disaster. you can [bleep] off now. i don't care! complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. >> a crack in abeam could cause delays in the commute come tomorrow morning. good evening, everyone, i'm frank summerville. >> i'm julie hayneer. there's a closure after a crack was discovered. one of three lanes is closed and is expected to remain coned off for 24-48 hours, meaning thursday's commute could see delays. live at the bridge toll plaza with the details, lloyd?

>> reporter: they call this an emergency road repair. work is underway right now in the lanes closest to the water. the closure is expected to continue through the morning commute. motorists are already expressing frustration. >> i guess i'll have to take the bay bridge or del martin bridge if that's the only way to get over the bay. i know one lane is going to make a lot of traffic. a lot of people will be upset with that. >> reporter: they say during a routine inspection yesterday they found a 10-inch crack in a wish bone shaped steel beam on the bridge located right before the elevated portion of the bridge. the beam was put in 9 years ago as part of a fit. >> what it could lead to long- term is having serious problems. there was no danger of immediate failure, but, you know, there are no unimportant parts of the bridge. when you find a crack like

this, you do have to take immediate action. >> reporter: crews right now are making two steel plates. the repair work is not expected to be completed until tomorrow afternoon. once that is done, cal-tran says it will try to determine what caused the crack in the first place. >> i'm glad they found it. it could have been a problem for everybody else. traffic is going to be they believe, i guess. >> reporter: cal-tran advices to give yourself more time or use other bridges instead. stay tuned tomorrow for the latest updates. . as you might recall, the bay bridge had a big problem last year with a crack in an i- bar. the initial repair work failed, causing the steel bar to fall

on to the bridge. a permanent $14 million fix was made in late december. fire officials tell ktvu news they are wrapping up their arson investigation into last summer's devastating fire. it gutted a 25,000 square foot building and destroyed 16 classrooms. now they are reporting authorities are planning to announce the arrest of two teenagers at 10:00 tomorrow morning. when we asked about an arrest, fire officials withheld comment tonight. they have also declined to say where the fire started or how it spread. ktvu news will attend tomorrow's news conference and have developments on the noon news. a 28 year old fairfield mother remains in the hospital tonight accused of killing her twin 3 year old daughters. 28 year old monica kerik fatally stabbed the girls. it happened about 10:30 last

night at the paradise valley apartments on north texas boulevard. as for thes responded to reports of a fire, two neighbors say they broke down the apartment door. >> we entered the room. there was so much smoke and heat already, there was no point in going inside and risking our lives to get in there not knowing who was in there or what else was in there. >> inside, firefighters found the bodies of the 3 year old twin girls. police say they had apparently been killed before the fire started. reports the mother recently relocated to fairfield for a job. she will be transported to jail when released from the hospital. a union picket line tonight. 850 workers at the hilton walked off the job to begin a 6- day strike. amber lee is live with our report, amber? >> reporter: hotel workers tell us this picket line will stay

up until next tuesday morning and plan to be around here around the clock. noisy and disruptive, this picket line wept up at 4 this morning. some guests describe the guests as annoying. >> no room service or anything, no janitorial staff. >> reporter: housekeeping staff, bellman, cooks, and bartenders, hope the protest will pressure to a new 4-year contract. >> i've been here 30 years to make this company profitable, please the guests, do an excellent job for them, and i don't feel valued or appreciated. >> reporter: the sticking points are health care, wages, and pensions. the strike is only at the hilton union square now, but 9,000 other workers are at a

similar contract dispute, all working without a contract for almost 14 months. will the strike spread to other hotels in san francisco? >> women, it's not going to -- well, it's not going to in the immediate future. >> reporter: hilton's general manager told its employees and 400 replacement workers are now running the hotel. >> we're eager to get back to the table. >> reporter: workers say rook occupancy is up and accuse them trying to lock them up in a discretionary contract. >> i don't think we're unreasonable. >> reporter: the hotel acknowledges occupancy is up, but not rates. the general manager is asking the union to resume labor talks in the next two weeks. the occupancy rate for san

francisco hotels was 92% in august, the average room rate was $166. we've learned that workers at the hilton are planning to go on strike tomorrow with 1500 employees. the hotel is hilton's largest anywhere in the world. hundreds of nurses from children's hospital in oakland are also on strike tonight. health care costs are also the center of this dispute. the hospital wants the nurses to start contributing part of their pay to their benefits while the nurses say the recently postponed raise and can't afford it. children's hospital brought in 125 replacement nurses to work during the 3-day strike. other than surgeries being postponed, a spokesperson said it is business as usual. tomorrow should be the final day of the walkout. . the wall street journal

reported yahoo maybe reporting to a takeover from aol. they rejected an offer from microsoft. the wall street journal said aol would need financial help to make the deal for yahoo. the national transportation safety board released a prim their report today outlying the sequence of events leading up to last month's gasline explosion in san bruno. a power glitch caused a surge in pressure. that caused a valve system to malfunction moments before the explosion. the agency also says it took pg&e 34 minutes to shut off the pipeline and it took 1 hour and 47 minutes to shut off the gas. read the full report on our website, www.ktvu.com. a pg&e representative visited south san francisco to talk

about the pipeline. it runs north. kearn wayne attended the meeting and is live with our report, ken? >> reporter: there were some tough employee questions tonight from city officials and members of the public over the safety of pg&e's pipelines running through south san francisco, particularly line 132. the same line that exploded in neighboring san bruno. >> moved or replaced before the proposed date of 2013. >> i don't know, sir. i don't have that information at this time. >> reporter: officials say they are worried the same line will fail again. pg&e officials insisted tonight the 50-year old line is safe, but that didn't convince worried city leaders saying pg&e had promised to repair the pipe earlier. >> how can we trust pg&e? >> reporter: residents who live

near the pipeline say they are worried any fix now maybe too little too late. >> i'm concerned about rushing the pressure and having shutoff valves or some type of valves that work before it blows up. >> reporter: pg&e did provide maps detailing the locations of the lines. the fire marshall said it's the first time he's seen the maps. >> it's another tool for us to use. the more information we have, the better we can respond. >> reporter: pg&e says it's trying to work to reduce anxiety, but in some cases, they say it can't answer specific questions because of the ongoing investigation in san bruno. >> we totally understand all the concerns out there that folks may have in the wake of this tragedy. this was a terrible tragedy. it shouldn't have happened. we're committed to working to getting to the bottom to

figuring out exactly what happened, figuring it out, and working to prevent any such tragedy in the future. >> reporter: south city leaders say they want line 132 replaced before 2013 when pg&e says the work is scheduled. pg&e said it would look into the possibility of accelerating that timetable. live in south san francisco, ken wayne, ktvu news. falling temperatures tonight as fog returns to the bay area. chief meteorologist bill martin shows us how much cooler in about 10 minutes. an incredible rescue mission now complete. we're with the bay area man as he watches his nephew rise to safety. rattled nerves in one east bay community. one man's encounter with a mountain lion on the loose.

in the east bay and all over the world, people were rivetted watching the last of the miners freed today. it was particularly special for people celebrating in berkeley. in chile, the rescue took less than 24 hours. tonight all the miners and rescuers are out. mission accomplished. mike nebak reports on the end of the long underground

nightmare. >> reporter: tonight survival and celebration. the last of 33 trapped miners, the foreman of the group surfaced before 6 tonight. the 22-hour rescue operation was flawless. a 13-foot long, slender capsule was their vehicle, a 28-inch wide, almost half mile long escape tunnel was the road home. there's the father who hugged his son. the miners who embrace a friend. the eldest of the group at age 63 held his wife tight, only to drop to his knees and pray. >> translator: life defeated death in which hope defeated anxiety. >> reporter: the story captivated millions around the world, and in the bay area. the pure and raw emotion can be felt right here in the heart of

san francisco's mission district. a little cafe known to many in the chilean community. >> every customer that came, come here, come here, come here. look, they are about to rescue the miners. >> reporter: where chileans watched miners being rescued. julio says his they have few that's the youngest of the miners seen underground, sanchez was the 5th to be rescued. his uncle was filled with emotion as he watched. >> so emotional and i tear up, couldn't stop crying. >> reporter: her countrymen shined. >> our country is coming together in solidarity, where the world 1 rooting for something to go right has been very positive. >> reporter: tonight chileans everywhere stand together bonded by the strength and survival of 33 men.

and turn to www.ktvu.com for port rats of all 33 miners rescued and continuing coverage on how they are recovering. plans to build a controversial asphalt plant are moving forward after five years of debate, the board of supervisors gave a tentative okay to the plant. the prospect of jobs won over other concerns. opponents say they worried the plant would be harmful to the environment. if built, it would sit along the river. a final vote is expected in december. . san francisco's supervisors are moving forward with their plans to build a pricey wheelchair ranch at city hall. the budget and finance committee set aside $600,000 for the project. the ramp would enable access to the podium where the board president presides. the project has been criticized because many say it would be rarely used. the full board is set to vote

next tuesday. oakland's largest newspaper made its endorsement for mayor today. the tribune says rebecca caplin should lead the city. because of rank choice voting, voters should consider joe tumin and gene quan next month. they slammed don saying his grasp of the issues is appalling and he has a history of ethically questionable dealings. the east bay express has also endorsed caplin, tumin and quan. meg whitman pouring another $20 million in her campaign and jerry brown releasing another attack add. randy sandoval has his report. >> reporter: jerry brown lost

an attack ad today. >> meg whitman's hometown newspaper says it best. >> reporter: that's your hometown paper. pretty tough words. >> you know, i think what career politicians do is they hide behind their record and they rig the game so that they say no one else has the experience to do the job. >> again, he's just quoting a newspaper. >> newspapers make decisions every day about what they are going to do. who really matters is the voters of california. >> the most contentious moments. brown asked to explain the tape recording of someone in his campaign referring to whitman as a -- >> the campaign apologized promptly. >> did you feel he was truly contrite? >> i was stunned to see how insensitive he was to that word

and how many women feel about it. >> after the debate, brown turned the heat back an whitman. >> i apologize, i think that's enough. i'd like to use the same zeal to getting whitman to apologize to her housekeeper. that was not a word, that was action. >> let's be blunt about if, those are not the issues facing the state of california, pensions, taxation, spending, things like that. >> reporter: any new last- minute attacks? wouldn't be surprising, but many people have already voted. if something breaks really late, it will affect fewer voters. ktvu channel 2 news. california residents have less than a week to register to vote in time for the november election. the deadline is midnight on monday. election officials say almost

17 million californians are registered. another 6.5 million are eligible. the election is set for november 2. for those who are voting by mail, check your postage. many voters will get multiple ballots requiring more than one stamp. al me damon is sending out three ballots. voters will need three stamps to mail them back. officials say notices are included with all vote-by-mail ballots to remind voters of how many stamps are needed. it was a spare the air day and a heat advisory. those have been dropped. highs from today, they were cooler in some places, warmer in others. you get the drift. these highs from today will be dropped tomorrow. overnight lows in the 50s, daytime highs tomorrow will be mostly in the 80s. a cooling trend in your bay area forecast as we roll into

thursday. 53 overnight in napa, i have fog over pacifica, right now, ocean beach, you're clear, patchy fog overnight and tomorrow. by tomorrow night, the fog should make its push. in the meantime, highs a bit cooler. i'll come back and tell you which cities will be the coolest. see you then. people may not be resting easily tonight after a mountain lie your blood pressure was spotted last -- lion was spotted last night. at least two people saw the mountain lion. before they could capture it, it ran off. >> i thought it was like a rot weiller at first, but when it started walking up the hill, i

noticed it wasn't a dog. it scared me. >> the lion didn't appear to be aggressive, but if you see it, do not approach it. an entire atm machine is stolen. where the crime happened. a non-profit arts organization is turning over a new leaf. how they are using sales from

oakland is trying a new tactic against what police say is one of the most violent gangs in the city. generally between 21st avenue and high street below brookdale avenue. in that zone, gang members would be barred from carrying

guns, attacking witnesses, and associating after late-night hours. one gang member reacted this way. >> it don't matter to me. i don't think it matters to anybody else, you know. they are not going to stop what i'm doing. >> leaders say 42 members of the gang are named in that request for an injunction. the gang has been involved in 35 shootings this year alone. police are on the lookout for a missing atm. a camera got a picture of one man. police say there were two thieves that stole the machine. that was sometime between 12:30 and 1:00 a.m. a week ago tuesday. the hospital staff reported it missing a few hours later. the state attorney general's office charged three men in connection with alleged credit card scamming in the bay area. two men were arrested in february, accused of installing

credit card skimmers in 21 cities. investigators say the skimmers were used to steal credit card account numbers. the scam netted about $20,000 a day. the men face up to 31 years in prison if convicted. police are investigating another case of indecent exposure, the fifth since last month. the most recent was reported yesterday. a man was walking when he exposed himself to four women. investigators have released two sketches from similar incidents last month. the man seen yesterday fits the same description. prices higher on wall street today. the dow jumped 75 points, the nasdaq added more than 23. stock in ibm today hit an all- time high. ibm was up 52 cents, closing

above $142 a share for the first time ever. apple also hit a new high. analysts pointed to strong sales of ipads and a planned expansion in china. apple is expected to release fourth quarter earnings next monday. the company set out press invitations for an event on wednesday. the invite hinted that apple may debut that next system. apple's current version is called snow leopard. how much do you pay towards your health care costs and pensions and what do you think city employees should contribute? from protests to a meeting that wrapped up tonight. we take you inside the bitter debate. . because i am emotionally, physically, and legally a female.

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some of the most highly debated issues involve pension reform. in san francisco, prop b deals with the pension and health care benefits of city employees. heather holmes was at a meeting tonight where prop b was topic a. >> frank, that meeting just wrapped up. the issue that landed in every san francisco mailbox. they got to go beyond the flyers and ads and hear the details that calls on employees to contribute more to their pension and benefit costs.

>> it makes sure that all people are taken care of, not just city workers. >> it's not good policy. it doesn't make sense. and it's bad medicine. >> there were dueling accounts that calls on police and firefighters that currently contribute 7.5% of their pension to pay 10%. all other employees who currently contribute 0% will contribute #%. >> if the city is in dire economic straits. >> while this planner supports the increased contributions, labor unions do not. david chu led a protest today from chinatown. >> it is a wolf in sheep's clothing. it is not pension reform. this is a measure about cutting

health care to thousands of our children. >> many could see their coverage disappear. >> reporter: that is the claim of the ads currently hitting the air waves. it mainly is an attack on families and children by doubling the cost of health care for city workers. >> remember, we're only 6% of the working families in san francisco. the other 94% are essentially subsidizing the health care costs for city employees. >> reporter: the crowd here tonight was told that an employee with one dependent would go from paying 1% to 26%, and that is the question, is that fair or unreasonable? something for voters to decide. reporting live tonight in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. security is tighter tonight at a gym where campus police say a man has been sneaking into the women's locker room and snapping photos. twice last week the man entered

disguised as a woman complete with a black wig and used his cell phone. both times he was spotted but ran away. today police issued a description, saying he's in his 20s with dark hair and a thin build. apple is a step closer to helping parents prevent their children from sending sexually explicit text messages. new technology would let an iphone administer from receiving texts with certain words and would filter content. apple was rewarded a patent yesterday, but it's unclear when it will be available for the iphone. >> in san francisco tonight, aids activists mark latino awareness day. for women, it's higher. >> for women, the rate of new infections is four times for

latino women than white women. >> $52 million for hiv and aids education has been cut from the state budget. he and others have repeatedly called for it to be restored call it a bake sale, she found herself struggling and in need of money to help local artists. now she's gotten into the business of growing medical marijuana. >> on a quiet hill top, she is bringing guest artists to her secluded retreat to crab rat with others in creating artwork. she's the founder of the foundation that started in new orleans. she bought the land six years ago with her partner. >> we wanted to find a beautiful piece of property to enjoy and to show outdoor

inspirations on. >> with the recession, she says grants and other funding are on short supply and wanted to try her hand on farming. >> funding was challenging. the climate has been terrible. it was a creative way. >> it's not just any farming. the breeze brings the distinctive scent of marijuana. >> the last way i thought, but it seems like one of the most viable forms of non-profit support i've ever encountered. >> this is the farm's first year. she says money received goes directly to art projects. >> i think it's innovative, creative, art is so much to do with healing in a lot of ways and i think that ties in. >> a county sheriff's spokesman said they are aware of the growing operation and deputies

are working to ensure it complies with state laws. so far there have been no complaints. she says she hopes the profits grow. >> we are able to include not only life is art, but other community programs and art programs. >> it's hard to tell whether other groups will take up this rather unusual fundraising method and the fate of her farm will largely be in the fate of proposition 19. ktvu channel 2 news. a visit from the dalai lama. fog is inching its way up the coast. i'm tracking that right now. i'll let you know which cities will be the warmest and which the coolest. >> just three tanks of gas a year. how the car works.

the dalai lama is visiting and meeting with young students. he delivered a powerful message of peace and compassion to

youngsters. to inner peace can achieve. >> about 500 students from ravenswood school district and numerous youth clubs crowded to see the 75 year old spiritual leader. he answered a lot of questions from students who said they were inspired by his humble and wise demeanor. in addition to visiting with the dalai lama, they were seen dance and theater. the state owned toll bridges and traffic is down overall. the bay area toll authority released the figurer figures showing after a increase, 2200 drivers paid tolls daily. the numbers show more than 10,000 fewer vehicles used the car pool lane. bridge officials expect to bring in $129 million in

revenue as a result of that toll increase. san jose police are looking for a man who they say tried to abduct a toddler. a woman was walking yesterday when the man pushed her and grabbed for the child. the woman fought him off. he's described in his late 20s or 30s, 5' 9 with dark hair. the man was wearing a mechanics jump suit covered in oil and drove away in a red car. in afghanistan, there's word nine troops have been killed in the last 24 hours in a number of separate attacks. in the mountains near kabul, search teams reach the wreckage of a plane that crashed yesterday. there were no survivors among the 8 people on board. in lebanon, thousands of supporters turned out to welcome their primary sponsor,

ac mad a.m. din gad. a military group. many lebanese are concerned about iran's ambitions in their country and fear they may draw them into a war with israel. hillary clinton posed for photos before a statue of her husband. the former president is a hero to many in kosovo. in 1999 he spearheaded to end the violence there. now hillary clinton is pushing serbia to recognize kosovo's independence. the district attorney's office declined to file charges against the substitute teachers who had been arrested and accused of molesting students. he was arrested after some students complained of inappropriate touching. the da sent the case back to police for further investigation.

she says she should be able to play regardless. >> why a golfer is suing to compete. fog returns to the bay area. what it means for the rest of the week and the weekend ahead.

hundreds of students need to undergo testing. a notice on a website say students in union city should be tested after a classmate tested positive for tb. the oakland tribune is reporting 500 students need to be tested. the infected student is no longer on campus. school officials are working with the county health department to identify who is most at risk. an unusual discrimination lawsuit tonight on the eve of a

golf tournament. a rule that states a golfer must be born female to compete violates california law. rita williams has our report. >> reporter: early tomorrow morning, golfers will tee off here in danville without a transgender player. that's lana wallace in san francisco today showing us the form that helped her win the women's long drive championship in 2008, two years after her reassignment surgery, as was required by the competition. >> this is the actual golf ball that i used. >> reporter: after that, the group changed its rules to coincide that competitors must have been born female. >> how can they say it wasn't directed at me? i am the only professional

woman golfer in the united states that's a post-op transwoman. >> now this air force veteran has filed suit against the lpga and long drive association and their sponsors, saying the adverse requirement violates california's civil rights law and the laws of 12 other states prohibiting gender discrimination. his attorney says the olympics and the u.s. and european golf association all allow transgenders to compete, that there's no competitive edge to once being a male. >> golf is a game of skill. it's not a game of power. they call it a finesse game. >> i stood up for my rights and the rights of others for most of my life. again, i'm standing up for the rights to be seen as what we are, female. >> reporter: he has not asked

the courts to stop play here tomorrow, but to keep the lpga from holding other tournaments in california without transgenders having the right to play. lpga officials here today had no comment. ktvu channel 2 news. chevrolet's entry will be available in california next month. they say the state will be a test market for the volt. the car runs mostly on battery power but with a boost from a small gasoline engine that runs a generator when needed. the range is 350 miles with a federal tax credit the volt is expected to cost around $33,000. there's word tonight of another deal. the electric car company announced it will receive $60 million from toyota as part of the agreement to create an

electric power train formula. it was partly owned by toyota. you could find the aroma of great food and the spirit of friendly competition on treasure island today. 65 student chefs in 7 states are in san francisco for the dinner is possible cooking life salad. today's challenge required them to prayer a meal using ingredients from a mystery box. >> all of us chefs at some point or another have done a mystery box, whether in competition or sometimes applying for work. it's not about necessarily how they finish the product, but how they deal with the stress. >> during an awards ceremony tomorrow, students will hear from chef robert irvine. star of the food network's "dinner impossible." a little bit of cooling

today and fog at the coast, just falling short of the golden gate bridge, now back south of pigeon point. it's interesting, the fog usually tries to pull in, but it's not happening. fog is here, so you have a lot of fog in this area. then you're going to see these winds continuing to go offshore. it's a balancing act. until the fog gets into the gate, temperatures will stay warm. that's the story tomorrow. despite the cooling tomorrow, high pressure weakens a bit. not as hot as today and not a spare the air day or a red flag warning. but through tomorrow, you'll see temperatures trending down. yesterday hot, today warm. cooler tomorrow, especially in the afternoon and tomorrow night you'll notice -- or should notice -- more fog along the coast. in the 60s and 70s. fog should be returning to ocean beach to pacifica over

the next 24 hours. forecasted highs tomorrow, still seeing the heat in the valleys, but more cooling coming from the coast. still warm though, 70s, 80s, a couple of low 90s. thursday night, the fog comes back, the air quality gets better and highs will be mostly in the 80s for thursday. friday cooler still. forecast, mid-70s, still a warm day. not quite as warm as today. i'm surprised the fog didn't come in with more of a gusto tonight, looks like tomorrow is going to be warm as well. fog lingering at the coast. it got all the way to ocean beach then walked away. highs will reflect that fog. 89 in concord and alameda, cooler than today, but that's warm. no spare the air day or red flag warning. patchy fog along the coast. still, upper 60s, maybe low

70s. 5-day forecast, cooling trend underway, but still slow. there you go. >> aside from the fire danger, october is a great month. >> baseball and football, everything is happening. >> thank you, phil. unwanted a few months ago. they are now at the core of what some say could be a miracle season for the san francisco giants. you'll hear from them next in sports.

after all the excitement, a lot of fans are sitting around saying what do i do right now now that i don't have a game to go to. >> they turned us into adrenaline junkies. there's little news along the way, the team announcing jonathan sanchez will start game two while matt cain will throw the first game in san francisco tuesday. a baseball-perfect afternoon in san francisco, they'll pack it up tomorrow for philly with their first workout thursday. the group playing to get into the world series when several players were looking for jobs. seems like a few short months ago. >> we're all guys that struggled to get a job this offseason, for instance, pat was on the couch three months

ago. >> when you can get 25 guys to all believe in one thing and that's winning. it's real easy for guys to come together and pay. >> the best thing to happen to the niners this season, the giant's success. if they were the only team in town starting 0-5, the manure storm would be a lot thicker. singletarys social networking session, he thinks his quarterback needs to play with more of an edge. didn't exactly wholeheartedly agree. >> obviously, you're trying to get in the right frame of mind. some play mad, some don't. there's a focus you're trying to achieve. you have to make quick and smart decisions throughout the course of the game. you can't lose your even keel and level headedness, the

emotions of the game go up and down. as a quarterback, i think you have to be that guy that is always steady. in the meantime, it's the raiders sunday. they might be doing it without the services of gronkowski who has an injured shoulder. might be sitting out. jason campbell escapes the wrath of raiders fans. >> i thought throwing the ball away, they won't move me. when you play this position, you better be ready and have a mind set that can stay on track because you can't worry about the things you can't control and get caught up. everything has to be within you and you have to play with a lot of confidence. >> all right, that's the sporting life for wednesday night. going to start pumping up that game. the giants are taking a show. the sharks open at home on

friday. not to forget that. be sure to join the morning news beginning at 5:00 a.m. they'll have the latest on the emergency repairs and how they are affecting the morning commute. good night.