Department is short staffed. The crime rate is down by about a third over the past year. So far the potential pitfalls of overtime have not hit. My response to that is are you going to wait until something happens. This expert says policing oakland is stressful enough. Adding to that workload can become unbearable. In oakland, Ryan Takeo Kpix 5. Police union has weighed in. They say another issue is the Police Administration removes patrol officers to other units to fill vacancies. Developing news out of San Diego County where strong winds and intense heat are fanning the flames of this fastmoving fire. Authorities have issued evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes. One mobile home has burned. The firework out near a school around 10 00 a. M. And has fire broke out near a school around 10 00. Right now, hundreds of firefighters from around the county are responding with the help of helicopters and air tankers. No report of any injuries. No word yet on the cause. Well be keeping a
This morning on the kron 4 morning news. A bay area mother says her eight year old daughter has been facing Sexual Harassment from another classmate and she wants the boy removed. Details on her plans to make the school faugh take action. And firefighters are working with residents to minimize fire danger in the east bay as a record setting heat wave is expected to hit the bay area. And were already waking up to some warm temperatures in the bay area. Well have your Tuesday Morning Weather Forecast next. The kron 4 morning news starts right now. Good morning. It is tuesday, may 13th. Im james fletcher. Toss to weather and traffic. As a record breaking heat wave makes its way across the bay area, the hot, dry and gusty conditions have fire officials on alert. Calfire designated monday as the start of the 2014 fire season here in the bay area. And in fairfield, firefighters are taking extra precautions against the threat of fires. This year, officials are expanding the amount of Defensib
And crammed on the regular lines because that ticket was only 2 bucks so this year they made every ride the same, race buses and regular buses cost 2. We provide a Public Service to and from events so our main focus is to provide service. Do you know how much money you are going to lose because of this . Not yet. We are talking tens of thousands of dollars and with the move to santa clara thats another hit. Are you getting rid of all to all events or is it just beta breakers. We are looking at each special event. But muny say there are more losses to deal with. Muny loses 546,000 in special event fairs. Seniors who may soon be getting a free ride will mean a loss of 1. 1 million and theres a lot more red. So how does muny make up for it . There is already a fare hike coming. Its gotten more efficient but its also good to see it is counting on a vehicle licensee on this novembers ballot to make this budget work. Reporting live. And ktvu. Com is a slide show of beta breakers festivities
Time ago. Police escorted a ktvu photographer down to the underground parking garage of this condo complex here on california. As you can see, theres the Mountain Lion. His beady little eyes, hiding underneath that silver vehicle. There are questions about just what to do with it. Joining me now to explain about whats next in this process, is Mountain View police sergeant, sal jagers. Were waiting for the warden who just arrived to come in and tranquilize the animal as best as we can. Reporter you were saying this is the best case scenario. Instead of having an animal running wild through the city, the animal kind of cornered itself in an area of a parking garage that was actually secured by a gate. So essentially, the animal put itself in its own cage. Reporter this has been a four hour long ordeal. We originally got called around 6 30 p. M. , where two independent reporting parties witnessed the animal, and it had jumped over the fence. At that point, we put several search parties to
Building. The manhunt tied to a very scary seen in San Franciscos Marina District. Mornings on 2 begins right now. We are live in danville, where weve been following developing news since 4 30 this morning. A teenager was badly hurt after police say he led them on a highspeed chase. You can see the wreckage still on the side of a hill next to southbound interstate 680. Coming up in two minutes, ktvus Tara Moriarty will tell us what initially sparked the Police Pursuit. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Good morning, tori. Good morning. Busy morning. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. And steve, a little chilly. Is the coast clear . Thats the punch line to a joke. I know. It is for marin and sonoma. For to the san mateo and the santa cruz coastline and tyler thacker, fog and low clouds made it to gilroy. I know from san jose, Santa Clara Valley down there. Theres a good push there north. Its clear and cool. The breeze has picked up for some. Had