complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> the advice of my council i invoke the privilege afforded to me by the 5th amendment of the constitution and i respectfully decline to answer any questions. >> just ahead reaction from capitol hill after executives from a bankrupt bay area company traveled a long way to say little. good afternoon, i am tori campbell. the top executives from fremont based solar company made a highly anticipated appearance before a congressional committee in washington, d.c. this morning. but as alison burns reports live from washington, d.c., they left without saying much. >> reporter: it was one of the most aggressive hearings i have covered in quite a while here on capitol hill. republicans were relentless in their questions of their executives, but they were determined not to say very much.

the last time their ceo brian harrison met with some of them was earlier this summer, assuring them his company was making excellent progress. >> he looked me in the eye and assured me that everything was just fine. >> reporter: but now that they have collapsed, taking a half a billion dollar federal loan guarantee down with it, house republicans are seizing the moment to put the company's executives under oath and demand answers. >> i want to ask mr. harrison, if he thinks the american people, who have invested over half a billion dollars, deserve to know what happened to that money? >> what is your plan to pay back the taxpayers 535 million you owe them and when will you pay it back? >> and i respectfully decline to answer any questions. >> while harrison and the vice- president stover invoked their 5th amendment rights and opted not to answer any questions, republicans also used the hearing to take on the obama administration for okaying the

loan, they say all federal loans from the department of energy are now under scrutiny. >> i only wish we have could have appropriated more money invested in crime scene tape and taken it down there and circled their building. >> democrats are accusing republicans of putting on a show. >> republicans in congress are now dancing on their grave but they seem to have a case of collective amnesia, it wasn't too long ago they were urging the department of energy to award loans and loan guarantees to companies in their districts. >> it is also facing a justice department investigation and here on capitol hill republicans are yowfsing all of this to try to make big cuts in the federal loan program that provided that loan in the first place. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> after a brutal week on wall street stocks are mixed right now. this follows two days of heavy

losses as traders have been racked by growing fears the economy is headed for another recession. europe appears for closer to solving the debt crisis there and u.s. political leaders are in another stand off over spending that could force the government to shut down next week. a live look at the big board the dow bouncing between positive and negative territory, right now still down 8.5, 10,724, nasdaq up 18 and s s&p is up 3. all is quiet on the uc berkeley campus after a student protest yesterday. tara moriarty joins us now with more. >> reporter: we are standing in front of the building where the protesters charged yesterday. police say they actually threw rocks, chunks of concrete and a chair. it happened on the second floor of this building where they

broke a window and smashed through a door. this is video we shot of a struggle between a police officer and a protester. the officer seen here is now out on medical leave for three days because of back and shoulder injuries he received during this confrontation. another officer is also out for three days because of a concussion he received when a protester threw a chair at his head. >> i would say that your video speaks for it several. it shows the officer was clearly assaulted from behind. >> and a dangerous situation for him. >> yes, very dangerous. and the other thing is that these were none students involved in this activity. >> 7 university police officers were injured during the protest yesterday. two demonstrates were arrested, hundreds of students were rallying for change, upset over increased tuition hikes. we asked people what they thought of the footage. >> it bothered me. i think that the message is a

very very important message. its worth fighting for but i wish that it could be done in a less destructive way. >> protesters were supposed to show up here two hours ago for another protest but it never materialized. they do plan on future protests. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a brief police stand off at a denny's restaurant ended peacefully this morning. this is video as police surrounded the restaurant. that part of the street was shut down during the incident. we spoke to san jose police earlier about what happened. >> at about 4:thriven this morning officers responded to that restaurant on report of a male that had entered the restaurant way a knife, ordered everybody out and threatened to kill himself.

we got him to come out peacefully. >> it was shut down and no one was hurt and the stand off only lasted for two hours. police have not released his name. he was taken into custody and brought to the hospital for an evaluation. power is back on for more than 200 customers in richmond after a power line caught fire and fell in front of one home. they are blaming it on the weather, saying dust on the line combined with fog and mist caused a short-circuit, which brought it down. you can see where it scorched the earth. they turned of power to repair the line and check on the family. every 1 was okay, the line repaired and power restored by 10:00 a.m. oakland remains one of the most dangerous cities in america. fbi statistics show there were 15 violent crimes for every 1000 people last year. that is the most of any bay area city. they were second with 12,

richmond was third with 11. the fbi blames it on violent street gangs and drug dealing. we are following details of a hearing which wrapped up an hour ago. it determined the fate of a 14- year-old convicted of involuntary manslaughter and robbery in the death of an east oakland store owner. cameras were not allowed into the courtroom because of his age. earlier this month he admitted in juvenile court he admitted the crimes during a robbery in may. the store owner, 57-year-old doing suck cang died from a heart attack after a struggle with the boy over liquor he was trying to steal. we just spoke with an attorney for the juvenile justice center who says the 14-year-old was ordered to be rehabilitated at a group home for the next 12 to 18 months. he was facing up to six years at a state juvenile detention facility. a federal judge is expected to issue an injunction by monday against five suspected

gang members in oakland. the order would prohibit them from congregating in parts of the fruitvale neighborhood and be banned from carrying guns and have to obey a curfew, that is part of a injunction against 40 gang members, a hearing for the others is scheduled for december. could street lights be the key to improving safety in oakland? one man is convinced that is the case. kraig debro just talked to a city official for her reaction, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, true vine ministries is located near the intersection, you can't tell right now, because of the sunlight but at night the people who attend the church here say the lighting is really sad. >> the situation is pitiful. >> reporter: this is what she is talking about, they are

floressent, which would hich would make them brighter. >> people can respect the lighting, when it is light people is going to do what they would do. >> s >> the councilwoman says there is a dark skies guideline on the books, that cities could find ways for residents to see stars at night. she says dark skies are good but they need strong intense lighting for safety. she has gone to the city council asking that the police and the public -- public works department work together to identify hot spots in east and west oakland and evaluate the quality and tensely light neighborhood would bring. she has had success with pilot

programs but these she says are tough times. >> dark skies talks about -- >> -- that -- >> -- down -- >> yeah -- >> -- doesn't go up. a part of the push back is it is going to cost us money but the response to that is it costing us money anyway in police resources, in crime in a neighborhood, in quality of life for residents. >> churches and just developing coalitions for lighting earlier this month, it was one of the organizers of a march and rally. true vine also wants to develop a consensus to stop crime and not just put a late on crime. reporting belief from west eke land, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> when we get back you will hear the changes the president announced in the controversial no child left behind program for schools. you know the bay area cool down has started, ahead meteorologist rosemary 0 ross

could will tell you where there is a chance of rain in in in the bay area. and this has not happened in 20 years there.

the one day nurses strike

at dozens of bay area hospitals is over but not all the nurses are back at work. kizer nurses are being welcomed back to their hospitals but not sutter nurses, sutter health hired replacement workers, the nurses who try to return today could be placed on call. it was over benefit cuts and other concessions south by management. today contra costa county officials are reporting the first human case of west nile virus this year. a 49-year-old woman who lives in the eastern part of the county has confirmed to be having the virus, officials say she is expected to recover. the county says it had four confirmed human cases of west nile virus last year and no deaths since 2006. federal investigators have released a reportth into the deadly reno air race crash. according to the report investigators are looking that evidence that a piece fell off

the retrofitted world war ii fighter plane. it happened before it crashed last friday, killing 11 and injuring 74 others. investigators say witnesses and photos indicate something broke off the plane after it completed several laps and made a steep turn toward the grandstands, a final ntsb report is expected to take months. the u.n. just announced that today's controversial request for statehood by palestinian leader has been relayed to the security council. he asked for full u.n. membership as a state today despite pressure from president obama to abandon the idea, included in that request is territory in the west bank, east jerusalem and the gaza strip. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu accused them of looking for a state without peace and argued that palestinian statehood would threaten his nation's security. we are expected to learn

tomorrow now which open schools could close as part of a restructuring plan. the superintendent will make his recommendation on which of eight elementary schools will shut down. the school board will then review the recommendations at their board meeting on tuesday. a final decision on school closures will be made next month. president obama is offering states more flexibility in meeting educational standards spelled out in the no child left behind law. during a white house announcement today he said the congress needs to rewrite the bush era law because of flaws in its implementation, schools will be allowed to opt out of some requirements as long as they enact standards that prepare students for college and careers. >> the economic challenges we face now are economic challenges that have been building for decades now. and the most important thing we can do is to make sure that our

kids are prepared for this new economy. that is the single most important thing we can do. >> the no child left behind act requires that all students are proficient in math and reading by 2014. the department of education predicts that more than 80% of u.s. schools will miss that target, which would also disqualify them for federal education dollars. this weekend president obama comes to the bay area. the president will attend two fund-raising events in the south bay on sunday. on monday the president will participate in a town hall meeting at mountain view's linked in. mills college has a new president. alishia ducuddrow was sworn in this morning. she is their first new president in 20 years and its first black president. >> what stands out to me most right now is how excited this entire community and what a

wonderful opportunity we have to work together. we are very very excited. >> before coming to mills the chicago native was a top executive with a fortune 500 company. she was the lead attorney for pharmaceutical giant eli lily and company. dozens of ferrari owners are cruising south on highway 1 to raise money for charity. the fog rally kicked off in mill valley at 9:30 this morning. 50 drivers are participating in a cruise down the pacific coast highway with an overnight stop in santa barbara when asked if it is frustrating he said it is not that kind of event. >> when we want to drive fast we drive on the track, this by no means a speed rally, a charity rally, it is going to be a leash drive. >> money from the rally will be donated to a charity called

opportunity impact. the organization helps underprivileged children with personal and academic skills needed for their success. >> good afternoon to you, happy friday. giving you a lack there, beautiful view. we have got mostly blue skies across the bay with mid and high level clouds expected throughout the afternoon, even the possibility of thunderstorms. we will talk about that in just a moment. right now the winds variable, northeast early breeze sfo 6 smiles per hour and oakland 7 and fairfield 9 miles per hour, the big story for your first week of fall is the cool down but a couple of nuggets to talk about one of them being the possibility of rain by the end of the weekend, today it is about fire danger, so 69 at sfo, mid-70s oakland, low 70s redwood city, palo alto 72, 83 san show say, livermore 91, 87 concord over the north bay a warm one as well, 80 sitting through napa as well as santa

rosa right now checking in 84 degrees, so again a little bit warmer than what we saw yesterday. we had earlier clearing and it is due to this disturbance here off the coast there of point concepcion, also sending us unstable moist air, so this is going to ride our way, areas right around santa clara and santa cruz mountains could see thunderstorms. the rest of us will be partly cloudy, muggy today with those clouds overhead. the red flag warning is farther south, monterrey county as well as san bonito county, through the mountains for the possibility of dry thunderstorms, lightning and the dry conditions. your satellite radar showing you again even a little bit of moisture rying our way throughout the day and tonight. this is going to push east by tomorrow and is being pushed by this disturbance. that is going to bring us the possibility of rain on sunday. take a look, running you through the weekend, by the afternoon partly to mostly

cloudy, saturday cooler but dry, sunday morning it looks like 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 maybe into the afternoon a few sprinkles, for the day warm up, temperatures 92 there, mid-90s in livermore, around the bay area, 70s, 60s along the coastline and your extended forecast there again zeroing in on the weekend for all of us the big cool down as early as tomorrow, a little bit more on sunday. monday, tuesday, temperatures warm back up and we are dry but the possibility of maybe even a little bit of rain on sunday. >> wow, so that door is starting to open this time of year, all right, thank you rosemary, first day of fall. all right, within the last minutes we learned the 6 ton satellite is not falling toward earth as fast as they expected. scientists are predicting it will crash late tonight or early tomorrow. apparently its orientation has changed and that is slowing its fall. most will disintegrate but 12,000 pounds of it is expected to rain down somewhere. nasa earlier had said it would

not hit in north america but now it is predicting that it actually says there is a slim chance any surviving debris will land in the united states. bay area viewers and all of us here at ktvu are remembering veteran channel 2 reporter bob mackenzie, he died yesterday after a long battle with cancer, he was 75 years old. bob had a writing style all his own, plus the incredible talent to see the ordinary and make it extraordinary. his knack for story telling delighted audiences for more than 30 years and he clearly loved his work. >> i have always tried to specialize in feature stories. these are stories that aren't about what went wrong today or even anything that happened today. they are about things that are going on all around us. >> he got a journism degree. he was a tv critic before joining ktvu in 1977. he won 13 local emmys as well

as many other awards. you can see more of his work on our website ktvu.com.

after a two day battering stocks edging higher. they could add liquidity to stabilize it. the dow up 27, the nasdaq up 24 the moment. someone in the bay area may

be 200,000 dollars richer and not even know it. the station there sold a winning lotto ticket and so far no one has come forward to claim it. the drawing was on tuesday, here are the winning numbers, 12, 34, 27, 32 and 24. the pumpkins may look smaller to people who visit patches for halloween, blame the cooler summer weather. pumpkins are growing at a slower rate and some are still green. growers predict they will be 10 to 20% smaller, some people are wondering if the contest will be affected, coming up at 5:00 we will continue to monitor the situation at uc berkeley as students protest tuition hikes, also a closer look at the preliminary reports into the fatal plane crash at an air race in reno coming up in our next newscast at 5:00, thanks for watching, have a great weekend. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james,

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