they say this has got to get figured out asap. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> pg&e now saying if you don't want a smart meter, you don't have to have one but opting out is going to cost you. the change of heart comes after two years of wrangling with customers. the new proposal comes with the a price some customers say it is a bad deal. >> does that make sense to you? >> no. >> why? >> rip-off either way. >> i'm paying for their technology upgrade. >> to opt-out you would pay a $90 upfront fee then $15 a month for a total of $270 a year. pg&e says the fees are necessary to pay for maintaining the analog meters. 85,000 have signed up for an opt-out. the public utilities commission must sign off on the deal their decision is expected early next month. >>> tonight the oakland city council will consider a resolution giving police the green height to use every legal tool they have to stop -- green light to use every legal tool they have to stop future -- waterfront operations lost between four and eight million dollars. during previous

they say this has got to get figured out asap. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> pg&e now saying if you don't want a smart meter, you don't have to have one but opting out is going to cost you. the change of heart comes after two years of wrangling with customers. the new proposal comes with the a price some customers say it is a bad deal. >> does that make sense to you? >> no. >> why? >> because it is a rip-off either way. >> i'm paying for their technology upgrade. >> to opt-out you would pay a $90 upfront fee then $15 a month for a total of $270 a year. pg&e says the fees are necessary to pay for maintaining the analog meters. 85,000 have signed up for an opt-out. the public utilities commission must sign off on the deal their decision is expected early next month. >>> tonight the oakland city council will consider a resolution giving police the green height to use every legal tool they have to stop -- green light to use every legal tool they have to stop future -- waterfront operations lost between four and eight million dollars.

but we need an ambulance asap. >> the exact cause of champion's death is still unknown, and details of the hazing are unclear. multiple investigations are under way. the university has expelled four students for their alleged roles, and now more accusations of abuse are emerging. just days before champion died, an 18-year-old female band member filed a police report saying she was beaten during a hazing. the university has not responded. and a former band member who sued and settled with the university describes how he was hit with a wooden paddle. >> after the paddling stopped, it was actually physical blows, face slapping. eating strange things. >> reporter: the university fired its longtime band director. julian white acknowledges there was a pattern of hazing but says he reported it to proper authorities. >> in all cases where i suspect there's hazing involved i take immediate action. >> reporter: with their son laid to rest, champion's parents plan to sue the university. >> no one wants to be standing in our shoes. no one wants to hear on a phone call that your son collapsed and d

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, says they're being charged with disrupting organization unity, they ought to be blasted on sight asap. this is now the game. >> with information like this in hand, carpenter and sandoval are alerting jail officials. they're also warning multiple inmates who are under threat based on the kites they're receiving. among those inmates, their own source, frank lib. >> jail sa really small place. assuming you're going to come face to face. you're not initiating it, you're not even looking for it. we're not going to let them hurt us. >> all that being said, you know what's coming next. would you like to check into protective custody for your safety in regards to the violence being carried out against you? protective custody means, i need protection from somebody else outside of my gang. then on top of it they've got to wear this yellow jumpsuit, the big bird suit. you ran to pc, you're a coward, you become the enemy of your own gang. >> what we going to do, player? >> i'm trying to come up with an answer. just give me a minute. >> whether a detainee wants to enter protective custody or not,

they are to be blasted on site, asap. and this is now the game. >> with information like this in hand, carpenter and sandoval are alerting jail officials. they're also warning multiple inmates who are under threat based on the kites they're receiving. among those inmates, their own source, franklin. >> the jail is a very small place. sooner or later, we're going to come fate to face. we're not going to let them hurt us. >> all that being said, you know what's coming next. would you like to check into protective custody for your safety with regards to violence being carried out against you? >> you're [ muted ]'ing me, right? >> protective custody is like someone else has to protect you. you have to wear a yellow suit. >> i'm trying to come up here, but give me a minute. where do i put a health"hell no? >> franklin is signing a statement of refusal. >> name, number, signature. >> where's comments going? >> there's no comments. you're not reviewing a move. >> what happens a lot of times is we also confront the aggressors. an

at 6:53 michelle's sister sends her a text, call me asap, please. gets no response. at 7:20 lauren calls police after michelle fails to show up for her 7:30 bartending shift. at 8:15 the ping is found from the lake. an area she never frequented. the next day her hummer is found in a parking lot miles from her home. a sign in the truck advertising her business is missing. family members say they are not giving up hope of finding michelle alive, but this now two-week-long search without results has been painfulor them. >> thank you. the skating santa isn't looking so sharp these days. paul chernowski arrived, fetched his $900 skates out of storage but left the skates in a taxi. santa's making due with rental skates but said he isn't getting the same performance from them. he'll take you off the naughty list if you return those skates. not a good thing for santa. >> we have to get him on his own skates on the rink. thank you very much. now let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> thank you. this side said they weren't feeling the love. we're showing them the

if you're going to be outside, turn the heater on asap.asty start makes way to abundant sunshine. as we head through tomorrow, we'll see another cold start, but a little bit more cloud cover that will make for a mild mild temperature overnight. still, only about 2 to 4 degrees warmer than what we're seeing this morning. by thursday, patchy a.m. fog really comes into play. that will make for mild conditions tonight. temperatures where they should be. upper 30s in the north bay. 40s elsewhere across the bay area. we have to wait until 9:00 a.m. we're still dropping off in some cities. tune in throughout the day today show. and the coldest spot across the bay the isolated city of gilroy. that's where it tends to get the coldest. throughout the day a lot of sunshine. we warm up quickly. 57 degrees as you break for lunch in hayward. 47 in concord. high pressure is strong. and we're going to see so much sunshine that your temperatures will still make their way to the 60s across the board. quiet weather continues. nothing much to talk about. plen

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we need an ambulance asap. >> reporter: instead, there are three students charged with beating a studentearly two weeks earlier. police say one of their victims was brea hunter who played clarinet and told wftv she was hurt so badly she could barely walk. >> i was just scared because that never happened before. >> reporter: the police report is shocking. on october 31st, the red dawg order, band members from georgia were allegedly called to a meeting at james harris' apartment, hobson and golson was giving out the beat downs. hunter was lined up with 11 pledges and struck 20 times. the very next day at the apartment, hunter and the same students suffered more repeated beatings. then on november 5th, police say sean hobson sent pledges a group text message telling them, "i apologize for the hurt i put you through." but by november 7th the hurt was too much for brea hunter who called paramedics, was hospitalized and diagnosed with a cracked femur and blood clots in her legs. >> when i woke up my leg was numb. >> reporter: the young men deny the beatings and say know hazing rituals took pla

we need help asap. >> how do you determine the level of culpability? >> who were the ones delivering the serious blows? one person that delivered the most blows? other people who might not have been involved at all. >> reporter: band members who spoke to cnn say it may have been the result of a hazing ritual called crossing bus c, where the victim wauklks backwa from the back of the bus to the front being beaten repeatedly. investigators have their work cut out for them. this bus is a crime scene. what happened? where did it happen when he was being beaten with fists, maybe with musical instruments? those are things law enforcement has to find out what happened. >> reporter: robert champion died of significant blood loss due to significant trauma. the victim of a severe beating. with so many possible witnesses on the bus -- >> i find it hard to believe that much was going on inside the bus, they were beating him so viciously inside that bus, that somebody on the outside didn't hear something, didn't see something. >> reporter: brooks says it's a compli

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we need an ambulance asap. >> i have help on the way already. >> reporter: how do you determine culpabilitydelivering the blows, the serious blows? was there one person who delivered the most blows that may have caused his death? we don't know. were there other people who might not have been involved at all? >> reporter: band members who spoke to cnn say it may have been the result of a hazing ritual called crossing bus c where the victim walks backwards from the front of the bus to the back while being beaten repeatedly by fellow band members. >> reporter: investigators have their work cut out for them because they've got to interview everyone, but this bus is a crime scene. what happened? where did it happen on this bus when he was being beaten with fists, maybe with musical instruments? those are things law enforcement has to find out exactly what happened. >> reporter: robert champion died of significant rapid blood loss due to blunt force trauma. according to the autopsy report, the victim of a severe beating. with so many possible witnesses on the bus -- >> i find it hard to believe t

. >> white tiles and i just need you guys to have it done asap. >> no problem. we always do. >> thank you. >> no problem. >> you and joe did a fantastic job with this kitchen as always. >> thank you very much. >> you know, i know that it was a challenge for you. other kitchens weren't as old as this one was. the house is built in 1939. what were some of the issues that you got into that we totally did not expect when we started the project together? >> we ran into several issues with the floor for one. it was spongy in places where people had cut stuff out. the amount of flooring that was in here, remediation guys took out was almost two inches thick. >> i know, when we first started out, they kept layering and layering on top of it and now we have new hardwood floors in here. these are red oak floors, pre-finished and the threshold is totally flush. i'm happy. >> they came out well. >> that's always a sign of an add-on or remodful they're not smooth and level. >> definitely. that's one of the issues you hit when you bring two rooms together. this was an exterio

where an individual self-refers themselves for alcohol -- what we call the asap program, army assistancese program. we do not report it to the chain of command. we leave those centers open late at night so people can seek the help that they need and on weekends so they can seek the help that they need. that program was initially rejected by commanders. but in each instance where we were able to do it, we have had tremendous success at bringing in a portion of the population that's high risk, who doesn't want to admit they are high risk because they don't want to be branded as an abuser of alcohol. the problem i have in rolling that out throughout the entire united states army is a national problem, the problem with health care. we just do not have enough behavior health care folks. and someone who is an army subanswer it counselor to become a behavior health specialist who makes more money and i have this problem in trying to fill up the number of a.s.a.p. counselors is what i call them to get at this issue. i don't want somebody to self-refer themselves for alcohol abuse and say come ba