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>> one is the exciting actions the association of realtors has been taking, to be the first and the california to provide space in their database for industry standard, recognized green measures. aside from cork flooring or other surface treatments, which are a consideration, a buyer could have summary information about if the home has been measured for energy performance, and has some independent organization confirmed that you have actually installed -- that there is a reason to call it green. that has only been out there few months. another metric of the fact that could have on the market when that becomes a little more populated in the database would be looking at whether that affects the days on the market, which i would expect to be more likely a factor of change, because if you are filtering your search on that criteria, you have more buyers looking at those particular homes. >> i think it is a very good measure. as the measures become standardized, you are right. it will be something that people will look for. they will say other things about the property. they could say, this property

. >>> pending home sales are on the rise in california for the first time in 18 months. the state association of realtorsays its pending home sales index is up 12% from may of last year. experts consider pending home sales an indicator of future sales activity. >>> no 12% hikes in water bills, at least not yet. questions were raised about the legality of the proposed two tier hikes. >>> and what was supposed to be a procedural vote to formalize the stanford medical center expansion was also held. opposers say the expansion would negatively impact a health care center. the count similar is expected to take a -- the council is expected to take a second vote expected to take a second vote on july 7th. [ kate ] if this icelandic mud could work wonders on my skin, imagine what it could do for my business. now, i just had to figure out a way to get it back to the states. so i called john, my citibank small business expert. [ john ] kate, how are you? [ kate ] he got me a line of credit and together we made it happen. now, my spa has more business than ever. ...and so does our cleaning crew. [ male announcer ]

. >>> pending home sales are on the rise in california for the first time in 18 months. the state association of realtorss its pending home sales index is up 12% from may of last year. experts consider pending home sales an indicator of future sales activity. >>> no 12% hikes in water bills, at least not yet. questions were raised about the legality of the proposed two tier hikes. >>> and what was supposed to be a procedural vote to formalize the stanford medical center expansion was also held. opposers say the expansion would negatively impact a health care center. the count similar is expected to take a -- the council is expected to take a second vote on july 7th. >>> and fire retardants are in car seats and mattresses, what you need to know. >>> if you want to buy furniture, mattresses or children's products you are caught by what researchers today called a bad law. ktvu's health and science editor tells us the problem is retardants. >> reporter: california has a stricten standard than the nation. but uc berkeley scientists today report their tests show that standard fails to reduce the spread or inte

california real estate. pending home sales on the rise around the state for the first time in 18 months. state association of realtorssays last months numbers were up more than 1.5% from april and they were up 12% from a year ago. analysts consider pending home sales a good indicator of future sales activities. >>> there are several reports that hulu is considering putting itself up for sale. the online video service received an unsolicited take over sale. the company is not commenting on the reports. hulu has been one of the most popular ways to watch tv shows on the website for free. >>> time now 5:50. do you hate the red light cameras? a lot of people do. where the spotlight is on the cameras and one bay area community is cutting back on them. >>> and lost but then found. reuniting a long lost camera and a family. >>> happening right now the crew of the space shuttle atlantis answering questions about the final space shuttle launch. we are there live now. the astronauts you are seeing the questionnaires there. they are taking questions in florida for reporters for the last time before that july 8th launch. let's l

. >>> california real estate agents say they are seeing encouraging signs of life. penting home sales are on the rise. the state association of realtorsnumbers from may were up more than 1.50% compared to april. they are up 12% faired to a year ago. that's an interest that's -- industry that's looking for any signs of life. >> needs some encouraging. >> uh-huh. >>> sal, what's happening on the roads? have you that busy shook on your face. >> yeah, we had some breaking news. if -- joe johnson if you are listening, whoever is back there, move the camera from 101 to 280. we have a high-speed chase going on in san francisco. northbound 280. they are coming up on ocean geneva. police are -- the chp is bying note fight. -- notified. the police chase is coming this way into san francisco. northbound 280 coming up on the alamany exit. we'll keep you posted on this. i want to go back to the map. this crash on hayward is really bad. motorcycle crash it's been out there for a while. the emergency crews were blocking the left lane northbound but the crash was southbound. look how deep let? that means traffic is almost at a standstill as you head