we had issues with the california cable car, the comptroller that regulates the speed was presenting some issues. none that we felt posed a real safety hazard, but as a precaution, we took the cable car line down over the weekend. we were able to get it back up and running, having made the adjustment to make sure that the ride was smooth. it basically put folks on buses instead of cable cars over the weekend. and yesterday, there were delays in the morning and the afternoon rush hours. no specific trend, just a variety of issues. but again, the bottle back doesn't take much to trigger problems throughout the system. all of these things are generally in areas where we have plans for improvement, particularly in terms of the cars and we will continue to make those improvements and to minimize delays. on a good note, we did have a very big crowd for the game that was played at the baseball park on saturday. much more people than your typical giants game. the university gave their students the of tickets in transit. virtually all of them came in on bart. we had a very heavy traffic, but

we had issues with the california cable car, the comptroller that regulates the speed was presenting some issues. none that we felt posed a real safety hazard, but as a precaution, we took the cable car line down over the weekend. we were able to get it back up and running, having made the adjustment to make sure that the ride was smooth. it basically put folks on buses instead of cable cars over the weekend. and

they had to shut down the california cable car lines for nearly two hours of demonstrators blocked traffic. >> and get ready to shell out more money for peanut butter. the crop this year has shrunk. blame the hot dry summer in key states to grow peanuts. farmers are expected to produce 1.8 million tons of peanuts this year which is at 13% drop over last year. some companies are rethinking about her price 3240%. >>> in the recall for nearly 400,000 pounds of ground beef distributed at restaurants in california including right here in the bay area. the department of agriculture found e. coli during routine testing of the beef which came from the company in la. no illnesses have been reported so far. we try to find out which bay area restaurants got the bad batch of beef but the state department told us to that list will be ready for another day or two. >>> and bay area school districts have to get creative to raise money. tonight, teachers and even the principal turned to the golden arches and invited parents and kids to come join them. juliette goodrich talks about how fast food fundraiser

muni had to shut down the california cable car lines for about two hours as demonstrators blocked traffic. >>> the san bruno neighborhood rocked by last year's deadly pipeline explosion just took a big step toward becoming whole again. this morning, the city reopened the road that was at the center of the blast that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. residents who spent the past year divided by barricades say they are relieved to finally be reconnected as a neighborhood. >> we have been waiting for long, long time month after month and days after days, they have been promising us that they are going to open it. and finally for this day to come, it's like, wow, finally. >> the mayor of acknowledged that the wait has been long but he says it was also necessary. >> fixed now. it takes time but it's well done. it could always be faster, but we want to get it done the right way. >> and a lot more work could begin soon. just last night, the city council approved funds for consultants on all the utility and construction work that still needs to be done. >>> i'm mike sugerman in san francisc

california and sacramento. some cars are still getting by here on california. pardon me. as you can see, they are driving on the cableys. if you work at wells fargo, you won't be able to get in or get out, if you are in the building watching, this is what's going on at the very entrance of your billing. and the police were there. you can see the police officers are beginning to lineup. we also have several news crews on the ground. we are -- we have this covered. this protest is pretty much confined to this area of the financial district. south bay commute, northbound 280, once again, having a bad day. it's backed up from 101 all the way to the lawrence expressway. 85 from 87 to cupertino. this is becoming -- this is becoming kind of normal. northbound 101 slowing down to the tully road exit all the way to de la cruz. i hope this is not the new normal. let's go to -- to steve. >>> okay. thank you. a lot of 50s and mostly sunny skies. we have patchy, thick fog out in the east bay. but it's starting to burn off. it's very shallow. remember monday/tuesday, the cloudy, muggy rain? it's gone. >> wednesday, thursday, frida

muni had to shut down the california cable car lines for about two hours because of it. and some of those "occupy" protestors may turn out in san francisco this afternoon to picket an appearance by news corp. boss rupert murdoch. he is the keynote speaker this afternoon at a conference on education reform. that's at the palace hotel on new montgomery street. protest leaders say the conference is promoting school vouchers. >>> foreclosure activity was up between july and september. that's according to realtytrac that suggests banks are getting more aggressive against borrowers behind on their payments. locally the news is mixed. foreclosure activity was down in the bay area overall in september compared with previous months but slightly higher in santa clara county and sharply up in san mateo county. >>> there is a new leader in the latest poll for the republican presidential nomination. georgia businessman and pizza man herman cain is emerging as the gop's new star, a new "wall street journal" poll showing him on top of the pack with 27% of republicans supporting him fol

california cable car suspended service at this time too.

cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the california line is mostly locals. the commuters in the morning, i see a lot o

if >>george: muni has canceled a services for the california street cable car. the route away from the financial district is happening. this area is where will tran is. this is the area over you want to avoid. neighboring streets are able to be used. kearney perhaps a bit too close to the action. i would choose something he bit further west. perhaps stockton. to keep it out of the mix, to use stockton and a round of the embarcadero. stay away from the financial district. >>daria: thank you, george. the occupy a movement is towards walnut creek. the first is downtown walnut creek today at the mount diablo boulevard on main street. the tried-belly also was moving a second demonstration at the tri valley dust-at the chevron headquarters. and people even more dressing up as oil girls yesterday for their first day of protests. oil barrels barrels. >>mark: we are getting word that slovakia, the latest european nation that voted down the bail out for other european nations as part of the european union and. there could be a change of heart. we will keep you posted. >>l