good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. >> we have developments in the occupy movement. a tense standoff in portland, preparations for a crackdown in oakland, and in san francisco police are searching for two suspects who slashed a couple of officers during this weekend's occupy san francisco march. that violence marred what was otherwise a peaceful

demonstration. tomas ramon reports from the embarcadero. >> about 250 protestors chanted as they walked down embarcadero. when the group attempted to walk on the street car tracks on broadway there was a confrontation between police and marchers. >> one of my officers was cut. apparently one of demonstrators had a sharp object on the end of a stick and reached across. >> a woman in the group had a blade on the end of an object. another officer's face was slashed. both officers retreated at the scene and were released. police officers gathered to make the report while watching the protestors gather at the maritime museum park. >> it shows you it's not as peaceful as you think. all and all, it was a good demonstration. >> occupy san francisco camp, we asked about the violent incident.

>> police did do a lot, maybe someone has something sharp on them. >> the group gathered back at justin herman plaza and others were gathering their wares and going home. hou we asked them how they affect that business. >> we are part of that 99% also. >> they tried to stop lindsay from talking to us and she lost her temper. >> i am part of the 99% okay. >> you have no respect for us. as they gathered merchandise .... >> it's horrible. it's a mess. my husband says they have been stealing from us. they have been urinating and vomiting all over the zblaz police see another problem. they are filling up with dogs.

they say the animals could pose a safety hazard. >> injuries the officers received were not life-threatening. san francisco police are asking if anybody witnessed the attack to give them a call. in oakland a second warning has been issued as occupy protestors are preparation for a police raid. >> on friday, city officials declared the camp unlawful. they have been asking protestors to pack up and leave immediately or face arrests but the atmosphere at the camp was low key this weekend before the second notice was isn't out last night. demonstrators marched down broadway in defiance. police have not said when or if they will take further action. so far we are seeing the city take the same steps that led up to last month's controversial raid. oakland police say they have gotten 800 complaints from all

over the world about the october 25th clash with protestors. interestingly, only 12 of those complaints came from people who were actually there. 85 people were arrested. >> in portland, tensions remain high this morning after a huge crowd, perhaps as many as 2,000 occupy demonstrators pushed back a line of police in riot gear refusing to abandon their encampment. one officer has been injured. you can see him here on the ground being helped by fellow officers. a reporter says he was on horseback when police got pelted by objects. the mayor ordered 9 camp shut down on friday due to unhealthy conditions, drug overdoses and theft. >> there is a controversy at u.c. berkeley showing law enforcement officers dragging two demonstrators by their hair. a university professor was one

of those seen on that tape. the story. >> these are the images that have triggered outrage. officers forcing people to the ground and right here, you can see an officer pull a professor by her hair and get arrested. >> it's one example in which there were many on that day of the police being the provocators. >> the professor says his colleague she was in the first wave of police action wednesday. later in the evening, they moved in again. that is when o'ryan says he was injured. there was a brutal arrest by a sheriff's deputy. >> they hit a professor. cop said you want some. i was hit viciously and went to

the ground. >> he says officers were heavy-handed and wants answers from the university. the police tell me they have launched and inquiry. >> any time we have a major event we conduct a review. with 39 arrests this would trigger it. the professor said he was especially concerned with the use of force he saw deputies use. they say it's difficult to control other agencies in a situation like this. when you put out a call for mutual aid, agencies come with their own equipment and training. >> as for review of policy. o'brien is expected to be critical of the response to a demonstration he said it was very peaceful. >> i will remind the chancellor, it would disallow the free speech movement that happened in that exact place. >> the findings will be given to

the police oversight view. professor o'brien says he would like the university to conduct an independent review and be part of that inquiry. he is still recovering from his injuries. his options is to file a formal complaint against the police. >> a construction crew that struck a gas line in richmond yesterday is blaming pg&e. workers dug into a pg&e gas line. they weren't aware it was there. an entire neighborhood had to be evacuated. it happened at south 47th street john alston was there. >> reporter: people grabbed what they could after they got the knock at the door and were ordered to evacuate. not everybody had time to gather their pets. >> they called police and told us to get out and leave everything behind. i have dogs in the house i couldn't get out. >> about 10:30, they were installing a new sewer line dug

into a pg&e gas main with a backhoe. by early afternoon the pipe was replaced after about two dozen homes were evacuated. >> we got a knock on the door, we are evacuating. we said why and they said a main gas line broke. >> the officials say contractors the gas line was not properly marked. >> the plan they had had no indication there was a gas line at that depth. they didn't know it was there. >> a supervisor from the construction crew told "abc 7 news" that pg&e failed to mark the gas line at this spotted not like other locations where they spray yellow paint. pg&e says it's investigating. after the backhoe sliced through the line, an odor filled the

neighborhood. >> it's horrible. no more. if this happens again, i'm out of here. >> we were worried about making sure that the gas didn't collect in someone's house and didn't find an ignition source. >> about an hour and a half later. residents were allowed back home. >> they are going to be fixing up the sue are line but i think they found a different line. >> they said it took 30 minutes for pg&e workers to get here and shut off the gas. they have notified the puc about the leak and they will be investigating whether the gas lines were properly marked. this morning, a much larger gas line that broke during high pressure testing is back in operation. it's the same line that caused the deadly san bruno explosion last year. pg&e says the line passed the

high pressure water test, about twice the normal operating pressure. when the pipe suddenly failed one week ago today, it blew mud and water out causing traffic delays. there is evidence that 24-inch line was damaged by an outside contractor. >> coming up, republican presidential candidates face off. >> i would be willing to use water boarding. >> interrogation techniques, president obama and governor rick perry's dad were among the issues during last night's debate. >> black friday is less than two weeks away. the cost of everyday things is going up just in time for the holidays.

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about afghanistan, iran and the use of water boarding. >> i would definitely allow the military to use enhanced interrogation techniques because they are terrorists. they are terrorists. >> i am for using the techniques not torture but using those techniques that we know to save young american lives. >> the gop race is still up for grabs. candidates are running hard. the iowa presidential caucus is less than two months away. mother of all shopping days approaches, retail experts say the black friday deals will be tempered by higher prices on many everyday items. economy is still sputtering. what is driving prices higher? cecilia vega reports. >> pass the turkey, pass the stuffing, you might as well fork over your wallet, too. a bigger helping will mean a

bigger bill at grocery store. turkey day meal will average 49.40, that is 73 more. 13% more. this thanksgiving, this turkey will cost 21-57. almost four bucks more. >> it's up three to 5% compared to last year but it's labor costs and more. >> want to travel. airfare could be higher than last year. thinking of a drive over the river and through the woods? that will cost more, too. last year a gallon of gas was under three dallas. now it's 3.43. >> with increased gas prices, we see it takes a larger chunk out of income. >> and save the good news, this is not the most expensive

holiday season on record but shoppers say they are still feeling the pinch. >> we're watching our pennies. >> if you feel like thanksgiving is gobbling your wallet now, they predict that gas will top $4 by cinco de mayo. >> i don't know she wants to look that far ahead. how about seven days ahead. >> we've got mild days ahead. as we head outside, look at that sunshine in san francisco. high mid-level clouds from time to time. but we're also talking about dry spell coming to an end. that will be in the seven-day outlook. i'll talk about that, too, next. >> and did you see this? a quack attack down on the farm. oregon ducks dominates stanford

ending their hopes for a national title. michael schumann has the highlights coming up.

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. we're already talking thanksgiving and cooking but it's too soon to talk about the weather for that day. >> it's too soon for that. we can speculate. it can go either way. you can get storms before the

holiday or stay dry. first part of the week we're staying dry. here is a look at vollmer peak. you can see clouds out there. we've had fog and poor visibility in spots from time to time but it's going to be a sunny and mild afternoon. beach at santa cruz, highs will be in the lower 60s and manage a couple degrees of warming each and every day with dry weather perhaps until thursday. we have to see if the rain comes in thursday or thursday night. we are looking at mild temperatures, everyone in the 50s. 54 in san francisco. we have cool numbers in santa rosa, still in the 40s there. 49. 53 in los gatos. mountain view, 52. mostly sunny skies and few high clouds from time to time. for the first couple days of the week we'll see some weather systems passing to the north of us. that is why we'll see a few

higher clouds but staying dry, mild right on through the middle of the week. in terms of season to date. percent of normal. santa rosa with nearly 3 inches of rain, 66% of normal. oakland shaping up almost 2 and a half inches of rain, over hundred percent. so we're not doing too bad. satellite and radar composite showing the higher clouds. we've got weak high pressure. that is why we have some of the higher clouds filtering through the ridge that is being carved out in the eastern eastern pacific. that will bring the mild afternoon and not so cold mornings. we're not talking 30s, more like the 40s in the morning hours. with that sun setting earlier. it will be before 5:00 in the days ahead. temperatures in the mid-60s

today. 66 in san jose. 65 in cupertino. a light northwest wind here, so we'll keep the numbers cool. millbrae is 64. headed to the football game, cool and low 60s but very pleasant. in the north bay, upper 60s in santa rosa. a little bit of a north wind there. numbers respond, 64 in vallejo. near east bay, 66 in oakland with fremont coming in at 65. over the hills, mid-60s today with livermore, very pleasant afternoon. monterey we're talking about 60 degrees. accu-weather seven-day forecast, a couple weak weather systems to the north. keeping it high and dry with numbers around normal and then couple cool systems with weather headed our way, couple opportunities at the end of the week and perhaps the weekend.

>> out at the stick it's football weather. because here in sports, niners are going to honor former players, owens and roger craig against the new york giants. those were inducted into the hall of fame yesterday. and college football, stanford had the national title hopes dashed by the visiting oregon ducks last night. >> good morning. stanford hosted oregon and game of the week, and ducks were too fast for the cardinals. andrew luck with the worst game of the season. throwing a pick. he gets a touchdown strike. it's 8-0 ducks. oregon less than two minutes to respond, michael james, monster game. 146 yards, 58 of them right here. now 22-9 ducks. stanford not dropping away.

down 6 at the break. but they exploded in the third. thomas is jacked up two avoid two tackles, 59-yard touchdown. it was all but over. stanford down 16. luck picked off. five turnovers. cardinals, win streak is over, 53-30 the final. >> cal hosting their game. and to michael calvin. first touchdown catch as a bear. maynard, drops in. great fake by zach, 128, 14-3 bears. and it's a great block by mitchell schwartz.

watch the celebration. now, they are bowl eligible with 32-fr victory. >> san jose state, aggies trail in the fourth. watch this catch by matt austin. 47 seconds left. one last chance. 67-yard field goal. it's blocked. 34-33 the final. >> sharks have a win over phoenix and now it was payback time. ray whitney shoots it wide but takes a bounce off the board and slides it in. 1-0 phoenix. third period, acorn shoots it for the point tries to the save but two coyotes all alone in front of the net. sharks shutout, 3-0 is your final. >> niners hosting the giants. we'll have highlights tonight at

5:00. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. >> next at 9:30 a neighborhood watch, east bay community that says police aren't doing enough. they are taking measures into their own hands. >> a bay area biofuel company that is really taking off. the major industry that is filling its tank what used to be algae.

welcome back. in the only hills some residents are fed up and fighting back against recent rash of burglaries. mounted clare neighborhood is the most burglarized in the city. residents launched a pilot project. they are worried about slower response times from police and department downsizing. the break-ins are happening in during the day when homeowners are at work. >> we have to do our own policing. that is what it amounts to. on burglaries and we have to monitor our own neighborhood. >> oakland needs more police help. officers would be great, but we got to work with what we got. >> the police say surveillance cameras help because nobody wants to be caught on tape. a pair of gunmen suspected in two robberies may have struck again in pleasant hill.

police say two men wearing skeleton masks and black hoodies robbed a verizon store around 7:30. armed with semi automat ix they robbed wallets. their descriptions match burglars that robbed a shop and go store. >> aviation history. two major airlines put biofuel in the tank. it bucs cleaner and major breakthrough for a bay area lab. david louie has the details. >> reporter: solardyne has the goal to produce renewable fuel. but now it has opened a large scale market. this 737 jet airliner is leaving the airport as the first commercial jet to be operated by a blend of biofuel and standard

jet fuel. >> to see something come out of lab and scaled up and actually see it in a commercial application is quite gratifying. >> it was powered by 40% biofuel 60% jet fuel mix. they have a contract to supply united 20 million gallons of fuel. that is less than 1% of the carrier's fuel consumption but they are ramping up for large scale production. >> we are in in the process in designing plants. they will be operational by 2013. we'll have multiple plants all over the glob. >> the blended fuel has the potential to reduce carbon emissions by 80%. jet fuel costs 3.11 per gallon. in time, they expect biofuel will be 3.44 a gallon. they are launching a similar project with biofuel made from

used cooking oil. >> they bought 25,000 gallons of biofuel enough to fuel 75 planes over the next two or three weeks. airports are embracing the move. >> airlines are in the business of burning fuel to move you from here to there. the more efficient they can do it the better off we all are. >> the choice in houston sends a message. >> we are here to stay. on tuesday, santa clara city leaders are expected to approve the first major expenditure of public money for the new 49er stadium project. city council is expected to approve $10 million in tax funds to prepare the stadium site for construction. according to our media partner mercury news, they are going to have to borrow $6 million of that from the team. the money will be spent over

five months starting in january to do things like move utilities and put in sidewalks to prepare for construction. critics say the public funds are at risk because not all of the financing is in place to complete that project. lisa argen is here now to tell us what is ahead for the week weather-wise. >> some people have the 49ers on their mind. it's going down to the sixth day and you'll see some of this, some clouds and beautiful shot from mount tam with the layering of clouds out there. we'll talk about an extended dry cell coming up. >> also ahead, carolyn johnson and her trip to sierra leone where the rain is relentless but

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saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. we've been talking about the niners game. it's usually windy out at the stick. >> not too bad. we'll have dry northwesterly winds for much of the beginning of the week. so we're staying dry. heavenly this morning, isn't that pretty? we have clouds around and overnight lows in the 30s instead of the 20s. beautiful afternoon with numbers there climbing to the low 50s. so nice day in the northern sierra. southern sierra making it up to 60. back home, for now we're enjoying sunshine outside the studios. looking at the bay bridge. plenty of sun out there. we do have a weak weather system to the east of us that will provide high clouds from time to time. it's in the low 50s in redwood city. we did have cloud cover

overnight we didn't drop too cool in some spots. protected valleys we did see low 40s for a time in santa rosa. mostly sunny skies throughout the morning hours. in the afternoon a few high clouds and maintain the dry weather pattern the next several days. this will last through the end of the week? not likely, much cooler conditions with the opportunity after a few systems to bring rain and perhaps mountain snow to the sierra nevada. other end of the bay. 66% of normal for rainfall totals for this time. we're looking at santa rosa and san jose in between oakland and san francisco with over two inches of rain. it brings it up to about 92% of normal in the city with 101% of normal in oakland. so early season rain makers benefiting us but the next several days you're not going to see any rain so percentages will

be dipping. high and mid-level clouds today but high pressure is in the pacific. you'll notice it's carving out a little bit of a niche. in the afternoon hours, mild conditions and in fact temperatures all week long will stay in the mid-60s, even some upper 60s around the bay. 65 today in santa clara and sunnyvale. peninsula numbers with a light north wind, 509 at our coast. 58 in pacifica. san francisco coming in right around normal, 62. south city at 63. 50s for the sunset, richmond district and mid and upper 60s from sonoma to cloverdale. vallejo is 64. 2:00 or 3:00, warmest in oakland will be 66 degrees. union city 64. as you head inland, not much variation, with some high clouds from time to time but very mild temperatures with 65 in lover

more and antioch today. low 60s at the beaches around santa cruz. monterey coming in at 60. if you like it dry and mild, you will enjoy the next several days through wednesday. then by thursday you'll see showers perhaps. second system should bring much chillier air with numbers kneipg the upper 50s for highs. maybe low snow levels around mount hamilton. >> and thanksgiving is way far out there, but it's a day where people can take walks after eating. >> we'll work on that for you. >> the biggest challenge in developing world continues to be access to safe water. 90% of illnesses in those countries are connected to hygiene and sanitation. these are problems the people of sierra leone are too familiar with.

carolyn traveled there to see the progress being made in part thanks to the generosity of people right here in the bay area. >> it's hard to believe in a country where the rainy season lasts half a year that water is such a challenge. in rural areas, two-thirds of people still don't have access to clean water. women wash clothes in the same streams they depend on for cooking and drinking. in the slums of the capital city children collect water from the same dirty creek where pigs are. >> they don't see that water is an issue. it's constant or right now. people get diarrhea. they are drinking the bad water. >> the national director here but the challenge is not just

providing clean water but sharing strategies about hygiene and sanitation. >> if you don't have that, clean water than everybody is lost. it's had handwashing. get rid of mosquitoes and it's a whole package approach. >> referred to as wash, water sanitation and hygiene and this is proof what difference the training makes. >> for years this was the only source of drinking water for the 150 people. and with it came problems like severe diarrhea and now it's only used for doing laundry. >> we get no diarrhea. >> he credits this pump made possible by donations. world vision provided the technical support and training but the villagers built it and now maintain it. >> no shoes allowed to keep the water poor and clean. >> the community built a fence

to keep out animals and this woman is responsible for regularly cleaning the pump. in village after village we visited communities have formed committees. >> sometimes they call them and talk to them. >> simple changes like keeping food and clothing off the ground and away from animals is helping limit the spread of disease. >> to keep it clean and safe. >> katherine oversees the projects in 64 villages to nearly 38,000 people. >> why it so important they take ownership, they do it rather than handout? >> because if you go and give it to them, you are not empowering them. >> villagers are seeing the impact firsthand. >> how has it changed your

community through this. >> clean water and the improvements that have come with it are life changing. carolyn johnson reporting. we're partnering with groups like world vision for the million moms challenge, to connect millions here with millions of moms in the developing world. go to abc7news.com to sign up. >> did you know there is now a new law that most of us are catching up with. homeowners to inactual carbon monoxide detectors. it's a colorless odorless gas that can kill people. >> anything that uses fuel that has carbon in it can produce carbon monoxide. so if you have a fire in your fireplace you are probably exposing yourself and your

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none of us would walk down with private information posted on a name tag, but that essentially what would happen if a new technology takes off. here is michael finney about an experiment that is raising red flags. >> most can go out in public and remain unrecognized. facial recognition system may soon allow strangers to snap a picture and instantly learn your name, date of birth, where you were born and maybe even your social security number. >> i think facial recognition is here to stay. >> already facebook and google are using some forms of facial recognition. facebook tag suggestions automatically identifies people in photos as they are uploaded. >> google video demonstrates how owners of the new galaxy nexus can point of their phone at their own face.

>> an associate professor at carnegie in pittsburgh. >> we're getting uneasy as we know it. >> he and researchers have developed an application that can determine the name and other personal information of a stranger with fairly good accuracy. we caught up with him in boston. he took pictures of three test subjects. photos were uploaded to his app and it spit out information about each of them. >> that is my date of birth. >> the app also accurately determined the same information for paul. >> i'm pretty impressed. it's also weird and kind of scary. >> here is how it worked. face recognizes compares points on face, eyes, nose and lips.

with the database of photos compiled from the internet. once the subject is identified, the app searches public records for other information. >> you have no control over this. one of the reasons. this picture can be tied but there is no way it can come back to me but apparently it can. >> the app had less success on social security numbers. but in the past. he says the app has had a success rate of 27% in predicting the first five digits of their social security numbers. that is significant because the remain four digits are often publicly available. on the third subject, app correctly determined the name and state where lisa grew up. that was enough to make her concerned about stalkers.

>> i would be afraid of that. i wouldn't have been afraid of that before, but i am a little bit now. >> he has not released his app to the public and developed the app to prove it could be done. he predicts facial recognition systems will be widely available and much more accurate in 5-15 years. f.b.i. confirms that facial recognition system is in a pilot program and will be rolled out on a limited basis next year. >> the big ring that people could end up in the -- big risk they could end up in database and they wouldn't be involved in crime at all. >> could facial recognition be next? >> figuring out a way, if there is a way for it to be done, it wouldn't violate a autoser's privacy. >> what sounded like science fiction is getting closer and closer today.

>> they are taking notice of facial recognition technology. john rockefeller has asked for a report on the technology and both the f.b.i. and facebook could be asked to participate in a workshop on facial recognition technology scheduled for next month. both declined to talk with me about this report. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." >> up next, oprah adds to her long lift of accolades. >> when i say thank you, this thank you comes from a place deeper than even i know. >> what she had never achieved until now.

oprah can add an oscar to her long list of achievements. she received an oscar for her humanitarian efforts. oprah was moved to tears. ♪ ♪ >> unpa imaginable that i would be standing before you voted by the board of governors -- >> as oprah winfrey accepted her humanitarian award from the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences. >> i don't know of anyway that

would be -- anyone that would be more deserving. >> anyone can make a difference. >> she was nominated for her philanthropy. >> increasing the literacy level by mere passion for books. >> one of our national and world treasures. >> after they were awarded honorary oscars. but it was a harlem student not a star that presented her award after explaining that she earned a scholarship through the oprah winfrey foundation. >> i applied to seven colleges and i was accepted to each one. [ applause ] >> it is unimaginable. when i say thank you, the thank you comes from a place deeper

than even i know because it's not just from me. it's everybody that made me possible. it's every shoulder i stood on and every bridge i ever crossed. every story that was told. every story that ever imagined this day to be possible. >> unimaginable, even for oprah. you are going to see more highlights from last night's ceremony on february 26th here on abc7. can we get lisa argen some kind of an award for the accuracy of her forecast. >> even thanksgiving, forget it. but the next couple days, sunny, mild and dry, 55 in oakland and 53 in fremont.

plenty of warm temperatures throughout the middle of the week. colder rain at the end of the week and that is out seven days. >> we like to put you on the spot. that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us. next newscast starts at 5:00. i'm carolyn tyler. you can keep track of the latest break go on twitter at abc7news.com and talk about it on facebook.com/abc7news. have a great sunday.