jamie brown, oliver: "tear it down. ain't no use. ain't nobody paying for it. ain't nobody buying it." it's all a continuance of the city's vacants to value program. jamie brown, oliver: "vacant, vacant, vacant there's a whole lotta vacants around here, yo." james larry jordan, oliver: "it's a big pile of rubble and they've got 1-2-3 more houses to knock down on that side." (nats: cat knocking down wall) ronald lang, sr.: "it's a wall banger. that's what i can tell. it's a wall-banger!" james larry jordan, oliver : (off cam) "ooo they're taking the tree, too." more than a dozen nearby vacant homes will be demolished within the month. pastor marshall prentice, zion baptist: "it feels great. power in your hands... i can only praise god, 'cause you can imagine the hand of god knocking down old things, and rebuilding new." city leaders tell me the seven houses on the north side of lansing street... along with vacant homes on nearby bethel street... will soon be demolished within the month. it's up to community leaders to work with the city on what they want to see

jamie brown, oliver: "tear it down. ain't no use. ain't nobody paying for it. ain't nobody buying it." the remaining 497 homes the city plans on demolishing represents about three percent of the city's total vacant homes. kenya's president says the four-day terrorist siege of an upscale mall in nairobi is over.. in a televised address, he said the terrorists have lost. the criminals found us unafraid as we shall ever be, we cannot be conquered, our confrontation with the terrorists at the westgate mall left 240 casualties - i report with great sadness that 61 civilians lost their lives in the attack, six security officers also made the ultimate sacrifice to defeat the criminals. the president also said five of the gunmen were killed and 11 other people arrested over possible connections to the attack. al-shabaab claimed responsibility for it. they says it was retribution for kenya's involvement in an african union military expedition that has hurt the terror group in its somali homeland. one of the victims killed in the attack is a former johns hopkins student.

jamie brown, oliver: 32.50 "tear it down. ain't no use. ain't nobody paying for it. ain't nobody buying it." the remaining homes the city plans on demolishing represent about three percent of the city's total vacant homes. a florida man finds himself in 'hot water' after attempting to pay his water bill... with cocaine! water utility employees says a man just walk into their office and handed the clerk an envelope and walked out. when they opened it up they saw a white powdery substance... that turned out to be cocaine. deputies are trying to figure out who the man is... and why he did it. some maryland residents who some maryland residents who attended fairs this summer walked away with more than cotton candy and corndogs. they found money they didn't know they were owed being held by the state. the comptroller's office says they have returned more than 300- thousand dollars to residents who discovered the money with the help of unclaimed property units set up at fairs and festivals. more than 2- thousand people checked the database, and 278 discovered the state had

it has the support of some pretty big names, including jamie foxx, and governor jerry brown. the two are pledging to help raise money by doing things like singing a rap song, or hosting a lunch for students. so far, the effort has raised more than $500,000. >>> it's a decade's old tradition here along san francisco's market street. hear why police are forcing chess players to pack up their pawns. >> toddlers looking like >>> tonight's powerball drawing offers a prize of $400 million. we've learned at least one ticket matches all six numbers. officials say it was sold in south carolina. >>> here in the bay area, people waited in line for their chance to buy a ticket, hoping it would change their lives forever. here are tonight's winning numbers. 7, 10, 22, 32, and 35. the powerball number is 19. >>> bigger payouts are being promised for mega millions. organizers are changing how that game is played. they say the new format will reduce the odds of winning the top prize, but they're increasing a player's chance of winning the smaller payouts. other changes include boosting the s

it has the support of some pretty big names, including jamie foxx, and governor jerry brown. the two are pledging to help raise money by doing things like singing a rap song, or hosting a lunch for students. so far, the effort has raised more than $500,000. >>> it's a decade's old tradition here along san francisco's market street. hear why police are forcing chess players to pack up their pawns. >> toddlers looking like teenagers. we examine what some say questionable clothing for children. >> first, outrage of a facebook ad, using the photo of a teen who committed suicide. >>> tonight's powerball drawing offers a prize of $400 million. we've learned at least one ticket matches all six numbers. officials say it was sold in south carolina. >>> here in the bay area, people waited in line for their chance to buy a ticket, hoping it would change their lives forever. here are tonight's winning numbers. 7, 10, 22, 32, and 35. the powerball number is 19. >>> bigger payouts ar promised for mega millions. organizers are changing how that game is played. they say the new format will r

jamie fox. he's decided to perform a rap song for a donation. governor brown will host a lunch for students.here are 42 more days to donate. >> there is a single ticket that matched last i night's powerball ticket. that was sold somewhere in south carolina. here in the bay area many people waited in line. the odds were winning were one in 175 million. here's a look at those numbers, 7, 10, 22, 32, and 35. the powerball number is 19. >> pretty exciting. >>> 4:46 is the time. right now, traffic is a little bit slow already on the sanole grade. southbound 680 between bernel. you can see the road sensors are seeing some traffic from the 580 interchange. no major problems -- as a matter of fact let me get rid of this real quick. you can see where 580 is. southbound 680 traffic will be a little slow. watch for low traffic. you could use 580 to 238 to 880 instead and that would be a great look to go. on westbound bay bridge, a nice drive coming into the city. the morning commute looks good on 101 north and southbound. 4:47 let's go to steve. >>> i'm going to bark at the moon. it's big enough for

for instance, jamie foxx will perform a rap song posing as bill clinton. governor brown will host a brown bag lunch for ten u.c. students. >> living near the coast we often see marine life but a man's encounter took his breath away. a man was on the morning walk and he spotted two whales close to the wharf. he ran home and grabbed the camera and he took these amazing pictures saying they were so close to him he missed some shots. they did not seem bothered by him at all and they were looking for fish. >> now a look at what is going on: twins and a's, the first play at 7:05 first pitch. we are back to evening games. 68 under sunshine and dropping to 62 as the sun towns into stars. around the state today if you are traveling, it will be warm in many areas and low-to-mid 90's through the central valley and a sunny 77 in tahoe and 80 in yosemite national park and sunshine in monterey and 70 and 80 in los angeles. safe travels. leyla gulen is off. pleasanton, southbound 680, talking about this big problem at the exit, we have throw cars involved in a big rig and one car is on

for example, jamie foxx will perform a rap song as bill clinton and governor jerry brown will host a brown bag lunch for 10uc students. to learn more go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. >>> fremont police want to know who abandoned two dogs today. the dogs were found separately and brought to the tri city animal shelter. the staff at the shelter say they are between three and five years old and appear to be related. they look very much alike. unfortunately the dogs are not microchipped so they don't know who they belong to. police are hoping the owner claims the dogs or at least provides information about the dogs in the hope of placing them in a new, safe home. >>> we are learning more about the damage from the rim fire that has burned for weeks in the sierra. for wrist service officials tell us the devastation is larger than any other fire in the sierra in centuries. it has burned about 400 square miles. part of it so intensely that everything in a 60-square mile area is dead. in total nearly 40% of the entire burned area looks like this moon scape scene here. the fire be

for example, jamie foxx will perform a rap song as bill clinton and governor jerry brown will host a brown bag lunch for 10uc students. to learn more go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. >>> fremont police want to know who abandoned two dogs today. the dogs were found separately and brought to the tri city animal shelter. the staff at the shelter say they are between three and five years old and appear to be related. they look very much alike. unfortunately the dogs are not microchipped so they don't know who they belong to. police are hoping the owner claims the dogs or at least provides information about the dogs in the hope of placing them in a new, safe home. >>> we are learning more about the damage from the rim fire that has burned for weeks in the sierra. for wrist service officials tell us the devastation is larger than any other fire in the sierra in centuries. it has burned about 400 square miles. part of it so intensely that everything in a 60-square mile area is dead. in total nearly 40% of the entire burned area looks like this moon scape scene here. the fire be

for example, jamie foxx will perform a rap song as bill clinton and governor jerry brown will host a brown bag lunch for 10uc students. to learn more go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. >>> fremont police want to know who abandoned two dogs today. the dogs were found separately and brought to the tri city animal shelter. the staff at the shelter say they are between three and five years old and appear to be related. they look very much alike. unfortunately the dogs are not microchipped so they don't know who they belong to. police are hoping the owner claims the dogs or at least provides information about the dogs in the hope of placing them in a new, safe home. >>> we are learning more about the damage from the rim fire that has burned for weeks in the sierra. for wrist service officials tell us the devastation is larger than any other fire in the sierra in centuries. it has burned about 400 square miles. part of it so intensely that everything in a 60-square mile area is dead. in total nearly 40% of the entire burned area looks like this moon scene here. the fire began on

actor and jamie fox says that he will perform a rap song. even governor jerry brownat he will host a lunch for 10 uc students. if the uc reaches a certain fund- raising goal. >> the fremont police department is trying to find the owner of two small dogs. toll yorkie terrier mixes are being kept at the tri- city animal shelter in fremont after that were found separately at two different locations yesterday morning. when animal control put them together, it was obvious that they were a pair. >> they don't have tax, they don't have microchips, there is nothing that would lead them back to an owner. we are hoping that an owner will come forth and claimed them. maybe someone took them and dumped them. it's not we are hoping that they can pass out temperance e the evaluation and go out for adoption. [ maragno ] if the car was invented today, it would run on the most affordable energy source available. it would charge overnight. every morning, you'd wake up with a full tank, ready to go. if the car was invented today, it would be the 100% electric nissan leaf. with over 200

for instance, actor jamie foxx will pose at bill clinton in a rap song. governor brownrown" bag lunch for ten students. living near the coast we offer sea marine life but look at this. a man was on his morning walk and spotted two whale close to the what was. he ran home and grabbed the camera, and he took the amazing pictures, that the santa cruz sentinel shared. he said the whales were so close to him he missed some shots. the whales did not seem bothered at all by him. they remain just busy gobbling up the anchovies. >> don't you hate it when people take pictures of you while you are eating? >> twins take on the a's at 68 at 7:05 and dropping to 62. now, the storm cranked up to a hurricane with gusts up to 80 miles per hour and it is stationery which is the biggest problem. there are a lot of hills and mountain squeezing out more moisture and why they are having flooding. it is stay along the coast for the better part of the next two or three days there is going to be more flooding. but that is more remote area than where it was before. >> low-to-mid 90's through the

actor jamie fox says he'll perform a rap song. even governor jerrry brownays he'll host a lunch for 10 u-c students. if the u-c reaches a certain fundraising goal. the kitty has landed. top stories we are following on this thursday september 19th. specialistsplans are in the fianl stages for a makeover on the golden gate bridge. details coming up. you may not be able to smoke while in a popular east bay city anymore. we'll explain. and if you're headed to the a's game today, be ready for a change in security. plus highlights from yesterday's game. more on your top stories in a moment. good morning erica. the golden gate bridge could soon get an important safety hot change as plans are in the final stages to install a moveable median barrier on the bridge. the building and operating committee will take up the measure today and the full board of directors is expected to put it to a vote tomorrow. kron 4's mike pelton is live at the golden gate bridge with details. good morning mike new this morning. >>mark: >>mark: if you like smoking in walnut creek your day