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 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

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

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

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

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

it is 59 degrees in san jose and 54 for you in oakland . 49 in oakland . tomorrow afternoon. a warm day in the south bay . 84 in san jose and sunshine in sunnyvale and eighty-two 82 degrees and warm day still in the park. look at the coastal readings . and it is midcents . squor 64. and sunshine in the north bay . definitely a cool down on the coast . 84 in santa rosa. and it is milder readings. it is 76 in oakland. it is another 84 and concorde in the monterey bay. it is cooler weather. can and upper 60s in the warmest location and i will try to mumble this. slight chance sunday evening and it is going to that way in monday. >> hate to be the bearer of lad news. things were jumping in the state capitol. >> we are ready to jump some fogs. that signaled the start of the threnth anial jumping contest. the winning frog leaped over 10 feet. and more venerable frog jumping contest runs from may 19th through the twenth. >> adding salt to your food may surprise you. >> and the fall out from rising gas prices. serious damage it can do to your cararararararararararararar [ female anno

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

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

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 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

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'

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.

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

oakland hills. >>> a rock bring and rape in a quite -- a robbery and rape in a quiet oakland hills neighborhood. kiet do reports. >> reporter: since we last talked in the past 30 minutes we have seen a lot of activity. a crime scene technician took a paper bag to a vehicle. crime scene officers coming out all morning long. news wires are reporting an armed suspect entered the house just before 3 a.m., robbed the family and also sexually assaulted the woman who lives inside the home, as well. so east bay regional parks officers were called out. there is a trail that runs parallel to the street here on the other side of this. and there is a shortcut-through that leads directly from the house property and back into the trail itself. so presumably, that's where the suspect went. they did not find him this morning. they did call off the search. but this is a very significant police response out here. we did see a family friend come out of the house. there are two children that live here at the house. they were taken to school. the family friend said she called it an attempted robbery. so conflicting

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

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

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

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

it was traveling from oakland to san jose. amtrak passengers on that section of the capital corridor route are bees bussed to the hayward station. that is where train service will resume. governor jerry brown will skip a scheduled appearance at the state democratic convention today after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous growth on his nose. he had the procedure on friday after tests revealed a slow growth of cancer. his doctors say all cancer cells were removed but some reconstructive surgery was need order his nose. the governor's office says he won't make any public appearances until the stipulates of removed which should be in the next week. basal cell carcinoma is the least dangerous of skin cancer. >> pope john paul ii is step closer for sainthood. >> new details about the royal wedding reception. find out what prince harry said in his toast of the newlyweds. >>> more than a million catholic faithful cheered outside the vatican this morning, as pope benedict beautified pope john paul ii. >> from this moment on be c

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

this affected drivers headed eastbound into oakland. they are also talking about the ground breaking new app that puts you in the driver's seat while all the changes are going on on the bay bridge. they are going to unveil that in san francisco today at 10:00 this morning. first, what's happening is that drivers on the lower deck of the bay bridge experience a different approach into oakland starting the weekend of may 28th. speed limits won't be changing at all. eastbound drivers will have a detour as they exit the bridge. there won't be a full closure, but some eastbound lanes will be closed over the weekend from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. no impact for now on the westbound lanes. also, back to the new app, they are calling it bay bridge explorer. it's free and it's cool. the users can experience chances going on on the bay bridge in 3-d. it puts you in the driver's seat. cal trans says it's the first of its kind to use it for a public agency. a westbound detour is set for next year. this will allow the bridge to open six months ahead of

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

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

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

--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

oak lar oakland is coming down. we are expecting more fog to develop as the sun comes up and high pressure builds in. here are the weather headlines. clear in the south bay. for the most part, the east bay is looking good as well. sunny skies. it's going to be hard to find a cloud in the sky. later on today, throughout the wind prone areas. this weekend, mile with increasing clouds. still, really nice with temperatures toward 70 degrees saturday and sunday. next in control, keeps things nice and dry and pleasant. if you work outside, this is great news for you. 51 degrees in oakland. 50 in hayward. we'll see 70s. 72 degrees in santa rosa. mildthatfrancisco. 73 in redwood city. got your pollen count coming up. you'll be happy about that. let's see if you are happy with your drive with mike. >> great temperatures but the speed is starting to slow. southbound 880 at a street. i'm checking chp for the latest update. three vehicles blocking the second lane in the middle of the freeway toward the 92 interchange with 880.

oakland police investigating a shooting that killed two people in east oakland. that shooting happened around 9:30 last night near 88th and international. police say a third person is in critical condition. no arrests have been made. investigators are looking at this shooting as a homicide. >>> and police are continuing their search today 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. >> anything from something as simple and innocuous as she just wanted to be alone to the negative potentials of what might be at the other end of that spectrum. we're hoping that's not the case. but we are investigating it as if all things are possible. >> lee's classmate at samuel merit college say she left during a break and never returned. police found her car parks across the st

>>> 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

it's blocking the two right lanes on the way to oakland. westbound traffic is in the affected by this. also, this morning looking at 280 northbound, that traffic looks good getting up the highway. 4:37 let's go to steve. >> reporter: thank you. temperatures will be very similar and very, very few 70s. the weak little system moving in, there will be another one over the weekend which will dive down and go right towards sacramento. it is not going to be very warm. maybe monday looks to be the warmest of the next couple of days here. the next few a lot of low cloud -- a lot of low clouds, fog. it's tough to warm up in this pattern. everything is staying to the north, but look at that, even some rainmaking up western california near the oregon border. so, if you are traveling in that direction, temperatures will stay cool. right now we're in the 40s and 50s. cloud deck just continues to stream in here in advance of a system. good look at it, so as this begins to drop south, that will keep a lot of cloud cover on us. clouds, breezy, maybe some l

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

we will talk about oakland's gang injunctions, city attorney john russo in. talk about arnold and his legacy in sacramento. >>> a lot of bad behaviour we will talk about doping allegations. >> that's right with former san francisco 49er. that will be interesting we will get into the line between doping and enhancement and when the coach tells you to do it. >> all that in a moment first topping our news, liver more firefighters right now investigating a powerful explosion that sent three people to the hospital they were taken by helicopter to local burn units after an explosion that neighbors describe as something out of a horror movie. authorities trying to find out what caused the blast it happened on silver oaks way last night. how neighbors rushed in to help. >> when our crews first got on scene they found an apartment building with one apartment in heavy smoke. >> reporter: neighbor herb russell lives two buildings away and said the explosion felt like a bomb or earthquake. >> we noticed one man who was running around, and his whole hand was missing. and

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

what we have out here is according to the oakland p.d., two people shot by oakland police. one of them is dead. a third person taken in to custody out here near 35th avenue and coolidge. live in oakland terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> all right, terry. thank you very much. >>> 4:32 now. little-by-little, the giants fan brutally beaten in the season opener with the dodgers is showing signs of some improvement. neurosurgeons at san francisco general are now monitoring his recovery. his father and sister spoke publicly about what bryan stow is going through. abc7's lisa amin gulezian has the latest. >> it hurts to see him lying there and not responsive to a lot of things. >> reporter: bryan stow's recovery remains slow, but the 42-year-old's family is hopeful, especially since stow opened his eyes and hasn't had a single seizure since arriving at san francisco general hospital monday. >> over the next several weeks we'll begin to taper the medications back so we can better understand what is the true level of his brain function. >> the number of seizure medications has already

>>haazig: in oakland, kron 4 news. >>pam: as it turns out joseph is one of 15 men named in a proposed gain in traction. oakland fruitvale neighborhood, would be off- limits for the so-called gay members during a preset hours. opponents say gang injunctions are another form of racial profiling. in the south bay, san jose is getting praise for its efforts to push back against gangs. rob reports tonight, sandoz is anti and proposals. >>rob: this day the anti gang task force is the best in the nation. we want to look at individuals, youngsters and deal with the issues that they are confronting. it's the way in which the nation will get a handle on the problems that for too long have been great. >>rob: helps at risk youth finish school and get work. and it was former gang members who said joining a gang is just way too easy. >> you'd have to kill someone, a package of 10gettingo in. >>rob: we heard heart wrenching stories about the things that the young people have overcome. the successes that they have had. the great futur

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they're buried here in the east oakland cemetery. there are 436 former members of the people's temple buried here. family members say evergreen cemetery agreed to bury them when no other cemetery would. for years, they were nameless in a simple grave until today. when the memorial plaque bearing names of 918 people who died in jonestown were revealed. >> now everyone has a name. you know, to mark the death. >> but there is one name some did not want to see engraved at all. people temple founder jim jones. a southern california pastor who lost 27 family members in jonestown sued to block the memorial. last week, a superior court judge cited with group of supporters, including jim jones' son saying the service should go on with jones' name etched in stone. for here, the suicide tarnishes the otherwise happy memories from life on the commune in guyana. >> unfortunately, jim jones became a mad man and he is destroyed all those lives. >> leslie wilson escaped jonestown but lost 14 family members. she doesn't mind jones' name on the memori