nbc's anne thompson is watching developments for us in venice, louisiana. anne? >> reporter: good evening, lester. officials here think they can handle whatever bonnie would bring, in part because they had a dress rehearsal, of sorts, with hurricane alex, but they are taking no chances. today, there was not a minute to waste along louisiana's oil-weary coast. tugboats pushed barges loaded down with boom and equipment up the mississippi river. on shore, crews readied supplies to be transported out of the path of the storm. seeing their protection move, some local officials criticized the strategy, but the leader of the federal response says the plan is rooted in his hurricane katrina experience. >> i'm still haunted by the specter of flying in over new orleans on the 5th -- 6th of september as a principal federal official and looking down at new orleans to a parking lot full of buses that were flooded and not used for evacuation because they were not moved in time. >> reporter: venice, louisiana's southernmost town, is at sea level. the risk here, storm surge and

, anne, anne makovec on treasure island this morning. >> she is going to come back here and smack you, you know! >> day 100 and counting. up next, the cautious optimism as crews continue to work on capping and cleaning up the oil leak in the gulf of mexico. >>> also, the house has approved more funding for the war in afghanistan. who the president relied on to get that measure passed. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, to help avoid dental problems i give patients act restoring mouthwash. act kills germs, restores minerals strengthens enamel. act restoring-- for strong teeth act now. deadly explosion led to a massive oil leak in the gulf o >>> good morning. a stall on the nimitz freeway in oakland is taking awhile to clear. it's near fruitvale avenue. we'll let you know if that's causing delays plus check mass transit. your traffic report in six minutes. >> we'll see you then. it is 6:10. >>> it's been 100 days now since a deadly explosion led to the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico and it's affecting bp's bottom line. yesterday, the company announcing it had a record $17 billion quarterly l

today anne, you're hearing what?> reporter: well, the good news is that we have seen several buses pass us, the 88, the 62, several bus lines running at oakland. i'm at the lake merritt bart station. the bad news is i spoke with one of the drivers and she believes that there is going to be another sick-out today. yesterday, more than 200 bus drivers either called in sick or not showing up to work for a.c. transit which is the largest bus line here in the east bay. so far we haven't heard official word from a.c. transit about whether or not it's going to happen. but a spokesman we spoke with a few minutes ago said we should know more in 15 minutes bus right now is a critical time when the bus drivers are changing shifts so we should have some more information. there is an ongoing dispute between the union and the k the union denies there was even an official sickout yesterday, just some confusion they say over a new schedule that has recently been imposed on them because on friday, a judge ordered both sides to enter

good morning, anne.tire tower this afternoon obviously but the first pieces. >> reporter: the beginnings of what is going to be an iconic new tower, john. the view behind me is never going to look the same. i'm here with bart ney who is a spokesman for the bay bridge. we'll see the new leg erected at 12:30. what's going on this morning? >> we are going to lift a 165- foot-tall first piece of our iconic tower into place today on the bay. >> reporter: so the cables are being strung right now and it's the cables that are going to lift that leg up? >> right. we have a gantry crane that will pull it up into place and move it down to where it needs to go. >> reporter: this is animation for the next few weeks. are people going to notice when they are driving across the bridge tonight during the commute that things are different? >> i just drove over the bridge myself and what you see right now a work platform about car level so around 11:00 today when we have the piece lifted vertical you will see maybe the fir

ann? >> melissa lee this morning. thanks. >>> and finally now, a rare public appearance by former first lady nancy reagan. she joined california governor arnold schwarzenegger wednesday as he signed a bill proclaiming next february 6th ronald reagan day. that date marks the late president's she looks very pleased. it is now 7:16. let's go back to matt, meredith and al. >> talk about a true love affair that those two had. something special. >> ann, thanks very much. mr. roker is here with the first check of the weather. >> that's right. as we take a look out west, the fire is taking place, we are looking at sunny continues atta hatchpy. 91. the winds are going to start gusting up to 22 miles per hour. friday, sunny hot and 93 degrees. then as we take a look, we've got a risk of strong storms back through the dakotas into montana. maybe a tornado or two. showers and thunderstorms firing up. we're looking at anywhere from one three inches of rain throughout parts of southern south dakota. >>> here is eye live look at the

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. the news starts now. >>> this is cbs5 eyewitness news. >>> a suspect shot dead in the street by officers. both oakland and b.a.r.t police involved in the case and both agencies are trying to sort out exactly what happened. linda yee is in oakland with what we know at this point. >> reporter: hi, ann. people who live in this neighborhood say they saw that suspect running down the street taunting the officers who were chasing him. then suddenly just after 8:00 a.m. this morning shots ran out. parents told their children to hit the floor and oakland police quickly explained why b.a.r.t officers were also involved. oakland police were quick to point out b.a.r.t officers were called in because the suspect armed with a knives knives. two b.a.r.t officers first spotted the suspect walking on east 4th street. >> he was yelling shoot me when the b.a.r.t officers first made contact with him. >> reporter: the man then took off. the b.a.r.t officers chased him for several blocks when oakland poli

anne, thank you very much.kovec in oakland this morning. >>> san francisco just one vote away from having a budget that would close a $483 million deficit. it's a $6.5 billion budget that includes money to restore funding for health and human services that had been in jeopardy. they include services for children and seniors, treatment for substance abuse and mental health, and hiv/aids care. this is for the fiscal year that began july 1. supervisors will have to vote again next week before that budget would be final. and then mayor newsom can either sign it or veto it. >>> for the third day in a row, a.c. transit riders can expect some more delays. 250 drivers called in sick yesterday, 200 the day before. more are expected to call in sick today. drivers are protesting a new contract imposed by a.c. transit after labor talks deadlocked. a hearing on the union's request to block the contract is scheduled for july 30. the contract imposed on the drivers includes new overtime rules, co-pay for healthcare and two ti

>> anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, thank you for that. >>> it happened last night in the skies over kansas, and it happened without warning. a united airlines flight bound for los angeles hit some very bad air. turbulence so severe some passengers became airborne in the cabin. more than two dozen were injured and the pilot had to make an unscheduled landing. the ntsb is now investigating. our own kristen welker has more on what happened and why. >> reporter: by all accounts united airlines flight 967 was terrifying for the 255 passengers and ten crew members on board. >> i thought the plane was going to crash. >> reporter: the boeing 777 took off from washington dulles airport at 5:27 p.m. headed for los angeles. the pilot flew around a line of thunderstorms, but hit turbulence over the midwest. all of the sudden passengers say there was a violent drop. >> it felt like i had gone down an elevator shaft and hit the bottom and came back up. >> the bottom fell out. people hit the ceiling. it was pretty bad. >> repor

sydnie. >> ann, thank you. anne in oakland. >>> oakland police trying to find out who fired shots from a high-rise. officers arresting passengers at a traffic stop on 8th street at 11:30 last night. they heard the sound of gunfire nearby. they believe the shots were from a rifle and came from a nearby apartment about. >> after we locked down the apartment building, we then sent in officers and conducted a methodical search of the building. >> that searched turned up no weapons, no suspects. they did find, though, that the building surveillance room had been vandalized. no officers were hit in the shooting. >>> volunteers are stepping up efforts to help keep oakland safe. yesterday, the guardian angels hit the streets. that group of beret-wearing unarmed crime patrollers was founded in new york in 1979. recently the oakland police department laid off 80 officers. >> don't complain. get up, help the community. you can help the police department as, as well. you can be their eyes and ears and you doesn't have to w

let's go to anne makovec. she is in oakland where the city council voted last night to allow what they call large growing operations. anne, good morning. >> reporter: they are saying this could be the dawn of big box stores for pot here in oakland on a vote of 5-2 late last night with one abstention, the oakland city council approved a measure to allow four marijuana factory farms bringing in a lot of money for the city. each farm would pay an annual fee of more than $200,000, be subject to city oversight and devote up to 8% of sales to taxes. that could generate millions for oakland, which is desperate for cash. but a lot of people came to speak against the plan in the name of smaller mom and pop pot shops saying these big operations would put them out of business but there wasn't a lot of concern expressed about pot in general. >> this is a very valuable medicine that many suffering people need and that it's right and proper that it be produced in a way that is legitimate and that is above board and is regul

>> anne, thank you very much. anne makovec in palo alto. >>> two teenaged brothers are in the hospital this morning. they were shot at a house party in the east bay at about 12:30 this morning in brentwood. several teenagers were at a party when a group of young men drove up. witnesses say words were exchanged outside the house and when the small group is leaving, one of them turned and opened fire. an 18-year-old shot in the back, his 16-year-old brother wounded in the leg. >>> so far, so good for the first time in three months oil has stopped leaking into the gulf of mexico. a 75-ton containment cap so far the broken well on the gulf floor. tara mergener shows us why the next 48 hours are critical. >>> reporter: bp's latest fix appears to be doing its job at least for now. >> i think everyone feels like we have begun to turn a corner. >> reporter: for the first time thursday, the company managed to block the flow of oil with a new tighter fitting cap. it's what gulf coast residents have been waiting nearly three

>> anne thompson at her now three-month-long post in venice, louisiana, starting us off, anne, thanks, as always. >>> with us tonight, a gentleman we've spoken to before on the subject, john hofmeister, a veteran of the business, former president of shell oil and currently ceo of citizens for affordable energy. john, first off, do you believe what you heard today? and what if they're wrong about the integrity of this thing? >> well, it all comes down to confidence and credibility, brian. there is a huge debate taking place among industry experts and bp experts about the quality of the well, whether it has integrity, whether it can withstand the pressures, whether it can withstand the kind of emergency blow-out that it faced and will that cap lead to more breaches, if there are breaches, or what exactly is going on in the well itself? it's a confidence game. and where do you believe, who do you believe and what they have to say? >> and what if? i mean, what if there's structural integrity problems and we get, god forbid, into a situation where you've got oil coming up from more than on

anne thompson in venice, louisiana, tonight starting us off gechblt anne, thanks. >>> we want to get more on the story from jim cantore of the weather channel in north miami beach. jim, if we have this right, florida gets brushed and everything kind of mobile bay to the west is vulnerable to the next one, correct? >> reporter: they are, brian. one thing you have to watch out for is, a, does it redevelop further north in its infancy, and does it become a stronger storm? hurricane intensity forecasts are horrible at best. that's what we have to watch out for. we are not out of the woods with this by any stretch of the imagination. let's show it to you. all day this has tried to become bonnie. as you mentioned at the top of the show, that's exactly what it is. all the orange colors indicating huge thunderstorms in and around the center. the forecast track makes for a miserable day in florida as we go through the day on friday. but then saturday -- all day saturday and even into saturday night, this storm will track along the south and west fringes of that oil slick. now, the big questio

anne thompson in venice, louisiana, again tonight. thanks. >>> and now to something we will see here tonight for the first time. this next story answers one of the most frequently asked questions we have been getting in e-mails. where does the oil go after it's cleaned up and soaked up and picked up? nbc news correspondent thanh truong has spent days trying to find out. tonight from louisiana, he has our first pictures of the oil disposal. >> reporter: in an industrial lab 15 miles west of new orleans river birch landfill is filling up with waste, byproducts of the leak in the gulf. it's a scene repeated at landfills throughout the gulf region where bp says close to 27,000 tons of collected oily solid waste from gulf and beach cleanup is being stored. this truck is unloading hundreds of yards of oiled boom recovered from hope dale, louisiana. the bulldozers will eventually take this boom and move it on top of that ridge. by the end of the day it will be covered by a foot of clay. >> it is not hazardous material. the oil that was actua

anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, thanks. >>> with the current sensitivity about oil, a spill in michigan is getting a lot of attention. a leaking pipeline that sent oil into a creek that feeds the kalamazoo river. booms have been deployed an estimated 848,000 gallons of oil have already escaped. trails of oil sheen can be seen all the way down the river, far from the bulk of the spill. it's coming from a 30-inch pipe that runs from indiana to on tear ya, owned by a canadian company. it carries 8 million gallons a day. officials say they don't know what caused the pipe to start leaking yesterday. >>> now to california, where there's been an open display of outrage in a suburb of los angeles. one of many cities and towns struggling to make ends meet in this recession by slashing their budget and cutting services. the people of bell, california want to know what their manager was doing making almost twice what the president of the united states makes. nbc's george lewis reports from bell, california, on new invest

anne, thanks. >>> a related story in a way. the new british prime minister david cameron is on his first official trip to washington, and front and center today, were questions about bp having to do with libya and not louisiana, specifically, it's possible involvement in the release of the terrorist bomber behind the pan am 103 lockerbie disaster. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd with us from the north lawn tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the so-called special relationship between the united states and great britain has been tested of late thanks to the actions by a company formally known as british petroleum. david cameron addressed those controversies at a joint press conference today with president obama. >> i completely understand the anger that exists right across america. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is a catastrophe. let us not confuse the oil spill with the libyan bomber. >> reporter: and yet cameron was peppered with questions about whether bp played any role in the scottis

sydnie. >> anne, thank you very much. it's 5:05. >>> there is a rally that is planned in walnut creek today in support of johannes mehserle. he is the former bart police officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of oscar grant. walnut creek police are preparing to keep the peace at the rally. it runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. this afternoon outside the superior court building. at this point there are no plans to close ignacio valley road or other streets in the area. mehserle will be sentenced in november. he said he accidentally pulled his gun instead of a taser while trying to detain grant in oakland. >>> if you are planning to carpool across the golden gate bridge this morning, listen up, you need fastrak. starting with this morning's commute, cash will no longer be accepted for carpools crossing the golden gate. the only way to pay the $3 toll is with a fastrak transponder. also, carpools will need to pass through staffed toll booth so the worker can verify that there are three or more people in the car.

anne, good morning. >> reporter: will they or won't they? at this point we are not sure. but, of course, passengers who depend on a.c. transit wonder if they will have a ride to work. yesterday over 200 a.c. transit bus drivers called in sick or didn't show up. that's 20% of the bus drivers in the system, leaving passengers depending on the east bay's largest bus system either stranded or inconvenienced. service across the dumbarton yesterday, for example, was cut in half. the driver's union denies this was a true sick-out but says new work rules and interim account that went into effect on sunday changes driver's schedules and they weren't ready for their assignments. those new rules are the latest chapter of an ongoing dispute between a.c. transit and the union over pay and benefits. on friday the judge ordered both sides to enter binding arbitration but then that interim contract went into effect on sunday. today the union is going back to court trying to get those work rules repeeled. so we'll see -- repealed. so we'll see what happens. but the main question is, will

okay, anne, thank you very much. anne makovec at sfo. >>> the california state fair is out $100,000 stolen by two armed men. the heist happened at about 10:00 last night at cal expo. this is in sacramento. the two thugs stole the money from an office near the grandstand. that office was being used by ovation, a company that provides catering for cal expo. police say the robbers were wearing ovation uniforms. no one was injured during the heist. >>> oakland police hope surveillance video can help them track down two people who could be connected to a downtown murder. >> two individuals were seen moments before the crime was committed. >> the video shows a block of webster street sunday night just moments before someone robbed and shot jinghong kang of virginia. the man and woman in the video match witness descriptions of the killers. kang was scheduled for a john interview at google in mountain view the next day. >>> bart's board of directors scheduled to decide today what to do with its budget surplus. bart has $4.5

ann? >> i'm curious. what are the odds that bob dudley, the american overseeing bp's cleanup, what are the odds that he would get the top job if hayward is out? >> this is looking very likely. about a year and a half ago, he was candidate to be ceo of bp against tony hayward and hayward won the job. in the meantime, he is expected to take over very soon and a lot of people down here would be happy about that. >> all right. kenneth gibson in mississippi, thank you. >>> well, confusion, chaos and now so many questions. the current death toll from germany's raid stampede and the decision about the future. should it be legalized? we talk pot with san jose's former police chief. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nat sound chaos >>> the death toll from a stampede at a germany raid is up to 19. thousands of festivalgoers were crammed wall to wall at the love parade. some turned desperately to climb out. it's unclear what set off the panic. but witnesses say it started after police closed the end of the tunnel when it got to fuel a

good evenings, i'm ann notarangelo. cbs5 eyewitness news is next. >>> this is cbs5 eyewitness news. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> it is being called every officer's worst nightmare. it started when a car was pulled over driving eratically on interstate 880. now the fbi is involved. kiet do shows us how a traffic stop escalated into a shootout and then a bomb scare and much more. >> reporter: ann, i want to show just how violent it was out here in oakland early this morning. if you push in here very quickly you see those paper bags leaned up against the guardrail. they are filled with assault rifles and weapons. all the weapons that were used by chp officers in that gun battle early this morning. they have been taken for evidence. balistics experts will be examining them later on today. before we get to the report i want to show you some home video that was posed on youtube of that gun fight and neighbors say it sounded like the wild west. >> just when the chp was getting ready to clear the scene investigators found a suspicious looking package, called the bo

ann mac vick is in oakland. good morning. >> reporter: good morning the rivers are caught in the middle no pod diknows what to ex-- body knows what to expect for their morning commute. the drivers don't show up for work buses don't roll. it is clear ac transit commuters should expect delays all week. last week 200 drivers called in sick each day more than a quarter of total drivers on duty and that is twice the average number of sick calls. union reps says the not a sick out. workers are just trying to adjust to new schedules and routes. >> the service, ac transit puts on the street, does not have enough bus operators to work it. we are not on a sick out we are working to the best of our ability. >>> working conditions at ac are perfectly safe. the union knows that they are being dishonest when they say otherwise. the routes are the same, the drivers are participating in a rolling sick out the only people it is hurting are riders. >> reporter: this morning they don't know what to expect. ac transit says if there

anne makovec, cbs 5. >> two other homes in san jose caught fire this morning. one broke out at a duplex on witten avenue about an hour after the fatal hamilton fire. just before 4:30 there was a third fire at an apartment on fourth avenue near o'connor hospital. there weren't any life- threatening injuries. but san jose firefighters say all the fires highlight the importance of keeping the city's fire station open. they rallied at one of fire stations that may close starting a week from today. >>> concern is growing about the two american sailors missing in afghanistan. in the bay area, a soldier killed in afghanistan earlier this month was laid to rest. don knapp has the latest. >> reporter: the war has ended for the young soldier from napa county, in what is shaping up to be the deadliest month in afghanistan. anxious wait continues for two military sailors believed captured by the taliban. he was a napa high school grad. at the time of his death in afghanistan at 21 years of age, army specialist chase stanley served a 15 month tour in iraq. he was killed jul

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anne makovec is near that apartment plex in san jose where it happened. anne. >> reporter: yeah. no more danger here, but you can see the san jose police continue to investigate the scene on rexford way. 48-year-old verna holland was killed inside this apartment complex. she died, shot for simply answering a knock on her door, a knock from a woman who had just been stabbed herself. >> miss holland was shot after answering a knock on the door last night just before 10 p.m. it was a woman who said she was stabbed by neighborhood robert turner. police say turner then shot holland at the door. >> it was a big old boom and i know had to be a double- barreled shotgun or .45 because it was so big and the house was black with smoke. >> reporter: that's when the family called 911 and paramedics and police soon arrived. >> it's chaotic. we are getting -- we are receiving information and calls, updates on the radio, from the dispatcher. >> reporter: here's the timeline according to police. at 9:57, emergency workers arrived, found the stabbing victim on the sidewalk, and at 10:12 she was ta

. >> i'm ann curry. those documents on the website called wikileaks could be the largest unauthorized disclosure in u.s. history. they are painting a blaeak picture. >> 92,000 documents. they span six years. the u.s. is saying the leak jeopardizes those serving in the region. who leaked the reports and why? what does it mean for our future there. the latest on that developing story ahead. >>> and bp may be closer to showing ceo tony hayward the door but you will speak to another ceo doing things right. >> ford is on track to post one of its largest annual profits ever. just a few short years ago it was teetering on the brink of disaster. and a lot of people credit the guy in charge -- alan mulally. what does his company's success say about the economic recovery? we'll talk to him and unvail ford's new explorer suv. suv at a time when people are moving away from them. >> that's under the sheet there. >>> plus, former first daughter chelsea clinton will be tying the knot in about five days. we'll look at t

john. >> ann thank you. ann in oakland this morning. police in antioch are investigating three shootings within an hour overnight that left one man dead. just after midnight police found a wounded 20-year-old man on banyan way he was later pronounced dead. witnesses saw a buick or cadillac pull up to the victim as he walked down the street. half hour later police got a call of shots fired 711 hill crest avenue a clerk was wounded and in the third case a 22-year-old antioch man was shot also on banyan way. >>> 6:36 a.m. an 8-year-old girl is dead after fire destroyed part of a san jose apartment complex it began 1:30 a.m. yesterday morning at surrey square apartments, willow glen the girl who died was visiting from north carolina. 10 other people were injured, six families lost their homes. >>> being here right now knowing that happened and that is right across the way, you know, i feel really bad for the family. >> investigators say the fire began in a down stairs unit and quickly spread to other apartments. both fire and police departm

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and anne makovec is there this afternoon. ann, what can you tell us? >> reporter: what a rude homecoming. that would be such a bummer coming home to find out that your car is not even here and airport officials have blocked off this air and they want to make sure that the pavement here wasn't damaged too much by the fire that damaged seven cars, six now totaled. it is the end of the road for six vehicles that were parked in the long-term lot at san francisco international. their engine compartments toast. >> a lot of people are going to be unhappy when they come to get their cars. >> i hope they have their insurance paid up. >> reporter: this siena in section s10 is where the fire appeared to have started around 12:30 a.m. it received the most damage. the entire interior is burned. the air bags deployed. a parking attendant initially tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher but called firefighters as he watched it spread to five adjacent cars. >> the fire was put out rather quickly but unfortunately the damage was already done by the time the fir

i'm ann notarangelo. a grass fire in solano county has damaged one home. the fire broke out near tim road and midway road in dixson north of vacaville this afternoon. it burned about 15 acres before it was controlled. don knapp is live at the scene with more. don? >> reporter: and that fire came up quickly and spread quickly, thanks to strong quirky winds, a couple of outbuildings were heavily damaged or destroyed and a couple of vehicles and a house was heavily damaged but a woman who lived in that house is alive and safe thanks to the efforts of an offduty firefighter. >> reporter: a grass fire or maybe it was four separate fires, started in a very short period of time, raising suspicions. a police officer says the area with the crime scene, as they investigate a possible arson. firefighters rushed to protect property. and the fields are mostly grass burned quickly. a caravan of firefighters headed for the huge power substation near interstate 80 east of the 505 interchange. and it was not damaged. but the heavy winds had residents worried. >> the wind i

a big round of applause to ken and ann and the entire team. thank you. thank you. -- supposed to happen. when lily coit bequeathed one third of her will to the city and county of san francisco she didn't necessarily have in mind the structure you see behind me. she just wanted to give something back to the city she loved and it was up to the board of supervisors at the time, 1931, to determine when -- what they should do with the money. the first idea and the one that was promoted in its day was some asphalt and a road to be constructed around lake merced. now, we love lake merced and we're proud of lake merced and it certainly needs a similar type of investment today. but clearly it was like nothing we see today. but it was the witness dovepble the park and recreation commiss, -- commission -- wisdom of the park and recreation commission at the time that said no, we need to do something more substancive, more significant and they decided to reach out got a that built the city hall and the opera house in that great beaux-arts style. for those of you visiting, come

john. >> anne, thank you.ne makovec in oakland this morning. >>> and the oakland city council also put a couple of other measures on the november ballot last night. one would be a medical marijuana tax. the proposal is to tax cannabis dispensaries production and cultivation by 5%. and then if state voters decide to allow recreational use, there could be a 10% tax on that. oakland voters will also decide on a phone tax measure that would charge $1.99 per residential phone line per year. >>> 5:34. san francisco's police chief has a new way to deal with nonviolent crimes have civilians do some of the cop work. chief george gascon says the six-month pilot program would save money and free up officers to focus on more serious crimes. 15 civilians would be trained to collect evidence, conduct interviews, and take pictures of crime scenes. >> anyone can apply. the retired police officers are more than welcome to apply. these positions are, however, going to be full-time positions and those people that apply if they'r

john. >> anne, thank you. anne makovec in oakland this morning. >>> oakland policeholdingg two suspects. 24-year-old george hugguins was arrested yesterday. investigators believe he is one of these two suspects. who shot and killed 45-year-old jinghong kang after robbing him of $17. that was sunday night july 18. a woman believed to be hugguins' girlfriend was arrested over the weekend. police say that 33-year-old althea housley admitted to taking part in the murder and robbery of kang. she was identified by someone who recognized the surveillance video. >>> san jose police chief rob davis plans to retire in october. he announced it yesterday. the 53-year-old has been police chief for the past six years. he has served in the department for a total of 30 years, which means he can retire with a 90% pension. he told cbs 5's len ramirez he is stepping down with mixed emotions. >> i have been with san jose since i was 12. this is my home. so, yeah, it's a lot of mixed emotions going through me right now in terms of

ann? >> anne thompson this morning. anne, thanks. >>> today the president will sign that new financial overhaul bill that's aimed at preventing another market meltdown. he says the bill includes the strongest consumer financial protections in history. >>> health experts are urging the fda to stop endorsing the drug avastin for treating breast cancer. this after recent studies failed to show any benefits for breast cancer patients. >>> and take a look at what happened tuesday when a fox got his head stuck in a chain link fence in california. lucky for him, it happened near an ice cream store and there was a man willing to spoon feed him both ice cream and milk, so the fox was eventually able to free himself and an animal control officer said he was sure it's the cherry garcia that gave the fox the strength. look at that. i i mean, ah! there you go. it is cute. 7:18. let's go back to matt and meredith. >> i'm going to go stick my head in a fence. it's hot here today. get a little ice cream. well, you know? look! >> mr. ro

. >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. and the news starts now. at least one home >>> developing news from solano county tonight. a six alarm grass fire has burned at least one home and two people are injured. the fire broke out near tim road and midway road in dixon. that's north of vacaville. it spread quickly to about 15 acres before it was contained. firefighters rescued a woman from a damaged home, and she suffered burns over part of her body, and her condition is unknown. one firefighter was taken to the hospital suffering from heat exhaustion. we do have a crew on the scene and we will have more on this story at 6:30. >>> in a city where crime is on the rise, and police are stretched thin, there are now fewer patrol cars, and the vallejo police department says it is for the safety of their officers. anne makovec asks at what cost to the public. >> these are kind of unchartered waters. we haven't had this kind of problem before. >> the problem, fewer officers and more dangerous confrontations. today, there were only six officers on duty in t

anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the tests will go on for at least a few more hours tonight as engineers and scientists try to figure out what those pressure readings inside the sealing cap really mean. you can see the difference on the surface above the damaged well. the flames of the "discoverer enterprise" and "q4000" are out. no ship is collecting oil because, for a second day, the crude is not flowing. but there are concerns. >> i think we're to a point where there is enough uncertainty regarding what the meaning of the pressure is that we're seeing that we need to have due diligence moving forward and we need to be careful not to do any harm. >> reporter: after 24 hours, the pressure level is 6,700 pounds per square inch, an inconclusive reading that could mean so much oil has already flowed out that the pressure is lower than expected or there is a leak underground. president obama today praised the containment but warned it is not the ultimate fix. >> we won't be done until we actually know that we have kille

anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as crews zero in on finally killing that well, the people who live around the venice marina here are not looking backward to the first 100 days but instead are looking forward to the next 100 and worry their plight could soon be forgotten. bright orange blotches mar the gulf coast on this, the 100th day. from the air, the oil is now tougher to spot. federal officials say they see only light bands and very little crude east of mobile bay, alabama. they promise they won't move a skimmer or piece of boom for now. >> we are keeping all of our response assets online until this well is killed. >> reporter: it's what happens after that that worries plaquemines parish president billy nungesser. >> we're worried that we are going to be caught with our pants down. that they're going to leave here, that the coast guard is going to allow them to pull the assets out of the parish. >> reporter: over the past 100 days as much as 5.2 million barrels of oil spewed into the gulf, almost 20 times more t

anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the only thing people here fear more than oil coming is bp and the coast guard taking their equipment and going. that was the topic of a meeting in new orleans today described as frank and passionate. it is the backbone of the shoreline cleanup and an economic lifeline for out-of-work fishermen. today, national incident commander thad allen told louisiana officials the vessels of opportunity program will be downsized once the well is killed. how contentious was that issue today with the parish presidents? >> i don't think it's contentious so much as it's very complex. i hate to use downsize. i think rightsize is more -- we need to adjust the vessels of opportunity, all of the resources to what the requirement is. >> reporter: there are thousands of boats in the program. now that bp's well is capped, the mission will move from response to recovery. parish presidents fear retreat. >> we're going to hold their feet to the fire to make sure they are there until all of the oil is gone out

ann notarangelo was there, and ann, that message wasn't going unanswered, was it? >> reporter: serge not. certainly not. there were 300 people, half supporting oscar grant, half supporting johannes mehserle. the grant supporters started moving into the street. the police decided to close down ygnacio valley road for two hours but as you can see, it's back open and all the protestors are gone. [ yelling at each other ] >> reporter: it was noisy as people with opposite opinions squared off in shouting matches along ygnacio valley boulevard. it was a sight along the main artery for the evening commute. >> give him four years and let him loose! >> reporter: there were some free mehserle signings. signs, but most of his supporters thought he should be accountable for killing oscar grant. >> i don't think he should be free. he is a cop that made a mistake. >> in 12 people found him involuntary manslaughter to let him go do his time and leave it alone. so in my heart, i believe he needs support. >> reporter: as soon as word spread about today's rally, those who feel the i

our anne makovec is at the long- term parking lot with more on what happened. half dozen cars were destroyed? >> reporter: yeah, six cars are undriveable because of fire. you can see they are being towed away right now. arson investigators trying to figure out exactly what happened here. this car siena minivan is where this fire appeared to have started. you can see that vehicle is definitely done for. the interior has been burned- out. the air bags were destroyed. and that fire then spread down the line. a parking attendant saw the fire and called firefighter. now they are going to be towed away as investigation continues into what could be an arson in this case. sfo officials say this is very uncommon for cars to just spontaneously combust on a cool, moist evening in san francisco. it appears to be suspicious. officials aren't saying what clues they are looking into right now. they are going to have it look into the liability issue here. >> it's airport property. we'll have to work out with the operator of the lot and the airport and the city attorney's offic

how are you, ann and joy?ou bet. >> caller: what filling but low calorie foods can you eat to stave off your hunger pangs while prepping and cooking dinner? >> great question. since you're cooking dinner and it's right around the corner, first two nonfood strategies, so simple, pop a piece of gum in your mouth. sugarless gum is not going to take the edge off your hunger but it is going to keep your mouth busy and prevent you from sampling that dinner recipe over and over and over again. the second thing is sip an interesting low-calorie beverage. whatever is your favorite, or you can brew a couple of interesting teas, berry blends, pomegranate, and pour it over a glass of ice and have deliciously unsweetened iced tea. i like to do things with a cup of coffee, either decaf or regular, a few shakes of nutmeg or cinnamon or unsweetened cocoa brings it to a whole new level. if drinks or gum don't do the trick and you have to eat, nonstarchy vegetables are your best bet. anything goes. anything you have in the frid

>> good morning, ann. we are hopeful, but given the darkness and the long hours overnight that this person was out on the mountain, we are uncertain as to his condition this morning. at first light, which will be about 6:30 our time, it's now just about 5:15, we'll start looking for this individual again. we have rangers who spent the night on the mountain at a rescue hut on the lower saddle at the 11,600 foot elevation. they will begin a ground search. we'll also get a ship in the air to start doing an aerial search for this person when we have enough light this morning. we are always hopeful that we will find someone who's been able to survive the night, but we are uncertain what happened to him. he went out of sight of his climbing party yesterday during the crux of the storm. he went over a cliff, so we are uncertain as to his condition this morning. >> and what can you tell us about the condition, jackie, that he might have been in overnight, as people were not able to look because of darkness? was it

and ann halstead. thank you so much. thanks to you -- back to you, rose. >> one of the major components of this day being a success was the tremendous and spectacular support we received from one of our sister agencies, the saverp fire department. it is -- san francisco fire department. it is our great honor to introduce to you the chief of the san francisco fires department, miss joanne h air. kwhite. >> thank you and -- haiswhite. >> thank you and good afternoon. i would like to say thanks for the great coordination effort. rosie did a great job and the director plinlal. -- blumenthal. it's a great honor to be standing here before you,, a native daughter. what did you think of the 65-foot ladder race? pretty incredible. i would be certainly remiss if i didn't introduce personally each member. most of them are not working today and they volunteered their time to come here. just like the sheriff's department and police department that play a large role in the city, we're part of this -- the fabric of this great estimate

ann has more on why he isn't in court yet. >> reporter: a scary story. looks like serious problems were thwarted by the chp. byron williams talked to his public attorney, public defendant and going and filling out paperwork before finally entering his plea at 2:00 p.m. police say byron williams wanted to start a revolution by killing people at the american civil liberties union and tied foundation. those in san francisco perceived to be liberal organizations. williams put on body armor and grabbed three guns. he made his way from groveland to the city almost this weekend. that's when he was pulled over on 580 in the we morning hours sunday and got into a 12 minute shoot out with officers. he was shot several times and he shot out windows of -- chp cars which injured them with glass but none of them were hit with bullets. the chp shut down part of 580 while they, the oakland pd investigated. trying to figure out what happened to the shootings and what williams may have been planning, they found a binder entitled california in the truck. it was removed by

. >> anne? >> just -- just myself with that last inputting with your statements -- really, what is your time frame for that? your time frame from seeking input from a green energy technology committee? >> we are reaching out to green technology advisory committee members now. we're hoping to be in a position to bring back the report to you by september. >> ok. >> and so that would mean the technology advice would have been completed and public outreach efforts would have been completed. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> and that would result in proposals for capital programs, expansion or contractions or modification of some of the incentive programs that we have? >> correct. it could. it could also result in recommendations for legislative action by the board of supervisors to try to lower what hurdles there may be in permitting behind the meter facilities, for example. so it's a broad range of recommended abouts that we could come to you with within the september time frame. both in how

anne makovec has the story. >> reporter: this is the beginnings of the tower of the new span of the bay bridge. you can see that white pole behind me with the black squares on it, that is the first of five legs being put into the ground, which will become the base of that tower. >> a lot of people don't realize that history is happening right before them until after. we're lucky enough to understand it. we're here while history is being made. >>> reporter: inch by inch today the beginning of a new bay area icon took shape. crews are putting the first part of signature eastern span tower in place. >> the process has to be closely controlled. we don't want too much momentum with that much weight over the bay. >> reporter: they had to lift 1200 tons of steel up from the horizontal to the vertical position on a barge with computers to balance its weight. >> this is the first time that we have something physical to show that new tower. >> reporter: this animation from caltrans shows how the rest of the tower base will be built, each leg 165 feet tall and will be slid in and set down on the f

. >> reporter: for marry ann, playing oside carried the risk of trigger ago migraine with crippli pain. >> so bad that i was vomiting, had to go home and the light hurt my eyes hi. >> reporter: after decades of seeing neologists, she decided to turn to a plastic surgeon. >> we're not really particularly sure why it works. we just know it does work. >> repter: this doctor began by freezing so-called trigge points around her eyes and temple with botox to tes the effect. she reported tempora relief, making her a candidate for the surgery. >> at that int, we decided the migraines were starting from the area beeen her eyes. >> reporter: the procedure he would ultately perform uses techniques similar to an endoscopic browlift. the browlift created by the american society of plastic surgeons, involves severing muscles andaising the eyebrows. but instead o changing her look, the doctor says the migraine surgery is designed to relieve muscle pressure on nerves thought to trigge adaches. >> and if we can deease the amount o irritation to that nerve, we're thinking we can decrease the amount of m

anne makovec reports. >> reporter: the city council voted to put these measures on the ballot, the vote 5-3. most people we talked with in oakland said they were willing to pay more in tax. >> i understand this would be a hard measure to pass. >> reporter: but the city of oakland is making a go of it asking property owners to pay $360 per parcel for the next four years a total of $1,440. it would bring back the 80 officers laid off earlier this month and save $122 more from layoffs next year. >> i know that some people cannot afford that. so we are just to go out and try and see where oaklanders are. >> that's what we did today and the vast majority had the same answer. >> yes, i would. i would pay it. it's important. >> yes. >> reporter: you would? >> sure. >> oh, absolutely. >> yeah. >> i want to feel say safe. it's worth it. >> reporter: only about 10% people in our unscientific poll said -- >> no way. >> reporter: why not? >> because i don't think the police do anything to support me. >> i think we pay enough taxes. they need to finance the budget in other ways and help us out. >> t

anne makovec in palo alto with reaction from apple users about what's being called the death grip fix. >> reporter: customers are standing by steve jobs who held a press conference in cupertino even through antenna-gate. jobs said that this is not a serious problem, but he is willing to try to fix it for his customers to keep them happy. >> we know that, you know that, and, uhm....... phones aren't perfect. >> reporter: steve jobs announced that apple is offering some concessions. a free bumper case for every iphone 4. if you already bought one of these cases, you can get your money back. they cost $29 and apple is coming out with a software update to fix how the bars on the screen report reception. now, jobs showed where the problem was coming from on the iphone 4 explaining how people putting their bare hands over the black strip on the side in some cases leads to signal droppage. the so-called death grip, the case should fix that. he said this is a problem with many brands of smart phones and white he admits there have been some difficulties, jobs downplayed the issue saying only h

but anne makovec in richmond with more on the investigation into who stole the car in the first place. >> reporter: that's right, that thief still has not been caught this morning, allen. if this is really the kind of story that makes parents shutter, but luckily for the family involved it was a happy ending. police are searching for fingerprints and clues to catch a car thief turned kidnapper in richmond. it started as a parent's worst nightmare. >> oh, my god. i don't want to think about it. it is scary. >> reporter: at this 76 station, a car thief took off in a cadillac with a 5-year-old girl strapped in the backseat, and the girl's dad was inside, pre-paying for gas. >> when he came out of the gas station or when he saw his car driving away, he realized what was going on immediately called 911. >> reporter: police say the car thief got on the highway and got off two exits lateer to get rid of the girl. about a half hour after the car was stolen, a woman found that little girl here on the corner of 41st street and roosevelt avenue and called police. >> she was doing fine. we had am