say it all these days at alameda county food bank. the first time in long time they had to go without dloovgs of crucial items, like canned vegetables and frozen meats. the reason they haven't delivered commodities to oakland for two months. >> we only received an item the end of july. we are experiencing a a shortage that our clients are feeling. >> normally they would have about one million pounds of usda food on the shelf. now they are down to about half of that. it's the same story in contra costa which rely on usda deliveries. it's not clear if the food is being diverted or not being made available due to the drought in the midwest. but the reality is coming as demand and food and the counties remains extremely high. >> more families turn themselves to the food bank. we are a lifeline to them. so in alameda county the need is growing we are serving one in six residents. the majority of which are children. >> to offset the shortage, they are appealing to the public asking them to organize their own food drive and make monetary don

oakland and alameda are offering free shopping from saturday until the end of the year.kland the shopping district are allowing you to park and a meter with and oppose a time. which is 30 minutes, an hour or two hours however how long it takes for two hours only. in alameda they're doing the same thing you can park for two hours for free at park street and west streets. there are advising you to leave this par spot after you are done. >> president obama is spending a quiet weekend at the white house with family and friends following the thanksgiving holiday. on thursday, he took the opportunity to phone service members in afghanistan off to think them for their service and sacrifice. in his weekly radio in internet address, obama said banks giving offers americans a chance to come together as a nation. >> it also requires us to make a choice and sometimes the choices lead us to think of the things that bring us apart is that what brings us together. >> banks giving is a chance for us to put it all into perspective to remember that despite our differences we are americans

some divers from the alameda dive team have approached the water. you can see them getting ready on the side of the quarry. earlier about 7:15 a man sliped off of a cliff and falling a hundred feet into the water. he has not been found. a few members of the alameda county dive team will be getting into the water and spending time trying to find what they believe is the man's body. that is the latest live in oakland. john alston, abc news. >> thank you. >>> getting naked on the streets of san francisco is a step closer to being against the law. after a contentious battle putting nudists against the board of supervisors they narrowly approved an ordinance banning public nudity. it was followed by opponents tearing off their clothing in protest. >> i would not have gotten naked at city hall if they had not tried to ban nudity which is a wonderful form of free expression. >> we are a city that believes in freedom. we have always believed in freedom and free expression. but staking your pants off at castro market and displaying major genitals to everyone

and -- alameda 80s in santa rosa. novado and '80s in napa.on 4 7 day around the bay we do have changes with cooling down, significantly. wet weather to finish off the week. 9:4:07 a.m. >> decision 2012 just two days. one of the hot issues in california is proposition 34. it is asking weather or not to repeal the death penalty. dan kerman has it that portion of the election coverage. >> 700 inmates are on death row in san quentin. soon, they could be converted to life in prison without parole. if passed, proposition 34 would abolish the death penalty. it would also give local law enforcement 100 men and dollars over four years to investigate murders and rapes. >> the fascinating thing about this is that california execution is rare. people are used to not executing it would not do it enough to fuel as the work and executing state like florida or texas. >> they have only executed 13 people since 19708. pro death penalty were once strong in california uc- berkeley sang that times have changed. and so have attitudes. >> there is no question that

some divers from the alameda dive team have approached the water.getting ready on the side of the quarry. earlier about 7:15 a man sliped off of a cliff and falling a hundred feet into the water. he has not been found. a few members of the alameda county dive team will be getting into the water and spending time trying to find what they believe is the man's body. that is the latest live in oakland. john alston, abc news. >> thank you. >>> getting naked on the streets of san francisco is a step closer to being against the law. after a contentious battle putting nudists against the board of supervisors they narrowly approved an ordinance banning public nudity. it was followed by opponents tearing off their clothing in protest. >> i would not have gotten naked at city hall if they had not tried to ban nudity which is a wonderful form of free expression. >> we are a city that believes in freedom. we have always believed in freedom and free expression. but staking your pants off at castro market and displaying major genitals to everyone, that's not freed

. >> los residentes de alameda tuvieron la oportunidad de recibir información de como realizar su votoreíble la fácilidad para que la comunidad latina pueda votar, con información y ayuda bilingüe . >> lucio es el encargado del departamento de elecciones de alameda, dice que la mayoria de los votantes de este fin de semana son de la comunidad latina, que hay información para ellos en español. >> toma dos horas largas la clase, después tienen otra clase de media hora, le entrenan de como ayudar a personas en su idioma. >> las urnas se abrieron este fin de semana para las personas que no pueden el elecciones presidenciales del seis de noviembre, hay más de 700 centros de información con ayuda para la comunidad latina . >> indiana claros ya voto, dice que invita que todos vayan a votar, dice que usted se sentirá igual de comodo cuando votaba en su país. >> hay personas de la comunidad hispana que es conveniente para todo este país lleno de inmigrantes de todas las nacionalidades. >> mañana lunes los centros de votacion estarán abiertos desde las 8 de la mañana hasta las cinco de la tarde,

some divers from the alameda dive team have approached the water. you can see them getting ready on the side of the quarry. earlier about 7:15 a man sliped off of a cliff and falling a hundred feet into the water. he has not been found. a few members of the alameda county dive team will be getting into the water and spending time trying to find what they believe is the man's body. that is the latest live in oakland. john alston, abc news. >> thank you. >>> getting naked on the streets of san francisco is a step closer to being against the law. after a contentious battle putting nudists against the board of supervisors they narrowly approved an ordinance banning public nudity. it was followed by opponents tearing off their clothing in protest. >> i would not have gotten naked at city hall if they had not tried to ban nudity which is a wonderful form of free expression. >> we are a city that believes in freedom. we have always believed in freedom and free expression. but staking your pants off at castro market and displaying major genitals to everyone

here at the alameda county courthouse, the registrar says they saw thousands of early voters in the past few days and they are prepared for the big crowds today. [ pause ] >> reporter: if you have voted before and your name is on the roster, you won't need an id. but if this is your first time and you are registered by mail without your californiaism d or don't have the last four digits of your social security number you may need a photo i.d., paycheck our utility bill. poll workers will be on hand to help you. and another thing we wanted to note that the registrar brought up is if you have one of these mail-in ballots still on hand, you actually cannot mail them in today. it is too late. you do want to bring that to a polling location or here at the courthouse. live in oakland, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> let's check the weather. lots of people are going to be out there getting out the vote. at least it's great weather. >> heading to the polling booths in shorts and t-shirts. lots of sunshine as temperatures will make records toward the afternoon. a nice start to the day. we

the alameda county community food bank is serving one in six alameda county residents. 10% of our call volume every month is from new callers. but we are making a dent and making a difference thanks to all the support from the community. >> what people can do tomorrow when they buy a $10 bag, is that just something for the thanksgiving meal or just stocking up inventory for general food need? both actually. it's a bag full of great staple items. it will get people through an extended of time. what's wonderful is not just for the family that say we're serving but it's great for the community as you get actively involved in our mission. there's nothing better than to take a bag of food and stick it into a barrel knowing that is going to end up with the people who need it. >> reporter: thank you, guys. we make it really easy. it's only $10, the bag is prepacked. you show up, do $10, $20, however many you want and they're right here in the front of the door. all the safeways most of them here in the bay area. you like this dancing hawk? >> he might be the coolest hawk i've ever seen. he is

authorities say the body of 33-year-old jose estrada, a cook, and may have been on his way home in alameda. it turns out, it was muni metro equipment and can and knot the egne's that caused a manhole blast tomorrow morning. the manhole blew at south market street. and a car sent a pedestrian to the hospital and added to the traffic mess. >>> walnut creek police says that a tool that could be used to protect newspaper sub describers could be doing the opposite, sensitive information, falling into the wrong hands. >> reporter: we spotted a handful of houses with one or more newspapers sitting out front. it's one of the reasons why people such as rosemary and brian have stopped the delivery of news while they're gone. >> i've gone online, and i've put the hold on, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. >> reporter: now walnut creek police warn that criminals may have access to the information and using that information to target the homes. >> that's what i had thought, you know, if you don't stop the mail, people know, you're going to be gone, and they know the start and the stop da

they help people in this case learn how to manage their money. >> reporter: alameda county d.a. says they look at each case before sending it to collections. she says it's cost effective alternative for all involved. as for angela yards, o'malley says wal-mart and the d.a. office made numerous attempts to get a hold of her. >> there were 20 tries to get a hold of her. >> reporter: this practice is sanctioned by state law. corrective shugss keeps the $180 for the business. >> no one at the district attorney office has looked at these actual debts so it's like the district attorneys are renting our their stationary to these collection goons for a piece of the action. >> alameda county say they review each claim. . >>> well, it's something folks to the south don't experience often but eastern kentucky is checking out the damage after a 4.3 earthquake. small cracks and other mine r damage. shaking from the quake is felt throughout the appalachian region. as you can tell by some of the reactions, they're not used to this. >> this was a bad one. >> keeping an eye on the cold and rain.

but here at the alameda county courthouse, we have already continuously seen that stream of eager and voters. dorothy smith waited for her mail-in ballot to come but decided she had waited long enough. >> i got to boogie down here and i'm not the only one boogieing down here today. >> reporter: election day is less than 24 hours away but according to the state, the amount of bay area voters with ballots already in is equivalent to the entire population of san francisco. >> your vote counts. your voice counts. voice don't have no choice if you don't vote. >> reporter: people we spoke to here say it's about family ties and civic duty. >> i grew up in an immigrant family and when my parents became citizens, they have never missed an election. i vote every election. >> in california, we are fortunate. we don't have the florida problems. it's an honor to do your duty. >> reporter: nationally it's a tight race for the white house but one voter stressed he was also just as concerned for what this election will mean closer to home. >> i just think it's important to vote. i don't know if neces

this bin has been here in alameda with the blessing of lewis. he has made money in just three months! >> a little over $200. >> reporter: i got in contact with the owner of the bin. he first told me his profit margin was minimal. i asked which charities does he help. he would only say he gives clothes to the homeless and some were turned into rags. however when i mentioned who i was, he promised to call back but instead he sent me a text that he needed to talk to his lawyer. so what about the bin at whitmore auto repair? >> i have no reason to let it go. >> reporter: in alameda, stanley robert, kron4 news. >>> a serious storm is moving into the bay area. the rain is approaching. and you're going to see a lot more of it the next couple of days! a second band of rain overshore is going to reenforce the first one and bring us some your heavy rain showers. tomorrow morning, the commute is going to be jam-packed with rain. the 6:00 hour, moderate to heavy rain is approaching the north bay. we're also seeing it along the san mateo coastline. widesprea

between san francisco and oakland, alameda best rain south of the bay bridge. east bay hills just about to push into the san ramon valley. peninsula just along 280 into the west some of the heavier rain. rain on the increase for peninsula, east bay shore and south bay over the next hour or two. >>> rain is the issue this morning on the roads. this video taken by terry mcsweeney, on his way that work this morning lombard street, windshield wipers, rain that is going to be the case, including standing water and flooding in some areas that's the biggest problem we have. live look at golden gate bridge, wet, quiet out there, standing water high street on-ramp northbound 880 due to work there, flooding eastbound 580 past 150th on the right lane. >>> we'll be checking in often on the travel situation this morning. developing news, a man dead after apparently falling down a slippery hill into a water-filled rock quarry in oakland. crews began searching for the man 7:00 last night. they were told he may have fallen off the cliff behind his home while looking for his ca

southbound 880 alameda on-ramp closed to the alameda because of an emergency repair ongoing through the morning. in the american canyon area high 29 south kelley injury accident. >>> 4:54. cancer foundation created by lance armstrong is putting more distance between itself and the graced cyclist. livestrong is officially depositing his name from its title it will now officially be known as livestrong simply the informal name most used. armstrong created the charity after he came down with cancer he stepped away last month after officials ruled he used performance-enhancing drugs. >>> peninsula family pleading for the return of a puppy that was a close companion for a woman with special needs. thieves broke into the family's redwood city home monday and stole what they could including the family's 11 week old dog named gus. 20-year-old kate was bonding with the puppy the family hoped to train gus to alert caregivers when kate is -- when kate is on the verge of suffering a see sherr. >> she can't speak that well. >> we are taking it seriously assuming somebody saugus and thought he was va

one of the hotly contested races in alameda county is for the supervisor's seat, vacated. four candidates are running for the seat in district two. nbc bay area caught up with all but one of the candidates at a forum today, and has more. >> reporter: thank you, district two includes hayward, three of the four candidates showed up and they all have different priorities in terms of what they want to do for alameda county, voters packed the area, during a forum sponsored by the candidates. he is running to finish out the two years of her term. vaje says the priority would be to help the hospital, on the verge of being bankrupt. >> 22% of people going there don't have health insurance, and there are very few places where people can get good quality health insurance. st. rose has been a good quality hospital. >> reporter: he says he has the edge in the race because of his long experience and success as a public servant. >> i have actually been in local and regional government for 20 years. which, when you add up at the elected experience of the three opponents, it is equal to t

now the alameda county council is trying to change that. >> reporter: i want to make clear at the d.a.'s office, it's not a blanket policy but a shift in the guidelines. the d.a.'s office here in alameda county saying it wanted to make clear to the less experienced prosecutor that is it's okay to lessen the charges when it comes to not a serious crime, especially in cas that would typically lead to deportation. >> imagine that you've been struggling here as a legal immigrant. you have a family supporting children. you get charged with a minor drug offense. and all of a sudden the primary breadwinner has been deported. >> reporter: ray keller says every week his office gets several cases where legal immigrants are in danger of getting deported. he says it will help legal immigrants permanent residents avoid deportation for lesser violent crimes. the assistant d.a. says it stems back into the '90s when immigrants began getting deported for lesser crimes. two years ago, the supreme court made a ruling that blazer adds sent a big signal out that attorneys should be maneuvering deals to av

>>reporter: alameda county registrar office has received counted 4 22,000 ballot.ults not released until after the poll close but we know is that they have received fewer ballot in 2012 than they did in 2008. in alameda count county, abc 7 news. >> we are keeping close watch on boston right now. expecting to hear from mitt romney any moment. >> this is a live picture from the romney campaign headquarters in boston. we heard he's coming out in 3 or 4 minutes. we'll see if it's true. we'll bring you his true. we'll bring you his comments an smoo we get word that governor romney just conceded election to president obama in a phone call. we are waiting for him to take the stage in boston at any moment we'll bring that to you live. >> mean time routine landing at texas airport ended in the collision that no one saw coming. it was all caught on tape pilot's wife recorded the video as he tried to land the plane on the tarmac in texas. the plane fixed wheel hit the top of the suv as you can see here. nearly ripping off the roof. there are stop sipes on the roadway to alert

the northern most part of alameda county, an area that runs through alameda, santa clara and san mateo reports. san mateo news reports breast cancer rates in those areas were 10% to 20% higher than the state average from the years 2000 and 2008. breast cancer rates have been a major concern in marin county. >>> well, an iraq war veteran who said he was beaten by police during an occupy protest and needed surgery for a lacerated spleen is suing the alameda county sheriff's office. he claims the alameda county sheriff's office made his injuries worse by denying him medical care after he was arrested and jailed last november. the san francisco "chronicle" reports that deputies ignored his claims for help as he lay on the jail floor. however, the alameda county sheriff's office says this video shows them assisting him and arranging for a medical examination. >>> bracing for the storm. meteorologist steve paulson is tracking several big rain storms heading our way. he'll have the latest time line on when and where we can expect the first one to hit. >>> can you believe it? there is a chan t

. >> we're serving one in six alameda county residents. that's 49,000 people a week. >> reporter: one in six people in alameda county? >> yes. >> reporter: donated food is collected here, boxed up and distributed to people by 275 different agencies in the county. there is no income requirement. food goes to anyone who asks. and the need is growing. each month 10% of the requests for help are coming from first- time callers. michelle says getting back on track is hard when you're just getting by. >> it's so basic and, you know, it kind of doesn't allow you to move forward with any other things that you might need to take care of that you don't even know where your next meal is coming from. >> reporter: so michelle began using the food bank to rebuild her life. volunteering her time and raising her voice as an advocate against cuts to nutrition programs. she reason gained hope and a sense of purpose. and a 9-year-old girl has learned the most important lesson of all. >> it kind of feels good when you help other people out instead of only hel

cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is at the alameda county registrar of voters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, we were here yesterday and we saw that steady stream of voters coming in and out of the alameda county courthouse yesterday. like you said, polls will open in just about a couple of hours. but voters decided to get a head start. about 800,000 did. we're talking just about the population of san francisco and the majority of voters we spoke to yesterday were highly passionate about this election. and they told us it was a main motivation to bring them out earlier. >> i have been calling my friends, family and coworkers to do this. it will help us to move forward. >> whatever people's attitudes are. i'm not mad, i'm not going top happy, not going to stop me from getting up in the morning and doing what i need to do. >> reporter: as far as voter numbers go about half of california voters are expected to vote by mail this election. and that's an 8% jump from the 2008 election. although we didn't see the same last-minute registration surge that

you cannot exit at the alameda. they are still fixing the pump. laura, back to you. >>> thank you very much. we will have more news after this break.

. >>> there is an investigation happening right now at alameda high school. several fires were reported just hours ago. brian flores is here to tell us why this may be the work of an arsonnest, dave? >>> you can see this is an active scene and you can see the crime tape, some windows are open as well. this remains after an early morning fire inside one of the classrooms and according to some investigators, they say when they arrived one of the classrooms had flames coming out of it coming from a nearby window and they quickly put it out. they found one window was opened and it leads them to believe it is suspicious in nature. >> we had a call, once we arrived, we had small fire in one of the classrooms. we quickly put the fire out and the fire is suspicious in nature. >> several books were damaged and possibly some desks as well. you might have mentioned there may have been some spot fires and there may have been some fires in the classroom but investigators were here piecing things together. back out here live, we have not received word on whether school wil

and our inland east bay valleys, alameda and contra costa counties, you see temperatures dipping to the mid 30s. coldest locations likely to be around santa rosa where we'll get at least a couple of hours in the low 30s. a reminder as we get into this time of year, bring in the pet from outdoors on nights like this. protect the temperature-sensitive plants, and protect those outdoor pipes, too. we could see problems with that as temperatures dip into the low 30s. so that's the story tonight. the bigger picture looking at the seven-day forecast is going to include plenty of opportunities for some rain. we'll let you know if that's going to impact the rest of our veterans day weekend coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. diane? >> all right. >>> speaking of pipes, the cold temperatures are being blamed for a water main break in palo alto early this morning. nbc bay area's monty francis has a look at what happened. hello, monty. >> reporter: good evening. it was apparently a rapid change in temperature that caused this eight-inch water main to break. tonight homeowners are resti

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in may of 1979, cutter sherman was transferred to alameda, california. including fishery, law enforcement, drug interactions. sherman and her sister were the only regular u.s. armed forces. >> in may of 1986, sherman was delivered to the shipiard for renovatio renovatio shipyard for renovations. [inaudible] >> after completing the trial period of this project, sheave recommissioned as part of new generation fully operational marine vessels as the coast guard celebrated 200 years of service. in july 2001. sherman assisted with the u.s. sanctions in the persian gulf and supported good will in south africa and madagascar and received a medal for the interdiction of a panamanian vessel carrying 20 tons of corn where a street value of $600 million. in may of 2011. sherman was transferred to her current home in san diego, california. the coast guard executing national and international missions maintain the positive reputation worldwide, performing a multitude of positions. she is an excellent example of a cutter with proven capabilities in all coast guard fac

underway again between raley's nob hill chain and striking employees. ,000 workers, including these in alameda in morning, walked of off the job a week ago. raley's wants to freeze pay for two years and eliminate premiums for working nights, sundays and holidays. >> everybody struggles. at the same time, we know that they should be able to at least meet us halfway. >> raley's says it has to make cuts to remain competitive. >>> on this veterans day observance, dozens of veterans are getting first glimpse at new housing they will move into thanks to a 30 million dollar project. katie marzullo is in san francisco. >> reporter: right now, the door are opening for what is being described as a casual open house. some of residents, the veterans are going to be seeing their rooms for the first time, today. the rooms are really nice.

alameda, 58 degrees. albany it is cooler in fairfield and parts of the north bay. 45 degrees in the sierras a beautiful weekend with warmer temperatures. highs in the 50s saturday and sunday with mostly sunny skies and cooler in the morning. low mid 20s and temperatures in the bay area are warm for tomorrow similar to what we had it today. the map is showing that the green with numbers in the 60s in the yellow is it 70's for the north bay. the east bay valleys and as well as the sultry and in south san jose. the all but dead valley, 70's in santa clara, sunnyvale, milpitas. highs in the mid upper 60s and inland, livermore and it will be sunny for the entire rest of the bay area with patches of a fog. mid-60s, cemetery will be in the mid- 60s with nearly 70 degrees 67 degrees in san francisco. some areas in the north bay sunday looks nice a little bit more cloud coverage bhutan's down slightly. monday with the increasing clouds of late tuesday with a weather system approaching. big changes mid-week. rainfa

this is the knob hill in alameda. the announcement came after a midnight talks deadline passed overnight. before that the existing contract was extended hour by hour. management and union leaders have been in contract negotiations for more than a year. they also operate bel air markets and knob hill foods and the main sticking points are health care benefits, a proposed wage freeze and the elimination of premium pay for sunday shifts. the union contract expired at midnight. workers as you can see were ready to walk off the job. >> i talked to my family. we're ready. we're ready. we're going to fight for solidarity together. >> management says the company needs to cut costs in the face of the weak economy and competition from nonunion stores like walmart. they released a statement this morning say iing we expect owl u are a employees who are scheduled to work to show up for work on sunday. >>> a livermore teacher could face charges for a shocking public display on halloween. police arrested carlos taez after he alleged

. >> alameda municipal power is warning its customers about a phone scams targeting restaurants in alameda. a spokesperson says someone has been calling the businesses pretending to be a representative of the utility and asking for an immediate payment via credit card or wire transfer. the utility says the imposter was calling from out of state. alameda municipal power says none of the businesses fell victim to this camp police are investigating, you can afford to be scanned by asking the utility representatives for an identification back and check for the police logo on their vehicle. sleep train has your ticket to tempur-pedic. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down, and no interest for 3 years. plus, get free same-day delivery. sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee, interest-free financing, and free delivery? that's the ticket! sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic is on now. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ you can stay in an

emergency roadwork in san jose southbound 880 off-ramp to the alameda is shut down.he on-ramp is also shut down until 11:15 this morning. so we were wondering why there's slowing on westbound 4 in antioch. there's an accident near lone tree on the shoulder. we just got word from chp. but an unusual amount of brake lights in those westbound lanes as you head towards the pittsburg-bay point area. coming up, we'll check mass transit. in the meantime, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> hearings are planned on capitol hill today as members of congress say two u.s. military generals owe them answers. lawmakers want to determine if national security was threatened while former cia director david petraeus had an extramarital affair with biographer paula broadwell. broadwell allegedly sent harassing e-mails to jill kelley a woman she apparently saw as a romantic rival. investigators are looking into e-mails kelley sent to general john allen the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. now allen's quest to be commander of u.s. forces european command is in doubt. >> his nomination

. >>> iraq war vet hurt last year during occupy oakland one-day strike is suing alameda county for abuse he is seen in this youtube video in november 2011. you can see an oakland officer clubbing him with a night stick. the 33-year-old claims sheriff's jailers denied him medical care and mocked him for 18 hours before he got treatment for a lacerated spleen. he underwent surgery and was hospitalized for five days. sheriff's department denies it mistreated him. >>> a day from one of the stronger storms of the year in anticipation of heavy rain san rafael is offering free sandbags to residents. mark matthews is outside fire station 2, one of places the sandbags are being offered. >> reporter: we are here at 4th and union the corner, where they've put out sand and sandbags for residents who are concerned about runoff from this storm. you can see a pick-up truck pulling up that would be the second person we've seen pull in this morning. san rafael resident was filling up bags to take back to her house she was the only resident we've seen this morning. i asked how usual it was it for her to p

authorities said the 14 year-old girl was struck by a car at jefferson avenue and alameda they look less after a 30 yesterday morning. the girl, who was a freshman at woodside high school, was taken to stanford hospital where she died. if the driver of the vehicles stayed at the scene and cooperate with police. >> the shooting happened at a house party early sunday morning. police say, witnesses said misled to williams' arrest. 44 year- old randee williams is charged with murdering a 17 year-old gary white early sunday morning. but williams' wife says that he did not commit the crime. if she contends that williams was asleep in bed across town at the time that the kid was killed. >> police are looking for two armed man. police are looking for them and the owner of a jury store door and an attempted robbery. police say that the men entered the jury store and at least one of the suspects fired at the honor. the owner they returned fire. and the pair fled without taking anything. no injuries were reported, and police are still trying to identify them. >> the city of san jose held the first

manifestacion del grupo de los indignados en oakland el aÑo pasado esta demandando al condado de alamedaras... ---kayvan sabeghi asegura que los alguaciles de la carcel le negaron auxilio medico y se burlaron de el por horas antes de recibir tratamiento medico... ---sabeghi de 33 aÑos fue hospitalizado por cinco dias luego de recibir golpes de un policia con una macana... ---el sujeto nunca fue instruido de cargos. blanca ---las autoridades de oakland analizan imponer sanciones economicas a las personas que sean sorprendidas pintando grafiti en propiedades publicas o privadas... take vo --- pero tambien estas multas se aplicarian a los propietarios de los lugares en donde haya grafiti y no limpien la zona. ---si es aprobada la ordenanza... impondria infracciones a los padres de hijos menores de edad que sean sorprendidos manchando las paredes. cesar ---la union de libertades civiles esta demandando al departamento de defensa del pais por no permitir que las mujeres entren en combate... take vo ---la informacion se dio a conocer en una conferencia de prensa en la que se destaco el servici

those include contra costa and the northern most part of alameda, san mateo and santa clara. breast cancer rates in the region were 10% higher than the state average from 200 to 2008. it has long been a concern in marin county. >>> and it happened during a police occupied protest and needed surgery and he is now suing the alameda sheriff's office. he claims the alameda sheriff's office made his injuries worse by denying him medical care after he was arrested in november. deputies ignored his pleas for help as he laid on the jail floor not able to move. the video shows them actually assisting him and arranging for a medical examination. >>> and crews are cleaning up at a veterans memorial coming up twice in one day. we will tell you where it happened and who may be to blame. >>> time now 5:17, a couple of police standoffs, let's check in with tartar in for sal castaneda. >>> and now there are schools along that road which can cause some delays and let's head outside to take a look at bay point through the pittsburgh area and you can see the steady stream as folks head towards

other road work at alameda. on-ramp of 880 is closed. dumbarton bridge, left lane closed until 5:00 for road work as well. >> eric: the prospect of rain has public work crews in daly city racing to shore up a damaged hillside and prevent a mudslide that buried a street and cars on it last week. amy hollyfield is live in daly city with an update for us. >> reporter: city officials have asked the people who live here to keep an eye on the situation throughout the rainy weekend. within minutes they suspect any problems. crews prepared the area trying to make it rain proof. the park is now surrounded by hay bales and nettingering the area and uncovered a storm driaw in the middle of the park. >> basically we're trying to let the water that would fall go into the curb and gutter. that is not to suggest we're going to have muddy water but we won't have what took place on tuesday morning. >> reporter: here are the pictures of what they are trying to keep from happening on tuesday. a pipe broke causing 45,000 gallons of water to spew into this d

then we go to alameda, just started there. that's at 5:58. so the showers are coming and i know that people are traying to get out and do what they do. at eight asset source spread further south. most of the difficult is san francisco and oakland north. as we go in to the later evening, around nine a little further soup. san francisco down to belmont, you get the picture. if you are in san jose, i think you are getting away with it. if you are in this area, and move further forward. concord, starting to get showers around 8:30, 9, you get the picture. basically san jose, livermore, kind of out of the mix. looks like you will get away with but everybody else, you will get some wet. issued for folks driving, dark, dangerous and it's hard on the kids so be careful tonight as you go out. i know a lot of people got reports of people going early which isn't a bad plan or having already gone especially with young ones. rain in the north bay. we know that. its been coming down. they will get an inch of rain. as which get in to the evening hours, the

. >> cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in alameda with more on that strike. elissa. >> reporter: good morning. we are here at the port of oakland, where workers are expected to be shuttled in throughout the morning to go on strike. now, this is day two of a strike that's targeting both the port and oakland international airport. they are both under the same management. now, workers with the service employees international union are upset over contract negotiations. they have been working without a contract for 16 months and talks have been dragging. the union says the port wants to cut wages and benefits to more than 200 workers. that includes janitors and maintenance workers. they also say port executives have been illegally withholding important information related to bargaining. >> we're going to show the port authority that we're serious, that we want a contract. we want to protect our workers' benefits. it's a matter of worker solidarity and we are here to stand up for -- i'm from san francisco. we're going to stand up for our brothers in oakland. >> rep

the northern part of alameda county and a section that runs between san mateo and alameda counties.t cancer rates were 10 to 20% higher than the state average from 2000 to 2008. breast cancer rates have long been a concern in marin county. >>> they are looking into whether the man accused of killing a police officer will stand trial. he is accused of killing a police officer and he is being held without bail but if he is found guilty he could get up to life in prison or even the death penalty. >>> the teen accused of killing a baby is set to begin. they fired several shots as a family of four were leaving a baby shower in june of last year. isaac garcia was killed and they thought the baby's parents were somebody else. opening statements could begin in early january. >>> a vietnam war memorial is vandalized twice. coming up, where it happened and how the community is responding. >>> all right, pam let's get back to tara, a lot has been happening on treasure island, a very tense morning. >>> that's right, there has been a police standoff with a gunman so people are anxious to get on

south 880, alameda. closed for the morning. has been since yesterday. there is a busted pump at the off ramp. repairing it and have to close that. back around. take back on to your normal off ramp there again at the alameda from the northbound side. we will get a look outside to see how things are shaping up. live look outside through oakland northbound. picking up the volume. oakland and smooth drive to the bay, toll plaza. showed you the toll plaza. look at the cash lanes starting to back up. fast track not a problem. span cleared and no metering lights yet. again, lighter volume down the east shore. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 5:49. two occupy oakland protesters hit by a car during a street protest last november. now filed a federal lawsuit. they were marching near 11th and broadway during last year's infamous occupy oakland demonstration on november 2. a car hit the protesters after trying to cross the crowded intersection. protesters claimed their rights were violated because oakland police did not pursue criminal charges against the

>> there are fabulous things going on in alameda county right now.fied started talking off the year and showed the movie of bully to students and right now students are developing posters that they are using all over the district. they are developing their own anti-bully messages and using student language to talk about it. >> cheryl: is the idea to punish the perpetrator, the bully? how do you deal with the bully? >> the idea to prevent bullying as much as you can. we give students and people tools to help with the issue. i think when we find out that a student has been bullied it's important to work with the student that has been victimized but to work with them separately. the balance of power i talked about earlier can be played out and brings them together. i think working with them separately and getting to the root of issue is very helpful. >> cheryl: do you think school districts can do a better job on this? >> i think they can. i think schools have a tremendous amount of things they are trying to accomplish in a six hour day. i know that sch

. >> an alameda man accused of robbing a palo woman admits he did it.mcfarland admitted to stealing computers and jewelry from the house owned by thes7:6ñ late founder of apple. this plea includes home burglaries in san francisco, marin and alameda and faces a seven yeefrs, eight months in prison. >> construction work on apple's futuristic campus in cupertino may be delayed up to two years, officials may not be able to complete an environmental study so it may not be ready until 2016. >> another big sign housing indid us story is recovering finally. mortgage rates are the lowest they've ever been michael finney is here tonight. a house for the holidays, huh? >> there you go. ever, ever. here is a catch. you're going to have to qualify for rock bottom rates. interest on a po year fixed loan dropped to just 3.31%. less than three and a third, the lowest since they began keeping records back in 1971. previous record set last week, analysts say the market is recovering and more are refinancing their homes, putting more money in pockets, driving up spending

the 31-year-old is a councilman and prosecutor with the alameda county district attorney's office and now he has officially unseated incumbent pete stark. >> i feel very good. i feel like the support and the votes seen right now reflect the effort that's right behind us here. so many people have invested in our campaign with their hard work and just being out there and bringing their friends in, their neighbors and their family. it's so encouraging to us. >> i voted for pete stark and the reason i voted for him is because i think his allegiance is to the people. he supports policy and legislation that benefits us. it benefits the nation. >> reporter: pete stark is 80 years old and has served in congress the last 40 years. we did try to talk to stark, he would not grant us an interview. he got in his car and he drove off. now, this is the new 15th district. it has been redrawn. it now includes dublin, pleasanton, livermore, castro valley, and several other cities. reporting from pleasanton for nbc bay area news. >> also returning to the house, oakland representative barbara lee. she wi

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. >> the registrar of voters office says there are approximately 850,000 registered voters in alameday. our live election coverage begins at 8:00 this evening. if you need to venture away from your television we are also covering this election on line. >> we've got you covered on line. we have set up a special election page at kron4 .com. right there you see a big banner for our election coverage, click on that and you are there. there is a big video box in the center where you can watch election coverage video. if you are still trying to figure out the propositions on the ballot there is a second box just below the first one. the confusing propositions will be broken down so you can understand what they are all about and you can decide how to vote. we also have a polling place locator. in addition to that we have polling results from all nine bay area counties. >> there was another one there on the day with temperatures in the '70s and '80s once again. high temperatures in the region 72 in daly city 82 and half the 82 in hayward 80 in san jose. we're in for much cooler weather as we

. >>> iraq war vet hurt last year during occupy oakland one-day strike is suing alameda county for abuse he is seen in this youtube video in november 2011. you can see an oakland officer clubbing him with a night stick. the 33-year-old claims sheriff's jailers denied him medical care and mocke him for 18 hours before he got treatment for a lacerated spleen. he underwent surgery and was hospitalized for five days. sheriff's department denies it mistreated him. >>> a day from one of the stronger storms of the year in anticipation of heavy rain san rafael is offering free sandbags to residents. mark matthews is outside fire station 2, one of places the sandbags are being offered. >> reporter: we are here at 4th and union the corner, where they've put out sand and sandbags for residents who are concerned about runoff from this storm. you can see a pick-up truck pulling up that would be the second person we've seen pull in this morning. san rafael resident was filling up bags to take back to her house she was the only resident we've seen this morning. i asked how usual it was it for her to pi

samantha is here and michael is with the alameda county food bank.re talking about the face of hunger. who are these people who need the food? >> the child sitting next to your own child in the classroom, a lot of seniors. we're seeing a huge increase in senior population needing assistance. >> reporter: michael, you've been in this business awhile and seen changes over the types of people coming in. do you see things getting worse? >> things definitely are getting better right now, but thanks to the support of the community we're making a big dent. we are serving 49,000 people throughout our county in every neighborhood every week. half of those are children. two-thirds total children and seniors. but with the support of the community we are really making a difference. >> reporter: and a $10 bag of groceries, how far does that go? >> it goes a long way. a great bag of groceries. a lot of stuff people will see in their own food pantries at home and it's healthy meals. it's a number of meals for a family in need. it's a great way to get actively invol

better radar returns starting to move into the eastern most parts of contra costa, alameda into the south bay. broaden it out more showers developing offshore that will move into the santa cruz mountains some could leak into the is company valley for the better part of the morning commute -- going to remain best in the south forever steady light rain through the morning commute -- the rest of us will be dealing with drizzle, slickness on the streets. we keep the rain in the forecast through possibly 9:00, stray shower noon into 4:00 increase in sunshine towards the around. check out the first weekend in november, temperatures above average mid to upper 60s at the coast, throw upper 70s for the rest of us. -- low to upper 70s for the rest of us. >>> bay bridge toll looking good, a little wet no traffic delays obviously no metering lights, good time to head into the city. just saw the crews configuring go bridge for your commute into san francisco, southbound four lanes, -- northbound two lanes, slick there, fog-free. >> san mateo bridge doing a bridge check getting busier westbound towards

alameda county firefighters battling two alarm house fire in newark it started after 2:00 this morning family was able to escape. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> this morning state assembly speaker perez says he's confident democrats will gain super majority in assembly and senate, democrats gained central coast seat held by retiring republican. in the assembly, democratic candidates are leading gop opponents in two swing districts. it appears fullerton mayor has pulled up set over gop assemblyman. if democrats seize the super majority they will be able to approve tax increases, pass emergency legislation and change house rules without republican backing. >>> before president obama delivered his victory speech in chicago he took to twitter to declare victory. his team sent out this tweet: a picture of him hugging the first lady with the words, four more years. 20 minutes after that, this tweet from twitter's official government account proclaiming that picture of the first couple had just become president obama's most retweeted tweet ever in addition to the same pictu