traffic center. we are look at the overnight roadwork yet to be picked up. we have to get around that. 5:00 on wednesday. good morning. thank you for joining us. i m kristen sze. i m eric thomas. in the news, abc7 learned that police expect to make more arrests in the murder of a 3-year-old boy in oakland on monday. two men are already in custody in connection with the drive-by shooting that caught the young victim in the crossfire. abc7 s nick smith is live in oakland with the story. nick? good morning. oakland police will not give us details about the two men who have been arrested but they say they expect to have the investigation wrapped up in the next 24 to 36 hours. take a look behind me. you can see a memorial that has continued to grow since the shooting. oakland cops surrounded this pittsburgh apartment complex on peasant drive yesterday. police sources tell abc7 news two men were arrested in connection to their investigation of the drive-by shooting that took
a remind they re one day doesn t necessarily make a difference. stocks plunged more than 400 points in early trading. following yesterday s 429-point gain. even yesterday s good news followed a nerve-wracking ride. the dow spiralled south when federal reserve announced a plan to keep interest rate at record lows for another two years. then traders gave it some thought and the market snapped back toward the sky. something needs to be done to instill confidence, rather than just putting a stroke over it and saying it will be okay. it s not going to be okay. the fed seems to agree saying the economy is growing considerably slower than expected. the decision on interest rates rolled through the economy like a pinball. mixed news for credit card holders most of whom will now see steady rates but people who are considered credit risks might pay more because of the s&p credit downgrade. the slumping housing market isn t likely to get a boost because concerns over the slumping jo
transit. i m following a rig on southbound 101 through san rafael. kind of looks like a freak on this tuesday morning. almost blew a whistle at him, you know. i m eric thomas. i m kristen sze. the city that outsourced police service to save money now appears ready to do the same with its fire department. theresa garcia is live in san carlos to tell us more. this flurry of cost-cutting is all about fixing the budget shortfall. you ve got a city that s outsourced its payroll, landscaping, saving $900,000 annually and now looking at eliminating it s fire department. it shares fire service with the city of belmont but over an issue of cost has decided to dissolve that agreement which expires next october. instead leaders have issued a formal request for proposal to outsource its fire department. the city says it comes down to their bottom line and last night council voted 4-1 to outsource saying it will save over $1 million with apparently no change in the level of serv
in january and allowed the industrial farms to sell its only medical canada s dispensers the border supervisors has approved a budget that closes a for under $93 million budget deficit mayor newsom has admitted that nearly six inapt billion dollar budget that he said per test funding for infrastructure jobs, public safety of fighting homelessness will protecting city services and not adding new tax increases, final budget includes sister cuts to most city parks reductions in overtime, layoffs. now some developing news byron williams is expected to enter a plea today for attempted murder of four police officers in connection of a shootout with the california highway patrol. meanwhile regarding our first close-up look to damage done to the patrol cars during that 15 minute long shootout, kron4 has the update. here at the california highway patrol this is what is left up to will oakland brokers, between chp officers spent for federal byron williams investigators say yet a pl