so delicious...so fun. >> in the mist of this county lays these red trees named after john muir. let's look at this look of muir woods. >> this suggest a path born before thoughts could be made into the words. here is this ancient place, the elderly among these trees are more than a thousand years old and the young ones a mere 2-300. john muir said any fool can destroy a tree and even if they could run and hide, the same fools would hunt them down to make a dollar from their bark. there is a sense of irony in that a man would come from california to save the forest. setting about the task of preserving the land of this canyon. in 1903, kent perchasedt purchased 60 600 acres. >> he encouraged the railroad to put in a spur line that would bring people in and he build the inn. >> they would last for years, but soon after kent purchased the land, a nearby natural disaster put it at risk. the 1906 earthquake and fire leveled most of the city. and they turned their eyes on the forest. he asked for president of the united states for help and he made an offer they couldn't refuse. >> he o

expect delays on southbound 30 few between john muir and john daly boulevard.drive times 580 from altamont into the dublin pleasant 680, 580 junction highway 4 out of antioch slow, carquinez bridge partial into the macarthur maze, 25 minute drive there westbound on 80. >>> a little more on that story you were reports. -- you were reporting. we have a crew heading to that story in daly city where the car went over the cliff. right now highway 30 few southbound close between john daly and muir. we are hearing two people have been rescued from that car which is pretty amazing that cliff we understand is 400 to 600 feet, that car went over that cliff. one of the people rescued in critical right now. as soon as our crew arrives we'll bring you more information. >>> uc berkeley announcing today new fund for undocumented students, largest of its kind at any university in the u.s., the fund will begin with a one million dollar gift from the evelyn and walter haas, jr. foundation that gift will help 200 undock ed cal saw dents from 20 countries -- undocumented cal stude

i think the future of the john muir property is something else. it's going to be a recreational use, that's what we are thinking about the clean-up for, and what is the best use and need to hear from the public and rec and park. and how do we define that relationship. and we have a better basis to do an mou. jerry mentioned one to cut rec and park out of everything. i don't think that's the best way to go, but if the commission thinks, that's something. and everyone keeps coming here. and i asked the advocates have you gone to the rec and park commission. and they said no. i think they should go there and talk about recreation. that's a good step that i recommend. >> and i would like to add, i think that workshop would be a good idea. we are hearing from one certain group. and they may be hearing from others. and so it would make sense if we have a workshop to hear from everyone as we put together the mou with rec and park. >> commissioner moran. >> thank you, mr. chair. there is a danger when you let people with whiskers in the room, they remind

he was rushed to john muir hospital in walnut creek where he later died from his injuries. police are not releasing the name of the victim or the driver. but according to social media sites, it looks as though the driver may have just celebrated her 21st birthday in vegas. police are still investigating whether or not drugs or alcohol were a factor, but there were no arrests made at the scene. in concord, nick smith, abc7 news. >> nick, thank you. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open after an accident that killed two people including a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the

reporter: all four people who were injured were rushed here to john muir medical center, three of them needed emergency surgery. >> you can hear the crunch of an out of control vehicle making impact, followed by some moments of confusion. then screams for help from firefighter kelly morris. one of three fire team members injured in this accident. fire crews were investigating a series of rain-related crashes. >> a third card hit the side of our fire engine, and then actually rolled over up on to the embankment and hit three of our firefighters and also the person we were taking the report from. >> firefighters and fire captain were rushed to john muir medical center with nonlife-threatening injuries. fire chief randy bradley says two of them are scheduled for surgery. the fourth victim is not a firefighter. he suffered more serious injuries. >> that person is actually in critical condition. he received the worst injuries of the four that were struck by the car, and i believe he is in surgery right now. >> the rollover was actually the third crash here. firefighters first responded to a

million to lake merced, how soon will you give them permission to build a new boat house on the john muir site. we know about the toxic information as you have dealt with this for years due to the memo in jean -- 1991. in july, 1989 memo dealt with the option to deal with the contaminated soil of the crystal lease water at lake merced. the reason for referencing this option is to provide you with a solution so we can move forward to build a much-needed boat house. and encapsulate soil without waiting another eight to 10 years. we cannot wait for eight to 10 years. here is a recommendation for the boat house, i have a bid that is less than your watershed report. what is not included in the landscaping and bathroom and an apron that goes in front. conclusions, let's get started in the new boat house, please no delays. the use is issue, the use issue has already been aggressively debated and studied. thank you. >> mr. moore. >> my name is dick morgan, i have been engaged in lake merced for 13 years. and i have spent thousands of volunteer hours on lake merced. when i first got engaged it was

steve's presentation said, there will now be a public process to determine how we use the john muir site, all 10 acres. where was the public process before the decision was made to spend $2 million to do that fix-up job in the picture. no public process, one e-mail. august 15, i think it was. buried in here. all right, i am running over time. like my colleagues. puc should administer the $2 million at bond. i have read the bonds, i am a retired lawyer, that bond does not say that rec and park has to administer that 2 million. you own lake merced. i have submitted megan opus last week, with a proposed mou i don't expect you to adopt them but if you want to, surprise me. they are ugly. quickly, the solution at lake merced is for puc to take charge. bring back the concessionaire bailout in 1999, a company called urban park concessionaire. i stayed in touch with them, and they would consider coming back on two conditions. one they don't start off with a traditional percentage of the profit. they know there ain't going to be any gross. number two, is highly unlikely that urban park come back

the victim was transported to john muir medical center with life-threatening injuries that needed surgery have not yet located the gunman. a high-stakes meeting will be helped held in washington this afternoon as a nation edges closer to the fiscal cliff. president obama and top congressional leaders look for common ground to keep automatic tax increases and spending cuts from kicking in. they have only four days to reach agreement or the u.s. economy will go over the fiscal cliff. >> you may be experiencing some really really light rain right now. that is for the extreme north bay and the bulk of the moisture is sitting off shore. this is the rain that could be affecting you right now and we could have more in the northernmost part of california. a lot of clouds are associated with this system. it will slowly make its way to the bay area. we're not seeing too much here on our models by 8:00 a.m. this morning. putting it into motion later on tonight it is running parallel to the coastline we could see some light rain for the coast. it will be in the north bay and it will not spread too fa

the child was flown to oakland children's hospital and the zero and was transported to john muir. they do not appear to be life threatening. we can see that the rainfall total picked up around 4:00 p.m. it is pretty nice right now but there is a bit of a break heiresses storms move and. charles clifford, kron 4. >> part of the great heart way highway-with phillipe djegal shows us how traffic in san francisco.. part of the great highway in san francisco ... had to be shut down because of heavy flooding. kron-4's philippe djegal shows us... how traffic was affected ... and, he reports these closures happen more often than you might think. >> the rain started falling early friday morning here in the east bay. this is video from along highway 24 near the caldecott tunnell just after sunrise. slick conditions continued throughout the morning. it was also pouring rain further east along highway 4 in oakley, the california highway patrol says that at least two cars were involved young boy was flown to to john muir medical center. from sloat to lincoln the barricades turned cars around, a

three veteran firefighters you see here were transported to john muir hospital in walnut creek. two of the firefighters need surgery. >> on to more headlines of the decision about whether the u.s. supreme court will take up the case of proposition 8 could come as early as this morning. we were hoping to get where friday did it not happen. they will post their decision this morning at 630. the court was scheduled to discuss the gay rights issue on friday. four justices must agree to hear the case before it can afford. if there is no decision the justices may discuss them at a future conference including one on december 7th. if they decide not to take on the issue we can wait to get word from the court as to whether there will hear the case. it struck down a marriage will resume in california. >> the national news announced the latest on the looming fiscal cliff. house minority leader nets deposing wants to vote. - vote nancy pelosi . >> with a so-called fiscal cliff and higher taxes for all americans looming. >> right now i will say we are nowhere. >> the house speaker blamed the

two others were taken to john muir medical center in critical. >>> pg&e still trying to restore power to 2,000 bay area homes and business. biggest outage south bay nearly 600 customers in the dark. north bay more than 500 without power. about the same in the east bay. pg&e crews say they hope they will have power restored to everybody by tomorrow morning. at the peak of the storm nearly 340,000 customers were without power across the bay area. >> with more rain expected, stay with abc7 news for continuing storm watch coverage. you can track the storms any time with live doppler at abc7news.com. >>> in morning police are still looking for a suspect involved in the city's first homicide in 40 years. police released this sketch over the weekend of a man described as white or hispanic, early 20s, dark hair and dark eyes. investigators say that person was involved in the murder of the former owner of the mountain winery early friday morning. his wife called polic- reporting an intruder. his wife said the suspect killed her husband, attacked her and ransacked the couple's home. >>> two chp

la victima fue trasladada al centro medico john muir en walnut creek donde fue operado de emergencia... ni un motivo.. y la policia continua recolectando pruebas para descifrar esta balacera.. ocurrida anoche .. en el estacionamien to de la estacion pittsburg del bart que dej un herido.. --la victima un hombre de 18 aÑos de richmond. --las autoridades indicaron que hubo un choque en el lugar de los hechos, que de alguna forma estaba relacionado al tiroteo. -- pero hasta el momento se desconoce si la victima fue baleada mientras conducia.. el hombre no viajaba solo, sus acompaÑantes salieron ilesos. -- un testigo indico que escucho varios disparos y vio cuando el sospechoso se dio a la fuga en un vehiculo -- que ha sido descrito por la policia como un nissan maxima de color negro gaby --anoche la estacion de tren permanecio cerrada por varias horas debido a las investigacione s -- si usted tiene alguna informacion sobre este caso, contacte a la policia. cesar ---esta tarde, un hombre de "el cerrito" se encuentra en estado critico luego de ser baleado por la policia take map ---anoche,

he was taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek with life-threatening injuries. bart police have not released any information on the victim or possible suspects. the shooting investigation caused major delays for bart riders. >>> crime in oakland is out of control. but tonight, health is on the way. a former big city police chief has been hired to offer the city some solutions. cbs 5 reporter linda yee on the man who brings coast-to-coast credibility. >> reporter: 127 homicides in oakland so far this year. the highest in five years. some people are afraid to just go out. >> i work in east oakland. and it's really scary going to work and coming out every day. >> reporter: the mayor and the police chief agree. crime is out of control. >> we have to try something different. >> reporter: that something new comes in form of a $250,000 consultant to the police department, legendary lawman bill bratton. he's the former new york police commissioner and los angeles police chief who drastically reduced violent crime during his tenure in both cities. >> if anyone can straig

two others were taken to john muir medical center in critical. >>> pg&e still trying to restore power to 2,000 bay area homes and business. biggest outage south bay nearly 600 customers in the dark. north bay more than 500 without power. about the same in the east bay. pg&e crews say they hope they will have power restored to everybody by tomorrow morning. at the peak of the storm nearly 340,000 customers were without power across the bay area. >> with more rain expected, stay with abews for continuing storm watch coverage. you can track the storms any time with live doppler at abc7news.com. >>> in morning police are still looking for a suspect involved in the city's first homicide in 40 years. police released this sketch over the weekend of a man described as white or hispanic, early 20s, dark hair and dark eyes. investigators say that person was involved in the murder of the former owner of the mountain winery early friday morning. his wife called polic- reporting an intruder. his wife said the suspect killed her husband, attacked her and ransacked the couple's home. >>> two chp off

veteran firefighters were all taken to john muir hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the driver of the suv and another driver are in critical condition. >>> take a look at this stuck car on shepherd canyon in oakland. peter sent us this picture this morning via you -- ureports. and said good samaritans rescued the driver, and check out this road. the road has since been cleared. e-mail your photos to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com. >>> one big problem all across the bay area tonight, toppled trees. take a look as this huge tree that came crashing down in san francisco. lillian kim is in the neighborhood where it all happened. lillian? reporter: the people who live here got quite a square this morning when this large tree came crashing down just after 8:00. this is the top of the treatment it actually came from a home two doors down. so three sets of fences have been damaged. downed trees could be found all over san francisco today. the city received 40 calls of either large downed trees or fallen limb. we found two trouble spots on oak street but neither as serious at the t

the man was life flighted to john muir hospital in critical condition. >>> tonight dozens of former prison inmates are enjoying a christmas gift from the governor. he signed pardons for people's whose crimes ranged from drug offenses to robbery. >> i was young. i was out of high school. >> reporter: jim benedict says he was dumb, and hanging around some bad people 20 years ago. >> they were involved in things they shouldn't have been, manufacturing methamphetamines. >> reporter: he got involved too, only to get busted, and he spent five years in prison. he joined an inmate fire crew, not knowing he was absolute to have an experience that would change his life forever. in 1993, he saved a boy's life. >> i saved him. how could i live with myself if i didn't try? >> reporter: readers digest even even featured his second- chance story. ken was paroled and spend the last two decades waiting for today, a pardon from the governor, years after he first asked. the state who locked him up officially forgave him for his crimes. >> to finally have some closure to a long story that, you know, i did som

he was transported to john muir medical center in walnut creek. no word yet on his condition. >>> police are investigating two separate shootings on the same street in east oakland. that first one happened about 7:00 on the 9100 block of international boulevard. a woman was walking to the store when she was struck and kill wood you a stray bullet -- killed by a stray bullet. she died at the scene. so far, police they've not found the gunman. >>> another person was shot two and a half hours later, just five blocks away. one person was hurt. he managed to drive himself to a nearby police station. he's being treated at the hospital and is expected to survive. >>> an oakland gun buyback program is starting to gain steam and is being fueled in part by a pot club owner looking to hand over cash. new at noon, brian flores is live in oakland with more. >> reporter: hi, mike. it could be the tragedy in connecticut or the buy back program. we understand that more guns today were turned in. on this table are military rifles, hunting rifles. these were once i

he was rushed to john muir hospital in walnut creek where he later died from his injuries.e are not releasing the name of the victim or the driver. but according to social media sites, it looks as though the driver may have just celebrated her 21st birthday in vegas. police are still investigating whether or not drugs or alcohol were a factor, but there were no arrests made at the scene. in concord, nick smith, abc7 news. >> nick, thank you. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open after an accident that killed two people including a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the scene. witnesses say the driver of an 88 oldsmobile swerved across the yellow line and then smashed into the big rig. the boy believed to be between 8 and 9 years old died at the scene. the driver, a 21-year-old woman from bay point died at the hospital. >>> the supreme court today announced it will take up two same-sex marriage cases including proposition 8. it was approved by voters in 2008 and it banned same sex marriage as you know. the justices will a

we are told the victim was air-lifted to john muir hospital in walnut creek in grave condition and that was at last check. this was a high impact hit-and-run with a debris field scattered across broadway street here in north vallejo. police believe the man was struck and knocked about 50 feet by either one or 2 vehicles that were drag racing down the northbound lanes of broadway around 5:30 this evening. detectives label about 50 paces of evidence many of them were the personal effects belonging to the unidentified victim. the rest were parts of the vehicle or vehicles involved. police say the cars are known to speed up and down this part of broadway street. >> something that our traffic unit has been keenly aware of as well as the uniformed police officers who attempt to come out here whenever possible. obviously whenever we do traffic enforcement or dui enforcement this is a particular area we always focus on. >>reporter: police were paying a lot of attention to what may have been some serial numbers on a few car parts left behind but they aren't giving out the description of the vehi

he was rushed to john muir hospital in walnut creek where he later died from his injuries.ctim or the driver. but according to social media sites, it looks as though the driver may have just celebrated her 21st birthday in vegas. police are still investigating whether or not drugs or alcohol were a factor, but there were no arrests made at the scene. in concord, nick smith, abc7 news. >> nick, thank you. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open after an accident that killed two people including a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the scene. witnesses say the driver of an 88 oldsmobile swerved across the yellow line and then smashed into the big rig. the boy believed to be between 8 and 9 years old died at the scene. the driver, a 21-year-old woman from bay point died at the hospital. >>> the supreme court today announced it will take up two same-sex marriage cases including proposition 8. it was approved by voters in 2008 and it banned same sex marriage as you know. the justices will also take up the 1996 defensive marriag

he was rushed to john muir hospital in walnut creek where he later died from his injuries. police are not releasing the name of the victim or the driver. but according to social media sites, it looks as though the driver may have just celebrated her 21st birthday in vegas. police are still investigating whether or not drugs or alcohol were a factor, but there were no arrests made at the scene. in concord, nick smith, abc7 news. >> nick, thank you. >>> the bay ron highway in contra costa -- the byron highway is in contra costa is back open after an accident that killed two people including a young boy. sky heavy hd flew over the scene. witnesses say the driver of an 88 oldsmobile swerved across the yellow line and then smashed into the big rig. the boy believed to be between 8 and 9 years old died at the scene. the driver, a 21-year-old woman from bay point died at the hospital. >>> the supreme court today announced it will take up two same-sex marriage cases including proposition 8. it was approved by voters in 2008 and it banned same sex marriage as you know. the justices

three veteran firefighters -- michael rattary, kelly morris and stephen rogness were transported to john muirin walnut creek. two of the firefighters needed surgery. we have team coverage on the damage and mess left behind after the down pour that battered the entire bay area. but first... lets head over to weather to see if we'll be getting a chance to dry out our umbrellas anytime soon. i'm brian? >> tuesday, it looks like we finally see some of break of the sun and clouds. finally also, tomorrow some sunshine. it to dry out of this rainfall. >> kron4's maureen kelly was in san francisco where the heavy morning rain created a lot of problems that lasted long after the skies cleared. what you are looking at is a crew from the city's department of public works trying to use a rake to clear one the dozens of backed up stormed drains left over from the hard hitting storm system. this one created a mini lagoon to spring up at the corner of van ness and hayes....taking over a few lanes of the street...making it tough for drivers....the high water also covered the sidewalk....forcing pedestrians t

the other person, was taken to john muir medical center.y are suffering non-life threatening injuries. there rain dissipated a bit this afternoon if state and nice. however, by 4:00 p.m. it has been on the/on. ever sense. charles clifford, kron 4. >> in san francisco, the wet weather caused major challenges for some residents. one woman woke up to find her mercedes... crushed by a tree that toppled over during the storm. >> you know, at 9 a.m. the police knocked on the door and they said that my car was in an accident with a tree. they drove me down here. it was a large tree that fell on it. my insurance company is calling a towing company and it will be taken to a collision the center. i am definitely preparing to purchase a new car. i do not want to do that is a new car for me and i love it. >> is sort of shocking. i wish that i would have gone out last night instead of sitting on the sofa. in san francisco, the wet weather caused major santa cruz county. kron four's rob fladeboe as he brings you up to date >> from the summit, beyond the

the victim was transported to john muir medical center with life-threatening injuries that needed surgery police have not yet located the gunman. >> service was stopped last tie for about 45 minutes office make sure the shooter was not getting away on the bart train. >> bart trains also held in concord at reports of a man with a gun at the station. >> the police acted because ms. delays last night on the pittsburgh bay. live in both the san francisco and pittsburgh directions. >> this report for unrelated to the earlier shooting at the pittsburgh station. service is expected to run regularly to day. >> police shooting in cam count back here in the bay area. please convey. are continuing to investigate a car crash involving a known police role e. >> police say all started with officers tried to pull them over during a traffic stop. >> that is when they say he took off and ran his car into a sense. >> video from sky 7 h d shows the aftermath of the residential neighborhood. office or continue to search for the man no one was injured in the accident. >> a stretch of northbound highway 880 in

the skateboarder died at the john muir medical center in walnut creek.ay the driver is a 21-year-old clayton woman. they are investigating whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the collision. month. of up to 20 years in prison. >> also, the eastern span of the bridge is expected to get a piece left. it is 9:1 and2 jan wahl is giddy! peter >> peter o'toole and i did a movie together and ireland. and he would come in in the morning and say, good morning mr. gallagher. peter gallagher will be on the stage, at the venetian room, where he will be singing. how did the singing start? >> the first shows were in high school, then broadway, with open calls. and even " hair ". when my parents came, i was completel nude. but i was sitting i standing at the back of the stage. and also, wit pe patty lapone and nathan lane in 'guys and dolls'... your kron 4 7 day around the bay there will be cooling trend for the mid week. we will take a quick break and we will be right back. . >> this was a teddy bear paws on the ice. that will toss... on the ice gas prices are do

there at john muir medical center this morning.f them needed surgery but they are all expected to survive. >> a 14 year-old boy charged as a adult in charge of a sexual assault and kidnapping of a 65 year-old woman. caviar king of the the the woman and forced her to drive several miles before he sexually assaulted and beat her. he left her tied up in a ditch and try to ransom her location to her family. his arraignment had been rescheduled for today. >> san jose has 43rd homicide of the year which matched its 2 decade high. the most recent was a 17 year-old boy who was gunned down and murdered by name as a residential street on friday. the killing is believed to be gang-related. the 2011 total was double the previous year's number of homicides. >> oakland police officers have made 44 percent fewer arrests last year than just three years ago. the plans include the arrest for anything from armed robbery, drug bust to minor crimes such as public drunkenness. that is the 18th your arrest per day. there is a 22 percent spike in murders

. >> the driver being interviewed and the driver of the suv were taken to john muir hospital. both are in critical condition. the highway patrol says the wet and the windy weather likely played a part in a deadly crash this morning on northbound 280 in daly city. 27-year-old lauren reyes died at the scene. the chp says she slammed into an abandoned car. the accident shutdown the northbound lanes for about three hours. rocks and mudslides created serious problems in the valley. the heavy rain pounded the canyon overnight causing slides which forced the closure of highway 16 in some areas. cal trans says the road will remain closed until tomorrow. coming up at 11:35, the other problems on the road drivers faced today. you won't believe what happened. >>> new tonight, a marin county school will be closed because of flooding. officials at white hill middle school say the campus experienced significant flooding because of today's storm. part of the library is even covered in mud. campus officials hope to clean up the mess left behind tomorrow and reopen the campus on tuesday. >>> v

. >> that driver who was being interviewed and driver of the suv taken to john muir, bottle in criticalwo of the firefighter -- both in critical condition. two of the firefighters will need surgery. >>> yesterday morning there were so many accidents out there, sue and i were talking about how it looked like reports from a friday morning. >> it did. you couldn't even see the rain was coming down so hard. >>> dry today, we get a break, active pattern still out there, tomorrow into wednesday another rainy system coming our way. today partly sunny, low to mid 60s, upper 50s at the coast. entire state fairly dry a few radar return around l.a. in the higher elevations, 77 palm springs through the central valley mid 60s from sacramento to fresno, 47 tahoe sue tells me you need chains on 88. >> yes highway 85 -- highway 88, five and cleared to the bay bridge no metering lights back up for cash paying folks everybody else getting by nicely fast track and compute lanes moving smoothly on the upper deck, eastbound 580 greenville north flynn roadwork still to be picked up they are saying 11:00 west

. >> the driver being interviewed and the driver of the suv were taken to john muir hospital. both are in critical condition. the highway patrol says the wet and the windy weather likely played a part in a deadly crash this morning on northbound 280 in daly city. 27-year-old lauren reyes died at the scene. the chp says she slammed into an abandoned car. the accident shutdown the northbound lanes for about three hours. rocks and mudslides created serious problems in the valley. the heavy rain pounded the canyon overnight causing slides which forced the closure of highway 16 in some areas. cal trans says the road will remain closed until tomorrow. coming up at 11:35, the other problems on the road drivers faced today. you won't believe what happened. >>> new tonight, a marin county school will be closed because of flooding. officials at white hill middle school say the campus experienced significant flooding because of today's storm. part of the library is even covered in mud. campus officials hope to clean up the mess left behind tomorrow and reopen the campus on tuesday. >>> v

he was taken to john muir hospital. again this scene is in a neighborhood near the bart station in pittsburgh. we are still working to nail it down and figure out exactly what the connection is here but bart is back up and running normally right now. more details this hour as we get them and of course on abc 7 news at 11:00 o'clock but looking at live breaking pictures near the pittsburgh bart station tonight breaking news. >>> mean time police releasing few details on first of its kind shooting in walnut creek in more than a decade. doesn't happen there very often. correct side drive in walnut creek. 7 news reporter laura thoyn has the story. >> it's fair to say they were concerned for their well-being. >> while releasing few details walnut creek police maintain the map shot and killed by the officers posed an immediate threat. it all started with nine 11 call from cell phone at 315 this morning. woman could be heard screaming in the background. when officers arrived at the diablo point apartments they were confronted

he was taken to john muir hospital in walnut creek with life-threatening injuries. police say the shooting had something to do with a car crash in the parking lot. at this time they have no suspects. >>> police in el cerrito opened fire at a gas station hitting a suspect there. police found a man beating a woman just after 6:30 last night in a chevron station on san pablo and potrero avenues. they say he was pistol whipping the woman. two officers then opened fire hitting the suspect. the man now in critical condition. the contra costa county d.a.'s office and police are investigating. >>> an autopsy is planned today on the body of the man killed by police in walnut creek. he is identified as 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the diablo point apartments about 3:00 in the morning yesterday. and when officers arrived, they say they were confronted by banta, who was armed. so far they are not saying what kind of weapon or how many times banta was shot. >>> you're looking live right now over the top of the police station. this is

quickly taken over to john muir hospital in walnut creek with life-threatening injuries. police say the shooting had something to do with a car rash in the parking lot. at this time they don't have any suspects. >>> police in el cerrito opened fire at a gas station hitting a suspect. police say they found a man beating a woman just after 6:30 last night at a chevron station at san pablo and potrero avenues. they say he was pistol whipping her. two officers opened fire hitting him. that man is now in critical condition. the contra costa d.a.'s office is investigating the shooting along with police. >>> an autopsy is planned today on the body of a man killed by police in walnut creek identified as 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the diablo point apartments at about 3:00 yesterday morning. when officers arrived, they say they were confronted by banta, who was armed. but so far, they are not saying what kind of weapon he was using or how many times banta was shot. >>> let's switch gears now. 6:31. big holiday weekend a lot of folks o

we're on highway 35 now in between john muir drive and john daly boulevard. take a look as daylight has appeared here. we're taking a first look at the car that veered off this cliff either late last night or early this moring. you can see a lot of damage to the car as well. but chopper 2 was above the collision as the chp all -- actually responded to the car driving off the cliff at 4:30 when they arrived, the car fell 200, 300 feet below according to the chp. according to patrol officers two people were in the car. they say one of the passengers has moderate to major injuries including lacerations and a broken arm. we believe he or she was taken to san francisco general hospital to be treated. we understand that emergency crews had to lower cables down to rescue the passengers. it's still not clear whether weariness speed or alcohol played a role in the crash. the car had major damage. >> it has major damage to it. i mean, obviously going off the edge bankment, it didn't hit much debris but on the way down it sustained damage to the front and -- left front

he was transported to john muir hospital where he died of his injuries. police are still talking to witnesses and are trying to determine who had the green light. although i spoke with a witness who did not want to appear on camera who says the driver ran the red light. police say the driver is cooperating and has not been charged with any crime at this point. they say there were no obvious signs that she was under the influence of drugs of alcohol although they are running testsand there is no evidence to suggest she was talking or texting on a cell phone. they say at this point it appears to be a tragic accident. maureen kelly kron4 news. >>pam: >>jacqueline: it was a gorgeous day. '60s and '70s and a number of locations. 68 degrees for santa rosa. 60s in redwood city but only 60s in concord. fairfield we did see some fog to the delta, earlier. as we take a look at the satellite and radar is going to stay clear for the overnight hours. tomorrow, the stormtracker will start impacting the south. rainfall tuesday and wednesday. the north bay, the delta of

skyline teen john daly boulevard and john muir drive was closed for several hours.zpv >> right lane,ll blocked, left lane getting by. it has been that way for a bit now. we'll follow that again in our next break. right now about with toll, accident before metering lights lane three, some sort of medical emergency. traffic backing behind the tolls.2h÷ó fog in san rafael, headlights can barely see that has been rolling in now, limited visibility south 101 through marin, sick alert westbound 80 in davis, -- "sig alert" westbound 80 in davis, big rig >>> beautiful!)!zs picture from mount tamalpais this morning as we look south low clouds rolling in on the sea breeze cooler conditions this afternoon, some of these clouds are thick fairfield, novato up 101 where we have half mile even lower or tighter visibility there. 30s inland except antioch 41, san rafael 44 mid 40s to near 50 bay and coast rain move knows night after suns ♪ >>> sure does pay to be beyonce. what a business phenom she has become. a deal with pepsi, worth a cool $50 million. one of the biggest collaboration deals ever. $

the victim was transported to john muir medical center with life-threatening injuries that needed surgery have not yet located the government. service was stopped last night for about 45 minutes as officers make sure that the shooter was not getting away on bart train. >> in nationals, and high- stakes meeting will be held in washington this afternoon as the nation edges closer to the fiscal cliff. president obama and top congressional leaders will look for common ground to keep automatic tax increases and spending cuts from kicking in. they have only four days to reach an agreement. the u.s. economy and make over the so-called fiscal cliff. reaching a deal before them will not be easy. because right now, both sides are involved in a high-stakes political blame game. >> we are here in washington working while the members of the house of representatives are all watching movies and watching their kids play soccer and basketball and doing all kinds of things. they should be here. i told president i would be happy to look at what they're he promises but the truth is is that we are coming up a

they were taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek. of the firefighters needed to have surgery. all three are expected to survive. >> a 14 year-old boy charged as an adult with attempted murder, sexual assault and kidnapping of a 65 year-old woman is scheduled to be arraigned today. he will appear in court where he is expected to be arraigned today. >> san jose has marked its 43rd homicide of the year. matching a two decade high. the most recent hamas i was a 17 year-old boy who was gunned down on a residential street on friday. if the killings is believed to be gang-related. the 43 homicides so far this year atop the 41 killings last year. the 2011 total was double the previous year's number of homicides. >> oakland police officials have made 44 percent fewer rest last year than just three years before. the plunge includes the rest from armed robbery case is a drug bust. to my kron site public drunkenness. that's an average of 18th your rest per day. this year the city is facing a 23% spike in murders, muggings and other major offense

this is a power move by house speaker john boehner and the gop leadership to signal to their members that they are in charge. nbc news senior political editor mark muir mark, this is all very interesting and intriguing in many ways. but the power move here, was there any doubt that speaker boehner and the leadership were in charge? >> there certainly was some doubt looking back at 2011 and 2012, tamron, where there are a lot of complaints about john boehner not having the reins on the tea party caucus. some of these members that you just mentioned who were stripped of their committee assignments were so concerned they votes against the ryan budget plan because it wasn't conservative enough. most interesting of all is the timing, tamron. this comes as you know we're locked in these negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff at a time when john boehner is trying to get as much discipline and needing as many team players as possible. so consider this a message that was sent not to just four members but the rest of the republican caucus. >> i want to play another excerpt of the president's interview he conducted a short time ago where he was asked abou