expect that a schedule of community events will be forthcoming in the beginning of january, may be in san jury in march -- in february and march. ha there will be a proposal in april. there will be some discussion about how there is meaningful opportunities for corporate committees to investigate -- appropriate communities to investigate. there was some discussion, a perception out there that sort of deals are being cut or individual communities will have a decision made just about middle school pathways for them outside of the open process. we have to be careful that this does not happen. we appreciate the staff and other communities out there participating in the discussion but it must be clear that the plan will -- and no one is authorized to make an agreement with an individual school or community. >> at this time we will recess the regular meeting. the >> haniya coming back to our regular meeting, the report of our closed session action items. from the september 9th, 2010 closed session, the board approved the contract of one assistant principal. the board approved at the stipulated expul

late last week, a san joaquin county jury found anthony wavers who lived next door to the teen guilty of torture and abuse. three other people had reached plea deals in the case earlier. >>> the u.s. supreme court today heard arguments in the california jail overcrowding case which could put 40,000 inmates back on the street. that's what a lower court ordered last year when it ruled state prisons cannot give adequate medical care. during today's arguments, conservative justices seemed to sympathize with the state while liberal justices pointed out the court case is some 20 years old and inmate also to wait another 20 years see improvements. the court is expected to rule by june. >>> the santa clara -- rather, santa cruz sheriff is praising the work of 1-year veteran cathy vermonty, after she was repeatedly attacked by inmates she was escorting. that inmate escaped during a visit to dominican hospital in santa cruz where he was taken for an mr are i. maurice aimsworth was on the lam for several hours, terrorizing a day care center and several neighborhoods before being recaptured. he d

clay rojas was indicted by a federal grand jury in san jose on charges that he supplied private department of motor vehicles information about people to a member of the santa cruz chapter of the hells angels. rojas was ordered to spend the christmas weekend at santa clara county jail in san jose pending a detention hearing wednesday. it was not immediately clear monday whether the federal case would supersede or be distinct from a complaint filed in october by santa clara county prosecutors. the shooter who injured a team over night. in addition happened at fillmore around 10:00 p.m. last night the victim had apparently been involved in a verbal argument with three-five other teenagers the victim was taken to hospital that he has injuries that are said not to be life-threatening. let's go outside and give you a quick look comes in francisco cloudy but not soggy. in those clubs there the whole lot of rain. if you miss the forecast we have another one coming up shortly thrift traffic moving fine. more snow on the way storm system headed our way, and quite a bit of snow in tahoe. a quick chec

last week, san joaquin county jury found anthony waders guilty of torture and abuse. three other people reached plea deals in that case. >>> you can call her attorney general harris now. it took almost a month but san francisco d.a. camilla harris got a voter promotion. she is tonight officially the state's top prosecutor. nbc bay area's jean elle is live in san francisco where harris is celebrating finally with some hometown supporters, jean? >> reporter: that's right, jessica. she met with reporters a little bit earlier and about to go inside and celebrate with supporters here at delancey street. it is her second celebration of the day, the first was in los angeles. she is the first woman and the first minority to serve as california's attorney general. harris is a career prosecutor turned district attorney. she says her priority include cracking down on mortgage fraud, reducing the number of criminals who end up returning to prison as well as environmental issues and civil rights. she says she will not defend prop 8. when she looks to -- as she is looking to her nex

long term, if wages are inflicted, more people will want to work in construction in san francisco, and more qualified jury-level workers will move to the city just to qualify as resident workers and me that. that is not something that we have tried to model because it is a complicated question of how people will move. clearly -- chairperson avalos: in some cases, it will be people moving back to san francisco. >> it will be people moving back because the city is paying them to move back. that may not be ideal policy. chairperson avalos: they could also have roots here and communities here the rejoin as well. >> that is true as well. even without that, people will be attracted by the higher wages that will occur. we believe that this wording of the review process will ensure that the city stays on the track that i believe the legislation intended to stay on, which is making sure that we are increasing the local supply of local resident san francisco trade workers to advance to%, but to do it in a way that does not -- to advance to the% -- 50%, but do it in a way that does not burden the city with additiona

clay was indicted by a federal grand jury in san jose and charges that he provide private information to the hell's angels. he spent though christmas weekend in san jose jail. he will be back in court tomorrow. san francisco police are searching for the shooter harbinger good team in the fillmore district it happened at fillmore and all federal at 10:00 p.m. the victim was involved in a verbal argument with four or five other teenagers. suspects fled the scene and the victim was transported to a hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. we will take a quick break back with more moment. gyms like freeway we are falling at easy ride. so far, so good. we will be right back. in business news and retailers have reason to celebrate this season. consumers spent so much money they have actually set a record. mastercard tractor says the total consumer spending not including cars rose 5 1/2% from november 5th until the 24th. that marks the biggest increase since 2007 before the recession began. it surpassed 2007 holiday spending. that time it reached $566 billion. bet

>>reporter: last week a san joaquin county jury convicted neighbor anthony weigheder of torture.earlier 3 others who lived with the teen accepted plea bargain deals including michael shoe maker his waive kelly lau and then guardian karen ramirez. teenager testified he was being opportunity punished for about his about hissing the couple children and bad mouthing weigheder pwrochlts health club mye grateful they were there to help with the rescue. >> i wish him the best and hopefully he continues on his education because i know he's getting ready to look at going into college and hopefully his life keeps getting bet. >>reporter: life will not get bet for the 4 convict scheduled to go before a judge to hear their steps which could range from 30 years to life in prison from 30 years to life in prison. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> east palo alto police field test if new patrol car technology that record and read thousands of license plates. authorities asked us not to show the unmarked vehicle. the camera automatically scan license plate while it is moving along in traffic and in

ask the judge today to release his clients arguing he has a good chance of overturning the jury's verdict. >> a sanrancisco man convicteded of making threats against house speaker nancy pelosi is going to federal prison. a federal judge sentenced greg juicety to 21 years in prison and three years probation. he pleaded guilty to making 30 harassing phone calls to pelosi's home and offices. one call he spoke directly to her and threatened to destroy her home if she voted in favor of healthcare reform. >> installation of smart meters will continue despite complaints about possible health risks. the state public utilities commission rejected petition until public hearings can be held. a local group of people are questioning the safety of the radio waves emitted. >> there's literally millions of these devices being deployed throughout the state. and there's many citizens, many residents that are emf sensitive. in other words, they actually get ill because of exposure to electromagnetic currents. >> the commission sided with a report which says smart meters emit less energy than cellphones and routeers a

judge today to release his client on bond arguing he has a good chance of overturning the jury's verdict. >> a sanrancisco man convicted of making threats against house speaker nancy pelosi is going to federal prison. sentenced 48-year-old to 21 months in prison and three years' probation. juicy pleaded guilty in september to making 30 abusive and harassing phone calls to pelosi's home and offices. in one call juicy spoke directly to pelosi and threatened to destroy her home if she voted for healthcare reform. >> installation of smart meters will continue despite complaints about health risks. the state public utility rejected a petition to halt them until public hearings can be held. it wasn't suede by a local group of people questioning the radio waves along with cellphones and laptops. >> there's literally millions of these devices being deployed throughout the state. and there's many citizens, residents emf sensitive. they get ill because of exposure of electromagnetic currents. >> the commission signed it with an fcc report which says smart meters emit less energy than cellphones and routers

. >> reporter: in san francisco, linda yee, cbs5. >>> a federal court jury exonerated those police officers back in 2007. two years later an appeals court upheld that decision. >>> the would be hero from yesterday's shooting at a school board meeting in florida spoke out today. school board member ginger littleton tried to knock the gun out of the shooter's hands. she missed and this morning she says she really doesn't know what she was thinking. >> i don't think anything was going through my mind except for the fact that these guys were sitting ducks, lined up like pigeons on a wire and i couldn't leave them without trying to at least divert or somehow or other dividend fuse the situation or just buy some time. >> check out the video as she creeps up behind duke. he aimed a gun at her board members. he fired a couple of shots at the board members before being shot by a security guard. duke then turned the gun on himself. kathleen >>> also in the news tonight jerry brown's new job is posing an unexpected problem for his younger sister. kathleen brown is goldman sack's head of finance on the

he was indicted by a grand jury in san rsa on charges that he's a private private dmv emigration to a member of the santa cruz angels. he spent the weekend in jail. back in court tomorrow to determine if the federal charges will supersede the county charges. police are still searching for the shooter and chretien when the fillmore district. and happened at the corner of fillmore and or feeling. it is involved in an argument with 45 teenagers all fled the scene, and taken to a local hospital with injuries that are believed to be non life-threatening. coming up, if your the i phone and use at&t a big announcement today and may be music to your ears. noon news for retailers why they say holiday shoppers made their season a little merrier. weather, a live look outside with their camera at the james lick, smooth sailing, the rain is headed our way. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. the rain, wind headed away this storm comes down from the northwest, thursday, friday, saturday clearing out just a bit on newsday 2011 and looks like it will be partly cloudy if we can get to the nex

jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call

san francisco. national news the jury deliberations will resume in salt lake city in the case of man accused of kidnapping elizabeth smart. attorneys for him and say there's no question she took smart from the bedroom and raped her daily in tissues found but they say he is to delusional to be convicted. that is their argument. a mother accused of killing her daughter is expected court today. casey anthony is expected to attend a hearing on a prosecution motion over evidence that motion accuses them to failing to follow. the say she murdered her two year-old daughter kelly in 2008. aircraft registry is missing information on who owns one-third of the 357,000 private planes faa fears the information gap could be exploded by terrorists and drug traffickers all aircraft owners will have be forced to register their plans next year. dom documents are shedding more light on the evolution of the former generals there were all address 50 years ago there will be unveiling at his library in texas later today. the dream act was pulled yesterday that bill would create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who c

from a wet and jury san jose will chant, kron4 news. >> to the bay bridge to after years of delays afterject is finally some good news the new the span will open to drivers traveling in both directions in both directions, when the of the earlier plan east bound want to wait a minute 2014. after years of delays, cost increases and complications on the $6.3 billion bay bridge project, finally there's some good news. the new east span will open to drivers traveling in both directions by the end of 2013 instead of the earlier plan to make eastbound motorists wait until 2014. the accelerated timeline comes after bridge officials offered a package of incentives last december to speed fabrication of the bridge's steel deck and tower segments in china. >> police in san as they say they plan to stop the 30 day vehicle in town the san jose police. department is expected as early as next week to stop impounding cars for a month when unlicensed drivers are nabbed for minor traffic violations. instead, officers will look for alternatives to towing a car, such as letting someone else pick up the car o

jury convicted him last week. >>> well, a homeless encampment in san jose could be the target of a police sweep today. >> my brother, keep warm. god bless you. >> you're watching here a community homeless alliance ministry passed out blankets to about 80 homeless people last night near the guadeloupe river. there's this flier now posted in the area warning police today will be asking the homeless to leave. a pastor who helped pass out the blankets says he believes the problem is getting worse because of unemployment and foreclosures. >> a blanket on a cold night could do a little bit. but i think more than that just them knowing that people care, that we're looking at the issue and trying to do what we can, let them know there's hope. >> at least 44 people died over streets last year in santa clara county. >>> san francisco police are in the beginning stages of a pilot program to reduce the rampant illegal pill sales at a trouble tenderloin intersection. according to the san francisco examiner, police are performing biweekly nighttime stings. they're also working with the district attorney's office to stiffening th

is a series agree about half the time -- juries agree about half the time with our assessment of the case. we know about the failures we have heard about in san francisco of late, including a technician in the police department crime lab, who was stealing drugs from the lab. we do not know for what time, but there are grams of cocaine that are missing from evidence common and that opened -- from evidence, and that opened and pandora's box. that is shocking that an individual could do that, but probably the more outrageous factor is that it went on for as long as it did and nobody acted on it, and then just recently, we heard there were as many as 130 police officers who have either criminal convictions or misconduct records that are not being disclosed by the district attorney in san francisco, and that is the obligation they have under the law. how could this happen? who is affected by this? the media often portrays it as criminals walking free, but we do have the presumption of innocence in this country, and the question we should be asking is how do these unjust acts affect everyday persons. you might think, i will never have any contact w

there reported her missing est after she failed jury returned in san rosa after having dinner out nearwaddell rescue divers " search this morning in an attempt to locate the missing woman. >> president barack obama expected to clear the way for gays to serve openly but the new law will not go into effect immediately because after the president signs it the pentagon still has to certify to congress this will not change or damage combat readiness. for the time being it is still on the books. >> we will be back as the news continues will leave you with season's greetings from bay area soldiers. first san jose rain to the south and windy at this time. >> station in correa happy thanksgiving merry christmas and happy new year to my grandmother and all my friends and family and the bay area. i love you hope to see you soon. >> i'm in germany at the holidays to my wife is have francisco california i will be home soon. tirade helles 745 day at storm tracker for all lit up in the north bay along the peninsula we are dry but overcast. we are seeing heavy rain down through mountain feel and act a

obstruction of justice, called for telling a federal grand jury that he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs. his trial begins march 21st in san francisco. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up next at 7:30, new details in the case of a nor torus serial killer. why police believe there could be hundreds of victims. "today in the bay" kins in just two minutes. ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >>> a lucky break for our photographer, josh keppel. it is not raining right this second. that's a building. if you are headed out this morning, enjoy the break in the weather just like josh. thanks so much for joining us this morning. i'm kris sanchez. let's take a look at our forecast with chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. >>> good saturday morning. i'm chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. we are under way here for some rain and wind as we head throughout

jury originally convicted him in 2008. >> the sale will go on. this afternoon. a san francisco judge denied an injunction request to stop the state from selling property. the sale of 11 buildings is illegal and waste of taxpayer money. the buildings sold for $2.3 billion. the government will have to rent them next 20 years. that does raise concern about the long term cost. >> well, environmentalists are angry about the decision to renew chevron's 30-year lease for an offshore oil terminal. the state lands commission voted 2-1 over opposition of environmentalists and others worried about oil spills and threat of whales being struck by tankers. some urged the lease of only ten years. supporters of a long term lease, cited chevron's key role in supplying gasoline to southern california and fuel as well as to the nearby l.a. airport. the refinery and offshore operations date back to 1911. >> the small california town, and high school appears to be the hardest hit with loss. buchanan high school in clovis, has had eight former students killed in iraq and afghanistan. the l

has maintained his at innocence. 1991 a jury found this man maurice caldwell guilty of shooting julie costa during a drug deal at the lme housing project in san francisco. his second degree murder conviction relied solely on one witness, who first full police should not see costa but changed her mind after seeing caldwell's picture at the police station. for more than 20 years he has claimed that he did not commit the crime. his case eventually wound up with linda star, or northern california edison's project. both woman decided to take the case because they believe he is innocent. and say another convicted killer that serving a life sentence in the bottom of admitted to killing her. >> the wrong person is being held responsible for this. he wasn't even outside of the time, he's been saying the same thing since before he was convicted, who the actual perpetrators were in it did not include them. he did not have anything to do with this bill to look at the other perpetrators or investigate them. to see if in fact he can demonstrate they were the perpetrators. apparently neither did the police and district attorney's office. we do have lots of

jury last year. >> we have all heard the saying all that glitters is not gold. a sanwoman knows it too well. a camera in a target store shows the elderly woman with two men suspected of selling her fool's gold for $12,000. the unwitting victim withdrew money to buy a bar of gold valued at twice that much. if you have information about these men, you are asked to call san jose police. >> a fareweller is moany is set in the east bay for 100 california national guardsmen on their way to afghanistan. 160 soldiers from the 870th police company will leave for ft. bliss, texas for training tomorrow. they will spend a year in afghanistan conducting security operations. thor is moany is set for 10:30 at diablo valley college. emotions are high over the stabbing death of a newark teenager a few blocks from the school. hundreds gathered at a vigil to share anger and grief over the killing of the 17-year-old. the popular star was stand several times and police are having a difficult time investigating. several people may have seen what happened, but nobody will talk to them. some

san jose, the 3.1 hit at around 930 this morning. its center was less than a mile outside of loss angeles. people did first report chicken homes and businesses, but there are no reports of damages juries. >> substation problem with part happened at 2:00 this afternoon, several hours trains running from sampras's coach oakland were delayed. it should be fixed by the morning. the oakland raiders are hoping for a playoff spot, they're looking for a few wins and today they made what happened. just like last week they made big plates, oakland 139 to 23. the raiders are still two games behind the kansas city chiefs. into weeks the raiders said she saw me for a possible division deciding game. coming up their residents on a south korean pilot pulled ahead towards on shelters. we keep up on the posh between north and south for real. >> lots of rain this weekend along the way for your money i will have a forecast coming up. [ female announcer ] safeway talks made-for-you meals. when you don't have to cook, you have time for other things. yeah, like what? i don't know. fishing. fishing?! i, uh, i said wishing. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway. ingredient

jury. several news organizations have petitioned the court to release the transcripts, but the g garritos say it will hurt their chances for a fair trial. >>> san francisco police say they have discovered a drug lab operating in the city's upscale laurel heights neighborhood. in an interview with occupants led them to search an apartment where they found large beakers, cold medicine, paint thinner and other materials used for producing methamphetamine and the date rape drug ghbb. even though no manufactured drugs were found, five were taken into custody. >>> the fda is already taking a stand on those caffeinated alcoholic drinks and now there's a new twist on a childhood favorite, chocolate milk with vodka. we're looking at that adult chocolate milk. >> jessica, it's the one chocolate milk you need an i.d. to buy. >> it was hard to find somebody who has actually tasted it, but not so hard to sfwifind someoneh an opinion about it. >> bailey's irish cream and ka luol la and cream, meet your competition. adult xhok late milk. it's chocolate milk and vodka. it's 20% alcohol, which means it's 40 proof. the product slogan is retaste your youth at 40

jury. similar offers of salesmen have happened in sampras's the perry >> it is 6:22 a.m. and we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. take a look at the san mateo bridge. the roots are still little wet from the overnight read but not much will be back. come back despite the economic situation in california it does remain the eighth largest economy. this is the results of a study of the california economy with a look in the 2009 commerce department. there is nearly two trillion dollars when compared to data compiled by the world bank they fall between italy and brazil as far as the world's largest economy. >> in the east economy they place for come back according to research funded new study with the economic development community foundation released a study of both where they say the area has a good chance of a bright future because of its well diversified industries and they say the largest employers in alameda and other counties are in health care and social assistance. we tell it and trade and manufacturing of professional and technical services are also well represented. there is in the last two years where the east is lost one in 10

. >> 1991 jury found this man maurice guilty for shooting and killing 26 year-old judy during a drug deal at the housing project in san francisco. the second-degree murder conviction was from one witness who told police she did not suit killed him but changed her mind after seeing the picture at the police station. for 20 years he has claimed he did not commit the crime. his case wound up been attorney linda star with the northern california in a summer project. they took the case because they believed he was innocent. they say another killer who is serving a life sentence admitted to killing him. >> somebody killed him but the wrong person his wrist at being held responsible he was inside the apartment was somebody ought to was and even outside. he's been saying the same thing since before it was convected which was he knew who the perpetrators were and it did not include him. his attorney failed to look at any of those other people or do any investigation to see if in fact he could demonstrate they were the perpetrators. apparently no other to the pleas are the district attorney's office we did have lots of investig

jury trial. they say they're not seeking any money but rather, they want mcdonald's to change the menu or scrap the toys. yunji de nies, abc news, san francisco. >> funny, happy meal's been around since 1979. it's made mcdonald's one of the biggest toy distributors in the world. >> as you might have imagined watching that story, experts are weighing in saying it's likely mcdonald's will win this case. but of course that's after multiple rounds of legal wrangling. >> we'll see how it winds up. >>> other news this morning, the government is going after billions of dollars of damages from bp and other companies involved in the gulf oil spill. a new lawsuit claims the companies disregarded safety regulations in drilling the well that eventually blew out and caused that massive catastrophe. no exact dollar amount has been set because the government says the full extent of the damage is still unknown. bp said it will reply in court. >>> a fast-moving storm is bringing more snow and freezing rain from cincinnati down to the southeast. a treacherous layer of ice covered roads in tennessee, causing many drivers to lose control of their cars

50s and 60s 63 said rows of, san francisco and also to richmond to 58, '60s around the bay futures 7 day around debate which shows on stable weather hit and miss showers juryld catch a break monday and then slight chance of showers moving and tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> no relief for the west bound 24 hot spot towards oakland all the reds still on your screen speeds not improving 18 mi. an hour passing steven stride down to 7 mi. an hour and slow spots the accident has been clear from the road but that backup is growing. stretching into walnut creek. no other hot spots in the bay area enjoyed crosstown freeways the 101- 80 split no problems here traffic moving free. san mateo bridge nice easy conditions it's been trouble-free ride through the morning. without incident so we are not expecting delays getting to the bridge will be a problem whatsoever. no back up at the toll plaza of nice easy 15 minutes across a span. if you're avoiding bay area traffic altogether headed north to the sierra you will need your chains. you will need them for highway 80 and highway 88. no chains currently required for 50. >> 9:32 a.m. out of fremont registered offender