harris.---- cooley, fiscal de distrito de los angeles, dijo hoy que aunque falta contar votos, cree que yaede ganar. ---- la democrata harris es la fiscal de distrito de san francisco. ----por otro lado, el democrata de pleasanton jerry mac nerney fue electo por tercera vez como representante federal por el norte de california.----- le gano al republicano david harmer.---- mac nerney tiene una ventaja de 2 mil 500 votos, y quedan mil novecientos por contarse. ---- el distrito 11 cubre cuatro condados, desde el este de la bahia hasta una region del valle central que incluye lodi y parte de stockton. stockton. --- como le decia: muchos desde hoy ya comenzaron a disfrutar de los dias libres por el festejo nacional de thanksgiving o accion de gracias. gracias.--algunos se quedaran en casa...pero otros viajaran para visitar a sus familias y seres queridos durante el fin de semana largo. --la policia recomienda que si va a manejar, no consuma drogas o alcohol ni medicinas que contengan alcohol ... ademas de tratar de evitar salir de casa apurado. " hay que tomar el tiempo, planificar bien, tomar

steve cooley pulling ahead of harris. cooley has 46.1%. harris 45.6%. state election officials say this race may stay too close to call for several more weeks while the mail in provisional and ballots are counting. we will pose the latest election results as soon as we get them in. go to ktvu.com and click on the election 2010 tab. >>> santa cruz police have released a catch of a man trying to sexually assault a teenage girl. he's between 27 and 33 years old. he's 5'9" weighing 150 pounds. the suspect trying to attack a 15-year-old girl in ocean view park but she managed to get away. >>> oakland police are investigating a motive in the -- the victims were attacked while sitting in a car on eighth street saturday afternoon. one victim was a 17-year-old from hayward. the other victim an 18-year-old from east oakland. police say they were shot from someone outside of the car and died at the scene. >> it's not right. it's not right at all. all these people around here and nobody seen nothing. that is not right. >> police say the car was not registered to ea

harris.---- cooley, fiscal de distrito de los angeles, dijo hoy que aunque falta contar votos, cree que yaharris es la fiscal de distrito de san francisco. ----por otro lado, el democrata de pleasanton jerry mac nerney fue electo por tercera vez como representante federal por el norte de california.----le gaÓ al republicano david harmer. ----mac nerney tiene una ventaja de 2 mil 500 votos, y quedan mil 900 por contarse. ----el distrito 11 cubre 4 condados, desde el este de la bahia hasta una region del valle central que incluye lodi y parte de stockton. ---nos vamos a la pausa... y regresamos con un problema que afecata a muchos ninos en nuestras escuela... ---los actos de intimidacion o bullyng... conozca que es y como enfrentarlo... esto sera mas adelante. adelante. en noticiero telemundo 48 a las seis, tu voz en la comunidad= ---- aqui les presento una primera parte especial de tu voz en la comunidad, en compaÑia de cesar bayona ... que esta conmigo ...--- atencion porque cesar le planteara a usted la pregunta de la noche ! ¿cesar? ---muchas gracias cesar... mas adelante estaremos conve

angeles district attorney steve cooley holds a slim lead over san francisco district attorney harris. cooley leads by 22,817 votes. the race could remain too close to call for several weeks. more than 2.3 million absentee and provisional ballots still need to be counted. >>> they are still counting and so far no final results yet in the first ranked voting election for mayor of oakland. city council member jean quan is cautiously optimistic. quan and her supporters popped the champagne when the count showed she jumped ahead of former front runner don perata with 51 to 49% of the votes. san francisco voters also used ranked choice to vote for supervisors and we show you how it works and why some voters are still confused. >> reporter: these machines are getting a workout long past election day casting votes for not only the top candidates but also the candidates that voters would rather have if their first choice loses. >> doesn't even make sense to me. you know, the person i voted for got the most votes, i don't understand why they are not in office. it is very confusing. >> reporter: it is

cooley has 46.1% to harris 45.6%. state election officials say this race may stay too closed to call for several more weeks. we're going to pose the latest election results as soon as we get them on our channel 2 website. just go to ktvu.com and click on the election 2010 tab. >>> details of a disturbing report this morning about terrorist using dogs. bombs surgically planted inside the animals scheduled to board a plane headed to the u.s.. find out what happened next. >>> and i will show you how president obama's trip to india is a boost for some american economy -- american companies. >>> welcome back. good morning to you. president obama has just wrapped up a major speech to the parliament of india. ktvu alison burns reports he's talking about new trade deals with the united states. allyson good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. that is right. president obama is making clear that even though he is overseas his focus son jobs here at home -- his focus is on jobs here at home. he is passionately promot

angeles district attorney steve cooley pulling ahead of san francisco district attorney kamala harris. cooley has 46.1%, harris 545. -- 45.6%. >>> we're going to post all the latest election results as soon as we get them on our channel 2 website. just go to ktvu.com, click on the election 2010 tab. >>> it is 7:36. >> that's right. and university of california students are expected to find out today how much of a fee hike they will soon face. uc president mark yudof will present a meeting today. the daily cal reports students are already to protest the meeting. >>> food vendors are in front of city hall to support two pieces of legislation today to make it easier for street vendors to operate in the city. vendors say the current permit process is too complicated and fees are too high. but some restaurant owners say food vendors don't have to deal with things like rent and other expenses. ubt the new rules, vendors would be required to notify businesses before they set up shop and restaurants can air any concerns they have at a public hearing. >>> muni is addressing a recurring problem with it

reportedly called harris to congratulate her this morning. a cooley spokeswoman says the votes were too large for cooley to overtake her. there are still 150,000 ballots that need to be counted. harris becomes the first woman and the first african-american to serve as attorney general in california. in a statement the harris campaign did not yet claim victory saying district attorney harris believes it is only appropriate to wait until all the votes are counted before making a public declaration. >>> a threatened boycott of new security measures at some airports as of this evening has not derailed this busy travel day. travelers were 4th of july opt out of what -- were urged to opt out of what is a slower strip search. >> reporter: so far operations here at sfo are running smoothly according to airport officials and that includes the controversial passenger screening system. well, more than 100,000 people were expected to come through san francisco international today. >> today still is very busy, we are going to do about 122,000, 123,000 in and out o

kamala harris and steve cooley separated by 10,000 votes. in the east bay democrat jerry mcnerney has a slim lead in the 11th congressional district seat. the margin 134 votes. they are still counting mail in votes right now. it might take days to decide a winner in both races. >>> a deadly collision between a family cyclist and a big rig on alpine road. a little after 3:30 this afternoon. officials are still talking with witnesses but they are not sure why the tractor trailer and cyclist collided. alpine is very popular with cyclists who say during commute time the road can get crowded and hairy with cars and bicycles. >> it makes me nervous to have them that close. it is scary. >> chp says the victim is a middle age woman but her name has not been released. >>> brian wilson like you have never seen him before. >> the story was there was too much awesome. >> still ahead, the beard, the ball game and the one job that could temporarily take him away from baseball. >> they have been slowly cutting back capacity creating the demand that is driv

harris leads cooley by a half percentage point. but a cooley spokesman says there aren't enough uncounted votes to make up the difference. harris will become the first woman and first minority to serve as california's attorney general. experts are saying it's an important step towards restoring faith in the criminal justice system. >> when young people of color look up and decide, is there anyone in this state that's the looking out for me and they see someone who looks like them they are more likely to believe that they will receive justice in the system. >> kamala harris will replace incoming governor jerry brown. it's not yet clear who will take over as san francisco district attorney. >>> democratic representative jerry mcnerney has been re- elected to a third term. mcnerney holds a lead of 2500 votes over republican challenger david harmer. mcnerney as re-election means no california congressional seat changed party hands even as republicans took back control of the house of representatives on election day. >>> a car with a bo

general lead has moved to coups corner he is the district attorney who has edged ahead of common law harris cooleynow ahead by more than 22,000 votes that amounts to three tenths of a percentage point. it could remain too close to call for several weeks. late or provisional balance will have to be counted before the end of november. the out region oakland the disinfection to give two years in prison good time surf caused heated response when crowds took their anchors out near lake merritt. there were some broken windows and analyze card and graffiti but not as drastic as previous protest. dahlin has more. >> there was a strong police present its in oakland on saturday this was where oscar brown was shot and killed and authorities were it protesters would come back here to demonstrate but that did not happen in fact saturday was a peaceful day threat oakland. friday was a different story oakland police arrested 152 people many for unlawful assembly. more than one-third lived outside of oakland. in oakland dahlin kron 4 news. >> was averted a fair are all survey found two-one against the fairness of

san francisco da kamala harris claimed a tight lead in the poles tonight against steve cooley. look at these numbers. harris leads with a .1% lead. 45.9%, cooley, 48.1%. gene quan celebrated tonight. one of the many close elections. winning my a narrow margin. she says every vote matters. >> whatever neighborhood you were in, we estimate this race was determined by the difference of five votes per precincts. i hope this encourages people to get involved in pall tacks and not to think your vote didn't count. >> she says her biggest priorities is apublic safety and job reaction. >>> the 49ers make it official, troy smith starts at quarterback. we will hear from him next and the fourth rank team is in action tonight, gary ha verizon's your home for samsung galaxy. like the exclusive continuum. and the fascinate. or the samsung galaxy tab that runs flash. >>> all right good evening everybody, smith will not suit up sunday, troy smith will start for the 49ers against the rams. >> 10 other guys sees the confidence level you have in every play call that's going to be called, hopefully

republican steve cooley conceded the attorney general's race today to san francisco da harris. she leads cooley by half a percentage point. there simply around enough uncounted votes to make up that statsal difference. she limestone county the -- she will become the first woman and first minority to serve as attorney general. >>> democratic incumbent jerry -- has been reelected to a third term. he holds a lead over the challenger. >>> it seems most traveler decided to opt out of a stand, taking a stand at the airport today. there was a small handful of protestors this morning, a movement on the web called on passengers to opt out of the full body scan and choose the patdown. one protester went through the security in his underwear. there was another colorful protest in phoenix as well. in atlanta, one got an ear full when she suggested that a terror threat had passed. >> look how long we've gone since something happened. >> then you will be out here saying the federal government didn't do enough to protect us. have a blessed day. i don't understand it. >> there was no more con i

---el republicano de los angeles "steve cooley", y su homologa de san francisco, la democrata "kamala harris una cerrada contienda, donde "cooley"lleva la delantera con el de los votos. ---la ultima palabra la tuvieron los votantes que decidieron aÚltimo momento por quÉn sufragar... "harris" se quedo atras por un estrecho margen, ella tiene el de los sufragios. --la democrata "barbara boxer" se perfila para mantener su escaño en el senado, lo que le garantiza un cuarto mandato. --su oponente, es la republicana "carly fiorina", quien de acuerdo a los datos disponibles le piso los talones con el de los sufragios. --en la contienda por el senado estadounidense, los democratas consiguieron mantener varios escaÑos clave impidiendo que los republicanos tomaran el control de la camara alta. --ellos llegaron a estos comicios con 41, de los cien escaÑos del senado y necesitaban diez posiciones para tomar el liderazgo.--aun con los triunfos en indiana, kentucky, wisconsin, pensilvania y la florida, el partido republicano se quedo corto. ---para el partido opositor, las perspectivasperan mucho mejores

look at that, 45 and 45, kamala harris of san francisco and steve cooley of southern california. arris has been gaining on the gop candidate overnight and she's still holding out hope this one will turn in her favor. harris is winning the race here in the bay area and right now is leading the race on cooley's home turf, los angeles county. if elected, harris would be the first african-american elected as attorney general. now, scott has been watching some of the other things on the ballot that we always bay attention to, because they affect our wallet. >> taxes, taxes and fees. voters in several east bay cities weighed in on sales taxes. antioch would raise the rate to 9.75%. that with 59% of the votes in seems to be failing. in concord, voters took a look at a sales tax increase and said sure enough to it, at least with 44% of the votes in. it's a 9.25% sales tax. measure q will expire in five years and this money will help boost concord's ailing budget. measure r in el cerrito also a half-cent sales tax. shoppers would pay 10.25% sales tax. that is the highest in contra costa co

. >>> harris holds a very slight lead over cooley. harris has 45.9% of the vote compared to cooley with 45.7%. >>> voters decided a number of statewide' propositions including some that drew international attention. prop 19 which would have legalized the recreational use of marijuana and ---- was defeated. global warming act was soundly defeated as well. 61% said no in response to 39% saying yes. >>> a volunteer election worker from san francisco is facing another of felony charges today after he stole 75 ballots from a polling station yesterday afrnoon. while police have found their man, there is still a problem with the ballots. >> reporter: the stolen ballots may be the most well-known, police say they have their man but not the votes he stole. >> the prelim near search unfortunately did not result in the stolen items. >> reporter: they -- the home is in the 11th precinct. he was working here yesterday when the votes went missing. police say nicholas took a roster of voters and a memory pack that backed up the information on the pap

>>> the race for attorney general, which pits san francisco's district attorney kamala harris against steve cooley. and proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana potential for personal use and proposition 25 which with change the legislative majority needed to pass the budget from two-thirds to a simple majority. you can read a lot more about tomorrow's election on ktvu.com. just click on the politics tab. you will find more about issues on your local ballot and information to help you find your polling place. >>> most observers believe tomorrow will be a good day for republicans. one website sees the gop taking back the house of representatives. right now its forecast shows 224 seats, solid or leaning republican, with 167 going toward the democrats. 44 are considered tossups. however, most don't see the republicans taking control of the senate. realclearpolitics puts the numbers at 48 in the democrats column. >>> the san francisco giants, just one win away from being world series champs. while tonight's game will be in texas, there is a still a way for fans to publicly view the broadcasted e

. >> harris is trailing cooley tonight. here is a look at the numbers. rris with 44% of the vote to cooley's 48% were -- with 44% of precincts reporting. >> and back to the governor's race, we want to take you back to the fox theater as jerry brown came out to declare victory as the next governor of california. >> you can see the latest results, 52% to meg whitman's 43%. we are approaching what the field poll told us it would be. mark matthews has more. >> twas -- it was just a few minutes after 11:00 jerry brown said he wanted to return greatness to california. 23* we cut to those pictures of jerry brown coming off the stage. i asked his reaction to the numbers. >> i thought it was coming. it looked good. the people have given me a vote of trust and confidence. >> have you put together a tran session team? >> have i people who work with me in the attorney general's office. >> what is the first move? >> the first move is to start working on the budget and getting a list of the jobs that need to be filled. >> and with that he walked off into the night. jer

out of nearly 6.6 million votes san francisco district attorney, harris leads steve cooley by just 15,000 votes. they have just under 3.3 million votes and tons of absentee ballots still need to be counted. cooley says it could be weeks before we know the winner. >>> a race in east bay is also too close to call. between republican david harmer and jerry mcmearny only about 100 votes separate the candidates" will not be decided until thousands of absentee ballots are counted. that may take several days and a recount is a distinct possibility. >>> republicans are celebrating the biggest political suite and sending out signals that they are ready for battle with president obama. the gop's gain means the bay area is losing some serious clout on capitol hill. >> reporter: yesterday's emotions -- >> chasing the american dream. >> -- dissolved into businesslike efficiency today laying out a no holds barred political agenda to do whatever it takes to kill the president's council legislative achievement health care reform. >> i believe the healthcare bill that was enacted by the current congress w

contest. >> the race this time, the race for california attorney general between kamala harris, the democrat, and steve cooleythe republican. out of over 7 million votes cast, harris leads by 9,364 votes. that's with an estimated 4,000 votes still to count in l.a. county still alone. >> the eligibility of the voter has to be confirmed before we can count. vote by mail ballots turned in and there were vote by mail ballots that came in over the weekend and through election day in the mail that are still valid ballots. >> ballots must have signatures checked for privacy. most provisional ballots will be counted, only after the registration is verified. this process is continuing throughout the state in each of the 58 counties, but los angeles county is special. one out of every four votes cast in the election is cast here. a fact that has democrats optimistic. harris won l.a. county with 53% of the vote to cooley's 39% on election day, but republicans did a major absentee ballot campaign. the cooley backers think most of the ballots still to be counted are from republicans, but if the total remains close, we may

republican steve cooley remains a lead slightly, up 19,000 votes or 0.3 percentage points over san francisco district attorney carmela harris. about 2 million ballots remain to be counted. mostly damaged ballots and provisional ballots that were issued the day of the election. representatives for cooley and harris are obviously closely following this counting process. for complete election coverage go to our website at nbcbayarea.com and click on prop zero where you'll find the latest updates from some of the best political insiders in the state. that's nbcbayarea.com. >> new tonight at 5:00 researchers in the bay area are taking part in a new ground breaking autism study that zeroes in on the possible connection between autism and digestion. a look now at how researchers are looking for a link. >> reporter: jonas may seem like any other 9-year-old, busy taking it to the hoop, but reality he's not like most kids. he suffers from severe autism. >> with autism the big issues we face are communications. jonas does not communicate verbally. >> reporter: while jonas does not speak he does communicate with his mother through soun

harris is ahead of cooley. you can see, not by much. 9,000 votes at this point. 100% of the precincts are in. >>> the race for oakland mayor is still up in the air. don perata is in the lead. he has 35% of the vote, following him joshua cullins with twenty twenty four% and -- allows voters to pick their first, second and third choices of the candidate. we might not know till friday who wins. >> i am hoping we changed the way races are done, a lot more expected of people showing up in every part of town. people understand they can build coalitions that can win. i predict on friday if i lose it will not be by a lot. >> our coverage continues online. we got a special section where you can get the latest results, log on to www.kron.com. >>> president obama is plameing the weak economy for the democratic losses. the president says his administration has managemented to stabilize the economy but has not managed to boost jobs. he understands why people are frustrated. >>> voters are not satisfied with the outcomes. i

weeks since the election but san francisco district aattorney capela harris appears to be california's next attorney general. steve cooley conceded there are not enough ballots for him to count to make up the difference. mark matthews with a look at the implications of harris' victory. this was lang district attorney scene cooley on election night, declaring victory in the race for state attorney general but today when it became clear that the late vote count turned against him he didn't show up to concede in person. his campaign chairman held a conference call. >> he did call the district attorney and congratulated her personally. he is at the offense and working and was notjk> willino neglect his responsibilities there. >> she declined to publicly declare victory today instead issuing a statement saying it is only appropriate to wait until all the votes are counted before making a public declaration. she scheduled a news conference for next tuesday. >> the most important vote on the ballot for medical marijuana is a vote against steve cooley. >> medical marijuana groups that campaigned against cooley are celebrating.

harris. his spokesman says there are not enough uncounted votes for cooley to pull ahead. in a written statement harris says she wants to wait until all the ballots are counted. she plans to hold a press conference on november 30th, that is the deadline for counties to report the final vote. >>> oakland mayor elect jean quan is responding to an awkward situation tonight after parking control put a boot on her car in front of city hall. police say the car is registered to quan's husband and had 12 unpaid targeting -- parking tickets totaling $1400 in fines when it was booted yesterday. quan paid off the fine and the boot was removed. reaction on oakland streets was mixed. >> can't be responsible in the small details, why would you expect them to be responsible about the big details? >> i don't care how much she is busy, the mayor, assistant, doesn't matter. i pay, you pay, everybody pays. >> the soon to be mayor declined an on-camera interview but she issued a statement saying she was busy with her campaign this past year. quote during that time we accumulated several parkin

from san francisco harris. cooleyulled ahead but there are still about a million ballots to be counted. president barack obama spoke from new delhi he was addressing the parliament he back in the air for a permanent seat. india desperately wants he made the announcement is fulfilling the need for that. he planned is for stop with the specific reason in mind. >> it's no coincidence that india is my first stop on a visit to asia, or that this has been my longest visit to another country since becoming president. (applause.) for in asia and around the world, india is not simply emerging; india has emerged. (applause.) and it is my firm belief that the relationship between the united states and india, bound by our shared interests and our shared values, will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. >> the president's next up as indonesia where he spent a few years of his childhood he plans to stop their despite the threats that the volcano could erupt again. the nation's evidence of salmonella has been fou

kamala harris 46% of the vote to steve cooley 4% of the -- 54% of the vote, a battle that pits northern, california, versus southern california race. numbers continue to pour in the attorney general's race. >> and let's take a look at the propositions on the ballot for this mid-term election. many of them have been decided already, including prop 19 which would have been legalized marijuana. that has been dete -- defeated. proposition 20 has passed. it will now not only draw the lines for the state assembly and state senate but will also draw the congressional district lines for california. proposition 21, would have added a 18-dollar fee to your dmv license to pay for the parks in the california. however, the voters are saying that that should go down in defeat. and let's go go back to the brown headquarters where he's speaking. >> and you know i did this -- you know, i did this 36 years ago, and i tried during the campaign never to mention the word experience or to tell too many old stories, because after a while, people are looking for something new. and -- but i'm made of something

la deÓcrata kamala harris, procuradora de san francisco a ganado un poco mas de votos contra su oponente steve cooleya secreÁ ria dijo que harris solo tiene una delantera de 5 mil votos, lo que equivale a uno por ciento.---cooley todavia podria recuperar la ventaja en esta reÑida contienda.---los condados tienen hasta la primer semana de diciembre para reportar los resultados finales de las papeletas de votacion. ---despues de la segunda vuelta en la eleccion de concejal para el distrito 5 de san jose, que gano "xavier campos" la campaÑa de "magdalena carrasco", su opositora, estaria acusando a campos de fraude ... ---- esto, segun el semanario metro, de san jose... ---- especificamente, la ex pareja de carrasco y miembro de la asamblea estatal kevin de leon, dice que algunos testigos vieron a sujetos llevandose boletas ya completadas desde algunos sitios de votacion. ---tambien dicen que hubo un numero desproporcionado de nuevos votantes registrados dias antes de la eleccion.---- la diferencia en la primera vuelta entre campos y carrasco fue de solo 20 votos, por lo cual se llego a una segunda ron.

harris hoping it will turn her way. early in the night it looked like cooley would win and he even called the race and went home. rris took the lead on her turf, which is the bay area, of course, and on his turf, which is l.a. county. now, right now 96% of the precincts of reporting in the attorney general's race and it looks like 0.6% is leaning toward kamala harris so she has a slight lead. if she can retain that lead and if gavin newsom can take over the race for lieutenant governor, then it would mean that democrats won all seven of seven state races in california. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. >>> we're going to take you to washington, d.c. now. california at least for the time being is still considered a blue state, but many parts of the country certainly seeing red as republicans once again take control of the house. we've been talking about it all morning. tracie pottses live in washington, d.c., this morning with big changes on the political maps. good morning. >> reporter: hey there, laura, good morning. even as we still await results this morning from some hotly contested, very tight

ktvu newsroom that los angeles district attorney steve cooley has conceded the race of california attorney general to san francisco d.a., camilla harris. in the race, she leads him by 50,000 votes. but cooley's spokesman said cooley did not feel there were enough votes left to overtake harris's lead. harris's campaign issued a statement saying "the counties continue to tabulate votes and district attorney believes it's appropriate to wait until all of the votes are counted." >>> our other top story is the bay area's cold snap. although the freeze warning is officially over for the day. people in the bay area are still feeling the chill outside. we have two reports on the cold snap. kraig debro has news on both serious and fun ways people are keeping warm. >> there was a little breeze this morning. we only settled in with three record lows this morning. two were fid. sanfrancisco 31. oakland, 41. the only record we had was monterey at 34. that's cold. we had a freeze warning until 8:00 a.m. guess what. there will be another one at 1:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m., along with a frost advisory. lows will be 32 to 22 tomorrow. it will be colder

republican steve cooley conceded the attorney general's race today. the san francisco district attorney carmella harris leading coolley by half a percentage point but a cooley spokesman says there aren't enough unaccounted votes to make up the difference. harris will become the first woman and first minority to serve as california attorney general. >>> 11th congressional race is over. the incumbent has been reelected to a third term holding a lead of 2500 votes over his challenger. >>> jean quan found a surprise on her car. a parking boot and it was no mistake. turns out her prius had more than $1000 worth of unpaid parking tickets. the car was parked in quan's reserved city spot when parking officials put the boot on its wheel. people we talked to say that it is nice to know that politicians are not always above the law. >> so what do you think? >> i think it is great. i think that she has learned her lesson. >> if they are going to set policies about parking they have to abide by them as well. >> both she and her husband received those tickets during her mayoral campaign which kept her extraordinaryl

steve cooley conceded today. harris has a 58,000 vote lead. about twice that number of ballots need to be tallied. but there is not enough votes left to overcome that lead. harris won't comment until the final results are released. but her victory sets off a chain of events at san francisco city hall. >> reporter: after a tight race for attorney general, steve cooley appears to have sealed the win for harris. >> they had a brief and cordial conversation in the last half hour and he congratulated her. >> reporter: but the win throws a curveball into the growing confusion over who will fill the city top offices. the mayor is responsible for appointing harris' successor but newsom will be california's -- go attorney general and he appoint a new da. and choosing a replacement will be difficult. and the board of supervisors agreed on a voting period after hours of contentious debate. >> members can nominate one individual and we will then vote on the individuals who have been nominated. >> reporter: but getting a simple majority may not be simple.

harris opened a lead of 26% of the votes. >>> also today the fair political practices commission confirmed it's investigating whether there was any wrong doing on cooley's part. harris' campaign reported possible wrong doing. >>> and the state treasurer today called it poor fiscal policy and bad for taxpayers. the sales expected to raise about $1.3 billion. last week the legislative analysts office released a report saying the sale will actually end up costing the state more than $1.4 billion over 35 years as the state leases those buildings back. >>> on wall street, stocks finished mixed as the dollar rose. a late slump of offset early games spurred by a jump in retail sales. the dow industrials picked up nine points while the nasdaq lost four. >>> general motors wants to higher price to ask for boosts to $33 a share up from $26 to $29. there's word that chinese lawmaker icis may buy a block of gm. >>>-- back in 2005, the museum restructured $120 million worth of loans. the museum has not responded yet to our request for comment. >>> you don't know what your brother is saying. >>> knocking on doors to crack down on drunk drivers. how one county is goin

harris opened a lead of 26% of the votes. >>> also today the fair political practices commission confirmed it's investigating whether there was any wrong doing on cooley's harris' campaign reported possible wrong doing. >>> and the state treasurer today called it poor fiscal policy and bad for taxpayers. the sales expected to raise about $1.3 billion. last week the legislative analysts office released a report saying the sale will actually end up costing the state more than $1.4 billion over 35 years as the state leases those buildings back. >>> on wall street, stocks finished mixed as the dollar rose. a late slump of offset early games spurred by a jump in retail sales. the dow industrials picked up nine points while the nasdaq lost four. >>> general motors wants to higher price to ask for boosts to $33 a share up from $26 to $29. there's word that chinese lawmaker icis may buy a block of gm. >>>-- back in 2005, the museum restructured $120 million worth of loans. the museum has not responded yet to our request for comment. >>> you don't know what your brother is saying. >>> knocking on doors to crack down on drunk drivers. how one county is going afte

steve cooley conceded today. harris has a 58,000 vote lead. about twice that number of ballots need to be tallied. but there is not enough votes left to overcome that lead. harris won't comment until the final results are released. but her victory sets off a chain of events at san francisco city hall. >> reporter: after a tight race for attorney general, steve cooley appears to have sealed the win for harris. >> they had a brief and cordial conversation in the last half hour and he congratulated her. >> reporter: but the win throws a curveball into the growing confusion over who will fill the city top offices. the mayor is responsible for appointing harris' successor but newsom will be california's -- go attorney general and he appoint a new da. and choosing a replacement will be difficult. and the board of supervisors agreed on a voting period after hours of contentious debate. >> members can nominate one individual and we will then vote on the individuals who have been nominated. >> reporter: but getting a simple majority may not be simple.

pamela harris has 4.5-49%, and los angeles district attorney, cooley has 48 percent of the vote. no official the door has been declared, and however, harris has declared victory. another that is too close to call is the district 11 house seat. the democratic incumbent is in the lead with 47.5% of the votes, and the republican is only 121 votes behind! with 4744% in that race. in the oakland mayor breeze! with former state is in the league, with 35 percent of the votes, and-mirror race. and kaplan has 21%. the-mayor, and of the rank-choice for the first time which allows voters to select their first, second, third choice candidates. and the eventual the door will have the majority of the vote, we will not perhaps not know this until friday. the election coverage will continue on or section. the latest results come to school to our website. just go to our website. >> another beautiful, sunny, mild, with temperatures in the east. napa valley, concord, oakland, lad 68 degrees in half moon bay. temperatures are really going to start to get cooler as we get into tomorrow. cloud coverage

. >>> the latest numbers in the state attorney general's race shows harris is maintaining her lead over republican steve cooley. harris ' lead is a little over 30,000 with 46% of the vote, compared to 45.6 for cooley. several hundred thousand ballots remain to be counted. the outcome must be officially announced by december 3rd. >>> supporters of medical marijuana dispensaries are following the attorney general race. the l.a. district attorney said he considers the dispensaries to be illegal retail outlets. the campaign manager for the san francisco d.a. says she supports the legal use of medical marijuana. >>> the attorney for philadelphia fill phillip -- are sealed. his attorney says releasing the grand jury transcripts and other documents would jeopardize his right to a fair trial. the hearing on that request is set for next month. >>> sacramento attorneys involved in a bang beating case are vowing they will drag facebook in to court for access to postings by one of the jurors. they say the juror posted trial updates and they want to see a feedback from friend -- they want to see if feedback from friends in

looking at attorney general the race that has been tight for all of a while now, between kamala harris and steve cooleyhe loss angeles district attorney is ringing tied as well. we're working on that as well as members have been tight as well. there's still a with 53 percent of the vote against harris's 23% and let us look at the propositions that we have been telling you about we have propositions on the ballot today and there legalizing the use of marijuana by defeating it and the press thinks are reporting it at 56%. it is also been called a victory of the redistricting commission up 21 at $18 to your g and d license fee and it will be designated to sustain parks in california and their liking this. , oh, i am sorry and doubleday and no idea and the license right now they will redirect money that was designated bart earmarked handled mr. to let their able to do until the unemployment rate is down but that is going to defeat the beat% voting no but the numbers are still coming in they have been defeated but the legislators promised businesses in california and they're saying, hey we want those busine

harris will declare victory. the district attorney is expected to follow up with a long awaited victory party tonight. republican opponent steve cooley conceded last week, but harris said she would not declare victory in the official vote count was complete. no word on who will replace her. >>> kaiser is making an investment in east bay children to help schools and community programs in oakland. kaiser will give $7.5 million to the oakland unified school district and one million for violence prevention and t$2 million teaches kids about humanitarian who is make a difference in people's lives with hard work, education and courage. time to get a look at the morning commute. still early out there. >> still sparsely populated. the connector between the east bay on the san francisco side and the upper deck and the lower deck as well. it does have construction going on through 680 between the center and the oakland toll plaza. only a lane or two and light traffic throughout the maze. speeds close to 50 and 60. 50 off of the highway 13 and the split. that's where we see slowing as well as eastbound 80 past highway 4 through hercules. that's

steve cooley conceded to san francisco d.a. pa pamela harris. >> i just got off the phone with steve's campaign. he had a campaign staffer that cooley is conceding. there is still votes to count but he is trailing by 50,000 and there is no way he can make up the difference and the ones that remain, but he is conceding. he says he was not willing to neglect his responsibilities at d.a. as of office. pamela harris says it's not appropriate to make a public declaration before all the votes are counted. she will be holding a press conference on tuesday, november 30th, that is the deadline and that is when she apparently will declare victory in this very close race. as the strange outcome to have someone conceding and someone elected and no one willing to go on camera but that is the situation we're looking at. >>> protests to slow down airport security lines have not materialized so far. few people that were upset about more invasive security measures. terry mcsweeney joins us, you've been watching this issue for days. >> things have been smooth an

steve cooley conceded to san francisco d.a. pa pamela harris. >> i just got off the phone with steve's campaign. he had a campaign staffer tha cooley is conceding. there is still votes to count but he is trailing by 50,000 and there is no way he can make up the differenc and the ones that remain, but he is conceding. he says he was not willing to neglect his responsibilities at d.a. as of office. pamela harris says it's not appropriate to make a publi declaration fore all the votes are counted. she ll be holding a press conference on tuesda, novemr 30th, that is the deadline and that is when she apparently will declare victy in this very close race. as the strange outcome to have someone conceding and someone elected and no one willing to go on camera but that is the situation we're looking at. >>> protests to slow down airport security lines have not materialized so far. few people that were upset about more invasive security measures. terry mcsweeney joins us, you've been watching this issue for days. >> things have been smooth and there is n

in the race for state attorney general, san francisco democrat kamala harris has a very narrow lead over steve cooley, the republican candidate. you can see there. frip 45.9 to 45.8%. harris's campaign is expressing confidence that after all of the votes come in, she will main ahead. cooley, who is district attorney for los angeles, at one point, declared victory. but then he canceled the victory news conference yesterday because of the uncertainty of the outcome. >>> and it's still unclear whether incumbent bay area congressman, jerry mcnerny will be returning to capitol hill. he leads harmer by just 121 votes in the east bay's 11th congressional district. he is seeking a third term. in both of these undecided races, it could be weeks until a winner is declared. thousands of absentee and provisional ballots still have to be counted. >>> sal has been talking about traffic problems. san jose is getting a little better? >> it is. and i want to show you this, tory and dave. we are at the scene here. in fact, we're probably just going to have to get off the freeways soon. they have one more lane closed h

country was the attorney general rape gal officials have counted the cable there harris has more votes than steve cooley although only by 15,000 votes. they're still late absentee ballots and some provision of balance that could change the race's outcome. on the website we have an entire section set aside for the midterm election. check out all the races at www.kron4.com. >> the other day of gorgeous weather through the bay area. the '80s bay area wide starting to cool down and not by 81 degrees there in just a half-hour ago and so 79 out. upper '70's inland valleys and still in a's down in the south bay. it's even warm along the coastline. expects similar conditions out there tomorrow. 78 santa rosa, 75 san or file the upper '70's and low 80's for inland valleys. antioch 82, 60 along the coast, '70s for bay shore. big changes coming to the forecast later this week. with that under the error of warm dry eric evans driving all the storms would to the north. the tail end of this storm will start to slide toward the coast into friday and then you could see a few showers. future cast and the showers in the

out of over 7 million votes cast, democrat kamala harris has a 29,000-vote lead over republican steve cooleyth 93,000 potential votes still to be counted in l.a. county alone. some are ballots that somehow have been damaged and need to be duplicated before being placed in the computer. but most are ones cast by voters whose name wasn't actually on the precinct list at their polling station. their registration documents need to be reviewed, signatures matched, all information in order before the ballots are counted. >> make sure, a, that the person is an eligible voter, and b, that they haven't cast a ballot somewhere else in the county. >> reporter: it has not been without controversy. the cooley campaign filed several complaints last week, among them saying they had spotted workers being haphazard during the pros. >> we just didn't think that there was necessarily enough attention being paid to every single ballot that was marked provisionally to ensure of its voracity and its authenticity. >> reporter: the harris campaign, meanwhile, complained that election workers were being harassed by

with 100% of the precincts reporting, well, i'm talking about democrat kamala harris is tied with republican steve cooley% each. less than 15,000 votes separate them. election official still have to tally provisional and absentee ballots before the results are certified fine. but harris' campaign says the uncounted balance will put her in the lead. >>> the political landscape in washington has changed. there is a shift in power. republicans are back in control of the house of representatives. they also picked up a handful of seats in the senate. now president obama will have to find a way to work with republican congressman john boehner, the next speaker of the house. the two did talk on the phone last night. >> we agreed that we needed to listen to the american people. need toed to work together on behalf of the american people. >> what yesterday also told us is that no one party will be able to dictate where we go from here. that we must find common ground in order to set -- in order to make progress on some uncommonly difficult challenges. >> during a news conference this morning, the president said t

. >>> pamela harris will be california's next attorney general. steve cooley's father says she too too far behind the vote count and he is conceding the vote. her campaign says harris won't declare victory until all the votes are counted. >> ski resorts in sierra, nevada say they are getting the biggest november snowfall in years. one in lake tahoe nearly got nine feet over the past five days. 105 inches fell from friday to tuesday at alpine meadows which is the biggest since 1970. director of the north lake tahoe association says all this snow has superior conditions for skiing. final preparations underway in new york city for the macy's parade which begins in a little more than an hour from now. tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of spectators got a look at a giant balloons that were being inflated overnight and float through manhattan this morning. we saw kermit there. there are a few new balloons, panda and they are sticking with what has worked for decades. >> the energizer bunny. >> people like to see things they are comfortable with. >> retu

san francisco dakamala harris in a race with steve cooley. at least we know jerry brown will hit the ground running. he will begin working on the budget in two weeks and the first time he will fill the top post. >> i approach the job with enthusiasm and optimism and all the energy and creativity i can bring to bear on a very broken process. >> at a news conference in oakland he said he is ready to get lean and mean when it comes to cleaning up the state's big mess. brown does not take office until january. election leaders are sorting out unusual events in san francisco. an nbc bay area news crew found this. an electronic tabulator used to count ballots in the sidewalk in the tender loin. they believe it was stolen after the memory card and ballots were collected. deputies picked it up. finding the piece on the street is unusual, but it won't affect the election results. in an unrelated situation, there as many as 75 ballots missing. a poll worker stole them and he has since been arrested. the theft may cause complications. >> as we go throug

cooley declared victory last night after taking an early lead, but harris gained front-runner status overnight. if she wins, she would give the democrats a clean sweep of statewide offices. she would also be the state's first woman. and african-american to be attorney general. with tens of thousands of provisional absentee and damaged ballots still to be counted, the final outcome could be weeks away. >>> a day after his party lost control of the house and suffered deep losses in the senate, president obama today described the midterm election as humbling. >> i'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. you know, i'm sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. >> at today's white house news conference, the president said when congress returns, hisoa su is to make sure middle-class families don't see a huge spike in taxes. he's also eager to sit down with leaders from both parties to discuss moving forward. >> over the last two years we've made progress. but clearly too many americans haven't felt that progress yet. and the