a shotting last night where three people were hurt.happened around 8:00 last night on fair grounds drive in north vallejo. one victim was found inside the restaurant. two other victims were at nearby hospitals. all are expected to survive. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> also a proposal to enforce tougher regulations for gun dealers in pleasant hill. that attracted a full house. under the proposal, gun dealers would have to get permits from the police department every year. and also have to install alarm systems and surveillance cameras and all of their employees would have to undergo background checks. the city council will not vote on the measure. they are expected to take it up again in two weeks. >> trying to determine what prompted a middle school student to bring a gun to school and open fire. injured two 12-year-old boys and killed a popular math teacher. the unidentified student began firing a semi automatic handgun just after yesterday's morning bell at sparks middle school. they say he brought the gun from home. teache

the auditor worked with the police department on the ad. >>> in vallejo, the budget cuts are causing big problems for the city's crime camera program. the cameras were installed two years argue in trouble spots in an effort to fight crime. there are two dozen cameras with more on the way. but with serious staffing problems, they are having trouble monitoring the cameras. >>> oakland students are helping to preserve a piece of art after a sculpture was vandalized by taggers. students from the envision academy have adopted the bronze monument and plan to protect it. >> it takes not even five seconds to destroy it and ruin the whole ground that we have to keep cleaning up every day. >> 25 civil rights activists are featured in them, including rosa parks, harvey milk and sees r char vez -- cesar chavez. every day the students plan to come out and maintain this and they will give tours as well. >>> san francisco middle school students got welcomed news, a private donation of millions of dollars to upgrade technology. city leaders toured martin luther king middle school. there they say a $

police have arrested 24-year- old, derek turner of vallejo last night in the 2009 murder of thomas cunninghaminvestigators believe that turner got upset when one of cunningham's dogs started smelling his leg. turner apparently asked cunningham to hold the dogs back. that's when police say turner opened fire. >> police say a guy in a stolen car cause add horrific crash in san francisco's inner richmond. he ran a red light at 10th and geary and plowed into a lexus suv. the impact flipped that lexus over and sent it crashing into two more cars. all four drivers went to the hospital as well as a passer by. >> searchers looking for a missing bay area gold miner found a body. there's no confirmation it is walter, but the body was found 1500 feet from his truck. he left his home a week ago to mine for gold near the south yuba river. again, the body has been found today has not been positively identified, but we are told severe's family is at the scene. >>> authorities are searching for one of the dents of a troubled care facility in castro valley. 65-year-old, edmond was last seen friday afternoon a

the city of vallejo planned to use that money to put more police officers on the streets. on where it's going instead. >> reporter: many people in vallejo say crime is so bad over the years, that they have taken matters into their own hands. >> i have a gun in my bedroom. i lock myself into my bedroom. i have the gun right by my bed. >> reporter: someone kicked down lynndalynn's gate. she said police called it a low priority crime. >> it's like you're living on your own. >> reporter: she knows the department is understaffed but wonders why since the money is there. >> it's ridiculous. >> reporter: instead of spending the $2.5 million set aside for new officers, the city will be paving streets. >> i can't hire the officers fast enough. >> reporter: the chief says there just aren't enough qualified candidates. >> simply saying we can just hire a bunch of people like we're going to hire people to work in mcdonald's tomorrow, it doesn't work. there are a lot of other agencies out there that are looking for police officers and so we're competing with other agencies. >> reporter

. >> the city of vallejo is redirecting tax dollars meant for hiring police to fix in city streets. >ollars from voter approval measure b, will be used to fill cracks and potholes in the city's roads. >> some are questioning the decision especially since the police department is already stretched thin appeared allied the label lost about half of its police force after falling for bankruptcy and 2008. >> the lake told city manager explains, more about why the decision was made. manager explains, more about why the decision was made. >> thdale: we're from oregon and we've brought our cheese to enjoy. much like the majestic california cypress, our cheese is naturally aged... luke: ...unlike processed cheese. dale: how old do you reckon this tree is luke? luke: 9 months old! dale: eh... like our sharp cheddar! luke: oh it's older, it's got, it's probably older. dale: he knows cheese, not trees. luke: 9 months and a million years... dale: try it once. luke: you're hooked for life. facebook is dropping a privacy feature that lets users hide from the site search feature. >> the company said

a sobering fact that officer john vallejo sees firsthand with tampa police department's dui enforcementnit. >> i would go out and investigate these horrible crashes that we see on the news all the time where the sheets are covering the body and except i would get there and the sheet wasn't on the body yet. most of these crashes that i would encounter were caused by an impaired driver. and i developed a passion for wanting to prevent that. >> these police dashcam videos were typically used only as evidence, but now the tampa police department is posting some of the most egregious examples of drunk driving on social media sites to help raise awareness about a problem many people won't admit. >> if i arrest you for drunk driving, it's going to be a big secret. you're not going to go running and telling all your friends, this social media project is a way of getting this information out about impaired driving. >> july 19th, 2010. just after 1:00 in the morning, an officer spots a car driving erratically. the driver stops at a traffic light well beyond the white line. after making the turn,

. >> this morning east bay police searching for a gunman who shot three people in vallejo. the shooting happened around 8:00 last night near fairgrounds and serano drive. witnesses reported seeing three people with gunshot wounds in front of a local business. the shooter was seen running away and when police arrived only one victim was still at the scene. police found the other two victims at a hospital. all three are expected to survive. >> happening today protesters hope to stop a new san francisco county jail from being built. tonight the city's board of supervisors is set to consider a grant application for $80 million in state funding to build the facility. opponents say they will be at the meeting to try to stop the resolution from moving forward. the $300 million facility would replace the aging jail at the hall of justice. critics say the inmate population is on the decline and a new facility is not necessary. >>> time to check back in with christina loren. it is tuesday, that means we're one day closer to the weekend. >> always looking ahead. >> monday now in the re

. >>> for hiring now police officers in vallejo will go towards street repairs and other projects. >>hey voted unanimously on the shift. >> according to the police chief, the hiring process has hit a snag. >> city council reports a delay prompted their decision. >> their hope was to staff the city police officer count to 110. >> right now, the force has 80 officers. >>> a day is set for the memorial on the old bay bridge for the people who lost their live it is on the span. >> chp took it out to the spot where her 21 year old he son was killed by a drunk driver. at november 9th. >> at 10:00 a.m. other presume will have the same opportunity. >> they should contact the branch of the chp. >> supporters of new california law regarding bridge safety said it will is a save the lives of many people. >> tom amiano introduced the bill and would factor them in to consider suicide prevention. he did not accept the explanation. and they didn't have suicide barriers and it is not high enough for someone to jump off and rouse their life. >> increasing efforts for bet are care with people with disab

we have new details from vallejo this morning about an early-morning shooting. police say a clerk at the roadway in on mariposa street was shot early today. we're told his injuries are serious -- her injuries are serious. but she's expected to survive. police still searching for the suspect. they haven't given us any information about a possible motive but the investigation continues. >>> 7:33. san jose police say a driver who crashed into an apartment complex this morning was asleep at the wheel. it happened around 3:40 a.m. on camden avenue near hillsdale. the driver crashed into three parked cars, two poles and then slammed into the apartment complex. the truck also hit a gas meter but pg&e says the crash did not cause a gas leak. >> he looked tired. he said he had fallen asleep coming around the corner. and -- veered off the road and woke up in front of the house. >> luckily, in one was hurt. the driver was interviewed by police but he was not arrested. >>> happening now -- a group of homeless people and their advocates are camped out in albany after being told the

. >> vallejo has a similar ordinance and has reduced the number of calls for police. the council will vote on the ordinance next week. >> the san jose city conscouncil could change an ordinance to deal with a wild pig problem that have done $10,000 in damage to the golf cleans -- the golf course at the country club. an ordinance would include pig trapers. >> they have caused thousands in damage in neighborhoods around the city. some complain they are scared to take their kids trick-or-treater. there are 30 or 40 running around. they are quite large. they have not caused any problems as far as hurting anyone but you never know. >> a trapper says he has to take the kids out of city limits to kill them. they will vote next week. >> mike, you said it: cooler out the door. >> double digits in some areas, 37 at my house, one of the cooler spots. live doppler 7 hd shows calm winds. it is cooler. but there is no wind chill. mostly sunny and dry air today. that will warm in a few areas. most of us are the same or a few degrees warmer than yesterday. the warming lasts through f

kpix 5. >> in 2011, vallejo voters approved a sales tax increase setting aside the $2.5 million each year for the hiring of new police officers. >>> san francisco's mayor has ordered an outside probe into the death of a woman at san francisco general hospital. 57-year-old lynne spalding was admitted to the hospital with an infection on september 19. she was reported missing from her room two days later. her body was found tuesday in a little used stairwell of a fire exit. today mayor ed lee said he is hiring an independent consultant to investigate the hospital's security protocols. >>> this is going to be a [ indiscernible ] opportunity to do so because this should not have happened. we all agree. and we want to prevent this from ever happening again. >> the family is completely satisfied with the mayor's involvement. it shows the level of human concern the mayor has and also as mayor of san francisco. the family is [ indiscernible ] that the mayor is here today. >> the coroner has not yet identified a cause or time of death but perry says he has been told that investigators have ruled out foul play. >>> san carlos

. >> police are searching for the gunman or gunmen in a deadly shooting last night in vallejo. a group of teens heading to a party from the south bay stopped on the side of the road to fix a plat tire. within minutes someone in a white suv pulled up and opened fire, killing a 19-year-old passenger and wounding as many as 7 others. no word on a motive. this marks' vallejo's 20th homicide of the year. >>> a community is remembering brother and sister killed by a hit-and-run driver on the tenth anniversary of their death. 10-year-old troy pack and his 7- year-old sister alana were struck by a car. the driver had taken prescription drugs and alcohol. she was convicted of second degree murder and is behind bars. the parents have lobbied against drunk driving and prescription drug use. >>> we looked at the problems that led to the shut down of a castro valley nursing home. the owners reportedly disappeared and left a skeleton staff to take care of 14 disabled patients. the formal complaint filed by the state has a long list of violations, including locking patients inside the facilit

police officers. the golden gate division in vallejo will unveil a wall of honor. among those that attend are the wives of two police officers killed in the line of duty. john miller and kenyan youngstrom. the chp says that wall promises never to forget service and sack risry fis -- sacrifice. >>> 7:19 is the time. we want to check in with sal, see what's happening in traffic. >> all right, toeshry and -- toeshry and dave -- tori and dave. we've been looking at a lot of things. highway 4 is slow, i will show you some slow traffic on highway 4 antioch as well. it's going to be slow throughout the whole thing. when you get to the bay bridge, it's not all that slow, it's backed up for a ten-minute delay. that's about it. we'll see if this becomes the new trend. i think people would love it if that's the case. let's talk about the south bay. i do want to mention that traffic in san jose is slow, northbound 101 near yerba buena up to capitol and 280 is slow up to the highway 17 area. 880 recovering from earlier crashes in hayward. it's slow southbound 880 in fremont. let

, the suspect now in custody, will be arraigned on monday. >>> police say a turf war is responsible for a surge in gang violence in vallejo4 gang- related shootings since june. the latest outbreak came sunday when 18-year-old brandon chandler was shot, just steps from his front door. police say chandler is not in a gang and the shooting was likely a case of mistaken identity. >> there's no reason for this. he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> budget cuts are making it difficult for combat the surge in violence. the number of officers has been cut in half. the department's gang unit is no longer active. >>> a san mateo judge has ordered pg&e to shut down a major natural gas pipeline over concerns there could be another san bruno-type explosion. the latest pipeline is known as line 147, in san carlos. the city says it obtained an e- mail from a pg&e engineer who warned about welds on the pipeline at britain and rogers avenue. the engineer reportedly asked whether the pipe was cracked or near failure. pages issued this statement, quote, first and foremost, want customers to know the line was safe. if the line wasn

vallejo. but parking fills up fast. for more commute alternatives and updates on negotiations check out our strike survival guide on kpix.com. >>> san francisco police are searching for a gunman involved in a pay to tall shooting that a fatal shooting. one person was found dead near the street. no one else was injured. no other information has been released. >>> a san francisco man has quite a tale of survival. 72-year-old jean peneflor is home from the hospital after three weeks stranded in the woods. his family posted these pictures on instagram when he was still in the hospital. he was in good enough condition to smile and give a thumbs up. he was found saturday in the national forest. he had been there since september 24th when he left his hunting partner to find deer on his own. he was knocked out when he fell down a ravine. >> we want to give a special thanks to the hunters that found him. they actually located -- they bumped into each other. found him. and they made a gerny from their jackets and lifted him all the way back up the road. >> he says he ate squirrel, lids and a snake to stay alive. >>> coming up, new technology to your smart pho