In the bay area for a quick trip as part of a threeday west coast fundraising tour for the Democratic Party. Ktvus janine de la vega joins us live from where the president was greeted just a short time ago by some protesters. Good afternoon, janine. Reporter good afternoon, tori. Yeah, it happened about a half hour ago, president obama is inside one of the homes on Black Mountain road. Sheriffs deputies have a portion of it blocked off. There are protesters and neighbors here. They are hoping to get the president s attention on his way out. President obama has two Fund Raising Events to attend today, this morning, he left the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco where he stayed overnight and headed to the four season. Hes here to raise money for the Democratic Party ahead of midterm elections. After that event he traveled here to a private home in Los Altos Hills where a luncheon is being held. The money at these events will go to benefit the Campaign Committee and the House Majorit
Vick lee was in court today and joins us live with more. Vick . The judge called the shooting deaths horrifying, cruel and, and he said as a 3yearold he couldnt have been more defenseless or vulnerable. He said the two men plotted and planned, because they had a fix ace about killing rival gang members, and then handed down tough sentences. Gang violence, especially of this nature simply wont be tolerated. Thats the message that the prosecutor wanted to send in the immediate wake of the sentencing. Lawrence denard was given 137 years to life. Willie torrance will serve 121 years to life. Their families and friends came to the hearing. Carlos mother and grandmother also attended. The 3yearold was shot and killed in august 2011, as his mother pushed him in the redandblue scooter down international boulevard near 64th avenue. Two others standing nearby were wounded. The intended targets were apparently rival gang members. The child was hit by a stray bullet fired by denard, who was in a c
This year. Thats as many as the rest of the city combined. A machine gun was short barreled shotgun. Reporter the cops were out in force after this shooting and this month they took 20 guns off the street. But still, what does one do if you live in the middle of all this . All i can do is pray. I cant control anybodys mind or hearts however they actions are. Just have to keep working hard and doing our best to try to seize the gun and stop the gang violence. But you never know. Reporter statistics show the arrests for homicides are up solving more cases. But guns and gangs is a combination that leads to more statistics down the line and not good ones. Phil matier, kpix 5. Police arrested two men in a separate shooting that happened tuesday morning. The San Jose Police department is turning to community policing. They are training 25 people to become Community Service officers to handle nonviolent claims but cant make arrests or write citations. The Community Officers will take reports
Now. Were live in San Francisco. President obama arrived last night in the bay area. Alex savidge is near the president s hotel right now. Coming up in two minutes, he will explain the president s plans and the traffic issues you may encounter if you are headed up or down the peninsula today. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steves off. We have mark tamayo. A lot of cloud cover out there. Even a few drizzles and sprinkles. Our live camera out towards mt. Diablo. Skies becoming partly cloudy this afternoon. It will be warmer for your thursday. Warm to hot weather pattern expected for friday. That will carry over into the weekend. Right now, we have the overcast out there over the bay area over San Francisco, oakland. San jose reporting partly cloudy skies. But santa rosa in the gray as well. As far as the radar, theres not a lot of coverage out there. But just a little bit as you can see approaching South San F