it came that it's morning. the california supreme court ruling that determines the next step in the legal battle over the ban on same sex marriage. good afternoon. i'm torii campbell. a much anticipated ruling has just been issued on california's proposition 8. the issue is whether the supporters of prop 8 which outlaw same sex marriage can file an appeal. new at noon, ktvu's claudine

wong has more. >> the ruling was unanimous. the supreme court said today that the people behind prop 8 has the right to defend its constitutionality. >> the issue was brought before the court by the 9th circuit court where the battle is now being raged. the question is a legal one. proposition 8 banned same sex mearnlg. neither the governor nor the attorney general would defend it. the backers of prop 8, protect marriage.com did. what the 9th circuit wanted to know was could they? in the decision filed today, the justices said, quote, we conclude that california law authorizes the official proponent to appear in the proceedings to assert state's interest and the initiative's

validity. protect marriage respond end saying that the group is delighted, saying that the ruling is a devastation for the homosexual, streamists. same sex marriage supporters were not surprised. >> that's not a great surprise. we were here for the argument and we did feel like there was a general sentiment at the court that day that the judges would uphold the initiative process in california while we are not shocked by the outcome of today's ruling at all. now, we go back to the 9th circuit and they need to argue merit. thinks their chance to finally do that. >> marriages first happened in san francisco city hall in 2004. here we are, looking at not until 2012 when we get a decision from prop 8 from the 9th circuit. so this does feel like a minor skirmish. >> reporter: this ruling is an advisory one. it is up to the 9th circuit to decide what's next. in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine police moved in early this

morning and forced occupy protesters on uc berkeley came phil housley remove their tents from the steps of sprowl hall. protesters removed more than a dozen tends from the raid. police confiscated another seven when people did not take them away. ktvu was given this amateur video of the action. two people refused it leave and police arrested them for illegal camping and failure to disperse. protest organizers say that the raid took them by surprise. >> 150 cops in riot gear, around 150. very quietly came and swarmed us. people sleeping in tents and they basically just told them, you get out right now or you are being arrested. >> reporter: the pro terses say they will hold a rally at 5:00 p.m. followed by a general assembly at 7:00 p.m. to desite what to do next. two occupy san francisco encampments remain in spite of a standing city order to clean them up or to face eviction.

one is at 101 california street and the other two blocks away at herman plaza. the mayor said that they had to meet health requirements or the mayor would remove them. officers warned about 15 protesters they would have to take down their tents or face arrest. the rest of the pro terses removed their tents. they say that he plan to come back at 5:00 this afternoon for a rally and, again, at 7:00 p.m. for another rally. and the protesters up on the wall near city hall is still there. he says he plans to be there for 99 days. new york city police clashed with occupy wall street protesters this morning and they arresteddozens. this is the just the beginning of plan -- this is just the beginning of planned action and why the state is so significant about the movement. san francisco investigators are trying to find the cause of a house fire that left a

disabled woman with life threatening injury. flames broke out in a two-story house on santa rosa avenue just before 8:30 last night. firefighters found a woman on the sec floor she was suffering from smoke inhalation and was taken to the hospital. her condition has not been released. two other people suffered minor smoke inhalation. officials say that the fire appears accidental but the cause is under investigation. berkeley firefighters quickly figured out what sparked a house fire overnight in that city. the fire started around midnight on the back patio of a home on the 2000 block of parker street. neighbors work up the homeowners after noticing the flames. berkeley's fire marshal says that the fire was caused by hot ashes from the fireplace fire left outside in a paper bag. >> it could have been a whole lot worse. so, again, it's this time of year we need to be aware of how we are taking care of our fireplaces. >> reporter: firefighters say that flames destroyed the back

deck and spread to the home's siding. the crew also cut a hole in the roof. a 15-year-old boy is at contra costa juvenile home. police say he told the driver he had a gun. the drive was not hurt. this morning, san pablo police spotted the car and arrested the teenager. instead of classrooms, hundreds of cal state university teachers are walking the picket lines at two schools this afternoon as part of a one- day strike. ktvu's christian captain is live at cal state unfortunate where faculty members say that the big issue is money. christian? >> yeah, we're going to give you a live look right now at the picket line here. you can see that they are holding a kind of an organized dance in the middle of the road blocking traffic into cal state east bay. they have been chanting all morning long and only letting a few vehicles in at a time.

if you take a look down carlos b avenue, you can see that the road is entirely shut down right now, not a lot of vehicles coming up right number you can see one police vehicle coming up the road right now. hundreds of teachers from all 23 cal state schools are demonstrating either here or at cal state dominguez hill. >> faculty members started walking the line before dawn. they say they were supposed to see raises for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school year. chancellors are able find lots of money to pay raises for the chancellor, campus president he gave a raise to a president in san diego state but he is unable to find money for faculty. >> reporter: for its part. the chancellor's office says that with more than a billion dollars in budget cuts in the last four years, the faculty needs to be realistic. >> in our new economic reality,

there is no additional funding from the state. the 20 million that the faculty union leadership is demanding on top of the 60 million that the faculty already received between 2008-it 2010 would come directly on the backs of the students. that's a false choice to say that tuition has to go up if faculty gets paid more. there is plenty of money to fund faculty raises. >> reporter: today's strike left the usually bill bristling campus. >> reporter: many say that they sympathize with their teachers. >> it's stupid. because chaps lowers are getting all this money and we have to suffer >> it's not fair. >> the protests are up in the air as well as down here on the ground. the dance performance seems to be drawing to a close right now. today's strike is, again, just a one-day strike.

and organizers say it should run until at least 5:00. >> thank you, christian. today, the final report will come out on the cause of a deadly plane crash in east palo alto last year. three employees of teesla motors were killed when the cessna went down. an earlier report showed that the plane's propellers and engines were working properly but it did not name the exact cause of the crash. a busy week is coming up for air travelers. ahead, you'll hear vice on how advice on how to navigate the airport. and meetologist mark tamayo will have more on the forecast. and the new needy who are asking for help this year. ♪

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a deadly crash in san bruno shut down a major road for the entire morning. police say a vehicle going southbound on el camino real broad side add car coming off interstate 380. a woman driving that second car died at the scene. her identity has not been

released. officers took the first driver in for questioning. they wanted to know if alcohol or drugs played a factor in the crash. san francisco police are investigating two separate pedestrian-involved accidents this morning in the city. a more serious one happened just before 8:00 a.m. at darey boulevard and 10th avenue in the richmond district. an suv slammed into a 70-year- old man. he suffered a life threatening injury. another pedestrian was hit in the area off maple street. the victim's injuries are not believed to be serious. a study out today shows health care premiums are skyrocketing in california. a research group called the commonwealth fund says that premiums shot up 52% between the years 2003 and 2010. the afternoon cost went from $9100 to $14,000. that's nearly a quarter of an average family's income. researchers believe that businesses are passing on

family coverage increases to their employees. alameda county authorities this morning handed over towed raul immigration agents a mexican national arrested monday at occupy oakland. oakland police officer arrested francisco poncoh ramos as he meditated in vials of an order to disperse. a federal immigration database flagged his fingerprints as those of someone who might be deportable. his supporters asked alameda county not to hand him over but the chef river and district attorney said they had no authority to ignore the federal immigration hold. it has been two months since the occupy wall street movement started and, today, occupy protesters in that city are calling for a day of action to shut down wall street. they sat down in the streets near the stock exchange to block traffic this morning and police moved in to arrest them.

witnesses said about 75 people were taken into custody. as many as 2000 protesters joined the stem station. spokesman for the nyse said that the protest did not delay the opening bell. more protests outside city hall are planned for later today in los angeles, about 500 occupy protesters, mostly from a coalition of labor unions marched from downtown, sat down in and area between the bank of america tower and the wells fargo plaza. police arrested at least 23 protesters by mid-morning. and if you are looking for continuing coverage of the occupy protests, you can find the latest developments on ktvu.com and on your phone with mobile ktvu.com. the nation's energy secretary blames himself and not the white house for the half billion dollars loan to solyndra which went bankrupt

this fall. >> as the secretary of energy,  the final decision on solyndra were mine and i made them with the best interest of the taxpayers in mind. >> reporter: energy secretary stephen chu testified before the energy committee. he says that the white house did not try to persuade him to approve the loan to the solyndra company. he says that unexpected market changes led to asteep decline in the price of solar pams. republicans accuse him of ignoring recommendations of his own staff and data. a marine food bank says they are seeing food hit all- time highs. the forklift at the newly merged san francisco-marin food bank are running nonstop. officials say they will hand out more than a million pounds of groceries this holiday

season. >> it's families that have jobs, sometimes part-time jobs they string together, none of them with benefits. people who have left their careers and taken jobs who are near minimum wage jobs to try to make ends meet. >> the food bank says this ye's private citizens and california farmers have been especially generous. the executive director says that farmers help by making fruits and vegetables available at low prices. b.a.r.t. is once again examining its cell phoneblackout policy. the agency wants to be able to cut off cell phone when unlawful activity can cause serious problems. b.a.r.t. has been working on an official policy because of the backlash when it interrupted service before a planned project. a change would ex-service by a half hour on friday night and delay the first train saturday morning by a half hour. there is also talk of running buses instead of trains during

those hours. b.a.r.t. is surveying the riders about the proposals and 2/3 say they are not happy about the proposed change. thistles is just a week away and at san francisco international, they are gearing up for the holiday travel rush. the airports say they are expecting a 4 1/2% increase over last year. tomorrow, sfo expects a hike in passengers with over 120,000 people going through the terminals. officials say they have taken steps to accommodate. >> we have more available long- term parking. whenever you hear the music program, which is live music throughout the building at different times of the day. >> sfo says it expects to surpass its records for most passengers in a calendar year set in 2000 with more than 21 million travelers this year. look likes it could be a white thanksgiving for skiers this year. the chronicle reports that nine

regional resorts plan to open. plans are to open the sierra resort this weekend. mammoth has up to 28 inches of snow in some areas. and some more snow could be going towards the sierra by tomorrow morning. more rain showers here in the bay area. always seeing cooler weather system we have been talking about over the past few days. here is a live camera looking towards sutro tower. the clouds have been building over the past few hours. the rain showers not here in the bay area just yet. the rain up to our north right around humboldt county beginning to move in mendocino county. san francisco downtown, upper 50s and mountain view, right now, 62 degrees. >> you can see on the satellite, clear skies or the clouds building in but the main system is up to the north.

a speckled clouds is what we are looking at. the cold air is not here just yet. for today, increasing clouds. we have a chance of a few sprinkles, especially up in the north bay but not a big team the warmest locations in the lower 60s much here is what happens tomorrow. the coolest air continues to move into the region and as a rut, showers will be developing in spts as we head into tomorrow morning and snow levels will be slow. slight chance of showers on saturday but a better bet as we get into sunday morning. a bit unsettled for your bay area weekend. here is the updated clouds. mostly cloudy skies at 4:00 this afternoon. not much, showing you rain but once again the possibilities of a few sprinkles as we take this into your friday afternoon, shower chances will be on the increase, especially after 12:00 between 3:00 and 5:00. by saturday, not a lot to show you although we could have a

few sprinkles, especially up in parts of the north bay with just slight chance bay area wide. then the next system cueing up into the pacific for the second half of the weekend. this afternoon, 3:00, partly to mostly cloudy, lower 60s by 3:00. by 9:00 this evening, more cloud cover, temperature on the cool sie.d side. here we go. san jose tops out in the lower 60s. a look ahead at your extended forecast with the weekend always in view and off and on showers, especially for your friday afternoon. there is a slight chance of showers on saturday but more showers expected as we do take this into sunday morning. and then by monday, partly cloudy skies. we are already talking about the thanksgiving forecast and possibly another rain maker. that could be for wednesday and into thursday. so we'll be watching that over the next few days with multiple rain clouds on that five-day. most of the bay area's current

marsh land could be gone in the next 20 years. the rate depends on two things how quickly the ocean rises and how much sediment runs into the bay. the ocean level has risen over seven inches in the last 160 years which scientists attribute to polar ice melt. experts say they could rise another two neat in the next century. the bay's tidal marshes are considered the most upon in the bay area for wildlife. an idaho man who was arrested for arrested for firing into the white house has now been charged with trying to assassinate president barack obama or a of it. oscar order georgia helped has

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