why some districts are using private companies for transportation. >> by law, school districts have to provide transportation for specianeed students to get the school, usually shuttling them in school bus -- sometimes it is trickier and school districts have to hire vans, private cars and taxi to meet the needs. it usually takes joseph an hour to make the 26-mile trip to get to school. specialist at the edgewood center help him with his learning and opportunities. on friday his ride was unconventional. >> the lady yelled out, i'm here for joseph. i was like who are you. >> the woman was an assistant teacher said she was going to give joseph a ride. >> i live around the corner, i will be picking joseph up from

now. in a mustang? >> the staff member was licensed and insured and using employees privately vehicle is not uncommon. they should have notified joseph's guardians. >> joseph is one of dozen of the bay area special need students who take alternate transportation. >> the students need specialized need. sometimes you need a taxi or van. >> the west school district uses taxis to schools outside of the district. in oakland the district uses taxis to get 12 students to class. for all of the districts the rides can get expensive. >> it can run from 50 to $200 a

day. >> the special education director said that's cheaper than the alternative, sending a school bus for one student is 3 to $500 a day. they have tried to cut down by providing more special need services on their school campus. >> if a school close to home is not an option. >> there's home to school transportation and they don't have to get them to the site. >> trance pour takes can be a source of stress for many special needs parent. >> there's no word how you feel when you let a child for 50, 60 miles without you. >> when it comes to taxis districts have different ways of checking the background. district officials interview the tax a drivers before they are allowed to pick up

students. golden gate bridge sources say a strike is closer to reality. they could walk off the job in a matter of days. there's no movement in negotiations and it appears there will be a strike at the end of the week. the union is upset over a proposal to increase health care premium. >> every customer should pay a fee for access to power grid. it part of a proposal that would change your power bill. tom is here to explain how it works and the opposition that's cropping up. >> several other states allow what pg&e wants, is it right for california? >> the current state approved pg&e four tiered rate system encourages competition.

bigger residential users have been complaining about that. today's highest payers are the ones that will see relief from the proposals, we think it will be the to pennsylvania fit of all. >> the four tiers would be reduced to 2 and every customer would pay $5 a month eventually rising to 10. >> what they are doing is reslice the pie, so that large energy users, possibly energy hogs pay less and customers who useless energy will pay more. >> a senior who uses energy during the day for cooking, washing and air-conditioning could pay a higher rate on top of the access fee. that drew a lot of ire. >> those of us who use little may go up. that's unfair to me. >> choosing between rent and

utility and food and medication. >> it's my belief that rates are manipulated no matter what you do you will pay the same or higher and higher rates each month. >> action as watchdogs, not lap dogs. >> solar advocates say this will be a disincentive to install solar. investor owned utilities hope to have this in place by next summer so it will be in place for the hot season. more details, utility reform advocates said in 2000 residents were paying 10-cents per kilowatt hour, in 2010 it was 12-cents, now it the 18- cents. the fire chief is under fire. we learned that the san

francisco firefighters union and other groups are asking the mayor to replace joanne hayes white. he is not planning to resign. >> with the new people we hired in july, we hired 35 emt to hit the streets august 30th. >> the firefighters union and other groups declined to speak with us. many are angry about long delays about ambulances field with a shortage of staff. >> i right now tonight believe it is, at the same time, we all hold department heads like the chief and the police chief accountable for everything. >> a source tells ktvu the letter is likely to be delivered to the mayor's office this week. a concord man is guilty of

the rape of a woman with down's syndrome 17 years ago. the woman was attacked in 1997 as she was walking home from the bart station in concord. murray was arrested in 2009 after dna evidence linked him to the crime. he could face eight years in prison. two men are under arrest for burglary and car thefts. two cars were stolen from grand motors in san mateo, in august 22, 40 sets of the car keys were taken. the next night police say the thieves stole two cars, the two men under arrest are 18 and 19- year-old and both live in oakland. >> we don't know if they are connected to another string of the car thefts at dealerships. noel walker is live with the details of the most recent

crime. >> san mateo police may have evidence that ties the suspects to auto thefts at another dealership. the fact that all of the thefts were in about the same planner and they gotta -- manner and they got away with 20 cars total. >> the symbol is recognized as much for the price tag as the ride. some are rolling off lots in the south bay free of charge, stolen by teams of thieves under the cover of darkness. >> that's the message of thieves, video captured friday morning shows hooded ban kids breaking in and testing the carlocks to see which they could drive off the lot. >> cause of concern for us. these are high end vehicles and

these demand a lot of money. >> with sticker prices that give some sticker shock. the possibility of thefts of six lots may:00 connected -- may be connected. san mateo police arrested suspects that may be represented -- respected to the heists. nine cars were stone en. >> nine people, they have an organization. what they were going to do with the cars we can only guess. a welder fixed the cars the thieves rammed through. insan jose the dealer is beefing up security and using chains to make the cars left attractive. >> this dealership is small and five cars missing is a lot of

inventory. if the lot is not secure the business cannot survive. >> we have posted the images of the car thieves and surveillance video on ktvu.com. look under the top story tab, it on the home page. the world health organization of the center for disease control is offers a startling scenario of the ebola especially -- epidemic. a half million to 1.4 million cases by the middle of the january, that's just in liberia and sierra leone. the official death toll today is 2800 but many have not been counted. >> in sacramento today a rally on the steps of the capital to raise awareness in california. most are from west africa nations hit hardest.

they say the lack of education about ebola enemies -- beliefs in traditional healers are the probable. >> people don't want to go to the hospital, they feel they will contract the disease or die. >> he says ebola can be treated and parents can recover. at this point there's not enough places to receive care. the u.s. is building more treatment centers. held up at gunpoint and forced to withdraw money. the frightening robbie -- robbery the police are investigating. >> these light can sniff out smells. the benefit a university could get for installing the high- tech light bulbs in their dorms. the second week in a row we're tracking showers, we'll have the impact on the commute.

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. >> police are looking for a man who they say took the woman from a front yard, took her to a bank and forced her to with draw cash. it happened before noon. the man kidnapped her in her car and made her drive to the bank of america on main street. demanding she withdraw money. the woman got back in the car and returned to her neighborhood where he got out of the car and ran away. >> we're asking residents that live in the area of muller road if anyone has video that points to the street that may have seen the suspect or anyone that was an accomplish. >> the victim did enter the

bank and spoke with a teller but didn't mention she was the victim of a crime. it's likely the robber threatened her life. new lights are installed on the campus of uc berkeley. they don't just light up the room, they know if you put on too much perfume or got back from the gym. they went in at cal. how the lights could help land uc berkeley a grant from the department of energy. >> it takes minutes to transform one of these lights. >> what we're to be -- doing is upgrading the existing light. >> into something more. >> detecting environment changes, temperature and humidity. >> carbon dioxide. >> a fancy way of saying the light can tell when the room is stuffy. >> someone is wearing too much

perfume. >> you will see a change in the data. >> if the group is coming back from the bill. >> you see that, you can see when the students move in. >> we felt compelled to ask. >> what if they are smoking marijuana. >> that will set it off. >> this lights send a signal to the ventilation system to start working. a push for a 1.5 million dollars grant that focuses on small commercial energy automation. big buildings have them. >> smaller bipeddings don't. >> we have -- buildings. >> we have the enlighted control system, these are fully dim able led lights. >> none of it works together. berkeley is hoping to change

that. >> this is the brain. >> with software that let's the technologies including the lights talk to each other. >> we don't care if it's wifi or anything we can use these devices. >> devices will change, if you're turning off a light or the heat, find a way to do it all more efficiently. princeton university had 13 of the high-tech censor lights installed in august. the school ordered 300 more lights. firefighters are gaining ground against the devastating wildfire in el dorado county. the king fire is 1/3 contained. the sheriff lifted the evacuations that were put into place as the fire raged out of control. some people received heartbreaking news. 12 homes were destroyed.

>> we've made quite a life up here that we love. so. onward and upward. >> and up the hill, his neighbors returned home to find their property sustained only minor damage. cal fire added 2000 firefighters for a total of 7400 firefighters. the fire with which was deliberately set scorched -- 170 square miles. >> ways to help protect your family your home. look under hot topics on our home page. speaking of the wes -- changes are rowe the way. >> -- on the way. >> it's going to warm up a little bit tomorrow and the fire zones, right behind that

comes the rain. especially in far north northern california. it will be warmer tomorrow, i think that's the least of our -- i don't think we have to worry too much about that. 85 in antioch. temperature tomorrow will be close. humidity in the fire zone 10 to 20%. the humidities as we get into thursday will go up to 70%, 65%. 80%. they will go up. here's the weather system, unloading in seattle, they are getting snow at the higher elevations of the cascades, this system, i'll move it up. sows of eureka you will find temperature, not temperature but rainfall is falling off. it's going to get wet, thursday morning commute will be wet. not as with the as the 2 inches

in northern california. today it was warm, tomorrow will be warmer. that doesn't help the firefighters. this will on thursday and douses fires from bernie to cape mendicino. this area will be inch and a half to 2 inches of rain. for us cooler weather, a little bit of rainfall, and then humidity will go up and the fire zone. this is going to be a helpful day. here's the model. good dynamics up here. tomorrow night 7:00. this is tomorrow night 11:00. sprinkles in our area. there we go. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow or thursday morning. and hennesy the rain slipping through -- then the rain slipping through. you increase humidity you will have a huge impact on slowing

the growth of the fires. when the rain comes through it will lay the smoke down quick. the air quality not the best in redding and places near the king fire, the smoke the first 12 hours will sit down and create poor air walt. thursday morning -- air walty -- quality. >> more like november than september. >> first full day of fall. >> thank you bill. the giants get bad news losing an all-star player for the playoff run. >> big question for the 49ers, will they have vern davis on the field.

. >> the great extra inning win for the giants, today they received bad news. >> victory to pull it out in game one against l.a., gives them a chance at the division, they are met with the news pagan will miss the rest of the season. that includes the playoffs. he will have surgery for the back that's been ailing him

causing him the miss chunks of the season. pagan the teams most valuable player. the leadoff man makes it happen. gets a back injury. it's sketchy for his future. he's 33-year-old. we'll see about next season. meantime the 49ers and their disappearing second half offense, could get a boost this sunday. they will need it against the eagles. it's looking like the tight end an explosive force on offense will be back, he missed the game this past sunday in arizona due to ankle injury he sustained in the second game of the year. sounds like he's good to go against the eagles. >> feeling good, i can be optimistic and just confident in my ability to perform. >> it's too soon-to-be

judgmental. and as an offense. >> we're 1-2. that's nothing. >> we've been in this position before. it's so early. i'm excited about the rest of the season. >> that's good to hear. the giants will face the dodgers tonight. bumgarner on the mound against greinke and the a's and angels go at it. both teams a lock for the wild card spot. the giants win and the brewers lose the giants clinch a wild card spot tonight. >> tank for someone to say pagan is no spring chicken and he's 33. >> coming up tonight on the 10:00 news a pair of unlikely heroes being honored in the south bay following the abs at the scene of this nine car crash. the lengths they went to save a

man's life. >> we're always here for you. thanks for joining us. have a great evening. it makes me happy to go on the computer.

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elephone ringing) night. no. middle of the phone. i got it. get it. oh! my arm's asleep! my arm's asleep! phil, get the phone. oh! (beep) that's me. hello! hi. (grunts) yes, this is she. who is it? okay. oh, god. tell me what's happening here! haley has been arrested. what? (telephone ringing) phone! phone. i bet that's mama. i was just dreaming it was raining chickens! mitchell, answer the phone! (beep) look what i am doing. look what i am doing, huh? hello? hey, mitchell. i'm sorry to wake you up, but haley got arrested. oh, god. haley got arrested. that explains the chickens. it does. it adds up. what did she get arrested for? oh, she got caught drinking at some party. look, could you drive up to the college with us? i think we're gonna need a lawyer. yes, of course. and cam and lily can come over and stay with alex and luke. i'll guard them with my life. yeah, yeah.