security is an issue but we are establishing a high-end security facility here with infrared cameras, motion censors, on-staff guard. reporter: and dan rush of the united food and commercial workers union already representing 150 pot workers statewide couldn t be happier about the new businesses coming to town. you have some of the larger grows under contract already, we are figuring 300 to 400 jobs per larger grow and so we re looking at 1200, maybe 1500 jobs. reporter: it s estimated that marijuana could turn into a $14 billion a year business if it were fully legalized. but if it gets that big, there is the chance that the feds might kick the doors down and arrest people. we ll get to that if we need to. industry is expanding at a phenomenal rate. reporter: if this is such an economic boom, why didn t the oakland chamber of commerce endorse the idea? they are still looking at where should these places be, how do we control them. i think it s very early in t
too big to fail. finally because of this law of the american people will never again be asked to foot the bill for wall street s mistakes. there will be no more back funded bailout period. under the new reform more financial companies will be subjected to federal oversight and the law gives the government power to regulate derivatives and contracts and create a council of the regulators and the treasury department. that starts with detective would tend to risks to the economy and gives the president power to appoint a federal regulator to protect consumers. it also regulates so-called sleep fees that banks charge businesses each time you use a credit card and small businesses apply the changes and others say consumers end up paying for it. we are live tonight in berkeley to explain. when you pay for something with plastic the banks charge distort 8 feet and that he can very but typically between charge you 80 feet and the fees add up. it cost more than $200 a mont
reasons. the bus driver has diabetes who can t see at night. he s now forced to work nights. reporter: but ac transit spokesman says the union is being disingenuous at best. different people are phoning in sick at different days yet the number remains around 200 or above. they are not being honest with the public. reporter: singer denies allegations that drivers are being placed untrained on unfamiliar or unsafe routes. what s really at issue here is the union is unhappy with the contract that was imposed upon them. it freezes their wages in place and asks them to contribute to their healthcare payments. reporter: ac transit faces a $56 million deficit. at ept end of the month, the judge will rule on the at the end of the month, the judge will rule on the contract. the agency says if the judge throws the contract out, it will lose more than $50 million and jobs will be cut. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. oakland police released the surveillance video inve
be in court until this welcome. i m allen martin. his appearance before the judge is being delayed. the man arrested after a bay area shoot out won t be in court until this afternoon. ann has more on why he isn t in court yet. reporter: a scary story. looks like serious problems were thwarted by the chp. byron williams talked to his public attorney, public defendant and going and filling out paperwork before finally entering his plea at 2:00 p.m. police say byron williams wanted to start a revolution by killing people at the american civil liberties union and tied foundation. those in san francisco perceived to be liberal organizations. williams put on body armor and grabbed three guns. he made his way from groveland to the city almost this weekend. that s when he was pulled over on 580 in the we morning hours sunday and got into a 12 minute shoot out with officers. he was shot several times and he shot out windows of chp cars which injured them with glass but none of
channel 2 news at noon. good afternoon. topping our news this noontime, the alleged gunman involved in a shootout with chp officers on 580 in oakland will have his second court appearance delayed until this afternoon. 45-year-old byron williams is meeting with the public defender to discuss medical issues. it s not clear at this point what those issues might be. according to police, williams said he was traveling to san francisco sunday to start a revolution by targeting people at two nonprofits with progressive leaning. williams is scheduled to enter a plea today. he faces forecourts of attempted murder of a police officer he faces four counts of attempted murder of a police officer, among other charges. we just got in information about a homicide in oakland regarding a virginia visitor. claudine wong has more on this developing story. reporter: we just walked out of the oakland police department where we took a look at surveillance tape of two suspects wanted in con