joe is here and wally wong, and alex marie who i saw limping, i hope that wasn't from the community meeting. these are the folks that worked with the contractor, mcgwire and hester to get this work done. i want to thank them for that. last but most -- the woman who manages the great streets program that has taken the mayor's vision and the board's policy directive for great streets and actually put it into practice so that we see these projects here, mr.ings all of these prodge -- manages all of the projects, chris opreck. let's give her a hand. if there's anyone i missed, accept my apologies know my gratitude is there. with that we will cut the ribbon. >> all right. we'll do, five, four, three. >> no. no. no. that was really bad. >> everybody. ready? five, four, three, two, one, [cheering] thank you, everyone. ♪ president vietor: good afternoon, i like to call the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. >> [roll call] the entire commission is present, madam president. president vietor: of like to welcome -- i would like to welcome commissioner torres to the commi

. >> memorial services will be held for alex fagan at st. mary'sathedral today many people are expected to be there traffic will be affected between 8:30 a.m. and noon. he collapsed and died in london didn't walking his dog. he was 60 years old. >> upset parents gathered to talk about details of closure of the school at the end of the year. parents and students nearly 200 of them their present at the meeting district officials say they will read to distribute the students to three other elementary is in that area last year they closed eight schools and the district because of funding problems >>. we will be right back alive look from portugal we are waiting for president barack obama to come out as part of the nato summit they are expected to turn security over to the afghan forces by 2014. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, tha

alex fagan. it's at 10 a.m. at st. mary's. expect a lot of traffic just before 10:00 this morning.once the memorial service ends. outside we'll show you a live shot of the oakland maze. visibility looks good here but there has been an accident reported eastbound 80 at the richmond parkway. chp en route. you can find out what's going on for your route to work by going to our website, abc7news.com. it's the place to go and under the bay area traffic link. eric. >> frances, thank you very much. it's 4:55. this morning a federal judge in southern california will hear arguments on a motion that could dismiss dozens of lawsuits against toyota. those lawsuits deal with toyota's recent recall over sudden acceleration. toyota is arguing the plaintiffs have been unable to prove that a design defect, namely the throttle control system, is responsible for sudden acceleration problems. toyota recalled more than 5 million cars and s.u.v.'s worldwide because of the problem. >> music legend carlos santana is teaming up with the oakland east bay symphony. ♪ >> santana and the symphony rehearsed las

alex fagan. family, friends and dignitaries are attending the service at saint mary alleys cathedral.e died in london. he served 34 years on the force and was decorated for valor eight times. he became chief a day after being cleared of obstruction charges in the fajitas gate scandal involving his own son. he retired in 2004. alex fagan was 60 years old. >> the mother of the a little hayward girl kidnapped 22 years ago today is not giving up her search. she was joined at a news conference today by police and the only witness to her daughter's kidnapping. she was just nine when somebody grabbed her off the street in hayward. michaela would be 31 now. theresa garcia joins us with more. >> two decades, cheryl, is a long time to be missing but the love, faith and hope for the possible return of a young girl who would now be a young woman is definitely still strong and take a look behind me. this spot marks the location where she was taken missing. you see these freshly tied yellow ribbons and above them are some old faded ones still tied to this tree to mark the location and anniversary o

alex fagan. fami, friends and dignitaries are attending the service at saint mary alleys cathedral.e died in london. he served 34 years on the force and was decorated for valor eight times. he became chief a day after being cleared of obstruction charges in the fajita gate scandal involving his own son. he retired in 2004. alex fagan was 60 years old. >> the mother of the a little hayward girl kidnapped 22 years ago today is not giving up her search. she was joined at a news conference today by police and the on witness to her daughter's kidnapping. she was just nine when somebody grabbed her o the street in hayward. michae would be 31 now. theresgarcia joins us with more. >> two decades, cheryl, is a long time to be missing but the love, ith and hope for the possible return of a young girl who would now be a young woman is definitely still stron and take a look behind me. this spot marks the location where she was taken missing. you see these freshly tied yellow ribbons and above them are some old faded ones still tied to this tree to mark the location and anniveary of michae's abd

. >> memorial service will be held for former chief of police alex fagan the memorial will be today at st. mary'sare expected to be a lot of people there see traffic in that area will be affected really all the way up until noon. they were thinking that it was star getting crowded around a 30 this morning. that will be for the memorial the last until noon avoid the area if you're not going to the memorial. former police chief collapsed and died in london while walking his dog on november 8th. he was 61 years old. >> watching wall street the dow is down 20 points. >> we will be back in a couple minutes a lot loolive lok taking a look at conditions talking about the game this weekend we will save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, that's more than geico and progressive combined. by a lot. 40 million drivers. more savings. and discounts up to 40%. where else you gonna get discounts li

alex fagan. the flag draped coffin was taken into st. mary's cathedral. fagan's son was one of three officers that were involved in the fagita fight. >> he will be missed by his colleagues, his friends, loved one, he was a great chief. >> the 60-year-old fagan joined the department in 1973. he became chief for a short time in 2003. he collapsed last week in london from an apparent heart attack. >>> on the opening day, president obama said nato has agreed to a plan for a new expanded missile agreement. tomorrow's meeting will focus on a strategy to end the mission in afghanistan. >> i look forward to meeting with our partners as we move toward a new phase. a transition to afghan responsibility that begins in 2011. with afghan forces to take the lead. >>> a famous singer from the 60s is recovering tonight after falling out of a tree. >>> plus -- >> other than that phone, i wouldn't be staying here right now. >>> he's a sex offendser that was picked up in a sweep. why police officers are saying they're not leaving any stone unturned when it comes to parolees

alex fagan died november 8 from a heart attack. he was 60. a memorial was held at cathedral of st. mary the assumption in san francisco. chief fagan retired from the department in 2004 after 31 years of service. >>> a scare 3400 feet in the air on board a delta flight going to southern california. all of a sudden, the windshield cracked. >> no air is leaking into the airplane, no glass is breaking or anything like that. it's just, we cannot continue on to santa ana as you can imagine. >> everybody kind of went -- [ gasped ] >> the passenger who recorded the voice of the pilot there got the picture here of this cracked windshield. the plane did make an emergency landing in texas. 115 people on board. the faa is now investigating what happened. store lots of outrage over those touchy new airport patdowns. the new version of them. there is a push to get airports to ditch tsa agents and hire private security instead. a florida congressman sent some letters to hundreds of airports, the busiest ones in the country, suggesting the switch. the conditioning man has also received -- the congressman has also received more than $8

memorial service will be held for the chief of police and alex fagan that will be held at st. mary'shedral many people are expected to be there traffic will be affected between 8:30 a.m. and noon so you might want to avoid that area during that time if you can. oscar grant committee against police brutality will hold the conference and rally this afternoon organizers will demand the district attorney drop all charges against the 152 people arrested nov. 50 after the sentencing for two years in prison for shooting and killing oscar grant. with time served he will be released in about seven months. he will be appearing for bail hearing in december. the woman killed by the shuttle bus has been identified. she was hit about noon that day the driver who stopped at the scene in corporate with investigators has not been arrested. it is being investigated. coming up on morning news the latest in a mine explosion in new zealand. the bay bridge toll plaza in oakland 53 degrees the high of 59 we don't see any rainfall as far as the bay bridge. [ male announcer ] welcome to the far reaches of th

mary between goth. a memorial service for former chief alex fagan. expect traffic between goth. if you can find out what's going on for your route to work, anytime just go to abc7news.com and it's under the bay area traffic news. that's where you need to go if you need to find out. kristen. >> thank you, jenelle. all you have to do to qualify is prove you live here by showing your zip code on some ford of identification. highlights include free admission for kids at museums and about 20% off at restaurants and shows. there's reduced rates at downtown hotels and more discounts and freebies at shops, spas and banks. even muni is getting into the act with parking and public transit specials. the deals last for at least the next two months. >> magic number is 36. hard to believe, isn't it. that's the number of shopping days until christmas. but here's something to get you in the mood. >> three! >> two! >> one! >> you might recognize that voice. spencer christian and mayor gavin newsom kicked off the season at the annual market street holiday lighting in san francisco last night. >>

alex demetrick. using old techniques. >>> check in for these stories and all of the breaking news. now back to kai and mary. >>> and still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. >>> ravens get ready for the falcons. mark looks ahead to the battle of the birds. ,,,,,, >>> ravens are getting ready for a primetime show in hot- lanta. >> even their nicknames are similar. the ravens have joe cool. the falcons have mattie ice. and both hope to have the hot hand when they play on the same field for the first time tomorrow night. joe flacco and matt ryan came into the league the same year. the ravens were prepared to pick ryan, if they could. instead, they got flacco. and baltimore is happy for that selection. he's lived up to the billing. two seasons. he and ryan have compiled nearly identical. the contenders are perfect. >> i think one day maybe we'll look at it like that. but we're still young. this is the third year for each of us. and we're just out there each week, trying to play well. i mean, i know i'm not thinking too much about that. >> very big quarterbacks. you know, they both have all of the skills t

alex fagan. the department held a memorial service for the former chief at san francisco st. mary's cathedral.d suddenly last week after collapsing during a walk in london. he worked his way up to chief after joining the department in 1973. but it was the incident known as fajitagate involving his officer's son in 2002 that many still remember. chief fagan was cleared of any wrongdoing in the scandal, and friends say he should be remembered for his dedication to the city and its people. >> chief fagan, one of a kind. the thing i will remember most is how much he cared about the troops and how much he cared about the city and i hope everyone remembers him for that. >> the exact cause of death has not been determined. fagan was 60 years old. >>> now a follow-up to a story we first brought you last night at 11:00. a statewide sex offender sting that's 340 left over just four days. our cameras were the only ones inside the south bay sweep as parole agents paid surprise visits to convicted sex offenders. now, here in the bay area agents had more than 2,000 targets, part of operation safe playground

mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >>> this afternoon, federal agents arrest prince george's county executive and his wife. alex demetrick is at the federal courthouse, with this developing investigation. >>> jack johnson and his wife are due to appear in federal court, just about within 30 minutes from now. and we should know what exactly it is they are being charged with. johnson and his wifeleslie were taken into custody earlier today. there are unconfirmed reports. and i must stress, they are unconfirmed at this time. that johnson has been the target of a federal investigation for two years. but what the focus is unknown at this hour. johnson may have allegedly been in the process of destroying documents. reports say a toilet was being used to flush away something that investigators wanted to seize. jack johnson is in his final year in the council. his wife was just elected to the council this month. i'll have a lot more to tell you later on. back to you, kai. >> breaking story. alex demetrick, thank you. we'll have much more at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a shooting victim dies while trying to find help in baltimor

alex fagan died last week because of a heart attack. fey began -- fagan is said to be well respected. the memorial is taking place at st. mary's cathedral at 10:00 a.m.. >> listening to your story because that particular memorial service will effect the commute. won't it, sal? >> it will. there will be a lot of police officers there. we'll be watching it for you. right now there is nothing going on. when that area gets crowded with people coming for the services and also with the police escort, we could see traffic tieups. let's go out and take a look at westbound highway 4. the traffic is moving along pretty well getting up to the willow pass grade. same for the bay bridge. the weather is going to make the commute a little bit slower. some people may have the option of telecommuting on days like today and for those that don't go on friday may be a little bit better than usual. northbound traffic in san jose looks pretty good. let's go to steve. >>> thank you. we have very light rain moving through here. it's mainly saturday night into sunday. another band will slide through. it is a sign of things to come. that is light rain.

mary's cathedral. expect delays in san francisco. both directions of geary between -- near geoff street. it kicks off for former san francisco police chief alex directions at geoff, traffic and parking in the area could be as early as 8:00 this morning. elsewhere the drive coming out of the altamont pass is not looking too bad. i point this out just because we are just starting to see some changing color on our sensors one of the only areas where we are seeing some slowing. so far your drive time looks good for that stretch, 14 minutes or westbound 580 from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. the bay bridge usually the best indicator of how traffic is flowing across the bay area. you can see all the approaches look great no delay on westbound 4 24 out of the caldecott tunnel. bay bridge toll plaza, looks good. you can see that the weather may be a little iffy. tracy mentioned drizzle out there. but right now, no metering lights and no delay approaching the pay gates. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. stay tuned to them if anything changes. that is your traffic and weather. back up to you. >

alex facten. he passed away in england last week at the age of of. the memorial will be held tomorrow morning at 10:00 at st. mary's cathedral. traffic near the church is expected to be heaviest between the hours of 8:30 and noon. >>> it has been more than 30 years since the jonestown massacre, but the pain is still vivid for those who lost friends and relatives in that horrible mass suicide. more than 900 people died in the cult poisoning, including congressman leo ryan who was shot on the tarmac. >> it was a solemn affair in oakland today. family members came together to make sure that no one ever forgets what happened in jonestown. families and survivors gathered in oakland's evergreen cemetery to mark the 32nd anniversary of that tragedy. there are a pair of granite panels inscribed with some of the victims who died at the hands of the temple leader. a new plans for a memorial calls for even large slabs in memorial. the organizer of this memorial lost 27 members in the tragedy. >> our loved ones and our family went to jonestown to find a better day, a day free of racism, sexism, and discrimination. they thought

alex fagan who died monday in london of a heart attack. he served as police chief from 2003 to 2004. today's memorial will be in san francisco at st. mary'sal. he was 60 years old. >> decision 2010 is not completely decided with races still too close to call. that is not stopping the run in 2012 from getting started. responding to sarah palin said he beat his boss. biden said president obama would do just fine in a race against the former alaskan governor. >> are good morning. it is 5:46. a few notes and the bridges themselves are moving close to the limit. that's off of 780 on to westbound 80. keep that in mind and the transition is open. also the area we had earlier with a fog advisory and the chp said overall it's looking already in the approach from the bridge. you might have slicker roadways because of the fog and the mist and the rain. keep that in mind for the commute. we have speeds dipping down towards the 30s. we have slowing past summersville and clear by pits and bay point. patches out of the central valley, i heard chatter that sacramento is experiencing lower visibility, but coming out of the pass. you see the speed indicato