>> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in honoring cnn hero bruno serato. bruno!kids who are starving all over the world. but before i do that i want to feed the children here in america. we should not have hungry children in our own backyard. it's time to start to talk about, but to do something about it. ciao, mama! [ applause ] >> gentlemen. congratulations, bruno. what a great story. thanks so much for sharing it. jerry, you hear a story like this, i mean, should what bruno's talking about be a call to action for the country, do you think? >> absolutely. each one of the stories that we've heard tonight has been so moving, you just -- each one just knocks you over. it's palpable, if i may use your word. >> it's a medical term, i think he means. it really is. it is in our backyard. and it's something we simply can't ignore. what's the impact of this, you think. just people hearing bruno's story, jerry. >> i think people are going to immediately want to respond to bruno because the energy that comes out of him, palpable. we want to help him. i mean, everyone toni

>> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in honoring cnn hero, bruno serato. bruno!ed the kids who are starving all over the world. but before i do that, i want to feed the children here in america. we should not have hungry children in our own backyard. it's time to start to talk about, but to do something about it. [ applause ] >> congratulations, bruno. what a great story. thanks so much for sharing it. jerry, you hear a story like this, i mean, should what bruno's talking about be a call to action for the country, do you think? >> absolutely. each one of the stories that we've heard tonight has been so moving, you just -- each one just knocks you over. it's palpable, if i may use your word. >> it's a medical term, i think he means. it really is. it is in our backyard. and it's something we simply can't ignore. what's the impact of this, you think. people hearing bruno's story? >> i think people are going to want to immediately respond to bruno. the energy that comes out of him, palpable. we want to help him. i mean, everyone tonight is -- everything they're doing

live in san bruno, john alston, abc news. >> thank you. >>> a couple more items about the utility. pg&e is trying to figure out exactly what caused a blackout that left customers without power in daily city, brisbane and san francisco's visitation valley. the lights went out just aver -- just after 6:00. pg&e hopes to have all of the power restored sometime during the next hour or so. >>> meantime, pg&e has shut off power to three customers in santa cruz county who replaced their smart meters with non-wireless models. they hired an electrician to remove the meters without pg&e's permission believing they are a health hazard. they returned them to a payment center last week. the utility said it warned customers that their power would be shut off if they removed the smart meters on their own. but that's only if they removed the meters claiming it was a public safety issue. >>> tonight agencies around the state are trying to figure out how to fill the holes left by a billion dollar budget cut announced by governor brown. >> these cuts to the university and in support of services and t

live in san bruno, john alston, abc news. >> thank you. >>> a couple more items about the utility. pg&e is trying to figure out exactly what caused a blackout that left customers without power in daily city, brisbane and san francisco's visitation valley. the lights went out just aver -- just after 6:00. pg&e hopes to have all of the power restored sometime during the next hour or so. >>> meantime, pg&e has shut off power to three customers in santa cruz county who replaced their smart meters with non-wireless models. they hired an electrician to remove the meters without pg&e's permission believing they are a health hazard. they returned them to a payment center last week. the utility said it warned customers that their power would be shut off if they removed the smart meters on their own. but that's only if they removed the meters claiming it was a public safety issue. >>> tonight agencies around the state are trying to figure out how to fill the holes left by a billion dollar budget cut announced by governor brown. >> these cuts to the university and in support of services and t

stores for malls like this one here at tanforan in san bruno. if they go, the smaller retails will hurt too. reporting live in san bruno, linda yee, cbs 5. >>> despite the trouble at sears, americans are gaining faith in the economy. an improving job outlook sent consumer confidence to an eight- month high. the index rose by nearly 10 points in its second consecutive monthly gain. but analysts say the numbers are far below where they would be in a healthy economy. >>> governor brown says the key it convincing californians to raise their own taxes is to convince them that the alternative is much worse. he is pushing a plan to raise an extra $7 billion a year. he wants to increase the state sales tax by half a percent and raise income taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year. an okay from the legislature will send it to the 2012 ballot. brown says if the voters reject it the cuts would be drastic. >> in my opinion, this is the

chef bruno serato knows that.emts when you don't have big nutrition. you can't let your imagination conceive of becoming an engineer, doctor, artist when your stomach is empty. so bruno makes sure at least some of our kids always have a good dinner. seven nights a week he is making sure they don't go to bed hungry. that is the work of a hero. [ applause ] >> i'm from italy. i come from a very poor family. i personally grew up eating spaghetti with marry nar ra sauce every single day because it was the chooesest thing to serve. i don't speak english when i came here. i never left. my mama is very special. >> bruno and his mother was touring the boys and girls club. as i was gifgs a tour. >> they saw a little kid eating a bag of potato chips. my grandmother asked, what's that little kid eating? they said, bag of potato ships. >> we don't serve dinner. we don't have the means to do that. bruno's mother in italian told them. >> feed them past at that. >> that was seven years ago. that was very nice we're going to have

. >>> pg&e takes responsibility for the san bruno explosion. victims say it is about time. >>> what you don't see here is the pollution and the fog and the freezing temperatures and the rain that is on the way. lots to talk about. >>> injury accident has already been reported in san jose on northbound 87 approaching 101 here's a live shot. details on a freeway closure on the peninsula. >>> good wednesday morning. 4 been 31 a.m., i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. the spotlight on sacramento focus on uc police and officials for the way they've handled occupy protests on campus. new development in the case of the oakland police officer who shot an occupied protester with a bean bag last month. katie marzullo is live with the latest. >> reporter: the occupy fallout is falling on two fronts. an oakland police officer and his supervisor have been removed from street duty over this incident which happened in the general strike in early november. in that video, you see an officer fire a bean bag, campbell was hit the leg. using bean bags in crow

>> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in honoring cnn hero, bruno serato. bruno! we should not have hungry children in our own backyard. it's time to start to talk about, but to do something about it. >> congratulations, bruno. what a great story. thanks so much for sharing it. jerry, you hear a story like this, i mean, should what bruno's talking about be a call to action for the country, do you think? >> absolutely. each one of the stories that we've heard tonight has been so moving, you just -- each one just knocks you over. it's palpable, if i may use your word. >> it's a medical term, i think he means. it really is. it is in our backyard. and it's something we simply can't ignore. what's the impact of this, you think. people hearing bruno's story? >> i think people are going to want to immediately respond to bruno. the energy that comes out of him, palpable. we want to help him. i mean, everyone tonight is -- everything they're doing is going to expand because of this wonderful show. >> that's great, great night. thanks so much, both of you. we'll be right ba

and bruno's mother, in italian, said, bruno, why don't you feed them pasta? >> i thought. lot of vegetables. after that i blend them. when i blend them, you don't see the veggie. one time, when i prepared pasta with broccoli, nobody eat it. i have to hide it. kids are kids. >> what i really like most about this program, here we have some of the poorest children in orange county. one of the wealthiest counties in the country, eating from the most exclusive restaurant. every night. how great is that? >> when the kids have finished the pasta, we take them back to the motel. when i know where they go back and spend the night, that break my heart. there's three types of family who live in the hotel. they have the poor family because of economy situation. you have the prostitution. and you have the drug addict, drug dealer. on top of it, you find a family with five, six kids live in one room. mom cannot even cook for them even if she wanted to. >> living in one room with five people, with three other kids, as much as you try to keep everybody with their own space and everything

and bruno's mother, in italian, said, bruno, why don't you feed them pasta? >> i thought.don't see the veggie. one time, when i prepared pasta with broccoli, nobody eat it. i have to hide it. kids are kids. >> what i really like most about this program, here we have some of the poorest children in orange county. one of the wealthiest counties in the country, eating from the most exclusive restaurant. every night. how great is that? >> when the kids have finished the pasta, we take them back to the motel. when i know where they go back and spend the night, that break my heart. there's three types of family who live in the hotel. they have the poor family because of economy situation. you have the prostitution. and you have the drug addict, drug dealer. on top of it, you find a family with five, six kids live in one room. mom cannot even cook for them even if she wanted to. >> living in one room with five people, with three other kids, as much as you try to keep everybody with their own space and everything apart, you're always in one place together all the time. bruno seems

bruno serato joins me now. isn't he fantastic? it's so great to have you here, bruno.ifference in these lives by basically just feeding children, a simple act like that. >> i know. the first time, like i said before, when i went there with my mama, see a boy with potato chips for dinner? it's not acceptable, especially here in america. mom said, bruno, why don't you feed him pasta? i said, yeah, you're right. she's the inspiration behind all of this. if she only knew the magnitude of what cnn is doing for us today, she would be, like, oh, my god, because it's the most amazing week ever. >> reporter: i'm sure she's so proud of you. you speak a lot of mom. mom can't be here sunday, all of your brothers and sisters will be. she's in italy. will she be watching? >> oh, yes. my brothers and sisters might be crazy here, i'm kind of worried. mom will watch it. >> reporter: what would you like people to take away the most from your story? >> i think the story is, we can all do something. just a step forward, do something about it. don't just talk about it. this is what i want

those are some of the lessons we actually learned from san bruno. we had to make sure we had the commands all in order and the communications and needed to be sent up a little bit better. -- needed to be synce littled up better . >> i would like to go back. i think we are each a different. i would guess for the bay area, the disaster that we know is happening, we just do not know when, is a major earthquake, either on the west side of the day or the east side of the day, more likely on the east side, the hayward fault, that we're expecting a major incident within 30 years. and we're now in the 142 yea ä40-year hayward fault earthquake. we have not retrofitted our buildings. i felt -- i feel like we are like katrina. we knew the levees were not strong enough in at new orleans. we knew that the levies needed to be reinforced. in northern california, we know that, say, along the hayward fault that if it were to happen today at the level of retrofits that have been done, we will lose about 15,000 lives. in oakland, i will lose one- third of all my renta

live in san bruno, abc 7 news. >> quite a task there. john thanks very much. >> san mateo assemblyman hill has been one of the harshest critic of pg&e since he can motion and has been pushing the utility to test its large delivery pipe across the entire system. late today he issued a statement saying in part now pg&e needs to reverse itself and have the shareholders pay their fair share of pipeline replacement instead of forcing rate payers to cover 90 percent. >>> for public schools across california tonight, the good news is that the bad news isn't worse. automatic budget cut are going to take a small bite out of k through 12 but a much bigger chunk out of higher education. close behind social programs for the poor and the needy across california. capitol correspondent annette has the story. >>reporter: school district throughout california are breathing a sigh of relief. enough tax revenue came in to avoid much of the one and a half billion dollar cut to education that could have meant 7 fewer days of school. >> still not enough. >>re

. >> brent: pgand e wants to take responsibly for the deadly blast in san bruno last year. we have reaction on a bill that passed today in washington to better protect you. >>> and an architect is drawing up plans for a new high rise drawing serious controversial because of a resemblance to the twin towers. >>> an important vote is in. it concerns the future of the 49ers' new stadium plans in santa clara. this is a rendering of what the stadium would look like. kate thompson is live. >> reporter: well , a huge piece of the puzzle falling into place for the 49ers tonight. the city council of santa clara approving the $850 million loan to help them build their new stadium. the council chamber erupting with applause as the city council approved the $850 million loan to build the new stadium. financial officer of the frienlers, larry mc -- 49ers, larry mcneil, says prapgz for the site will -- preparation will begin in january. >> brent: -- >> brent: >> reporter: most people at the meeting were stadium supporterers like all of these unemployed construction workers who say the pr

. >>> just days after taking responsibility for the san bruno blast, pg & e is showing off its latest effort to help prevent gas leaks. tom vacar is live at lake san andres near milbrae where he spoke to the executive who overseas the utilities pipeline. >> reporter: the high pressure gas lines here included the san bruno line rupture, these new valves can quickly shut off the high pressure jet stream. >> if they sense an abnormal event, they can shut down automatically to stop the flow of gas. >> reporter: just this one valve project in this one location will cost a half million dollars. in total pg & e will do this 228 times. of the 150 miles of major gas miles in populated areas that pg & e hopes to hydrotest has gone 100 miles beyond that. >> this will indeed be the safest gas system in the country. >> reporter: all of this rings hollow for an attorney representing several san bruno victims especially pg & e's recent statement that it accepts full responsibility for the blast. >> a smoke screen, anyone that was there that saw what pg & e did understands that what they did is gave

in some places the pressure is allegedly five times the amount that was running through the san brunoipeline when it exploded last year. >>> 4:55 now. if you're just getting ready to hit the roads. we want to traffic the commute forecast with mike. >> it's looking really light as far as the volume goes christina -- sorry, marla, but because of christina's forecast in the rain, the drizzle. we have slicker roadways. we have an accident on the maze. westbound 580 approaching interstate 80. a car went into a retaining wall. no major injuries. the rest of the routes are moving smoothly with no overnight construction because of the drizzles. they just called it off. >> here's a question. what would you do for 50 grand. how about jumpg from a burning high-rise? >> how about being covered in insects? >> nope. >> maybe dangle from a high flying helicopters. >> nothing. >> those are a few of the things con is tes tants will face in the return of fear factor on nbc. >> maybe for half million. >> but 50 dpragrand, no. the reality show is back and it remeres tonight. four pairs of contestants tak

city of san bruno itself is at fault.s recent announcement today was made at the request of the judge presiding over the case to make it clear that we are liable for the accident and we are taking on financial responsibility for compensation. >> eight people died in that explosion and fire. dozens were injured and nearly 40 homes leveled. a court hearing on the case is set for friday. >>> other bay area headlines now. critics of oakland mayor jean quan sit the streets today in hopes of getting her out of office. they started gathering efforts for the recall effort. they have until may 14 to collect 20,000 signatures and if they are successful, the initiative could hit the ballot in november. >>> california lottery investigators are looking for a serial burglar who has stolen lottery tickets from at least 18 locations in the san jose, sunny vail, and mountain view areas. the suspect is 29-year-old kelsey fam. the burglary steals lottery tickets. she is currently on probation for similar burglaries last year. >>> the east b

san bruno itself is at fault. this recent announcement today was made at the request of the judge presiding over the cases to make it very clear that we are liable for the accident and we are taking on financial responsibility for compensation. >> eight people died in that explosion. dozens were injured, and nearly 40 homes destroyed. a court hearing on the case is set for fri. >>> other bay area headlines now, critics of oakland mayor jean quan hit the streets today, in hopes of getting her out of office. they started gathering signatures for their recall effort. they have until may 14 to collect 20,000 signatures, and if they are successful, that initiative could hit the ballot in november. >>> california lottery investigators are looking for a serial burglar who has stolen lottery tickets from at least 18 locations in the san jose, sunnyvale, and mountain view areas. the suspect is 29-year-old kelsey pham. the burglar steals lottery tickets and cashes in on the wins. pham is currently on probation for similar b

>> bruno: no. no. >> pelley: so you're living paycheck to paycheck? >> bruno: absolutely.: writing checks to the contractors and to the bank. >> bruno: yup. i used to go out with friends and have dinner, and i just... i don't do any of those things anymore. >> pelley: a few miles away, beverly anderson and her neighbors are the only thing standing between their neighborhood and utter ruin. for them, paying the mortgage is a matter of principle. >> beverly anderson: that's just how i was raised. once you, you know, you sign it, it's... it's a contract you uphold what you can for as long as you can. >> pelley: these folks bought the first homes in what was supposed to be a 100-house development outside cleveland called cinema park. but the developer went broke in the recession, leaving just six occupied homes surrounded by empty acres, roads to nowhere, and fireplugs with nothing to protect. >> norma scott: immediately when the boards went up, all of our mortgages went underwater-- our hopes, our dreams, our savings. >> pelley: norma scott's predicament is typical around thi

on san bruno ave we have very heavy traffic. why should we, meaning the constituents, such an application, and have six or seven processes that are very convoluted? it is because we pay them thousands of dollars. they should make it simple. and one single application that points to them that has heavy traffic and six or seven deaths, and action should be taken. very recently, and the district supervisor from district 9 should be aware of this because i sent him photographs and everything. for over a year and a half the paintings on the crosswalk were fatded. pibig pot hole. i do not know how nobody died there.

. >>> pg&e admitting it is responsible for the san bruno explosion, but why now? what prosecutors speculate is behind this move. >> plus officials in the hot seat in sacramento today talking about police tactics at occupy protests on college campuses. find out who else will be speaking. >>> we give you a live look outside this morning. that is oakland, people rolling down 880. it is wednesday, december 14th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning everyone. the time now is 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. we're looking good this morning. cold out there, about as cold as we were yesterday. baugh really nice afternoon. then the clouds roll in ahead of rain showers in the forecast for tomorrow morning. you want to enjoy today if you want to get outside in particular. 45 in san francisco. 29 in santa rosa and 40 in san jose where mike is already following an early morning accident. >> good morning, christina. the good news is no injuries are reported. th

i was happy. >> i was grateful, too. >> i was grateful, too. >> reporter: in san bruno, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> coming up, first, an explosion. then a fire. how the holiday weekend started in one city. on a tragic an unusual note. >>> and they are accused of preying on the elderly. to steal a million dollars. how a bay area couple's alleged scheme ended with a bit of bad luck. >>> and the extraordinary gifts locked into a bay area celebration army kettle. we will tell you all about it when we come back. ,,,,,,,, county. >>> a home exploded leaving one woman dead and a man badly burned. this is in san bernardino county. firefighters pulled the man from the burning duplex and later found the body of the woman who may be the man's wife inside. >> we haven't been able to confirm the relationship between the burn victim and the deceased. basically everything is very preliminary at this point. we're working in coordination with the fire inspectors and our detectives at this point. >> reporter: the man is hospitalized with burns to more than half of his body. he is expected to survive. the

i'm grateful, too. >> in san bruno, cbs 5. >>> they aren't the only ones sharing holiday spirit. they are collecting toys for san francisco's neediest children tonight. their toy drive ends in three hours and then emergency workers will take those toys, walk around the streets looking for needy kids and hand them out. >>> shoppers who waited until the last minute to buy their gifts actually got rewarded with some great deals. at hillsdale mall and malls nationwide, customers could find discounts of 30 to 50% off in some stores. retail experts say stores are selling merchandise at or below cost just to clear it off their shelves. if you thought the malls were busy today, crowds are expected to be massive on monday right up there with black friday. >> gift cards really fuel a will the of the day after christmas shopping. it used to be ploy marely returns. now gift cards are the number one most popular gift and people can't wait to go in and spend those gift cards. >> sales are expected to total nearly $470 billion this holiday season. coming up, the collapse certainly scared the so

janet is live at the mall in san bruno to explain why this weekend may be the best time to find bargins>> reporter: that's right. the so-called super saturday is usually the last saturday before christmas, that's when stores drop their prices but next week is christmas. many of the stores starting their sales one week early. >> we are -- this 75% off all diamonds,. >> reporter: it's not just a sparkle and shine that's luring shoppers in to same jewelers. discounts of up to 80% are put age gleam in people's eyes. >> people are still -- waiting for the last moment you know? they think they will be more than -- >> reporter: many are rolling out their rock bottom prices now. moving super saturday sales up a week. >> getting it done early. next week will be christmas and then -- that's when it gets hectic. >> reporter: from department stores to other shops. >> it's a lot of thing that are 50 to 60% off instead of like 20% off. >> coupons and more like extra savings and better deals. >> reporter: for some it's the latest price cut in a group of promotions from black friday to cyber monday, gr

we talked to people about, you know, i will use san bruno as an example, we had all the resources you could want or need that evening, but there's no major -- no other major incident happening. if we have a major earthquake, that will not be the only thing happening. we face of a two hours, but we are actually pushing people to be self-sufficient for even a week. they need to have supplies in their house. the other thing we learned from san bruno and what we have been teaching people is when the disaster happened, people needed to call relatives outside of the area. they also realize that -- maybe they did or maybe they did not listen, but they had to have all their papers in some place other than their home should there be a disaster. and a lot of people struggled after the fire because they have lost everything, including their insurance papers and all their other important papers. we tried to tell people, you are going to be responsible for yourself for the most part until the public safety people can come to you, and i can be a very long time. i think we really learn from some of

pg&e set to go to trial for the san bruno blast sometime in july. >>> san bruno pipeline disaster just one of several accidents that prompted federal legislation which won final approval in the u.s. senate yesterday. the bill doubled the maximum fine for pipeline safety violations and adds penalties for obstructing safety investigations. it also requires new pipelines to have automatic shutoff valves. critics say the bill doesn't go far enough and it says the old pipelines, those are the ones that are in most need of the valves. the bill goes on to the white house for the president's signature. >>> two recent rapes in san francisco's mission district could lead to changes in the neighborhood. city leaders and police will meet with neighbors who live near the scenes of the attacks tonight. a woman was attacked on fair oaks street. neighbors will get an update on the investigation and talk about getting bet. >> interpreter: lighting in that area tonight. >>> we know more this morning about a shooting in an in-and-out parking lot in pinole. the 23-year-old man from sacramento was meeting

janet is live at the mall in san bruno to explain why this weekend may be the best time to find bargins. >> reporter: that's right. the so-called super saturday is usually the last saturday before christmas, that's when stores drop their prices but next week is christmas. many of the stores starting their sales one week early. >> we are -- this 75% off all diamonds,. >> reporter: it's not just a sparkle and shine that's luring shoppers in to same jewelers. discounts of up to 80% are put age gleam in people's eyes. >> people are still -- waiting for the last moment you know? they think they will be more than -- >> reporter: many are rolling out their rock bottom prices now. moving super saturday sales up a week. >> getting it done early. next week will be christmas and then -- that's when it gets hectic. >> reporter: from department stores to other shops. >> it's a lot of thing that are 50 to 60% off instead of like 20% off. >> coupons and more like extra savings and better deals. >> reporter: for some it's the latest price cut in a group of promotions from black friday to cyber monday,

san bruno fire burned for 90 minutes before the gas could be shut off manually.o automatic shut off. but the bill does not require the new valves on existing pipe lines. peninsula congresswon spear today said she would keep pushing for that. >> mean time pg&e new ceo says rate payers have good reason not to trust the utility. anthony early told reporters he's committed to winning back that trust. now early held a one hour meeting with reporters this afternoon and mark matthe matthews was among them. >> san bruno disaster in september of 2010 killed 8 people destroyed 37 homes. new ceo of the gas electric company said he understands he had customer confidence in the utility at unaccept bring low level. >> we have to win back our customers one customer at a time. >> anthony early believes the road back is a matter of providing excellent customer service. >> when we tell a customer we are there at a certain time and don't show up, that is disrespectful of the customer time and not just oh, well we missed it. we are not respecting them and i made it clear that type o

the san bruno gas line explosion destroyed dozens of homes. pg & e hopes it will allow the families to receive compensation sooner. go to the top story section at our home page at ktvu.com. >>> there's a reason to celebrate this evening. palo alto company finished on the nasdaq. makes web and mobile social networking businesses. $50 for a 250 gain. >>> more global markets pose danger and no hints about new stimulus measures. the dow lost and the nasdaq had a drop of more than 1%. >>> in oakland, the port is getting back to normal after yesterday's massive protest. there's a semitruck waiting to get back cargo. caused 500 long shoremen ships to go back. >>> oakland frank ogawa plaza was removed. three wooden platforms put up by the demonstrators. occupy activists and occupy trees as part of their ongoing protest. >>> the newest occupy encampment, you can see it's a makeshift boat. this afternoon, police told ktvu news they plan to contact sometime in the near future. they told us they hope more people show up to get an armada going. >>> today,

but at a job site just minutes away from where the san bruno pipe blew out, a company spokesman said is willing to accept financial responsibility for the damage. >> by accepting liable we are accepting financial responsibility to cover the costs of all the claims for the victims. >> a lawyer representing more than 50 of the victims calls the utility's admission a pr stunt. >> what they want to forget about are all of the corporate decisions that were made over 54 years. >> attorney frank points to a dysfunctional culture at pg&e, allowing failures to go on for decades. >> should we use the hydrostatic tests as opposed to paying bonuses and each year we know the decision was made you have to keep the executive bonuses going. >> he said the company should be forced to pay for more than just actual damages, they should be punished for decades of disregard. >> all i saw was fire all around me and i said either i'm going to make it or i'm going to guy. >> this man and his family survived, but their home was destroyed and like his attorney he believes pg&e should pay punitive damages. >>

pg&e's liability in the wake of the san bruno explosion. >> the neighbors are asking why not. kauai some say taking responsibility is just a legal strategy. >>> it's cold out there this morning. we'll see a very comfortable afternoon. rain showers arrive tomorrow morning. we will time those out to the minute at your doorstep coming up. >>> that accident i've been watching in san jose finally cleared. we'll get a look at 8:80. unfortunately, i have a spot to show you with unusual slowing for this time. come back and check it out. >> reporter: new this morning, the restaurant chain that's been creating childhood memories for decades. now it's in trouble with the u.s. department of labor. good morning, i'm march will tellez, i'm tell you why chuck e cheese has been fined. >> reporter: forget to separate your trash from recycling? that could soon cost you if you live in parts of alameda county. i'm christie smith. i'll explain coming up in a live report. >>> san francisco investigators put a fork into a food bribery scheme. we'll tell you about the scam allegedly cooked up by city

deadly san bruno explosion.ressure tests, visual inspections. pg&e says restoring normal pressure will provide customers with adequate gas service during the winter. >>> the san francisco planning commission has given the america's cup yacht race the green light. last night they unanimously approved the environmental impact report. the public was able to comment before the commissioners voted. one group says the report missed the mark. many organizations like the san francisco travel association urged certification of the report because of the potential long term benefits of the city's global closure. >> the -- global exposure. >> the unending value -- >> this report failed to consider even just do the numbers and consider what the volume of traffic and noise and trash might be so if something needs to be done about it, it can be done. >> despite concerns the telegrah hill residents say they are happy the race is come together bay area. the plan now goes to the port commission which will discuss it today. >>> 4:

this is san bruno, where you can see a huge crowd there. this is the scene that we're seeing repeated across the bay area. people lined up. now let's take you to this map of the richmond mall. this is where we've heard about a possible issue of shots fired. sources say shots rang out in that line. we're hearing that one person is possibly in custody. we are not hearing about possible injuries. we're on the phone with police literally as we speak trying to get nfg. we have a crew -- information. we have a crew headed to the scene. we take you back to san bruno, we can show you what it's been looking like here and across the country with people trying to get their hands on some of these shoes. they are limited edition. they are released. they go for about 200. we're seeing the scene being placed all over the country, washington, georgia. >>> the fire yesterday broke out in a victorian home yesterday afternoon and spread to two other building and strong winds -- buildings and strong winds. kraig debro is live where firefighters are keeping an

. >> i don't think that they totally understand how annoyed people were about what happened in san bruno. that is sort of unfortunate. >> reporter: crisis communication specialist brian baker said they are working on its image. >> policy makers, regulators, there are employees, they need to recruit some of the best and brightest and it's hard to if you have a bad reputation. >> reporter: baker says that they appear to be sincere in its approach is and is back up its words with actions. >> a once gritty street has a new look now after a six month long makeover. the $1.6 million model block project has turned the avenue in the bayview district into a sustainable streetscape. the improvements include landscaping that soaks up rain water and measures to slow photograph tick reduce accidents. even the street lights part of the design. >> the lights, they aren't these tall light that over hang. they are designed to hit the neighborhood. >> the city chose the street for the pilot program following a city wide search. >> the league of conservation voters says independent voters support environme

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tonight pg & e qualifies its admission of responsibility for that pipeline san bruno explosion. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. 14 months later pg & e says it is liable for the accident. heather holmes is live in the crestmoore neighborhood are questioning the motivation behind the admission. >> reporter: one man who lost his home right here on crestmoore drive says this is to draw support as the trial comes near. pg & e accepted blame. the peligrini do not accept that the statement is a sign of remorse. >> they took something that basically took 15 months and four days. that we all kind of knew. i'm just curious to know the facts we don't know. >> reporter: pg & e said it was responsible for the explosion and says that it'll financially compensate the systems. pg & e is hopeful that today's announcements will allow the families to get settlements sooner. >> since the day of the the incident, pg & e has tried to cast itself in a better light and that's part of that. >> reporter: i spoke to steven campora and says today east admission was meaningless.

last year's deadly san bruno explosion was one of main topics discussed.as asked about the federal investigation that found the company did a poor job of recordkeeping on its network of pipelines and lack of transparency. >> that is something i think we need to look at and talk to the cpuc about what is the appropriate approach to access to records? >> earley says the company plans to spend more than two billion dollars to upgrade its gas pipeline system. the company says it will pick up 5 million of that the remaining 1.7 billion will be passed ton rate aers if approved by the california -- >>> crime doesn't pay, right? tell that to the victims of a thief in san francisco. police recovered eight truck loads of stolen goods when they arrested two in mar of -- march of last year. a lot of the items have not been claimed. normally they would be auctioned off in this case a judge signed off on an order to return the stuff to her when she is released from jail. >> she should have to prove she has a legal right to the property. i believe this is stolen property