take vo ---el fiscal george gascon, y el director del departamento de elecciones han creado una linea residentes de san francisco puedan denunciar el fraude electoral. ---la linea estar disponible hasta el dia de elecciones y agilizar el trabajo de los investigadore s quienes debern atender las quejas rapidamente, segn el fiscal. take cg #2 ---si usted quiere hacer una denuncia, puede llamar al 415 - 5 5 1 - 9 5 4 8 ---la linea est disponible en ingles, espaÑol, cantones y mandarin. top fs ---hoy le presentamos otra proposicion estatal.. la 35 ---sta, aumenta las sentencias de prision y multas a los convictos de trafico humano y requiere que los convictos de este delito de inscriban en un registro de ofensores sexuales. ---ademas, requiere a los ofensores sexuales registrados divulgar sus actividades en la internet y sus identidades. take graphic #2 ---un voto a favor de esta propuesta significa sentencias de prision ms largas y multas mayores a los convictos de delitos de trafico humano. take graphic #3 ---un voto en contra significa que las condenas existentes por trafico humano se

city attorney and george gascon held a press conference this amp. they say anyone caught breaking the law or causing damage will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law with the mayhem that followed the giants win on sunday. city leaders say that vandals may be forced to pay for damages. >>> we have new video into our news room tonight of people breaking the windows out of a bus and stetting it on fire. the video showing you here was by a viewer who says he was at the corner of third and market sunday night. the cell phone camera recorded you can see someone hit the front window of that bus with a barricade, then someone, possibly several peerjs actually set the bus on fire. police say they're aware of video and pictures circulating on social media and are using them to help identify suspects. >>> when vandals set fire after the world series win on sunday night they ruaned larry moore's shoe shine stand at market street where he's been earning a living now for six years. >> my heart was broke because all the hard work and effort i put into it

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i also want to thank san francisco's district attorney george gascon who is at our public hearing at the safety committee a couple weeks back. george was there to speak on behalf of the bill we were working on together but he proactively came for this bill, s.b. 1506, to say that he's been law enforcement for 30 years and bring back 30-year experience to this consideration of this bill, and he said this bill makes sense because drug treatment works and this is in spite of the fact we'll be battling the district attorneys along with many other arms of public safety. [laughter] >> we've got the data, we've got the facts and we know this will provide great benefit to our communities, to our neighborhoods, and to all of california. thank you for your support. [applause] >> tal, i want to go back to the question that marty posed earlier, which is in effect this idea that in order to incentivize people making the decision to seek treatment that the fear of a felony conviction or possible state prison sentence could play a positive role. you talk to a lot of people charged with crimes who ar

we are also going to be hearing this afternoon from the district attorney george gascon. so a lot of reaction coming in. weird vibe here at city hall today. we are going to have the latest for you on cbs 5 at 5:00 and 6:00. and also continue to follow the story on cbssf.com. live in san francisco, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> some developing news at this noon hour from miami. that's where a section of a park garage under construction at a community college collapsed killing one worker and trapping at least two others. the two trapped workers are using cell phones to now talk to rescue teams. four other workers were taken to the hospital. one in serious condition. investigators are looking into what caused the collapse. >>> fast moving fire damaged nearly a dozen businesses in union city today. the fire broke out around 1:00 this morning at a strip mall on alvarado boulevard. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran shows us the devastation. >> everything is gone. >> reporter: he was the owner of a small grocery market until the fire destroyed it and nine other businesses we

. >> reporter: george gascon sent the sheriff a letter asking him to recuse himself from cases regarding domestic violence. >> we are asking him to remove himself. >> reporter: he has been on probation since march for bruising his wife's arm. after months of trying to get his job back, he succeeded just before 11:00 last night when in a surprise vote four of the 11 supervisors stood by mirkarimi. >> the charges of official misconduct against sheriff ross mirkarimi are not sustained. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: one more than required to throw him out of office. >> they sought out an excuse for an inexcusable act. >> reporter: mayor lee says he is very disappointed in the outcome but that he would find a way to work with mirkarimi. he also was asked whether he would consider supporting a recall where the people of san francisco could oust mirkarimi by election. >> you know, that's going to be left up to the voters themselves. i think that's certainly an option. i have not thought about that myself. but that's the public's prerogative to consider that. >> reporter: mirkarimi says h

george gascon is set to talk about the case at a press conference at 1:30 this afternoon. >>> the sealion found on pier 39 last week tangled in plastic was released back into the ocean during the past hour. dozens watched as blond boomer made his way back into the surf. the california sea lion was rehabilitated after being found with a solid loop of plastic packing material wrapped around his neck. we spoke to a young onlooker who worries about how pollution affects marine life. >> people should definitely stop polluting and stuff because the animals can get hurt. when they get caught and tangled in garbage that is just flooding around in the ocean. we should try to do a better job because animals can die from that. >> the marine animal center treated more than a dozen animals last year caught in ocean trash. >>> it may be the ultimate pleasure boat and it's here in the bay area. it's called the octopus. it's a 400-foot yacht owned by paul allen. it includes two helicopters, a submarine and a crew of 60. it will be docked at richmond's terminal 3 for five weeks. it's there for repairs

. >> this afternoon the district attorney of san francisco george gascon expressed his great concern over murkarimi's ability to lead the sheriff's department. he is asking the sheriff to recuse himself from all cases involving domestic violence. murkarimi says that he is looking forward to working together once again with advocates for the victims of domestic violence and proving that he is an ally. reporting live in san francisco, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, jodi. >>> okay. the giants refusing to lose, facing elimination once again. the team came through this afternoon in cincinnati. >> yes, they did. just in the past hour, the win sets up a winner take all scenario tomorrow. comcast sportsnet's dave feldman joins us with the exciting highlights. hi, dave. >> hi, jessica and janelle. the giants story today was supposed to be about starter barry zito. instead it turned out to be new reliever tim lincecum who went 4 1/3, struck out 6, and gave up only one run. he got offensive help early. in game two, a two-run home run. it's his first since july 18th.

applause] >> i'm wondering if you might be able to place this in a larger context for us, you heard george gascon's remarks. are they shared by folks in other states who have moved towards a similar type measure? >> there are a growing small but growing number of other district attorneys around the country in albany county, new york, in philadelphia, in atlanta, dallas, who are really beginning to break ranks with the broader d.a.'s associations and call for various types of reforms for the drug laws and drug enforcement. i think that the -- one of the contexts that's so important here and people so often lose sight of is that this bill, 1506, is a small effort in the state of california and in the country of the united states to try to roll back the horrendous rates of incarceration that have happened in this country over the last 30 years. i mean, that's the context, right? the united states, i think most of you know these numbers now, but we're less than 5% of the world's population but almost 25% of the world's incarcerated population. we rank first in the world in the per capita incarceration

in los angeles, was very opposed to that previous ballot measure, is supporting it, along with george gascon. they wrote it together. so this one has much broader support. >> belva: let's look at another part of the criminal justice system. the ability to get a sheriff to run our jail system here has been a long-running soap opera for us. ross mirkarimi got a vote from his friends, he's back reinstated, so now what happens, barbara? >> well, conventional wisdom was by the time we were sitting here this evening, the sheriff, ross mirkarimi, would be out of a job. in fact something else entirely happened. after a nine-hour hearing at the board of supervisors, the vote was 7-4 to reinstate him. it would have taken nine votes to remove him from sheriff. and just for people who might have been hiding in a cave for the past year, he was -- he found himself in this pred predicament of being accused of misconduct because of a domestic violence incident that occurred on new year's eve in which he got into a fight with his wife and he grabbed her arm and bruised her arm. his wife, eliana lopez, went t

. >> san francisco's george gascone is one of the few who supports the measure, for him it's a question of fairness. >> such as child molesting for 25 years to life i think there is something disproportionate. >> if the proposition becomes law, the analyst says 3,000 could apply for new sentences. >> quick update for you on the giants game. it's 4-0 have you heard of the new dialing procedure for the 408 and 669 area codes? no, what is it? starting october 20, 2012, if you have a 408 or 669 number, you'll need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. o.k., but what if i have an 408 number and i'm calling a 408 number? you'll still need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out! >>> a new transportation project in the bay area has a lofty goal to ease congestion. ground breaking took place today it will affect drivers from the bay bridge that includes lane and adaptive metering based on traffic flow how busy it is out there instead of what time of the day it is. >> times where 50-80 to go high tech. i'm excited about the ap

. >> reporter: george gascon and the los angeles district attorney are among the minority of d.a.s supporting prop 36. many in law enforcement feel prop 36 is a dangerous idea. >> really, your rolling the dice when you shouldn't be. these people have gotten to the point now where they have not been able to really change their behavior substantially and you're creati a danger for the community. >> the proposition is also opposed by victim's rights advocates including matt class who's daughter poly was kidnapped and murdered who became the face of three strikes. >> the whole idea that dangerous people that like to victimize other people will be back on the streets and then it becomes a threat to everybody. >> reporter: the office of the legislative analysts says proposition 36 would save about 70 to $90 million a year. but opponents argue that taxpayers would end up paying a lot more in many different ways. >> what is the cost of revictimmization? what is the cost of investigations, of arrest, of incarcerations for new offenses. that's what's not being calculated. >> no one who has ever committ

. >> san francisco district attorney george gascone vowing to prosecute the 35 people arrested duringe mayhem that followed sunday night's giants viblgtry. the city promising to do everything it can. we're learning a man was badly beaten during the rioting. police say he was attacked by five men that remain at large. >> up to a million people are expected at tomorrow's parade, celebrating the champion giants. >> what you see is the stage being set here for the trophy ceremony after the parade. the entire thing is quite an undertaking. billy philadelphia is ready for his close up. he'll play caliope to entertain crowds at tomorrow's parade. riordan is getting in a last minute rehearsal. the only marching band performed during the parade in 2010, called on again with one million fans expected to jam san francisco market street, the floats need to be fantastic. the race is on to get eight, maybe 10, ready to roll. with less than 48 hours notice to drape sheeting it's been crazy for workers. have no doubt it will. >> mayor ed lee introduced the city team awe here, he says to make sure the

but george gascon is asking that he let someone else handle domestic violence cases.'s also lingering criticism of the votes. jane kim, she and her vote are at the sentern of that criticism, since she was appointed by ed lee, who publicly fought against his reinstatement. now, a recall effort, we've seen it before. it's always a lengthy and difficult taskth the paper says to recall a position like the sheriff, it means getting nearly 50,000 signatures to get it on the bal automatic. in our next hour of "mornings on 2," we'll tell you about what else has to happen for a recall to take place. i'm pam cook, let's go back to tori and mike. >>> we have new details in the case of giselle esteban, the woman accused of killing michelle le. yesterday, jurors -- jurors heard the recording when police first interviewed esteban shortly after leappeared. she can be heard in it laughing and crying. the trial is set to resume later this morning. >>> a body has been found in a field in denver. but they are not saying if it is connected for the search for missing 0-year-old jessica ri

george gascon is establishing a new hot line. he says that his office has already had at least one complaint related to a race this year nift. >>> george mitchell will oversee talks about the pipeline fire. he'll negotiate mediations between the states and cities. he faces millions in fines for that 2010 explosion. he is an internationally recognized mediator and nobel peace prize nominee. >>> well the excaptain of the costa concordia came face to face with passengers for the first time since the cruise ship disaster. francesco schettino arrived at an italian courtroom today for his preliminary hearing. he is accused of running the cruise ship into a reef and abandoning ship. he's claiming he tripped and fell into a life boat. 32 passengers and crew members died. they are not targeting francesco schettino, rather the owners of the cruise line. >> the standards that are set by carnival in the united states are completely inadequate. >> the hearing expected to last up to 10 days. the coasta concordia probably won't be removed from t

. >> george gascon is asking newly reinstated sheriff ross mirkarimi to recuse some of his duties andnt somebody else to oversee all domestic violence cases. sheriff ross mirkarimi is on probation after pleading guilty for false imprisonment and bruising his wife's arm. >> we are hoping he can see clearly the conflict of interest that is there and he will do so voluntarily. >> he said he will have a quote legal response to gascon's response and he will fully resume all duties on monday. >>> the meningitis outbreak, they have identified the source of steroid shots that are causing fungal meningitis. so far 12 people have died and 130 others have become sick. a lawsuit was filed against the company over a product that caused a different form of meningitis and the same people own a company which has been accused of not separate being sterile from non-sterile supplies. >>> that ticket was sold at a stop and save on scott avenue and it has all five winning numbers from the game. that ticket is worth $206,000. >>> sal, if you had that ticket, you could hop on a plane and watch the giants. l

. >>> san francisco district attorney george gascon said the police officers will come down hard on anybody who assaults the system. >> if you live in the city and you do any of this stuff, you will face the consequences, likewise if you do not live here you will face consequences as well. >> as we reported earlier, police arrested a man on charges of vandalizing a bus and officers want to make sure there are no problems resulting from today's parade. if you cannot be there in person, you can watch it with us, our coverage starts on air and also on our website www.ktvu.com. you can watch from work, you can stream it and we have it live on our mobile apps as well. >>> here is more from the east coast, a big fire in new jersey, it flared up again in the central new jersey town. it is possible natural gasoline are fueling these flames from houses that actually burned down two days ago. this is a wealthy area and firefighters cannot even get to this area because the roads are impassable. trent on it new jersey is -- trentton new jersey is under mandatory evacuation. >>> they are just beginning

district attorney george gascon said today he intends to go after every person caught breaking the lawthat night. gascon said the celebration turned violent when mobs of people turned over a car, set bomb fires, assaulted police officer and caused destruction in parts of the city. he warned fans to obey the law at tomorrow's victory parade. >> it's our job to support the giants tomorrow. if you come tomorrow with the intent of damaging property or hurting people just know that you will end up going to jail if we get you. >> reporter: so far the d.a is prosecuting eight cases he expects more to come. violators could face civil charges and be forced to pay restitution and be fined for the damage they caused. >> at sfo today they found one more problem to cope with on top of all the flight cancellations. a bucket was found, the sidewalk was closed and the fire department hazmat team was brought in but it was determined the powder was not hazardous and the all clear was given by about 10:30. >>> fremont police are looking for a man who tried to lure a woman into his car. the woman says the

. >>> george gascone says he has grave concerns about mirkarimi's ability to do his job while he is on probation. he d.a. says mirkarimi must take steps to avoid a conflict of interest. >> i'm calling on ross mirkarimi to reduce simself from duties that relate to domestic violent offenders. >> tough words and it is against that backdrop p that ross mirkarimi try to retake the reins of the sheriff's offense. vic lee with a look at the challenges he will face. >>> supporters cheered when suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi got his job back last night. the mayor needed nine votes to sustain the suspension and got only 7. today, mirkarimi showed up at his offense to discuss the transition of power with the acting sherrod martin sheriff. e said he also wants to mend fences with advocates of domestic violence victims. >> i absolutely want to reach out and plan to in a direct and personal way with any of the leaders of domestic violence community and any one else who may have doubt or concern about us being able to move forward. >> reporter: the supervisors who voted against the suspension were

. >> reporter: george gascon sent the sheriff a letter asking him to recuse himself from cases regarding domestic violence. >> we're questioning his ability to deal with domestic violence matters during the period of time where he is on probation for committing the same type of crime. >> reporter: he has been on probation since march for bruising his wife's arm. after months of trying to get his job back, he succeeded just before 11:00 last night when in a surprise vote four of the 11 supervisors stood by mirkarimi. >> the charges of official misconduct against sheriff ross mirkarimi are not sustained. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: one more than required to throw him out of office. >> we had to make an absolutely clear bright line rule as to how you can determine official misconduct in the future because if you aren't able to do that, then you don't set up a clear and predictable rule for future mayors. >> they sought out an excuse for an inexcusable act. >> reporter: mayor lee says he is very disappointed in the outcome but that he would find a way to work with mirkarimi. he also

the city's district attorney george gascon says he is drafting a law this would prevent mirkarimi from handing domestic cases this after the sheriff turned down a suggestion from the d.a. that he recuse himself from those cases voluntarily. the proposed law would need the support of at least six supervisors. time now 6:11. >>> when we come back we'll speak live with people evacuated because of the super storm sandy. >> plus, can women actually get too much treatment for breast cancer? the surprising results of a new study. >> and the show must go on. how late night comedians in new york dealt without laughs. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. and paul shaffer... provinge show must go on, despite tht >>> they can closed the subways and we can't get an audience. so do we do a show or not do a show? >> i don't know. >> it's up to you. >> it's up to me? >> yeah. >> let's go for it. >> do a show? >> come on, let's do a show. >> all right.come on in. why not. >> the thing is -- >>

at a news conference earlier today, district attorney george gascon announced at least 8 cases including five felonies that his office will be prosecuting and more could be coming. >> we want to send a very clear message that we will prosecute every one of those cases that is presented to us and the evidence is there, we will prosecute it to the fullest extent of the law. >> several of those charges include assaulting a police officer, discharging a firearm, robbery, resisting arrest and arson. >>> san francisco's mayor wants to prevent a repeat of sunday's violence tomorrow. in his news conference today mayor lee emphasized team work among all the fans coming out for the victory parade and asked people to look out for one another. >> this is a family-friendly event. it will be celebrated by every neighborhood in the city. we all want everybody to come down but because of the sheer numbers, we ask that everybody look out for each other as a team would. >> this is also the chinese year of the dragon, so mayor lee presented giants ceo larry baer with a paper dragon holding the world series

george gascon warns the city will come down hard against any unruly behavior. >> we want people to come and celebrate. we want to have fun. we just want to make sure in the process of having fun. we do not damage property. we do not hurt anyone. the city police arrested three dozen people sunday night. two dozen for felonies. this is, of course, after the giants won the world series, nine suspects are expected to be arraigned this afternoon. charges range from firing a gun to assaulting an officer. >>> 7:33. in our continuing coverage of the devastation of hurricane sandy, the death toll has hit 57. i want to show you some damage in bayhead, new jersey. we can also tell you that new jersey governor, chris christie, says the devastation all along the jersey shore is unthinkable. seaside heights walk in the ocean. floodwaters have picked up carried rail cars on the new jers turnpike. president obama will be there today. he says the federal government is there and will help the jersey area and that whole area recover from the super storm. >>> janine de la vega -- you just got off the phone

the city's district attorney george gascon says he is now drafting a law that would prevent mirkarimif turned down a suggestion from the d.a. that he recuse himself from those cases voluntarily. >>> and the woman who killed nursing student michelle le is now convicted of first-degree murder. prosecutors argued giselle esteban planned the attack on her former friend le for months. they say she blamed the san mateo woman for wrecking a relationship with her ex- boyfriend. esteban faces 25 years in jail. >>> traffic and weather and weather on this tuesday coming up right after the break. 1 3 >>> the fog is thick in spots. we are following a couple of accident including eastbound 237. westbound commute direction is stop and go as well from milpitas to san jose. this accident is eastbound 237 in sunnyvale. >> also following a couple of other crashes southbound 680 by highway 84 one lane is blocked. brake lights before that accident and look at highway 4. slow out of antioch all the way towards concord. westbound lanes of highway 4 approaching railroad. there is an accident there still bloc