there were fears that it would burn from the hills to the bay. in 1995, ktvu's health and science editor john fowler prepared this look back at the east bay hills fire. >>> this fire storm began life as smoldering embers of a hills fire that was believed out. hot dry wind blew brands across roads, across whole neighborhoods. >> everybody in this area, please start leaving the area now. we're going to evacuate this area. and you are likely to leave the area now. >> hey, get out. >> reporter: 25 people died, including a firefighter and police officer who were trapped in a fire storm by falling wires. >> my god i've never seen anything like this. >> will you get down here, we'll get reorganized and we'll get companies inside. the fire has jumped way past you and is moving toward the country club. >> i am going to try to make a stand along beach wood right now. i'm putting two strike teams along beachwood. >> reporter: 3,000 homes burned, damage over $1.5 billion. it was by far california's worse ever wildfire an inferno that fire officials conceived

anita hill did this. her still, fully present, but really lucid testimony, that ugly microphone stuck in her beautiful face, that of unblinking camera gawking at her from point-blank range - after she spoke, complaints of sexual harassment across the nation tripled and quadrupled and more in numbers where they have roughly stabilized. outrage of how she was treated by the senate, a political scientist documented, elected bill clinton. hmmm. [laughter] women around the world realized that this is not just life. actually, it violates their civil and human rights and mobilized and now there are laws against it everywhere in the world. [applause] all this happened because women identified with anita hill, with her dignity enter quality of presence. they believed her with a ferocity and more, said so as time and eat paheat passed. they saw her stand in the fire and come through it. they realize that what had been done to them was at least as unequal and violated as what had been done to her. when she was asked

of the hill. it is the seat and rocky side of the hill in an area that has not been developed but someday might be. if that is going to be done in accordance with the law and the sensitivity of the shell on the site, an environmental review needs to be done. i had the opportunity to speak with this project sponsored. i asked him whether his previous offer to donate one of the adjacent parcels to a non-profit group was still in place? he said not for now. in i asked whether he would consider limiting the height on future developments now rather than leave it to a future project. he said no. i am here on behalf of the telegraph hill dollars to support this appeal and urge that see what is applied. -- urged that ceqa is applied. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening president chiu and members of the board. my name is joseph lawler. i am an architect in the city and a member of the american institute of architects. i speak in support of the appeal. i would like to talk about the his

re tom hill, at one time second street ended at howard. at that point, there was a large hill. the wealthy people of san francisco lived on top of the hill, and churches were built along howard. then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, i

i am stanley, of the kob hill coalition. i hope you received a letter that we offered in the last couple of years. we requested in the letter that there should be a staff report regarding these issues. this is important to the reasons for the request. literally hundreds of people have invested their lives in their neighborhood who are affected by this and there is no meaningful way to find out what this going on. we have not yet seen the position of the department, and we're hopeful but there'll be a submission from the other side of frankel -- frankly, we are not a corporate organization. we are a group of many citizens who need the chance to see all of these materials and to get the position together. we are genuinely concerned that is almost as if to -- the events are putting us at the worst possible time of the year. you remember, when you went to grandmothers for thanksgiving and christmas, we have a lot of grandmothers here and a lot of children who come to visit on holidays. this is a complicating factor. we need time

got it. >> hill: by me, your boyfriend and andy. >> uh-huh. >> co-creator. >> okay, okay. >> hill: noman. we're cool. >> no, we're cool. aah! [ cheers and applause ] >> hill: i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. i'm so sorry. [ talking over each other ] the bit went too far. >> jimmy: the bit went too far. no big deal. the bit went too far. everybody's fine. >> jonah has gone insane! [ laughter ] jonah has gone insane. >> hill: that's just the [ bleep ] -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: stop losing weight! stop losing weight. it's making you angry! >> what is happening? i just want you to watch my tv show! [ laughter ] >> hill: watch "whitney." watch "whitney." >> i just really need this -- >> jimmy: all right. i'm sorry. comes out tomorrow night, 9:30, nbc. let's all calm down. have a good laugh. look, here's a clip. >> hill: watch "whitney." >> jimmy: here's a clip of "whitney." >> do you know what this sunday is? >> yeah, it's our three year anniversary. >> you knew that? we haven't even planned anything. i mean, we did something good las

i'm erica hill. tonight, chris christie gives his final answer. >> now is not my time. hill think new jersey governor says he won't run for president, just as a cbs news poll shows a big change at the top of the republican race. jan crawford has that story. chopper down. michelle miller on a frantic rescue effort in the murky waters of new york's east river. apple on the line. the tech giant shows off a talking iphone with some surprising answers. >> do i need a raincoat today? >> pelley: and i'm scott pelley from afghanistan where ten years into the war u.s. forces are fighting their way into new territory. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> hill: good evening, scott will join us from afghanistan in just a moment. but we begin with campaign 2012 and a big shift in the republican presidential race. a cbs news poll out tonight shows mitt romney and herman cain are tied for the lead favored by 17% of republican primary voters. rick perry, as you can see, ha

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his sunday sermon will include prayers for both hill and the suspect, james johnson. h >> our prayers go out to him. obviously things went wrong for him to have made that kind of action. so we're praying for him. >> milton hill's scooter was found four days after the murder just a couple miles from where he was killed. he is charged with first-degree murder. police are still looking for two other suspects. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> new this morning, the death of a patient at clifton t. perkins hospital. staff found the unidentified patient, a man in his 30's, dead inside his room around 8:00 thursday night. police have decline today say if they suspect foul play. last friday another patient was charged with the murder of a fellow patient. >> baltimore city homicide detectives are investigating a deadly shooting in southwest baltimore. it happened after 10:00 at the intersection of bradish and he will do the could the drive. the william was shot multiple times, including in the head. there is no word on who might have shot him or why. >> a tanker truck forced a ro

good stuff. >> 43 degrees on tv hill. coming up, we'll take a look at one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. hope you have them. >> time to get to one of your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think facebook is going too far if it forms a political action committee to lobby capitol hill? >> keep sending as those responses. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> good morning. we begin with a quotation from rex ryan. "i have never seen anything like that. the performance by their defense was spectacular." this triggered memories of the 2000 ravens, which dominated teams. first play of the game for the jets. he picks it up and rumbles into the end zone, 7-0 ravens. this is a kickoff from joe mcknight. he takes it 7 yards back. he is gone. long display in new york jets history -- longest play. 107 yards. a

for east bay hills and d'abolio range gusts 25 miles an hour. although earlier there were higher gusts and we are still looking at low humidity. even at the lower elevations humidity is dropping. we have teams being reported ooch>> low 70s for san jose napa, santa rosa and low to mid 60s down in peninsula in the mid 70s. here are the highlights clear and cold inland mild day tomorrow. we are looking at minor ups and downs the next few days. temperatures are going down tonight. this morning some of you may have noticed it was really cold in some of the north bay valleys dropping down into the mid 30s we are going there again as we head into tomorrow morning. 36 degrees in napa 37 in santa rosa. it was a chilly start this morning. my 5-year-old daughter said i need my scarf and gloves. good idea. tomorrow morning you need to bundle up. 30 in livermore con kwoerd valet hoe. clear year the coastlines. we are looking at radiational cooling. 36 degrees in san jose. as you look at the satellite picture this picture provided us where the moderate offsho

. >> i am elizabeth from jones street, the only painted lady on the hill. and all three of us are concerned about what is happening with masonic. we want to examine all the issues involved and all of the paperwork and we truly feel that a continuance to january 12, -- this could be beneficial to the knob hill association and the people who are trying to put together their information. thank you very much. >> and is there any additional public comment? just come up. -- i am michael barrett of the knob hill association. i have lived here for 30 years. i don't understand why this is getting another continuance. this has been going on for three and a half years. i know that some of the people from the nob hill association say that we should do this in january. i say not to do this at all. this should not be continued for legal purposes and i am against this happening. and thank you very much. >> is there additional public comment? >> good afternoon. i am here on behalf of the owners of the masonic temple, and we support the continuation of what oppose any conti

-- confessed to killing milton hill. 70-year-old milton hill was a happy, smiling caring man. >> i think he was in his 70's. you would have thought he was in his 40's. active, strong. >> he was parking his scooter in the back yard of his home on -- in july when teenager james johnson shot him twice in the chest. johnson and two other men struggled with hill before the shooting and then took off with his shooter. investigators say johnson confessed to the murder after being brought in twice for questioning. ark churchill there was like a second home. >> he took out the trash. he helped the ladies bring the food in for the church depin dinners. you miss that kind of person. he did all of that with a smile on his face. >> a playground down the streach will be named in milton's honor. preacher james carter said sunday's sermon will include prayers for both hill and suspect james johnson. >> our prayers go out to him and his family because obviously things went wrong for him to have made that kind of action. we're praying for them. >> james johnson is charged with first degree murder, assault

it is throughout the city, most notably twin peaks, edge hill, telegraph hill. every once in awhile, you hear about those who make the news with a rock fall or landslide. usually occur in the telegraph and twin peaks. . above the rock are the soil deposits. the most common is dune sand. it is nothing but rocks that has been worn down from the sierras and deposited along the beaches. the wind blew that dune sand over most of the city. it is this mustard color. on the avenues, it is very thick. it can be up to 400 feet thick. as you moved south across slope boulevard, that is the tolar foundation. it was named after the first to score every in -- after the first discovery in the cemetery. the man was out there and noticed this material was unique. he started mapping it. he traced it all the way up to slope. the dune sand generally has the consistency of sugar. it is fine grained sand. it is usually loose. it is poorly graded. the colma foundation can be the same stand but it is denser. it may have to play in it. it is much stronger. it is an excellent supporting m

the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it wa

the bike up the hill. because they made this the easiest way to get around, the most convenient way to get around. in the beginning of my stay, i started talking to folks, why you bicycle? they look at me with these crazy blank faces as if i had asked, why do you put shoes on in the morning? whitey you eat? literally, there was no answer because, of course they bicycle. just like we get up in the morning in eat cereal. it wasn't a political choice for a social choice, it was the easiest way for most people. not everyone, but for most people that i talked to. you saw the numbers she shared, but it has not always been this way. the biggest lessons, number one, it is true that when you build it, they will come. it is not just a committed person like me. it is all the families, the children, the kid riding alone, the teenagers. i was impressed with the number of teenage girls riding alone, the independents. the kids riding the school or with their parents. the number of senior citizens, you are seeing children

think about anita hill in this moment. how many articles exist that refer to the way in which she was treated as racist? they have yet to be written. he can become a racial victim, but she cannot. all of this is to say that we have to understand at that moment. we have to understand how race and gender are working together to shape how clarence thomas can become a racial big dumb and to the extent to which that possibility did not exist for the anita hill. we have to think about how gender interventions need to have that racial understanding in mind and how racial intervention need to be infused with that gender policy as well. that is a lesson i don't think we learned in the moment. it is certainly a lesson i hope we understand it today. [applause] >> a blog has been rewarded in numerous ways. i think the most valuable aspect from all over the world has been in the many obstacles my generation feels we face. my peers have written about everything from personal struggles to double standards to the sexual coverage and yes,

the area of concern is the north bay hills and east bay hills.ditions are not exactly parallel but there is a red flag warning issued for today. thursday and friday with are looking good. sunshine and mild temperatures. monday will be chilly. let's get an update on the morning ride. >>george: better news for the accident on highway 4 and concord. the crash has already been cleared out of the lanes. it is still a potential hot spots. the likelihood that it becomes a problem is less and there are no delays for the north a ride through marin. the kron 4 morning news will be back right after california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes... combined. we have a lot more work to do. [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a pi

up the hill you get. it would seem as though this is the wiser choice. there was some mention made of the tree on private property which i don't believe we have jurisdiction over any way. it is also on the property of 1577 sanchez. the city can monitor street trees, but not trees on private property. maybe they can, i am not sure. in any case, there are replacing the tree that is taking out, and i am not sure how far along they are. a small tree is sometimes better, especially on that steep uphill. i am in favor of what has been proposed. president olague: it is a beautiful tree, but the determination is that regardless of which side it would be impacted or effective, they will be replacing it and there will be a tree there. i can see why someone might limit the loss of the tree, it was a beautiful tree. >> on the motion. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner borfong: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. president olague: aye. >> it

i am in the oakland hills right now. hot, dry days like today is just a reminder to be that much more attentive to whenever you are doing. make sure that you are really diligent about taking the necessary precautions. that is a lesson that we learned 20 years ago. this happened to the nineteenth of october when we had that big fightefired. >>justine: that was jackie sissel live from the oakland hills. keep your butts in the car. your cigarette butts. during those out the window could spark fires. >>james: today is the hottest day over the next seven. do not do anything that would cause something to catch on fire. common sense. high clouds and cold. right now temperatures are in the '50s and '60s. sunny and warm for the entire bay. it will get pretty hot in the inland valleys. clear and cold. temperatures are holding fairly steady. we have 61 for san francisco, san rafael and oakland. same story for san jose. half moon bay is coming in at about 54 degrees or so. by noon time we will see widespread '80s. that is an orange

. >> aw. 66 degrees on tv hill. at 5:70. protesters in new york are cleaning up their act, sort of. >> and new details in the shooting deaths of eight people at a california nail salon. police aren't releasing a motive but we'll >> welcome back. your time coming up 10 minutes after 5:00. 69 degrees at the maryland science center. and it's dry for now. even a few breaks in the overcast. the rain is going to come back. even though it's not raining at your house right now, probably a good idea to take an umbrella. 64 in parkton. t forecast for today, dry start. after 8:00 we're going to see off-and-on rain showers when we come back we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast. >> covering the nation this morning, we're learning more about the gunman who opened fire in a california salon. 41-year-old scott stormed into the crowded salon carrying several weapons and wearing full body armor. friends say one of the victims was his ex-wife and that the two had been involved in a custody battle over their son. authorities say this is

what challenges does anita hill see ahead? the youngest of 13 children, anita hill grew up in a farm in rural oklahoma. after receiving her jd from yale university in 1980, she worked in private practice and for the federal government in washington, d.c.. hill is the author of numerous professional articles on international commerce, commercial law, bankruptcy, and civil rights. he book, "speaking truth to power" details her experience as a witness in the thomas supreme court hearings. her littest book is the basis for our present discussion. please join me in welcoming to the cam bridge forum, anita hill. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, good evening, and i cannot say thank you enough. i'm thrilled to be here. thank you, professor rose, for that introduction, and thank all of you for coming out tonight in this lovely weather. [laughter] i could stay all night here. i have friends here, of course, i have to start with beacon press, but i will also end with saying thank you to my colleagues for comin

we match. 61 degrees on tv hill. a national park could become one of the seven wonders of the world's. >> the cause of death for apple founder steve jobs. >> this is the beltway and old court road. we will have an update on the >> welcome back to 11 news today. 5:10, 70 degrees outside. a pretty mild start to the day. a bit cooler in the outer counties. 61 at the airport. 52 in frederick. you'll notice as to start the day there will be plenty more clouds and the humidity has risen. we have an increased chance for rain which will begin later today. how much rain will get? we will talk about that in just a few minutes. >> opening statements begin in the trial of the men try to bring down a delta jetliner. umar farouk abdulmutallab is accused of trying to ignite the pomp and flight from amsterdam to detroit in 2009 -- trying to bomb the flight. he will allow his staff and my attorney to make his opening statements. >> respiratory arrest is the official cause of death for steve jobs. that is according to his death certif

the big concern is in the north bay hills and east bay hills. couple that with low humidity and our fire danger is high, just for today. the wind will die down by tomorrow morning variant we will keep things mello for the rest of the 7 day forecast. temperatures in to not move a whole lot. not a new argument they are making. we have tried it their way for an entire decade, we cut taxes for people who did not needed. ha we basically suspended environmental restrictions, we did not do anything with respect to consumers. his we did not rein in health-care costs. the financial system r " pretty much could go and do whatever it wanted. the result was, the worst financial crisis since the great depression. peoplehood also protested outside of the president's fund-raiser. they are proposing the 1,700 mi. pipeline that is due to stretch from canada to texas. in our family herman cain is leading the pack of gop presidential hopefuls with 25 percent of the vote. mitt romney is emplace and rick perry has dropped all the way to fifth place with just 60 perc

it will be windy in the hills. there goes our system from yesterday that starts its march towards the rockies. for us, though, skies are clear except for some thick fog. fairfax 41. santa cruz mountains 42. palo alto 44. brentwood because of a north breeze is 60 degrees. so you may go from a mild condition and go into a very cold one or vice versa. santa rosa 39 degrees. napa is 42. 45 concord. i mean, pttsburg at 60. redwood city says 48. speaking of the city, some fog to start. high today of 67. a little nervous about that. have you to make up 17 degrees, and i don't think will get that north wind. it's out in the valley, not a problem there. you can see the the high building in. everything is going to the north. today it's wind in the higher elevations. but thick fog for some. especially closer to the bay and the coast. fog clear. cool, sunny, and breezy. the extended outlook, it's the dullest, quietest pattern i have seek in a long time. >> thank you, steve. >>> well, pump gas may be a dirty job. until now we m

gusty winds throughout the east bay hills, the north bay hills and, of course, the santa cruz mountains. red flag warning in place until 6:00 am thursday. you need to be practicing the best of fire safety. no cigarette butts out the window. if you are going to barbecue tonight, make sure that fire is completely out before you head indoors. offshore flow strengthens and thursday looks like the dryest day as high pressure pushes all that marine air out to sea. 11:00 am tomorrow, we'll have that halloween forecast. stay tuned for that. i'm going to send it back to you, marla and jon. >> thank you, christina. >>> say what you want to. charlie sheen has been out of the spotlight for a while. some say borderline crazy and others say brilliant business guy. he does know about opportunity when it comes to making money. >> for halloween the actor is turning it into a business opportunity. >> why wouldn't he? >> tmzus reports that he made r deal with halloween stores, granting them all the licenses. and charlie sheen masks a selling out. there's plenty of options to choose from. charlie sheen win

for >>mark: jackie shows us the oakland hills the view from the oakland hills.e fire. this is that, black smoke visible. we sent greg sklagreg k sklgr >>reporter: this is a live/work space. once they in extinguished that fire is still smoldered. it burned cars. it burned furniture. let me show you the victim. just about one-1.5 hours he's was suffering with smoke inhalation. now he is at the hospital. there are other people in the building of gotten out, safely. they're still investing because. clothing, furniture, burned--clothing. thankfully, no pets were harmed. this did not spread this is a high densely populated area >>mark: another bay area city is adjoining the occupy movement. " occupy richmond " it is the latest. fixed the widening gap of the rich, the poor, though, unemployment and 99% are the topics. if they are going to join behind the arts center on a 11th street. >> taking a look at the walnut creek financial district yesterday in of there were 11 arrests yesterday. and then from walnut creek, 200 people were chanting and carrying signs on the corn