♪ we begin with a new developmenin connection with a deadly san bruno explosion and fire. state sator leland yee said pg&e will move the gas pipeline that exploded september 9th out of that devastated neighborhood. theresa garcia joins us now from san bruno. theresa, apparently there's a conflict because pg&e is not confirming this. >> it hinges on perhaps the interpretation of commitmen because you have the president of pg&e saying he has committed to moving that pipeline but this morning a pg&e spokesperson says he tells me they are committed into looking in it.

a little bit of a difference there certainly and no 100% guarantee. ever since the devastating gas line rupture, the explosion and fire, it was where do we go from here? city leaders have said they cannot rebuild that neighborhood as long as the pipelin exists in that current location. pg&e has met with the mayor and state and federal leaders and said the utility will look for the cation that doesn't run through the middle of a residential neighborhood. >> chris johns told the neighborhood we are committed to working with the city and working with our ste and federal lears to look at all available options for the pipeline. >> so is this simply an exploration stage or definity being to be moved out othe neighborhood? >> the final decion won't be made lightly and it won't be made union --unilaterally. that's the city of san bruno, with the state and federal

officials as we look at the future of this pipeline. >> the state has been trying to help residents rebuil as well. earlier this week governor schwarzenegg signed into law a billion that provides disaer relief in the form of tax relief for the affecteded families and the city of san bruno, san mateo county and local schools dealing with tax losses or will be from the damaged and destroyed properties. another thing going on her with san bruno recovery for the community is that congresswoman jackie spear will convene a federal state briefing with represtatives from the national transportation safety boar also different people from the state. that's gonna happen at the end of the month. this is the second debriefing here that will happen in the city of samateo -- excuse me, san bruno. live in san bruno,heresa garcia, abc 7 news. >> theresa, as long as very much. it's a soggy morning around the bay area and this is only the beginninof an entire weekend

of wet weather. >> raining just hard enough to be a nuisance this morning in downtown san francisco. just a persistent say but that about to change. >> over the weekend mike, we're going to get more. >> seems like every october we have a strong storm and weave one coming and it's going to hit this weekend. let's talk about what's happening right now. good morning to you. live doppler 7 hd. radar turns from the sunol grade to about watsonville. we have a secondary pass moving through napa county and there in sonoma. rainfall's been around a tenth to about two-tenths of an inch in most neighborhoods. only a hundred in the south bay from now. all these storms are going to continue to move away. mostly cloudy and damp but heavy rain coming in your forecast. here's eric with more news. >> mike, thank you very much. president obama is ting his star power from the bay area to southern california today to help him battle senator barbara boxer in her close race with republican contender carly fee

reinna. our terry mcsweeney is ve at san francio international airport. terry, while he was here, the president raised a lot of money. >> he sure did. the president took off from here at sfo about half an hour ago in air force i. while he was here as you mentioned a couple of fund-raisers in the silicon valley. picked up $1.8 million and now off to los angeles to shore up the saggi spirit of his party's base. the president as he left sfo. up the stairs he went, a quick wave to the media and his motorcade escort and that was it. his bay area visit also ve business-like. no public appeances. two stops in the silicon valley valley last night. first carmella harr then to palo alto for a $30,400 plate dinner at meyers' house. $1.8 million brout in for his

beleaguered democraticparty. his message on this four-day campaign swing, remember why you elected me president in the first place. >> on the idea that you forget who caused this mess in the first place. well, let me tell you, seale, it's up to you to tell them you haven't forgotten. >> that message fr washington say yes will undoubtedly be replayed at a rally in l.a. at the university of southern california. that is the president's next stop. senator barbara xer's going to be there. again, jerry brown is joining them. he's up again meg whitman as i'm sure you know by now that rally is expected to draw 30,000 people. it should a big one. the whole point energize the democratic party. get out th vote come election day and then the president's off to nevada where he's going to try to save the senator jordan leader harry reid who's in the fight of his political life. the president on his out today

to help his party. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks very much. right now students in cupertino are about to take to the street to campaign against proposition 23. that's the state initiative that caused for delay in state requirements for reductions of greenhouse gases they say it would save the state billions in higher ener costs and protect jobs. opponents say it's an attempt to repeal regulatns that will help reduce pollution and protect environmen >> a grisly discovery sparking a police investigation. a maintenance worker spotted two jars sticking up out of the ground earlier this month. as he dug them up, he realized that each contained a human heart with a photo of a couple pinned to each jar. the pictures a of two different couples and police are now tryi to figure out their identities. the hearts contain embalming fluid and are likely to contain

dead bodies. they're trying to figure if they are reled to some sort of religious ritual. >> the giants heading back to philadelphia after frustrating loss at e giants ballpark last night. the players including tim lincecum are all business as they boarded the team bus to the airpor looks good in that hat. the players are confident knowing they need just one more win to advance to the world series. they say the fans should be, too. >> it's not been easy this year. and it won't be easy in philadelphia. but we feel like we're -- we played which will all year and we've been resilient all year so keep the faith. >> the giants lost 4-2 in the unless game, last night game 5. the giants lead the series 3 games to 2 and game 7 on sunday if necessary. >> a sacramento area mall already hit hard by the economy may not be fully open for the upcoming holiday shopping season >> coming up next, a live update

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>> a fire that destroyed part of a shopping mall is much more

costly than property damage. an area already hard-t by the recession. kate joinss with the latest. >> the timing of this really couldn't come worse with four weeks before the holiday shopping season. this is one of the more upscale high-end malls. it happened yesterday. you can see 24 hours later still dozens and dozens of firefighters on scene trying to determinehether the damage inside is safe enough for people to go insid and to assess more of it. whether they need to wait and tape off more of the crime scene. but bottom line whe there's a lot of concerns, a lot of relief now that nobody has been hurt. on the day after an alleged madmanor. ed the roseville galleria. fire crews continue to work around the clock putting out ho spots and flareps. >> you have water that's coming through the ceiling. it's coming from many different

angels. we still have sheetrock falling down, a lot of falling hazards. >> roville fire chief dennis mathenson has been at the mall since thursday morning. he's been inse and says at least 20 stores have did he have safetying smoke, fire and water damage. not to mention the gaping holes in the ceiling. >> a very disheartening thing t see. this mall is a gem to us and when you're inside and you look up at that area that was primely involved in fire and you can see right through to the roof to the sky, that's a sight to seen. >> and while the smoke has settled, the danger is by no means over. besides the obvious fire damage, the suspect's backck is still inside buried under debris and police don't know what may be in there. >> it's definitely hazardous. safety concer with potential explosive device. lots of things forire

commanders and the firefighters to be keeping in mind as they develop their strategy and tactics. >> the investigation is just beginning. the mage has yet to even be fully assessed. but one thing is clear to chief matheson, a long time firefighter and reside of roseville. >> nobody'been hurt. nobody's been killed. we saved most ofhe mall and we will rebuild that part that's been damaged. >> you're taking a live look right now of the area of the mall that was sort of the epicenter of the damage. part of theeason they're concned about that backpack is because a witness yesterday afternoon in the gamesp store where all ts began said they smelled some strange chemical odors coming from alexander pige. that's the suspect' backpack and also after he questioned him after he was arrested there s some sort of similar thing that came from him. but something was inside that backpack. right now federal, fire and police investigators are inside trying to determine if the mall is safe to go inside and cordon

off the official crime scene. i'm kate larson. eric, back to you. >> kate, thank you very much. in a report today, the centers for disease controls by 2050 one in every three americans will have diabetes. right now the number is one in every ten americans. the cbc says the projected increases due to an aging population that's more likely to develop type 2 diates and with increases in high risk minority groups and peop who already have dbetes living longer. the report is in the journ population health metrics. >> meteorologist mi nicco billsy day. >> that big october storm hits here. we get one once every year and this is what we're doing so far. justhe beginning. a cloudy and damp and scatter shower kind of day. tomorrow even more so on sunday. every time we get a model in, this system gets stronger and stronger i'll give you an update. >> actress lindsay lohan just

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lohan to continue rehab until january 3rd. today's hearing was lohan's fifth court appearance since may. this year she has been 14 days in jail and 23 days in rehab. >> mike said he saw somebody throwing things at her. >> yeah. looked like corn or something. like those little yellow beads or sometng. it was weird. >> i know you've had a busyay because of chans in the weather. >> really busy this weekend. probably as busy as those harvesters have been in the north bay to get those grapes off the vines due to the heavy weather that's coming that way. it will be less in the south bay but you're going to get a pretty good soaking, too. you can turn thos sprinkler systems off. you will not need them for a while after the soang we get this weekend. a li look from south beach back towards treasure island. you can see th rain let up deeper into the east bay. still a lot of drizzle, mist hanging around. a damp, dreary day with scattered showers from time to time. and we have flight arrival

delays of nearly 70 minutes into sfo. check out our flight tracker at abc7news.com. let's eck out live doppler 7 hd. radar returns aren't nearly as impressive as that actually reaching the ground. a better day with radar returns starting t shrink a little. you see tha little radar turn there. notice how it's coming from a different direction. that's the next system, the 145 mph jet stream that's pushing that system in. it is energizing that system and going to bring us some heavy rain over the weekend. right w just cloud cover and that daness and mild temperatures, upper 50s to low 60s around the monterey bay. same thing, cloud damp, upper 50s to low 60s. with that scattered showers in the afternn forecast. going to b rainy this weekend with the heaviest rain fallin sunday and drier air monday, tuesday and wednesday. low to mid-60s through the coast and throughout the bay maybe upper 60s in the south bay. near 70 in the east bay valleys.

around the monterey bay may see uppe60s. inland upper 60s to near 70 degrees. for tonight mild once again with the cloud cov. looking at mid-50s. but you noti the rain already starting to mo into the north bay as we get into the early morning hours of saturday let's put it into motion. you can see the radar retur are few and far between but there are scattered showers throughout the afternoon and into the early evening hours. once we head overnight, watch that next system punch into the bay 8:00 tomorrow morning and then just rain and it keeps raining and it rains some more through 7:00. may get a little lull during the early evening hours on saturday and then that ne system is poised to fly right down with this cold front from midmorning to mid afternoon on sunday. if we see street flooding, parking lots, that ki of stuff because a lot of the grates are not clean, kind of clogged and they're ing to back up because of that, that's when we see that type of flooding.

check out these rainfall amounts. 2 to 4 inches in the north bay mountains. north bay valle 1 to 2 inches. east bay valleys half inch to an inch. south bay half inch to threquarters of an inch. if you're heading to the sierra, look at all that rain and even some high elevation snow. it's going toe damp just about everywhere in the northern half of california. temperures will be cooler saturday and sunday because o the rain. rainill taper monday and tuesday, wednesy and thursday. we see an increase in sunshine and temperatures getting back to average into the 70s. there's going to be a lot of weather this weekend. we'd love to see your weather or weather photos of it. we'd love to share those with everyby else, especially if you're in the north bay where the rain's going to be heaest. just upload or e-mail it. >> all right. we know now to keep our umbrellas handy. >> it's friday and mike's work is not done yet. >> mike is going to be back to introduce us to mcgoo.

toda on oprah at 4:00, living with the fact your mom is a notorious killer. a daughter tells her story. and the first lady honors a local arts program and rewards it with a big fincial boost. those stories and more later today at abc 7 news at 5:00. >> right now time for friday's perfect pet. mike nco is back with new friend >> too late, i've already taken him. mr. mcgoo, but mcgoo is his name. how are you? >> very well, thank you. mcgoo has a special mission. right now we have 62 mall dogs. >> thas a lot. >> of which 45 are chihuahua's. after the movie beverly hills chihuahua, the breeders went

overboard and now we have these wonderl sweethets. isn't he a doll. >> who would not want to take him home. >> exactly. he and many others, a couple like half his size and some bigger. so many different types of chihuahuas. not too crazy about cats. should go to a home without pets. if there's small children they know that they can't hurt them. >> if you'r interested in mr. mcgoo here or any dogs at the peninsula humansociety, call 650, 340-6022. that fund-raiser is always a good time. >> and you're going to be there. >> watch me try to dance. >> i don't think we wanna see that. >> it's a great event. we can see people like mr. mcgoo. >> is that snoopy on the scarf

in. >> oh, look at that! ohhhh! (laughter) >> see the reaction. mike dancing. big old yawn from mcgoo. he's so excited, mike! from all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> "who wants toe a millionaire" is am could go up next. >> have a gre da

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