closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc good morning, i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. the attorney general has just announced a bribery scandal. terry mcsweeney is live in the hall of justice. >> reporter: the district attorney is assuring the public there was never any threat to the safety of food in restaurants in san francisco, even though hundreds of restaurant managers opted to pay money rather than take a food safety exam. look at the fire power the city rolled out to show the seriousness with which they take this issue.

district attorney gascon, environmental health director and others. gascon says a restaurant manager told public health department officials in 2008 about inspectors asking for between $100 and $200 to avoid taking the exams. they got the certification. the exams ask questions such as how cold must certain foods be kept? 20% of managers fail. even though two inspectors took money from hundreds of managers over the years, no managers are being charged. i asked the d.a. why? >> they were misled by the inspectors. it became clear it would be difficult to prove because of lack of knowledge. the other part and the more important part, we believe the greater cull ability [ unintelligible ] we want to send a clear

message. >> reporter: suspects are facing felonies. jehmu stewart faces nine years, clifton sanders eight years. each could have to pay a $10,000 fine. stewart has pled not guilty. scanners arraigned this afternoon. both were put on -- desk duty after they found out about these allegations both have since been fired. i asked if there could be more inspectors involved? city officials could only say, "no comment." terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. a bus driver was stabbed this morning on -- police say the male suspect got into an argument with the driver on the county connection shuttle bus then used a sharp october to stab the driver in the face and neck. the driver was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the suspect is now under

arrest. the university of california berkeley is announcing a new program to make the school more afford able to middle class families in the wake of several tuition increases that provoked outrage and demonstrations. amy hollyfield joins us with the story. >> reporter: you have a college age kid listen up. administrators still committed to helping low income students but noticing a trend that middle class students seem to be getting squeezed out. rising cost of tuition has students very upset. protesters shouted down the berkeley chancellor earlier this month, demanding he resign. he was talking about how cuts if the legislature have forced increases. today, uc berkeley officials announcing financial aid for middle class students. i wanted to know how are they going to afford this when all they've talked about are cuts. you will hear the chance already answer that question. but first an example of how this would help a typical

family. >> a family with an income of $100,000 annually, applied for the program, we would tell that family that maximum of $15,000 would be the parent's contribution toward the cost of their berkeley education. >> one of the sources of funds that we've been increasing the number of out of state and international students who pay fire fees some of the revenue from that -- to pay higher fees some of the revenue will be used for that. >> reporter: here are the basics, if a family qualifies, a family would only pay 15% of its income on tuition. middle class is a family with a income between $80,000 and $140,000. this goes into effect next fall. the student has to pay too that $100,000 income scenario that you heard about the parent pays and the student will pay $9,000 and uc berkeley will pay the rest.

berk announcing this now. they think families have -- berkeley is announcing this now. this is what want to look for it is called the middle class action plan. the application will be due march 1st. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. within the last hour state lawmakers began a hearing on how california public universities respond to protesters in response to two incidents pepper spraying of protesters by uc davis police officer and the melee between uc berkeley police and occupy demonstrators. top officials from the csu and uc systems will testify the panel will hear from police oversight experts and student representatives. >> ouch! >> meantime, the san francisco chronicle reports the oakland police officer who shot an occupy protester in the leg with a nonlethal bean bag has been taken off street duty.

the incident happened november 3rd. the victim oakland resident scott campbell has filed suit against the police department in federal court. sources say the officer and his immediate supervisor will remain on desk duty until an investigation is finished. state attorney general harris will lay-off 102 department of justice agents and 21 civilian employees next year. that's half of the 203 agents who originally were expected to lose their jobs. the department is ending its involvement in 2/3 of california's 52 drug and gang fighting task forces next year. >> 2/3 of chief executives of the largest u.s. companies did not plan to hire in the next six months. 1/3 of ceos expect to add play is -- employees and spend more on large equipment. sluggish growth and the debt crisis in europe is not enough to create jobs.

existing employees will be expected to handle any increased business. bart is not only offering holiday shoppers a ride it is also offering an escort. for the third year bart police will walk holiday shoppers from the west oakland bart station to their cars to ensure people make it there safely, especially with their purchases itch the program runs tomorrow and friday -- -- from 5 to 9 p.m. volunteers will be wearing red vests. upon request they will escort you up to three block as way [ unintelligible ] questions about that wayward cannonball that damaged two homes and a vehicle last week. representatives from mythbusters will host a meeting saturday. the problem happened when a cannon misfired at the alameda bomb range a cannonball shot through one home, bounced off a roof and hit a minivan. nobody was hurt.

the meeting stars 11 a.m. saturday office -- starts 11 a.m. saturday in dublin. silicon valley giant makes a large donation to modern slavery. president obama and the first lady pay tribute to u.s. troops. marking an end to a historic chapter. ongoing question for moms, would you rather work or stay home? one answer to this

president obama and the first lady are in north carolina paying tribute to troops returning from war. the nearly nine year conflict is over costing thousands of american lives. katie marzullo is here with more on the president's salute. >> reporter: the president and the first lady arrived at ft. bragg earlier this morning hundreds of troops and their families gathered to hear the commander in chief mark the end of the iraq war. >> announcer: the president of the united states and mrs. obama! >> reporter: the clock is ticking ever closer to the end of the war in iraq. >> the president: i'm fraud finally say these two words, and i know your families agree, "welcome home." [ cheering ] >> the president: welcome home! welcome home! >> i have overwhelmed and proud because i know the level of strength and commitment that you all display every single day. >> reporter: special forces

troops from ft. bragg were among the first to invade iraq in 2003. paratroopers from the base led the surge in 2007. in almost nine years ft. bragg has lost 202 soldiers in iraq. >> the president: today we pause to say a prayer for all those families who lost their loved ones. >> reporter: monday iraqi prime minister al-maliki joined the president in laying a wreath. president obama assured him while the troop are leaving the u.s. is not abandoning its mission in the country. >> the president: iraq is not a perfect place. it has many challenges ahead. but we are leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. >> reporter: and that is thanks to the men and women in uniform. >> the president: because of you we are ending these wars in a way that will make america stronger and the world

more secure. because of you. >> reporter: one and a half million troops have served in iraq, 32,000 wounded, 4500 killed. all u.s. troops save for a few advisers will be out of the country by december 31st. google is about to make history in the battle to end human slavery. the search giant is giving 11.5 million dollars to global charities to fight modern day slavery, a large portion in india, new initiatives will be launched in the u.s. believed to be the single largest corporate grant ever given to combat this issue. new study finds moms who work outside the home are happier and healthier than moms who stay home. researchers study more than 1300 moms over 10 years mom who worked had symptoms of

depression and healthier. moms who worked part-time had a better work-life balance than moms who worked fulltime. this is not the end of the debate you know it going to continue. let's talk about the rain. >> rain coming our way, will take await freezing temperatures, freezing fog and this pollution, it is a spare the air day until midnight. rain comes tomorrow i'll tell you when and how much to expect. a family reunion after 80 years of separation. the moment they thought would never happen and how this brother and sister found each other. very big honor given to protesters for making big changes around the world.

quite a story. a brother and sister have reunited after being separated for 80 years. this last weekend 84-year-old doris saw her 87-year-old brother richard for the first time since 1931. they tracked each other down earlier this year. health issues prevented them from meeting sooner. they talked on the phone for months until richard was able to make the trek from his connecticut home to see her in maine.

>> she looks good. >> richard was 7 and doris was 4 when the two were sent to separate hopes after their mother died. neither say they are angry about the lost years they say they feel blessed because they are a family again for the first time in decades. >> lovely story. >> i couldn't imagine not seeing my family for that long. >> no. >> changing weather conditions? >> we haven't seen rain in a while but it hasn't been that long. we have changes on the way. gone fog still lingering around the bay area as we look down from mount tamalpais you can barely see the northern tower of theuj golden gate bridge you can see sutro tower in the upper right hand corner of your screen. when the fog was lifting it happened to slide south and take over parts of san francisco now you can see that on our visible satellite also the erosion continues

north bay v is being a lie stubborn about getting rid of that fog. at least it is not freezing fog like it was this morning. still chilly, santa rosa, novato upper 30s mid to upper 40s inland neighborhoods to oakland and san francisco low 50s for the rest of bay shore into the south bay. then you have half moon bay at 54°. down south, monterey bay a lot of sun, low 50s inland 48 salinas gilroy 47. spare the air today we are going to have that up to midnight hazy sun, no burning of wood. chance of showers tonight through tomorrow that takes away the freezing fog, the poor air quality and takes away the freezing temperatures. once we get to thursday evening to friday, breezy and dry. the dry weather will hang around for the rest of the forecast. probably not the breezes. today mid to possibly upper 50s outside. san jose warmer 57°. monterey bay mid to upper 50s

upper 50s to even 60 inland, 60 around hollister. around the state today mid toa-ñ upper 50s through the central valley dry there 58 big sur dry around l.a., san diego, palm springs low to mid 60s for you. sierra mid to upper 40s for tahoe and yosemite clouds hanging around mid 30s to near 40 inland same around palo alto, fremont bay shore coast low to mid 40s san francisco 47. small stop by this area of high pressure, i should say quick stop atop of us today that's why we have the stagnant air and pollution problems that would be -- could be worse in the north bay.gb noon today nothing going on, by 5:00, clouds move into the north they ought to make for a pretty sunset cloudy tonight rain moving into the north bay 2:00, 3:00, light showers through 7:00 for most of the bay then it moves into the

south bay during the mid-morning and then it gone by early afternoon quick-hitting system getting barely the end of it then rainfall amounts are going to be pathetic. 10th of an inch possible at maximum inland to maximum of a quarter of an inch at the coast. once it passes breezes kick up thursday into friday, brings dry air back sunshine the rest of the forecast mid 50s to low 60s. the protester has been named time's person of the year for 2011. the magazine says dissent across the mideast is up as protests in cairo that overthrew egypt's president spread to europe and the united states. it says protesters are reshaping global politics. time's person of the year is the person or thing that has most influenced culture and the news. runners up: admiral mccraven who organized the raid that lead to osama bin laden's death. the designer of the national stayed yule for the 2009

beijing olympics, paul ryan and duchess of cambridge, kate middleton. they are among barbara walters 10 mostrq fascinating people of we have len -- 2011. -- >> maybe my favorites were the two guys who play the two gay guys in modern family. we follow modern family on our special tonight many one of them is gay himself the other one is straight. the straight one plays it more gay, the gay one plays it more straight that's eric and jesse tyler ferguson they are also, the president has said that's th family favorite show >> he just revealed that today. one big endorsement. who is this year's most

fascinating person? find out tonight when barbara walters presents the 10 most fascinating 9:30. >> she is up there on the top of list. auction of liz taylor's jewelry collection made a record setting 115 million dollars among the big purchases christie's in new york last night pearl necklace sold for a price of more than 11 million dollars. a 33 carat ring sold for nearly nine million purchased by a private buyer from asia. part of the proceeds will go to taylor's aids care foundation. next, the new national restaurant ranking that snubs our local food mecca. we'll be right back. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ]

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verizon. the creepy christmas card with a possible political message. then, you may not be able to imagine life without the internet now. believing what you see online is another story. we'll explain when you join us at 4 and 5 later today. san francisco foodies will fan a new restaurant ranking hard to digest. >> open table has released the top 100 restaurants in the u.s. based on 10 million reviews. >> french laundry [ unintelligible ] there's not a single

san francisco restaurant in the top 100. >> that's just wrong. >> ruth's steakhouse in jacksonville, florida made it. .