at the corner of mission and freemont. once again you see the heavier metallic work at the base of the tower and you see the grove of redwoods and the sculpture at the corner and you see how lively and prominent that is going to be and i think that it is welcoming public presence in the streets of san francisco. and you are now looking directly across mission street, the tower is on your right and the grove of redwoods are inviting you to enter the center and immediately on access in front of you are the two main doors of the transit center. to the left is the sculpture. and next to that is a fanicula ascending to the park above. and if you know something of the detail that pete walker has been using, there are a grove of redwoods at the street level and transit park and in many ways there is a beautiful and logical connection between the ground plane and the park itself. >> now, you are standing at the end of the transit center to your left in this view will be the main doors of the transit center, you see the grove of re

and the final demolition as they approach freemont street and have to take out the final wall from theter section of the project. >> the butress area has changed a little bit. if you look closely, we are getting rid of some of the equipment, they are actually in the final third of the work. and down sizing just a little bit as the progress is made on those shafts. the three shafts in yellow have actually been poured out by the end of last week. so, i believe that they are at 157, 159 now, it should be i think that two of those should be poured last week. and so we are zeroing in on the completing. and right on track, is a weekly update here on the production of the shafts and you can see that we were behind the curve in the beginning with just the learning curve of putting the shafts in but we are caught up and projecting a finish on time. but, it is a quality control, remains in effect on the butress there is coring for checking the structure and that is just the general shot of put ng a rebar cage and the awss work. is the only utility work going on now and as you know we had a littl

a crowded race for mayor of freemont goes to city councilman bill harrison.arrison won a race that included a diverse field of candidates including a 19-year-old usc student and freemont native aziz akbari. >> here's a look at some local congressional races decided last night. >>> welcome back. it is 5:24. voters had a lot to decide in oakland yesterday. incumbent parker has fended off council woman jane brenner. >> interesting, most city council races will have to be decided by choice voting there because none of the candidates received more than 50% of the vote. now in a district one, dan caleb currently leads there. in district three, sean sullivan currently leads but barely. >> also in district five, noelle galler leads. rank choice voting can change everything. if you don't hit that 50% mark, you have to do it over. >> district seven, incumbent reed will keep his seat. rank choice voting needed to decide the at large seat. rebecca kaplan currently leads della fa wen that. who gave up his position so it will be interesting to see. >> he's been around fo

also, chilly in freemont. 42 -- 43 in san jose. >> for the afternoon.getting into the 70s in san jose. 70 there. 70 in sunnyvale. 68 in palo alto. inland valley, mainly the upper 60s, upper 60s for our east bay shores. low 60s along the coastline. 65 in san francisco. upper 60s expected for the north bay. going to stay mild in the sierra, dry conditions expected through the weekend, fairly warm for this time of the year in the mid-50s. low 50s for saturday, getting back into the 40s by saturday. if you want to do any skiing, this weekend, we have several resorts open right now. kirkwood, shoe bar bowl, brought to you by the ski report. taking a look at your extended forecast, warmer weather this weekend. staying mild early next week, but changes coming late, with cloud cover and possibly rain by thursday. >> >> all right, hello, everyone in honor of thanksgiving, we have the annual turkey bowl mission up town. playing for the championship take a look at the trophy they are playing for, third quarter, 14-0. quarterback antwon porter leads a comeback. wea

drizzle in freemont and san francisco. that's not the main system. the main system gets here overnight tonight. suffice to say, we have wet on the roadways due to the drizzle ahead of this weather system. that's messing are traffic out there. i know a lot of folks getting ready to head out tomorrow. this front is going to linger into tomorrow morning. all those details back in a few minute. >> we are monitoring major delays at sfo. arriving flights are being delayed for up to nearly three hours because of a traffic management program that is in place due to the weather. that means some departing flights are also being impacted. at oakland and san jose airports there are 15-minute delays. and a reminder you can get weather updates by going to ktvu.com, look for the storm track sterling. >> the pilot of a small plane is recovering after making an emergency landing in a marsh. this happened around 11:00 a.m. the pilot was forced to make what they call a controlled crash. the aircraft hit a ditch and spun around. the pilot was the only person in the plan

we'll show you how things are shaping up for freemont. this is southbound 880. a lighter volume.eep that in mind. back to you. >> 6:21. coming up, a check of today's top nonelection stories, including an alert for parents. a teenage girl fights off an attacker. how you can help police in their search to track down the suspect. >> right now, a live look at the white house. that is where president obama will return after glowing and basking in the glow in chicago. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature lley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >>> the time now is 6:25. time to get you up to speed on nonelection stories. oakland police warning parents of a recent abduction attempt. a suspe

this is between pleasantton and heading into freemont. heading into the area, pleasington moving smoothly. at livermore, sounds like a jackknifed big rig, blocking three of the four lanes there. another blocking eastbound with an accident reported there. it sounds similar but there may be two separate accidents. a sig alert issued eastbound heading out of the area. we're tracking this one very carefully. back to you. >> we'll check back with you. bay area city talking about designated locations for the homeless to camp out in their cars. we'll have details next. >> plus, back up for sale. the twinkie looking for a new home. we'll have details in a live report. >> not a piece of cake. also, we will look at hewlett-packard second day in a row as we deal with the shortened trading week on wall street. >>> it is the last full day of trading this week. scott mcgrew says the last full day for investors -- hewlett-packard stock. >> the latest implosion. the palo alto company shares fell 12% tuesday in very active trading to close at lows we have

highs tomorrow, 50s, mid 50s. 57 for freemont, hayward, only 55 for you. pleasant hill and concorde, 57 degrees. upper 50s for mill valley and san rafel. on veteran's day, we're dwrieb and then the rain comes back next tuesday and wednesday. >>> a message from a young pakistani activist still recovering after being shot by the taliban. we have that story in 2 minutes. today - the deranged gunmans sent to prison for seven consecutive life sentences p >>> the case of the 2011 tucson shooting is officially closed. the deranged gunman was sent to prison for 7 consecutive life sentences plus an additional 140 years. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords was in the dropple but did not speak. jared loughner has been diagnosed as schizophrenic. he will likely spend the remainder of his life in a prison medical facility. >>> a pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban is thanking people around the world for her support. 15-year-old malala yusufsai is now in england, recovering in the hospital. she's been an outspoken supporter of education for girls, but it

that extends all the way to freemont. as we head through the next couple of hours, we are going to see the bulk of the moisture come through. the winds are going to pick up. just as we're noticing. at 25 miles per hour. we are getting gusts to 40 miles per hour. that's enough to knock you around in the higher elevations and over our open water bridges. so keep that in mind this morning. what you can expect in the next few days. first rounds of heavy wind and rain. then round number two late thursday and friday. storm number three will tap into what we call an atmospheric river. a tropical moisture tap on the way. we're going to tyke these systems out to your doorstep coming up. 6:03. first, let's check on your drive. >> our live camera, we're looking into the toll plaza. we've seen some rain come through. a lot more cars now at the toll plaza for these cash lanes. we're looking at metering lights to turn on. we'll show you the approach. even though there is not a real big puddling situation at the toll plaza itself, we'll

coming out of the hills, into freemont.ight be a little concern for visibility over the next hour or so. keep that in mind. we'll get a look at emeryville. a nice smooth drive. the pace still into the 50s as you head through berkeley. watch the off ramps. guys, back to you. >> all right, mike, thank you very much. as you get set to jump behind the wheel, we suggest you pack a little extra patience. maybe a lot of patience. that's because millions of people are planning to travel for the thanksgiving holiday and most of them will be out there driving. "today in the bay's" bob rydell is out on the road for us. still early, how are things looking out there? >> reporter: well, they're expecting around 4.7 million californians on the road this holiday weekend according to aaa. it's definitely wet and rainy. a couple of things, 580 westbound through livermore, that new outlet mall has opened. there's been a lot of traffic out there because people are going to check out this new shopping center. >> unfortunately, we have lost bob

designed in palo alto and built in freemont the tesla model s is a silicon model valley original. >> aspiration of tesla was to build a car which was on its own merit a great car. so a car that is good looking, has incredible utility, fun to drive. model s is all those things. >> it really does scoot. >> reporter: craig keith is a retired silicon valley engineer. he owns a plug in tesla roadster. >> the only time i visit a gas station is to pump up the tires. >> reporter: with a starting price of about $57,000, it's in the ballpark of other big luxury sedans. >> it can be a little challenging when i'm taking a longer road trip to work out where am i going to charge the car. but so far i've done it. it's been an adventure. being on the forefront of this technology is really exciting. >> reporter: only about 250 have been delivered to customers. but tesla has big plans for next year. they're planning to ship about 20,000. in san jose. >> if you can't quite afford to go electric you can go a little greener at the pump with algae. yeah. algae derived biodiesel. this is part of a trial pr

and today, gavin newsom told a group in freemont that the future of the schools is on the line tuesdaye can't after tord the mafoe cuts to the most poor. i'm a democrat like you. we want to prevent disease. >> prop 30 would cause increasing taxes on those individuals making more than $300,000. and if passed the proposition with the most votes will become law. >>> californians are facing big decisions on election day. there is a plethora of statewide issues and among the most controversial is proposition 34 which would repeal the death penalty, and we have more on why voters don't know about it. >> well, this ballot has a lot for voters to consider, and prop 34 is being overshadowed for tax increases and local and state and national elections. >> well, prop 34 is the one i am paying attention to. >> reporter: it would end the death penalty and replace it with life in prison without parole. prop 34 is slightly ahead, but many are still undecide and even more who may not know much about the proposition. >> it is unfortunate that so many more important issues like these are below the radar

looking live at 880 in freemont. we can see traffic moving smoothly. it was a difficult time earlier this evening. if you're picking someone up from the airport, no delays to report now at sfo. earlier, heavy fog caused problems with takeoffs and landings. the day got off to such a rough start that some folks had delays of up to an hour and a half from 8:00 this morning until 3:00 this afternoon. travelers got an unexpected san francisco holiday. >> the plane was cancelled. not cancelled, but significantly delayed. and unfortunately, we had a connecting flight. the only option we have now is to do a flight tomorrow. >> airports were operating at half the normal capacity on one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> a san jose man wanted for murder is taken into custody after he was spotted shopping at walmart on black friday. happened at the walmart yesterday where an offduty probation officer was also shopping. the probation officer recognized the 18-year-old standing in the checkout line. he has outstanding warrants out of san jose for murder and

. >> freemont police say a man tried to lure a 15-year-old girl into his vehicle. it happened at 7:20 wednesday morning as the girl walked to kennedy high school. he's the same man who offered her a ride five other times in the past month. he's described as an asian man with a heavy build in his 20s driving a white suv. >>> there is a verdict in the trial of the man accused of three violent sexual say salts in san francisco's mission district, but it won't be read until tuesday. frederick kosier faces 26 charms for the attacks. dozier allegedly admitted to the attacks. he faces life in prison if convicted of all counts. >> the school board president has resigned less than 24 hours after winning reelection. the superintendent says dexter louie gave resignation. louie recused himself to discuss the sex abuse lawsuit. she claims the school district was negligent in preventing years of sexual abuse back in the 90s. >> community police go high- tech in palo alto. officers are giving the public a virtual ride along. new at 6:00, alex savidge is live in palo alto to tell

and kimberly terry at the freemont mortuary with more. there was overwhelming grief. the body of the corporal was brought inside the 22-year-old was shot. the morning of november 10th. during a confrontation. and used his as a weapon. and based at camp pendleton. and start college in ape few months. and planning on spending thanksgiving with them. >> he was excited. wrapping up the years in the marine core. came up here. last week and week before. >> the family says they want to know more details about exactly what led up to the shooting since according to them this is completely out of character for them. they want a,000 full investigation. independent of the palm springs police department or river side district. county district attorney any office that is. both officers involved in the shooting have been placeded on paid administrative leave. we were told by the family that the funeral is planned for wednesday, at 11:00 a.m. it is open to the public and will be held here at the family mortuary in free mont. we are told by the family he will receive full military hon

that is the way we see it out here in freemont, back to you. >>> more than 100 people camped out to signfor sack red hearts food box program. it began today at community services on south 1st street. they contain a turkey and trimmings for thanksgiving and christmas. volunteers say everyone will get their voucher for food but space is limited for the toys program. >>> about 802nd graders reenacted the feast. the students, teachers, vol up tears cooked food from -- volunteers cooked food up from scratch. they served food that would have been available in 1621 the first year of the first thanksgiving feast. >>> the allusive dream of flight will be realized for souls willing to brave it. it is now showing up for what unusual weekend event. >>> temperatures outside are dropping right now. meteorologist mark ta amayo will let us know how -- mark tamayo will let us know how cold it will get. m >>> some people in the east bay woke up early to thunder, lightning and hail. our news crew took pictures of this hail. you can see the roadway was just nearly covered with that icy slush. nothing compar

not germany, not detroit, how about freemont. our business and tech reporter skod bud man got the keys to the brand new tesla model s. did you get to keep the keys? >> no, that would have been nice. let's get the bad news out of the way. the model s starts at $50,000, that's after a federal rebate. the top of the line 300 miles on a charged version. it costs about $100,000. the big question about tesla has not been about the price, it's still expensive and for a while they will be. can they do it? can they deliver a luxury car with high performance without anything to do with gas? and they have everything you could ever want it's beautiful, it drives great. no gas. this car uses technology in a way we've never seen before. and it has not only the technology that allows you to drive without gas, and the electric battery and all that. it has the technology which is essentially the dashboard all in one giant 17 inch screen. it looks like a giant ipad, and you use it to touch screen your way through climate control, your music, gps.

looking further south, i drove through freemont. there was some pretty big rain drops there. you'll see the roadways are pretty dry past the truck scales. i think they're moving smoothly. the camera's shaking because of that wind christina's talking about, keep that in mind. 101 moves smoothly right now, just north of university. we're going to lower those speeds and definitely allow extra time this morning. >> checking back in with mike and christina. we have your covered in your drive all morning. she is live at the summit on highway 17. good morning. how's it looking? >> good morning. good news, no problems to report as we made our way southbound over 17 this morning. we only had to use our windshield wipers just a couple of times. the rain coming down consistently now. the wind's also not too bad. as christina mentioned, the winds will be the big story of the day. if you have a high-profile vehicle, if you drive an suv, a tractor trailer, especially over the summit at 1800 feet, you better hold on tight. because these conditions out here can make your drive a little bit t

>> >> my name is marcus millions and a works at the mall and i car pool and i come to howard and freemont street. and just i don't drink coffee often, but the days that where i am kind of sluggish it is kind of convenient having a truck there as opposed to going to a starbucks or petes. i have never noticed these other businesses but as the last speaker said, if i came to the coffee truck, and i noticed them, there would be a time where i might come back. i also feel that times have changed and that i understand these people pay a lot of money for their rent and stuff like that. but they have to adjust to times and new things that are going on. and i urge you guys to up hold the permits. thank you. >> thank you. >> next, speaker, please? >> good evening, commissioners, or i should say good night. >> i am ken clevlan with the property owners association of the public policy. >> i think that you heard a lot of the arguments why these two permits should be revoked. even the department itself admits that it has been, or it has too much discretion in granting this permit for this espresso cart

and tony freemont has a superbowl ring -- antonio freeman has a super bowl ring. >> 5:27. >> a carjacking suspect takes off with a child still inside. >> are baltimore county schools in getting too crowded? >> we have some good news in the seven-day forecast. >> the major roads continue to run smoothly this morning. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. it is that time of year once again. ties.rgeous and tie >> this is the wreath. >> this is called "we are the world." it is by elizabeth roberts of baltimore. >> this is a beautiful red one and it is a jack in the box theme. >> i have mine on. this is little snowmen. he has the same initials as may. i will wear my stomach and tie a a lot. tiet a >> we are conflicted because it is purple friday. >> nothing to talk about and that is a good thing. we will get a break on the east coast. 38 at the airport. a high of 57. we will surpass the average high temperat

if you are driving from hayward to freemont, that is a nice drive, thank you steve. >>> mostly clearthere is a little bit of a cloud deck, temperatures will be coming up, there is a hint of an easterly breeze, and napa, 63, come land 68 and gilroy was 70 yesterday, i am jumping them up, from 64 to 70s, there is a huge difference in some temperatures. 30s inland and yet 50s very mild. sunshine lots of warmer weather today, snow track lists until friday. it will be warmer yet some of the warmer temperatures will be closest to the coast. we will start to see an increase in a lot of these clouds. sunny weather and nothing too strong yet, but a cold morning and 60s, low-to-mid to upper for everybody and if you get a north wind, there is 70s for some, especially santa clara valley. now some clouds start to kick in, could be some off and on rain sunday and monday. >>> investors are increasing over worries. taiwan was down 2%, china and australia finished the day less than 1% each. they are down to a lower opening for nasdaq and the s&p 500 and one increased its estimate for the year and hom

. >> leading a team looking into blue tooth skimming cases from gilroy to freemont. >> in the millions. the tip of the iceberg. >> russ: in two months, police recovered skimmers and 300 victims of fraud in the bay area. how do they get inside the pump? that's where this key comes in. >> a single key would open the credit card access door to any gas pump. >> right. one key opens the majority of gas station pumps. like this one in san jose. this one in mountain view. and this onen sunnyvale. simple. thieves copy the keys and install skimmers wherever they can. but there is a quick fix according to the cops. if gas station owners change the locks they can lock out the crooks. >> they're not taking the steps to protect their customers. >> they know it is a problem. they know we are using money refuse. >> one gas station is this one. they advised the owner to change his locks after they found two blue tooth skimmers. he didn't. weeks later they found two more skippers here. they don't yet know how many people had their credit card information stolen. i'm with nbc. >> we asked the owner for

. >> we're looking at the freemont camera. christina's talking about the wind. we'll look at that through the morning. full screen, as we see the camera's been shaking a lot. this is over at the truck scales. this is the long et break we saw in the wind. 880 just past the truck scales. the rain having passed through earlier might be enough to make the conditions a little wet. still smooth coming out of the interchange. back to you. >> all right, mike. we know this morning's commute will be anything but typical. rain and win coud could make fo longer commute. bob rydell with a look at what you'll see as you head throughout the door. >> reporter: we're heading north, trying to make our way up the peninsula, where we think road conditions could be some of the worst for the morning commute. clearly right now it's very nice. we can see -- it's probably hard for you to see through the camera, but we can see on the horizon what looks like storm clouds. maybe within the next 30 minutes we'll arrive to where it's going to be bad weather. as far as the wind conditions now

yesterday was covering the vice president in freemont, ohio. asked the obama people why freemont, to which they answered, hey it's the only place we haven't been. a bit of a joke there. but not too far from the truth. both candidates have been all over this state, and you know what? they're back here again today. john? >> they sure have. all right, ohio, colorado, florida. all on the battleground states. soledad? >> all right, john. let's talk strategy with maryland democratic congressman chris van hollen. he's a surrogate for the obama campaign. played congressman paul ryan in the debate preps with vice president biden. >> great to be with you. >> strategy, lay it out for us in the next 24 hours. >> this is get out the vote time which is why the president is all over the battleground states urging people to get to the polls. trying to persuade that last little sliver of undecided voters that they be out there. mostly it's energizing voters. >> is it a turnout game? because if that's the case these poll numbers must be a little depressing. if y

as we head through the afternoon, look at your highs. 70 in concord. 68 degrees in freemont. staying nice and warm in the east bay. temperatures will drop off quite a bit at the coast today. keep that in mind. pull out that jacket because you'll need it all day long. the rain comes through. we'll be here to guide you through the it tomorrow morning. >> the bay bridge exhibiting the rush hour. also low clouds. you'll see fog drifting around. slow down the east shore freeway. also very slow east 24 through oakland and over toward the single eastbound bore but now only one lane blocked. westbound, a big distraction, an accident involving a big rig trailer. most of the activity off to just the shoulder. your alternate, you take 580 down to the dublin interchange. we also have slowing for the south bay. look at all this fog. back to you. >> all right, mike, thank you very much. another local update in 30 minutes. till then, you can find all your election coverage nbcbayarea.com. two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinn

transformer blew at about 7:00, and a lot of the intersections like stephenson at davis grimmer at freemont-- fremont at sundale all out of power. and that means you have quite substantial delays at major intersections at fremont. let's go quickly and look at northbound 101. being see a lot of slow traffic coming up-- you can see a lot of slow traffic past 880. the commute is slow at the bay bridge toll plaza and a injury accident on west 80 at apean way. and 7:41 let's go to steve. >>> good morning. well, if you didn't get out morning what's -- okay well today is your day. because it's sunny and nice and we start off really cool for some. yet at 60 in san francisco. 45 and thea -- santa rosa. without a north wind there's no way they get above 78 or 79. the days are too short. it will be nice today. a little cooler tomorrow and then by thursday and friday, we will see highs inland some of the temps in the 50s. so sunny and nice today. we had a very pronounced offshore breeze yesterday. there's hardly one today. without that in place only a couple record highs are possible today. 70s for man

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