decision on the agenda for seti of santa rosa at question is whether a another car room can open don knapp with more >>> this $50 million building and advertising on the line along with jobs as the las vegas style card room casino awaits approval from city of san jose >>> anull know enough about it if there are other issues if there's just an issue we already have cardrooms >>> delays in getting the card rooms open lead to friction between the owners and the city the owner said the delay is bordered on harassment according to the san jose mercury the metro says the matrix has been waiting since march and unaware of breakthroughs city officials did not respond to cbs 5 request for comment. and approval for a august opening could come as soon as tomorrow or not a hearing before the police chief to approve the permits many see it as a jobs issue. >>> they got rid of two thousand employees they need money to keep the ones we have, why stop a cash flow >>> another official heads the police department division of gaming control told the mercury news the owners frustrated oversight efforts. gambl

don knapp cbs 5 >>> san francisco general hospital ask for help in identifying a critically injured man this man was admitted yesterday he appears to be hispanic in his late teens or early 20s with dark brown hair and brown eyes the victim fell from the 280 freeway overpass hospital officials said he has life-threatening injuries, and is not been able to tell them his name. it vegetation fired and vacaville burned 21 a. before brought under control elliott mendoza it sent as these photos the fire broke out near cherry glen road a field of wheat stubble ignited, the c h p shutdown a section of interstate 80 no structures burned the fire was out in two hours. and most destructive fire and colorado's history now 98 percent contained, now time to assess the damage. the fire forced more than 30,000 people from their homes in and around colorado springs could have a destructive effect on the economy. the damage could be in excess of one hundred $10 million. the total impact could be greater. the man accused of shooting an unarmed florida teenager now holed up in a florida safe house george zi

fair has closed for this year and today a tribute to a jockeys' guild of the fair grounds last week don knapp shows us one of today's rise is dedicated to jorge herrera. >>> hard you honor a jockey killed in a horse race, the answer is with a horse race. mid afternoon at the fourth race on the last day of the fair in memory of jorge herrera and jockey to run more than 1000 races on the fourth of july his horse 10 alta and rolling down a at first and did not regain consciousness >>> on a beautiful track like this to express it was tough >>> riding the race winner was russell bays who posed for pictures with friends and fellow jockeys and talk about the jockeys' risk >>> those horses are big and strong and awful fast things happen there are some things you cannot make plans for >>> former jockey joe hernandez to care of pereira's saddle and boots for five years. >>> the only sport where there's an ambulance that follows you >>> don't expected in any way or shape it was out of the blue with not had anything like this in 37 years >>> fair organizers say the death of the jockey did not dampen spir

help us out >>> let's start collecting the rate i think it is called in the gambling industry >>> don knapp cbs 5 >>> dramatic change in landscape in the aids epidemic the goal of the international aids conference in washington d.c. >>> this is a travesty >>> jackhammers and fork left disturbs the peace on penn state campus the statute of an icon dismantled the next hammer expect to fall on the campus tomorrow. >>> temperatures came down big time over the bay area the cooling trend begins and the forecast after a break. >>> world's largest aids conference opened in washington d.c. a lot has happened in 20 years since the conference last met in the united states anti- aids drugs have been developed to give people with hiv near normal life expectancy the title of this year's conference call on turning the tide on hiv " to stop the spread using treatment as prevention >>> @ penn state university and iconic symbol of pride removed a major scandal and disgrace the cbs reporter shows us it is the beginning of another difficult week on campus. >>> the dismantling of an icon the 7 ft. tall statue o

kelli park has become a health and fire hazard and neighbors complained don knapp shows as it did not take long for the former campers to return. >>> camp sites like this are illegal in kelley park putt for hamas' it is irresistible. >>> you can see around may with at more than a dozen fires in the last six months including four in 24 hours with had problems with increased crime. stealing things and breaking into things >>> the latest fires came earlier in the day. >>> this is against of after 24 hour notice the city remove five and half tons of trash. >>> the doumas began moving back again because the police refuse to patrol the area. cbs 5 has learned police to not take a leading role in yvette doumas but will assist one another agency shuts down and encampment. he does say when doumas ran out of fear things calmed down now that some are back things are heating up. with to fires in one day and that those who were effected are setting them the neighbors feel they have nowhere to turn. in san jose don knapp cbs 5 >>> oakland has a reputation as a tough town but people live there want

the homeless camp at kelley park was a hazard and neighbors complained don knapp shows us it did not take long for the former campers to return. >>> camp sites like this are illegal at kelley park but for a homeless their irresistible. neighbors say it is dangerous. >>> we have had more than a dozen fires in the last six months including four in the last 24 hours with had problems with increased crime from the homeless stealing things and breaking into things >>> he says the latest fires came earlier in the day neighbors are worried >>> this is against the front of our house as i'm concerned come home at night. i'm concerned of the increased crime rate. >>> social workers offered temporary housing and jobs fell but then after 24-hour noticed the vet to those who did not leave and removed 5 t of trash. >>> that was on thursday and and the following monday the homeless came back because police refuse to patrol the area >>> this and as a police sergeant says police do not take a leading role in evicting homeless but will assist one another agency shuts down the in camera and >>> he cann

in san jose don knapp cbs five. a special retirement ceremony was held for look at and eight year-old military dog she lost a leg fighting explosives and afghanistan. he had been more than 400 patrols in iraq and afghanistan the ceremony took place at chicago's o'hare airports before she took off for finland to to live with her original handler. add nine years old most kids are wrapping up the third grade. to me said abraham sacramento is closing in on his college degree as the youngest student ever accepted american river college he spends his days with kids twice as aids and also takes the podium from time to time as a guest lecturer on his favorite subjects the sciences. use the knowledge to experience and this invent technologies. but is not the only break in the family. the six year-old sister is also a member. delius is so hot in chicago street about the link he transformed part of columbus drive ugly head several inches the street is now closed and it will stay shut down during next week's taste of chicago fe

don knapp cbs five. there is a new way to meet the neighbors.private social network is getting people allison and bounced like never before elizabeth cook shows us how it works. when steve osborn moved his family to run the last year had no trouble meeting the neighbors. >>> we bought a house the sellers and used as next door and invited us to join with a few steps to verify he really lived in the neighborhood osborn became part of next stores sleepy hollow a private social network just for his area. >>> use it to meet people. he also uses it to recommend household service providers find babysitters even share solutions for getting rid of cardinals. >>> it's absolutely not a replacement for those real-world conversations you have the neighbor is it just makes easy to get some of them adamantly get together with the more frequently this is actually easier to use. c l and his co- founders came up with the idea of using technology to build community. the more the communicate with your neighbors using on-line tools the more likely you are to communi

among the rides and livestock competitions this jockey was killed and a racing accident last week don knapp in pleasanton where one race was dedicated to jorge carrera. >>> many people watch the race on july 4th and left him dead you might think that would be a dampening effect on the fair but in fact the people who hosted today is memorial race would not let that happen >>> how do honor a jocular and a horse race, the answer is with a horse race. >>> mid afternoon the fourth race on the last day of the fair for jorge carrera a jockey that ran more than 1000 races he urged his horse through an opening courses can go and he went down head first and never regained consciousness. >>> on a bit of a track like this to experience it was tough. >>> in writing the memorial race winner he posed for pictures with or his friends and fellow jockeys. >>> we don't have the royal case around us and the horses are big and strong things happen some things you cannot count and make plans for >>> this former jockey took care of or case materials for five years. >>> the only sport with an ambulance and followi

don knapp explains how the man got lucky. >>> a shark attack of the best kind, the shark attack but not the kayaker the guy that got a scratch and a guy actor got a souvenir a shark 2. this deputy sheriff described the encounter >>> a quarter of a mile out his boat was tipped over by a shark estimated to be 14-18 ft. we don't know what type of a shark the kayaker was rescued by nearby boaters. the 52 year old man from fremont and injured and word of the attack did not discourage surfers or other kayakers. wind surfer told cbs 5 a shark attack always in the back of his mind. >>> i've never seen a sharp it does not scare me but i am aware of it. we are in their turf. i belong to tell you every time i paddle out you don't think about it. >>> shark sightings one example the wilderness just yards from the california coast blue wells have been seen by hundreds this season these pictures taken days ago. agree whale tangled and fishing nets and swam up the california coast before a group from bodega bay cut it free. this video from santa cruz last november shows how close, but wells get to shor

were stuck on the ride 15 stories up at six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo don knapp is live at the riders are down and say >>> the ride is called superman's ultimate flight it got stuck at the peak of the flight 150 ft. above the ground it took firefighters and mechanics to get them down. the passengers were stopped for about an hour and a half as part mechanics' work on getting the right free firefighters but after the passengers and considered alternatives and during the ride is brand new inaugurated june 30th and firefighters did train on rescues this is video from the web site and youtube when the right action to work. six flags discovery kingdom ranks with the tallest in version rides in the world but as to upside-down twists and to vertical rules when it got stuck there were scary moments not just for those on the ride but those on the ground who are watching. >>> about an hour into what the crane got up there when to get up there they're talking to the people, they told them the ride would be fined the shot back down and 20 minutes later everybody walked off. >>> people in r

don knapp in vallejo with more >>> the call this to brent's ultimate flight it was 150 ft. of the ground is scary moment for people on board " passengers were on board before they got a restarted it was a harrowing hour and half. passengers were stuck for about an hour-and-a-half unfortunately stuck in the upright position, part mechanics worked on getting the coaster car free and firefighters looked at other ways to get them down if they had to the right was inaugurated a month ago, this video posted on six flags web site shows when the ride runs as designed at 62 mi. per hour with upside-down twist on the ride got stuck at the top it posed scary moments not just for those in the air but for those on the ground. >>> about an hour into the crane got up there once it got up there they were talking to the people about everything they told them it would be fined the shot back down about 20 minutes later ever body walked off. >>> a huge crane is stationed on the property and there are safety harnesses firefighters had trained about a month ago >>> people in relatively good spir

don knapp explains how the man is very lucky. >>> a shark attack of the best kind the shark hit the kayak but not the kayaker he got a scratch and the kayaker got eight souvenir and a shark 2. the sheriff's deputy describes the encounter >>> his boat was tipped over by a shark estimated to be 14-18 ft. and known what type of shark the boater was kicked off the boat and rescued by nearby boaters. the kayak was bid by the shark >>> the 52 year-old man from fremont was un injured. other kayakers continued to pat about the area of one surfer told cbs 5 that a shark attack as always in the back of his mind. >>> i've never seen a shark that it does not scare me but i am aware of it. we are in their turf i'd be lying if i told joe i paddle out you don't think once about that >>> the unidentified kayaker back home in fremont there's a good chance he's thinking about his close encounter and all the other less pleasant ways it may have turned out. >>> a group of activists broke into a uc-berkeley tract of farm land occupied the farm return to the plot in albany anne mackovic shows us they were ther

don knapp has more >>> the shark bit the kayaker but not the kayaker. the kayaker got a souvenir a shark tooth the deputy sheriff describes the encounter >>> he was fishing of the kayak when the boat was with the up and buy a 14-18 ft. shark the kayaker was kicked out of the bold the shark attack. the 50 year-old man from fremont was not injured. other kayakers continued to paddle about the area. for this server a shark attack is always in the back of his mind. >>> i'm aware of that were in their turf there's always that element i'd be lying to tell you you don't think about it at least once. >>> shark sightings are a reminder that the wilderness just a few feet from e california coast. the surprising thing >>> did our feet were down over the edge we know they're out there it was awesome to see them out there. they mistook the kayaker for something to eat. >>> in fremont the unidentified kayaker is not speaking publicly he has no doubt thinking about his close encounter and how all of us and this might have ended differently. >>> members of occupy the f

at bus stops there's a new protocol for many writers don knapp joins us with more. >>> if it weren'tor collecting fares would not take much for bus fares that open all the doors and onion has figured out how to collect fares and open up all the doors. starting now passengers can board the buses and light rail vehicles by any door at any time if they have a clipper card or other prepaid fare device san francisco was the first nation in the city in the nine states to try this. >>> these are low-cost ways to deal with our biggest public compliant why can't the vehicles going faster and what takes the fair transaction so long >>> back door boarding has been going on for some time. backed or boarding has been going on illegally like when folks jump on the bus through the back door while others are getting off the >>> we have bad news for them note should confuse that with free fares >>> they're adding temps roaming fair inspectors. the goal is to try and speed this up and get people off and on faster and save some money. >>> good luck on that >>> the all door policy may do something about

livestock competition a memorial for the jockey killed and a race of the alameda county fair this week don knapp in pleasanton with more. >>> para died on july 4th in an accident and its forces when he went down. several thousand folks once that happened you would think that would have a negative affect on the fair but folks who put on the memorial race today were determined not to let that happen. >>> how do honor a jockey killed in a horse race the answer at alameda county fair is with a horse race mid afternoon the fourth race on the last day of the fair was for or rape para a jockey who ran more than 1000 races on the fourth of july his source tangled and he went down head first. >>> to bed to see it on the beat of a track like this tuesday it was tough >>> riding the moral race winner was russell begs who posed with pictures and later talked of the jockeys' rest >>> those forces are big and strong and so fast things happen some things you cannot count and make plans for. >>> this former jockey to care of his moods and sediment and dollars for five years >>> the only sport with an ambulance

a new protocol for me riders in place don knapp explains the change. >>> muni has been operating under plan to speed up the system to get people off and on the trolleys and buses faster opening of the doors and letting people get through any door that want to get on. starting now passengers can board all of san francisco's buses and light rail vehicles by any door if they have a clipper card or prepaid fare device san francisco the first city in the nation to try this. >>> we think it's a low-cost way to deal with one of our biggest complaints number one why can't the vehicles: faster, and what takes the fair transactions along. at 4 boarding going on for some time dorsett corridors at all doors back door boarding goes on illegally when folks jump on the bus through the back door what cannot pay and if we have bad news for them know it should confuse this with a free fares munis director of operations as they're adding 10 inspectors to bring the total to 40 their elation costs the city and $17 million a year. >>> goal is to save some money >>> good luck on that. >>> the all door policy

don knapp spoke with the girl's mother tonight about their ordeal. >>> melanie hatchett and of san rafael scene with her daughter's had concerns about going to the midnight showing of the dark night rises but not which you would think >>> i'm sure of the parents would laugh but i was worried about how girls driving in a strange city with a kid driver she couldn't know that they would be at the gas 16 complex number eight next to no. 9 and clause can through the wall. >>> there is a lot of confusion and my girls and our group of 12 kids specifically were convinced there were two shooters because it never occurred to any of us that blahs would come through walls >>> the girls ran added the theater with a wounded young man who performed a selfless act >>> and he waved paramedics and tow them to treat the injured victims he waited a while for an ambulance then the rest of the kids got in their cars and got out of their before the police cordoned off. they got back to the hotel by 1245 he waited in the lobby until the kids got there by that time she is there were all crying and shaking and we

excitement than bargain for the new superman roller-coaster got stuck at six flags discovery kingdom don knapp in vallejo or riders could use help from the man of steel >>> how scary was then 12 riders atop the superman ride 150 ft. up and stuck there and trying to nudge the car to get it rolling so they can come down backwards it was more venture than planned for. passengers were stuck for about an hour and half and the son they were stuck in the upright position, at the suggestion of park workers they tried to rock and charged the car free as mechanics tugged at the wheels firefighters delivered water and other ways to get people down safely the ride inaugurated a month ago is among the tallest rise in the world this video shows the ride when it's run as designed 62 mi. per hour. when the right got stuck at the top it posed a scary moments not for those run and not just the riders but for those on the ground. >>> the crane got up there once get up there there were talking to the people, they told them the right would be fine, the shot back down 20 minutes later everybody walked off >>> a hug

don knapp with more. >>> guests came to alexander's son brendon street to enjoy one big foie gras dinner before the ban goes into effect one hour from now, they did not expect the reception from activists during up for the big fight. >>> foie gras fans braved a hostile picket line on the way to alexander steak house for their last legal meal of the fat goose liver. it is but a negative spin on the $185 a head for course dinner. inside it was business as usual the staff got ready for a blowout weeks in the making. >>> this is a suit, the super sport tableside. >>> foie gras every conceivable way. >>> over six dinners the chef has come up with 60 different ways and $30,000 in profits from the previous five dinners for the group's efforts to repeal the ban. >>> and this is a play on a movie course called the silence of the ducks because the ducks will no longer be crying >>> zimmerman makes no apologies for his support of the delicacy. >>> this is what crock chocolate ice cream bar, and relying on the bottom >>> the chef clams that force feeding of ducks and pcs is not inhumane. protesters

for the new superman roller- coastered got stuck at its high point at six flags discovery kingdom don knapp has more. >>> imagine how scary this was 12 people and to small cars on a narrow track 150 ft. ups stop dead still. trying to move the car by leaning forward and backward and trying to come down. more thrills than they bargained for. passengers were stuck for about an hour-and-a-half and the hot sun they were stuck in the upright position. at the suggestion of workers they tried to rock and jarred the coaster car free as mechanics worked on the wheels firefighters delivered water. the ride inaugurated a month ago is ranked among the tallest rides in the world this video on the six flags web site shows the ride as design. it runs 62 mi. per hour. the ride got stuck at the top and pos scary moments not for those in the air but for those on the ground. >>> and howard into what the crane got up there and once it up there they're talking to the people about everything and told them the ride would be fine, they shot back down about 20 minutes later everybody walked off. >>> a huge crane is

there's a new protocol for me and riders don knapp explains >>> if it weren't for that need to collectares it would be simple to get people off and on the buses that it's up to come to a stop and open all the doors, in fact today muni began doing that and they figured out how to collect fares. starting now passengers can board all of san francisco as buses and light rail vehicles by any door if they have a clipper card or prepaid fare device san francisco the first city in the nation to try this. >>> we think it is a low-cost way to deal with our biggest public complaint no. 11 on the vehicles going faster and what takes the fair transactions so long. >>> back for boarding has been: on for some time that door boarding has been going on illegally like when folks jump on the bus at the back door without paying as others jump off >>> no one should confuse this with repairs >>> john haley says they're adding to and rum in fair inspectors to stop the fare evasion that cost the system $17 million a year. >>> the goal was to get people off and on faster and save some money >>> good luck on th

don knapp is in san francisco. >>> guests came to alexander stakeouts to give a sendoff for to their last foie gras mail. they also got a reception by protesters during for the next big fight. foie gras fans braved a hostile pickets fan on their way into alexander's stake house. getting past the pickets but a negative spin on the $185 per head seven course meal. inside it was business as usual the staff got ready for a foie gras plot. >>> this is a soon and the soup is poured tableside >>> foie gras every conceivable way. over six dinners chef mark zimmerman staff came up with ways to prepare the delicacy and $30,000 in profits for a group's effort to repeal the ban. >>> this is seared it is cold silence of the ducks because after today and the ducks went on longer be crying >>> he makes no apology for his support of the delicacy and his opposition to the state law that bans a july 1st. >>> this is a foie gras of chocolate ice cream bar. >>> the chef: force feeding the ducks and geese sees is not in a humane. farmers and modify their treatment of the animals. >>> i have been inside a

don knapp with more. a shark attack of the best kind , the sharkey the kayaker but not the kayaker. the kayaker got a scratch and the kayaker got a shark to its souvenir. >>> he was fishing in a kayak his boat was lifted up by a 14- 18 ft. shark the boater was kicked out and the shark bit the guy that. the 52 year-old man from fremont not injured noted word of the attack discouraged surfers or other kayakers. as one surfer told cbs 5 an attack as always in the back of his mind. >>> i've been surf and a lot of years i've never seen a shark but i'm aware of what we are in their turf. there's always that element. i'd be lying everytime you paddle out and you think about it >>> just a reminder the wilderness is just yards from the california coast blue whales have been seen by the hundreds of this season. agree well handled with a fishing net and swam up the california coast before a crew from bodega bay cut it free. this video from santa cruz last november shows how close humpback whales get to shore and people when they're chasing anchovies. everyone who sales and service and tax know

san rafael teens in aurora with their mother went to one of the screenings at the same theater, don knapp spoke with the girl's mother. >>> she says the chance zephyr daughters being in that aurora colorado theater at the same time the gunman mounted the assault or smaller than winning the lottery. just one of the many random things that parents cannot protect their children from carrying she had concerns about the girls going to the midnight showing of the movie but not what you might think. >>> i was worried about my girls were driving in a strange city in a car with a kid driver >>> she could not know they would be at the aurora century 16 theater no. 8 and clause would come through the wall. there is speculation there were terrorists and a lot of confusion, our group of 12 kids specifically were convinced there were two shooters because he had never occurred to any of us bulls would come through the walls. >>> the girls ran out of the theater with a load again man who performed a selfless act >>> and he waved the paramedics down and told them to treat the more injured victims so he wa

don knapp explains the role that bay area scientists are playing >> the higgs boson is the missing link of particle physics. so important it has been called the god particle >> it is really the key to why the all the other particles and where all of them get their mass from and how they interact, it is the missing link in the standard model >> it is too small to be seen but physicists have develop specific experiments to look for its debris in the aftermath of collisions >> why it is so difficult is all of these half billion he vents% and that we get, one or two of those is the higgs boson >> around midnight pacific time researchers in switzerland will announce whether to separate experiments confirm the existence of a particle. >> the standard model has something to do with the dilution of the early universe so by finding it and measuring its properties we have more understanding of what happened at a very early stage of the universe >> that is where the fun begins according to him. once they understand it physicist may get a better understanding of supersymmetry, miniature black holes

don knapp is here on the bay area link in the search to the beginning of it all. >> it is the missingink of particle physics. so important to the standard model of the universe that it has been called the god particle. >> because it is really the key to why all the other particles get their mass from, and how they all interact, it is the key thing, like the missing link in the standard model. >> too small to be seen the they have developed sophisticated experiments to look for its debris in the aftermath of powerful collisions of protons in the large hadron collider. >> white is so difficult and why the results are so challenging is because all these half a billion events at perception that we get. only one or two of them is the particles of you're looking for a needle in a haystack. >> around midnight researchers in switzerland will announce whether to separate experiments have confirmed the existence of the particle. a theoretical physicist heads the u.s. team's experiments. >> the standard model has something to do with the deletion of the universe of finding this article and measu

don knapp has the latest from the waterfront tonight. >> we're here on the embarcadero where the body was recovered earlier today. people are asking us if we were here for the fire works or for the body, they know about the body and also about the missing fan and they're making that connection. the san francisco medical examiner confirmed the identity and said the missing fan is indeed the same as the body pulled from the bay. >> the low tide of firefighters use ladders to get down to the rocks around the embarcadero and recover the body. even before the medical examiner confirm the identity, there were indications that it was the missing los angeles dodgers fans from woodland, near sacramento. he apparently fell from pier 32 the night of june 25th following a giant/dodgers game. the medical examiner's office took most of the day to make the identification telling cbs 5 that the bodies condition after being in the water for some time made it difficult to get a fingerprint identification. >> he is my roommate and best friend and co-worker. i came to the game to have a good time, he is