but murray's family is upset that dunaway is getting no time and will be sent out to the community to educate others. >> i think she should have all the education and that education includes jail time. >> the family is not going to be dragged through the trial. have to live through all of that which is what absolutely kateland did not want. we're looking to create some sort of educational -- >> reporter: kelly and her mother ling murray were crossing the crosswalk when they were hit. dunawa's authority says kateland is remorseful. she feels terrible about what happened. she has always felt terrible about what happened. >> she's been going to school ever since this has happened while we've been mourning and trying to get my wife back to health. her life has continued on that way. but our life hasn't. >> reporter: the sentencing is

set for november 19th. the maximum dunaway is one year in jail. if the judge does decide to impose jail, the no contest plea will be withdrawn and the case will then go to trial. reporting live in roner park, rob roth, ktvu news. jaycee dugard filed a lawsuit against the federal government for what her attorneys call inexcusable mistakes in monitoring her kidnapper phillip garrido. garrido kidnapped dugard and held her for 18 years. he was under federal supervision when the state of california assumed responsibility. dugard and her family received a $20 million settlement from the state. her spokesperson says any money received in this suit against the federal government will go to dugard's nonprofit foundation. bay area nurses walk off their jobs today as part of a planned one day strike. local hospitals say it isn't compromising patient care. jade hernandez is live now where she spoke with a patient

today about how the strike affected him. >> reporter: we spoke to one patient with sickle cell anemia. me was very disappointed to see nurses fill these picket lines instead of hospital rooms. rallying or on a picket line, the one day strike encompassed several unions. but one of the patients these nurses say they are standing up for was disappointed to see temporary nurses caring for him. >> nurses are slow, they're new to this. getting my medication is slower, i had to wait for them. i've been coming since i was 10, i'm 20 now. >> reporter: in order to make patients had uninterrupted care

they hired 500 workers. at no cost, the hospital would not elaborate. >> we knew that the unions were unlikely. i think if you look at the fact that they're striking 36 hospitals that this is really a move for the unions to shut down health care. >> reporter: nurses defend their right to straight to save patients and their contracts in the end. >> i get the benefit of having weekends off and i'm stuck with this employer all that time and waited for the day when i didn't have to work. they're trying to take that back. >> reporter: for patients, nurses belong inside the hospital. >> and it's pretty bad because these are good nurses. >> reporter: this one day strike ends tomorrow morning. but at some hospitals like this one alta bay not all the nurses will be coming back to work. that's because replacement workers were hired for a five day contract. reporting live, jade hernandez. developing news we've been monitoring at uc berkeley now where student protesters have taken over a building. we want to show you live

pictures now from news chopper 2 which is right above tollman hall. tollman hall is on the north side of the campus essentially right next to hurst street. students have occupied that building they say they are taking it over so they can use it for teach ins or whatever else they decide will help them decline austerity. already imposed tuition hikes are having a widespread impact. >> the demographics of this university are changing. fewer and fewer low income students are able to come here and fewer students of color are able to come here. >> there are about 50 to 60 students inside that building. we do have a crew on the scene to tell us that right now at least the situation is calm. the students are still inside and we're going to stay on top of this story and bring you any developments as they happen. a judge set a trial date

today for dozens of civil lawsuits filed in the wake of the san bruno pipeline explosion. the trial has more than 90 lawsuits filed will begin july 2, 2012. the judge also ordered attorneys for the plaintiffs and pg & e to meet next month to see how the cases could be heard as a group. a meeting is just getting under way to describe hate crimes in the castro district. organizers say they will talk about recent hate crime trends and how those crimes are defined and were victims can turn for help. an update now on a story we first told you about last night on the 10:00 news. neighbors say oakland major gene quan's home is in violation of the city's fire codes. today ktvu's mike mibach took those accusations to city hall. >> we walked to her second

house here at city hall and asked mayor gene quan directly if she thought her house was a potential fire hazard, she said not at all. >> i'm the mayor of the city, i think a lot of people like to take hits at me. >> reporter: kenneth brad did just that. >> this house belongs to gene quan, i nominate her for the queen of residential blithe. >> reporter: pratt who does not live in quan's neighborhood showed the city council of these photos he says were snapped outside the mayor's home. right now the bay area is entering the heart of this fire season assistant oakland fire chief james williams. >> over the last several years, mayor quan's property has been in compliance assessed by firefighters. >> i talked to the firefighters when she came by last time. i did take down the downhill

pine that used to be next to my house. i don't want my house to burn down either. >> reporter: two of pratt's cars were towed just today. not in retaliation but in response to a two week dispute against the neighbor. today the mayor's house remained obscured by thick vegetation. while neighbors did not want to talk about the mayor's house, edward abramson did. >> i hasn't noticed to tell you the truth. it looks okay with me. >> reporter: prepare your defensible space for this fire season. mike mibach, ktvu news. meg whitman has a new job tonight she is now the ceo of hewelett packered. she is replacing leo apetecker. the news comes a year after apetecker took over the helm.

>> they think the hp rank in file will get behind her. she's a very good communicator. during a conference call today whitman said she was honored to move up from the hp board to the head of the company. facebook founder revealed more about the site's attention grabbing campaign. facebook has added a news feed that shows users what they're friends are up to in realtime. the facebook will get a make over with a time line make over. >> you still have your profile pic. >> reporter: zuckerberg also rolled out partnerships with netflix, hulu and spotafy. it's all meant to make people

linger even longer on facebook. in a surprise announcement today b.a.r.t. announced to set aside $1.3 million to reupholster seats. b.a.r.t. says most of its $21 million surplus will be earmarked for new train cars. the city of vallejo is trying to put an end to fake 911 calls. starts next month, people who called 911 and then refused to answer will be facing a fine. >> it's quite startling to see how few people they have. and the other organizations that have been in trouble that i've been in and had big money problem, i haven't seen the level of staffing that we have here. >> reporter: there will be a 30 day grace period before the program goes into effect. people who admit their mistakes though will not be fined.

it is with great sadness tonight we share with you the loss of a beloved member of our ktvu family. reporting bob mackenzie lost his long battle with cancer this morning. >> bob was 75 years old for more than 30 years he gave viewers a look at the world from his unique perspective. >> there are no shuffleboard games, there's no gambling night. what you get is something else that i can only call a feeling. standing alost here looking at the new world the way columbus must have. it's a feeling that i tell you i would not trade for all the shuffleboard games in the world. >> reporter: whether he was up on the rigging of a ship or in the middle of a civil war in haiti, bob never forgot that news is about people and that everyone has a story to tell. >> if you look into anyone's life past the surface, you find drama, you find comedy. you find the essence of what it is to be human. >> that ability to tell the human story is what made bob

mackenzie such a memorable reporter. he looked at the ordinary situation and he would find that one unique angle and turn it into something extraordinary. his stories were the ones people always talked about and that people would remember the next day. because he found that simple thing and made you reflect. we're really going to miss hymn. >> he was the guy we would sit here on the 10:00 news, 15 years ago and he would do a story. and dennis would be here. and i would be sitting here and we would watch. like we watch all the stories but bob's stories would pull us in. i grew up in northern california, bob loved northern california, he was a fisherman. we talked a lot about fishing. i knew bob as a guy, and he was a good dude. >> he can be like the professor. he would come and forget his belt or had two different colored socks. then he would go out and cover a story. i tell you almost every single

story of his i watched i thought, why didn't i think of that. the lines that he would come up with were just extraordinary. he had a way of seeing thing that no one else saw. and you're right, completely pulled you in. >> he always walked around the newsroom with a smile on his face. he was a dear and a charmer. he had a passion for dancing, ballroom dancing. and he worked for the tv guide before coming to work here at ktvu. he also worked for the berkeley tribune and he was a uc berkeley graduate. >> he was a great guy and extraordinary. >> and he was so nice to the new kids. because we were the new kids. he was the old guy that knew everything that was going on. >> when i first started he would call me, hi sunshine. >> and he would call me, young

man. >> we just want to remind everyone, he is going to be sorely missed.

convicted murder yusuf bey iv most likely will get to represent himself. bey was convicted of ordering the killing of chauncey bailey and two other men. the torture case must be resolved before bey can be sent to a state prison. a teenager convicted in an attack at his high school must now go to a state hospital. as part of a plea deal. but missing paper work delayed

the transfer until this week. the yushock is ever declared sane he will have to serve a 25 year sentence. the state department is expanding after lay offs and budget cuts. ken pritchett is live. >> reporter: usually when we show you the burning rubble of a home it is a tragic story. this time it was the fire department that set this fire and early on there were trainees and our cameras inside. before vallejo firefighters set this dilapidated home ablaze -- they used it as a classroom with new recruits sitting on the floor learning how fire in the real world behaves. >> they just don't realize how rapidly the fire progresses and the intensity at which it burns. >> reporter: captain dan sarnas

says this demonstration shows how quickly temperatures rise and smoke fills the room. a lesson they and we learned in just a few minutes as we darted outside. >> we were inside and we just stepped outside when the smoke and heat became a little too intense. if you notice the firefighters are down on the floor. that's where it's cooling. they're told to stay down there because near the ceiling where the smoke is the temperatures are much higher. >> gases igniting dropping down almost to the top of our helmets. if you stand up in a fire and those hit you that's over 1,200, 1,500 degrees in temperature. >> reporter: a boost for a department that has seen massive lay offs and station closures due to budget cuts in recent years. the new hires will boost understaffed bases. >> the new recruits will take over for us old guys. >> reporter: a second grant should allow the vallejo fire

department to hire nine more firefighters and reopen station 25 which was shuttered during the city's bankruptcy. in vallejo, ken pritchett. a new poll shows californians are worried about the economy more than ever. it shows 67% see jobs and the economy as the top issues. that's up from the previous high of 63% back in february of 2009. almost all californians think the state is in some form of a recession. and 95% think the situation with the state budget is a problem. san mateo county has approved a permit for the mavericks surf contest. the new group the mavericks invitational will be seeking a contract now. changes to the upcoming contest include keeping spectators off the beach and near by bluffs.

and the fog back at the coast right now. the winds blowing at the golden gate bridge. take a look at live storm tracker 2. they're gusting to 24 now. a good push of on shore air. that cooling trend has begun. temperatures today around the bay and at the coast were cooling. highs tomorrow will be cooler still by a good 5 degrees. there's that fog now. it's still right below the towers. 740feet to the top of that tower. concord and the inland bay valleys are still in the 90s. temperatures inland are going to be certainly cooler and they're going to be much cooler as we head toward sunday. forecast overnight lows tonight. low 50s, upper 40s that's cool. san francisco well they are dropping down. tomorrow they're going to be in the mid-50s. we're looking at 65 degrees for forecast high in downtown san francisco. tomorrow, there's the flow the heat still in the valley. but watch what happens to it when this low pressure gets close. this is the real deal. that looks like october to me. it's not october yet. but that looks like october.

this system has enough that will create a cooler environment for us but will bring a sprinkle tomorrow. doesn't like rain but a chance of a sprinkle. fog burns off tomorrow afternoon. but the temperatures right around the bay stay on the cool side. forecast highs for city where is you live or near where you live. 95 in fairfield. there's still warmth inland right. the fog not quite getting to the inland bay valleys but you see the big cool down at the bay and around the coast still a nice day but further cooling as we head into saturday and sunday. forecast, we'll do the five day forecast with your weekend in view. we have a sprinkle for sunday. i didn't put it in there but it'll be mainly north bay and it'll be in the afternoon. but definitely a change, tomorrow is the equinox or late tonight if you will. tomorrow is the official beginning of fall and it'll feel like fall by sunday. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36.

an emotional ceremony memorializing two fallen firefighters. valerio and perez each died from injuries suffered in a san francisco house fire in june. find out how their names are being permenantly etched into the city's history. that's coming up in 30 minutes on tv 36. sports is next, we'll be right back.

former vice president al gore is coming to the bay area to support a san francisco mayoral candidate. gore will hold a fund raising for alioto-pier. alioto-pier is a former supervisor. she worked for gore before running for office herself. fred is back tonight, it's hard to believe that the regular season for baseball ends next wednesday. >> giants hope that there will be more life after that. but the chances, not bad. it was one last chance to provide a's fans some hope for next year. that hope came in the form of rookie weeks. warm day at the coliseum today. texas rangers in town. coby lewis on the mound. this is 4-0 against his former a's team. jamal kicks it a mile.

it's week's first major league home run. all tied 3-3 in the eighth. cocoa crisp singled, here comes jamale with the single. oakland finishes with a 33-48 record. sold out, those two words are seldom connected with the oakland raiders but it applies this week. now that the raiders beat the black out they can focus on beating the jets. in buffalo, oakland's offense looks good. despite some injured receivers. campbell says this sunday's sell out tells him that the raider nation believes in the team's future. >> i think our fans respect the way we're playing. it's not like we're going out there and we lost last week because the fact that we didn't show up. we showed up, we played hard. but you know we understand we're laying it all on the line for them. we're going to do everything we

possibly can to keep this thing going in the right direction. >> headed north for this week's high school football game of the week. american canyon headed to sonoma valley. giants play the dodgers tonight. they're not done yet. still clinging to the fate play off hopes. >> hanging on. >> anything can happen. >> anything can happen. >> anything, i'm just going to let it unfold. we'll report it. >> we'll see what happens later tonight. all right, fred, thank you. ktvu viewers are already sharing their memories of veteran reporter bob mackenzie who died today. they are also sharing their condolences to his family. you can visit our facebook page and share your thoughts and well wishes as well. just search for ktvu.com. bob was such an extraordinary reporter. we're going to miss it greatly. >> frank said it best just a few moments ago. that bob had the biggest

ability to put people at ease. he made people comfortable and that's why he brought us such great stories. we miss you bob.

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