the deadline today, and what campers are demanding from the city. >>> the winds whipping up around the bay area. tens of thousands without power around the state. the fire concerns today. >>> and good morning, everybody. hey, it's the first day of december. >> already. >> you know what happens a week from this weekend? or three weeks from this weekend. >> what? >> thursday. >> sleep? >> sunshine? >> let's say the time. it's 4:30. i'm frank, she's grace. it's early. christmas is three weeks from sunday if you didn't know. >> that makes more sense. >> get the month right this time around. >> i'm getting better. >> rent's due. >> great, thanks. [ laughter ] >> now i'm really depressed. what's going on with the wind? >> windy, windy, windy around the bay area. it's howling pretty good. toward the embarcadero you can see the waves out there and also a lot of debris on the roads. so if you are traveling, boy, had to dodge a couple of things on the highway this morning coming in. the winds expected to continue for the better part of the day. windy in spots, gusts in excess of 50 miles per hou

tension on display between occupy s-f campers and police.hey clashed over the placement of barricades. now protesters are trying to decide whether to move. >>> tension between "occupy sf" campers and police clashing over the placement of barricades. they are deciding whether to move. >>> a transfer of camp victory in iraq is another step toward a full american withdrawal by the end of the year. >>> and there are widespread power outages and structural damage following a windstorm in southern california. los angeles county has now declared a state of emergency. >>> those winds starting to calm down a bit. it's still breezy around the bay area if you are heading out this morning. but overall looks like those winds will continue to come down. and some warm temperatures around the bay area, many places in the 60s at this time. the winds mixed up the atmosphere. mostly clear skies except for high clouds overhead. this afternoon comfortable, 60s, low 70s, breezy and less winds in the afternoon. high pressure overhead so the pressure will kind of c

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>> so did arthur bennett perish in that camper fire? bennett may be gone, but he would not be easily forgotten. and there were still lingering questions about him. did he actually commit suicide? when we come back -- >> i read the autopsy report. i read the investigation. and for someone to sign off on that, that's pathetic. >> so you didn't believe he was dead. >> no. >> did you make a practice of going around and telling people this was probably a fake death? >> yes, i did. >> what did they think about you when you cast doubt on their reports? >> i had caused some commotion, and i was not a happy camper. ts. of course, neither do i. solution? td ameritrade mobile trader. i can enter trades on the run. even futures and 4x. complex options, done. [ cellphone rings ] thank you. live streaming audio. advanced charts. look at that. all right here. wherever "here" happens to be. mobile trading from td ameritrade. number one in online equity trades. plus get up to $600 when you open an account. this was the gulf's best tourism season in year

here's what one camper told us this morning. >> i think there's negotiations. we saw a contract i'm not sure exactly who is going to agree with that or not. >> reporter: there have been negotiations and the city has been trying to compromise with the occupiers. they've offered an alternative site for the occupy san francisco movement. a vacant school in the mission district at mission and 16th. the city likes it because it has plumbing so there would be running water and toilets which has been one of the issues out here that maybe it is unsanitary. campers don't like it because they want visibility at high profile location and don't like the rules that go with the alternative location, which include no pets, no children and no cooking. this could come to a head at noon today. but it is too early to tell at this hour. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> santa cruz police are rethinking their options after and you successful attempt to clear demonstrators out of vacant building. 30 officers in riot gear moved into the entrance of the old coast commercial bank building

when the job ends here in kentucky in a few weeks the campers pull up stakes and move on. deborah and mark pinson traded a three-bedroom house for an rv. they now travel the country from job to job staying in work countries rent-free. >> well, the rent was $1800. we pay zero here. >> reporter: benefits for those willing to travel in search of work. >> there are jobs out there. you have to be willing to look for them. >> reporter: mobile job hunters on the road of opportunity in a season of tough times. janet shamlian, nbc news, campbellsville, kentucky. >>> up next, if you know anyone who has anything from the moon, tell them they're looking to get it all back. >>> a new report out tonight says 517 moon rock samples are either missing or stolen. only 12 people have ever been to the moon and while those six moon missions brought back 842 pounds of rocks and dust, a lot of them were simply loaned out or given away or borrowed over the years. check your sock drawer. nasa said it will improve its controls. they don't think what it called national treasures are at risk of being

there was a lot of infighting as well amongst the campers. police say there was also a growing sanitation concern, arrests for battery, theft, even assault with a deadly weapon. back here live in berkeley, you're looking at berkeley high school which is right across the street from this "occupy" encampment. it's kind of one of the unique things about its location. it is also just across the street from city hall and kitty corner from the police station. there's also several apartment buildings around the area and several people that live there have been complaining about this camp and how the city has simply allowed it to stand. it remains to be seen what the city's next move is going to be. we don't see any police officers around here at this point this morning. grace. >>> weeks ago we saw police clearing out "occupy" camps in new york and san francisco. obviously oakland, as well. why did they wait so long in berkeley, any idea? >> reporter: you know, i spoke with the mayor about this, about two or three weeks ago. and he said that they wer

monday the city issued' evacuation order telling campers to get out by 5:00 yesterday afternoon. protesters plan a march and rally at noon today. >>> heater believe to be the cause of a fire that broke out this morning west of maxwell park. investigators say the space heater in the basement was left running because of the cold. there are no reports of injuries. >>> 20 suspected gang members are under arrest after more than 150 officers swept through gilroy in an early morning raid. the raids are the result of the covert investigation. police say the suspects are responsible for a variety of crimes including shooting into an occupied home, narcotics trafficking, criminal conspiracy and using juveniles to commit crimes. >>> homeowners in san francisco are getting a chance to an night for a home loan modification if their nor gauge is with wells fargo. katie marzullo joins us with the -- us with the story. >> reporter: wells fargo is holding that event in san francisco today in which customers can come in, if they are struggling with this mortgage and sit and get face-to-face help i

when the job ends here in kentucky in a few weeks the campers pull up stakes and move on. deborah and mark pinson traded a three-bedroom house for an rv. they now travel the country from job to job staying in work countries rent-free. >> well, the rent was $1800. we pay zero here. >> reporter: benefits for those willing to travel in search of work. >> there are jobs out there. you have to be willing to look for them. >> reporter: mobile job hunters in a season of tough times. janet shamlian, nbc news, campbellsville, kentucky. >>> up next, if you know anyone who has anything from the moon, tell them they're looking to get it all back. we all have internal plumbing. but for some of us with overactive bladder, our pipes just don't work as well as they should. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak. but i learned there's something more i can do. now, i take care with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma proble

monday the city issued' evacuation order telling campers to get out by 5:00 yesterday afternoon. protesters plan a march and rally at noon today. >>> heater believe to be the cause of a fire that broke out this morning west of maxwell park. investigators say the space heater in the basement was left running because of the cold. there are no reports of injuries. >>> 20 suspected gang members are under arrest after more than 150 officers swept through gilroy in an early morning raid. the raids are the result of the covert investigation. police say the suspects are responsible for a variety of crimes including shooting into an occupied home, narcotics trafficking, criminal conspiracy and using juveniles to commit crimes. >>> homeowners in san francisco are getting a chance to an night for a home loan modification if their nor gauge is with wells fargo. katie marzullo joins us with the -- us with the story. >> reporter: wells fargo is holding that event in san francisco today in which customers can come in, if they are struggling with this mortgage and sit and get face-to-face help i

. >>> well a few occupied campers are ignoring eviction notices but they are not bulging. tara has more. >> reporter: they thought they would be kicked out by noon but many thought to stay. protesters were able to grab tents from the back of a truck and police sort of backed off but many demonstrators were hurt by billy clubs but still the mayor says it is imperative for the park to be cleared. >> we would like to get it cleared so everybody can enjoy it. >> now police say there has been a spike in violent crime and sexual assaults at the camp. they are fed up with dog bites and filth since they moved in, in october. some students say they would like things to return to normal around here. we would like to let you know if anything changes. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well oakland's mayor, mayor jean quan says the city would have to spend a million and a half and still she says it is still not enough. they can sneak around port lines and halt operations. >>> they are examining how they are handling it and he spent nearly 30 years with the san jose police departm

there was a lot of infighting as well amongst the campers. police say there was also a growing sanitation concern, arrests for battery, theft, even assault with a deadly weapon. back here live in berkeley, you're looking at berkeley high school which is right across the street from this "occupy" encampment. it's kind of one of the unique things about its location. it is also just across the street from city hall and kitty corner from the police station. that's made it more of a community area where people have been able to check outweighs going on. but when you have school aged children that was causing some of the concern for the city. we don't know what the city's next move will be. we'll follow it. >> thank you. >>> if protestors want to close the port of oakland there is not much the city can do to stop them. oakland mayor jean quan tells the "chronicle" that just a handful of protestors could stop work at the port. she says it would take at least 500 police officers to try to keep the port open and the port would have to pay for the offi

cleared out. 90 officers moved into the park before 8:00 this morning and moved the 10 remaining campers. 100 people had been staying in the park. on monday, the city issued a notice telling campers to get out by 5:00 yesterday afternoon. >> just moments ago oakland mayor spoke for the first time about a petition drive that governed the way to recall herks saying efforts would only hurt oakland. >> bottom line is that the city has a lot of important issues to consider. and i've got to be prepared for my job. >> kwan says she'll start to meet with groups and begin fund raising efforts. first reported yesterday, the city clerk gave a group the go ahead to begin circulating to recall kwan saying she had failed as a mayor. >> just look at this year. she drove out our popular police chief, she drove out the city attorney. she tried to get yet another parcel tax from voters and failed in that. and the-to-top it off there was a disaster of occupy oakland. >> and the group has 160 days to gather signatures to qualify fi for the november ballot. coming up decades-long wait for bart to san jose ma

about three dozen campers, wrapped up in sleeping bags outside the federal reserve one block from here at 101 market street the site of the first "occupy" camp in san francisco, though that camp was raided a few weeks ago. these people don't know how long they are going to stay here. right now they are just trying to regroup. >> in the interim it's going to be a stopoff for some of the "occupiers," but you know, uhm, we're waiting word. we're not going anywhere. you know? we're waiting word. and i think, you know, uhm, our leadership is just backing up and regrouping and we already have plans, i believe, i heard through the grapevine a couple of things. >> reporter: now, this was the scene last night when protestors tried to retake justin herman plaza causing a standoff with police officers encircling the protestors who entered the plaza. but police did eventually back off. this confrontation followed the police raid early yesterday morning when the city removed about 140 tents from the plaza that had been there for more than two months. now, the whole cost of this "occupy" movement, t

police cleared out 20 tents and dozensover campers from the park this morning -- dozens of campers from the park this morning. >>> in san francisco, police stopped demonstrators from reaccomplishing their camp at dustin herman plaza. the mayor's office told ktvu the situation remained orderly despite a few occupiers who tried to pitch tents early this morning. others took their belongings a block away to the federal reserve bank where they've stayed all day. >>> a federal appeals court heard arguments today involving two arguments about the same- sex case. a lower court has already rejected the argument. our ktvu reporter in court today said the appeals panel did not seem impressed. the court also heard a petition to unseal video on the unconstitutionality of the ban. no decisions were announced today. >>> b.a.r.t. officials today announced an arrest in connection with a series of recent cooper wire thefts. b.a.r.t. police showed off sections of wire and wire cutters they say they found this morning in the san francisco home of 52-year- old dennis mcgeary. b.a.r.t. says there has been a

no arrests were made and the people in the camper given time to gather their belongings. mayor rawlings blake says, while she is committed to protecting a citizen's right to protest that it was long overdue for the camp to be cleaned out baltimore county police have arrested one of the two students involved in a midday brawl in essex. police officers used pepper spray to break up the fight sending one dozen students to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. within one hour, most had returned to class. right now, no one knows what led to the fight. more than one year after a home invasion in anne arundel county committee have caught up with the robber. he is behind bars in hagerstown on unrelated burglary charges. they were able to collect dna linking him to the august robbery. he forced his way in to an elderly couple's home. he then took off in the stall and mercury grand marquis' and he is now charged with robbery, assault, and theft. >> donald trump said he will no longer take part in a debate he agreed to moderate. it had been scheduled in iowa, but it ran

police cleared out 20 tents and dozensover campers from the park this morning -- dozens of campers from the park this morning. >>> in san francisco, police stopped demonstrators from reaccomplishing their camp at dustin herman plaza. the mayor's office told ktvu the situation remained orderly despite a few occupiers who tried to pitch tents early this morning. others took their belongings a block away to the federal reserve bank where they've stayed all day. >>> a federal appeals court heard arguments today involving two arguments about the same- sex case. a lower court has already rejected the argument. our ktvu reporter in court today said the appeals panel did not seem impressed. the court also heard a petition to unseal video on the unconstitutionality of the ban. no decisions were announced today. >>> b.a.r.t. officials today announced an arrest in connection with a series of recent cooper wire thefts. b.a.r.t. police showed off sections of wire and wire cutters they say they found this morning in the san francisco home of 52-year- old dennis mcgeary. b.a.r.t. says there has been a

. >>> san francisco city officials issued a new dln for the campers -- deadline for the campers at the occupy camp to leave. the group's general assembly turned downon offer to move to an empty school site in the mission district. >> i will tell you today that time is short and that we do not want a camp on this property as of noon tomorrow. >> city officials say the camp is not sustainable. but it remains to be seen whether or not the city takes any action tomorrow. >>> wind gusts of more than 50 50 miles per hour have the bay area under a wind warning. they knocked down branches and caused out annuals in sonoma county. people are without power there. gusts through tomorrow evening could cause additional outages. >>> you can see the wind is actually shake our camera that's giving you this live view. but you can also tell it's a clear night, and traffic is moving smoothly. >>> dense low fog caused eight flights to be capseled this morning. the fog prevent the the plane -- prevented the planes from leaving last night. cancellations are rare compared to other airports. flights in san fra

the city is offering to move these campers to an alternate site at 16th and mission. but the problem with the people that do want to move there is that they need a consensus with everybody. that's the whole theory with this general assembly and if one person says no, that means the issue is tabled. no action is taken, they stay here at the plaza, and police still threatening to move in. it really is a precarious situation. >> going to be hard to get consensus. >>> in an exclusive cbs 5 surveyusa poll, most people in san francisco are unhappy with the way mayor lee is handling the situation. coming up at 6:00 we are speaking with mayor ed lee about "occupy sf" and what happens next. >>> "occupy" protestors in santa cruz are showing no signs of leaving a former bank building that they took over. 20 to 30 people broke into the river street bank building wanting to turn it into a community center. >> it's a perfect place for this particular movement to have a location at a bank that is owned by a multinational corporation that is not providing any benefit to our community

. >>> the city of berkeley is ratcheting up pressure on "occupy" campers with threats of more arrests and citations. city leaders are concerned about crime, drugs and dogs biting people at the encampment at civic center park. one councilman wants to start issuing stay away orders to people who cause trouble. and the city manager warns campers that the situation is unacceptable listing more than 20 crimes since october. >>> a shuttered school site that could have held "occupy sf" members may become housing for cops and teachers instead. protestors turned down mayor ed lee's offer for a camp at the former home of a high school on mission street. now the mayor and high school officials are pursuing the idea of building housing on the site for people who work in the city but simply cannot afford to live there. >>> all right. talk about quite the payday. the bay area ceo who is taking home the biggest bonus in the nation. it's huge. plus, it is the biggest stock debut since google. are investors reaping farmville's harvest? we'll have the numbers when we come back. and the death penalty su

. >>> dozens of "occupy" campers are still at a park in berkeley. they are defying an order to leave. police have removed some of the tents that were left unattended. but they are holding back on making a full-scale raid. anne makovec is in berkeley where the city is take a wait- and-see approach. >> reporter: that's right. now, it is not illegal for them to be here now. it's not even illegal for them to have tents here now in the park. but it is between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. we're not sure yet, though, when police are actually going to enforce that law. >> the movement is still strong. >> reporter: larry silver has been at this "occupy" encampment since october and is now watching its slow demise. >> i think it's bad timing, first of all, given it's the christmas season. >> reporter: the city sent out this notice yesterday saying the park was closed athe 10 p.m. and everyone was expected to leave. more than half the campers did. their tents leaving spots of dead grass on the lawn. others ended up in confrontations with police overnight in

but the mayor office told us there is no hard dead lane for the campers at least not yet. in san francisco john then bloom abc 7 news. >> still to come tonight. facebook expansion plans the. >> today we have a really big nouns tomorrow make. >> announcement that has one mayor talking about creating a hub to rival silicon valley. >> p.m. the thing rumbled and crashed. >>reporter: that's just part of an oakland family terrifying story of the tree that nearly split their home in half. >>> i'm in the accu-weather forecast center. wind and warmth of december. all details in the forecast coming up. >> plus treasures unearth. pieces of san francisco past dug up from the heart of downtown. 7 news at 9:00 will dug up from the heart of downtown. 7 news at 9:00 will be [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, we're giving you a big thank you this friday & saturday with the simplest way to save extra. just use your jcpenney rewards credit card and save an extra 20% off all apparel, shoes accessories and home. no exclusions. that's an extra 20% off gifts for her. all the greatest gifts for hi

were 60 to 100 tents earlier this month and there was a lot of infighting also amongst the campers. police say there were growing sanitation concerns, arrests for battery, theft and assault with a deadly weapon. >> these occupations become social service centers. they are not going to homeless shelters, they will come here for a free plate of food. but we're not here for a free plate of food. we're here to build a social missouri. that's the problem. >> reporter: and again, there has been growing tensions within the camp but some of it because of those reasons. back out here live now in berkeley, that is berkeley high school just across the plaza. this has been a unique location for an "occupy" camp that's right by city hall, right by a high school, as you can see. and the police department is just across the street, as well. so that caused some of the problems, as well. police say that high schoolers were trying to come over here for lunch and were being confronted by some of these people. police said it was just time to go. we'll see what their next plan of sacks going to be becau

teachers proposed the campers -- the cameras after not being started thetify who fight. >>> christmas came early for some local children. santa claus stopped by to deliver presents at the hospital. -- santa had his police escort. it is such a great event. went to it last year. >>> outside, we have some changes on the way. tooothingll dramatic. your excitement level now? out of 10. zero is not a single chance of a flake. we have some sunshine out there right now. sunshine helping us a warm up. wind of the sow is helping us. fredericksburg is up to 61. it is gusty. southerly winds are at a 30 miles per hour. there is that narrow band of rain. apart as it moves into west virginia. it will fall apart more as it moves into the metro area. i think we will get a brief shower ahead of the cold front moving our way. not a big deal. not much to talk about. we have cooler air that is going to gradually spill in early morning and into tomorrow afternoon. when youres tomorrow be warmer than tomorrow afternoon when we normally it hour hike temperature. ourmally hit high temperatures. it should be f

and he's hoping the campers will leave and accept the city district. the city is under pressure to make that happen from groups like chamber of commerce. >> we apologize for the signal there. we'll keep you posted on any more protest activities z oakland police say tonight there are five people of interest wanted in connection with a shooting that wounded a 1-year-old boy. in an effort to get witnesses to come forward and identify suspects, they walked a neighborhood where that shooting took place monday night. the mayor says some in that crowded parking lot saw what happened. >> we need to stop the code of silence around these shootings. and this is a sad case, a lot of people were hurt. >> seven people were hurt. three are in critical condition. and hiram's parents want them to give their toddler more time to recover. a source tells abc 7 news hiram is unresponsive. >> strong winds are gone but there is plenty of damage left behind. power is out for more than 16,000 people in santa cruz county. and is an effort to get lights back on and trees cleaned

the campers were no longer communicating with the mayor's office.l a police sense on justin herman plaza still a -- police presence on justin herman plaza still a handful of protesters standing face-to-face with officers. we saw the first ferry arrive those folks crossing the street to a new scene they haven't seen this weeks. we saw protesters move into the middle and holding signs and trying to interact with those commuters who arrived. the main seen happened at 1:00 this morning when police moved in, gave warning and then began making arrests and taking down the tents. in all, about 50 were ans ared. also, the chief says two of his -- were arrested. also, the chief says of two his officers were attacked protesters are saying the opposite. >> one officer, lucky they were helmeted for protection when the metal folding chair was thrown at the officer it hit him in the face and break his shield. >> i'm not documenting people as much as i have to document the human rights violations i'm witnessing daily around here. >> reporter: that protester says pe

-- campers to leave. not left. >> reporter: they are staying and the city had a deadline of noon yesterday which it did not enforce. you see vehicles behind me they belong to street artists who sell their goods here in justin herman plaza they want occupy san francisco to move out. last night there was a confrontation. >> protesters grabbed barricades and blocked market street then held their general assembly in the street barricades removed by police the city has offered another site at 15th and mission. the camp seems divided on whether they should go or not, most leaning towards going there. the city wants occupy san francisco out here, so to those licensed artists who sell their goods in justin herman plaza. they wanted them out sometime ago. >> we've had incidents where the folks have come through and they've stole jewelry, harassed customers. i've been selling on this plaza for 13 years. and this is the worst last three months that we've ever had down here because of this occupy protests. folks don'

. >>> a few dozen campers from occupied are still at the largest occupied camp in the bay area.ome determined protesters are ignoring a city order to move out. they posted this video of what happened overnight in the confrontation with police. several protesters were reportedly hurt when officers tried to take down a tent. the city ordered an eviction notice because they are tired of the rising crime and violence in the park. >> i am a female, i am doing nothing. i was standing as far away from him as i am from you. he had no reason to put his hands on me. >> we will implement it in a more forceful way, we'll see. >> a woman was raped in attend on tuesday night, -- a tent on tuesday night and that suspect was captured. >>> mayor jean quan is now expecting they will get their way and they can prevent future port shut downs. >>> the independent investigative team is led by tom frasier. he also spent almost 30 years in the san jose police department and his team of retired police officers will review the use of force and procedures and they are looking into how police assisted with

he and one other camper were struck. noah was taken to johns hopkins hospital and died. the tree was dead for a long time before the wind storm and noah's family is suing for $12 million, including more than $60,000 in medical bills and said the tree should have been cut down and that the kids should have never been taken outside in dangerous conditions. instead of an apology, the forum refunded them money and invited them to attend another festival. >>> there's a big help wanted sign at the cause. it should be ready for a june 2012 opening, they started the hiring process. right now only 15 job openings are posted but more are coming. >> from here through the opening of the facility, call it april and the hiring process, we'll add jobs continually every week. that process will ramp up. today it's just 15 to 20 jobs. >> the casino plans to host a recruiting event in mid-january to help fill everything from part time jobs to six-figure management position. for a look at the openings, click on this story's link. >>> when this comes to the holidays, there are plenty of pres

. >> a small group of campers are holding their ground despite getting notices from police to pack up and move out. officers used force twice. they tried to clear out the park. and police say the video doesn't tell the story. >> there are people moving forward bordering them back. >> this is brutal. and just wrong. and there is nothing humane about it. >> police made two arrests to remove about a dozen tenants. berkeley city officials want civic center cleared out including three assaults with deadly weapons and an attempted rape they say are connected to the camp. there are fewer than 10 camps left. >> and there is some consumer news, gold prices are high. a lot of folks are selling off jewelry. >> and found prices offered were all over the map. >> now there is an investigation finding the same thing. >> there is a case of seller be aware. and they can offer any price they wish z today, more proof backing up that report. check out this video. new york city an inspector went under cover to see how much three people will pay for the jewelry. and they range from $175 all the way up to $

tells me because they're on private property, police will not take action unless they want to cite campers whochl ob owns this lot isn't clear, one leader tells me records are inconclusive and there is no visible signage. >> there is a property of the property not listed. that is the area they're staying in. >> officials are using a hands off approach supporting rights to free speech as long as they can operate within the boundaries. >> they do not intervene unless private property owners requests the stoi intervene or there is a disruption. >> the lot has no address and learned it was purchased in 2006. >> and abc 7 news went along as officers conducted a massive operation today serving convicting drunk driver was warrants. five people were arrested and hauled off to jail. there are 550 warrants and they're targeting people convicted of duies. who failed to serve their sentence. >> we tell them, turn yourself in. that way, you pick the day, instead of us coming and taking you on christmas or new year's or a friday where you'll have to spend the weekend in jail. >> and this is being paid f

. >>> a couple dozen occupy campers remain at civic center park after a night in which protesters and police clashed violently. amy hollyfield is live in berkeley. after all that tents are still there >> reporter: yeah, the city officials say they want this place cleared out because of an increase in violence. look, there are still about 20 tents and protesters all still being allowed to occupy this downtown plaza crews move in last night to remove empty tents. that's when the situation got violent. protesters say they just wanted their stuff back. when they surrounded a public works crew as it tried to haul away tents from the occupy berkeley camp, employees got nervous. >> they were calling for our help, certainly they were scared, because they are not peace officers. crowd management can be some of the most dangerous work that officers do. >> it was a nonviolent retrieval of stolen equipment. >> reporter: berkeley police used force twice overnight at the occupy berkeley site. the incidents were captured by a protester and posted on youtube. police say video doesn't tell the whole s

the lawsuit goes on to say the camp is that clinton because it allowed the campers to play outside ignoring a high wind advisory debt had been issued by the national weather service. >> it is clear to us that carroll counties first priority is to protect the kids treaty failed to do that. >> what no was mother calls a slap in the face,, not only did carroll county not apologize for the death, the center a $120 refund with a form letter saying the 2009 winter nature camp did not go as planned and ended unexpectedly. it followed by inviting her to a maple sugar festival at the camp in march. >> they did not even acknowledge it. like the letter said, the camp was cut short. here is your refund. we hope to see you at the next festival. i mean -- i was like, are you kidding me? i could not believe it. >> they are filing the $12 million lawsuit to make sure something like this never happens again. they want to let the county know how they handle the whole situation, and there were, is unforgivable. >> the treatment of kathy is unforgivable. i do not know how anybody can even -- they should be ash

>> reporter: just the "occupy" campers. the newspaper broke the story the "oakland tribune" broke this story last night that they had moved in here and i saw a lot of scuttlebutt on twitter about it. but no police response yet at all. >> scuttlebutt. good news term. [ laughter ] >> reporter: you know what i mean. >> i know. [ laughter ] >> giving you a hard time. very good. anne makovec live for us over in oakland. >> know exactly what she means. >> of course. >>> governor brown is trying to line up support for his ideas for higher taxes. he plans to ask voters for $7 billion in new taxes and part of that would be through a temporary half cent sales tax hike. he also wants to raise income taxes on those making a quarter million dollars a year. the lecture would have to approve putting the proposal on the ballot. cbs 5 political analyst joe tuman says that recent cuts would help the governor get his plan passed. >> i think in california after 10 or 11 months after looking at the possibility of not having the revenues he need

on edge after a heated confrontation with police and this morning there is disagreement among the campers over city proposal to move to another site. anne makovec is at justin herman plaza with what's next. good morning. >>> reporter: a lot of tension at "occupy sf." some people have moved out because of it but as you can see behind me the majority of the encampment remains. some people ready to fight with police. others ready to move to the mission. that's after police advanced on the camp last evening. this was the scene at around 5 p.m. when police began encircling the camp with barricades. some demonstrators tried to shove the barricades back as you can see. police say they were trying to create a safety zone and clear the sidewalks. >> last thing we want is a confrontation. our mission was to create a safety zone. when the officers were attack, it does give us a sense of how violent the people who remain in the camp are. >> reporter: protestors declared victory when police backed down and then several of them walk to the federal reserve building and sat down in the middle of market s

some "occupy" campers say they want to work with police to make sure students stay safe. but officers have reported six cases of battery, one assault with a deadly weapon, one case of brandishing a firearm and a case of lewd conduct and false imprisonment. city officials say they are monitoring the situation here at the camp but it won't say whether or not they are considering a raid. grace? >> sharon, with all of those crimes that they are seeing out there, did any of those involved students or just the people in the "occupy" camp? >> reporter: we have no word that it's involved any students. the school also doesn't say anything about that. so we assume they only involve the people associated with the camp. >> understandable why the concern is so big. thank you. >>> 99 donors in the bay area paid for a full-page ad in the paper costing $8,500. it's the first ad to explain ideas for creating jobs, controlling spending and the deficit. >>> the piedmont city council has voted to give tentative approval for a new sports complex on the oakland board he. the privately funded $

fifth campers come back, they will be moved out. if they have the right to do a standard protest outside, but the moment police see sleeping bags or anything like that they will be moved out. offs things ending after a couple of months of occupy cambers at the federal reserve building. >>marty: have you seen any sign of occupy protesters coming back to check out the area? >>craig: not at all. police tell me if someone came back to take up positions, but as you can see, the sidewalk is empty. offs nothing but joggers and passerby's. >>marty: occupy protesters gathered at union square on saturday with several minority groups joining forces to call attention to human rights violations around the world. they say that thousands go without food and shelter every day. >>ysabel: across the bay in oakland, occupy protesters are gearing up for a planned port shut down tomorrow off the face opposition from some of their own supporters. fifth >>ysabel: here is a rundown of activities, at 5:30 a.m., protesters will march from the west oakland ba

the campers say they don't know how long they are going to stay here. they moved here after the raid last night. they say they are just trying regroup. >> the interim is going to be, you know, a stop-off for some of the "occupiers." but you know, uhm, we're waiting word -- we're not going anywhere. we're waiting word. and i think, you know, uhm, our leadership is just backing up and regrouping and we already have plans, i believe, i heard through the grapevine a couple of things. >> reporter: now, this was the scene last night that's after the early-morning raid yesterday. protestors last night tried to retake the plaza causing a standoff with police. officers encircled those who entered, other protestors formed a line around the police line, and police eventually backed off. this confrontation again followed that police raid early yesterday morning when the city removed 140 tents from the plaza. we are also getting word now that occupy is planning a rally at 6 p.m. here at justin herman plaza. so the saga continues. >> i guess so, anne. wasn't the whol

. >> supporters of henry coast state park, bought time, three years to keep it open for campers, hikers bikers until 2015. total cost, nine$018,000. >> ann brigs is part of a group of wealthy doans or. hopefully the budget will turn around but the rangers job is safe for now. it's wonderful there's people that want the help us. >> henry cove is the latest example of a growing trend of public and private partnership. last year $35,000 was donated the save deer hollow farm from the budget axe. >> last month in downtown san jose a dozen corporations saved christmas in the park after they ponied up $61,000. last week google offers $33 million to reskin the historic hangar one at moffitt field. saving parks and public projects has a great return. >> if a wealthy donner wants here money to go a long way. this is one of the best ways. >> it allows your children and your grandchildren and great grandchildren to see what this land was before all these people came. >> and the fund will take more money to make sure henry cove is a moon to budget problems. >> stop writes so many reports. he ordered

leslie will spend a year and a day behind bars after she pleaded guilty to evidence camperring and charges in connection to an ex torsion case. leslie admitted to flushing a check from a developer down the toilet and stuffing money in her underwear. >>> another baltimore police officer pleaded guilty in a towing scheme. a dozen officers accused of being bribed to push business to a car repair shop after responding to crashes. >>> get this, first her car was stolen then a car it was found and came the bill to get out of an impound lot. that's the begin ing telephone story. you won't guess what one woman found when she looked in the back of her car. >> we got in to the vehicle this way. >> reporter: this mother asked we not show her face. when she got her van back from police, all of this was inside. none of it, she says, belongs to or her family. on sundays morning she vis visited this shopping center. when she returned from one of the stores her van was gone. she filed a report with police and two days later officers call her to say they recovered the van and took it to an impound lot wher

the lawsuit goes on to say that that can is negligent because it allowed the campers to play outside, ignoring a high wind advisories that had been issued by the national weather service. >> we filed suit because it is clear to us that carroll county pressed party was to protect the kids and a completely failed to do that. >> not only did carroll county not apologize for her son's death, she says the center a $120 refund with a form letter saying that the 2009 winter nature camp did not go as planned and ended unexpectedly. followed by inviting her to attend a maple sugar festival of the camp in march. >> they did not even the knowledge it. -- acknowledge its. the camp was cut short, and here's your refund. hope to see you at the next festival. i mean, are you kidding me? i cannot believe it. >> paul lawyer says there file in the $12 billion loss a to make sure something like this never happens again and to let the county know how they handle the whole situation is unforgivable. >> it is unforgivable. i do not know how anybody -- they should be ashamed of themselves for sending a lett

she spoke with one of the campers she's followed since preteen days. >> my hope is great." i take four pills a day. i'm full of energy. i'm very energetic. i work and spend time with my friends and boyfriend. i party. i have a pretty happy life. >> back in the 1980s kids with hiv did not live past age 3. the disease was a death sentence. now medication and education have helped those affectinged manage what is a chronic disease. the shift is over to africa where over 2 million children are infected with hiv. >>> in this one year, 90 billion messages have been sent on san francisco bay's twitter. the people at the social network look back to come up with the most extraordinary tweets. the ones that tell the story of 2011. abc cecilia vaga got an exclusive first look. >> it might seem impossible to tell the best ten stories from more than 200 million tweets a day but they did it at twitter. >> jack dorsey gave us a rare and exclusive look to show us just how. >> 140 characters, a year's worth of news in 1400 characters maybe? >> amazing. >> and at the top of the top ten list

. >>> a couple dozen occupy campers remain at civic center park after a night in which protesters and police clashed violently. amy hollyfield is live in berkeley. after all that tents are still there >> reporter: yeah, the city officials say they want this place cleared out because of an increase in violence. look, there are still about 20 tents and protesters all still being allowed to occupy this downtown plaza crews move in last night to remove empty tents. that's when the situation got violent. protesters say they just wanted their stuff back. when they surrounded a public works crew as it tried to haul away tents from the occupy berkeley camp, employees got nervous. >> they were calling for our help, certainly they were scared, because they are not peace officers. crowd management can be some of the most dangerous work that officers do. >> it was a nonviolent retrieval of stolen equipment. >> reporter: berkeley police used force twice overnight at the occupy berkeley site. the incidents were captured by a protester and posted on youtube. police say video doesn't tell the whole s

police moved in overnight forcing several hundred campers out. let's see what the plaza looks like right now. >> reporter: good afternoon. this took a illegal more than three hours for police officers to come in and gain control. take a look here. it looks totally different than it has in weeks past. no protesters whatsoever. last week we were here as they had the option to move to mission street. there are officers out here right now. the occupiers chose not to go last week and today police said it was time for them to leave. >> just before 2:00 this morning, dozens of occupy san francisco protesters were awakened to the sound of police. >> it appeared that group had deteriorated and not only become a health hazard inside but it was becoming a public safety hazard to the outside so the decision was made to clean it up. >> as i was trying the leave, they wouldn't let me leave. they took everything from me, zip tied my hands and shipped me over to the jail. >> protesters say they were only given five minutes to grab all that you are items and clea

wednesday, 14 campers were sighted and one man arrested after cops cleared this lot. occupiers claim in their judgment free for occupation. later that day, an honor was identify whod filed a complaint and just before 5:00 p.m. moving in and occupiers were moved out. it was sometime in the wee hours of the morning this tree sitter put up a platform and hung this sign. officials have not made efforts to remove the structure but made it clear there is no intention of allowing anyone to climb up to join him. >> he just -- and the police zoomed in on some of the demonstrations. >> and and two minutes ago a dozen protestors left and began marching down broadway peacefully. and she says this time women from around the world from the bay area stand in solidarity with women in egypt, being targeted by the military for speaking out. >> outdoor enthusists launched a campaign to save two popular parks threatened by cuts. volunteers plan to raise $500,000 in the next few months. that money going to the state to keep portolla redwood state park open. castle rock is known for its ro

they do this every saturday, but this is the first march since the campers were cleared out of the plaza this week, and we do notice this particular crowd was a little bit smaller than the marchers we usually see each week. again, they made their way down market street, and then eventually made their way into union square, where they have been rallying inside union square now for about the last 45 minutes or so. it's been interesting to watch this because it is a mix of demonstrators and a whole lot of shoppers. obviously with just about two weeks until christmas, whole lot of people toting their shopping bags around. we have been noticing the demonstrators are probably going to be moving back into traffic again so it's going to be a pretty good orchestration for the police as they usually have in these events to get them through traffic again. reporting live at union square, abc-7 news. >> newt gingrich's campaign is in damage control. a senior palestinian leaders are demanding an apology after a comment gingrich made yesterday, calling the palestinians a, quote, invested people. >> the

yeah, he had a camper, it's back here. it's locked. i got the key, he trusted me.? now you got me kinda curious. he lived in here? [laughing] he loved it. between gigs, he'd take off, camp out. sometimes i'd go with him. what did you do if one of you wanted to be happy? [inhaling] asthma. since i was a kid. hmm, it smells like mint. it's imported from denmark. do you want a hit? no, thanks. rhyming dictionary? yeah, he was writing songs. that was his dream. he was really shy about it though. he wouldn't even play me his stuff. who's this? oh, that's his daughter, margaret. oh, no, where is she? tennessee, her mom moved her there after they split. i guess i should call them. oh, hell, i'm late. gotta go be famous. catch you later. you'll catch me later? [laughter] mm. what? something's wrong. did either of you move anything? no. no. something's different-- there was an envelope. white envelope, right here. there was? huh, it's a receipt. registered mail, he mailed something to himself. i remember that. that was about six months ago, i went to the post office with hi

the golden gate swim club has over 700 campers.000 visitors to the ferry building. 25,000 on saturday speed and get, they're no public playgrounds without -- lynnette -- within a half mile of this area with which children can play. in response to the two waterfront neighborhood, the barbary coast that association, and the ring, and hill neighborhood association, comprising over 12,000 never hints and growing to over 20,000 residents have joined forces to spare the development of a public playground in partnership with the san francisco recreation and parks department. it was determined that an appropriate location to place a park in the embarcadero area of sue bierman park spending two city blocks. it is bordered by washington street, davis st., any park hadera. 5.3 acres for 230,000 square feet. in 2004, the department of the community-based master planning process for sue bierman park with a two-phased master plan. the first phase had new pathways, planting, irrigation, trees, and boulders. while the committee discussed the inclu