an iconic memories from the sacramento, kings, folks. >> yeah. it is a real shame that the kings more than likely have played their final game. the problem was an arena. they wanted a new one, the city didn't want to pay for it. the irony, kevin johnson is the mayor. >>

than sacramento. but if we take away those cost differences, it is 106% vs 112%. so the important thing there is those big differences are not necessarily crippen -- this is just a simple test -- by differences in the availability of high-tech services. supervisor campos: going back to the point that was raised by the prior speaker, labor costs being a main driver of the cost differentiation between northern and southern california, what does this show about that? >> certainly, there is a big difference. for san francisco, it is 123%, so it is 23% hired to run a hospital here than it does in los angeles. the cost of running it. the same hospital from los angeles, move it here, same staff, everything, 23% more. so there is a cost of living difference reflected in those prices. but as you will see, the bottom half of this slide, we are looking at commercial prices. what do health plans pay? los angeles, commercial plans on average $4135,0035,000. that is before you adjust for cost differences. the next

that proposal did not get much momentum in sacramento for a variety of reasons. two of which are important to note. ironically, the proposition that was passed by the voters in november basically said that the state cannot take money from local governments in order to balance the state budget. it turned out to be a problem because we could not give money to the state for constitutional reasons. that was pretty ironic. the state is not allowed to finance or balance the budget. beyond the constitutional issue on financing, it was made clear at the governor's office that they did not have an interest in financing the state budget. that became an issue that we could not work past. all totaled, in addition to the proposal, the big tent city mayors came up with, there were probably at 1.27-30 alternative proposals floating around sacramento. there are two that seem to be under consideration. one from the california redevelopment association and one from the city of long beach. they mirrored one another in a couple of ways. they are both voluntary. they are both a two t

and there is a bill that is in sacramento right now. senate bill 104 that's what's called the card check bill. that would give workers an alternate way of getting their union recognized and sitting down and bargain with employers other than elections. there are a lot of problems that unions have with elections. and among them is that they take a lot of time. they provide a forum in which there's oftentimes threats made and so forth. so this would allow workers to sign union cards and if a majority of the workers signed cards then the grower is obligated to bargain and there are also some penalties for firing people because of their union activity. that's passed through the senate. it's going to the assembly. the democrats are a majority in the assembly. jerry brown signed the agricultural labor relations act in 1975. would he sign this bill? well, i think there are a lot of hopes he would. >> at a time when unions are on the hot seat across the country, i mean, planning a massive demonstration coming up just next week, just to show that

brian hickey is live in sacramento with the details. brian, i started out my career as a sportscaster covering the kings when they came to sacramento, when arco arena was built. to think they could be leaving! >> reporter: it's huge news for sacramento and a major bummer. 26 years they have played here at what was the arco arena, now it's the power balance pavilion. the banner still reads "home of the sacramento kings" but that may change. tonight the last game fittingly against the los angeles lakers. so it's going to be a huge game, it's a sold-out crowd, standing room only. the fans coming out to show their support to the kings and to say to the owners we do not want you to leave this city but the writing is on the wall. the kings have been in negotiations with anaheim and owners of the honda civic center down in anaheim and talking with them about moving down there. they're going out to new york city tomorrow to meet with the nba board of governors to discuss the relocation. the deadline for filing papers comes monday. kevin johnson

an iconic memories from the sacramento, kings, folks. >> yeah. it is a real shame that the kings more than likely have played their final game. the problem was an arena. they wanted a new one, the city didn't want to pay for it. the irony, kevin johnson is the mayor. >> the only game in town. >> they couldn't get it done. >> it is a shame. >>> we'll be right back. ♪ i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ ♪ let's see you fly now! [ laughs ] look, more frequent flyer red tape. not on my watch. let that family fly! [ tires screech ] i just wanted to use miles to take my family on vacation, but -- let me guess -- restrictions through the roof. that's right. not anymore. rapid rewards has your back. [ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪

they leave for sacramento thursday and friday. mayor kevin johnson in sacramento says he's lined up $7 million in commitments for sponsors and luxury suites in order to keep the team in the state's capital. >>> a major hiring spree. why mcdonald's says it needs thousands of work he for its restaurants. >>> plus -- a new way to feed the meter and it involves your cell phone. >>> johnson & johnson leading the dow jones higher today after its earnings beat wall street expectations but there's still worries about the u.s. debt. gold prices are topping $1500 for the first time ever, shattering an important psychological record due to a wave of market uncertainty and investors are looking for an alternative to the weak u.s. dollar. right now the dow is up 60. nasdaq is up 8. s&p is up 6. >>> there's good news from housing industry today. builders broke down on the most new homes in six months. new home construction is up more than 7% in march, to an annual rate of 549,000 homes. that's almost 30,000 more than analysts had forecasts and

the sacramento bound south west plane that had the roof ripped open reportedly went through 7 cycle a day for 15 years. l this piece overlap this is piece. overlap is caulked underneath and this is where a crack can develop. more fatigue crack found on 3 other south west planes. over time l the 2 pieces may move somewhat independent of each other and that independent movement creates the hair line crack along the seam here. >>reporter: any current technology can be used that sends electrical current through the metal picking up any irregularity. could end up being part of the faa overhauled safety program. south west says the emergency inspection will not cause more cancellations because those 80 planes under scrutiny had already undergone a rigorous examination over the weekend. reporting live from oakland enter until airport, abc 7 news. >> okay thanks very much. transportation shall on the ground. muni blames human error for door open on moving light rail train at the transit agency promise that is employee will be held accountable. watch. as you can see the you tube video show as

it may be the final game in sacramento for the franchise. kobe will leave sacramento fans remembering this, the three to tie it at 199 with four seconds left in regulations. kobe with 36. the lakers spoil the finale for sacramento 116-108 in overtime. the kings' owners want to move the team to anaheim because they feel it will be better for them financially. >> and that looks like a done deal? >> it is not a fore gone conclusion. a lot of money has to change hands first. >> thanks, larry. >>> coming up, much more on the barry bonds verdict on "nightline." our newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30, and then we will be back here tomorrow evening. for larry beil and sandhya patel, thanks for joining us. have a terrific night. [ asst mgr ] what are you doing? fixing the name. it'siber none. looks like one. well, i know. i put an "n" there. ah! fiber one honey clusters cereal! that's really good! it tastes good, so there can't be fiber in it! it's actually got about half a day's worth of fiber. [ asst mgr ] it says so right on the box. [ fiber see

they may have played their final home game in sacramento last night. the team's owners will make their case to the nba today in hopes of relocating to anaheim. sacramento mayor kevin johnson will argue to keep the team in his city. the kings lost last night against the lakers in overtime. >>> time to break out the rally towels. >> indeed. the sharks open their 7th straight stanley cup play-offs this evening. they will host the l.a. kings in downtown san jose. pre-game rally on autumn street begins at 5:00 this afternoon. the puck drops at 7:00. game one, they have the sharks. >> so 7 straight times in the play-offs and how many cups? [ laughter ] >> come on. we'll be rooting for them. >> zorro! >> well, maybe this is the year -- >> zero! >> maybe this is the year they could all come together. >> they have to make the finals first. >> one step at a time. all those cliches. >>> we have clouds around the bay area and sunshine showing up, too. looks like we're in for a nice day. cooler at the coast 50s and 60s. next few days temperatures in the 70s in many

but they want to see if the mayor of sacramento can make good on his promise and get an arena built there. >> mark, thank you. >> good friday is one of the world's most somber celebrations. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. an unusual commemoration took place today in san francisco that included a strong social message. find out what that message is in 30 minutes on tv 36. plus the latest on that under ground vault fire in the financial district. i'm ken wayne. >> i'm julie haener. thanks for joining us and have a great weekend. good night. ♪ atst fwa.ean ougog t bk. wi cseuidesi yr arho, u stnaa cte,hise a de. ougog t bk. wi cke sp rwd yr arho,

this is sacramento and davis right at the embarkadaro center. pg&e crews on the scene right now. no reports of any injuries. traffic in that immediate area has been backed up. but again, that is another explosion at pg&e's underground electrical vault. >>> in other news tonight. danger on a moving train. a driver caught texting now out of a job but not before she was caught breaking the rules a second time. and, oh, yeah, drivers are now one step closer to -- you may not believe this. to a strike. we will start with linda yee and the repeat offender. >> reporter: muni management was under the impression that driver caught texting was undergoing disciplinary procedures. well, muni was shocked when it was cbs5 that brought to their attention that she was actually back behind the wheel. she was caught on tape texting while driving her muni route. tonight, she is fired. >> this operator is no longer employed by the mta. >> reporter: the texting violation happened in february. she got a three-day suspension when she claimed she wasn't driving. until a telltale video by a passenger sur

was a quotation about 80 full-time reporters and editors in sacramento in 1999. by 2010, there were only 35. he said, "this is a state with more than $1 trillion economy, 250,000 state employees, 10,000 schools, the biggest prison system in the country. there is a lot to cover, a lot of room for waste, fraud, and corruption, with just 35 reporters covering state government, it is very hard to keep up." let me ask you, what are politicians getting away with right now? [laughter] >> i do not know if we get away with this, but i do agree that the state of california, the people of california are not served well when we do not have a robust media. the fact is that oftentimes, you have reporters who are not as experienced, may not have as many sources, and as a result, they end up being rather superficial in some of their ridings, and that is not a good thing. it is extremely important to have a robust media to hold all of us accountable. part of the solution is what you hear here, which is a catalyst of individuals in new media, different types of media, and i think

able it was also dodged last week in sacramento when the legislature approved and the governor signed assembly bill 1052 from last year's $1.5 billion fuel tax loss. the bill also contains other provisions that make it possible for the state to support transit operations at a level that will avert a crisis. i'm sure that the executive director will expand on this in his remarks. last but definitely not least, last week, the transportation committee unanimously approved bill 57. the bill which is now moving to the legislative process, to the best of my knowledge, going to the transportation authority has registered opposition to the bill, even though we all voted at the board of supervisors to oppose the bill. this is a great concern to me and, i know, to many of you. i feel that the issue needs to be addressed iseland probably this very week by our mayor's office through the legislative advocate in sacramento and also by our legislative delegation so we can have an opportunity to shape the discussion and protect san francisco's interest in the region. lastly, i have to say that after

now within the past hour, those same passengers finally made it safely to sacramento. our reporter was there. >> reporter: amazing pictures and now some amazing stories. yes, flight 812 from phoenix touched down here at sacramento international just about 30 minutes ago. there were plenty of hugs and kisses, extra from family and friends who were waiting in the terminal. for many of the passengers you could see the relief on their faces. but they describe a relatively calm scene on board the plane when the top opened up. >> tried to not think about the woman screaming a couple rows back and just prayed that everything would be okay. >> not everyone was getting their mask on. some were having problems. some people were passing out. it was not good. >> reporter: the passengers describe a moment of applause and joy when they finally touched down in yuma and knew that everything was going to be okay. more than 3 1/2 hours after they were supposed to get here to sacramento, they finally arrived. >> now, a flight attendant did suffer a minor injury but luckily none of the pa

able it was also dodged last week in sacramento when the legislature approved and the governor signed assembly bill 1052 from last year's $1.5 billion fuel tax loss. the bill also contains other provisions that make it possible for the state to support transit operations at a level that will avert a crisis. i'm sure that the executive director will expand on this in his remarks. last but definitely not least, last week, the transportation committee unanimously approved bill 57. the bill which is now moving to the legislative process, to the best of my knowledge, going to the transportation authority has registered opposition to the bill, even though we all voted at the board of supervisors to oppose the bill. this is a great concern to me and, i know, to many of you. i feel that the issue needs to be addressed decisively and probably this very week by our mayor's office through the legislative advocate in sacramento and also by our legislative delegation so we can have an opportunity to shape the discussion and protect san francisco's interest in the region. lastly, i have to say that

. >> lawrence, sacramento kings tipping off for their final game. nba comes down hard on kobe not for what he did but for what he said. next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, kim coyle joins us live from at&t park. kim... >>> we heard from the lawyers, jurors and fans. let's go live to at&t park to kim coyle. what's the feeling with the players, kim? >> i haven't seen any free barry t-shirts out here tonight but i'm guessing it would be a pretty good marketing idea. there is only a handful that actually shared the clubhouse with barry bonds. in any case, regardless of the outcomes today these guys feel like he should be in the hall of fame. >> put up some pretty awesome numbers and i think he is just like anybody else. innocent until proven guilty and i think that right now, i mean, he has got most home runs in the history of the game. phenomenal hitter. unbelieve presence at the plate when you faced him. >> their focus has been on the field and been a busy week here. but hopefully baseball and barry can move on, move forward now and put all that behind us. >> th

. >> everybody making a decision that sacramento's a viability market. >> the kings have been in sacramento since 1985 when they moved from kansas city. >>> two people are in the hospital this morning after an overnight crash in san mateo. what investigators are saying about that crash this morning. >>> and firefighters are getting ready to camp at the peninsula. the important message they're trying to get out this morning. >>> go through the neighborhood, giving residents these flyers warning them about a plan to privatize their local fire department. >>> plus: the overnight car crash on the peninsula. what investigators say may have led to that accident. >>> a tornado rips through the city of st. louis, the effect being felt in the bay area. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to ktvu's mornings on 2. >> we saw meteorologist rosemary going. there she is again with a look at the easter weekend forecast. >> good morning to you, spotty showers in the forecast for today. we will be drier for tomorrow. we have good news there. as we move through the afternoon, we are looking at mostly cloudy s

john, thanks for joining us this morning from sacramento. we're glad you're safe this morning. >> thank you. >>> in another plane-related incident, a delta airlines jet landed safely after striking a flock of large birds. it caused a gaping hole in the plane's nose. no injuries reported. >>> now to that continuing coverage of what's happening in libya. the u.s. military is preparing to reduce some of its fire power there. tomorrow the pentagon will stop firing cruise missiles like that one into libya. u.s. attack planes, they're also being pulled from libya. however, navy ships and submarines, they're staying in the mediterranean just in case they're needed by nato. >>> new this morning, radioactive water is now leaking from the damaged nuclear power plant and into the pacific ocean. a japanese nuclear official made that announcement hours ago saying the water is seeping from a crack in the plant. this all comes after tests show the air above the plane contains elevated levels of radioactivity. experts say even if those levels can be cut in

it's closed between sacramento and spaulding so avoid that area. you can see how wet it is out there at the dumbarton bridge, the halo effect created by the street lights. couple cars moving towards the toll plaza. so far, so good in the westbound lanes of 84. still have some construction eastbound 84 reported or scheduled until about 5:00 this morning. the nimitz, 880 through oakland, here's live look. we love this camera because when it's windy it usually demonstrates how windy it is for us. you can see this camera shaking back and forth. right now you're good to go past the coliseum. some of our sensors showing speeds 69, 67 miles per hour as you get closer to downtown oakland. to the south bay we go now and everything is fine here top speeds really at the guadalupe parkway coming out of downtown san jose in those northbound lanes of 280 traffic moves fine approaching the 880 interchange. this would be a great day to use mass transit so why not? everything is on time for bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain. and just once again, chains are require

>>> new pictures are emerging of a hole that opened up in a sacramento-bound southwest airlines jet. now similar airplanes being pulled for inspection and hundreds of flights have been cap cancelled. investigates from the ntsb are in arizona, trying to find out what caused the incident. video and photos taken by passengers are still emerging today. southwest flight 812 was bound from phoenix to sacramento yesterday when a hole about four feet long opened up above an overhead compartment. it caused a drop in cabin pressure, and one flight attendant was hurt when he passed out from lack of oxygen and hit his nose. the pilots made a rapid descent in arizona. >> we will be very carefully looking at this particular event to see if there are system-wide deficiencies that need to be addressed. >> you felt really dizzy like you were going to black out. >> the plane's 118 passengers were put on another flight which handed -- landed safefully sacramento last night. southwest cancelled 300 flights nationwide to inspect the aluminum skin on dozens of older both 737s. according to a flight tracki

river. >> we got one. >>> a unique rescue effort under way along the sacramento river where state law officials are trying to free at least 30 trapped sturgeon. the fish which is considered a threatened species got trapped when the river with stood their banks. >>> all right, mark joins us now. giants and dodgers are in game right now. >> the guy who signed a $30 million contract yesterday, trevor kayhill roughed up a little bit. just a laser with two men on. it leaves the premises in about 2.3 seconds. and that gave the white sox a 3- 1 lead. currently it's 4-2 white house 4th inning. >>> take a look at this play. josh hamilton tries to score on a little pop to third because no one was covering the plate. and on this particular plate he broke his right arm as you see it on the replay right there. josh hamilton the reigning american legal mvp will be out six to eight weeks. a damaging play for the texas rangers. >>> meantime the sharks in action on thursday down at the tank. the play offs begin. this is them working out a little bit. getting ready for their confrontation with the king

so some of them are happening in sacramento. some of them are happening -- so, for example, i believe a week and a half ago or two weeks ago, the governor met with the county -- the association of counties, and talked with them about realignment. that was in sacramento. our lobbyists were there and participated in that conversation. the governor's office staff have been very involved, specifically in working with probation officers for the state, and a lot of the conversations about how realignment will work have been with that organization. and vocally, then, we are also having conversations about how realignment will move forward. i believe we are scheduling a meeting for next week to continue that conversation. we had an initial presentation at reentry council yesterday. it ended abruptly due to the need to leave the building related to a bomb scare, but there's a conversation that will be happening there as well as within the city departments. i know that mayor lee has asked that he be involved in his conversations -- ask th

cristina que está en sacramento. >>> gracias. >> y aquí en california la propuesta de ley se le conoce como el acta de confianza porque trata de limitar los efectos de pánico e inseguridad que promotores y partidarios dicen ha tenido el programa federal comunidades seguras. >> jubilo en el capitolio tras victoria contra el programa de la aldo administración obama que aquí dijeron se ha pagado en llanto. >> no soy criminal. y al traer brazalete en mi pie siento que soy una criminal. >>> y tras años de abusos norma denunció a su compañero pero dice que la peor paliza se la dio comunidades seguras. >> lo feo fue que en vez de encontrar un aliado, encontré otro enemigo. >> y víctimas de abuso domésticos sean reportados a inmigración como los detenidos por infracción de tránsito.

courtney dempsey at cal expo in sacramento. thank you. >>> mr. sunshine here, don't want to rain on this parade. we have had some great weather over the past couple of days, record-breaking temperatures. we'll probably see cooling but not bad, looking nice, 70s and 80s in much of the bay area. at the coast, we may see a couple of patches of fog creep in. we have seen that this morning and more could happen this afternoon. the interior looking good. numbers outside now, already 60 degrees in oakland. 62 in san francisco. we have 55 in san jose. still cool, 49 degrees in livermore and also into fairfield. well, it looks like high pressure showing signs of finally weakening but not before leaving us another nice day. you can see off the coastline we have this system that could be bringing showers to the bay area as early as tomorrow but today, yup, the winds will switch directions becoming more of an onshore breeze so some slightly cooler temperatures on tap for the bay area. but not a bad day. these temperatures still running above average. numbers