time now is 6:00. developing news this morning. president obama has arrived in russia for the start of the g20 summit. the meetings are supposed to focus on economic issues. but syria is likely to be a hot topic among the global leaders. bart working overtime while the bay bridge is closed. it s now paying the price after covering the trips over 200,000 miles more than a dozen cars out of service for maintenance. and the sound of exploding gas tanks woke up a richmond neighborhood after a home caught fire. the fire started in a van on south ninth and virginia at about 2:30. flames then spread to a carport and then the home. firefighters evacuated nearby homes. police in san mateo are investigating a shooting that left one man dead another injured. this is a live look at the scene at the 1500 block of lodi avenue near south norfolk street. police say it started just before midnight last night when several people heard shots fired. about a half hour later two victims show
the country, but i think we ve learned. i m working with the judge to get the police department to be more i think we ve made a lot of changes. the occupy movement in oakland began with an encampment at the plaza. the movement later grew into protests and violent clashes with police. the oakland city council got an earful about the city police department at a ruckus meeting last night. they demanded the city release a police report of an incident. 18-year-old alan bluford was shot and killed last may. police say they are addressing the issue. there are up to four investigations that will be held on this matter as well as a statement that you should know that we are looking at other measures that we can take to allow for the city council to continue moving forward with its business. occupy protesters shouted down the council members, forcing them to end this meeting early. oakland police are about to get much-needed help on the street. the factor that sets this class
driver for a traffic stop. the driver tossed a shotgun out of the window during the chase. in oakland, crime is up and numbers of officers on the street is down. city leader as dress the new police academy and talked about arrests. police complete the search for suspects just as they make a major push to add more officers to ranks. police chief jordan, mayor kwan and city administrator addressed the academy. as the chief highlighted success at taking men he described as wanted robbery suspects off of the streets. and the chief says the number of officers working has fallen just as they see a rise in violent crime and severe cuts to their budgets. there are 631 active officers. next class expected to add 40 to ranks but that won t happen until 2013. and detectives are try sog solve a copper theft. someone reporting thieves stole all copper to air conditioning units on top of a building in the 100 block of doolittle drive. police think they know how this went down. ther
he was eligible for unsupervised parole because in january, the state said only serious or violent criminals required supervised parole. the new law was designed to save the state money on the thought that nonviolent nonserious offenders don t need so much attention. we were not infatuated with this idea. we didn t think it was a good approach. again, you re potentially sacrificing public safety for short-term financial benefits. reporter: here s the partial list of the crimes that the state considers serious or violent and that require supervised parole: murder, rape, kidnapping, a lewd act with a child under 14, inflicting great bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, arson and exploding a destructive device. wright was originally charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter for the death of his son crimes on the list requiring supervised parole. but those charges were dropped when he agreed to plead guilty to felony child neglect a crime that doesn t require s
its health into a negotiated state. you are required to protect historic artifacts including trees if you can. we can. there is plenty of room on the west side of the tracks near el palo alto the tree and there s never been a plan by any aspect of the high-speed rail program none of the alternatives would endanger that tree. reporter: the tree has become the latest talking point in the community debate over high-speed rail. it s been around a long time, seen a lot of changes in the city. would like to see it hang around and see more changes. one of the changes not being high-speed rail. it s a tree. and it s a lovely tree and i would hate to see it bite the dust. but if it were a necessary thing, this would be one of the things that would have to go. reporter: el palo alto was recently given a check-up and despite its old age it was found to be in excellent health. so it should be around for a long time as the debate around the tracks continues. in palo alto, len ra