they live in one of the most remote stretches of the south pacific, where an underwater eden exists.eautiful, wet wilderness, in peril. >> this used to be a really nice coral forest, with really big coral. but now, most of the corals are very small and most of them are dead and covered by algae. >> reporter: this man, a signist tnd national geographic explorer, has travised here with his team to measure the health of the ocean. and the best way to do that is to check the reefs. >> coral reefs are the rain forest of the sea. they have the greatest diversity in the oceans. of all the fish that live in the sea, one-third live in coral reefs. >> reporter: and the best way to know if a reef is healthy, he told us, you should look for sharks. lots and lots of sharks. sharks are a very important part of the marine ecosystem. they are like the lions of the african savannah. they make sure it's in balance. >> reporter: if there's an abundance of sharks around the reef, that means there's a lot to eat there, which means the reef is alive and healthy. if there aren't a lot of sharks, that's tro

call it "football island"-- american samoa, a rock in the distant south pacific.r a football stat? from an island of just 65,000 people, there are more than 30 players of samoan descent in the nfl, and over 200 in division one college ball. that's like 30 current nfl players coming out of sparks, nevada, or gastonia, north carolina. as we first told you last winter, american samoa was a place we had to see, so we traveled 8,000 miles to find a people and traditions so perfectly suited to america's game, it's as if they'd been waiting centuries for football to come ashore. in american samoa, it's the pregame show. this is a high school team warming up with the haka war dance, something that's been passed down for ages to teach agility to warriors of size and strength. what coach doesn't wish he'd thought of this first? it turns out, the south pacific was raising football talent before there was football. when we were there, the island was getting set for its super bowl, the high school championship. after a winning season, 16-year- old quarterback tavita neemia wou

my parents brought me here when i was 14, 10 years ago, from the island country of fiji and the south pacific. and they came here illegally and applied for a green card. no one told them it would take 10 years to get it. my grandmother is a u.s. citizen and today my parents and my sister, my entire family here are citizens. i am the only undocumented in my family. that is because immigration officials refused to follow the law. i will explain why. it took so long to get my parents residency that i aged out. they do not care when you turn 21. they tell you to get in the back of the line. even waiting nine years, they are asking me to go to the back of the line again. i will be 23 by the time i can immigrate to the country legally. in the meantime, growing up, my parents had no idea this would happen. i graduated from college with a bachelor's in political science with a master's i as well. we fought hard to stay in the country. according to the law of the land, i am supposed to be able to use my old date for filing for immigration to the country, but so far immigration is refusing to let me us

police say that girl was with her mother on south pacific and broadway around 10:30 at nilt. mother had stepped away for a short time when she heard gun shots. she rushed back to see her daughter shot in the leg. one 17-year-old was booked on gun charges, but no one has been charged with that shooting. the girl is expected to recover. >>> time and treatment are critical when it comes to a cancer diagnoses. in just moments, though, we're getting a world exclusive on new technology that's bringing hope to people here in the bay area. >>> new meeting to dragnet. dress to the nines in stillettos and a t-shirt. >>> on the cool side tomorrow in the bay area, temperatures only in the 60s. we're tracking your showers. >>> the 49ers are in turmoil on the field but harmony in the meal room. we'll go behind the scenes with the man who feeds the 49ers. also, guess who? everyone coming out to see5 t he ' gitsan' wild finish tonight against the dodgers. we'll see you in a few minutes. [ female announcer ] we know jerry brown was mayor of oakland, but what were the results? fact: brown prom

korea, to make a concerted effort to reduce their pacific bluefin tuna catch. tuna is south korea's top export in the agricultural and marine sector. the country hunts the fish mainly in the pacific ocean. its entire blue fin catch is exported to japan. participants are expecting south korea's response will come this december at a larger international meeting in hawaii. >> earlier we spoke with a fish riz official at the worldwide fund for nature, japan. she went to the conference. she says wwf japan welcomes the efforts to protect juvenile bluefin tuna. >> leadership of japanese delegation reached and agreed to reduce their fishing mortality of juvenile age class fish below the level of 2002 and 2004, which means practical to reduce the impact of overfishing to pacific bluefin tuna. the fishing mortality for the juvenile age class of the bluefin tuna have been increases rapidly after 2002 or 200437 it is crucial for the fishing nations to decide and implement drastic fishing management system without any exception to avoid the pacific bluefin tuna situation at this moment.

it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asia, the pacific to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 years. that is exactly why it is so important that we have strong, stable government that lasts. a strong, stable government, which has the support of the public to take the difficult decisions that are needed if we are going to put this country back on the right track for a stronger future. there is one further point i want to make. i believe that it is not just important for this country to have strong and stable government. it is important that we get that stro

south texas, drenching abilene, san antonio, corpus christi and brownsville. showers around the edge of new mexico and colorado. stormy also from the minnesota, north dakota and montana. showers in the pacific northwest and south florida. >> 89 in miami, 93 in atlanta, 70s from detroit to boston. kansas city will climb near 90. 63 in seattle. 73 in boise. and 83 in sacramento. >>> your money news is next, including reports of a facebook phone. >>> then a mysterious weekend disappearance of a religious group and their children, members explain why they went missing. >>> and it's the talk of the nfl. a helmet lands in the stands. did a player >>> the federal reserve gathers tomorrow for its final meeting before the midterm elections. its members are expected to debate various steps they can take to stimulate the economy. there's also speculation that to decide to buy more treasury securities. the idea to keep businesses low so businesses can expand to have easy access to money. >>> toyota has settled with the relatives of a family killed an accident. the california patrolman and three others were killed. an accelerator pedal stuck isn't a floor mat was to blame. >>> foreign investors could so

south texas, drenching abilene, san antonio, corpus christi and brownsville. showers and thunderstorms along the western new mexico and colorado. stormy also from the minnesota, north dakota and montana. showers in the pacificnorthwest and south florida. >> 89 in miami, 93 in atlanta, 70s from baltimore to boston. detroit, minneapolis and fargo hover near the 70-degree mark. kansas city will climb near 90. 63 in seattle. 73 in boise. and 83 in sacramento. >>> your money news is next, including reports of a facebook phone. >>> then a mysterious weekend disappearance of a religious group and their children, members explain why they went missing. >>> and it's the talk of the nfl. a helmet lands in the stands. did a player aim at fans, or was it all just a mistake? we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] fact -- no pain medicine is proven to last longer than advil. not tylenol. not aleve. nothing lasts longer than advil. pain relief that lasts. one more reason to make advil your #1 choice. >>> the federal reserve gathers tomorrow for its final meeting before the midterm elections. its members are expected to debate various steps they can take to stimulate the economy. there's also speculation that to decide to

south of broadway. the site north of pacific shown here -- we recommend no development whatsoever. the parcel between jackson and pacific, we recommend a maximum height of 25 feet for two stories. for the heights south of jackson, we have a number of recommendations. importantly, we recommend a maximum height of 65 feet along the embarcadero. rationale is the it is a very wide street, and is illustrated in this section, -- here is the embarcadero stretching here at roughly 200 feet. 65 feet, we thought, was the minimum necessary to friday sense of enclosure -- provide a sense of enclosure, while also framing sue bierman park. going back to the plan view, we recommend eight stories or 87 to 90 feet depending on the height of the ground floor, along the drug street frontage. we also allow for a maximum of 1/3 of the site to be built to a height of 12 stories or 127 to 130 feet. the exact placement of the we have left flexible. we would prefer to see it as close to the southwest corner of the parcel as possible, but allowing in recognizing the need for some creative license on the par

south of there. here is the satellite. only the pacific northwest is getting the cloud cover. we've got this ridge of high pressure that has been with us. it gave us those northwest winds today. cleared the fog out, gave us plenty of sunshine. tomorrow that ridge nudges over just a bit. those winds come more out of the northeast. and as a result not much in the way of fog. beaches are in the mid 70s. bayside the mid 80s. and inland spots into the 90s. what i want to point out is this is not going to last very long. tomorrow we warm up. some cold air drops in quickly. tuesday and wednesday that fog is going to get very thick during the overnight hours through the morning hours. it gets blown right into the bay area. so much cooler. 60s and 70s for highs. in the warmest spots on wednesday. statewide. 78 in los angeles. 105 in palm springs. close to 100 degrees for the central valley. the central coast in the 70s. and just a nice day all around the entire state really. sacramento at 96. and you get some 70s for south lake tahoe and up and through reno closer to 80 degrees. sunris

why we have the ridge of high pressure building and much cooler air that is now in the pacific northwest will drop south ward follow progression hear and see it dropping down along the coast line and get our on shore flow back by late afternoon tomorrow for sure. the marine layer deepen and intense fight may be drizzle overnight into wednesday and by wednesday temperatures in most inland locations will be about 20 degrees cooler than they were today. so tomorrow. start with pleasant cool down. in the south bay under sunny skies high pressure reach in the low to mid 70's. 76 in campbell. 75 san jose. mainly low 70's on the peninsula. redwood city, palo alto, mountain view all clocking in at 72 degrees. then cooler on the coast and of course on the peninsula foggy and a half moon bay pacifica with high in the upper 50's. around san francisco high and 59 degrees and sunset district 62 degrees downtown. north bay high from mid 70's to low 80's. warmer as you go farther north. nearest bay community have high ranging from mid 60's to low 70's. over the hill inland valley we see upper 70's to low 80's and mont

south on into the gulf coast. sizzling conditions continue in the southwest. and a little bit cooler and milder in the pacific northwest. sunday, sunday! see more wet weather making its way up the coast as earl makes its way into new england. look for the hot weather from the gulf coast on into the southeast, mid-atlantic states, the heat and sizzling conditions in the southwest, as well. >>> here's a beautiful view from the mountain looking over san francisco. mainly clear skies. already near 70 outside in san francisco. oakland, san jose, well on our way to temperatures getting close to the 90s by lunchtime. still no sign of a sea breeze just yet, but that will fire up later this afternoon. that means the peninsula and coast will see highs early in the day, late morning to early afternoon. then the inner bay will cool down while 90s to 100 degrees continues inland. the sea breeze will cool us off big time for the weekend. >>> don't forget get your weather any time of day or night. go to weather channel on cable or weather.com online. matt? >> all right, al, great job down there. thank you very much. we'll s

japan, south korea and taiwan are among those who engage in tuna fishing in the pacific. roll nets, which capture large volumes of tuna, have been blamed for the drastic population drop. the petition came one day before an international conference opens in fukuoka, western japan, to discuss ways to manage tuna resources in public. japan and south korea will participate in the conference. >>> the he of the business community in western japan has called on the government to take additional steps to counter the yen's 15-year high against the u.s. dollar. the chairman of the kansai economic federation, hiroshi shimozuma made the appeal when he met the economy and trade minister masayuki naoshima in tokyo on monday. shim o sum ma said businesses in the kansai region maintained strong exports and imports until july but they have been severely affected by the sharp rise of the yen. the region comprises six prefectures including osaka and kyoto. he said more companies will have to transfer operations overseas if the yen gets stronger. he added that the government appears to lack

opened in 1914, allowing both to transport themselves between the pacific and atlantic ocean without having to sail all around the equator -- south america. managers of the canal managed to make the announcement yesterday. 5% of the world's total trade passes through the panama canal every year. 1 million, quite impressive. back to you. >> one of the top ministers of angela merkel will be taking a leave a lot -- leave of absence. he was shot and almost killed in an assassination attempt in 1990 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. the 68-year-old underwent an operation earlier this year and suffered an adverse skin reaction to new medicine. previous experience shows that he can run his ministry from hospital. the german government has approved plans for what the chancellor is calling a revolutionary new energy strategy. under the proposal, most of the german electricity is supposed to come from renewable sources by 2015. the strategy also involves extending the life of nuclear power stations, unpopular with opposition parties and the general public. >> nuclear energy is bad for germany, that was the message that greenpeace ac

the upper midwest a powerful weather system the remanence of pacific tropical storm georgette moved through the season. >> all the watap the south -- all the way up to the south. not good. >> it ruined my house. again. it's just -- what do you do? you know. what do you do? >> more than a months worth of rain fell in 24 hours in parts of the region. the governor's of both minnesota and wisconsin issue the states of emergency. more is expected tomorrow. >>> back here. we had our story that has been the unbelievable heat to start the first two days of fall. we at least tied the old record. high temperatures across central maryland today. depends on exactly where you were. south and west of baltimore looking at 102. 100 in frederick and 93 in georgia lee that -- galin. temperatures have not cooled off much. almanac numbers 95. the old record for 1970. we at least tied that. low 90s and eventually into the mid and upper 80s. dress light as you head out for a friday evening. what about the rest of the weekend? there are big changes in terms of the temperature. >>> thanks. now for the for a look at tonight's top stories. a man in the h

pacific region. two more will arrive in guam by the end of the year. general north suggested the air force will cooperate with japan, south korea and other u.s. allies in southeast asia in operating the aircraft. >>> north korea says it will hold an important conference of its ruling workers party on tuesday next week. the country is reported to be preparing for a transfer of power from leader kim jong-il to his successor. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> the workers party holds conferences when necessary in the periods between party conventions. it uses them to discuss urgent issues and elect or expel members of its central committee. it's only held a conference twice before, in 1958 and 1966. the party's central committee appears to be dysfunctional as more than half its original 140 members have died or been expelled. a key part of the central committee originally had five members, but now only has one, kim jong-il. there's widespread speculation that the conference will change the members of the central committee and push forward the transfer of power from kim jong-il to his third son. >>> in new york, world leaders

south of japan we're monitoring typhoon malaka. so that continues to churn its way across the pacific.nd it is due to really hit some of the islands in the next 24 hours with torrential rains and fierce winds. over the next few days it will continue to take a northerly path, staying away from mainland japan but still over the weekend we're looking at that strong winds and the high waves to impact the east coast of the country. elsewhere across asia, southern china is contending with some showers over the week, and of course this is the area where we really don't want any more rainfall after devastating floods that hit the guangdong region. now, we've got some footage coming out of guangdong. let's take a look now. this is due to the remnants of typhoon fanapi, which first made landfall in taiwan and made its way into fujian province as a severe tropical storm. floods washed away roads and bridges. many people are missing. and at least 55 people dead. >>> and now it looks like there will be some more showers over the -- over the area, over the weekend. humid air over from the south chin

south texas. more showers in the pacific northwest, stretching down to california. could get some severe storms. >> 80s in the mid-atlantic states. a mild 75 here in new york. unseasonably cool along the canadian border. minneapolis 64. fargo 59. hot spots today dallas 97, phoenix 107. >>> baltimore's johns hopkins hospital is taking another look at its security after a fatal shooting. >> a lone gunman wounded a doctor and then killed his mother, then turned the gun on himself. john hendren has the latest now from baltimore. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. the gunman made it to the eighth floor of the building behind me just past the overpass with a semi-automatic weapon. he had a license to carry it but apparently no one checked. it was a two-hour siege, with hospital workers and visitors on lockdown. >> so what were you told to do? lock down? >> yes. it was a lockdown. no one could leave. >> reporter: it began at 11:11 a.m., just outside room 873 of the spinal surgery wing. dr. david cohen was giving warren pardus the latest on his m

notice how it's really starting to look like fall in the pacific northwest. 61 seattle to 72 denver. still pretty warm in the south94 dallas, 87 atlanta. not as hot in the northeast with near 80 in new york and boston. only one area of concern if you're traveling by air as far as severe weather, that would be minneapolis, st. paul. you can always check out any type of delays whether they're at the gate trying to get through security with our flight tracker at abc7news.com. >> 4:37. a bay area man considered by many to be a pioneer in the latino civil rights movement has lost his battle with cancer. felix aladazala died at home surrounded by family and friends. he had undergone chemotherapy treats for lymphoma. he provided scholarships for students interested in media careers. he was also on the alameda board of education and was a teacher. the family is planning a public memorial that will be announced later. felix was 79 years old. >> as americans mark this labor day, president obama will announce his newest plan to jump start the economy. observers can't help but note it comes weeks before crucial midterm electi

south bay. the stock with the rain right now pretty strong storm moving into the pacific northwest look like theajority of it will assess the future cast light rain to the north bay 11:00 a.m. on saturday continuing into the afternoon and into the evening. it's sunday of a better chance of rain bay area wide at least right now. the trend and appeared our modecomputer monitg continuing through sunday in pushing up by monday. not expecting a lot of rain but the majority will stay to the north with light showers expected mainly on sunday. again tomorrow might of conditions in cooling and friday and chances of rain first in the north and saturday then through the rest of the bay area by sunday. cooler temperatures will prevail with the storm as it passes through and as we head into next week dryer and slightly warmer conditions are expected. >> now your silly roberts to found some people behaving badly. the temporary trans the terminal will be here for the next seven or more years. it's all for muni, eyhound and sam tram buses. the security officers are stationed here to keep the terminalnd safe for

the highest risk is south and east of livermore. it runs near the pacificommon shopping center where thousands of shopper guess every day. >>> the san bruno explosion is one of many disasters and reminds us how important it is to be repaired for an emergency. it shakes us into reminding. we make sure families are ready and we have the vp of your safety place in dublin and is here with tips on preparing the emergency kit. we need to revisit this and revisit the kid fist we have some already. >> interestingly enough, only about 10% are even prepared. of those, they forget about checking on their kids. you can have products that are five year shelf life that helps you in case you forget, but it's important to have things that are comfort food in case of an event. canned goods and things, especially if you have kids to be able to make the best of a bad situation. to understand the shelf life of the items. >> these kids that you have, they have a lot of essentials. you need to think for your family as well. i have a friend who has kids in diapers and you have to

pacific northwest. stretching down to california. rainy from northern idaho to eastern minnesota. south texas gets showers, spun off by hurricane karl. >> unseasonably cool to the south. billings is 53. fargo 59. minneapolis, 64. pleasant along the east coast. new york 75. baltimore, 79. in the south, it is hot. dallas is 97 and new orleans 91. >>> and when we come back this morning, some stunning numbers about how many americans are now living in poverty. >>> plus, many questions this morning about a story that initially attracted so much sympathy. a woman admits she made up the story of an attack that deformed her face. she now admits she did this to herself. >>> and more on our top stor >>> overseas markets are ending the week on a high note. tokyo's nikkei average rose 1.2% today. hong kong's hang seng is higher. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow added 22 points yesterday. and the nasdaq ticked up two points. >>> fresh evidence this morning of the toll that the recession is having on americans. nearly 44 million people now live in poverty. that's one in seve

south bay areas. he had arrest warrants totaling $900,000. >>> traffic and weather right after this. ,, ,,,,,, >>> pacific an accident northbound highway 1, justvolved, right lane blocked causing traffic to back up in that area. give yourself extra time. 280 northbound looking good still but southbound 280 slug initial the area. if you're working your way on 680 southbound just past highway 84, lots of brake lights, two-car crash on the right shoulder. elsewhere a wreck eastbound 80 -- westbound, rather, at hill to the drive. left lane blocked. the bay bridge toll plaza not the animal planet, this is the bay bridge toll plaza, despite that spider there, look beyond that backed up to the maze. tracy, how do you like outsider? >> he has a crush on you. he always shows up when you do traffic! [ laughter ] >> san jose with a lot of clouds. cloudy conditions expected today especially along the coast with drizzle. a few breaks of sunshine around the bay. and inland today, some sunshine with highs near 80. for the weekend, more clouds with a frontal system approaching cooling us down sunday, giving us a chance of rain. monday and temperature conditio

pacific northwest, stretching down to california. rainy from northern idaho to eastern minnesota. south texas getsspun spun off by hurricane karl. >> unseasonably cool to the south. billings is 53. fargo, 59. minneapolis, 64. pleasant along the east coast. new york 75. baltimore, 79. in the south, it is hot. dallas is 97. and new orleans, 91. >>> and when we come back this morning, some stunning numbers about how many americans are now living in poverty. >>> plus, many questions this morning about a story that initially attracted so much sympathy. a woman admits she made up the story of an attack that deformed her face. she now admits she did this to herself. >>> and more on our top story. a major storm affecting millions across the new york city region overnight. oh, it's not just today. with our free loyalty program, you earn great stuff like accident forgiveness and bigger discounts just by staying with us. oh! ooh! so, what you're saying is, it gets even better with age. oh! tell me we're still talking about insurance. rewarding loyalty. now, that's progressive. call or click today.

south bay. let's talk a little bit about that rain that's on tap for this weekend. a pretty strong storm heading for the pacificthwest. a look on futurecast, up to the north on friday evening, you can see these chances of rain for the north bay. the tail end of the storm is going to clip us. the question is how much rain we're going to see. the futurecast not putting very much rain at all into the area. i think it will be a little bit more intense than this. the rain chances picking up. saturday looks like the day with the most rain through the bay area. we'll keep you boasted, and i'll have a better idea tomorrow. in the meantime, mild conditions for the next couple of days, temperatures continue to warm a little bit each day. friday into saturday into our forecast, temperatures will cool. sunday looks like things are going to dry out into next week and temperatures will warm up just a little bit, as well. >>> new details on sarah shourd, the grad student is free, and the secretary general of the united nations is expressing home that iran will release her companions. he's one of the three hikers arrested mean

area of low pressure is gaining steam in the pacific and when it dies out wednesday, a drop in temperatures. south bay today mid to upper 70s. cupertino 74. on the peninsula low to mid-70s with millbrae 71, menlo park 62. sunshine along the coast this afternoon. downtown south san francisco and sausalito near 70. sunshine and mid-60s at your north bay beaches with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees warmer in the valleys. mid to upper 70s there. everybody in the low to mid-70s east bay shore, the exception berkeley and richmond, mid to upper 60s. east bay valleys, sunshine and temperatures near 80 around fairfield and antioch. 80 brendwood. about 75 the cool spot in dublin. around the monterey bay, sunshine hanging around here, 74 santa cruz. and also salinas, 76 watsonville. a little warmer inland, upper 70s to low 80s. not bad monterey and carmel. cool in the north bay valleys, patchy fog to develop like we have this morning. low to mid-50s there with cloud cover especially around bait tomorrow with mid to upper 50s. let's take a look at your accu-weather seven-day forecast. with that low drawing near

south bay. if you're traveling outside, still some mild temperatures in spots, fremont, 63 in san jose, livermore and pacificome clouds moving in there, here is the big story. that trough that has been hanging out along the west coast has been finally getting serious out here, the strongest system we have ever seen, but supported by the jet stream. may just make it here. looks like bringing with itself some summer showers. pretty unusual to see a system moving this early in the system. you see this third week in october but here it comes right down the pike. looks like tomorrow morning, we're going to see the brunt of the showers, overnight tonight. scattered light showers, we roll the clock forward, fairly dry, we may begin to pick up some precipitation especially in the north bay, as we head in toward tomorrow morning, that's when the main cold front will come on through it starts to move on by, you have the giants game a little bit wet in the beginning but by the afternoon things begin to dry out nice lead around the bay area. they are sneaking some sunshine behind those clouds, with that in mind temperat

out across the west we have dry conditions in across the south, and, then, kind of a winter like system pulling into the pacific stretched across the south for much of this coming week. back to you inside. >> alisyn: thanks, rick. penny pin chers listen up, looking to save a dime, check out the next segment. you know cheap gadgets advertised to help you save money? today we're testing them to see if they work. >> that's right and consumer advisor regina lewis is road testing the most popular items, and you want to start down at that end. >> they are popular. billions of dollars. >> billions and billions and billions... >> and i knew you would appreciate that. eric. >> this is the squeezer and gets every last drop of toothpaste and saves, i don't know a nickal. >> true, but -- >> dave: why would you buy that. >> multiple bathrooms in the house, you are right, it is $5 and high end moisturizers, right? 20 times that. >> dave: they come injuri jars, don't they. >> some come in tubes. and also, keeps things neat. i'll give it a thumbs up. especially when talking high end moisturizers, where every last drop counts.

pacific northwest. the jetstream will start to dip to the south on friday and that's going to bring the change in your seven-dayecast. today around the bay we'll be looking at temperatures in 78 in san jose, some low 80s around the southern end of the santa clara valley, 80s and pleasanton and livermore, 60s for san francisco and the coast. you'll get close to 70 in richmond and oakland and low 80s as you head into the delta around concord and pittsburg. the change begins friday in the north bay and across the rest of the bay area, san jose northward with showers saturday night into early sunday. back to you. >> i'll take it from here, rob. we wanted to show the folks the bui buildup at the bay bridge toll plaza. we had cash lanes at the bottom of the screen showing backup. that's usually because one of those cash lanes isn't open. there's either one on the right side or left side of the toll gate that is currently closed. that should reopen in the next few minutes to make things a little easier before the metering lights are turned on. the approach coming down the east shore freeway, still just 18 minutes off

up to 4 inches of rain and ebaoding fr thes to showers in south florida, new orleans, houston thunderstorms from southern >> cooler in the pacificin seattle. 65 in portland. phoenix hits 95. boise 75. meanwhile, 78 in omaha. 88 in chicago. 91 in indianapolis. upper 80s from baltimore down to miami. >>> it was the king of all bake sales after new orleans snapped up a new world record. >> we told you yesterday how the bakers in the big easy were hoping to make the biggest king cake ever. well, they did it and their king cake circled the superdome twice. there were actually two cakes each weighing more than 4,000 pounds. >> the cakes were topped off with black and gold sprinkles in honor of rob's of course favorite team, the new orleans saints. in case you're wondering these slices sold like hotcakes and all of the profits went to cancer research. >> it's one thing they do well in new orleans is eat so that cake did not last long, i know that. so >>> welcome back, everybody. thanks to a survey done for the bbc, we might finally know why, according to some folks, women are such bad drivers. hm. >> that survey shows that female drive

as a show about wall street extends across the pacific japan's nikkei down over a percent with exporters hurt by a yen. and hong kong is losing the south as well and europe shares are down for a second session in a row on tuesday london's footsies filed over a percent with hedge fund manager of money group leading the decline that shares fell three percent reported a sharp drop in pretax profit mining stocks and oil companies are also lower commodity prices and here in russia along gets a dollar in the afternoon trading reality is losing over a percent from the point seven percent at the moment all the blue chips are in the red on both of forces with energy majors losing the most down one point eight percent followed by gas problems. and economic news russia central bank has kept its interest rate on hold at seven point seven five percent for the fourth month in the session in succession bank officials say inflationary risks are at an acceptable level and have previously stated that the possibility of a rate hike this year is very small. the world's largest i mean producer also wants to increase its sales and asia by thirty percent by

it was so old that for safety reasons, pacific gas and electric made plans to replace a section of it in south san francisco just a couple miles away. in 2007, it got rate increases to do the work. according to a consumer watch dog group, pg&e got $5 million for the project. but the group called t.u.r.n., the utility reform network, says it never happened. >> the money is spent on what they call higher priority work. >> reporter: what was that? >> well, you can't track the dollars one by one, but we do know that they spent $62 million more on management incentive bonuses than they had forecasted in 2009. >> reporter: mike florio is senior attorney for the watchdog. he says pg&e spent the money dedicated for the pipeline. it is seeking rate increases again, another $5 million to replace the same stretch of pipeline. how do you know this? >> because it's right in the documentation they file with the puce to support their rate cases. you know, if you dig deep enough into these big, thick documents, this is what you find. >> reporter: the california public utilities commission, or puc, is deciding

pacific ocean and sent up a helicopter that approached dangerously close to a japanese maritime self-defense destroyer. china has territorial disputes between several southeast asian nations over islands in the south china sea and has sent surveillance ships there. the japanese government has called on china to respond calmly to the recent arrest of the fishing boat's captain. >> translator: the most important thing is to find a way to build a mutually beneficial relationship with china, a major neighbor with an economy that's growing ever stronger. >> joining us now, an nhk executive commentator. does japan's decision to release the chinese captain mean the problem's been resolved? >> well, china has only said it will suspend the high official exchange as a countermeasure but it may now redraft this. it seems certain that the bilateral relation won't strain any further. but unless japan exchange -- but unless japan changes its position that no territorial dispute existing in the east china sea, china will remain distrustful of japan. china may continue to take a hard line stance against japan. >> at least on the surface, the latest strain of bilateral relations is a result of the collision at sea

temperatures in the 60s, continued cool for the pacific northwest, and you can see hot conditions into tomorrow for the southso along the gulf coast. a slight risk of some >>> well, good morning to you. much cooler along the coast today. that's where you'll notice the real cooling, at least for today. bayside and inland community, service to yesterday, just one or two degrees cooler. 66 in san francisco. 74 for the oakland game, taking on the red sox. a sunny day there, 84, san jose. mid 80s for the north end. 70s for the forecast next week. i've been advertising fall-like temperatures with a chance to rain on saturday. and, of course, you can get your weather 24 hours a day. day, just go to >>> and, of course, you can get your weather 24 hours a day, just go to weather.com and also you know it is football sunday, so we are talking about our game of the week, as we head into fedex field, the dallas cowboys taking on the washington redskins. as far as the weather, it looks like we'll see some nice conditions. the rain should move out. temperatures will generally be in the 60s. football night begins at 7:00 p.

pacific rim and part fact-finding mission. he will look the high-speed rail snizzle china, japan and south korea. china may some day contribute knowledge to build california's high-speed train system. >>> traffic is finally back another highway 101 in san mateo after a bizarre crash that killed two people and shutout the freeway forces hours. as ktvu's john sasaki reports it all started with a person driving the wrong way on the freeway. >> reporter: the accident scene spread for half a mile down the freeway. it all started before 3:00 this morning when a drive heading northbound in the southbound lanes of 101 stopped her car near poplar. a good samaritan stopped to help her and that is when a lemzine helped to turn things deadly. >> he they were outside talking on highway and shirt forecast there was another vehicle that came along and struck both parties and the impact threw them into oncoming traffic. >> reporter: awesome told seven vehicles were involved in the accident. the chp it's one victim was hit also by a responding officer. the two parties were thrown in the opposite lanes ever traffi