vicki, vicki, come on op! c'mon, anybody else? come on up! whoo! standup! come on!ut of your seats, everyone! stand up, stand up, stand up! come on! ♪ >> whoo! thank you all for coming! let's have a great evening. thank you all, everyone. thank you to all of our dancers. have a great evening. thank you for coming.

vicky? >> reporter: just five blocks away we've been here and joining me now is john, who was home, heard the entire thing, went out and saw the fire ball. explain to me what you felt if your home and what you saw and what you thought. >> well, the first thing i thought was, knocked me out of my chair. i heard this big explosion, so then i ran outside, told the wife to stay put, she was feeding our granddaughter, and i went out and seen this big fire ball. the first thing i thought was, oh, god, something went up, and it was intense. the flames, you could see the -- see the -- >> reporter: you could feel the heat. >> feel the heat. yeah. you could really feel the heat. so i knew that something went down or something blew up, and it the intensity was just -- and the roar. it just shook your body. you could feel the intensity of the fire, and it never felt anything like it, except for when -- exposed to the earthquake in san francisco. >> reporter: and now we do know, 53 homes essentially inci

vicky nguyen joins us to show up the first hundred-close ground video.o see it is just stunning. >> reporter: absolutely, jessica. jodi and the photographer were on the first crew on the ground. they had about 30 minutes to survey the scene firsthand. as jodi said, it's unlike she's ever seen in 20 years of reporting. >> as we walked down that street, it changed from a normal neighborhood to a nuclear zone. >> reporter: reporter jodi hernandez giving her account of what it looks like in this san bruno neighborhood 24 hours after the explosion that killed four people and injured 52 others. >> huge chunk of pipe. it was about 25 feet long. and 30 inches wide. it blew out of the ground and blasted at least 75 feet, landing right in the middle of the street. this huge piece of pipe. imagine the force that it took. and the people who lived right there, that crater is in their front yard. >> you're a reporter. in the other sense, you're a mother of two and you're a family and imagining what they all do, sit down for dinner. >> absolutely. i heard a story of a

vicki, vicki, come on op! c'mon, anybody else? come on up! whoo! standup! come on!ut of your seats, everyone! stand up, stand up, stand up! come on! ♪ >> whoo! thank you all for coming! let's have a great evening. thank you all, everyone. thank you to all of our dancers. have a great evening. thank you for coming. . >> my name is mark tieman and i'm senior councilor at pet camp, san francisco, california. we dispose of a lot of carbon-based material here, dog poop, and the more we can turn that into something viable, the better off we are. in san francisco there's more dogs than children. finding a viable use for dog poop. >> proenvironmental policies, that's a way to win hearts and that's a way to win hearts and minds. announcer: this is sarah watkins. a lot of people almost helped her. one almost cooked for her. another almost drove her to the doctor. still another almost stopped by to say hello. they almost helped. the almost gave of themselves. but almost giving is the same as not giving at all.

the star of stage and screen and everyone's favorite mama, miss vicki lawrence. vicki, how are you?applause] >> hey, rich. hi, kids! >> great to see you. and i look at this table and i think, "wow, that's a lot of food." >> isn't that something? i made pancakes and bacon and some beautiful blueberry waffles for breakfast. this is a tuna melt. this is a beautiful ham and cheese grilled panini sandwich for lunch. how about a juicy steak and some grilled veggies for dinner, and because i personally can never forget about dessert, i have a baked apple strudel. >> baking, grilling on the stove... how do you manage to find the time for all this? >> you know what, i love to cook, but just like so many of us, it's so hard to find the time, isn't it? and we want food that's delicious and that's healthy for us, and that is why i am so excited, because i did all of this, rich, without going anywhere near a stove. all of this beautiful food today was made with one incredible countertop kitchen appliance-- the big boss grill. >> this grill made all this food? >> this is not just any grill, rich.

vicki, vicki, come on op! c'mon, anybody else? come on up! whoo! standup! come on! get out of your seats, everyone! stand up, stand up, stand up! come on! ♪ >> whoo! thank you all for coming! let's have a great evening. thank you all, everyone. thank you to all of our dancers. have a great evening. thank you for coming. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine

and that's where vicki wnguyen s tonight. vicki?> the man followed her with plits flashing and jumped out and told her to freeze. as dozens of officers sped by, he committed his crime in broad daylight. rush hour tuesday afternoon. a woman is robbed by a man dressed and armed like a police officer. >> military style uniform similar to what a swat officer would wear, had a full gun belt on. >> the imposter asked the victim if she was on drugs and then demanded to see her i.d. police say he rifled through her wallet, robbing her of $200 before getting away. >> it gives us a black eye in law enforcement. >> he says bad guys who pose as cops make it tougher for the good guys to do their job. >> when you have that little bit of doubt in people's mind, it makes it that much more difficult. >> while police beg to look for name tags or badges or any sort of identification, most people admit that's not what they do. >> i'm pretty nervous. i don't know if they like it if you ask for their badge or their name. >> honestly, they're probably wea

reporting live tonight in albany, i'm vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, vicky. >>> well, not on the backs of our students. a packed city council chamber in richmond tonight. parents, students and teachers fighting to keep three schools open including kennedy high which is the anchor of that struggling city. nbc area's cheryl hurd is live in richmond. cheryl, any news on what happened? >> reporter: jessica, we are still awaiting a vote here outside richmond city council chambers. but earlier today, one of the counsel members he believes that the school needs. meanwhile, people got up to speak their minds tonight, and all of them were filled with emotion. >> sick feelings to my stomach. >> reporter: many people staying up late fighting to keep their school open. >> if we allow the schools to be closed, think about the millions of dollars we'll have to spend to try and deal with these youngsters in the jailhouses, in the prisons. and the only people that don't are on the table. >> it would be like shutting down to the schools. >> reporter: on the agenda, the fate of richmond

vicky wynn is live in san bruno to explain. >> reporter: pg&e says the cost of insurance has become too high for it to bear alone, so pg&e has part nerd with the utility companies in southern california and together, they are asking the state for permission to pass along some of those costs to the customer. so, that means after any sort of

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[applause] and the key -- and vicky. >> thank you. the evening.upervisor mar and i are pleased to announce finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, the criteria of the award is listed in the program book. emerging leadership, this category is particularly dear to our heart. maybe to you as well, supervisor, as both of us have young children at home. the finalists are all great models, and we all know that it is important for us to recognize the next generation of leaders whose talent, passion, and commitment to serving the apa community is critical in ensuring that our voices continue to be heard and addressed. finalists in the emerging leadership category are -- i'm looking at the screen to see if they are listed. harriet wu, thomas lee, anna liu. >> this feels a little bit like the academy awards, and i wish i had an tombolo and said, "and the winner is." the thank you very much to the organizers for acknowledging up- and-coming leaders in our community for they are the ones that will unite and bring

[applause] and the key -- and vicky. >> thank you. the evening.ervisor mar and i are pleased to announce finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, the criteria of the award is listed in the program book. emerging leadership,s

she joined vicky's team. unfortunately there is no targeted treatment for vicky's disease.t may be a matter of time since science have identified the molecules that feed the cancers of different types. >> what makes a cancer cell thick or what makes it grow. >> she is being treated with traditional chemotherapy. >> headaches are bad. >> chemotherapy is gives her the best chance she will not see us again. >> they still are cyto toxic meaning they still have side effects. >> we've made our peace. >> we look at cancer as more something you can survive. we treat it more as a chronic disease. >> we are making progress very slowly. we want a happy ending but fortunately unfortunately that doesn't happen to everyone. >> i have had nights i had to talk to somebody. >> delivering that bad news is the hardest thing that we do. >> i think that my boys, one day the mother can be teaching kick boxing and next day she's got cancer. >> it makes me stronger. she has been through so much. she lost a son and lost her hair. you never know what is going to happen. you have to live for today. ♪

vicki nguyen has more on the bogus cop. . >> reporter: rush hour tuesday afternoon. a woman is robbed by a man dressed and armed like a police officer. >> military-style uniform similar to what a s.w.a.t. officer would wear. >> the imposter asked her if she was on drugs and demanded to see her id and robbed her of $200 before getting away. >> it gives us a black eye. >> reporter: the lieutenant said bad guys who pose as cops make it tougher for the good guys. >> we want the trust of the public. when you have that doubt in people's mind, it makes it that much more difficult. >> while police advise people to look for badges and name tags, most admit that's not what they do. >> i'm thinking i did something wrong. i don't know if they like it. >> probably not. they are wearing a badge and wouldn't give it a second thought. even though i have heard of these things happening. >> the lieutenant has only seen it happen three times, posing as a cop is unnerve building easy to do. >> through internet or mail order, you could buy almost everything. >> what's unique, the suspect

this is vicki mabrey for "nightline" in new york. >> not alone, kid.teenage paparazzo" airs monday on hbo. >>> and when we return, you won't believe what we caught your neighbors doing in broad daylight. ock knock. hey! it's finally ready. [ female announcer ] just because a counter looks clean, doesn't mean it is clean. but with one sheet of bounty, you'll have confidence in your clean. in this lab test, just one sheet of bounty leaves this surface three times cleaner than the bargain brands. want confidence that your surfaces can get really clean? even with just one sheet? bring it. super durable... super absorbent... super clean. bounty. the clean picker upper. and for huge value? try bounty huge roll. ♪ [ male announcer ] every business day, bank of america lends billions of dollars, to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses. ♪ working to set opportunity in motion. bank of america. working to set opportunity in motion. ready to try something new? campbell's has made changes. adding lower sodium sea salt to more soups. plus

i'm vicky wynn with, nbc bay area news. >> an awful lot to be resolved. thank you very much. >>> san francisco giants are stepping in to help the victims in san brown nope the team will call attention to the tragedy before tonight's game against the los angeles dodgers. $3 from every ticket sold will be donated to help victims. the team will be collecting donations from their fans. >>> stay with nbc bay area news for continuing coverage of the san bruno explosion. you can get the latest updates on our website, nbcbayarea.com, including the raw dispatch tapes from the day of the explosion. >>> still ahead tonight at 5:00, he is on the cutting edge of technology, but you will never believe what some are saying about steve jobs and weapons of the japanese airport. nobody gets to write your destiny but you. your future is in your hands. >> president obama speaks to students in his annual back-to-school address. his strong message this year and how it took on a personal tone. >>> the major vote today that could change the way you buy cough medicine. >>> and a

police arrested the man f for trespassing after he got to the top and vicky nguyen spoke to him after his release from police custody. >> reporter: sporting blistered fingers and a smile on his face, dan good win said his climb to the millennium tower was his tribute to the year 2000. he scaled the world trade center in 1983, but a cancer diagnosis happened and then the 9/11 attacks. >> tremendous guilt. >> reporter: dan said 9/11 spurred him to research sky scraper safety and he wanted today's stunt to show the government -- >> they are stationed at the top of the building with helicopters on helicopter pads at the top of the building. anyone who lives and works on s skyscrapers, how safe do you feel? >> those in the millennium must have felt shocked seeing a man scaling the building. he said he did it for the firefighters who rescue people in these mega buildings. >> we are building these skyscrapers taller and taller. yet we expect these firefighters to go charging into these high-rise buildings and risking their lives. >> reporter: he said they gave him water during his climb and

vic vicky? >> reporter: residents really had a chance to all get together and speak to city leaders and with pg&e to vent their frustrations and get their questions answered. quite a few people still milling about. let's take you inside the church and show you what it looked like. hundreds of people really crowded this church. trying to get answers. the main question, when will they be allowed to go back home and we now know the answer is tomorrow at noon. a staging area will be announced tomorrow morning. police and pg&e will be escorting people back into the area. people who live in red tagged homes are being told not to show up because they will not be allowed back in for the time being. depending on the level of damage to the other homes, other residents will either be allowed back in to just gather their things or they will be allowed to stay for good if their home is one of the green-tagged homes. the only outburst during this town hall came when a man asked pg&e for a map of the gas line

i'm vicki nguyen. i'll show you those roads. >> we'llome ut some big-time heat coming our way and 50s tomorrow. >>> potholes, crumbling pavement and cracked roads. the bay area tops the list. vicki nguyen is now here to tell us what it's costing drivers out of pocket. >> lisa, san jose ranks number one. the study was done out of california. 53% of the streets are listed in poor condition. san francisco, oakland and concord are not far behind. the study says drivers pay on average up to $750 more a year on car repairs thanks to the did i lap -- dilapidated roads. count yourself lucky if you haven't blown a tire on the bad roads. >> this car actually jumps. >> now a report from a national transportation research group spotlights the worst cities based on the percentage of roads listed in poor condition. six of the worst ten are in california, with san je at the top with 64%. the san francisco/oakland roadways tied with con court at 68% of roads in poor condition. >> san jose has the worst pothole conditi

vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. >>> health leaders say the next step is working to change laws suchs prohibiting companies from automatically shutting off utilities and mandatory loan mediation. >>> today is labor day, if you have the day off, we're very happy for you. >> good for you. >> here is the lovely forecast with ria. >> it's a good day to have off. great weather. warm temperatures. before 5:00 in the morning, we didn't go down low. 56 in oakland, 58 hayward. 59 san jose. even san francisco is almost where it would be at its highs for the day. a bit warmer than it was 24 hours ago in most areas. the winds have to the changed. very calm throughout. a lot of our breezes off the coast have calmed down. there are no clouds along the coast for the entire bay area. look outside, there's plenty of clear skies. it will be a beautiful day. it will be hot inland. mid to higher 90s in most spots out there. in the 70s along the oceans, the 80s around the bay. tuesday, there's a big cooldown coming tomorrow for the first unofficial day of fall. taking a look at our coastline, you can see

these roads are 50 years old and now need major work. >> reporter: vicky nguyen, nbc news. >>> voters in santa clara county will decide if they want to pay $10 more in car registration fees. you can expect to see more car pool toll lanes like the one that opened on 680. 101 and 85 could be next. >>> an interesting twist in all of this is green cars. they're better for the environment, but they're using less gas, which means people are paying less in gas tax, which would have helped pay for state road repair. >>> an interview with the executive director of transportation california, a coalition of groups interested in better roads, including construction companies and governments is coming up in the next half hour. >>> ac transit will consider ear round of deep service cuts tonight. the agency looking at a $56 million budget deficit. to close the gap, it's talking about slashing weekend service in half and getting rid of all but two of the overnight bus lines. this would save about $12 million. union reps say the cut backs aren't needed. >>> bart's board talking about creating an unlim

in san francisco, vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is basically a parking loter, still very slow. the james lick still at a crawl, with trac still try to recover. we will be right back. you inhale, they inhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes asthma, a disease that cannot be cured. protect your loved ones. which would be great... if i was seven. i'm forty-six. and the tooth fairy doesn't come when you're forty-six. just lots of referrals and appointments and bills that cost tons. maybe i'll keep it... it adds character... right? [ male announcer ] losing a tooth is a big deal at any age. that's why we offer dental coverage. blue shield. >> for those in the market for a new house, web producer kimberly sakamoto. >> and heather, it is only $4 billion perhaps a pardon? [laughter] >> and with this. >> a bargain and the grateful dead jerry garcia's 11 a. estate is up for sale! let us take a look. with a formal living room, views to the west and the other side, entrance to a poll. right here, this is heated by

vicki a living artist finds out just which restaurants are hot. >> good luck trying to get the tableur name is the gap. the people behind the bird to get aboard died. many considered a foodies a bible. >> they're here every day. there. 9. san francisco is definitely a foodies down. >> will the recession has made many debtors more choosy famous for greek and humanitarian food. competition is stiff, 10,000 people voted the top five list of the most popular bay area restaurants sires french francs slice of your but the number one incidents as go gary day ago six years running. >> we make sure that everyone we serve is happy and wants to come back. that is five or secret. >> one downside there are those of your love to get in good luck. this just as eager as try dropping in and die at the bar. san francisco, vicki, kron4 news. >> and for the first time san francisco survey also included food trucks and pop up eateries and that means new eateries with the best bang for about category. chopping cheap eats talker truck, which confined along san francisco's harrises street. the talker truck

in san francisco vicki kron 4 news. >> for the first time the san francisco survey also included foodall cheap pizza or best bang for the box. the talk of truck is number one it's a fleet of brick and mortar offshoot it could be found cruising up and down harrison street and the talk goes have been invested in a burger which came in second. followed by last year's wintewe. it's located on larkin and at the street. >> a live look at side from downtown san francisco mostly sunny skies now but it's cooler in breezy today. a big change is coming the other way this weekend a big warmup in store details coming of the news at 6:00 coming up next. paul live this is kron 4 news at 6:00 it's been more than a week since the san bruno gas line explosion still others months of work ahead. crews will begin cleaning up the fires on on thursday. christine conley shows that's what's being done to prepare to keep neighboring residents say. >> the courtesy here spring water on the fire zone to make sure the ashes stamps so when they removed on thursday dust which could be laced with toxic chemicals won'

. >> so much still unfolding, and vicki liviakis more about 7ci ndy tran >> and ims to spend the afternoon with friends, family of cindy tran they all said they had a bad feeling about this guy. it is a tight community, the salon where she worked and some of her only if france and best friends and nearby shops people were shocked! listen. >> i just cannot believe that somebody people could do what they did. >> did she ever speak about her boyfriend? >> no. >> no. i just saw them together. and he was watching every move she made. >> she was a beautiful lady with four children. and she just happened to get caught up with the wrong guy. she, it was truly tragic. >> i also spoke with sanra lie efren valdemoro was becoming possessive of sunday. >> and she said it was difficult to save but said he was screaming on the phone that know, stop. that i love you, please, no. and then she heard sirens in the background and then the excelling ritter was getting louder. and in the background come off efren valdemoro was yelling and suddenly, silence. and she tried calling seven, eight different times and

at 37 year-old from daly city and a 73 year-old william hi vicky from san francisco.he plane crashed into the lagoon and your looking at the wreckage that crews worked to remove ended took some time. it identity of the third victim has not been publicly released by the employee at the east palo alto still company says they found her, 92 year-old was also on that plane. >> coming up on kron4 news that transit restores half of the service that had been cut. and wishes come true for half teachers in california and hurricane earl hits land bringing down power lines and toppling trees. those stories coming next on kron4 news. in national is hurricane earl weekend as it did at the east coast and into canada. there were problems that it was a loss less intense than feared. that residents can try and enjoy their holiday weekend. with the latest on this story. >> open for business. that is wet beach towns open it not holiday sensing this note. >> it is a beautiful day on the cape and on the island and we encourage people to come and enjoy labor day weekend. >> before making la

and we also have vicky wines, she's coming on at 2:00. come out early stafrjs late, enjoy the day. >> also have an idol winner from baltimore county coming. >> participated in the first baltimore county idol and um, she can sing! >> that's great. >> we want people to come out and hear her also. she really performed well and made it through all the different stages. >> buffalo soldiers will be there. >> yes. and this year, we are also having something to do with the mortgage um, housing uh days, foreclosures, we're having uh, a program that people can have housing classes and different things about foreclosures and what have you. we want people to come participate in that also. >> my buddy, randy will be out there? >> randy will be out there. radio one is one of our sponsors. he did an uh, first baltimore county idol for us. >> how many people usually come out? >> usually between 60 and 70,000 people on that day and uh, promotion with um, television stations like yours. we get the people out. >> that's great. >> very proud of what's going

vicki liviakis em off in national news, president obama chose a very informal setting.h the warmth will come as a wokalked into fairfield,fairfaxd with the democratic economic policies. the stimulus plan has helped a lot but there is a lot of work to be done. >> to stop and stabilize the economy but the effect of the matter is the pace of improvement has not been where it needs to be. the whole that we a block of ourselves and is enormous. >> he chose those with the district man of joe connolly. he is and a very difficult reelection process. firefighters in colorado are controlling a 900 a. wildfire near love land. it is already destroyed two homes and you are looking at least one spot. where a home has burned in the north tcall a foothills, and to prevent, or across has been slow. this broken out, yesterday with a bigger near boulder that is destroyed 166 homes. authorities say that could been sparked by an outboard firepit. they do not know if they're going to charge the home owner. >> investigators about the block preventer in new orleans about the this is being blos

. >> south on 680, and >> vicki liviakis >> with questions? we found answers.ow about the double white line? if you make a last minute? >> that will cost you. >> and what is that? it is $381. >> what are the white and not yellow? >> the federal regulation is that it is the same. >> i have a fast track on my car and ivan of passengers to be a car cooler. will i be charged? >> the answer is no. to put that in its protective back. >> where is it? the answer is just to requestçç anotherq+hr bag and you can request a new one. withw3 you are çcar cooler? >> and leniency for the first time users. >>ç and a warning that delay instructions construction delays. the far right lane will be closed from 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. monday-thursday on damaged pavement on dixon avenue of leisure town road. westbound, the same hours on midway rd/meridian rd. and allow more time. those construction zones with backups, anticipated. ♪ a live look from our roof cam myt(from downtown san francisco, gorgeous sunny skies in the city and drop the bay area.zvok it ia great day out there, to

mayor newsom: ok, the key -- vicki? do you want to follow-up with anything that was on our list to communicate that we have not? >> i think you hit everything. you did a good job. mayor newsom: i want to now open up to others that have questions or thoughts or anything they want to share. i want to be sensitive to mark and 10 -- ken. i appreciate you both being here and avail yourself. to the extent you have questions for them that are for. under the circumstances, i think they would indulge us with some response, but again, sensitive to your time. anyone? other departments? ok. steve, anything more you want to add or underscore? >> no, sir, just that ed lee and chief white may contact you. once again, without hesitation, provide them any resources and help and information they need immediately. mayor newsom: all of you again, thank you. i think a lot of the work you have done in private is made public in the context of the mutual aid and the exercises, both tabletop and field exercises. it said ways to tomorrow, the ni

vicky nguyen has more on the president's plans. >> no rest for president obama on this labor day as he rolled out his latest economic plan. the president's proposal would rebuild 150,000 miles of roads and highways and construct and maintain 4,000 miles of railway lines. it would also repair or rebuild 150 miles of airport runways and upgrade nation's air traffic control system. >> i am going to keep fighting every single payer day, every ingle hour, every single payer minute to turn this economy around and put people back to work and renew the american dream. >> today's announcement is the first in a week long push on the economy and job creation. democrats are hoping the proposals will improve their fate into the november elections. republicans say the country doesn't need more stimulus spending. the president all but dared republicans to vote no on his plan. >> yes we can. remember that was our slow dan? their slogan is no, we can't. nope. know, no. >> at labor day events across the country, candidates in the upcoming congressional races were reaching out for votes. this election ye

in vallejo, vicki liviakis kron 4 news. >> our coverage of the multiple murders continues online. we have got the entire news conference posted and every breaking detail on this story. www.kron.com ♪ duf things are startin- >> and cooling down along the coastline. 74 degrees in san francisco and it was in the 80s, today. cooler and redwood city because of the sea breezes pushing into the bay. taking over the forecast with cooler weather on tap. details coming up. >> alive look with the bay bridge toll plaza what a difference! and the right side is going east bound. and that is moving well and look to the left side. it is backing up all lanes! we will be right back. [ female announcer ] we know jerry brown was mayor of oakland, but what were the results? fact: brown promised to improve schools. but the drop out rate increased 50%, and the state had to take over the schools. fact: the city controller found employees paid for 22,000 hours... they never worked. fact: brown promised to cut crime. but murders doubled, making oakland the 4th most dangerous city in america. jerry brown. h

vicki: the o'reilly whose name is bill, in ratings is top of the hill.nformation us each night of the left and right. and watching him gives me a thrill. whoa vicki! signed copy of pinheads and patriots on the way, thank you. finally pinheads and patriots tv edition. they don't come more democratic man the mayor of san francisco newsome even he now sees the folly of the stimulus program. >> it is not wrong to criticize parts of that stimulus as disproportioning saving jobs in the public sector and not stimulating the private sector. not something i'm proud to say, not something i want to say, but it is true and must say it. >> bill:4!á for being up front he's a patriot. on the pinhead front as we predicted the octomom is broke and 14 children are in jeopardy. radio online spoke to her. >> what is your financial situation? >> we are destitute right now. we are not doing well. >> when will you be going on welfare? >> i'm going to do everything i cannot to. i my mind there will be another wait a minute >> how long can you last on the funds that you have no

reporting live tonight in san bruno, i'm vicky nguyen, "nbc bay area news." >> thank you. continuing coverage on the san bruno explosion on nbcbayarea.come including links of more than an hour of dispatch calls from that fateful day. >>> coming up, one of the cal grads arrested by iran free tonight. hear what sarah shourd said hours after her release. >>> and from marin to mexico and then evannished. the family of a bay area real estate developer talks about the search to find him. >> and never before seen pictures of the beatles after they broke up. how a california woman says she found them. >>> and good evening. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri live at the san jose city hall rotunda where a unique event where life, art andther. l metogeer. plus, your mild forecast in just a few minutes. [ male announcer ] jerry brown's good old days. but what really happened? cnn -- not me -- cnn says his assertion about his tax record was "just plain wrong." jerry brown went out there and took credit for the fact that the people of california voted for proposition 13, which lowered

in san francisco, vicki kron 4 news. >> and for the first time the san francisco survey also includeshe the the two trucks and pop up the race. that is the category of cheap pizza or the best bang for the box. topping the list is the talk of trucks fleet with a brick and mortar offshoot heard the talk of truck can be found cruising up and down harrison street and the tacos or even best in the in and out berber which came in second followed by last year's winner dog on sandwiches. they're located on lockett and eddy at san francisco and customers and there can expect to get vietnamese challenges for only a few blocks. >> cooler out there this afternoon temperatures down 5 to 15 degrees a look at our current conditions 60s for the most part for the bay area. 77 in santa rosa, 72 and that bus 76 in antioch in 7 down in san jose but again temperatures are cooler and it's pretty breezy this afternoon. when you factor winds like this and feels a little bit less three out there today a special in 7 cisco were temperatures are in the low 60s. tonight into tomorrow fog is going to read warm cl

vicki liviakis speaks to the lawyer of >> san francisco, tony is in court for is a client, wiseman.aid attention to my client, to pay attention to safety this could have been prevented baby. >> in the wake of this explosion, he is filing papers a veteran pg&e safety leader, whiiewman suing pg&e! >> and everybody was surprised with the same time:he knew about the unsafe practices in the tragedy that could of been provided, and it could have been prevented. >> this is saying that he was harassed of pg&e after reporting on sick practices. >> work on gas transmission lines, and to northern california. he saw many violations and management retaliated. >> the lawsuit was filed on aug. 78 just weeks before the san bruno accident. we contacted pg&e for comment but so far, that not responded. and san francisco, the guild bacchus, kron 4 news--vicki liviakis >> also, a chance of showers friday, saturday. will pop uwilk all about it, coming up in just a few minutes. mm, my water just broke! which is really exciting... except i'm at a grocery store. i was just standing here with a carton of oj,

right now, we want to head over to vicki nguyen who's at the ta town hall meeting. >> reporter: this is the first of many town halls to keep people here in san bruno of what's happening to come in the days and months ahead. more than 800 people showed up here to ask their questions. the number one concern -- when can we go home or at least see what's left? we are told now that that will begin tomorrow at noon. the location and staging area will be announced on the city's website, sanbruno.ca.gov by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. residents will meet up at noon and will be allowed to head in with police officers and pg&e escorts who will do final gas checks as well as turn on people's gas and power at each home. green tagged homes mean people can go in and stay. yellow tagged homes mean people can only go in to retrieve some of their things but will have to leave. and rez tagged homeowners are being told they should not go to the staging area tomorrow because they will not be allowed back in. it is still unclear when that will happen for the folks in those 37 destroyed homes and the eight badly d

i want to say thank you to the neighborhood parks council, meredith thomas, vicky bell, who we met with this morning, both myself and bill soro, and we're looking forward to raising the money that it takes, whether it be half a billion dollars or whatever to get this funded, built and mabetted for many years to come -- maintained for being years to come. i would like to note that there is a $103,000 balance for embark darrow and i hope it can be used for a project manager. >> crystal, michael, then sam and larry lynch. >> hi, my name is crystal and i'm with delores park works. i'd like to speak with the food vendors and specifically about the complete lack of youth reach to the community and our recent experience with the president buell: and resource development teams. up until now our experience has been stellar and we know you guys like parks and we are well aware of the financial cutbacks and the impacts they're having on our parks. that said, i have read the document that rec and park provided the commission at the last meeting regarding the outreach to the community organization t

after the smoke clears what happens to all those affected vicki lynn of the act as caught up with theor of san bruno as each day he was face to face with the victims of the tragedy. >> >> this community shelter sambar knows their checks in with volunteers and victims of the big blast that killed some neighbors and made others homeless. >> we have few roles coming up at the end of this week and next week. there's a lot of stuff happening. >> the healing process has started >> these are the same people that i knew at church on sundays. the same people at the grocery store, the same people that stockton on the street and said i don't need to bother you but i have a bottle in front of my house. i feed it to feel like you want to cry and i did it so emotional because in one instant the people that she knew worries aren't not there and gone forever where their entire lives were changed. they lost our homes and lost everything completely. some of the big emotional hit is over a dozen and a brass this will never enforced assess changer community >> forever> >> we now have the audio recordings

let's go to vicki wynn who was at the town hall this afternoon with residents and pg&e officials. >> reporter: packed at this meeting tonight. this was residents' first chance to get the answers to the questions they have as they begin this arduous process of getting back in their homes and rebuilding what is left. i will show you the video of st. roberts church. about 800 people or more really crowded the church. first up we now know residents will be allowed back into their homes tomorrow. we are told that will begin in stages noon tomorrow. people will be given wristbands and escorts. pg&e will be at every home to turn pilot lights back on and do a final safety check the location has not been announced. it will be posted tomorrow morning on the city's website and at a press briefing tomorrow morning. here is the caveat. people who live in 37 homes destroyed or the eight badly damaged, well, they will not be allowed back in. these are red tagged homes. that area is being closed for the time being. yellow tag homes, those homes suffered damage and not safe for people to stay in but