anything you're standing for. i think that was pretty arrow gant and stupid. >> it's a -- arrogant gant and stoup. >> it's a shame to see it like this and this is a issue that people will think about. >> reporter: police arrested two protestors yesterday. neither are students. today, there are broken windows to fix and graffiti to clean up. >> they're costing the university mini. >> reporter: all of this while protesting rising costs at the university. now, you can look at this video for yourself on our website at www.ktvu.com. we talked to place today and they said they hope that lawmakers in sacramento are watching this, too, because the university sympathizes with the protestorss cause. reporting live at uc berkeley, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. lawmakers put execute of on the hot seat today. dallas and -- allison burns reports there were many questions and not a single answer. >> reporter: the last time

silindra ceo met with some of the problems of congress was earlier this summer assuring them his company was making excellent progress. >> he looked me in the eye and assured me everything was fine. >> reporter: now that silindra collapsed taking a half a billion 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 hinges the american people who invested over a half bottom , deserve to know what -- billion, deserve to know what happened to the mean. what is your plan to pay back the taxpayers $535 million you owe them and when will you pay it back. >> i respectfully decline to answer any question. >> reporter: while harrison and the vice president invoke 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

silindr align. they say all federal loops from the department of energy are under scrutiny. >> i only wish we could have appropriated a little more money, invested in crime scene tape and taken it down there and circled their building. >> reporter: democrats are accusing republicans of putting on a political show. >> republicans in congress are now dancing on silindra's grave but they seem to have a case of collective a.m. indonesia. -- a.m. indonesia. it was not too along ago they were urging the department of energy to award loans and loan guarantees to companies in their districts. >> reporter: even as the silindra execute of head back to california -- executives head back to california, this is not the end of the scandal. the justice department is investigating and the republicans are trying to use it to make big cuts in the program this provided the silindr align in the first place. -- silindra in the first place. >> those employees who lost their jobs at silindr geoff want a new chance at

unemployment. and we're learning about the first human case of west nile virus, a 49ier old woman and is expected -- 49-year-old woman and is expected to make a full recovery. vector control officials found a new group of infected mosquitoes in concord and two infected birds in pleasant hill. so far, the crews have sprayed or fogged from mosquitoes six times. as of right now, there are no new plans for spraying. >> a 14-year-old boy convicted of robbery and causing the death of an oakland store owner was sentenced to a group home for a year. the authorities say the boy admitted in juvenile court he committed the crime during a robbery in may. his name was not released because of the age. the store owner died from a heart attack after a struggle with the boy over liquor he was trying to steal. the boy will serve 12 to 18 months and was previously facing up to six years in a state juvenile detection facility. a denny's restaurant in

save jose reopened after a brief police standoff. the police were called at 4:30 this morning to the denny's on blossom hill road after a man with a knife walked in. the armed man ordered everyone out of the restaurant and threatened to kill him. the officers negotiated with the man and got him to surrender about 90 minutes later. no one was hurt and the man was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. >> the police are no longer looking for the co-owner of a san francisco pot club in connection with the deadly crimes spree. the d.a. office confirms the warrant has been dropped. investigators initially thought he may have helped paul casillo elude police before he was caught in west sacramento on monday. castillo is charged with eight felonies, including kidnapping and the murder of cindy nguyen. in two hours, family and friends of cindy nguyen will hold a candlelight vigil for her. that is at 7:00 this evening at the plant mall in san jose. the 60-year-old woman was carjacked from the shopping center last week and later

found dead. there is an effort underway to shed more lights on areas of oakland reeling from the spike in crime. advocates for a brighter oakland want better street lighting. y that calling for an exemption to a state law requiring cities to use energy efficient lighting. the police department requested temporary lighting incomes in hotspots and agrees this permanent increases could help reduce cry. >> according to the fbi statistics, oakland is the most dangerous city in california. there were 15 violent crimes for every 1,000 people in oakland last year. looking specifically at the bay area, emeryville was second with 12; richmond third with 11. the fbi blames much of the crime on violent street gangs and drug dealing. federal investigators release the first report on the deadly plane crash at the repo air races one week ago. and ken is here with what they said and, more importantly, what questions they're raising about the cause of the crash. ken. >> reporter: this preliminary report, frank, had more questions than provided answers

laying out some of the evidentegatered so far into the accident and investigators seem focused on a missing part of the vintage warplane. it's video of the crash at the reno national championship air race cans that may provide some of thest evidence into the accident. the highly modified p-51 mustang went down nose first killing 11 people and injuring 74. many of them seriously. the ntsb said that it has recovered an onboard data box with memory cards and is looking into the health of jimmy leeward at the time of the crash, whether he was conscious or not. investigators seem focused on witness photo and video evidence that a piece of the plane came off during a high- speed maneuver. that piece on the tail is called an elevator trim tap. a piece of the tail was found a mile from the crash scene. we went to the oakland aviation museum to get a closer look at this component on a replica p- 51 mustang. the museum manager scott buckingham showed us what should be present even on a modified plane. the trim tab is a small rectangular moving part on the

elevator's surface used to fine tune aircraft control. >> this is a part of the assembly coming a part, particularly in medflight and that is clearly going to impact your ability to control the aircraft, that axis of the aircraft, nose up and nose down. >> reporter: what is not known is if that missing part played any roll in the crash or if it -- role in the crash or fell off due to some factor. the ntsb drew no conclusions in the preliminary report and could take investigators a year to complete a final report on the cause. ken prichard, ktvu channel 2 news. meg whitman addressed hewlett-packard employees and investors on the first day of ceo there. she intends to restore the high- tech giant to financial health and said it may take time. she replaces the chief executive and is the latest in a string of executives to lead the company the last few years. whitman spent 10 years as ceo of ebay before running a failed republican campaign for governor of california.

hp stock closed down 2% at 2232. at one point, the stock hit the lowest level in more than six years and managed to recover by the end of trading. stocks did close slightly higher and even so, this was the one of the week on wall street in three years. today marks the end of a disastrous week where stocks were down significantly nearly every day n. total, the dow dropped almost 6 1/2% for the week. this is a look at today's closing numbers, the dow up 37 points, the nasdaq gained 2527. >> -- gained 27. governor jerry brown stumped in san francisco. why he's talking about a future in california despite the state's economic woes. in 10 minutes, i will show you which day will be the sunniest and warmest.

>> the secret service has now been notified about serious vandal. at one of president obama's

campaign offices in los angeles. it was hit by vandals yesterday. bb gun pellets were fired at the windows and glass doors and an unknown object was itselfed inside -- tossed inside. several campaign staffers were inside at the time and no one was hurt. the president is scheduled to hold a campaign event in los angeles on monday. before arriving in l.a., the president will make a stop in the bay are. the president is due to arrive at moffett field on sunday before 5:00 p.m. and he will attend a fund raiser and up to hall meeting on legged in on monday -- linked in on monday morning. we will be there to bring you coverage. >> governor jerry brown was in san francisco and what he did made it easy for the city to transfer the embarcadero for the upcoming america's cup. not everything is all roses. ally has more on the governor's visit in san francisco. >> reporter: it's a warm, beautiful day on the embarcadero in downtown san francisco. this was the backdrop that governor jerry brown used to talk about an infusion of money coming to the embarcadero the

next few years. the governor said it will lead to a sunnier future for the local job market. >> a beautiful setting, beautiful city and this bill is going to make it better. >> reporter: when the embarcadero's transformed for the 2013 america's cup, state local leaders say it will bring in mondayy and jobs. >> there is going to be over a billion dollars in economic activity, 8800 new jobs. >> reporter: governor jerry brown signed a bill to make it easier to finance construction projects on the embarcadero. against this bright backdrop, state leaders had to acknowledge the cloud the state economy is under. >> close to 2.2 million people unemployed and the second highest unemployment in the united states of america. >> reporter: some of those were at this state employment office in downtown oakland. >> and i have been out of work for the past year and a half. i'm hanging in there and trying to hold up like the rest of us americans. >> reporter: the manager of the oakland industry couple, a job

-- council, a job placement non- profit said state leaders should invest more in training. >> i think it would. the tax credits are significant. >> reporter: governor brown did have a job's plan that proposed some of those things and failed to get enough republican support. the governor's message today for unemployed californians? judge we have plans for them, too. we take it one step at a time. >> reporter: governor brown is working on some new plans for job creation and he was led away by the staffers and when i asked him for more details on the future job creation plans, he would not elaborate. live in san francisco. part of his stop in san francisco, the governor's wife and gus, was a chief executive for the gap for several years and held many posts at the corporation betweenen in 98 and 2005 cluing chief administrative officer and execute of vice president of human resources. governor brown signed a bill giving online retailers more time before they have to

pay state sales tax. ab 155 gives companies like a.m. zone.com a -- amazon.com a extra 12 months. >> and this is where we want to work collaboratively with the brick-and-mortar retailers and the states to get federal legislation. >> never opposed the federal solution to the sales tax question. this gives us a perfect opportunity to begin this. >> and when the governor signed the original sale tax bill, amazon reacted by cutting ties with 25,000 california businesses and started a petition drive to repeal the law. there is more tonight. aa of northern california is reducing the number of towing company contracts for roadside assistance. the move will cost some longtime triple-a contractors a lot of business forcing layoffs and closures. the companies that aaa continues to contract with will need to handle an increased number of calls. aaa said it's making the move to lower costs and customers shouldn't notice a difference.

>> lawyers for senator dianne feinstein accused a bank of helping to swindle funds from her campaign. the senator's campaign is suing first california bank and democratic treasurer since dirky. the suit claims the bank helped illegally transfer millions of dollars from the campaign accounts. dirky is charged with mail fraud for allegedly siphoning funs from another campaign. as a longtime democratic treasurer since, she controls hundreds of candidate accounts. a well-known republican in california is not going to take on fine steep when he -- finestein when she runs for re- elect next year. michael reagan is the latest to say he's not interested in resulting for the senate seat. he didn't want to put his family through the rigors of campaigning. finestein held her senate seat since 1992 and so far has no challengers. week be moving closer to a government shutdown in washington, d.c. this afternoon, the senate blocked a short-term spinning bill to keep the government running through mid-november. the bill also included more than tree $.5 billion in

disaster relief funs for fema. the republican-controlled house passed the stopgap measure before 1:00 a.m. and senate democrats rejected it saying the states need double the amount of disaster funded. congress has until the end of next week to pass a spinning bill -- spending bill before the government runs out of mean. golden gate directors voted u man mousily to install wireless internet hardware in buses. it's been under review for some months. the bridge district is providing the hardware while los angeles-based free fe is handling the wifi itself in exchange for advertising. the spokeswoman said the system uses 4g cell phone technology which is not available in all of marine county. let's hope the bus fleet will be online next year. we get a look at the first kindel device it may be unveiled at a press conference on wednesday in new york. industry awe lefts say the new version of the e book reader

will double as a tablet computer with a full-color touchscreen. there is no word how much it will cost and is expected to cost less then the ipad. >> a pipeline will resume operations tomorrow. state officials in montana say the line that broke july 1st is replaced with another deeper in the ground. the original pipe on the river billion ruptured due to heavy flooding. the officials say the sections of pipe will be replaced before march. and looking for a dramatic change in the weather coming up this weekend. let's go to meteorologist bill martin. >> reporter: the key word is the weekend and is here for many of you and that weather is not as great as next week. a chance of showers and go to live storm tracker 2 and there is that fog at the coast and you see the texture on the clouds and that is a picture taken from space and took a

picture. what we have is clues moving in this direction and you can see the leading edge and that is overlying the fog and what that means is there is a slight chance of thundershowers in the area and that is by monterey and there is some moisture to trigger off a few lightning straights -- strikes and have that red flag warning tonight and the national forest. and maybe one of thoseca can stray or you saw the tropical moisture this mother, the midlevel clouds. right now, it's hot and cool along the coast and in santa rosa, 91 and didn't cool as much as anticipateed and there is a bit of warmth. the reason is the fog is still where there is that bridge, right? that is the south tower be 740 feet high and that is looking

like it shrunk. and what is going to happen this weekend, and it will happen, it's going to deepen out. when it's over the towers and the head laps, over 1,000 feet, 1500 feet, all of that cool moist air is going inland and dropping temperatures dramatically and terms 10 degrees and on sudden, there is a chance of a sprinkle and when i get back here, looking at the forecast model for sunday to plan the weekend and the five- day forecast, with the weekend clearly in view. and it's a sight he would never expect to see. the famous faces behind prison walls playing an intense game of tennis at san queen tin. you were right -- san quentin. you were right there. we said san quentin. a new face is leading -- today's inauguration was a cool moment in the school's history. ok, kids, our cable will let us record one more show.

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>> an intense tennis match took place in marin county today. this is played at san quentin prison. the famous team challenged the inside team of san kept know. >> they have a record of tournaments and that is unparallel. here they are inside of san

quentin prison playing tennis. and we are in awe of this. >> they will be competing in the e shines tennis classic this weekend. and a group of inmates at two california prisons plan to renew a hunger strike to protest what they call substandard conditions and some inmates will rebip -- begin refusing meals on sunday. the prison officials did not make good on promises made in july andy that say it's inhumane and dangerous. >> a key moment in history in own lab. the college officially welcomed the first now president in 20 years. alicia officially took the helm today and in that inaugurationy

is money. and janet holmgren was president sincen in 91. and this is a time when women are surpassing men in attaining college degrees. >> and what is standing out most to me is how excited the entire community is and what that opportunity we have to work together. >> he has a doctorate in law and serbed in an executive position at pharmaceutical firm eli lilly. today's events included a community luncheon and a panel discussion on the new women generational leaders. >> and police are looking for suspects in an atm scan. scanning devices were attached to two machines at the chase bank brang at the -- branch on contra costa boulevard. they were inside metal cases matching the atms and recorded customers sliding bank cards and entering their pin numbers. the farm of a missing woman from -- pharmaof a missing woman from -- father-in-law of a missing utah woman plead

guilty to videotaping her and another woman n. another legal twist, susan powell's father petitioned for custody of her two young sons. the boys are 4- and 6 years ole and have been liveing with their father josh powell and the accused steven powell. susan powell disappeared two years ago. there was another legal twist in that case. the judge rejected a request from josh powell for permission to publish the teenage wife's diaries and journals. they give them a chance to defend themselves. investigators have named josh powell as a person of interest in his wife's disappearance and no charges have been filed against him. and casey anthony learned today she'll have to pay more reimbursement costs to investigators who searched for her messing toddler. a florida judge added another $119,000 to the bill show must pay bringing the total to more than 2 huthousand dollars. back in july -- $200,000. in july, she was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter caylee and convicted

of lying to officers. and nasa is tracking a falling satellite. we learn today that it may be headed towards north america. >> no child left behind. while many of the east bay school want to leave behind no child left behind.

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>> this video take know's few hours ago shows space junk heading our way and some stem in the next few hours, those pieces will crash to earth and possibly in north america. john fouler is live in -- john fowler is live with the latest on where and when. >> reporter: i have been tracking the satellite as it's crashing to earth here on this

map and shows us coming up on the indian ocean. it's a big sky and many people today thought nasa should figure out where it's going to hit. nasa said the piece of satellite could hit earth. nobody knows where or exactly when. >> whatever goes up must come down. >> actually. >> i think it's terrible myself. >> and i am pretty sure they happen. >> reporter: nasa said they can't control the 20-year-old satellite. it's dead. this fuzzy tumbling image is amateur video from a few hours ago. s thaa expects it to break into 26 pieces and fall over a 500- mile area. as recently as this morning, nasa said it was unlikely to hit the u.s. a sudden slowing in solar activity the last 24 hours you can see here in this ultraviolet image unexpectedly reduced the expect of the earth's atmosphere.

>> that is the drag of the air on the satellite to determine how quickly it's going to fall down and to the earth. >> reporter: at the space and science center, students got a good lesson in probabilities. >> and there is that small chance that it will land and a spot where there is a lot. >> and the biggest piece is 300- pounds and could be a sight. >> and it's expected to happen tonight and that is coming in the earth's atmosphere at 8:00 our time and that could be visible from some parts of north america, possibly southern canada. >> and. two hikers who were engaged while being held in an iranian prison made it official with the reg. it's from their engagement ceremony hill in oman today. sarah shourd and shane bauer were engaged in prison with a ring made of threads from his

shirt. their friend, josh fattal, will reportedly be their best man. the president of palestine made an empassioned plea for full recognition of his country in the united nations. [speaking in native tongue] [ translator ] >> it's time for the palestinian people to gape their freedom and independence. >> he drew cheers and a standing ovation as he formally requested u.n. membership and said it's time for a, quote, palestinian spring like the arab spring uprisings in egypt and libya. the israeli prime minister told the u.n. general assembly he wants to extend his hand to the palestinian people but said the create of a palestinian state would threaten israel's security. and the president of i ran said his country wants to build more nuclear power plants. they're talking to russia about building more reactionors and invited other countries and nuclear companies to submit bids to build the new plants. and a former news of the

world editor is suing the former employer. the legal paper -- legal papers were published in the court and he stepped down as editor in 2007 and arrested in january in connection with the phone hacking scandal. he's out on bail now and promised the group promised to pay his legal fees. and announcing the no child left behind act. the president is allowing states to opt out of key measures of the inive if the states -- initiative if they meet certain conditions. the students shouldn't is to wait any longer for the chains j. our kids get one shot at a -- . >> changes. >> our kids get one shot. given that congress can'tak, i am acting. >> the president called the no child left behind act an admirable and flawed effort that ended up hurting students. senate in the bay area, they're glad to see it go. rob roth runs on one school in east bay where typers are

waiting -- teachers are waiting to see what is next. >> reporter: here in richmond. >> i'm going to write two numbers on the board. >> reporter: miss caruthers spent this afternoon teaching a right metric to sick graders. >> okay, you ready? >> reporter: teachers and administrators say no child left behind has done more harm than good and relies too heavily on achievement test scores in math and english. >> there is not enough support or materials and typers have to share materials. >> reporter: test scores have been below federal standards and due to the low-income and they and their families have been texted by violence and under no child, the test scores are test scores and failure can mean getting rid of the principle and teachers. >> and that is hard to focus and that is not a rich rigorous cultural struck that modes -- needs to be taken place in the classroom. >> reporter: educators said no child left behind failed to take into account the financial

disparity between more affluent neighborhood schools and schools look congress. last year, king had $350,000 to spend on tutors and teacher support and school materials. this year, close to $80,000. >> when you see close to $4 billion being cut toec in the state of california, how fair is it to impose sanctions when you basically have people with one hand tied behind their back. >> reporter: it hasn't been determined what would replace no child left behind. they must come up with a set of standards for school accountability. rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. tomorrow, the superintendent of oakland schools will release his recommending as for which schools should be closed as part of a mayor reorganization. the budget cuts prompted the district to close as many as eight of the 101 schools and most of the schools will likely be at the lamar level. the oakland school board will

consider the superintendent's recommending aas the meeting next tuesday. and lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to repeel a law concerning teachers, students and facebook. it would prohibit teachers from chatting profitly with students on facebook other and internet sites. local school districts will be required to make their own policies if passed. they had placed the previous legislation on hold and said the law was too broad and would have had a chilling effect on free speech rights in the u.s. constitution. >> a new poll finds california voters sent taxiing online gambling. the onlight poker sites multiplied. california should have a share of the proceeds and 53% favor legalizing and taxing online poker. 41% oppose the move. and when voters were asked if they played poker in an indian casino or a legal california gambling site, 18% said yes and in 1/2, 12% said yes compared to 22% in southern california. the upcoming nba season is

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>> the news is not so good for

basketball fans -- basketball fans. the nba is postponing training cames indefinitely and canceling more than 40 preseason games because it hasn't reached a new labor deal with players. the camps were expected to open on aught 3rd and both sides hope that the regular season scheduled to open on november 1st can be saved. officials agreed on a jury of the trial of michael jackson's doctor. dr. conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter for illegally giving jackson an overd.c. of proa fill in tea. they were asking him questions of whether they thought of the suggester as child-like. opening statements are expected on tuesday. >> a watch dog group sent out a half a billion in benefit payments to dead people. the report said that the checks are suppose today go to retired or disabled federal workers. sometimes the checks are mailed even after they pass away and the deaths are not reported.

one continued receiving payments for 37 years after his death. the director of the office of personnel management said that stopping the improper payouts will be a priority. >> a heavy lobbying effort is underway after a law that would allow teens to get vaccinated against sexually transmitted diseases. governor brown has two weeks to decide whether to seen or veto the measure. the bill would allow mentors from 12 to 17 to get the vaccines without their parent's concept and supporters say it would stop the spread of stds and prevent cervical cancers and others say it takes away parent's rights. comedienne and actress wanda sykes said she was treated for breast cancer. it was found during preparation of breast reduction surgery. it can be unpredictible. because breast cancer are yous in her family, she decided to have a double mastectomy and said there is no chance of the cancer coming back. >> a proposal for the smart train this week started

collecting petitions to kill the project. the plan is to run a commuter train to ease hoe congestion. the project approved in 2008 has financial problems and is a waste of money. they have until january 28th to collect enough signatures to force a new vote in either june or november of next year. >> it's almost halloween. someone seemed to forget the pumpkin and what that might mean for you and the quest for the great pumpkin. and back here in 10 minutes, going straight to the weekend forecast and there is a good shot. i'll show you which day.

>> pumpkins in a famed half moon bay farm have been downsized and not due to the economy. here's more on why they're smaller this year. >> reporter: uck probably tell by the colors i have on that on this first day of fall, i'm trying to let go of the giant and turn my attention to halloween. the stage is set here in half moon bay for halloween. the signs are up, the rides are going, the crisp fall air is due tomorrow. seems someone forgot to cue the pumpkins. or rather mother nature who never seemed to warm up to the job. >> we have had so much fog in the summer and not too many sunny days and the crop, the

pump condition crop is late. >> reporter: what would normally be fields of orange this time of the year is sprinkled with green and g -- with green and gourds looking like the great weight loss than pumpkin contest. the third-generation pumpkin growers say in 40 years it's the latest crop they have seen, about three weeks behind schedule. >> if education, could we move back halloween to november 15th? that would be great. >> reporter: although there is a last gasp of high temperatures today, the sun may not be enough to warm the hatch links into adulthood in time. this little girl didn't mind. >> and a big one. >> a big one? >> yeah. >> what color is it? >> green. >> reporter: the wave error error -- weigh-in is 2 1/2 weeks away and in secret, some grower -- growers are providing the heat artificially and hope that helps them win the great

pumpkin contest. >> i think people won't be disappointed with the pumpkins this year. there might be less of them. >> reporter: bob lomas who new grows christmas trees said the pumpkins he buys for his patch may cost him more this year but he won't charge customers more. >> reporter: by the way, the farmers say the green pumpkins, all of those -- although cut, will turn orange in time for halloween. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. the bear area -- bay area foodies headed to jacqueline square for the eight real festival. it's a three-day food fest. organizers say it's a street fair, part block body. yet their is opportunities to learn where food comes from and it's free to attend. the food costs $5. the festival runs through

sunday until 7:00 p.m. >> and we posted more information on the eat real festival on our website, www.ktvu.com. click on there and look for the weekend tab. and julie hayner has more on the news stories atk is. president obama will be on linked in on monday. yew not the only one in washington reaching out to the south bay. the growing influence this silicon valley is playing in party politics. >> and we'll check in with some lady off workers from silindra and what the company said one week before shutting down. these stories in about 10 minutes. >> police say the father of a month ray high school football player was arrested on suspicion of attacking his son's coach with an axe handle. the police say that adams allegedly threatened the coach and he was arrested near the football field and there is no word what started the confronting a. the coach didn't need medical tag. new census shows that more

than three quarters of all american workers commuted to work alone in 2009. 10% car pooled and 5% took public transportation. the rest walked, rode their bike or went from home. the average commute time is 25 minutes. because of all of the traffic in the bay area, that is probably a longer average. >> the sun is out and the traffic is moving and that is going to change, right, bill? >> reporter: a chance of showers and it's going to be sprinkley and showery and some drizzle and light showers on sunday. and there is the fog on the coast, the high clouds are here and this is the fog, right at the isfas here look the coast and we're -- the surface here and this is on the coast. we're in between. i will show you the satellite image in a minute. you can see a weather system of something you see in november or december and not early in

the season and into the bay area weekend, saturday is your best day in terps of most sunshine and the best opportunity. it was hot inland. it was wrong, i thought it was going to be mid-90s, low 90s and hot in the inland bay valley and in the bay. the cool will come in the form of clouds and low fog tomorrow and some high clouds on sunday and this is that system here and that is lingerring there. as it comes in, the main impact is in northern california but there will be a bottom in on sunday and we're timing that out. if the, tomorrow is your day, right? 10 to 15 degrees cooler and nicer, more sunshine and this is this system, rolling in on sunday. the coolest day on the weekend on sunday and north bay showers, a chance of showers south of there and you can see it there and into that computer model, you can back out and

that is on sudden at 7:00 a.m. and you can see, you, this marks the beginning of fall and that does you get enough rain and that helps with the fire season trend and definitely an interesting weather pattern. the forecast highs tomorrow and 83 in pittsburgh and 84 in antioch and warm inland. not as hot as today or yesterday and the day before that and is the looks look a beautiful day and do not cancel plans and just be prepared for a sprinkle or two and still going to be warm. the temperatures on sunday in the 60s and in the low 70s. the five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view shows the sprinkles in here on sunday and saturday is your best day. sunday, look at this and the next week, goes back to the

indian summer kind of weather pattern. the first day of fall and that is, you know, never ceases to amaze me. the sun angle changes and that is by sunday, feeling look fall. the days are getting shorty. you will notice by sunday you have a jacket on and fooling look fall. >> are there any fire danger cars? >> absolutely, but it will increase and that will bring thundershowers and absolutely it will help and anything to wound things down. >> thank you, bill. and tobacco use amongst minors. where some were buying them

>> here's good news on the war on teenage smoke. the california health officiald the illegal sales of tobacco to minors is at an all-time low. >> and it was not that many years ago children could get cigarettes with a note from the parents. >> a california department of public health said the most recent undercover survey found 5.6% of stores sold tobacco to minors. in 19 of 92, when the state was keeping track, the rate was 37%. the public's attitude about smoking has changed and that stores are doing a bitter job now teaching employees about the loss. >> people are aware it's inappropriate for children to buy cigarettes and there is

more diligence at the state level, county level and retail level. >> the supermarks, convenience stores, liquor stores and smoke shops did the best job of keeping cigarettes out of the hands of minors but 11% of delis and meat markets, non- traditional sources were caught selling cigarettes to minors. the state health officials credit a drop in adult smoking and that is down to 11.9%. which were are less likely to take up the habit. >> it's the end of an era in daytime television. all my children today ended the 41-year run. the very last 'society ended with what else, a cliff hanger. with so many soap opera characters, it may not be dead. there is talk yet may be resurrected in an online series. coming up in not seconds. >> -- in 90 secs.

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>> a ktvu camera caught the violent moment. we ask campus police to walk us through what happened. the strike is over. why are some nurses being locked out? the impact to the bay area patients. >> good evening, everyone. i'm frank summerville. judge i'm julie hay, in er. some east bay nurses who tried to return to work were turned away and locked out by hospital administrators and jineane de la vega joins us now and is live in oakland and talking to patients about how the lockout is affecting them. >> reporter: the most noticeable change that you will see here at the medical center is all the added security guards. we counted about five and they're here to prevent nurses picketing yesterday from coming back to work. >> and -- >> martha cool wore her nurse

skirts today. >> i would normally be starting my shift at the hospital and i take care of kids with cancer and i really love my job. i wish i was there. >> reporter: pool and hundreds of other nurses were not allowed back at work because they participated in a one-day strike yesterday. they are in contract new orleans and are fighting for better health benefits. >> we do a five-day contract because it's much easier to recruit them to come, much more work their while to come for five days than it is to come for one. >> reporter: the spokespersons for both hospital insist this is not a walk-out for nurses but nurses who chose not to stroke are still working. the union points to nurses at keiser who were welcomed back at work today. >> 17,000 nurses went on stroke at kaiser and their employer didn't lock them out and they had more people to bring in, take care of the patients. >> reporter: she spent the day looking online anding