>>da: some oakland voters are itching to sign the petition. others oppose the recall because they cannot think of a better replacement. >> i cannot say she is doing the best job, but who will take her place? it becomes such a volatile issue. who would we could in there if we pull her out of the office. i feel very apprehensive about switching out for a new mayor. baba baba baba baba that >>marty: new internet node to meet with unwanted aladdin lotus. at a >>ysabel: mode details on the smoke rising from our group camera in different ago. officials tell us there was a one alarm fire in an apartment building. it is under control, no one was injured. ahead >>marty: taxes are expected to make the difference to get the stadium there. they hope to have the stadium ready for 49 games in the south of a hurry. >>ysabel: i would be there for the opening of the stadium even know i'm not a big football fans. i think it would be cool. cost how >>henry: and november 18th, the jonestown massacre. it was a massacre/suicide. more on that when we come back. copy

the petit family is ready for justice. they have been here every day to make sure the jury didn't forget how heinous the crime was and the deaths of jennifer hawke-petit, her brutal death who was strangled to death by the accomplice stephen hayes but also the deaths of michaela and 17-year-old hayley. we're waiting for the verdz to come in, again, a lot of people in the courtroom just waiting, talking about whether this is going to be a slam dunk for the prosecutors, whether in fact he'll get death by lethal injection on all counts or whether, in fact, some of those counts will carry life. i'm getting an e-mail from my colleague who's in there. he says, right now they're waiting on one of the defense attorneys. the judge is telling spectators to keep calm. when we heard that knock, the marshal went to the door. usually there's a little chitchat. he looked very serious. the judge was immediately alerted and got the bench ready, bringing out some water, really trying to keep control of the room. but a lot of people, you know,

the latest. gil? >> reporter: hi, grace. good afternoon. some of those petition volunteers have set up shot right behind me along lakeshore avenue right next to the trader joe's parking lot to collect those signatures. they have a challenging road ahead of them. they have to collection about 20,000 signatures by this coming may. they are just excited about the notion of not having to deal with mayor quan for another three years. one day after dealing with the port of oakland shutdown -- >> people have to think about their consequences. people have to think about who are they hurting. >> reporter: -- mayor jean quan faces another dilemma, the start of a petition drive to recall her through a special election. >> we're excited because we finally have a chance to take oakland back. you know, we have had so many problems just in the first 11 months of this administration. >> reporter: charles pine and his fellow volunteers known as the committee to recall jean quan and restore oakland, need to collect about 20,000 signatures by may 14. some voters are ready to sign t

so, what is at issue here is essentially that there is a question about whether or not the petitions raudulent or not, and even gingrich has said some of the signatures that were filed by campaign worker came out of essentially fraud. you say, no, he can continue to go ahead and get gingrich on the ballot in virginia. how? >>guest: he submitted 11,050 signatures out of the 10,000 required and on wednesday the republican party of virginia confirmed they have not disclosed why they disqualified so many of the petition signatures. so, although i think that the gingrich campaign is astronaut satisfied with the services we don't know why the signatures including one of my own, i signed the petition, and why they were disqualified and whether they were disqualified correctly or not and that pushed me over the edge to go from preparing suggestions to actually filing so we can find out why the signatures were disqualifyies and i believe if the correct standard is applied many will be counted. you suggest he may have been given wrong information, that maybe it was fraud from a campaign worker

>>> the petition tries to recall oakland mayor quan gets the go ahead. but the mayor says she's focused on the business at hand. i'm christie smith. i'll have the story in a live report. >>> new details emerge in the case of a san jose cheer coach accused of sexual abuse. what we're learning about the victims. and the myth busters make a personal visit to a building busted up by a cannon ball. where is everyone? it's a little early. 4:30. but it is thursday, december 8th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning, everyone. it is 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. a lot to get to this morning. let's check the forecast with christina loren. >> it's cold this morning. the good news is we have a little bit more fog. a little bit more of a marine layer to keep things mild. 45 in san francisco. still in the 20s in napa. 29 in gilroy. 38 in san jose. setting up to have a really nice comfortable afternoon. i'll take you through the forecast. first, mike inouye, we have an area to slow people down on the peninsula. >> it will stop folks as f

there was nearly 700 all of inside at the annual conference is one of the smoothest moneymakers the petitiono recall, mayor jean quan has started circulating across the city. and thousands of signatures had to be collected in over =-- >>reporter: >> we haven't all and the physicians have one level to 100 through >>reporter: he talked about what he believes the national bill. fuhrman >> does a first element to have seen so even the pocket venus gene into bacteria she had the occupy disaster--she asked us for more--it has been all drama and no progress. >> i been on a point out that we filed the petition and all applications to the this holiday season give your family the gift they can all share... ... verizon 4g lte smartphones ! like the droid charge. and the stratosphere. don't miss the best deals at the right price. on the network they deserve. get the powerful droid charge by samsung or get the samsung stratosphere for $99.99. and for a limited time get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. these deals make me loco ! so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories.

. >> reporter: the petitions are submitted to a state board of elections. they have to be 10,000 of them. and they then immediately hand them over to the party, the republican party of virginia. and they then certify which qualify n. this case, mitt romney and ron paul, saying newt gingrich didn't submit enough ballots out of the 11,000, they disqualified many of the signatures. rick perry submitted 6,000. they certified mitt romney and ron paul as the candidates here in virginia for the march 6th primary. >> do you have time before the supertuesday? do you have time to get this looked at and get speaker gingrich on the ballot? do you feel optimistic about it? >> i'm not optimistic time wise. it's challenging but that is possible. they're going to print the ballots january 9th. rick perry's lawsuit is going to have a hearing on january 13th. they would be after, they would force them to print them late already if rick perry's lawsuit is successful. here, it's a simple question. i think they applied the wrong standard when they disqualified the ballot petitio

but the governor is worried that mickey mouse is signing the recall petitions. wisconsin state senator is here to tell us why walker is in fantasyland. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. let's start with iowa where all the political action is taking place. and basically iowa is up in the air. the first caucus in the 2012 presidential race happen one week from tonight. and the republican party still has no clear direction. the latest average of multiple polls in iowa show ron paul with a lead. the real story is mitt romney mounting a comeback in iowa while newt gingrich has really taken a tumble. romney's plan to focus on new hampshire has been put aside. romney is spending more time and money in the state of iowa. the romney campaign thinks the nomination for him is in the bag. an unnamed romney strategist told a new york magazine, the dynamics couldn't be better for us. i don't see any scenario where we're not the nominee. that's confident. romney supporters, they might feel the same way. here's how a romney campaign volunteer addressed the candidate d

>> that is not. >> did you sign the petition for obama? ned to see her name on obama petition. robert was, too. >> i did not sign for barack obama. >> some one forged this this >> correct. that is not my signature. >> the alleged fakes raise question of whether the obama campaign filed the necessary number of signature, 500 from the county to get on the state primary ballot. 534 certified signatures were never challenged. county democratic chairman butch morgan resigned under party pressure and his lawyer says he did nothing wrong. >> there were many of us advised against resignation that -- resignation knowing that butch would never participate in anything illegal. >> it's going through the voter registration board in south bend, indiana. the handwriting of voter registration deputy and democratic volunteer dustin blight reportedly matches writing on some of the suspect obama petition. according to handwriting analyst and political newsletter. >> did you forge signatures or fake petitions at all? >> the lawyer said he did nothing wrong and

the organizers behind one group working to kick oakland's mayor out of office are preparing the petitions. in the coming weeks, they will hit the streets to get the requisite 20,000 signatures they will need for a recall election. and they believe it will be easy. oakland's that angry. >> it's monetary for me. it's lack of leadership. it's lack of bringing --the lack that we have no public safety in this town. the city is running chaotic. we have no leadership in any departments. all the good people have left. you can look at the cities around us. they have grown even though we're all having financial problems, they have grown over the years and oakland is still living in a welfare city. >> reporter: they have 160 days to get the petition signed. once validated, the city council decides on when to hold the recall election. but the group has its own detractors. some members have split off forming a second petition drive to recall the mayor. it's being led by former mayoral candidate and food bank director greg harlan who says they will have a well oiled finance campaign. >> we have a polit

the edge -- again. >> reporter: in less than two hours, she got more than 50,000 signatures on her online petition, which read, verizon thinks it can do anything to its customers and that we're powerless to stop it. spoiler alert -- we're not. >> i think the large corporations really need to take cues from bank of america and verizon and really start listening to their customers. >> reporter: if molly looks familiar, it's because this isn't the first time she's gone up against a big company. she launched the petition against bank of america earlier this year when they tried to introduce a $5 monthly fee for using a debit card. carrying the petitions into the bank herself. she won that fight, and late today, she chalked up another victory. ver verizon announced, "at verve rye sop, we take great care to listen to our customers" and dropped the fee. >>> was surprised how quickly they dropped the fee. i thought it would be a month-long fight like it was with bank of america. >> reporter: those signatures are still coming in. now, more than 100,000. it looks like the company known for the slogan can can you h

the oakland tribune reports a signature from the city clerk's office is all that is needed for the petition to recirculate. this follows a massive outcry to the police response to the obama oakland encampment. more than 19,000 sits would be needed to qualify for the november 2012 ballot. the mayor says she wouldn't give up her position as mayor without a fight. >> the mayor's possible recall is month the hot topics on our facebook page. la toya writes, let's get that petition on the street. >> michael writes, she's a great mayor. those dem demonstrators need to go. >> forecasters expect the winds to remain calm in southern california. that should allow utility crews to restore power to 50,000 homes and businesses. some residents have gone without electricity since wednesday in parts of los angeles and orange county. the city crews in los angeles say they finished repairing wind damaged powerlines this morning. the santa anna winds also elevate the fire danger in the southland. >> a controversial ad is pulled from the air waves. why it made so many people angry. >> big changes coming to ital

well, only around two dozen showed up tonight but they represent just under 600 who have signed the petitionwhat they're doing tonight is basically serving school board members and this is the first steps but they still have a very long way to go. some of the people in this crowd who you are looking after the 1000 signatures per school board member to get this on a ballad and then it will be put on a ballot next year. there is definitely a very long way to go on this process. again, this meeting is going on directly behind me tonight. at this point it is unclear if those parents and members that showed up will be able to speak. >>catherine: one east bay city may lose its only fire station. we want to fly you in and give you a close look at the temporary station closures that are slated in this district. right now there are only two fire stations to begin with, you can see them here. and now because of a lot of money problems this station on third street could close. tonight, the chief of the district is meeting with residents. earlier today he talked with charles clifford about this problem.

the investigation into those alleged forged petitions for the democrat presidential primary in 2008 continuesit's been reported there were so many signatures on petitions that put president obama and hillary clinton on the ballot in the last election there were fakes that the president may not have legally qualified for the primary ballot in indiana in 2008. that criminal investigation is being investigated by st. joseph prosecutor mike devorick under way and all this comes as a judge ruled that the state secretary of state, republican charlie white should be bounced from office. white is accused of voter fraud for allegedly voting from his ex-wife's house. he faces trial next month. the state's bipartisan recount commission, though, has backed his election but a county judge says he's got to give his job to the democrat he lost. that now under appeal. a few weeks ago, mr. white told us he did not do anything wrong. >> one thing that i was very happy about is once it came out, i received a unanimous vote in support of my possession from the indiana recount commission to say that everything i

carrying the petitions into the bank herself. she won that fight, and late today, she chalked up another victory. verizon wireless announced, "at verizon, we take great care to listen to our customers" and dropped the planned $2 fee. >> i was actually really surprised how quickly they dropped the fee. i thought it was going to be another, you know, month-long fight like it was with bank of america. >> reporter: those signatures are still coming in. now, more than 100,000. it looks like the company known for the slogan "can you hear me now" heard its customers loud and clear. david? >> that is for sure. fighting the fees and winning. linsey, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to politics, your voice, your vote tonight. and to a quickly shifting republican race. it was one month ago, former speaker newt gingrich made this bold prediction to jake tapper right here on "world news." >> it's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high i'm going to be the nominee. >> that was then, but tonight, th

i don't think is fair. >> group behind the petition drive has about five months to gather the 20,000 signatures they'll need for a recall election. >>> how much money will you make this year? tonight, we have learned the bay area's middle class is shrinking. the public policy institute of california reveals that local incomes had declined 12% over the past three years. that is double the national average. the poorest families in california took the biggest hit. dropping 21% with an average income of $15,000 a year. >>> everyone's paycheck is hanging in the balance if congress can't agree to extend the payroll tax cut, then all working americans will see fewer dollars in their checks come january 1. danielle nottingham tells us tonight president obama has a message for lawmakers. get ready to cancel your holiday plans. >> a senate vote triggered a new showdown with the white house. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> republicans blocked the nomination of richard to lead the new consumer protection bureau. the agency shields people from some of the lending practices that contributed to

the organizers behind one group working to kick oakland's mayor out of office are preparing the petitions. in the coming weeks, they will hit the streets to get the requisite 20,000 signatures they will need for a recall election. and they believe it will be easy. oakland's that angry. >> it's monetary for me. it's lack of leadership. it's lack of bringing -- the lack that we have no public safety in this town. the city is running chaotic. we have no leadership in any departments. all the good people have left. you can look at the cities around us. they have grown even though we're all having financial problems, they have grown over the years and oakland is still living in a welfare city. >> reporter: they have 160 days to get petition signed. once validated, the city council decides on when to hold the recall election. but the group has its own detractors. some members have split off forming a second petition drive to recall the mayor. it's being led by former mayoral candidate and food bank director greg harlan who says they will have a well oiled finance campaign. >> we have a politica

after several weeks of the whites and legal review, the petition for the recall of mayor jean quan needs to porn and parking requirements of the election code. tonight the clock starts to take on collecting signatures to put the recall on the ballot. >> we need just under 20,000 ballot signatures. we know the signatures are out there and the only thing we have to do is reach those people one by one so we can get to 20,000. >> but petitioners ask what does it mean when the police chief, city attorney, deputy mayor and even personal counsel resigned within weeks of each other? >> i think she really screwed that up. >> i don't support recalling her, i don't know what that would do or what would replace it with. >> we would have to let the system work and stick with the person you have in your rather than devote a lot of resources that the city does not have. >> mayor jean quan declined yet another on camera interview and said the statement minutes ago. it repeats, the last thing we need is for defensive antics of the recall election. welcome workers know me as the woman of action fighting h

then we of the you on the progress of the oakland mayor jean kron recall petition. and show what are perfect for the from construction sites in san francisco and we try out a few toys that might be the perfect present this holiday season. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worry about a late fee. which is good... no! bigger! bigger! [ monica ] ...because i don't think we're going anywhere for a while. [ male announcer ] write your story with the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries. get started at citisimplicity.com. >>reporter: decision 2012 update. republican herman cain has dropped out of the race for presidential nominee. barbara hall reports from atlanta. >> as of today, with a lot of prayer and soul-searching i am suspending my presidential campaign. >>reporter: saturday's announcement comes after allegations concerning cannes conduct. the most recent fr

the petitioning process. >> the boys got 166 signatures. all from local neighbors. >> reporter: zoning appeal date arrived and this time the board members who were present agreed unanimously that the tree house could indeed stay. a happy ending. a neighborhood a little closer the the boys learn ad few things about local government and soldier stays true to his word to his sons. >> this was a promise to them. >> reporter: we heard the old saying a man's home is his castle. apparently a kid as tree house, well, that holds the same, too. in fairfax county, derrick ward, news4. >> they will have to take the tree house down in five years after materials, permits and other fees, the cost of that tree house exceeded $1,000. mark says it is a small price to pay for his sons' happiness. >>> several other local veterans are the subject of good will in the form of free home makeovers. the decorate a vet event is the brainchild of a local businessman who owns a landscaping company and has family members who have served. volunteers donated their time an

the freelance reports these groups made their case before the petition board yesterday. after getting approval from the nrc. the government agency and the utility each completed inspections. no significant damage from the earthquake was found. so it was okay, they said, to reopen it. environmental groups want that revisited. meantime, you talked about a warmup. you were telling us that was going to happen. >> not bad. it wasn't very cold this morning, but not going to be as cold tonight. it puts you in the mood for christmas lights, don't you think? >> i think so. >> this guy went hog wild. >> spectacular. >> isn't that awesome? i think folks are driving by to see it. >> you could sell tickets. actually, i think i posted it monday. go it our website. i have a blog on the light shows at the mormon temple in kensington and also off of the regional park. >> so much in our area to enjoy. >> it is free. let's talk about the satellite picture combined. we have this storm, a will the of energy in the southwest. they got hammered in the mountains of arizona and new mexico. some o

. >>> oakland city clerk has given the organizers of petition to recall mayor jean quan the go aheadart collecting signatures. the backers of the recall petition have until may 14 to gather the nearly 20,000 signatures needed to qualify the measure for the ballot. complicating things, a second group has filed a recall petition with the city clerk's office. the city attorney will determine whether there can be two recall drives at the same time. >>> it may be december but there is big news about one of baseball's biggest stars coming to california. new information on the proposed future home of apple. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ ma

the petition program celebrates its one-year anniversary, one of the best choice to come out of the last year and something that definitely contributed to our park maintenance source as strong as they are. just yesterday, we had the pleasure of celebrating the program's first-year anniversary. the mayor has been supportive of the program, as have all of you, and in one year, the program helped keep our parks clean and beautiful. under the supervision of the coordinator, nine men and women have completed dozens of projects in 22 city parks, including printing and planting of the concourse, trail building at the interior greenbelt, restoring the baseball diamond, and obviously, there incredible work at harding in anticipation of the schwab cup. i want to thank a congratulate everyone who had a hand in launching this program. helen diller playground update. i am very happy to report that in the center of banks in our park system, the construction is now 52% done. the contractors completing with concrete work and irrigation water lines are being installed. we anticipate the delivery of the b

when you look at the petitions, many live in walking distance. they can come in and watch some great music and walk home. hopefully no one has to drive. people can walk from home. commisioner joseph: i do suggest you have your entire staff take the training can you verbalize to me what your sound attenuation plan is? not letting sound leak out of your structure? >> we went to the commission. we are keeping the door closed and add curtains inside. we will add material on the backside and plywood on the stage to deaden the drum as well as another sound wall. >> we are putting acoustic material on the ceiling. anywhere we think we might need to do that. if there is leakage we will do soundproofing. most of our music is acousting. we don't suspect we will do a great deal. commisioner joseph:i wanted to go over the police conditions. sunday-wednesday you are open until midnight thirty. that is the hours of entertainment. >> we agree. and then on thursday, friday, and thursday 4:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. is that what that says? noon to 1:30 p.m. if you go a

focused on tracking oakland and she will not spend too much time talking about the recall until the petition becomes official. while some boaters are itching to sign petitions some say. they oppose it because they cannot speak of a that a replacement. but invest row about half and see that there is a solid backup plan and i have not heard that right now. >> it become such a volatile issue to pull her out and then who would be put in there? i feel very apprehensive about switching up for in near at this point in time.1 >>reporter: in oakland i am calling a kron4 move. >> the strongest winds are in the north and east bay. among diablo is pretty windy on a breezy day like this. we have peaked wins this evening at 67 miles per hour. right now the wind has subsided in most places. as the wind has calmed down, the to the judge will cool off.--the wind will cool off ticke. >> i will tell you about the sunday forecast coming up. >>reporter: 1 550,000 pg&e customers lost power this we can do to a strong power line--due to the strong trees and wind. >>reporter: while branches in the road were minor in

moseley, also a tea party activist told abc 7 news he wants to know exactly what was wrong the petition. >> i believe the future of america remains in the balance. >> political observers say rick santorum and ron paul are still very much in the running. as we said, we have been watching this speech is all morning. just a few minutes ago, newt gingrich was crying at an event in iowa. my colleague scott thuman is following that. and we will have more on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> road repairs in chevy chase after a pipe broke yesterday. now workers are repairing the road. it should be completed by later today but you probably want to avoid the area. >>> get ready for a relatively sunny and warm goodbye to 2011. steve rudin has a look at the forecast. >> not a bad way to end the year. temperatures well above year and already temperatures allow warmer than they were this time yesterday. the satellite and radar shows just partly cloudy skies across the minutely into. but we do have the potential for a few sprinkles later on tonight into early tomorrow morning. how how well the rest of the weeke

those who circulate the petitions must be eligible to vote there. of state to circulate their petitions. perry says it isn't fair that in the last republican primary in virginia 120 republicans voted and the state requires 10,000 signatures. that's too many. so that is the basis of his lawsuit. he argues it's unconstitutional restriction of his free association rights. his first amendment free speech rights to have this requirements. >> what are rick perry's chances? >> well, there's two issues to look at here, craig. one is, many legal experts say that other courts have taken a dim view of what virginia does here in other states. this requirement that the people who circulate the petitions have to be residents eligible to vote there. that could be vulnerable. on the other hand, legal experts say, perry may have hurt himself by waiting to file this lawsuit. the candidates certainly knew what the rules were, and by waiting until after the process was over, maybe he's defaulted his claim, basically waiting too long. there's a legal doctrine that says

the edge again. >>reporter: in less than 2 hours she got more than 50,000 signatures on her on line petition which readizon thinks it can do anything to the customers. that we are powerless to stop it. boiler alert. we are not. >> i just felt lick it was another ridiculous fee by verizon. i thought it was insane they were trying to charge people to pay their bills on line. >>reporter: if monthlyie looked familiar it's because this isn't the first time she's gone up against a big company. she launched the petition against bank of america earlier this year when they tried to introduce a 5 dollar monthly fee for using a debit card. carrying the petitions that the bank herself. she won that fight. and late today she chalked up another victory. verizon wireless announced we take great care to listen to our customers. and dropped the plan 2 dollar fee. >> i was actually really surprised how quickly they drop the fee. i thought it was going to be another month long fight against verizon like it was with bank of america. >>reporter: those signature is are still coming in. now more than 100,000. it looks like t

hopefully, before you approve for new contract, which is coming up in december, but that all the petitions that are coming out from parents involving this -- involving these issues. thank you for the opportunity. >> could you tell us what ace stands for? >> the alliance of californians for empowerment. >> i am a parent of five children at paul revere elementary. first, i would like to say that i brought my police report in regards to the incident with the principle grabbing my son and i have a witness. here is the police report, if i could and that in. second, i want to speak in regards to the education of my children that is being handled by this principle. in the spanish immersion program -- there is supposed to be a certain percentage of children taught in spanish cree and that is not happening with my kids. they're being taught more in english than in spanish. i can give an example. my daughter is being taught two hours per day in spanish. the rest is in english. this is supposed to be a spanish immersion program. when i approached a teacher had asked her why there is only two hours of