>> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live in oakland apparently the mystery has been solved of why oakland police were having trouble communicating with each other. now we know the problem what is the solution? >> in a san jose courtroom lawyers begin closing arguments in a high stakes patent trial between apple and samsung. huge wildfire out of control in shasta county, 30% contained still aiming at thousands of homes. good morning i'm frances dinglasan starting off with a fatal crash on north 101 in novato, i'll have details coming up. good morning i'm mike nicco, check out this picture, you can see clouds are hanging

low, live doppler has been watching drizzle along the coast and mist for the rest of us as we head into the afternoon hours it will be mostly cloudy around the bay temperatures at the coast near 60 inland in the self-ties to 80. -- in the 70s to 80. 5:01, thank you for joining us, i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. oakland police pin pointing their cause for their radio systemy+ww getting knocked offe air during the president's visit last month. >> reporter: city of oakland and at&t pinpointing the problem, the problem is cell phone towers. now they know the problem, what is the solution? take a look at the problem, cell phone towers interfering with police radio communications. if you are saying i've heard that before, you are right. it is not a new problem for

oakland pd. the new system had problems since it was installed. during president obama's visit to the fox theater last month, many of the 100 officers assigned to protect him and had protesters near the theater reported problems with the radio system. >> the 850 megahertz ban close to at&t their system is bleeding over to our sites. >> i'm having harder time finding places with where i can talk to people and the same thing apparently happening with these. >> reporter: oakland is saying 16 cell phone towers shutdown, at&t says it has not shutdown any cell sites only temporarily suspended operating 2g limited, 3 and 4g

not impacted. oakland looking at cell phone sites not only in the city but emeryville and berkeley seeing if there is any problems there. this situation is still under investigation. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. police in santa rosa blame a blown circuit board for a power outage that knocked out the department's phones, radios and dispatch system around 9:15 yesterday morning. 911 calls were forwarded to the sheriff's department. police switched to the sheriff's radio frequency. closing arguments set to begin today in san jose in a patent trial between apple and samsung. for the past three weeks both companies have tried to paint the other as the bad guy. appear pell accused samsung is of -- apple accused samsung of pirating technology. samsung says it is part of an

evolution in technology. the jury's verdict could bring a multi-billion dollar penalty. bail that would keep your boss from asking for your password to sites like twitter and facebook has cleared a key hurdle. california senate passed the measure 37-0 yesterday in a vote the sponsor introduced the bill based on complaints that employers were asking for employee passwords so bosses could check their pages for answers to questions they couldn't ask legally. the bill now goes back to the assembly for a vote on minor changes. a bill to let prisoners appeal life without parole sentences is heading to the governor's desk. the bill would apply to prisoners who committed crimes as juveniles but did not torture anyone or kill a police officer. three hunt could be eligible to ask the court to change their sentence to include the possibility for parole. governor brown has not taken a

public position. a slaughter house in the central valley shutdown after agents received video showing cows shot and shocked with electricity. animal rights group sent the video to the agriculture department this is a major slaughterhouse south of fresno. company officials say they have not seen the video and don't know who took. san francisco board of supervisors is expected to decide as early as next month whether suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi will lose or keep his job. mayor lee says he's hopeful the supervisors will follow the lead of the ethics commission. lee says the commission reached the right decision last week when it phone mirkarimi engaged in official misconduct. mirkarimi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment in connection to an argument with his with wife where he grabbed her arm hard enough to bruise it. mirkarimi's while eliana lopez

has stood -- mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez has stood by him. lawmakers using pg&e of trying to generate millions in profits. hill wants the public utilities commission to reject the 2.2 billion dollar upgrade plan. he says under the plan rate payers would have to pay up to 95% of the cost -- >> i find it offensive their proposal expects the puc to allow them to take from customers 1 1/2 billion dollars in profit. >> the california public utilities commission forced pg&e to upgrade its natural gas pipeline system after the 2010 san bruno explosion and fire. pg&e admits ratepayers would pay close to 85% of the coast but they call it fair. >> we believe this is fair

pipeline maintenance required ongoing effort. >> hill is also promoting a bill that would prohibit pg&e from using ratepayers funds to pay foreexecutive bonuses. fire -- fire crews making progress against a forest fire threatening three towns more than 3,000 residents remain evacuated since the lightning fire saturday. right now the ponderosa fire 30% contained more than 16,000 acres. seven homes destroyed and thousands are threatened. bay area fire crews are on the lines. last week's fires in clearlake were less than half the size of the ponderosa fire. it would be nice if that

got up there probably tomorrow then it will turn around and go away see the smoke in the northern parts of the sacramento valley and winds blowing the smoke to the northeast and then it wraps around the foothills, dicey situation for them it won't be as warm but the winds pick up a little. at home, look for fog don't see anything, clouds hanging low, lowest visibility about two miles at half moon bay, i still think we'll have flight arrival delays into sfo, oakland and san jose on time, cloudy 7:00, still have mist in the air, drizzle at the coast, in the 50s by noon mist and drizzle gone, sun starting to break out, temperatures hitting 50s coast 70s inland near 60 coast for warmest temperatures to near mid and upper 80s inland by 4:00 then drop back into the 50s, 60s and 70s from the coast to the bay to inland for your evening. moderate amounts of tree, mold,

ragweed and grass low. tomorrow coolest day in the forecast, drop a couple more december then add a few more degrees and tie to -- more degrees then add a few more. [ inaudible ] past atherton avenue going to be out there for a while since it is a fatal crash. right now traffic very light in both directions moving near 16 miles an hour. if you are heading through the area you want to think about alternates later, highway 37 to lakeville highway will bypass get you around that and bypass the accident. as we keep track of the drive times not picking up slowing on highway 101 on north 101 from highway 37 to highway 12, still 28 minutes almost th same amount of time southbound. golden gate bridge, i would use -- i used my wipers this ill encounter

fog crews heading -- getting ready to change the lane configuration no problems heading to the bay bridge, 80, 580 and 880 looking good. 5:10. next, the one car that is most popular with thiefs this year. airfares going up again. the route you can expect to pay more to travel. are you tired of those high mobile phone bills?

good morning. the most frequently stolen car the 1994 honda accord the most stolen last year four the fourth time an 18-year-old car, nearly 7600 were ripped off the popularity and lack of security features are the reasons why. southwest among several carriers offering less leg room an inch less between seats because of seats being added. wal-mart says layaway program proved to be so popular last holiday season is being expanded this year the program will be a month longer and will include more items it begins september 16th. harley davidson motorcycles get a special blessing from the pope at the vatican next

june. other special events are planned in cities around the world. that's america's money. fewer americans are falling behind on car loan payments according to day tracking agency. the number of loan payments that were 60 days overdue fell by 25% in the second quarter. credit reporting agency transunion says the lowest rate since they began tracking more than 10 years ago. consumers are being helped by lower interest rates and strong market for used cars that cost less. prepare to pay nor to fly. major airlines raising fares -- short flights southwest led the way when it raised fares by $5 each way on routes less than 500 miles.

airlines say they need raise fares to cover higher operating costs for fuel. how would you like to use your ipod as a smartphone, making calls but never pay a monthly bill? a new product allows you to do that. michael finney shows how it works. >> reporter: smartphones are such a part of our lives now hard to imagine living without them. it is not hard to imagine living without that smartphone bill. >> nothing, 100% free. >> reporter: nicholas is with freedompop.com he's talking the freedom sleeve for itch pod it is a game changer. >> it -- it hooks into your ipod where it makes it about the same size as your iphone and you could make calls, browse the web, listen to the music without having to pay a monthly plan. >> reporter: how?

the sleeve picks up a broadband connection, they buy from sprint and other companies the signal similar to the wifi in your home but over a larger area you get one gig of data a month at no additional charge. we tried to make a call using the sleeve and skype service. not available. we move on to texting. it works well. >> there you go. >> reporter: how about web browser? >> google. >> reporter: remember, we are doing all of this standing on a street with an ipod, not an iphone. we are not spending a dime on a broadband connection and not hooking up through a coffeehouse wifi. we watched video from youtube and make a connection using face time with the ceo of freedom pop, in southern california. freedom pop obviously works. would you use it?

>> absolutely, sounds great. how do i do it? >> reporter: it is coming out in six or eight weeks watch channel 7 and i'll tell you. >> all right. >> the freedom pop sleeve is in presales now. michael will keep us posted when they hit the market. mike keeping us posted on the weather today important the conditions on the bay we have the practice races for the america's cup world series. >> interesting with the choppy bay, we'll see how the data ma rans -- see how the catamarans handle it. see breezy, clouds thicker, mist more widespread drizzle this morning is going to hang around for the next couple of hours until 9:00, 10:00. doppler as far as widespread rains we do not have it v localized. the clouds are heavy enough, watch out for delays at our

airports especially sfo. cool spot napa 52, monterey bay and inland cloudy conditions, a little mist and drizzle and low to mid 50s. slower sunshine, cooler breezes today, cloudy, misty tonight with drizzle possible at the coast, a small, minimal warming trend as we head into the weekend. today, almost everybody is cooler, fremont, san francisco, may squeeze out one degree of warmth compared to yesterday oakland 67, san jose 75. concord drops four degrees to 85 this afternoon. cloud cover widespread during the morning. drizzle along the coast until 9:00, 10:00, at noon healthy amount of cloud cover hugging the coast and pushing through the golden gate towards the east bay, 3:00 most of it is back to the coast a little pushing through the golden gate with strong winds,

50s, 60s, 70s, 80s that's our spread, no more 90s. south bay, mid 70s to around 80 los gatos up the peninsula mid 70s drop to 66 millbrae upper 50s coast today low to mid 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito upper 70s near 80 north bay valleys mid 60s to mid 70s north to south along the east bay shore mid 80s east bay valleys 62 monterey upper 60s to low 70s the rest of the bay low to mid 80s inland. america's cup 2:00 to 4:00, south wet winds 10 to 20 knots gusts 35 knots dress for mid 50s to around 60°. tomorrow drop a couple more degrees you can see how we try to warm-up a little as we head for thursday into saturday here's frances. back to the north bay, live shot this time of 101 in

san rafael southbound on the right moving nicely out of novato. northbound very light as well. as you head northbound through novato past atherton avenue still following this fatal accident block being the right lane i wanted to show you this live shot even though this crash is out there blocking a lane not causing delays at this point through novato and also as you head into petaluma. in san francisco north 101 at cesar chavez earlier crash took out the san barrels, rhp and caltrans at the scene they are trying to clear the sand and get the barrels out of way. at this point doesn't look like any lanes are blocked just activity as you head towards downtown san francisco. if you are heading there via the bay bridge, no delays right now. yesterday things picked up, a lot of folks back-to-school, work, here's a live shot of the san mateo bridge still flowing well in both

directions. we want to thank some people who have become a part of the sleep train foster kids dream campaign. thanks to eileen d of san jose, john e of san francisco and lorna s of clayton. you can help as well, like us on the abc7 news facebook page within dollar will be donated to help local foster kids in need. next, a giant victory the win that puts giants a half game ahead in the national league west. a man who has given more of himself literally, than most people you will ever know.

nfl thursday night football is coming.

the match-up between the 9ers and seahawks will be here. december 6th broncos take on the raiders. the giants reclaim the division lead from the dodgers after beating them in l.a. last night. giants starter bumgarner threw for eight scoreless innings striking out 10 batters. [ unintelligible ] giants are back in first place by half a game over the dodgers 2-1 the final in oakland a's face vikings or the twins, sorry wrong sport for a moment, -- [ unintelligible ] a's lose to the twins 7-2. >> when the vikings get a hit it hurts more.

alameda's world war ii aircraft carrier the uss hornet is getting a new anchor. the anchor belonged to a sister ship moving it is not easy it weighs 30,000 pounds, chain has 25 links that weigh 127 pounds each. workers used a crane to lift the anchor on to a flatbed once aboard the hornet it will be refurbished and then become part of the museum. a man from mountain view has done what no other blood donor has done until now. meet david mitch mitchell, he made his 6 -- his 600th donation to the blood bank. he donates two dozen times per year whole blood honors can only give five or six times per year.

>> a pleasant experience being here and giving and every now and then you hear about specifics, little children or babies or -- that need that stuff. >> mitchell started giving blood when he was 17 and continued while serving in the air force. disaster narrowly averted. federal investigators reveal how close the richmond refinery fire came to becoming a/-áh deadly inferno. we are live along the san francisco waterfront with exciting racing getting underway today. [ unintelligible ] you know the 49ers are moving to santa clara why the food will move with them. below average everywhere.

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>> >> good morning thanks for starting your day with us, i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas in a few hours from now thousands will fill marina green to get a sneak peek of the america's cup races. katie marzullo is live with more on the prime viewing sites. >> reporter: one prime viewing area is here, another is america's cup village at pier 27 at the embarcadero here there are bleachers and tents set-up this is one of the more prime areas. here at 10 a.m., mayor ed lee is going to speak, kind of kickoff the festivities today. i just learned from an organizer that the actual practice round, will be at 1:00 this afternoon. sky 7 hd shows earli rounds in the bay over the weekend. this week is a precursor to america's cup races which are

next summer this is the world series features smaller catamarans. the organizer lays out how things are going to work. >> we have 11 teams from eight countries, they are practicing for a couple of days. racing officially starts wednesday through sunday. or super sunday as we call it, because the points on that sunday are the big points when the winner will be decided. >> reporter: organizers estimate 1.3 million spectators have lined the shorelines for this season one of the world series. the world series races the teams actually travel but come next summer for the official america's cup that is all san francisco. katie marzullo, abc7 news. we have a link to the america's cup world series schedule and a map showing the best places to see it from. go to abc7 news got come click on see it on tv.

south of florida swimmer diana night wad has -- diana nyad has been pulled from the water. today is the fifth day of her attempt to make the 103 mile crossing. she had hoped to reach key west, florida by wednesday. she was slowed by a storm yesterday, less than 60 miles from her goal, she has suffered from jellyfish stings. no word on why she was pulled out of the water this morning. she has tried several times before. today another unsuccessful attempt. gang violence continues to take a big toll in san jose where police are investigating two more shootings, one fatal. last night police were called to a shooting scene in east san jose this one took the life of a 24-year-old man who died at a hospital. less than an hour later, police were called two miles

away they found a 20-year-old man shot there, he is expected to survive. police say the homicide appears to be gang-related. they are not sure whether there's a connection to the second shooting of the night. six people murdered in san jose in the past seven days. federal investigators keeping an eye on chevron's if he rib as hydrocarbons continue to leak. you can -- as hydrocarbon the chemical safety board and cal-osha won't be able to examine the pipe until the leak is capped. >> priority now is to safely isolate that leak cut off the flow of hydrocarbons and move forward with the scientific investigation. >> investigators reveal the series of photos showing a white vapor cloud released before the fire ignited sending up a column of black smoke they were find by a

photographer from across the bay in san francisco. investigators trying to determine the chemical composition of that cloud which escaped as workers pull the in away. 11,000 people -- went to hospitals. fire crews making progress against massive wildfire threatening three towns. the ponderosa fire is 30% contained now, more than 16,000 acres. more than 3,000 residents remain evacuated since lightning sparked the fire saturday. seven homes destroyed, property owners whose families have lived there for generations are just learning what they've lost. >> we've lost 700 acres. >> six generations to see it go like this hurts. >> one of the air tankers on the ponderosa fire was sent from calfire base the crews that battled last week's fire near clearlake was sent to the ponderosa fire without a break.

the ponderosa fire double the size of the clearlake fire. santa rosa's city council expected to approve a concession agreement for the new 49er stadium. the contract is with the same company that operates stands at candlestick and at&t parks. they will hire 1600 people to work a tip nfl game. the 68,000 seat stadium is expected to open in 2014. >> >> petaluma national little league team is still in the running at the little league world series in pennsylvania. yesterday, they pulled out a -- pulled off i should say, a walk-off win in extra innings. espn highlights, bottom 8th danny was just looking to make good contact with the ball and he scored the game winning homerun to beat new jersey 5-4. hometown fans watching went wild. the celebration ends and the nail-biting resumes today as petaluma faces connecticut in

another do-or-die game this is a rematch 5 p.m. on espn 2. no matter the outcome they will come home to a heroes' welcome. >> danny got his pitch because he pulled it into right field lot of time they go the other way into left field. >> eight innings normally they play six, a long time and they did. 5:37. let's check in with our resident baseball coach to find out more about the weather. >> it will be interesting to see the pitching count and who they pitch today temperatures in the 70s this afternoon, partly sunny to partly cloudy no threat of rain today, thunderstorms could roll back in tonight. here at home, lowest visibility half moon bay 2 1/2 miles rest of us okay even though the clouds are hanging low and there's drizzle at the coast and mist around the bay and we are still watching sfo, going to be a few flight arrival delays there, because of the low clouds.

we see trough of low pressure here, actual low spinning up to the north through it, that is increasing the sea breeze today and the reason why we are going to see the cooling trend and why we have thicker clouds and temperatures in the 50s through 7:00, by 9:00, the drizzle starts to dry, 10:00 gone. you can see a little sunshine developing around the bay, definitely clear inland with 60s and 70s there, 50s and 60s the rest of us during lunch, 50s and 60s coast san francisco oakland by 4:00 70s 80s for the rest of us 7:00, 50s, 60s coast and bay, 60s and 70s end land cooler this evening than it was yesterday -- inland cooler this evening than it was yesterday evening. small warming trend from the coast maybe one to two december each day. -- one to two degrees each day.

accident happened before 4:00, will be out there a little longer. in the meantime, you don't need to take the detour but keep in mind highway 37 to lakeville highway if things slow right now not slow in either direction northbound or southbound might cause a delay southbound with folks taking a look. at this point, traffic light enough to get by this is northbound for headlights through san rafael, southbound still good out of novato to the golden gate bridge. 101 problem-free in the south bay no problems from morgan hill up the peninsula into san francisco right at cesar chavez there's chp and cal tran at the scene someone knocked down san barrels. east shore freeway getting more crowded headlights westbound past university, overall zooming along nicely to the bay bridge. cal athletes get a

generous financial boost. next, how the university is honoring benefactors at the newly renovated memorial stadium. san francisco and major automaker join forces to try to make parking in the city easier. california farm workers could see extra green thanks to state lawmakers.

new morning a bill requiring overtime pay for california farm work on its way to the governor's desk. the senate proved a bill requested by the union supported on senate for yesterday by buenos aires democrat senator. the bill would pay overtime to workers on-the-job more than eight hours a day or 40 hours in a week. right now they are only required to be paid overtime after 10 hour day or 60 hour week. senate republicans argue the measure would hurt farm workers by forcing growers to switch to harvest machinery or cut shifts to make ends meet. if you follow cal sports this is a big story. uc berkeley athletics program has 10 million dollars more thanks to a donation from two bay area philanthropists. the university says the plaza at the stadium will be named

for lisa and douglas goldman of san francisco this is not their first generous donation they donated a million dollars to help save university baseball programs last year the project includes new seating, and our amenities. the bears reopen memorial stadium september 1st. san francisco and bmw trying to make parking less challenging partnering to push a new app aimed at helping drivers find and reserve open spaces at designated lots it is called park now. drivers can reserve space online or mobile phone and present a code at the garage to claim their space. bmw is in-- unveiling new car sharing program in the city. >> having less vehicles and car sharing is part of that and parking solutions all a neat package coming from 100% private industry. >> the drive now program will

include 70 electric vehicles. the park now app will be available next month. bmw expects to have hundreds of lots in the system by the end of the year. there are different locations where you can pick up that -- [ unintelligible ] next, major restaurant chain takes saltshakers off the table. bloomberg business report, next. missouri senate candidate todd akin's fellow republicans bringing heat about his controversial comments about rape. president obama makes his -- mixes campaigning with fundraising. young minds with big ideas. the special honor for five california teens who have come up with creative ways to make their community a better place.

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welcome back. 60s around san francisco, san mateo, oakland richmond the rest of us in the 70s to a few 80s east bay valleys. thunderstorms are away from california right now, more will return to southern california even up towards yosemite today 97, palm

springs 103, 76 san diego, 85 l.a. i hear from people how humid it is in southern california. watch out for the thunderstorms if you are heading that. the clock is ticking for republicans they have until 2 p.m. our time to convince missouri congressman todd akin to end his senate bid and let somebody run in his place he doesn't have a lot of support this morning following his comments about legitimate rape. akin insists he's not going anywhere he's launched new ads. tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: missouri congressman akin vows to keep his campaign going even though this morning fellow republicans are relentlessly pressuring him to dropout. he's under fire for an explanation he gave to why he opposes all abortions even in the case of rape. >> if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> reporter: those comments set off a firestorm and left

republicans scrambling to prevent widespread damage democrats ed. >> the president: the views -- the views expressed were offensive, rape is rape. >> reporter: mitt romney trailing president obama among women condemn the remarks. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. i can't defend what he said. i can't defend. >> reporter: akin apologized in a new ad. >> rape is an evil act, i used the wrong words in the wrong way for that apologize. >> reporter: the congressman's words may be too little, too late. he's facing one of the most vulnerable democrats up for reelection senator mccaskill. republicans looking to take control of the senate want him out of the race. the dead get another ran on the ballot is today at 5 p.m.. akin is showing no signs of dropping out. he launched an online fundraising appeal last night. tahman bradley, abc news,

washington. president obama returns to the campaign trail today he will head for ohio to talk to voters about education. he will then to nevada this afternoon and visit the truckee community college in reno. 5:51. that means it is time for a look at the weather. >> a little dramatic pause there. >> it was night. i'm sorry here he comes. >> dramatic drizzle for some of you, certainly got low clouds that could affect sfo again. >> absolutely, probably in 10 minutes they will let us know how long those delays are working on a school day forecast for lafayette in the next few minutes. a lot of kids going back-to-school today, not as many as yesterday, but still out there we are looking lafayette under the clouds as we look back from vollmer peak towards mount diablo, more clouds this morning than

yesterday. let's look at live doppler, you may use the wipers once or twice driving around the bay this morning maybe more with drizzle along the coast where you need to dress for the wetter weather. 52 napa and san rafael up to 60 antioch monterey bay mid 50s inland salinas, gilroy 49°. slower sunshine today, cooler breezes coming off the ocean. cloudy, misty again tonight with drizzle likely at the coast, slow warming very minor warming as we head into the weekend. today we are one degree warmer at fremont at 75, san francisco 61, oakland the same at 67, san jose 75, one degree cooler, santa rosa 80, concord 85, four degrees cooler than yesterday. area of low pressure spinning north a bigger trough of low pressure moving towards the

coast that's why cooler pattern the next two days sea breeze dominant. breezy this afternoon, summer spread from 58 in pacifica, oakland 67° all the way inland about 87° in brentwood. temperatures coolest tomorrow and then a slight warming trend. we won't escape the 80s inland nor the 70s around the bay we may tick up to 60 at the coast. if you are watching the america's cup 2:05 to 4:00 today mid to upper 50s gusty winds out of the southwest at 20 knots possibly to 35 knots hold on to the hats there. good morning. we are still getting reports of this crash in novato fatal accident north 101 past atherton by the dumps where a car crashed into a power pole it hit the pole but didn't

take wires down out in the right lane -- traffic this morning has not slowed in either direction at all it is something we are keeping an eye on to let you know it is out there. we'll let you know if any delays develop. here's a live shot of the golden gate bridge, low clouds, fog definitely some mist i had to use my wipers in san francisco, traffic fine now out of the north bay into san francisco. bay bridge toll yesterday got busy after 6:00, right now it is very light, we'll check out the south bay, northbound 280 everything is flowing well here as you head towards cupertino for headlights highway 17 out of the santa cruz mountains, no other major hot spots. 5:54. if you are traveling for the labor day holiday, expect plenty of company. >> here's jane king. good morning, aaa says thanks to rising consumer

confidence the number of people traveling 50 miles or more will increase 33 million, 85% by carnation al average on gas $3.72 for a gallon of regular as prices rise after refinery break downs. nike banning midnight releases to promote consumer safety. nike telling store chains not to display photos and other descriptions of products before the launch day. raising prices by 5 to 10% and will debut priciest mass market sneaker yet with $315 lebron x basketball shoe this fall. adidas and converse will also raise prices. boston market taking saltshakers off the table at all stores nationwide in a plan to cut sodium levels by

20% over the next month. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. sponsor of the nation's famous thanksgiving parade in new york city is going to sponsor a parade in oakland. macy's will sponsor the america's children's holiday parade downtown oakland december 1st. the 13th year for the event featuring floats, local and international bands. the chamber of commerce funds the event broadcast on the american forces family network around the world. santa rosa teen is among five california kids getting $36,000 each for doing good helen dill family foundation it recognizes -- helen dillard family foundation. daniel rosenthal coordinates volunteer magicians to perform for hospital patients. it is also used as a form of physical therapy. >> it can be very isolated while they are in the hospital

trying to go through therapeutic things where they bend their fingers, why not use magic. >> other honorees help autistic kids fight bullying or develop science activities for inner city youth. most say they will use the money to expand their projects. next, we are continuing to follow traffic news in the north bay fatal accident on highway 101. frances will have the latest update. oakland police department says it knows the source of its radio problems. new action california lawmakers are taking to stop your employer from asking you for your facebook and twitter