they are victimized twice, first by the vandals and secondly by the fee that is levied against us. i cannot afford that. i have been responding. i take pride in my property. it is incumbent on me. i think this is inappropriate and should be rescinded. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. my name is ravens. i represent the building on third street, blight number -- i have represented the building for about five years and have painted over graffiti about five times, at great expense, and this is the first we have received. we believe this is an overlap and believe there is an overlap in the notices, as well. we are requesting that the city assist in helping us pay for the cost by dismissing this charge against our count, and that is our request. thanks. president chiu: thank you. are there any other members of the public wish to speak on this item? ok, at this time, we are going to keep the hearing opened, and i would ask the representatives from dpw, if you can proceed out into the hallway, and all of the members who came here, he will have a brief conversation with each of you a

hester's they live fire to a police car you can see it burning there they vandalized your friends you see the thought out there now please documents that have been released and shared with his c.b.c. there the news source in canada show that officers were assigned to a covert team expressly for monitoring and infiltrating suspected extremist networks now they identified as these extremist networks anti-capitalist groups now that is how some of those protesters you see there would define themselves now they also have these forces and they have the mandate to use undercover officers and informants from within the ranks of protest networks to deter prevent investigate and disrupt threats to the summit now some has taken these documents as information to substantiate reports or speculation that agent provocateur has played a role in the black block vandalism that you saw there the lighting of police cars for example now one accusation is that this was to substantiate the one billion dollars spent on security which you heard alex jones my guest just say now i was on the ground reporting fr

i'll give you a refresher black block protesters fire to a police car you can see that there they vandalize store fronts like you see there now police documents have been released and shared with c.b.c. news in canada showing that officers were assigned to a covert team express sleep for monitoring and infiltrating suspected extremist networks now they call these anti extremist networks an example would be anti-capitalist groups such as some of those that you see that's how they would identify themselves some of those protesters now also these documents revealed that these forces had a mandate to use undercover officers and informants from within the ranks of protest networks to deter prevent investigate and disrupt threats to the summit now some have taken this evidence to substantiate reports that agent provocateur has played a role in black block vandalism as you heard alex jones just say now one accusation of why the police would do that is to substantiate the one billion dollars that were spent on security for the summit which was met with a lot of scrutiny a lot of people were pretty

we have police oncall and overnight. >> alan: looting and vandalism eruptes during a rally in downtown oakland following the verdict in the trial last july. >>> hayward police are searching for the driver who ran done a teenager and then drove off. the victim was crossing the road at 9:15 last night when she was hit by a white car. the girl was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. today she is in stable condition. the car is possibly a toyota crow la or -- corolla or a volkswagen jetta. >>> some shocked cable car passengers say they watched a woman dart in front of the moving car before it could stop. it struck the woman around 10:30 this morning on broadway and mason in san francisco. muni is now investigating, but at this point it does not believe driver error or equipment problems were involved. witnesses say they tried to warn the woman. >> saw the brakeman hit the brake and everybody yelled out, look out! and that was it. >> alan: the extent of the woman's injuries is unknown. the gripman was put on nondriving status and is being tested for drugs and alcohol, which is stan

it's been vandalized repaired and vandalized again. police say the thieves are looking to make quick cash selling scrap metal. antioch residents say it's a measure of tough and desperate times. >> we saw a guy take a utility pole dragging it down the street to the recyclers. >> a lawnmower and mow lawns and stuff. you don't have to be stealing copper. >> reporter: the thefts are bay area-wide. but the copper theft incidents in antioch are on the rise. >> it's getting worse. in 2011 we have seen more than 300 occasions where we are dealing with copper wire theft and other types of vandalism. >> reporter: these thieves are going to great loans to steal a few feet of copper wire. the copper prices certainly are going up. it's about $4 a pound but when you see pg&e adds it up, they are spending about $500 to fix a utility pole for every 75 cents to a dollar that these thieves net. >> it's amazing. the profit mode is certainly there to steal it but man, you're put yourself in harm's way with live wires. thank you, juliette goodrich. >>> jus

and this regard for the rights of people too young to vote continues in hastings minnesota where vandalism has become a destination for curfews and a disturbing high tech means i've been fortunate but let's just be clear on the problem with curfews in the first place the government has no right to regulate the timing of your life and when you are allowed to be in public but the city of hastings is currently considering the installation of a screeching device that is supposedly only detectable to younger adults and children the problem according to the city and police is that the park is a frequent target of young vandals due to its lack of lighting and low visibility due to trees and other obstructions so here's a classic case of a government misdiagnosing a problem and then prescribing the wrong solution how much you want to bet there's a sweetheart deal for someone involved with this so instead of simply putting lights in their solution is to put in yet another government subsidized public servants one that will probably cost more than a few extra lights and penalizes a segment of the po

same night of the mass arrests, there were protests in other parts of the city that result with vandalism, fires, and bus with broken windows. again, the 150 plaintiffs in the lawsuit said they were not a part of that commotion. >> even if they were, if somebody, you know, if somebody did vandalism a few block from here, i would hope all of us wouldn't get arrested, right. that's not the system of law that -- the kind of law enforcement we expect in the united states. >> reporter: now, the suit was file in federal court this morning, excuse me. attorneys filed it today on purpose to coincide with the release of johannes mehserle. contacted oakland police and city attorneys but the oakland city attorney's office has not received copy of the lawsuit yet so it's their policy they can't comment or respond yet. reporting live in oakland, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you, alley. stay with ktvu for coverage of the release. you can get updates on ktvu.com. and you can also watch the jailhouse interview mehserle did last year. just click on the tab near the top of the front page. >>> a few hours

. >>> vandals shatter some windows at a san francisco photo shop.hy some insist vandalism is a hate crime. >> reporter: we have the reason why some san bruno fire victims feel victim iced, once again -- victimized, once again. >>> and the world's most famous cyclists want an apology from tv's best-known news magazine -- cyclist wants an apology from tv's best-known news magazine. >>> welcome back. 7:306789 a problem with -- 7:30. a problem with a contractor is the latest problem in the san bruno pipeline story. jade hernandez says some of the victims feel like they've been abandoned. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. one family in particular used to call this home their home but now, after the san bruno explosion, they can't. it also looks like the vanderbilt construction company swept in and the future is in question. i spoke with the city and they assured -- they were assured from pg&e that they were a good contractor. >> pg&e assured us of that. we spoke them to hold their feet to the ground on this one. >> reporter: this the vanderb

philip lutheran church in dublin following vandalism. someone saw somebody smash the windows with brick. he was not a member of the congregation but visited the church and seems to be mentally unstable. >> he had been here a couple of times in the past to pray. you could tell he wasn't all there kind of mentally. had issues going on. it didn't seem like he was a danger and then suddenly we had something like this happen. >> 36 windows were smashed. they hope to have the building repaired for sunday mass. >> caltrans have cleared the last of a series of landslides to big sur. caltrans has been working on this massive slide near the san obispo county line. they spent $5 million to remove the rocks and dirt and flew in equipment by helicopter. business owners say they are thrilled the road is finally open. >> oakland a's have lost ten games in a row. they fired the general manager after four and a half seasons. giants catcher bob melvin was in the dugout in chicago last night for the tenth straight defeat. melvin has been the manager of dia

that led on the same night to vandalism but less violence. much frustration remains. >> in november to now he only had seven months to do which was really to us a slap in the face. so we knew this day would come. >> reporter: steven johnson is grant's uncle. grant was shot dead at 17 by then officer mehserle. johnson says two gathering planned sunday will be peaceful. downtown business have heard that before. >> i'm not expecting anything. i hope nothing will happen. >> reporter: iman gate's store was spared a broken window last time. other business such as foot locker say they are not prepared for the sunday rally, gates say the feel this time is different. >> before they used to have like posters around with grant pictures. >> reporter: but not this time. >> not this time, we don't see anything. >> reporter: the association says it will maintain it's daily patrols and monitor the situation. mayor quan says she expects the gathering to be small. >> we are planning for any possible event and we'll be on alert in case. >> reporter: several of

preventive way to address this problem, instead of just responding all the time to what graffiti vandals were doing. so we developed a joint project, which dpw awarded to west $20 millious $20 million per year ta component where young people in the early grades are taught the difference between creating in the public space with permission and creating in the public space without. what are the consequences of that for a neighborhood? there are 15 schools, public schools in the city that participate in this program. we then have the one that you just referred to, supervisor chiu, is a city called street smart. they're weak partner with private property owners who, as you know, if their private property is graffitied and they do not remove the graffiti, they received a fine. you have some property owners that have been fined repeatedly for having these scandals dirty up their walls. this program called street smart has now commissioned -- we did 10 at murals last year. we're doing 20 murals this year. these are murals are by urban artists. the workers on their property, and i can tell you w

and tonight some are calling the vandalism a hate crime.heather holmes shows us why people think that. >> reporter: these windows aren't the only ones that were busted. >> it's actually very, it's very hard to hear that kind of news and see this kind of news. >> reporter: we were with dave christianson as he got his first up close look at the damage. he has seen pictures of the shattered windows and caution tape locking the entrance but seeing it for himself made him angry. >> it was a very deliberate destructive act. and it's hurting the community. >> reporter: the photo center on if bottom floor bore the brunt of the vandals. they struck sometime late friday or early saturday morning. >> this was hit here. >> reporter: in additional to the damage hoar, two more windows were shattered at the rec center theater. no word yet on the cost of repairs, but in these days of shrinking budgets it is an unwelcome expense. >> this strips away the center for people who really need the center. >> reporter: this is one of the last remaining black and wh

in the past there were people from out of town who used the occasion for vandalism. we are not expecting that again should there we, we are prepared. we have police on call. >> alan: looting and vandalism eripped during a rally in downtown oakland following the verdict in mehserle's trial. >>> hayward place are searching for the driver who ran down a teenager then drove awesome the 17-year-old girl was crossing soto road last night when she was hit by a white car. the girl was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. the car is described as a possible toyota corrolla or a volkswagen jetta. >>> passengers on a cable car today were shocked to see a woman dart in front of the moving car which was unable to stop in time. the woman was hit around 10:30 this morning on broadway and mason in san francisco. muni is investigating, and at this point says it does not believe driver error or equipment problems were involved. witnesses say they tried warn the woman. >> saw the brakeman hit the brake, and everybody yelled look out. and hit he brake again. and that was it. >> a

so far, there's word of only one arrest for a minor act of vandalism. >>> now stay with us here on ktvu channel 2 for continuing coverage of the release and any new developments today. and you can find updates under the tab on our website. >>> well this morning, oakland police will become the target of a clash action lawsuit tied to the case. the national lawyers guild bay area chapter will sue the oakland police department. the suit focus on the mass arrest of 150 demonstrators following the sentencing in november. the legal group will reveal the details of the class action lawsuit during a 10:00 news conference this morning. >>> the next legal battle over the state's same sex marriage ban begins today. judge walker walker ruled proposition 8 unconstitutional last month. they argued because judge walker was in a long-term same- sex relationship, he had a conflict of the case. judge walker has retired from the bench. >>> the family of the missing nursing student of michelle lee say they are taking matters into their own hands. about a dozen people went door to door yesterday to pass out

the arts program there is a program where you help pay for murals in areas that continue to be vandalized with graffiti. can you talk more about that? can you talk about how much is set aside for the purpose of the budget? >> absolutely. as you know, the city of san francisco has had a major graffiti abatement process for many years. an inordinate amount of money was being spent by the department of public works to remove the graffiti. we're talking about in the order of anywhere between 16 million and $20 million per year was going on for this. ed reskin and i came up with an alternative, more preventive way to address this problem, instead of just responding all the time to what graffiti vandals were doing. so we developed a joint project, which dpw awarded to west $20 millious $20 million per year ta component where young people in the early grades are taught the difference between creating in the public space with permission and creating in the public space without. what are the consequences of that for a neighborhood? there are 15 schools, public schools in the city that participate

our tree vandal is back cutting down trees. this is a public policy issue we struggle with. it is one reason why the parks and recreation department needs resources. thank you. >> mayor lee, i want to salute you. you have been a breath of fresh air. i know you have been meeting with a small business community. i hope that everybody in this room will recognize that small business is critical to the long-term success of the city. what i asked of you and everybody on this -- in this illustrious group is what assurances you can give us that the decision making process on these difficult decisions are not going to be driven by politics. that has been the force that has driven decisions for so long in the city. greg wagner is a very smart man. i suspect that if we ask him what he would do, he would come up with something -- he would figure out how to fix the situation. the problem is that historically in the city, the decisions have not been driven by sound and rational decision making. they have been driven by politics like organized labor, everybody wants to get reelected. we ne

. >> for those of us who might not know how it works, can you talk about vandalism?nything happened there that worries you or worries other folks who might be venturing into this type of project? >> well, at this point, we haven't had any vandalism at all and we've had a great support from our students on campus for this project. in fact, several of the environmental clubs on campus, both at oak grove and evergreen high school and james lick came forward and were great advocates for this project. so, i think it's something that's really quite in line with the 21st generation of students. >> well, we talked about the carb footprint, we talked about saving teachers' jobs in the long run. what type of a teaching mechanism, if you will, is this for our students, for the district to say this is what we're doing, this is how we're going to do it, to make sure that we're environmentally sound in this district? >> well, we have a monitor on each campus which shows daily what is happening with the amount of electricity that's produced. that's a teaching aide that can be used.

. >>> being investigated as a possible hate crime of vandalism. between last friday night and saturday morning windows were knocked out at the harvey milk recreation center which was damaged inside. some people who work at and use the center think it was picked because it's named for a slain gay rights leader. liquor bottles were found nearby. the center director is hoping vandals just had too much to drink and they picked this building at random. >> it was unfortunately really deliberate destructive act. and it's hurting the community. >> a hate crime obviously it's a hate crime. >> center organizers don't know how much it's going to cost to repair the damage or even where the money will come from. you can get more details about what happened and take a look at photos, a slide show of the vandalism. you can go to our channel 2 website ktvu.com. >>> the hurricane season is officially beginning today. coming up at 5:15 we're going to have a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom on why forecasters say this will be a hard hurricane season to

black block protesters lit fire to a police car you can see it there they vandalized storefronts well now police documents that alex jones mentioned have been released and shared with c.b.c. news in canada and they show that officers were assigned to a covert team expressly for monitoring and ample trading suspected extremist networks now they identified from these extremist networks as anti-capitalist groups some that you saw in those protests there now they also said that these forces had a mandate to use undercover officers and informants from within the ranks of protest networks to deter prevent investigate and disrupt threats to the summit now some like my last get has taken this to substantiate reports that agent provocateur has played a role in black block vandalism one accusation is that this was to substantiate the one billion dollars that they spent on security that came under him and scrutiny there was a lot of controversy surrounding it now i was on the ground reporting oh look there i am from the protest during the g twenty and i this was a theory going on then and i test

we have police on call and on overtime. >> looting and vandalism erupted following the verdict in the trial last july. authorities are hoping there is not a repeat of that kind of event. >>> an internal memo contridicts claims made by alameda firefighters on why they didn't try to save a man who committed suicide in san francisco bay. he drowned in the cold bay waters off crown beach as firefighters stood by and watched on memorial day. the firefighters said that a 2009 policy bared them from going into the water because the city funding for rescue swimmers had been cut. our media partner, the contra costa times found a memo stating funding had been approved in march of 2009. >> the fact they let that lapse for 26 months was inconceivable, especially when it is there in writing where it was funded and they are to move forward. >> the city and the fire department are refusing to comment while a review is underway. >>> a large piece of scaffolding fell on to a car in san francisco's outer sunset district. look at this. the scaffolding toppled on to ortega street near the great highway.

. >>> in other news tonight, he confronted a vandal and got hurt.s face after trying to stop a vandal in san francisco. this happened last evening on market street right between fifth and -- excuse me sixth and seventh avenue. a 57-year-old man saw a woman defacing a mural and asked him to stop. the woman then turned around and slashed his face. police are looking for his attacker. >>> and we have new information on a story we brought you first here at 5:00. a young man who died in a shooting in oakland has been identified as 28-year-old christopher ingram of fairfield. ingram's car crashed into another vehicle. police then took him to the police station, he later died at the hospital. >>> police are digging in a location indicated by search dogs as an area of interest. 7-year-old ramona price disappeared in september of 1961, police now suspect she was killed at the hands of serial killer mack ray edwards. edwards confessed to killing 18 children before committing suicide. >>> and some are questioning whether the city council should be taking pay r

that's vandalism during the march someone tagged a building. but tonight's rally just didn't have the heat of the past. hundreds of people poured on to broadway spreading a banner reading "justice denied." the police escorts stood by. officers made no move to clear the intersection. and the opd perimeter stayed far away, out of sight. >> we are all oscar grants. >> reporter: for two hours an open mike opportunity for everyone to vent. >> it is really like a punch in the gut that this man is getting out tomorrow. >> reporter: organizers wonder what will happen when people actually see mehserle free. >> it won't surprise me if folks took to the streets tomorrow. >> reporter: the earliest demonstration came without planning spontaneously after the killing. later protests also evolved into street violence and vandalism. the shoe store looted so badly last summer it is boarded up tonight along with several other businesses. but monitors were on hand to nudge everyone home before dark. >> you can't come to our event and try to hijack it. or or organi

. >>> oakland businesses are boarding up fearing protests and vandalism as mehserle's release date approaches. good evening i'm ken pritchett in for ken wayne. >>> hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. will there be peace or will there be problems? former bart police officer mehserle is about to go free having served his time for killing an unarmed passenger. some merchants are already taking precautions downtown. live with deborah villalon. >> reporter: her on broadway, heather. on youth radio here oscar grant is remembered. but notice his image is plastered on plywood, put up for protection. when officer grant was shot and mehserle was charged protests erupted. >> what do we want? justice. when do we want it? >> now. are. >> reporter: later when mehserle got a ten month sentence protests again. >> we are not sure how this will play out. >> reporter: these merchants say they will be here whatever happens and that oscar grant's uncle said he will help watch their stores if needed. >> they never anticipated this and they never wanted this. we all want justice. but it is what it is. >> pas

and tonight some are calling the vandalism a hate crime.ather holmes shows us why people think that. >> reporter: these windows aren't the only ones that were busted. >> it's actually very, it's very hard to hear that kind of news and see this kind of news. >> reporter: we were with dave christianson as he got his first up close look at the damage. he has seen pictures of the shattered windows and caution tape locking the entrance but seeing it for himself made him angry. >> it was a very deliberate destructive act. and it's hurting the community. >> reporter: the photo center on if bottom floor bore the brunt of the vandals. they struck sometime late friday or early saturday morning. >> this was hit here. >> reporter: in additional to the damage hoar, two more windows were shattered at the rec center theater. no word yet on the cost of repairs, but in these days of shrinking budgets it is an unwelcome expense. >> this strips away the center for people who really need the center. >> reporter: this is one of the last remaining black and whit

it cost pg&e about $500 to fix a poll that has been vandalized.thief only gets about $1. >> i think he is kind of stupid, one piece that big for $1 and it is crazy. >> what makes it worse is that the cost at some point will trickle down to the pg&e customers and that is not cool. >> if you have it, or story idea for stanley, e-mail us at people behaving badly at kron4.com. gary is up next with a look at of the sports an interview with the new manager for the a's. take a look at that. then we have a programming note to tell you about. kron4 will be airing nbc programming and bringing a special edition of kron4 news. community at 8:00 p.m., three rock at 8:30 p.m.. the office at 9:00 p.m. and in kron4 news at 9:30 p.m.. and >> good evening ever won, the news is shaping up pretty good on the nfl labor front. one report tonight has the latest round of negotiations between the owners and players about 85% complete. the owners and players have been secretly meeting in the maryland area over the past few weeks. lawyers for both sides joined for the first

there is crime and vandalism, homelessness, recommended outreaches missing, with money -- with no moneys. no. 2, the benches are black, but should be green. number three, the ultimate insult, violating the jurisdiction of ordnance. the community calls it weird. this is not a part, this is a junkyard. enough of your devious antics, and the priority overseeing swans. the result is a disgusting display of dishonesty. you're conscious -- >> nancy? >> good afternoon. this is a hard act to follow. i will try to follow. i came here to discuss the change in the lease of the san francisco yacht club. i think you should consider the introduction of rent credit, as oppressive for dismantling the fund's resources. this will take public funding, to allow the private entity to spend money without public -- without public review. the commissioners will not be authorizing the projects paid for by the public money, as you are now. just because the general manager will be sitting with his private club members behind closed doors to decide what to spend the rent credit on. there'll be no transparency, no

they will reveal details of the arrests made and asking for witnesses to send in video and all that vandalism. about 150 people went to hospital last night after fans got out of the control after the canucks loss to the boston bruins. they lit garbage cans on fire and looted rs ran into a department stores. >> our meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> changes you can feel them outside. not nearly as warm and that is the big stories. changes on the way and cooler conditions on the weekend but if you like the 90s. i found them in the forecast and tell you when they come back. >> and the problem chrysler recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with select services and a 1-y

kinds of crowds in the past should there be, people from outside the town mostly who uses this as vandalismwar not expecting that again but should there be, we are prepared police on call and overtime. >> vandalism erupted in a protest following the verdict in mehserle's trial. that was last july. >> an internal memo contradicts claims made by alameda firefighters why they didn't try to save a man that tried to commit suicide in san francisco bay. he drowned as firefighters stood by. firefighters say they couldn't go in because they had not been certified for water rescue as a result of funding cuts. but our media partner found a memo stating that funding had been approved in march of 2009. >> the fact that they left la lapse for 26 months is inconceivable to me, especially when it's in writing. >> the city and fire department are refusing to comment. >>> a large piece of scaffolding on to a car on the outer sunset district last evening. it toppled on to ortega street. nobody injured, but police had to rope the area off and keep people far away from the scaffolding. firefighters joined cons

end with a protest in about 30 minutes from now and some businesses have boarded up after being vandalized after the last protest. >> reporter: marchers making their way here to downtown in the plaza. looking down broadway you can see no sign of them yet but a few hundred people are on the move. we know their intention is to be peaceful but we have seen time and time again how speeches and songs can turn after dark into violence taking a look back at last summer the verdict, involuntary manslaughter, thatten raged the community and gave some the opportunity to trash downtown. dozens of businesses had windows shattered, items stolen, cars set on fire and about 80 arrests by the time it was over. we saw the same at the sentencing. now merchants don't want to bear the bunt again. foot locker is walled in, other ground floor establishments taking precautions as well and the city has brought in fencing to keep people out of city center. the atmosphere is just a sunshiny afternoon, people are out here walking, shopping, on the lawn, at the plaza but we know how fast that can change, especially a

they will reveal details of the arrests made and asking for witnesses to send in video and all that vandalism. about 150 people went to hospital last night after fans got out of the control after the canucks loss to the boston bruins. they lit garbage cans on fire and looted rs ran into a department stores. >> our meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> changes you can feel them outside. not nearly as warm and that is the big stories. changes on the way and cooler conditions on the weekend but if you like the 90s. i found them in the forecast and tell you when they come back. >> and the problem chrysler recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles. >>> congressman anthony weiner is about to announce his resignation following the sexting scandal. you are looking at live pictures where he will be holding a news conference. when it starts we'll carry it live and stream it online at abc7news.com. this is video taken a short time ago leaving his apartment in queens heading for that news conference. president obama and several house lawmakers including nancy pelosi have publicly suggested that

someone made them look like comic book characters, call it art, call it vandalism, the color job dido over well with everyone, so we have got an update. is there now an answer to who did this? >> there's no answer, the who dun is it still unknown. it was done in the middle of the night and it was also cleaned in the middle of night. but someone cleaned it up and there's speculation, some say it was the artists themselves possibly because they couldn't bear seeing somebody else doing it for them. >> washable paint. how they were able to do that and no one saw them. >> that's what they say, no one saw them. this is also a very serious debate and issue that's been going on for more than 20 years, since communism fell. those say it's part of bulgarian history. those soldiers gave their lives for the nazis. but those who want the monument gone, say we have to look at history objectively. they imposed a communist system and dictator ship for 45 years. one man said he had never seen a work of art stir up such debate in the country. we'll see where it goes but it hasn't been resolved. >> it'

. >> reporter: the vandal keying his car? none other than his next door neighborhood, a former texas state legislator and now judge. knowing with whom he is dealing, adam decides he better catch him on tape. >> have you seen anybody scra h scratching my car? >> no. >> why would somebody do that? >> well, who knows? you know, you've been blocking the sidewalk here, i don't know if that anything to do with it. >> reporter: the judge, unaware that he's on camera, still gives his legal opinion of the crime, the one he thinks he's gotten away with. >> what do you think the penalty for that is? >> couple thousand for felony, maybe $1500 misdemeanor. >> reporter: the judge was indicted and pled guilty to a misdemeanor. the story has been getting lots of news coverage. the videos on facebook and youtube. you didn't want it to go this far? >> of course not. >> reporter: was there any chance you could have somehow got it together? >> sure. all he had to do was call me or come by and say, hey, i don't like your car being parked in your

. >> people attending previous rallies have vandalized shops during previous marches. she says she is said they open for is simple reason. >> i am always open. in a minute i will walk over to the rally to see what they have to say and then i will come back. i hope that things stayed peaceful. i believe then and i feel for what they are fighting for. justice. that could have been my son or my nephew. i understand the pain. >> the art gallery owner says her business has not been damaged in any previous protest rallies and planned she says she hopes to and stays that way. tsks similar protests are being planned for tomorrow. we will show you the preparations in place for mehserle's release >> of the moves aren't warming up even more over the next few days, we could see temperatures in the '90s. i will let you know more with the forecast coming up. >> protesters up to the streets in oakland, a similar scene will take place in las angeles tomorrow where johannes mehserle has in serving his sentence. >> it is here at the l.a. county men's central jail that johannes mehserle

, but in the past there have been people from outside of town mostly that used this occasion for vandalism. we aren't expecting that again, but should there be, we are prepared, we have police on call and overtime. >> looting and vandalism erupted during one of the protests in downtown oakland following the verdict in mehserle's trial. that was last july. >>> an internal memo contradicted claims made by the firefighters who said they didn't save a man who committed suicide in the bay. the man drown as firefighters stood by on memorial day. the firefighters said they couldn't go in because they had not been certified for water rescue as a result of of funding cuts by the city. but the contra costa times found a memo saying funding had been approved in march, twine. >> not that they let that lapse for 26 months is in conceivable, especially when it's in writing it is funded and they are to move forward to it. >> bogey the city and the fire department ever refusing to comment while an external review is underway. >>> a large piece of satisfy folding -- of scaffolding fell on to a car. take a

. >> i heard it was vandalism. >> i think it was an accident. >> i just wanted to check on this weekend. >> thank you. >> line item @ b. >> this is the review of recent activities. >> good evening, director hicks. >> good evening. >> as was indicated, the board of supervisors' budget and finance committee considered the police department budget and the occ's budget is part of our department. the budget as proposed by the mayor remained intact. and this is the first step and the budget and finance committee will have their final deliberations on june 30th and the budget will be introduced to the full board of july 12th. the first vote is july 19th. the final adoption is july 26th. the budget as proposed by the mayor does not contain any cuts. and there will be no layoffs at tghhe occ. there will be three senior investigative positions, a 16th line investigator position is supposed to be funded after september. i am looking at some alternatives. >> maybe we can get the board of supervisors to consider another academy class for you and a couple of more investigators. obviously, our opinion

the search is on for two men seen vandalizing a dam in an on-line video they posted. >>> and swept awaya massive mudslide shuts down the trans-canadian highway in a massive mudslide shuts down the trans-canadian highway in british columbia. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry, and today we begin with no more mr. nice guy. yesterday in president obama's first formal news conference since march he delivered a presidential tongue lashing. his target? lawmakers in congress who he said aren't doing enough for americans, mocking them for their procrastination on the debt ceiling deadline. nbc's kristen dahlgren reports. >> reporter: for most of his press conference a frustrated president obama took congress to task. >> my expectation is that leaders are going to lead. >> reporter: accusing republicans of playing a dangerous game as the august 2nd deadline for an agreement to raise the debt ceiling looms. >> if the united states government for the first time cannot p