there was extraordinary security in martinez today. that's where sheriff's deputies escorted into the courthouse, the seven men charged in the alleged two-hour gang rape of a 16-year-old girl at richmond high school during a homecoming dance october 2th last year. inside a preliminary hearing began to determine if there is enough evidence for the seven men to stand trial on charges of forcible rape and rape by a foreign object while acting in concert and robbery. most of the defendants are teenagers and all but bun -- all but one face enhancements that could send them to police in life. >> i can't make any comment on it. >> reporter: the first witness, was the first officer on the scene. he broke down crying describing the victim, "i thought she was dead when i first saw her." but when he took her, "she moaned." he said the girl was

unconscious under a picnic table naked from the waist down. the officer said he when he pointed his flashlight, the males a ran away but he couldn't identify them. he said her cell phone rang and one of the suspects picked up. phone and it was the victim's daughter, and he told him, how good his daughter was at certain sexual acts. manual ortega said. i just want to pimp her out and said go ahead and kill me. the officer saw her with scratch on her back moaning and vomiting. >> i'm anticipating approximately 20 witnesses and

i assume it will take probably two to three weeks. >> reporter: the teenaged girl police say was gang raped was not in court here today and is not expected to testify in this hearing. reporting live in martinez, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. lawyers for johannes mehserle are trying to get him out on bail pending an appeal of his manslaughter conviction. the former b.a.r.t. police officer was sentenced to two years in prison for shooting unarmed passenger oscar grant at the fruitvale station on new year's day 2009. johannes mehserle, seen her in an exclusive jailhouse interview with ktvu, is due to return to an l.a. courtroom in december for the hearing. his lawyers must prove he's not a flight risk or a danger to the attorney and this is not just a delay tactic to get him out of serving time. in tiburon, police say another early-morning chase may be connected to one last week. the chase started at 2:00 a.m.

when a car crashed. when officers approached the driver, he took off leaving him and he ran off in the bushes. police believe he's part of a group behind burglaries and darr thefts in the area -- car thefts in the area. >> one of the suspects in that case sounds very similar to the man we're looking for tonight. >> a yard-to-yard search came up empty. people are being asked to call police if they have any information that may lead to an arrest. kraig carlos valentino entered not guilty pleas. he's charged with several crimes, including kidnapping, felony child endangerment for holding his teenaged daughter and another felony for making a false bomb threat. the highway patrol said he's

distraught about marital problems. he's on $750,000 bail and is ordered to return to court next month. bill martin will tell us how long this heatwave will last in a minute but first let's go to john sasaki in san francisco. john? >> reporter: there it is. after sundown in the middle of november. it's still very pleasant here by the water in san francisco. this unaffected warm weather has brought out the summer clothes and the smiles by the truck load. >> so what do you think about

the weather here? >> beautiful. >> very good for tourists alikeby not so good for keeping ice cold. the embarcadero ice rink was covered with a layer of water for most of the day but that didn't stop a couple from hawaii from having fun. >> i was geared up. i brought my beanie and star -- and scarf. i was hoping it was gonna be cold but it wasn't. >> this is nice. it's nice. but i want the rain. ♪ >> at uc berkeley where big game spirit week is underway, artists and residents putin its -- put on its usual lun-time show. while the group doesn't want to do this in the rain, they say today's weather was a bit challenging as well. >> it makes it a little harder. i'm all sweaty right now. we're dancing out there sicking as hard as we can.

it's a little tough. it gets people out at least. >> the nice weather should last a couple of more days but big changes are on the way. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >> from john we go to bill martin in the weather center with a look at just how warm it got today and how long the warm weather will last. bill? >> it was warm, julie. this is not that unusual. at this time of year we typically get a big warmup and cooldown. that's all gonna happen this week. these were the highs from today. the red dot, that's san rafael. 82, that was a record. santa rosa, that's a tied record. these temperatures above the average. but if you have lived here any amount of time, you know what's in november. it can happen in december. i've seen it happen in january. things are changing around. snow in the mountains, rain here. i will tell you all about it and show you the timing of the next system.

it will be here next week. thousands of entrepreneurs, scientists and politicians have descended on uc davis to talk about climate change. even after harrison ford was on hand as governor schwarzenegger kicked off his california climate summit. >> because of our environmental law, california is now 40% more energy-efficient than the rest of the nation. >> inventers showed off new ideas including a process that cuts cost in half as well as air conditioning systems and

lighting systems. in reversing that decision the high court noted that the benefits at issue are offered to u.t. citizens. some consumers groups and citizens are not happy about those full-body scanners being used at airports and the debate is being fueled by an incident at an airport. >> reporter: san jose international airport had their full body scanners installed in june and what has some travelers upset, they feel as though these kind of pictures are an invasion of privacy and they say the alternative of the body searches are even worse. the busy travel holidays are approaching but now some consumer groups are calling on travelers to boycott the tsa's full body scanners and demand

pat-down searches be done in a separate room. they call this an invasion of privacy. >> people who think it is should be able to put that out there and take another line. >> reporter: complaints escalated after a man recorded and posted his encounter with tsa in san diego after refusing a scanner check and being told his option of a pat-down includes a search of the groin area. >> if you touch my junk, i'm gonna have you arrested. >> later, the man was told if he refuses both procedures he can't fly. >> i don't understand how a sexual assault can be made -- >> this is not sexual assault. >> it would be if you weren't the government. >> there is a tradeoff here between having the full comfort of going through like you might have done 30 years ago and the tradeoff -- tradeoff today for security reasons. >> as long as i'm aware of what i'm doing.

i'm fine with it. the pat-downs they do them when they are needed. they don't seem excessive. >> it's gonna go through. we could boycott it all day, not gonna matter. >> reporter: the tsa said today it has no plans to drop the procedures and asks travelers to be patient but called any boycott irresponsible. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. santa clara sheriff investigators say the cause of death for two people found inside a burning van today was accidental. the bodies were discovered around 3:30 this afternoon by firefighters responding to a vehicle fire on eastbound highway 152 about one mile west of the santa clara county/merced county line. something inside the van ignited. san francisco's muni system is facing a crucial deadline as it searches for hundreds of

millions of dollars to prevent the derailing. muni faces a february deadline to tell the federal transportation administration how it will come up with the $1.6 billion price tag. >> this is typical of a major and multi-billion dollar project. there's always challenges putting together the financing. we will get there. there is a lot at stake but we're working aggressively to get the funding down. the social network launches a social inbox. why facebook says its e-mail is like no other. >> will there be local crowded for thanksgiving? that depends on the results of

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which take a life every six point five seconds. don't be big tobacco's next victim. >> reporter: commercial crab season officially opened at midnight. but boats were stuck at the docks this morning while fishermen waited on the results of these crab tests. >> there is a lot of crab out

there this year. guys have concern if the quality is gonna be good or not. we'll know today. >> reporter: fishermen and processors were concerned the crabs may not have grown enough in their shells and would yield less meat than expected. >> we are gonna make sure when we go fishing the crab quality will be at -- >> folks travel from washington to fish down here. it's a pretty big expense when you buy bait, fuel. >> it looks like a bonanza year. we have tic mother sure -- to make sure we don't make any mistakes and we're gonna make some money for the work we put out. >> reporter: the stress results came out strong. by tomorrow, again, these bay area fishermen will be bringing in the season's first haul of

local crab. live in san francisco, priya david, back to you. >> the ocean tides have mostly washed away a surreal scene that played out on one san francisco beach over the weekend. tens to uses of large -- tens of thousands of jellyfish washed up. scientists call it a natural phenomenon perhaps trigger bide a tide and wind direction. state and local police agencies this week are launching their yearly campaign too clamp down on seat belt violators. the program is called click it or ticket. about 150 law enforcement agencies take part statewide including the chp. in some cities it may involve higher fines for first-time violators. california actually has a seat belt usage rate at about 95%. that still means some 100

million californians are not buckling up. let's go to bill martin and see what the changes are that are coming. >> you get warm days like today and you get cool weather by the end of the week. i will show you the system that i'm tracking. it's up here in the gulf of alaska. it's still forming but it's gonna make its way down to the coast. as that goes, mild, some breezy conditions in the hills. not as warm tomorrow and then a cool -- and then a cooling trend. today we saw low 80s. tomorrow we saw mid-70s. overnight lows will had been mild. if you were with us, frost advisory, near freezing temperatures. it's not gonna be that cold. mid- to upper 40s the next couple of days but those temperatures will come down as well. high pressure has been the big story right through the weekend. we had record heat yesterday. a couple of records today in

the north bay. the offshore winds are gonna die down. tomorrow the winds are gonna start to come onshore. as this system gets closer, a big cool weather system for your bay area weekend. this system, because it is coming from the gulf, will produce snow levels probably down around 4,000 feet. it's gonna be cool. there's gonna be snow accumulations like in the mountains, make a foot, maybe more. that's good news for those considering thanksgiving and the skiing of that time of year. we'll watch it closely but the real story, warm, then cooler and then wet at the end of the week. so the computer model, i start us on wednesday. you will see the showers, kind of offshore but then friday -- this isn't real heavy-duty rain. it's cool and drizzly. here comes the rain on saturday. it wants to stick around on sunday and monday as well. it looks as though the end of the week, early next week, wet and cool. forecast highs tomorrow you get the picture. a lot of os -- a lot of 60s.

the five-day forecast is nice for a few days. it's a slow gradual trend and we're into it on the weekend. not a major, major storm but a cool storm so it will feel like winter. san francisco police have lowered the boom on a street performer who used a fake grenade in his act. he eight parentally used a replica grenade. for a brief time the police closed down the street and called the bomb squad until it was determined there was no threat. police have cited wolf for misdemeanor possession of an illegal weapon. on wall street, stocks finished narrowly mixed. the markets lost most of their gains. it came with a reported rise in retail sales. it closed at 11,202. the nasdaq fell 2 points to finish at 2514. palo alto of based facebook

announced today it's going to offer its 500,000 billion users fake e-mail. they say it will be a more seamless and faster way of communicating than current e- mail services. it will integrate cell phone text, chats, e-mail and existing facebook messages and is expected to make it easier to communicate with people who are not on facebook. >> we spent oolong time building a hand full of pro -- we spent a long time building a hand full of projects. >> the company's ceo says facebook e-mail are be available to users in a few months. buster posey was up for rookie of the year. so did he make it? mark will tell us next in sports and the warriors are trying to win over their fans. the great offer tonight on tickets, food and drinks.

the new owners of the warriors are doing something nice for their fans. they cut the prices of concessions in half as well as all available tickets for tonight's home game against the detroit pistons. the new owners made the announcement during an

introductory luncheon in san francisco. >> we have the best fans in the world. i've heard other general managers who are friends of mine saying this fan base is the greatest in the nba. we have an ownership group that's committed. it's 21st century. i mean, there's just no reason that we cannot turn this into a championship arena. >> i expect to be up there constantly and listen and learn very carefully. do a lot of listening. i'm gonna use my feet and my heart, my my tongue -- and not my tongue. mark is in with sports. the awards keep on coming for the san francisco giants. >> yeah. you know, the team with a "team" in the true sense of the word. buster posey is certainly the rookie of the year. specifics don't even begin to

tell the story about what this guy did. what but he -- but he did hit .305, 80 homers, 67 rbis and he was called up may 29th as the voters overwhelmingly show support. he's the first giant since 1975 to win the rookie of the year. meantime, the 49ers, of course, they not gonna change quarterbacks now. troy smith is the guy until he doesn't stay hoot anymore. this guy's -- hot anymore. 35 yards passing yesterday. remember, he had three touchdowns that were taken away because of penalties. he's not had a tougherover since taking over the reins and coach singletary will start him against tampa bay. but that doesn't mean the coach

has some room for improvement. >> i don't know what he's talking about. i'm sure once i meet with him he'll let me know. >> as a quarterback, that's your livelihood, the decisions that you make pretty much dictate the game. decision making where you go to all of the above, you have to keep on going. >> troy smith looking darned good. he will get the start against tampa. swee a football game going on right now, if you want to call it, the philadelphia trouncing the redskins in the nation's capitol. first quarter, 28-0. michael vick leading the way. that's the sporting live at this hour. highlights at 10:00. sharks are playing, warriors are playing, too. >> busy night. >> troy smith just makes things happen, doesn't he? >> yeah, he knows how to ad lib and make it happen on the fly. he has a heck of an arm, too. biggest thing no turnover, no

interceptions and that will make a coach happy every day of the week. coming up on the news at 7:00 on tv36 we'll have more on today's court rule ong a controversial state law that affects college students. the reasoning behind the ruling. that's coming up in 30 minutes on tv36. that's our report for now. i'm frank somerville. i'm julie haener. thank you for joining us. good night. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r

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