More creatively and i expect a culture change that city is going to take too very quickly. We are in the heart of silicon valley. We should acted like it. Reporter so tomorrow city staff will be here at city hall for the first meeting together with sam liccardo as mayor. Ken, back to you. All right. Christian, thank you for that. Fewer people were murdered in richmond last year than in any other year since the city began keeping records. There were 11 criminal homicides in richmond back in 2014. Thats the lowest total since 1971 when records started being kept. There were 16 murders in the city back in 2013. Richmonds most violent year was 1990 when 62 people were murdered. Oakland had its first homicide of the year today. It happened at around 1 30 this afternoon at a valero station. Police found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Oakland was another city that saw a drop in its murder rate last year. A bay area neighborhood wants to fix what they see as a glaring sa
That fueled the quebec fire to their town on trains. These trains are like bombs on tracks. When they derail, they explode. Reporter the benicia residents are facing off with valero over a plan to roll 70,000 barrels a day through the community. Railroad officials know the dangers. In november the president of the association of american railroads suggested the industry build stronger tankers to cut down on accidents. We are recommending that all new tank cars designed to move Flammable Liquids be built to higher standards. Reporter today the ntsb agreed and suggested trains develop new routes to avoid Populated Areas and do a better job of properly classifying hazardous cargo. Or risk another catastrophic derailment. Now, the Railroad Industry officials today say they are working with the feds on these recommendations. They released a statement saying they would endorse these changes. Reporting live in pittsburg, christin ayers, kpix 5. The experts estimate that u. S. Crude Oil Produc
Waves theyve ever seen. Well have you hanging ten right alongside them, today, saturday, january 25th, 2014. Good morning, and welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. And more cold. Were starting to feel like a broken record. I do. And youre busy, dylan, at least, which is good. And its crazy to think the worst could still be yet to come, monday, tuesday. Yeah. I mean, the coldest air weve seen in years. Are we complaining or should we just say, hey, its january, lets go with it. Both. I think part of it is, its january. And by the way, that surfing thing that seems scary, all were thinking is, well, it is at the beach. Looks good right now. It was great that we were sitting in our meeting yesterday and britney, one of the girls on our staff, said shes from alaska and its 30 degrees above normal there. There. And its warmer in alaska than new york. Thats not complaining, just simply stating facts. Do you want to
Eastbound. Now the pass chp is clearing up an accident that happened at the 205 and 58 interchange. You will see early delays now for eastbound 580 approaching 205. Now expect those backups fortunately the commute direction of 580 westbound Still Holding steady with no major problems getting towards the livermore valley. San mateo bridge in good shape. And it is still wide open its not too late to beat the backup here leaving oakland bound for San Francisco. No delays reported for the 880 and 237 interchange. And b. A. R. T. Is on time. Thats a look at kcbs traffic michelle . Some breaking news in oakland. A high speed chase suspect was shot by an officer. The chase started on the high street near interstate 580 around 3 00 in the morning, the suspect drove through local streets and ran several traffic signs. The suspects car finally came to a stop at a dead end on east 15th and 57th streets. The man was taken to a hospital. No word on his condition. And some developing news this morni
Motor oil. It was a lie. The father who is in a custody battle with the mother over their two daughters says it is the latest in a string of lies. One of her friends, a nurse, asked her of a treatment she is receiving she came clean. The investigators started to push harder and decided to bring the mother in again and she finally confessed to making up the story. The big question is, why did she do it in the motive is not navyive. Neighbors are relieved the kidnapping never happened but are upset. The San Jose Police will file charges against the mother for filing a false Police Report which is a misdemeanor. The 70yearold vallejo man who was on on death row is arraigned today for the murder of his 90yearold mother. He appeared in a wheelchair in Court Last Week and called the Vallejo Police and told him he killed his mother two months earlier. In 1966 he was sent to gas chamber for the murder of two teen girls and admitted to a string of sex crimes and what paroled in 1990 and now the