these tools can also intercept content. they can listen to my phone, they can see the pictures that i have. reporter: he s a member of oakland s privacy commission. he says since 2006 the department has had a stingray, that city gotten wasn t even aware of. in 2013, after an undercover officer was shot and wounded, the suspects attorneys filed suit, arguing their clients were illegally tracked down with the stingray. now a new state law says any agency in california that wants to use cellphone tracking must have a public hearing and develop a privacy policy. i believe it s going to be the gold standard in the u.s. or anywhere on the planet. reporter: under the proposal, police must obtain a warrant and tell the court what they re looking for. they can only use the stingray to locate a phone not for content interception. the equipment can only be used to search for suspects, fugitives, missing persons, and those in imminent danger. an annual report must document every ca
person on the raft called for help. rescue teams recovered the kayak and a life jacket, but no sign of the kayaker. the coast guard and several fire agencies are still taking part in the search. we ll bring you updates through this newscast and the abc 7 news app. tonight in oakland city councilmembers are being asked to take the first step toward a policy that would regulate surveillance technology that can intercept your cellphone signal. it s been used under the radar for years. that s right, police see it as a crime fighting tool. carol? reporter: you re right, this technology has been around for years, used by law enforcement agencies all over the country. tonight, oakland s public commission, its public safety commission is trying to get a handle on this and put in restrictions and private protections, because now it s required by state law. the device, commonly called a stingray, mimics a cell tower, sending out the strongest signal, capturing and identifying a
tonight s chester county council meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the fort long community center. first at 4:00 a police officer was hurt when a gun went off during a scuffle at the durham county jail. the officer was grazed in the abdomen and taken to the hospital. 44-year-old danny mcmilan was being handcuffed when he reached for a gun in the back of his pants and the officer tried to grab the gun and it went off. funeral arrangements have been set for a fallen police officer. alan jacobs was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a wanted man. he was a celebrated iraq war veteran and the father of two and his wife expecting another child. the police officer will be laid to rest on thursday. and let s check in with tonya rivens following an issue on 277 causing considerable backups. well, brigida good news we have one lane open as we check this is outbound ramp to independence boulevard. congestion notice this area as you can see slightly over that bridge. agai
and once we re complete we ll talk to the district attorney and find out if there are any criminal charges that will be filed. reporter: it may determine how security can be improved. but improvements cost money, which is why san jose international is joining with sfo and other u.s. airports to ask congress to increase the existing pfc. that fee is currently capped at $4.50 for each leg of a flight. but they re asking it be nearly doubled to $8.50. some of the money would be used to improve security. we can improve the perimeter as well as increase the surveillance for security overall at our airport. reporter: she says the fee has not been increased since the year 2000. from july 2012 till june 30, 2013, the pfc provided $17.3 million for improvements here at san jose international. and while many passengers don t like the idea of shelling out even more for their flights, airport leaders say it is funding that is badly needed to make sure our airports are safe and secu
a young san jose mother, seriously injured in a hit-and- run crash. what you can do to help her. reporter: and a battle over bus advertisements is brewing in san francisco. why some say it boils down between money and beauty. mornings on 2 starts now. and good morning. it is 7:01. welcome to mornings on 2. i m tori campbell. it s tuesday, may 6th. morning, tc. good morning, dave. i m dave clark. let s talk about your weather and traffic. steve, you have some new things to talk about. i have plenty to talk about. thank you. we have a lot of cloud cover moving over us. it s very cool this morning. the breeze has tailed for some, not for all but it will pick up as the low in the central sierra heads down to southern nevada. we ll see 20, 30-mile-an-hour gusts. some of the higher elevations are seeing that. it will be breezy and windy all the way into tomorrow. forecast calls for clouds and then going mostly sunny. 63 in san francisco. i have a couple of sprinkl