there's not very many people covering what's going on in richmond and that's where "richmond confidential" comes in, that we have 20 reporters, and it's essentially our job as students to report on what's going on in richmond. and we have the time and resources and support from the school to really dig into what's going on in that city. >> this is not the first time you've been involved in a big controversy and been fought by a big industry. let's listen to this. >> hi, this kelly on behalf of the national association of realtors. i'm calling because the stakes are too high and your vote for corky boozÉ for city council is crucial. so if you haven't already, please consider requesting a vote by ballot for this year's election. it's a great way to beat the lines on election day and show your support for corky boozÉ. thank you. this call was paid for by the national association of realtors fund, (202) 383-1020. not authorized by any candidate or committee controlled by a candidate. >> national association of realtors. now what was that about? >> that was a phone call from the national ass

look at what happened in richmond, california. richmond is a city of more than a hundred thousand in the bay area. chevron, one of the biggest and most powerful companies in the fortune 500, has a refinery there, with big pollution problems. after that refinery erupted in fire two years ago, the city, led by mayor gayle mclaughlin, sued chevron for what it alleges is a long history of negligence. what's more, the city is making chevron pay an additional two hundred million dollars in taxes and other payments to make richmond, once a danger zone of poverty and crime, a better place to live. this election year, chevron came out with guns blazing, spending more than three million dollars against progressive candidates in richmond who refused to follow the company line. chevron money bought expensive fliers and mailers, paid for billboards and slickly produced attack ads that tried to make the candidates they didn't like look bad. >> vote no on eduardo martinez. >> guess what? when the votes were counted this week, chevron lost. one o

his confederate counterpart also showed tenacity in holding that -- thatand richmond city and richmond. lee understood their practical significance to the southern war effort and cause, and he fought to save those cities. thought is the key concept. supinely in his trenches awaiting bluecoat attacks. when they left their defenses of the entrenched camp to attack him, he left his defenses to attack them. although he never again controlled the strategic initiative, which remained in grants hands, the great confederate commander repeatedly challenged the yankees for control of the operational and tactical initiatives. the ensuing battles were not static, set piece struggles of attack and defense but fluid, mobile field battles that raged up and down the ground in which sperior --onists' superior knowledge of the terrain helped them halted the union advance. counterattacking attackers .ffers obvious advantages it even more significantly, those counterattacks reflect lee's approach to warfare. he did not equate probable disadvantage with certain loss but rather strove to redirect to the mil

defending petersburg was crucial to defending richmond itself. capturing the city would comparably cripple the capital. in the first three years of the civil war, danger remained distant as lee's masterful generalship kept the union far from the rail center. ulysses s. grant changed all of that. by the spring of 1864, grant served as general in chief of the entire united states army. as eastern theater commander and as commander of what i like to call army group grant, an admittedly anachronistic term which i will nonetheless use because it so accurately conveys the reality that he commanded a group of armies. in all of these capacities, grant carried the war from central virginia to the vicinity of richmond. in 30 days of almost incessant fighting, from the battle of the wilderness on may 5 and sixth, to the battle of cold harbor on june 1-3, he compelled the confederates to concede there forward position and confronted them with the constriction of the close and can find coverage of their capital. in a daring southward strike in mid-june, grant

homicides in richmond are in fact down. think have been 30 homicides in richmond this year. in north richmond where rodney has been killed, there have been three homicides. that is an area that has a population of just about 3,000. so speaking to chief magnus tonight, he says he is working with the contra costa county sheriff's department to reduce crimes in that area. back to you. >> christin ayers, thank you. >>> all of last week's shootings are still under investigation. police have made no arrest. >>> tonight, no official confirmation, but the family of dan ha is convinced his body was found floating in the bay. the stanford grad student has been missing since halloween. his parents and siblings hugged one another and cried as they delivered the news. his brother says everything on the body found near the golden gate bridge matches dan's description. >> we as a family are shocked and deeply distressed over our loss. i would encourage those of you watching at home to turn to your loved ones and hug them and tell them you love them. >> he didn't leave behind a note, and he

thank you. >> >> next speaker. >> hi, i'm bryan a resident of the richmond district i'm in favor of this project affordable housing to buy where can you buy 3 bedroom units in san francisco also it costs a lot of money where can you buy it you have a husband and wife and two kids where are they going to live it's extremely difficult this is affordable because of the square footage of this property 11 hundred square feet for 3 units this is something people can afford they can't afford to buy otherwise so i'm for families and for purchase of those beautiful units so i'm flavor thank you. >> hello, i'm andy chin on clemente street i have a small family my i did not know it is 8 going to school in the richmond district for the last 4 years i'm done with renting and call myself a san franciscan homeowners but two bedrooms is easier to find i really like 3 and just having looked at around inform three or four years i've got to tell you it is hard we've done all the open homes and broker tours it's difficult when you find something your competing with buyers with all cash that's crazy so i'm i

and that's what this fight is about here in richmond. and you damn well better win that fight. >> so what is the fight? >> the fight is for the future of democracy in america. what you're seeing in richmond is one small part of what's going on in this country today, bill. and let me just say this. if people think the situation is bad now, and it is horrendous, the chairman of the republican party now, he wants to take it further. he thinks citizens united did not go far enough. so the koch brothers and he want to eliminate all campaign finance legislation, all regulations, and have a situation where the billionaires will say to somebody, you want to run for governor of california? here's a check of a half a billion dollars. you work for me. no longer independent expenditures, we own you completely. >> i read one account that says chevron is spending over $150 for every, quote, "likely" voter. what do they get back for their investment? >> well, what they're going to get back, clearly, is a city council which will be less attentive to the

we have good bustlines in our richmond district. i'm always looking at creating more efficiencies and finding where the needs are. there have been some cuts over the years, so -- to bus lines, like along the outer richmond district area that have led many seniors without a bus route to get up the hill or to get down the hill to go either grocery shopping -- so we are looking at how the system might not be closely enough based on the needs of people like, especially seniors, or disabled people. there's also some bustlines that are less used in the richmond district that we are now working with the muni system to think about continuing but maybe reduce its frequency, but continue its access for many people that live in isolated parts of the city. i strongly support stronger youth discount passes and supporting the bus system so that younger people have strong access. we are trying to work with the school district right now and city agencies to ensure that young people get more support. we want them to be lifelong transit riders as wel

they were held in the richmond complex. to them when they first get to anderson vel, their lives are better. there's more space. there's debris left over from construction to build shelters. -- e prisoners, one example he has the clothes on his back and a coat. that's all he has. and then may comes and you get prisoners from plymouth north carolina from the wilderness and other battles that are coming straight from the battlefield and prisoners from plymouth were guarding a town. these guys have nice kits, nap sacks, blanket rolls, shelter hats. they're rich beyond measure to the prisoners that are held there and that creates an environment in which raiding begins to happen. -- we use raider with a small r. it's 150 years ago right now and to next week a large massive vigilante group, a gang is aised to stop raiding. this image we have that's become popularized, the regulators, the vigilante gang and fighting off the raiders as sort of a jets versus sharks bit of business is , that's post-war mythology. the one -- samuel me

and in central richmond. four of the teens attend richmond high. >> that is sad when a 16-year-old can't go outside and just play. >> this teacher just moved to richmond from salinas. >> there is a >> school was out today, and yesterday sh but students at soccer practice were told about counselling >> there is a team coming out to work with students and staff. they'll be here all day to have a conversation and listen and hear the motions that will be spilling out. >> richmond had been successfully reducing gun violence . >> i do see officers working in the streets right now. and so where they're occurring is where we're putting our presence. >> in richmond, abc7 news. >> still ahead here on abc7 news a local army veteran who did four tours in afghanistan on a death wish. >> and a report on the suicide of comedian robin williams. >> rain arriving tomorrow night. how long weather will last and how much rain you can expect, coming up. >> senior citizens can opt out of paying a school parcel tax but one senior wa

and in central richmond. four of the teens attend richmond high. >> that is sad when a 16-year-old can't go outside and just play. >> this teacher just moved to richmond from salinas. >> there is a >> school was out today, and yesterday sh but students at soccer practice were told about counselling >> there is a team coming out to work with students and staff. they'll be here all day to have a conversation and listen and hear the motions that will be spilling out. >> richmond had been successfully reducing gun violence . >> i do see officers working in the streets right now. and so where they're occurring is where we're putting our presence. >> in richmond, abc7 news. >> still ahead here on abc7 news a local army veteran who did four tours in afghanistan on a death wish. >> and a report on the suicide of comedian robin williams. >> rain arriving tomorrow night. how long weather will last and how much rain you can expect, coming up. >> senior citizens can opt out of paying a school parcel tax of paying a schoo

1x >>> whether it's richmond. whether it's berkeley. whether it's any part of the bay area, nobody should have to woy out being gunned down simply sanding in front of their home. >> richmond's police chief expresses his outrage over the recent wave of deadly violence in that east bay city. coming up in two minutes ktvu's pam cook will talk to chief chris magnus about the escalating violence in richmond and his plan to stop it. >>> good morning. welcome once again to "mornings on 2". thursday, november 13. i am tori campbell. >> good morning. i am dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve has your forecast. >> i do, indeed. thank you, sir. looks like we are done with our rain. but marin county up to parts of lake county and the santa cruz mountains had nice totals. mount tam .78. cobb mountain .78 as well. mill valley .62. leslie thompson with that observation there. and i saw another one that had .59. it verifies. ben lehman santa cruz mountains. that was an estimate about two hours ago. the rain is really flying out of th

i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive association. i also worked at the mental health center in the richmond district. i have always been passionate about civil rights, equality for everyone. i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality issues. i guess i have always been vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, i have to listen to other perspectives and making decisions. >> very soon there will be of much more seniors in that area. we are trying to focus on whether a stop sign or stoplight might help. >> tried to look at issues of senior nutrition programs, alzheimer's research, even housing policies that allowed our buildings to become more senior-friendly. also looking at how to suppo

provide additional affordable but their though the building luxury unit in in my opinion i will in the richmond district for a a long time with 3 bedroom new united for 11 hundred secret it's really affordable - >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, i'm amy lee i'm not not working on this project but speaking as a resident of the richmond district i'm a single mom of 3 i'd love to have those size of rental apartment this is a city that is favorable unfriendly with one bedroom studios i've moved to the richmond and stuck in a house this is too expensive because they're not unit like this available to families like myself i felt strongly but this project and feel for marching she is he is so developed previous projects that are skeptic to the community and i understand you guys have an important citywide policy with affordability but we're looking at 2 units that are 2 hundred and 50 sfooet e square feet and the other one thousand plus not assessable for anyone to rent i understand we have a challenge and major affordability problem but moving forward this particular development it might be weighing

and deep sea in central richmond. four of the teens shot attend richmond high. >> that's sad when a 16-year-old can't go outside and just play. >> reporter: a teacher recently moved to richmond from salinas where gang violence is not uncommon. >> the administration here is doing a lot of good things, based on the e-mails about getting teachers to grief counseling for the students. >> reporter: school was out today and yesterday but students at soccer practice were told about counseling which will take place on wednesday when they return. >> we got a crisis team coming out tomorrow morning to work with students and staff. they will be here all day to have a conversation and listen and hear the raw emotions that will be obviously spilling out. >> reporter: until recently, richmond had been successfully reducing gun violence. >> i do know we have extra officers working the street right now. many of these shootings are happening in the evening, in the nighttime, so where they're occurring and the times they're occurring i

i am from down in richmond, virginia. i know in richmond, there was both a concentration of numerous p.o.. prisons for union w.'s, and there was a concentration of southern unionists who aided them in getting out of the prisons and getting in and out of richmond. i was wondering if there were any other populations in the south, or even the north, where you have civilian populations helping prisoners of the state? and i'm interested in w.'s on bordero. states. >> i cannot speak to that as much as i would like. that is certainly something that deserves a lot more research in terms of the confederate prisoners. the book i would recommend is not military prisoners but prisoners, nonetheless. it was published about a year , new york tribune writers that were captured by the confederacy outside of vicksburg at1863 and held punitively several prisons. .hey make an escape in both their historic accounts and this more recent retelling, there is a great deal of focus on southern unionists who are assisting them in their run to free

this is not just limited to richmond. we have seen this kind of violence everywhere around the bay area. and we have to all be working together. >> reporter: and once again, it was about peace. besides the five we talked about in the story, three other people were shot on the streets of richmond. one died that was 29 years old. charles jackson. as of right now, police have no suspects or arrests in either of the cases. frank? julie? >> boy, you hate to see something like that happen, but it is nice to see the outpouring of support. thank you. paul chambers in richmond tonight. >>> a bay area fire department is turning to tourists to buy a new ambulance. >> we have a lot of visitors to this area. >> why crowd sourcing may be their best source of funding for the emergency equipment. >> and a close race comes to a close. the concession today after one candidate for mayor holds the lead with just over 100 votes. >> tracking showers into the bay area tomorrow. just in time for the morning commute. ly break down the time line.

one just outside the iron triangle in north richmond. frequency of shootings in the last couple of days has really caused tensions to escalate. >> reporter: richmond police captain mark says rpd investigators have zeroed in on the connection between the recent shootings. >> reporter: we believe a feud has heated up and that is responsible for about one-third of the shootings and shooting incidents we've had. and many of the other shootings can be attributed to north richmond and the central deep sea gang feud. >> reporter: in addition to increasing patrols in the areas where the shootings occurred, richmond police are also using social media platforms like facebook to defuse the violence. >> as people read on, they will be able to get an update about where the violence and occurring and also what is rpd doing. i think communicating with people when they have fear and apprehension about an increase in violence it's pivotal we send out these messages. and we have a very pronounced response from the law enforcement department where detectiv

he's a long-time richmond district resident, though he no longer lives in the richmond. tony was born and raised in san francisco. he went to peabody, george peabody school [speaker not understood] in the richmond, roosevelt and washington high in the richmond and city college as well. he's a poet and eviction fighter, a nephew, a son, an organizer and former richmond district resident. he's also -- after he finished his education he went on to become the board president of our manila town heritage foundation that's in the spot, the former hole in the ground aye hotel, manila town [speaker not understood]. he's the editor of poor magazine. and i see how he inspires a multi-racial group of young people to be revolutionaries and fighters for their communities and for self-determination everywhere. and he's the author of two children's books, walk us [speaker not understood] fish and [speaker not understood] hotel, and be on the look out for his upcoming book of poems and essays, cool don't live here no more, and it's going to be released in the spring of 2015. tony's blog,

elaine corral. >> and i'm dennis richmond. >> reporter: dennis richmond spent 20 years at ktvu. but he didn't set out to be a news man. >> i was working at channel 2 as an ad. >> associate director. >> associate director, behind the camera. >> reporter: he worked his way as a reporter job at a time when bay area was exploding with social unrest and when most reporters and their bosses were white men. >> that didn't dawn on me that much. it didn't matter that it was dominated by you know by white men. >> by 1976. he was the main anchor at ktvu. >> reporter: he says being in the studio didn't shield him from the drama that sometimes unfolded outside like the fire storm. >> we were in the newsroom day and night. and the news director told me to go home and get some rest. you can't rest in situations like that. i went home, showered, layed there and i said what the hell am i doing here. got back up and went to work. >> this imposing 6'2" stoic man, inside he would bleed. >> there were young women and they were screaming. their father had one little girl by the hand. and the mud just

and north richmond. the recent spike in violence is hitting richmond high school hard since five of the victims are former or current students including the two people who died. >> it's like a kick in the gut. i was so hoping we were past that. this has been the central issue in this district, in this community for a long time. you know education gets pushed to the side. everything gets pushed to the side when young people are spilling blood in the streets. >> it's not clear what sparked the violence. richmond had been enjoying a period of relative peace and quiet. the peace vigil is set for 5:00 tomorrow night at civic plaza led by richmond high's basketball team. >>> a little boy who fell more than 200 feet down a cliff in the sonoma coast is in serious condition. the 4-year-old was fell as he was hiking with family. a rescue team had to repel down the face of the cliff to reach sebastian johnson. he suffered a broken arm and leg and scrapes to his face. sebastian fell while throwing rocks down the cli

care's program, joining jpa with the city of richmond to get us in that direction. i don't believe there is support to get there today on the spot, but i do believe it's possible to get the city to look at this issue more deeply, to invest in possibly this approach, the sdsf cares approach [speaker not understood], using private investors who can negotiate the purchase of mortgages with the eminent domain as a backstop to help make that happen. there are other approaches as well that haven't been looked at. so, i have an amendment of the whole for this resolution that is really more looking at how we can as a city go deeper into studying the issue, what's working, what's not working in terms of supporting households with distressed mortgage, how can we explore more deeply the potential for partnership with the city of richmond and their principal reduction program, and this is a resolution, it's urging rather than making anything happen. and, so, that's why i believe it's possible to get your full support. so, as a member of the whole, i want to go over quickly and

they've been held in the richmond complex. to them, when they first get to andersonville, their lives are better. this is a better place. there's more space. there's debris leftover from construction to build shelters. these prisoners, one example, on described where he's transferred march 1st, he has the cloets on his back. that's all he has. and then may comes. and you get prisoners from north carolina from the overland campaign. from the wilderness and other battles that are coming straight from the battle field. prisoners from a plymouth were guarding a town. these guys have really nice kits. knapsacks, blanket rolls, shelter halves. they're rich beyond measure to the prisoners that are held there. happen.begins to in prisoner memoirs, in the diaries, you know, we use raider with a small "r." it's 150 years ago right now and into next week, a large, massive vigilante group is raised to stop raiding. this image that we have, this gang fighting off the raiders is sort of a jets versus sharks bit of business. that's post-war

city officials the fact that crude trains carrying that fracked oil were running through richmond. tonight he has written this letter demanding that those trains be stopped in their tracks. t to stop the trains cold. bill lindsa ey the letter a it's happening at least a few times a week, 100 car trains rolling through richmond carrying highly flammable flacked crude oil that our cameras caught being transferred onto tracks at richmond's kinder morgan facility. the oil is called bakken crude and last year it leveled a town in quebec when a train carrying it derailed. in a letter to the air quality management district richmond city attorney says if a derailment happened in this city, the potential blast zone would impact 27 schools and most of the neighborhoods in richmond. the letter said it had no idea the trains were even running until an investigative report by kpix5 televised the report showing the operation in action and it urges the district to stop the trains cold. >> the letter asks that they revoke the permit, if possible, and go through a complete environmental quality act

a junior from richmond high died. today police have their hands full. john sasaki is live in richmond, john you spoke to one of the friends of one of the victims. >> reporter: richmond was enjoying a time of peace and quiet and then violence erupted. the victims all who have died attended richmond high school at one time or other. >> this has been the central issue. education gets pushed to the side. everything gets pushed to the side when young people are spilling blood in the streets. >> reporter: the violence started last tuesday night with two shootings that were one minute apart and that the shootings continued into the weekend. >> we have four 15-year-olds shot and wounded. a 16-year-old shot and wounded. a 21-year-old shot and wounded and a 29-year-old shot and killed. our partners in the county had a 16-year-old shot and killed. >> reporter: a memorial was growing on sixth street for that 29-year-old charles jackson who was shot to death on friday night as he drove down the street. >> he was a father, he was a son. he was a partner to this lovel

. >> reporter: crime has been down in richmond. last week -- last year they had fewer homicides and lifted last 32 years but this upswing in murders is causing concern. over the weekend a number of shootings left one man dead and a richmond teen gunned down in front of his home. mayor elect says crime prevention strategies will be ramped up. a huge chunk of the benefit agreement with chevron has a purpose. >> a significant portion of that money will go towards things like youth activities and job training which are actually important particularly for young people who are likely to be the perpetrator . >> reporter: north richmond is under county jurisdiction but the goal is to annex it into the city of richmond to make crime- fighting cohesive across the board. >> you have to log force agencies trying to do a job and to differ and jurisdictions that were intertwined. >> a rally with the teammates and other teens across the area is planned for tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. they will gather here at richmond city hall to call for an end to vio

and the richmond commute over to millbrae. it does have some trouble for lax in the ripple of and the richmond station. which is >> reporter: contrive time for you right now the commune on 580 westbound is starting to improve right here the six eighties southbound ride is a marginally better. the ride to the corridor is not actually not that bad. coming out of hebert is definitely lighter than usual. at the bay bridge toll plaza is about 42 minutes. if you're heading to the salmon's here at sematech a bridge is still extremely slow you looking at a 25 minute drive time. >> reporter: 731 the developing story in ferguson a least a dozen businesses are burning after the violent protests last night. and all parts stores up in flames. in addition to the businesses to believe police cruisers were burned in ferguson police did not fire a shot during all the protests last night. >> reporter: oakland they're also protest and fires. near interstate 580 over the same crews were able to put that fire out last night. >> reporter: more arre

of we shall you that in a moment the richmond bridge back of into richmond so the slowing is been a pretty easy chair all morning long looking at the ride for 101 here is the problem. >>george: car crash and the 6:00 hour and 5:00 hour southbound 101 the taken over our have to clear is still backed up all the way into san bruno for the southbound ride them pick up another accident and is basically a solid so traffic at different speeds nevertheless backed up our way into palo alto and across the bay is slow going to the core commute from 92 heading down to stevenson. the overall drive time 49 minutes from 238 down to 237 expected slow going to continue the only good news and is to give the that the accident in rio vista westbound highway 12 and 113 has been cleared, all of those lands have been reopened. >>mark: he is addressing the nation about the new executive action he is on to take in the controversial subject and his prime time speech the president plans could santa rosa on deportation which would affect made the people in the united states they say that making any move all legislati

. >>> reporter: it's happening at least a few times a week, 100- car trains rolling through richmond carrying dangerous cargo, highly flammable fracked crude oil that our cameras caught being transferred on to trucks at richmond's kinder- morgan facility. the oil is called bakken crude and last year, it leveled a town in quebec when a train carrying it derailed. in a letter to the bay area air quality management district, richmond city attorney says, if a derailment happened in this city, the potential blast zone would impact 27 schools and most of the neighborhoods in richmond. the letter also said the city of richmond had no idea the trains were even running until an investigative report by kpix 5 televised the report showing the operation in action. and it urges the district to stop the trains cold. >> the letter asks that they revoke the permit if possible and go to a complete environmental quality act review. >> reporter: but when we spoke to the bay area air quality management district months ago, they seemed to have no intention of doing that. >> we can't hold up their permit

and a new pro-chevron mayor in richmond. they dumped more than $3 million into the little local elections in this town to try to elect three new city counsellors and to elect their own preferred candidate over tom butt. tom butt raised something like $40,000 for his campaign as of mid-october. chevron dumped more than $3 million into that town to defeat him. and last night tom butt won. he beat chevron. all three of the city counselors who chevron spent all those millions of dollars to defeat, they all won. chevron has more than $220 billion in revenue last year. they're one of the largest and richest corporations ever in the history of corporations. chevron spent millions of dollars to buy themselves their own little city government in this small town. last night their opponents had no way to compete monetarily with that. and nevertheless, those little davids fighting that goliath, they whomped chevron in every single race in the city that chevron was trying to buy. and now richmond is going to have a mayor who, one of the

high school students richmond's new mayor- elect, tom but explains. he plans to spend a huge chunk of the 90- million dollar benefits agreement. between the city and chevron. to fight the problem. a significant portion of that money will go to things like youth activities and job- training which are actually important particularly for young people who are likely to be the perpetrators or victims of gang violence a vigil and rally calling for an end to the violence. will be held at richmond city hall, in memory of rodney frazier on wednesday. new at 11. four bay area students are now back at home. after being detained in russia. 18=year=old sterling winter, and 3 other south bay students, landed at san francisco international airport this afternoon. and reunited with their families. russian authorities say, the students had the wrong visas. the students, who were supposed to attend a leadership conference, were traveling on tourist visas. but were told they actually needed business visas. the students were fined 110- dollars each. on this veterans day.