that's what berkeley's mayor is pushing. i'm christie smith telling you what's behind this move coming up. >>> and we're going to cool you off just a touch bay side and at the coast today. meanwhile, hotter conditions inland, triple digits on your forecast. cooling down for the weekend. i'll take you through the seven-day of forecast. >> and your tri-valley commute starting to kick in as far as tit goes. >>> right now, a live look outside at a fogged in golden gate bridge. and allow us to be the first to congratulate you for making it to friday, june 1st, "today in the bay." >>> right now, we are following breaking news out of livermore where more than 4,000 people right now are stuck without power. >> yeah, the outage started about 5:00 this morning, the utility expects to have power fully restored by 8:00 for another 90 minutes or so. >>> and new this morning, the latest unemployment numbers, they are out, and we can tell you they are not good. the unemployment rate rising to 8.2%. experts predicted it would stay steady at

this is a fatal house fire in berkeley.es blocked so just a heads up, the fire is under control in the crews are on the scene putting out any remaining hot spots. a live look at the nimitz. so far everything is looking pretty good this morning coming up northbound 880. >> today is national dump the pump day as people are encouraged to save on gas by using public transit. some agencies are holding promotional events including bart. passengers to wear those stickers now have a chance to win some three bart tickets. we ask, where you find your cheapest gas in the bay area. connect with us on facebook or twitter. isaac has already tweeted, concord right next to costco or the new pleasant hill safeway. if your in brentwood, 369 per gallon. i think the further you get out of the bay area the cheaper it gets. pizza chains are taking on the federal government >> there are lobbying against a new law that would require them to post calorie totals. it would require restaurant chains with 20 or more locations to clearly posed the calor

berkeley's mayor wants a similar measure for his city. "today in the bay's" christie smith live in berkeley with a look at this proposal and how well it has worked in san francisco. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. and happy friday. berkeley's mayor is behind this move and he says he knows it's probably going to cause concern among berkeley voters, but he said it was motivated by a scene here on telegraph avenue where sometimes you see young people and their dog sitting and laying around repeatedly asking people for spare change. mayor tom bates says berkeley residents have asked him to stop and fix this. also had a sit/lie ordinance for two years since voters approved it in 2010. the report in "sf weekly" shows it's not as effective as it might seem, and most of the citations go to the same repeat offenders. 19 of them. berkeley already has an ordinance in place against laying on the sidewalk from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. but he says what people do is they just sit up and this would add teeth to that and cl

in computer engineering from uc, berkeley. he talks about technology solving the world's problems in a speech that's just over 17 minutes. >> thank you, edward. and the best thing about greeting probably approximately half of the class is the woman who came in on her phone saying, "mom, i've got to go, i've got to go now." this is the new cal graduate always talking to her mother. now, it's great to be back here on campus. it's an honor to have been invited, and it's an honor to hold a degree from berkeley, and it's an honor to look out on this next generation of golden bears. now, when you return to a place of intense memories, you think it's a place that's changed so much, but in truth you are the one who has changed more. your memories will be vivid. things will look a little different. but you will feel very much the same. when you return to berkeley, you will have changed and in turn - turn -- -- just know that they would not shine as brightly if you were not here. ened i say to all of you graduates if you first don't suc

. >> there is a deadly fire swept through a home in berkeley. neighbors tried to help rescue a woman but couldn't reach her. that is where wayne freedman is live with the story. wayne? >> there is the name of the woman who died in the fire, meredith joyce, a berkeley resident. we do not know if she was living in the house or visiting. we know two other people went to the hospital and the berkeley fire department officials are trying to find out what happened. >> in berkeley, the front view gives hardly a clue about what happened signed of this century-old house this morning. >> the flames going up. >> there is one man screaming. i could not exactly tell what he's screaming. it turns out he was screaming the woman, who is deceased name. >> the neighbor among others went into the burning house to locate and hopefully save her. they got no more than 15 feet. >> the smoke was just too thick. it was to thick i had to duck to see anything to get anywhere. and i couldn't get back to the stair ootz fire department said the victim had been asleep on the

[applause] >> uc-berkeley. >> i am also going to uc- berkeley. [applause] >> another scholarship winner who was not here was going to join us but he could not make it. that concludes. thank you. sf state and he plans to join the san francisco police academy. president yee: the next group is the alliance of black school educators. >> we have to have that bell, which is symbolic for all of us as educators. he is swahili and he has watched the news. we have good news tonight. and bad. we are surrounded by our 2012 scholarship recipients. on this beautiful tuesday evening in the city of st. francis, the san francisco alliance of black school educators, yours truly, vice president, we are pleased to present to normandy -- norman yee, rachel norton, distinguished commissioners, superintendent garcia, thank you for your service to our students. we hope you will have the glow on your face like all retirees do. to our incoming superintendent, congratulations. we look forward to working with you. special thanks to my supervisor. dr. patricia grey, who just

the fire at inn berkeley if you are in -- -- the fire in berkeley, ashby, lane configuration changedu may find slowing into oakland. >>> 5:22. >>> backs to the wall. thunder will have to work like grease lightning in tonight's game against the heat. preview of the showdown and more weather references. >>> milestone prince william is celebrating today. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> the angels shut out giants 6-know anaheim last night -- 6-0 in anaheim. a's -- [ unintelligible ] >>> tonight the heat will try to close out the thunder and win the franchise's second nba championship. james expected to play after being sidelined with leg cramps in the financial minutes of the victory. they now lead the series three games to one but insists they cannot get caught up in the hype. >> i think this team has the right mind state i thought we had it all year cliche we might say certain things a lot but it is even keel here. we try to stay in our moment. >> you can w

of uc berkeley and al ban -- bringing an armored vehicle here goes against what peace loving berkeley is all about. >> the purpose for it would be used in prince an active shooter situation, a barricaded subject situation where fair airearms a being used, anything where people are trapped and they can't get out safe v safely. >> captain margo benefit says uc bennett police have teamed one the berkeley police department to secure grant money to pay for the armored vehicle. >> this is something that can be life saving, we hope we never have to use it. but the whole purpose for the three agencies coming together, is to know that we have this kind of response vehicle that's accessible to any of the three agencies quickly. >> it might be the right place, you know, in a how berkeley can you be parade to sort of dress it up and use it as an example of what berkeley's against. >> reporter: chris worthington says he's outraged. instead it was a public records request by a berkeley watch group that uncovered e-mails, estimates and photos detailing the department's efforts. >> we don't want the

one person is dead and two others are injured from house fire in berkeley. also the embarcadero is back open this morning. we will tell you what investigators are doing out there now karen karen here is a look at our mt. tam cam. some areas could have a difference in temperatures since as today of 20 degrees. >>james: it is widespread fog this morning. he can see the cloud cover. the '50's are our temperature this morning. the fog returns overnight. it will continue to cool as they head toward the weekend in irian >>george: and is a good morning in the traffic center. we are not tracking any hot spots. it is still an easy ride can your early commis chat shows and have a traffic is already beginning on highway for which is a typical pattern. >>mark: firefighters at the two alarm fire and berkeley at the 2900 block of marine the street did relent a bump person at died in jackie sizzle is live on the scene. >>jackie: the fire investigators are still out here on the scene and the early morning fire. there is some video amount o'clock this morning but it hit a fi

berkeley law already prohibits line on the sidewalks but city leaders cent inefficient because people just set up what is the police walking by the mayor wants the council to approve putting the proposal on the ballot at the kids even submitted a petition with more than 700 signatures to the city on monday this morning we talk to a homeless man sleeps on the streets of berkeley. >>> we have a pretty hard here already and a lot of us aren't on the streets by choice. so there's no sleep well to his post to go? to return to the council with the wording for what would appear on the ballot in november the council course will have to consider this proposal tonight at 7:00 where live in berkeley is a washington cbs five. i understand is when to cool down just a tad today hopefully not like it is in the studio right now but you're absolutely right to human need that a.c. once again as for criticism hot temperatures in the valleys once again we seen some fog movie on the coastline suckle down is in the works and that they still burning on the warm to hot side 4 to 13 degrees above the average

the get away for a long time berkeley property owners have been sayin there are these issues.ues outlined in the report the president of the berkeley property association holds in his hands a was put together by alameda county's grand jury and accuses the independent rent board which advocates for tenants of excess is in registration fees and of using the extra cash to patriate the directors and board members pockets. to the landlord berkeley have to pay with the report calls exorbitant registration fee of hundred $94 per rental units per year. the buyback to just $25 per unit in san francisco and 30 in oakland and that's not the only thing the grand jury found exorbitant. did waves did take legally in salary one of $83,000 a year. did you call them exorbitant? is it? >>> my assumption is that the board felt that based upon merit and based upon experience as to be closer to the middle or the top of that range. they could answer it fact more. >>> going out for million dollars budgeted about 20 employees that's about 5% to the budget. >>> yes. that seems like a loss. degrees but

berkeley photographer dorothy alang. these give you an idea of just how apalling bad the great reh depression was. the best we have, as well as movies, it's difficult to million how it was. we tend to look back through the safety net, which was created by the new deal. it was very difficult for young people to understand a time when there was no social safety net. when you lost your job, within a short period of time, you lost your home, food, everything. you were out on the street and your family broke up. it was an apalling time. one tow which some people would like us to return. here's a guy himself, that's actually a light bounce off of fdr roosevelt. this was his chakra. this was march 4th, 1933. he made the statement and he made it, i didn't understand a long time. the point i was making, people were terrified. because it seemed like the economy had no bottom and the banks were going down and there was no federal deposit dollars. so imagine a time when we actually had a president who told us we should be courageous

>> neighbors in berkeley this morning desperately try to save a young woman trapped in a fire >> a new poll shows the race for the white house in a dead heat. >> we start with breaking news, flames engulfing a piece of san francisco's iconic waterfront >> the most precious part of the pier has been destroyed >> instead of going after guns the republican majority is going after the attorney general of the u.s. >> a house committee votes to hold the attorney-general in contempt >> i think we are not involved more in political gamesmanship >> the trial of jerry sandusky, the defense rested without calling him to the stand to testify. the police chief at the center of the trayvon martin shooting has been fined >> they stunned everyone by saying they had a mountain of evidence and the star witness was in fact a child molester >> they were a city council approved happy hour >> to sheriff's deputies recovering tonight after being extricated from their patrol car. >> the stories that matter on eyewitness news this morning. >> breaking news this morning in berkeley where crews are on the scene

>> it is breaking news out of berkeley. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. berkeley firefighters are at the scene of a deadly two-alarm fire. this is a home burning near shattuck and ashby avenue. stephanie chuang is there live with an update. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this fire coming in around 2:30 this morning, unfortunately it did claim the life of one young woman. this is the house. the three-story small victorian home and one person was not able to make it out and pronounced here at the scene by firefighters responding. again, happening at 2:30 this morning. there were eight people sleeping inside at the time. five who live there and three visiting actually. right now firefighters are allowing the house to vent before they go in but right now we're going to be joined by the next door neighbor, bob, who was here in all of the action. you woke up and you smelled something. >> yeah. it smelled like paper burning. so i said well, maybe i better investigate. i went down stairs to

stephanie chuang is live in berkeley. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, sadly, one young woman who lived in one of the upper floors of the house, died in the fire that started around 2:30 this morning. right now firefighters are on scene actually pulling some of the hoses out but waiting for the building to vent out a little before they can go back in and check for hot spots. this is where eight people were sleeping inside when flames ignited in this three-story victorian home. so far investigators believe it did start in the back. that's where people tell us flames were shooting out, dozens of berkeley firefighters responded within minutes. they tried to make rescues, everyone made it out except that young woman. neighbors tried to save any one but hit a wall of smoke and were forced out. one man was calling to his girlfriend but there was no response. as the flames grew by the second. >> the flames were going up and out, and it was like a huge fire. like a huge bonfire but a house. when it's that huge you don't know whether the house will collapse.

board and the official picture all children berkeley property owners have been saying there are all these issues with the rent board. issues outlined in report the president of the berkeley property owners association it was put together by al the weekend is grand jury and accuses the depended rent board with advocates for tenants of access this ended using the extra cash to pad the directors and board members pocket science in berkeley have to carry the day with the report called exorbitant as decency $194 per rental unit per year if compared to $25 per renton's differences can and does not the only thing the grand jury found exorbitant. the call that exorbitant. is this. might have the assumption is that the board felt based upon merit-based on experience base to be closer to the miller top of that range. they can dance nt that more so if you have a $4 million budgeted about 20 plays that's about 5% to the budget. >>> yes. that seems like a lot. but a salary is also based upon complexity in. >>> salary is also at $2,000 more than debt director public works makes an opposition over

i hate to say it, but it is kind of a free ride to berkeley. i have been in the school district long enough to remember when the incentive awards were reestablished. it is -- were established. it is an extraordinary honor and i am so proud of you. as i told her, once you are an incentive award winner, they never let go of you. the wonderful work that you do your whole life, you are lucky to do that. i want to say that we are lucky not to be among the 188 school districts that are in such dire straits that they are in danger of losing control of their district finances, not yet anyway. today, the california school board association did a webinar for those school districts. we did not get an invitation because we are not among those districts. for our finance staff and anyone interested in understanding what things the district considers in that situation, you can go on the website and that will be archived. if i could -- if i could, i just want to say for carlos that today, the newsletter came out with my monthly column. if you will indulge me,

terry mcsweeney is live in berkeley to explain. >> reporter: in berkeley right now there is no line downituations -- no lying down on sidewalks -- [ unintelligible ] take a look at the man suggesting this the mayor tell -- wants voters to decide in november if the city should ban sitting on sidewalks in commercial areas like telegraph avenue. he says residents stop him all the time and tell him please do something about the numbers of people sitting there, panhandling, making it difficult to walk didn't the street. it can get crowded at times especially here on telegraph. san francisco passed a sit-lie law studied by berkeley. the mayor plans to ask the city council to put the no-sit now on the november ballot. if it is passed the first offense would cost $50 and it would go from there. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> 5:32. this morning, eliana lopez's attorney is threatening to sue san francisco over the release of a controversial video that lead to domestic violence charges filed against her husband suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> this happened yesterday. i'm going to use this jus

berkeley banned lying on sidewalks. people avoid violations by sitting up as police approach. violators will be faced with a $50 fine. the defenders will be charged with a misdemeanor for repeat. >>> regulating marijuana. today the state assembly passed a bill that would create a policing agency to license medical marijuana stores and oversee the industry. critics say the bill lacks specifics on how the agency will monitor such a large industry. it will need to be passed by the senate and passed by governor jerry browne before it becomes law. >> jeff ranieri struggles to tray to satisfy janelle in the heat wars. >> it's a daily battle. it's a daily battle. we have you both satisfied, hopefully, and everyone at home. we have some hot and also some cold coming our way as we come into the upcoming weekend. some fog throughout the bay. details on what this means for your weekend and when showers arrive in a few minutes. [ female announcer ] for dry, itchy skin, get lasting relief with gold bond intensive healing cream. it targets the underlying causes of itch and irritation. gold

breaking news in berkeley. a house fire has claimed a life. katie marzullo at the scene. >> reporter: good morning. the fire broke out around 2:36 you can see how many crews are on scene. they are still worried there could be fire in the walls at this old victorian home. we have video you can see how the fire was burning. this was a fatal fire in this home. the chief describes it as a three story home the basement, main floor and attic space which appears to have been converted into a lot of area where the young woman was who did not make it out alive. >> they did find one patient on the third floor attic space. they were able to retrieve her out and bring her out to the air. once she was out of the structure she was being assessed, cpr initiated, later the patient was determined to have passed. >> reporter: the deputy chief couldn't tell me the cause of death he did tell me two others were hurt and have been taken to the hospital treated for burp and smoke injuries. they -- for burn and smoke injuries. they don't know where fire started or ho

terry mcsweeney is live in berkeley.ess it is a version of the -- >> reporter: they are going after the sit. driving into berkeley this morning about 4:00 we came down telegrah we saw one person sleeping on the sidewalk a friend of mine bumped into him he said on shaddock there are a number of people sleeping right now it is legal. 7:00 this morning, you can't lie down on the sidewalk the mayor wants to make it so you can't sit on that sidewalk either between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.. take a look at pictures. take a look at the mayor, he's the one who wants this put to voters in november. he wants them to decide if there should be a ban on sitting on sidewalks in commercial areas like telegraph, like chad tkoblg. the mayor says residents stop him on the street all the time they say look at this what are we going to do? that inspired him the number of people sitting some aggressively panhandling in general, just blocking pedestrians ability to get through on the sidewalk. san francisco had same issue. santa rosa same issue bott

berkeley 71. hercules 80. 79 milpitas. to mid 80s south bay. 80 palo alto and redwood city everybody else in the 70s. low to mid 60s along the coast today, upper 60s downtown south san francisco, sausalito 72. low to mid 60s at beaches. 66 monterey 12° warmer in santa cruz 10° warmer in gilroy at 88. giants forecast gorgeous 12:45 warm sunshine 68 up to 70. if you can't make it there today the alameda county fair continues in pleasanton starts at 9:00, 64, warm today not too hot cool breeze 85 at 4:00. tomorrow a lot like today then we shave off maybe two to four degrees by sunday and the warmth will return we could see bona fide 90s tuesday of next week. have a great day. look at you where find that? >> i'm following your advice we are going to bring sweepers and brooms to the giants game. i borrowed this from joey smith our stage manager. i wish we could sweep way this traffic southbound 680 walnut creek heavy all the way to westbound 24. with abc7's waze traffic app, it is still jammed where we had this earlier car fire

live in berkeley lorraine blanco. >>> 6:04. two separate shootings in oakland last night left three people injured. inclouding two juveniles. the first one happened on 61st street. friends of one of the victims drove him to the. a second victim reportedly in his 20s he was rushed to ambulance. >>> another juvenile was shot and injured in a separate shooting. it happened on 93rd avenue about 9:45 last night. alabama ambulance rushed that victim to the -- an ambulance rushed that victim to the hospital. >>> police in santa clara are investigating a sexual assault. a woman told police that she was assaulted on park avenue around 3:00 yesterday morning. now police only have a vague description of the suspect. they are asking minute with information to give them a call. police start to investigate yesterday afternoon. now police moved war the house. look at them the guns were drawn. after getting reports of dangerous dogs on that property. they found two men that had been burned on their arms. they can also smell chemicals in the ai

. >> reporter: here in berkeley no other homes were damaged in this fire.now investigators must determine the cause of the fire and part of that will be deciding or figuring out whether or not working smoke detectors were inside this home at the time of the fire decides the one young woman killed and two injured, there were five others staying in the house who are displaced this morning. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> breaking news in vallejo. firefighters are looking into the cause of an early morning blaze that gutted a house it started shortly before 3:00. flames engulfed the home on round hill court as you can see from these photos sent us to from the vallejo police department, they say the family and the pets were able to get out safely before the fire destroy the house. >>> developing news san francisco fire investigators will be sorting throughout the debris this morning after yesterday's massive fire along the waterfront at a pay that will be developed for the america's cup race. amy hollyfield is live at pier 29. the embarcadero is all back open, r

illness and how the committee centers the burning gay pride month as they continue their work and a berkeley native then moved to turkey sharing it takes maybe for you to become the next one. >>> welcome to bay area focus its its july tradition this and this is a magazine will feature this year's best of the bay area the s. curve web site as " beets and " alt smart insider's guide to the years newest and busiest arrivals in the capital. also a companion over the top events to support family house. a home away from home for families of kids with serious illnesses. woke me that this had to scout magazine publisher welcome. we should sit at the magazine is on the new stand now and will talk about the event to the new look of the magazine and a minute but a little bit about family house first. it partnered how many years >>> sixth year that were working the family house. >>> why is it a good fit? crews of particular reason why the magazine and the family house work together that the fantastic organization that helps families who live outside of the service area 50 mi. or more away when their kid

sitting on the sidewalk is a hot issue in berkeley this summer. chemical gear and is with the story. >>> the debate and then on into lake the night. the measure forbids people from sitting on sidewalks on berkeley's business districts from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. the line on the sidewalk are ready is prohibited but when an officer approaches the end basins set up by the end as they leave the lie back down. >>> sitting is not something you want to see happen. >>> berkeley's mayor says that the measure is not so much about pushing the homeless out but helping them. >>> hundreds of nurses are set to set a one day strike. it is scheduled test start at several sutter hospitals. hospital plans to have replacement workers on hand. this is the ford strike organized by the california nurses association since september. >>> the current reward stands at $25,000, the class kids addition expended the terms last week. and now includes successful affirmation leading up to successful prosecution in are a killer. >>> the shooting happened yesterday evening by stor

it will forbid people from sitting on sidewalk in berkeley.y already has a rule that you cannot lie down on the sidewalk. police says that does not work because they set up when they see the police and then lie back down when they eat leaves. the mayor says it is not about pushing out the homeless, but instead getting help for them. if this does move on through, the city will vote on it in july to see if it gets on to the november ballot. >>> like a breath of fresh air, the fall is back today. i'm feeling good. i am loving it. we got some drizzle outside of toward the beach. the temperatures are in the 50s across the board right now. those nine days are long gone, but still some eighties lingering in the inland. add to the coast, i going to keep the patchy fog with temperatures only in the '50s. >>> we will take you outside, a 80 through oakland and as he could see, everything is moving five. as the colosseum everything is a smooth commute out toward the downtown area. the little extra careful if you're crossing the cemetery ridge out of hay w

uc berkeley playing a crucial role.two hours from now a jet will takeoff from a remote pacific island strapped to the top a rocket containing the nuclear telescope array or new star spacecraft. the jet will lawn. the rocket at 40,000 feet. the x-ray telescope scope will spend two hours hunting for black holes. uc berkeley's science center will operate that telescope. >> and other galaxys. cool stuff. >> there are mill -- billions out there. >>> breaking news overnight apartment fire in redwood city damages several cars and apartment units. the people left homeless and the investigation underway >> bay area nurses hit picket line. new demonstrations planned for today as contentious contract negotiations continue. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live in berkeley. come november voters will decide whether it is illegal to sit down on sidewalks in places like telegraph avenue right here. both sides say their side is the one that is best for the homeless. we'll have the story coming up. >>> time to look at high temperatures

. >>> berkeley mayor says the no sit like a law will help increase business in commercial districts. if approved, the night by the city council the measure would go on the november ballot. and san francisco police are asking for help in finding a pillar of the bay to breakers race. >>> police have some photos of the group but that and to an argument with martin. police say the argument was simply over a cellphone. more to this now dead. >>> the urban strategies council said lester that only 20 percent of those crimes happen on the violent 100 block. beginning next month the east contract cost the but the district will close half of its the stations because of budget constructions. the cut was made after a parcel was voted down. >>> the opponents did not play fair. this led to the public. we all know they lie to the public. >>> stations will be closed on balboa island ignite brent would. the remaining fire stations will be stuck with a refund riders each group's >>> folks to wrap the bay area today, it looks like it will be hot to again. it looks like patchy fog has moved on it into t

three facilities in berkeley and oakland. and in pearl game and san mateo, eaten medical center, sutter delta in antioch, sutter in vallejo and novato community hospital. nurses are also walking out of petaluma valley hospital which is not sutter owned. >>> the controversial proposal to ban sitting on sidewalks sparked a debate at a city council meeting. we will have the outcome and we will hear w one business is actually against this. >> reporter: one merchant said to make the lives of people who are down on their luck even tougher is simply not fair. last night they did vote to move of the ordinance up and they will ask the city attorney to draft the measure and next month they will decide whether or not to put it before voters in november. >> i think it is completely unconstitutional for many reasons but the biggest problem is, it will not do what they think it's going to do. >> they agree people do drive away business but admit it would be difficult to enforce. >>> there are some instead of telling them to get off, next t

berkeley. if you visit he will elaborate how he earned his ph.d.place for wind turbines off america's coasts. >> you can get most of our energy especially on the east coast during the time we use energy from wind energy. >> michael looked everywhere. >> imagine for a moment 19 wind turbines just off the coast of berkeley. the doctor has calculated that is how many it would take to power the entire city from the northern tip of treasure island all the way over to berkeley pier here. >> wind turbines just off the shoreline of the people's republic of berkeley, that will never happen? >> they are big. they are obtrusive. >> it's a nuclear free zone and they should propose an alternative. >> if they can make it attractive looking right y not. >> the turbines would be more than 400 feet across but they would be anchored in shallow water and yes, they would obscure some views. but the wind comes up here just about the same time electrical demands peak. >> when the winds are blowing 20-25, it would be putting out 100% of their power. >> sea gulls i hope t

. >>> new, berkeley moving forward with having voters decide whether to ban sitting on sidewalks as a way of moving homeless off streets. opponents made their feelings known during a meeting that stretched past midnight. terry mcsweeney is live in berkeley with the results. >> reporter: by 6-3 the city council has decided to let voters decide in november whether this city needs a no sit ordinance between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. in commercial areas like telegraph avenue to go with its no lie ordinance already on the books. take a look at the meeting. early this morning they made the decision it got heated at times overnight. in the early hours they passed it. stand up for the right to sit, the rallying cry outside that meeting. the mayor says now people lying on the sidewalks are approached by city ambassadors who are there to offer assistance. and they i go them a ticket, if necessary. usually they start out with a warning. as soon as someone who is lying down sits up they are no longer breaking the law and no longer city influence. the sitting on sidewalks intergearing with businesses and

to teaches civil environmental energy at uc berkeley.t michael some time he will elaborate how he earned his p hd by plotting wind turpign off the coast. >> we can get most of our energy especially on the east coast during the time we use our energy from wind energy. >>reporter: he looked everywhere. imagine for a moment 19 wind turbine just off the coast of berkeley. he's calculated that's how many it would take to power the entire city. >> from the northern tip of treasure island all the way on over past the berkeley pier here. >>reporter: wait a minute. wind turbine just off the shoreline of the so-called people republic of berkeley. that will never happen. right. >> they are big. they are obtrusive. >> if berkeley is a nuclear free zone then proposal alternative to nuclear energy. >> if it could be attractive why not. >>reporter: the doctor turbine would be more than 400 feet across like these anchored in shallow water. yes they would obscure some views. but the wind comes up here just about the same time electrical demands about pag

we begin with that breaking news in berkeley. right now one person is dead, two are injured and many more are out of their home on lorina street where stephanie chuang joins us where neighbors describe a frightening scene. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's what they woke up to. several investigators from berkeley fire are looking around the victorian home from the attic room down to the bottom. what they are trying to do is pinpoint where and how this fire started the one that killed a woman who was sleeping at the time. she was one of eight people sleeping in the home when the flames were reported after 2:30 this morning when firefighters got here flames were shooting out of the back and the top of the building. they went inside to make rescues and everyone was able to make it out except that one young woman. firefighters and neighbors were forced to leave because of the heavy smoke. >> scary for everybody but if you have to go through a tower of flames that is traumatic and not know about the welfare of your frien

for murray into the berkeley hills we've been getting reports that deer are charging a people and dogs. juliet goodrich has a firsthand account and some of mikey victims. >>> renew about the attacks and a son of like somebody was screaming with help in attacking the berkeley hills prompting be aware signs to be posted. the suspect a female a female deer. >>> became charging across and jumped on my dog lynn adler had an up close and personal encounter. i scream did try to kick her and then she glanced for me. >>> was nervous at make sure my kids were inside this is one of the locations where the attack happened to animal control services says it is not uncommon for him to get those kind of calls this a usually when a deer is doing is protecting its baby and usually the deer is going after a big dog. some red ink into the dear mommy dearest. and most residents agreed a dell is just doing her instinctual job of protecting your fine. even then he was attacked in the stands. >>> every year but my dear has babies in the of their protective as most mothers do. dear's tax aron, this type of th

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the dried thyme 1880 is 28 minutes from hercules the berkeley.t creek is getting better. it is still have the getting into the san ramon valley. >>erica: i do have better news. we're starting to see more sunshine. a lot of the cloud cover is starting to break up. do not expect temperatures to get warm in the after a period will be mostly '70s and '80s. tamara is to be sunny and cool it spots a breeze. this weekend to be mostly clear with a possible triple digit temperatures. >>justine: we are watching j.p. morgan chase jamie diamond asking questions about the $2 billion trading loss. he has apologized. listen here. >> as a result we have let a lot of people down. >>justine: these are live pictures of what's happening at a hearing. diamond does say then they will take steps to keep this from happening again this tight as concerns of the u.s. financial system. hecklers had a field day and started screaming at him right before he started to testify. i was just that and the next hour of kron 4 morning news. >>darya: arson investigators are at on the

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alan wang reporting live in berkeley, abc7 news. >> thanks, alan. >>> the san mateo county gang task force launched its summer crackdown. vic lee road along with a look at the operation that is keeping a lid on gang violence. >> members of the san mateo county gang task force fanned out in the peninsula. >> we'll take the front and these guys can take the back alley. >> they were checking on gang members on probation and parole. some had outstanding warrants. >> what is the warrant for? he failed to show up.? >> police checked this apartment for a juvenile who violated probation. he wasn't here, but his friend startled officers by saying he had a knife. officers were not amused by the joke. they released him with an add add admonish sheen. on this night there was plenty of action. they checked the tattoo of suspected it gang members and lots of lectures to juveniles at risk. this one boldly flashed a gang sign for our camera. >> are you proud of that? who do you belong to? who are you with? >> reporter: there were suspicious cars with vehicle violations. this one turned out to be the

there have been complaints from business owners about homeless people on the sidewalks of berkeley but the mayor and his supporters say the writing tickets is a way to put homeless people to get some help. 11 northern california hospitals are about to be hit by 24-hour nurses' strike the walkout is set to begin at 7:00 this morning at 10 hospitals. union members are protesting stalled contract negotiations the hospitals plan to have replacement workers on the and this is the fourth strike organized by the california nurses association since september. 6 04 the weekend is approaching and the gulf to amend it of course was wednesday a lot different weather especially those golfers out there today is very wet off the coastline with chisel this morning will start to break up as we had to the middle of the day but what a difference from just yesterday when temperatures soared into the '90s now a fog and low clouds pushing instead the day temperatures running into the 50s across the board i think by the afternoon will still find mostly sunny skies but the temperatures will be mostly clear ou

alan wang reporting live in berkeley, abc7 news. >> thanks, alan. >>> the san mateo county gang task force launched its summer crackdown. vic lee road along with a look at the operation that is keeping a lid on gang violence. >> members of the san mateo county gang task force fanned out in the peninsula. >> we'll take the front and these guys can take the back alley. >> they were checking on gang members on probation and parole. some had outstanding warrants. >> what is the warrant for? he failed to show up.? >> police checked this apartment for a juvenile who violated probation. he wasn't here, but his friend startled officers by saying he had a knife. officers were not amused by the joke. they released him with an add add admonish sheen. on this night there was plenty of action. they checked the tattoo of suspected it gang members and lots of lectures to juveniles at risk. this one boldly flashed a gang sign for our camera. >> are you proud of that? who do you belong to? who are you with? >> reporter: there were suspicious cars with vehicle violations. this one turned out to be the

berkeley 73. east bay hills, livermore valley, antioch, upper 70s. low 80s further towards morgan hill and east side of livermore. warming up. the weather system to the north of us stays up there. high clouds tomorrow but that is it. warmer day. friday, this weather system, i have been tracking it for a few days, doesn't bring rain but increases the on shore flow and drops temperatures into the 60s and low 70s. the forecast for clouds tomorrow, look for fog to reform along the coast tonight and tomorrow morning. not a big deal. and then the afternoon temperatures warm. 80s in the central valley. and patchy fog right there along the avenues. highs, 81 napa. 82 fairfield. warmer than they have been all week. warmest day in a couple days. 84 in livermore. valley, 81 in gilroy. 80 in morgan hill. san francisco 67-75 degrees. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. nice one. fire danger a concern. not as high as it has been. good news. sunday low 90s. >> the timing looks right for the weekend, warm weather. thank you. >> sure. >>> the reason