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today n jose is the center of the hybrid and electric car world. >> the city is hosting an automotive expo an also the price tag of chevy into the electric car field. the volt. david louie is more on the long-awaited volt. >> there is no question tt the chevy volt is feeling the thunder. so are other carmakers that are tread roll out new plug in vehicles but wt is the price of the chevy volt. it ws announced just 90 minutes to you. full price will be $41,000 but with tax credits it will cost
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about $33,000. chevy dealer are starting to take orders today. they plan to build 10,000 volts keeping an eye on quaty. then it will ramp up to 30,000 volts in 2012. it recharges on household current as well as at 220. >> tax credit it comes to $33,500. bose audio and connections and fundamental element which is extended range which takes up 40 miles up to 300 miles. >> san jose convention center is filled with other manufacturers and other researchers and engineers, as well. nissan and also chevy and also
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toyota. this exhibit hall will be open to the public one time only tonight betwn 5:30 and 7:30 so you can come here and take a close-up look at this. this is nissan leaf the first drivable model. it will be coming out in december. this is the technology on display making lots of news in the bay area where there is so much research and development going on in the plug-in and hybrid field. people who park in san francisco will paying varying rates based on demand. city transportaon officials will roll out the first large scale test. this is where the meters would look like. the experiment wil find out how
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meter rates affects drivers' parking choices. it will lane anywhere 'from 50 cents to $6 an hour. you can may the meter with coins debit or credit cards. they are trying to reduce air pollution but real estate dues go the amount of time people find parking. >> they are reacting to a new deal to could rehire recently layoff police offers. >> it faces an uphill battle. teresa garcia is live in oakland to explain. >> the to save police jobs was just reached last night. it entails officers agreeing to pay into their pensions as long as residential property owners will pitch in a dollar a day for the next four years. it's going to be challenging to get voters to agree to help the city out of financial crisis.
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>> it also seems to go back to the taxpayers. >> it's much too ch. >> there is discontent saying they will not vote for a 360 annual parcel tax even though they know the revenue will rehire 80 poli officers late this month. others believe it's worth public safety. >> the police, this area is very bad here and we need more poli. >> so you are okay paying? >> yes. >> council approve 5-3 this revenue measurto fund police and fire services for the november ballot. it requires two-thirds voter approval which will be tough to gain. >> i know some people can't afford that. we're going to try and see where people are. we have heard a lot of people they are willing to do it and other people say it's much too
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much money >> it would pay to hire 80 officers plus a guarantee of no playoffs. >> absolely it's worth the money. holding my three dollar coffee. my family is worth it. >> if the oakland poce union agre to contribute 9% into the pension fund. police union says it wilonly contribute if the parcel tax contributes. >> i tnk it's a union out of control. >> council also voted arevion of measure "y" so it would keep collecting $20 million. without that minimum staffing requirement of 739 officers.
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>> that was teresa garcia reporting. >> u.s. education department named california one of 19 finalists in the second round of competition to reform schools. it offers $3 billion in grants. california got nothing in the first round. it since made new commitments to improve strugglg schools and improve the gap. obama administration has been fighting for teacher pay and for teacher nure and expand charter schools. >> gubernatorial candidate meg whitman is locked in a tight battle with the governor but they are asking about her future plans. >> if you win at the november you are at the top of the republican party. ever thought about running for the white use? >> no. i am here to run california. i want to fix california.
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where california goes does the country. >> the former ceo appeared on "good morning ameca" today. she says the focus is helping california out of the recession. state's unemployment rate is 12.3%. she has spent $90 million and mostf it was her own money. she faces jerry brown in the general election. if brown wins in november it would be the third time elected to the sta's top post. >> authorities have now identified the suspect who they say stabbed and killed a convicted drunk driver in san quentin prison. edwin schaffer plowed his motorcycle into two people, a little girl and father. the girl lost her life. schaffer was stabbed by another inmate with a homemade weapon. schaffer's motr is blaming local authorities. she claims police and sherifs
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deputies often told her son they would make sure he was attacked in prison. >> the city of belmo will consider ba any massage permits for a year. city attorn said that 80% of the massage parlors are suspected of prostitution. 30% graduated from will le jitd ma the schools. >> it's called the biggest military lk in american history. president obama is reacting to the 92,000 pages that was leaked online. >> and can dudley do what hayward couldn. the americanhat is taking the top post at bp as they start the final fix for the massive gu oil leak.
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president obama says he is concerned about the leak of sensitive documents about the afghistan war but doesn't believe the information will be harml to the overall effort. >> the fact is, these documents don't reveal any issues that haven't already informed our public debate on afghastan, it led me to conduct an extensive review of our policy last fall. >> the comments came after this week's leak of more than 91,000 classified documents. they included information on
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everything from afghan civilian deaths to evidence that u.s.-pakistani distrust. the greatest concern is to develop a better strategy to win a war that was ignored for seven years by the bush administraon. >> bp's ceo is admitting he has a big job ead of him. he is replacing hayward. he is the first ever americ ceo at bp. he says he is ready to get to work. >> what is first on on my agenda is to make sure we do seal that well, th effort contns the spill. we clean up and restore the gulf. we'll be doing that for a long time. that is my number one focus. >> dudley's motion comes on the same day that bp posted a second quarter loss of $17 billion but the company plans to pump $32
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billion i cleanup zbliagsz there is a demand for the new ceo. u.s. travel association wants bp to set aside $500 million to pay for marketing campaign to lure tourists back to the coast. gulf states cou lose up to $22 billion in tourism money ove the next three years. >> the damage is already there. everody is talking about cap the well but we need to cap the long term damages. so we need get them back more quickly. >> t association says the money could come from the $20 billion bp has already set aside for economic damage. >> more cold tourists here in san francisco. >> at least they'll see a little more sunshine but temperatures cooler than average and delays
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at one of the most busiest airports. he finished visiting his father in san francisco where he was going to chicago and then to canada. they left him in o'hare for eight hours. he missed his next flight. he called hi mother using a prepaid cell phone. he said he watched the same video all day and given all mcdonald's to eat and he a vegetarian and they yelled at him and other kids. he is back with mom now and united says, they are going to provide a refund for the child care free. >> you of to blanket you have to pay for but abuse, no charge. >> he got out of san francisco because of the cold, i guess. >> it' a lot warmer in chicago and parts of the east. you can see the reason why,
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clouds are lming from emeryville bac to san fransco. let's contrast where we see sunshine in the south bay. we talked about it and over in the east bay valleys and temperatures respondg. look at this 57 in mountain view and mid to upper 50s in the east bay valls. where the clouds are thicke. half moon bay, san francisco and oakland and entire north bay in the mid to upper 50s. around montereyay. santa cruz in the upper 50s, low 60s for salinas and more sunshine and 55 in gilroy. these temperature are pretty much on par even th the extra sunshine we'll still be cooler than average today. look for clouds in all our neighborhoods again tonight. a warm afternoon will arre on thursday inla areas, compared the average. haywardsan francisco and oakland, five to six degrees cooler. san jose, concord, 10 to 15 degrees shy.
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it's due to this strong sea breeze that pushed into the central valley. highs is going to be 78 in sacramento. noon, we'll start to see most of clou around marin county and san francisco, we'll see more sunshine in san francisco and marin county. 70s and even a sprinkling of 80s around antioch and brentwood. what a spread, richmond, castro valley, 73. mid to upper 50s, millbrae san mateo and check out cool upper 50s along the coast. downtown san fraisco, all the way up to petaluma, low to mid-50s. santa rosa, 68 and 72 in napa. mid-60s around the monterey bay with cloudy conditions and ten degrees warmer inland.
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second game with the marlins, tonit we'll try to get revenge first pitch, temperature about 62 degrees and cool conditions we'll drop down to 58. a scattered thunderstorm around tahoe, 80 and cold in l.a., 75 degrees. clouds in the mid to upper 50s. air mass doesn't change so look for the same kind of conditions in the afternoon. we'll modifyhe air mass for thursday and friday, temperates about six to ten degrees warmer away from the coast. over the weekend, mid to 80s inland and near 60 at the coast. >> despe the nature of clinton's wedding, details are leaking out. a price tag of over three millionollars. half a million for the flowers alone. they stayed overnight at the hotel where guests will be used.
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>> latest events, tents. tents are reported to cost $600,000 complete with glass walls and a.c. total cost is reported to be three to five million dollars. a pri tag, a full one million dollars more than the nuptials of tom cruise and katie holmes. flowers said to by arctic particur director from paris. >> this is coming together like a formal wedding, sort of a grand classic americ formal wedding, probably a lot of white. >> because it was said to be using local vendors, wedding cake from nearby town and wine from clinton vineyards, no
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relation. chelsea's dress is said to than classic. >> she dresses conservatively so we'll see it in the dressas well. >> the are expected to spend a weekend here, oldest inn in america a place to sleep off the festivity. a local newspaper is confirming that the bride's proud parents will be starting at at home, daughter of billionaire of george soros. >> the washington post log says guests will have to surrender their cell phones befohand so no unauthorized photos will get out. and they will have to carry credentials. >> but what do aretha franklin and c raise rise have in common? they wi perform in a joint concert in philadelphia.
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