. >>> a san francisco homeowner got good news this morning about eviction proceedings against her. >> thank you. >> as supporters rallied around her, monica kenny received a fall from nan fannie mae saying the agency was delaying her eviction for two weeks. that's so they can look into reportses that wells fargo is willing to restructure her loan to avoid foreclosure. kenny lost her job two years ago and was scheduled for eviction today. >> there are people that you can go to. there are people who care about what's going on with you. you just need to reach out. don't be ashamed. that was my problem is that i felt ashamed. >> as we showed you had live on the morning news, supporters gathered at 6:00 a.m. at her house hoping to pressure fannie mae into the reprieve that just came a few hours later. >>> san francisco sheriff ross mirkirimi returns to court today for the final hearing before his trial on friday. today would likely be the day lawyers could announce a deal to avoid a costly trial in this highly publicized domestic violence vase. prosecutors and defense lawyers say they are

we have a live look as you see cars lining up in the very early hour in san francisco homeowners who are desperate to get some mortgage help. patchy fog in the bay area. what does it mean for the weekend? we'll talk about that coming up. >> it's "friday light" at the bay bridge toll plaza right now. looking much better than it was just an hour ago. we'll tell you why coming up. >>> happy friday, everybody. february the 3rd, super bowl weekend. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm going. it is 5:30. >>> people are lined up outside the cow palace this morning hoping to get help with housing and their mortgages. anne makovec is in daly city where a nonprofit is offering assistance all weekend long and she has the very latest. ann, good morning. >> reporter: there are dozens of cars outside the cow palace. a lot of people have been here since last night and they are just hoping for some sort of relief on mortgages that new mortgages are also being offered here today at the cow palace. this is all being put on by the nonprofit naca which stands for the neighborhood assist

san francisco heritage and the hpc commission. some of the points that i am concerned about is the outreach process. i think in san francisco, where many of the homeowners do not speak english, or may not read proficient fleet -- that is a major problem. also, that affects renters. i think the bar is a little bit too high in that regard. i know in the past there have been many important ordinances and changes with regard to the housing element. there have been demolition controls. people just did not understand and did not get involved. i think the same is going to happen here. thank you. >> i am speaking in support of the amendments proposed by supervisors weiner and olague. the devil is in the details. if you look at the details, but are incredibly modest. everything that was proposed several months ago by supervisor weiner has been watered down, negotiated, and moderated in such a way that there is very clear consensus on most of these items. i want to speak to a few of them where the hpc disagreed with the supervisors. 10.1, it is important to understand that the 50% to nominate a district -- all that means is for a district that is nominated ben no

we have hundreds of thousands of homeowners in san francisco today.d, that the process is transparent and fairç in the future. right now, this report demonstrates that it is not. >>ç do you see this being doney a private financing agency? what kind of violation to you see? >> multiple violations from multiple parties of parties in the value chain. we certainly had issues by a purported beneficial interest holders. entities that had reportedly purchased the loan and were entitled to the loan. in many cases, they do, but there were not able to document. we also saw. laird is by the servicers and trusties, the entities that specialize in tearful services and foreclosures. -- the fall services and foreclosures. çyou asked earlier, is this jut a matter of the volume of foreclosures? it is also a matter of the bottom of originations. the production machine was running at 126% of capacity. they were having some problems documented and archiving documents. when things turn bad andç the have to recreate that chain of title and you have to lookç at the doc

i must add that if it were not for the mayor's office of housing, i would not be a homeowner in san francisco today. it would be impossible. those who are in the middle need to be remembered when you are providing funds or other sorts of support for housing for the elderly in san francisco. thank you. >> . afternoon and thank you for having this hearing. i wanted to go on record that i am here applying for jobs. i will tell you why. the last 28 years i have been employed in nonprofits such as the black coalition on aging. i was recently laid off. this is why i think everything you have heard here is good enough for a job description i could apply for and serve as a liaison for the senior citizen position. i certainly would like to see that. i wanted to refer you to an article i wrote. that could be an introduction to my resume. i think and i have lived with hiv for 27 years and i have been clean and sober for 27 years. i have applied for a number of jobs such as the aids foundation four times in the past seven years. i applied for jobs for employment intake. i have not heard a word. recently

household programs until we work on the solution to the problems of funding homeowners foreclosure to get counseling from san francisco housing development corporations. that is for the african-american community, the latino community, and the asian community. we need regulations in the behavior of the banks and mortgages operating in san francisco. the city has to focus on stabilizing neighborhoods that are hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis and helps families due to the foreclosures stake in their homes. corrupt banks are forcing foreclosures on moderate income families. the city needs to keep these families in their homes. thank you. take your money out of all of the banks and make a bank that has got screwed all of the people and put your money in it. >> i am with the housing rights committee of san francisco. san francisco has had its housing crisis for the last 10- 15 years. long before it affected the middle-income folks, poor and middle-class people were struggling to stay in this city. they were facing rising rent and even the rising cost of sro's. the housing needs of this population has never been met. m

san francisco. tracy grant. nbc bay area news. >> scary thought. >> homeowner in antioch shot and killed an intruder is not expected to face charges. last night the man was with his 7-year-old son on wexler peace way. a would-be robber rang the doorbell. the intruder kicked in the door. that's when the homeowner wrestled the gun away from him and shot him several times killing him. police have identified the suspect as an 18-year-old man from antioch. appears he randomly target the the house. police arrested a woman, believed his accomplice. >> contact your congressman in 140 character or less. everyone wants everyone to phone, e-mail, tweet their representatives and encourage them to go along with the plan to extend payroll tax cuts. president obama and vice president biden played good cop bad cop with the man expected the next leader of china. the president talked prosperity and responsibility with vice president xi. vice president biden and secretary of state hillary clinton publicly pressured the chinese vice president on areas that have undermined u.s./china relations from the currency to theft of intellectual

i am also homeowner and a landlord here in san francisco. i have been a longtime city employee and have worked in that program that have been jointly administered by dbi and the mayor's office of housing and i will try my best to keep that a civil discussion going on and things that we may not be agreeing on the always be respectful, and keep in mind what is in the best interest of the people of san francisco. so thank you very much for being so gracious. an thank you to sonya for making the transition into the commission so seamless. thank you very much. commissioner hechanova: as a working body, as the complement's continue to really have this category of momentum, the wheels that are rolling forward, there is significantly more work to be done, and the category is not that we are missing, but the people that are now in the position to keep the wheels rolling. this also set the bar a little bit more higher where we have achieved and that category of how to achieve those is the transparency of making sure that the safety and welfare

. >> reporter: and homeowners are paying the please. the san francisco assessor says a review of nearly 400 foreclosure cases in his county found mistakes by banks and lenders in 99% of them. and in the vast majority of those cases, state foreclosure laws were broken. >> these loans didn't have one thing wrong with them. these loans had many things wrong with them. >> reporter: violations like missing documents, backdating, conflicting or inaccurate information. it's the first wide scale audit of foreclosure documents in california. and auditors believe it is representative of what's going on statewide. >> where there's smoke you naturally expect to find fire. what this report uncovers was an inferno. >> reporter: he says it grew because unlike many states, california doesn't require judges to oversee the foreclosure process something known as judicial review. >> the reason other states have been able to pick up on these items much faster is because people have to go in front of judges. and the judges clearly understand the laws. >> reporter: and that's

the santa cruz sentinel reports, one homeowner is suing for $130,000 in damage. >>> residents of the san francisco zoo got a shaky wakeup call. the survey says there was a 2.2 magnitude quake about four miles from the zoo in the pacific ocean. it struck before 1:00 this morning. the usgs had a depth of about 5.5 miles. there were no reports of any damage or injuries. the u.s. supreme court said it will hear a case concerning affirmative action in college admissions. the lawsuit was brought by a white woman because she said she was denied admission. back in we 2003, the -- back in 2003, the high court -- >>> the rues postal service plans to close more than 200 of its mail processing facilities because of budget problems. that will lengthen delivery times, meaning if you don't get your ballot in on time, it may arrive too late to be counted. more than 50% of californians voted by mail in the past two elections. >> it just hursts to encourage -- it just hurts that we encouraged it an now that can result of -- and now that can result in their ballot not being counted. >>> a young colorado girl is stil

. >>> a community group is rallying behind a homeowner in san francisco 0 who is scheduled to be evicted today. monica kenny says when she lost her job two years ago, she worked out a forbearance agreement with her fake. fenny says she continues to make payments on the phone as pat of the's gray e. that tash the sheriff deputies are die to arrive this -- on phones as part of the agreement. the sheriff deputies are due to arrive today to change the locks. zbll. >>> the group rallying behind kenny is the alliance for community empowerment -- they are calling on fannie mae to remained the be -- rescind the lon on her house and are calling on well fargo for a loan mor evalicks -- evaluations. >>> the final arrest total from san jose's mardi gras celebrations will come out today. >>> ply indicate moderate crowds. there were 70 extra on patrol -- police indicate moderate cowpedz. there were 70 ex-- crowds. there were 70 extra on patrol. >> inside the bars, it's okay. outside the police presence. >> there were 26 fat tuesday arrests last year and in 2010. >>> the partying is also over this morn

the department of water resources says it will work with homeowners to restore properties to their previous conditions. >>> today san francisco mayor ed lee and hundreds of volunteers celebrated the chinese lunar new year. today was the first of the city's community clean team event this year. seven more cleanups are scheduled throughout the year. >>> new tensions tonight in the middle east. the gas pipeline between egypt and jordan under attack. what jordan said it had to do to cover the cost of rising fuel prices. intentions still high after the deadly soccer tragedy in cairo. lingering violence claims more lives. >>> europe is in a deadly deep freeze. the area is seeing snowfall that rarely ever see it. >> what a gorgeous day all around the bay. what does the rest of the weekend hold? plus, there's changes in our seven-day forecast. we'll tell you all about it after the break. ,,,, cities-- to protest deadly government shelling. more than 200 people were kill >>> hundreds of demonstrators in the streets to protest deadly government showings. more than 200 people were killed in the assaults. syria's third largest city. it w

homeowner. why wells fargo decided not to foreclose on this san francisco woman's home. >>> and singer-songwriter adele wins big again. the award show gesture that's raising eyebrows. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. if you haven't been outside yet what a day we have today. beautiful to the coastline. just how warm it will get coming up. ,, man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. stocks are most lower after a weak report on >>> let's go live to the big board and see how it's doing, down almost 16 points. stocks are mostly lower after a weak report on chinese manufacturing and continued worries over greece. apparently investors are concerned about greece's $172 billion deal may not be enough to save it from bankruptcy and possibly exiting the euro altogether. >>> the government's consumer watchdog agency is launching an investigation into costly ove

the department of water resources will work with homeowners to restore property to their previous conditions. >>> and today, san francisco mayor ed lee and hundreds of volunteers celebrated the chinese new lar new year. by cleaning -- lunar new year by cleaning up parts of chinatown. today was part of the community's first clean team event. and several more cleanups are scheduled throughout 2012. >>> tonight, a reprieve for man's best friend. dogs may be welcome in a major bay area park after all. the park service proposed banning dogs from much of the golden gate national recreational area. and they wanted to require leashes in other locations. officials say they wanted to protect plants and wildlife. but after thousands of people criticized that plan, the park service decided to reconsider its proposal. and the agency will draft a new one, and present it later this year. >>> well, one of the deadliest episodes since the arab spring, hundreds allegedly killed at the hands of the government in syria. who is calling for syria's president to resign? >>> and several feet of snow. blankets the midwest. it is heading east. he

san francisco, abc7 news. >> a group of marin county homeowners is fighting george lukas kaspar over massive expansion plans.s to expand his skywalker ranch by ball ago 270 square foot digital media production compound on his historic farmland known as brady ranch. some fear it would simply be too large. it will be discussed during the marin county planning commission meeting on february 27th. coming up next, mitt romney gains momentum, winning the maine caucuses. we will tell you what is next for all the gop presidential candidates. and more fallout in the phone and e-mail hacking investigation at britain's largest-selling tabloid. >> this morning republican presidential candidate mitt romney is celebrating another victory. last night he won maine's republican caucus with 39% of the vote. it was a slim victory over ron paul. as abc joe torres reports, it's far from over. >> score two big wins for mitt romney. first in the unofficial nonbinding caucuses in maine. i romney eeked out a victory with 39%. three points more than second place finisher ron paul. >> i want to be your nominee. i want to beat presiden

. -- homeowners are paying the price. the san franciscossessor says a review of nearly 400 foreclosure cases in his county found mistakes by banks and lenders in 99% of them. and in the vast majority of those cases, state foreclosure laws were broken. >> these loans didn't have one thing wrong with them. these loans had many things wrong with them. >> reporter: violations like missing documents, backdating, conflicting or inaccurate information. it's the first wide scale audit of foreclosure documents in california. and auditors believe it is representative of what's going on statewide. >> where there's smoke you naturally expect to find fire. what this report uncovers was an inferno. >> reporter: he says it grew because unlike many states, california doesn't require judges to oversee the foreclosure process something known as judicial review. >> the reason other states have been able to pick up on these items much faster is because people have to go in front of judges. and the judges clearly understand the laws. >> reporter: and that's ju

homeowners to refinance. observers say it faces an uphill battle. president obama will return to san francisco on february 16 for a fundraiser. a rally is scheduled. tickets start at $100. the president's last visit was in october. >>> more people in california, 1-5, are registering to vote without a party affiliation. ktvu'sericktvu's eric rasmussen is -- ktvu's eric rasmussen is here now. >> reporter: let's look at contra costa county. 20% with no party affiliation. santa clara 28%. in san francisco, look at this, 30% of voters registered without party affiliation. >> are you registered? >> reporter: we asked that question to a dozen people. >> democrat. >> republican. >> i am a democrat. >> democrat and republican. >> fight on us. >> reporter: even our poll found what they found. >> independent. [ laughter ] >> reporter: 21% of all california voters are registered with no party affiliation. >> i am ready to do that. >> reporter: why? >> i feel like both of them are not -- not in my interest. >> reporter: while both parties lost some support, democrats hold a advantage with 44% of registered

san francisco's bayview district have been fighting foreclosure for a year. >> its been a frightening process. >> reporter: they are part of a wave of homeowners here and across the stay saying the system is rigged to separate them from their homes. >> it's a criminal activity that's taking place place. >> reporter: the san francisco's assessor recorder said that they may be right. >> the system is broken. >> reporter: his office released an audit of homes across san francisco that were foreclosedon between 2009 and 2011. >> we found issues in 99% of them, we found an 84% of them what appear to be clear violations of law. >> reporter: those include conflicts between federal filings and recorded documents, back dated documents and allegedly fake signatures. >> you have a party that is selling a home at the auction that according to our land records has no connection to it. >> reporter: he said the mortgage industry isn't collective a guilty but said the state's foreclosure laws must be updated to provide better overnight. >> many of the actions if not all of them, render many of these foreclosures invalid. >> reporter: he said the report is being passed on to

. >> back dating, a failure to warn homeowners they were in default on loans. something required by law. san francisco assessor phil ting had one more. >> there is a party that is selling a home at auction that according to land records has no connection to him. >> no specific banks were mentioned. ting says when it comes to the process, there is no oversight in california. the state like others does not require a judge to oversee them. >> the only oversight that could happen is if i, a consumer foreclosed on would bring this to a court of law. >> now, the report with the files will be handed over to the attorney general. teresa garza is with the mission economic development agency and would like to see some compensation for those victims. >> because they couldn't afford with fraudulent documents and foreclosed on, how can you repair that? >> and the report points out that it's clear that the system was not prepared to handle the overwhelming number of foreclosures. i'm live in city hall, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and the city of san bruno and pg&e will resume negotiations regarding restitution for

last week, the san francisco housing development corporation did a presentation before the human rights commission. that is the capital model that is designed to keep existing homeowners in their place of residence. the idea is that it will need public money, it will not need public money. it will need the city behind it. >> thank you very much. at next speaker. >> my name is sanchez. i work hard to create housing opportunities. the market does not supply their needs. the city has regulations and programs for folks between 80%- 100 brit 20% -- 120% of median income. market rate production is misguided. the market never trickles down. it is the part of the debate of people cannot find housing that they desire. clouding the matter by vaguely using the term middle-income housing only serve to confuse and divide us. i am glad we are here to define what we're talking about. and we want an economically diversity, then let's properly fund what the economy does not produce. if you do not want a rich and poor city, them preserve housing for people not making 120% of the income. if you want a work force that stays in the city, build housing for people that make less than 120% o

san francisco to move their money to institutions that honor our values. wells fargo spokesmen says the bank has foreclosed on less than 2% of homeowners. >> one day after marie colvin was reporting on the killing of a 2-year-old syrian boy -- she was a victim. they were among a group of reporters who snuck into the country to report. 56-year-old colvin was from new york and had been a correspondent for britain's sunday times for more than 25 years. she lost her left eye in s sri lanka in 2001. >> whatever she did, she did with passion and determination and lived her life that way. >> syrian military forces have killed hundreds in homs in the last few weeks. president asaad seems defiant against the opposition with no signs of letting up. >>> the tight race between mitt romney is good for california. raising the valley of the state's june 5th primary. the new field poll shows romney is still the front-runner. santorum's recent wins have given him a big boost to 25%. ron paul is in third with 16%. and you see support for newt gingrich has tumbled. at this hour, the candidate rs on stage debating in mesa, arizona. rick santorum sepent the day in tempe. romney c

san francisco. the report commissioned by san francisco recorder ting found a number of irregularities. 400 foreclosures from the past four years were analyzed, 84% had violates of the law, including failure to provide homeownernotice of default -- default, back-dating and suspicious signatures. >> you have a party selling a home at an auction that according to our land records has no connection to. >> the report did not identify the specific lenders involved in the violations. ting says his office will hand over the report to the attorney general's office. >>> six thousand patients at two hospitals are getting alerts that their personal health information may have been compromised. st. joseph system says due to a setting oversight patient data could have been accessed between early last year and last month. this was not financially sensitive information but medical information like blood pressure, lab results and allergies. affected hospitals locally include santa rosa memorial and petaluma valley memorial. >>> city of san bruno and pg&e will resume shuns tomorrow morning regarding -- negotiations tomorrow morning regarding restitution for the 2010 pipeline disaster. city leaders accused pg&e of walking away

san francisco. >> california attorney general is backing a minnesota lawsuit over fair huesing lows they -- in a friend of the court brief she writes minority homeowners and renters in california who have been impacted by the housing and mortgage crisis deserve access to housing without facing discrimination. the united states court will hear arguments next movement. >> oakland police and the mayor are stepping up their efforts to keep some occupy protesters out of the city. the da asked the judge to issue stay away orders for 12 protesters who face charges following the violent protests last weekend. there are three stay away orders already in effect. one man who has an order plans to fight it. i wasn't arrested at the plaza and don't have a violent history. i don't have a violent record of hurting anybody or harming anybody or destroying anything at the plaza. >> more than it 70 protesters were told to go home minutes before scheduled court hearing today on their charges stemming from saturday's demonstration. >> twitter ceo said the website is not monitoring tweets in foreign countries. the website said it would start restricting tweets in certain

homeowners that have these problems. >> we the building department issues weekly calendar of all trainings we can come up with in the san francisco area. we will post that on your training website as well. >> okay. question here? >> you are advocating fresh air for your buildings health what about the houses that have sealedat iings no gable vents that's trapped air and moisture. >> the building codes have almost always required vent laugz in your attics. there is a ceiling joist and above that area would require ventilation. i found some where there is a small space in san francisco a seals joist and roof rafters over that in a small space that are not ventilated. we are climate zone 3 we don't have a lot of the problems that places with more climates with build up of moistures. those areas are supposed to be ventilated to the outside. it's easy to do except where you have property lying walls you can't cut holes to ventilate because you can't have

especially in a city like san francisco when maybe you don't have a lot of roof space, but you want to get as much power as you can. this is probably the choice preferred for most homeownerssecond technology which is coming on strong is called thin film. that's really a whole different technology using a lot less material. it's like sprayed or painted on, a different way of producing electricity. this stuff has a lot of potential because it can be used in a lot of different ways. this is a thin film panel here, right here and one of the innovative ways you can use this thing is on thought metal seamed roofs. they have an add he'sive backing on and they can stick down on the roof without penetrating the roof. it's a very effective and cheap and safe installation process. thin film has a smaller, a lesser efficiency. half as efficient but it's about half the cost. so if you look at it, a small system 1.2 kilowatt systems, it produces 1.2 kill what's in full sun or 1,200 watts. in crystal lynn it could would take 500 panels. in thin film it would take this much space. they would produce the same and at current prices they cost close to the same. let's look at the typical sys

san francisco? >> coming up next, new decorations to adorn the city and make major announcements about tony bennett's trademark song. >>> at 6:00 california share of the national mortgage settlement and what it means to local homeowners. also 7 on your side's michael finney on the return of the bumbo chair. he finds out if it still has safety hazards it did five years ago. and salvaged from the sewer. a marin county woman gets back a necklace she thought was gone for good. >> thank you. >> and san francisco mayor unveiled a new addition of a gigantic heart. >> eight of the painted hearts were shown off today during the heroes and hearts lunchen. >> they're five feet tall and will be auctioned off to benefit san francisco general hospital. >> they're inspired by tony ben yet's famous song "i left my heart in san francisco". he's going to be singing his signature tune. >> and those are neat. >> they weigh something like 400 pounds. >> not easy to move. >> that is going to do it for us. world news is coming up next. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching thank you

homeowner. >>> the santa clara city council is expected to approve an 800 million dollar contract today to begin construction of the new 49er stadium. >>> live look downtown san francisco the flags a little limp, it is cooler we'll show you temperatures and where fog is forming. >>> good morning i'm frances dinglasan looks like driving conditions are easier. here's a live shot of the bay bridge no problems. -- >>> good morning on this tuesday. full forecast coming up i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. vallejo police looking for more suspects in a shooting rampage at a nail salon last night. five people injured, including a little girl now in critical condition. amy hollyfield is live on the scene. have the police made any arrests? >> reporter: they have made one arrest. not only are investigators still here, business owners are not able to get to their businesses to start cleaning up and assessing the damage. this is the appliance repair shot that just found a bullet casing. it was quite a gun battle here on springs drive in vallejo. police got the call after 7:00 that a total of five people had been shot at tina's nail salon, including a toddler, a little girl

homeowners this weekend. where they are lighting up for free mortgage advice, today. >>> and san francisco's 'em battled sheriff and his plea to a judge to see his wife and son. we'll be right back. the republican race for president now takes center stage in nevada. . >>> voters here in the west are finally getting their say in the republican race for president, taking center stage right now just to our east. how religion may play a factor in the national contest. >>> and sheriff mirkarimi's plea before a judge to see his wife and son. a little known legal rule that could end up working in his favor. >>> plus, another big occupy protest set for tonight in oakland. the stay-away order for some members of the occupation. >>> welcome back to weekend early edition. it is just about 7:30 on february 4th, super bowl weekend. thank you for joining us. i'm anne makovec. >> and i'm jim bernard in to take a look at your weekend weather pattern. it's official, it's gorgeous out there. looks like another high and dry day across the bay. temperatures will be warming through the weekend, as we see a bit of an offshore breeze

san francisco, mike sugerman, cbs 5. >> at least the sun was shining. >>> what would you do? a would-be burglar armed with a gun breaks into your home. what the homeownerat has neighbors defending him. >>> new details revealing about whitney houston's final sendoff. >>> new hope for heart attack survivors. the cutting edge treatment happening soon in the bay area that's literally healing broken hearts. home intruder killed. patrick >>> it started with the sound of the doorbell followed by a struggle, gunshots, and a home intruder killed. patrick sedillo on how an east bay homeowner turned the tables on an armed man. >> we heard shouts and commotion. walked around the corner up the hill and seen the young man laid out on the grass. >> reporter: a home invasion robbery happened last night at 8:23 p.m. antioch police say the suspect ran the doorbell and when there was no answer kicked the door n a father and his 7-year-old son were inside. >> i'm shocked that that could happen. >> reporter: even more shocking what happened next. according to police, there was a struggle and the victim wrestled the gun away from the invader and shot him three times. >> it'

federal money oakland and san francisco could be forced to return some stimulus funds they received towoodize homes. california received 186 million dollars to help homeownersd other improvements. a state at this time -- a state audit shows the cities may have to give back more than six million dollars pause of slow progress. city officials say one of the problems is they decided to focus on apartments and multi-family homes. >>> mike taking a look at the big weekend forecast. >>> you may need prep time if you are heading to the peach because you want to take sunscreen. -- to the beach pause you want to take sunscreen. -- we have rain in the forecast, not until after the weekend is over, beautiful picture from sutro power looking east across oakland, mount diablo prominent in the background as is yellow and orange of the impending sunrise. still have fog around santa rosa 38° frosty around fairfield 31 mid to upper 30s in concord, livermore, peninsula, low 40s around fremont and san jose to 50 in oakland and 48 in san francisco monterey a inland salinas upper 30s to low 40s frosty 30 in gilroy to start your day. mostly sunny and mild conditions again today

approved consumer counseling service of san francisco counsel's 3000 family a month nationwide he says the deal ensure that is banks will no longer push homeowners into foreclosure. >> if you stop foreclosure in one neighborhood and shore up that neighborhood then you are saving that tax base for the people who are there. >>reporter: that can begin to reverse the downward trend of declining property value that so many communities have experienced. >> it could be huge. >>reporter: create i believe of the deal take another view. saying that since the housing bubble burst 750 billion dollars in home value has been lost. and 26 billion jaws drop in the ocean. president today acknowledge that had this deal noise where near a fix. jaws step. in the newsroom, 7 news. >>> there ace flip side to this foreclosure were slowed as attorneys battle with the bank during negotiations over the settlement. now that that has been reached the experts say the backlog of foreclosure process and properly seized. >> we learn ncaa tonight that the redwood city suspended 8 employee while investigating multiple accounts of children being abused. 5 counts of child cruelty

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homeowners in trouble. the free aid coming to the cow palace this morning that could save thousands from foreclosure. we are live with what you need to know. >> reporter: the san franciscos taking his situation to another level. up next, we'll tell you about the move he's making today.

san francisco. >>> funeral arrangements are set for whitney houston in her home state of new jersey. a hearse carrying her body arrived at a funeral home in newark last night under heavy police escort. the funeral homeowner announced a 12:00 noon service this saturday at the new hope baptist church. that's where houston first started singing as a child. an autopsy on sunday shows no indications of foul play. and no signs of trauma. authorities are waiting for toxicology tests. >>> in san francisco, there is a citywide tribute going on right now for legendary singer tony bennett. his famous song "i left my heart in san francisco" was recorded 50 years ago. we're live from san francisco to show you how the city is paying tribute to the great singer and the song. >> this free concert just got underway. we'll pan over to show you the timing here is just perfect. there is mr. tony bennett alongside the mayor and his wife. they've rolled out the red carpet for him. they're making their way down the stairs. this is a free concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the recording of "i left my heart in san francisco." bennett debuted the song at the fairmont hotel in 1961 here in san francisco. he recorded the

homeowners looking for a way to pay the mortgage. answers they're finding at the cow palace. >> and i miss my son terribly. he misses me. >> and san franciscoff fighting back tears tonight. he fights to win back his family. >> in sacramento, public employee unions helped get governor brown elected. found out what the governor did to sour that relationship. >> and the public outcry over a state-sanctioned bear hunt at lake tahoe. should they do it again next year? >> good evening, everyone. >> help for struggling homeowners is drawing thousands of people to the cow palace. >> for many this, could be a last chance to avoid forelow sure, the neighborhood assistance corporation is offering free mortgage help. >> some people described this too good to be true. it's free and offering a shot at a 2% mortgage rate if you can prove your current loan is unaffordable. some folks showed up at 3:00 this morning. in good

san francisco, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> a lot nor come here tonight. help with your house payment. up next, the president's plan for underwater homeownerske it through congress. we will explain why. >>> pulling out all of the >>> to presidential politics. major endorsement in the republican race for president. according to the "new york times" donald trump will give his support to newt gingrich tomorrow. gingrich is running second in the race behind mitt romney. >>> president obama today announced a new proposal to help struggling home owners. he wants to make it easier to refinance mortgages even for people who owe more than the homes than they are worth. that comes as the u.s. census bureau reports that only 66% of americans now own homes. the lowest level since 1998. mark matthews tonight with the president's plan to help home owners and what he needs to make it happen. >> reporter: in falls church virginia, president obama promised relief to home owners unable to take advantage of lower interest rates. >> we need to do everything in our power to repair the damage and make responsible families whole again. >> reporter: the president'