a cruise up and checking in to the situation a west oakland.removing both directions all the bart is still not exactly sure what caused the problem. delays are in excess of 30 minutes right now. no report on what for bus bridge will be set up. this is all happening as of friday commute is winding down. a huge backups and passengers waiting for trains and san francisco. of a complete report tonight at 11:00. >>> what you haven't heard from the grammy reporter some feared had a stroke on live tv. i'm lara spencer. >> and i'm chris jacobs. >> "the insider" is on. >>> as soon as i opened my mouth. [ indiscernible ] >> i knew something was wrong. [ indiscernible ] >> serene branson back at work. for the first time after her on-air medical emergency. >> i started crying right away. i was scared. >> the emmy winner's breakdown after cameras cut away. what millions never saw. >> i want to ask you a question. do you want to see it? >>> where halle's ex took nahla. one day after the custody showdown. >>> was there anything that surprised you? when you go

breaking news in oakland where the closier of bart tracks at that time west oakland station has just ended and trains are now running. bart shut down the station about half an hour ago to remove an obstruction from the tracks that was causing major delays. a train operator noticed two thin strips of metal lying on the tracks. they shut down the tracks to remove the strips and inspect the tracks for damage, meaning no trains were getting through the station to or from san francisco. bart did set up bridges to get passengers across the bay, but all trains are now running as of just minutes ago. these are live pictures of the station. and we are on the scene. we will have the report for you with any updates as soon as we can. >>> it is the start of a holiday weekend, but the get away drive is off to a slow start thanks to heavy snow and another bout of wet weather here in the bay area. let's take a live look. it's a steady stream of lights eastbound and westbound. we have been monitoring traffic and it's been heavy throughout the evening commute. >>> a lot of people want to spend the ho

. >> we are pbs. [ ♪music ] >> the economic problems in the neighborhood of west oakland have created variety of artistic opportunities, not only for those who need space, but for those who need their voices heard. >> bruce beasley: if you make art for the market, you won't make good art. so you have to excite yourself and then you'll hope you'll excite other people. >> this time on spark, a few stories from west oakland. [ ♪music ] >> major funding for spark is provided by the william and flora hewlett foundation, supporting creativity and innovation in the arts since 1967. and by the kqed campaign for the future program venture fund with additional support from the walter and elise haas fund the george frederick jewett foundation the marin community foundation the koret foundation the phyllis c. wattis foundation and diane b. wilsey.

you are looking at a live picture of an empty gas station in west oakland. we have been talking about gas prices coming up on $4 a gallon. you have problems in saudi arabia, then it could go up to $5, $6 or more. >>> caught on tape, a police officer is out of a job after being caught using unnecessary force. the dash cam shows the officer using his hands and the flashlight. there you can see it hit the head of a suspect who had fallen during the struggle. the police officer was fired for using pepper spray and kicking the man as he was prone on the ground handcuffed. the officer stopped the man because his license plates did not match his vehicle. >>> apple expected to unveil the second generation of the ipad next wednesday. nicole lapin is at cnbc world headquarters with a snapshot of business before the opening bell. good morning, nicole. >> reporter: good morning, scott. futures have turned south this morning following yesterday's big market sell-off. and the big culprit is exactly what you were just talking about, oil prices, which are again spiking on t

apparently trouble is at the west oakland bart station.irst reports indicate there is some sort of trouble with the tracks. no service in either direction between the two cities and the east bay and san francisco. you can imagine system wide delays now. reports are getting stations in san francisco and east bay, they are packed. people are stuck there. no service between oakland and san francisco. don't know if it has anything to do with the power outage in the rockridge neighborhood of oakland but we will try and put all of this together before the end of the newscast and get you word. >>> it is our high-def doppler radar. when you take a good look at this, do you know what it means? it means it is a bad evening commute. the day the rain will end. pinpoint forecast is up next. >> she has been wearing this bracelet since she was 12. >> engraved with the name of a soldier she never met. the phone call she waited 40 years for. coming up next. ,,,,,, ♪ [ female announcer ] there's only one you. that's why sutter health created thedoctorforyou

with k.walk on the tracks and see what is smoking down there meaning no trains can go through west oakland for some time there. is a bus bridge no. word on when they can restore power, earlier bart held a grand opening for its first new station in eight years. and this station is located on interstate 580. it will have close to 1200 new parking spots and bart predicts they will be around 4300 riders each weekday. >> governor brown ordered a end to swag at the state capitol. auditors reveal california spent $7.5 million on things such as keychains coffee mugs and pens. agencies like caltrans gives them away to promote campaigns such as showing down for cone zone or buckling up. the governor says there is no room for swag in this era of belt tightening. >> swag is going to be gone. we're going to reduce the government to the maximum degree that i can. >> and so what is going to happen to that swag that hasn't been given away is in the office says he's open to suggestions from the public. >> and coming up a political showdown over a federal shut down. looming prospect the government may have

. >>> a vigil is planned tonight for a man known as the community dad in west oakland. 64-year-old berry bingham was found dead in his home last year. he was the first black alameda member of the school board. the vigil will be at 526 henry street at 6:00. union officials, clergy members and community activists are scheduled to speak. >>> an elected official in oakland is making a new effort to license those large-scale pot farms by linking them to medical marijuana dispensaries. previous attempts have run into a lot of legal problems. now councilwoman desley brooks has a plan to allow five new dispensaries in oakland with their own off-site farms. she also wants to allow farms for the four dispensaries that also exist. the proposal would cap the size of each farm at 50,000 square feet. >>> you want all those phone books you probably find on your doorstep? i have a big stack of them in front of my building right now. christin ayers is in san francisco, which might actually become the first city to ban the delivery of the yellow pages. good morning. >> reporter: that's right. good morning

service was shut down between san francisco and the west oakland bart stations, the reason, a train operator spotted metal debris on the tracks. >> the train passed through, we decided we needed to inspect and we were not comfortable enough in continuing surface, which is why we shut down the track in both directions. >> reporter: passengers were packed on to buses, many scrambled for cell phones to make arrangements or alert family and friends about delays. >> they mentioned track problems, then they mentioned there was some debris and they had guys on the ground working on it. >> reporter: our cameras got video of the debris after it was pulled off the tracks. two long, thin pieces of metal which investigators are still trying to identify. once the tracks reopen, passengers were relieved to finally get home. >> because of the weather and everything, cold and trying to get home. >> i was stuck in a tunnel for probably like 15 minutes. yeah. >> it's bad, especially with the rain, i feel bad. it's friday and for me it's a 4- day weekend. it's like i want to get out of here and go back home. >

. >> >> kimberlee: west oakland neighborhood. on our google earth.'ll notice that it is near 880. easy for a thief to hop right on the highway. this is between seventh street and 14th street. and mandalay st with 138 cars stolen for each 1000 residents. and the chances one in seven. to the south bay. this came in eighth place. a school near a freeway the nimitz freeway. this is flanked by anchor road, and a half mccarthy boulevard. hear, 95 vehicles are stolen for every 1000 residents. and they're one and 11 chance if you live in this neighborhood. the number one? dallas, texas. one in four chance. kimberly sakamoto. >>catherine: about the angriest city? detroit michigan is number one!, baltimore md., st. petersburg, florida. and newark, new jersey. san francisco was no. 65. and the one is burlington vermont. with the number of aggravated assaults. with high blood pressure, and the amount of time spent in traffic during rush hour and the number of anger management specialists. (music) >> jacqueline: live look to a san jose. mostly cloudy skies we rac

major kwan hosted her first town hall meeting in west oakland yesterday. a couple hundred people showed up the mayor and her department heads were there and discussed everything from public safety to need for a major grocery store in the area. >> what we hope will come out of this meeting we will get very concrete ideas, things we can do together not just a list of things for the mayor to do but things we as a community can do together and city together with neighbors can make a difference. >> she plans on hosting at least one town hall meeting a month in each district across the city of oakland. >>> 8:04 a.m. a tribute to former president ronald regan he would have turned 100 years old to kay. the band lone star played along with the beach boys several hundred attended the event in simi valley. they played the song impossible dream, williams called regan the most optimistic man he had ever met in his life. former president george h w bush spoke and former basketball player gerry west. >>> a lot of love for regan he definitely left his mark on history not

according to a research group, neighborhood scout, there is a 1 in 7 chance a car will be stolen in west oakland around adeline and then delaw parkway. the-- dela parkway. the second area is in north san jose around zanker drive. >> the people here we all work at tech companies. there's a little bit of money here. it's easy to pick off the cars because everyone is working and no one is there to protect their things. >> people say the number one reason for thefts is people leaving their cars running and unattended. >>> up next, lindsay lohan's day in court. >>> and renovation of the bay area stadium. >>> we're getting one of our first looks at the renovation at the stadium which is the $321 million project. the work started in november and should be finish for the 2012 football season. cal will play their season for 2011 in palo alto. >>> the lindsay lohan was told pleading guilty or no contest would result in jail time. she said it would be an automatic admission that she violated her probation. she insists she is innocent that -- say that she borrowed the necklace. her attorney wanted a plea de

music from the days when west oakland hopped. >> you're saying this was your mission?nically. >> a new play inspired by the collapse of that mississippi bridge in minneapolis. berkeley's aurora theater. >> nobody's afraid of bacon and that's the killer. >> he will have you howling talking about growing up with his dysfunctional family in the bay area on stage at the marines memorial. >> since the 1970s, u.s. schools have failed to keep pace with the rest of the world. >> new on blu-ray and dvd waiting for superman, a look at public education. >> indoor activity good call for today anyway, right? >> yeah. another three to five hours of rain out there. should be a break. >> that's gonna doreligion as s, overwhelming our nation but we have secularism, atheism, humanism, all of which agree in denying christ and the christian religion. and then... if you can control energy, you can control peoples lives. next time on...

. >>> business owners in west oakland say they want more police patrols after four robberies. the most recent happened on tuesday at a marshal and granite warehouse. three armed men robbed him and employee of their wallets. all the robberies were in warehouse businesses and the police believe the same people were responsible and working to identify the robbers. >>> now where police released sketches and three attempted kidnappings over the last 11 days and happened in the same area, the most recent happened just yesterday. the man in that case is 20 to 30 years old, short black air. -- hair. another man is described as asian, in his 30s, short and heavy with straight black hair. >>> another early morning fire in san francisco's castro district has residents there on edge. it's the fourth suspicious fire in just two days. authorities are now asking residents for help. >> sandra has lived in this disr seven years. her husband owns a barber shop. >> i'm thinking about we have te . >> just before 4:00 a.m., someoe to a plastic screen on her porch. it's the latest of four suspiciou

he walked through west oakland talking with many members today.residents were very happy with his decision to stay put. >> it seems from what i've been hearing from people like that he's here. we need a little more order rate now he is a good leader. we need this period of adjustment. i think we need consistency, i was really worried about him leaving and having to deal with someone new in relearning the context in everything. we all think it's a good decision. >> other residents told us they hope he gets the tools he needs to help make oakland a safer place to live. in today's announcement that singled out among others the children at the day care as one of the many reasons that he is chosen to remain at the apartment. the got his attention wearing mary miles said the photograph to his office. it showed the children holding cards asking him to stay. wallace said that she is been a fan of anthony back since he came to town and thought this i will let him know how he is touched the lives of oakland residents. >> we have some gusty winds coming up f

this is chief at walking in west oakland with mayor jean-quan as they went out to meet community members. he is that for the chief job in san jose, she didn't get that job and during the whole process he did express some french statiofrustration. at a news conference today chief explain why he's choosing to stay on. >> from my earlier conversations we have challenges as the city. i'm going to be transparent and open about that. i think the key is making sure i have the conversation in the year of my bosses that they are open and hear what i'm saying and more importantly they hear what the officers are saying. >> in announcing he would stay on as chief, he singled out the children at mary miles day care as one of the many reasons he's decided to stay. if the children came to his attention when they sent a photograph to his office of the children holding cards asking him to stay. >> i have been a fan of cheese that since he came to oakland. i was disappointed when he may be leaving. i was thinking what they do so we know is there's a large number of people in oakland who were looking to hi

bart turned off the power to the third rail between the embarcadero and west oakland stations while crews worked to pinpoint the problem. >> a piece of metal, not sure where it is, it may have come from a train is the preliminary assessment. >> i'm cranky, yes, it was mass pandemonium. >> some stranded bart riders rode buses across the bridge. trains started rolling around 6:45. >> pg&e has made an unusual request to all of its past employees. it has asked them to search their homes for missing pipeline records. this effort was sparked by last year's deadly san bruno gas explosion. as part of the investigation they have ordered pg&e to produce accurate records of the entire urban system. now, the utility has sent a letter of former or retired employees to look for charts or maybe drawings that they might have. >> what we're doing is massive undertaking, not just reviewing all of our records but somebody may still of records. we don't want to leave no stone unturned. >> pg&e says it can't find about 30% of the necessary records. >> some unplanned remarks by jackie speier left the house cha

. >> reporter: i am in west oakland and the chief and mayor kwan will be speaking here answering questions about the fact that he is apparently going to keep his job as the top cop here in oakland. a little bit of history, he has been on the force as chief since 09, he signed a three year contract then applied for the police chief job down in san jose last fall, one year later that came as a surprise to city councilmemberthe mayor here in oakland when they found out last month turns out he did not get the job in san jose but still last week threatened to leave the chief's job in oakland any way. over the past few days he has had a lot of meetings with the mayor and others campaigning to keep him, even finding the money to rehire 10 of the laid off officers here in oakland from last year. promising to fix some of the pds equipment. in a statement today he said they understand the needs of the police officers who work diligently for the residents of oakland and are willing to work with me to address those needs. end quote. we also spoke with the president of the oakland police officers assoc

music from the days when west oakland hopped. >> you're saying this was your mission?chnically. >> a new play inspired by the collapse of that mississippi bridge in minneapolis. berkeley's aurora theater. >> nobody's afraid of bacon and that's the killer. >> he will have you howling talking about growing up with his dysfunctional family in the bay area on stage at the marines memorial. >> since the 1970s, u.s. schools have failed to keep pace with the rest of the world. >> new on blu-ray and dvd waiting for superman, a look at public education. >> indoor activity good call for today anyway, right? >> yeah. another three to five hours of rain out there. should be a break. >> that's gonna do oprah: all new -- inside fascinating lives -- a "secret millionaire" mom revealed -- we have a little surprise for you girls. plus, the world's first transgender super model -- nexex 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 wire

she hosted her first town hall meeting in west oakland.he mayor and her department heads discussed everything from public safety to the need far major grocery store. >> what we hope will come out of this meeting is that we will get concrete ideas of things we can do together, not just a list of things for the mayor to do but that things that we as a community can do together that the city together with the neighbors can make a difference. >> the mayor will host one town hall meeting each month in districts across oakland. >>> we are kind of getting screwed over here. >> tens of thousands of baseball fans overwhelm at&t park. the anger and euphoria over trying to get close to the world champion team. >>> you left the best part. >> no i'm pretty sure -- >> some of the commercials you will see tomorrow are not big budget productions. the clever ads that are part of a do it yourself contest. >>> hundreds of millions of dollars is how much a major bank has to pay for its overdraft fees. >>> i'm lawrence karnow in the weather center. 14 record-b

. >> where is it in west oakland? >> 278 west street. >> right on the corner 33rd and west street our website www.ahc -- oakland.org and you can view the gallery of the children's art work, that they create themselves. >> thank you for coming back again this year. you guys are great. >> thank you. >> my prayers and blessings are with you. >> thank you so much for being here happy valentines day. >> amen. thank you. thank you very much. join us in the next segment as pastor douglas fitch and angel fitch will be with us sunday afternoon fellowship they were with us last year also a great change is at hand and our task is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all. those who look only to the past or the present, are certain to miss the future. do not pray for easy lives. pray to be stronger men. ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. >> welcome back to mosaic. i am ron swisher. it has been a joy to host this employee gram this morning. -- program this

monte ellis helped pass out boxes of food and care items in west oakland. ellis founded a group that helps families in need. he says it reminds him of the challenges he faced growing up. >> for me being in that position once in my life, just to give back and put a smile on anybody's face. >> reporter: today's give away was in partnership with the organization called feed the children. >>> mike ibanez joins us now. it's hard to tell what the weather is like here with the pictures coming in from arizona. >> they're loving out out there. miguel tejada, great former star with the a east s, now with the giants. he's been gone after the 03 season he spent time with baltimore, houston, san diego, back in the bay area. looks very fit at age 36. well after his huge years with the a's. >> i run a lot. i'm learning from those years in oakland. i was a good player, i was young. i still learning at that time. and now how do i get to everything, to be prepared for playing games. now you can see the results. i'm 36 years old and i'm still playing. >> they hope he's playin

oakland. the police chief says it's a problem that needs to be dealt with, he says lives are at stake. six officers, a paramedic, responding to a man shot and wounded on brush and west grand in oakland, a new police procedure, officers are working in pairs because of a persistent problem with the police radio system. >> i want to make sure that officers can back each other up and we have an area that's gone to two-person units. >> reporter: recently making that adjustment to assure officer safety. last wednesday police were unable to talk to one another during a high-speed chase that resulted in an officer involved shooting in east oakland and there were more radio problem this is week. >> this is a big city and the communications systems have a huge number of components. >> reporter: radio communication

and today, mayor jean quan hosted her first town hall meeting in west oakland. a couple hundred people turned out. the mayor and her department heads discussed everything from public safety, to the need for a major grocery store. >> what we hope will come out of this meeting is that we're going to get very concrete ideas of things we can do together, not just a list of things for the mayor to do, but things that we as a community can do together, that the city together with the neighbors can make a real difference. >> mayor quan plans to host at least one town hall meeting each month in districts across oakland. >>> and oakland city attorney says he will no longer advise the city council about its plans to license industrial pot farms. john russo notified mayor quan about his decision this week. just days ago, a federal prosecutor warned oakland that the large scale farms are illegal and that farmers, property owners, and financiers could face prosecution. >>> well, san jose police are trying a new tactic to connect with the community and recruit new officers. k

and concern, one of the things that stood out was what i saw were people from the community from west oakland wanting to help the foeblgs stuck on the structure andment to help their neighborhood. there were rat in a maze. they didn't know what to do but want to engage. the involvement in the community and training is critical for everyone to get back on track and recover from a disaster. stay with it it can be frustrating to energize people to say it's coming when it hasn't been here for awhile. >> thank you to our panelists. you heard a great variety of ways that you can take this information and apply it in your community from knocking on your neighbor's doors with information to getting the red cross to do a training to organizing a nert training in your community. there are a variety of things that are available out there. all the way up to the china town disaster committee. they have been doing that for 15 years they are further ahead of other neighborhoods but it's an example what can be accomplished when you bring in a variety of community partners. jamie touchod the concept of knowin

. >> reporter: he's not alone. 20% of children and 37% of adults living in west oakland have asthma. children here are seven times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than in the rest of the state. >> i wish we could live in a better area where there's not as much traffic continuously down the streets all day. we can't even really walk out of our door to school without coughing or perhaps throwing up on the way. >> reporter: 10,000 trucks pass through oakland each day, not to mention the emissions from 880, 980, 580 and the ships coming in and out of the port. >> we are in a good part of town but we need to find a place safer for him to live where the air quality is much better. >> reporter: the children at this school are doing just that. this freshman is testing a prototype developed by intel labs to measure air quality in realtime. eventually intel hopes to put the air quality monitors in a more portable package like on your cell phone. >> some day you may be able to test your air quality indoors and outdoors before you do whatever you want to do. before you take a run or yo

back in the bay area, a vigil is planned tonight for a man known as the community dad in west oakland. 64-year-old berry bingham was found dead in his home last week. he was a union leader and had been the first african-american member of the alameda school board. >> tonight's candlelight vigil will be in front of bingham's home at 526 henry street scheduled to start at 6:00. union officials and community activists are scheduled to speak. >>> san francisco police trying to find two tourists who may have information about a double homicide at fisherman's wharf. a man and woman were shot to death sunday night inside of a souvenir shop where they worked. the suspect is the owner of a neighboring store. police believe it was all over a dispute about the sale of similar merchandise. the tourists that the police want to talk with left the area before they finished giving their eyewitness accounts to detectives. >>> a new effort in oakland to license large-scale pot farms, this time by linking them to medical marijuana dispensaries. previous attempts have run into legal problems but now, cou

research group, neighborhood scout, there is a one in seven chance that a car will be stolen in west oakland. the second bay area neighborhood to make the list is in north san jose. >> i've had my car broken into once. they stole my ipod. so, we've had incidents here. >> i've been living here for like 19 or 20 years and none of my cars have been stolen or nothing. >> police say the number one reason for car thefts is people leaving their cars running and unattended. >>> a candle light vigil will be held today for the two walnut creek teenagers who drowned while rafting down a creek. it begins at 6:00 tonight at shell ridge open space in walnut creek where matthew miller and gavin powell often hiked. the boys' bodies were pulled from the creek sunday morning, a day after they set out on their raft during saturday's powerful storm. grief counselors were at the boys' school yesterday. >>> and above average snow pack in the sierra this winter is raising concerns about the delta levee system. a heavy spring runoff is just one of the many potential threats to the delta. word from the california de

around 6:30 last night, police were called to west oakland near martin luther king jr. way where a man was allegedly shooting at a car. when officers arrived, they say the suspect, 31-year-old bennie ray martin jr. began shooting at their car. the car was hit, but the officers were not hurt and did not return fire. instead they called for backup. dozens of officers responded. once in custody, investigators say martin jr. admitted to the shootings, claiming he was upset over personal issues. martin was released by the way from prison, as we mentioned, just two weeks ago. >>> oakland police are also looking for a woman who was reportedly assault and kidnapped last night. witnesses say they saw a man chasing a woman and cornered her inside an apartment complex two. men allegedly put her in a car and drove off. it happened on eileen street east of san pablo. the car we're told is described as 1999 black chrysler with four doors. the license plate number is 6 jfg056. >>> state lawmakers are headed back to work tomorrow and to the daunting task of balancing a $25 billion defi

it started after 6:00 last night when it was spotted on the tracks at the west oakland station. workers cut the power to four of five bart lines for about a half hour, snarling the evening commute. they say it was about 8:00o 30 before they got back to normal. >> pg&e said it wouldn't change how it monitored the pipeline that exploded in september. that's according to a report in the san jose mercury news. after that deadly explosion it was revealed that the pipeline had a welded seam. a fact pg&e didn't know. the company said the federal guidelines are the same for pipes with seams and those without. investigators have determined the blast started at a poorly installed weldon that seam. >>> there is word that the refinery is set to restart operations. valero has almost finished the repairs it started last december that included installing anti pollution devices. officials say there could be loud noises and flairing which are normal during a refinery start up. bay area ware quality managers will monitor emissions from the plant. >> jail houses many drug crime suspects but wouldn

the thin metal scraps were found near the west oakland station around 6:00 last night. and officials soon stopped service on the entire system, causing thousands of headaches for friday night computers. it took about 8:0 for service to return to -- 8:30 for service to return to normal. >>> what's behind the fuss of a truss that came down in washington. >>> and workers in washington worked until the we hours of morning in the budget battle. >>> a three-decade old fixture in washington came crashing down. high winds blew over the christmas tree, snapping its christmas trunk in two. the colorado blue spruce was already feet tall when it was tracked from pennsylvania and replanted. they have another tree ready to go for the tree lighting ceremony in december. >>> the republican house of representatives have passed a federal budget. we're live in washington, d.c. with the early-morning vote. >> reporter: kong manmen and women showed up -- congressmen and women showed up for work. after days of debate, they passed the $1.2 trillion spending regulation. every democrat voted ag

that is the only line that does not go through west oakland. jonathan blum. >> and also when oakland investigation at a shooting at a overnight hotel. 3:30 at the la quinta on enterprise. several shots for fired. at least one person was taken to hospital. we've also learned of the was communications problems with portable radios. that has been an ongoing issue in oakland for the past couple of months. >> taking a live look outside of the hillsides of san jose. you are looking at mount hamilton where there is a lot of snow. and you know, it is not unusual for mount hamilton to get a snow but perhaps a lot? >> and the snow and mount diablo, mt. tam. >> santa cruz mountains. and we're surrounded by snowfall! >> we will be right back. [ male announcer ] you are you. you are also your social security number, your credit card numbers, the email in your inbox, you're even the equity in your home. to a criminal, getting his hands on just one tiny piece of you, even just your name, can be enough to steal your credit, your money and your good name. that's

various young men are called into this program, many of the men are from violence plagued west oaklandor are on parol or probation. we agreed not to show their faces. the program is part carrot and part stick. >> you can stop the violence in your community. >> reporter: first the stick, police, prosecutors and agents warn the teenagers of what their future could be. kevin grant is the speaker today, he asked a young men to imagine themselves being led into a courtroom in handcuffs. >> you walk in the back pin door, and you walk in and snap, that's what it's going to look like. look. while it's free. can you whip that. >> the young men are then offered the carrot in an array of programs. police say four were rearrested and are now in prison. >> if you don't accept it and you're still involved in violence you get the full wrath of the criminal justice system. >> law enforcement knows we cannot arrest and prosecute our way out of the problems that face oakland. this is an alternative way to try to address the violence that we all know and read about in the paper every day. >> reporter: an

various young men are called into this program, many of the men are from violence plagued west oaklandor are on parol or probation. we agreed not to show their faces. the program is part carrot and part stick. >> you can stop the violence in your community. >> reporter: first the stick, police, prosecutors and agents warn the teenagers of what their future could be. kevin grant is the speaker today, he asked a young men to imagine themselves being led into a courtroom in handcuffs. >> you walk in the back pin door, and you walk in and snap, that's what it's going to look like. look. while it's free. can you whip that. >> the young men are then offered the carrot in an array of programs. police say four were rearrested and are now in prison. >> if you don't accept it and you're still involved in violence you get the full wrath of the criminal justice system. >> law enforcement knows we cannot arrest and prosecute our way out of the problems that face oakland. this is an alternative way to try to address the violence that we all know and read about in the paper every day. >> reporter: an

>>> business owners in west oakland reach out to ktvu.he violent crime they say is sweeping through their community. >>> and people take a stand on public health. the project these teens hope will change the way they feel about hiv. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we begin tonight with police following a new crime trend. armed robbers have hit two business. allie rasmus live with why these business aren't your typical targets. >> the business are getting robbed, they are all in warehouse type buildings like this one behind me. this granite company is where the most recent robbery happened. the owners contacted us to

the accident happened just before 10:00, near 36th street and market in west oakland.nce left the scene with one injured person. it's unclear if anyone on the transit bus was hurt. >>> mark is here now with sports. what is up with the warriors? they're on a roll. >> when is the last time with a straight face you could say they're hot? gives us reason to care again. the warriors hit the all-star break on a tear. proving you don't have to be the biggest, to be the bestest. completely outplaying williams. he made the all-star team ahead of him. this is the shot ma made you think, hey -- that made you think, hey, maybe they'll get a win in utah. we're tied going into the 4th quarter, the warriors will take the ballgame again ellis keys it. he had 35 points. look at that. he draws a foul too. the guy is just doing it all. meantime, off the bench, reggie williams, this guy goes to his left better than keith olbermann. the shot. seth curry, foul trouble all night, but he would get a clutch shot here. protecting the ball with the basket. gets the reverse. warriors up 5. make i

the accident happened just before 10:00, near 36th street and market in west oakland.e left the scene with one injured person. it's unclear if anyone on the transit bus was hurt. >>> mark is here now with sports. what is up with the warriors? they're on a roll. >> when is the last time with a straight face you could say they're hot? gives us reason to care again. the warriors hit the all-star break on a tear. proving you don't have to be the biggest, to be the bestest. completely outplaying williams. he made the all-star team ahead of him. this is the shot ma made you think, hey -- that made you think, hey, maybe they'll get a win in utah. we're tied going into the 4th quarter, the warriors will take the ballgame again ellis keys it. he had 35 points. look at that. he draws a foul too. the guy is just doing it all. meantime, off the bench, reggie williams, this guy goes to his left better than keith olbermann. the shot. seth curry, foul trouble all night, but he would get a clutch shot here. protecting the ball with the basket. gets the reverse. warriors up 5. make it

they say the kidnapper drove her to the west oakland bart station where he held up the other woman. one police officer finally caught up with the man a short time later in another part of oakland. >> the spikes you can see is where what took him. he was not able to hop the fence as fast. >> one officer tazed 20-year- old norris reid junior who has been arrested. police say reid had an accomplice that is still at large. >>> a los angeles county employee died while working in her cubicle but nobody noticed for 24 hours. 51-year-old rebecca wells was found slumped over her desk by a security guard saturday afternoon. the exact cause of her desk we still don't know that. she was last seen alive at the office on friday. her coworkers say she was working in a line of cub cans that were unoccupied. >>> the judge has issued a critical ruling in the barry bonds' case. on that tape the trainer greg anderson reportedly describes giving steroids to barry bonds. the defense is arguing that tape is irrelevant to if he lied under oath. >>> and another big name athlete tied to performance enhancing

in west oakland, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> late today the state public utilities commission ordered pg&e to reduce the pressure in several bay area gas pipelines. the agency investigating the san bruno explosion in september ordered a pressure reduction of 20% after learning this week that pg&e had allowed pressure on some pipelines to rise above the maximum allowable threshold. the reductions will remain in effect until further notice. today's order affects a 3.5-mile section of pipe from mill pee das to snl and an 8.5-mile line that runs from watsonville to atos hills. response thata 1307bs that says we recognize that we must take immediate steps to improve the operations and safety of our natural gas system. they had been under enormous pressure to do so. >> much more ahead here tonight. a northern california principal killed in his office and the suspect was a familiar face on campus. >>> some weather. these car cars have been trappn chicago's lake shore drive since last night. digging out from the storm of the century. >>> i'm spencer christian in the accuweather forecast cente

the debris was found near the west oakland station around 5:30 last night. officials shut down service into san francisco while investigators removed the metal. but about a half hour later, they decided to shut down service in both directions. >> the train passed through, we immediately decided we need to inspect -- and we were comfortable enough in continuing service so shut down the track in both directions. >> investigators have determined the metal did not fall off a train but are still not sure where it did come from. all trains are now operating on time. >>> let's check in on your traffic now. we want to give you a live look at the toll plaza where the roads are wet. we have been seeing reports around the bay area of spinouts and things like that. also some pothole problems in dublin. is just be careful. there are events going on this weekend, the big thest one the chinese new year parade. right now preparations are underway. this is the largest chinese new year parade outside of asia, and tonight's show will feature 28 performers from china and an app

. >>> i'm simon perez live at the west oakland b.a.r.t. station where folks that work inside this booth say they have had enough of the threats. >>> not really but if you play your cards wrong you'll have to pay anyway. it is being called a snitch ticket and how to avoid getting one. attack. they say they don't,,,,, threats of violence, even assaults from angry passengers. simon perez on >>> b.a.r. t. agents say they are under attack and don't have enough protection from assaults and angry passengers. simon perez with how the agency hopes to better protect employees. >> reporter: what do you do when you don't have enough cash to get on bart? some take it out on the agents, sometimes even pulling guns on them. these guys say they have had enough. >> two ladies were spit on at rockridge because the gentleman didn't have enough fare. >> reporter: a station agent for 20 years. she recalls the case of a woman that wasn't allowed on a train with her dog. >> proceeded to make gestures to the agent. she put her finger to her lips in a quiet motion

. >> reporter: it was supposed to be just a meet and greet with the people of this west oakland neighborhood. the police chief was not entirely happy with the photo op it came but his boss insisted. >> the chief sent out his release this morning saying that he is staying in oakland and so i'm very pleased to hear that and we have had some interesting discussions about what we need to do. >> reporter: since batts found out he did not get the job in san jose he is not sure whether he will stay in oakland. the raid and equipment failures haven't helped persuade him but now he says he will stay overall. >> the thing that touched me the most is the outpouring from this community. i can't tell you how many e- mails, letters, phone calls. cutest little things. preschoolers sent this thing with a big note that said chief, please don't leave which touched my heart. >> reporter: mary myles daycare teacher believing batts is good for oakland even if he was ready to abandon the city. >> i think second thoughts are something we all have in our professions. >> so you can forgive him? >> i already have. we

music from the days when west oakland hopped. >> you're saying this was your mission?technically. >> the new play inspired by the collapse of that mississippi bridge in minneapolis. berkeley's aerror row theater. he'll have you howling growing up with his dysfunctional family in the bay area. >> since the 1970s, u.s. schools have failed to keep pace with the rest of the world. >> waiting for superman. a provocative look at public education. >> 6:20 now. almost 6:21. coming up, the new study that could raise new concerns for any parent putting their child in a crib. >> an international space station may be about to get another resident. could be the perfect astronaut. doesn't eat, doesn't >>> it's 6:24 now. if you have a baby or toddeler, a new study on cribs may have you losing sleep. emergency room visits nationwide found almost 10,000 infants and toddlers are injured in crib and playpen accidents. they say youngers between one and two are most likely to be hurt. their motor skills have developed enough to climb out of cribs. we need a new ban on dropside cribs, may h

>>reporter: presenting united front mayor kwan and police chief bat met with west oakland resident after bat announced he will stay ons as top scope after all. >> bottom line is the reason i came to the city is the try to make a difference for the community and community responded and asked me to stand by them. so that's what touched my heart. >> i'm very happy that the chief is in place and that we can start on some work that we have been waiting on. >>reporter: these resident seemed happy to see the mayor and the chief. >> i'm so glad this the chief decided to stay. he has been doing a wonderful job. i really believe he really cares about the people of oakland. >>reporter: does it bought he was looking to go elsewhere for awhile. >> no it doesn't. you have to do what you have to do, >> their some doubtful about his commitment to oakland. >> i think some are doubtful all over the city. i think that is his first thing to overcome some of the issues of whether or not he will stay here. >>reporter: bat decision comes after meeting with top city officials that led to deal to retire 10 of 80

of a buzz kill for one maker, steve shafer, who makes his own wine at urban legend sellers at west oakland and buys grapes at vineyards throughout northern california. >> we've had some growers exit the market so there's going to be less fruit available. >> less fruit because last spring was also very cold. if it continues this year, shafer says the price of wine could go up by as much as 20%. sierra snow is keeping ski resorts happy, but it is a different story for nearly 15,000 people near nevada city and grass valley who have been without power for days. heavy snow caused trees to fall, taking down power lines. and pg&e actually had to call for additional help from 300 crews coming in from other states. businesses and homeowners are using generators to keep warm, but for some of them, that's doing little good. >> no heat at all. the only heat i'm getting is out of the oven. it goes off and on. >> the power has been off in most of that area since friday. >>> this weekend, an east bay community will gather together to remember the lives of two teenager who is drowned in a rafting accident

oakland. records smashed around the bay area. right now still 74 degrees in san jose. a little breezy. west wind at 10 miles an hour. into oakland, another stop, seeing temperatures in the low 70s right now. 72 degrees. and northwest wind at close to 7 miles per hour. so some of today's highs, breaking records. san jose got up to 75 degrees. low 70s around san francisco and oakland. moffit field as well getting up to 75 degrees. look the north bay, napa 80 degrees. the reason why it was so warm, high pressure aloft. as the air drops down to sea level it warms up and dries out. fortunately the patterns can also include gusty winds. we'll talk more about the wind advisory tonight and if we can go 2 for 2 with the warm temperatures coming up in just a minute. >>> the weather couldn't have been better for the tens of thousands of die-hard giants fans who came out for fanfest today at at&t park. in fact, it was the largest turnout ever for fanfest. the giants ended up having to turn people away. >> reporter: you would think they were actually playing today. the weather amazing. everyone's walking around in orange and blac

research group, neighborhood scout, there is a one in seven chance that a car will be stolen in west oaklandthe second bay area neighborhood to make the list is in north san jose. >> people here we all work at tech companies and stuff so there's a little bit of money here. it's an easy place to come pick off cars because everyone's working during the day and no one's here to protect their things. >> police say the number one reason though for car thefts is people leaving their cars running and unattended. >>> time now 5:28. a vicious overnight beating on the streets of oakland. ktvu news has exclusive video. we also have new information from that crime scene. >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live at the golden gate bridge where bicyclists may not be able to pedal across the span today. we'll explain why and tell you what's happening to this iconic structure coming up. >>> also horrifying new details about that rafting tragedy involving two east bay teenagers. >>> good morning. traffic on interstate 680 the grade heading south looking good here in our live picture. we'll tell you more straight

to the research group neighborhood scout, there's a one in seven chance a car will be stolen in west oakland. the second bay area neighborhood to make the list is in north san jose. >> i've had my car broken into once. stole my ipod. so, yeah, we've had incidents here. >> i've been living here like 19 and 20 years. none of my cars have been stolen. >> police say number one reason for car thefts police leave their cars running and unattended. >>> the tragic drowning of two east bay teenagers has many wondering how such a thing could happen. the horrifying new details on that rafting accident. >>> plus new details coming in about a brutal assault on the streets of oakland. just hours ago we have exclusive information about the attack and the police search for suspects. >>> and we take you live to new york this morning where the opening bell is about ready to ring. there are plenty of local stocks to keep an eye on. adam: we need a good night's sleep. kim: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over the top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect