not the oakland you may see in the news or the oakland you may remember from your childhood and that a lot of ex-oaklanders may remember. oakland is the second most literate city in the nation, the city with the best weather -- sorry, sand francisco. -- sorry, san francisco. we are constantly being named as the most diverse city. that is, like, 129 languages spoken in our public schools. our latest group, the winner of our spelling contest is a young lady from nepal. oakland is a city that is constantly reinventing itself, whether it be in the end of the transcontinental railroad with dozens of hundreds of different kinds of european immigrants across the country, or the home to the borders that gave birth to a jazz movement, or today, as the most affordable place for new immigrants coming to the bay area to live. each of them leave a mark. one thing that i would say, when you come to oakland, is that of lenders -- is that oaklanders are pretty passionate about our city. i was teasing ed that he and i have probably made more public appearances together then my husband and i have in t

introduce the first asian american woman as mayor of oakland, the first asian mayor of oakland, and the first asian- american woman elected as mayor of any major city in the united states. she and ed lee, the first asian american mayor of san francisco, make a rare and great hair. their selection indicates progress. slow progress, but progress nonetheless. our mayor is a woman of many firsts. she was the first asian-american woman elected to the open school board and the first to the oakland city council. but always first are the people that she serves. a 32-year oakland resident, she has dedicated her life to making government work for people. her experience and inspiration came from the civil and human rights struggles of the 1960's, as did ed lee's, my own, and their number of people in this room. personal history is important. her history, determination to deal with the complex histories in the world give us a lot of hope for the struggles facing our city. her soft-spoken manner, her campaign style, her work ethic, her focus and ability to connect with everyday citizens, plus, her t

the oakland swat team was called out. a couple of hours later, 12:30 this morning, a third suspect was found. he was hiding under a tree in the backyard of the house where the shooting took place. in the backyard of a house, where according to police a number of weapons were recovered. one weapon was recovered on the roof of the building down there on curan avenue. oakland p.d. not explaining the operation. not really even confirming that drug enforcement agents were involved in this. they do say one person is dead. one wounded. a third suspect in custody this morning. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. just about 6:02. an autopsy on a man found buried in his backyard in february has not determined what killed him. novato police tell abc7 news they can't rule out homicide in the death of 74-year-old dale smith. investigators searched smith's home and eventually found his body under a barbecue pit. attorney for his wife said he died of natural clauses. they said the autopsy didn't s

we are live here in oakland this morning. coming up, we are going to talk to the oakland mayor. she got back from a trip to asia talking about trade. we are going to talk imports, exports and why she loves to call oakland home. >> it's a hard woman to get. can't wait for that interview. good morning to you. we are looking good as far as the weather headlines go. a few showers later on. steady rain later today. moderate rain at times. thunderstorms could rumble in later on. we are going to clear out by the middle of the week. wet, windy days for the next couple days. after that, you will enjoy the sunshine and the 70s we have for you for the end of the week. as you can see, a few spotty showers. nothing significant on the doppler. come noon, it changes. light scattered showers across the bay area. they continue to push in throughout the day. no stop until 7:00 p.m. when the moderate rain comes in. clearing between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. the activity is more spotty. there's another round of rain on the way for tomorrow. we'll talk about that coming up. 44 degrees in livermore. tu

we are at apl at the port of oakland. what they are going to do is turn off their ships diesel power while they are here at port and connecting to power on shore. it's cleaner electric power. it's called cold ironing. air quality has been a major concern with people living in oakland with concerns of asthma and pollution. this is backed by a $4.8 million grant. it's a partnership with the district. shore power could cut 50,000 pounds of nitrogen oxide. ships generally put out 500,000 pounds of toxins a year. they are going to start plugging in while they are here at port. we are going to look at that, coming up in the next hour. christie smith, today in the east bay. >> thank you. 4:33 now. state corrections officials about to change the way they monitor sex offenders. right now, parole agents view satellite print outs from ankle bracelets. internal report obtained by the associated press. next month, the companies that provide the bracelets will do the screening instead. they will forward the most serious issues to parol

the oakland as, the oakland raiders. we have a lot to talk about this morning. the train is passing through, making their way through. we have a band setting up out here. pop-like. so, we're going to get things rocking and rolling coming up in a bit as we are out here at jack london square. it's a lot of fun out here. of course, we are following the day's news as well. good morning, my friend. >> good morning, laura. we are following developing news overseas. a bomb threat from an irish republican group. police say the warning does not include a specific location or time. but, the threat comes a day before queen elizabeth ii is set to visit ireland. meantime, in the bay area, a man is fighting for his life after falling 30 feet at a house party while watching the bay to breakers race. he fell around noon yesterday from the roof of a second window. it's unclear if he has been drinking. >>> police arrested 25 people along the race route. the majority for public intoxication. they had to remove one float from the course. other than that, the race was relatively mil

supervisor mirkarimi: you have used oakland as an example. can you walk me through the pros and cons of what oakland does or how the customer's benefit as compared to san francisco customers? that is in terms of the fees they pay and what they get. >> i am not sure how it applies to the pro and con. the ft structure -- their fee structure is fairly average. it is close to yours. we know is $29 million that comes in. $7 million of that is used to pay their recycling collector. you have to take that into account. they provide a variety of services to the residents that seem happy. the rates are equivalent to what is going on in the average of the jurisdictions. in my experience, they get a fairly good benefit. supervisor mirkarimi: apples to apples, do they get exactly what we get or vice versa? i am looking for some heft to this analysis. >> we did not try to get into that death. it really is not apples to apples. -- we did not really get into that depth. a lot of your city services are paid for provided by recol ogy. a lot of fears are by cws

oakland police are searching for suspects i >>> let's take a look at today's top stories, oakland police searching for suspects in a triple shooting the left two people dead. this happened saturday night at international boulevard -- last night at international boulevard. >>> still no sign of a missing nursing student from hayward, michelle lee was last seen friday evening she was supposed to take a friend to reno but never showed up. police are catching her car and trying to trace her cell phone. >>> this week doctors hope to see more progress with injured san francisco giants fan brian stowe they are slowly lowering his fourth seizure medication. family says he should be off it in a next few days doctors are treating blood clots that have formed in his leg. >> good morning folks if you are just getting up a pretty nice memorial day coming your way a few clouds moving across the skies, beautiful sunshine, low includeds going to start to break up most spots, a whole lot of sunshine especially inland and inside the bay out towards the coastline touch and go. mostly cloudy right now, a bit

in oakland hills. we're supposed to be getting a briefing at any moment from authorities. we will bring that information as soon as we get it. >> thank you, and as he said, we may learn more about that driver exactly if he was involved in too early morning breeze and a another crime, we will bring you those developments as we get them. >> checking traffic in walnut creek on memorial day friday weekend. as you can see north bound, things are moving slowly, 680 and 24. and we have a programming change to tell you about, dr. phil is moving to 4:00 p.m.. that means at 8:00 p.m., there will be a new kron4 prime-time newscast. the changes begin on monday may 30th. we will be back with more news ahead. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on you

for oakland, a new report showed the highest percentage were from west oakland, an area that's economically distressed. the district is being proactive about it and is having an alert system so the school can intervene, talk with the family, offer parties to classes with the best attendance and dealing with students as individuals. the district could get an extra $1.1 million from the state if the absent students actually showed up. reporting live in oakland, christy smith, today in the east bay. >> thank you very much. >>> a cop accused of corruption will be allowed to leave contra costa county even though the case against him is ongoing. they will let him leave the county to get special medical treatment on his foot. he's pushing back the plea date to next month. the san ramon police officer is on leave and charged with stealing cash, drugs and guns from police evidence lockers. his lawyer says the wait is hard because prosecutors aren't revealing the evidence they have against him. the fbi is also involved. >> this is difficult for a career law enforcement guy to be on the other side and

the event was sponsored by oakland's community action partnership. city leaders say more than 76,000 people in oakland live below the poverty line. >> average person in poverty holds two jobs and still doesn't make enough to make ends meet in a liveable wage here in the city of oakland. >> according to the u.s. census bureau since 2009 nearly 44 million americans live in poverty and about a fifth of those are children. >>> a man accused of pulling off two brazen street robberies in palo alto pleaded guilty. 21-year-old fono admitted yesterday to robbing two people at gunpoint last year. he will serve five years in state prison for those two felonies. his girlfriend was accused of driving him to the scene of the second robbery. she, too, pleaded guilty. >>> highway 50 at echo summit re-opened to traffic this afternoon four days ahead of schedule. the highway had been closed for the last nine days to allow caltrans to replace an old rock wall on the side of the roadway. traffic to and from south lake tahoe meant a 35-mile detour starting again monday,

can i get a job in the city of oakland. it is unfortunate in california that jerry used to say that in and he was campaigning for the first time, this is only -- of the budget, more than we spend on our universities. how we spend money on the criminal-justice system has to be part of the solution as well. they will be tied up in court for years. in addition, they are forgetting the multiplier. how much we play for unemployment? how much we pay for prime? those are the factors that you have to look for. >> and do you have had back up plan for moving some of these projects forward? will the governor be successful in eliminating these agencies? >> we are doing is pretty silly things. you will see the special session where i am selling back- and-forth. i have to protect money as a last property and the money based in town -- and the money base. there could be some strange blending not controlled by the city. >> what the worst does this open and what does this represent for each of -- what opportunities does this open and what d

oakland p.d. not explaining the operation the officers were involved in, what, or if the drug enforcement agents were out here as well. what we have right now the oakland police officers opened fire last night out here near 35th and coolidge. they killed one man. gravely wounded another. took a third suspect in to custody a couple of hours after that. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> thanks a lot. >>> the giants' fan brutally beaten in the season opener in los angeles is slowly showing signs of some improvement. bryan stow has been back in the bay area since monday. neurosurgeons at san francisco general are doing everything they can to bring him out of a coma. doctors say stow opened his eyes and hasn't had a seizure since arriving in san francisco. last night, his father and sisters spoke publicly about what he is going through. >> it hurts to see him lying there. and not responsive to a lot of things? just wondering if he can hear us in there. and if he is fighting his way back.

this week, oakland started trying to smooth things over a little bit. but as nbc bay area's jodi hernandez reports, a permanent fix is unlikely anytime soon. >> we have a lot of bad roads in oakland right now. >> you might say cab driver ladi singh's job is jolting. singh must maneuver his friendly cab through the rocky roads of oakland. pot holes like these keeping customers comfortable is not easy. >> but they always complain about, you know, the roads and don't take me to this road. you know, my back is hurting. >> reporter: but help may be on the way. oakland public works kicked off a four-week blitz to patch hundreds of pot holes all across town. >> as we shouldn't have that many pot holes throughout our city. but our streets are in that type of condition. >> reporter: city workers admit the patch work is just a temporary fix. the road really need to be repaired at the base but the city doesn't have the money it needs to do the job right. >> to really fix the problem it would make about $435 million. >> reporter: still, public works is urging folks

they're up from oakland, just about 30 minutes ago. ali rasmus was there for the start and joins us live with the reason behind this 105-mile ride. ali. >> reporter: mike, we're in front of oakland tech high school, the launching point for the journey. more than 110 people signed up for the fund-raising ride. you can see the supporters and people who came out to support the cyclists are getting ready to go because most of them got here at 5 a.m., and just a few are left, most got here at 5 p.m. and just a half hour ago we watched the largest group of them take off. [cheering] they're riding more than 100 miles from oakland to the state capitol in sacramento, and the cause is to raise money and awareness about the de clinton in funding for public education. many people here including the organizers are parents of students at oakland tech high school in clairemont middle school. >> over the last three to four years, our -- both these public schools have lost between 20 and 30% of their funding. >> from the state? >> from the state. >> to

can i get a job in the city of oakland. it is unfortunate in california that jerry used to say that in and he was campaigning for the first time, this is only -- of the budget, more than we spend on our universities. how we spend money on the criminal-justice system has to be part of the solution as well. they will be tied up in court for years. in addition, they are forgetting the multiplier. how much we play for unemployment? how much we pay for prime? those are the factors that you have to look for. >> and do you have had back up plan for moving some of these projects forward? will the governor be successful in eliminating these agencies? >> we are doing is pretty silly things. you will see the special session where i am selling back- and-forth. i have to protect money as a la property and the money based in town -- and the money base. there could be some strange blending not controlled by the city. >> what the worst does this open and what does this represent for each of -- what opportunities does this open and what doe

--esta tarde en oakland, se celebro la ceremonia de inauguracion del primer vuelo directo entre oakland y la ciudad de mexico que ofrecera a diario la aerolinea "volaris".---hoy a las 5 de la tarde llego el primer vuelo procedente de la ciudad de mexico... en la terminal los esperaban, ademas de familiares y amigos, representantes del consulado de mexico en san francisco y de la municipalidad de oakland para celebrar la ocasion. actualmente, volaris cuenta con dos vuelos directos de oakland a guadalajara. ---hoy se dieron a conocer los nombres de los cuatro halcones que nacieron en una cornisa de la alcaldia de san jose.---la hembra se llamaÁ "unita", y sus tres hermanos llevaran los nombres "hermes", "shadow" y "ahote".---los estudiantes de distintas escuelas primarias de san jose sugirieron nombres, y mas de mil-500 personas votaron por internet para elegir los favoritos. ---se espera que estos pichones comiencen a volar a mediados de mayo... si quiere ver Ómo transcurre la vida en el nido, con todo y los paÁs halcones ("clara" y "estaban colbert"), visite la Ágina "www. sanjoseca

i think in oakland, though, we have a more serious problem. just because our police officers do not give anything to their pension. at least in oakland, the average police officer makes $100,000 a year and can retire at age 50, so that is not sustainable. i've been saying that for a long time. opponents said would not have to make layoffs. we could cover it. it is not sustainable. in our city, they pay nothing. not a penny. so i'm in negotiations now with the opoa, and we believe that in this next round of bargaining, the all the unions will have to go to different years because of tensions that were given earlier in the last decade are just not sustainable. on the other hand, i'm not into all the tension bashing. the pensions will actually only be a small part of the structural changes that we will have to make. some of the bigger changes, and you do not have this problem because you are both a city and county -- the city and county and school districts are going to have to merge some facilities and colocate some of our efforts and try not to

. $4.40 in san jose, oakland. those prices still showing $1 higher than last year. >> of boards in the east bay are investigating weather that high-speed chase was the same who raped and who abducted a woman in oakland hills. reggie kumar. >> this high speed chase and it was macarthur boulevard in oakland. police say the suspected robber was speeding and lost control of this silver extra at this intersection. it jumped this curb. you can see the front tires are nearly gone. they man living in the area said he saw the car fly by his home. >> he was trying to turn left. at the second arrow he started sliding. heat hit that rubble, lost control, jumped a curb and the car ended up where it is common now. officers captured the suspect in the backyard of a home. the suspect rob high speed pharmacy on the mccarthy boulevard and mount clare follo on >> a witness was credited for getting the license plate number. after he robbed, the high-speed pharmacy. >> reporter: police are still looking for some possible suspects of i

the event was sponsored by oakland's community action partnership. city leaders say more than 76,000 people in oakland live below the poverty line. >> average person in poverty holds two jobs and still doesn't make enough to make ends meet in a liveable wage here in the city of oakland. >> according to the u.s. census bureau since 2009 nearly 44 million americans live in poverty and about a fifth of those are children. >>> a man accused of pulling off two brazen street robberies in palo alto pleaded guilty. 21-year-old fono admted yesterday to robbing two people at gunpoint last year. he will serve five years in state prison for those two felonies. his girlfriend was accused of driving him to the scene of the second robbery. she, too, pleaded guilty. >>> highway 50 at echo summit re-opened to traffic this afternoon four days ahead of schedule. the highway had been closed for the last nine days to allow caltrans to replace an old rock wall on the side of the roadway. traffic to and from south lake tahoe meant a 35-mile detour starting again monday, we

in oakland, kron 4 news. >>catherine: kron 4 has learned that another law enforcement officer is under rest now in connection with criminal activity inside the contra costa drug enforcement team. it crippled the officer is on the san ramon police department. that department holding a news conference in about a half-hour at 5:00. the former commander of the enforcement team another officer and a private investigator have already been charged in connection with the scandal. it will have the latest details coming up at 5:00. >>pam: blizzard trying to identify suspects of forced away into an elderly woman's home before robbing and assaulting her. it happened here in san mateo. police say three men entered the home of a woman who was in her 80s. when she confronted them they assaulting her and forced her to sit well they stole a items from her home. they fled in a green as you feed. san francisco police have released the name of a 45 year-old man they say attack and be an elderly man at fisherman's wharf. marcus w

laura anthony is in oakland with more. laura? >> reporter: hi. police are releasing very little information about this case and they have not made any on camera statements. meantime, the family of one of those men killed last night told us they need many more answers. >> just don't make no sense. they didn't have to kill my baby like that. >> reporter: mary cobb jackson clutches a picture of her son as a young boy, trying to come to grips with the fact that he was shot and killed by oakland police less than 24 hours ago. >> i just want some justice and want to know what really happened. he didn't have no gun or nothing on him and it don't make no sense. they said they found the guns on the roof. how did you find a gun on the roof. how could he be shooting and the gun is on the roof? >> reporter: police released a statement saying fletcher antoine jackson and a companion emerged from a car with weapons and confronted police. that is when police said they had to use deadly force. >> i heard boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: police say they recov

police car hit his car will receive $630,000 from the city of oakland. the accident happened back in august of 2006. daniel payne march questions suffered a broke n back and leg. last night the city agreed to pay the settlement, but the question of who was at fault in that accident remains. two court actions are pending. >>> new at 10:00 tonight dozens of people came out to see in san francisco what they claim as federal profiling. federal agents and san francisco police officers assigned to the fbi's joint terrorism task force targeted them. ktvu's patty lee is live in the city this evening with how the police chief is responding. patty? >> reporter: well, i read through this 44-page report which lays out some of the complaints we heard again inside city hall tonight. and that's where the chief of police made promises some are concerned he may not be able to keep. >> reporter: in arab, middle eastern, muslim communities many say they are afraid to talk to san francisco police officers because they don't know if they are working for the fbi. >> what they

the investigation continues. >>> ann makovec live in oakland. thanks. >> san jose police are searching for the the person who killed a mother of five. the 35-year-old victim was found shot to death inside her mercedes, 4,000 block ambler way, saturday night. a wounded 20-year-old man who showed up at valley medical center may have been connected to the case no names are being released investigators say witnesses have not been co- operative. >> san jose's murder rate has surpassed the total for all of last year. first five months 2011 there have been 24 homicides already, 20 in all of 2010, although that was the city's lowest total in a couple decades. >>> 5:32 a.m. a student who went out for a break during nursing class has disappeared, kit doe live in hayward where police say they have found the woman's car. kit good morning. >>> good morning investigators as of yesterday were working to get a search warrant to break into that car and hopefully they will find receipts, notes whatever clues that might provide information as to her where abouts o

no problems on the eastbound bridge either getting out to oakland. also the morning commute on interstate 880 north and southbound that traffic is moving along very nicely heading south to hayward. and this morning speaking of hayward, union city and fremont it's still a pretty nice drive. i just want to remind you that it's wet out there. and you might want to give yourself a few extra minutes. more on the weather now. >>> sal, thank you. still some rain towards the santa cruz mountains santa clara valley east bay. we're getting on the drier side. that would be the northbound direction. breeze will keep us on a cool side today. temperatures far below average. some of the rain totals really coming in well above what anybody really expected to be honest with you. i wouldn't be surprised by an inch or so. but when you start getting two day totals over two inches of rain like cazadero, that's a lot you have a rain for any time of year especially mid- may. mt. diablo 1.83. lexington reservoir .67. generally a at the point of an inch to about a third for

the winds have backed off. 55 in oakland. 55 degrees in san jose. that, too, will be a hot spot tomorrow around noon as you can catch the sharks/red wings here on nbc bay area. 55 degrees. mid-50s for most places right now. tomorrow morning, we'll likely hit the 40s with these clear skies. it's like sleeping without a blanket overnight. and our temperatures will be quite cool. but the daytime, high pressure building in, this will lead to some warming that you'll really start to notice as we head toward the middle of the week. the rain will stay to the north. storm track, futurecast getting out of the weekend into the first half of the week and probably at least through the end of this upcoming week staying way off to the north. you will see these temperatures rising quite a bit as we head through tomorrow. as you wake up tomorrow morning, you'll have 40 toss low 50s outside. places that don't have a lot of wind will see those temperatures drop as cold as the mid-40s. and as early as lunchtime, you'll see numbers starting to climb into the mid-70s to

oakland hills neighborhood and filled it with stolen property. the view is littered with all kinds of stuff. >> i didn't notice a thing. >> lee moved into the foreclosure with a pregnant woman and a child. neighbors say they showed up one day in april with a truckload of stuff, they thought a new family was moving in. a remax real estate agent says she was checking on the property once a week. before crego moved in it was empty and clean. when she stopped by on april 29th, he and his family looked settled in. >> it's surprising, it's a nice sleepy neighborhood, you don't expect that. >> reporter: they found two van loads of stolen property from at least ten burglaries. police are sorting through the jewelry, televisions, commuters and tools. they believe the items were stolen from oakland, piedmont, berkeley and kensington. neighbors are relieved the squatters are gone. >> that's a perfect front you wouldn't expect that kind of a family. on the other hand you're thinking, has the economy gotten that bad, that people are resorting to this kind of

if you are in the east bay, you are in the low 60s. 63 in oakland. in the inland areas, this is where it is pretty noticible. it is not springtime weather. 64 in livermore and 66 in concord. bymemorial day you are close to 80 degrees if not right at 80 in places like livermore. 60 in monterey. here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast it is going to be partly wet, partly sunny. if you are looking atmemorialday, it is fine. a little cooler than normal. a slight chance of showers monday night. hopefully by then your plans are done and really not much change happening here. >> pretty steady temperatures. >> just a few degree change. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up next, dinasaurs come to life in the bay area this weekend. where to find these life-like creatures. stay with us. eñeñeñeñeñfxfxfxfxfxcÑgñgñgñgñgñ >>> the golden gate bridge opened 74 years ago today, and now the countdown started in ernest for next year's 75th celebration. the plans include building a more welcoming visitor's center at the san francisco end, but there won'

it's not just a problem here in oakland. the problem is, so far, there's no clear picture of absenteeism in california because school officials aren't required to keep tabs on chronic absentee m absenteeism. chronic is defined as missing 10% of the school year whether it's excused or not. the oakland school district developed an early warning system for principals when kids aren't showing up for class. they are doing things like offering parties to classes with the best attendance and things like bike raffles for kids with perfect attendance. it seems to be working. the absences cost oakland more than $1 million a year in state funding. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, today in the bay. >> a lot of money in tough times. we want to check the rest of the day's news with marla tellez. happy friday to you. >> happy friday to you, laura and to you at home. the loss of two residents today. a candle light vigil will be held. two men died in separate incidents. ramirez was shot and killed. the vigil will start at 7:00 on t

ho >> a developing story in oakland, they have a suspect in custody. you are looking live at the scene where a-- it was ditched. the car right there is on the scene. this is the driver let live them on a chase a little after 4:00. they believe that it was associated with a crime earlier today we are not sure of what kind, but the chase ended at macarthur boulevard. the police are searching nearby apartment buildings. the word right now they do have a suspect in custody. stay with us, more news coming up after the break. >> this is in, the family of the danville girl that was missing earlier this week now feared dead, issued a statement today. allison bayliss family the 15 year old, this city want to thank the danville community, the many volunteers and professionals helping in the last week. the statement reads, the tremendous support and love shown for alison has been overwhelming. we are brittle for the outpouring of concern, care and community that make this place we live in so special. she was last seen monday, her bicycle was found at a park not f

the murder is oakland's 3rd of the year. police and crimestoppers are offering a $10,000 reward. >>> there was a protest against violence in oakland today. [chanting] >> alan: members of several different oakland churches marched in front of sweet jimmy's nightclub where two people were shot and killed last week, and several others were injured. at it just a public away from the police -- block away from the police station. their goal is to change the mindset. >> they become numb, apathetic, and they're used to hearing pat murder on the street. that why we made at it mission to stand at every location where there has been one committed so that they see the other side of it. >> alan: the leaders says poverty is a major factor that is driving crime up in oakland. they're encouraging neighborhood organizes to work together and combat violence. >>> prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against a mental patient accused of murdering a psychiatric technician at the napa state hospital. jeff massey is accused of stron

it's among 15 oakland libraries that would close under one cost-saving proposal by oakland mayor jean kwan. >> to just put it in a warehouse some place would just be -- oh, it would be a nightmare, a total nightmare. we need this home for our history. >> reporter: the scenario is one of three floated by kwan to save the struggling city $58 million. but she hopes to avoid those cut ifs she can figure out a different solution. >> the scenario i would like is both the employees contribute and the city council puts a parcel tax on the ballot and it passes. >> reporter: at the same time, kwan says the city has already cut 500 jobs and 20% of city funds. >> there's really not a lot left. we have to now cut the services that we would never cut. >> reporter: community members are waging their own battle to keep the libraries and the museum open. members of code pink spent the day making signs for this evening's oakland city council meeting, where the budget will take center stage. >> even in 1929, the big depression, people kept their libraries open. it's so important for us to keep libraries

police car hit his car will receive $630,000 from the city of oakland. the accident happened back in august of 2006. daniel payne march questions suffered a broke n back and leg. last night the city agreed to pay the settlement, but the question of who was at fault in that accident remains. two court actions are pending. >>> new at 10:00 tonight dozens of people came out to see in san francisco what they claim as federal profiling. federal agents and san francisco police officers assigned to the fbi's joint terrorism task force targeted them. ktvu's patty lee is live in the city this evening with how the police chief is responding. patty? >> reporter: well, i read through this 44-page report which lays out some of the complaints we heard again inside city hall tonight. and that's where the chief of police made promises some are concerned he may not be able to keep. >> reporter: in arab, middle eastern, muslim communities many say they are afraid to talk to san francisco police officers because they don't know if they are working for the fbi. >> what they

i'm christy smith live in oakland. coming up, we're going to be talking about memorial day commemorations happening across the bay area, both big and small. >>> and the search continues this morning for an east bay nursing student. why police say it may be foul play. >>> plus why california firefighters may have to restrict their use of a key tool in fighting wildfires this summer. a live look outside this memorial day at the beautiful bay bridge. not a lot of traffic out there. you all sleeping in? it's monday, may 30th. this is "today in the east bay." >> from nbc bay area, reporting what matters to you, this is "today in the east bay." >> good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. scott mcgrew has the day off. it's 4:30, quite early. especially on a holiday. christina, help wake people up. >> the cold air will smash you in the face. it is cold out there this morning, even with cloudy conditions in some parts of the bay. we've got these clouds situated right over the north bay and a little bit of that cloud cover

>>> an officer involved shooting in east oakland. we'll tell you what happened and what police are saying about this latest outbreak of violence. >>> a bay area business is the talk of wall street this morning as linkedin makes its debut. at what price will you be able to buy this stock. >>> and bay bridge power about to change again. the critical piece being put in to place today. it's all ahead here on the ktvu morning news. >>> good morning. thank you for waking up with us on this thursday may 19th. i'm pam cook. what is the weather forecast like today? let's check in with steve paulson. hi, steve. >> hi, pam. the fog give it credit it's not forming we haven't had any heat but it's solid on the coast. sunny and warmer after yesterday's system has finally moved out. temperatures 60s and some low to mid-70s. more in about five minutes. here's sal. >>> steve, right now westbound 92 traffic is moving well heading to the high-rise with no major problems. no major problems on interstate 880 here in front of the oakland coliseum it looks

the gang injunctions already in place in north oakland. another one is pending for the fruit vale area. the one man listed on the fruit vale injunction tells us that he worries about police harassment. >> if the injunction passes probably but put me back in the system of probation. now i could get a better job, more opportunities. >> now oakland police chief was there at last night's meeting. you see him right here. he tells us at ktvu he doesn't think the gang injunctions have racial profiling issues but he says the community deserves an independent study in order to ease their concerns. >>> time now 60:00. earlier this morning passengers on a stranded amtrak train finally reached their destination right here in the bay area. ktvu was the only tv station there when those buses showed up in emeryville. passengers were put on these buses when their train was towed into elko after two of the engines failed. one man on board said everything was going smoothly. once that train stopped it was one problem after another. >> it just seemed like ki

asociacion de maestros de oakland la asociacion de maestros de oakland indicó que de los 25-mil personas que se beneficiaban con las clases de ingles para adultos, la cifra se redujo a menos de mil. ---los asuntos de faldas del ex gobernador de california, "arnold schwarzenegger", presuntamente son tema de una investigacion estatal.---segun algunas fuentes, la oficina del fiscal de california investiga si "schwarzenegger" uso a su equipo de guardaespaldas y a la patrulla de caminos de california (financiados con dinero de los contribuyentes) para que escoltaran mujeres en secreto hasta su habitacÓn en el hotel "hyatt" de sacramento. ---el gerente del "hyatt" niega que el hombre que hizo estas declaraciones haya trabajado ahi... y el abogado de "schwarzenegger" dice que su cliente admitio que fue infiel, y ahora los medios deberian dejar de inventarle otros amorios. a pesar de registrarse serias complicaciones post operatorias, ahora los fabricantes de las llamadas bandas gastricas para controlar problemas de obesidad severa, tienen un nuevo objetivo.se trata de los mas jovenes..francisc

we not oakland pd shot two people here. i'm on ward lane in east oakland and they arrested a third person. we have been told that they initially came to this neighborhood at around 10:30 last night because they got a tip that some sort of violence was about to go down. so they shot two people. we have been told by neighbors that the people that were shot may have been shot in a car or some sort of vehicle. and then the hunt was on for this third person. they believe this person was armed so they looked for this person all night. and one neighbor describes what she heard. >> when we saw the police officers like aiming guns into the yard, kids' rooms on that side of the house we moved the kids to another room because we didn't know what was going to happen. >> again, police finally did arrest that third person, as well. so the running total, two people were shot. it appears one of those people has died and a third person under arrest right now. but the neighborhood still blocked off after the event originally took place at 10

a judge will not block the ceremony in oakland. some families are upset about the memorial because of the plaques includes the name of jim jones. >>> the jury of the chauncey bailey murder trial is off tuesday. jurors are we4w decide if ,÷wcase.v eo als eoe murder of eoecedc eoeced incl helped kill the journalist. we continue to watch the case. also watching the skies is christina loren's department. >> my one and only job. i have my eye on the skies. cloudy start. the clouds won't hang around all day. high pressure is going to clear them out. inland, it teakes longer. you might have to wait until 2:00 or 3:00. the low pressure sits just to jfk north. ifn delaysnj- today, watch delays. we have a laguardia this morning. jfk will likely see delays as well as dgia. 56ó@pymthayw headedkpee low c. en f5 ayward. degrees in'7 e eos today. showsu&brgeous day if you enjoyed yesterday, re more in store. 71 degrees in los gatos. your holiday weekend forecast shows you temperatures hover in the out 70s. really comfortable conditions. a lot

--en oakland y sacramento, tambien se anunciaron movilizaciones. ---un abogado que se hizo multimillonario en el valle del silicio seÁ el nuevo supervisor del condado de san mateo.---en una reñida contienda, "david pine" obtuvo el 27,2 por ciento del voto durante una eleccÓn especial realizada este martes... si bien nadie obtuvo una mayoria simple, no habra una segunda vuelta electoral.---"pine" vencÓ a otros cinco aspirantes al puesto de supervisor por el distrito uno, entre los cuales figuraba el actual alcalde de "burlingame", "terry nagel" y la ex-alcaldesa de millbrae, "gina papan".---"pine" gasto caÍ medio milÓn de Ólares en su campaÑa. --los conejillos de indias, son unas de las mascotas consentidas de los pequenos del hogar, pero tambien se han convertido en un platillo muy apreciado en el norte de ecuador. --las piranas, uno de los peces con los dientes mas afilados, tambien se sirven fritos. francisco ugalde nos dice a que no te atreves cg'ssilver lake, ca.william velascoel caserio restaurant scriptnat soundson considerados, uno d

east oakland near 88th and international. a third person is in critical condition. the shooting happened just before 10:00 last night. investigators say it may have been a drive-by shooting. >>> the search is on this morning for missing nursing student who vanished in hayward. friends say 26-year-old michele lee was last seen on friday at kaiser hospital in hayward where she was doing a clinical rotation as part of her course work. police found her car parked across the street from the hospital with a laptop computer inside. they are calling the disappearance suspicious. >> i think it's suspicious. i think any normal individual would think it's suspicious as well. simply that her car was taken from the parking lot and parked a short distance away, albeit secured and just left there. >>> lee's classmates say she left during a break and never returned. police later found her car parks across the street from the hospital. lee had planned to spend the weekend with a friend in reno but lee says she never -- or the friend says she