Are being afraid are taking Crime Fighting in their own hands. Is in the neighborhood where they are fighting back. Lisa . Reporter that is true. There are two of many residents say. That since there arent enough Police Officers they have to Work Together to feel safe again at hammond park, residents want to see more families enjoying themselves, but instead they are seeing just the opposite. We see the breakins. Weve seen vandalism at the park. That is why the Neighborhood Association has taken matters into its own hands. Its part of the Security Guard to patrol the park to try to keep extra eyes on what is going on. Association hired the uniformed guard in january because of the crime fight. According to the Police Department, property crimes citywide are up nearly 30 and 2012 auto theft jumped up 71 . Meantime, the citys Police Department continues to struggle with staffing levels. Currently there are 978 officers. Five years ago there were 1400. That is number one, more Police Officers patrolling. They did not want to be identified, but his home was burglarized recently. He like so many others want more Police Officers on the street and now his neighborhood is also taking action. The Police Department stretched so thin, the Neighborhood Association has started a volunteer Neighborhood Watch program. Retirees patrol the street daily. They released budget message this week and plans to hire 100 more officers this year. My priority will be Public Safety. But the Police Officers union does not buy it. They say residents are the ones hardest hit. They are paying for Police Services yet they are having to go out on their own and hire extra Security Guards to what the city should be providing. They are getting double taxed in a sense. And the city promises more Police Officers will be on the street soon. Friday, 44 people will graduate from the police academy. Live in san jose tonight, abc 7 news. Oakland residents and officials met at a Public Safety forum to build bridges between the community and police. Mayoral jean quan participated in the entire four hour townhall. They brainstormed and came up with suggestions to improve safety and community policing. One man said this scene of people working together happens all the time in oakland. That is the bright side of oakland. There does exist a bright side and there does exist a group of people that care about the community and who are just as involved in the community as any other city in the bay area. Oakland Officials Say there will be another townhall meeting before the end of the month sxl. Another effort to get weapons off the streets of Solano County. They took in 344 weapons ranging from shotguns to a military rocket launcher. Every gun turned in was exchanged for either cash or gift cards. People had Different Reasons for turning in their weapons. You can get grocery or gas. The most important thing is getting the guns off the street. I got cash for grandkids and a christmastime comes rolling around i got a lot of grandkids. It does help. In all, authorities spent 80,000 buying back the guns and all turned in were destroyed on the spot. New at 11 00, firefighters in San Francisco are mopping up a house fire in the haight neighborhood. It begin just after 9 00 tonight. It started in garage and spread to the house. The fire was out in 30 minutes and there were no injuries. We have new video to show you from thursdays memorial for the two santa cruz Police Officers killed in the line of duty. Butch baker and Elizabeth Butler were honored at hp pavilion in san jose. This is personal video from officer sam courtney of the highway patrol. He was with the motorcade from santa cruz to san jose, this is how it looked as he made along the highway with fellow officers. You can see the hundreds of people who lined the procession as the officers rode to the memorial. Work on the bay bridge is ahead of schedule. That means eastbound drivers will be allowed to use the span as originally planned. They begin pouring concrete on the last piece of the bridge deck. It tooblgd oat easternmost section known as the oakland touchdown. It covers the equivalent of three football fields. It will take two to four hours to set, but it will take about 7 days to properly cure. Once it is cured after about a week then they can start taking down the false work or temporary supports around the structure. The span is scheduled to open thereafter labor day weekend. Its starting to feel like disciplining. Remember before you go to bed were going spring ahead. We return to Daylight Saving time but all clear right now. Clear sky giving way to cold temperatures. Here is a look at current readings. Its 50 in san carlos and san jose, 51 all the way 43 degrees in san jose. Few 70s today. Were going to do more so tomorrow. Well take a look at the sevenday forecast straight ahead. Fierce Winter Weather is driving several wern states with blinding snow. A blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow in colorado. 500 flights were cancelled at denver airport. It stretched from out out to the great lakes. Now it is targeting the plains and midwest with heavy snow and freezing rain. High tides battered the new england coastline during the storm. Several homes in massachusetts took a beating. Two homes collapsed and now being washed out to sea. The animal park in Central California will reopen after days after an intern was killed. Coroner ruled she died instantly from a broken neck. They believed the death was the lions rough play. Family says it was tragic accident. A missing east bay teen has been cited and apparently in good health tonight. We told you about 18yearold who left home in the million of the night. Before he disappeared ryan told his parents he had been bullied at school. We spoke with his father said the teen contact the family and he is okay. The family thanks the community for their support. Still to come at 11 00, two close on the tarmac, two jets collided in new york. Closing in on the con claif, choosing a new pope. And the rally for equal rights. Hundreds come together to protest a mall after one person is dead and another injured after a small plane crashed in a house. It happened 20 miles north of seattle. Two people were the house and escaped injury. Witnesses say they heard engines sputtering before the crash. Federal aviation or the is investigating a collision between two aircraft on the tarmac at new yorks j. F. K. Airport. It involved a jet blue airbus to get ready to depart to florida and boeing 777. The wing sliced through the water. Preparations for the conclave the chimney that will tell the word when a decision has been reached. White smoke will indicate a new pope but reading those signals hasnt always been easy. A pair of firefighters gingerly climbed on the chapel installing the chimney the world will be watching. Delicate work that the ceiling below is michelangelos masterpiece. I think there is a mix. All indications are they arent even close to reaching a consensus. Two factions are the roman party and reform party. On one side, insiders drafted a brazilian, an archbishop of sao paulo. They like him. The reformers led by the u. S. Delegation want a sheriff to clean house, possibly even an american. Starting tuesday, they shut out the chatter, praying and voting leaving us to interpret the smoke signals. It looks again as if we are getting black smoke. But in 2005 it was tough to tell eechblt for those of us watching right here. People are cheering and moving forward. Nearly five minutes of delicious uncertainty. That is white smoke. Today the vatican spokesman even he wasnt sure that day and was asked this time he might sent an email to clarify situation. He said absolutely not. Suspense is part of the mystery. Ama here is a look how the conclave will work next week. 115 cardinal electors take part. Only younger than 80 are eligible to vote. The process will begin on the afternoon of the first day. The if no one receives the required twothirds vote, vote will go continue the day after. After the vote the ballots are burned. Black smoke means no decision and white smoke means a pope has been selected. A fundraiser to help support families and their children dealing with Childhood Cancer was held tonight in San Francisco. Carolyn johnson was the art inspiring hope gala. It brought together volunteers and benefactors of camp that has supported the community for 30 years. To experience canoeing and fishing. They can be around kids but at the same time they have their siblings and parents. It comes from a sioux language and means unity to make whole. Leigh glasser checking out our forecast. You are exactly right. We will feel temperatures into the 70degree range tomorrow. Live doppler 7hd. No returns out there. We have clear sky and you can see from the High Definition cam you can see the bay bridge there and lots of clearing out there. Here is a look at highs for today. Santa rosa reached a high of 72. It was 60 in San Francisco. Oakland, concord, a warm day there, 67 and santa cruz warmed to 70 degrees. Here is another look from High Definition east bay camera looking out over the bay there. You can definitely see we still have clear skies. San francisco, cooling to 51. 50 in san carlos. 41 in half moon bay. High definition rooftop cam, Transamerica Pyramid and 44 in livermore and obviously clear sky. We may see a few patches of fog right near the coast otherwise a cool night. Spring forward, set your clock ahead one hour. We do return to Daylight Savings time and get ready for warmer days as we head into the middle a part of next week. High pressure, starting to build in. You can see the clouds sitting off the coast so clear sky. As the high continues to build over the bay area, well continue to warm up a few degrees each day. Actually it looks like tuesday, wednesday temperatures across much of the bay area in the mid70s. It is going to feel like spring out there. Not so tonight, clear sky, not as much wind. Temperatures will bottom out. Santa rosa, 36. Concord 36 and keep 40s right near the coast. Here is a look at highs for your sunday and warm things up a few more degrees. High starts to build in, 70 for morgan hill. 68 santa clara. 68 for san jose. On the peninsula, temperatures coming up a few degrees. Mountain view, 67. 66 for redwood city. Keep temperatures flirting with 60 mainly near the coast. Half moon bay, 58 degrees. San francisco 64. North bay, majority of the locations in the low 70s. Santa rosa, 72. 72 for napa. On the east bay oakland, 68. Castro valley, 67. Interior east bay, it will be nice and mild. Pittsburg 70 and livermore 72. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast, dont forget to set the clock overnight tonight and mild temperatures on monday. It will feel like spring as we head into tuesday and wednesday. Inland temperatures mid 70s, 70s around the bay and 60s near the coast and slowly to start bring the numbers down friday with clouds next saturday. Time is running out to see a rare comet with the naked eye. This was taken in western australia. You can see about 15 minutes after twilight on the western horizon. Its once in lifetime. It takes hundred million years to complete a full cycle around the sun. Goal is to win while you are at home. Its like the comet burning out. Ellis, four tries in a seven if loving you is wrong i dont wanna be right [ record scratch ] what . its not bad for you. It just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal hearthealthy, whole grain oats. You cant go wrong loving it. Bee happy. Bee healthy. With clusts of flakes and os. Oh, ho ho. Its the honey sweetness. I. I mean, you. Love. Warriors are currently four games into seven game home stand hosting milwaukee. Ellis at golden state handed their second loss. First quarter, ellis, nice move around clay thompson. He had 14 points in the first half. He buries a deep jumper. Seth had 16. Carl picking up the slack and 18 points, warriors were up 1 in the half but cs, monta three of his 26 and 30. Bucs led by brandon. Warriors 22 of the seven game home stand losing 10393. All right. Gonzaga goes to the finals and st. Marys had all they could handle. Gales are up by two and san diego up by 1. And he buries the 3 with nine seconds left. We go to overtime. And to young for bucket. One last chance for the lions, no good and desperation. They will face gonzaga on monday. Stanford women in pac12 tournament. Here is two of her 19. Buffalo led by one in the half but stanford advances to the finals with a victory. They will face ucla on sunday. Cal tech coach upset by the bruins. Bears down 21 at the half. Walker leading the way with 23 for the bruins. They put back the rebound for the bruins and draws the foul. They get a 7058 victory and cal bears will still get an ncaa invited. Well take a brief timeout with the giants on the mound with the sharks scored three goals. Big hit against the captain there. Second period, sharks on the power play, matt irwin, second goal for the rookie and sharks are up 31 but the blues come fighting back. Second goal of the game and few minutes later, sabaka again and ties the game at 3 and we head to overtime where st. Louis completes the comeback. Blues they come way behind to win it 43 the final. 31 lead at home playing a solid game and then to get it its tough pill to swallow. Its disappointing, we played well enough to win but it was disappointing. World baseball classic continues with team u. S. A. Facing italians. They lost their first game to mexico. Vogelsong striking out castanza. He struck out 4. Were tied at 2. And bases loaded. You know what is coming and grand slam. That will be your final. They will face canada with the winner advancing to the quarter finals. Third round of the cadillac championship, Phil Mickelson in the hunt. He started with a 69. Graham mcdowell tied tiger with the lead. Another eagle on 16. Tiger 24 birdies shot a 67 including this birdie on 18. He has a four stroke lead going into sunday. This sports report brought to you by River Rock Casino coming up dan ashley will sing for us. Ama thats right. Thank you, shu. Still to come, big changes coming to Food Labeling to one Grocery Store wants you to know exactly what you are eating. And kissin after a samesex couple say they were kicked out for kissing. Plus princesses for a day, a giveaway that helps teenagers prom dreams come true. Well be right back. Good evening, im ama daetz. Traffic accident has killed three people. Firefighters cut out four people from the wreckage, only one survived. At least one person has been placed in handcuffs and they are trying to figure out what happened. San francisco firefighters were mopping up a scene in haight district. Fire broke out in a garage and spilled in the residents. An investigation is under way to find the cause. Officers from across Solano County took in 344 weapons in a gun buyback. They range from rifles to a military rocket launcher. They were disassembled on the spot. Supporters held a rally tonight at a mall near sacramento after a gay couple says they were kicked out for Holding Hands. Abc reporter has the story. There wasnt much kissing happening at protest called a kissin but there was love and support by individuals at the galleria mall. It doesnt matter. Its love. The event quickly organized on social media after a young gay couple said they were asked to leave on monday for Holding Hands and kissing in public. The malls management was asked they were never asked to leave but sexually explicit conduct but they didnt elaborate what the conduct was. Not everyone believes the statement. If they were appropriate i dont believe why they were escorted out the building. A different couple said they fought with their own challenges living in roseville but they dont believe the incident. We have a 14yearold that is bullied because he has gay dad. I think in this situation, it really wasnt the malls management that was involved. I think it was maybe one employee that decided to take upon himself to assert more authority. I think that the temperature of the community is that anything is too much. People dont want their children to being affectionate in any way. That is not this for this couple. Its equal rights. Exposing children to various things whether a persons sexual parens i think its fine. Other shoppers came out to take a look. Its pretty cool. Its cool event going on. I was here shopping and heard about the story. Its pretty crazy. Management was not on hand for the protest but they did provide snacks and drinks for the demonstraters. An organic grocery chain says all genetically modified food will be labeled as such. Whole foods say it will be done by 2018. They are pushing for gmo labeling for years. They point out sales of food in its stores labeled nongmo are up 15 . Just having a family it makes me more concerned. I think they dont know enough. Farmers were fine before there were genetically organisms. They say there is no difference. A High School Prom is an american rite of passage but sometimes that perfect dress is too expensive. Project princess to the rescue. They are giving away thousands of prom dresses at a San Francisco location. Show your i. D. And dive through the racks. I found one that i fell in love with right away. Its cool because in the store you only get certain varieties and here you got tons of designers. 90 of the dresses are donated. The project be