they want consumers cover what insurance won't. >> cost of insurance has gone up significantly and the amount of insurance coverage that the insurance companies are making available to the utilities has gone down significantly. so it's created a gap. >> they are proposing that rate payers insure risks that the insurance companies are unwilling to insure. >> reporter: right now the puc can order rate payers to cover those costs on an incident by incident basis. but the new rule would make it permenant and retroactive. leland yee says he's introducing a bill to give people who's homes that were damaged a property tax inception and to allow them to deduct any amount lost in income. new meaning tonight to

going green. the color coding on seafood that is coming to a grocery store near you. i'll tell you which days this week you might need an umbrella. bay area immigrant rights groups unionize for the november election.

a major food chain has starred color coating fish to let people know which fish are abundant and which are not. green means they are abundant .

the monterey bay aquarium helped create the system. and officers searched every level, they found nothing suspicious. this past weekend the head of france's counter espionage said the risk of a terror attack has never been higher. and palestinian and israeli presidents met with secretary hillary clinton. the pelestinians have threat en to walk away from talks if the moratorium is lifted. flood waters are threatening the taj mahal. the water keeps rising. the security workers erected

barricades to keep tourists away. the taj mahal was erected isn't the 1600s. near the south bay a coalition of immigrants rights group says it will organize an aggressive get out the vote campaign to influence the november election. >> we will be phone banking and precinct walking for the next two months every weekend and during the week also. >> the group calls itself immigrants vote. they stood outside the city council to rally. organizers say almost four out of every 10 registered voters in the country are immigrants. the economic downturns has hit veterans especially hard. the jobless rate among vets is as high as 21%. in san francisco today, the organization held its third

annual veterans career fair to help address the problem. >> the thing that veterans have going for them is that they've served their country. so employers like what they have going for them. their responsibility and their willingness to work. new information from congressional investigators suggests salmonella may have been found at egg farms two years ago. salmonella may have been in hen houses as far back as two years ago. however the tests were not done on the eggs themselves. yusef bey iv, the former leader of oakland's oakland bakery and his associate are

accused of murdering chauncey bailey and two others. bey and mackey want their trials moved because news coverage will prevent them from getting a fair trial in oakland. and dig deeper in your wallet. a new alcohol tax may hit you in the wallet.

the state fish and game department wants to know why 700 acres of wetlands in solano county were pumped dry. fish and game has launched a criminal investigation. investigators suspect a contractor for chevron illegally pumped water out of the wetlands on lower wheeler island last week to perform

work on a natural gas pipeline. at least 1,500 fish have been left to rot. the natural habitat for bids and other wildlife have been destroyed. the cost of alcohol in san francisco is on the verge of going up. today the city supervisors voted on a tax hike. it's not a done deal just yet, but even though, it has some business owners very concerned. david stevenson has our concern. >> reporter: san francisco board of supervisors today approved new fees for liquor sales distributors. >> 35-cents for a gallon of beer. a gallon of spirits or hard liquor will be charged at $3.20. >> reporter: the goal is to recover $16 million in unreimbursed costs the city

spends only ambulances, -- spends on ambulances, dui arrests and other services. >> people that are coming out are drinking and eating less because they have less money to spend. >> reporter: the owners of mike liquor worry customers will drive to daily city to buy booze. >> there's no encouragement for them to pick up a case of beer in san francisco and take it home when they can go down the street to their local store. >> reporter: but supporters say it will help clean up the street and improve night life for all. >> this is good for small business, it is good for our business strip. it'll cut down on enibriation. >> reporter: supporters of the

bill have asked mayor newsom to recuse himself because he has a part in a winery. the wildfire in current county today grew and firefighters have not been able to gain ground on it. 4,000acres burned today, fire officials say it's only 10% contained the same as yesterday. the fire is located on the southern end of the secoia forest. fire crews expect full containment by friday. all right, i've been talking about this weather system. here it is now sitting offshore. if you've been around the bay

area in any amount of time. you know this isn't the type of system you see this time of year. the main impact is going to be northern california. we're on a southern end of the impact cell. but late in the week, we could see sprinkles and even showers. let's go to the forecast for tomorrow which will include more fog. tomorrow looks like today but a few degrees warmer. the weather headline has to be that we have showers in the bay area forecast. certainly in the north bay as we head into friday and saturday as well. the forecast highs tomorrow, we're going to see lots of 80s in the inland bay valleys. and we're going see high pressure holding up for three more days. we'll see plenty of fog low 60s. and sunny out in antioch and evergreen and temperatures in the low 80s. that's your forecast for basically, yes, today, tomorrow and then thursday. then it all changes. the whole deal goes away. the high pressure breaks down. and the computer model shows us

what we have coming our way. here we are friday afternoon, here we are about lunchtime. you see showers showing up around there, north bay. you see right about saturday it regroups again. it's a long way out. you watch the computer models and you see how they respond. they all start coming together just a little bit. so let's keep an eye on it. right now the real eye of this storm appears to be friday afternoon into saturday afternoon. so your forecast tomorrow, we have plenty of fog and low clouds that will push inland tonight. it's already happening in richmond, it's happening now as we head into tomorrow, we'll see the fog burn down to the coast. temperatures mostly in the low 80s tomorrow. your forecast highs, 84 in fairfield. 72 in richmond, 82 in livermore, 82 in pleasantton and forecast highs around the area. certainly a little warmer than they were today. your five day forecast, you'll take a peak and you will see it

includes shower activity on saturday. i think most of us will see showers as we head into sunday night. >> the picture there looks like a lot of sprinkles in that graphic. >> yeah. >> thanks, bill. well it appears tonight that the new american idol judge is j.lo. several entertainment news outlets are reporting that jennifer lopez has signed up to be the new american idol judge. j.lo has not confirmed that. the giants, padres and rockies, they were all playing tonight with first place on the line. so who won, who lost and where are the giants now on the standings. we'll have it when we come back. u owi stgoth n csechkint al?ye cckhiou

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mark joins joins us now with sports, barry zito just can't get a break. >> it's hard to pin anything on him tonight. but you remember 49ers fans

used to have a quarterback as jebol, and the coach used to say, just enough to lose. and that's what they can say about zito today. hard to say who it is there that wants get cozy with posey. but whatever. giants one all night. juan uribe errorred with the bases loaded. hard to get on uribe who played good ball all year. and first ever complete game for him in the major legal. and there's his complete game. get this in three of the last four games, the giants have been involved in they have been 1-0 final scores, they have been on the short end twice.

everybody keeps counting the padres out except themselves. the rockies always come back. san diego up only 7-6 in the ninth. eric young hits into a double play to end it and the padres keep on winning 7-6 in colorado. no matter how you flame the play off pictures -- you frame out the play off picture. a game and a half high from the atlanta braves who also lost tonight. to sense of urgency at all surrounding the a's game. as they stick all proof into a shredder. a home run, a two run shot for kansas city rookie mike aviles

hit a three run shot off gio gonzalez who has been pitching well off late. bringing wiston. not a good night for the oakland a's in kc. injuries and football never a surprise, but that doesn't ease the pain. green bay picked by many to represent the nfc in the super bowl but they won't do it. ryan grant first game of the year last sunday, he wrenches his ankle against philly today declared out for the season. tests show severe ligament damage. green bay will shut him down for the year rather than risking him coming back too soon. class move by reggie move. he gives back his heisman trophy today saying the scandal over improper gifts he receive

should not taint that award. that's the sports life for a tuesday night. >> so it'll just be empty in the record books? >> yeah, it'll be a big blank. >> they're not going to give it to the second person. >> no, that would be vince young from texas. tonight there's no call on doing that. >> too bad for barry zito. good job like you said. >> he's paid to win. bottom line. what are you going to do. >> mark, thank you. that is our report for tonight. i'm julie haener. >> and frank somerville. our coverage continues online at ktvu.com. have a great evening everyone. >> good night.