ann notarangelo is in oakland with what's behind the opposition. ann. >>> oakland zoo administrators say there will be new species. that's pitting activists against each other. ann notarangelo with what's behind the opposition. >> reporter: allen, within a year, the zoo would like to open up a new veterinary hospital and within four years on the hillside behind me they would like to open up the california exhibit but there are neighbors and other groups that are saying, not so fast. they have filed an appeal with the city to stop the project. >> what we want to do is showcase california animals and plants. >> reporter: this is what the oakland zoo sees in its future, a 60-acre expansion, 40 acres to restore natural habitat and 20 for new animal exhibits like buys songs, wolves and grizzly bears which are now extinct in california. they see it as a california conservation message but some neighbors and environmental groups see it differently. >> we think that that's a backwards plan. conservation is an important issue but it can be accomplished in di

ann notarangelo explains exactly what this problem is. ann? >> reporter: and, allen, the number of defective meters that pg&e identified really is a minute fraction of the ones they have installed. that is enough for those that said all along there was something wrong with the smart meters. >> what's your trust level with the company? >> on a scale of 1 to 10 probably a 3. >> and it doesn't help that some of the complaints about smart meters overcharging customers were right. nearly 1600 customers in california have defective smart meters installed in their homes and they ran too fast in hot weather. >> caused by a rare defect. and some overbilling did occur. >> reporter: customers with defective meters will get new smart meters and refunds that will average about $40. they will also get a $25 credit for their inconvenience and be offered a free inhome energy audit. pg&e says it found the problem on its own not through customer complaints. >> it was through the smart meter technology itself that we were able to determine a problem existed. >>

ann notarangelo on how they are making it work. >> reporter: countless hours come to a sudden end as the student-built bridge cracks under pressure. oakland tech's engineering academy is in an inner city school but rivals private school curriculum. one of the highlights of this award winning program is the annual bridge building competition. the academy's popularity is growing. last year 106 students applied and 63 were accepted. >> it has become like the new it school. and a lot of peep want to go here. >> how many of the students here go on to college. >> every student at this academy is going to college. >> parker meryl co-founded this program in 1986 and ironically as more students want in oakland unified has cut funding. >> they used to get $25,000 for this program. they now get $450. that's 3.$50 per student. >> as i volunteer to teach more classes then we got even less support to pay my salary. so here i am teaching two extra classes for free this year. >> reporter: that's right. parker doesn't get paid for his extra hours. other engineering academies in the bay area have not

>> ann notarangelo in walnut creek.hank you. >>> fortunately for the ceremonies we've got a break from the showers and the downpour. roberta saying don't put the umbrella away just yet. huh? >> it looks like tonight we'll see the rain begin and fire up our pinpoint forecast. we see the rain already beginning in the far reaches of the north bay around the midnight hour an here we approach the morning commute and everybody has some rain from the north bay all the way to the south bay. we should see about a tenth to 3/10ths before it begins to gradually taper off thursday night. more in the forecast for wednesday. we'll throw in a snow level for you. we'll pinpoint when and where that will be for your pinpoint forecast. >> all right. thanks. >>> the circus comments to town but not to entertain. how they are helping joplin, missouri, to get back on their feet. >> she is forced to take out a lone to keep her son in college. the mistake she made and the bigger mistake her son made. >> that burst of energy could lead to long-t

ann notarangelo explains what's causing those meters to malfunction. >> reporter: elizabeth, antioch is one of the cities where pg&e has found these defective smartmeters and so some customers here will be getting a refund. it turns out some of those complaints about smartmeters overcharging customers were right. pg&e now admits nearly 1600 customers in california had defective smartmeters installed in their homes and they run too fast in hot weather. >> caused by a rare defect in a meter manufactured by our supplier. and it's resulted in some overbilling. >> reporter: customers with the defective meters will get new smartmeters and refunds that will average about $40. they will also get a $25 credit for their inconvenience and be offered a free in-home energy audit. pg&e says it found the problem on its own, not through customer complaints. >> it was actually through the smartmeter technology itself that we were able to determine that a problem existed. >> reporter: that's little consolation to this man. his watchdog group up to 2,000 smartmeter complaints. >> the meters themselves

i'm ann notarangelo. we will try to help you answer the question of whether or not you should put solar panels on your own home. >>> and we want to take a look at that fire in the 9800 block of burr street. firefighters there just maintaining this and trying to tap it down. it appears to be under control. all that's left now is smoke and rubble. this is a house in the 9800 block of burr. it was a two-alarm fire started at 2 p.m. in the afternoon. appears to be completely totalled. we have no word on any injuries and people in the house but if we get that we will get that back to you. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the health department wants to >>> the city of san francisco is telling pot clubs no more smoke screens. the health department wants to know exactly who is growing the medical marijuana available in the same. mike sugerman tells us why dispensaries say that that could put businesses and people at risk. >> reporter: card holders who buy their medicine at pot clubs really don't know where it comes from. >> anyw

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. police are on the scene of a shooting in san francisco's bernal heights neighborhood at this hour. at least three people were injured. it happened around 7-30 tonight, on the 100-block of appleton avenue, near holly park. don knapp is at the hall of justice with the latest. don. "..." kpix please provide vo to cover tonight we're also seeing quite a spring storm.... meteorologist lawrence karnow is here to show us how much rain we can expect...lawrence? thanks lawrence. tomorrow's 100th running of the bay to breakers could be imnpacted by the weather... the rain and cold could diminish the turnout... which wouldn't bother the businesses along the route...or the police patrols. barricades have been set up along the course to keep people --on course... so-called "drunk tents" have also been set up to assist those who ignore the ban on alcohol... the race was almost canceled this year for lack of a sponsor... but "zazzle" stepped in at the last minute. the weather will likely impact the

. >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. the dooms day prediction is a dud. the end of the world predicted to happen just minutes ago but as you know life goes on. don knapp is outside the local oakland radio station that has been spreading the word about judgment day. don? >> reporter: that's right, ann. mr. harold camping may be a true believer but unfortunately he set himself up with $100 million media campaign to make himself the butt of a joke. providing everybody with views opposite to his step into the spotlight and make fun of them. >> reporter: harold camping's station was on the air today but with no mention of the story that would be the biggest of our lives. the rolling earthquake that would be the end of the world. outside the radio station people came to spread their own messages. >> he distorted the truth of the bible. we are just here to reach out to people and make sure that we can talk about it. >> reporter: announcing may 21st at judgment day. the l.a. times says it was a $100 million campaign. bill tinker an avid believer made final arrang

but tonight, >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. more than seven weeks of waiting, but tonight a suspect is is in custody for the brutal beating of giants fan brian stow. an l.a. swat team made the arrest early this morning, but two more suspects are still on the loose. they join us with thousand operation went down. >> reporter: and the break in the case comes after 20 los angeles police detectives spent 6,000 hours, 1,000 overtime, investigating leads. in the end it came down to just one good tip. a los angeles police swat team with bull horns and guns drawn moved into an east hollywood apartment building with search warrants and 7:00 a.m. one of two men alleged to have been responsible for the beating of brian stow came out. >> he said the words i've been waiting for for seven weeks. he said we had brian's assault suspect in custody. >> the arrest comes 52 days after the santa cruz father of two was pummeled and kicked in the parking lot of the dodger stadium while leave the season open yes. >> i've said this is an absolute prior

i'm ann notarangelo. good evening. tonight l.a. police have identified the man they say brutally beat bryan stow more than seven weeks ago. the arrest came on an early morning raid on a hollywood apartment. >> reporter: a parole agent's punch, eyewitnesses led to the suspect in the beating of bryan stow. two locations with search warrants and weapons drawn. no arrests at a home but at a second stop he surrendered without a shot fired. he is being held on $1 million bond for a brutal beating of giants fan bryan stow. he was booked for assault with a deadly weapon. l.a. times reporting it was not his first brush with the law. the chief got the word from his chief of operations this morning. >> and he said the words i have been waiting for for seven weeks. he said that we have a suspect in custody. >> he was kicked unconscious in the parking lot of dodgers stadium. a reward eventually reached $250,000 and helped generate hundreds of tips that went nowhere. finally police acted on information developed from a tip from a parole agent. >

i'm ann notarangelo. after rising gas prices, they dropped this week. that could be the beginning of the decline. 3.98 centss is what they stand out now. it's 4.32 in the bay area. and oakland at 4.27. an >> that's a new one. i vent heard that. >> do you believe it? >> no. >> reporter: analysts are talking about a drop up to 50 cents a gallon by the end of june. >> i await the day that it comes. i'm really looking forward to it. >> reporter: some of the factors, oil, which is used to make gasoline has toppled 15% in price. investors who were worried about falling demand and the u.s. dollar getting stronger. >> i'm skeptical about whether the prices will go down. if they do, it's going to be five and ten cents to make it feel good, but i don't feel it's going top. >> some of them lost money when the price of a barrel went up quickly. they may try to recoup that now. >> well, i'm not a pessimist, so i believe it's coming down soon. >> reporter: since january, the average price rose 91 cents, including 40 straight days of hikes. >> it's tough. you have to

good evening i'm ann notarangelo. the end of the world is less than an hour and a half away if you believe one man's prediction a massive earthquake will strike tonight. spreading the word about judgment day. don. >> reporter: that's right, ann. after a long and very expensive media campaign to tell folks that the end of the world was in hand it apparently was delayed and into the delay stepped a lot of other groups apparently eager to take advantage of the moment and the spotlight including other christians, gay activists, and some folks who just want to have fun. there was children programming on harold camping's family radio station today in oakland today but no news about the earthquake that was to end the world. out in front of the radio station members of another church came to spread the message. >> he has distorted the message in the bible. we are here to reach out to people and make sure we counter harold's message. >> the 89-year-old broadcaster and listeners to 66 family radio affiliated stations across the

i'm ann notarangelo. nine days after the death of osama bin laden, a regularly scheduled homeland security exercise took on new urgency today. as don knapp shows us, most people were not aware of it. >> reporter: how do you head off a terrorist attack? well, having a bunch of security folks show up and stand around. today we attended a drill where security folks did just that, showed up and stood around. >> san jose sharks fans arriving at this stop outside the shark tank did not know what to think of this antiterrorist sign. >> what do you think. >> i think the sharks are going to close it out. >> what about the other guys? >> i think they're done for the season. >> reporter: what about the federal air marshall's office and the santana clara sheriff's office. , they're here to conduct a deterrents. do you feel safer today? >> no, but i'm anxious to get to the game. >> reporter: the plan was made before osama bin laden was stilled. bin laden was said to be targeting u.s. rail systems. none of the officers

i'm ann notarangelo. the 100th running of the bay breaker's race was supposed to be a sober one. some ignored the no alcohol rule. anne mackovic shows us some kept some sense of decor umm without losing the atmosphere of fun. >> reporter: it's the 100th beta breakers in san francisco and despite some new rules after complaints from neighbors along the 7 1/2 mile route the city said this year no alcohol is allowed. >> i think everyone is drinking. >> you're drinking? >> i'm drinking, yes i am. >> reporter: so is this -- >> are you somebody officer that's unfortunate. do you want some? >> reporter: no i can't. >> oh. >> reporter: and the cops were ready to bust people, being not so good, they confiscated beers into storm drains and elsewhere. >> i've had my beer taken away a couple times but i just keep getting another beer. >> reporter: they have been easy to get? >> very easy. >> this first aid setup near alamo square is one of several they have setup for people who are too drunk to come sober up. so far they haven't had much business. other rules, no floats, no unregistered parti

. >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. in santa cruz, he left 6 weeks ago to watch his beloved a's take on the giants in their home opener. he returns to complete his recovery from a brutal beating. from san francisco general hospital where the rehab continues. >> reporter: brian stow will be arriving here tomorrow with his medical team who will be monitoring his condition all the way. the chief of neurology will be selling him and booking him immediately into the intensive care unit where he will resume his treatment for his brain injury. earlier today in los angeles his parents held and an emotional news conference. there were hugs, tears and gratitude. the stow family says they leave los angeles with no ill feelings. >> this press conference is very bittersweet because we're taking brian home. the people of l.a. have been in our hearts during this 6-week journey and your prayers and support have guided us through. we have made lifelong friends. thank you doesn't say enough how much we appreciate you. you will never be f

. >>> ood evening i'm ann notarangelo. a dispute among roommates left three people dead and one injured after it erupted in gunfire. it happened shortly after noon in fairfield. don knapp in fairfield. don? >> reporter: answer, the dead are two men and a woman. police say one of the dead men is the shooter. anyhave a weaponment now they are gathered outside the house as they try to work on the motive and understanding of what went on inside the house that led to the violence. an open door with a broken jam shows where fairfield police entered this home after getting a call that someone inside had shot residents. >> when officers enter the residence they determined there were two that were shot and ultimately were later determined to be deceased. there was one that was shot with a critical wound. that person was transported by air ambulance to an area trauma center. >> reporter: the critically wounded person later died. police say he was the person doing the shooting. a fourth victim was treated at hospital. police are not

defies words, the special tie that bonds strangers when a life is on the line.st good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. we begin tonight with an event that drew more than a million people to st. peters square. it was the bee atfication of pope june paul ii. even after death the pope's followers are as devoted as ever. >> reporter: worshipers from around the world came to st. peter's square came to celebrate the bee atfication of pope john paul. he once met the pope in person. >> he was a leader to a lot have of people. >> help roared that he was among the blessed of the church, taking him one step closer to saint hood. benedict credited john paul with a miracle needed for be atfication. a nun said her late pray areas cured her of parkinsons disease. proving one more is needed for saint hood. seeing john paul honored was an emotional moment. >> there was a probably wasn't a single time in his presence i didn't get moved to here's. >> reporter: the turn out of 1.5 million exceeded all expectations and people were still filing in to view the coffin of john paul and med take it. they believe some believe

. >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> los angeles police tonight have identified the suspect arrested in the brutal beating of giants fan bryan stow. the suspect arrested this morning. don knapp is here with what we learned about the man. >> reporter: ann, parole agents hunch, eyewitnesses and weekend of surveillance led authorities to arrest the man believed to be the prime aggressor in the beating of bryan stow. l.a. swathe teams descended on two locations with weapons and search warrants. no arrests at a home but a second stop, an apartment building, the 31-year-old man is being held now on $1 million bond for the brutal beating of giants fan bryan stow. booked for assault with a deadly weapon. not his first brush with the law much previous convictions on weapons charges and robbery. the chief got the word from his chief of operations this morning. >> he said the words i have been waiting for for seven weeks because we had a suspect. >> reporter: the arrest comes 5

>>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. another lane change in the works this weekend. for bay bridge drivers. crews are reconfiguring the lower deck to make room for construction crews to make room for the continued construction of the new eastern span. don knapp is in oakland to explain how the new lane configuration is going to work. don? >> reporter: a holiday weekend, bay bridge construction project, it may bring to mind s curves and i-bars and traffic delays and generate anxiety on the part of motorists but we're told relax, this one is a piece of cake. >> reporter: this is traffic off the bay bridge on the oakland side today. a scene from chopper 5. drivers may have paid little attention to those newly paved lanes on their right. but starting tonight, they will begin driving on them. >> probably around midnight you will start to see us take lanes eastbound, coming off of the bay bridge, into oakland, we're going to be moving all five lanes of traffic to the south. >> reporter: caltrans put this animation on bay bridge info.org to show how it will work. drivers co

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. the world saw him as a powerful, fearless leader. now we are seeing osama bin laden in a much less flattering light. the pentagon released video seized in the compound where bin laden was killed. bin laden behind the scenes. >> reporter: one of the new videos released by the u.s. government shows osama bin laden in a bare room wrapped in a blanket clicking through an onscreen menu and watches news about himself. it is unclear when the video was shot but it appears to be from inside the pakistani compound where he was killed. intelligence officials knew bin laden monitored the news but before last weekend's raid they didn't know he was still able to watch live television while in hiding. three other clips show him rehearsing to tape a prop propaganda video. one of the videos is an outstake in which bin laden appears to make a mistake with his lines. another is in front of a crude wrinkled sheikh. >> what they are trying to do is to start a narrative offensive against al-qaeda trying to send a very clear message. >> c.i.a. director rel

what we can expect next in the construction projectism i'm ann notarangelo. >>> he saw the immense damage one week after the twister in job lip, missouri. president obama toured the area and spoke at a memorial for those killed. tonight the death toll is over 120 with 140 unaccounted for. the president offered help with the healing conference pro process. >> reporter: president obama walked through the devastation of last week's tornado, then he attended a memorial service for the people killed. >> president obama: the spotlight might shift but we'll be with you every single day until this community is back on its feet. we're not going everywhere. >> reporter: the recovery is going to day years but he says it will be restored. >> that storm, the likes of which has never been seen has brought for ard a resilience the likes of which we have never seen. >> reporter: earlier sunday parishioners gathered for mass at the st. peter's apostolic church. >> i don't know how you get through without faith. >> reporter: father justin monaghan survived inside his bath tub. >> i think we're all saying,

ann notarangelo tells us about one man, his idea to raise money and an outpouring of support he neverhought he would see. >> i just thought i'm going to do it one more time and i just really want to draw a lot of awareness to the cause. >> reporter: so for the third time since his older brother died of aids he will ride in the aids life cycle honoring his brother mike and fighting the disease that claimed his life. >> if my brother died of aids why not make something good out of something bad. >> in addition to raising awareness he had to raise $3000 to make the trek from san francisco to los angeles. so he posted a video on youtube with a unique request. >> i'm asking 3000 people to send me just 1 dollar. together we can fight this. >> within minutes the money started coming in. then the letters started pouring in. thousands of them from as far away as france. most from people he has never met. >> i am 14 and i care about ending aids. your story touched my heart. somebody had folded 10-dollar bills into beautiful little hearts. one from me, one from my husband, one from my best frien

. >> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. on international workers day demands for workers rights and immigrants rights converged in san jose with a march to city hall. don knapp was at city hall when marchers arrived an hour ago. don. >> reporter: it's been a year since arizona passed its controversial law aimed at undocumented immigrants triggering a national debate. at this rally today, they say it's a response to what they see as unfair backlash against them. that may day coalition of labor and immigration groups marched in san jose calling for immigration reforms and what they say is inhumane detention and illegal immigrants. >> they are under attack like the laws in the 1870s, and the laws take away union worker's rights lining we're talking in ohio. >> reporter: enthusiasm want to stop efforts from other states to enact s.b. 1070 style legislation. even though the court has set aside key parts of the arizona law aimed at undocumented immigrants. illegal immigrants here are still an free about so-called secure communiti

at an all-time high, and california has some of the high >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. gas prices are at an all-time high. and california has some of the highest gas prices in the country. tonight, senator barbara boxer says the solutions and the blame lie with big oil. don knapp is in san francisco with what the lawmaker says needs to change. don? >> reporter: and while federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says he does not think rising fuel prices will harm economic recovery, just about everyone who has filled up their gas tank lately knows what a big dent those gas prices are doing to the family budget. >> the gas, the price it is, i can't afford it. >> reporter: as oil industry profits surge, drivers are spending 80 to $100 to fill their tanks with gas. the cost of fuel is pushing up the cost of just about everything else. war in the middle east has choked some supplies. and encouraged speculators who have helped send the cost of oil to $113 a barrel. speculators can buy $100 worth of oil for $6 down, something barbara boxer and a dozen other u.s. senators hope to c

. >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. president obama provided new insight tonight into his decision to give the go ahead to kill osama bin laden. an interview for cbs5's "60 minutes" the president gave a detailed account of how the mission unfolded. here are the details. >> reporter: p pr esident obama saying he has no regrets about the mission that killed osama bin laden. >> the one thing i didn't lose sleep over was the possibility of taking bin laden out. justice was done. and i think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on american soil didn't deserve what he got has to have their head examined. >> reporter: he did say it was one of the hardest he made in office to potentially put a team of navy seals in harm's way. as his national security advisors watched it quickly became clear the team was in the right place. >> there were big chunks of time in which all we were doing was just waiting. and it was the longest 40 minutes of my life with the possible exception of when sasha got meningit

i'm ann notarangelo. >> the bay bridge will remain open despite road crews reconfiguring some of the lanes off the lower deck. all to make room for bridge construction crews to make a landing for the new eastern span. don knapp is in oakland to explain how the new lane con figure race is going to -- configuration is going to work. >> reporter: folks are liable to be a little anxious on another holiday weekend seeing another project come along. i would say brace for, it but really, we're hearing it should be a piece of cake. >> this is traffic coming off the bay bridge on the oakland side as seen from chopper 5. drivers may paid little attention to the newly paved lanes on the right but starting tonight they will begin driving on them. >> probably around midnight you will see us take lanes eastbound coming off the bay bridge into oakland. we will be moving all five lanes of traffic to the south. >> reporter: caltrans put this animation on bay bridge info.org to show how it works. drivers coming off the bridge in the oakland side will jog a bit to the right on the new 1,000-foot stretc

i'm ann notarangelo. and we begin with breaking news at this hour. libyan leader muomar ghadafi has survived a nato missile strike on a house that he and his wife were in tonight. it happened just over an hour ago. the house blodged to ghadafi's 29 -- belonged to ghadafi's 29-year-old son. he was killed in the nato strike. three of ghadafi's grandchildren were also killed. several friends and relatives were injured. but again, libya says ghadafi and his wife both survived the attack. there will be more on this story coming up on the "cbs evening news" following this newscast. >>> in the bay area, police say it now appears police shot and killed outside the oakland him last night was eventually targeted. 39-year-old quay ho was the homicide victim this year. and last year at this time it was 30 moments. and the incident happened close to home with the attendees at the town hall meeting with the mayor. and residents are increasingly frustrated with the lack of police presence. >> pow, pow, pow. >> freddy is describing the shooting down the block. >> i

. >> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >> the army corps of engineers began releasing water from a spillway along the mississippi river in louisiana today. and they're diverting water hoping to avoid a bigger disaster in the more populated areas downstream. randall pinksston is in moreganza louisiana with the latest. >> reporter: the spillway was opened in louisiana this afternoon for the first time in many years. >> it is an historic day. >> and opening the spillway could inundate 3,000 square miles of low lying swamp and cropland affects thousands of residents. the release will be gradual, beginning with one of 125 flood gates. more gates will be opened as the floodwaters move downstream. >> it is going to be under tremendous pressure for quite a long time. >> and just 24 hours, water in this field will be two feet deep. engineers say opening the spillway will relief the pressure on the levee to protect baton rouge and new orleans and lower the level at the mouth of the river. if the mississippi rises too high, the coast guard could be forced to close the river to navigation. >> we're try

. >> ann notarangelo in knightsen, thank you. >>> bryan stow's family says they never gave up hope. they were given early word that police arrested one of the men accused of beating the father and giants fan into a coma. los angeles police were able to put a name to this sketch. and they arrested giovanni ramirez during an early-morning raid yesterday. joe vazquez on the family's first taste of justice. >> we're beyond happy. >> reporter: outside san francisco general, where giants fan bryan stow is still getting treatment for his serious brain injury, his family tells reporters, they learned the news early sunday morning. >> i got a call from detective jose carillo. it was about 7:50 yesterday morning. and he said, ann, i wanted to give you some information before you hear it on the news. and at that time my heart just dropped because he was going to share some groundbreaking news that they had taken into custody one of the suspects. >> reporter: the suspect is 31- year-old giovanni ramirez. that's him on the left in the police sketch. police say he is a known gang member, a three-

good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. president obama provided new insight. the president gave a clear picture of how the mission unfolded on "60 minutes." >> reporter: p pre sident obama saying he has no regrets about killing osama bin laden. >> the up with thing i didn't lose sleep over was the possibility of taking bin laden out. justice was done. and i think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of a mass murderer on american soil didn't deserve what he got need to have their head examined. >> reporter: he said it was the hardest decision he has had to made while being in office. he said there was no conclusive evidence bin laden was inside the compound but as national security advisors watched it became clear they were in the right place. >> there were big churches of time in which all we were doing wag just waiting and it was the longest 40 minutes of my life with the possible exception of when sasho got meningitis when she was three months old. it was a very tense situation. >> reporter: the entire mission was kept top secret for many in

. >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. tomorrow, marks the 100th running of san francisco's rowdiest foot praise, the beta breakers and organizers are hoping that the changes they made will ensure it will not be the last. don knapp is along the route with details. hi, don. >> reporter: hi, ann. we're about to find out if people can run across san francisco in a wild and crazy race, and still have fun, without being drunk. because that's the plan for this year's beta breakers, no alcohol, and alcohol-free b2b. >> this year's beta breakers will be the first for peter, his daughter cynthia and friend reva. they came today to check out the course and hay street hill. >> it is a pretty steep hill. pretty long. but then i guess it is downhill from here. so that is pretty good. >> this is the 100th running of the largest and probably whackiest foot race in the world. an anniversary that nearly didn't happen. because drunken rowdies were messing up the city and the race. >> large groups of people would come on the street and try t

ann notarangelo shows us it is that kind of thinking that has got a lot of people skipping thei

ann notarangelo out in the elements tonight in pleasant hill. thank you. >>> late season storm really taking its toll on the nerves of wine makers. the heavy rain, cold, now in some cases hail can be devastating to the tender bloom that whether eventually become a great cluster. today the weather is about 20 degrees below normal in the foothills. >> no way you can protect against it. frost you can protect against it. not really much you can do. >> but the storms just might turn out to be good things for the grapes. the wet weather could also produce a grape glut. >>> this wintery weather is actually bringing fresh snow to the sierra. this is what it looked like at blue canyon for most of the afternoon. several inches of snow fell and cal-trans plans were out in full force keeping the roads clear. drivers had to be extra cautious with wind gusts topping 45 miles an hour in the mountain passes. the woman that loves this our roberta gonzales. >> try to go to the grocery store with me, dana. those at alls ann was showing you people are throwing them

ann notarangelo is in antioch to explain the unusual position the city finds itself in. ann? >> reporter: dana, not too long ago this city was worried about bankruptcy and they are still pinching pennies but in an unusual twist the city now has nearly $2 million it has to spend on something fun. >> this is the library. >> reporter: the new community center opened in january. in addition to the library, gym and meeting room it has become a focal point in antioch. the money to build it and neighboring water park came from a special tax funds. since 1989 homes in the area have paid between $100 and $250 a month extra in taxes to build eight schools and build up a community family park. when the project ended under budget the city realized it had an extra 1.7 million to spend but strings are attached. >> they are for infrastructure, they are not for salaries an maintenance. >> reporter: so the money that would essentially balance the city's budget or pay for 10 police officers can only be spent at the park. this type of pigeon holding of money is very common and meant with good i

ann notarangelo on how they are making it work. >> reporter: countless hours come to a sudden end as the student built bridge cracks under pressure. >> good job, you guys. >> reporter: an inner city school but rivals private school curriculum. one of the highlights from this award winning program is the annual bridge building competition. the academy's popularity is growing. last year 106 students applied and 63 were accepted. >> it has become like the new "it" school and a lot of people want to go here. >> how many of your students go on to college? >> every student in this academy is going to college. >> parker merrill co-founded this program in 1986 and ironically as more students want in oakland unified has cut its funding. >> you don't need to understand physicses to understand what is going on. they now get $450 for the program. that's 3.50 per student. >> as the classes increase and i volunteer to teach more classes then we got even less support to pay my salary. so here i am teaching two extra classes for free this year. >> reporter: that's right. parker doesn't get paid for