if your ride takes you into gilroy and your coming from san benito county he will need to use that the and one of those lanes will reopen. c,gv)+pvzsé÷hz46>r4se8mhppr,jsú >> a crucial vote in san josejsú as firefighters are fighting a recession proposal. they have recently rehired 49 firefighters. the new proposal asks for a new cut in pay and benefits and city officials say they are forced to lay off the fire fighters after the negotiations stalled between the firefighters and the union. and there is the response as they have responded to three fires. two homes were destroyed. it caused a $3 million in damage. it was a 40 a darker vegetation fire in the to reset the hills. >> private company isn't expected to clean the sewage spill that we covered it live on kron4 news at all yesterday. it has flooded grosz's and six homes and it made its way into the water. the it group continues to work to repair it the pipe that burst. it is on acre circle. to the news faster we returned she that area up with our reporter jacki chisel, he is in redwood city. what is going on right now? >> well, th

unemployment in san benito county stands at 22%. peterson says if we don't build plants like his here, they will be built over state lines. >> they're being built in nevada and arizona and then they're wheeling the electricity into california. the net result is we don't get the jobs. we don't get the clean air here. what we get is the higher electricity price. >> some residents here say no number of jobs or megawatts of green energy will make up for their loss. they want the project to go somewhere else. a compromise is out of the question. >> no. i don't think so. not for this valley. >> dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> when "assignment 7" continues, the promise of more high speed internet and fewer dropped calls. plus, the photograph that declared san francisco the gay capital of the u.s. and two friends carry on a legacy and memory of a friend @ú t t tgsatatax [ wind howling ] [ male announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] [ male announcer ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you're looking for to live a mor

they have a section of northbound 101 shut down in san benito county.ck. so traffic is diverted since midnight last night to 156 then get on 25 and then cross on over towards northbound 101 if you are heading up towards the gilroy area. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. last check of my forecast. have a good weekend. >> you, too. >> those of you at home, i hope you have prettynicee weekend. you have everything, clouds and sunshine. we are expecting more sunshine and clouds in the afternoon. mid-80s inland today mild temperatures. upper 60s around the bay with a mix of sun and clouds. some sunshine for the coastline. cloudy conditions saturday as we cool down. but sunday we warm up with more sunshine. ,,,,,,

as the head northbound into san jose coming out of gilroy are coming into gilroy and coming at a san benito an hour ago they opened up one lane northbound. mark? >> we have details as part bart directors voted today to delay the agency's next increase in 2012 after receiving unexpected funding from the state earlier this year. the effect jan. 1, 2012, but will now be delayed until july 1, two years based on a formula that takes into account the rate of inflation. the amount of the fare increase will be finalized there are reports of minor injuries after a jet blue airplane lost two tires on under investigation. easter is on the petaluma girl who is wandering by herself. she may have been the innocent victim of a love triangle. here is the image of the toddler who was found miles from her home and she is ok. she stirred a felony child endangerment. the testimony now suggest the girl was taken on from home by a her boyfriend chalice ex-girlfriend. there's more testimony that is coming. we'll be monitoring it to see the investigation. more on that fire that was burning. it's setting 5 a. and i