joe medrano has done the right thing by tendering his resignation. >> medrano's resignation comes daysafter a jury convicted him of embezzling $60,000 in his personal business as an insurance broker. he took money from a client instead of forwarding it to an insurance company. he kept it. medrano has maintained hidz nns and said he plans to appeal. he has not returned our call but in his resignation letter medrano quote i fully expected to be found not guilty and this matter to be behind me. >> he can deal with this issue as a perj issue and get it out from being a city issue. >> resident of the small town say the whole turn of events has caught them by surprise. >> we're all for public service and he was doing a good job at that and then something like this comes along. just can't -- can't happen, you know, but it did. >> everywhere you go, you know, you know, something -- some kind of corruption or something going on. >> medrano faces a maximum four years in prison. in a business of irony, joe medrano's name is still on the ballot for reelection but even if he wins, as a convicted fe

insurance broker joe medrano stole close it $160,000 from a client. >> i am totally shocked! eporter: what's even more shocking for clayton voters is medrano will keep his job as vice mayor for a few more weeks until november 6. he is up for re-election. his attorney tells me medrano hasn't said he will resign. >> i think what he will probably do even though we haven't talked to him is he will probably just let the election play itself out. >> reporter: so for now, medrano's campaign signs are still up. he is still a contender and the elections office says it's too late to remove his name from the november ballot. >> he should be temporarily put on leave of absence or something like that. >> reporter: even though some clayton voters say they want him out immediately, city officials don't seem to know what to do. the city declined to talk about this case on camera. the assistant city manager tells me it's premature for the city to take any action right now. it sounds like they are hoping he won't rebe he re-elected on november 6. >> someone who has been convicted of a crime is

joe medrano took 160,000s frdz a client intended money to go for worker's compensation. is he running for reelection but convicted felons can not hold office. he's free until sentenced in december. he faces up to four years in prison. >> a lot going on. still to come on abc 7 news at 5:00 the tale of a dog that jumped to save two little girls from being hit by motorcycles. she's in need of tlc to recover from what happened. >> also larry ellison eyes his next venture, it could be a ticket he needs. >> you know who is faster going through space? we'll have live coverage of the shuttle endeavor's two miles per hour trek throughout the streets of lngs langs. stay with us. abc 7 news >>> here is a great shot. this is a live look at the space shuttle endeavor as it maneuvers through the streets of los angeles. the endeavor is inching its way in no more than two miles per hour squeezing past power lines, poles and driveways. there is a picture of it inching along with people watching. the shuttle is five stories tall weighs 30 elephants. there will be a wow moment later tonigh

joe medrano was found guilty on federal embezzlement charges this week. he's an insurance broker. his former business partner accused him of stealing $160,000 from the office. he is still on the november ballot for another term. >>> this morning the space shuttle endeavour is continuing its final mission, a very slow trip through the streets of los angeles. you're looking at live pictures right now of the spacecraft going through an l.a. neighborhood as it heads towards its retirement home, a museum at exposition park. the shuttle, moving very slowly, at speeds up to two miles an hour. now, overnight, endeavour was pulled across a bridge above interstate 405 and today it is moving through a narrow residential street, as you just saw, with apartment buildings on either side. its wings are expected to get into driveways. people who live around there have been told to stay indoors. >> it's, like, amazing because i never seen it before. >> it's big, isn't it? >> yes. >>reporter: looks like a giant toy? >> yes. very much. >> the 170,000-pound endeavour p will be the centerpiece of an e

. >> clayton vice mayor, joe medrano remains on the job after being found guilty of embezzlement, charged with embezzling nearly $160,000 from a former client. he has yet to resign from the clayton city council. >>> to the presidential race now, both campaigns held rallies in vital battle ground states following yesterday's feisty vice presidential debate. >> vice president biden stumping in his republican opponent, paul ryan's home state of wisconsin today. he would not let up against his attacks against the opposing ticket. >> anyone who watched that debate i don't think there is a doubt congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president have fundamentally different vision for america. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney came to ryan's defense against biden during a rally in virginia praised the performance and slammed the vice president. >> it was one person on stage last night who was thoughtful and respectful. steady and poised. the kind of person you want to turn to in a crisis. that was the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan. >> romney accused b

. >>> and clayton's vice mayor, joe medrano, has been found guilty in and it's up to city leaders to decide if he will be removed from office. if reelected, he could be challenged to be fit to run for office. >>> butterflies before a big exam seem to be a rite of passage. what researchers are learning about the pre-test jitters. >>> and back here in a couple of minutes, we got the weekend in front of us. it will warm up, and i'll show you where the 80s will show up back here in a few minutes. >>> 1 year after the firing of two hyatt regency housekeepers, their message is being taken to the streets of santa clara. the housekeepers say that they were among many hired employees whose faces were pasted atop bikini-clad images. martha claims she and her sister were fired after she tore down one of the boards. >> they were fired for serious violations of hotel policy, and they were dismissed prior to their complaints that they made. >> the sisters have filed a retaliation charge against the hotel with the equal employment opportunity commission. >>> prison officials face a january deadline

joe medrano found guilty yesterday. prosecutors say medrano acted as an insurance broker and collected a $159,000 premium but never forwarded that payment to his parent company. medranno is running from clayton city council. if he is re-elected, the council could decide to challenge whether he is fit for office and have him removed. medrano will have his sentencing in court in december. >>> meteorologist christina loren joining us now. she is talking about what i notice you call sweater weather. >> indeed it is. sweater weather has returned. good morning to you, jon and marla, good morning to you at home. taking a live look here at san jose, it's hard to tell by this picture. we have completely overcast conditions out there and i'm expecting more rain unfortunately in the heart of your morning rush hour. have no fear, mike and myself will guide you through it. 55 in san francisco, 55 to start in napa and it's chilly out there in places like san jose. 54 degrees. you may have had to kick on that heater for the first time

. >>> a jury found vice mayor joe medrano guilty of embezzlement.000 from their company and was po trayed as a broker. he face as maximum in four years in prison. he will be sentenced next week. >>> the franchise tax board has released its list of the californians who owe the most in unpaid state taxes. some are well-known celebrities. but a san rafael technology entrepreneur tops the list. the founder of sea-net owes $10.7 million according to the franchise tax board. dionne warwick owes $2.6 million and has been delinquent since 2003. and steven segal owes nearly $350,000. he's been on the list since april. >>> well, the mars over "curiosity" performed some unexpected results during a rock walk. i want to show you a rock about size of a football field. if you look on the screen, the red marks there that shows the laser hit the rock and the purple is where x-rays examined it. nasa says this rock is like other martian rox. scientists say it's more like rare volcanic rocks in found in hawaii. >>> let's head to sal and on the commute. hey, sal. >> hey