go ahead, darlene.ally. >> i wanted to show all the tamales so you could see the wild variety of tamales. in the vegetarian cheese category, wally's tamales from woodland park, colorado. he had the deep fright tamale that many of you enjoyed. the home stile chicken is felipa's comid a casera from oklahoma city. >> get out of here. >> who knew oklahoma could put it out of there. traditional pork/beef, santa fe green. the fourth category which was the gourmet skpsh exotic one, that was a tough one. people really went back and forth with the barbecue chicken with gupta and theurry chicken but the curry chicken won. and in the last category we had a tiebreaker we had to bring in our special thai breaker judge. where is she? bonnie. can you jump up here real quick. >> bonnie harvey. >> where do you want me? >> right over here. >> bonnie is also a barefoot wine founder. we pulled her in. spicy pumpkin won. and for the overall tamale, when we added up everybody's, the piern apple coconut. so i must say the spi

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for now, they'll rely on darlene and her cannon. kerry sanders, nbc news, la grange, kentucky. >>> enjoy your meal, everybody. that's our broadcast for this friday night and this week. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt is here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in for rauj ma thigh. >> and i'm jessica agierre.

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darlene sink was last seen leaving her -- darlene singh was last seen leaving her parents home her finaln the form of text messages with friends. darlene is 5'4, 100 pounds. here are two pictures of her. supporters say she suffers from social anxiety disorder sy<:( call police if you have ay information. >>> it is estimated two million more people will be living in the bay area in the next 25 years. now a long range land use and transportation plan is being launched to accommodate all those people and not everyone is happy. last night regional planning an officials were met by angry crowds in dublin at one of a series of meetings designed to get feedback on the project. those who oppose it call it social engineering. officials say the strategy is to get more people live near their jobs and mass transit. >> all of the most important decisions on this subject have all been made. they've been made by big developers. and high density growth advocacy groups. and we were not at the table when all those decisions were made. >> planned bay area is scheduled to be adopted in april 2013. the next

she's not my baby anymore. >> but realizing that has not been as tough as accepting it. >> darlene?it's mom to you. >> our relationship is on rocky ground. she doesn't approve of me for a lot of other reasons besides just being here. i have come out and told her that i am a lesbian. >> i think we went to breakfast one morning and she sat down and she said, "hey, mom, this is tanya. this is my girlfriend." i was like, "excuse me?" she said, "yeah, you heard me right," and i was like, "i don't think so." >> she come back and say something? >> who, mama? i had to talk to her. yeah, go figure, right? >> her girlfriend, latanya goss, works with her in the prison kitchen. goss has a 37-year sentence for second-degree murder. >> me and her just clicked. i accepted her into my world. i'm really a loaner. i don't talk to people a lot. and i could talk to her. >> you're crazy. >> she is very dear to me. i hold her close. she has helped me through a lot. she's helped me through this time a lot, since i've been here. she's with a woman. that's just wrong. it's wrong. i just want to pick her up

also, darlene wink, one of the two individuals charged today, resigned from her county position in may10 after admitting she was doing campaign work on county time. shortly after her resignation, scott walker sent this private e-mail to tim russell. "we cannot afford another story like this one. no one can give them any reason to do another story. that means no laptops, no websites, no time away during the work day, et cetera." governor walker has not commented on the most recent charges and cancelled a scheduled event today, citing bad weather. for more on this, let's bring in john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation" magazine. he is live tonight from madison, wisconsin. john, how bad is this for walker? >> it's pretty bad. remember, this is the day after the governor's state of the state address. he was supposed to do a tour of the state, stops all over, emphasizing the points that he made in his speech. instead, he was avoiding the cameras and his press secretary was not able to put out a statement responding to these charges, these criminal complaints that have come ou

for now, they'll rely on darlene and her cannon. la grange, kentucky. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, weeet macy, a very cute long hair chihuahua puppy. >>> welcome back to the show. we want to hear from our pets in need this year.ç volunteer lisa simmons. who do we have. >> this is macy. macy is a chihuahua puppy, a long-haired chihuahua puppy. just over 8 weeks old. she was just spade. she'll be available on this coming thursday. >> okay. she's not the only one out there. >> no, she's not. unfortunately. >> okay. so if you're looking for a pet, macy's a great one but pets in need have others as well. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning. we'll have more local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and all day on nbcbayarea.com. have a great day. dinner? candles? i wanted it to be special. oh, what's this? it's progresso's new loaded potato with bacon. mmm, it's good. honey, i love you and... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. yeah but honey, i love

darlene singh was last seen leaving her parents home tuesday. they say she went to a bart station and may head to oakland. her family says she may need medical help because she suffers from social anxiety disorder. she was last seen wearing black pants and blue sweatshirt. >>> san jose police say a 15- year-old girl may have been kidnapped by her boyfriend raquel mancaka last seen getting into the car of boyfriend,leonell vargas. her father confronted vargas who ran over his foot. they may be staying in stockton, madera or ukaih. >>> a high school teacher is jail accused of having a sexual relationship with a boy under 15. police say 40-year-old marie johnson had sex with the boy between december of 2010 and may last year. johnson teaches at granada high in livermore. police say the relationship was initially formed through texts and facebook. authorities don't believe there are other boys involved but recommend that parents speak to their children about any contact that they may have had with miss johnson. >>> marine corps now investigating a v

this is darlene and billy arms and they take out this cannon that they got from the kentucky department of agriculture to scare off the birds. >> i feel like i'm watching that scene from "steel mag noll his" where the dad is trying to scare the birds out of the tree with a loud gun. >> sounds like rain coming down. >> the woman said there's so much poop it sounds like it's raining outside. >> some people are claiming they're having respiratory issues caused possibly by bacteria from their waste. it's not uncommon to see this happen in different places. what is uncommon is for this community to deal with it. >> what's the community's biggest complaint? >> that it stinks. >> smells like -- makes you gag. >> we have to learn to live with the animals and allow them to do their thing. >> just live through it. how bad could it be? >> you wouldn't want do that if they pooped on your motorcycle all day twice a day. >>> some youth hockey players recently escaped some big-time danger on the ice but it had nothing to do with their sport. this is in slovakia. you see the players are on the ice, but

darlene singh was seen leaving her parents' home around 4:00. her family believes she took b.a.r.t. she texted a friend at 10:00 but has not been seen since she is 5'4", 100 pounds, with black curly hair and has olive complexion. her family says she may need help. >>> mitt romney is still the target for those trying to win the gop nomination. >> the contest in south carolina is now a week and a half away and it's the last stand for some of these republican candidates. >> mitt romney still basking in the glow of his 2-0 record, hope that go south carolina makes three in his race to unseat president obama. >> he is leading us on the path of becoming like greece or italy. i'm convinced that we will be there. >> while his focus is exclusively on the president. >> south carolina takes credit and i want you to take me. >> rick perry, jon huntsman, rick santorum all have to do well in south carolina. so does newt gingrich who is running tough new ads against romney. >> massachusetts moderate mitt romney, he can't be trusted. >> while polls show that romney is in the lead in south carolina,

her name is darlene. her parents last saw her at 7:00 a.m.. family members believe that she took a taxi to the hayward bart stations ahead to oakland. her last contact with a friend was at 10:30 a.m. that morning. she is 5 ft. 4 in., 100 lbs., curly black here with an olive complexion. she was wearing black pants and a blue sweatshirt. she suffers from a social anxiety disorder in and it may need medical assistance. >>mark: a cold start today and it may be rain on the horizon. james fletcher has more. >>james: next week we have a strong chance of a decent rain, finally. sunny and mild is the forecast between now and saturday. the clouds will roll in and it will get breezy in advance of that system that we are expecting to make itself present by wednesday. tuesday night into wednesday, rain and snow are possible. that is the long view. here is what we see outside of the door. freezing conditions in the north bay. seated in the south bay we have 37 and los gatos, 40 in san jose. it is cold out there and a relatively clear. this afternoon, we are

they organized a search today for darlene singh last seen leaving her parents' home on tuesday. they think she is going to oakland-based on text messages to friends. her family says she may need medical assistance because she is suffers from social anxiety disorder. >>> san jose police are searching for another 15-year- old girl who may be held against her will by her 19-year- old boyfriend. raquel menchaca was last seen at oak grove high school where her boyfriend leonel vargas picked her up. raquel's father later confronted vargas who then ran over his foot. police believe the pair may be in the stockton, madera or ukiah area. >>> the marines have now identified at least two u.s. troops seen in the inflammatory video posted online. here it is. it appears to show four marines urinating on the dead bodies of three taliban fighters. a source inside the marines says they were members of the third battalion second marines. they returned last fall after a tour of afghanistan. the source says at least some of the four are no longer in that battalion. the military is investigating. >>

darlene is 5'4, 100 pounds. supporters say she suffers from social anxiety disorder. so call police if you have information. >>> 4:34. home foreclosures in california and across the country took a steep drop last year. that trend is not likely to continue into 2012. there are signs that banks are gearing up for a big wave of foreclosures this year. katie marzullo is live with more on the story. >> reporter: it is a ray of sunshine in what has been a dark and stormy housing market. but say there are more clouds on the who are lie stone. there was a huge drop in foreclosure activity, the est since 2007. but not necessarily because -- because homeowners paid up and got right with mortgage. reports nationwide foreclosures were down 34% in 2011 from 2.9 million in 2010 to 1.9 million last year. in california foreclosures were down 20%. still the third highest rate in the country. realty track experts say a large part of why there were fewer foreclosures banks were in a holding pattern waiting for certain legalities to be worked out. now that they have been worked out the b

. >> darlene who rescued both of her dogs said she spoke with the woman. she told her she was affiliated with an animal rescue group, but was running into trouble over it. >> she said you know, i want to move because the neighbor keeps complaining about my parrot. i could hear the parrot when i walked the dog. as far as i knew, they had the two dogs and a parrot. there were 19 in the freezer and 21 other dead animals throughout the house. >> the motto of the foundation, the rescue group for exotic birds that neighbors say the woman claimed to work for is our goal to always have rooms for one more bird in need. >> very sad. very sad. >> we e-mailed and called the bailey foundation and so far, we have not received any response. police say they know who the renters are and once they locate them, they could be facing numerous charges, including animal cruelty and neglect. >> audrey, any animals found alive in the house? >> yeah brian, they did remove four live animals, two cats, a liz sadr, and a gerbel. they are in horrible shape. dehydrated and under weight.

darlene singh was last seen leaving her parents' home around 7:00 tuesday morning.er family believes she took bart from hayward to oakland. she text a friend around 10:30 that morning, but has not been seen or heard since. darlene is 5-foot 4, 100 pounds with curly black hair and olive congress pregnant should not. she suffers from an anxiety disorder and may note medical help. >>> university of california campuses are about to become smoke-free. the school plans to ban smoking on all 10 of its campuses within the next two years. the ban will be implemented in stages. it will also apply to chewing tobacco and tobacco sales. eight percent of students and 10% of employees actually smoke p there are still no word how schools will deal with violators. >>> for a lot of people the excitement is building as we get closer to the first 49ers playoff game in almost a decade. the niners will take on the new orleans saints this saturday at candlestick park. ktvu's tara moriarity is joining us live in pacificca now, the home of a really huge 49er fan. good morning, tara. >> repo

darlene was last seen leaving her parents' home at 7:00 a.m.. family members believe she took a taxicab to the hayward bart station to go to oakland. the last contact with her friend was that 10:30 a.m. that morning with a text message. she is 5 ft. 4 in. and 100 lbs. with an olive complexion. she was last seen wearing black pants and a blue sweat shirt she suffers from anxiety disorder and may need medical assistance. >>james: we have new details and a year old deadly drunk driving case that landed a mother from the bay area behind bars. this 51 year old is accused of buying the alcohol for her daughter's friend and police believe it was the alcohol that caused the crash to killed a teenage girl. the 17 year- old victim died along highway 101 last february. reggie kumar if spoke with the family. >>reporter: the father says he is angry after finding out on wednesday that a million purchase alcohol for his daughter the night before she died. >> i knew someone sold and the liquor but i did not know the mother of her friend did it, that was ridicul

darlene was last seen tuesday morning. her family believes she took bart to oakland and sent a text to her friend at 10:30 that morning but has not been seen since. she has an olive complex and her family -- complexion and her family says she suffers from an anxiety disorder. >>> it appears to show four u.s. marines in afghanistan urinating on the bodies of taliban fighters. coming up, a live report from the washington d.c. newsroom, a reaction to the u.s. marine corp and from the muslim community. >>> also they are challenging a report, lack of progress, they told the los angeles times called the national intelligence estimate called the corruption with taliban fighters based in pakistan are all undermining u.s. progress. at least three top military officials disagreed with that report. >>> 5:07 is the time i want to check in with sal on traffic, sal? >>> hello, we are off to a nice start when it comes to checking in on the freeway, it looks good, heading out to the san mateo bridge no major problems, bay bridge no proble

darlene was last seen leaving her parents home tuesday morning.took a train to oakland her final communication came in the form of text messages with friends 10:third that morning. -- 10:30 that morning. >>> it is skipped that two million more people will be living in the bay area in the next 25 years. -- it is estimated that two million more people will be living in the bay area in the next 25 years. last night regional planning officials were met by an an angry crowd at one of a series of public meetings designed to get feedback on the project. those who oppose it call it social engineering. officials say the strategy is to get more people living near their jobs and mass transit with which would reduce gene house gases. >> all -- reduce greenhouse gases. >> all of the most important decisions on the subject have been made by big developers and high density growth advocacy groups. and we were not at the table when all those decisions were made. >> the program is scheduled to be adopted in april of 2013. the next meeting next tuesday in san rafael

cancer patient, 59-year-old darlene was not hurt in last week's rampage, police say the shootings apparentlyed from family tension over the care of the cancer stricken woman. >>> two officers opened fire after scuffling with customers outside a diner in denver. they originally lost their jobs but, that is now changing. >> reporter: it was outside the denver diner, july 12th, 2009 where video captures officer nickson, macing a woman while she is on her knees, that woman is anna or they gay. >> i was the person who was grabbed and maced in the face. >> reporter: then the officer turns on by standers spraying them with mace and then throws down handcuffed suspects the second officer to arrive on scene, gets into it with the crowd trying to pull on one woman and shoved her friend to the ground. >> i've stated all along, that when you look at the facts of this case it never warranted termination. >> reporter: it is unclear if the officers knew a city halo cam was recording them but sources close to the case said when the officers wrote their reports they left a lot out. april last year the then m

. >> in 1991, the hometown hero started dating another local standout, named darlene webber. dar as she was known had a personality as big as her smile. >> first time i saw her, she was playing softball, of course, and she had on these lime green rec specs, so she looked a little funny. but when she took them off, i thought she was beautiful. >> it was a classic case of opposites attracting. >> i think we both went into the relationship knowing that we really loved spending time with one another. >> tom was the laid back, easygoing type. dar, an elementary school teacher, more type a, and she didn't hide what she was thinking. >> she had opinions and she let those be known. that's one of the reasons i loved her. i still love her today. >> still, when dar's sisters ladonna, lynn, marla learned that they were going to marry. >> my feeling was there has to be something wrong for him to stay with dar. >> you couldn't do it. you couldn't be around someone that much the center of attention. >> telling you what to do. >> that controlling. >> dar was not a domesticated person, either

. >> there's diversity in prince georges, too, like pastor's darlene and candy holmes. >> all black people do not look alike and all black people do not think alike. >> surprise, they're a married, same sex couple who raised children. >> this is not a religious issue, it's a civil issue. indeed, i believe it is an issue of civil rights. >> so this year this bill has been rewritten to offer assurances to churches that no church will be forced to perform a same sex marriage or recognize a same sex marriage. the big question in the debate this year is whether or not that compromise is enough to peel off just a few votes needed in the house of delegates to get it through this time around. reporting live in annapolis at the state house, scott broom, 9news now. >> we'll have to wait and see what happens. derek. >> earlier today, i discussed this issue with marty, national field director of the human rights campaign and alex moonny. i started off by asking why he cares at all if two men he doesn't know want to get married. >> between one man and one woman, the best thing for children is to have a

. >> darlene who rescued both of her dogs said she often talked with the woman now accused of unspeakable an animal rescue group but running into troubles over it. >> she said oh, well, yeah, i want to move to a single family home the neighbor keeps complaining about my parrot. as far as i knew they only had the two dogs and a parrot there was 19 in the freezer and 21 other dead animals throughout the house. >> model of the bailey foundation, rescue group for exotic birds neighbors say the woman claimed to work for, is it is our goal to always have room for one more bird in need. >> very sad. very sad. >> audrey barnes, fox 5 news. >>> now, fox 5 e-mailed and called the bailey foundation, so far we have not received a response, animal control did remove four live animals but they are not doing well. >>> there is a big job fair happening, today, for veterans the va is holding at the vent as part of first lady michelle obama's joining forces initiative all to improve support for members of the military and families, today's job fair features on site interviews and on the spot hiring opportu

family and friends are searching for a 15-year-old girl from hayward darlene singh.uffers from social anxiety disorder. >>> dozens of parents were car camping outside of a kindergarten school in santa clara trying to hold a spot in line for registration at don callejon school. registration begins in a half hour. >>> and the bankrupt solar panel maker solyndra wants to make good on its bonuses. according to the washington times, the company wants to pay out half a million dollars to some key employees. the plan requires the approval of a bankruptcy judge. >>> we'll get an update of traffic and weather coming right up . >>> good morning. a water main break in el sobrante in the east bay with 6" of water in the road around san pablo dam road and castro ranch road. so crews are on scene now working to fix the problem but again, it looks like at least that area is completely blocked off. all right. elsewhere, we are trying to follow this accident, as well. looks like it was just cleared to the right shoulder. southbound 101 approaching north san pedro road. the accident i