in the news november 5 new charges of police brutality by an occupy oakland preovtd and transfer day on facebook designed to punish banks for debit card fees. >> it's cool in the 30s rain moving in tonight and lots of sunshine tomorrow. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. a second iraq war veteran is alleging brutality against oakland police. the incident allegedly occurred thursday morning as police clashed with protestors at 16th street and telegraph avenue.

>> i'm very upset it happened to somebody i'm very close to. >> richard is a close friend. he is here at highland hospital after he says he was beaten after being arrested by police officers. >> i'm so mad. >> they say her brother a vert of the wars of iraq and afghanistan without supporting the occupy movement that night but i want a troublemaker and didn't deserve the beating. once in jail somebody is denied medical treatment. >> somebody is vomiting blood there can be little doubt there is something really wrong with them. >> the alameda county sheriff's department released a statement saying that it is investigating the claim that requested but did not receive medical attention. meanwhile he continues to

recover but doesn't feel like talking. >> he felt he shouldn't talk about 'it. he doesn't want anybody to make a fuss about them. >> really only a few is seeing publicly. he a co-owner of a business and i spoke with one of hitting colleagues and he says she just wants to get better. >> i tried to get a hold of oakland police and they say they are investigating the incident and anyone with information to give them a call. >> this story has prompted quite a discussion on our facebook page. one says, the police don't know which protestors are veterans. all they are seeing is protestors and nothing else. jesse wrote they go over there and fight for our country and come back and get injured fighting for our people. if you would like to weigh in go to our facebook site.

>> as leaders added up the damage for this week's vandalism. they are planning their next moves. chase bank and wells fargo had their windows smashed. now, the focus will return to wells fargo for quote immigration centers and supporting arizona immigration law. they are calling immigrants the most margized. business leaders feel it they are fending for themselves without any help from the mayor. >> she has not responded to my first letter or second letter. we had a meeting with her two days ago and all she could do was talk. >> i think money was wasted last tuesday when they cleared the park. they engaged in unnecessary action. >> the city spent over one million dollars forcing

demonstrators out so that city crews could clean up the plaza. >> only about a third of the 103 people arrested during wednesday were from oakland. that is according to the "san jose mercury news". take a look at the breakdown 32 in oakland 42 from other bay area cities 15 from other parts of california and 9 from out of state. as for people taken into custody for failure to disperse mercury news says they came as far as from michigan, new jersey utah and oregon. >> today marks one year since the sentencing of death of justices justices. here was released in june after johannes mehserle. oscar grant's family and friends will hold a rally from 5:00 to 7:00 at the plaza tonight. they will call for an end to what they describe as a policy of police containment of the

after ri kwan and latino communities here in oakland. >> today credit unions will be open extra hours. movement was designed to punish banks for proposed debit card fees. bank of america joined chase and wells fargo and backed off the plans. we spoke to the organizer and she says the campaign should not be confused with the occupy wall street movement or anger over the mortgage mess. >> a handful of the organizers the credit union national association says 650,000 people switched to credit unions just last month. by comparison. credit unions had 600,000 new customers opened accounts all of last year. >> 11 students from woodside

high school are recovering this morning. they were xhekd in the hospital after diesel fuel spilled on board their school bus. the bus with 38 student and chaperones was on highway 680 coming back from a field trip when fuel begin flooding the floor of the bus. the driver pulled off on on pleasant hill and called police. students were evacuated from the bus. >> the driver recognized there was fuel spill going on inside the school bus. the driver took the exit and pulled on to here to contra costa boulevard. the kids were sent to local hospitals for treatment. >> some of the student complained of burns from walking barefoot through the diesel. altogether 11 taken to hospitals. the rest were treated at the scene. about five gallons of diesel spilled on to the roadway where the bus stopped. >> pg&e has detected a tiny leak in the same transmission line that explode had in last year's

deadly san bruno disaster of them are trying to pinpoint the exact location to focus. there is a four merely stretch of road on south side of stanford university. they discovered the leak thursday night. pg&e says there is no danger to the community and the repair process is under way. >> coming up next gabby giffords says she will return to congress. and close encounter as an aircraft

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gop presidential hopeful herman cain was back before crowds trying to bring normalcy to his campaign. >> i've been in washington all week and i've attracted a little bit of attention. >> cain has been hounded by allegations of sexual harassment one of the woman released a statement through her attorney but details are lacking. >> mr. cain knows the specific incidents that were alleged. my client saw a written complaint in 1999 against him specifically and it had very specific incidents in it.

sied from the statement the woman declined to revisit the incident any further. two other women made similar allegations against cain. he maintains he never harassed anyone. >> he is taking his campaign to late night television. he is scheduled to appear on jimmy kimmel live on monday. the show airs at made mid night. >> arizona representative gabby giffords is vowing to return to congress detailed in a by book. "gabby a story of courage and hope." she writes i will get stronger and i will return. she stunned colleagues when she appeared on the house floor in august. eight months earlier she was shot in the head. she is currently receiving treatment at a rehab center in houston. a huge asteroid about the size of an aircraft care yes sir will pass relatively close to earth but scientists say they are hundred percent confident it

will not hit our planet. it will be closest encounter with an is on a astroid in 35 years. they can research its composition. this is a sea type asteroid that has carbon based minerals that could possibly be used in future space exploration and here is lisa. >> it's chilly out there but not as cold as we could have been if the skies were clear. this is our roof camera. we've got temperatures in the 40s here downtown. 30s in the north bay. rain another six ours or so from the north bay. a little bit later we'll talk about that and the rest of weekend coming up. >> also coming up college football, number one lsu versus number two always. larry beil tells us what stanford has at stake.

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bridge and you see it's dry. it is dry. i'll take lisa's word for it it won't be dry all day long. she'll be here in a minute or two to tell you. >> stanford's university just received a major boost. $150 million gifted to develop and expand its works thousands of miles away. lyanne melendez has the story. >> reporter: for the past eight years jim patel has taught a course called entrepreneurial design for extreme affordability with a noble purpose. >> we have done 70 projects with 18 partners in lechbs is like solar powered portable lights and incubators that have saved baby's lives. all have been created by students in the graduate school of business. one of the entrepreneurs is peter fricke man.

he came up with a way to help small platforms where water is limited. >> grow more food. increase their income. what they need is appropriate and affordable irrigation technologies. >> he took that idea and started a company called drifted tech based in mountain view. now serving 1000 farmers in india and china. unlike most irrigation systems this doesn't require filters or electricity, only a bucket and a way to manually control the flow of water. >> we've made it more affordable and to install and maintain. it runs on lower pressure and we can manufacturer it locally. >> the cost of this system runs about $150 per half acre. most small farms have less than five acres. more projects are expected to be developed at the graduate school of business in the upcoming years. thanks to a $150 million

donation from venture capitalists bob king and his wife dostty. the money will help launch the stanford united states toos tutor for developing economies. >> we pride ourselves on our go abilities but this makes it possible to take it to a whole new level. >> and his staff will also be able to find entrepreneurs in those countries and help them to further develop and expand their own projects. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez "abc 7 news." >> a small chip helped to reunite a crab fisherman and first mate yesterday. four months ago the cat disappeared from his boat. spca found her when they were rounding up feral cats ten miles from home. volunteer checked out the cat. discovered a chip with details on it. he was delighted to hear his

first mate was alive and well. >> ski resorts are starting to open up cold enough to make snow. royal ski resort and donner summit already open. dusting of natural snow added to the snow at 6,000 foot level. both 80 and 50s 50 were open no restrictions but if you are going that way, watch out for icy conditions. >> lisa joins us now. you know she is a meteorologist but she is also a bay area tour guide. we're going to look at all parts of the bay area. >> we have some gremlins in the computer. >> i was going on say it. >> and we have a late sunrise. it was up at 7:39 and we fall back tonight. tomorrow, it will be a little bit lighter sooner and then

darker sooner. >> so we clear conditions out in parts of the bay area and sunny around heavenly. we're talking about winter storm warning for the sierra nevada late this afternoon until tomorrow morning. they can have anywhere 10-12 inches of snow. half a foot of snow at 4,000 feet. here is a look at mount tam where we have the cloudy skies. early on the temperatures dropped to the mid 30s at about 5:00 this morning. right now 40 degrees in parts of the north bay. san francisco golden gate bridge temperatures are in the 40s not quite as cold as we could have been. a little bit of a west wind allowing for slightly milder air to work its way into the bay area today. with the cold front we'll be talking about rain pushing through the bay from north to south. so the clouds are lower this

afternoon. i think about 11:00 12:00 we could see rain in the sonoma county and then 2:00 or 3:00 rain sweeps into the east buyer and south bay. we're talking tenth to half an inch of rain. cold front pushing through the north bay by 5:00 to 6:00. san francisco should be rainy around dinnertime evening hours is when you can see the heaviest rain. 7:00 8:00 the rain is pushing through santa clara valley and rain showers pushing through santa clara, san jose lots of clouds around. in the 40s. we'll be talking about the rain moving out overnight cold air behind it but not as cold as we have been. we'll get into sunshine after the cold frontal passage and sun tomorrow. monday tuesday and even wednesday, not looking bad with temperatures in the low to mid-60s. sunrise tomorrow 6:40 with the

sun setting at 5:06. sunshine we're going to have hold on off on that until tomorrow. another opportunity of rain coming by next wednesday or thursday. we'll focus on this system coming into the north bay by midafternoon and san francisco 2:00 or 3:00. >> i think you may have started something. i really enjoyed the tour. it was beautiful. >> in sports stanford coming off a thrilling victory over usc will try to prevent a letdown against oregon state. and raiders have a game against broncos. here a larry beil with this morning's sports. >> carson palmer got most of the attention, but raider offense

darren mcfadden hurt his foot. in the loss to the chiefs. he has not practiced since then. he has been in a boot and been on crutches. michael busch will start in place. and kicker jankowski is questionable. and carlos rogers can't wait to face his old team. he failed to impress in six seasons with the skins and signed with the niners. he picked off three passes. but niners are still upset in with the way things went down in d.c. >> he is looking at all the negative stuff instead of the positive things. >> biggest game in college football season is tonight.

lsu at always. what is at stake? stanford figured to move up to number three. beavers are struggling. exactly the type of team stanford could overlook. coming back with a triple overtime thriller. andrew luck says stanford will be ready for this one. >> it's on tough place to play. they are very well coached team. defensively they are tough and they fight. >> cal is at home against washington state. seven interceptions in the last three games and he had four of them against ucla and the coach says is looking for improvement from maynard. >> sometimes it can be a rout. sometimes it can be a poor throw. it's not just one thing.

we hope it gets better. >> at colorado, look out! he is running wild. colorado still looking for the first pac-12 win. tyler hansen 37 yards and 7-0 but trojans matt bashing reply floating it out. 14 td passes at the half. finished with a school record 6 touchdown throws and trojans roll 42-17. we'll have complete wrap-up on cal and stanford on lexus after the game right around 8:30 p.m. following the oklahoma-kansas state game. >> charles schwab championship at harding park, a little windy no rain for the final event. david frost chipping in on 12 here. this is for a birdie.

he is tied in the league. he is alan from the bunker for an eagle not quite there. he shut 59. mark is one off the lead and approach on number two and this is perfection. eagle right there. for cal. he is in a four way tie for fourth. >> after the big celebration on wednesday it turns on out they did not witness the surfing championship. association of surfing professionals. made a math mistake. he has to win one more in san francisco to lock up the title. that is embarrassing. you want to talk about high character it was slater himself that pointed out the numbers in fact they had made a mistake. that is a wrap.

see you 8:30 for after the game. i'm larry beil. >> coming up next remembering andy rooney. the amazing life of the commentator that passed away this morning. >> i'm nannette miranda in sacramento schools are waiting for the economy to get better. budget cuts

good morning former 60 minutes commentator andy rooney died today. he was 92. he spent more than 60 years at cbs half of them behind the camera. he'll be best remembered for what he delivered on camera each week.

george stephanopolous looks back at his amazing career. >> you know something i don't like is chocolate chip cookies. >> he was the most loveable like an uncle. >> if you do get it pushed in you can't pull it up. this is a box of minute rice. it takes you three points in open the box. >> delivering more than 1,000 commentaries beginning in 1978. >> i don't know anything offhand that mystifies americans more than the got on in pill bottles. >> here is a package of the kind of crackers they give you with soup at lunch counter. there is supposed to be a tab here but you can never find it. >> it resonated with the american public. >> there is no doubt about it dogs and cats are nicer than people. >> he wrote for stars and

stripes. in 1949 he begin a writer for a cbs comedy show. >> the favorite dish of the men from another planet will pilot is venussnitzel. >> for did decades he wrote for correspondents. >> i wrote a lot what he read. no thought that is much meaning until it is written or spoken. >> but his second life begin a few minutes of andy rooney was a national sensation. >> why is it we on look forward to the mail coming every day? >> he was a fixture on saturday night live. >> i receive about 100 of these letters every single day. i never open them. i don't like opening them. i set fire to them. [ laughter ] >> he was suspended by cbs for

three months in 1990 for remarks he made about homosex sexuals and african-americans. then he returned to o sunday night as a staple. >> just three weeks ago he signed off for the last time after 33 years. >> all this i've been paid to say what is on my mind on television. you get any luckier in life than that. >> we were lucky to listen to him. he was 92 years old. >> george stephanopolous reporting there. >> a veteran of iraq and afghanistan is hospitalized after thursday's morning clash between occupy protestors and police. he is at highland hospital being treated for a ruptured spleen. friends were saying he was beaten by oakland police officers during his arrest at the plaza. he was out supporting the occupy oakland movement but it's sister insists he was not one of the

troublemakers. he claims he was denied medical treatment even after being taken to jail. >> if somebody is on the floor and he is vomiting blood there can be little doubt there is something really wrong with them. he has a ruptured spleen. >> the alameda county sheriff's department released a statement saying, quote it's investigating the claim and requested and did not receive medical attention. family and friends say they wanted everyone to know what happened. >> in san francisco today occupy demonstrators will march to wells fargo calling important people to transfer their money from the bank to credit unions. today is being called bank transfer day with the expectations that men many americans will do just that. it begins at 3:00 this afternoon. wells fargo has released a statement saying the company respects the rights of americans to peacefully assemble. they say they understands the

concerns being raised. >> a march and rally are planned in downtown concord this afternoon. they plan to really at noon at the plaza. the service employees union plan to march to the commercial district on clayton road with stops at banks and the bart station and make it back around 2:00 this afternoon. >> in sacramento the budget ax may once again come down on teachers and there may be very little to be done about it. unless more revenue appears automatic spending cuts are going to kick in. nannette miranda is in sacramento with the story. next month the administration will determine if more budget cuts are necessary. tax revenues need to be $4 billion above forecast. anything less will automatically trigger cuts with schools likely to take the brunt. school services of california

has been keeping an i've on the economy to advise school tickets. >> all the indicators are heading south. we believe its pure economic decision that those trirgs would have to be pulled. >> in fact the state account is $700 million below forecast right now with fewer people working and spending less. >> fourth grade teacher begins to cry when told the trigger cuts are a real possibility. >> it's important for them to have the funding that they need. i'm sorry i'm emotional. you are talking to a person that has experienced this for a long time. >> the school has been targeted for closure once before. the kids don't like the uncertainty of the state budget. dwo 2007 was the last year they got all the funding they were supposed to get. >> a lot of kids get scared and

wanted to hold a fund-raiser. >> the state insists it's too early to worry. >> there is critical data we'll be getting in the next several weeks that will have a major impact how revised forecast adds up. >> but a similar trigger mechanism been in effect last two years more cuts would have been done because revenues were billions below forecast. lisa is going to be talking about that rain coming this way. >> several hours off and we have cloud around the bay area. this is a view from mount tam. 39 degrees in santa rosa. we have 50 in oakland san francisco and sfo so a little wind and clouds warming us now. rain comes in midafternoon. what about the rest of the weekend? still more changes ahead. we'll talk about those next. >> also ahead a trip to sierra

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>> but low cost panels from china has extended the losses this year past a half billion dollars. sun power has a deep pocket partner a french company that ranks among the top energy companies in the world. to. they paid $1.3 billion for a 60% stake in sun power in june. president sees it as a long term deal. >> he plans on solar being a mainstream energy resource in 2020 2030. she is betting on sun power, in the top three if not number one in that time frame. >> they also received a loan guarantee in september. it's financing 250 megawatt solar generation project in san luis obispo. sun power's partner nrg is the

sole holder of the loan guarantee. groundbreaking is set for next thursday. giving growing financial losses the solar industry needs help so december executive director for energy policy and finance. >> got to continue to provide strong research funding. second we ought to fix and not throw away the important loan guarantee program. and third we ought to provide reliable incentives for solar and wind and other technologies. >> ready for another tour of the bay area. camera shot somewhere near where you live. >> that's right. they detail the story. we had clear skies frost advisory clouds have moved in. heavenly right now, you can see few clouds around. winter storm warning is in effect later on this afternoon through tomorrow morning for the

sierra nevada. half foot of snow at lake level and perhaps a foot at 6,000 feet here is a look at mount tam. north bay had the coolest numbers around 5:00 this morning. 39 in santa rosa. 40 in napa and we're talking cloudy skies in the north bay to the east bay. a look at the golden gate bridge san francisco coming in at 50 degrees. a little bit of wind and cloud cover allows for modifying temperatures and a cold front on the way. here is a look at sutro camera. you'll notice that the clouds still pretty high based but throughout the afternoon they will lower. cold front on the way and then the rain comes our way. we're talking about some showers headed into san francisco by the afternoon hours. if you want to get out today it's going to be cool and we're going to see the rain moving into the north bay. what is so funny about that?

>> we do have the cob webs on the lens. but the cold front is going to push through the north bay around 5:00. 8:00 heavier rain showers by earlier evening hours and front passes through monterey and entire bay area by about 9:00 or 10:00 and then we'll see the cold showers behind the front. here is how it looks right outside the studio yeos. you see the clouds and stratus form. very uniform temperatures with the cloud cover from yesterday to today. five to six degrees below average and cold shot of air. so front moved through and temperatures are going to modify numbers in the low 60s. then it looks sunny and mild for monday tuesday wednesday increasing clouds with highs in the mid-60s. by thursday and friday veterans' day a holiday for some folks perhaps we'll be looking

at another weather system headed our way. it's shaping up to be a wet fall and that is going to ring true from a tenth to half an inch of rain with the next system. >> you got the skier's attention with snow coming down in tahoe. >> it's early, but it may be open by thanksgiving. in many parts of the world babies and mothers are fighting for survival. we have launched an effort to help. it's called the million moms challenge. the goal is recruiting million americans that supported mothers and children in developing countries. carolyn johnson journeyed to a country that associate with blood diamonds and war sierra leone. >> driving into the lush part of sierra leone is a jarring ride and violent twists near the recent decades here.

a brutal ten-year civil war ended in 2002 but memories still scar this west african nation. >> all my family run away. >> he was eight years old when he was kidnapped by rebels that caught off both his arms. >> similar problems happened throughout the war including the rape of hundreds of thousands of women and girls. she remembers the day fighters overran her village. >> killing innocent people. >> and when it was all over many had no home to return to. charred buildings pepper the landscape especially in diamond rich areas. >> this used to be a bustling shopping center when trading

took place but when rebels they torched the businesses and killed people in the marketplace. as we look down the road here you can see the gas station burned out. >> nearby villagers hunt for the diamond that help fuel the insurgency. nearly three-quarters of the population survive on less than $2 a day. >> meanwhile, the government is struggling to rebuild hospitals and clinics destroyed during the war. malaria still kills thousands of children along with diarrhea and malnutrition. but amid the suffering and heartache there is a strong sense of hope. scores of humanitarian organizations are training health care workers and providing vital medicine. one of the largest is world vision which is recruited more than a hundred families from the bay area to sponsor children in sierra leone.

>> what i see we have care and new schools. >> you have a new school. >> we're back here. >> he just returned to sierra leone after training at training the san francisco trauma institute. institute. >> you are full? >> we are full always. >> doctors and aid groups work to heal the physical fallout of the war, they are tackling the psychological scars, as well. on a beach in the capital city young amputees have formed competitive soccer teams. rebuilding projects are underway in both the city and countryside and a decade removed from the

violence and new generation of children greed us in every village with smiles and shouts of excitement. >> carolyn johnson reporting there. go to abc7news.com see it on tv you can find links to the million moms challenge launched by abc news including world vision. this a campaign could connect millions of americans with millions of moms in developing countries. >> don't go away. "7 on your side" is coming up next. >> slick ways to save on your

cellphone carriers have agreed to start letting you know when you are getting closing over your minutes. here is michael finney to explain. >> reporter: if there is one thing mobile device users fear it's overages. jeff knows all about that. he received a bill that was 50% higher than expected. >> it was very surprising. it was an overage charges for 199 minutes. >> without warning, with huge charges is about to be a thing of the past. new commission guidelines require cellphone companies to alert customers both before and

after they incur overage charges. >> the providers are going to be spending free alerts to their subscribers to help manage usage and avoid unexpected overage charges. >> the new rules start rolling out next year and it sounds good from angie but she says there is more to do now than just wait for the new rules. >> no one looks out for you more than you do. >> when consumers waste money not by going over their monthly allowance but buying too much in the first place. >> one of the things is they don't evaluate the usage pattern and make sure you are in the right plan. >> that can easily cost you $10 a month. that may not seem like month but it adds up. she also says pick up the phone and ask for a better deal. >> you might see deals on tv

that are offering low introductory rates. if you are great customer and ask for the customer department ask for those deals. >> if they wouldn't budge, you should. move to another c

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a popular san francisco land marks is being examined in a new film. sutros the power of lands end had premiere at theater. >> the film recalls a huge 19th century complex seven swimming pools. seating for nearly 8,000 people. a museum. sutro baths world's largest

swimming facility. here it is today slowly eroding. ocean chewing away at aging concrete. >> it was the finest on the west coast if not the united states. >> historian james smith did research and wrote the script. sutro baths were a gift and everyone came here. >> it was only a dime to get in. it was a quarter if you want to swim. >> many of the photos ran from person that ran the gift shop. she has 30,000 pictures. >> i learn something every day. >> it never made any money. it closed in 1966. a developer wanted to put in condos. there were a hundred thousand panes of class. three months later there was mysterious fire. >> it was a huge fire. it was an event. >> no one was ever charged.

sutro baths was lost forever. >> and people that were here have memories and you can relive experience in the film. there will be question and answer segz at balboa and next week. >> could it ever be rebuilt? >> they wouldn't come because the concept is so old-fashioned. it's very romantic idea. >> part of a bygone era. >> lisa she has her graphics ready to go now. >> we have rain to show you from live doppler 7-hd. it's well to the north and west of the bay area but we have snow around mount shasta. not going to make it down to the bay area but sierra nevada. we'll see snow. here a look when you can expect the rain. north bay and east bay we'll see

rain 3:00 san francisco san mateo coast and front sweeps through the north bay around 5:00. by 9:00 heavier rain is in the santa clara valley. overnight waking up to a cold conditions scattered showers is a sunny afternoon. don't forget to fall back tonight. temperatures are very cool. upper 50s to about 60. we'll be dry through wednesday. >> thanks for joining us.