Ten O'Clock News
KTVU (Fox) San Francisco, CA DMA: 6
10:27PM PDT May 01 2008
Programming Type: News

believe the two serious robberies are connect. you could watch the full video in full in our web site, ktvu.com. >>> the city of rich land is getting a new tool. they are installing high resolution cameras. the system is costing the city about 4 million the aclu says it opposes the cameras saying they are an invasion of policy and rarely reduced crime. >>> coming up, five years after president bush declared mission accomplished, tell you what the white house and the president's critics about that declaration. >>> i'm rita williams in concord. shoppers are reeling from the high cost of food. what's up and why.

News at 5pm
KTVU (Fox) San Francisco, CA DMA: 6
05:36PM PDT May 01 2008
Programming Type: News

californians want to protect school budget cuts more than any other cut. it asked those asked to name the what program they would want to protect from getting cut. schools were higher than health care. >>> security workers are installing about 30 cameras along the mcdonald corridor. the $4 million system is wireless and will be able to send high definition images to the police even before they get to the crime. >> we have the capable to move the cameras around to pick up different things going on around. >> the cameras will also help police by identifying criminals. >>> new numbers show 10s of thousands of americans lost their job this is month. these numbers come as apple is revealing a new plan to cut jobs of their own.

KTVU Channel 2 News at Noon
KTVU (Fox) San Francisco, CA DMA: 6
12:11PM PDT May 01 2008
Programming Type: News

she claimed that if any of the women engaged in sexual acts they did so without her knowledge. >>> a rollover crash on highway 4 in antioch sent six people to the hospital early this morning including an 8-month-old baby and a 3-year-old child. the chp arrested driver on suspicion of dui. the car rolled over on westbound highway 4 near the somersville exit at 1:30 this morning. the chp says both small children were rejected from the vehicle and suffered major injuries. >>> new high-quality cameras going up in richmond to depp deter crime. they are installing 30 cameras along the mc donalds avenue corridor. about 80 cameras have already been installed. >> the images will capture pretty much everything that's going on in the area. we have the capability to move the cameras around to capture specific things going on. >> police say the cameras could also help in the prosecution process by identifying witnesses who might be hesitant to serve forward or by serving as evidence when there's no witnesses around. >>> richmond police have a catholic high school teacher in custody who is accused of having sexual relations with a student. 30-year-old ricky bonds has been teaching at the school for about a year. internet sources says he teaches biology. police arrested him last night after a tip from the school and a one-month investigation. >> we got a notification from the school that, you know, there was inappropriate activity going on. >> bonds remains in jail on a $2.5 million bond. the school has placed him on leave. he claims the relationship with a 15-year-old girl was consensual. >>> just ahead, we'll have the bay area forecast for the first

Mornings on 2
KTVU (Fox) San Francisco, CA DMA: 6
08:06AM PDT May 01 2008
Programming Type: Talk

it happened near holiday and 7rd. witnesses say the firefighter was part of a crew responding to a vehicle fire when somehow the car's bumper flew off and hit her in the leg. she was taken to highland hospital with at least one broken leg. investigators in livermore say an electrical circuit is the likely cause of a house fire. the flames caused major damage to the garage and spoke damage to the rest of the house. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> 8:06. more eyes will be watching out for crime on the streets of richmond. video cameras are being installed this morning. we're in richmond with the latest. >> reporter: we're here at nickel park. a notoriously-crime ridden section. as you can see, we have crews mounting a security camera, one of 30 to be installed in rich richmond. it's in an effort to snuff out crime. we're joined by the sergeant with the richmond police department. just how bad is it along this particular stretch? >> it's been no secret we've been fighting crime along this corridor for numerous years, specifically the most west part of the corridor from 23rd street to richmond parkway. >> reporter: these cameras are the same cameras that gave us pictures of the fallen bridge in minnesota -- minnesota and they will be transported to you at had, as well as dispatch. >> yes. we'll have the capability of viewing the cameras from our headquarters and dispatch. >> reporter: we've heard there's controversy about these. what is that about? >> any time you install cameras there's the issue of privacy. but when you are in a public place there's not really any issue of privacy. we're not installing them in any private area. >> reporter: many residents probably welcome them. >> yes. >> reporter: and businesses will be required in the near future to have surveillance cameras as well. >> yes. this stems from an incident at the red onion where the business owner was murdered in his business during a robbery and had we had the capability of viewing a security system that may have helped in trying to solve that crime there and hopefully it will help in future crimes here. >> reporter: thank you. richmond is putting about one third of the $5 million price tag. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it's eight minutes after 8:00. let's go to sal and get another live drive-time look at the traffic. >> why don't we do that? it's very nice in some areas and not so much in others. let's tabe a lack at highway 24.

Mornings on 2
KTVU (Fox) San Francisco, CA DMA: 6
07:06AM PDT May 01 2008
Programming Type: Talk

midnight at a home on swallow drive. the flames caused major damage to the garage and smoke damage to the rest of the house. no one was hurt. >>> now to a story you will see only here on channel 2, right now, another bay area city is adding those controversial cameras to try to cut down on crime. we're live in richmond with more on how many of those cameras are being installed and where they are being put up. >> reporter: the answer to that would be 30 cameras. crews are mounting it to a light pole, a notoriously crime-ridden stretch and joining me is an officer with the police department. you said if these cameras had been installed years ago, you might not have an unsolved murder on your hands. >> yes. a few years ago we had a murder in the park. had we had the capabilities back then, we would have beeable to solve the murders. >> reporter: now, these cameras won't be monitored, but they will be able to wireless images to headquarters as well as dispatch. >> correct. they won't be monitoring the cameras 24 hours a day. but everything will be recorded 24 hours a day and we'll keep the recordings up to 124 hours. >> reporter: if we take a look to the back portion of the park, you can see where the trees are a little bit shorter than the rest of them. they were see -- recently trimmed and that's because they wanted to have these transmitted to another. they bounce off each other all throughout the city. it's called a wireless mesh. but very, very interesting technology very expensive as well. the price tag was at $5 million. >> correct. however, the city of richmond is only contributing $1.4 million. we're getting the rest of the funding through grants. >> reporter: and business owners are requiring them to have surveillance cameras as well. >> eventually what we hope to implement is when a person comes in to apply for a business license they will install security systems into their business which will have the a capability to record. >> reporter: thank you. they will be installing the remainder of these cameras through may 13th. reporting live in richmond, ktvu channel 2 news. let's go to ross. >>> time now is eight minutes after 7:00. sal, we can't go anywhere. they can see everything we're doing. >> yeah, which, i guess i should be concerned about but i'm really not. i have nothing to hide. plus i stay home a lot. they don't have a lot of cameras in your home yet. >> not yet. >> not yet. let's see what we have now. traffic is moving along relatively well. we have traffic cameras.

KTVU Morning News
KTVU (Fox) San Francisco, CA DMA: 6
06:33AM PDT May 01 2008
Programming Type: News

scale free speech marches. >>> this morning, an oakland firefighter is recovering from injuries she suffered during an early morning fire. it happened shortly after midnight near holiday and 73rd. witnesses say the female firefighter was part of a crew responding to a vehicle fire when somehow the car's bumper flew off and hit her in the legs. she was taken to highland hospital with at least one broken leg. >>> earlier this morning, a rollover crash on highway 4 in antioch sent six people to the hospital. two of them young children. >>> chp arrested the driver on suspicion of dui. the car rolled over several times on westbound highway 4 near the summersville road exit about 1:30 this morning. chp says a baby was ejected from the car and found lying on the freeway after the crash. >> more eyes will now be watching out for crime on the streets of richmond. video cameras being installed this morning. ktvu channel 2 repr tara moriarty is in richmond with the latest. >> good morning, guys. city of richmond is trying to crack down on crime by going high tech. they're installing 30 cameras throughout the city in crime-ridden areas and joining me live to tell you about them is sergeant french with richmond pd. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> now, why. we all know there's crime in richmond. why this particular stretch? we're here at nickel park along mcdonald avenue. >> well, the city of richmond is doing a redevelopment project all along the mcdonald corridor all the way from san pablo avenue to richmond parkway. we're trying to redevelop the area and these cameras will serve as a deterrent for the city. >> come walk with me over here. we had the security company that just pulled up. they're installing the cameras throughout much of the week you said. >> correct. >> let's take a listen here with dave friedman. tell me a little bit about the cameras and if you could show them to us here. >> well, these are the high-powered hand-held zoom cameras. they're high-powered color during the daytime and at night they automatically convert down in black and white to low light conditions. this camera can easily zoom in on a person all the way in the baseball field at the other end of the park. >> all right, great. thank you very much. >>> sure. >> back to bisa, the cameras important because they're wirelessly transmitting the images back to dispatch and headquarters? >> correct. there will be numerous cameras, about 30 placed between the corridor and the images will regard in dispatch. if something goes on, the dispatchers can see what exactly is going on. we have the capability to rewind the tapes and review license plate numbers, suspect information, and these are really high tech cameras. we'll have the capability of being able to i.d. people from the cameras. >> the city is plagued a lot by violence and vandalism and a lot of things, right? >> correct. it has been no secret that we have been fighting crime in this area and therefore, you know, we're hoping that these cameras will actually be a great help for us. >> thank you so much for joing us this morning as we mention, the cameras will be going up throughout the week through may 13th. reporting live in richmond, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the american lung association has given three bay area counties failing grades. it came yesterday after tests in san francisco, santa clara and contra costa. bay area air is washed clean with ocean breezes but days without wind have led to failing marks for the counties running for five years. alameda air has improved. they got a c grade recently. that's up from ds and fs from the past. >> this morning, police in san francisco are investigating a deadly shooting. at about 9:30 last night, police say they found a man inside his car suffering from a gunshot wound. it was on the 3000 block of harrison street. the man appeared to be in his early 20s, was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. there are no suspects at this time. >>> two fairfield high school students are facing