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on an hour and a half later. residents describe what they felt. >> i was sitting right here eating my lunch. it felt like a couple of sakes side -- shakes sideways and we said, oh, it's an earthquake. and then we got back to work. >> reporter: doesn't sound like you were worried? >> 10, 15 seconds. >> i was watching television and i started to get up when the boom hit. it tookedsh -- it -- it knocked me over. i went to check on my son. he was in the garage he said what was a? i said it was an earthquake. >> reporter: the workers at the cafe said they lost hundred of dollars because of this quake -- hundreds of dollars because of the quake. ktvu channel 2 news. as a precaution, b.a.r.t. manager shut the system down for a short time. they wanted to make sure there's no damage and everything is working properly.
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b.a.r.t. says the system resumes service with systemwide dedays of ten minutes -- delays of ten minutes. bill martin has details on the earthquake. >> they said it was a 3.8, then a 3.4. now it's -- now it's down to a 3.7. what you will see are areas where people quell -- felt the quake the most in the darker areas at pacifica there. you can see where the areas were heaviest felt. it's all light. not a lot of vibration there. the san andreas fault runs right near the area. we do not have confirmation on which fault this fell on but the san andreas, a very short distance where this quake did occur. it kind of shakes you up a little bit when you haven't felt one for a while.
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all of this comes back on the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. coming up at 6:30, we'll show you how people in san francisco, including a quake surfer marks the day -- surviver marks the day. john sasaki is live in napa with more. >> reporter: this is the intersection southbound 29 and westbound 121. there are the cameras that have caught thousands of people for running the red light in the past 15 months but this report from napa county jury finds serious fault with the original implementation here. drivers heading south on highway 29 would take a right at 21121 must stop son a read -- on 121 must stop on a red light before making the turn. drivers were issued citations for running the red.
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>> i'm kind of ticked off. i know it's $500 fine. >> reporter: $475, to be expect. fred hubbard said he was busted this morning even though he did nothing wrong. >> as i made the turn, it changed to yellow and then -- and then right here, it took my picture. >> so many people complained that the grand jury investigate and found problems with the red light system including that light did not remain yellow long enough. >> we recommend that during the time period when time was 3- point second, the city should -- 3.2, the city should return the money. >> reporter: the grand jury recommends refunds for about 1,000 pea. napa police wouldn't -- people. napa police wouldn't comment but said the lights have made
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the streets safer. >> there's been a significant reduction since these cameras went in and if there's res violations, one can assume that there's less of an opportunity for accidents. >> reporter: the city has until june to respond to the grand jury. back to you. chauncey bailey murder trial today focused on a secretly recorded video showing yusef bey iv showing the crime in detail and then laughing about it. the video was sloan in court hours ago -- was shown if court hours ago. the jury is expected to see this next week.
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the -- bey is accused of ordering confessed assassin, andre broussard, because of a story that chauncey bailey was going to write about the financial condition of the bakery. "the los angeles times" won a pulitzer prize for the work to expose the salary scandal in the city of bell. the paper uncovered the fact that the city officials in bell raised property taxes while paying themselves enormous six- figure sal rays. the expo say led to protests, arrests and the resignation of some of bell's top officials. they also won a pulitzer for
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pictures -- for photographry. protesters do not want their ancestors dug up. they are trying to protect this land and are outraged about the city's plan to change it. christian cast ton is at site where the protesters say they are saying -- staying put. >> reporter: there have been a lot of developments during the last ten minutes of that's one of the tribal elders, he's going to tell the crowd here what i'm about to tell you right now. it is looking unlikely that the vallejo police will be moving the crowd from this area to the. that's because they have reached a tentative agreement. you can see the fire here. the fire will stay, according to folks who were in on the negotiation today. but if you take take a look here earlier, there was a tent here. that tent has been struck. that was part of the agreement. the protesters say this is a religious ceremony and if the recreation center tries to move them out at some time, they will be arrested rather than
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leave. this group insists this is a sacred site used as a trading site and burial ground. this man says this is his ancestor home and the plan to put in benches and a park will ruin this site. >> all of the little sacred animals that run around here won't have nowhere to go when they put a toilet on top of our ancestors. >> reporter: the district says they've conducted a series of tests and found no evidence that native american restrains 1 maynes will be destroyed. >> there's been tests by archaeologist and it was determined there was no radioactive remains. >> reporter: protesters have been here since last week holding prayer ceremonies, hoping the recreation district will reconsider their plans.
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>> again. >> reporter: part of the agreement includes the ceremonial fire. that will stay. however, the tent that was here will not be struck. that's so the crowd here is not in violation of the ban on camping in this area. we will continue to monitor the developments out here in vallejo but for now we're live. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. ktvu received a sketch today from a -- or from santa cruz police of a man who allegedly tried to kidnap a 16- year-old girl. the incident happened last thursday afternoon at about 3:30 as that teen was walking near the intersection of berry and grant streets in santa cruz. police say two men were parked in a rust-colored 1980s sedan the driver yelled for the girl to get inside the car. when she refused, the man
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resembling the sketch got out of the car and walked toward her. >> vallejo police say they arrested an albany man accused of conducting lewd acts on a trial under his care. 43-year-old peter small worked as a counselor for the cornerstone program which is directed by the solano county mental health department. says 1 police say the lewd acts began last fall on the solano campus where program is held. >> pay your fair share! pay your fair share! >> the service employees international union protested outside of chase bank in san francisco today. they say the bank owes property taxes to the city. and they say big corporations get away with maying -- with paying next to nothing in tax res. >> if you paid her than $10 on your taxes this year, then you paid more than general electric
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did, verizon, bank of america and citibank combine. protesters called on the government to bail out the workers, not the banks. >> bays get bailed out! >> there were angry protests a this bank america and at google. an economics professor said the big corporations are in their rights to take big writeups. they also say companies contribute by creating jobs. the s&p 500 is pessimistic about the growing debt. s&p capped the rating for world's large economy but said it was concerned about the long- term outlook for the deficit. the dow dropped 140 points today, closing at 12,201. the nasdaq lost almost 30 points, finishing the day at 2735. >> some bay area lawmakers,
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at the scene. the mother and two children, aingeed 10 and 12 were taken -- aged 10 and 12 were taken to area hospitals. all lanes reopened right after noon. three peninsula lawmakers are calling on the state's high speed rail authority to rethink it's plan. this morning, one congresswoman, state senator and rich gordon called on the authority to abandon the idea of an he straighted trackway between san jose and -- elevated trackway between san jose and san francisco. they say it should be vee vamped with a -- revamped with a caltrain system. they say a simple blended system can benefit both high speed rail and caltrains. the university of california says a record 70,000 students have been admitted and that includes foreign and out of state students.
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especially at berkeley. jim vargas has more. >> reporter: a lot this is about money. foreign and out of state students just pay much higher tuition here. we're at uc berkeley and the campus newspaper explains it all. this university is all dipping into reserve. while systemwide about 6% of the students are not berkeley, the figure is closer to .3. in a teleconference today, the director of add misses -- admissions says they need the money. >> the reality is, u.s. does not have a capacity problem as much as it does a funding problem. >> reporter: at one point, california paid 60% of the bills at uc. now it's half than that. one reason for letting more outof staters in, their you tuition helps pay for 11,000 residents that the state does
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not pay for. >> that would have students remain so far below the demand. >> reporter: there have been layoffs at all levels. rich barrett says he spends a lot of his time applying for grants. >> when i came in in 1975, i had the typically -- i had support for typically three graduate students. >> reporter: today he spends two days a month being his own janitor. i don't mind doing it needs to get done. i don't want to teach in a dirty room. somebody has to clean the waste baskets and the floors. >> reporter: well, fewer california students with more money support those that are here. jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news
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faculty medicals and students at california state university east bay protested today against the csu chancellor, charles reed. organizers of the demonstration accused reed of being more concerned about benefits than he is about -- than he is about other important things. the twins that claim that facebook was their idea, tyler and dammy ron wanted to back -- cameron, wanted to back out of the league settlement signed three years ago that paid them $65 million. the two former classmates of mark zuckerberg say the stock was worth less than claimed at time of the settlement. president obama will be in the bay area on wednesday. in this video, the president invites citizens to participate virtually in a town hall at facebook that will be streamed live. the president is expected at a fund-raiser at the masonic
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auder to where tickets range from $25 to $2500. guests will spend $5,000 a -- will spend $35,000 a plate another night. the picture captured by davenport about president, davenport is being recalled to resign. davenport said she will not resign. it is spring and looking outside, april showers bring may flowers. this is how it looked in oakland today. light rain fell on and off all morning in oakland. as you can see by these pictures. it was the same story in san francisco. a light rain fell and then skies never really cleared up all day long. kind that gray haze marin
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layer. kind of gloomy. will it continue, let's go to bill in the weather center. >> yeahing we got more showers in the forecast this week. keep umbrellas handy. it's not a big deal. what's left out there now is not much of a big deal. nuisance showers as you might refer to them as. enough to slow down the roads. but not enough to put rain in the reservoirs or snow in the mountains. just more of this expected this week, especially wednesday night into thursday. these were the highs impacted especially in the in the central day by the clouds. we did get up to 68 in santa rosa and napa. overnight lows in the 40s tonight. some in the 50s. tuesday is the -- is the best day. temperatures in the 70s. the extended forecast goes into a chance showers. that'sier your overnight lows. we're looking for daytime highs in the 60s and low 70s. partly cloudy for your tuesday. as we get into wednesday, this very weak weather system roms
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in off the pacific and is reminisce. of the last three systems that roll in off pacific. the main impact will be wednesday night into thursday morning. computer model will wear this -- will bear this out. right now at:00, you see a few showers there. mostly sunny, a few clouds. wednesday you will notice the clouds thickening up. bulk of the day on wednesday, cloudy and then you will see the showers peak. you are dry for the wednesday commute. about 2:00 a.m., after mid my, a little bit of -- midnight, a little bit of shower activity. it won't shut you down or affect the commutes. but it could have issues thursday morning if you are doing outdoor work. this type of weather will shut you down. it won't be a lot of rain. to -- it won't even be measurable. as we go into thursday afternoon, it's out of here. your forecast highs for, 60s
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and 70s, looks like a heck of a nice weekend. don't sweat it. it's gonna blow by. >> thank you, bill. >> thank you. today marks the 105th anniversary of the great san francisco earthquake of 19 a 6. >> 3. >> 3, 2, 1! [ sirens ] >> sirens filled the air at 5:12 this morning to mark exact moment for the annual celebration on market street. people came together at the fountain, which was a gathering spot for surf survives after the -- for survivers after the earthquake. my family's all gone. i'm still here. >> at 20th and church, folks repainted the gold hydrant. that's the fire hydrant firefighters used to save the
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a big blow to the mavericks. the barracuda will, they say discussions for the 2011, 2012 season did not progress as hoped and now plans to work on other projects. mark's here with sports. it's not often we talk about the boston marathon but big news out of there. >> oh, yeah. just to put it in perspective, next time i get on your treadmill put it on 1 miles an hour -- 13 miles an hour, do it for two hours and you might make it as far as kenya's contestant did today. a new court record set by him. it would have been a world record but governing bodies do not recognize the record because a tail wind today. on the women's side another
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canyon -- ken yoon held off the -- kenyon held off the american. both winners take home $150,000. taking it to colorado, mile high city. just about a mile high and far for pat burrell. early on, first inning for giants. three-run homer. his fifth of the year. and then danville's nate sherr holtz. look where this bau ends up. giants -- ball end up. giants in the third ending are leading and looking good. not good news for the as who will be without dallas braden for at least two weeks. he was put on the 15-day disabled list because of shoulder problems. and they've announced rich harden is on the 60-day
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disabled list. giants looking good. 7-0 with tim lincecum pitching. >> wow. >> thank you, mark. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv36 with brian stow's future still uncertain, we talked to a neurosurgeon about the details of his injury and why a recent setback might end up being a good thing. that's in 30 minutes. that's our report. i'm ken wayne. >> i'm julie haener. good night.
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