. >> halloween is coming up. you have the color theme of orange. thanksgiving coming up. maybe more orange brown. christmas for green. so you have the kids will get a chance to use the paper. >>reporter: in milpitas hundreds of volunteers are busy stuffing backpack that will be donated to needy children in the south bay. family giving tree plans to hand out up to 18,000 backpack filled with school supplies. >>> many are regular customers of certain businesses but is there such a thing as being too loyal? apparently so. one woman was banned from her favorite store and michael explains how it could happen to you, too. >>reporter: one look at kim's close the it tells you where she loves to shop. >> this the one is really comfortable. >>reporter: filled with trendy

we looked at the chinese halloween. >> a roadside bomb has killed five nato troops in southern afghanistan. it comes a day after the alliance said it killed the taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down a helicopter. >> there is a fight going on out there. this is not the first helicopter of force that has been hit. a lot of work is involved. the human loss is tremendous. it was a pretty hard thing to watch. it is not going to affect the course of the campaign. we were back in business with our afghan partners the very next night. that is where we were going to stay. >> the taliban seem to be shifting their position when it comes to some kind of political engagement. is that your perception? >> i think it is an indication that the surge is working. the increased military activity against the taliban have definitely made them pay a very heavy price. i would have it as my assessment that that is likely to push them toward a negotiated arrangement with the afghan government. the second point i would make is that you cannot kill your way out of an insurgency. not in iraq, not in afghani

local theme parks are now hiring for halloween. crowds showed up to afly at great america even though the jobs will only last through october. >>> the creepy clown laugh won't get your foot in the door everywhere, but in this economy the jobless aren't picky. >>> this is the line of job seekers outside of a job fair saturday at great american theme park in santa clara. they are hoping for a temporary gig to help pay the bills. >> most of the people in line are working part-time jobs while they try to find full-time work. >> as of right now, i just keep looking and keep looking out there until you get something. >> it is really difficult actually right now. i have been looking on the internet for a long time. >>> despite the long lines and high demands for jobs, there are new and encouraging numbers here in the south bay. >> reporter: silicone valley employers have added jobs over the past year. santa clara's unemployment rate was 10.3% in july. san mateo county's rate was the second lowest in the state. >> a lot of people have full

showed up this weekend at great america, hoping for a temporary job at the park for the seasonal halloween haunt night. many have part-time jobs and are looking for more work. >> i would like to find full-time, but as of right now, just keep looking and keep looking out there till you get something. >> it's really difficult actually right now. been looking on the internet for a long time. >> california's unemployment creeped higher last week. the jobless rate in santa clara and san mateo remain among the lowest in the state. >>> six flags in vallejo is also hiring for halloween. additions for zombies, ghouls and other creatures to perform during the park's month-long fright fest were held yesterday. auditions continue next saturday. >>> clouds keep coming and going, and the next change should brighten things in the days to come. pinpoint forecast is coming up next. >>> plus, the music and dance of decades past. the big draw in one bay area city this weekend. ower p n]♪ >>> the unmistakable sound of power hour head lined the arts and soul festival today. thousands of people packed downtown

pretty mild. >> you know, it feels like halloween. it feels like that time of year. comfortable conditions and they continue as we head through this week. temperatures really not fluctuating all that much. we're going to see a gradual rise in temps but only by 1 or 2 degrees each and every day. a live look at san francisco right now, golden gate bridge, you start to see the fog, the moisture in the air, starting to settle in so we are expecting a pretty significant round of fog throughout this morning and you can see from the live look at the oakland coliseum everything is looking pretty good so far. we are going to see more of that fog in oak town this morning as well. all right. let's talk about your weather for today. we head throughout the morning temperatures are now in the 50s and 60s, we're at 56 degrees in san francisco, wind out of the southwest about 7 miles per hour and fog so thick at the coast it is general rating a drizzle. watch for slick conditions, mike inouye standing by to update you a moment.ghways incc1: control 1:re firmly incc it's a weak n but

it began ten years ago when a respected newspaper editor was murdered on halloween night. "dateline" keith morrison has more details. >> at tend of no more victims road in central missouri is a modern prison bristling with razor wire and inside now seven years into a 40-year sentence for murder is a young man named ryan ferguson. >> i'm 26. that's over a quarter of my life. when you think about it like that, it just -- it's disturbing and it's painful. >> back at the beginning the efforts of halloween night 2001 were for the police thoroughly baffling. it was the night ryan and his friend chuck erickson at the tender oage of 17 managed to get into a local college bar for an evening of underaged drinking. >> i like to have fun. i like to go out with my friends. >> sometimes that didn't sit so well with the parents. >> not so much. >> the thing is that same night just a few blocks away the sports editor of the local paper was mrded in the newspaper parking lot. eye witnesses reported they saw two young men leaving the scene. for two years the case went unsolved. no suspects

>>> coming up, how prince william and princess kate want to give you the scare of your life this halloweenhappen to be in london. we'll have details on that, but, first, there's a lot going on today and here's some things we thought you should know. after being in, then out, and in again, christine o'donnell will not speak ahead of sarah palin at an event in iowa. >>> and fans of politics and the tv show "the good wife" are in for a real treat this season. donna brazile, the one-time campaign manager for al gore's presidential campaign will make a cameo on the hit series this fall. i'll be watching. >>> and if you live in the new york city area, you probably heard just a few times during the coverage, the important coverage of hurricane irene. [ speaking spanish ] >> obviously the mayor wanting to get important information to the spanish-speaking community, and it was those spanish-speaking updates by mayor bloomberg that inspired the twitter page that's a mix of spanish and english. it turns out elbloombito said the mayor's spanish was easy to poke fun of. just a little levity out there.

winchester mystery house is holding open audition for boogie men, zombie and chain saw wielders for the halloweenestivities. >> to name a few. it's at the center for performing arts recital hall at 6:00. they will work for the fright night event in september. >> it's known for strange architecture, staircases to nowhere, winding hallway and secret passage ways. built in the late 1800s. the kids love it. >> fun. before we go, take a last look at the big board, the dow jones average. way down, 534 points right now. update you on all of the day's activities there at abc7 news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. >> below 11,000 mark and falling. thank you for joining us on abc7 news. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is up next. >> have a great day. i'm a dancer. and until now, my feet showed it. [ female announcer ] gold bond ultimate healing foot cream. 7 penetrating moisturizers and vitamins, 'cause foot skin's 20 times thicker. this stuff really works.

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. >> kathy and her husband met as pen pals and met in person in 1948, married on halloween, had eight children who remain in the bay area. >> more banks are failing. 99 blue men took over the box office. nicole lapin live. good morning. >> hey, very good morning to you, scott. big story of course, the european markets and u.s. futures higher across the board after news that the u.s. debt deal came out of washington late last night. investors you buoyed by the news. now the plan includes raising the debt ceiling and a two-part deficit reduction plan. the first $900 billion spending cut and then $1.5 trillion established by a special committee to be voted on in december. the plan will be voted on later as today expected to be done by the deadline tomorrow. there are concerns that the liberal democrats may not support the plan as it's missing revenue increases and conservative republicans may reject the plan as there is no balanced budget amendment. so, a little bit of you know this from your trading days, maybe sell the news tomorrow. also, three more u.s. banks failed including the fir

. >> halloween is coming up. you know? you have color themes of orange. thanksgiving is coming up. maybe will be more orange, brown. christmas for green. the kids will get a chance to use the paper. >> and hundreds of volunteers are busy stuffing backpacks donated to needy kids in the south bay. the family giving free tree plans to hand out up to 18,000 backpacks fill candidate supply autos california leads the nation in its efforts to become energy efficient. are consumers saving money? michael finney is here with the story. >> it's a good news report. a committee in sacramento reported today that we have seen $65 billion going back to 1978. californians say $2 billion per year just by using newer appliances, however, california commission says we can do better. the commission says many consumers don't take advantage of loans and rebates offered by utilities and governments to promote energy savings, mostly it says we're just confused by all of the options. >> tell a homeowner using a standardize add approach here are the cost effective measures you can use to retro fit the buildi

winchester mystery house is holding open audition for boogie men, zombie and chain saw wielders for the halloween festivities. >> to name a few. it's at the center for performing arts recital hall at 6:00. they will work for the fright night event in september. >> it's known for strange architecture, staircases to nowhere, winding hallway and secret passage ways. built in the late 1800s. the kids love it. >> fun. before we go, take a last look at the big board, the dow jones average. way down, 534 points right now. update you on all of the day's activities there at abc7 news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. >> below 11,000 mark and falling. thank you for joining us on abc7 news. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is up next. >> have a great day.

>> that was last halloween and we decided, it's halloween, why not dress up and do the entire show as somebody else. for a second, i think sarah palin may have come to mind and then we decided, no, no, no, it's got to be glenn beck. that was probably the most exhausting hour of my life. i was telling your staff before we began. it's one thing to go on tv and be myself every day for an hour. it's another thing to go on tv and act like somebody else. that took a lot of energy, i've got to admit. but it was fun. it was fun to do. i didn't bother revisiting that for the end of glenn beck's reign, at fox news. i already felt his influence had died down and good. >> here's a little bit more of you doing this. >> he's holding a rally in washington, d.c. i'm here to stand up and tell you, my viewers, the truth about it. this rally is nothing but a serious ploy to get voters who are too stupid to think for themselves to follow through with a sacrifice on tuesday. he wants voters to go to the booth. they're following a man who is nothing more than a political cartoon. i want to end this by sayi

they are already thinking about planning parties for next halloween.nal night events took place all over the area including east palo alto. that's where karina rusk is live for us tonight. >> the block party wrapped up around 9:00 tonight, but they took on special significance this year because of the surge in violence. >> in east palo alto they are sell brailting -- celebrating national night out and hide the pain of violence. she says her partner was killed two years ago and no one was ever arrested. >> we had this snitching or these different stereo types that won't even bring closure and justice to families that are helping. >> they say tonight is a symbolic step in the right direction. >> it is a good way to stop it and for us to come together as a community. >> there were five parties throughout east palo alto. people mingling with our neighbors and enjoying what has become a traditional and growing potluck. >> i made 200 deviled eggs. >> i'm the spaghetti lady. every year i am here and i bring the spaghetti. >> reporter: the social gathering is

. >> for halloween, diehards it's never too early to start costume planning. no top sick off limits even if it means having the most shocking costumes. you've got to see it. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme song playing] [cheering and applause]. . >>. >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. wh oo, whoo! welcome to "the report." thank you so much. [audience chanting "stephen"] [cheering and applause] >> stephen: thank you so much. welcome. good to have you with us. folks, sorry about the glasses. sorry about these. i'm just... oh, my god, my eyes are still adjusting.

there's a group that's in palo alto that holds a halloween costume swap. a great idea if you are looking to save money. start one of your own within your school or your church or your neighborhood. >> i'm thinking, you know, big families back in the day would just -- they were hand-me- downs. >> exactly. >> if it was good, use it. >> reporter: but a lot more single child family these days. if you have a consumer idea like this give us a call 1-888- 5-helps-u. >> good deal. thank you. >>> all right. by now we should all know it is i will role that drive and then talk on the phone or even text. but every day you see people doing it, don't you? now getting caught is about to get more expensive. governor brown expected to sign a new bill that would increase the fine. the current penalty for first time offenders is $190. that's expected to jump to about $310. repeat offenders may face a $500 fine along with a point on your driver's record. >>> abercrombie's got a situation. why the retailer is offering to pay the jersey shore cast to stop wearing its clothes. >

>> that was last halloween and we decided it's halloween. why not dress up and do the entire show as somebody else. and for a second i think sara palin may have come to mind and then we decided no, it's got to be glenn beck and so that was probably the most exhausting hour of my life i was just telling your staff before i began because it's one thing to go on tv and be myself for every day for an hour. it's another thing to go on tv and act like somebody else. that took a lot of energy i've got to admit. but it was fup to do. but i didn't even bother revisiting that for the end of glenn beck's reini guess you could say baw i felt like his influence had died down and good. >> here as little bit more of you doing this. >> john is holding a rally this weekend in washington, d.c. i know many people fail to see it for what it really is. i'm here to stand up and tell you my viewers the truth about it. this rally is nothing but a serious ploy to get voters who are too stupid to think for themselves. he wants voters who will hack their way to the bo

because of its success i'm pleased to report the zoo is extending its exhibit until halloween this. way the creepy crawlers will take part in our annual boo at the zoo festivities. this summer the zoo's youth programs also did well. and internships like the nature trail and young zooologists were completely full. and in fact this week the san francisco bay guardian listed the zoo's internships as one of the best. we were able to get anything positive in the area, so just have to raise this. and said that's what a young zooologist, nothing gets better than being an intern at the san francisco zoo. i'm also pleased to report that the zoo is reinvigorating its 40-year tradition of providing story boxes throughout the zoo. these talking boxes have long fascinated our young visitors and this ball we'll be adding 10 solar powered boxes. in addition we are introducing our new lion key, here's the first one hot off the press. and in light of commissioner arata's birthday, i leave this for you. happy birthday. that means you have to come to the zoo and use it. lastly, save the dates have bee

. >> reporter: the most popular item stolen are from the halloween department. miniatures like this are so popular with thieves, a secret hid n camera now hidden camera pays special attention. they have 24 hidden cameras. >> reporter: they are planning to have the system up and running and losses down by the end of september. don ford, cbs 5. >>> if a part in your car is defective, would you expect the manufacturer to step up and fix it? right? wrong. on the consumerwatch julie watts explains why and how one consumer learned the hard way. >> reporter: no one expects their car to be problem-free, right? but you do expect manufacturers to notify you about defects. well, it turns out that rarely happens. >> this is my like fourth chevy that i have owned. >> reporter: for charles, chevy is more than the heartbeat of america. it's the automaker he has depended on for years. all that changed the day this truck began making strange sounds. >> click, click, click, click. when you first start it up it would go away. >> reporter: a mechanic explained the noise was due to

they were married at a young age on halloween, and eventually had eight children whom they raised here in the bay area. she says she still can't believe she now has this incredible memory. >>> coming up at 11:00, remember to get your children vaccinated for whooping cough before school starts. it's required now. and what do these pictures have to do with it? well, if you do it this week, you could meet a member of the san francisco giants. we'll explain that. >>> plus, saying goodbye to a listening-time family gathering spot in the east bay. hundreds of people turn out for tonight's final farewell skate. >>> and it was an active day of thunderstorms to the south and st o o thest bay area. we'll tell you what is in store for us in the coming week, and plus a look ahe at the two-month outlook. yeahmi ang up.'rs foreca icomin. : swipe your card please. excuse me...? this belongs to you... o...um...thank you. excuse me... this is yours... thank you! you're welcome. with chase freedom, you get cash back on what you buy everyday. this is yours! thank you! that's 5% cash back in bonus categor

." >> got good halloween costume ideas out of these. >> a lot of good stuff. >>> just when you thoughtover between j. lo and marc anthony, think again. >> and two of your favorite "sesame street" characters reveal something personal. bert and ernie coming up next in "the skinny." wo ♪ skinny so skinny >>> welcome back, everybody. time for the friday "skinny." >> yes, indeed. >> some of you may have seen this yesterday but we felt we needed to give it enough time. really some funny stuff so we wanted to give you a fuller taste of it today. apparerely john stamos and bob saget have teamed up for this extremely funny college humor video. john is teaching bob his cuddle techniques and things to do in bed to keep your special lady happy. take a listen. >> nothing brings you closer to your lady. if you sleep with your eyes open the stamos way you get to stare at her face all night long. you can caress her leg with your foot. you can nuzzle noses, butterfly kiki, blow on or gently nibble her ear. >> i will never look at "full house" the same way again. >> i love bob saget's facial expressions

. >> these grapes will be among the last ones picked, pushing close to halloween.the trick is letting them ripen without getting rained on. >> sellers was pouring tonight. a harvest celebration of food and wine even though the giant press has not crushed a grape yet. >> it's a quick pace all the way through. the crush will not start for another 7-10 days and then 8-10 weeks of picking and processing and fermening. this would have been in by now in a warmer year and because june storms blew blossoms off the vines there are fewer grapes. we think it has the potential to be a good year. >> the vine puts the energy into ripening the fruit that is left and a lot of times the fruit is more intense and concentrated. >> tonight this lab was full of guests tasting but the wine maker is testing in here daily. figuring out how to coax the best from each variety. >> farm intelligently and to adapt, it's a silly farmer that ignores it and goes forward like it's an average year. it's a billion dollar business that has not been seeing any problems. >> seems like they turn out win

. >> these grapes will be among the last ones picked, pushing close to halloween. the trick is letting them ripen without getting rained on. >> sellers was pouring tonight. a harvest celebration of food and wine even though the giant press has not crushed a grape yet. >> it's a quick pace all the way through. the crush will not start for another 7-10 days and then 8-10 weeks of picking and processing and fermening. this would have been in by now in a warmer year and because june storms blew blossoms off the vines there are fewer grapes. we think it has the potential to be a good year. >> the vine puts the energy into ripening the fruit that is left and a lot of times the fruit is more intense and concentrated. >> tonight this lab was full of guests tasting but the wine maker is testing in here daily. figuring out how to coax the best from each variety. >> farm intelligently and to adapt, it's a silly farmer that ignores it and goes forward like it's an average year. it's a billion dollar business that has not been seeing any problems. >> seems like they turn out wi

block party tradition beyond the national night out and are thinking about planning parties for next halloween. >>> bart directors tentatively settled on the choice for new general manager. grace kreneca would replace duggard who was pressured to resign in april with sefrnl package. -- severance package. bart wants someone to help the agency get federal funding to replace the aging complete of train cars. >>> pg&e identified the odor holding up inspection of decommissioned gas pipeline in san bruno. work was stop saturday after crews and neighbors smelled gas. they say it was combination of harmless hydrocarbons. a crawler was sent in the pipe yesterday to inspect the welds. >> the analysis found only trace amount of natural gas in the pipeline, so we want to get that further understanding before we began the work. now that we have that analysis results back, we will continue work to do the camera inspection. >> the california public utilities commission ordered pg&e to excavate the pipeline as part of the investigation in san bruno explosion. >>> san jose city council decided against asking v

this is what i used to call the concerns about a so-called halloween commission or a halloween caucus, when you get people in the far right, people in the far left, all voting against a bill for different reasons, and the question, of course, is whether the center holds. we're actually hearing from a number of democrats on the left who are expressing concerns, and they are saying they are on the fence and they are not sure or convinced yet, and then there is are some republicans as well, s conservative republicans saying the same thing, and then we will find out sometime this evening, early evening, i am told, at about 1:00 eastern time, here at the capitolcapitol, the rules ce will meet to get this thing on the floor, and then it will be up to the vote counters to go ahead and try to figure out how they push the vote through. it's definitely not a sure thing, drew. >> gloria, the reflection on the speakership you said, but is it going to be a reflection on the president? we have the vice president being sent over to capitol hill to get enough votes. i am wondering if they can get foa

halloween 2009, the star safety at auburn went in for a routine tackle on old miss runningback rodneycott. >> another teammate told me came from the other side we just collided. i knew it was a serious injury that i couldn't feel anything in my body. >> reporter: while doctors rushed to help the paralyzed safety, rodney scott did what some say saved etheridge's life. he did nothing. >> he knows that i wouldn't move him. so he just laid there and -- felt good-bye just laying there and no jumping runningback to quick get off the ground. >> you think he saved your life? >> god saved my life. >> reporter: etheridge suffered a cracked vertebrae and torn neck ligaments. >> growing up my mom wanted me to play football because i had a cousin that i had the same injury where he feels he is paralyzed from the neck down. i can only imagine what happened. >> reporter: thanks to hard work at rehabilitation, he was back on the field last year helping auburn to a national title. >> zac is one of the leaders of this time so it's really, really important for all of our guys to be able to see that's ok

. >> halloween is coming up. you have the color things, the orange. thanksgiving is coming up. maybe it will be more orange/brown. christmas for green. so, yeah, the kids will get a chance to use the paper. >> in milpitas, hundreds of volunteers are busy stuffing backpacks that will be donated to needy kids in the south bay. the family giving tree plans to hand out up to 16,000 back packs filled with school supplies. >> so many stories about the economy. most of them not so positive. way to save money. if you want free music tonight, the santa cruz beach boardwalk, the gym down there. it's good for music listening. >> cooling. you will need jacket out there. numbers dropping to the 50s. right now, we are in 50s and low 60s. a look at mount diablo and we are looking there at the mountain. and from our east bay, volmer peak camera. we have plenty of low clouds and fog. in fact we are looking at the sea breeze toward the delta. but we have clear skies out toward delta. 56 in fairfield. with clouds. concord and livermore. 55 in san francisco. 57 in half moon bay. the highlights the

it's like a regis and kelly halloween show.night, we pay tribute to the movie "cowboys and aliens." i have t tsay, already, i feel a lot more comfortable than i did during our last cowboy-themed show with jake gyllenhaal. i like being dressed like a cowboy. it almost makes me forget i watch "the bachelorette" every week and talk about it. i'm somewhere between john wayne and john tesh right now. the cletones have been transformed into an old west saloon band. our announcer dicky y dressed up like a doctor or something like that. even, believe it or not, guillermo is dressed up. i'm a cowboy and he is an alien. a legal alien, i might add. we have a special guest director tonight, the director of "cowboys and aliens," jon favreau is here with us. [ applause ] >> how's it going, guys? >> jimmy: you know jon from his multi-part arc as monica's millionaire boyfriend on "friends." you remember that? he's a big hollywood director now. how am i doing so far, jon? >> doing great, jimmy. >> jimmy: am i better than harrison ford? >> you'r

this year for the first time the house is holding fright nights weekends leading up to halloween.he auditions are at santa clara's center for the historic arts. >> swimmer diana nyad had to quit her swim between cuba and the florida keys. hero.mycc1: these are from sunday as she pushed off to begin her swim. the crew says she was pulled from the water after swimming for 29 hours. see, that's massive. she was about halfway finished. then decided to swim. she had to end saying the currents kept pushing her east of the intended course. at that point it was not safe. >> impressive. >> 29 hours.cc1: i'll give you credit. a lot more than i can dog paddle. an orlando woman says she's changing her hooks so people stop mistaking her for casey anthony. when she goes out with a hat and sunglasses on people think she is the infamous casey anthony. still a lot of anger in florida after a jury acquitted anthony murderedcc1: hercc1:1: caylee.cc1: a group of machine attacked her and her brother. her brother ended up with two blk eyes. >> it's dangerous. it's scary. if my story can help other peop

weeks leading up to halloween it will be a little scarier. and you can help. for the first time, the mystery house is holding fright nights on september and october weekends. so, the winchester folks are auditioning witches, zombies and other scary types to frighten businessers in several mazes will be set up. auditions begin tonight at santa clara university center for performing arts. >>> still ahead at 6:00, how the devastating earthquake in japan, devastated icebergs in antarctica. >>> california joins a new movement that could change presidential elections. >>> and now fish bones from alaska are help cleaning up pollution here in the bay area. >>> things are getting a little fishy in west oakland. and that's a good thing. for the first time ever in a residential area, the environmental protection agency is using fish bone to clean lead-polluted soil. the areas are dangerous, especially to young children. the epa will use the bone meal, as it's called, and till it in the soil, where it will combine with the lead as it decays. that will create harmless crys

people would dress up as him for halloween. i was tortured. >> jimmy: you were tortured?my. i haven't gotten over it. >> jimmy: your teammates would torture you? >> yeah, my old man would do king lear, we had a little theater, it was amazing, and everyone knew him from this commercial, which put braces on my teeth, thank god. >> jimmy: wow. >> and he ran out onto the field, he came late. there wasn't a seat for him. and he ran out onto the field as we were running out and they announce my name. i was standing next to my father, and they all screamed "uncle ben" over and over again. that was my life. >> jimmy: that's weird. a dad who was also your uncle, in a way. we're going to take a quick break here. jeremy piven is with us. "spy kids 4" opens august 19th. we'll be right back. ahh. my breath feels so fresh, i bet it could last through some artsy foreign film. good idea. let's go. did i just say that out loud? [ female announcer ] feel fresh up to 5 times longer wiwi scope outlast. still feeling fresh? oh, yeah. [ female announcer ] what will you outlast? go back to scho

in fact, they are already thinking about planning parties for this halloween. >>> bart directors havetentatively settled on their choice for a new general manager. grace crunican could be confirmed as early as next thursday. crunican would replace dorothy duggar who was pressured to resign in april with a nearly $1 million severance package. the "san francisco chronicle" says bart wants them to hire someone to help get federal funding to replace the ageing cars. crunican was the number two person at the transit administration when bill clinton was president and recently the transportation director in seattle for eight years. >>> pg&e has now identified the odor that has been holding up the inspection of an old decommissioned pipeline in san bruno. work was stopped saturday after crews and neighbors smelled the gas but tonight the utility says it was harmless gases called hydrocarbons. once that was established robotic crawler with high-definition camera was sent to the pipe to inspect the wells. >> the analysis did confirm we found trace amount of natural gas in the pipeline, that exi

. >> halloween coming up, you have the orange. thanksgiving is coming up, orange/brown.ristmas is green. the kids will get a chance to use the paper. >> in my opiniississippy opini having a giving tree. >>> 5:17. the struggling economy is giving the list stores and consignment shops in the bay area a big boost. shoppers say it's not only a good way to say but it's a way to make extra money. the increase has been dramatic. >> where we see the first and formost foot traffic coming through the stores is up significantly year to year. driven by the economy. our sales volumes are up, but we are seeing an amount that any particular family can afford to buy is down. the volume is up. the food traffic is up. we see people hurting. >>> good will stores of silicon valley say sales there are up 22% this year. >>> lisa argen in for mike nicco this morning. with the forecast for today and the important weekend. yes, eric, is just about here. >> the all important weekend forecast. >> right. have you been liking the weather? it's cool for you guys. >> no, i'm fine after the roasting, i

the problem with your proposal, and this is something i said on the show on friday, waiting for halloween or what? what are they waiting for? >> this is not a president -- this is -- this is not a put it in their faces kind of president. and i -- i see the political mileage that you're proposing in the proposal that you're proposing, but it's so counter to the way, to the temperament of barack obama and the way he's governed. put it in their faces? what has barack obama done that in the course of 2 1/2 years? you might argue he should start doing that and they are started to contemplate. the fork in the road, put forth a jobs package with a chance of passing or put forward something we know won't pass but can score political points with? the second of the options is one basically closer to yours, which is to say, we're going to put this forward. republicans can stonewall, they won't pass it but we'll gain by waging a fight. all i can say is, i said it a second ago, contrary to the way barack obama governed over his entire first term so far. >> and there are people that -- michael smerconi

atlantaed as category 2 storm before being absorbed by an unusual weather system that led to the halloween nor'easter of 1991, later called "the perfect storm". this storm lashed the east coast of the u.s. with pounding waves and coastal flooding causing significant damage in massachusetts, maine, new hampshire and new jersey. nine people were killed in the storm which produced 100-foot waves equivalent to a 10-story building. it later inspired the novel by author younger which became a movie. and then there's the so-called storm of the century. hurricane deplore ya, september 1985. recorded winds of up to 150 miles per hour. gloria made landfall as a category 3 on the outer banks of north carolina before rapidly moving up the east coast making second landfall on long island, another in connecticut, causing significant damage up and down the east coast and eight storm-related deaths. and now another tempest is threatening to strike the northeast. in a matter of days, hurricane irene may join this dubious list of killer storms. well, let's hope not. cnn is tracking hurricane irene all night

. >> halloween is coming up. you have the color theme of orange. thanksgiving coming up. maybe more orange brown. christmas for green. so you have the kids will get a chance to use the paper. >>reporter: in milpitas hundreds of volunteers are busy stuffing backpack that will be donated to needy children in the south bay. family giving tree plans to hand out up to 18,000 backpack filled with school supplies. >>> many are regular customers of certain businesses but is there such a thing as being too loyal? apparently so. one woman was banned from her favorite store and michael explains how it could happen to you, too. >>reporter: one look at kim's close the it tells you where she loves to shop. >> this the one is really comfortable. >>reporter: filled with trendy ripped jeans and sweat brandd with the retailer name. if kim says she tried other stores but keeps come back to her old favorite. >> all the clothes seem to fit and last over the years. >>reporter: her husband brian closet is filled with those clothes too. kim says she spends at least 1,000 dollars a year at the up

they also have fright nights that start in september and run into the halloween season. >> right now40. rioting continues. we'll have that coming up. >> and credit rating blamed for a lot of the turmoil. >> new video released showing the power of the dory that hit missouri in. m that hit missouri in may. aycc1: : >> well, world markets continue to react to the u.s. credit downgrade. this is a live look at the big board. an ets open in less thancc1: hour from now. futures are down. that's bad news considering the dow dropped 634 points yesterday. of course a lot of that reaction to the standard & poor's downgrade of the u.s. credit rating. we talk about credit ratings from s&p, moody's and the like.: we turn to tracie potts live in washington. good morning. >> hi there, jon. good morning. it's essentially the same as our credit score, it's acc1: determination of how big of a risk you are based on your income, how you manage your money and how much debt you have and s&p decided that the u.s. is a little bit more of a risk than it used to be so they downdwraded us from aaa to a aa-plus

in fact they're already thinking of planning party for halloween. >>> pg&e identified the odor that hasholding up the inspection of a decommissioned pipeline in san bruno. work was stopped saturday after crews and neighbors smelled gas. utility says it was combination of harmless natural gases called hydrocarbons. robotic crawler equipped with a high-definition camera sent in the pipe yesterday to inspect the weld. >> the analysis did confirm we only found trace amount of natural gas that exists in the pipeline. we want to get that further understanding before we began the work. now that we have that analysis, results back, we're going to continue to work tonight to do the camera inspection. >> california public utilities commission ordered pg&e to excavate the pipeline as part of the investigation in to last september's san bruno explosion. >>> federal government is now rushing to find specific source of salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey that killed one person in california and is hitting close to home. the death is one of two cases of the illness in sacramento county. four o

threatened as a category 2 storm, before being absorbed by an unusual weather system that led to the halloweenter of 1991. later called the perfect storm. the storm lashed the east coast of the united states with pounding waves and coastal flooding. causing significant damage in massachusetts, maine, new hampshire and new jersey. nine people were killed in the storm, which produced 100-foot waves, equivalent to a ten-story building and inspired the novel which later became a movie. and then there's the so-called storm of the century. hurricane gloria in september of 1985, recorded winds of up to 150 miles per hour. gloria made landfall as a powerful category 3 storm in the outer banks of north carolina before rapidly moving up the east coast, making a second landfall on long island, then another in connecticut. causing significant damage up and down the east coast, and eight storm related deaths. hurricanes in the northeast are rare, but as hurricane irene approaches, meteorologists warn it could turn northward, threatening much of the east coast, with another potentially dangerous storm. let'