north 17th is closed between julien and washington. crews tell me it will be another hour or so until they get the tree completely cleared away. reporting from downtown san jose this morning, i'm marla tellez, laura, jon. >> marla, thank you very much. may want to get yourself some ear plugs. for the most up to date weather where you live, log onto nbcbayarea.com and click on weather. >> it is 5:31 now. the woman accused of killing an east bay nursing student is expected in court this morning. 27-year-old giselle esteban is expected to enter a plea. she's charged with killing 26-year-old michelle le. she disappeared in the middle of her shift on may 27th. her body was found in mid-september. is this. >>> police think they found the suv used to run down a san francisco firefighter. it was a rental car that was never returned. they found it in the bay view neighborhood. there was front end damage to the suv. ed doe is accused of using the vehicle to ram and critically injure albert bartall. the two got in a fight at a restaurant earlier

they just reopened north 17th at julien.s tree had fallen on top of this jeep cherokee completely blocking the street at one point. the crews just packed up. they've been out here for two and a half hours working to chop up the tree and haul it away. a few neighbors here cannot believe the damage. they me they didn't sleep because of the howling wind. >> it sounded like a hurricane. i was amazed by all the stuff flying. >> this isn't typical? >> no, not at all. >> we found branches and limbs throughout several streets. the latest numbers show just about 700 homes are in the dark in the south bay. that accounts for most of the outages in the bay area. but it is much different in the santa cruz mountain where is 24,000 customers are powerless still. because of this, school has been canceled for the unified school district. of course, that is in santa cruz county. a colleague of ours says that she has been powerless since 1:00 a.m. yesterday morning. the good news, again, it's safe to say the worst is over. the cleanup remains.

joining us is darren julien the ceo and president of julien auctions. great to have you with us. here rebecca. >> where is here? set the scene for us the room you're standing in. >> we are in our gallery, beverly hills gallery here and a room we re-created. michael jackson's bedroom. this is a room nobody was allowed in, even michael jackson's children. >> tell me about the excitement for that auction. >> obviously a lot of things. michael jackson, all of these things surrounded him the latter part of his life. this is one of the most interesting pieces that has the most interest. armoire that michael jackson wrote on. he wrote train, perfection march, april, full out may and michael would stand in front of this mirror and a motivational message to himself. >> you know that for a fact it was michael who wrote those things on that mirror? >> yes. because it's his handwriting. we know michael jackson hired us in 2008 to clear out neverland. so we noticed up there that michael often wrote on mirrors and furniture and often he did in hotel rooms. >> look. that armoire could be betwee

. >>> florida a&m band director julien white will keep his job for now. the school is holding off on a decision to fire him until an investigation is completed into the suspected hazing death of drum major robert champion. white is now on administrative leave with pay. the school is also taking back the dismissals of four students. >>> investigators in georgia say a suspected child killer is off the streets this morning. 20-year-old ryan brunn will be arraigned on charges he sexually assaulted, stabbed and beat a 7-year-old girl to death. investigators say he's a maintenance worker at an apartment complex where jorelys rivera lived and apparently was killed 40 miles north of atlanta. her body was found nearby in a trash bin. investigators had suspected her killer either lived in or had access to the building and they had good reason for that. holley firfer has been covering the story and joined erin burnett last night with new detailsp. >> it was a tip from somebody in the apartment complex that actually led them to ryan brunn. now remember back on friday

police say the car was abandoned at julien and county streets and hernandez was found dead about 100 yds away. they launched a manhunt and found the men in the lakeside towers apartment complex. to have criminal records but none of them are facing charges in the case. >> a former lockport man who killed a 10 year-old girl in a drunk driving crash 12 years ago is now facing more drunk driving charges in the hit and run crash on christmas day. will county shares police a 33 year-old glen higginbotham jr. had a vehicle on new lenox road near joliet. he's charged with the hit and run, aggravated driving under the influence and driving at or revoked license. he spent time in prison after killing a child in 1999. >> or city officials tell residents the drinking water is safe following a fuel spill in the area. a pump broke wednesday spilling about 1,500 gal. of diesel fuel into a storm sewer that feeds into the fox river. the fox river provides about 60 percent divorce drinking water. most of the fuel has been cleaned up and city officials decided not to test the water because they don't t

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