here's more on why oakland was picked. >> reporter: the new york times names oakland as the number five place to visit in 2012. some people say yeah, they can kind of see that but others say no way. >> i'm incredibly surprised. >> reporter: surprise and instead of naming it a place to avoid, the new york times says oakland is a world class destination. >> you look at lake merritt, you look at jack london square, you look at the parks. you look up in the hills. you see the views. it could potentially be a great city. >> yeah. >> i just don't know that it's there yet. >> reporter: even those who live here and love oakland find it hard to believe but oakland is ranked higher than tokyo, san diego and florence, italy. >> there's a lot of energy around here. >> reporter: the new york times found beauty from a time that's buried in a lot of ugly sometimes -- times. oakland recorded 103 murders last year. three of those victims were toddlers. >> oakland's had such a stigma about the deaths. >> reporter: the upscale and restaurants says one of the main reasons the traveler should visit oakland.

and why you think oakland is so different than the rest of the country. well that's right this weekend we saw some of those black bloc members they were all wearing their holding shields they had helmets on in many of these protests they are being blamed for causing most of the vandalism and in some cases they're everything called provocateurs but definitely oakland has a long history of progressive movements that are very militant as you mentioned the black panther party and over the last several years we have seen several other protests protest movements calling for radical change calling for the end of the war we saw a heavy police crackdown during the iraq war process back in two thousand and three but many of these very left wing very radical leaning activists they say that they are just responding to the heavy handed tactics that the police of oakland have responded with over the past several years i mean the police department there has a very long history of corruption and in fact in a few weeks could could come under federal stewardship because of

oakland receive as bad wrap but it's a great city and so are the people in it -- oakland receives a bad wrap. >> and the occupy movement has been one of the issues for oakland mayor jean quan. but what happened last night may have changed the opinion of some of her strongest opponents. that next. >>> two bay area occupy movements joined forced today to save a homeowner from foreclosure. occupy redwood city rallied outside a chase bank this afternoon. they are calling for bank officials at that bank to renegotiate the loan of maria chapla. >> this is happening all over silican valley and all across the united states. and this has got to stop. the only way that this is going to stop is by people in the communities rising up and saying, this has got to stop. >> reporter: demonstrators also tell us they are calling for more people to join their efforts and try to help them make a difference. >>> a giant south bay skate park has been saved from closure. at least for now, the cuttingham regional skate park is in east san jose. maureen naylor is there to tell us how hundreds came together to f

don knapp is in oakland with the aftermath. reporter: the impression one gets after hearing from top city officials and police officials is they have reached some kind of a breaking point. they don't have a plan, but if they, do they aren't talking about what it. is all we hear is frustration. mayor jean quan walked news crews through oakland's vandalized city hall and the aftermath of saturday's occupy oakland blitz. >> this is the room where we have our new homeowner program. it's to help low income people get housing and we will have experts on monday in here checking to make sure that our fire alarm system still works because they cut the wires in the electrical box. here. reporter: the damage came around 8 p.m. after vandals forced open city hall doors quan says and ransacked what they could in a quit hit and run. >> this is probably the saddest damage we got to the museum. we think this is the original architect's model. so this is over 100 years old. it's pretty badly damaged. reporter: quan says the damage since the oct

in oakland, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> while oakland devoted resources to the occupy protests this weekend, five people were murdered in that city. of those five, three people were killed by gunfire in various locations from friday night through early this morning. another shooting victim is in critical condition and several others are hurt. >>> and police found the bodies of a man and a woman in their car outside their home at lake merit. police arrested a couple's 15-year-old son in connection with the homicides. in light of all the violence mayor quan points the finger at occupy. >> i'm literally very, very concerned about how constantly impacted it is. i'm very, very, very concerned. >> the mayor blames protesters for drawing police away from neighborhoods known for violence. >>> meanwhile, a body is found hanging at the port of oakland yesterday afternoon, identified as the teenage suspect of killing a 15-year-old girl. police believe 19-year-old henry leon stabbed the mother of their 9-month-old daughter friday. the motive is unclear. police are investigating leon's death as a suicid

oakland city officials are surveying the damage today, following yesterday's chaotic occupy oakland actions. with an unsuccessful event to break into the vacant kaiser center, protesters broke into city hall. today, mayor jean quan showed report of some of the damage, saying the occupy protests have strained the city's resources and angered oakland residents. >> i think they have been treating us like a playground and i think everyone is losing patience. i think they are hurting the movement. oakland occupy is one of the national policy of occupies to be nonviolent,. >> the city estimates the damage from occupy protests since october is about $2 million. >>> hundreds of people were arrested in oakland last night, and today, some of those arrested were being released on bail. protesters entered a ymca building last night. they say they were invited in by ymca employees. they say police boxed them in, then arrested them for trespassing. they blame police for any violence that ensued and say they were only trying to protect themselves. >> we were just helping people and it was a peaceful prote

and well oakland protesters stand up to police occupy d.c. numbers are getting a jolt of reality this time with an eviction notice while the national park service tells occupiers to get out these protesters say you can't evict an idea will bring you the latest. and one day away from the florida primary conservative critics are demanding ron paul step out of the race with so many youth voters joining his stride it's much easier said than done so are these critics splitting hairs are or splitting the party all together. you know the saying it's going to hell in a handbasket well that might not be too far from the truth for the eurozone. and while the euro crisis may be at the top of the agenda for world leaders not much is changing. it is monday january thirtieth seven pm in washington d.c. accuse me and christine for sound you are watching our t.v. well to begin with tonight it is one of the longest occupations in the occupy wall street movement the one right here in washington d.c. since late september protesters have been camping out in the

a body found at the port of oakland -- port of oakland has been identified. they are investigating the death of henry leon as a suicide. his body was found hanging from some equipment yesterday afternoon. leon is suspected of stabbing and killing a woman inside her san leandro home friday night. police say was the father of the girl's 9-month-old baby. >>> this morning richmond police continue to investigate the brutal assault of an elderly woman. the 81-year-old was found severely beaten in the parking lot of the big "o" tire shop. police say she's in critical but stable condition. people in the community say the woman lives near the tire shot and is known to take early- morning walks in the area. >>> 8:35. a candlele light vigil -- candlelight vigil tonight will mark 23 years for when ilene misheloff. this vigil begins at 7:00 tonight. it will be capped off with a prayer service at saint raymond catholic church. >>> a teenaged boy still on the loose after escaping a probationary camps near the russian river is a facility for boys who have gotten in trouble

of oakland protests. we're looking at efforts to have the mayor recalled after last night's occupy flair up. much of the criticism surrounding mayor quan has come from her handling of occupy oakland. but when it comes to last night, one of her harshest critics had this to say -- >> my first reaction was it's about time. >> reporter: quan took a stand on violence. nancy sibas gives quan credit for that. but says a lot more has to do. >> as the mayor is she going to go out there and clean it up herself. >> reporter: quan's husband says support for his wife has increased in the last month. and knows that occupy protests are not just oakland's problems. >> every community in the country has to deal with this, it's a very difficult one. just to remind you that this mayor supports the general goals of occupy wall street. >> reporter: with two certified recall efforts under way, work to get the necessary 20,000 ballot signatures is about to get started and she admits some will need to be convinced. >> you're goi

this is madness here. >> some oakland residents today said they sympathize with the occupy oakland movement at first but seeing stuff like this, makes them change their mind. >> i live here. i work here. it's just discouraging. it's gotten to the point where they're breaking into city buildings and they're just losing respect. >> on saturday afternoon occupy oakland supporters had tried to take over a vacant building at the convention center. protesters said they wanted to convert it into a community center. >> they're trying to do something good, something different and change because things aren't working and they're met with violence by the police. >> more than 400 people were arrested at the demonstrations on saturday. police used tear gas and bean bag guns to control the crowd. this morning occupy protesters built a float on lake merit referencing the unemployment and foreclosure crisis. occupy oakland's planned another protest for next monday. >> message is people have had enough. enough is enough. >> white says he's had enough, too. his message to the protesters who did this? >> go h

we'll be right back. >>> vandalism at oakland city hall after an occupy oakland protest on saturday. coming up what the mayor and protestors are saying about the next step for occupy oakland. >>> we're live in san francisco where pg&e crews are trying to fix a power outage. we'll let you know how many customers are effected and in which section of downtown. >>> plus preparing his defense. the challenge that sheriff mirkarimi is about to face. >>> and pulling away from the pack. the revealing results of a new poll as florida's gop primary nears. it's all ahead. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. it's monday, january 30th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm

tonigh: we ask: why is occupy so violent in oakland? (eng_oakland city hall damae 11:15:14) "it's getting prey tiring" good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >>> if you are the objectives of this crowd was to be as visible. >> rather, billy tabak. at tour of the damage left by occupiers and the mayor says about the occupiers. >> oakland has been picked as the center of the movement, and i think that maybe partly has been our fault. >> but who is as to ask tax wise occupy so violent in oakland? >> it's getting pretty crazy. >> oakland police and mayor jean quan showed reporters the damage caused by occupied demonstrators. the city says it has respected the demonstrators greet speech rights, but it has apparently had enough. doing this occupy has been frustrating. >> what we are hearing from top city officials, we have reached the turning point is not the breaking point. they may have planned that if they do they are not telling us what it is. >> mayor jean quan wanted news crews to the city hall in the aftermath of the occupy oakland blitz.

oakland city hall reopens today. two days of occupy protestors broke into city hall, stormed the building, broke out windows and destroyed other items. >>> the power still out for about 230 customers in san francisco. pg&e crews are working on it. a transformer blew last night and that is effecting traffic lights on vaness and eddie. traffic lights are back on but pg&e is estimating that getting the power back for the customers probably not until about 8:30 or 9:00 this morning. >>> mitt romney has pulled ahead of newt gingrich in the latest polls. ahead of tomorrow's primaries in florida. both presidential candidates have full schedule of campaign events today in florida. >>> we now have exclusive video of one of the violent fights that happened in walnut creek over the weekend. ktvu channel 2 reporter lorraine blanco joins us with a look at the new video. >> reporter: the most violent fight happened in this parking gram of cocaine on locust street. police arrested two men with assault from a deadly weapon. they are

the port of oakland. this was believed after he shot and killed the mother of ttheir baby. the mother was only 15 years old. >> also a 50 year-old is believed that a different 15 year-old -- is believed to be the prime suspect in the wrangling of robert kamin and susan poff of athol avenue found in their car. >>darya: bay shooting in east oakland happened at 89blocked at macarthur boulevard. the victims drove off before the chp stopped them and took them to the hospital. the police have not identified any suspects at this point. >>mark: we will be right back. a live look from walnut creek. traffic is starting to clear out on the 600 southbound. plenty of sunshine and a beautiful day. the 600 southbound. ♪ 680 southbound >>mark: welcome the new leaders coach. at the former broncos defense coordinator dallas will be the seventh head coach in the last 10 years. joining me is vern glenn. >>vern: maybe it lost more in. >>mark: however, this big announcement for the first new coach allen, since the debt of el

the city of oakland. over the past few weeks the city says there have been violations of the agreement the protesters have been serving food out of tent, storing things in that teepee i should say and storing things in the teepee they set up an informational table outside the permit area. last night police moved in, arrested several, at least and remove the teepee. i asked one of the protesters this morning what is the significance of that teepee? >> it is a place to elope with eternity. that kind of thing. representation of the spiritual conundrum of everyone, which is to be alive and to know when we'll die, perhaps. >> reporter: the occupy situation began back in october when a number of tents, dozens of tents up in frank ogawa plaza. police moved in and removed them. a few days later they went back up. middle of november police removed them. that lead to the agreement for the symbolic teepee which has now been removed. as far as what is going to be happening next, according to protesters i talked to th

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mid-60's expected to fairfield and oakland. low 60s along the coast. finally, a look at the 7 day around the bay showing us that once we get past flight sprinkles will have a dry conditions for the remainder of the workweek. >>ysabel: an officer was shot and killed by fellow officers. the sleeve of allman was on duty early yesterday morning. the officer reportedly resisted arrest, pulls out his gun and fired. no one else was hurt. police are not releasing his name. investigators say it happened around 4:00 a.m. when the driver ignored flashing warning lights and then veered around a rail crossing arm. six passengers suffered minor injuries. >>ysabel: united nations weapons officers are in oran. for ron says they're only trying to leave your reactors for energy research. then ahead janu >> yesterday divers found a 17th body identified as a peruvian woman. 15 people remain missing. >> a big endorsement for gop candidate newt gingrich from a former rival. >> i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt gingrich for president. >> we have had about

at the science center in oakland. the center hosting three balloon drops today as different time zones around the world marked the arrival of 2012. organizers say it is a fun way for children to experience in years, without staying up past their bed times. and the new moon popping was also a sign. >> this activity teaches kids were on a different time zone. >> this was the center's 12th annual new year's eve balloon drop. >>> and you can ring in the new year with ktvu channel 2 action news and fox's american country, new year's eve live. performers are tomb of toby keith, the show here is tonight after the 10:00 news. >>> and with two days left now, the campaign before the iowa caucus, republican presidential candidate hopefuls are representing themselves as the candidate to beat president obama. >> i think that president obama in relation to jobs, is what putting the egg s in the freezer to getting a hard boiled egg, all the models are wrong. >> and newt gingrich pointed to ads he thought were dishonest. and mitt rom

terry mcsweeney is live at oakland city hall with the details. >>> the city of oakland suddenly losing 28 million dollars in redevelopment money they are talking about job cuts and program cuts no wonder so many people turned out last night, standing room only at the city council meeting. there was a lot of noise, especially from occupy protesters. take a listen. occupy protesters say they were there on behalf of labor and they forcedb: meeting to be adjourned for 30 minutes. councilmembers notified thousands of workers last week that their jobs might be eliminated. first it was thought that maybe 200 jobs could be cut now they are talking about 105 only 81 of those jobs are currently filled. the rest are job openings that will not be filled. one man feels the short notice. the notification going out next week, the short notice flies in the face of the city's mission statement to treatment employees with dignity and respect. >> we are seeing none of that today. tonight, those words are not worth the paper they are written on. >> reporter: also facing cuts bunt for the oakland zoo three

to this point in oakland. there were occupy protests object other side of the country. washington, d.c., protesters took to the streets, to make their presentation known outside of a hotel where president obama was meeting with political and business leaders. the protesters say they want to let the nation's elite know they consider the top 1% to be hoarding their riches instead of helping lower income workers. police blocked off several streets around the hotel and kept the protesters behind bare barricades. >> you will find continuing coverage all on ktvu.com. >>> oakland police say a 15- year-old boy has admitted killing his parents and then hiding their bodies inside the family car. police say the man and woman were found inside a locked car last night in front their home near lake merritt. accord to the oakland tribune, the victims 54-year-old robert kamin and 50-year-old susan poff recently moved to that area. officers were alerted that something went wrong after one of them didn't show up for work. >> we

love oakland! >> reporter: all right, according to the "new york times," here are the top places you should visit in 2012. number 1, panama. number 2, helsinki, finland. oakland between london and tokyo. we did meet up with a visitor from brazil, and he said he agrees with that. he thinks the people in oakland are nicer than the people in london. more of his story, coming up later tonight, ann. back to you. >> we didn't have the budget to send you to london, so you're staying in oakland. thanks, mark. >>> who wants to go anywhere? our weather here is absolutely perfect! jim bernard is in the weather center. >> certainly colder in helsinki than it is here. a balmy weekend around the bay. temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s, still balmy out there this evening. lot of upper 50s to low 60s. in and around the bay, mostly clear skies, full moon there on the water. we'll look for slightly cooler tonight than last night. lows last night hovered in the low 50s range, due to a strong offshore flow. that

oakland was in a very difficult situation. right now, for instance, for the last few weekends they've been marching through downtown, fires that disrupted the lunar new year in chinatown. they're portraying it as the police are harassing them. >> we're short on time and i apologize for that. there are recall petitions on the streets in oakland that i know you're not focused on that and i understand that. what message do you have for folks who may be approached and asked to sign one of these petitions? >> i really haven't spent much time. i should mention i had a really busy year. we're trying to reform our police department. i'm trying to adjust the budget once again. i'm trying to still fight to maintain as much redevelopment as we can. i don't get much sleep. so what i've been saying to people is that recalls are supposed to be used when an official is corrupt or totally dereli derelict. i don't think that's the case. people may disagree with me. unfortunately it takes 10% to get the signatures on the street -- >> what's you

a vi flustered mayor jean kwan voiced her frustration. >> "occupy" oakland has to stop using oakland at its playground and people in the community and the "occupy" movement have to stop making excuses for this behavior. >> at the height of protests during the day, demonstrators pushed off police. some throw objects and police responded with bang grenades, and several conflicts eripped like this one near 14th and broadway. i talked with one woman who watched this action. the says the police are being too heavy hasn't. >> sometimes protesters get upset but i think it's wrong. it's like taking a sledge hammer to kill a flea. >> after watching demonstrators throw objects at officers and then break into city hall and damage city property, city leaders are at their wit's end. >> in my opinion amounts to a domestic terrorism when these people start taking buildings and start costing incredible amount of resources. >> one of the buildings the group rushed was the downtown ymca. police removed one group and encircled another group outside. the police say they plan on holding and charge all of

why oakland? >> well, you know, it goes back really to the 60s or even before that. oakland is the birthplace of the black panthers, and that movement sprung out of racial discrimination economic inequityies and however it also was part of this dynamic in which the police cracked down on militant active activist, and that fed even more militant activistism. it's a vicious cycle we're seeing. i spoke with members of occupy oakland who can say yes the black panthers is what we're log to here. although not all of them by any means condone vandalism i think they're willing to tolerate it more partly because that have culture that it goes back all the way to the 60s. >> the mayor of oakland, jean quan has asked occupy protesters to condemn the violence over the weekend dissociate themselves from it. have they done so? will they do so? >> well, i don't think that they will in oakland least not based on conversations i've had with people. it's a question of the broader occupy movement. and they're in a d

because of occupy oakland. organizers say the event will be held at lake merritt instead of downtown oakland this year. due to recent problems with occupiers at frank agowa plaza. >>> coming up on 5:00, let's check with sal for a look at traffic. >> we do have the ramp closed on 98th avenue, onramp to southbound 880 because of police activity. not causing a big traffic jam. we'll have more on what's going on there. stay away from it. 880 at the coliseum, of course. and traffic is moving along pretty well in that area. >>> the morning commute looks pretty good here if you're driving on 880, sorry, on 80 westbound, coming up to the bay bridge toll plaza. >> and this morning's commute looks good in san jose. northbound 101 coming up to loscatos. northbound 101 traffic looks good to mountain view. 455, let's go to steve. >> clear, cold out there. temperatures will rebound though, waiting for our pattern to change. won't be today, won't be tomorrow, will start cooler, but until then, we're taking right over. next we

. >> oakland's mayor saying enough is enough. how the "occupy" protest hurt those most in need. >> far behind in the polls, newt gingrich slams mitt romney in florida. i'm susan mcginnis in tampa. coming up, a barrage of attacks on the eve of the florida rye mayor. >>> and good monday morning. january 30, frank has the morning off, lucky guy. i'm grace lee. >> he does. >> did the weekend go like that or what? >> it did go really quick. >> it was beautiful, though, huh? >> it was gorgeous. >> spring-like. >> we have you to thank for that. >> thank you very much. >> good job. let's have a look at traffic. >> it's quiet. it's monday morning, people usually take a little time. the "timesaver traffic" camera across the golden gate bridge, there was a stall record north of the span northbound 101 near vista point but it looks like bridge crews are working to clear that now. it's free-flowing across the span. we'll get a check of roadwork coming up. we're looking for clear dry weather? >> it looks dry. mostly cloudy skies around the bay

oakland was named the number 5 place to travel. here is more in oakland. what other cities came out on top? >> reporter: well, this is a big story in oakland and around the bay area and a big shocker for those who live in oakland and it is the number 5 place to visit in 2012. it has quite a list. not only the 5 in california or in the country, this is number 5 in the world. number one is panama and right before oakland is london and right after london is tokyo. these are amazing cities that they compared oakland to. one of the reasons the new york times ranks oakland so high is, because of restaurants and bar scenes. we'll have more at 8:30 in our full report. you can hear from oakland lovers. the full report coming up at 8:30. for now i'm da l i n. >>> today dozens of protestors rallied to take action on wall street banks in the excelsior district. she shows us what happened. >> reporter: protestors from all walks of life rallied here in the bankers triangle. demonstrators from the alliance of californians known as ace teamed up with occupy san francisco

the mayor of oakland appears ready to try a tough new tactic in dealing with occupy oakland. the tough talk comes after a weekend of demonstrations that lead to more than 400 arrests. serious damage to city hall and other downtown buildings. amy hollyfield is live in oakland. >> reporter: the mayor is hoping the stay-away orders issued from court will keep repeat protesters from demonstrating. the occupy oakland protesters are scheduling another demonstration, plan being it for next monday. saturday, 400 people were arrested as demonstrators tried to take over the empty kaiser convention center. some broke into and vandalized city hall. protesters accuse police of unnecessary saeufrl using tear gas and batons. saying officers didn't give them enough time to disperse. city officials say protesters seemed determined to be violent. >> i think a lot of young people who come to these demonstrations think they are being revolutionaries and they are hurting the people they claim they are representing. >> reporter: check out this seven foot wide metal shield police say they took this

oakland mayor jean quan gave us a tour of oakland city hall. showing usth damage left behind. major quan says the protestors broke into city hall with a you bar and started smashing windows. exhibits and other items in the city hall building. there was more building at frank ogawa plaza and the nearby ymca. >> we are tired of some people and this is a faction of the occupy movement using oakland as their playground. it was like almost every saturday someone has graffiti. it's getting pretty tiring. >> protests also clash with police saturday. that lead to 400 arrests. several meetings now planned to protestors can figure out their next move. >>> in the meantime there are two certified recall drives against oakland mayor jean quan and a lot of the criticism is over the way she handled the occupy protest. coming up in a little more than ten minutes, we have reaction from a recall organizer on this latest occupy demonstration. >>> the clock is ticking for occupy protestors in washington, d.c.. i want to take you to mcfearson square which is where one of the encampments is located

not oaklanders. of the 110 people arrested and taken to jail, the majority was from the bay area. 50 from oakland. >> we will not continue tolerating this type of activity every week. >> using oakland as their playground. >> reporter: police and the district attorney came up with a new strategy. restraining orders. >> using some of the criminal statutes nat are available and implementing that into a long- term solution. >> reporter: "occupy oakland" cost the sit a $3 million and that doesn't include the police response this weekend. the cost to the city are energizing efforts to recall the mayor. >> reporter: the city leaders reached out to agovernor jerry brown over the weekend for help -- to governor jerry brown over the weekend. reporting live in oakland, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. police had trouble dealing with other emergency around the city because of the occupy protests. responses to 50911 calls were delayed or effected because of the occupy protest on saturday. in addition to delayed po

representative of occupy oakland you talked about you know the. secret committee or private committee within the leadership of occupy oakland deciding on the building was there also a secret or or a private decision made to to trash city hall or was that a completely separate group and what do you think about the the idea that that apparently these people have that in order to break through the media blackout they got to do something outrageous. my understanding is that what happened at city hall was an entirely outside of this sort of action that i was not there i was detained at the time but my understanding is that that was entirely as it was kind of start of the moment when i have been told by several occupiers is that the jurors to city hall were actually left and they had not been. city hall i guess is saying that people cry the doors open with a crowbar i'm and i haven't seen any evidence of that are heard other reports that i'm so i think that it was more of the moment and shortly it's you know ten fifteen minutes in the building sort of s

a lot of things happen at night that would not allow them to occupy oakland. >>> okay but oakland has a split mission, it appears, initially you tell the cops facilitate the free speech. now that includes when they take over streets. when they march through the downtown, you guys clear the intersections and pretty much let them have it. even when the protesters decide that is not enough and they want to take over a building, then you have to move in. is there any thought being given to try to prevent the initial start ups? >> absolutely. speaking for myself and other members of the council, absolutely. again we'll continue. we can't allow it. it is a violation of the law. you cannot block streets, you cannot cover your face. you cannot stop people. >> but there is, oakland has adopted a policy that that is free speech. taking over a street is free speech and san francisco does it too. it is called facilitating the first amendment right. >> cities across the country do for protesters, that is generally allowed. >>> right. there was a time when you said no. when you walk on the sidewalk

southbound looks okay towards oakland airport. northbound quiet towards downtown oakland. a lot of overnight roadwork has been picked up including on the did you remember dumbarton. that's all wrapped up. san mateo bridge never had any roadwork to talk about. 13 minutes in either direction between hayward and foster city. so san mateo bridge most of your bridges look good right now. there may still be some lingering roadwork on the bay bridge. you will notice left lanes blocked as you make your way past the pay gates where all the lanes merge right there before the incline so various lanes blocked scheduled until 6:00 this morning. and you may find the same thing on the lower deck. that's traffic. lawrence is searching for raindrops. >> i have been searching all winter. i haven't been able to find many. drizzle at the coast. clouds everywhere. really low enough this morning that we're seeing it at 800 feet. that may cause problems for flights coming into sfo. still by the afternoon partial clearing and temperatures 50s and low 60s outside so numbers down just a bit. so we'

a live look at the oakland estuary, and some rowers this morning. it's a chilly start even freezing in some spots! we'll look at what you can expect for your neighborhood, coming up! i'll write a cookbook that's just for kids and there'd be a rule ... no vegetables if your child is sick over and over again, it could be pi a defect in the immune system that affects millions early detection can give children a chance to dream unless there were those things that look like carrots but are really jellybeans >>> recapping our top story, oakland police are investigating the deaths of two people found on side a car. officers fun to the two bodies last night on appla a few blocks away from lake merritt. officers made the discovery during a welfare check. police are not saying if the two people found inside the car are the two people missing they were looking for. the investigation continues at this hour in oakland. >>> time is 8:54. turning now to some other news. the u.s. renews a mission to recover the remains of service members missing in north korea. a a

the suspect is identified as henry leon from oakland. he drives a dark blue cadillac escalade with black rims. anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call police. >>> the bodies of a husband and wife were found in the couple's car outside their home. they were discovered last night in the lake merit area. police had been to the home earlier in the day after a call from a coworker. at that time, oakland police officers say nothing appeared out of the ordinary. police went back after a second call and found the couple. investigators are treating the deaths as homicides. officers are talking to a person of interest in the case. >>> a rookie 49er has been arrested for driving under the influence. linebacker aldon smith was arrested in miami last night. he's supposed to appear in court tomorrow. in a statement, the 49ers say, quote, we take these issues very seriously, but will reserve further comment at this time as this is an ongoing legal matter. >>> more than 6000 in the bay area have been deported. anne makovec shows u

>> i think perhaps oakland is more friendly. >> reporter: so london number four, oakland number five, six is tokoyy and the times not mentioning their methods in the ranking but certainly the attention is good. >> absolutely. oakland winning people over one survey at a time. >> and the number one city in the united states, very top of the list former. >> we will take it. one of the reasons we like the east bay is the weather. it's been pretty good. >> its been in the 70's as we saw upper 60's and low 70s. back to the beach. a lovely weather pat eto be sure. not what you normally expect this time of year but that is what we have. we have another weekend before the pattern changes and brings a chance of rain back to the area. for now we are talking about clear and cool evening with light off shore winds. temperatures will be cooler tonight stab they were last night as the winds start to decrease. it'll keep us mostly sunny and slightly cooler through the day tomorrow with continued dry and mild continues here through the week and this to the weekend. that pattern change looks like it'll

according to the oakland police. this is the second scene were occupy protesters tried to break into the ymca. earlier at about 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. they were trying to break into the kaiser building that is the vacant building that they wanted to take over and my colleague, kron4 jeff pierce has more on that. >>reporter: occupy oakland protesters clashed with the police on a street saturday afternoon and thousands and the police or a cat and mouse game as they marched through downtown. >>reporter: in a rally that began at city hall, protesters gathered with the goal of taking over and occupy a building somewhere in the city. >>reporter: marchers began to wind through the city streets. >>reporter: oakland police were scrambling to anticipate and block their movement. the marchers reached the vacant kaiser auditorium and there were faced with a heavy police presence and their first confrontation. >> i hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly. all those assembled must immediately leave the area. >>reporter: ga

oakland's 110th and final murder of 2011. across town, a much smaller memorial and a tragic beginning to a new year. >> i loved him like he was my family. >> reporter: a teenager gunned down wednesday night in east oakland became the first homicide of 2012. 19-year-old isaac white was a foster kid. he had had a hard life both parents behind bars. he was attending laney college to make something of himself. >> he was a good kid. he was a good kid. he wasn't involved in any violence or crime. >> it's bad. he couldn't even live out his dream, couldn't even complete college. the only one in his family that's going and he couldn't complete it because of senseless violence in oakland. >> reporter: the same gun violence that's taken the lives of three young children since last summer, martinez, 3-year- old carlos nava and hiram lawrence just weeks from his second birthday. >> one of the ways to combat the violence in oakland is the 100 block program. >> reporter: it's a program that mayor quan kicked off using agencies to target 100

occupy vandalism has cost oakland two million dollars. good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. amy you talked to the police chief today? >> reporter: i did. he told us he likes the mayor's new idea of how to deal with these protesters. the aclu does not. while they work that out we tacked to city workers returning to work -- we talked to city workers returning to work today and they are sad. he has worked here for 10 years. he agrees with the message of occupy oakland but angry protesters took out their frustrations on this historic building. >> i lost my home, so i sympathize with the movement. how does this advance the movement in any way? >> reporter: police say protesters used a crowbar to pry their way that city hall where they smashed display cases and burned flags. >> it is difficult to see a historic building damaged. i'm waiting to see what the leaders are going to do. >> reporter: the mayor says she would like to issue stay away orders against repeat protester. we asked the police chief about the idea. >> i th

oakland leaders are outraged. >> occupy oakland has to stop using oakland as its playground. people in the occupy movement and the city have to stop making excuses for this behavior. >> basically, in my opinion, it amounts to kind of domestic terrorism when the people start taking buildings and it start costing the city an incredible amount of resources. >> occupy oakland blames the violence on police using heavy handed tactics to break up what was planned to be a peaceful occupation of an empty building. police say the groups tweets and internet postings have been calling for acts of violence and vandalism for days. we have some photos taken by our media partner, the san jose mercury news. this was taken as oakland police attempted to remove protestors from city hall where the remnants of an american flag -- the remnants burn on the front steps. and this was the scene minutes before when a woman was pleading. you see her there with protestors to not burn the flag. on areiously they did so anyway. >>> the cost of a college education has been soaring for years now. president o

today in oakland. who they are working with in hopes of finding their loved one. >>> the campaign trail heats up and g.o.p. presidential candidate rick santorum gets an influential endorsement. >> former penn state coach joe paterno speaks up and what he has to say about the sexual abuse scandal that cost him his job. the 10:00 news continueses in 90 seconds. 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. get the technology you love, on the network you deserve. now get twice the data for the same low price. hurry in, this offer ends january 15th. verizon. . >>> an oakland family fears the life of a missing woman is in darker. lorraine blanco shows us how friends and family rallied together to find her. >> reporter: with the pound of drums and intensity of devotion. >> we embrace you yasmeen with the faith of our prayers. >> reporter: family and friends and even strangers rallied to bring 31- year-old yasmeen vaughan bac

. >> violence should not be in oakland. if we're going to be occupy iin to help people we can't cross those boundaries and have violence and destruction of property. dr. king marched for nonviolence. >> interfaith leaders gathering for what they called a peace and economic justice rally. they say occupy protesters need to stay focused on the core message which is economic equality. they also plan to hold nonviolent seminars based on the teachings of dr. martin luther king. >> police at stanford university are telling students to be on alert. someone is lurking in dorm bathrooms. the peeping tom is targeting corothers hall. students reported four incidents since january 8, each happened during a different time of day but in the same bathroom on the first floor where showers are open to both men and women. >> there was an issue of somebody putting their hand under the shower stall to take a picture and some girls saw it and screamed and they ran away. >> stanford is not only -- the only bay area campus where dorm safety has b

it's not going to take a look back at what happened in oakland this weekend as more than four hundred people were arrested and occupy actions so is the beginning of more showdowns with police or is this just a one off then secretary defense leon panetta gave an interview to sixty minutes the aired this weekend so we're going to break down some of his words and we're going to take a look at other foreign policy goings on turns out we're still flying drones over iraq and afghan president hamid karzai is planning on meeting with the taliban and saudi arabia so we'll see if that's his way of shutting the u.s. negotiations a guitar and a greek debt deal has been stalled once again get more details on what this could mean for the u.s. for artie's war and lyster host of the capital account we're going to all that and more few tonight including it as of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. it so this past weekend sixty minutes aired an interview with secretary of defense leon panetta now it was a good sit down with the former cia director that covered