a live look at oakland, show you what we're talking about. christina talking about moisture in the air, look at glowing lights, misty conditions for all roadways. watch those off ramps especially. that note christina gave about the oil can be a factor in the off ramps coming off the bends. 680, diablo. wider towards livermore a nice drive as well. got those sensors around airway where we see yellow and red. typical this time of the morning because there's ongoing construction and crews are there. they are moving slowly and messing with sensors as well. >> messing with them. thank you very much, 4:41. america's cup by land, air, and sea. show you plans for the waterfront. >>> hollywood execs are ht your expense. new limits on netflix unlimited plan. >>> i kid you not that woman there in the corner being handed a piece of paper is a rocket scientist studying astro physics proofing the brains of the operation are not on your tv screen. >>> the women's soccer team has one more hurdle before going to the world cup finals. bay area soccer fans will

the oakland a's joining force was police and community organizations to change summer time for west oakland kids. and we'll show their new summer camp. >> playing wiffle ball was unimaginable foremost of these west oakland kids. not too long ago this, area was just a parking lot. oakland a's helped make this dream possible. and a newcomer second baseman threw the first pitch. >> someone like me is someone they can look up to, you know? they see guys like me on the streets all the time to. see there is a positive influence. >> in sm kids were star struck. >> it's good. a lot of phone shall in it. >> it's part of a free summer camp called "together we can" put on by oakland school police department. there are days when up to 90 kids from this neighborhood show up. oakland unify std only school district in the bay area to have its own police force. separate from the city. it was a chief decided to create a lace where police officers and kids could bond. >> that was one of the goals. is to create a safe environment where kids with k.feel safe. and it was two fold. how to build positive relation

quick work by the oakland fire department. they had adeline closed for a couple of hours since this happened around 5:20 this morning. that's since re-opened. they are wrapping up the scene here and all is well besides that $70,000 worth of damage, which is not insignificant. >> that is a lot of dough but everyone is okay. thank you, anne makovec in oakland. >>> as that debt debate heats up, there is an important financial report out today. coming up, we are going to have the latest reading on the economy. >>> and when the president welcomed the giants to the white house, a former bay area politician witnessed it all. former mare willy brown sharing his experience coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's the start of the weekend. it's going to be a gorgeous one. plenty of warm weather inland. live look outside here at mount vaca. you can see pretty clear there although we are seeing some clouds in other parts of the bay area right now especially at the coastline. dense fog, clouds at the bay. warming up inland this afternoon.

live here in oakland claudine wong. >>> new this morning oakland police are looking for suspects in two armed robberies. both crimes happened overnight. investigators say a woman was robbed at gunpoint on fifth avenue and a gunman held up two other on 22nd avenue. no one was hurt. still not clear if the two armed robberies are connected. >>> family and friends of michelle le will launch another search today for the missing nursing student. le was last seen seven weeks ago at kizer hospital in hayward. the family has organized several search parties since then. investigators are treating le's disappearance as a hospital. the reward in the case stands at $100,000. >>> a public funeral service will be held this afternoon for a santa rosa teenager. 14-year-old taka may roe died from alcohol poisoning. police say she had been drinking vodka at a slumber party at her home. the services begin at 2:00. >>> time now 5:33. orlando florida court hearing gets under way in just a couple minutes. zanata gonzalez says casey anthony ruined her reputation by giving police her name. attorneys for gonzale

in oakland, 63 and 71 in livermore. 66 in san mateo. for tomorrow, instead of starting off with a low overcast and the fog we've had for days, we're going to be looking at clear conditions and wednesday, hot inland with 90 degree temperatures returning and plenty of hot weather for those of you who like it. so let's get a look. these winds right now, this is the key component shifting out of the north and west. 10 to 20 miles per hour, that's going to provide 5 to 15 degrees of warming for tomorrow. a hot high pressure, this dome heat moving across california. so a look at 90s inland for wednesday. and for thursday, that heat is still going to stay in the forecast. tomorrow, a few marine clouds offshore. but as we head throughout the day, 11:00, 6:00 p.m. tomorrow, sunny skies expected here across the bay area. a nice way to slide right into our midweek forecast. for tomorrow morning, 59 in san jose and 56 in gilroy with 50 in santa rosa. for wednesday, we crank up the heat. 94 in san jose, also for the east bay, dub lick 93. not near r

a band full of young teenagers trying to change oakland's image one song at a time. >> teenagers in oakland not going to school, robbing places, doing drugs, stereotypical things, we're in here every day making music doing what we love to do. >> you remember we had the band on "today in the bay" back in may. the window to vote for them is closed obviously. you can see if they made it to the next round tuesday night here on nbc in the bay area. >>> fast-food meals about to change. will they be happy? more "glee" for tv fans. more news after nicole lapin. good morning. >> good morning, scott. futures are flat after stocks fell again yesterday as investors are starting to get a little bit worried about the lack of progress on capitol hill to solve the debt crisis. house republicans are delaying a vote on john boehner's bill because the congressional budget office says it will not save as much money as expected. markets lost ground because of disappointing earnings of 3m in the u.s. we get some data on durable goods and more earnings on boeing and conocophillips. dow fell, 12,501, nasdaq slippe

tonight, oakland city council president larry reed opened the doors to the east oakland sports center. a dream he has had for the past 30 years has become a reality. >> the place for the residents of the city to go at, and enjoy a quality of life that they've not been able to enjoy. >> reporter: a lot of times people don't think that cities like oakland can have facilities like this. and i agree with larry. we want our kids to have what the kids in the suburbs have. >> reporter: with the help of measures bd and ww, and redevelopment funds. >> you see what it means to so many people. >> reporter: it has an indoor swimming pool, and slide, dance and fitness rooms, even karate. that's only the beginning. in phase two, they want to build new tennis courts, a new pool, soccer fields, even a new baseball field. that's going to take a whole lot more money. right now, the facility is open seven days a week, but that might not last. >> like proposed budgets, we'll see at the end of the summer we may have to cut back some of the months. >> reporter: budget talks are far from the minds of these

ktvu's heather holmes is here to tell us about this campaign called i choose oakland. >> while oakland does face crime and budget problems that often grab headlines. officials argue that there's much more to the city and ask people to tell the world why they choose oakland. >> reporter: this is the perception most people have of oak land, a high crime city with prostitution and drug problemmings. this is the oakland ryan montabelo knows, a place where you can shop for treasures and sink your teeth into a world class meal. >> being in oakland is great. >> reporter: mozerelo says it's been great for his graphic design business. >> in this imagine we have the grand lake theater. >> reporter: so he jumped at the chance to share his support for oakland in a city sponsored contest. >> people were asked to submit pictures and videos detailing their love affair with oakland and help dispel the city's negative imagine. >> i think it was a part in intention to broaden the story about oakland. and hearing the story from the very people who make up this community. >> reporter: sammy roberts is the

as cooler in most cities across the bay. 55 in oakland. not all that cold this morning, though, so you might not need a jacket. if you're waking up in san francisco, 55 now, 60 degrees is the high. we're going to see wind later on today. there will be a wind shil factor making it feel 10 degrees cooler than the true temperatures. you're going to need that jacket today. in the south bay, though, really comfortable weather. 72 at 4:00 p.m., 73 in gilroy, 71 in los gatos. if you're looking for vitamin d, going to wait until 2:00 p.m. even inland today, really thick cloud deck. we'll continue to update you and of course that seven-day ready to go in moments. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:20. san jose earthquake delivers a highlight have you to see to believe. coming up next. >>> anger this morning over a huge price hike. we'll tell you who is doing it coming up in tech today. >> we have some issues for highway 24, for example, some calde t thotelectunn t. i'll sort that out as well as the rest of your commute coming up. t

we or we are live in oakland for the new and final harry potter film. it is already marking box office records. >>> los angeles officials are warning people about complete gridlock or karma get and. starting at midnight a stretch of the freeway will be shut down from 43 hours, so crews can demolish the bridge. the contractors say the highway may re-open sooner if the job goes smoothly and they can clean up ahead of schedule. >>> there are even freeway signs here in the bay area like this one along 680 in fremont warning people to stay off the 405 this weekend. the clogged freeway handles 280,000 vehicles every day. >>> a family that just moved into their oakland home may have to find a new place to live. a fire caused major damage to their victim attorney home. the fire started shortly after 10:00 p.m. firefighters managed to get the flames under control within a few minutes but not before the damage was done. one person was straighted for smoke inhalation. they are still searching for the cause. >>> it is a bittersweet day for thousands of devoted harr

but, for mann and peterson, the big prize was across the bay in oakland, where, that same summer, the city was making headlines with a bold new plan. >> oakland could soon become the first city in the country to make growing pot in large warehouses legal. >> last night, oakland becoming the first city to authorize industrial-scale farms to grow medical marijuana... >> montgomery: oakland's idea was to auction off four licenses for massive indoor grow facilities to supply the state's medical marijuana dispensaries, the first official experiment with industrial-scale pot production in the country. ( applause ) oakland city officials were feeling pretty confident about the plan. in october, at the opening of the we grow marijuana superstore, the main candidates for mayor were running hard on the economics of pot production. >> people often ask me how much taxes do we get currently? under the current system, we're getting just under a million dollars in taxes... sales tax for the medical marijuana. but when the production facilities come online, we're estimating, in the first few years, $

the fog rolled back in here across oakland. that fog is going to help temperatures cool off in the 50s tonight after, well, some mid 70s in the south bay. we'll let you know when major hot air will arrive. >>> and homegrown talent, on "america's got talent." what is it doing for citerleader tthnveli city lee erars ru tstngt ligedoadne?o ♪ >>> out of oakland and storming the nation, pop life wowed the judges tonight on "america's got talent." cheryl hurd caught up with the group and has the group's message. >> oakland has had a spike in murders. >> reporter: illegal activity grabbed headlines in oakland. >> engaged by officers and shot and killed. >> reporter: as much as oakland is known for bloodshed and violence, it's also known for its music. the group is called pop life. they're an oakland band full of young teenagers, changing the city's image one song at a time. >> pop life is a man that me and dilan started when we like in the 6th or 7th grade. we just wanted to play music. >> reporter: the group is a top ten finalist o

ktvu's heather holmes is here to tell us about this campaign called i choose oakland. >> while oakland does face crime and budget problems that often grab headlines. officials argue that there's much more to the city and ask people to tell the world why they choose oakland. >> reporter: this is the perception most people have of oak land, a high crime city with prostitution and drug problemmings. this is the oakland ryan montabelo knows, a place where you can shop for treasures and sink your teeth into a world class meal. >> being in oakland is great. >> reporter: mozerelo says it's been great for his graphic design business. >> in this imagine we have the grand lake theater. >> reporter: so he jumped at the chance to share his support for oakland in a city sponsored contest. >> people were asked to submit pictures and videos detailing their love affair with oakland and help dispel the city's negative imagine. >> i think it was a part in intention to broaden the story about oakland. and hearing the story from the very people who make up this community. >> reporter: sammy roberts is the

oakland 52. some low 60s fairfield and san jose at 61. there is really only a puff of the sea breeze. there is not much going on. high pressure still hanging on. between the low and the gulf of alaska. each day it's a little cool down on the coast. bay inland still 90s throw. morning fog and sunny. nice, mild, warm. maybe hot. if you are far enough away from the coast. anywhere from 60s to mid 90s. doesn't take much. so inland areas even though they get a west wind they are still in the low 90s. looks like the trend to bring temperatures down. >> all right thank you, steve. >>> well, the labor department just announced only 18,000 jobs were added last month. that is much worse than economists expected. the forecast was for as many as 120,000 new jobs in june. the unemployment rate also up now to 9.2%. economists say 200 to 250,000 jobs need to be created each month to climb back to a healthy economy. >>> apple can't say when it will have a fix for a security hold in some of its most popular products. a german agency found the problem that

the off-ramp you have to use in overnight oakland. a lot of activity and police investigation, of course. this is a big news story so i'm going to hand it off to laura. you have the latest of what's going on in oakland. >> we continue to follow this developing story out of the east bay this morning. a high-speed chase ended deadly. it actually ended on the 29th exit off highway 880 in oakland when a teenager driver was car.n from thecc1: that's where "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. i have new information from the chp, a clearer picture of exactly how fast this driver was going. they say he was blowing past stoplights on the streets, reached speeds up to 50 miles an hour. investigators still piecing it together this morning but it all ended here in a deadly crash off the 29th avenue exit from 880, a really tight turn. they say the driver did not have a seat belt on and was thrown from the car. here is what we know. about 1:30 this morning oakland

kraig debro is live in oakland. he will tell us what you can expect if you are about to hit the road or hop on a plane. >> reporter: when you think of the biggest holiday you think of christmas, new years, but in talking to people this morning fourth of july is among their biggest of the year. if you look behind me we are at terminal two at the airport. this is the southwest terminal. we have been talking to people flying southwest this morning. the people we talked with said the slow recory does have them watching their wallets. aaa says more californians will fly somewhere for the fourth of july weekend than last year. the economy fully hasn't recovered but the summers biggest holiday say they won't miss. >> i think i'm willing to make sacrifice for family. so i will go no matter what. >> that is the one we would cut back. usually we go out on memorial weekend to go somewhere or you know thanksgiving we will go away. fourth of july usually it's a home more homely. family comes together. some family members house a

the plan divides oakland into two parts, area one west oakland and area two, east oakland. deputy chiefs the department's third highest ranking officers will control each area from the street not -- not a desk. >> sounds good something they need to do. >> reporter: and that's not all. in august, the overwhelmed homicide unit will collapse into one major crime unit that also focuses on other violent crimes. injured beat cops relegated to desk work will pick up the slack learning homicide detective work on the job. >> it will take time to get up to experience. i think it takes anywhere from five to six years from my liking to have a homicide investigator that has all the techniques and talents. >> reporter: chief batts' plan also slashes specialized groups like motorcycle and bike cops putting them all in cars. he admits it's an experiment. >> we'll evaluate and shift into change if necessary. that's the focus of what we're trying to do. >> reporter: residents hope it's one that will work. >> sure. i'm hoping all the time things change. >> reporter: oakland police will start

anne makovec is in oakland now with the latest. anne? we don't have anne just yet so we'll move on. >> it's 5:00 now. >>> the discovery of two bodies in a home near los gatos is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide. sheriff's deputies were called to the home on clara street in unincorporated santa clara county. investigators are not revealing the eye tis or the potential motive in this case. -- are not revealing the identities or the potential motive in this case but it's said to be ed and andrew dow. the sources say the university of san diego student had recent battles with cancer. >>> in san francisco, police have a weapon used in a gun battle with officers in the bayview. neighbors led them to the pistol that police say belonged to kenneth harding. they say this is the gun that fired the bullet that killed harding but police don't know if he shot himself on purpose or by accident. >>> a huge crowd at a memorial service this morning for a marin county deputy who died helping in a domestic violence dispute. police are warnin

-- john sasaki aids live in oakland,, -- is live in oakland. >> is the limit was 55 miles for our and they say that the suspect was going much faster than that. >> reporter: that she started in the work, handed into oakland and then went east on 580. >> about 100 miles or so. for that to happen you have to you have to have a's lot of go right. >> reporter: the alleged victims include julio chavez and catherine fisher. fisher was an instructor at the gymnastics under. >> she was a outgoing, fun- loving type of person. she was also, you know, mature preaches it would to take charge of the program. >> reporter: officers realized that the two people in the car were not the suspects were rather associative barriers. >> information was developed. >> reporter: a passenger is facing weapons charges. east palo alto police consider their hunt for the homicide suspect. >>> family and friends of a good samaritan shot in an oakland street are mourning his death tonight 329-year-old paris power was gaming due to the home ministry his wife was raised by a bullet and that the roads daughter was struc

in a letter to oakland residents, can you find this posted on the oakland police website chief about the atts rise, the department's reorganization is designed to address police staffing short falls and deliver police services under a strengthened model of field supervision. chief batts says the major feature of his plan is to provide the current bureau of field operations into two buyers, each to be let by a deputy police chief. the president of the union that represents opd says the plan means less priority will be given to property climb such as burglaries and thefts. in many cases those crimes would not be investigated at all. according to our records as of june 30th of this year, there have been 57 homicides in oakland. that's compared to 41 for the same time last year. again, chief batts is going to go into detail about how he will reorganize, that will be add headquarters at 11:00 this morning. we're a few hours away. the changes, laura, take effect this saturday. >> pretty close to immediately. thank you very much. >>> it's 6:36 right now. this morning homicide detectives in

a key off-ramp in oakland is still closed right now. this is after a fatal accident that begin with a police chase. nick smith is live at scene where the ramp will be reopening shortly? >> reporter: we're hearing 35-45 minutes. investigators are wrapping up but they still have work to do. video earlier today, california highway patrol officers spotted a male driver of a white honda driving erratically. at times of speeds up to 80 miles an hour were reached on city streets and highway 880. driver crashed his vehicle when he lost control of his vehicle at the intersection of 29th at the hospitalize ramp. >> our officers are attempting enforcement activities. as a result of the activity, this person ended up crashing. there are certain protocols that our law enforcement agency follow to do all the things to make sure that a thorough investigation is done so we can have full disclosure to the public. >> back here live. once the vehicle crashed the driver of the vehicle was ejected from the vehicle. investigators arrived on the scene. they f

it's going to look like a war zone in oakland. >> oakland battalion fire chief has seen young people malled and disfigured by illegal fireworks. 12,000 people are injured by fireworks yearly, half of them children. in oakland there's a zero tolerance for setting off any type of fireworks. usher said people who use them will be fined or arrested because of the grief they can cause. >> you get people killed, you get peoples he' homes damaged, their lives. >> oakland is one of the -- this area is one of the area that allows sale of save fireworks. people come from all over the area to purchase them. >> we need to remind them they set off the fireworks in cities where they are legal. >> and where they can be handled safely, as well, especially for the children. >> we take control of everything. they around allows to go into it, they aren't allows actually to even light it. >> there are fines up to $5,000 for using illegal fireworks and the sale of those fireworks can land you in jail. in the newsroom, abc7 news. >> caroline: this holiday weekend we are experiencing warm weather with more

they say he was a 19-year-old hispanic man from oakland. the coroner was on the scene earlier, has now left. they are working on confirming the identity of the victim. they found a driver's license but want to be sure it is that man. they will release details today after speaking with family members and there are several road closures that have been put up since this accident happened. let's go to elizabeth now with an update on those closures. >> thank you. fortunately we are not seeing major delays right now if you are coming up northbound 880. but as kristy said that off- ramp is shut down out towards 29th and it could be shut down for at least another hour or so. they initially said 6:30 but are pushing it back to 7:00. the traffic alert is in effect so use 23rd as an alternate. live look at conditions near the coliseum, it looks okay northbound for right now past hegenberger and about a 15- minute drive between 238 and the maze. we are following this accident ramp accident westbound 92 right there by 101 as you as you make your way out

as we look towards oakland and

brentwood, tracy, oakland and antioch on sunday. notice the string of warm weather will continue through the seven-day forecast. and by the way, if you just do want to highlight that 4th of july forecast, sunshine and hot inland. that is the pinpoint forecast. dennis? >> okay, roberta. the wall falls look good in the background. there can a wild card entry make it to the wimbledon finals? i'm dennis o'donnell. brian wilson had a chance to save a huge game for the giants next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, saw this morning serving up root beer floats for charity..then, he was told he'd been traded to the colorado rockies, and he ab >>> mark ellis was the first player i saw this morning serving up rootbeer floats for charity and then was told he was traded to the colorado rockies and abruptly walked out. ellis batting just .217 lost his second base job to a rookie. the as will pay most of the $3 million owed on his contract and in return they will receive two players. the good news for ellis, he will start at second base and bat second in the

oakland police trying to flush out what happened. we have a mess left in oakland. that's the latest. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> i want to ask you a quick question. did the car actually go into the home? we see it's a brick house. did it stop at the fence there? >> reporter: it doesn't look like it went into the home. the only thing we can see if steve can pan over to these meters, maybe there may have been a little bit of damage to the brick there. it's hard to tell exactly. you can see where the fence was pushed into that but it didn't go inside of the home. >> thank you. must have been going pretty fast. thank you. 6:55. almost two dozen san jose firefighters recently laid off will return to the department today. good news for them. this is all thanks to a grant from fema and the department of homeland security. 22 firefighters will begin retraining today. they were among 49 laid off last august because of budget cuts. the firefighters will undergo about six weeks of retraining before they can return to work. a new study fin

right now oakland pd has only six working laptops. the computers will help officers in the field, who continue to have problems with their radio system failures. >>> santa cruz is the first police department in the country to use a cutting edge experimental computer program. it's called the predictive policing program t keeps track of every, single step round the clock no matter how small it is and then uses the information to predict criminals' patterns to predict it. the program crunches the data and then comes up with a map of the probability day of the week and general location where crimes are more likely to happen. >> you owe it to the community to do things like this. you can't constantly say you just need more staff or you need more money or you need more whatever it may be. >> the model is the work of santa clara university math professor george moeller who uses the same thing that seismologists use to predict earthquake aftershocks. >> that's amazing. >> if we were going to map it, we probably wouldn't be doing this. >>> 4:4

san francisco 63, 68 in oakland, 71 san jose, 81 in gilroy. you can see a pretty good push of cool air off the ocean. a closer look at our conditions around the bay area, sunshine san jose, light jacket or sweatshirt weather this evening. not only cooler air which helps to break up the low clouds, the wind is out of the west-northwest, pumping in cool air and low clouds. here's the story as we watched oakland. lots of low clouds for the morning. as we got the cooler drier air, broke up the low clouds. got the sunshine, couldn't warm up our temperatures. even at the beaches we managed sunshine but now the low clouds will likely re-form and we'll see more drizzle. the big story throughout the week is this record-breaking heat wave. 90s and 100s under the strong ridge of high pressure to the east. the reason we can't warm up we have this dip in the jet stream, tossing some clouds our way and showers up on the north coast. until this last system clears by, monday into tuesday, our temperatures are going to stay mild to start the work week with are

our big story is in oakland again. the 29th avenue off-ramp remains shut down until about 6:30 because of an overnight police chase and crash so until this traffic alert is lifted, use 23rd as an alternate or mass transit. so far everything is on time, bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain. let's go to the roads show you what else is going on. here's live look at milpitas near the 880/237 interchange. so for silicon valley commuters, you're looking pretty good all the way towards san jose. the rest of the south bay looks great. these are all live traffic sensors. you can see mostly green on our live traffic sensors. 101 from morgan hill looks good. no major issues really all along the peninsula. flight to sfo no troubles getting there. better news now in marin. all lanes are clear northbound 101 at 37. i had mentioned this accident at the top of the show. for a while a couple lanes were blocked but they just cleared it to the right shoulder so you may see some activity there but again, the freeway is completely open excep

oakland is funding the program. the formal convicts hope that the work will give them a work history and a chance of getting full time work when they exit the program. >>> can you get the pain relieving effects of cannabis without smoking it? the makers of this spray say you can. we investigate. >>> and they were featured tonight on so you think you can dance. at 10:45 the bay area dancers who refuse to let a disability get in their way. >>> an old folk remedy for horses is providing pain relief for humans. it's medical marijuana that patients spray on their skin. john fowler takes a look at how it works and how it may help in the fight against cancer. >> reporter: james hicks a 58- year-old patient at the hercules health center says he comes here for pain relief. >> i have serious migraines that started when i had my first heart attack. >> reporter: prescription pain medications no longer stop the migraines, but this cannabis spray does. >> within just a minute the pain is gone. >> reporter: it's medical marijuana

oakland shows a bump in the volume. the moisture in the air making these -- these sensors close to the limit and another hive look out there, we'll see how things are shaping up from 880 over to the peninsula t taillights move, the fog may be an issue. 101 and 280 no problem between the city and the south bay. good stuff. >> thanks, mike. the three of us along with everybody else of course we want to make a special request to our generous nbc bay area viewers, that's you at home. we'll be hosting a food drive with our community partners at safeway tomorrow. for $10 you can donate a bag of food that will provide meals for a family in need. we know times are tough but we ask you to give what you can and we thank you in advance. >> 5:40. carmageddon is here. a live report on the freeway nightmare. plus, a new airline regulation about to go into effect. a new development in the case of the man accused of walking into t withfrancisco art gallerynd stch. >> is your luggage lost or just late? under new airline rules set to go

oakland 70. 68 berkeley. temperatures in the south bay a lot of 80s including morgan hill and gilroy. along with woodside. but then 50s and 60s coast and also much of south san francisco and also in the city itself. a cool week in the city. night and morning fog. a few high clouds into saturday. >>> time now is 5:40. gun control advocates blamed the u.s. for the role in the norway attacks. they make the accusation after learning how the suspects bought much of his ammunition. >>> deadly shooting that has ignited a big controversy in san francisco. >>> if you are driving on 280 san jose it looks pretty good here as you drive right through downtown. there are spots you may want to avoid. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com tod

they are planning a march for september to honor people killed in oakland. in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> the man wrongly accused of beating bryan stow is breaking his silence from jail. that man, giovanni ramirez now exonerated issued a statement through his attorney saying, quote, more than anything, i'm upset not for myself but for the grief and embarrassment my friends, family and loved ones have been put through. the 31-year-old is currently serving a ten-month sentence for an unrelated parole violation, though his attorney is seeking his release from jail. >>> as for the new suspects, louie sanchez and marvin norwood, both will ab rained on august 10th on charges after salt, mayhem and battery. bryan stow remains in serious condition at san francisco general hospital after that attack at dodgers stadium on march 31st. >>> burglars are not taking a summer vacation this year. home robberies are on the rise. theh latest hot spot is on the peninsu peninsula. belmont, seven homes were robbed since monday. >> reporter: belmont police say two

. >> jerry is live for news oakland tonight right now. jerry? >>reporter: well, despite the effort of he can land police and fire department to cut back on the public use of illegal fireworks on this fourth of july. >>reporter: it necessarily didn't happen. city skies were once again filled with lights. smochblingt and explosions. fireworks all of them illegal in the city of oakland were visible from on high. down low this was the scene in residential neighborhoods in east oakland. even the safe and saint variety permitted in some parts of the bay area are not allowed in oakland city limits. but those didn't worry the oakland fire department like these. hundreds launched from a mortar. even during daylight hours. oakland fire department hoped the presence of the fully staffed 24 fire engine would curtail the illegal activity. >> we have a heightened awareness with the citizens and letting them know that we are there. actually something was to, fire was to happen we are out about trol we'll get there quicker. >>reporter: but sporadic sounds of ex

now an oakland man is under investigation for how he was raising the animals. christin ayers on what he may have planned to do with them. christin. >>> reporter: we still don't know for sure whether that man will face animal cruelty charges. we do know, however, that there are 18 of these animals at animal services at this moment. if you look closely, some of them are still suffering from bloat bellies because of a poor diet and also splayed feet that may never heal properly. but still rescuers say this is the happiest that some of these rabbits have ever been. six weeks into her life and this small bunny is already permanently crippled. her back legs splayed beyond repair. >> it's all right... >> reporter: she was discovered along with 20 other rabbits crammed into cramped wire cages in a squalid backyard near oakland's lake merritt. >> they knew that they didn't have any food or water. it was very hot. so they were just frantic, desperate at the cage, pushing at the cage trying to get to us to get some help. >> reporter: the rabbits were stacked atop each oth

department to help oakland's communication problems. they are donating $50,000 to buy new laptop computers for the city's police cars. these computers will help officers who have suffered repeatedly with embarrassing and dangerous failures of their radio systems. >> federal prosecutors are urging a jury to honor the verdict. a jury found bonds guilty of obstruction by giving a random answer on whether the trainer giving performance enhancement drugs. the jury could not decide on perjury charges. >> most metropolitan areas are seeing a stop drop in foreclosure activity as banks take longer to move against delinquent homeowners. 84% of metropolitan areas where the population of at least 200,000 saw the foreclosure rates drop in the first half of this year versus the same period of last year. one reason for the slowdowns, lenders are looking at loan modifications for delinquent homes rather than foreclosure notices. >> five sunnyvale families are one step closer to become first time homeowners. their names were drawn in below market rate l

the plume of black smoke could be seen as far away from oakland. it was burning as many as 30,000 plastic bins. the company makes those plastic bins that are used by farmers. firefighters found it extremely hot making this fire a huge challenge for them. investigators say workers at the plant started the fire. >> we have confirmed with the business owners and employees on site that that they did have employees with working with some type of open flame device. i don't have details but probably a blowtorch or welding in that area. >> no major injuries were reported. about 120 firefighters came to help out with this when it reached the sixth alarm. they even received help from travis air force base. they finally stopped putting water on it about 9:30 last night. macro plastics has been here for 20 years and never had a fire like this. 45 workers -- 45 people work here. at this point it's grateful that everyone evacuated safely and everybody is okay. live in fairfield, amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." >>> fairfield authorities used reverse 911 call system

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. >>> this morning the city of oakland formerly launches a new campaign to fight crime. ktvu kraig debro tells us that the city's fruitvale district will be blanketed with crime cameras. >> reporter: that is right. six blocks on international boulevard will be covered. in april of this year a long- time resident of fruitvale was killed. later today they will announce a plan to prevent others from becoming victims. city leaders have approved the purchase of 30 surveillance cameras for fruitvale. they already have video surveillance cameras. the difference is some of the cameras will be placed inside businesses as well as outside. the momentum to buy the camera is the direct result of jesus com pose. he was shot and killed april 8th. the resulting outrage over campos killings lead to outrage. one of the plans set to be announced later today is spending $35,000 in redevelopment money for the cameras. they won't prevent crime but supporters are hoping the would- be criminal would think twice before committing a crime. knowing cameras are watching as well as the police. polic

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. >> a new breed of clean up crews is hitting the streets of oakland. only on 2, the men are on a new path helping the cities. >> reporter: there are bottles, food wrappers, papers everyone a hub cap. but you should see less trash thanks to this new crew. it is nothing new, garbage of all sorts. what is new is this crew dedicated to cleaning up countless bags of refuge. and they focus on roads crossing oakland. >> reporter: they are parolees doing jobs you would not want to do. >> reporter: the oakland parolee day reporting center runs the -month-old program under contract with caltrans. but art thompson is both foreman and counselor. >> at some point in time we have to reintegrate their way back into society. and that's what this is all about. >> reporter: it's not >> reporter: -- >> it is not bad in this area. >> reporter: it is dangerous, not only the passing traffic but syringes found. >> i think somebody was living down there. >> reporter: this job is considered a start. >> doing what we can to be a part of society. >> reporter: the program has a c

oakland about 5 miles an hour and 10 miles an hour in fairfield. it's brought cooler weather this morning, everywhere from 1-89 degrees cooler, except for fremont at zero and santa rosa, 2-5 degrees warmer. how does that translate? started in the morning and show you the clouds are thicker around the bay, keeping us in the 50s and 60s but once we get to noon, look at the heat, already te89 in antioch. 86 in san jose, 72 in oakland, 70 in san francisco and 85 in santa rosa. by 4:00, look at the coast, clouds and cooler conditions, 65 at half moon bay, 70 in san francisco, not bad at oakland, 77 and 88 in san jose, mid to upper 90s in the east bay valleys. near 90 in santa rosa. seven-day forecast, today is the hottest day bikers the weekend temperatures back where they should be. upper 50s around the coast, mid-80s inland. >>> good morning, mike. things are looking better for san mateo. that earlier accident southbound 101 past highway 92. chp has cancelled their sig alert, all lanes have been reopened after three lanes were blocked for over an hour

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right about 52 in oakland. 57-degrees in hayward. down into mountain view, san jose in the upper 50s. check out these highs. we are closing in on 90- degrees. 83-degrees in san jose. as we head through the east bay we'll stay 70s and 80s along the immediate bay. 60s along the coast. you can see the effects. 60s for san francisco. 80uus through portions of inland east bay spots. here is a look at your seven day around the bay. the pattern continues of morning clouds and a latal bit of that fog. temperatures will stay in the 90s inland. 70s around the bay. time right now is 4:39. >>> since the start of our broadcast i have been following this hot spot in the northbound direction of the freeway. that ramp to 29th avenue still blocked off by the california highway patrol. i did put a call in and originally we were given an estimated time at about 6:30 this morning. now hearing those lanes could open as soon as the 5:00 hour. traffic very light. we are not seeing a backup just yet. in the meantime you'll have to use a different offramp. h

oakland mayor kwan broke the tie. she was able to negotiate with one group to ultimately get the deal passed. >> everybody worked really har hard. they were really close. i don't want to give that much difference in break the tie because really the difference between the 2 was less than a couple hundred,000 dollars. >>reporter: oakland is facing a 58 million dollar deficit. city has approved a 28 million dollar sale of the henry j kaiser convention center and city worker union agree to give back more than 30 million in concession. san jose men time took a painful step to close its 115 million dollar deficit. today the city laid off 67 police officers. it's the first time san jose has ever resorted to police layoffs. cuts leave 1100 officers on the force to cover a city of more than 1 million people. the police chief says he will restructure the department to put more officers on patrol and place priority on emergency calls and violent crime. >> first time in 5 years california has passed it's budget on time. it comes

is not going to know oakland better than oakland local, so why not have them be the voice, and we provide carriage for distribution? >> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] challenges described, and are they similar in your community? >> we broadcast news on a seven- day basis. one hour of cantonese news and one hour of mandated -- one hour of mandarin is. challenges are daunting and hard to overcome here in the past, we were protected by our own language. we are the only game in town. but once you are online, that advantage will go away very quickly because those people will go on line -- everybody is your competitor. even if you have your language, there are hundreds of thousands of chinese websites. how do you overcome that? there is no silver bullet. for me, i think the right thing to do is really build up your community. you empower your community. the part of your community, and people -- it is not the you have a story that only i reported it, which is great, but it is not going to happen every day. so what do you give your audience for your readers to keep them coming back to your site or tv

san francisco and oakland just in the 60s. seven degrees lower than average in oakland today. you get the idea and the numbers will continue to trend cooler than average. although today we will look for numbers really bottoming out because of not only one area of low pressure heading out, but another one heading in. and once this begins to settle in, we will see that atmosphere mix a little bit and the marine layer begin to shrink as soon as tomorrow. but as for today, we are looking at low clouds and fog sticking around for a good portion of the day, allowing for the cooling to make its way into the sacramento valley, the san joaquin valley. and only 77 in los angeles today. back home a cooler day today with 71 santa clara and 72 san jose. 69 sunyvale. more 60s through milbrae and san mateo. and san francisco cloudy afternoon with 61. 57 in daly city. breezy along the coast. 9 cloverdale. near east bay look for more 60s today but low 60s for richmond. 64 oakland. you have to go down toward fremont to make it into the up he were 60s. even out over the hills east of this tunnel

slum a nice restaurant in oakland. i -- plum is a nice restaurant in oakland. i meant plunge. 50s, 60s or 70s. 78 in antioch. yes. that's it. that's it. 78 in morgan hill. cool breeze, a lot 6 night and morning -- cool breeze. a lot 6 night ones. >>> the crash that sent an suv into the fire station and why the mother is now facing serious trouble. >>> a couple of hours ago, this missing 13-year-old boy was reunited with his family. there is a lot to his story and i the surprising trip that took him nar away from home -- the surprising trip that took him far away from home. yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. gdenny's new tourys of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> the chp says a mote rit was walking on that road -- motorist

>> that's right. >> in oakland we have roadwork to tell you about. it's going on at this hour, should be wrapping up here very shortly. but just want to mention various lanes blocked until 5 a.m. on northbound 880 between broadway and 16th avenue embarcadero. traffic is fine past the coliseum. central freeway, we have a camera there, everything looks good. hopefully friday light will continue to be that way for the rest of the morning commute. bay bridge everything is nice and quiet out there right now heading into san francisco. looks pretty good all the way across the upper deck. lower deck has some roadwork towards oakland. golden gate bridge, there are cars. couple of cars. [ laughter ] >> not much going on. pretty quiet. we saw one going northbound. but, you know, we do have a big deal. golden gate ferry service, ticket agents on a one-day strike so no service. this could affect commuters getting into city. there is supplemental bus service and regular golden gate bus service operating as normal but you may find extra traffic across the golden g