this is a stand off between officers and protesters outside a wells fargo bank on california street, orner of california and montgomery. protesters blocked the bank entrances and kept it from opening and blocked the trolley line. this standoff is the result of officers arresting somebody blocking the parking garage. some protesters are on the move marching around the bank. you can expect cable car traffic slowed or stalled. traffic snarled. if you can avoid that area please try do so. >> you can see how grey it is outside. that means rain continues more on the way. >> absolutely more on the way probably heaviest during the latter parts of the afternoon into the evening if you have plans be prepared. good morning. we start where it is starting to look less brown and more white heaviest of the snow not there yet will start around 7:00 this evening. the sooner you can get up there the better off you will be. snow levels now around 7500 feet they will drop a little the passes will be probably snowbound by the evening hours once that sunsets. at home rain falling as we look down on san fra

this is a stand off between officers and protesters outside a wells fargo bank on california street, ner of california and montgomery. protesters blocked the bank entrances and kept it from opening and blocked the trolley line. this standoff is the result of officers arresting somebody blocking the parking garage. some protesters are on the move marching around the bank. you can expect cable car traffic slowed or stalled. traffic snarled. if you can avoid that area please try do so. >> you can see how grey it is outside. that means rain continues more on the way. >> absolutely more on the way probably heaviest during the latter parts of the afternoon into the evening if you have plans be prepared. good morning. we start where it is starting to look less brown and more white heaviest of the snow not there yet will start around 7:00 this evening. the sooner you can get up there the better off you will be. snow levels now around 7500 feet they will drop a little the passes will be probably snowbound by the evening hours once that sunsets. at home rain falling as we look down on san franc

protestors also chained several doors to one of wells fargo bank's main corporate offices saying theyre trying to send a clear message. >> that's part of the 99%. we want what's fair. wells fargo hasn't been acting fairly. they have been foreclosing on people. >> reporter: but police did have to move in saying the chains put people working inside the building in danger because some fire exits were being blocked. >> we asked the demonstrators to clear those areas and they didn't. >> reporter: this protestor said his tablet camera was damaged during the scuffle with police. >> threw me back to the ground, pulled the camera into him and stomped on it a couple of times and then kicked it out into the street for me to get it. >> we are the 99%! and we're too big to fail ♪ >> reporter: "occupy" protestors rallied outside the federal appeals court at 7th and mission streets calling for constitutional changes so that corporations can no longer spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns. and a flash mob descended in the plaza at 555 california street as a means of protest through

federal reserve, fannie mae, wells fargo and bank of america, se krcht, citi bank and chase. at wells fargo, police moved in with bolt cutters to remove pro tester who's chained them selfs to main offices. and leanne is it winding down yet? >> it has. in fact the gathering here at justin herman plaza ended early. also, going home early today were some wells fargo employees, talking about the branch on market and drum not far from here. and the wells fargo spokesperson told me in an e mail our priority is to protect safety of our team z customers. before this wells fargo bank opened for business, occupy proesters had already chained them selfs to the doors. uses locked themselves in place. >> it's a dynamic situation. we're going to facilitate public safety rights. >> things escalated as protestors blocked the intersection of california and montgomery, disrupting traffic. then, police officers confronted a group near the bank of america building. more were brought in as back up. one man was arrested and there are others who were taken into custody. >> get back. >> so charge was

protestors also chained several doors to one of wells fargo bank's main corporate offices saying they are tried to send a clear message. >> as part of the 99%, we want what's fair and wells fargo hasn't been acted fairly foreclosing on people. >> reporter: police did have to move in saying the chains put people working inside the building in danger because some fire exits were being blocked. >> we asked the demonstrators to clear those areas and they didn't. >> reporter: this protestor says his tablet camera was damaged during the scuffle with police. >> threw me back to the ground, pulled the camera into them and stomped ton a couple of times and then kicked it out into the street for me it go get it. >> we are the 99% and we're too big too fail ♪ >> reporter: "occupy" protestors rallied outside the federal appeals court at 7th and mission streets. protestors are calling for constitutional changes so that corporations can no longer spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns. and a flash mob descended in the plaza at 555 california street as a means of protest through per

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. >>> police are investigating a bank robbery at a wells fargo bank. two men armed with guns held up the bank at 10:30 this morning. a at 10:00 this morning. a elderly couple escaped unharmed but their home was destroyed. firefighter had the contained in 20 minutes. it started in a bedroom. >>> tonight "occupy oakland" protesters are demanding the release of a dozen : protesters who were arrested overnight. >> the group tried to push their way into city hall but officers locked the doors. three occupy protestors were finally let inside. >> release of the prisoners and an end to is live where the warning is going out to people to see the big waves. robert? >> reporter: that rush has already started. we joined a lot of people who came out to watch the big waves. it has been an enjoyable show for everyone except the life guards. >>> wave watching is a :the coa as the pacific swell generating 40-foot waves around hawaii is boosting the surf here. >> i think these people are brave. i wouldn't do it. >> reporter: some swimmers who braved the waves didn't stay

. >> the white house is partner in what several businesses, including wells fargo, bank of america, androgram to provide 180,000 jobs. the initiative was created after congress rejected the president's jobs act. >> you have more time to fog or federal income taxes this year. the irs is pushing back the deadline to april 17. april 15 falls on a sunday. taxpayers requesting an extension will have until october 15 to file. more than 144 million individual tax files will be filed this year. >>> the beltway, lanes project is getting a new name. once construction is complete, the lanes will be called express lanes. transit's leaders are changing their names to comply with federal guidelines. next week, crews will begin placing highway signs with the new names along a highway. >>> you could definitely talc today it was starting to warm up. >> back by popular demand, an abbreviated version of part-time labs. looking out -- time lapse. looking out at rte. 50. watch the colors shift. 5:15. >> this is beautiful. >> i will keep showing you good stuff like this. a beautiful night out there. 49 and 2

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the targets, wells fargo, bank of america, goldman and sachs as well as disrupting business. specifically they say they want banks to end foreclosures, evictions, economic injustice, war profit earring and lay gore violation. on lookers we met weren't impressed. >> it's lost steam for sure. it's a little scattered like the message suspect the same. >> everything is bad about it. the timing, topic, choices, everything. it's not relevant . >> i think the movement is in effect a little late. >> the protest would have been probably more impactful if they happened at the time the bailouts. >> reporter: especially now when the economic recovery is well underway and the political season is heating up. >> the politicians have already -- including the democrats put some real distance between themselves and some of the protest activities. >> reporter: now what are you looking at is the corner of california and montgomery. this is one of the main after work routes that's going on. montgomery for a block is blocked off and what that means of course is that all of this other stuff is goin

>> reporter: tori, protesters remain outside the wells fargo bank here in montgomery street. it's a little calm. they have allowed traffic to go back through this intersection which was not the case. take a look across the street and you can see a strong police presence, police in riot gear tank by because things have gotten very tense. tensions have been rising all among long. >> the series of arrests began at 9:15 as police tried to clear two doorways. police say this is for safety reason. >> this is dangerous. we would like you to move. >> reporter: protesters said they were going to keep occupying those doorway. >> we will not move. wells fargo is accused of closing homes, taking people's money. we are leer to say that this has to come to an end. >> are you prepared to to be arrested. >> yes. >> she was one of the persons arrested. we saw a couple dozen more. some were confrontational with the crowd swelling and tensions rising. in this crowd, police had to move in when the number of protesters overwhelmed a small number of officers in front of the goldman sachs building.

one car then veered off, hit a pole, and clipped the front of a wells fargo bank. witnesses say the driver of the car that hit the bank appeared to be drunk. he was agitate ad had to be restrained by police. >> you could tell he was drunk. he was really drunk. >> he justified out of the car? >> yeah. he was running around going, help, help. it was crazy. they had to strap his arms, everything. >> the woman inside the on car was injured and had to be taken to the hospital. >>> single use plastic bags are now banned at thousands of retailers in san jose including grocery stores. if you ask for a paper bag, that will cost you ten cents. yesterday we found several shoppers skipping the bag decision and they carried the items out of the store and put the loose groceries in their car. some shoppers are annoyed with the new law. other shoppers are doing what lawmakers hope would happen and are using reusable bags. the only exemptions are for packaging meats and produce along with restaurants and nonprofits. some stores in san jose including safeway are giving away a limite

there is a starbucks, a wells fargo bank parking lot but is open. i have been dealing with this for 12 years. i am going to give you a couple of things. we have 30 employees. 15 our security. our patrons park close to an a block away. going back to finding out if there are incidents, you can check with the sfpd. we have been sued for having confrontations' because our security is trying to keep the neighborhood quiet because we have a condo on all four sides. they are coming across the bay. they cruised into the lot. they wait until our patrons finely go to the parking lot, and and they end up parking themselves there and start making noise. we have to send security to try to mitigate the problem and keep the noise and down a period of police and everyone puts pressure on us in that situation. sometimes if there are no altercations and we find out our customers' cars got broken into and they are crying and screaming that they lost their credit cards and purses and all about. there is an attendant in the beginning, and at 12:00 they take up and split

today we learned federal two men with handguns fell h old up the wells fargo bank about 10:30 this morning witness said the robber's burst in and told everyone to get down on the floor then demanded money. police say two men wearing dark hodaddies got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. >>> new information tonight a -- death of bison in golden gate park. it reports it now appeared more than one dog triggered the incident and q for the dog was lacking leashes. >> recreation and parks department officials say they were notified of disturbance in the golden gate park. >> responded and when she got there, we observed a dog 3f >> officials think the dogs -- the animals worked up at a flight. most likely crashed into a post. >> san francisco zoo veterinarians found a baby bison one recently obtained with three broken ribs. the bison was treated and released died later in the day. won't say if bison ran into electric finance. >> bison in the park for over 100 qyears. >> it's very important to control your pets. >> i think if you let them off the leash, you do it knowing the risk. >> reporter

francisco's financial district first thing this morning to chain herself to the front doors of wells fargo bank. she was not alone. many others blocked the bank's doors making it impossible for employees and customers to get inside. >> i'm here to put a face to the numbers and a story to the bottom line. >> reporter: it's not the first time the occupy protesters have surrounded this bank bringing to a stand still. which annoyed this cable car operator. occupy wall street protesters are a hodgepodge from across the bay area who say the fact that most of their encampments have been torn down can't keep them from fighting for the 99%. to immigration offices, city hall, and many financial institutions. sfpd said when trespassing ended up being a threat, they had to make arrests. >> we asked them several times to move away from the doors on this side so that people could get out of the building in an emergency. they refused. the officers came in without incident. >> reporter: chris goldstein admitted they need to streamline their message in order to bring greater awareness. >> are you willing to get

the wells fargo bank on bernall road and santa theresa boulevard was held up by two men armed with handguns. police got the call around 10:30 this morning. the robbers burst in, told everyone to get down on the floor, then demanded money from two tellers. a frightened bank customer told us what she saw and heard. >> one goes straight to the counter. the other one just stayed near the door to look out. he kept reminding other guy, hurry, go, go, hurry. in the meantime, he's telling everybody, face down on the floor, do not move. >> so far police only describe the robbers as men wearing dark hood ease. >>> cleanup of an old crude oil spill is causing a stink in concord. an underground pipeline burst two months ago at the old concord naval weapons station. the contra costa county health department says the area began to smell again this week once cleanup crews got back to work after the holidays. >>> san francisco is getting ready and sprucing up for this year's chinese new year celebrations. cleanup crews were out early this morning cleaning the iconic entrance to chinatown. they did some pai

she is now blocking the entrance to the wells fargo bank. on the other side of the building, people chained themselves to the doors. unable to gowork, employees stood out in the rain. >> they cannot do work so they can commit less fraud! >> reporter: police largely stood by and watched the protestors this morning. but they did arrest 7 people just before 10 a.m. at one of the wells fargo buildings' exits. police say their blockade was a safety issue. >> implored them to understand that if something happened upstairs and people rushed out of the building, we can have a can castro fee. >> reporter: but police say their mission was to facilitate peaceful protests allowing demonstrators to march through the financial district blocking off streets calling it the tour of shame. and while a lot of people are inconvenienced, others are glad to see the movement is alive and well. >> i came here and said what can i do to help? >> reporter: he used to work in the financial industry. >> the rules and regulations have been kind of tilted to make the play

but the patch is reporting court papers, filed by wells fargo bank this week, claimed wind rush failed to abide by the requirement and could be forced to shutdown immediately. a hearing is set in february. it is a homeless shelter that must be built. even the preliminary plan is sparking a backlash. >> she smoked something. >> newly released audio suggests actress demi moore may have been suffering from more than exhaustion when she was hospitalized. >>> coming up, the warmest day of the upcoming weekend and when these clouds are expected to move into the bay area ♪ going to the bank without going to the bank... that's a step forward. with chase quickdeposit on your smartphone, you just snap a picture, hit send and done. chase quickdeposit. take a step forward and chase what matters. ♪ we just keep on keepin' on ♪ ♪ keep on . >>> a multivehicle hit and run left a person injured. it happened at 10:00 a.m. one victim was taken to the hospital with chest pains. officers had to shutdown two northbound lanes to clear four vehicles including a box truck and a pick about up truck. the chp say

they will march to the wells fargo bank in downtown santa rosa. >>james: here is a live look from mt. tam looking at san francisco. >>james: nearly $5 billion is going to be slashed from the state's education budget. that is equivalent for three weeks of class is for children across the state. reggie kumar has more. >>reggie: the cuts will have a devastating effects on children in school right now. he says if the governor's tax plan passes, the revenue will be a drop in the bucket compared to how much is needed to make up for the billions of dollars already slashed from education. hines says the cta will not take a stance on the governor's tax plan until it has been thoroughly reviewed. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. we will be right back. >>james: a couple of shots to show you. on the right hand side, the roof camera in san francisco. it is fairly clear but we are seeing heavy fog. all the left, the pacifica pier. a high surf advisories and tell 6:00 a.m.. >>erica: we have pre

arrested after refusing to break from their human chain and blocking the headquarters of the wells fargo bank some demonstrators also threw furniture off the hotel rooftop organizers said of the protest coincided with the u.s. supreme court's decision two years ago to remove limits on how much money corporations could donate to political campaigns. the yemeni parliament has approved immunity from prosecution for president ali abdullah saleh who is due to leave for the us to seek medical treatment he is being accused of suppressing protests and killing yemeni people however those working under the president could still face legal action sol a will formally hand over power next month after thirty three years as ruler and is expected to return to oman after his stay in the u.s. . the russian city of sochi is the host city of the next winter olympics and it's making safety the main priority heavy snow is usually good news for skiers and snowboarders but can also smell spell danger for the thrill seekers. joining those keeping the mountain peaks clear of avalanches. so cheesed avalanche hunters ha

>> reporter: the targets here in the financial district, wells fargo, bank of america as well as disrupting business as usual. occupiers want banks to end foreclosures e convics, economic injustice, war profiteering and labor violations and wants banks to lose what occupy calls their personal rights. onlookers we met were not impressed. >> it lost some steam for sure but it seems scattered like the message is not always the message. >> everything is sad about it. timing, topic, choices, everything. it is not relevant. >> reporter: the business school here questions the timing. >> i think that the movement is in effect a little late in focusing on the banks. the protest would have been probably more impactule if they happened at the time of the bailouts. >> reporter: especially now when the economic recovery is on the way and the political season is heating up. >> the politicians have already -- including the democratic party, already put real distance between themselves and some of the protest activities. >> >> reporter: now the protesters cleaned the place up. b of a hired a crew standing

. >>> tonight antioch police rae lease photo of man who tried to rob a wells fargo bank branch. he's described as being in his mid 20's. 5 feet 7 inches tall with some facial hair and wearing a black sweatshirt, sweat pants and glasses and apparently we don't have that photo to show you. would be robber ran away without any money when a teller alerted others. officers tried to stop him but got away by jumping over fence ins the neighbor. >>> more to get tonight. fiery debate in south carry lane as g.o.p. candidate go head to head on taxes health care and each other. >> plus how another occupy protest could affect your travel around san francisco ncaa tomorrow. >> forty-niner fever intensif intensifies. how much it could cost you if you are trying to get tickets to the big game. >> then later on "nightline". >>> many coming up next on night inlook n.a tv exclusive one of presidential hopeful gingrich ex wives speaks out. questioning his morale fitness to be president sky plus mystery woman seen with captain of italy cruise ship the night mystery woman seen with captain of it[ mal

. >>> this afternoon, protesters will be outside the wells fargo bank in downtown baltimore protesting wall street's involvement in the foreclosure cries sis. members of the group want the president to order a federal investigation into the banks. it's part of a national day of action called yes, he can. participants will call on the president to stand strong with the 99% to make sure the big banks are held accountable. >>> today's maryland businesses will rally in annapolis in an effort to get more money for transport taig needs. they want law makers to increase funding -- transportation needs. they want lawmakers to increase funding. they want to make sure it's not shifted away from the transportation needs. governor is proposing a gas tax hike that we will talk about later next week. >>> police in carroll county are offering $5,000 if you can help them catch a bank robber. this man roped a pnc bank in sykesville tuesday. -- robbed a pnc bank in sykesville on tuesday. if you think you recognize theperson, maybe you recognize the jacket, give police a call. >>> howard county police wa

. >>> and this afternoon, protesters will be outside the wells fargo bank in downtown baltimore protesting wall street's involvement in the foreclosure crisis. now emphasis of the -- member of the grew move on want the president to order a federal investigation into the big banks. it is part of a national day called-- day of action called yes, he can. that is taking a sweep across the country. participants will call on the president to stand in with a 99% and make sure the big banks are held accountable. >>> and anthony brown along other lawmakers will announce a new effort to make sure returning servicemen and women can find work. the program will work to hire veterans in health care related jobs. >>> also new a. billionaire history buff says he will donate 7 1/2 million dollars in what's needed to repair the cracks in the washington monument. crack was called by the east coast quake. a philanthropist wants the monument to open back up to thepublic as soon as possible and that's why he is bringing in the cash. >>> game day 3 days away. so we want to make sure you are decked out with the p

. >>> tonight antioch police rae lease photo of man who tried to rob a wells fargo bank branch. he's described as being in his mid 20's. 5 feet 7 inches tall with some facial hair and wearing a black sweatshirt, sweat pants and glasses and apparently we don't have that photo to show you. would be robber ran away without any money when a teller alerted others. officers tried to stop him but got away by jumping over fence ins the neighbor. >>> more to get tonight. fiery debate in south carry lane as g.o.p. candidate go head to head on taxes health care and each other. >> plus how another occupy protest could affect your travel around san francisco ncaa tomorrow. >> forty-niner fever intensif intensifies. how much it could cost you if you are trying to get tickets to the big game. >> then later on "nightline". >>> many coming up next on night inlook n.a tv exclusive one of presidential hopeful gingrich ex wives speaks out. questioning his morale fitness to be president sky plus mystery woman seen with captain of italy cruise ship the night it crashed. on [ female announcer ] they'v

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to break their human chain blocking headquarters blocking the headquarters to the world's wells fargo bank some demonstrators and furniture off a hotel rooftop organizer said the protests coincided with the u.s. supreme court's decision two years ago to remove limits on how much money corporations could donate to political campaigns. the yemeni parliament's approved immunity from prosecution for president ali abdullah saleh is due to leave for the u.s. to seek medical treatment he's been accused of suppressing protests and killing yemeni people but those working under the president could still face legal action solly will formally relinquish power next month after thirty three years in control and is expected to return to oman after his stay in the u.s. . heavy snow is always a good news for skiers and snowboarders but it could spell danger for thrill seekers dennis polaski talk with some of those fighting avalanches in the host city of the next winter olympics sochi. avalanche hunters have explosives and cannons in their song and. their mission to keep to be clear and see. it's been snowi

we are stepping up and announcing today, with the help of wells fargo bank, joining us with our money to do a public- private relationship, continuing a very successful effort of working solutions to lead this effort. we are announcing it today at a very successful business, brenda's, introducing to the board and $1.5 million revolving loan program as the first part of our way to the $5 million. i know it is good news, but something we have to do. we need to replenish this program. the city will put up $1 million. the other $430,000 will come from wells fargo, with their target to be the southeast corridor, a san bruno, our mission, third street corridor, and the likes. they have always been very strong in helping out distressed areas. those are distressed areas. they have historically been. i want to personally thank wells fargo for putting up this money and joining us in this effort to focus on our small businesses. it has been part of their tradition to help out. they have always done so, but they have taken the opportunity to join us. when brenda located herself here back in 2005

going on in our society. >> and other banks and corps railgs -- corporations were targeted this afternoon, pro testers marched down california street. wells fargo issued this statement. and in this past year, less than two% of homeowner occupied homes have proceeded to foreclosure sale. they say only%. bank of america, meanwhile did not want to issue a statement. at 5:00 we're expecting a bigger crowd and if rain doesn't hamper this movement they'll be here and we'll be here and i'm live in san francisco. >> and occupy pro testers staged demonstrations outside of offices in san francisco this morning. many were veterans. and we'll be live with comments from one of the veteran autos student pro testers pepper sprayed by campus police will not face criminal charges. this video went viral, sparking outrage and an investigation involving university officials. the district attorney announced today there is not enough tofdz proceed charges against any of the 10 students arrested. the investigation into how campus police handled this situation is still ongoing. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00 what research shows about connection about height an