around stockton street. (music) >> jacqueline: live look from our roof cam. another gorgeous day. a bit hot inland or in the south bay. plenty of sunshine but we are seeing fog push along the coast overnight and into tomorrow. taking a look at the mark at a glance pretty mild. low 50s but that coastal fog will still be breezy. we will take a look at that in one moment but first noon temperatures are going to be a bit slow to warm. . we will take a look at that fog. with '60s and '70s to start that late morning. through oakland, hayward, iupui it is going to be a bit more aggressive if pronounced could not even make it towards the inland valley. 6:00 a.m., we should be in the clear. the fog tracker is pushing is completely offshore tomorrow late morning. i did not think it is going to happen. it will stay along the coast perhaps early afternoon we will see it pushed up the coast. temperatures are much cooler, with 15 degrees cooler in a number of spots. 60s in mill valley, and with at least 66 degrees in san midday. through the east bay, 70 degrees in san leandro, seven degrees in

currently, southbound automotive transit on stockton street is limited to buses, taxis, and touring buses. the photographs on the left are the pedestrian walkway barriers on stockton street, designed in collaboration with the union square business improvement district that requires the safety separation between construction, vehicles, and pedestrians, while also providing access to adjacent stores. one of the unexpected surprises during construction is the merchants' positive reaction on how the shopping experience has been remote -- has been improved with the removal of automobile traffic in spite of the significant construction in the area. the photograph on the right is the demolition of a sub-sidewalk basement vacated for the future contract. you may recall the difficulty we experienced in reclaiming sub- sub what basements in the public right of way. -- sub-sidewalk basements in the public right of way along stockton street. owners were asked to provide us with an abandon space, as indicated in the photograph. that vacated basement space will be converted into a public- private utili

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finally, some of the realizing of the sewers and potential subway project that will cross stockton street, this is an example of gary and the realigning of the sewer, complete sewer realignment of the infrtr

. 3-year-old rack he will moor and his 6-year-old sister were taken from stockton. the 3-year-old black male is three feet tall weighing 45 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. aleen is a 6-year-old female 65 pounds and brown hair and brown eyes and wearing a pink shirt with cap are you pants. their father got into an argument with a woman. >> the two adults, the female and the father of the children get out of the car. and they move a distance away from the vehicle. i am not clear at this point how far they moved away from the vehicle. but when they did, they left the vehicle running with the doors open and the two children in the backseat. >> police say that is when the suspect jumped out of another car, got into the buck and then took off with the children inside. now, the car is a pink and red buick park avenue four door with a grey interior. the car has a california license plate number there on your screen. >>> there were some frightening moments at a bay area gold dealer's store today. ktvu's eric rasmussen is in mill valley where he has learned it wasn't g

[speaking foreign language] >> the last question, the sidewalk on stockton street. a lot of products on the street, on the sidewalk, making it not accessible for seniors and those with disabilities. she wanted to see if we can solve these problems. >> let me -- hello? testing. there you go. let me ask mrs. lee's comments about the sidewalks. as the previous public works director, in those areas, where we thought the pedestrians and particularly seniors were being forced to walk into the streets because of all the clutter from the produce boxes left on the streets, this question we will step up that enforcement with the department of parking and traffic as well as with the department of public works along stockton street, particularly from broadway to washington is where most of the seniors actually get forced to go on the street. so will we will ask them to step up that enforcement and to cite those that are leaving their produce boxes in the way of seniors who then are forced to walk into the streets, or who are moving in such a way in which seniors might get injur

it all started here on the courthouse steps in stockton. thousands of foreclosures up forbid. it's a fast paced world where cash is king and the highest bidder nabs the best deal. with that much money swirling they say some people cheat. >> they are experienced bidders . >> reporter: one tipped off the united states attorney to a conspiracy so complex the feds now admit it may be one of the contributing factors into why the county leads the nation in home foreclosures. >> they get together and agree that nobody would bid. >> reporter: instead of competing against each other the group would select just one person to bid letting them buy properties for just a penny over asking and the oned who didn't play along were muscled out the other bidders weren't welcome into a second private auction where the same house was sold at a higher price. the difference was profit they would split. >> they had a formula. >> reporter: why would that be bad? they say bid rigging not only drives down the price of real estate but also steals equity from the homeowners trying to weather the financial

. >>> police in stockton want to know if you can help identify a child left at a hospital. a woman dropped off the girl on january 6. >> the ruse was that she needed help. and the hospital goes ahead and collects the information you would think they would. it turns out that all the information that they collected undenounced to them was false. >> reporter: the girl was in good health and was placed in foster care. anyone with information about her identity is asked to call the stockton police department. >>> $2 million from a muni project is -- the union says proposition g is illegal because it would give the transit agency the right to unilat era ll determine contract firms. the agency is in talks with the union to try to reach a solution. >>> bay area scientists say new information about the massive earthquake in japan back in march could mean an increased risk right here in the bay area. stanford geo physicist found a plate that moved nearly 6 feet. the cascadia fault is also a sub duction zone. some experts say a magnitude 9cascadia quake could happen any time. parosa s

they started 10 minutes late out of stockton. otherwise bart and muni and caltrain are on time. roadwork is what's going on now on the roads. eastbound 4 is completely shut down between loveridge to somersville road until 5:30 this morning, this is ongoing roadwork that started yesterday. so detours are in place. just exit off the freeway. more roadwork, this is near the 880/92 interchange. westbound 92 shut down between 880 and industrial boulevard. if you are going across the san mateo bridge, the bridge is great, westbound 92 in the commute direction. quick trip this morning all the way toward foster city and the peninsula. to the east bay, 880 in oakland everything looks great past the coliseum in either direction. you can see our live traffic sensors there pick up top speeds up and down the nimitz freeway. and the south bay check overall great, a little roadwork on southbound 101 between story and capitol expressway where we have been seeing ongoing roadwork various lanes blocked for another half hour or so. out of downtown san jose, so far looks great in the northbound lan

it all started here on the courthouse steps in stockton. thousands of foreclosures up for bid. >> next property. >> reporter: it is a fast paced world. >> opening bid in the amount of $57,000. >> reporter: where cash is king. >> going once. >> reporter: and the highest bidders numbers the best deal. with that much money twirling the bets say some people cheat. >> these were experienced bidders. >> reporter: in fact, a disgruntled bidders tipped off u.s. attorney benjamin wagner to a conspiracy so complex the feds admit it may be one of the reasons san joaquin county leads foreclosures. >> they agreed that nobody would bid. >> reporter: here is how it worked. instead of competing against each other the group of investors would select just one person to bid allowing them to buy foreclosed properties often for just a penny over asking. and the bidders who didn't play along were muscled out. >> people knew who they were. they sent out the message to other bidders they were not welcome. >> reporter: not welcome into a second private auction wher

of his kids. >>> an amber alert called off in stockton after a father described a false kidnapping of his kids. >> a powerful explosion rips through a liver more apartment home injuring three people, why firefighters consider this to be suspicious. >>> lance armstrong faces more doping allegations, as one of his teammates spill it all to 60 minutes, we check with a former san francisco 49er and coach about the pressure professional athletes face. >> welcome back, it is 8:01 a.m. thanks for joining us i am ann makovec. >> we have a lot of newtalk to cover in the next half hour right now let's get to the stuff in the news. >> topping the news fairfield police asking for the public's help to try to find three missing children. >> two girls 10 and 6 and a 5- year-old boy last seen at a playground yesterday around noon police think the kids may be with their mother a homeless woman named christina lopez they normally stay with their grandmother police consider them to be at risk because they are so young a statewide amber aall right was cancelled last night after it was revealed the allege

steve stockton is the "director of civil works" for the u.s. army corps of engineers. welcome to you. we just heard from the mayor. what is happening as far as you know with the levees in and around memphis? >> well, let me start off by saying our number-one priority is protecting public lives. and we do that by managing the very large complex system not only downstream but with reservoirs upstream in the upper watershed to capture the flood flows. in memphis i think the mayor was exactly correct. we're getting backwater flooding into unprotected areas. but the main line levees and flood walls are being monitored very closely by local, state and federal flood emergency management officials. so it looks like the system is performing very well. >> brown: downstream a decision was made today to open a spill way north of new orleans to divert water away from city. tell us about what goes into that decision. why did you do it? >> everything we do is pre-scripted. basically the 1927 or excuse me 1928 flood control act authorized the mississippi river and tributary system. wh

. >>> an amber alert for stockton children is over this morning. michele moore and ilene were found safe with their mother. their father claimed someone stole his car with his two children still in the backseat. stockton police say the father now lied about the abduction and the children were with their mother the entire time. >>> san jose police are searching for the owner of a horse that crashed through a store window. it smashed through the window of a american store, called hammer and lewis fashions on white road. the horse became stuck in the window and an employee had to call police. officers had to shoot the horse because it was severely injured. >>> the leader of oakland's family radio network said the rapture would come at 6:00 last night. the deadline passed without incident. ktvu tried talking to him after 6:00 p.m. at his home, but no one answered the door. a neighbor tells us, he truly believed in his prediction and made it years ago. >> he made it 17 years ago in 1994, and it was really under the radar then. he had a lot of meetings,

seein baysnow, c to to[] 4,000( stockton and now overnight most of the activity will head up to the high country, the sierra seeing snow, close to 4,000 to 5,000 feet at this hour. hour by hour with your forecast, you'll see widely scattered showers mainly in the coastal hill tops as we head into tomorrow morning. the morning commute not expected to be all that wet, but evening commute, completely different story as we get into 4:00 and 5:00, the heart of the commute. looks like we'll see light to moderate rain coming on in and v-dayssout7 fi]w win we'll see our temperatures climb and the forecast dry out the second half of the week. decreasing showers and locally windy outside. temperatures dipping into the mid-40s temperatures dipping into the mid-40s it's a cool, dry air that's moved on n.tomorrow morning the clouds for monda spill in and by afternoon i suspect on the coast the north bay will start to see light rain, mainly an evening and overnight event for monday evening and monday night. tuesday a few more scattered showers before things clear out. highs only in the low 60s. again,

this isa i live picture just above the stockton tunnel. pg&e expects to cap the leak in 15 minutes time. the streets will remain closed longer than that fory are pairs. >>> and something good happened from a fire in san francisco that left 60 people homeless. they found a terrified little chihuahua alive but hiding. it has a happy ending. >> the dog is part of the story and the people inside of the building are the other part. they are trying to find the cause. it may have been a barbecue but it caused a great deal of grief for the people who live in the building . >> ask anyone in a trauma and they will tell you that aftermath is exhausting. >> we are still in a state of shock. they survived the flames when the park hotel ignited in san francisco south market neighborhood. they watched their belongings to return. they filled up a red cross shelter waiting for health and guidance. >> got done paying rent. >> among the other victims, a small chihuahua . he was pulled from the burning building and sent him to animal control. if only rolando

real property gauche tor and i'm required to state in advance ha the properties have to do with 949 stockton street. 801 market street, the under ground eastment 1455, discussions that people negotiating are cheryl wang and tom mccrist. the party's negotiating are norman c. chan, w.c. chang, barbecue situation. mintron and the language group incorporated, richies official small center, beverly c. sasss, . you have a member of the public who wishes to address you prior to your motion to go into closed session. >> ok. >> david filpel. two comments. i would remind you my position at the central subway is a bad transit project. and we need not acquire this real property. with regard to item five in closed session, i note that this is an e. e.o. complaint. i know this is a former employee of the agency now former. it seems to nea and i don't know any of the specials of this that someone was responsible for the conduct that led to this complaint and proposed settlement and whoever that is should be held accountability if that person is still on staff and that person's an at-will employee they shou

year, and they are affiliated with other programs throughout california streets of san francisco and stockton trading centers are the biggest, and they tend to focus in san francisco on commercial construction and building related issues, documents been focused on small-commercial and residential, and you can get information about either of those on line. >> and you can find out about training, opportunities. they have them all there, all the time. there are many resources and a lot of information. >> usgbc.org is most centralized. and locally, to connect with professionalism, the northern california chapter. they put together class's brought to the bay area, and they are the most local and specific. you can find networking resources and great stuff through that website. >> there is a whole lot more to talk about, but it is 1:30. thank you for coming, and see you next month. thank you very much.

the mainline, stockton and the marina. the one california is a major bust the comes through the district, and a few other lines, of course, on the borders of our district. it is a huge deal for us, and we need to make sure we continue to provide a great service. we are transit first here, and people embrace that, but we need to make sure we have a reliable, robust public transportation system, so it is a big deal. we do have a lot of people in the district that drive cars, a lot of people that have families. i'm one of those as well. i take it was once in awhile, but frankly, the way we have arranged in our family is i spend my morning with my children, and time allowing, i take them to school in the morning, so i drive them with my car. i do not believe the way to achieve our goals is to make parking so inconvenient, so expensive, such a bad experience that people, so to speak, capitulate and take public transportation. that is not the way we are going to make it happen. we need to innovate, in my opinion, our public tran

. >>> we were just getting word of a state wide amber alert out of stockton. a 3-year-old and 6-year-old. both have brown hair and eyes. the suspect is unknown. the suspect was last seen driving a pink and red buick park avenue with california license plate of 6bu p713. >>> can animal kingdom move one step closer to horse racings' triple crown. sports is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but it still needed to win the preakness to even have a shot at becoming the first horse in 33-years to win the triple crown... >>> animal kingdom ran away with the kentucky derby but needed to win the preakness to try to win the triple crown. >> animal kingdom in the center of the track. he is closing in. animal kingdom. shackleford. it is shackleford in front. animal kingdom on the outside is coming. astrology third. animal kingdom and shackleford to the wire. >> shackleford spoiled the triple crown bid for animal kingdom. the biggest for the jockey's career. >> hey, man, this is a very exciting race. i know my dad is watching me. >> game 2 of the bay bridge series giants pitching st

ace train number one got a late start out of stockton, still runs about 10 minutes behind schedule. bart is on time. so is muni and caltrain. roadwork, that is again ongoing until about 5:0this morning so it should wrap up this morning about 5:30 this morning. highway 4 widening project so it started yesterday an ongoing thing from loveridge to somersville until 5:30. detours are in place. this is overnight roadwork so watch out for that. marin county drive no issues from novato through mill valley where we have a camera and you can see those headlights moving southbound. quick trip this morning towards the golden gate bridge. they should have just doesn't lane change. now traffic is free-flowing in either direction across the span. no issues northbound as you pass the pay gates. and for silicon valley commuters westbound 37 looks great. that's a six-minute drive time leaving milpitas towards the 101 interchange. and we can get a check of the south bay as well where we'll head towards san jose. we have a photographer standing by life near mckee. and you're looking good in all direct

around stockton right now, part of southern sacramento valley. another storm is sitting right off the coastline. we're beginning to see those clouds right there. those are starting to move onshore and moving in a little more rapidly than originally expected. so this storm system may make for a pretty wet day tomorrow and of course we've seen a ton of snow this year in nevada, we could see another 4 to 8 inches from this next storm. >> not happy with that. we will talk to you more later. >>> president obama will get a firsthand look at flooding from the mississippi river when he travels to tennessee tomorrow. more flute gaze were open today -- flood gates were open today. it could flood thousands of rural homes. people are doing what they can to save their belongings and stay optimistic. >> this is a very poor community. it's my choice to live here and i have to deal with it. >> by tuesday, homes over a 3,000 square mile area will be flooded with levels up to 25 feet high. >>> the head of the international monetary fund and front runner in france'

to the california marine highway to barge materials and possibly people between oakland, sacramento, stockton, and san francisco. i believe the discussion on combustibles -- compostables is still going on with other agencies. we found other jurisdictions barging have agreements in place to barge and rail. new york has been doing it. honolulu has tried to but are being tried in court. there were going to barge material to washington state. supervisor mirkarimi: commissioner avalos. supervisor avalos: you mentioned honolulu and new york. where do they barge to? i am not sure if it is a myth, but new york used to barge out and dump in the ocean. what are the conditions in honolulu? >> honolulu was going to ship to washington state. that has been tied up in court. it has not happened. new york used to go to the fresh kills landfill. they are now in an agreement with new jersey to barge to a new jersey planned build. i do not have that in my notes. we have that in the file in the office. the agreement is to go into place in 2012. it is between two ports. supervisor avalos: honolulu to washington s

they are asking for the public's anyone who knows anything about this job is * of the stockton police. >>: the estranged husband of the housekeeper that had a child with arnold schwarzenegger as r ohelio baena says that he feels betrayed by the formal governor, he said that he just learned last week that he was not the biological father but concluded by saying he would always regard the boy as his own. >>: aback in a couple of minutes, let's take a level at san francisco, a lot of clouds. we will be right back. >>: the san francisco public utilities commission has decided not to take down a tree, they will be tunneling under the tree, signature will cost about five of thousand dollars. >>: the burlingame police department has a new police chief, captain and ed wood has served as acting chief since december. he is now a permanent chief. asked to head the department of the city was considering merging with the san mateo police department. why would served in belmont from 1986-2007. he lives in san carlos. this appointment is effective immediately. he is the chief, thatthe bad spinnings

corrects has recently recognized that and they are embarking upon building a brand-new penitentiary near stockton in which there will be 461 psychiatric beds. now, this seems very peculiar to me because we have moved from the point of depopulating state hospitals and now we are going to start putting those patients in state prisons instead of hospitals. so i find that remarkable and unfortunately it is my belief -- [bell] sutter is involved in that. thank you very much. president olague: just in the order i called your name you can start coming up to the mike. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is lorenzo and i'm a resident of the tenderloin and a member of the tenderloin filipino community association. we believe in our organization that this huge project will create many negative impacts in our community. we can say that cpmc has not done much for our community in provide health care access for residents. that's what the record will show. tenderloin residents are one of the lowest serves -- served in their hospital system. secondly, cpmc will not commit supporting affordable housing desp

stockton alone has lost nine young men. farther north, more numbers depicting losses. families who sacrifice the most precious possession they had to the war effort. the crosses of lafayette which as you know is a memorial to the thousands killed, marked with a hat from a navy s.e.a.l. tonight placed there by a former s.e.a.l. in tribute to the special forces that killed bin laden. some people have placed flags and flowers on the crosses today, wanting to show their gratitude to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. >>> now to a developing story on the peninsula. you may have seen this huge cloud of smoke earlier this afternoon. that was caused by a fire at a granite rock plant reported around 2:30. it meant a slow down to traffic on 101, in fact, down to a crawl. more now. >> reporter: the good thing is the fire at granite rock is out. earlier, firefighters were checking these underground tanks to make sure there was no leakage of liquid asphalt, a combination of as fault and oil. that was the material burning a short time earlier. let's take a look at some video, yo

. >>> police in stockton now say the couple that reported two young children missing saturday made up the story to get authorities to find their stolen car. they told police that moore's three-year-old and six-year-old children were in the back of the buick that was stolen. a state-wide amber alert was issues. hours later they find out the children were safe at home are their mother. he told the lie because he thought the police would search more intently. >>> president obama is in ireland the first stop on a four-day european trip. this is new video of the president taking part in a tree planting ceremony at the irish president's residence this morning. nearby stand trees planted by past visits by bill clinton and john f. kennedy. it has been a tradition there. one planted just last week by the queen of england as well. from ireland president obama will travel to england, france, and poland. >>> before president obama leaves ireland he's making a stop in the tiny village of moneygall. they have been sprucing up in anticipation of the president. >>> former minnesota governor tim pi le