jerry hill about c s budget situa . >>> we spoke with a family member and senator-elect jerry hill aboutnia's budget situation. prop 30 will help, and it means more money for prison realignment. >> and that is for the people coming out of state prison and into county jails, a way for the state to save money. the question is how safe is that? we turn to san francisco sheriff and asked him are you worried about what is going to happen the next two years? >> we have a real opportunity in san francisco to demonstrate to the rest of the state how we can do something and the state average for many years has been around 77 or 78%. so, in essence, they have failed and failed for many years. recidivism, the repeat offender rate. it was my predecessor who shouldered much of the burden for many years. he invented many of the rehabilitation programs. now, many of the local criminal justice partners like adult probation department and others are coming in line to do something about high recidivism rates. this the first for san francisco. we're only's few counties in the whole state with undercrowding

jerry hill is going to join us live in studio. >> is this surplus everyone has been talking about that real. >>> first, the top of the news, the apology from the bishop at san jose. that's after a sex offender was able to volunteer at a school festival. >> the question is how he got written permission. prick permission -- patrick mcgraph said he's deeply troubled and apologizes that this policy was not followed. the man at the center of the controversy is mark christopher guri. he's only allowed on campus with written permission from a school official. well, he was identified there by a parent. sheriff lori smith is going to be at that school on tuesday to meet with concerned parents. new this morning, a man was shot to death during a robbery. it happened last night on ivy drive. the man was sitting in a car with his wife when at least two people approached them. one of them shot the man to death. the wife is okay. the suspects ran away with her purse. so far no arrests have been made. this is the second murder of the year. >> friends and family say good- bye to a san jose marine kille

senator elect jerry hill joining us live in studio. that's tomorrow on eyewitness news this morning. phil matier will be here at 7:30 a.m. and our last look at the weather forecast. >> not a washout. >> the showers going to be ending this morning. we'll get a little bit of a break this afternoon, another little system is on the way. we'll get wet again tonight. get a break on monday. late tuesday, early wednesday more rain. turkey day turns out to be dry. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> dry turkey is not good though. >> when it comes to the weather it is. >> and finally this morning, macy's has some of the most spectacular holiday window displays but one of the most popular features this guy, former mayor willie brown unveiled this holiday window of adorable adoptable kids last night. this is the 26th year union square macy's has partnered with the animal shelter. they get those animals in. everies oohs and awes and some get adopted. >> macy's also helped raise 80,000 bucks for the spca in 2011. >> i've often thought we should have

the systems, lawmakers know that raising taxes is a controversial issue but state senator-elect jerry hill already says he plans to raise gas taxes and says that's the best if not long-term solution for the area. reporting live in daly city, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> you can use your live hi- def doppler on our website to zero in on your neighborhood to see what's going on there. just go to cbssf.com/weather. >>> well, liz had a busy day yesterday because of all the rain but right now it's not too wet so hopefully you're not all that busy in the traffic department. >> it looks okay. gosh, it is amazing what some wet weather will do to the commute. the only thing we got going right now is actually out in napa. we have a traffic alert. it sounds like the northbound lane of highway 121 blocked by 128. a car slowed to avoid a deer and crashed at the scene. so fire crews are there now. they are working to clear it. it's been there since before 3:30 this morning. we'll take live look outside so yeah, the golden gate bridge looks a lot drier this morning than yesterday. and the comm

. >> san mateo assemblyman jerry hill was first to call for his removal months ago. >> the governor has to make new appointments to the puc and new commissioners but because of the process and structure of the puc it gives the president of the cpuc almost dictorial powers. >> we are not safe. we need somebody to look out for safety. >> san bruno residents are not alone in their petition drive. last week, san bruno city council approved a resolution calling for his removal and next week the san mateo county board of supervisors is expected to follow suit. he is former president of southern california edison and they said it play months to role in his current position. we asked him for a comment today and have not heard back. heather ishimaru, "abc 7 news." >> heavy some ron says tonight it will be early next greer before the richmond refinery is fully functional. one unit was heavily damaged by a massive fire that apparently was sparked by a leak in a pipe. before the fire it produced a quarter million gallons every day. the refinery would be operating at reduced capacity through the end

senator jerry hill, you won the election for state senate no need to float so please remove your signsike this one in foster city, burlingame. and tell your people that it is illegal to post signs within six tenors 60 ft. of and a landscaped freeway. also the same for it sally lieber. have 10 days per, california law to remove political science which are more like political lecture. requesting to stop krone says the patience or " to yes on proposition 37. most congress said no i personally believe that all signs should not be permitted on our roadways. they usually end up on trash like this ron paul sobbing at the 101 broadway exit. interesting, i've found the stop human trafficking posters and also that measure did pass. >> in the portola district the entire stretch of san bruno ave has some form of signs. there are some signs that we can never do away with like no smoking, stop signs, parking signs. however, when it comes to political science was the election is over, the first thing on your agenda should be to remove those signs. we do not need more political letter than absolutely

lawmakers know raising taxes is controversial but state senator- elect jerry hill says he believes that's not long term option for this area. that's just again one option for footing the bill and we're reporting live in daly city. cate caugiran, cbs 5. >>> remember, you can get live hi-def doppler radar for your neighborhood anytime and find information on sandbag location at cbssf.com/weather. >>> yesterday traffic was a mess at this time. and last time we checked in with liz, 15 minutes ago, easy breezy i think you said. >> we still have a traffic alert up in napa but that's been there since about 3:30 we haven't seen anything new on the roads since we have been on the air at 4:30. it's dry outside and we'll enjoy the dry morning commute while we have it because we are going to have a wet friday morning commute. right now good to go across the san mateo bridge. this is a traffic alert we were talking about up in napa county. 12 blocked. the northbound lane approaching highway 128. that was an injury crash so again we still don't know when they are going to be able to clear the scene as

but state senator-elect jerry hill will push for higher gas taxes. >> the sales tax or increase in the gasoline tax is really the solution-foot-long term to improve our roads. >> reporter: are we living on borrowed time? >> in some cases we may be. >> reporter: according to the latest studies by the mtc and other city agencies, there is no money now and dana, tonight they are saying it doesn't even look good for the next 30 years. >> wow. all right. linda yee, thank you. >>> right now, the city of oakland is talking to a concerned community about crime during the holidays and how to improve say the. crime in the city is at an all- time high while the ranks in the police department continue to shrink. phil matier says more people are taking the law into their own hands. phil. >> reporter: you know, this is a nice quiet neighborhood in oakland but just two hours ago will we were setting up to get ready to do this shot here at the fair, police were involved in a high-speed chase that ended with a horrendous accident in mcarthur park t spotted a car carrying gangbangers in it including one

now, as far as funding is concerned, jerry hill says raising gas taxes is the best and long term optionve in daly city, cate caugiran, back to you. >>> get live high-def doppler radar for your neighborhood anytime and find information on sandbag locations on our website, cbssf.com/weather. >>> 6:37. it was easy breezy but getting a little bit crazy i guess in the traffic department. right, liz? >> it's a little busy in oakland. it's because of this. >> a patrol car pulled up behind this accident and as chopper zooms out we are starting to see delays in the northbound lanes. it's jammed up already this morning. just takes one stalled big rig blocking a lane and look what it's doing to the morning drive. looks like it's stacked up solidly almost to the oakland coliseum. so you're looking at least a 10- minute delay and growing. right now according to our live drive time sensors the drive is 22 minutes between 238 and the maze. so it's probably even a little longer than that. elsewhere, let's go out towards the south bay. 101 near the trimble exit, brake lights northbound towards santa cla

. >> ok here's the deal to the to jerry hill won the election on the tno need to gloat.ople is illegal to post signs within 650 ft. of any set landscape. this one is in san mateo. you have 10 days after the election for a california law to remove a political science. which are now like a political leader. this i'm requesting drone assassinations. this side and san francisco say yes to proposition 37 most said no. i personally all signs like this 1800 got the job, should not be permitted on our roadways. like this ron paul sign on the 101 exit. >> i found stop human trafficking posters which by the way that measure passed. on the entire stretch of san bruno ave has some form of political science. >> there were some signs that we can never do away with like a no-smoking signs, stop signs, and parking signs. when it comes to political science once the election is over when or lose, the first thing on your agenda should be to remove the sides. we have an upside it would not need more political litter there is absolutely necessary. if you wonder how long as i can hang out no

morning marc you can see people will are in favor of proposition 30 in oakland hills we are expecting to see governor jerry brown arrived and come down this hill and cast his vote and about 10 minutes. he still lives here in the oakland hills this is where he goes in fact, his polling places right there. we expect to see him go in there by 7:30 a.m.. to cast his vote for president and proposition 30. after that he will come to the podium and addressed the media and talk about why proposition 30 passes in his mind. obviously we are at the mercy of the governor. as soon as he comes in he will take a live. and then we will hopefully carry his comments live also after he goes live on the morning news. >> we will go back to jackie shortly in here from the governor of reminder the kron for extended live coverage tonight elections starting at 8:00 when the polls close. you will stay up-to-date on our web site as well www.kron4.com as well as our facebook and scooter fees. >> let's get to the way the department have a warm they attack us find out how warm erica. >> a chance. another toasty one which could break re

governor jerry brown greeted supporters of proposition 30 in the oakland hills. voted by the back drop of the fire station with the dalmation by his side. >> i think that's a proposition that speaks for itself and i wouldn't be a bit surprised if the outcome is more positive than move you are expecting. >> reporter: he was surrounded by oakland teachers. >> i feel optimistic and not entirely confident. if i was entirely confident, i would not go out this afternoon to do poll watching. >> reporter: the initiative is about funding education and it is more, public safety and health care and prison realignment program. >> we are not against that, but we know that fundamental foundation will be education. >> reporter: california news new web registration added 600,000 new voters to the election. they are young and mostly democrat. political observers are most independent and may not follow party lines. they could choose president obama, but not show the same support for prop 30. those against prop 30 feel the governor put education out front. >> it was a false choice

jerry brown is not happy about it. how the regents defend it. >> and a capitol hill confrontation. ambassador susan rice trying to smooth things over with her biggest critics. >> powerful storms are rolling into the bay area. we are talking about heavy rain and strong winds. what you should do to prepare. ,, you oo ,,,,,,,,

hills. the tmz hollywood tour. we show you the real hollywood. >> have a very serious bone to pick with you, jerry and i do. you made fun of us for having dogs dressed up for halloween. >> your dogs are dressed up? shut up! >> all dogs look cute dressed up for halloween. tell me these dogs are not frickin' adorable. >> that's your dog! >> hypocrite. hypocrite. >> i don't know anything about this. >> look at those adorable dogs all dressed up. >> i swear to god, i don't know anything about this. >> carter dressed up as alligator, laila as you.

hill. virginia's representatives. >> northern virginia's newest congressman 11th district democrat jerry connolly easily won another term. the longest serving northern virginia congressman republican frank wolf easily won re- election in the 10th district. >> voters in maryland and in maine made history tuesday night. >> we'll have more on the impact of popular votes to legalize same sex marriage coming up. >> let's see who's celebrating a birthday this wednesday after election day -- happy birthday if this is your day too. >>> good morning, welcome back to 9news now. 5:47. wednesday morning. and interesting forecast you're putting together. >> yeah we're watching the nor'easter a cold raw day today. some rain and even wet snow might build up on the grassy areas especially east of town. then a big warmup in the weekend and you got outdoor plans this weekend like maybe joining me saturday morning at nationals park for the heart walk looks good for that. start in the 40s and finish in the 60s on saturday but not today. here's the bus stop forecast. bundle up and jackets and gloves and hats. we got temperatures in the

hill. virginia's representatives. northern virginia's newest congressman the 11th district democrat jerry connolly easily won. democrat jim moran downed republican murray in the eighth district and the longest serving northern virginia congressman republican frank wolf won in the 10th district. >> in massachusetts elizabeth warren defeated scott brown. warren'sed a socksy work led to the founding of the u.s. consumer financial protection bureau. >> republican hopes evaporated months ago after the legitimate rape comments came out. mccase cast kill returned to capitol hill for another term. >>> another candidate trying to rebound from controversial comments about rape, richard mourdock. however, he too lost the indiana senate race to joe donnellly. he will replace richard hugher who lost to mourdock in the may area. >>> we go to jessica doyle with more on this. jessica? >> you've come a long way baby. the 113th congress will have at least 19 female senators. that's a record and two more than right now. kate shepherd from mother jones joins us right now andly talk about the situation --you will talk about the s

is a pleasure to be joined by new york's own jerry nadler, congressman from new york's eighth district and one of the most thoughtful voice on capitol hillause you're a friend, it is true. >> great to be here. >> eliot: you look at what we have just suffered through. it certainly does highlight and galvanize the public's attention on both fema and global warming. will the lesson be learned? >> hopefully. it is too early to tell. we'll see. i mean it certainly shows thank god that those people who urged that fema not be funded or privatized or eliminated, thank god they weren't listened to. fema has done a tresmeddous job for us here and we need it. it is the storm of the century. but given -- >> eliot: didn't we have that last year? >> not quite. >> eliot: almost. >> almost. this is far worse than last year. >> eliot: but they're coming with greater frequency. >> that's the point of the storm of the century is now going to be -- i don't know every few years but you'll have it a lot more because the oceans are warming, there is a lot more energy in the system. you'll have more and violent storms. we have to start preparing for it. that me

hill. democrats still controlled the u.s. senate. coming up at 6:15 what all of that means for the lawmakers moving ahead and what is ahead for the gridlock in washington. >> governor jerry brown is celebrating a historic victory this morning for the first time since 2004 california approved a tax hike on a statewide proposition. voters have passed proposition 30. his education tax initiative 54% to 46% with 95% of the precincts reporting. ktvu tara moriarty is in san francisco this morning where voters were overwhelmingly backing that measure. >> that is right here in san francisco most voters voted yes in favor of prop 30. and the general feeling here in the city is that public schools need help. case in point mission heights school. this is the oldest high school in san francisco and test scores well they have been struggling with that over the years. prop 30 passage may be the shot in the arm this school needed. other areas of california that saw support for 30 alameda and santa cruz counties. los angeles also backed it but moe dark and more rural central areas of the state saw the least amount of support. prop 30 will raise the states sales tax by a quarter of a cre

hill. >> there have been friendships that didn't get too functional. carter got along good with jerryord. they became good friends. >> very. >> of course, george w.'s father, george sr. bush became good friends with bill clinton. he calls him his son practically. this does work occasionally. >> you can't imagine that happening, though, with romney and obama. >> we saw them in the debate. they don't like each other. >> they don't like each other. there seems to be a personal animosity toward each other. they don't seem to respect one another. >> why do people, this is not partisan, an observation, why does everybody who run against romney hate him? mccain picked sarah palin, he hated him so much, rather than him as running mate. >> it's a core. >> and lacking one. >> obama as his legal background likes to have a legal argument that fits together. romney's ideology doesn't do that. i think there's not that -- >> do they believe he's not a member of the club, doug, because he country have a political philosophy. people like to say they live or die on what they believe. that's why they're

hill. >> the interesting thing is, there have been relationships that didn't get too functional but carter got along with jerryry well. george w.'s father, george senior got along with clinton. called him practically a son. >> you can't imagine that happening with obama and romney. >> they don't like each other. we saw that in the debate. >> why do people -- you covered the campaign. this is not partisan. it's just an objects vague. why does everybody who runs against romney hate him? the rest of them, they walk off the debate platforms and hate the guy. >> i think it's the issue of a core and having a political core and consistent belief and obama likes to have a legal argument that fits together and romney's ideology doesn't do that. so i think there's not that kind of respect. >> do they think he's not a member of the club because he doesn't have a political philosophy. not just to be celebrities but to carry out a motive. they believe he lacks one and can't get along with other politicians who often seem to have a motive? >> bingo, chris. i think that's very true. and he doesn't have a job, either, mitt ro

hill. democrats they still controlled the u.s. senate. the republicans still controlled the house of representatives. coming up at 5:15 what that means for lawmakers moving ahead and for gridlock in washington. >> governor jerry brown is claiming victory for what he calls the california dream. voters have approved proposition 30 his education tax initiative. you can see on the screen. 54% to 46%. and that is with -- actually that is all of the precincts reporting out. tara moriarty is in san francisco with what the vote means for california's public schools. >> reporter: we are standing in front of mission high school. and it is one of the oldest in fact the oldest high school in san francisco and it's struggling but the students here may now benefit from prop 30 passage. san francisco voters overwhelmingly supported the measure as did folks in alameda and santa cruz. they all raise the states sales tax by a quarter of a cent for four years and increase income taxes for people that make $250,000 a year by up to three percentage points. it's projected to raise $6 billion a year for schools. >> when i ran for governor, i did say i said three things. one, i want to level with you tell you the truth no more smoke

jerry sandusky will have all the highlights. we'll see you then. >> we're just minutes away from the today show. erika hillg up. >> good morning, jennifer. coming up the latest on a stunning regulation of the cia director david petraeus. this morning you'll hear from his former spokesman who talked to the general after the probe. we'll ask the experts why so many powerful men cheat. also ahead nearly three weeks after hurricane sandy hit the east coast, many are still without power. we are seeing so many come out to help, lend a helping hand. a busy holiday season approaches, we will tell you the best dates to fly if you're headed out of town. with the last twilight movie opening in days we'll look at the phenomenon and what it is about the franchise that sends hearts of all ages aflutter. that's when we get started on sunday morning. now it's time for sunday brunch. here's lisa. >> all right. joining me this morning is jay koulter. thanks so much for being here. you guys are new. >> where are you locateed? >> 1,000 lancaster street. >> you have another restaurant down the street in washington, d.c. right?

california schools banking on prop 30, governor jerry brown proposed that plan, today voted for it. people in oakland greeted him in the oakland hillsproposition 30 raises money for public schools and community colleges and temporarily add a quarter cent tax to state sales tax and raise taxes for californians earning more than $250,000 a year. opponents say it's too expensive. here is a look at propositions. prop 32 preventing unions from deducting money from paychecks to be used to be political funding. prop 36 would revise california's three strikes law. and propos3s]u 37 would add new food labeling requirements. proposition 38 is a competing tax measure to fund schools. the department of justice will have federal observers in polling stations in alameda county today. 800 monitors will be watching for potential voting rights violations in 23 states. if you have trouble voting you can report any problems at your polling station to abc 7 news election hot line. the number is on the screen. and we have that number posted for you on abc 7 news.com. you still have three and a half hours to vote in the bay area, when polls close tonight