. >>> dirty dancing, a new name, grinding.le are doing it on screen from britney to snooki. but now women who want to bring back the dance floor. and their personal space are speaking out. grinding has been around for quite some time but now on the dance floor, we'll take a look at that and how people feel about it. >> but let's get right to robyn gardner, the american woman still missing and feared dead in aruba. a judge there ordered the prime suspect to be held for at least 16 more days of questioning but suspicion mounts on gary giordano. he stopped cooperating with police and matt gutman is on the case for us in aruba. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. 11 years ago gary giordano was so close to freedom, now he'll spend the next 16 days locked up here at aruba's prison and probably, george, about 60 days more than that, the most recognizable face among the 110 inmates awaiting trial here. a moment wrapped in shame for gary giordano who still claims he's innocent and one of momentary triumph for ar

grinding fresh. >> before he grinds he washes. all of the equipment is clean.sanitation with any poultry is a must. >> you need to treat it properly when you pick it up from the store to the time you get it home. >> reporter: he says he is concerned some customers are treating ground turkey like ground beef and not cooking it to 165 degrees. >> i think people need to treat all raw meats as if they are contaminated. >> reporter: with the california department of public health disease and investigation section which is monitoring the salmonella outbreak resulting in one death and 77 illnesses nationwide and the recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey products. the outbreaks may see common but they are uncovering isolated casees to be linked to a source. >> you would never figure it out in the past when you have a few people in california, texas, oregon. >> reporter: the turkey was processed in a plant in arkansas and packaged in a wide variety of brand names, too long to list here. you can find it at our web site at ktvu.com. back to you. >>> a mother must n

how often do people try to grind on you? >> every night.e the sweaty type that you're not really down to dance with. >> there should be that introduction first where you do another type of dance before you just start grinding because that's when it's a little weird. >> reporter: what do you guys do when you want someone just to stop? >> usually your friend will recognize if you don't want that person to be near you and try to swoop you away from them or something. >> reporter: has anyone actually tried the jenna marbles technique? >> i haven't seen any girls actually do it, but i'm sure it would work pretty effectively. >> reporter: maybe because it might scare the guy, i guess? >> it would scare me. >> have you ever tried the jenna technique? >> no, i haven't tried the jenna technique. i will tell you something. if someone comes up behind you they're like, i want to dance behind you, i'm like, huh-uh, no. hó [ female announcer ] choosing a toothbrush can be a game of chance. for his dentist, the choice is clear. fact is, more dental profes

. >> reporter: the airport is working on its half finished tower grinding to a halt. news today took bay area lawmakers by surprise. >> that's great news. that's great great news. >> reporter: senator barbara boxer this afternoon said the faa crisis represented the worse in political partisan bickering. >> i think it's a new motive of government by threats and government by passage taking. >> reporter: even a temporary deal makes a big difference. >> that means work breaks that a lot of the books will be cleared and people like me can go back to work. >> reporter: senator boxer also said today she wants answers from airlines that collected and pocketed faa mandated fees from passengers. fees that are supposed to pay for airport work. reporting live from san francisco international airport, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a transgender woman who worked for the transportation security has reached a settlement with the federal government over her firing. ashley yang told her bosses about her gender reassignment surgery. they told her she still had to use the ma

least financially with germany and france calling for economic harmony across the euro zone growth grinding to a halt and countries are struggling to stay afloat the euro's big players think the answer is to force mandatory budgets on to member states they're also pledging to harmonize corporate taxes but are rejecting the introduction of the joint that guarantees or euro bonds and a time soon investors have been left mostly unimpressed by chancellor merkel and president sarkozy's plans saying they expected more dr remen a professor of business and international affairs for the sessions are political not fiscal. unfortunately this is not going to make much difference for the ongoing crisis all the news that came out of this best conference was quite negative for the market the most negative i believe was the fact that it was announced that the european fund a full stabilisation facility that bailout fund for the european euro zone members will not be expanded and they believe it's enough as it is for the moment the second thing there's no common euro bond that is going to be issued and ther

a bit of grind into the dublin pleasanton area. very heavy as you head westbound. northbound 880, accident on lanes 12 and 3, this is involving a tow truck and two or three other cars. showing a little bit of slowing as you head in the northbound direction from hayward up to san leandro. see a couple of lanes blocked for you. golden gate bridge, reconfigured fog coming out of the waldo tunnel. no significant slowing, bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights, traffic is backed up to the caltrans parking lot. for all the information, go to abc7news.com is the website. scroll down to bay area traffic on the lower left hand of the commuter screen. >> a major security leak out tightly controlled chinese military. a general discussing top secret spying cases was posted on youtube. a general was seen talking about sensitive topics including the former ambassador to south korea who had been sentenced for corruption and had passed secrets to south korea. the video has apparently been removed from youtube. the transcripts remain no comment from chinese defense machine industry

it is very humid today, so he grinds the beans less finally than usual to bring out the best flavor androma. very good. it is medium bodied. a cream finish. those are the characteristics of the benguet. >> he seems satisfied with the taste. it's 4 in the afternoon. as the sun goes down, the cafe becomes crowd id with students. an order for a cafe latte, the most popular beverage here. latte art is drawing hearts or leaf patterns by mixing coffee and milk. this is how a barrista demonstrates list ability by skillfully creating a pattern on the coffee's surface. jabez's lattes relaxes his customers. with just a single cup of coffee, customers can have various encounters in his shop. >> he's our special match maker. just like when he introducees a coffee to us, he knows what kind of coffee we like. >> noe is a musician popular in the student town. he met his band members at this popular cafe and hopes to become a professional musician one day. jabez decided to start his cafe after an experience in his student days. >> when i decided to become a barrista, when i was in college, writing my t

i have no axe to grind. no tools for that kind of stuff. for one thing i am sure. the director has done a phenomenal, great job of bringing together the various acrimonious factors -- factions of our taxi industry. she works hard to make things fair and that is important. i thank you for your service to the city we all love. i am here to support the fare increase. i am conflicted about the various issues in item 12. i am not being paid for this endorsement. i thank you for your service. bravo. >> our next speakers. >> i am with a san francisco cab drivers association. i want to support the meter increase that has been proposed and i expect that you will accept that. i am against the 10 medallions that are being sold directly by the mta. i do not think the mta should be in the business of selling them outright. it is one thing to sell to other drivers. there is a rationale for that and giving an exit strategy but there is a conflict of interest when the mta start selling the medallions and getting revenue and the question becomes, do we need the cabs or do you need

but a big deal. >> the implication, though, with the accusation from someone with a potential ax to grindeople's phones is a normal part of the editorial discourse, the same way we have a 9:30 meeting, should we book ari, can we get this one? what about this? what about the debt? this asserts in the news corporation, and i don't know about elsewhere, they go, well, can we hack ari's phone? maybe we should hack the president. that's the suggestion of the familiarate of this process, correct in that's right. you get the feeling in meetings this was more of a cover-up, and also allegations of hush money. both those things were denied by both murdochs in their last testimony. >> ari, thank you very much. i loved your rant, and i didn't mean to one-up it by saying they're all bought. i'm simply saying i agree with you, and it's even worse because they're all bought. i look forward to seeing you in new york, where the show is better with ari melber in it. we're thank much to have him. i'm dylan ratigan, and "hardball" with chris mast thews is up now.

sebastian and mike conway, a little bump and grind, airborne, no harm no foul. pole sitter powell holds off cast stroneves to win. if that's not enough, we have more at 6:00. >> thanks. >>> coming up next, one of tsgianhe giantsldor w series heroes is helping out the family of two fallen heroes next. ie >>> a san francisco giant who became a world series hero is helping out two families, teaming up with the group "uncorked for a cause" is trying to raise money for two firefighters both killed battling a fine the diamond heights neighborhood of san francisco. the charity event will take place at the fairmont hotel in san francisco and starts tonight at

they are grinding up these bath salts into powder and snorting them to get a high similar to cocaine or meth. they have been found throughout the country at gas station, convenient stores and smoke shops like this one in livermore. the livermore smoke shop carried the "eight ballz" brand but reportedly is not selling them anymore at this point. there was an ad though of bath salts on the smoke shop as facebook page featuring this pick of the "eight ballz" brand. that picture was uploaded on june 28 so pretty recently. the caption read, now carrying "eight ballz" bath salts 100% legal. they contain synthetic chemical similar to illegal drugs like ecstasy or meth and they became popular just this year. according to the american association of poison control centers, there were no reported cases of poisoning from bath salts back in 2009. last year though there were more than 300 and then check out this number. more than 3700 cases reported through the end of june of this year. so really it's gone up in popularity and doctors warn it can be very dangerous. >> so an amphetamine is a centr

it is a grind. tavis: at this point, are you looking for high-quality material? there is a comedic elements to it. are you in that vein? or it turns out that the things we're talking about, you can do comedy as well? >> i have 0 is done both. it is just the dramatic roles have made more noise and caught on more. i started doing stand-up. it is something i have always wanted to get more back into. i had an opportunity with this some to do that. i love comedies. they are harder to do and pilaf but when you do, it is important. tavis: talk about the showtime series. i have read -- been reading about it. >> it is called "house of lies." i play a management consultant. people ask, what is that? that is a good question. it is not never clearly defined. consulting is whatever you needed to be. [laughter] when the company calls and says you need help, you say how can i help you. that is what they do. it tends to prevaricate a little bit. tavis: at this point, your prefer, you have to see how long it is going to be filming, how much of those kinds of decisions push you to

. >>> plus the big apple grinds to a standstill over the man deny hunt for a peacock. >>> welcome back to "early today" on this wednesday morning. leave the umbrella at home. it is probably getting a lot of dust covering it at this time. the intermountain west with the monsoonal flow through to mexico up to salt lake city including denver. everywhere on the west coast we'll be dry today. just depends on your elevation or location for temperatures. interior will be warm, along the coast slightly cooler. today no rainfall at all. temperatures look very nice, especially the pacific northwest. if you're watching us on krnv news 4 in reno, see hand carved frames made of various material including 22 karat gold. at the triumph of craftsmanship. >> did somebody say gold? or was it diamonds? >> no, no diamonds. just gold. don't be greedy. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment, in case you had any doubt remaining that charlie sheen will never return to "2 and a half men" this should put it to it. the character sheen played on the show is not only dead the episode

recycling it, and then we take concrete and put it through -- they will put it through a grinder and grind it to different rock sizes and use that as the aggregate for asphalt or concrete. i am not sure if this is a sand pile for the concrete or if this is a recycle plant. but it is one of them. the city has opened up the large piers that unfortunately are not being used. we don't have the commerce we had in the old days. it has gone to oakland. we don't have the real site on the side of the bay. >> south of market has very unusual conditions, settlement. >> south of market, that particular fixture is at sixth street, which is right in the heart of this. some of the largest magnitudes of movement during the 1906 earthquake occurred in this area of what is called sullivans march, which it sullivans march, just south of market. not only did it solidify and saddle, but when the ground slopes, and actually flows and moves latterly. some areas of mission creek and sullivan's marsh, that was on the order of 15 feet. it was significant. everything you see south of market was built after the 1906

guys in the minors, it's a grintd, it is a grind, i can understand it, but i had a completely different perspective, it was nothing to me. >> the oakland organization stayed with him through the whole ordeal. after playing winter ball in palm springs, he attempted a comeback this spring with the a's. >> i don't know what they really expected. i just -- they were probably just hope willing for me to do well. they have a high regard for the type of person i am. >> they sat there in some room and said, hey, we're going to give this guy a shot for all reasons. 1:stinson extended springcc training and even a short callup highlights.ccere the time away caught up with the catcher. >> i'm not at the high level i know i was capable of or am capable of. i don't have the time really to do it. >> when i got back to extended, about a week or two in. it's not always nice to be sent down. it's not a positive experience. so that kind of got me on that road to thinking, should i really be doing this? >> he hung up his catching gear. if you think the navy stole away his baseball career? think begin. >> n

number one, i think, you know, he has an ax to grind. i think that's something he's made clear.e made clear to us up front that he felt abandoned by many of these players who he took care of when they were at the university of miami. when he ran into his legal troubles he felt like they abandoned him. secondarily i think he told the federal government he agreed to be honest regarding all of his financial dealings prior to his incarceration. >> you mentioned he has an ax to grind, charles. some would say that would be motivation to embellish or even try to hurt people since he's behind bars. what proof is he providing? >> well, we've gotten over 20,000 business documents, credit card bills, essentially his entire financial life going back to 2000. on top of that, 5,000 pages of phone bills. he gave us access to three e-mail accounts. over 1,000 photographs. human sources. there's a great deal of proof that he's been able to provide to really build an infrastructure of, you know, proof and infrastructure of believability that would have not have existed otherwise because of the cr

to deal with the day-to-day grind, experts say to say no to extra projects and make a conscious decisionrom the technology that keeps you mentally tied to work. >>> and nordstrom trying to drum up business for its website by offering free shipping on all orders. this is regardless of how much you spend. the upscale retailer used to only offer free shipping on orders of $200 or more or through special promotional offers. >>> and starbucks is entering that single serve coffee craze. beginning in november it will start selling single serve coffee pots at supermarkets. the k-cups are apparently a growing business. starbucks believes the deal is worth more than $1 billion. >>> all right. in the supermarket chain, this is interesting, it's appealing to its customers sense of smell. it has five machines on the wall throughout a store in brooklyn and they pump out art fill smells like bread, bacon, grape fruit. one person walked through the store blindfold. >> you smell meat. >> wow. >> it's got a whiff of meat. >> wow, amazing. that's exactly where we are. >> okay. >> and again, there is the de

the winklevoss as you see them, have an ax to grind. sean parker was a pretty good source and a wonderful person. crazy, i mean i think timberlake caught him perfectly. i feel sean is looking more and more like timelier -- timberlake now. you do have to take that into account. i feel like you can tell which is from his point of view, and which isn't. it's one the issues. >> other than "sex on the moon" it maybe, but which of the books have you written written -- whie was your favorite to write? >> "ugly americans" is a book that not a lot of people read. >> real quick question, are you still shopping? >> it was a kid, played football, never been out of new jersey, he's a princeton university college, gets call from alum, invites him to japan, packs a duffel bag, flies to japan, ends up working for a guy liked nick liesman, who bankrupted the japanese stock market. it becomes the hot shot hedge fund cowboy, falls in love with a japanese gangster, and makes a deal that makes $500,000 in five minutes, and it takes place in japan and sex un

hurricanes but tomorrow lunch time, the city that never sleeps will see its entire transit system grinda halt. while more than a quarter of a million new yorkers are being ordered to abandon homes at risk of flooding. at coney island, unprecedented ee vac had already begun. as the sick shuffled to hospitals on higher ground. up the road we found residents of a nursing homeÑi waiting for transport. and buses loading up passengers from sheltered housing to adults with learning difficulties. >> we're told the power may go off if the hurricane hits with full force. so i do -- it's a wise decision to evacuate people. >> some in this beach side community are unmoved. if irene does take a bite out of the big apple, the low-income housing blocks which have seen better days will be on the front line. >> so many things have been happen in new york lakely with the earthquake tuesday and now this. i don't know what's going on. forecasters say it's still too early to be precise about where irene might make landfall. all along east coast, authorities are erring on the side of caution because they've

" is a readers guide to atlas shrugged and the fountainhead, to help you learn to live like it and grind here. and at the same time to teach you what happens in the world when there are ayn rand type villains out there. now, i is him that in this room has probably heard of ayn rand. how many people here have read "atlas shrugged"? i'm actually stunned not to see every single hand in the room go up. here, we have two big thumbs up for the purchase list of selfishness. okay. if you haven't read "atlas shrugged," in a way i india because you before you a fantastic treat. the first reading of "atlas shrugged" is a transformative experience in poll after poll when americans are asked, what is about the influences influenced you the most, "atlas shrugged" is always in top two or three, the fountain head is always in top two or three. i've got to do it is a in that. it is that we libertarians can we individuals, one of the curses of being an individualist we think we're alone. i can say i start to feel that way. i live in northern california where libertarian canfield very, very alone. i live j

. >> it says it will help me unwind from the grind. >> not yet, larry. >> okay. all right. >> and you have to wait until after the newscast. >> okay. >> and we have more ahead, including a record-setting marathon swimmer at it again. >> latest challenge for a man who swam across lake tahoe, twice. pbpbpbpbpbpbpbqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq sure, pulling the mold, ldntew, and grime from out of the porous caverns of grout takes the right tools, but it also takes a gentle, caring touch. before you can deep clean, you learn to get a feel for its trouble spots. and hey, if you can't listen to grout, you can't truly know its wants...its needs...its dreams. ♪call 1-800-steemer. >>> breaking news on the golden gate bridge. northbound lanes are blocked because of police action. so heading into marin county is going to take a while. we'll have details on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> coming up in a half hour, san bruno pipeline explosion brought a homeowner a year of frustration that wendz a payoff. >> and michael finney follows up on smoke alarm recommendations of the state fire marshal,

knocked out power to as many as a million people and brought new york city to a grinding halt. as irene closes in on the nation's most populous city, business have shut down. hundreds of thousands have been forced to evacuate and the entire transit system is at a standstill. dozens of ferries, thousands of buses and 840 mile of rail are out of service for the first time in new york city's history, leaving the millions of new yorkers who don't own cars essentially stranded. all this as the storm is expected to reach new york at high tide tomorrow morning. meteorologist nick o'kelly will have more on that in a moment. first kerry sanders has this look back on the path of hurricane irene's destruction so far. >> reporter: hurricane irene made first landfall just south of the outer banks on north carolina's coast. winds in excess of 100 miles per hour ripped apart, unsecured siding. tilted electrical poles and church steeples. downed trees. an unconfirmed tornado is believed to have touched down in belhaven, damaging waterfront businesses. while the storm surge damaged the roadways

i have no axe to grind. no tools for that kind of stuff. for one thing i am sure. the director has done a phenomenal, great job of bringing together the various acrimonious factors -- factions of our taxi industry. she works

i have no axe to grind. no tools for that kind of stuff. for one thing i am sure. the director has done a phenomenal, great job of bringing together the various acrimonious factors -- factions of our taxi industry. she works hard to make things fair and that is important. i thank you for your service to the city we all love. i am here to support the fare

tim lincecum had to grind tonight, but he only allowed one run.began complaining that carlos beltran isn't paying dividends. he is now. first home run in his giants uniform. 1-0 san francisco. tim lincecum chopped one over jose guzman's head. and that, folks, proves to be the winning run. lune see couple gets his 12th run and the giants win 2-1. after a six-game losing streak, his team showed up late and said go ahead, skip batting practice. this worked two days in a row now. up 2-0. here comes a couple more runs. dbacks beat the nationals 4-2. so the giants remain two games back in the west. have a gad night cocoa crisp. he beat the bronx bombers with two bombs of his own. a three-run blast into the second deck. he goes 4 for 4. five runs batted in. a's win 6-4. i get a lot of e- mails about how to improve our sports cast. last night this is the first one i got from a tv news anchor. >> i would like to put in a request. i would like to see some little world series highlights. can we see something like that? >> i'll give you a little world series

grinds to a halt, tonight the feds are taking a closer look. >>> also new at 11:00 -- >> he used the n word several times and told him he could not live in la marinda. >> the live comment from a local defender that could be a career ender. >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. >> a friendly round of gulf, an alleged racist rant. now a notable police chief might be out of a job. the complaint alleges that peter sarna used the n word several times. an investigation is underway and he remains on paid leave. we bring in cheryl hurd who joins us from oakland. he is a well traveled police executive with big connections. this might become a dicey investigation. >> reporter: it is indeed. pete sarna's job is in jeopardy because of several alleged racial remarks he made after leaving a golf tournament two weeks ago. i talked with his wife tonight and she says this is a difficult time for the family and that her husband is a good man but refused to comment any further. one coworker claims he made racially charged and threatening remarks and tried to intimidate him to keep quiet. >

don't see myself as just the district supervisor but i'm obsessed in making sure my nose is in the grind stone in dealing with issues that are very district related but i believe, though, that i speak to issues city wide just in the presentation of what i shared with you as we're surfing in our discussion here, that these issues are underpinnings i think of what challenges san francisco. what i legislate, i can legislate things that groundbreaking i have been told. like we were the first city in the united states actually in the hemisphere, i learned after the fact, to ban plastic bags. i had no idea we were going to have that kind of place in some legislative hall of fame. i had no idea about that. i had no idea that my office of interns and staff and volunteers would be besieged by requests from around the country and abroad asking how do you do this? i had no idea i was going to grow to be an eco leader in some respects. but out of the desperation of the fact that we're not getting leadership from the federal government or the state government in trying to mitigate pervasive environme

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commute came to a grinding halt last night. will the trains be rolling this morning? mike has the details ahead. and standard & poor's says they are just the messenger. why they shouldn't be taking the heat over the dow's dip. a live look outside at the hp pavilion. it's tuesday, august 9th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. i'm scott mcgrew. let's get your forecast and christina loren, happy tuesday. >> happy tuesday to you, scott. we're looking good for today. we do have really thick fog this morning, though, up in the north bay. if you're waking up in santa rosa this morning, give yourself plenty of time before you hit the highway. pea soup up there. we've got less than a quarter mile of visibility in santa rosa. we expect more fog to develop throughout the morning. we'll cover that for you as well as where we're headed later today. i think you might like it. let's get you to work on time with mike inouye. >> this morning we start out with the same area that we had a lot of issues yesterday. not such a big problem, a light volume of traffic. 15 minutes w

that's because of expectations that production will resume after grinding to a halt because of the conflict. today in london, the price of crude fell $1.51. analysts say an end to hostilities could knock $10 off the price of a barrel. >>> and with all of that news out of the middle east and all of the volatility in the world economies, let's see how wall street is fairing on this monday back in the states. and the numbers, well, they're good for a monday. that's great news. the dow in positive territory. up 71 and some change. while both the tech-heavy nasdaq and the s&p 500 are just about even at this hour. >>> all right. coming up, a pitcher placed on the dl, and a giant on the sideline with injuries. >> it is a biggie too. >>> thousands of people getting something unexpected in the mail. a warning from the porn pirates and the threat to expose them. >>> you want to live longer? here is some advice. get married. how love apparently keeps you alive. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. the sun is about to break ground around the bay area. how long will it