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san francisco small business owner found out firsthand. theresa garcia has the story. >> the hands on company is just that, hands on. everyone at an event pitches in to cook. the san francisco-basedss parties for celebration and corporate team building. >> they're learning how to cook but it's more about the experience with their colleagues and their teams than it is about cooking. >> for co-owner molly fuller, it all began six years ago from humble beginnings. >> our first office was out of our home. garage was the staging area. we started with $15,000 of our own money. and then by '06 we had $650,000 in revenue. >> hands on board made the huge revenue jump over the million dollar mark after molly entered and won the award in make mine the million dollars business program. >> if you've gotten to $180,000 in revenue, we know we can help you get to a million. >> she's the original founder of take our daughters to workday and heads up the national nonprofit count me in for women's economic independence which provides resources for women to grow their microbillses into million dollar plus enterprises. >> there are 10.5 million women in business in the united states. 70% of them are

on friday the san francisco-based website replaced the category with a black bar that reads sensored.t was from attorneys general in 17 states pressuring them to take down the adult services section. >> we don't believe that this will be the end of the effort. they need to follow through on what they've done. >> it's actually much safer than if this were driven underground. and, of course, it is now going to be driven underground. >> prosecutors insist craigslist wasn't doing enough to deter prostitution and child trafficking. craigslist faced increasing pressure after high lesson publicized incidents like the murder of a masseuse by customers she met on the site. >> a 20-year-old man in columbia has officially become the world's shortest man. hernandez has been certified by begin necessary world records as the shortest male. he weighs 22 pounds. his mother says edward stopped growing at the age of two. he has an 11-year-old brother who's short for his age but three other brothers are of normal height. >> a rare california fox that was thought to be exstink that's now been spotted. he

. >>> it remained unclear, san francisco based kraig list has any plans to restore adult service ads ads to hit webs. they shut down the six section friday night. the move comes just over a week after 17 state attorneys general wrote a letter to craigslist demanding that it remove the section. >> from one perspective you can enter prepare the as asucceeding -- acceding to the demands of attorneys general, calling on craigslist to take this down. but on the other hand, the fact they put in black letters the word "censor" indicates they might be defiant. >> alan: law enforcement accused craigslist of not doing enough to deter prostitution and halt child trafficking. craigslist has refused requests for comments. >>> the california supreme court will consider the legality of those friday furloughs this week. the court will hear arguments on wednesday on three lawsuits filed by thousands of workers who were ordered to take unpaid days starting in 2009. the gov ordered furloughs to help deal with the state's massive budget crisis. but the lawsuit contends the furloughs violate a state law

. >> alan: san francisco based craigslist responds to its critics without saying anything at all. good evening everyone. the web site for classified ads took down its adults services section, replacing the title with the word censored. this comes after 17 attorneys general called on kraig list to get rid of the ads. >> are the thumbing their nose or seriously taking down adult ads for good? we found ads posted that are soliciting sex. >> those are now full of praise. >> over a number of years, we have persuaded craigslist to take action eliminating prostitution ads, and fortunately now it's done the right thing voluntarily by shutting down the adult services section. >> reporter: or has it and the word censored appeared where the adults services section once was, but it's pointed out, ads for sex are still there. >> any look at their web site, you'll see that they're now on casual encounters. >> reporter: we clicked on that link and found postings offering sex. >> they're facilitating buying and selling and marketing of the most vulnerable people in our culture. that's people in p

san francisco-based wells fargo announced has 50 jo openings in alameda and contra costa counti.f you're looking for a job, the next abc 7 and california job journal job fair is tuesday september 28th at the hotel wit come in san francco. runs from 11:00 to 3:00. for more information go to abc7news.com. look under "see it on tv." hurricane earl sideswiped north carolina's outer banks early today and is nowñr heading towas cape cod in massachusetts. earl flooded the vacation islands but tre was little damage and nobody was hurt. it has dropped to a catery one hurricane down from a powerful category four just a day ago. it knock out power and close a bridge between the islands and the mainland. >> we dodged a bullet. purely and simply north carolin dodged a bullet. we're glad that bult is now out of our state for the most part. >> earl is expected to reach new england te tonight passing close to cape cod, nantucket and martha's vineyard. many airlines allowing holiday flyers to change holiday plans because of earl. you should check with your specic airline for information rebooking

san francisco-based wells fargo announced it has 50 job openings in alameda and contra costa countiesif you're looking for a job, the next abc 7 and california job journal job fair is tuesday september 28th at the hotel wit come in san francisco. runs from 11:00 to 3:00. for more information go to abc7news.com. look under "see it on tv." hurricane earl sideswiped north carolina's outer banks early today and is nowñr heading towas cape cod in massachusetts. earl flooded the vacation islands but there was little damage and nobody was hurt. it has dropped to a category one hurricane down from a powerful category four just a day ago. it knocked out power and closed a bridge between the islands and the mainland. >> we dodged a bullet. purely and simply north carolina dodged a bullet. we're glad that bullet is now out of our state for the most part. >> earl is expected to reach new england late tonight passing close to cape cod, nantucket and martha's vineyard. many airlines allowing holiday flyers to change holiday plans because of earl. you should check with your specific airline for info

. >>> twitter says it was the target of hackers early this morning, san francisco based site said hackers exploited a security flaw to send links to spam and pornography. users who moved their cursors over the links opened these sites. robert gibbs was effected. twitter called it a prank and said the hole has been fixed. >>> a judge will rule by friday if he will lift his effective moratorium on executions setting the stage for the first execution in more than four years. we got a look inside the new death chamber at san quentin. it is much larger than the old chamber last used to execute 76- year-old alan in january 2006. judge voguele heard arguments on both sides with the state saying they object to how lethal injections are carried out. >>> a list has come out before but new this year the mandate requiring any area on the list to be thoroughly cleaned. jim vargas explains in this report. >> reporter: the group save the bay today announced a list of 225 so called trash hot spots. state and regional water quality agencies are mandating cities permanently cut trash in these locations. 40

earlier this month the san francisco based website company shut down the section but posted the wo sensoredver the link after feeling the pressure. today more criticism is coming. >> today perpetrators hide behind their personal couters and have a chilat their doorsp with the click of a button. between 2004 and 2008, child sex trafficking mplaints originang from the internet actually grew by 1,000%. >> it was representative jackie spear. most of the ads placed on craigslist but the adult adds cost10 apiec last year a boston medical student killed a massee he contacted through the website. police say he patrolled craigslist hiring hookers and then robbing them. even though crailist has removed the adult section on its domestic sites, the erot sections remain open on craigslist sites in 250 other cities around the world. people will just post illegal ads on other venues. craigslist is expected to speak in the nest hour. the company says it has tens of millions of users and only a tiny number use it for illegal activity and there's no way to prevent that completely. >> american hiker sarah sur

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earlier this month the san francisco based website company shut down the section but posted the wordensored over the link after feeling the pressure. today more criticism is coming. >> today perpetrators hide behind their personal computers and have a child at their doorstep with the click of a button. between 2004 and 2008, child sex trafficking complaints originating from the internet actually grew by 1,000%. >> it was representative jackie spear. most of the ads placed on craigslist but the adult adds cost $10 apiece. last year a boston medical student killed a masseuse he contacted through the website. police say he patrolled craigslist hiring hookers and then robbing them. even though craigslist has removed the adult section on its domestic sites, the erotic sections remain open on craigslist sites in 250 other cities around the world. people will just post illegal ads on other venues. craigslist is expected to speak in the nest hour. the company says it has tens of millions of users and only a tiny number use it for illegal activity and there's no way to prevent that completely

craigslist is pulling its adult services classified ads from the on-line site. 0* friday the san francisco-based website replaced the category with a black bar that simply reads "sensored." the decision was made after the attorneys general of 17 states pressured craigslist in a letter to take down its adult services section. >> we don't believe this will be the end of the effort. we think we need to be sure they will follow through on what they have done. >> it is actually much safer if this was driven in the ground, and it is now going to be driven underground. >> prosecutors insist craigslist was not doing enough to stop child prostitute trafficking. they talk about the murder of a masseuse by a customer she met through the site. >>> san francisco supervisors are expected to vote on an alcohol tax this week. the new fee would add three cents to a bottle of beer and four and a half cents to a glass of wine and three and a half for liquor. sounds like small changing, but they say the fee would earn san francisco about $16 million a year. the money would be used to help cover expenses linked to a

on friday the san francisco-based website replaced the adult services category with a black bar thatply reads sensored. that decision was made after the attorneys general of 17 states pressured craigslist in a letter to take down the adult services section. >> we don't believe that this will be the end of the effort. we think that we need to make sure that they will follow through on what they've done. >> it's actually much safer than if this were driven underground. and, of course, it is now going to be driven underground. >> prosecutors insist that craigslist wasn't doing enough to deter prostitution and child trafficking. they face increase pressure after some highly publ public -- public advertised i incidents. >> mike, at your services in a totally clean way. >> but it will still be hot. (laughter) >> oh, steamy hot. >> sure, sure. >> i must have got the wrong coffee this morning. i need to get the -- >> the fun cup. >> thank you very much. >> show you what is going on this morning. >> mr. mcsteamy. hottest day of this week. that's today. yeah. good day to be off. go to the beac

the san francisco-based site has been widely criticized for allowing users to post ads for sexual services. last week attorneys general in 17 states called for the removal of that section claiming it encouraged sex trafficking and prostitution. craigslist has not responded to our calls for comment tonight. >>> a pilot amazingly survived the crash of his helicopter this morning. the chopper had just taken off from the salinas airport when it came down suddenly in the southbound lanes of highway 101. and then moments later a big rig managed to swerve and miss the chopper. john sargenti was in the southbound lanes when he came upon frank gomes falling out of the wreckage c. >> i asked if he was okay. he said "i'm fine." he had blood coming out of the side of his face and his fingers were bleeding. i noticed he was going into shock. i put him in my pick up until help arrived. all i have to say is one lucky man. >> one lucky man is right. he is in the intensive care unit in the salinas hospital with fractured ribs and bruises. he talked about having vertigo before the crash. it was foggy this m

, it is from a website, home remodeling magazine, there is a long list of things supposedly san francisco-based, adjusted for local conditions, and how much of the cost you can expect to recoup for the work you're doing in the building. if you're doing work because you want to live there and you want to appreciate the improvement, that is different. if you're doing work with a clear eye to how much you can get back, i am shocked to see under the column that says "cost recouped," there's not a single one of these things that says you can get back all of your cost, not one. some of them you get back a lot. most of them you do not do too well. is there anything where you recoup your full cost? golden gate bridge. >> there you go. >> in terms of immediate value, part of this is a function of our limited housing supply, really. that affects the value, of course. if you do a bathroom remodels, they are saying the job cost $18,000, you might recoup $15,000. the hard part in determining that, to compare apples and apples, is to look at a house in the sunset district with a single-family home with one b

it's really great to see san francisco-based artists and internationally renowned artists like jenny holster and james carpenter and tim hawkinson all being part of this enormous fabulous project. thank you very much. >> thank you, luis. i'd like to, on behalf of the tkpa thank all the artists for your time here today and your presentations. it's all very much in line with what we're trying to achieve, which is a very light, open, welcoming, joyful jewel for the city and county of san francisco for many generations to come. and you all in different and wonderful ways contribute to that goal that we have set for the program. thank you very much. >> motion to approve the design complex for the four recommended artist? >> second. >> it's been properly moved and second. let's call the roll. >> [roll call] >> five ayes. item 14 is approved. >> next item. >> authorizing the executive director for an amount not to exceed $44,000 with the downtown parking operator to provide 28 indoor parking spaces per day for cal tran's legal office and to maintain such an agreement so much as the total am

san francisco-based craig's list says it's been aggressive in trying to stop child exploitation by reporting suspicious ads to national center for missing and exploited children. congressman jackie spear said that is not enough to fight a growing epidemic. >> perpetrators hide behind personal computer skprz a child at their door step with a click of a button. between 2004 and 2008 child sex trafficking complaints originating from the internet actually grew by 1,000%. >> craig's list told a panel people who want to advertise sex services will turn to other less scrupulous sites. >> and uc berkeley graduate freed from an iranian prison spent a day of freedom undergoing medical exams. the 32-year-old released yesterday after more than 13 months in captivity. you can see she's been reunited with her mother. a state department spokesman says she spend more time in ohman to decompression. their mothers say they're hopeful their sons will be released soon. >> i was very hopeful that maybe shane and josh would have been released with her and it became clear that that wasn't going to happen. >> the m

the san francisco-based website pulled its adult ads, which critics say exploits sexual exploitation. debora villalon. >> reporter: halpern we're in the sunset district, headquarters for craigslist and someone posted a sign with the same word "censor," that now appears on the website. the adult ads are gone, but it appears to be a grudging move by a company under fire. >> these prostitution ads enable human trafficking, assaults on women. they are flagrant and rampant. >> reporter: 17 states joined in a letter, urging craigslist to stop offering ads for sex and today, inexplicable, the link to adult services read "censored" instead. no explains from the company, satisfaction from its critics. >> our hope is that other sites will learn from craigslist's actions. the message here really is put people above profits. >> reporter: the ads generality about a third of craigslist revenue, $36 million a year, but made pimping and prostituting as easy as the click of a house. bay area congresswoman scheduled a hearing in washington on internet sex committeation. >> when i asked her the question

a san francisco based public policy think tank updated its 2010 report saying annually 11,000 jobs leave california on average but that is just 6/100ths of 1% of the state's jobs. and there is growth rate is a better indicator. >> the job growth rate? nearly flat. lagging behind the rest of the country. and the right is higher as a whole. growth in green jobs hasn't changed those bad numbers. >> and we called her campaign. and they said we'll e mail her a statement. >> not yet. >> no. no. >> thank you very much. >> and back to the heat now. bart is waiting for temperatures to cool before it can fix heat-related equipment line. trains are running but slowly until repairs can be made. 4600 people around san leandro left without electricity because of a heat-related power outage there knocking out traffic signals in a number of intersections forcing several businesses to close. there is no word yet on how power should be restored. >> and closure hurting blinds in the morning. turn off lights you don't need. and 75 degrees or more, higher if you're not going to be home. >> that can be tough

. >>> san francisco based twitter was hacked.sitors to twitter.com found that hovering their mouse over a link could open up a link on their browser. some even sent them to a porn site. >> it looked like a scene out of the movie war games. >> reporter: company officials say the attack began at 3:00 this morning. >> the platform just wasn't built for this. these type of attacks are going to keep coming on twitter particularly. and on different social networking sites. >> now figures show that twitter has more than 145 million registered users firing up more than 90 million twitts a day. >>> and there is much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. >>> for the first time, cameras were allowed to look at the new san quentin death chamber. why it might be put to use earlier than thought. that story coming up. >>> after being put on hold for nearly five years, executions are set to resume in california. we'll tell you how soon they could start. and for the first time show you inside the new death penalty chamber at

. >> thomas as an editor, san francisco-based video game review web site.t a dance reviews from sony and has been playing with the move for a while. >> it is very cool to see yourself in the game, see the actions that you are doing. your actual scene and rockingham, does everything as advertised. it is a nice complement to someone who owned the place asian trade who might have member children who want some of the we stopped, but maybe mom and dad do not want to spend all that money on a we perry did get the best of both works. >> in foster city gate site kron4 news. >> since the people are celebrating the german tradition, a love of animal oktoberfest by the bay happening appear 48. you need german fruit drinks of the world's best beer. >> think of a cover for us by the bay is the best in the country, and sentences for me that happened, people are working hard. this is an incredible event. >> and oktoberfest for the bay continues through sunday night. but cold there's going to subside before tomorrow. >> it will be another hot day, >> as we head into monday

down the size of its super store to squeeze into urban market including new york and san francisco. >>> london based online gambling company sporting bet has agreed to forfeit $43 million to avoid prosecution in the u.s. for illegally taking online betts from americans. >>> finally, toys r us has released its annual list of hottest toys that will likely top holiday shopping lists this year following into the cute, collectible and cheap category, squeakies, mattel's pigs and pillow pets. >>> well, a san francisco treat, the boss is honored and a grand time in anaheim. your early morning sports headlines are just ahead. >>> and it looks like mother nature is going to ignore the calendar. fall? no way. summer heat returns to much of the country. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, they retired jerry rice's jersey like night in san francisco, and then things really heated up. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. it was tight and it came down to the wire, but in the end, the supe

san francisco based craigslist says it has been aggressive in trying to stop child exploitation by reportingsuspicious ads to the national center for missing and exploited children but congress woman jackie spear says that is not enough to fight a growing epidemic. >> perpetrators have a child at their doorstep with the click of a button. between 2004 and 2008 child sex trafficking complaints originating from the internet actually grew by 1,000%. >> craigslist told the house panel that people who want to advertise sexual services will turn to other less scrupulous sites. >>> new information about a man arrested for a shootout with the highway patrol on 580 in oakland. the man stays he hoped to start a revolution by killing liberal activists. we obtained tapes of a jailhouse interview with byron williams. vick havinvic lee has the stor. >> reporter: in the early morning hours of undersunday july 18 byron williams was injured during a shootout with chp on interstate 580 in oakland. officers made a traffic stop after watching williams weave through lanes with excessive speeds. the exchange of g

san francisco base credit karma said today that credit card debt is down 6% for california consumers since the start of the year, but credit scores are down by an average of two points in that same time period. nationally, the average debt on credit card was more than $7,600 last month. >>> right now that fog is returning to the coast. it's pushing inland. it's there tomorrow morning. minor warming this week. a couple of degrees into the mid-80s. as we go into the long range we've going to chance of a shower in your five-day forecast. it's going to be cool especially in the north bay and the fog is going to be in your neighborhood tomorrow morning when you wake up in napa, fairfield and concord. just like this morning plenty of fog, plenty of low clouds. let's look at the forecast model for fog tonight and tomorrow morning. it's way inland. you start off cloudy, temperatures in the upper 40s/low 50s. tomorrow afternoon it burns back mostly sunny and slightly warmer. in the five-day forecast i've guilt chance for rain. i'll see you back here in a couple of minutes. >>> in southern cal

san francisco base credit karma said today that credit card debt is down 6% for california consumers since the start of the year, but credit scores are down by an average of two points in that same time period. nationally, the average debt on credit card was more than $7,600 last month. >>> right now that fog is returning to the coast. it's pushing inland. it's there tomorrow morning. minor warming this week. a couple of degrees into the mid-80s. as we go into the long range we've going to chance of a shower in your five-day forecast. it's going to be cool especially in the north bay and the fog is going to be in your neighborhood tomorrow morning when you wake up in napa, fairfield and concord. just like this morning plenty of fog, plenty of low clouds. let's look at the forecast model for fog tonight and tomorrow morning. it's way inland. you start off cloudy, temperatures in the upper 40s/low 50s. tomorrow afternoon it burns back mostly sunny and slightly warmer. in the five-day forecast i've guilt chance for rain. i'll see you back here in a couple of minutes. >>> in southern cal

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the san francisco-based company warning people of a nasty bug making its rounds.kers taking advantage of moving your mouse over a bad link. you don't even have to click on it. pop-ups and third-party websites can open. the britain prime minister was linked to a site that sides a message. don't even move your mouse over them if you see them. seems to be affecting only twitter.com. the pop-ups can contain code that can affect your computer. >> a lot having twitter withdrawal this morning. why thousands of a. c. transit riders could soon have to find another way to get from here to there nights and weekends. >> the validity of a new list. the 100 riskiest pipelines in the bay area. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in oakland. two women sexually assaulted and p robbed over the weekend. a warning from the oakland police department. the story after the break. >> here's a look at all our major airports. notice we're the only delay, sfo flight arrival delays. severe weatherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. ♪ >>> good morn

that light, and i think we all know, is driven by small business, and that is where san francisco's economy is based, backbone of our economy, and nationally. we really depend on those jobs hired by small business. what this program has done for small businesses across the country has but a direct subsidy in to those small businesses that have kept them afloat in this last year, and some, as we just heard, even allowed them to grow. this is the win-win that we have been looking for through the stimulus. we think it is essential that we continue. we have been working with other chambers across the country come out -- especially in this country, to ask other leaders and individuals who have benefited from the jobs created, benefited by being able to hire employees at a time when otherwise they would not have been able to. they otherwise would not have been able to extend this one more year. it is very important, and we are very proud of the leadership trend has shown and that the mayor has shown. i would like to also speak to one other perspective, and i also serve as the chair of the work force inves

i say, used to be popular, the san francisco-based website still gets ten of millions of visits everyonth. >>> what if you had a trading day and nobody came? the dow closed where it started tuesday, so too did the nasdaq, down just five points. we start the month of september, this morning, september 1st. that means you get the jobs report on the first friday of the month, that's this coming friday, where, you know, we're going to expect, hopefully, something to give us some good news. something just to latch on to. >> sink your teeth into. exactly. well, maybe some people spending some money as they plan to hit the road or take to the skies this labor day weekend. 35 million people are. bob redell is live in san francisco with a look at what you can expect on your weekend getaway. good morning, bob. >> good morning to you, laura. more of us are expect to head out of town this labor day holiday weekend, a three-day weekend, which of course starts this friday. this all according to the aaa of northern california, which surveyed travelers and found that more than 4 million californians

but the san francisco-based site also posts ads for adult services. craigslist has long claimed the spot was created only for legitimate adult businesses. and reportedly the company had expected it to generate $36 million in revenue this year. but this weekend, amid a lot of debate, the company shut down that section and placed a black kr censored" label over where the link used to be. there was no comment from craigslist whether these changes were permanent. but in a blog post last month, craigslist ceo jim buckmaster wrote, "the site aggressively combats violent crime and human rights violations, including human trafficking and the exploitation of minors." buckmaster also defended the company's screening process. he said, it has resulted in a mass exodus of those unwilling to abide by craigslist standards. manually in force on an ad-by-ad basis. but others charge the website was simply a legal place to swap sex for money. sometimes using code language. >> a typical ad will say, sexy teen girl. if you want to have some fun, i appreciate 150 red roses

san francisco. originally, applied directly at the retail level. i have concerns about that based on the experience of recent -- recent fees like the tobacco fee that was enacted last year. the paper works through the remission of building in the treasurer's office. to me it made sense all so it to be able to apply and directly as part of the responsibility that we were able to apply. i believe that we should be subject to the feed, not so much the ones that are subject directly to the city and county of san francisco. the intention behind this is that every year the department of public health is forced to, with our budget crisis, is forced to make cuts to services, cuts that the board tries to restore but never entirely. they go through the cut and reverse of cuts every year. losing services. important services for treatment on demand. services that san franciscans need to maintain sobriety and make changes in their lives. because we have continuously been fighting this fight to restore services, there was an effort to hear from the voters in their treatment on demand services a

down the size of its superstores to squeeze into urban markets including new york and san francisco. >>> london-basedonline gambling company sportingbet has agreed to forfeit $33 million to avoid prosecution in the u.s. for illegally taking online bets from americans. >>> and finally, toys 'r' us has released its annual list of the hottest toys of the likely top holiday shopping list this year. mom and dad, get your pen and paper out. falling into the cute, collectible and cheap category, blip toys slinkies, mattel's sing-a-majigs. >>> a procedural vote, whether to reveal the don't ask, don't tell policy which bans gays from serving openly in the armed forces. and last night on "countdown," host keith olbermann asked a former clinton adviser on gay rights why he thinks the military is resisting efforts to repeal the policy. >> the thinking has been that secretary gates and admiral mullen actually do support a slow transition to open service. but right underneath them with the service chiefs and some of the other senior officers at the pentagon, these very entrenched interests have been fighting again