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s not so secret scheming i was joined earlier by carl harrington kyle harrington that is founder and managing partner of harrington capital management i first asked him what are the companies in atlanta suing for and what is really going to come out of all of this. well i think the following right any predatory or one tone approach to lending practices associated with individuals you know has to it cannot go without punishment and i know that we're all responsible for reading our documents and and putting together our financial statements in a way and making sure we've read all of the footnotes as well as dotting all the i's and crossing the t.'s but if in any way there was a macchiavelli an approach or deceptive approach to these lending practices and these counties in atlanta then you know there is there is a case to make that this was done by the bank and let's face it you just outlined this h.s.b.c. has had a reputational. situation over the over the last few years with the mexican cartels and with this al-qaeda situation so it would not surprise me that the bank would go down th
s not so secret scheming i was joined earlier by carl harrington kyle harrington that is founder and managing partner of harrington capital management i first asked him what are the companies in atlanta suing for and what is really going to come out of all of this. well i think the following right any predatory or one tone approach to lending practices associated with individuals you know has to it cannot go without punishment and i know that we're all responsible for reading our documents and...
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personal thanks to ed harrington, as well. i will turn it back over to r m our emcee. >> a big round of applause. [applause] >> all right. thank you also my pleasure to introduce president of our board of supervisors, supervisor david chu. >> good government. evening. it's my honor to welcome you to our local version of the academy awards for city government. yes, please give it up. i think our awardees look absolutely stunning tonight. i want to welcome you all to city hall. thank you for joining us in celebrating good government, celebrating san francisco. opera iit is often said that as goes san francisco, goes california. as those california, so goes the rest of the country. i want to thank the awardees tonight and all of our civil servants when you are helping us how to figure out how to better manage our parks, r-texas, to figure out how we deliver our water. we are setting in example truly to the rest of the world. i want to thank spur. i know that the best ideas in city government do not come from the politicians. they
personal thanks to ed harrington, as well. i will turn it back over to r m our emcee. >> a big round of applause. [applause] >> all right. thank you also my pleasure to introduce president of our board of supervisors, supervisor david chu. >> good government. evening. it's my honor to welcome you to our local version of the academy awards for city government. yes, please give it up. i think our awardees look absolutely stunning tonight. i want to welcome you all to city hall....
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also, ed harrington for nominating me. also, a special thanks to my family. mason, kelly, tray, my wife, naomi, my sister joy, and my mother-in-law. they have been supporting me for a long time. behind this individual all board, there's a team of people that are responsible for making things happen. just for a moment, i want the puc to raise their hand and give a shout. we have a lot of folks who really committed in making the systems wwork.
also, ed harrington for nominating me. also, a special thanks to my family. mason, kelly, tray, my wife, naomi, my sister joy, and my mother-in-law. they have been supporting me for a long time. behind this individual all board, there's a team of people that are responsible for making things happen. just for a moment, i want the puc to raise their hand and give a shout. we have a lot of folks who really committed in making the systems wwork.
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in lafayette, elissa harrington cbs 5. >>> it's 4:31 now. this morning, road crews will be assessing damage from yet another sinkhole that opened up yesterday in the santa cruz mountains on vine hill road near the summit of highway 17. the dirt underneath vinehill gave way just before noon yesterday. and now one entire lane is gone and the rest of the road is in jeopardy because there's nothing under supporting the pavement now. one resident says he lost several trees in the collapse as debris rolled down the hill. >>> you can see that the whole road has been undermined and there's a lot of water flowing through and we have lost, you know, half the road. >> long-time residents say they have never seen anything like this at all. it's not clear how long that road will stay closed. >>> flood warnings for the napa river were canceled yesterday afternoon to the relief of residents nearby. they prepared for the worse putting sandbags around their properties. rain brought the water level within three feet of going over the banks. and this was the r
in lafayette, elissa harrington cbs 5. >>> it's 4:31 now. this morning, road crews will be assessing damage from yet another sinkhole that opened up yesterday in the santa cruz mountains on vine hill road near the summit of highway 17. the dirt underneath vinehill gave way just before noon yesterday. and now one entire lane is gone and the rest of the road is in jeopardy because there's nothing under supporting the pavement now. one resident says he lost several trees in the collapse...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is at ucsf this morning and that's where the governor is undergoing radiation treatment. good morning. >> reporter: for the next month, governor brown will receive daily treatments here at ucsf. they are supposed to be painless and last about 10 minutes. governor brown's office announced yesterday that he has early stage prostate cancer. they say it has not spread and has a high cure rate. the 74-year-old governor will keep up his full work during his treatment and doctors say there won't be any serious side effects. this is the governor's second bout with cancer since taking office in 2011. last year he had a procedure to remove skin cancer from his nose. brown is in good shape of and he called out the governor of new jersey, chris christie, back in august after getting slammed at the republican convention. >> i hereby challenge governor
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is at ucsf this morning and that's where the governor is undergoing radiation treatment. good morning. >> reporter: for the next month, governor brown will receive daily treatments here at ucsf. they are supposed to be painless and last about 10 minutes. governor brown's office announced yesterday that he has early stage prostate cancer. they say it has not spread and has a high cure rate. the 74-year-old governor will keep up his full work during his...
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live at the bay bridge, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >> the recipe for accidents, just add water. apparently we have problems out there. gianna? >> exactly. yeah. we are getting word from chp of this accident in sunnyvale. they have been working on it for 20 minutes. northbound 101 at mathilda blocking two right lanes. it's a serious accident. in fact, they had another one reported there in the backup so as you can see on our sensors, we have a backup there as you work your way in and around that area. so 280 to 85, that's how you get around that mess. 237 itself you could use that as well westbound connecting over towards 101 but you might see some brake lights once you get to the 101 connector through there. elsewhere, look at this our travel times north 101 from 280, 680 interchange to highway 237, that's a 22-minute right now showing red so big delays there. again 280 a good choice. guadalupe parkway not showing any delays right now. now, marin county southbound 101 just before the golden gate bridge, we have reports of mud in the right lane. so stick to your left. not seeing
live at the bay bridge, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >> the recipe for accidents, just add water. apparently we have problems out there. gianna? >> exactly. yeah. we are getting word from chp of this accident in sunnyvale. they have been working on it for 20 minutes. northbound 101 at mathilda blocking two right lanes. it's a serious accident. in fact, they had another one reported there in the backup so as you can see on our sensors, we have a backup there as you work your way in and...
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elissa harrington is on the ground there. is she there? >> can you tell us what the update is on that person who was trapped, was able to get out, but are there any injuries. >>> no, the person was able to get out and it's interesting what they did. one o. people inside the truck was -- of the people inside the truck was a volunteer firefighter. he hopped out of the truck with both feet together. hit live wires and they were able to get out of the vehicle safely. the fire is out but this is what it looks like. flames 20 to 30 feet tall outside of san leandro after a laundry truck hit some wire. with me now, i have josh walsh the battalion chief to talk about what happened. explain what happened to this truck. >> well, as you see, it destroyed with the fire. >> reporter: how did that happen? >> it became involved in fire after striking the electrical lines, it caught fire. pg&e was on scene. we elected to stay away from it. we had 12,000-volts measured in the ground around the vehicle and left here, 5000-volts in the ground, so we had to st
elissa harrington is on the ground there. is she there? >> can you tell us what the update is on that person who was trapped, was able to get out, but are there any injuries. >>> no, the person was able to get out and it's interesting what they did. one o. people inside the truck was -- of the people inside the truck was a volunteer firefighter. he hopped out of the truck with both feet together. hit live wires and they were able to get out of the vehicle safely. the fire is out...
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live in hayward, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> flames tore through an east oakland building overnight. now police say squatters may be to blame. crews battled the one-alarm fire around 1:30 at 64th and international boulevard. flames sparked back up around 4 a.m. and they were put out. the building may have housed several homeless. no injuries were reported. >>> the same building caught fire back in august. it took firefighters about half hour to put out those flames. at the time it was an appliance store called budget appliances. >>> investigators in the east bay want to know if several pipe bombs are related. there have been four found in the last few days. the latest was found outside pleasant hill elementary school. the latest bomb was found outside the school while classes were in session yesterday. had pleasant hill police got the walnut creek bomb squad there to deal with that device. >> we hope there aren't more. we hope it won't be a rash of them. >> over the weekend, five teenagers were arrested in pleasant hill for a mailbox bombing on friday. they are accused of planting a
live in hayward, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> flames tore through an east oakland building overnight. now police say squatters may be to blame. crews battled the one-alarm fire around 1:30 at 64th and international boulevard. flames sparked back up around 4 a.m. and they were put out. the building may have housed several homeless. no injuries were reported. >>> the same building caught fire back in august. it took firefighters about half hour to put out those flames. at the...
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in san francisco, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >> he is a fighter so if anyone can beat it, governor brown can. >> now who i would like to challenge to a chinup and sit ups? >> who would that be? >> it would be this guy. >> is that right? >> i think i could take you. >> let's go for it. >> should we. >> i'm ready to go. >> how about 6:50 on the program right over there near th weather wall? >> especially on a day like today. >> i'll watch. >> you have to do something to stay warm today. it's a cold beginning to the day if you are head outside. boy, chilly start. we are going to see some frost showing up in many of the interior valleys in the north and also the east bay. that cold front is swinging through yesterday. now all that cold air from the gulf of alaska parked right over the bay area. so mostly clear start before you these temperatures are very chilly. 35 degrees right now in consumer report and livermore. 33 hovering just above freezing in santa rosa. even 39 degrees in san jose. as we head toward the afternoon, it will stay dry all day long. skies will be mostly sunny, but these
in san francisco, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >> he is a fighter so if anyone can beat it, governor brown can. >> now who i would like to challenge to a chinup and sit ups? >> who would that be? >> it would be this guy. >> is that right? >> i think i could take you. >> let's go for it. >> should we. >> i'm ready to go. >> how about 6:50 on the program right over there near th weather wall? >> especially on a day like today....
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in hayward getting the latest. >> reporter: that apartment completely destroyed and there was a mother who lived there with her young son. she told us that she thinks somebody threw something into her home and that's what caused it to set on fire. so arson investigators are on scene. they are trying to sort all of this out but we are on dixon street right by the bart station. this was a one-alarm fire but again it caused significant damage and firefighters say that that family won't be able to return home. nobody was hurt. pg&e crews also on scene securing some lines and we are still waiting to get some more information but as i said arson investigators are on scene. elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> new this morning, a fire in east oakland is believed to have been started by squatters. the single-alarm fire happened around 1:30 this morning on 64th and international boulevard. officials say homeless people may have been living in the building at the time. no injuries reported. >>> the same building caught fire in august. it took firefighters about half hou
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in hayward getting the latest. >> reporter: that apartment completely destroyed and there was a mother who lived there with her young son. she told us that she thinks somebody threw something into her home and that's what caused it to set on fire. so arson investigators are on scene. they are trying to sort all of this out but we are on dixon street right by the bart station. this was a one-alarm fire but again it caused significant damage and...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is at the clayton valley shopping center with all the details. good morning, elissa. >> reporter: good morning. definitely a brazen burglary here. you can see behind me the gamestop has been boarded up and workers have come in to clean up and try and get things back together so that they can open today. now, what happened is that thieves crashed their car into the building and then stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. you're looking at a picture from shortly after that happened around 4 a.m. now, employees say that they were alerted by an alarm when they arrived police were already here. and they found that car into the building. but the suspect gone. they stole ipods and iphones from a glass display case on the wall. police believe that they were in a stolen vehicle and it has since been towed away from the scene. as for the suspect or suspects, they fled on foot. workers say that they are going to spend the morning cleaning up while police continue their investigation. there is some surveillance footage from inside of the game stop
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is at the clayton valley shopping center with all the details. good morning, elissa. >> reporter: good morning. definitely a brazen burglary here. you can see behind me the gamestop has been boarded up and workers have come in to clean up and try and get things back together so that they can open today. now, what happened is that thieves crashed their car into the building and then stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. you're looking at a...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington tells us about the clean-up and how long it might take to get it all fixed. >> reporter: blame the weather for the sinkhole but this is definitely not what the people who live in this neighborhood want to see out of their window. a 20-foot sinkhole that goes over two lanes of traffic. this morning we have seen trucks with pg&e with the city and sanitation crews on the scene with a long day of clean- up. now, nobody was hurt but this is causing some problems for the people here. water was turned off to repair the lines last night. this happened because of the storms we had. heavy rains overflowed a creek which eroded the ground causing it to suddenly fall. this morning roads are closed but detours are in place. but if you come back live to us one more look at that sinkhole, it is going to take quite a while to come up with a solution. they need to come up with a permanent plan and at this point the road is going to have to be replaced. in lafayette, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> another sinkhole opened up yesterday. this one in the santa c
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington tells us about the clean-up and how long it might take to get it all fixed. >> reporter: blame the weather for the sinkhole but this is definitely not what the people who live in this neighborhood want to see out of their window. a 20-foot sinkhole that goes over two lanes of traffic. this morning we have seen trucks with pg&e with the city and sanitation crews on the scene with a long day of clean- up. now, nobody was hurt but this is causing some...
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. >> lived in bergen county, small town called harrington park. >> jon: beautiful harrington park.ice. and now you are the superhero mayor of newark. i read stories about you. you pull babies out of burning buildings. you have reversed the rotation of the earth. how does this happen to you? do you patrol at night? are you filming an episode of cops? what are you doing? >> i did pa terrell at night a lot, especially when i first got in and there was a lot of change we were trying to make in the police department. i get a lot of attention for things frankly a lot of people in my city do every day. i remember during hurricane sandy i let a lot of my neighbors stay in my house until my power came back on, and i got a lot of attention, but frankly, so many people were doing things like that. >> jon: but you're the mayor. >> i am the mayor. >> jon: so your house is nicer. [laughter] >> if you saw how this bachelor guy lives, you would not necessarily say that. >> jon: is that true? does the mayor not have someone to come -- by the way, i see a great sit come. hold on. "the bachelor" mayo
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in lafayette to show us the status of some of the repair work. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. behind me is some of that heavy equipment being used to repair the road and as you can imagine there is a lot of work to be done. east bay m.u.d., pg&e, sanitation crews and city official have all been out here to the scene of this giant sinkhole. so far they have been clearing debris while making sure residents can still get gas and water service. those lines were damaged. they have had to temporarily run some of the lines above ground. this sinkhole is 80 feet long, 40 feet wide and 15 feet deep. it opened up on sunday following some heavy rains and the lafayette creek which runs under part of the road flooded eroded the ground and caused it to fall. the next storm, however, right around the corner. it will roll in later on today. so the city and engineers have come up with a plan to put in a temporary culvert a permanent fix taking months. >> bottom line is there's going to be a hole in the ground here for a long time. and mountain view driv
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in lafayette to show us the status of some of the repair work. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. behind me is some of that heavy equipment being used to repair the road and as you can imagine there is a lot of work to be done. east bay m.u.d., pg&e, sanitation crews and city official have all been out here to the scene of this giant sinkhole. so far they have been clearing debris while making sure residents can still get gas and water...
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reporting live at the bay bridge, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> and speaking of the wet weather, how is the rain impacting the morning commute? >> well, usually we ask you. >> right. >> but this morning it's gianna. how are you? >> you know, it's getting busy out there. there's a couple of things to look out for. live look at conditions along 580 as you work your way westbound towards pleasanton. slick surfaces. we have reports of a big rig on fire briefly. they were able to put it out quickly. it's over to the right shoulder westbound 580 at san are moan boulevard. so you might find some activity there. may slow you down just a bit. jumping to our maps right now we're seeing green on our sensors, traffic okay there. highway 121 silverado trail shut down between stonecrest drive and hagen road. that's due to an accident that may have hit a power pole. there are lines down in the road so lots of activity. in the meantime use [ indiscernible ] for alternates. elsewhere, no accidents to report in marin county. so far, so good as you work your way into san francisco. 880 okay northbound
reporting live at the bay bridge, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> and speaking of the wet weather, how is the rain impacting the morning commute? >> well, usually we ask you. >> right. >> but this morning it's gianna. how are you? >> you know, it's getting busy out there. there's a couple of things to look out for. live look at conditions along 580 as you work your way westbound towards pleasanton. slick surfaces. we have reports of a big rig on fire briefly. they...
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erin andrews, eddie george, joey harrington.e said ucla had a great game plan for us and they were a tougher bruins team, but the cardinal prevail here. >> eddie: a great job again by david shaw all year long. i think he's one of the best coaches out there and it shows because he's the pac-12 coach of the year. they took ucla's best shot and they never waivered. they're lost focus. they found ways to make plays and put them in position to win at the end. >> joey: credit ucla making some great adjustments from last week. it's funny how a 201-yard performance by johnathan franklin really got overshad owed by one interception. that was the momentum changer. >> erin: all right. on behalf of eddie george, joey harrington, i'm erin andrews, good night, everyone. we will see you here tomorrow for what, the big ten championship. can't wait. we'll find out who stanford will play in the rose bowl. see you tomorrow.
erin andrews, eddie george, joey harrington.e said ucla had a great game plan for us and they were a tougher bruins team, but the cardinal prevail here. >> eddie: a great job again by david shaw all year long. i think he's one of the best coaches out there and it shows because he's the pac-12 coach of the year. they took ucla's best shot and they never waivered. they're lost focus. they found ways to make plays and put them in position to win at the end. >> joey: credit ucla making...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in mill valley where preparing for king tides flooding is under way. >> it's coming in fast. it looked like it was filling up a bathtub. >> reporter: workers at mill valley stack sandbags as water from the bay creeps closer to their business flooding the parking lot. for people like 8-year-old jocelyn and her mother, who came to check the scene -- >> i think it's pretty amazing and it's coming up really, really high. >> reporter: but for the owner -- >> very concerned. you know, we don't want the building to get flooded. >> reporter: king tides, the highest tides of the year, are arriving along the california coast n some places, water is rising a couple of inches and others several feet. this was the manzanita park and ride where drivers were warned. risk. >> it just keeps getting higher every day. >> reporter: members of the marin rowing association says it's not as high as they have seen it but pretty close. >> looking at the bridge, you can see the watermark almost at its highest. >> the water is high and because of the high tides there's a lot of
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in mill valley where preparing for king tides flooding is under way. >> it's coming in fast. it looked like it was filling up a bathtub. >> reporter: workers at mill valley stack sandbags as water from the bay creeps closer to their business flooding the parking lot. for people like 8-year-old jocelyn and her mother, who came to check the scene -- >> i think it's pretty amazing and it's coming up really, really high. >> reporter: but...
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and that's where cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is with it's going to take to clean it up. >> reporter: the city has a huge project on its hands. the city manager said this is the largest sinkhole he hasstein in more than 20 years and going to take a lot of time and money to fix it. a big problem in one lafayette neighborhood a 20-foot sinkhole swallowing a section of mountain view drive near downtown. chris lives steps away in this blue house. the sinkhole is practically in his front yard goosiery. sounded like a big crushing -- crumbling in. >> reporter: the sinkhole opened up yesterday after heavy rain. the creek under the street was running high with debris. >> it plugged the talbot, goes under the road, the water had nowhere to go and so it eroded the road around the culvert and collapsed the road. >> reporter: neighbors can't believe it. >> absolutely amazing. never seen anything like this in my life, never dreamed of it. by knew the area flooded on -- we knew the area flooded on new year's in 1977 but never saw this before. >> i have never seen this happen before. right in front
and that's where cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is with it's going to take to clean it up. >> reporter: the city has a huge project on its hands. the city manager said this is the largest sinkhole he hasstein in more than 20 years and going to take a lot of time and money to fix it. a big problem in one lafayette neighborhood a 20-foot sinkhole swallowing a section of mountain view drive near downtown. chris lives steps away in this blue house. the sinkhole is practically in his front...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington on how those officers were honored today. >> reporter: this started as a welfare check but quickly turned into a life-or-death situation when these two officers found a brand-new baby boy abandoned on an san francisco street. these are the two officers, matt cloud and steve gritch, both from the bayview department. at 2 a.m. they were called about a woman bleeding outside the providence shelter on third and mckinnon. when they approached they didn't find the woman but, instead were flagged down by a man cradling a newborn baby. that baby was not responsive. these officers are both fathers and knew that the baby wouldn't make it if they didn't act. the ambulance they called could take 15 minutes to arrive so instead officer cloud drove to the hospital while officer grit ch performed cpr. >> having two young children i know what a baby should look like when it's first born and this baby, there was no movement, no screaming, no crying. >> as we were driving there, i wasn't really worried about it yet, you know, i was kind of focused on it. when we got he
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington on how those officers were honored today. >> reporter: this started as a welfare check but quickly turned into a life-or-death situation when these two officers found a brand-new baby boy abandoned on an san francisco street. these are the two officers, matt cloud and steve gritch, both from the bayview department. at 2 a.m. they were called about a woman bleeding outside the providence shelter on third and mckinnon. when they approached they didn't find...
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they know we have one r -- more hit coming elissa harrington live on how communities are getting along. >> i hope it goes away soon. i don't like it. >> reporter: we're almost there, the final storm in a series of 3 sending people stacking up sandbags prompts a flash flood watch. since wednesday, heavy rain and winds have toppled trees, snarled traffic and left thousands in the dark. the last two storms completely uprooted this 50-foot tree. and a lot more wind and rain is expected tonight so the at pg&e all hands on deck. >> healthy trees are coming down and when they come down they find the power lines well. >> reporter: pg&e crews have been working around the clock to repair downed lines and say all power should be restored tonight. just around the third storm is set to arrive. >> we've been lucky because there's breaks in between the one two pinches and the biggest is tonight and we want folks to be prepared. >> reporter: calls for service have been nonstop and they want drivers to slow down. just this morning a big rig jackknifed on 280 in san bruno. >> i would definitely say it's
they know we have one r -- more hit coming elissa harrington live on how communities are getting along. >> i hope it goes away soon. i don't like it. >> reporter: we're almost there, the final storm in a series of 3 sending people stacking up sandbags prompts a flash flood watch. since wednesday, heavy rain and winds have toppled trees, snarled traffic and left thousands in the dark. the last two storms completely uprooted this 50-foot tree. and a lot more wind and rain is expected...
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we have 600 feet of levee, the car literally carving the levee up. >> melissa harrington. >>> a flood watch remains in effect along the russian river. it's expected to crest just below the flood stage at guernville. part of the county experienced minor flooding during yesterday's storm. the water was up to a foot and a half deep in the pin grove park. >> there's not a lot we can do about it. we've tried sandbagging in the past; but -- >> there was also some flooding a few miles away in pet lieu ma, including a trucking company at the parking lot you see here. sandbags are on standby. more rain is expected later this week. >>> more storm damage to to the strong winds. the storms knocked down froze. this is in san francisco,. >>> in snow ma county, a large fir tree fell town on a house. winds gust up to 60 miles per hour in snow ma county. a tree splintered into pieces. it knocked power out in the area as well >>> and downed trees and high high waters caused crews to shut down roads between mission boulevard. it's all closed because of this, a rockslide. traffic was being detoured on 68
we have 600 feet of levee, the car literally carving the levee up. >> melissa harrington. >>> a flood watch remains in effect along the russian river. it's expected to crest just below the flood stage at guernville. part of the county experienced minor flooding during yesterday's storm. the water was up to a foot and a half deep in the pin grove park. >> there's not a lot we can do about it. we've tried sandbagging in the past; but -- >> there was also some flooding a...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in hayward. arson investigators believe the woman was targeted. >> reporter: as fire completely destroyed this apartment, you can see a big pile of charred debris in the inside absolutely gutted. firefighters are investigating this as arson. >> caused like a explosion and both sides caught fire. >> reporter: shattered glass, a boom, then screaming. that's what residents of the dixon lane apartments in hayward say they heard before a fire tore through this two- story unit. it happened just before 4 a.m. the apartment manager lived here with he on. >> the manager was standing at her front door yelling for help with flames coming out of her apartment. >> reporter: they escaped the flames and a family next door was also evacuated. firefighters say it appears a molotov cocktail was the cause. someone hurled the bottle through a front window. >> we have a pattern on the floor shows accelerant that caused the fire and made it spread. >> reporter: the manager didn't want to be interviewed but did tell me
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is in hayward. arson investigators believe the woman was targeted. >> reporter: as fire completely destroyed this apartment, you can see a big pile of charred debris in the inside absolutely gutted. firefighters are investigating this as arson. >> caused like a explosion and both sides caught fire. >> reporter: shattered glass, a boom, then screaming. that's what residents of the dixon lane apartments in hayward say they heard before a fire...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington has the story. >> reporter: this might look like any average run of the milhous but inside, police found hundreds of marijuana plants in one of the most elaborate grows they have ever seen. >> wow, i'm surprised. i'm surprised that that's what they were at the house for. >> reporter: san jose's sandalwood court is one of those neighborhoods where everyone knows each other. but residents i talked to didn't know much about the people who lived here. >> they weren't very friendly. so we had suspected something. >> just two guys hi and by all the time. >> reporter: they didn't live there. this house was used for one thing only, to grow pot. police discovered what they believe to be an illegal grow around 3 a.m. when responding to a burglary call. when officers arrived they didn't find any burglars but found inside roughly 300 marijuana plants. >> you had lighting equipment in the individual rooms. you had wiring throughout. you had fertilizer, you know, just the typical items would you use to grow marijuana. >> reporter: the street value of the plants aro
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington has the story. >> reporter: this might look like any average run of the milhous but inside, police found hundreds of marijuana plants in one of the most elaborate grows they have ever seen. >> wow, i'm surprised. i'm surprised that that's what they were at the house for. >> reporter: san jose's sandalwood court is one of those neighborhoods where everyone knows each other. but residents i talked to didn't know much about the people who lived...
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so we have cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington at the bay bridge with more on what things are like at this moment. >> reporter: it is drizzling, temperatures in the 50s but behind me, traffic is moving smoothly but it is very wet. here's some video taken from last night and this morning. it has been raining on and off. and it will drizzle through at least part of the morning commute. there are also some wind gusts. now, nothing like what we saw earlier this month. but something that drivers should be aware of. there's also a small craft advisory that goes until 9 a.m. that means that some wind speeds could create hazardous wave conditions. that advisory is in effect in san francisco, san pablo, suisun bay and the west delta. past the toll plaza on to the bay bridge, there are some large puddles. so we say it every time that it rains, but it is worth repeating: make sure to leave room between you and the car in front of you. and stay safe and go slow on the roads. reporting at the bay bridge, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >> she has her weather gear on so it must be raining. >> looks like it. >
so we have cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington at the bay bridge with more on what things are like at this moment. >> reporter: it is drizzling, temperatures in the 50s but behind me, traffic is moving smoothly but it is very wet. here's some video taken from last night and this morning. it has been raining on and off. and it will drizzle through at least part of the morning commute. there are also some wind gusts. now, nothing like what we saw earlier this month. but something that drivers...
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live at sfo, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thanks. the nasty weather no match for christmas procrastinators. they stiped black friday last month and made today supershopping saturday. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec on what's expected to be the busiest day of the year for retirals. retirals-- retailers. >> reporter: the bells are ringing, the clock is ticking. and last-minute shoppers are hitting the stores. >> this is the big shopping weekend right before christmas. >> reporter: retail tracking firm shopper track forecasts that today and tomorrow will be among the biggest shopping days of the year. even more so than a normal saturday before christmas. since the holiday falls on a tuesday, people are using the long weekend for holiday preps. >> i do think people waited a little bit. and now they're just -- ready to buy, buy, buy. >> reporter: the company visa released a survey this week saying that nearly three quarters of consumer still had holiday shopping left to do and many of them were waiting for the weekend to do it. >> a lot of go
live at sfo, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thanks. the nasty weather no match for christmas procrastinators. they stiped black friday last month and made today supershopping saturday. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec on what's expected to be the busiest day of the year for retirals. retirals-- retailers. >> reporter: the bells are ringing, the clock is ticking. and last-minute shoppers are hitting the stores. >> this is the big shopping weekend right before christmas. >>...
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with us, kyle harrington, founder and managing partner of harrington capitol management. i guess if santa claus comes at christmas, uncle sam comes as new year's. not a lot of giving and a lot of taking. >> i'll tell you, nice to be with you first. i think people need to really understand the average american needs to understand the ripple effect associated with this fiscal cliff. so with less after-tax dollars in people's pockets, i think what happens here is we have a real fear and worry people start to not spend as much, which will significantly hurt the consumer spending cycle we want to get better. the unemployment, if people jump -- more people not able to collect unemployment benefits as a result of spending cuts will be a problem: we have an unemployment rate way above where we want it to be. so you understand people's 401(k) for example with capital gains tax rates going up, with own individual accounts, now they -- if my capital gains rate goes up, i have a lot less after-tax gains. this is important to know the ripple effect associate with this fiscal cliff slo
with us, kyle harrington, founder and managing partner of harrington capitol management. i guess if santa claus comes at christmas, uncle sam comes as new year's. not a lot of giving and a lot of taking. >> i'll tell you, nice to be with you first. i think people need to really understand the average american needs to understand the ripple effect associated with this fiscal cliff. so with less after-tax dollars in people's pockets, i think what happens here is we have a real fear and...
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in walnut creek, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thank you. and more information is coming out about the father and son who died in san francisco bay last night. today the marin county coroner released their names. 37-year-old juan rojas of san francisco drowned while trying to save his 9-year-old son juan. the two of them were fishing along the shoreline of bonita cove yesterday afternoon when a wave swept them into the ocean. their bodies were recovered 5:30 last night in the bay. >>> a high school party at hotel intercontinental in san francisco took a turn for the worse late last night after several fights broke out and two people were pepper sprayed. management tried to shut down the party when things got out of hand but called the police. two people were arrested. the 800 hear theiers evacuated the hotel around 11 p.m., the 800 partiers were evacuated. no other injuries. >>> authorities are trying to track down the owners of three horses that were hit and killed on a bay area freeway. the horses were spotted on 28near alpine road around
in walnut creek, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thank you. and more information is coming out about the father and son who died in san francisco bay last night. today the marin county coroner released their names. 37-year-old juan rojas of san francisco drowned while trying to save his 9-year-old son juan. the two of them were fishing along the shoreline of bonita cove yesterday afternoon when a wave swept them into the ocean. their bodies were recovered 5:30 last night in the bay....
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elissa harrington is at the chp in the city and it's pretty obvious drunk driving is dangerous but still people do it so now a new plan to deal with it? >> reporter: well, elizabeth, the usual checkpoints and increased patrols, but a new bill was introduced today to lower driving-related deaths and crackdown on repeat dui offenders. >> with the upcoming new year's holiday, it is more important than ever to be aware of dangers associated with impaired and distracted driving. >> reporter: so law enforcement will be cracking down on drunk drivers. starting tonight through new year's day. police agencies including redwood city will have dui checkpoints. they will estimate they will se 1500 cars. they made hundreds of arrests over christmas. senate bill 55 targets repeat offenders. it would require ignition interlock devices for drivers with more than one dui conviction. >> we have tried increasing fines. we have tried to revoke licenses to deter those chronic offenders. but we need to do more to save lives. >> reporter: a person would blow into a device before starting his car. if there's al
elissa harrington is at the chp in the city and it's pretty obvious drunk driving is dangerous but still people do it so now a new plan to deal with it? >> reporter: well, elizabeth, the usual checkpoints and increased patrols, but a new bill was introduced today to lower driving-related deaths and crackdown on repeat dui offenders. >> with the upcoming new year's holiday, it is more important than ever to be aware of dangers associated with impaired and distracted driving. >>...
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in martinez, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> concord police are looking for the thieves who rammed a stolen car through a gamestop store and got thousands of dollars of worth of electronics. security alarms at the store in the clayton valley shopping center went off about 4:00 this morning. and when employees got there, they found a honda accord inside and glass everywhere. the workers said that ipods and ipads were stolen. >>> in other news around the bay two people were taken to the hospital after this crash in san jose. officers say the driver of the subaru station wagon struck a toyota on oakland road this morning. the impact pushed the toyota into a nearby train crossing. the train tracks weren't damaged. the car, another story. >>> a portion of the marsh creek road in clayton between pine lane and deer valley road is still closed. a pipe under the road has failed and a potential sinkhole starting to form. people living in the area will be able to get in and out, but there is no word yet on when the road will reopen. >>> still ahead, a toymaker takes its toy off store shelves over a po
in martinez, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> concord police are looking for the thieves who rammed a stolen car through a gamestop store and got thousands of dollars of worth of electronics. security alarms at the store in the clayton valley shopping center went off about 4:00 this morning. and when employees got there, they found a honda accord inside and glass everywhere. the workers said that ipods and ipads were stolen. >>> in other news around the bay two people were taken...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington in lafayette to show us hopefully some of the work they are doing and hopefully it's coming along. elissa, good morning. >> reporter: engineers say that sinkhole won't be fixed for months. but we have another storm right around the corner coming in tonight. so now the city is working on a quick temporary fix to deal with this incoming rain. this sinkhole is 80 feet long, 40 feet wide and 15 feet deep. it's on mountain view drive, opened up on sunday. heavy rain runsthe plan is a temporary culvert to keep water flowing under the road when it rains of a permanent solution will take time and money. some residents who live close to the sinkhole were hoping for better news. >> all our live is just -- we just have this house. [ crying ] >> and everything you worry about it. >> reporter: the city manager told me a permanent fix could cost somewhere in the six figures. now, this morning a section of mountain view drew is still closed. you can see excavators and other heavy machinery sitting in the road so a lot of work to be done. they are going to be out here
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington in lafayette to show us hopefully some of the work they are doing and hopefully it's coming along. elissa, good morning. >> reporter: engineers say that sinkhole won't be fixed for months. but we have another storm right around the corner coming in tonight. so now the city is working on a quick temporary fix to deal with this incoming rain. this sinkhole is 80 feet long, 40 feet wide and 15 feet deep. it's on mountain view drive, opened up on sunday. heavy...
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joining us now is kyle harrington, founder of harrington capital management. >> how are you? >> i'm well. a 7.7 unemployment rate. >> you have to look at the numbers in detail. that's my job at harrington capital. 350,000 less people computed in that number. so people that have just decided they are going to drop out of the workforce. and so those numbers can be misleading. in addition, if you look at what is called the participation rate, arthel, and you go back four years when say president obama -- or four and a half years when president obama came into office it was at the 66% participation rate. meaning 66% of people participated in the polling and now it is 63. you are seeing less people participating because they are dropping out of those numbers. hence sometimes those numbers will go down and be misleading. lastly i want to say, arthel, when you look into the numbers you will see that 50,000 jobs of the 150,000 jobs that have been created over the last six months , month by month, you will see that 50,000 of those are in the retail restaurant sector. why that is is be
joining us now is kyle harrington, founder of harrington capital management. >> how are you? >> i'm well. a 7.7 unemployment rate. >> you have to look at the numbers in detail. that's my job at harrington capital. 350,000 less people computed in that number. so people that have just decided they are going to drop out of the workforce. and so those numbers can be misleading. in addition, if you look at what is called the participation rate, arthel, and you go back four years...
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in san francisco, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thank you. time for a little weather. it was cold this morning. >> it was. i felt a difference in the air. >> yeah. a lot of that cold air coming down from the gulf of alaska. it is a chilly frigid start in parts of the bay area down to the freezing point. we are going to see some widespread frost in some of the valleys, maybe a little black ice out on the roads. so watch out for that. we're behind that cold front now and you see all that cold air diving into california. so a very cold start to the day. if you are heading out the door, mostly clear skies over the bay and valleys. the temperatures down to 37 degrees in concord. just above freezing at 33 in santa rosa. and 36 degrees in livermore. by the afternoon, again we are going to see similar temperatures to yesterday, highs will only be in the 50s and guess what, we are talking about more rain coming in our direction. we'll tell you when in a few minutes. >>> breaking news on the san mateo bridge where a fatality shut down the right westbound lane heading towards the
in san francisco, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thank you. time for a little weather. it was cold this morning. >> it was. i felt a difference in the air. >> yeah. a lot of that cold air coming down from the gulf of alaska. it is a chilly frigid start in parts of the bay area down to the freezing point. we are going to see some widespread frost in some of the valleys, maybe a little black ice out on the roads. so watch out for that. we're behind that cold front now and you...
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cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is over at ucsf this morning.e governor is undergoing treatment. he joins us with the latest. >> reporter: for the next month, governor brown will receive daily radiation treatments here at ucsf medical center. his office announced yesterday that he is battling early stage prostate cancer. they say it has not spread and has a very high cure rate. the 74-year-old governor will keep his full work schedule during his treatments and doctors say there should not be any serious side effects. the governor was treated for skin cancer last year. these illnesses are common with age. the governor will receive radiation treatments at ucsf medical center and is not expected to have serious side effects. >> monday through friday, each day for about 10 minutes a day the treatments are painless. he comes in, lays on the table with a linear accelerator, gets the treatment and doesn't feel anything from it. it doesn't slow him down in that way. >> reporter: doctors say his chances for recovery are excellent. the treatment should be
cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is over at ucsf this morning.e governor is undergoing treatment. he joins us with the latest. >> reporter: for the next month, governor brown will receive daily radiation treatments here at ucsf medical center. his office announced yesterday that he is battling early stage prostate cancer. they say it has not spread and has a very high cure rate. the 74-year-old governor will keep his full work schedule during his treatments and doctors say there should...
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in lafayette, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thank you.rning, road crews will be assessing the damage from yet another sinkhole not quite as big though. it opened up yesterday in the santa cruz mountains on vinehill road near the summit of highway 17. the dirt gave way before noon yesterday although this is a pretty good sized, too. one lane is gone and the remainder of the road is in jeopardy because there's nothing underneath right now to support that pavement. one resident says he lost several trees in the collapse as debris rolled downhill. >> you can see that the whole road has been undermined. and there was and a lot of water flowing through. we have lost half the road. >> long-time residents say they have never seen anything like it up in the santa cruz mountains. it's not clear how long that road will stay closed. >>> and one north bay school is closed today because of the damage from the storm over the weekend. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is up in fairfax where crews will be cleaning all that flooded area out today, i guess no sc
in lafayette, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thank you.rning, road crews will be assessing the damage from yet another sinkhole not quite as big though. it opened up yesterday in the santa cruz mountains on vinehill road near the summit of highway 17. the dirt gave way before noon yesterday although this is a pretty good sized, too. one lane is gone and the remainder of the road is in jeopardy because there's nothing underneath right now to support that pavement. one resident says he...
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also, ed harrington for nominating me. also, a special thanks to my family. mason, kelly, tray, my wife, naomi, my sister joy, and my mother-in-law. they have been supporting me for a long time. behind this individual all board, there's a team of people that are responsible for making things happen. just for a moment, i want the puc to raise their hand and give a shout. we have a lot of folks who really committed in making the systems wwork. again, we have billions of dollars that we are entrusted with delivering in a timely way, which needs to be within budget. systems like this will really elevate and make it really transparent that we are delivering these programs in a very conscious and deliberate way so we can save the ratepayers' money. with that, i just want to thank you guys for this award. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> if you are a consultant or you work for a company that does work for the puc, raise your hand. that's about half the room. thank you, harlan kelly. >> it does not matter just where you're going to go. it matters how you're going
also, ed harrington for nominating me. also, a special thanks to my family. mason, kelly, tray, my wife, naomi, my sister joy, and my mother-in-law. they have been supporting me for a long time. behind this individual all board, there's a team of people that are responsible for making things happen. just for a moment, i want the puc to raise their hand and give a shout. we have a lot of folks who really committed in making the systems wwork. again, we have billions of dollars that we are...