---en la eleccion de noviembre, los votantes del condado de contra costa decidiran si pagan 10 dolares de sus vehiculos.---la idea es generar 8-millones-y-medio de dolares al aÑo que serian usados para arreglar y darles mantenimiento a las calles de las ciudades en todo el condado.---esta medida necesita una mayoria simple de votos para ser aprobada... pero la "asociacion de contribuyentes del condado de contra costa" seÑala que es un impuesto adicional, por lo que, bajo las leyes electorales, se deberia requerir dos tercios de los votos para aprobarlo. ---venezuela rompio relaciones diplomaticas con colombia. ---la decision del presidente "hugo chavez", se tomo en respuesta a la denuncia interpuesta este jueves ante la "organizacion de estados americanos", "oea", donde se acusa al gobierno venezolano de albergar y financiar a guerrilleros de las "farc". ---los funcionarios consulares colombianos tendran 72 horas para abandonar venezuela. ---"chavez" llamo ademas a reforzar la frontera tras advertir que no permitira violaciones a su soberania por parte del gobierno de "alvaro uribe", a

decidiran en 10 dolares mas condado de contra costa decidiran en 10 dolares mas por el registrotanto es así, que iniciaron campañas una de ellas es la ciudad de nueva york, donde adriana nos envió el siguiente reportaje >>> se le conoce como la capital financiera del mundo. pero uno de cada 10 residentes no ienen cuenta bancaria. un monto que no pudo pagar, desde entonces no ha logrado abrir una cuenta >>> el dinero, en realidad sí lo guardo, no lo guardo en un cajón, pero lo guardo en bolso pequeño, la cosa es que es bien incómodo >>> su historial de crñdito ha sufrido >>> tengo un cheque que me mandan tengo que ir corriendo al banco si voy al cajero, me cobran por cambiarlo no me quieren acpetar para comprar casa, y esto es una pesadilla >>> de acuerdo a la organización federal, cerca de 10 millones de estadounidenses no tienen cuenta bancaria las cifras se dublican entre los hispanos >>> 50 ciudades del país, pusieron en marcha una campaña, nueva york se une >>> existe una necesidad especialmente en la comunidad inmigrante >>> el programa explica en estos participantes no dis

>> good morning. >> were you talking about that story before from contra costa county?> yes. >> smoking restrictions. >> yeah. >> well, that was one of the answers in the "new york times" crossword puzzle yesterday. >> was it? did not know that. >> just wanted to let you know that. >> did you get it? of course. but i don't remember what the clue was. anyway. can i tell you what's coming up on the broadcast this morning? you have heard a little about the leaks or two or three or some thousands and thousands wikileaks? all this information out there is very interesting because none of it is particularly new but it is very graphic and it really tells the story of how difficult a fight it is over there in afghanistan. people at the pentagon are not pleased and we are going to speak to a pentagon spokesman at the tomorrow of the show. plus her family didn't know she was a live. we are going to talk to abby gara's aunt who still hasn't heard an explanation for the mix-up. we'll hear from the family also this morning of the young girl who they thought was alive and realized ha

contra costa residents were unable to make it out here can still get the vaccination for free. the free vaccinations will be going on out here until 9:00. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> today unemployment benefits were extended to 2 million americans who are out of work. the bill extends unemployment checks averaging $300 a week to americans who are out of work. republican lawmakers blocked the motion of the bill arguing that offsetting cuts needed to be made to pay for the extra unemployment benefits. >>> details tonight about a warning in a south bay neighborhood after a series of home burglaries. >>> also ahead -- >> several cars are totaled at the san francisco airport and now arson investigators havesto straight ahead. >>> not as much fog today, temperatures did increase. the weekend is just around the corner, i'll have your forecast. >>> plus california's cash strapped schools may do more than just cut their budget. why some are also cutting down the school year. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all d

---a los perros se los llevaron las autoridades del condado de contra costa y ahora se investiga si yaorial de agresion de parte de estos animales. ---- cesar, obtuvimos ademas, la declaracion de la supervisora del condado de contra costa "susan bonilla", en cuanto a este incidente, y decia que "lamentaba profundamente esta terrible tragedia".---vuelvo contigo . ---muchas gracias blanca. ----en este momento, el concejo de la ciudad de oakland esta reunido para discutir medidas, a traves de las cuales se podria generar dinero de impuestos ...---esto, con el fin de ayudar a la ciudad, que tiene un deficit tan importante ... que tuvo que despedir a 80 policias la semana pasada.---- el concejo considera propuestas que los votantes deberian aprobar en las elecciones de noviembre... ---entre ellas, una enmienda a la medida "y" ... por la cual se recaudan 20 millones de dolares anuales para pagar a policias, bomberos y programas de prevencion de la violencia. ---- la meta de oakland es recuperar (primero) los oficiales que perdio; pero como finalmente el que paga es el contribuyente, pues los

contra costa county voters will be asked to pony up more money for roadwork. there is a proposal to increase car registration fees. it would be a $10 increase. that will be on the november ballot. the contra costa transportation authority voted unanimously to ask for the money. alameda, san francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties have similar proposals on their ballots. the contra costa times reports the increase would raise $8.5 million a year. >>> 5:07. harvest seasons arrives and drug officers are on the hunt. >> coming up next, can you smell it? how a raid in a remote area of eastern alameda county ended up with a suspected grower dead. >>> and where in san jose you can expect fogging for mosquitos tonight. ,,,,,, "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. th

contra costa civic theater celebrates 50 years, a reunion cast pty is saturday afternoon. carly ozard in bewitched bothered and bipolar at the razz room. >> mopt ri strawberry festival in watsonville. >> elvis on tour, tonight only, blu-ray of the kins performance will follow. >> looks like fun. >> from all of us, thank you for joining us. "who wts to be a millionaire" is next.

the latino suspect is 5'4" stockiy. >>> the contra costa county supervisors will consider clearing the air around apartments and condominiums looking at an ordinance to ban smoking on balconies, decks, patios and porches and in carports. smoking would also be banned in apartments and condos built after this year. landlords would have to include the restriction in all new leases. the ordinance would apply to all buildings with at least four units in unincorporated parts of contra costa county. >>> tony hayward is on his way out. this morning, bp made it official. it's ceo is stepping down effective october 1. hayward came under fire for comments like this one he made in may about the oil leak in the gulf. >> there is no one who wants this thing over more than i do. i'd like my life back. >> i wasn't involved in any decision. >> reporter: he might get a new job with bp this time in russia at more than a million dollars a year. 54-year-old robert dudley, that man, will be the new bp boss. the first american to hold that position. he almost got the job three years ago but he lost out to ha

---a los perros se los llevaron las autoridades del condado de contra costa y ahora se investiga si yaos animales. cabe mencionar que esta tarde el abuelastro de la victima , steven hayashi de 52 aÑos fue arrestado como sospechoso de poner en peligro la vida de un niÑo y por posesion de animales bravos.--el hombre esta en la carcel de martinez con una fianza de 120 mil dolares.Él (por cierto) no estaba en casa cuando ocurrio el ataque. ---en oakland, parece inminente el cierre de 7 centros de cuidado infantil, a los que asisten varios niÑos de familias de bajos ingresos...---- pilar niÑo nos cuenta si hay alguna posibilidad de salvarlos. =pilar niÑo=cerca de 700 ninos tendran que buscar un nuevo centro de cuidado infantil, en . oakland.no no tan facil asi que si nos esta afectando mucho la ciudad planea cerrar a fin del mes de julio, siete de ellos, incluido este el centro de cuidado infantil manzanita manzanita pues con impotencia porque si hemos tratado de salvar la escuelita pero no hemos llegado a una solucion otros de los centros que estan en esta lista negra, son los preescolares

contra costa county coroner's office id the woman is 38 year-old sean lou. this happened tuesday morning on park and record concord police say they found little bit bedroom and a 10 year-old daughter told them that a mother tried to attack her with a knife and the crew was able to break free >> if a handful of businesses vandalize the low to street in richmond. this happened late last night and early this morning the mcdonald or to replace a five businesses had the windows broken including starbucks and can't express. to of the locations had property stolen traditional blunt allow mcdonnell avenue description of a suspect is described as a black man wearing a dark with sweat shirt and blue jeans. as to take a quick break on the kron 4 news @ 4 live look at the james link if it is bumper-to- bumper in all directions. bay area cities are cracking down on illegal dumping and lungren called for stanley roberts off shows as the next in this edition of people behaving badly. this is a trash bag full of garbage a day at the end of eroded its board. above it a sign

i know you are watching contra costa county, right? i am.'t know if you caught me speaking to the people in the newsroom but they are helping me out -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- every stone, there is not a lot going on here. good. we want to be nice and quiet. let's start in contra costa, highway 4 westbound is moving well up to the willow pass grade. off to a nice start. san mateo bridge looks good. over to the high rise off to a nice start there. traffic moving well on the dumbarton bridge. this is a live look at northbound 280 at the 880 interchange and we are doing very well up into the valley so far. at 5:17 here is steve. >> all right, thank you very much. and we do have a little bit more of a sea breeze to the delta, travis airforce base west-southwest at 22. at this time yesterday it was west-southwest at nine. low clouds are spreading over oakland and berk e. yesterday they were clear. inland it is still hot. 90s and 100s. concord will come down, morgan hill two to four degrees cooler today. still come up in lake co

it would create almost 9,000 jobs according to "the contra costa times."ill be chosen by the end of the year. >>> san francisco-based twitter appears to have scored big with the world cup. according to the "san francisco business times" twitter saw a lot more activity. twitter says 172 countries use that service in 27 languages. >>> ten minutes before 9:00. this week facebook is expected to report a doubling of users over the last year to 500 million. the palo alto based company reported 50 million users on july 5th of 2009. internet analysts report that almost 35% of people who use the internet have a facebook profile. they say users visit facebook 34 times a month, more than once a day and spend an average of 23 minutes on the website. >> okay. >>> 8:51. still ahead -- we're gonna tell you about some local high school kids who are now tv stars. you will find out why they will be on mtv. the tragic accident at a popular southern california tourist attraction. ♪ why choose between delicious or 100 calories? with yoplait delights... ...now you can finally h

. >>> contra costa county voters will be asked to pay more for roadwork. a proposal to increase car registration fees by $10 will be on the november ballot. the contra costa transportation authority voting unanimously to ask for the money. alameda, san francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties have similar propose allegation on the ballot. the contra costa times reports the increase would raise $8.5 million a year. >>> it is 6:08. a storm in the gulf of mexico. rough weather may force crews to leave the gulf. what that means for the oil leak. >>> plus president obama signs financial reform legislation. what he says it will do for american consumers. is soft on cats. but deadly on fleas. so ask your veterinarian for advantage, the flea specialist, for effective, but gentle flea control. and the cast has been gathered. when the lighting is perfect and the lead hits his mark. when the curtain rises and the spotlight is yours. having a strong signal at your back is like having invisible power everywhere. because in that moment, you're not there to take up

we're looking at the contra costa county community. it's gonna be slow. there's slow traffic already on highway 4, for example, getting up to the willow pass grade. but there is a crash a little farther back on highway 4 westbound. highway 4 as you come up to lone tree wade. the chp and paramedics are on the scene. the morning commute is gonna be okay at the tom. it's improving after a stalled vehicle on the deck. the traffic was better than it was but it's still slow here. no problems on the other side coming from oakland -- or from san francisco to oakland. westbound 580 slow traffic getting into the livermore valley. after that it moves well into dublin. on the other side of the san mateo and dumbarton bridge, still doing well. here's steve. >>> another big fog bank. everybody says cloudy this morning. i'm not surprised. this all spells cooler. west-southwest fairfield, 22. that's almost half of what it was. it's come down. but look at vacaville, 5. concord, west at 15. the west of 9 is oakland. the sea breeze is still there even with the overcast cond

. >>> in the meantime, the contra costa county times reports last week's pro-mehserlie rally will endp costing $60,000. some were count ire demonstrators. >>> members of the community are turning out right now to help a veteran police officer. also, the president was talking about education today defending his race to the top program for schools. and will the bay area see warmer temperatures by the weekend? meteorologist mark tamayo has warmer temperatures ahead. our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >>> 50 san jose firefighters may be soon losing their jobs as the city deals with cuts. the mayor had tried to negotiate a pay cut. s

there are multiple police agencies out here including contra costa county county sheriff, alameda county sheriff's, bart and walnut creek police all with specialties in bomb search and rescue. they are looking for anything suspicious. this all began two days ago when two-foot long pvc pipes with a detonator and fuse were discovered. bomb squats safely detonated those two pipes then. earlier today, a third suspicious pipe was discovered on a pathway by a man who was walking through the park. now, police were called in immediately and closed down this park. >> the area was sealed off and the walnut creek bomb squad was called out to assess the device that was found. the walnut creek police department used their robot, moved the device and subsequently rendered it safe. there is going to be a soccer tournament starting here tomorrow a two-day event. and it's going to be in the fields behind me. and again, that does heighten our concern that there are going to be hundreds of kids out here playing soccer. that is why we've gone to the lengths of calling in our allied agencies to come out and

so tell the commuters, especially in contra costa county to be on their best behavior. >> i will. you know right now they are. >> okay. >> westbound 24 traffic is moving well up to the willow pass grade. the traffic is looking good through the tunnel into the oakland side. also their morning looking at westbound bay bridge. that traffic looks good coming into san francisco. no delays on the way into the city. if you are driving on northbound 280 in san jose that is also nice, so again these conditions probably won't hold but for now we are off to a nice start. here is mark tamayo. >> good morning to you, sal, kind of the patchy fog moving around the bay this morning has kind of been developing up in the north bay and also just offshore as well. those temperature readings on either side of 60 degrees, look what happens though, a big rice in those numbers in fact temperatures inland mainly in the lower 90s in the lottest locations around 94 to 95 degrees out toward the antioch area but we will be cooling off for today. the cooling trend in fact begins today. current numbers san fran

---a proposito, las autoridades de salud Ública del condado de contra costa proveeÁn vacunas gratuitasersona mayor de seis aÑos podÁ ser inoculada contra la bacteria "pertussis" en el mercado al aire libre que se realiza los jueves por la tarde en la plaza "todos santos", ubicada en la calle "willow pass road" entre las calles "mount diablo" y "grant".---la cÍnica Óvil ofrecera vacunas gratis contra la tos ferina entre las cuarto de la tarde y las nueve de la noche. --el gobierno mexicano enviara Ás tropas al norteÑo estado de "coahuila" en respuesta a la masacre ocurrida en una fiesta que deÓ 17 muertos y 17 heridos.--el ataque se registro la madrugada del domingo en una casa de campo de la ciudad de "torreon".--de los responsables y sus motivos no se sabe nada.--esta es la tercera matanza registrada en esa ciudad en lo que va del aÑo. -- ---mas adelante en noticias univision 14......les prohibieron irse a la huelga... pero eso no impidio que unos trabajadores disconformes frenaran, en gran parte, uno de los sistemas de disconformes frenaran, en gran parte, uno de los sistemas de tran

in contra costa county, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the americans with disabilities act turnedtoday and there were celebrations in many cities. the acts provide opportunity. >> having the kind of life that i chose, not one that was prescribed for me. >> some of those who's lives have been changed by the law were at san francisco's city hall today. >> i am a person that was born blind, i am a person that has been employed my entire adult life. paying taxing. >> reporter: providing equal access has changed our streets and the entrances to buildings open to the public. it has meant increased cost for many business that business owners we talked to agree that providing access to the disabled is a worthwhile goal. >>> a cool weather pattern has set up again this week. this is reminiscent of what we saw the last week and the week before that and the week before that. it has been a cool summer and it continues this way. we've got fog already is shooting over into lafayette. that starts you off cloudy and that ends you up cool. tomorrow, another cool one just like today. the cooler sum

in contra costa county, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the americans with disabilities act turned0 today and there were celebrations in many cities. the acts provide opportunity. >> having the kind of life that i chose, not one that was prescribed for me. >> some of those who's lives have been changed by the law were at san francisco's city hall today. >> i am a person that was born blind, i am a person that has been employed my entire adult life. paying taxing. >> reporter: providing equal access has changed our streets and the entrances to buildings open to the public. it has meant increased cost for many business that business owners we talked to agree that providing access to the disabled is a worthwhile goal. >>> a cool weather pattern has set up again this week. this is reminiscent of what we saw the last week and the week before that and the week before that. it has been a cool summer and it continues this way. we've got fog already is shooting over into lafayette. that starts you off cloudy and that ends you up cool. tomorrow, another cool one just like today. the cooler s

even if the origin of the electricity is from natural gas- fired power plants and contra costa county, that is fine. >> the fear is that fossil fuel- powered districts and heating and cooling systems could be interpreted to mean that the district is the distribution network within the site. it just seems incredibly over brought. we were perfectly comfortable in clarifying no fossil fuel power plants. i would be happy to consider but i don't know how to articulate it. if you describe this as a power plant but as a district based teaching system, that is possibly what we are getting at. >> that is hard to find out. i ask your support for this as it is currently amended. >> can we take a vote on the power plant language? >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> the motion passes. >> a motion to rescind. can we take a motion to rescind? courts without objection. -- >> without objection. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> the motion fails. >> i have an alternate motion which basically would be the

---policias del bart y la oficina del alguacil del condado de contra costa estan ayudando con la busquedade el o los responsables. --este fin de semana se llevara a cabo un torneo de futbol juvenil alli en este parque. ---el abuelastro del niÑo que murio tras ser atacado por varios pitbull en concord fue detenido y enfrenta cargos de poner en peligro la vida de un . menor...---steven haya-shi de 52 aÑos tambien enfrenta el cargo de mantener animales peligrosos que pueden causar heridas o la muerte a una persona...---el hombre dijo desde la prision que no sabia que esos perros eran peligrosos...---el no se encontraba en la casa cuando sucedio el ataque en donde perdio la vida jacob bisbee de dos aÑos...---los perros fueron sacrificados por las autoridades. ---ayer hablabamos del crimen en oakland despues del despido de 80 policias, y fijese que esta madrugada madrugadaun hombre de 53 aÑos que regresaba a su casa en el este de la ciudad fue balaceado y murio, en la calle 15.----se trata de cristo rey mariano, un hombre filipino que trabajaba (segun vecinos) en kaiser permanente, y vivia sol

. >> also in the headlines, antioch police and contra costa sheriff's deputies are trying to determine if three overnight shootings are related. >> and san jose firefighters continue to look for a cause of a fire that killed an 8-year-old child yesterday. >> here is a live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza, no delays but there are a couple problems in brentwood. i'll have the details coming up. >> and cause for cooler weather, record setting cold weather, see how the clouds and drizzle. we'll talk about how long this will last and warming trend will finally arrive. >> good morning. 6:01. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. have you ever reported a minor crime only to wait hours for police to come. they have a plan to speed it up by creating a police squad made up entirely of civilians. tomas aramon has more. >> this move may see necessary for the police department because they are losing money. they are losing money in their budget and also retiring about 735 police officers this year. the plan to hire the 15 crime scene investigators is to try to free up un

. >> contra costa county health officials are planning a free immunization clinic here. people we talked to say they plan to attend. >> i take it very serious, i'm a mom of three. keep these little ones healthy is very important to me. >> reporter: at thursday's regular farmer's market and concert now free vaccinations for anyone over the age of 7. >> we're really encouraging grandparents, siblings, care givers, health care workers to all get vaccinated to protect the babies in our country. >> reporter: while many have already had the vaccine, protection dies off. >> they are so small, all that inflammation is too much for them and they die. >> reporter: infectious disease specialist dr. swarburg says parents refusing vaccines are terribly misinformed. >> the risk of getting whooping cough are far greater than the consequences any bad consequences of the vaccine. >> reporter: contra costa county has had 66 cases this year up from 19 last year. it also has many more children who are not vaccinated. grown ups may not know they are carriers of whopping cough. doctors say th

. >> also this morning, smokers in contra costa county could have fewer places to light up.an to restrict smoking around apartments. >> look at the cloud cover as we take a look at downtown san francisco and oakland, cooler than average. i do have warmer weather in the forecast. >>> live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, no delays but a major traffic change in hayward that started this morning. i'll have details coming up. >> and first congestion on the bay bridge now it comes to san francisco city streets. city begins to install high-tech meters that will you different prices at different times of the day. thank you for joining us. >> a new deal is on the table in oakland to bring back the 80 police officers laid off earlier this month, but it faces an uphill battle involving sacrifices for the police and residents. teresa garcia has details. >> other city unions have agreed to contribute some of their pensions but police have not. this could include contributing pensions but a lot of it arrests on oakland residents that have to decide whether they want to help the city pu

---maÑana martes, la junta de supervisores del condado de contra costa consideraÁ una propuesta que proÍbirialcones y patios de cualquier edificio residencial con Ás de cuatro unidades.-- adeÁs, todas las nuevas construccÓnes tendrian una restriccÓn adicional que no permitiÁ fumar adentro las reas habitacionales.---la propuesta permitiÍa que los propietarios desalojen a los inquilinos que no cumplan con la norma. ---miles de autos marca "nissan" deben ser llevados a reparar.---se trata de 46-mil unidades del modelo "cube" 2009 y 2010 .---los vehiculos fueron sometidos a distintas pruebas en las que se encontro que tras un choque, estos autos pueden registrar fugas de combustible en cantidades superiores a las que permiten las normas federales lo que podria desatar un incendio. ---"nissan" esta diseÑando una manguera especial que sera instalada en los modelos afectados para corregir el problema. ---el viernes se acaba el tiempo para que "ac transit" contrate a un arbitro independiente que resuelva la disputa laboral con sus trabajadores sindicalizados. ---y mientras se cumple el plazo, hoy lun

tensión aumentó cuando llegaron familiares de la víctima >>> la corte superior del condado de contra costarró sus puertas tempranos, un día en que se vivieron momentos de mucha tensión. >>> la tranquilidad de la corte superior, se vio interrumpida por oficiales del orden en estado de alerta, vigilando desde el techo, calles cerradas y una guerra de palabras (gritos) >>> por quñ la necesidad de organizar esto a favor del ex oficial? >>> bueno, por como dije antes, todos somos humanos, y merecemos el respeto y tener el apoyo del publico (gritos) >>> en medio de gritos de un asesino, del lado de oscar, no se cansan de acusar >>> estamos aquí para decirles que están equivoados, porque están defendiendo a un asesino >>> kevin thomas representa a la asociación de policías de oakland >>> estamos cansados de que cataloguen a la policía de oakland, y otros departamentos de brutos y racistas >>> el sistema judicial es horrible, si fuera un afroamericano que mató a un anglosajón, fuera una historia diferentes >>> en ningún momento niegan que disparó su pistola, pero están convencidos que fue un accid

i hope it stays peaceful in both sides are rep. >> they've also ask the contra costa costa police to help out. >> these oscar grant shooting protesters are here of the fruit still barred stations putting the word about as a poorly planned on monday at 2:00 p.m. here outside the what a creep support iwalnut creek superior t prepared we will be along the creek supporting oscar grant showing were not violent or animals to show we do care. religious >> leaders say the be there as well. in support to and support of the oscar grant family. >> this support rally for the shubert was announced on his face book page by some anonymous person. it just as here greeted by support protests for johannes mehserle. by noon friday at 132 people said it would be attending. in spite of pictures like these the protesters reacting to the mess of the verdict last week in oakland he says walnut creek has nothing to fear. >> were not looking to tear up at about his business were looking to tear down the system for the people and by the people. >> a bart police oversight bill was signed into law friday that wi

contra costa times reports that the contra costa city council is considering how to add the land to theand possibly develop job centers. >> 6:45 and we are getting word that palo alto based tesla and toyota has signed a new agreement to develop a electric version of the suv. they say toyota has created a prototype and tesla may also be developing an electric suv. >>> and from google, it's a little cloudy for investors. jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with money scope report. happy friday. >> happy friday to you, too. not counting food and energy, it climbed in june more than what was expected. san francisco prices were up 1.5%. this actually considered a good sign. shows the slow in economic rebound that company had to cut prices. a lot were worried about deflation. lower markets, down 93 points and heavyweight stocks reporting earnings this morning, bank of america, largest lender posted profits, but the stock is down about 6%. did have lower profit and revenue. and they expect to see elevated foreclosures to aid troubled homeowners. and silicon is up. google s

than a hundred police from around contra costa county were on hand to make sure that things stayed peacefula group of oscar grant supporters also marched to the walnut creek bart station and shut it down for 20 minutes. >> a.c. transit is warning there could be more service disruptions today over a contract advertise puit. some passengers were left stranded when 18% of the bus operators took a sick day. the union will go to court to ask a judge to throw out a new contract imposed by management. it took effect on sunday. district managers say they have to impose new work rules and pension plans in order to avoid bankruptcy. last friday a judge ordered both sides to find common ground. >> bart directors are voting to use a surplus. they want to clean cars and improve service. other half would temporarily to lower fares. but a new survey less than a quarter of riders were in favor of the 5 percent fare reduction for three months. more than three-quarters would prefer all the money be spent on cleaner cars and longer service hours instead of the lower fares. >> all right. we can offer you lower

>>> right now contra costa firefighters are preparing for a rescue after a worker rolled over in some type of vehicle in the hills of orinda. >> sky 7 is over the intersection. laura, what is beginning on right now? >> i'm at the staging area. there are several fire resc vehicles, fire department personnel along with helicopts. what happened is earlier this morning a moraga fire worker was doing mainnance on fire trails up in this area, a rather remote area in the east bay hills, my understanding is that it east bay mud property. he was in fire department pickup truck somehow the truck rolled and went 150 to 200 feet down a hill. they are in the process of trying to extrite the vehicle. there is no indicatio of how serious the injuries are. fire chief doest know. so the helicopters here are waiting the rescue and arrival of thisictim. i'm told that it rolled about 200 feet down side the hill. >> which fire deparent did you say? >> moraga-orinda fire and this was routine maintenance. for some reas it was the fire trails, high above orinda. west is san pablo dam reservoir. >> before you

. >>> an investigation is underwayality the scene of two early morning fires at contra costa. they were reported at homes. investigators say the one in richmond is suspicious. it started just after 4:00 a.m. it took crews half an hour to get it under com. >> there was quite a bit of fire and smoke when we got here. the crews did a good job of knocking it down. it was a challenge for us because it got into the attic space. >> no one was home at the time. the man who rents the home was staying with his home in antioch. another fire at a detached garage. the two fires were just a couple of miles from each other, but they did not think they were connected. >>> today, dennis harero will file a court hearing that says aleto peer can run for another term. she only served three years of her first term when gavin newsom was elected major. >> the rounding up rule that has been in place since 1990 and governs term limits with respect to incumbents said that any supervisor that served more than two years of a term would have that rounded up and it would count as a full term. >> she says t

--agentes de la oficina del alguacil del condado de contra costa, llegaron a peinar la escena para descartar la presencia de mas explosivos. --el parque fue cerrado al publico temporalmente. --los familiares de aquellas personas que sean detenidas por los agentes de personas que sean detenidas por los agentes de inmigracÓn cuentan con un cuentan con un nuevo servicio que les permitirá saber donde está su ser querido >>> ya no tendrá que esperar por la llamada de su ser querido para saber donde está el servicio de inmigración y aduana tiene un nuevo servicio de información >>> se está cometido reformar el sistema de atenciones en todo el país, y esto es parte de esa reforma >>> información que puede encontrar en la pagina web ,y si no tiene el número asignado por el servicio de inmigración, lo podrá buscar con su nombre apellido, país de origen. >>> pueden haber complicaciones si uno no tiene el nombre exacto, si uno tiene 2 apellidos >>> y es que en el pasado ciento s de familias hispanas han sufrido para obtener información, en lugar de ubiar a su tio, encontró un telñfono de nunca funciona

it's a tough time to be a cigarette smoker, at least in contra costa county.f you want to light up on your patio. that's if the board of supervisors gets their way. today they'll be considering a pretty strict ban on lighting up around apartments and condos. the list of places where you can smoke is actually pretty short. they're talking about limiting it in carports, balconies, porches, decks and patios. this will be written into leases and even be be grounds for eviction if you're doing it. the idea is not to force people to quit smoking but reduce second-hand damage that can see through doors and windows already in places like richmond and martinez have similar bans in place. >> it is 6:50. investigators narrow in on one of the people who may have leaked thousands of classified war documents. >> and we have new you video into our newsroom of a fire threatening homes in kern county. >> our cool summer continues again today. warmer temperatures closer to the weekend. >>> a pentagon spokesman said the military launched a very robust investigation into the mass

foreclosures are down 51% in alameda county and 44% in contra costa county. some see it as a sign of economic recovery, michael of pacific international believe that banks are holding back a bundle of foreclosed properties so not to go into free fall. >> instead of dumping them all on the market and ruining the economy. but barely see the drift in the market. they have to come out and there is going to be -- >> some of those that received modifications going into default again. foreclosures have helped the market in a way. >> i think foreclosures have helped because san francisco was way out of control. i think the foreclosures had to rein it in a little bit. >> others would disagree with him pointing out the number of bank owned properties saw a year to year decline suggesting lenders may be clearing a backlog of foreclosures. >> can you handle a few more numbers. we're getting the word that cancelled foreclosure sales set an all-time record last month but that is because banks want to give more modification loans. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> mortgage

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contra costa civic theater celebrates 50 years, a reunion cast pty is saturday afternoon.ly ozard in bewitched bothered and bipolar at the razz room. >> mopt ri strawberry festival in watsonville. >> elvis on tour, tonight only, blu-ray of the kins performance will follow. >> looks like fun. >> from all of us, thank you for joining us. "who wts to be a millionaire" is next. have a great day. giants takeon marlins. ♪ hey, at&t u-verse tv? yeah, it's our new tv service. every y thousands of customers acro the nation are switching to at&t u-verse. [ female announcer ] visit a store today. hurry and take advantage of our summesale on u-verse tv. just $29 a month for six months. plus for a limited time, get a 30-day money-ck guarantee, and a dvr is included. ye, and u-verse tv lets you record up to four shows from any room on a sine dvr and play them back on -- any -- tv. and multiview, which lets you follow fourhannels at once. whoa! whoa! [ female announcer ] visit a ore today. hurry and take advantage of our summer sale u-verse tv. just $29 a month for six months. and for a

>>> right now contra costa firefighters are preparing for a rescue after a worker rolled over in some type of vehicle in the hills of orinda. >> sky 7 is over the intersection. laura, what is beginning on right now? >> i'm at the staging area. there are several fire rescue vehicles, fire department personnel along with helicopters. what happened is earlier this morning a moraga fire worker was doing maintenance on fire trails up in this area, a rather remote area in the east bay hills, my understanding is that it east bay mud property. he was in fire department pickup truck somehow the truck rolled and went 150 to 200 feet down a hill. they are in the process of trying to extricate the vehicle. there is no indication of how serious the injuries are. fire chief doesn't know. so the helicopters here are waiting the rescue and arrival of this victim. i'm told that it rolled about 200 feet down side the hill. >> which fire department did you say? >> moraga-orinda fire and this was routine maintenance. for some reason it was the fire trails, high above orinda. west is san pablo dam reservo

contra costa civic theater celebrates 50 years, a reunion cast party is saturday afternoon. ozard in bewitched bothered and bipolar at the razz room. >> mopt ri strawberry festival in watsonville. >> elvis on tour, tonight only, blu-ray of the king's performance will follow. >> looks like fun. >> from all of us, thank you for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is next. have a great day. giants take on marlins. see you later.

foreclosures are down 51% in alameda coty and 44% in contra costa county. some see it as aign of economic recovery, michael of pacific international believe that banks are holding back a bundle of foreclosed properties so not to go into free fall. >> instead of dumping them all on the market and ruining the economy. but barely see the drift in the market. they have to come out and the is going to be -- >> some of those that received modifications goin into defaul again. foreclosures have helped the market in a way. >> i think foreclosures have helped because san francco was way out of control. i think the foreclosures had to rein it in a little bit. >> others would disagree with him pointing out the number of bank owned properties sa a year to year decline suggting lenders may be clearing a backlog of foreclosures. >> can you handle a few more numbers. we're getting the word that cancelled foreclosure sales set an all-time record last month but that is because banks want to give more modification loans. terry mcswney, "abc 7 news." >>> mortgage rates remain

later today, contra costa will consider banning smoking in apartments and condos. that includes a ban inside multiunit housing. lighting up would be off limits in carports or outdoor balconies, porches, patios with four or more units. >> san francisco's rolling out high-tech parking meters in the hayes valley. this is a follow-up to a story we told you about last month. the city will turn on 200 meters on hayes streets and around the civic center. hourly rates are bases on demand for the spot. the cost goes from a quarter to $4 an hour. the new meters will show up in several other neighborhoods over the next few months. >> a bay area man is taking his medical marijuana business mobile. matt lucero said he had no choice but you to close down his store in sunny valley after facing possible criminal prosecution. he said he's not giving up. >> i'm going to continue getting the medicine to these folks regardless. we will eventually find a place. we know there are going to be brave enough landlords who will come in and allow us to operate in san jose. >> lucero is on the

also say they don't believe the fires are connected to a series of two dozen car fires in west contra costa county that began last year. >>> for a second straight day, ac transit drivers had to deal with late buses and a slow commute as unionized drivers failed to show up to work. the drivers are staging a sick out, upset of a contract that  increases their health care cost. today an alameda superior court judge refused to grant a restrain order. more than 200 bus drivers or 20% of ac transit's work force failed to show up to work yesterday and again today. >> same people were still waiting for buses, getting more increasingly frustrated and finally i said, look, we just need to give up. >> ac transit drivers have been working without a contract since june 20th. the proposed budget would help ac transit from closing a gap. and for those looking to ride ac transit tomorrow, sick outs are still expected tomorrow. >>> congress could pass the $34 million extension by tomorrow. helping americans and californias who's benefits have run out. >> we'll be able to go back and automatically file the

. >> bart has failed to carry out promises to people who live in alameda and contra costa counties byuilding stations out to the east. at the same time they failed to do the retrofit on their infrastructure. >> black shirts are members of a carpenter's union, with they look at the connection they see jobs. >> these folks will go to work and spend that money in local businesses. >> the project seemed in trouble back in february when the federal government pulled $70 million worth of funding because bart violated civil rights laws. a bart spokesman says the issue no longer exists. >> it's been adequately addressed and they initially pulled the funding. if they are comfortable witness, we're comfortable with it. >> but the federal money has gone elsewhere and they have come up with alternative funding including state transportation and bond money and a loan from the federal government. it would be a driverless system to the airport in eight minutes. >> and another controversy coming up at this bart board meeting, they are trying to figure out what to do with the $4.5 million surplus. one

there is protesters from contra costa county met resistance trying to enter the homeownership centerin oakland. they were led in and allowed to fax a letter to the chase ceo of mortgage autos we have today agreed to receive in writing, recommendations so that we'd not interfere with ability to work with customers here. >> this is not a free hand out. only what is fair. >> chase says it will consider rescheduling after reviewing demands. >> the couple is starting a nationwide crusade to convince cities to adopt radiation disclosure laws. san francisco is the first in the country for the law. >> that is right. they're from lafayette, becoming used to meeting with dignitaries. and they're trying to raise awareness about what they see are health risk was cell phones. keep in mind, studies are still open to debate. the industry says all cell phones are safe. >> two years ago, alan marks was diagnosed with brain cancer, he and his wife believe it was caused by two decades of cell phone use. he says a new law is and would have made a difference back then. >> i would have used it in a differ

now across the street from me, you go see that there is a yellow tape around the contra costa super cou in walnut creek. they have put up metal barricades and few police officers milli around in the parkg garage. it appears they have enlisted the help of the parking lot patrol officers in walnut creek. in the meantime, the court has cancelled all scheduled business after 2:00 which is scheduled when the rally is to begin. some businesses will close as early as 1:00. others will stay open but with extra security. >> i have two friend that are skilled in the fighting arts that will come and help with me just to keep order. the deterrent of someone might be worthwhile. i d't know. i am praying that there is no damage to people or to property, but i'm not sure. i can't predict. >> now the rally in support of johannes mehserle was organized on facebook. at least 140 people have indicated they do plan to attend. that prompted members of the coalition for justice for oscar grant to say they, too, plan to come her this afternoon. they are urging a peaceful demonstration and respect on both side

contra costa county animal services say the boy had walked into gravel where the -- garage where the three pit bulls were kept. you can see the yellow tape there. police still on the scene. the 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. two adult relatives and a younger child were inside the house when the boy was attacked. the pit bulls have been taken by animal control officers. >>> a horrible greyhound bus accident that killed six people in central california. it happened just before 2:00 a.m. on northbound highway 99 just outside of downtown fresno. the bus was headed from los angeles to sacramento with at least 47 passengers on board. the highway patrol says the bus struck an overturned suv, then struck a second vehicle, all three vehicles ended up sliding down an embankment and the bus slammed into a large tree. many passengers were sleeping, suddenly found themselves looking for a way out of the crushed bus. >> i crawled out the side. there was a hole in the side. there was a lady in the seat up above, i helped her out. >> the fatalities included six. another 24 peopl

in contra costa county, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> residents are warned to throw away any grapes in their home gardens. agriculture officials are trying to protect valuable wine grapes from the great vine motta and the state is strained back yard boot -- vine moth and they say destroying backyard fruit can help destroy the moth. >>> officials are ready to ask [ cheers voters to propose a failed tax on medical marijuana and if approved the 10% medical marijuana tax would be the highest in the states. the san jose city council is being done with in the proposal. the deadline is coming up next week. >>> two marin county with the municipal water district is considering dueling ballot measures tonight and one has a pretty qualified for the november ballot and would require approval before the district steadies the idea of building a plant to convert the water into drinking water. at the meeting set to begin in a few minutes they will consider a second less restrictive ballot measure. >>> officials are looking for a thief who stole the catalog and drove up with a 5-year-old girl in --

we expect contra costa county to vote as well. marin county has already voted.ation community focussed in this manner, in a joint effort, it is it takes away any potential advantage of one company over another for not having this thing. of course, the other benefit is that there would be an awareness about the region that this is the first new transportation revenue source authorized by the state in almost 20 years. so we would get the benefit of the press, moving forward. that is something that would be needed. if the polls are correct, this measure may not gather a two- thirds majority. any degree of awareness that we can garner from regional efforts would certainly be helpful to the measure. commissioners, that is as short a summary as i can give you on this issue. we have consultants from emc research, who conducted these polls. these are the ones that did the reallocation of prop k. you may remember that we were able to generate a 75% vote in november. they have a presentation no longer than five minutes that i would like to give you to wrap up this item. >

. >> he is with contra costa health services that posted signs,sips that often go ignored. of particular sewn are fishermen from the laotian community because fish caught him provide sustenance. he is with the asian pacific environmental network and says efforts to warn the laotian communities are complicated by many dialects of the laos language and distrust of the government. >> they say they just don't want us to fish a lot and if the fish is contaminated, how come they still swim? >> reporter: he is concerned that his community will continue to eat fish from the contaminated area. advice to any angler, if you caught a fish here, throw it back. advice worth following until the decades-old contamination is cleaned up. >>> still to come, cleaning up hunters point naval shipyard and could it become one of san francisco's premiere redevelopment projects. and coming up later, how could a tugboat by a treasure? . >> san francisco board of supervisors this week accept an environmental report on one of the biggest redevelopment probings in the city in decades. it would transform