ktvu's amber lee is live to tell us how they plan to use their new power. >> reporter: next month new members of the california legislator will be sworn in here, helping make history. for the first time in 8 decades the democrats will have the super majority in both houses. >> reporter: both are in recess. most members back in their home district today. but in january it will be different. the results of the election game democrats had super majority. >> becareful what you wish -- be careful what you wish for. that much power could go down the wrong path. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: he says this isn't the time to gloat but to get down to business. helping college students, changing how initiatives make it on to the ballot and repailing the same-sex marriage ban. >> -- repealing the same-sex marriage ban. he says lawmakers will work with governor jerry brown who told us his priorities including high-speed rail, education and a budget. >> the voters have trusted the elected representative, maybe even me and now we have to meet that trust. >> reporter: we found voters who say they

and amber lee is going to show us why the morning commute is going to be a mess but we begin with jana katsuyama with where the heaviest rain has been falling so far. >> reporter: it's been a downpour here. crews have been here trying to clear out the leaves and the debris from low lying areas and we are on third street where you can see the road dips down. that's the area where police are concerned about. they're expecting for a lot of rain to fill this area. water has already saturated the ground and more rain keeps falling. >> during intense rainfalls it rises rapidly. >> reporter: fire officials say people should be weary of streams and rivers as well as pooling water and flooding. >> if you find standing water and you cannot tell how deep it is do not drive through it. it doesn't take a lot of water to either move a vehicle or float a vehicle. >> reporter: tonight just a small pile of sand remains at the municipal yard. trash cans strategically marked and placed around the move to catch any leaks from heavy rain. in heelsburg rain fell on the russian river where rain is expected t

and amber lee is going to show us why the morning commute is going to be a mess but we begin with jana katsuyama with where the heaviest rain has been falling so far. >> reporter: it's been a downpour here. crews have been here trying to clear out the leaves and the debris from low lying areas and we are on third street where you can see the road dips down. that's the area where police are concerned about. they're expecting for a lot of rain to fill this area. water has already saturated the ground and more rain keeps falling. >> during intense rainfalls it rises rapidly. >> reporter: fire officials say people should be weary of streams and rivers as well as pooling water and flooding. >> if you find standing water and you cannot tell how deep it is do not drive through it. it doesn't take a lot of water to either move a vehicle or float a vehicle. >> reporter: tonight just a small pile of sand remains at the municipal yard. trash cans strategically marked and placed around the move to catch any leaks from heavy rain. in heelsburg rain fell on the russian river where rain is expected t

amber lee is live in napa and tells us the smaller waterways can rise faster and sooner than the larger ones. >> flood control district tells us the concern is the napa creek. crews will be stationed here if it overflows. >> this culvert was completed last year. you can see the large steal grates over the front -- steel grates are to prevent debris from entering. >> reporter: he says this is part of the $400 million napa river control product. flood capacity is 9 feet. >> the creek rises much more quickly and what we need to do is manage debris that flows in the creek during a flood. >> this metal grate called a trash wreck is designed to keep large objects such as fallen trees from clogging the creek and preventing water from flowing. >> this is st. john's catholic school. this is the food of 86. >> reporter: the owner of henry's bar showed us a photo of one of several floods that devastated downtown napa. the break in the tomorrow and the flood district's improvements will hopefully keep the creek and the river from overflowing. >> we're told if needed crews will be stationed here sta

amber lee is live in napa and tells us the smaller waterways can rise faster and sooner than the larger ones. >> flood control district tells us the concern is the napa creek. crews will be stationed here if it overflows. >> this culvert was completed last year. you can see the large steal grates over the front -- steel grates are to prevent debris from entering. >> reporter: he says this is part of the $400 million napa river control product. flood capacity is 9 feet. >> the creek rises much more quickly and what we need to do is manage debris that flows in the creek during a flood. >> this metal grate called a trash wreck is designed to keep large objects such as fallen trees from clogging the creek and preventing water from flowing. >> this is st. john's catholic school. this is the food of 86. >> reporter: the owner of henry's bar showed us a photo of one of several floods that devastated downtown napa. the break in the tomorrow and the flood district's improvements will hopefully keep the creek and the river from overflowing. >> we're told if needed crews will be stationed here sta

reporting live, amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> truckers faced long delays today at the port of oakland, where operations were slow. port officials don't have any specifics about the economic impact about the one day strike. they do say the port generates $8 million in economic activity on an average day. a spokesman for the port says this is not an average week. >> we're talking a busy week in general because of the holiday shipping season, and we're facing a large harvest. numerous california agricultural products we're trying to get out to market. >> the longshoremen refused to cross the picket line yesterday by striking sieu workers. they tell us, they will stand in support of striking union workers. >>> in six minutes, our ktvu investigation of spending at the port goes deeper. plus the one piece of the puzzle they don't want us to see. >>> nearly a thousand workers at los angeles international airport staged a walk out today on one of the busiest travel days of the year. they blocked the main entry to the airport for nearly two hours. they're protesting what they call unfa

amber lee, ktvu news. >>> happening now, a close call on the waters of san francisco bay. this is a live picture of the richmond san rafael bridge. the coast guard tells us that a barge broke lose about 8:30 and was a drift near the bridge. there was concern it might hit the bridge but a coast guard person tells us it was being being tugged back in place. >>> this is surveillance video of the attack on october 10th. investigators say the man in the video is devean riley. he punched and killed a muni agent who tried to stop him from bringing his bike on the train. >>> and a fatality shut down business service. a man was struck and killed by a train while he was working on the tracks. service was suspended for about three hours. muni says it now plans to install security to watch for people walking on the tracks they hope to do that sometime next year. >>> traffic is back to normal on highway 680 after a big rig accident shut down all traffic on all four lanes. the 50-year-old truck driver was headed north when he drifted toward the shoulder, overcorrected and crashed into t

amber lee is live now to tell us what happened. >> reporter: investigators are still on scene making sure there are no flair ups. the fire started here and spread next door. the fire broke out around 7:00 tonight on firmwood. neighbors told me dinner was interrupted by the smell of fire. they initially thought it was someone's fireplace that is until they looked outside. >> this house was on fire like i've never seen before. it was the most frightening thing i had ever seen. it was unbelievable how hot and bright it was. i could feel the intensity on my face. it was out of control. >> reporter: fire crews said when they arrived the home was fully engulfed in flames. the assistant fire chief tells us the house was unoccupied and currently under construction. making it hard for firefighters to go in. >> to protect our members, there were no people, only property, we fought it from outside to protect our people. >> reporter: neighbors tell us they suspect roofers caused the fire. >> they were working on the roof, they were using a big canister and torch gun and my guess is the that's wh

amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> more details now on two rewards offered in this case. today, the office of san jose mayor chuck reed offered $10,000 for an arrest that leads to a conviction. that is on top of $10,000 offered by the san jose police officers association. >>> we have learned that the woman kidnapped in walnut creek is a pg and e contract employee. the company is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. the 57-year-old told police she was leaving work in the shadelands business park when she was grabbed. the two men drove the victim to atm's, and used her business card. what you're looking at here are images of one of the suspects who went by the name aubrey. police say the other suspect went by the name david. >>> an artist from southern california will not face charges, following his arrest at a security check point at oakland airport because of his watch. 49-year-old jeffrey mcgan went to court this morning and learned the alameda district attorney has declined to file charges. tsa stopped him after noticing his watch

reporting live here in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> credit card numbers hacked from a bay area bar. >> we have $700 charge at staples. >> reporter: what the business is doing now to protect >>> new video this evening of an arrest following a violent attack at a restaurant. a woman stabbed another woman at the jack in the box on international boulevard near 24th avenue. the suspect then ran from the scene and was later arrested about two blocks away. the victim was taken to the hospital. police say she is in stable condition tonight. no word yet on what prompted that attack. an east bay pub says computer hackers stole the credit card information of dozens of customers. ktvu's eric rasmussen tells us now there could be more victims out there. >> hundreds of miles from their favorite pub. >> we have $700 charge at staples in washington state. >> reporter: emily henry says unusual charges on her husband's credit card started popping up months ago. >> $26 charge at mcdonalds in nevato. >> reporter: henry is also the editor of the concord patch news website. she recen

amber lee tells us how police found this little boy. >> reporter: police tell us they used every resource available to find this little 11-year-old boy. he was found near palocita school at 11:00 p.m.. we went to the home of the boy. while we were speaking to the family, police called to tell us that the boy had been found and that they were trying to locate the father. when we told police we were with the family they asked us to let us know he was safe. >> police just found him. >> really. >> they just found him and they are going to call you any minute now. >> hello. >> mr. ren handed the phone to his stepson when detectives called because he doesn't speak english. >> hi, hi. okay where? >> reporter: in mandarin, the father thanks police. the boy's stepbrother says he is relieved. >> very happy right now. >> we caught up with father and son after they were reunited with each other. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> where did you go? >> to my friend's house. >> reporter: ren told us that he went to a different friend's home. and that he didn't want to call his father because he did not t

reporting live, amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> truckers faced long delays today at the port of oakland, where operations were slow. port officials don't have any specifics about the economic impact about the one day strike. they do say the port generates $8 million in economic activity on an average day. a spokesman for the port says this is not an average week. >> we're talking a busy week in general because of the holiday shipping season, and we're facing a large harvest. numerous california agricultural products we're trying to get out to market. >> the longshoremen refused to cross the picket line yesterday by striking sieu workers. they tell us, they will stand in support of striking union workers. >>> in six minutes, our ktvu investigation of spending at the port goes deeper. plus the one piece of the puzzle they don't want us to see. >>> nearly a thousand workers at los angeles international airport staged a walk out today on one of the busiest travel days of the year. they blocked the main entry to the airport for nearly two hours. they're protesting what they call unfa

amber lee, ktvu news. >>> happening now, a close call on the waters of san francisco bay. this is a live picture of the richmond san rafael bridge. the coast guard tells us that a barge broke lose about 8:30 and was a drift near the bridge. there was concern it might hit the bridge but a coast guard person tells us it was being being tugged back in place. >>> this is surveillance video of the attack on october 10th. investigators say the man in the video is devean riley. he punched and killed a muni agent who tried to stop him from bringing his bike on the train. >>> and a fatality shut down business service. a man was struck and killed by a train while he was working on the tracks. service was suspended for about three hours. muni says it now plans to install security to watch for people walking on the tracks they hope to do that sometime next year. >>> traffic is back to normal on highway 680 after a big rig accident shut down all traffic on all four lanes. the 50-year-old truck driver was headed north when he drifted toward the shoulder, overcorrected and crashed into t

amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> more details now on two rewards offered in this case. today, the office of san jose mayor chuck reed offered $10,000 for an arrest that leads to a conviction. that is on top of $10,000 offered by the san jose police officers association. >>> we have learned that the woman kidnapped in walnut creek is a pg and e contract employee. the company is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. the 57-year-old told police she was leaving work in the shadelands business park when she was grabbed. the two men drove the victim to atm's, and used her business card. what you're looking at here are images of one of the suspects who went by the name aubrey. police say the other suspect went by the name david. >>> an artist from southern california will not face charges, following his arrest at a security check point at oakland airport because of his watch. 49-year-old jeffrey mcgan went to court this morning and learned the alameda district attorney has declined to file charges. tsa stopped him after noticing his watch

amber lee is live in san francisco's castro. look at this one one next to me. this year, things are different. maybe because it's in the middle of the week, and there's rain, or the celebration of the giants earlier today, but tonight, we've seen fewer people than in the past. >> princess of austerity. >> it's coming at you, live. >> reporter: jane describes himself as an avid giant's fan, and his costume is a tribute to center fielder, angel pagan. the pants are for another player, pablo sandoval. >> my dog has bears. >> reporter: even his pig mask has an orange ting. >> to celebrate the giants. >> reporter: no street closures, but police did put up barricades at the intersection of market and castro. revelers definitely braved the rain. fewer people, there is no shortage of color and creativity. >> i'm a televangelist. i'm here to perform miracles. just send me your money. i will save you. >> my name is the morning after ferry. >> reporter: others told us this is their first castro halloween. >> i'm actually from san diego. mo

amber lee is live now to tell us what happened. >> reporter: investigators are still on scene making sure there are no flair ups. the fire started here and spread next door. the fire broke out around 7:00 tonight on firmwood. neighbors told me dinner was interrupted by the smell of fire. they initially thought it was someone's fireplace that is until they looked outside. >> this house was on fire like i've never seen before. it was the most frightening thing i had ever seen. it was unbelievable how hot and bright it was. i could feel the intensity on my face. it was out of control. >> reporter: fire crews said when they arrived the home was fully engulfed in flames. the assistant fire chief tells us the house was unoccupied and currently under construction. making it hard for firefighters to go in. >> to protect our members, there were no people, only property, we fought it from outside to protect our people. >> reporter: neighbors tell us they suspect roofers caused the fire. >> they were working on the roof, they were using a big canister and torch gun and my guess is the that's wh

amber lee is live in san francisco's castro. no lack of halloween spirit. >> the castro has a reputation for knowing how to party. especially on halloween. take a look at this one one next to me. this year, things are different. maybe because it's in the middle of the week, and there's rain, or the celebration of the giants earlier today, but tonight, we've seen fewer people than in the past. >> princess of austerity. >> it's coming at you, live. >> reporter: jane describes himself as an avid giant's fan, and his costume is a tribute to center fielder, angel pagan. the pants are for another player, pablo sandoval. >> my dog has bears. >> reporter: even his pig mask has an orange ting. >> to celebrate the giants. >> reporter: no street closures, but police did put up barricades at the intersection of market and castro. revelers definitely braved the rain. fewer people, there is no shortage of color and creativity. >> i'm a televangelist. i'm here to perform miracles. just send me your money. i will save you. >> my name is the mor

amber lee tells us how police found this little boy. >> reporter: police tell us they used every resource available to find this little 11-year-old boy. he was found near palocita school at 11:00 p.m.. we went to the home of the boy. while we were speaking to the family, police called to tell us that the boy had been found and that they were trying to locate the father. when we told police we were with the family they asked us to let us know he was safe. >> police just found him. >> really. >> they just found him and they are going to call you any minute now. >> hello. >> mr. ren handed the phone to his stepson when detectives called because he doesn't speak english. >> hi, hi. okay where? >> reporter: in mandarin, the father thanks police. the boy's stepbrother says he is relieved. >> very happy right now. >> we caught up with father and son after they were reunited with each other. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> where did you go? >> to my friend's house. >> reporter: ren told us that he went to a different friend's home. and that he didn't want to call his father because he did not t

reporting live here in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> credit card numbers hacked from a bay area bar. >> we have $700 charge at staples. >> reporter: what the business is doing now to protect its customers. >> frightening video. a couple has a handgun pointed at them. >> i'm using storm tracker 2 to give you a detailed time line of tomorrow's wet and windy commute. >>> new video this evening of an arrest following a violent attack at a restaurant. a woman stabbed another woman at the jack in the box on international boulevard near 24th avenue. the suspect then ran from the scene and was later arrested about two blocks away. the victim was taken to the hospital. police say she is in stable condition tonight. no word yet on what prompted that attack. an east bay pub says computer hackers stole the credit card information of dozens of customers. ktvu's eric rasmussen tells us now there could be more victims out there. >> hundreds of miles from their favorite pub. >> we have $700 charge at staples in washington state. >> reporter: emily henry says unusual charges on h

we have team coverage on this election as ktvu's amber lee has tonight's last minute get out the vote effort. we're going to begin in chicago with ken pritchett, and president obama. >> reporter: accords to the white house schedule, air force one should touchdown in chicago. any minute, mr. obama will spend election day in his adopted hometown of chicago just as he did four years ago. president obama ended his final day on the campaign trail in the swing state of iowa. this after he made a campaign stop in another swing state, ohio. ♪ [ music ] and the commander in chief started his day with the boss, bruce springsteen in wisconsin. three swing states. his chicago supports, such as lou walsh, and her daughter spent their day volunteering on the phone. >> who are you calling? >> calling people in iowa, and wisconsin basically. so swing states. >> reporter: in downtown chicago, we visited an obama field office. the volunteers here, most are local, but some are from the golden state. >> i, like many californians went out here to help. i went out to chicago about four days ago. >> reporte

we have team coverage on this election as ktvu's amber lee has tonight's last minute get out the vote effort. we're going to begin in chicago with ken pritchett, and president obama. >> reporter: accords to the white house schedule, air force one should touchdown in chicago. any minute, mr. obama will spend election day in his adopted hometown of chicago just as he did four years ago. president obama ended his final day on the campaign trail in the swing state of iowa. this after he made a campaign stop in another swing state, ohio. ♪ [ music ] and the commander in chief started his day with the boss, bruce springsteen in wisconsin. three swing states. his chicago supports, such as lou walsh, and her daughter spent their day volunteering on the phone. >> who are you calling? >> calling people in iowa, and wisconsin basically. so swing states. >> reporter: in downtown chicago, we visited an obama field office. the volunteers here, most are local, but some are from the golden state. >> i, like many californians went out here to help. i went out to chicago about four days ago. >> reporte

amber lee live to show us how that party is getting started. >> happy halloween, everybody. it's been raining on and off during the past hour here. it stopped for the moment but looks like people are still ready to party tonight. >> there we go. >> reporter: this is carr men and her orange and black glory. expiring to mrs., the popular giants player. >> it's a party. just a big party. we loved it. >> reporter: then there's this family dressed as big bird and dog i did guised as a bad. we also found a group of international students that said this is fair thirst halloween sell -- they're first halloween celebration. >> reporter: had t remains to be seen it rain will keep people away. there is a police command post. we're told this area along with the mission and the gary corridor is getting extra attention tonight in recent years the castro has been mostly peaceful, after the city stopped closing streets and stopped allowing live entertainmen. the that's the latest from here. >>> in the south bay officials in san jose hope to make this halloween more treat than trick. they no

reporting live here in san jose, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> from amber we turn now to ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin on just how low the temperatures will fall tonight. bill. >> it's going to be one of the coolest nights we've seen in a while. we know that because look at the current temperatures. in santa rosa it's 38 degrees. that's 6 degrees above freezing. check out napa, they're at 42 degrees. fairfield we're 42. in san jose right now we're at 40 degrees. tomorrow morning overnight lows check it out. 32 up in santa rosa. freezing there. napa 32 as well. we will see frost in many bay area inland valleys and there will be freezing temperatures in the coolest low lying areas. one of the coolest nights we've seen in a while. cooler night as we head into sunday morning. we'll have all the details on that. all of the forecasts for the weekend coming up we'll see you in a few minutes. >> early today people in the east bay hills woke up to the sound of this. falling hail. this is what it looked like near highway 18 and olaga avenue. the pea sized hail resembling snow. here's a

reporting live here in san jose, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> from amber we turn now to ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin on just how low the temperatures will fall tonight. bill. >> it's going to be one of the coolest nights we've seen in a while. we know that because look at the current temperatures. in santa rosa it's 38 degrees. that's 6 degrees above freezing. check out napa, they're at 42 degrees. fairfield we're 42. in san jose right now we're at 40 degrees. tomorrow morning overnight lows check it out. 32 up in santa rosa. freezing there. napa 32 as well. we will see frost in many bay area inland valleys and there will be freezing temperatures in the coolest low lying areas. one of the coolest nights we've seen in a while. cooler night as we head into sunday morning. we'll have all the details on that. all of the forecasts for the weekend coming up we'll see you in a few minutes. >> early today people in the east bay hills woke up to the sound of this. falling hail. this is what it looked like near highway 18 and olaga avenue. the pea sized hail resembling snow. here's a

amber lee is in sacramento this evening where people have gathered to watch the result there.ou can see how close it is. she joins us now. >> frank, prop 30 party is well under way. there's some speakers out there but no signs of governor jerry brown yet. the limited early results show the no side leading, supporters and democratic leaders say they remain optimistic that voters will pass a tax increase to help schools. >> the bad side is always ahead early. i got confidence that prop 30 will pull out. because it's that important to the state. >> reporter: again jerry brown we're told will come out to speak as soon as more results come in. live in sacramento, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and there's another tax measure being contested tonight, it's proposition 38. it would raise income taxes for all taxpayers but on a sliding scale again with all of the money raised going to public schools. right now it is losing big time. 75% to 25%. and proposition 37 would require the labels of food products containing genetically engineered ingredients. it would also ban companies fr

live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> that deputy isn't is only law man in trouble tonight. a former police commander in pinol is now under arrest in an elder accuse case. matthew messier is accused of taking control of the 88's estate. his wife elizabeth regulado arrested this evening and is under arrest for conspiracy. >>> the asaul these two men are accused of a a well known retail center in san francisco, coming up. >>> new at 10:00 word of a delay in a project to change the golden gate bridge into an all electronic toll system. that means human toll takers will remain on the job for a longer than anticipated. there's been some problems setting up that fast system that was supposed to go into effect next week. >>> hundreds of union workers as the port of okay land are scheduled to go on strike. >> we're striking because of the port's lack of providing information that's critical to par beganning. >> members of sciu say they can't bargain without certain information from the port so they're planning to strike next tuesday at the port and at terminal one of oaklan

reporting live, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on how claims for damaged to property will be handled. we'll check in with city leaders, they said residents should file a claim in person with the city's clerk. damage to vehicles might be covered we auto insurance. >>> port officials tell us via e-mail that benjamin will not receive any severance or payment in exchange for his retirement. the board is still investigating quan. we've been told he's left the country. the retirement of its executive director follow our ktvu investigation including a 5,000 bill from a houston strip club charged to the port. >>> 26-year-old garrett gibson is recovered from a major concussion as well as scrapes and bruises. he was hit by an suv while bicycling yesterday morning. investigators say the suspect was driving a late model black porsche cayanne. if caught the driver could be hit felony charges for hit-and- run and theft since the bicycle is still missing. >>> police say they show one of the kidnappers at an atm last week. investigators say the two men held a 57-year-old woman captiv

amber lee is live and tells us what fans are saying. >> reporter: we're at american bull sports bar,a popular gathering spot for 49er fans tonight they weighed in on the quarterback controversy. it's monday night football but tonight's game wasn't much of a draw for these 49er fans. but they enjoy hanging out with other like minded people who have a passion for the niners. >> we want to win games and head coach i think is doing a great job. mideast -- he's got two good arms. >> reporter: the two pairs of good arms are adding up to a quarterback controversy. coach harbaugh started kaeprenick for the second game in a row instead of alex smith after he suffered a concussion. >> i'm really becoming fond of kaepernick because he's helping us out. >> i like smith, i say run smith. >> i am fond of montana. >> reporter: aging joe montana was replaced by steve young. this time many fans tell us their loyalty is neither for smith nor kaepernick. >> jim harbaugh is our guy, whoever he wants to play we're good with that. >> reporter: do you think alex's days are numbered? >> i hope not. i don't

live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> that deputy isn't is only law man in trouble tonight. a former police commander in pinol is now under arrest in an elder accuse case. matthew messier is accused of taking control of the 88's estate. his wife elizabeth regulado arrested this evening and is under arrest for conspiracy. >>> the asaul these two men are accused of a a well known retail center in san francisco, coming up. >>> new at 10:00 word of a delay in a project to change the golden gate bridge into an all electronic toll system. that means human toll takers will remain on the job for a longer than anticipated. there's been some problems setting up that fast system that was supposed to go into effect next week. >>> hundreds of union workers as the port of okay land are scheduled to go on strike. >> we're striking because of the port's lack of providing information that's critical to par beganning. >> members of sciu say they can't bargain without certain information from the port so they're planning to strike next tuesday at the port and at terminal one of oaklan

amber lee is in sacramento tonight where the governor is watching the returns coming in. amber. >> juliee, hundreds of people are here to see the governor. the people you see on the stage are speaking about prop 30 to the initiative that they're against the initiative. no on 32. keeping unions -- still no jerry brown yet. and just a short while ago, yes on prop 30 actually took a small lead. so this crowd has been -- they say they were optimistic and still waiting to hear from the governor. we will bring it to you as soon as he's here. >> and proposition 38 and competing tax measure is on the ballot. this one looks like it's going down in defeat. supporters say prop 38 will generate ability 10 billion dollars for schools opponents arresting tax on the middle class and could force family businesses to cut jobs or move out of state. >> social media, it was huge tonight. especially twitter and facebook. >> what's trending in social media at this hour. eric. >> new topics since the president made his speech. now, minutes after the major networks began calling the race for pres

reporting live, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on how claims for damaged to property will be handled. we'll check in with city leaders, they said residents should file a claim in person with the city's clerk. damage to vehicles might be covered we auto insurance. >>> port officials tell us via e-mail that benjamin will not receive any severance or payment in exchange for his retirement. the board is still investigating quan. we've been told he's left the country. the retirement of its executive director follow our ktvu investigation including a 5,000 bill from a houston strip club charged to the port. >>> 26-year-old garrett gibson is recovered from a major concussion as well as scrapes and bruises. he was hit by an suv while bicycling yesterday morning. investigators say the suspect was driving a late model black porsche cayanne. if caught the driver could be hit felony charges for hit-and- run and theft since the bicycle is still missing. >>> police say they show one of the kidnappers at an atm last week. investigators say the two men held a 57-year-old woman captiv

amber lee is live and tells us what fans are saying. >> reporter: we're at american bull sports bar,a popular gathering spot for 49er fans tonight they weighed in on the quarterback controversy. it's monday night football but tonight's game wasn't much of a draw for these 49er fans. but they enjoy hanging out with other like minded people who have a passion for the niners. >> we want to win games and head coach i think is doing a great job. mideast -- he's got two good arms. >> reporter: the two pairs of good arms are adding up to a quarterback controversy. coach harbaugh started kaeprenick for the second game in a row instead of alex smith after he suffered a concussion. >> i'm really becoming fond of kaepernick because he's helping us out. >> i like smith, i say run smith. >> i am fond of montana. >> reporter: aging joe montana was replaced by steve young. this time many fans tell us their loyalty is neither for smith nor kaepernick. >> jim harbaugh is our guy, whoever he wants to play we're good with that. >> reporter: do you think alex's days are numbered? >> i hope not. i don't

amber lee, ktvu news. >>> ahead in 15 minutes the outpouring of support for an oakland shopkeeper gunned down in a robbery last night. how family members hoped to find their killer. >>> police credit a tactical units for getting six guns off the street. officers say one man had two guns, the special tactical unit is designed to suppress violence. >>> california parol agents say they arrested 85 sex offenders during the annual halloween sweep known as operation boo. the arrest included 16 people here in the bay area. agents say they contacted 100 people to make sure they were not making contact with children. >>> efforts to reign in rowdy crowds could be coming in. >> reporter: task force will be going back on regular patrol because there aren't enough officers on patrol. there's already varying reasons what will happen over the weekends. 18 arrests at all, party buses are making downtown a destination. >> we saw a bunch of buses coming downtown, a lot of them are already drinking. >> reporter: staffing shortages are forcing them back on to patrol. >> reporter: yeah it will seem like it's

amber lee, ktvu news. >>> new video tonight of the aftermath of a fire in south san francisco. started about 6:00 at a welding supply business inside a larger warehouse on san m ateo avenue. they called for three alarms because of the danger to the entire building. crews kept the flames from spreading to other businesses in the warehouse. >>> jim harbaugh missed practice afterundergoing what they called a minor procedure. doctors discovered the irregular heartbeat. today niner players expressed support for their coach and say they expect him back soon. >> it unfortunate that something like that happened to a guy like that. i know he's a strong person and he will overcome all of that. we will see him tomorrow. >> he's going to be all right. we know he will. >>> and later in sports, giant's catcher buster posey on the mvp award he is adding now to his trophy case. and the elite group he joins. >>> protesters joined to the streets as fighting escalates in the middle east. tonight's protest and counter protest come as pelestinians in gaza are firing rockets and the military is answ

amber lee, ktvu news. >>> ahead in 15 minutes the outpouring of support for an oakland shopkeeper gunned down in a robbery last night. how family members hoped to find their killer. >>> police credit a tactical units for getting six guns off the street. officers say one man had two guns, the special tactical unit is designed to suppress violence. >>> california parol agents say they arrested 85 sex offenders during the annual halloween sweep known as operation boo. the arrest included 16 people here in the bay area. agents say they contacted 100 people to make sure they were not making contact with children. >>> efforts to reign in rowdy crowds could be coming in. >> reporter: task force will be going back on regular patrol because there aren't enough officers on patrol. there's already varying reasons what will happen over the weekends. 18 arrests at all, party buses are making downtown a destination. >> we saw a bunch of buses coming downtown, a lot of them are already drinking. >> reporter: staffing shortages are forcing them back on to patrol. >> reporter: yeah it will seem like it's

reporting live here in palo alto, amber lee, ktvu news. >>> now amazingly no one was seriously hurt when this big rig jackknifed in berkeley. the crash caused a chain reaction accident involving at least four other vehicles and closed three lanes near ashby avenue for more than an hour. >>> there's word tonight that actor larry hagman died this afternoon in a hospital in dallas at the age of 81. hagman is probably best remembered at j.r. euwing. he recently sold off some of his dallas memorabilia. his family said he suffered complications from a recent battle of cancer. they also said he loved playing j.r. ewing and was so happy that he was back in the role again in an updated dallas showing. >>> the plane went down around 3:40 this afternoon about 4 miles from the community of san andres in calav era s county. the pilot was person s na has federal investigators are be looking into the cause of the accident. >>> in lake county, police in clear lake are asking the help of the public to find these two teenage girls. elwood and sarah beck were last seen at a taco bell on saturday. elwood is

when amber lee rang the doorbell someone turned off the porch light. >>> a former police officer is inaccused of defrauding an 82-year-old by taking control of their estate. he was with the force then. his wife's -- has also been arrested in the case. >> hundreds of union workers at the port of oakland say they plan to go on strike for one day next week. >> it's an unfair labor take strike. we are striking because of the port's lack of providing baring information. >> they say they plan to strike on tuesday at the port and at terminal one at the oakland airport. the union said members have been without a contract since the summer and there are currently no negotiations being held. >> the president is headed to southeast asia to highlight the united states role in the pacific rim. the four day trip includes stops in thailand. a summit in cam, bodia. he will be the first united states president to travel to berma. decades of -- the white house said the trip reinforces the united states presence in that area. >>> before the president left in this morning's weekly address he called for con

amber lee. >> we have updated numbers in two more state that have just been called in the race for the white house. let's go back now to ken and heather at the big board. >> they are here in the west no surprise, utah, we don't have the raw numbers but the ap said based on its exit polls it's declared romney the winner of the state of utah. of course a large mormon population there. that was expected and wyoming a conversative state, that also goes to romney. no surprise. we want to take a look at colorado. numbers still coming in. this is a battleground state and the president is a head of romney by four points. in new mexico the president was expected to do well there and he is, he is leading romney 56% to 44%. so things so far in the west are playing out as expected. >> also go head and look at other states. we just got new numbers iowa. take a look as you can see the president now ahead 60% to romney's 40%. another state, missouri and as you can see with ten votes, you have -- romney ahead in this state. 58% to the president's 42%. ken said that the battleground state of colorado w

reporting live here in palo alto, amber lee, ktvu news. >>> now amazingly no one was seriously hurt whenhis big rig jackknifed in berkeley. the crash caused a chain reaction accident involving at least four other vehicles and closed three lanes near ashby avenue for more than an hour. >>> there's word tonight that actor larry hagman died this afternoon in a hospital in dallas at the age of 81. hagman is probably best remembered at j.r. euwing. he recently sold off some of his dallas memorabilia. his family said he suffered complications from a recent battle of cancer. they also said he loved playing j.r. ewing and was so happy that he was back in the role again in an updated dallas showing. >>> the plane went down around 3:40 this afternoon about 4 miles from the community of san andres in calav era s county. the pilot was the only person on board. his name has not been released. federal investigators are be looking into the cause of the accident. >>> in lake county, police in clear lake are asking the help of the public to find these two teenage girls. elwood and sarah beck were last se

amber lee, ktvu news. >>> new video tonight of the aftermath of a fire in south san francisco. started about 6:00 at a welding supply business inside a larger warehouse on san m ateo avenue. they called for three alarms because of the danger to the entire building. crews kept the flames from spreading to other businesses in the warehouse. >>> jim harbaugh missed practice afterundergoing what they called a minor procedure. doctors discovered the irregular heartbeat. today niner players expressed support for their coach and say they expect him back soon. >> it's unfortunate that something like that happened to a guy like that. i know he's a strong person and he will overcome all of that. we will see him tomorrow. >> he's going to be all right. we know he will. >>> and later in sports, giant's catcher buster posey on the mvp award he is adding now to his trophy case. and the elite group he joins. >>> protesters joined to the streets as fighting escalates in the middle east. tonight's protest and counter protest come as pelestinians in gaza are firing rockets and the military is an

. >> we want to go to amber lee, she's with a gathering of democrats tonight. amber can you hear me? >> reporter: i can julie. we have some very excited democrats with me. here's-- i just heard this loud screech when it was announced. >> people here extremely happy. he's been a great president. we need his leadership for another four years and i believe he's got the answers to the economy to creating more jobs and he's going to help our students learn and get an education so they can go on an compete in the global economy. >> reporter: did it come as a surprise that it came so is early. >> it did to me. i thought it would be stretched out much longer. a lot of the reports were that romney was gaining ground. that he was going to take states that were borderline but it evaporated. i think at the end of the day people believed the president. he did very well in his last two debates and i think he convinced the american public that he is a leader, he has a plan and he is going to fight with his heart and soul to make it a better america for all the families in the