Rudimentary pipe bomb containing gunpowder. A u. S. Postal Service Carrier delivered it to the home. The bomb was designed to go off when the package was open. Investigators are focusing on gang members the officer may have arrested as potential suspects. These are serious federal felonies and this is an ongoing investigation. These are priority investigations. Investigators believe the same bomber likely sent a package in East Palo Alto in october. The victim was someone with gang ties but it was his father who opened it and was hurt by the explosion. Postal inspectors are urging people to be careful of suspicious packages. If somebody does perceive something that gives them a funny feeling, set it aside and call 911 and notify postal inspectors. Reporter the devices from alameda and East Palo Alto have been sent to the u. S. Postal Inspection Service forensic lab in virginia for analysis. Ktvu fox2 news. Henry we heard the person say if something doesnt seem right, call 911. Is there
All of these children are at risk children. Reporter the crowd filled the room. Many brought signs and blamed the board for not having better oversight over years of budget deficits. Some blame former open School Superintendent Antoine Wilson who left for washington dc after a few years in oakland. The district overspent. The new superintendent who was a former oakland teacher and principal says she understands the concerns. The state requires the district have a 2 reserve to be fiscally solvent. Just over one . 2 million. She explained why she has proposed a target of 15. 1 million in cuts. We have to make sure we are budgeting for what we need for our students and for our reserves. It is important in a good healthy district ensures they are putting away money above the minimum reserve. Reporter the superintendent says funding has decreased with declining enrollment. Increased spending on Oakland Athletics Mental Health services libraries and other programs was done without focus on b
Reporter usps investigators say sending a bomb in the mail is a serious federal offense. Two packages made it through their security in the last two months. On friday a male bomb was sent to a Police Officers home on Bay Farm Island in alameda, he was not home at the time. When the officers wife opened the package she thought it looked suspicious so she threw it. She suffered minor burns and ear damage from the blast. It was too big for a mailbox which is why it had to be hand delivered to. Investigators are working on reconstructing the package so they can look at the labels on the package. They will look through all of the pieces and parts, they will do dna analysis and fingerprinting analysis, they will look where the parts are made from reporter we have also learned the officer testified as part of a case against a gang. Investigators are looking into whether this could be a form of payback. The usps is saying the male bomb is being investigated by a number of Law Enforcement agenc
Tonight, kpix 5 ha not the first time now at 11, a package mailed to a Bay Area Police officer explodes tonight. We have learned this is not a the first time a bomb slipped through the cracks. The explosive that injured the officers wife is similar to one sent to a East Palo Alto home just last month. Reporter usps investigators say sending a bomb in the mail is a serious federal offense. Two packages made it through their security in the last two months. On friday a male bomb was sent to a Police Officers home on Bay Farm Island in alameda, he was not home at the time. When the officers wife opened the package she thought it looked suspicious so she threw it. She suffered minor burns and ear damage from the blast. It was too big for a mailbox which is why it had to be hand delivered to. Investigators are working on reconstructing the package so they can look at the labels on the package. They will look through all of the pieces and parts, they will do dna analysis and fingerprinting a
Lot of 30s out there. Cloverdale 42, berkeleys 44, alamedas at 46, San Francisco, officially 49. There is a 48 and a 47. So if youre like my goodness, its cold, it is. Clear except for some of patchy low clouds. Theyll be on the move because of a system moving in today. That will give us a partly to mostly cloudy afternoon. 30s, 40s on the temps, 32 up in lake port. 41 in fremont and foster city, a cool 42. We get the morning sun, then afternoon clouds, 60s on the temps. 6 01 and traffic is . Reporter moderate. Okay. We are getting more crowded, steve, if you are heading out of the house, for example, if youre trying to get into San Francisco, the busiest commute from oakland to San Francisco. Its a 20 minute delay at the toll plaza. Once you make it over the bridge, traffic is moving along pretty well. This is a look at interstate 880. Traffic looking good in front of oracle arena. A little slowing in hayward. As we look at the south bay, you can see most freeways are still free and c