in cupertino, 100 people are without a home.arty: three american students are happy to be home after being detained. a tough experience for them. we will hear from them coming up this afternoon. >>ysabel: some very heavy fog in san jose. in san francisco, it is not looking too bad. we have an update from sfo the 45 minute delays on arriving flights. far fifth for >>janu: here is a live look in san jose. that is the main story this morning. in other mild round of temperatures coming up, it will stay dry for the work with. a dense fog advisory in effect until 10:00 a.m.. visibility is down to less than a quarter of a mile. take a look at the visibility maps. the warrant on the screen indicate visibility of less than 1 mi.. visibility is less than a quarter of a mile and fairfield. temperatures outside are in the mid-40s. in the afternoon we will be seeing a lot of '60s. 66 expected in san jose. your 7 day around the bay is showing as mild temperatures continuing through the work week and dry conditions and then, we will feel the w

who lived at this . >> scary. >> reporter: that's how dozens of people in cupertino who lived at this apartment complex are describing the past 24 hours. >> oh, no! >> reporter: this cell phone video shows massive flames coming from that second floor apartment at around 6:00 last night, a fire that started when a woman was cooking french fries. >> got distracted, went into the bedroom. they were in there doing cross word puzzles. then all of a sudden the smoke alarm alerted them of the smoke. >> reporter: this picture posted on twitter shows the fire, after it moved from the pan to the cupboards to the entire kitchen. the '70s-era building doesn't have many windows and spread quickly. smoke and water damage, firefighters didn't know how bad this would get. the whole complex was evacuated for a few hours. 200 to 300 people, worried about what they would come back to. >> we're not from here. we're from other country. >> reporter: the red cross set up a shelter at a high school next door. >> we had nowhere else to stay. >> reporter: his family is one of 16 evacuated indefinitely. >> some

>> in the knows this morning, november 27th, an apartment fire in cupertino leaves dozens of residents homeless. and a marine from danville killed in afghanistan was killed earlier this month. >> there's a dense fog advisory for the north and east bay valleys. otherwise temperatures in the 40s with a low cloud deck. >> thank you, lisa. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. more than 40 cupertino residents need to find a new place to live this morning after their apartments were damaged or destroyed by fire last night. investigators say the fire on homestead road began just before 6:00 when some cooking oil overheated in one unit's kitchen. displaced residents, who spent the night at a nearby high school, will find out this morning if any of their belongings survived. here's abc7ths. >> the fire began at the apartment on homestead road and cupertino and spread quickly. there was a mutual aid effort to put it out. jake said he didn't know there was a fire until he heard screams. >> there was this girl screaming outside fire and that's when i realized there was

>>reporter: memorial park in cupertino is just that.could this traveling in tribute to the vietnam war veterans. it is a much larger memorial wall that is a replica of the capital in washington d.c.. hundreds of people are visiting this one today. this is a tribute that seems to touch all who see it. >> it gives me a tremendous feeling deep in my heart all the brothers that were lost. i have brothers right here within mine unit, it is very emotional and i'm very thankful for it. >> i came here because the wall was here and i came to pay respect my brothers. >>pam: it is a magnificent tribute to american war hero of people who sacrificed their lives. >>reporter: it lists the name of the americans who died in vietnam, many people find the names of a loved one on the wall to a pencil rubbing, or a quiet tribute or just leave some flowers. the main message behind the wall to many vets they say this to the thank you and welcome home that they did not get when the war ended. >>pam: me what president obama is try to go beyond today's usual cer

november 27th, an apartment fire in cupertino leaves dozens of residents homeless. family and friends mourn a marine from danville killed in afghanistan was killed earlier this month. >>. morning. fog all around the bay this sunday morning. particularly in the north and east bay valleys. we still have sunshine and mild temperatures on the way this afternoon. >> lisa, thank you very much. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. >> the red cross said 60 people have to find a new place to live this morning after their apartments were damaged or destroyed by fire last night. investigators say the fire on homestead road began just before 6:00 when some cooking oil overheated in one unit's kitchen. displaced residents, who spent the night at a nearby high school, will find out this morning if any of their belongings survived. here's abc7's report >> the fire began at the apartment on homestead road and cupertino and spread quickly. more than 8 to firefighters joined in a mutual aid effort to put it out. jake said he didn't know there was a fire u

danville 79, hayward 75, we will have some upper 70s to near 80s, morgan hill gilroy cupertino 76 to red wood city, city will go 72 and 60s and 70s on the coast but tomorrow we start that northerly breeze into a westerly breeze so it will be sunny and cooler. thursday and friday it will be much cooler 20 degrees cooler and sunday another system drops in. >>> time now 6:11, a cleanup from a powerful rare storm, how one hard hit state is now getting some help from the president. >> i told you this bullseye on my back has gotten bigger. we have no idea the source of this which hunt. >>> herman cane talks about what he says led to a sexual harassment claim against him. . >>> time now 6:14 this was in vancouver and police say it has taken four months and they now recommend 60 people be charged on the stanley cup riot. the musculoskeletal lost in june and they identified 60 people ranging in crimes from assault to burglary. some of them were put on their facebook pages and they say they were the worst riots in history. >>> they are still in the northeast after that rare october storm that

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we have that story from cupertino.an carving out sections of the street to gain access to the old plastic pipeline known as ald lay. >> the lanes here along the road outside the homes that's what we call the main line. and then from the main line branch out the individual service lines that go directly to the meter. pirjs 12,000 feet of pipeline will be replaced here. this after gas leak caused an explosion that rocked this cupertino neighborhood on august 31. in september another ald lay line insnawld 1981 exploded in roseville near sacramento. the type of plastic used here has failed in the past. the maker dupont has warned all the pipe made prior to 1973 can crack. san mateo assemblyman hill says there were other warnings. >> ntsb in 1998 came out with a recommendation that the pipe should be checked, monitored and replaced. here again no, 1 did anything about it. >>reporter: pg&e claims it ha has. still the utility company says repolicing all plastic present 1973 papers was not priority until now that. program has

on time heading out, good alternate and live look at san jose 280 nice ride from san jose towards cupertinog on the peninsula&coa that's why is bad thi. >>> 6:08. >>> you are going to like this. new service that could help thousands avoid a parking ticket in san francisco. >>> plus, here's something you don't see everyday. manufacturer asking you not to buy their product. >>> not the case for crab fishermen. the boats are out and the first catch should be coming to the docks tonight. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> bay bridge toll traffic okay you can see how foggy is it. sue set there is a fog advisory on the bay bridge and just about all the s in the bay area so be careful. >>> 6:12. governor brown has requested state police officers review policies for using force and make changes to guidelines. the police officers union at uc berkeley sent an open letter yesterday defending police actions against occupy protesters. the letter says, video on november 9th, showing officers with batons attacking protesters is misleading. and doesn't show officers being hit, p

cupertino at 66. sunnyvale's in there. 6 p 7 in -- 67 in mountain view. burlingame, 64.there. 60s on the coast. even though the days are getting shorter, the nights are longer, increasing clouds. i will bring rain to the coast. clearing saturday and then sunday looks cooler and breezy but dry now. >>> all right, steve. thank you. >>> 8:39. turning now, the results from election day. in two high-profile ballot measures in palo alto, measure d has passed. now, that struck down the part of the city structure that lay a -- that allowed an arbitrateor to step in. and measure f passed. >>> teams welded a sleeve around the section of pipeline around page mill road. pg&e says they found a ten-inch sized hole in the pipe during water pressure testing last week. >> once the repairs are complete, we'll conduct the hydros it test to make sure the lines are stable. this is to step the system's -- the system for flews -- the system's flaws. >>> 8:40. developing news in the southwest. you gotta see this. the phoenix skyline, covered in black smoke because a tanker has slammed into a bi

the cupertino-based company operated retail store for years. microsoft said they are rate to move in in in a big way. joe montana is getting back in the game by hosting a tournament and there will be musical acts scheduled to perform at valley fair this weekend. >> the crimes are bowl, stealing wires from schools, plaques from memorials and recently a bell from a church. it takes two to tango. who is buying the stolen metal? we will show you with hidden cameras. garvin thomas takes us indepth and under cover to see who is breaking the rules. who is helping metal thiefs to thrive? >> of all the things a modern hospital needs to function, trained f,es latt latest drugs, electricity. it has to be near the top of the list. on august 25th at 2:00 in the afternoon, the power stopped blowing. at mt. zion hospital. for 27 hours, staff had to rely on a generator to keep the lights on and patients safe. all because a thief had broken into this vault and stolen the copper wire inside. and this is far from the only time such private greed has threatened pu

. >>> from berkeley to cupertino, to new york city. it's a dream come true for a bay area marching band. the homestead marching band will perform in the macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> once in a lifetime. it's going to be a surreal moment. i can't fathom how awesome it's going to be. >> a lot of people will be watching. the mighty mustang marching band from cupertino, steve jobs' alma mater, has been prepping for the big moment in tenth months. homestead is one of ten schools across the nation that was picked to perform in the parade. and is the only marching band from the west coast. the band's director says they'll be marching behind pop star avril lavigne. >>> the balloons are pumped up and ready to go for tomorrow's parade. this year's parade will have some new balloons. katie couric gives us a behind the scenes look at how the beloved characters come to life. >> reporter: bright-eyed and ready to go. a year of waiting all for this. >> we're going to be like regular, big balloons in circles. then, they start to be in shapes of t

we'll have temps peaking at 67 degrees, campbell and cupertino. los gatos as well. they'll jump up to 69 degrees in morgan hill and in gilroy. otherwise, 67 degrees east of the bay, indian land in pittsburg. the close you are you get to the bay, winds pick up 10 to 20. a pair of 6s in oakland, 69 degrees in catady and pen grove. extended forecast a string of dry days until we cloud back up on thursday, that will lead to rain showers on friday and notice a drop-off in temps as well, a much cooler air mass. looks like more rain after a chance on saturday. second system rose on saturday night through sunday, keeping news the cloud cover this time next week. again this is your ample opportunity time to get on outside and clean out those gutters because more rain is coming down. >> does that rain mean know? the mountains? >> cold front. >> yeah. good news. >> yeah. >>> shoppers, forgot your wallet at home? no big deal. this holiday season you can pay by phone. how google wallet works. ,,,,,,,,,,,, not only can you do that, but you >>> that may be the first-ever holiday s

it's on your mind, it's on ebay. >> excitement building on the campus of homestead high school in cupertinod leaves next weekend for the macy thanksgiving day parade in new york city. as don sanchez found out, getting ready for such a big honor involves a lot of marching. >> they march. they play. they march some more. homestead high school band just one of 10 schools nationwide picked to perform in thanksgiving day parade. not a cake walk. they have to prepare. there is stretching. and running a mile before they of pick up an instrument to play. >> biggest honest the program has ever had. >> john burn headed the band department for 2 years. >> play 3 minutes on one song then can drum for a minute 10 play different song for 2 minutes and then repeat over and over for 3 miles. >> then to 85 second drill in front of macy. they will rehears that thanks giving morning at 3:00 a.m. truly business discipline and repetition. after all it is a 3 mile march and performance that will be watched by more than 40 million people nationwide. if. >> sometimes it can get a little repetitive but you know tha

the cofounder of the cupertino- based apple agreed to a rare interview for a documentary way back in 1996. and that's basically what the film is all about. the film will only be shown today and tomorrow in san francisco cities nationwide but will have a seven-day run at the aquarius theater in jobs' hometown of palo alto. >>> cell phone problems are so common, you would think no one would consider them in an emergency? wealthy again. >> do you have an emergency,sir? >> yes. my emergency is my [bleeping] phone don't work. >> in the a good idea. the manwas so upset with his iphone he called 911 i illinois. the dispatcher was patient. it is assumed the man was drunk and law enforcement caught him. no word if his phone is work. >>> it is 4:57. a tense night for the bay area "occupy" camps. we have team coverage of all the police action overnight. >> police raided a camp in san francisco. but the main camp remains this morning. the latest from market street and justin herman plaza coming up next. >>> campus police tell students to clear out sproul hall but students say they are staying. a

the ceremony at cupertino's memorial park begins at 11:00 this morning. there's also a veterans day event here in san francisco. a parade along parts of market, mcallister and polk street. that starts at 11:00 this morning. there will be some street closures there and some transit service could be affected. >>> veterans day is a holiday at the federal, state and local levels. that means most government offices are closed today. the post office closed as well no mail delivery. no schools and banks are closed. transit agencies though are running on regular schedules. >>> president obama has a full schedule of events this veterans day. he is going to take part in the traditional wreath-laying ceremony this morning at arlington national cemetery in virginia. these are live pictures before the ceremony begins. and then later today, he and first lady michelle obama will travel to san diego to visit the uss carl vinson. that's the navy aircraft carrier you might remember that carried osama bin laden's body for its burial at sea. they will attend a veterans day e

about 80 in cupertino. east bay numbers up into the 70s and also the 80s.eautiful day inside the bay. mostly sunny skies. temperatures 74 degrees in oakland. about 80 degrees in petaluma. 73 sausalito. big changes. rain on thursday into the bay area to open up the door. looks like more rain on saturday night and sunday. >>> preparing for busy traffic days. for right now we are actually pretty good. i would say per usual typical congestion this time of the morning. westbound 237 starting to get busy as you can see leaving milpitas toward san jose. this is the one traffic alert that we have been following. now it is in east san jose about 13 miles east of san jose at highway 130 at alum rock avenue. there is a big rig that ran off the roadway down to the embankment. still working to clear it. no estimated time when they will cancel it and get all lanes open. the main lines of the freeways actually look okay through berkeley. a live look at ashby avenue westbound 80, 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. toll plaza jammed solid to the macarthur maz

in cupertino, voters are being asked whether to raise the city's hotel room tax. perhaps the most controversial election is in the city of palo alto. there, voters are being asked to decide whether to give the city more control over police and firefighter pay and benefits. it's a hot topic in palo alto. it's been in the news for several months. here in santa clara counties, three out of four voters are absentee voters. they are registered as permanent absentee voters almost 75%. as of yesterday, 30% of their ballots had already been turned in, already spilled out at home, put -- filled out at home, put in the mail and be ready to count when the polls close after 8:00 tonight. keep it tuned to kcbs and cbs 5 for election coverage throughout the day and after the polls close tonight. i'm matt bigler live at the registrar of voters office in santa clara county for cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> several bay area cities have mayoral races today. they include livermore, san rafael and vallejo. newark will elect a new mayor for the first time since the 1970s. that's because da

cupertino as well. the east shore freeway from oakland to union city and fremont is seeing light rain and patches. that is what you can expect if you're heading out here, within the next half-hour to an hour, things should start right now. the east bay is getting hit with light rain. highway 4 is included in that from brentwood to martinez. your ride on 680 is what as well. he even san francisco and downtown is starting to see if like rain with more substantial rain near this seeing a a.m. will have horse spill in it. it is that to non who might feel if you and love here is your 7 day around the bay. things are looking delores carr drive is not bad for the area but there is a precautionary note to if you aren't travelling north from mill valley inn and according there are rhymes law a press 101 on the golden gate is problem free but you will have a wet deck to contend with. but phoenix last night. a pilot, a mechanic for oliver apple cannot badass that this crash said haitians to to an orphanage dec all

bay area mainly as a result of new jobs, 40,000 new jobs in silicon valley alone in places like cupertino home of apple computer. indeed, cupertino, modern view and palo alto are one of the highest rental markets in the south bay mainly because apple, facebook and google are hireling right now. that is not the only reason that rent is going up. >> you have individuals that are reluctant to purchase homes because they are afraid that it will lose value or they cannot qualify for a mortgage because the banks are being a little more cautious and strict in their lending standards >>reporter: san jose technology corridor is another hot market. the average rent now stands at $1,734. >> of rat in silicon valley over the past four years has only increased 8% that is about one-half percent per year of an increase. it is important to put these rent increases that we are hearing about in perspective and look at them over the long term dairy >>reporter: but even cities and most new jobs cannot seem to build those rental units fast enough. it is classic supply and demand says howard there are just not

." >>> many in cupertino closely watched macy's thanksgiving parade, for them the floats was the focus. homestead's high school marching band. some got to the slopes. >> i'm spencer christian and say goodbye to the rain and hello to the warmth. details in the forecast coming up. >> a look [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. >>> mighty mustang muavpg band from cupertino performed in macy's thanksgiving parade. it featured more than 40 balloons, 27 floats, 800 clowns and 1600 cheerleaders. and this one from tim burton were two of the new big balloons mary jvyd blige and neil diamond and santa claus made his appearance at the end of the parade. >> the winter storm brought a little snow but mos

the south bay 280 looking pretty good towards cupertino. the west valley the no. 85 is great from cupertino towards mountain view. no. you were from novado but still slow getting into novado county line area. >> mark. it has been two months today since the occupy movement began. are rest there have been however, berkeley and you see berkeley in sproul hall plaza has been the latest scene for protests and arrests. >>will: yes. there have been at least two people that have refused to leave. they are ready to go back and at any moment. as long as they do not pitch a tent. at the height perhaps 40- 50 protesters last night. i spoke with one of them about 15 minutes ago and can they be here and still a chance without a tenant? according to the police you can still chant -- and protest but you cannot pitch a tent. here is what he said about the symbolism of a tent. >> since the 1960's we have been asking for things. if a tent causes that much. it is not because they tend is threatening or scary it is because the tent is visible. >>will: that is w

. >> reporter: the fire begin in unit 45 at the village green apartments in cupertino and spread quickly. more than 80 firefighters joined in a mutual aid effort to put it out. jay park says he didn't know there was a fire until he heard screams. >> there was a girl outside screaming. that is when i realized there was a peir going on outside. >> he and his brother tried to put it out. >> we were trying to stop it but you couldn't do anything. it was too dark. >> his apartment is safe, the one where the fire started is gone. that is where a woman was cooking according to firefighters. >> a person had warmed up some oil. it basically, she left, few minutes later she comes back in and sees a fire in the kitchen again. >> she called 911 and ran out. fire spread to six other units, one of them is where he lived. >> what did you lose? >> i don't know. i have to wait. >> it was heavy damage. >> in this building, eight units are destroyed, they whether not be happen tackle for some time. the high school gym is a center for the residents. the other apartment dwellers will be able to go back today

. >>> 60 cupertino residents left homeless by a weekend fire that started on one woman's stove. >>> haywardfamily hospitalized by poisonous gas that nobody could see or smell. do you have a detector in your home yet? . >>> everything still running on time at our airports. the fog is thick in the central valley that will hold temperatures in the central valley into the low 60s. eureka, sunshine today and 55. 56 in tahoe. 61 in yosemite. tahoe down from yesterday's 63° that was a record high at tahoe yesterday. 82 palm springs, upper 70s, san diego and l.a. with sunshine there >> 5:48. a hayward family is recovering from exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide after a heater released a that nearly fatal dose of the odorless gas in their home. the woman and her daughter woke up called a relative who rushed them and the daughter's six-month-old to kaiser hospital's emergency room. firefighters believe the family narrowly escaped death. >> carbon monoxide actually takes approximately 500 fatalities every year in this country. on top of that, over 20,000 people end up in emergency rooms. >> as

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cupertino. you can -- job in cupertino. you can always tweet me and say this commute bites! or you can use stronger language, whatever you like. you can see the commute backed up to the maze. metering lights that are on. we had a san francisco problem cleared. this morning in marin county, getting down to sen central san rafael. >> let's go to steve. >>> sunrise over the big city, for some it's cold. for others, there's -- the wind has really been a big story. last night it was howling. unbelievable. rocking the place. but today things will calm down a almost bit. the higher clouds are not associated with the system a -- they were just kind of out there on their own. they will clear out. big story has been the wind. also the high fire danger which is with us. i have to look at my clipper -- clicker. something is not happening. come on. come on. let's try to -- it's stuck. >> i will push it from behind, steve. >> reporter: i give up. i don't know what's going off. >> what would you like me to do? toss back to tori and dave? it's not moving. >> we'll take it. back to tori and

also you can see the traffic in san jose, traffic looks good in the valley up to cupertino. >> that system to the north already getting closer and closer, and behind it, that speckled cloud, that will slide into tomorrow and a lot of this may go over water, not on us and it will keep an unstable pattern, not many in the north bay but a lot of 40s and 50s closer to the coast and bay. snow level will go way down so we have done from windy and sunny in the morning and rain developments tonight. everyone else by this evening may take awhile to get to santa clara. 50s and 60s on the temperatures, no 70s for a while that is for sure. rain takes us to friday morning and then much colder, tomorrow breezy as well, friday night clearing, increasing clouds, more rain on sunday, but it looks like a break monday and tuesday, pam? >>> a lawsuit against at&t will go forward, sprint nextel can sue at&t over the acquisition of rival team usa. they asked them to toss out the suit that will create the company's largest phone carrier. >>> they took on more debt than its predecessors, they showed the average c

in cupertino, eight units have been destroyed. there are no injuries or deaths. 60-80 residents have been displaced. da lin is heading out to the scene. in the meantime, dry skies. >>brian: there is no rain in the forecast. we are moving into december and the storms are staying away. we will see fog tomorrow morning that could slow you down. temperatures of the afternoon will be getting into the '60s. close to 70 for mountain view. dry weather will stick around through the week. we got charged for refills. really? [ male announcer ] kate uses her citibank debit card because kate knows there are some things you shouldn't be charged for. refill? i'm ok. [ male announcer ] so does that guy.

and the santa clara valley, 64 san jose, 63 cupertino. 63 sunnyvale. along the peninsula it's going to be a mild one. cool conditions san bruno, 59 dally city and 60 degrees expected in the city for the extended forecast. temperatures not going to budge. we'll see just a very gradual warm-up, sunday, monday through tuesday. a mix of sunshine and clouds. overnight lows into the 40s. not 30s that we saw recently. so not too band there as well. if you are making treks to stanford for the afternoon game, we'll have your forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> want to give you a 11-11-11 look at interstate 80 through kingvale. you can see some snow there on the ground and the roads are clear. right now caltrans highways no restrictions on 80 or highway 50 through the sierra. >>> after being closed future 13 months, flood county park is set to reopen this afternoon. the 21-acre park won't get in on bay road has been closed to repair and replaced water pipelines. today's opening celebration begins at noon, and is open to the public. county officials say all par

bob redell is live with a traveling vietnam wall matter in cupertino.i know this story hits home for you and so many others. >> good morning, laura. the there are over 58,000 names listed on the wall. some of whom my own father served with, and as you're about to see, this helps explain why he decided to make his own return trip to vietnam a place that other veterans would rather forget. >> this is the vietnam i remember. >> reporter: this is not the vietnam bob redell left. this time on his return, no guns, no enemy, no fear of death. >> coming back to say good-bye to the guys we lost, but also to look and just see what is left,. >> reporter: vietnam is remarkable in her beauty, which makes the horror and devastation that dad and others witnessed here that much harder to fathom. he led a platoon of marines through a bush and mountains. >> it looks the same. at a camp that today is overgrown and unrecognizable. all that remains is a vietnamese monument reminding visitors who won the war. but his dad would say both sides lost. >> that's buck. he got kill

it happened at the village green apartments in cupertino last night. as monte francis reports, no one was hurt. >> reporter: firefighters worked frantically to keep the flames from spreading from one building to another. residents of all 122 units evacuated. >> we started looking around the house to see if it was, like, a block or something. our neighbors start screaming, it's a fire, it's a fire. >> reporter: investigators said gas lines in the attics of the unit helped the fire to spread quickly to a three alarm. it wasn't until the gas lines were shut up two and a half hours later that crews got the upper hand. investigators say the fire was sparked by someone heating up oil on a stove. >> they were eating up some oil in a pan. they turned on the stove, walked away. next thing you know, they heard a smoke detector go off. they went back into the kitchen, saw fire coming up from the pan into the hood and spreading to the cabinets. >> units 45, 48 were pretty much destroyed. >> reporter: just next door inside the the gymnasium of homestead high school

. >> overceekd french fries are being braimed for a fire in a cupertino paper complex. the blaze destroyed eight units and damaged 15 units. 60 people were force from their homes at 6:00 p.m. one of the residents september this home video to us. up to 100 firefighters took almost two hours to bring the fire under control damage to the building is estimated at $2 million. >> in berkeley, an apartment building in danger of collapsing is scheduled to be torn down tomorrow. the demolition comes den -- ten days after the building was gutted by fire. no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> alan: violence has been an ongoing concern around walnut creek's bar scene, and today police made two arrests after a chaotic night. officers responded to a fight, and an hour earlier police found a man bleeding from the head of north main street. a man was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. police arrested 21-year-old steven@wyatt for assault in connection with the fight outside the vice lounge. >> some members of occupy sf-back at the federal reserv

. >> the three-alarm fire gutted or did damage to eight two-bedroom units at the apartments in cupertino. another eight units suffered from either fire, water or smoke damage this, is the fire's epicenter today. the stove with a pan of cooking oil was left on and forgoten. tonight some 60 people forced out of their homes do have a place to stay. >> we have a place to stay. >> families are salvaging what they can. many are still in a days. >> i'm just thankful. >> investigators estimate the damage will top $2 million. those that have it were singing praises of rental insurance. >> i recommend that 100 percent. >> this family did not have insurance, neighbors are doing everything to help. >> we moved in about a month from core rea. they're not used to this country. this disaster happened to them. >> he says he's grateful no one was hurt and says firefighters worked hard to make sure the fire didn't do more damage. >> i lost my belongings but i remember emotionally their dedication to it. >> the village green management is waiting to see how soon they can return to the units. they'd like li

. >> reporter: that's how dozens of people in cupertino who lived in this apartment complex are describing the past 24 hours. >> oh no. >> reporter: they show massive flames. a fire that started when a woman was cooking french fries. >> they dot dis-- they got distracted. >> reporter: and this picture posted on twitter shows you the scene just a few minutes later after moving from the entire kitchen. they don't have any sprinklers and the fire spreads quickly, destroying eight apartments. smoke and water damaged eight others. the whole complex was evacuated for a few hours. 200 to 300 people were worried about what they would come back to. >> pause we're not from here, we're from another country. that's my dad, he's a life, you know. >> reporter: the red cross set up a shelter next door. his family is one of 16 evacuated indefinitely. >> we didn't have home insurance or anything. >> reporter: they are working to ensure that some of the vacant apartments and other unaffected buildings have happened. >>> a berkeley apartment building is ravaged by the five- alarm fire will be demolished tomo

i'm live in cupertino abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and work is now underway to clear an access road in woodside. crews can get equipment into n.to replace pipeline near highway 280. and pg&e says it damaged sometime after being installed in 1947. and it's part of the same line exploding in san bruno last year. >> and pg&e crews able to locate a 10-hole -- pin hole sized leak on a gas pipeline, just a millimeter in diameter. and crews are going to work around the clock to repair that pipeline by friday. this may cause a replace of a strong odor in the area. pg&e insists there is no danger. >> pg&e agreed to pay a largest safety-related fine. utility company will pay $38 million for deadly 2008 christmas eve explosion that level aid home in rancho core dovea. one person died and five others injured. investigators found pg&e installed wrong gas pipe, slow to respond to reports of a leak that day. pg&e agreed to a $26 million fine and a judge recommended a higher penalty. >> occupy protestors are threatening to take over buildings and wor

. >>> a fire in cupertino this weekend blamed on unattended french fries. eight units at the village green apartments destroyed. one person left cooking oil unattended while going into another room to work on a crossword puzzle. >>> the pilot of a small plane that crashed last year in east palo alto killing everyone on board was at fault in the tragedy. the ntsb concludes that doug bourne, an engineer at tesla, said he talked about heavy fog in the area. he died along with two other tesla employees when his twin engine cessna plummeted into a residential neighborhood. >>> the city of oakland declared a moratorium on new pawn shops. this is part of an effort to reduce crime in neighborhoods where those shops appear in larger numbers. the chronicle says city leaders need time to come up with new regulations for them. the moratorium run until the end of the year. >>> three homeless shelters open in tonight in santa clara county. there will be beds open through the end of march, in gilroy, sunnyvale and san jose. they are paying special attention to the longter

cupertino, 63. woodside ain there along with men le pac and -- park and palo -- menlo park and palo alto. a little warmer on wednesday and thence thursday increasing clouds. rain saturday morning and then it clears out. tori and dave? >> thank you. >>> 7:13. happening right now, president obama is set to travel to philadelphia, pennsylvania. marine one has just landed. this is a live picture as joint base andrews in maryland. he's about to get off the plane. that looking lies -- that looks like one of his aides there. and he will visit a head-start center in philadelphia. there's the president right there, heading to marine one from air force one at this trip in philadelphia, he will tour a classroom and also meet with students and children and teachers. the president will announce new rules that the white house says it will improve the quality of early education. it's one year now -- it's one year from -- it's one year from now that president obama could be replaced. we'll have more on his trip com

downtown san jose 280 fine to cupertino. mass transit in the bay area is running on a normal weekday schedule even though it's the veterans day holiday. bart free parking. but all trains are on a normal schedule and on time. bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries they are also reportbling reporting no delays. veterans parades in several places including san francisco. delays on market streetnd and 8th between 11 to 3, between 2nd and 8th. a dozen muni lines may be rerouted or delayed. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:46. the market going for two straight days of gains and and it's looking good. >> futures started the rally overnight. we are kara evans in new york with a look at this morning's early trading and it's looking like it's going way up, right carter? >> you know, it's looking good right now. and yes, it's going way up. we have a couple of things going on in europe. some positive news out of europe. greece swearing-in a new unity government today. that's some good news there. there are still a lot of unknowns

but it looks okay heading out towards cupertino. coming up, a check of mass transit. in the meantime, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 6207 now. the doctor convicted of causing michael jackson's death gets the maximum sentence yesterday. dr. conrad murray sentencing to four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. he will probably only have to serve half of that though because of overcrowding in the california prison system. >>> vice president joe biden is in iraq today. it's a previously unannounced visit to baghdad ahead of the pullout of the american troops before the end of the year in december. the vice president is meeting with iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki who says the meetings are designed to plan future cooperation around partnership with the two countries. followers of an anti-american cleric protested the visit. >>> well, republican presidential hopeful rick perry had another embarrassing moment on the campaign trail. >> it happened yesterday's spoke to some college students in new hampshire. >> those of you that are -- will be 21 by november

and you are looking good towards highway 85 closer towards cupertino.ything changes, remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a proposed law to restrict public nudity in san francisco goes before the board of supervisors today. the proposal would outlaw nudity in restaurants and it would also prohibit sitting on benches or other public seating without first laying down clothing or a towel. supervise scott weiner introduced the law last month after complaints about unsanitary behavior in the castro district. >>> 8:30 this morning a deadline in the michael jackson trial. dr. conrad murray is still deciding whether to testify in his involuntary manslaughter trial. the judge gave him until this morning to make up his mind. meanwhile defense attorneys are expected to call their final medical witness today. >>> the federal reserve begins a two-day meeting today. chairman ben bernanke not expected to announce many surprises. they are expected to study the i

. >>> cupertino, pittsburg, foster city and redwood city passed taxes. school bonds for san francisco, newark, san bruno, elementary and millbrae all passed. pacifica passed a parcel tax to help fund schools. measures that failed include a parcel tax in laugh yell, a sales tax increase in san francisco, a bond measure for san mateo community college and a bond measure for the san bruno unified school district. >>> a new jacket perhaps? it's kind of cold outside. we'll check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> if you're headed out right now, you'll need to put the old one on first. 36 in snap pa. 34 in santa rosa. it's so cold we may break more temperature records. as we head through the afternoon, warmer than where we ended up yesterday. high pressure in control of our weather pattern. that's keeping your skies nice and clear. it's also leading to frost. so watch out for that especially up in the north bay where your temperatures have been in the mid to low 30s for the past couple of hours. 68 degrees later in redwood city. a gorgeous day for you.

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there is cupertino campbell.onight one city's bright idea to fight crime. >> and the bold crime targeting children with jewelry in south bay schools. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. a man pulled out a gun from his backpack was shot today. >> sky 7 captured the scene outside of the haas school of business. and we now have more. leanne? >> well cheryl police are being allowed to go back inside of the building. but this is just to retrieve their belongings. police are still interviewing witnesses at this hour. let me tell you what happened here. there are police receiving a call with a man with a gun. they tracked him down asking him to put up his hands and the officer shot him. police are saying that this is isolated incident. we heard from the class lor just a short time ago. >> what happened is that one of our staff got on an elevator and press aid fifth floor button. the person with a gun pressed third floor but yn. he looked at her and reached into his backpack pulled out on object this

well, we are looking at numbers as high as 68 degrees in san jose, 70 in cupertino, about 68 in morganill. 64 degrees in pacifica. east bay numbers up into the 60s and the low 70s. while you make your way inside the bay you will find plenty of sunshine and comfortable numbers as high as 67 in oakland and 62 in sausalito. these next couple of days we are going to notice those changes as high pressure will give way to the system off the coastline. we'll see increasing clouds throughout the day on thursday. chance of rain overnight on thursday night and into friday. and by the way, friday veterans day. and a chance of rain that day. temperatures running, though, in the 50s and 60s. >> can you turn to the side? what you got go on there? >> i have this whole thing. i did a wonderful thing to my back so i have this wonderful contraption. >> you guys have been enjoying that. >> lawrence is saying, thank you so much, grace. [ laughter ] >> major recall from toyota. more than a half a million vehicles worldwide are affected. the recall includes 2004 and 2005 camry highlanders and the sienas and

sunshine in the south bay temperatures as high as 66 in san jose,677 cupertino. inside the bay, 65 oakland, 61 in san francisco. next couple of days, beautiful around the bay area. starting out with patchy fog early on and mild temperatures in the afternoon. thursday the clouds roll back in late in the day. chance of showers overnight thursday night, looks like the weather becomes unsettled possibly wet and much cooler as we head in toward the weekend. that's a look at weather. let's check on traffic now with elizabeth. raffic now >> thank you, lawrence. >> thank you, lawrence. first a check of chopper 5 and see where they're at in oakland right now near the 880-980 interchange. everything looks okay past the coliseum towards the macarthur maze. the downtown oakland commute is fine as well as the freeways. on the maps word of a problem in concord southbound 680 there by concord avenue. we are learning from chp there is an overturned van blocking one right lane. no slowing on your sensors yet. down southbound 680, expect some possible delays here coming up. so aga

down san jose a live look at northbound 280 traffic looking great towards cupertino. 101 fine as well and top speeds as well up and down the guadalupe parkway. east bay 880 through oakland looks good as you pass the coliseum all the way towards downtown oakland. about 15 minutes in either direction between hayward and downtown oakland the macarthur maze. and your bridges, san mateo bridge this is the commute direction. the right side of your screen westbound 92 holding steady at 13 minutes. if you are trying to come into san francisco this morning, here's a live look. 101 at bayshore so headlights should be moving northbound. everything looks good. bart is running on a normal schedule today. they are running systemwide on time so not a holiday schedule there. it is a park holiday however. you can park at bart stations this morning for free. ace train number one no delay. muni, caltrain and ferries also on time. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. >>> san francisco muni is considering raising some fares and

close to home for nbc bay area's bob redell, who joins us at the traveling vietnam wall memorial in cupertino. >> reporter: sadly, there are over 58,000 names listed on this wall, some of whom my own dad served with which, as you're about to see, explains why he decided to make a return to vietnam, a place that other veterans would like to forget. >> reporter: this time on his return, no guns, no enemies, no fear of death. >> coming back to say good-bye to the guys we lost, but also looking to see what is left. >> reporter: vietnam is remarkable in her beauty, which makes the horror and devastation that dad and others with us here that much harder to fathom. he led a platoon of marines through the bush and mountains. >> it just looks the same. >> yep. >> reporter: at a camp that today is overgrown and unrecognizable. all that remains is a vietnamese monument, reminding people who won the war. but, as dad would say, both sides lost a lot. >> he got killed. what can you tell them? war sucks. >> reporter: since he left vietnam in 1967, he has kept one memory, in particular, locked up inside hims

. >> reporter: dozens of people in cupertino lived in this apartment complex describe the past 24 hours. >> oh, no! >> reporter: this cell phone video shows massive flames coming from that second floor apartment at around 6:00 last night, a fire that started when a woman was cooking french fries. >> got distracted, went into the bedroom. they were in there doing cross word puzzles, then all of a sudden the smoke detector alerted them of the smoke. >> reporter: this picture posted on twitter shows the scene a few minutes later, after the fire moved from the pan to the cupboards to the entire kitchen. the '70s-era building doesn't have sprinklers and the fire spread quickly, destroying eight apartments. smoke and water damage to eight others, but since firefighters didn't know how bad this would get, the whole complex was evacuated for a few hours. 200 to 300 people were worried about what they would come back to. >> reporter: a shelter has been set up at the high school next door. >> we're in the gym, nowhere else to go. >> reporter: his family is one of 16 evacuated indefinitely. >> don

. >>> firefighters say the fire that left 60 residents of a cupertino apartment complex without a police live was started in a kitchen. eight units destroyed, 15 damaged at village green apartments on homestead road saturday night. up to 100 firefighters took almost two hours to bring in fire under control. investigators say it started when a woman was warming oil to make french fries and walked away from the pot. damage to the building is estimated at two million dollars. >>> berkeley apartment building in danger of collapsing scheduled to be torn down today. building has 39 apartments and two restaurants it was gutted in a blaze earlier this month. the biggest fire in berkeley in 20 year. the cause still under investigation. sidewalks and streets around the building will remain closed in the demolition is finished. >>> in the middle of the business district that is going to hurt. >> the big story this morning, fog. >> right behind us here's another view you can see how thick it is. fog is going to hang around for quite a while due to the fact that we don't have much in the way of winds

continue to face criticism over the poor inspection practices that a plastic gas line exploded in in cupertino, setting fire to an apartment there. the report from the ntsb on the san bruno explosion lists several problems with construction and inspection of the pipeline. vicky nguyen spoke with the new head of pg&e's gas operation. he says he's focusing on the future. >>. >> i see a tremendous commitment to fix the problems that exist. it's not just lip service. it's with actions. >> the new safety program includes the creation of a data base. that's a standard best practice. most companies have been doing that for years. they've been criticized for not just poor construction and shotty pipelines, but for not knowing where its own paperwork is. >>> california's high speed rail project could be much more expensive than the state originally thought. a new business plan from the high speed rail authority will be unveiled today. the cost of the project has gone up to nearly $100 billion. that's three times the estimate given to voters. even if the state can come up with the money, the trains won'