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complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. >> a ktvu exclusive, why this funeral almost didn't happen today after a bay area hospital lost track of a patient. good evening, everyone, i'm frank summerville. >> i'm julie hayneer. he died in a hospital, but his family never knew. after 10 days, the family's search ended in the hospital morgue. the hospital is scrambling for
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answers. debra is live now in oakland with the story you'll see only on 2, debra? >> reporter: julie, gerald told his mom on phone he was ill. he died of heart failure that same day, but no one knew it for 10 days. this funeral comes late for gerald constantine. the 47 year old died october 8, but tough the 18th before his loved ones found out. >> my understanding on the computer system they put down he was discharged instead of deceased. >> constantine had kidney disease, so his emergency contacts were on file, they were also in his cell phone, which he had with him, yet no one pursued him. for ten days, relatives visited hospitals and police
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departments filing missing person's reports, every day more disparate. >> we were searching the streets for him, everywhere you could think of. >> reporter: all that time, constantine was in the morgue in the hospital where he was treated. relatives only found out through the coroner who had gotten a death certificate and urged them to claim him before he was cremated: >> we rushed down immediately to let them know this person has family. >> reporter: it's investigating its handling of constantine's case by phone telling ktvu we are very sorry and obviously something went wrong. >> the lady shook her head like i don't know how this happened. >> reporter: the family wants an explanation because even now, they wonder about constantine's last moments and whether they might have been able to get there in time. >> they didn't use the cell phone or try to do anything. it makes me feel like maybe they are covering something up
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and felt he wasn't worth saving. >> reporter: the usual protocol when someone dies of natural causes is for the doctor or nurse in charge to notify next of kin, alta beats is looking into why this didn't happen in this case, but insist constantine received excellent care while here. reporting live, "ktvu channel 2 news." an update now on a water main break we first told you about tonight. the break took place in a cast iron water pipe between powell and 59th. the break happened about 5:15 this evening. water flooded much of the street and drivers had to detour around the area right at the peak of rush hour. the break should be fixed by 2:00 a.m. water service has been shut off to two businesses while repairs are made. crews tell us they still have not figured out exactly what
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went wrong. there has been another legal move in the military's "don't ask, don't tell" military, today, gay rights advocates asked the sprawl appeals court to freeze the policy. the opponents argue that national security would not be harmed by allowing gays to serve openly in the military and depriving gays of their civil rights is a more serious issue. last week, the circuit court of appeals in san francisco let "don't ask, don't tell" remain in effect at least for the time being. first lady michelle obama is in the bay area tonight headlining a fundraiser at the fairmont hotel in san francisco. ktvu caught the motorcade, police stopped traffic as the entourage left the fairmont, zipped across market street and headed down 6th. prea david clemmons was at fairmont, she's live at the city now with our report. >> reporter: michelle obama is on a 3-day fundraising tour.
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she stopped first up north in seattle, now here, she's heading to long beach next. she spoke to supporters at the fairmont hotel. they enthusiastically greeted her to the bay area. after remarks from jill biden, wife of the vice president. >> we need you to make ten more calls, send ten more e-mails. bring ten people to the polls and ask each of those people to bring ten more. >> reporter: speaker of the house nancy pelosi introduced the first lady who started with the san francisco giants heading to baseball's world series. >> as a cubs fan, i know how it feels when you haven't seen the light of the world series in so long. >> reporter: michelle obama swiftly shifted gears and spoke on her role as a mother and her husband's accomplishments while in office, touching on health
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care, education, military veterans and small-business tax cuts. she urged the audience to bring voters to the polls urging them it is too close. >> you can't vote once and hope for change to happen. you have to vote all the time, every time. this campaign was never about putting one man in the white house. it was about building a movement for change millions of voices strong. >> reporter: according to the white house, the audience was mostly made up of major donors from around the bay area who paid $500 each for their tickets. >> it's wonderful to hear again, reminding us why we're here, what we're working for, how important it is to keep going. it was really inspirational. >> reporter: tonight's fundraiser was for the democrat congressional campaign committee which put a premium on face time with the first lady. you could have a picture taken
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with the first lady for $10,000 or put on $30,000 to go to a vip reception for her. all in all it raised $1.6 million for democrats. >> you can find more of mrs. obama's address on www.ktvu.com. we've posted her entire speech. look for the election 2010 tab. coming up in 10 minutes, the powerful ally joining barbara boxer on the campaign trail today as her opponent received a multimillion dollar campaign boost. opponents of san francisco's sit live ballot measure were in full voice today as the choir spoke to the crowd. speaking freely . >> those against the measure say prop l is a violation of their fundamental rights. it would bar people from sitting or lying on city
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sidewalks. one supervisor said public places are sacred. >> lemonade stands, where we have art space, where we have poetry. >> there is another measure on the ballot that has a poison bill. if prop m receives more votes, prop l will not take effect. it also holds a community policing project for each district. the community is getting ready to play ball with game one of the world series less than 48 hours away. the grounds keeping took advantage of the crisp weather before the fall classic gets under way. the entire city seems to be gearing up for all the excitement. >> reporter: as the giants get ready for the biggest baseball games in the world, so too does their city. the union square, like most hotels, booked solid because of a medical conference and the world series. >> there's a lot of positive
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energy around. the spirits are there, we're coming up with fun drink specials, anything orange and black related, we're there. >> reporter: the hotel has also been blessed with important guests, the texas rangers arrived tonight: >> we're here for the giant's game. >> reporter: o'doul's is promising to give the team a proper welcome. >> we're going to have a trumpeter come by tomorrow night and blow the song from the alamo. >> reporter: police say the games will be well-staffed inside and out. >> there will be people all around the city for any of the celebrations that will happen. if we need to move resources, we're able to do that. we want people to be safe, celebrate safely, don't drink and drive. >> reporter: fans are getting ready as well, this maybe the fan with the most dramatic
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preparation method. he went to a salon to have his hair dyed orange. >> it doesn't get better than this. >> reporter: you just did this. >> i did about 10 minutes ago. >> reporter: his team is just as excited as the fans are and this is what all players dream about. in san francisco, "ktvu channel 2 news." >> giants fans who want to see the world series in person, you better have deep pockets. stub hub is selling the cheapest tickets, standing room only for more than $400. we saw one offer to sell game 7 tickets for $18,000. those tickets were for seats in the upper deck. san francisco giants pride week. as city hall glows with orange lights, he wants fans and businesses to show their orange. pride wreak runs through the end of the world series.
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fan fever has been building since fleet week. this photo of the blue angels flying high above. you can post your world series photos at www.ktvu.com or e- mail them to photos@www.ktvu.com. a quick programming reminder, watch the entire world series here on ktvu channel 2 news. coverage begins at 4:30:00 p.m. following our 4:00 edition of "ktvu channel 2 news." sunset over san francisco tonight. there is some wet weather ahead. our chiefnologist has tomorrow's forecast in about 10 minutes. >> a flood of last-minute money from national republicans could pose a threat to a prominent california democrat. a new bay area land mark is rising before our eyes. we'll
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an engineering feat is underway tonight. construction crews are hoisting the huge columns. the work is slow, but when completed at week's end, the tower will stapped about half its final height. ken wayne is live tonight on the treasure island where folks have been watching the work unfold. ken? >> reporter: there are not a lot of people left who can say they witnessed the construction of the golden gate and bay
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bridges in the 1930s, but we can say we witnessed the construction of another engineering icon. the view from chopper 2 shows the progress being made on the tower that will anchor the eastern span of the new suspension bring. over the next few days, bridge commuters will see the dramatic and historic change take shape outside their car windows. >> it will be here for the rest of his life. every time he goes to san francisco, he's going to see it and remember this moment where he was here when it was being built. >> reporter: some of us have grandparents, and great grandparents who remember the construction of the bay bridge. joel wants to make sure his son understands the significance of this modern structure, replacing the bridge that partially collapsed in the a 1989 earthquake. crews plan to bolt and weld a structure in place. >> there's four we have to put in place. this one started about 5:00
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this morning. >> reporter: another section will be put in tomorrow. this computer animation shows the process. in coming months, three more levels will be stacked on top. when finished, the tower will be as high as the towers on the western span. >> so we're not going to stop until all four sections will be put in. we should finish thursday or friday. >> reporter: all them bridge groupies, whatever they are, they've been coming to treasure island to witness one of the most dramatic engineering processes in history. >> we've had a number of people come out on the weekends to check out the construction overall. there's people who brought classes out here. >> reporter: you can see in this live picture from here the tower is already taller than the double deck on the eastern span of the bay bridge. when construction is completed in 2013, the tower will be just 30 feet shorter than the washington monument. live on treasure island, ken wayne, "ktvu channel 2 news."
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cities are starting to see dollar signs in a new federal law aimed at improving street signs, the laws mandate all street signs be title cased to include large and small letters, not just capital letters. they are supposed to be easier to read. each new sign costs about $100. to replace all the signs just on university avenue alone will cost about $10,000: >> seems like a lot of money for not much value. >> cities must comply if they want to receive federal funding for roads. the law is scheduled to take effect in several years. high speed rail is getting a financial shot in the arm of $715 million. the funds are in addition to the more than $2 billion in federal stimulus money coming to the state for high-speed rail. the department of transportation is scheduled to announce the additional funding formerly on thursday. some republicans say the announcement is time to help
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democratic candidates before next week's election. millions of dollars from outside california are coming into the state to try to help fiorina take barbara boxer's senate seat. today, fiorina got $3 million for television ads. the website www.opensecrets.org tracks money from the chamber of commerce plus money from antiabortion groups and rifle association. >> their team is on the upswing and spend a lot of money. >> boxer was in san jose today and is getting money from abortion rights groups, unions, and democratic activists. >> as we mentioned with the election one week from tomorrow, senator boxer campaigned here in the bay area today. today boxer received help from one of her most powerful allies, political editor randy
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sandoval reports. >> reporter: senator diane finestein was sharing a candid moment with us today when we asked about the democrat's prospects of keeping control of congress. in the house finestein said, but she acknowledged the last- minute rush of outside republican money and tv ads will help karr lee fiorina to a degree. >> there are so many ads on television, it's like a blur. i'm of the view that last- minute media doesn't do a lot of good. here is the candidate. hello. so good to see you. >> we were just talking about you. >> i was hoping that. >> reporter: barbara boxer is the senator in the tight election case, but she eagerly shared camera time as they toured a manufacturing plant in
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san jose. in fact, the times the two seemed joined at the hip, for a reason. finestein is popular in california, many consider boxer controversial. >> let me make this clear, this is the candidate i support. >> reporter: why tour a manufacturing plant? obviously, boxer feels she's more intuned with environmental issues than fiorina is. fiorina calls california's antiglobal warming law a jobs killer. and fiorina's ads bash senator boxer and the democrats for jobs lost. >> barbara boxer fails to protect california laws. >> reporter: boxer touts it as a jobs creator. >> the country that takes the lead in green technology is going to be the economic leader in this century. >> reporter: polls show on that issue, most voters agree with
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boxer. political editor randy sandoval, "ktvu channel 2 news." california is now set to become home to the largest solar-power project ever built on federal land. the obama administration has given the go ahead and today the secretary of interior said the project will be built in the mojave desert. a german company is developing the. >> $6 billion project. at full capacity, they'll be able to generate enough electricity for 2 million homes. and boy, we got rain around here over the weekend. we have more rain headed your way. tonight is going to be cool out there. the skies are clearing, sunshine today, cold tomorrow morning as we move into the extended, more rain into the bay area forecast. it will impact one of the world series games. overnight lows, 40 in napa, 41?
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santa rosa. these are cool temperatures for this time of year. heading out to school, the kids will want jackets. jet stream is up north now but will start sagging south. as it does, we get into rain. forecasted highs in the mid- 60s. when i come back, i'll show you the computer model that shows you when it's going to rain and in which cities. back in a bit. we learn tonight the shark that attacked and killed a 19 year old last week was a great white. the coroner says it was probably about 17-18 feet long and weighed as much as a mid- sized car, about 4,000 pounds. also today, surfers returned to the water on the central california coast where the college student was killed last friday. this, after air force base reopened surf beach today, which is where the attack occurred. a school bus overturns. tonight, three teenagers are
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in los angeles, three juveniles are in custody tonight in connection with with deadly crash involving a school bus. police say three boys ran a red light, hit and killed a pedestrian, then slammed into the bus. the bus flipped over and a driver and 18 high school students were injured. police say the boys in the bmw ran away but were caught by a construction worker. the driver is facing felony hit and run and manslaughter charges and the two passengers, conspiracy charges. there is a startling
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question tonight about the fire in roseville. did someone order the sprinkler system turned off after the fire began? it appeared to be doing little damage at first and it's possible the sprinklers were shut down in the mistaken belief the fire was under control. the man accused of setting the fire appeared in court today but did not enter a plea. also word parts of the shopping center may reopen in the next few days. we've learned more about the woman killed at the napa state hospital. she worked as a psychiatric technician for 14 years. she talked about changing jobs to spend more time with her grandchildren. he killing is said to be the first of an employee on the grounds of the 135 year old hospital. >> there have been homicides there before involving patients on patients, but it's rare. >> the suspect has been
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identified as 37 year old jess massey, he was sent in 1993. the motive was believed to be robbery. police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of a man in the bank of america atm at broadway and pleasant valley road. the victim was shot in the back earlier this month on a saturday morning. neither the victim nor the suspect has been identified, but police say the two men have known each other for some time. the suspect is from yolo county and is scheduled to be formerly charged tomorrow. on wall street, stocks rose as the dollar weakened. investors responded to news of stronger home sales. the nasdaq finished up 11 points. the national association of realtors reported today a rise in home sales for a second month in a row, fueling some hope a housing recovery is underway. existing homes sold last month at a rate of 4.5 million.
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sales were up 10% from august, but they are down 37.5% from the market's peak in 2005. ford announced today it planned to hire 1200 workers to build transmissions and improve facilities in michigan, but the company said it wants state tax credits first. michigan officials will consider that tomorrow, the same day ford is expected to report third quarter earnings. analysts are projecting a record $1.3 billion in profit. how secure is your information online? a new lawsuit targeting google and how it handles your data. first, accusations a bay
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now to a ktvu special report that has been a year in the making. a south bay woman is accusing the county of santa clara of illegally billing tax payers for foster children. a hearing in federal court is set for tomorrow. >> reporter: the case began at this campbell home. dawn mcclain says in the middle of a divorce in 2001, her soon to be ex-husband made a false claim that prompted social services to take away her two boys. >> they came in like gang busters and took my kids. >> reporter: mcclain got her children back 5 days later, sued the county and won a half million dollar settlement. during the case she uncovered a document saying the county billed the federal government accordingly. >> there was a note that said the county would get a case count for five children even though there were only two. >> reporter: she also obtained computer records showing the
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county billed for 12 months of care, not just a few days social services had her boys, so she went to court again, claiming the county falsely billed the state government for services never provided. >> what donna has discovered was that the county would remove children and not meet the federal eligibility requirements but turn around and tell the federal government they did meet the requirements and receive federal funds for it. >> reporter: those federal requirements mean foster children that fall into certain categories. attorney jeremy freeman says in one period, santa clara billed for 87% of their foster children when 40% or less met the requirements. glen mitchell said she could not respond to specific questions signing the ongoing legal battle but did say this
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>> >> we take all allegations seriously and of course, we've taken a look at it and believe the case has no merit, so we've asked the court to dismiss the case. >> reporter: mcclain says she became suspicious when she learned about a case involving san jose state university and hundreds of missing files. now a retired santa clara social worker, she was on a panel in 2000 working with san jose to study the make up of foster children in santa clara county. the file requested 1300 case files but 5h were missing or unavailable. >> you cannot lose 500 cases. you can't. that's too many cases. >> reporter: in 2006, social services reportedly said those cases must be on adoptions or on the desks of caseworkers, but they asked for only closed cases. >> i've asked people who know
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the system better than i, could they have manufactured the cases for revenue, and the woman i asked said no, that would be very difficult to do. >> reporter: she does not assert the files were withheld or missing because of fraud. they have not joined the lawsuit, if mcclain wins, the county could owe the government as much as $1.2 billion and mcclain would stand to walk away with up to $200 million. the next hearing is scheduled here on tuesday and if this case does move forward and go before a jury, mcclain's attorney wants to move out of santa clara county. "ktvu channel 2 news." the first ad supporting proposition 19 to legalize and tax marijuana is hitting the air waves. it features former san jose police chief. >> let's be honest. the war against marijuana has failed. >> reporter: he is one of
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several law enforcement officials, most of them retired, backing prop 19: the yes on 19 campaign spent $200 million for airtime in los angeles. opponents argue it's poorly written and would be ineffective in legalizing and taxing marijuana. harris wants a negative ad pulled off the air waves. it attacks harris for not seeking the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a san francisco police officer and features a quote from espanosa's mother. a national republican organization based in virginia paid for it. . in san jose, signs, not city finances, are at the center of a war of words. chuck reed supports the measure and called a news conference today to say the police officer
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and firefighters unions crossed the line. at issue, shows this video with no on v signs in his car. he says he took them legally because they were on public property where political signs were not allowed. they say he stole the signs. >> i didn't see, you know, him picking up yes on v and ws as far as i know. >> a police report will be reviewed by the district attorney's office. in a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in san jose today, google is accused of sharing personal information of its users. a bay area woman says google is giving information to advertisers which the suit claims is illegal. the suit asked for money as well as an injunction to stop google from continued information sharing. many americans are not expected to spend a lot object upcoming holiday season. consumers plan to spend an
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average of $715 in gifts. 27% of those polled said they would spend less this year. 59% said about the same and just 11% said they plan to spend more. gallop says this is not encouraging news for retailers. lessons learned. up next, what pg&e said it would do to prevent another gas line explosion. it was a wet weekend, but i've got another storm i'm tracking right now in the pacific. it will have an impact small business loans.
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pg&e is looking into replacing 300 manual gas valves with remote or automatic ones. they hope the changes will prevent explosions in the future such as the one in san bruno that killed 8 people. pg&e said it is still looking into exactly where to install those valves. . in the east bay, some 300 pg&e customers have their lights back on tonight. they are among the thousands that lost power during yesterday's storm. about 15,000 customers in oakland were affected, including the police and fire departments along with some bart stations. >> it makes me think, what would happen if there is a major earthquake or something much more serious than three days of rain. >> the oakland police and fire departments were checking backup systems today after they
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didn't quite work as planned. crews are still working to bring operations back to normal. we first brought you this story on friday night as flames shot out of a smokestack. a spokesperson said workers still need to inspect much of the equipment. semis and school buses will get higher fuel standards. the administration announced today it's working to reduce emissions and consumption by 20%. school buses would need to reduce fuel usage by 10%. heavy duty pickup trucks are also included. opening statements and opening testimony today in the trial of a man accused of killing chandra levey. the same park with levey's
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remains were found. he was said to be at the time romantically linked to levey, an intern from his district. he denied it. police say the killings of 13 people at a drug rehab clinic last night maybe related to last week's record seizure of marijuana. that maybe a reference to the 135-tons of marijuana confiscated also in tijuana. in afghanistan, karzai acknowledged today he received millions of dollars in cash from iran. american officials said the money is evidence iran is trying to gain favor with the afghan government while at the same time helping the taliban. mr. karzai said the money is needed to run his office. and in haiti, doctors say
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the cholera outbreak appears to be easing, but they are also saying there's still danger the often-deadly disease could spread. it's killed at least 250 people in haiti. cholera is spread through contaminated water and causes severe vomiting and diarrhea. tablets are being handed out in the areas hardest hit. a proposal to build a sports complex to honor a fallen police officer is causing controversy in east
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bay road. supporters say they need an answer in the coming days or they could lose a lot of money. lloyd is live with our report. >> reporter: the planning commission is meeting right now in city hall, they have yet to decide if a sports field in honor of a police officer killed in the line of duty will be built. the children of the st. francis of asisi youth club currently use a parking lot to play soccer. the church has donated a nearby field for use by the whole community. supporters say no public money will be used to build the field and that a fundraising drive has already raised $1 million. the complex would be called rich may field in honor of an east palo alto police officer shot and killed in the line of duty four years ago. >> we want 25 years down the road for someone to be telling a story, yeah, i was going to get into gangs, but i was able
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to join the soccer team or rugby field. we have this field named after a police officer. >> reporter: we asked residents about how they felt about fields in their neighborhood. >> what they are talking about is a 7-day a week early in the morning until late at night. it's too much. right now we have an issue with parking. >> i think the benefits outweigh, you know, anything in terms of traffic or whatever. any time you can build a nice facility and give kids something to do other than getting in trouble. >> reporter: final approval must come from the city planning commission, a woman against the field says she'll file an appeal. she wants a traffic impact study done. >> i'm not against the field, i'm against the location of the field. >> i can't think of a better way to honor my brother than to have his name be on something
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that supports youth programs. >> reporter: sports field supporters say they stand to lose a $250,000 grant if the construction is not approved by friday. live in east palo alto, lloyd, "ktvu channel 2 news." medical center held a ground-breaking ceremony today. once completed, it will have 238 new private rooms and emergency department and parking garage. the project is costing $350 million. it will offer state of the art technology and be energy efficient and environmentally friendly. 500 construction jobs will also be created. passengers will soon have to switch from paper to plastic. they'll eliminate the paper fast pace. discounted passes for youth and
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seniors will also move to the plastic card in january. all paper passes will be phased out by the end of march. a man in texas got caught in a tornado and not only lived to tell about it, he recorded it. >> we are in a tornado. we are in the tornado. in the tornado. >> reporter: eric myers said the tornado made an abrupt right turn, before he could escape, it was on top of him. this happened in navarro county, texas, yesterday. he said it was the most powerful thing he's seen in his life and hopes he never sees something like this firsthand again. it is a little bit late for tornado season. surprised to see that, we go outside, had rain yesterday or over the weekend, pardon me. now we have moist ground and cool temperatures in the napa valley, overnight lows in the
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mid-40s tonight. cold overnight lows, warmer for your tuesday, extended forecast calls for a cooling trend as we go through the week into next week. that means rain in your bay area forecast. forecast highs tomorrow, warmer than it was today. looking for plenty of sunshine which will be nice, cloud cover in the morning, then everything changes around. we have a lot going on in the bay area this week, two world series games, one looks like some rain. forecast tomorrow morning as i mentioned, that's cold. 40s. up north, 30s. just cool. when you get up in the morning, you'll notice it. daytime highs in the 60s. classic fall day. that's your tuesday. wednesday looks like this. lots of 60s. it changes thursday. here we go tomorrow. a dry pattern, chilly mornings, weather sitting out in the pacific that's going to visit us thursday afternoon, thursday evening. of course, that will be game two of the world series, and it looks like as we get into
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thursday in the evening hours, there could be a great opportunity for showers over at at&t park. doesn't look rain right now, the computer model will show us what it thinks tonight. it changes a couple of times a day. i'll give you the latest. wednesday evening now or as we get into wednesday evening, showers north, okay, then thursday morning, showers north. here's san francisco, getting ready to go to the game, getting over there south of market, by the 5th and 6th inning, you have showers showing up at the north tower of the golden gate bridge. that's thursday at 8:00. we're going to watch this closely. tomorrow's game, pardon me, wednesday's game, 60 degrees, mostly sunny to mostly cloudy. one of those nights that will be cool out there at the ballpark, but cool weather. thursday is in question, doesn't look like a rain-out, but looks soggy. cool start, mid-60s; 67 in
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napa, 67 in fairfield, 67 in livermore. fire danger gone. air quality good, we'll get wet again. next series of storms are going to be productive. they start on thursday night late, hopefully after the series game and the showers roll right through saturday, and we could see another inch of rain in some locations. santa rosa about 400% of rainfall average. >> it was a lot of rain in general it felt like. rainy day. thanks. north star resort has a new owner. it bought the popular ski destination for $63 million cash. they also operate in south lake tahoe. north star operates on land owned by cnl lifestyle properties which will lease the property to
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turning into talk of completing the task, that of bringing the first-ever world series victory to the san francisco bay. giants back on the field late this afternoon at at&t working out the kinks. throwing it around a bit and starting to focus on game one wednesday night. cliff lee on the mound against tim lincecum. i'm sure you've heard that by now, the team that captured northern california's imagination because no one expected this and they truly do band together like a real team. >> there are a lot of guys in here that teams gave up on, you have to give credit to our front office for realizing that the talent was still there. these guys were wanting to win now and the front office brought in guys they knew were capable of coming together and doing it. it's been amazing. >> all right. the skies do clear today for a great round of golf for a good
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cause. 15th annual golf classic in san francisco. the event raising about $200,000 every year for youth sports programs around the bay. one of the celebrity golfers admits he does have the giants on his mind. >> texas has a reason to kind of poke their chests out. they beat the yankees. we weren't favored to beat the phillies, as the saying goes, it's the team that plays the best that will win the games. i'm hoping the giants win. if i could predict it, i'd buy a lottery ticket. >> there you go. great way to get fans to start coming back, play anything like they did against the broncos. one of the most punishing beatings you'll see. oakland has a start of the new era in the legacy of the silver and black. but they have put together a couple of wins to make believers out of people. right now they haven't proven they could win as many as two
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in a row. a fact coach cable is well aware of. >> we did not finish blocks in the offensive line in two spots very well. there are things there we can still clean up. offensively, the false starts, three of them. those are the things that if we're going to be good, we're going to have to keep chipping away at that list and minimize those things. >> you think the 49ers have problems, how about the dallas cowboys. romo just baked. nailed romo, he suffered a broken left collarbone. probably out 8-10 weeks. might not matter the way they are going. romo watching eli manning taking his cowboy d apart. cowboys are now 1-5. this ball game as you saw, was not as
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