the hole at glenview and earl avenue will stay intact while insurance investigators finish their work. the disaster area has been secured with fences and guards. glenview drive will stay close near the site but most other streets in that area could open as soon as it is safe. >> investigators are looking into what caused a small plane to crash just after takeoff in sonoma county this afternoon. the damage was extensive. the sheriff investigators say it seems the plane crashed nose first. the wreckage was found between two warehouse buildings on shellville road at about 1:15 p.m. that's just about a half a mile from the sonoma sky park airport. emergency crews pulled the pilot and the sole passenger from the wreckage. the latest word tonight is both men are expected to survive. >> the condition of the pilot was good, other than some lacerations around his face and head. he is in good condition and in good spirits. >> reporter: an airport manager says the plane is not locally registered. the witness reportedly said the plane sounded like it was having engine trouble. >>> the new command

northfield 25 in glenview. northfield 66 also in glenview. proviso 95 and melrose park. proviso 53 in maywood and proviso 46 in western springs. those precincts will be open an our later. all the other polling precincts will close at 7:00. that is the latest here in the loop. make sure to check back at 5:00 and i will have a full wrap of how the polls are shaping up. that's the latest live here in the loop, jay miller, wgn news. >>> some important local races also up for grabs in illinois counties. for cook county board president, democrat tony prep wgnle defeated todd stroger. she faces the republican and green party candidate. >> and race for cook county assessor, it's been contentious. joe bareious and independent forest claypool are expected to have a close race. republican sharon ekersel and robert from the green party are on the ballot. and in rural county there is a heated race for sheriff. democrat is challenging the incumbent who has been criticized for his handling of high profile murder cases. and for more on today's big races, we are joined by political analy

san bruno manager says that claremont and fairmont drives and a portion of glenview drives could reopen as early as wednesday. >> a new effort this morning to put the cow palace under some control. they will introduce a resolution requiring promoters to get the police chief okay before it's approved. and they want a public safety fee for fire and police protection. it's a reaction to recent attacks and deadly drug overdoses there. cow palace is owned and run by the state. >> the crack was found in a wishbone beam that was part of a project back in 1999. a bay area toll authority report doesn't explain why the work cost so much. they aren't sure how the crack formed. engineers may have to do more work on the bridge depending on the result of the investigation. >> it's now 4:37. did you remember to fall back? are you extra hungry at this hour? >> i did fall back, with the clock concerned this weekend. >>> let's check about the weather and how the temperatures are going to be a little different. they will be cooler a little quicker than the last couple of morning because we're getting to t

>> the section we are referencing is glenview. there was no recommendation or any note that they needed issues out at that pipeline. the pipeline runs through the city, so 132 could have worked down somewhere along the system, but in san bruno, no work in that location. supervisor mirkarimi: as it relates to san francisco's infrastructure, what can we take away about any level of concern, matter of attention that needs to be applied so that we are prophylactic we dealing with any potential problems? >> as i mentioned, the city has three lines that feed into the city. they operate at a much lower pressure although they do have pressure. they operate at 145 pounds. they do not have the same stresses in terms of pipeline stresses. for the city of san francisco the primary concern we have is third-party diggings. contractor dig into the pipeline because the city has a great deal of activity around the city at all times. that is our primary concern for the gas system at large. mr. lee mentioned earlier we reached out to the contractors

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san bruno city manager tells our media partner that claremont and fairmont drive and a portion of glenviewve could reopen as early as wednesday. >>> it is now 6:36. ten inch crack discovered on the san mateo bridge cost a million dollars to fix. that is about hundred thousand dollars per inch. it was found in a support beam. that beam was installed as part of a retrofit project back in 1989. a toll authority reports doesn't explain why the repair will cost so much since caltrans isn't sure how it formed. they may have to do morning more work on the bridge depending on the results of an investigation. >> the rain has ended but, there is another camera shot that mate be clearer. >> it depends on the direction you are looking? >> there are a few lingering clouds but by far it's off to a clear and chilly start this morning. that is going to mean cool conditions this afternoon. good morning to you. remember last week we were 10-15 degrees above average. today we are going to be anywhere from one agree cooler in average in oakland, five in santa rosa and redwood city san francisco, 6 degrees coo

just updated to 20 at mchenry. 23 at glenview. there are the actual thermometer readings.torm in a week moving in out west. this is going to turn our winds south. and they will whistle through this area and warm up us. but they have storm warnings up in the mountains. look at the pacific roaring in there the big waves. this is that system right here. and it takes a system like this to come on shore and turn the winds broadly southerly to warm the continent up and inject cold air like this mass in here now. that's just what happened today. with 20 and 340 degrees temperature increases across the plains states. that storm produced more than 4- 5 inches of rain down state. tonight there are frost and freeze warnings down to houston and brownsville. these are all winter weather advisories in anticipation of the latest snowstorm. what a banner year it's been. the fact so much of the country is covered by snow versus 10% this time last year is why a cold air mass like this one managed to get into the area. see how it's warming out in the plains? well we pushed the worst of the c

, that claremont and fairmont drives could reopen as early as wednesday, along with a portion of glenview drive. local, state and federal investigators continue to probe the cause of the rupture. the n.t.s.b. is expected to release a second preliminary report sometime next month. >>> a story of survival in the north bay. it happened yesterday afternoon at the sonoma sky park airport just south of sonoma. dispatchers say a single-engine plane took off from the airport and crashed in between two warehouses. the victims were airlifted to the hospital. >> the condition of the pilot was good other than lacerations around his face and head. he is in good condition and good spirits. >> witnesses say the plane did not seem like it had enough power as it took off. they say it was not a local plane and had the words air design on it. >>> sonoma-marin rapid trance directors cutting a train route by 30 miles. it was supposed to take passengers from cloverdale to larkspur but because it's $345 million short it will only be to take from santa rosa to marin civic center. it's important to get that proje

mchenry, lake geneva feels like 42 despite a 47 they are momter reading and 42 is the wind chill at glenview. carpentersville is 36. here is a view from south village where the sunshine shown down on much of the area fades away under these thickening clouds t clouds are the result of this storm. see the kind of shape right there, always a signature on the satellite, satellite presentation of the storm tim. warm air up the eastside, arctic air down the backside, snow breaking out across the dakotas at this hour. here is a real good look at the thunderstorms as the warm moist air feeds northward and we include some thunder in these cells right our here by the mississippi river approaching the quad cities and quincy at this hour. and then you can see how we go to snow back in the white areas there. we'll animated this and put in the lightning data and there you can see the thunder. that thunder would be in here tonight. the little radar returns we're seeing in our area have been sprinkling down on okay brook for instance at this hour. we have flood watches in these green areas, all sorts of win

glenview drive will stay closed north and south of the crater as you know the pipeline ruptured september 9th killing eight people. san bruno city manager connie jackson tells our media partner, the san jose mercury news, that clairemont and fairmont drive could open as early as wednesday along with the portion north of clairemont. local state and federal investigators are continuing to probe the cause of that rupture. so guards and fencing will remain around the crater site itself. the ntsb is expected to release its second preliminary report in december. a remarkable story of survival in the north bay. it happened yesterday afternoon at the sonoma sky park airport just south of sonoma. emergency dispatchers say it appears that single engine plane took off from the airport and crashed in between two warehouses. the victims were airlifted to the hospital. >> and the condition of the pilot was good other than some lacerations around his face and head. he's in good condition and good spirits. >> witnesses say the plane did not seem like it had enough power during takeoff. the sky park manag

however, the crater on glenview drive that was created by that blast, that's going to keep that particular street closed until the investigation is complete. >>> 8:45, high unemployment from california is pushing the state further into debt. the "los angeles times" reports the state has borrowed almost $9 billion from the federal government so far in order to pay out unemployment benefits. some of that money will have to be repaid by next september. currently one out of every 8 californians is without a job. >>> washington has handed out billions of dollars in economic stimulus money but ktvu has learned that some bay area cities that need the money are not getting it. rio vista, for example, has not received any stimulus funds. the small town is deeply in debt. it cannot afford to fix its roads and city hall is closed every friday. >> we've gone from low to 60 employees to 38. >> on the other hand, san francisco received almost $1 billion stimulus most of that goes to the trans bay terminal project. >>> tempers are flaring unat peninsula over plans for elevated tracks for the proposed hig