gary scott holland admits that he was high on meth when he killed kathleen polan at the russian home.it happened last year after she returned from a trip to argentina with her mother. the part of the plea deal, he waived his right to the appeal. family and friends of the victim were on hand to witness the sentencing. >>> a diesel spill over the weekend was not enough to postpone classes at uc berkeley today. the spill was from the underground tank on saturday night. some of it did wash into nearby strawberry creek, but there have been no reports of any harm to wildlife. federal and state agencies are investigating. >>> beyond global warming, scientists now think that the weather could be altered by the pollution in the air, which they say it is happening right here in california. >> but as john blackstone shows us, when asked who is to be at fault, conservetists point fingers overseas, to china. >> reporter: measurements taken at the u.s. embassy there shows dangerously high levels of air pollutions. so bad traffic has been disrupted and flights have been delayed or canceled. >> it's

a judge sentenced gary scott holland today, who waived his right to appeal. killed 46-year-old publicist kathleen horan in her home. he posed as a pg&e employee to get in her apartment. >>> get ready for change. the irs is looking to give you money back. the agency is trying to send over $150 million in tax refunds that couldn't be delivered because of mailing address errors. almost $100,000 taxpayers haven't received their returns, including 13,000 people in california. the checks average about $1,500 apiece. if you haven't received your return, go to irs.gov and use the "where's my refund" tool to check why. >>> a national home improvement chain is in the hot seat after it pulled ads from a reality show that centers on muslim-americans. the california senator is threatening a boycott against the stores. lowe's pulled advertising from the reality tv show "all-american muslim." state senator ted lieu wants lowe's to apologize for what he calls naked religious bigotry and says the company should return its advertising to the program on the tlc cable network. >

gary scott holland admitted he was high on meth when he killed horan in her russian hill home last year. today hole land was sentenced to 50 -- hole land was sentenced to 50 years to life behind bars. >> the sentence handed down today represents the vicious murder of a wonderful lady and ensures this man will never walk the streets of san francisco again. >> holland waved his right to appeal. >>> u.s. troops serving overseas may be the latest victims of the skimmer scam at lucky stores. the charity that helped the soldiers had their accounts drained. how the blue-star moms are scrambling to cover their losses. ann? >> reporter: on november 13th and again on november 22nd. the group came to pick up snacks for the troops overseas. they learned their account had been looted. >> hopefully some day the boxs will be filled again and every one of these should have items in it. >> reporter: south bay blue- star moms just shipped out 600 care packages for troops serving in iraq and afghanistan and their storage facility is depleted and now so is their bank account. they were victim of lucky stor

gary scott holland was paroled in april. he was released in august and murdered kate horan in october. he was employed and that is the reason he stayed in the city. normally, we understand from the investigation we have done in the past year, the -- that obviously, we would like to see people who do get jobs, which this man did, but how will we ever defined -- this man was a violent offender. he pleaded guilty on november 8 to first-degree murder. he will be sentenced on december 12, and he will go away for 50 years with no parole. the legislation is written in such a way that it says "ex- offender" -- whatever it is called. "ex-felon." what about sexual predators? how do they figure into this legislation? obviously, this thing is going to go through today, but is there any way you would consider taking a look at what we are talking about? thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is brian boyle, and i am the director of employer engagement for goodwill industrie

gary scott holland admits he was high on methamphetamine when he killed horan in her russian hill home last year. today holland was sentenced to 50 years to life behind bars. >> the sentence handed down today reflects the senseless and vicious murder of a wonderful lady and ensures that this man will never be walking the streets of san francisco again. >> as part of his plea deal, holland waved his right to appeal. >>> the bay area grocery scam has hit u.s. troops. a group that sends care packages to troops overseas and helps homeless vets is the latest victim of the lucky supermarket scheme. we're in fremont where the south bay blue-star moms are scrambling to cover thousands of dollars in losses. ann? >> reporter: and dana right before and after thank, a blue star mom came to this suppose to pick up supplies to send them to troops overseas and last week they realized they were missing $3,000. >> hopefully some day these boxes will be filled again. every one should have items in it. >> reporter: south bay blue star moms just shipped out 600 care packages for troops serving in iraq and

gary scott holand said he's sorry for killing kathleen horan in october of last year. hollandhas posed as a pg & e worker to get into the woman's apartment. holland said he did so with the intention of raping someone. the 44-year-old had recently been released from prison where he served 11 years for attempted murder. >> iraq's prime minister and president obama looked to the future during a white house meeting. as craig boswell reports now that the iraq war is pulling to a close, the two leaders are making a pledge. >> reporter: after a longer than planned face to face meeting at the white house. president obama and iraqi president held a meeting to discuss the withdrawal. >> we're taking all of our troops out of iraq, we will not have any bases outside of iraq. >> reporter: right now currently 1,000 forces are in iraq. down from a peak of 70,000. december31st marks the end of almost nine years of war. u.s. troops rolled out of a military base for the last time and signed it over to iraq we forces. >> i'm happy for the iraq people. that they are able to secure themselves and

gary scott holand said he's sorry for killing kathleen horan in october of last year. hollandhas posed as a pg & e worker to get into the woman's apartment. holland said he did so with the intention of raping someone. the 44-year-old had recently been released from prison where he served 11 years for attempted murder. >> iraq's prime minister and president obama looked to the future during a white house meeting. as craig boswell reports now that the iraq war is pulling to a close, the two leaders are making a pledge. >> reporter: after a longer than planned face to face meeting at the white house. president obama and iraqi president held a meeting to discuss the withdrawal. >> we're taking all of our troops out of iraq, we will not have any bases outside of iraq. >> reporter: right now currently 1,000 forces are in iraq. down from a peak of 70,000. december31st marks the end of almost nine years of war. u.s. troops rolled out of a military base for the last time and signed it over to iraq we forces. >> i'm happy for the iraq people. that they are able to secure themselves and

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