Force to better understand this problem. The mayor said thats a no for him. We know what the problem is already. We dont need a task force. Reporter ferrell said instead the d. A. And police need to partner up. They always need to work closely together. Theyve had different relationships over time. We need our das office and court system to be strong. Its shocking how big of problem this is the thieves are emboldened to do it in the middle of the day on a busy sidewalk and get away it. Reporter oconnor said he did not mean to attack the mayor by sending out this tweet. He just wanted to get his attention. He was certainly successful in that endeavor. He said he would like to see police get more resources to tackle this problem because theres so many in this city. Something needs to be done. Since the mayor isnt willing to support the d. A. s whole task force thing does that mean the whole idea is dead in the water . Reporter not necessarily. It certainly does not have any support or a
Dismissed a murder charge against him. He pled instead to first degree robbery but only served a portion of his twoyear jail time. Now he is charged with two counts of murder, vic lee, abc 7 news. And a Pittsburg Community is mourning the death of Donny Pearman. He was working a job, the supporters say he will always remember his good deeds. Janet . Reporter and kristen, officer Donny Pearman has been with the Pittsburg Police department for 22 years. Everything from his colleagues to those he protected in this Community Say he was passionate about his job and it showed. He knew everybody here. Everybody knew him. Reporter officer Donny Pearman patrolled the Housing Development for 15 years, and not only grew to know everybody but also made a difference in their lives. Today, flowers rest outside the police sub station where he worked. The news of his death comes as a shock to many. He loved the people here and loved serving this community. He loved the kids. Reporter nicknamed jason k
Nfl star was acquitted of those murder charges. Today Los Angeles Police announced the knife was apparently found by a construction worker possibly when simpsons house was torn down back in 1998. The worker reportedly gave that knife to an off duty officer work a movie shoot nearby. Police say the officer thought the case was closed and simply kept it. Unless there is an actual arrest or conviction to prove we have actually closed the case the cases remain open. I would think an lapd officer if this story is accurate, would know that anytime you are you come into contact with evidence, that you should and shall submit that to investigators. Now you probably remember a murder weapon was never found in the 1994 stabbings. Tmz broke this story and said police learned about the knife after the officer who was now retired recently decided to engrave and frame it. He wanted to get what they call the d r number, the number for the murder file. He called a friends of his and said can i get thi
I am dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Steve, i went outside trying to find some sunshine. Oh, no . Didnt find it. Anything anybody can find it. A drizzle out there. Fog reported for many. The rain is kind of picking up. As we progress through the day, it will continue to do so and really crank up tomorrow. This morning very mild, muggy, a lot of humidity in the air, as i said. Bad hair day, probably. Bad hair day, pam. But youre not saying that my hair no, not you. There is a lot of moisture in the air. Napa valley marathon on sunday. If you are running it, working it, attending it, i tweeted this out. I think naomi is participating. I think the key issue is the coder temps more so than the rain. You are going to notice a huge difference in the temps. We are going to go from mild and muggy to cold and windy by sunday morning. Our system is pumping in a lot of cloud cover. There is not just not much organized rain. Some areas where radar picks up. Saturdays the main system. H
Wildfires are a regular part life. This has been the driest year on record. Rebecca stevens is here with more on that. The santa ana winds can become powerful. Typically camerillo has been getting the gusts. As you get the strong winds, they are warm and dry. They bring in heat. In this very area we have temperatures, record temperatures. San francisco has a new recordhigh temperatures, and a california did hit records, while we were one or two degrees away from a record for places like los angeles, who hit 85. Looking at the areas of drought across the u. S. 75 of california is included. The percentage of normal rain fall is barely over 51 . Other cities below the percentage of normal. We get well into the water here, starting in july. The water year starts in july. We are threequarters of the way through it. Californian mountain snow, compared to 2012, we are now the driest on record, comparing the snow pack in the mountains to what we have now, this january of 2014, its an impressiv