lunt! the casting list! tough times for california's state parks, a dire financial situation means major cut backs even closures starting tomorrow. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. it's the result of the state crunch in sacramento.

ktvu's ken wayne live in marin county tonight. >> reporter: word is spreading that there's big changes in store. >> we're down a lot of positions. we have 10 million more visitors per year. >> reporter: in marin county al six state parks will see cuts from reduced camp hours to fewer pick ups and clean ups. this man has seen a loft changes but he's never seen the park in these financial straits. >> we used to have six rangers and soup rangers in a parking

lot. >> all those have to be taken down and pulled bid friend. >> reporter: john muer volunteers at china camp to keep history alive. >> the it's tough, disappointing to take another closure or further cut back. it's been kind of a long slow decline in the last bunch of years. the park is declining but we do value parks. we'll persevere however we can do this. if you're concerned about california state parks -bs visit win, your visit and the review can keep your cars operating. ken wayne, k it shall having u

-- ktvu channel 2 news. a ballot measure to increase vehicle license fees to benefit the park system failed earlier this month. camala harris is now the official san francisco mayor elect. she beat cooley byless than 1% of the boat. she didn't didn't waste any time to get more troopers.

with her center by her side, harris vowed to do more. >> i'm a proud daughter of california. my participants met when they were students of university of berkeley in the 1960s. a 40-year-old nonprofit, the group will work to will bring more to the -- former san francisco mayor wily brown tells you are her victory comes besides criticism. many told us h her stance would cost her. >> she said here's what i am. this is what i'm about. >> reporter: har yet said a

work in her prosecutorin the district attorney's office same to be who she today. >> aoeu was her supervisor. so she probably was acting together for 15 years, we're real reu proud of her she's humbled by her future and readty to go? >> this election moves that you don't have to run from your con individual convections to run office. she says she loves the city, but has not decided whether her new home will be. >> healthcare nerney already turned for a eighth term. femme cat mcnerney88 perch.

mcnernie project of kim pat pamela receive more of his votes in a more consecutive. a 16-year-old is scene entering a similar. he's dirty and immanciated. the widow of a trooper wrote was -- was shot to death

had hiredded someone ed -- had hired someone. ktvu rita williams has been following the case and has the latest now in this report. >> reporter: a few defendants in other cases continue to be walking to jail to the old courthouse here in martinez. but no longer the seven men accused of gang raping a 16- year-old rich phopbt high school girl paraded across the street a you see here. >> i think it is far more human the wait they are being treated right now. i think the damage has become done. at least this week, officials found courtroom space

in the nearest courthouse adjoining the come. everyic smith testified today that he interviewed a mannable who smith says admitted being at the scene. with briefly arrested but was not charged. this is what that 21-year-old man told ktvu last jeer. >> i kept saying over and over, that's somebody's little sister, that's someone's caught e, someone's grand tkauger, leave her alone. >> rodriguez tried to cover her. he says, quote everybody went for it. rodriguez told the detective, montalvo quote was the first to have sec.

in lengthy cross-examination. detective smith said he didn't believe all of what sal rodriguez told him and he didn't know why rodriguez was not charged with a crime. >> it's time consuming and tedious process. this stkpwaeu is just pass the halftime mark. the # áf rita williams, k it -- rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. and a spare the air day means no burning of wood. weather conditions can trap smoke and cause problems with children or people with lung

disease. chief meteorologist bill martin has tomorrow's new forecast torrent. more te tails on the -- and me details on a man who was planning to bomb a tree lightening evident. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r

despite cold rainy weather in oregon tonight, hundreds of people of many religions turned

out to show their support of the muslim community. they gathered at an islamic center that was targeted by an arsonist. police say it may have been a hate crime related to a teenager who worshiped there. that teenager has been arrested. the santa cruz police department is reviewing their policies today. as robert handa investigates, both the sheriff deputy and officials are reviewing policies there today. >> reporter: during his run through the neighborhood, he held a woman at a day care center at gun point then hid in two different homes before being captured.

>> it's a little bit traumatic, i'm thinking it could have ended a lot worse. >> reporter: a three year veteran had taken haynesworth to the hospital for a scheduled mri scan but was attacked as she tried to put the shackles back on haynesworth. >> he struck her in the face, knocked her to the ground, and even bit her index finger. >> reporter: in that fight he took her taser and gun. he taeuzed the deputy and fired a gunshot that nearly missed a person who tried to help. haynesworth then walked into a health care center where the man kicked down a door and held a worker at gunpoint. >> he was holding a baby, he was holding them at gunpoint. haynesworth couldn't if i

can figure out a theft the control alarm. today the sheriff's department says it is going to review the policy of having one deputy having each inmate. >> i can't second guess her actions and i can't say that she should have been armed when she left that building. >> reporter: deputy ver measure onte monte is still being evacuated tonight. in santa cruz, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. a 15-year-old boy from wisconsin who held his classmates hostage has died of a self-inflected dining room. the family released a statement, they wish they could

quote give insight on why this happened. police stormed the classroom. defense secretary robertgates called on congress to repeal the don't ask don't tell. the appeal came as the pentagon made highlights. that report concludes, repealing the ban on gays serving openly would bring a small risk. the courts could invalidate the policy without warning leaving the policy without time to prepare for the change. >> i am determined to see that if the law is repealed. eve over all the white house's study found that about 70% of active duty saw little or no

problem with ending the policy. interpoll put the founding of wikileaks on it's most wanted list today. involving two women in sweden. before wikileaks revealed documents this week. his exact where abouts is unknown. desange has denied the warrant charges and says the warrant is politically charged. drug maker navarus claimed it will cut 1,400 jobs. it's unclear if it will keep any positions. the swiss company is best known for it's flu vaccine. a new deal will bring new

life to a -- it's oakland's jack london square and a revitalization project got a big boost today. jana katsuyama has the story. >> reporter: john lindon square has a perfect waterfront. three hours of construction and promises a revitalization. only a handful of people today walking through the square. >> it does look nice although we were counting that it seems a little desolated. we need more people. only a few business signed leases. and the big marketplace building has no marketplace.

so far there's only one tenant there. >> there's supposed to be full tenants, that's the problem to us. i don't see anything yet. >> we have made a lot of progress on project. >> ellis partner agreed. >> the way the economy has been it's been a tough time for people to start up business or move their businesses and there's a lot of competition. >> reporter: we asked ellis partners partners and capital

partners for comments but they left with no comment. in oakland, jana katsuyama, ktvu challenge two news. a ground and air search is under way tonight for a missing hiker in whitney. 37-year-old christian mining of portland oregon was talking with other hikers and told him he was heading back down the trail. the sheriff is coordinating that church. we've got a lot of clouds moving in, rain to the north of us. that rain will make it's way into our area as we move through time. the main impact are these clouds, they're still a little warmer. instead of 28, 29, 20, 21 degrees temperatures in the cool spots tomorrow, like napa. you'll notice it, warmer tomorrow then warmer as well as

we head into tomorrow afternoon. these numbers certainly above where they were a few mornings. at limb tyke it's 57 degrees. now i've got the latest computer model, it's changed a little bit. i'm going to show you when the rain is coming. it's not that far out. when it's going to dry out. president obama celebrated hanukkah today. look at him go. the government seemed pleased. the festivities were held today. another cold night in the bay area. >> hey brother, hey we got --

>> to help homeless receive, amidword they soon may have to move on. about the same number of deaths revealed, tonight a tragic tribute to those the lives lost locked and the organizenizations that have nigh -- -- and the organizations that have helped keep it open.

>> construction crews are wasting in time in taking apart cal's memorial stadium just three days after the last game there. today crews began removing the wooden benches, some of which will be sold at an auction to sport cal's athletic program. 2/3 of the stadium will be modified making it more earthquake safe. more than of the benches will be repaired with chairs. there will also be new concession areas and club seating. the project the expected to be complete by the 2012 session.

and commissioners would prefer to host the 2013 event near piers 30 and 32 rather than at pier 50 which is closer to at&t park. officials are afraid that hosting near 50 will disrupt maritime. and with temperatures dropping, advocates to the homeless took to the streets hoping to save lives. why they offered free blankets to those in need, they maybe targeting the same area tomorrow with a different plan. lloyd lacuesta has the report. >> reporter: at night go below the city and you'll find a community of hidden people, the homeless. >> this is where the sub city

is lloyd. all along the river. >> reporter: scott wagers of the community appliance minister was out to be the with church members handing out blankets. in the shadow of hp pavilion this mans says he has been spending nights here for the last five months. >> it gets frozen down here. once in a while you get a breeze from south and north and it gets you real cold. >> reporter: it didn't take long for word to get out about the free blankets. at st. james park there was a line of 80 people waiting. >> it's hard the get blankets and sleeping bags and everything else. why don't you go to a shelter? >> i was supposed to go to the armory last night but i didn't want to go because my friend needed help out here.

>> last night, i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: last year in santa clara county, 4,500 people died on's. it is getting worse with unemployment and foreclosures. >> you know blanket on a cold night, we'll do a little bit. more than that just knowing people care, that we're looking at the issue. let them know there's hope. >> tonight we saw a flier warning that they'll be doing a test. a somberrous ceremony on this eve of national air ways day. there's also plenty to celebrate. >> change is coming for those

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tomorrow people around the world will be wearing red ribbons remembering friends and love # ones lost to aids. on the eve of world aid day people are gathering at the national aids memorial grove at golden state park to mark the milestone of the fight against the disease. heather holmes is there with this story, heather. >> reporter: julie, for the first time tonight the grove here is ill rule nailed. there are blowing, white, green and purple. it was a celebration of a 20th anniversary of the ryan white care act. landmark legislation that

changed the fight against aids. diagnosed at 13, her son ryan waged a courageous fight against aids during the height of it discrimination. >> wasn't just about ryan, there's so many families that have been through this aids epidemic that they felt the same suffering and pain that i went through. >> reporter: 25 years after her son died at the age of 18, 20 years after the decide started to take aim. much progress has been made. there's been a downward trend in new hiv infections. but there is still no cure. >> one of my sons is -- he's one of my coldest friends he died five years ago. >> from friends to children. the report showed 1.8 million aids related deaths in 2009.

those working on hiv prevention believe the world's attention are turning to something else. >> people are worried about work or fixing their house. >> reporter: tonight in the grove, a fundraiser to continue educating and raising awareness. something that wasn't available before the aids bill that carries bryan white's name. that is pat christian the chief architect of the ryan white act. that giant rock also bears the names of the late senator edward kennedy and of course ryan and his mom. reporting live tonight here in san francisco, i'm heather holmes. and to mark world aids day the white house has placed a

large ribbon . senate republicans are reportedly planning to block all session coming from democrats expect all measures relating to dell corrals. gop seniors the planning to -- both sides said they've agreed to work on a compromise. some 454,000 people in california along with hundreds of thousands more across the coup treu who received long temple unemployment benefits will soon find themselves without a check. republicans blocked the measure saying their concern over budget benefits. democrats say they'll try to

pass the extension before the lame duck session ends. a u.s. army sergeant is facing court marshalls to incidents in afghanistan. saf sergeant sergeant brahm is charging of taking photographs of casualties. the five charges he faces could result in nine years behind bars. no date has been set yet for his court marshall. a group that is against the proposed new gang injunction road together in bicycles today. the city is seeking an injunction that would bar 45 people identified by police as members of a street gang from associated with each other. recruiting members or possessing drugs. those opposed say they understand that safety is an issue but say injunctions are in e if he can táeu and misguided. >> this is a method of racial

profiling. this is a way of pushing our communities out of our neighborhoods. >> reporter: city officials say that the majority of killings in the fruit vale area are associated by the street gang targeted in the injunction. right now you request put a gun if your luggage then check that luggage. but if you're taking am track you cannot take an a gun. >> reporter: the new bill would allow passengers to carry guns on board. >> that's airplane approved. >> reporter: the new rules are similar to air travel restrictions already in place and will require that luggage containing firearms be stored

in locked components. gun advocates have pushed for the change. >> i'll be able to bring it on the san joaquin. >> reporter: customers say the change is one step forward for gun owners. >> i think a lot of people are learie of clearing any of the benefits. >> i don't think it's necessary for things like riding on amtrak. i think not so much opposed to guns in and of themselves. i think they are subject to abuse and i think this is one of the changes. passengers must declare

firearms 24 hours before befarture and only on -- departure. supporters of the immigrants right measure known as the dream act rallied in the south bay today. participants used mobile phones to call members of congress urges them to sign in the pressure. to apply for legal residency if they were under the age of 6 games with the u.s. and if they served two years in the military or attend college. eventually they could apply for citizenship. millions of the dollars of good. how do you know if the food you are eating is fresh. the change that could lead to

some of the food safety rules we've had in years.

the sacramento county sheriff's department announced tonight that it has busted a the ring selling counter fit cds and dvds. an investigation has been going on and so far six people have been arrested. the head of the transportation security administration says the controversial pat down have reached their limit. john tinsel says the tsa will

introduce new policies. the tougher screenings are needed to counter the threats of nonmetallic bombs and weapons. development company sun cal is now suing alameda for $100 million in damages accusing the city of acting in bad faith over a failed development plan cal sun said it invested the áf $30,000. the company carried out the research after the city granted south cal a deal. now sun cal says other developers will essential be getting it's research for free. in news of the world tonight, in london, police arrested 153 people during student demonstration.

throughout the day police and protesters chased each other around london and ended in clashes. the british government wants to raise frees in order to reduce itself debt -z? off the coast of south korea, george washington -- such as the shelling of a south korean island last wednesday. meantime diplomatic efforts got under way. there was no easing of anger in seoul where south koreans burned north korean fans. the law firm of an anti trust investigation of google. they want to find out if gaggle manipulates results. competitors say their services often appear low on google pages. and many more volts are

headed to the bay area. california is only one of seven states where the first 10,000 of those electric venn tors will be sold. the volt can travel 40 miles per hour on battery power and 300 more with the help of a gas t powered engine. the vote cost $35,000. which bay area companies owes the state the most in back taxes? the new list being released. chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking more rain heading to the bay area, when it will come here, coming up, i have it in my five day forecast.

the senate today passed landmark legislation that would give broad new powers to those

in charge of keeping our food chain safe. and it could soon be the law of the land. >> reporter: whether you dine out or cook at home, today's senate bill would be the >> of course i trust my grocer that's why i shop here. >> reporter: the new legislation would change that. food producers would have to document and trace food from field to consumer. the fda would get increased inspection power, domestic and foreign and get the ability to order recalls. one provision of the senate bill exempts small producers and those who sell their food locally. that angered factory farmers but pleased people here in the bay area. >> this produce is far better quality and grown with so much

more care than something that would be grown in a bigger farm. >> reporter: safety some say is a product of knowing your producer, from farmer's market such as this one today in berkeley to restaurants such as fish in salsalito. backers of the bay area's nation food movement say the movement is now moving in their direction skr-z we know who grew up, that's the model that will and should prevail. >> reporter: locally they say means both fresh and accountable. >> with our produce and with our seafood, we know exactly where we got it from. the boat that it came from and the farmers that get it for us. >> reporter: certified organic farmers say they already must keep documentation. >> anything that helps with traceability and transparency is really good in food.

>> reporter: health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu. some residents of san francisco along with some in marin county are about to lose their super mark. delano is closing five of the seven stores. customers of the 24 hour store on 18th street near castro in san francisco said the store is going to be sorely missed. >> it's my all night refrigerator and i don't think it's going to be all night anymore. it's very sad. i've lived here for 16 years and they're like family. an attorney for delano said the store owed a million dollars of unpaid rent. and the community stepped

up to help a school that was hit by thieves. the thieves made off with $50,000 worth of laptops and i pads. police say they have noment ises but police are investigating footage from campus security cameras. the state agency has released the list of 40 bay area companies that owe the state back taxes. topping the list is a shipping company. c & jc usa incorporated. a cement company is said to owe $3 million. and dillan, dillan american foreign center -rpblgs we tried to reach the company, but two could not be reached and one declined comment -- foreign center, we tried to reach the company. and temperatures a little warmer than they were last night and the last couple of

nights. napa, typically on this map the coolest spots, you see there on the upper 30s. you will get down to the mid- 30s tonight. but not much cooler than that. they'll be frost but these clouds you see in the satellite are streaming over the top of us. no rain yet but that's enough to insulate us and warm us up. tomorrow, we got a spare the air day essentially. you don't want your burning wood, starting at midnight tonight. the air quality district, that's because this high pressure is pretty dominant. as we roll into thursday, the winds kind of start to go a little bit south then we get a weather system in here. the latest computer model has changed a lot in some aspects. the main aspect is, it keeps most of the rain north of san jose through the bay area, through the period through thursdays and friday. here we are on wednesday afternoon. those yellows were 60s. but it'll be warmer tomorrow.

just warmer because of the cloud cover. here's the new model i was mentioning. 3:00 tonight, there is rain north. take a look at this line. we can time it as it moves through. it just hangs. here we are into thursday afternoon, if you're in santa rosa thursday afternoon you have sprinkles going on. look at the rest of the us, really the last model had rain all the way into the bay area. looks like everything is north. friday morning your morgue commute, look at this, that's a good change. so showers north, most of the bay area, food percentage of it remains dry. maybe a little bit of drizzle. so that's friday morning, that's a big change from the last time i showed you this model. we go into friday evening the commute, a little bit wet there especially into san jose. right now it's a northern california event, not a big

deal. looks like from redwood and south there's not much going on. temperatures in the low 60s. the five day forecast, i have showers north, it should be pretty light. half inch toward jenner. saturday and sunday looks okay right now. it changed a lot, that model changed a lot. >> looked like sundays we were going to have rain earlier. now looks like everything is newer. >> thanks, bill. a san jose postal worker is going to be singled out on thursday for his heroism in helping to put out a fire. demano noticed smoke while delivering mail. no one was injured. demano removed a burning pot from the stove and for that he

is being hailed as a hero. santa's helpers have been answering messages addressed to the north pole. it's part of a 100-year-old tradition of answering letters for children. if you would like to help postal officials, letters will be available at the evans street postoffice the next few tuesdays. mark is coming up next with sports, we'll be right bark. -- we'll be right back.

mark is here with sports, but what has happened to the warriors. two in eight in the last two games and it didn't help. >> you're the big sharks guy. what happened with the warriors? kind of a big bucket on ice when you see the cold hard truth staring at you. your team light years away from the elite team in the league and san antonio topping the nba. nothing more than a semi strenuous work out. and george hill, the man who genobli. lost every quarter, steve curry

gets to monte to jam it. but he was the disappearing man the whole night. one of his 11 assists had jefferson to disrespect david lee in a big way as you look at it again. up top and a little bit too much hanging on the rim in san antonio right now. living large. and they pretty much laid the hockey version of what happened to the warriors on the sharks tonight. never really a question of who would win at the tank. 2-0 wings, danny he atly the assist from thornton. now 3-1 detroit. picks it up, puts it in. but it is all detroit on this

again. patrick eves are score. detroit up to lead to 4-2, up front. the eventual final 6-3. and a sensible move since juan uribe left to los angeles they needed to make sure they weren't completely left hanging. 15 homers last year between time with baltimore and san diego. a shortstop everyone would like to have, troy tulowiski signs a $157 million extension with colorado. that is the sporting life. they want to make sure nobody ever gets him.

>> i don't think anybody ever will. >> for the next decade he's a rocky. great player. be sure to join the ktvu news tomorrow morning. cut backs and closures starting tomorrow. >> have a good evening everyone. >> to do night. -- good night.