this, maureen -- >> reporter: frank, the freemont grandfather was hit in this spot. and a witness says that they saw the driver pull over before driving off but not before leaving an important clue behind. police today released the photo of the victim. he walked every morning where his grandsons are students. remnants of emergency flairs remain at the busy intersection where nos era d was hit. if 83-year-old was taken to eden medical center where he died that evening. >> for 2.5 hours we watched my dad die. beat by beat, second by second, we were not prepared for that. >> reporter: at a press conference this afternoon, family members made an emotional plea for the driver to come forward. >> and i'm just asking, i'm begging if you are out there, just give the family closure. >> reporter: police also released a photo of the scene

show strewn personal items including a walker. police are asking shops to look for a white avalon similar to this model. the grill was found at the scene. >> it could be hood damage consistent with this accident. >> i don't want revenge, but i want closure for the family. >> reporter: police are asking anyone with information to call them. and they say callers can remain anonymous, we've posted that information on our website ktvu.com. just click on the bay area news tab. reporting live in freemont, maureen naylor. a high speed chase on bay area roads today ended in the arrest of three people who are suspected of as many as eight armed robberies in a 28 hour

period. police spotted a car wanted in connection with a robbery that had been reported a few minutes earlier. a police spokeswoman said the chase came after a series of robberies in and around the lake shore neighborhood. >> we had eight street robberies in that particular area within a 24 hour period. that will be what the in investigators will look at first. >> the chase took officers across the bay bridge at speeds up to 100-miles-an-hour. and today there is new details in the case of a gang rape of a teenage girl. the mother of elvis torrente the only defendant charged with aiding and abetting and not

rape offered support today for her son. >> we know what kind of person my son is and we trust in god and the courts that he will be cleared of all the charges. >> a crime scene investigator became emotional as she described the photos she took of the victim. no arrests have been made in the killing which is the city's 74th so far this year. church leaders say the killing comes one day before it was to announce a two year, $430,000 grant to try to combat violence and reduce the number of street fatalities in oakland and richmond. they say the money will go toward recruiting and training community leaders. san francisco supervisors are still meeting at this hour to try to decide who will be the city's interim mayor. the court wants to begin the process now because outgoing mayor newsom plans to leave his

postin january to become lieutenant governor. david stevenson joins us now with late details. >> reporter: the city council is meeting tonight. supervisors scuttled a plan over a lack of support from their fellow board members. the last time san francisco supervisors appointed an interim mayor was 1978. >> mayor feinstein was appointed with very little process, a lot of emotion but very little process. >> reporter: now the process has divided the board between progressives who say the search should begin immediately and moderates who say go slow. >> how do you start a process when there's not a vacancy.

i think any process should come after the mayor's resignation. >> i want to make sure that the board has a voice, whether it's advisory or permanent. >> he wants to put off becoming lieutenant governor, that's not helping the situation. >> reporter: despite the uncertainty about how the next interim mayor will be chosen. progressives on the board told us they hope the -- meanwhile david chu has given instructions to begin formulating process to determine who will be selected for interim mayor. reporting live, david stevenson ktvu channel 2 news. stocks fell to their lowest level in a month as international financial concerns sparked a sell off. it began with the asian market and fears of an economic slow down in china. then the european union. at the closing bell the dow

jones was down 178 points. the nasdaq dropped almost 44 points. general motors ipo is creating so much buzz the company is now going to offer 113 million additional shares. an unnamed source tells the associated press the move will expands gm's initial public offering on thursday by 31%. the auto maker could raise $50 billion. a mighty fee for a company that was in bankruptcy just 16 months ago. american taxpayers will also get paid because they own 60% of the company as part of the government bail out. health workers rallied in sacramento today calling for better security. the demonstration comes after the death of 54-year-old donna gross. she was found strangled in october. on the grounds of napa state hospital, one worker there said her job is more dangerous than working at pelican bay prison.

>> people from pelican bay and prisons are constantly transferred into our hospital. >> reporter: workers say the danger is increasing because courts are sending more and more criminals for mental health evaluations. pg & e began replacing every manhole cover in stan francisco. the utility company is also changing the way it inspects it's underground system. >> if you can imagine, a woman in 2005 was walking right past this manhole when flames started shooting up out of the ground. it severely burned her, it also caught this building here on fire. and caused huge damage to the electrical grid. now city officials are creating new rules forcing utilities to upgrade underground safety. >> reporter: san francisco city officials have forced pg & e to change it's inspection program after several underground fires have caused dangerous

situations for people on if street. >> we see transformers exploding. we see manhole covers blowing up as we've seen quite a few downtown and many neighborhoods throughout the east side of san francisco. what is pg & e's response to that. referee: ross mirkarimi says dispaoeutd what despite what happened in san bruno, pg & e needs to step up and improve its record -- >> reporter: ross mirkarimi says -- >> now we're beginning to install what we call a swivel lock manhole cover. this is a manhole cover that is attached to the underside of the vault. so it can only rise up just a few inches, in fact, only about two inches. this allows pressure to be released while still keeping the manhole covers securely in place. this also has the added benefit

of keeping intruders out. it will expand to oakland by early next year. many people we spoke to like the idea of safer manholes. >> for safety reasons given what just happened in san bruno probably a good idea. >> reporter: now in case you've ever wonders there are 7,100 manhole covers in san francisco. all of which will eventually be replaced. what will happen to the old ones? they will be recycled but they will not be reused. a mother in the south bay is asking for an apology tonight for what happened to her teenage son during a football game last month. 14-year-old keanu gillardo suffered a concussion during a game. when the first responders arrived, principal liz seaburg did not allow the emergency vehicles on the field. >> she said i cannot let that

equipment on the field it's too heavy, it's going to ruin the track. i could not believe what she was saying. >> reporter: the injured athlete's mother says she wants the school to apologize and reprimand that principal. it happened last night in concord , a pit bull ran out of its front door and charged an officer and its police dog. well, we're having a little trouble but essentially what the officer said is that the dog presented a threat and unfortunately the attempts to control the dog resulted in officers having to shoot the dog. the dog was wounded in the shoulder and taken to a vet. officers eventually captured

the suspected carjacker. the former oakland administrator lovan was sent to prison. lovan is facing drug and weapons charges in contra costa county. edgerly was fired after allegations that she may have tipped lovan out about police raids on gang members. it's beiber mania all over. they are chart toppers once again. once again, this place is littered and covered with trash. this will soon be a place you can bring your children and get fresh vegetables. another warm day today, temperatures into the 70s in many locations but it's changing. we talked about it last night. there's a cold rain in your future. i'll tell you which day is going to be wet. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r

it's been called a major boost for oakland. a new project to bring an abundance of healthy food to the people of oakland. paul chambers has the details. >> reporter: since 2001, the mission of oak farms's focus has been to bring healthy food to west oakland. >> we got grant money to bring a community garden to east oakland. >> reporter: and it will take every dime. it has been a dumping ground for years. but once city slickers farms

take it over, it'll be transformed to look like one of their own seven community farms. >> we're going to have a dog run and a little playground. >> reporter: the grant comes from proposition 84 which was passed back in 2006. the grant will be used to purchase and build on the land which could mean new jobs for the people of west oakland. >> once we get the funds, we want to be able to employ as many people here in west oakland as part of the process. >> i think it helps beautify everything. to put something else on people's mind for the goodness of the neighborhood. >> reporter: for the first time, city slickers will own the land. their other seven farms are on land that can be taken away from them at a moment's notice. >> we will make sure this land

will always be owned by the community of east oakland. >> reporter: currently the food is being sold at a stand at the west center from 8:00 to 5:00. the san francisco crab season is officially under way with the first vote returning to port just a -- with the first boat returning to port just a few momenting ago filled with dungenous crab. locals and tourists alike have been anticipating their first catch of the season. >> just like any type of fishing, sometimes you get them, sometimes you don't. >> shoppers could pay from $4 to $6 a pound for live crab. the governor announced an agreement with governors in mexico and brazil to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. the governor discussed the agreement reached with the two

governors. arnold schwarzenegger says local governments need to lead the way so that washington will follow. >> i think that the obama administration is moving forward in a very aggressive way. but as you know, it's not a one man show. >> the agreement will let california companies use their cap and trade emissions credit to save forests in brazil and mexico. they have been online less than 24 hours but already the beatles are chart toppers. 13 beatles albums went on sale and already five were on top leading the pack. $1.29 albums for $12.99. a trademark dispute between apple and the beatles management group apple core was resolved. well a beautiful day around the bay area. but some cool rainy weather is

headed our way for the latest c our chief meteorologist ll martin. >> big changes coming, it is that time of year. we're going to get a big swing but it's going to take a while. this weather system coming straight from the gulf of alaska, it gets here this weekend, it's not going to be a huge gully washer. there'll be rain, showers, snow in the mountains. it's basically a cold storm. you won't see copious amounts of rainfall like we did the with others. sunny not as warm tomorrow. but still a nice day. we've slowly been transitioning to this next event. so yesterday was beautiful, record heat. today a little cooler. tomorrow a little cooler. it just works it's way into the weekend or friday afternoon which becomes wet and cool. the overnight lows, 40s, maybe some upper 30s. you get up in the north bay you

find upper 30s. lots of mid- to low 30s tomorrow. subtle stuff. this will slowly be changing. the cooling trend started essentially today. it'll be more pronounced tomorrow, more pronounced on thursday. and for friday and the weekend the bottom comes out. cold showers, winter advisories. weather advisories in the mountains. perhaps a winter storm warning. here is the computer model. it goes into friday morning. for the most part friday is clouds increasing, increasing clouds. then drizzle and sprinkles. friday afternoon, this is consistent from model to model. friday overnight into saturday we get into some rain. light rain a little heavier up in the foothills up by roseville. we get into saturday night and

into sunday morning, and the showers start to move east and south. and then we're into sunday afternoon with scattered showers. we have a ways to go on this. but that's the basic. bottom line is your weekend is going to be wet. outdoor plans you might want to change a little bit. 73 in livermore, these are forecast highs for tomorrow. the five day forecast shapes up just like this. slow to cool down and then rain as we go into the weekend. so get ready. >> looks like the whole weekend. >> i think the whole weekend, saturday is going to be the wettest day. >> thanks, bill. today the long awaited first volume of mark twain's full biography goes on sale. twain died in 1910 but told editors not to release the work

until now so the critiques would also be gone. prince william and kate middleton announced today they are engaged. the prince popped the question while the two were on vacation last month in kenya. he gave middleton his mother's engagement ring. middleton has been compared to princess diana for her poise and fashion sense. a look at the city's latest push to keep a team in oakland.

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the city of oakland is moving forward with plans to build a new stadium for the oakland a's despite the team's on plans to try to move to san jose. the oakland planning commission will review a proposal for a 39,000 seat ballpark. it's one of three sites being considered by the city including the team's current home at the coliseum. we should mention again that a's team owner lou wolf has said in the past that oakland just won't do. >> there is a new cy young award winner. >> the reign of tim lincecum is over as the national sy young award winner.

not a surprise. he did have a good season but a very deserving roy halladay is the league's new cy young winner. halladay received all 32 first place votes. great year for him. sizable trade completed today, the atlanta braves acquire dan ugla who had a break out year .287. why would you trade a guy hitting like that? well he had just one year left on his contract then he'll become a free agent in the marlins just couldn't get it together on a contract. the marlins received mike dunn and infante hit .331 at the plate this past season.

the bears will go in as underdogs against sanford. of course sanford has that gaudy nine. one record so far and the bunted offense to go with it. andrew luck is well aware of just how the bears defense was able to clamp down on the number one team in the country this past saturday. that being oregon of course. >> it's a bowl thing right now. this is do or die for us right now. i don't think records matter anymore. cal sanford, they are fast, physical and they get after the quarterback. i think they are in sixth. we know we're going to have our hands full. we have to be on the q or we're going to fall back. >> heck of a quarterback right there by the way. the game is at cal this year and the bears go in despite the home field advantage as seven point underdogs. we'll see how it all comes out come saturday. >> as we all know, nobody ever

knows what will happen at the big game. >> that's what you always say. >> i'm sticking to it. a popular energy drink may soon be pulled from store shelves. coming up on tv 36 at 7:00, drinks that mix alcohol with energy drinks are popular at parties. that is our report for now. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. have a good evening everyone. >> good night. >> good night. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r