. >> kgo's ron owens received 2010 major market personality of the year award last night. >> and welle's worked at kgo nearly 35 years. >> his popular talk though shoe is monday through fridays from 9:00 until noon. >> that is terrific. >> it's huge. >> it's huge. >> from all greed. the wealthiest corporations. billions in profits and bonuses. and the sacramento politicians just gave these same corporations a new billion dollar handout... paid for by cuts to education and public safety with no guarantee of creating one new job. but we can change this by voting yes on proposition 24. prop 24 repeals the billion dollar giveaway and protects our schools and communities. yes on prop 24. it's time to give us a break... not the big corporations. meet the real meg whitman: serving on the board of goldman sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from insider stock deals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obvious conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kind of person would be involved in deals a fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her

and i want to thank our partners, abc-7nd i kgo, and i d like to thank our hosts today. our mott -- moderator today is carl. >> thank you, lisa. good afternoon, everyone. the silicon valley leadership group is pleased to hold this forum with our hosts at sgi here in fremont, led by their crowe croasm -- crowe croavment --c.e. c.e.o. it's my pleasure to introduce -- we are joined by sharon, and george sampson, the news and program director for kliv, 15:90 a.m. and charles kinmore, c.e.o. of unanimous -- nanda work. i would like to welcome larry aceves and tom torlakson. i would like to outline a few rules which both candidates have agreed to, and to the audience, please reframe -- refrain from applause until the end of the program, and although this is silicon valley, we ask you to turn off your cell phones at this time. the format i as follows. we begin with two minutes of opening remarks and two minutes closing comments, determined in advance by a coin toss, followed by a series of questions from altere will alter nate, with two minutes to respond. we will focus on chal

i would like other debate, abc kgo channel 7 and koiv. our mod enumerate ser president and ceo of leailicon leadership valley group which has taken a leadership role in preparing this debate today and other debates that will be forthcoming. >> thank you for partnering with us. good afternoon. the silicon leadership group is pleased to hold this forum today in sunnyvale. it's my pleasure to introduce our distinguished panel from the media as well as our special ceo on the panel. first we are joined by barbara marxman the ed or of the san jose mercury news. next,er, tyler, reporter with kgo channel 7 followed by george sampson, news and program director 1590 am and shelly, ceo of metro stream. i would like to introduce our candidates and welcome them for lieutenant governor, abel maldonado and gavin newsom. >> i would like to outline a few ground rules that both candidates have agreed upon. also to the audience as a reminder, please refrain from any applause until the end of the program and although is silicon valley we ask you to own you p

first we are joined by mark matthews, reporter for kgo tv channel 7. next george simpson, news and program director for lliz 1590 am and next, is executive editor of metro silly von valley. >> i'd like to now welcome our candidates for secretary of state, for california, damon dunne andowen.ebra bowen. a few ground rules that both candidates have agreed on prior to the debate. also to the audience as a reminder, please refrain from any applause until the end of the program. although this is silicon valley we ask you turn off your cell phones and your pdas now. the format for today's forum is as follows. we will begin two minutes of opening remarks and two minutes of closing comments determined in advance by a coin toss followed by a series of questions from our panel of journalists and ceo who each candidate will alternate having two minutes to respond. the debate will focus on the policy challenges and solutions facing california and silicon valley. part one, again, is opening remarks. it is now my pleasure to welcome the candidates again and by coin

e mail them to you reports at kgo-tv.com. >> there is prosecutor asking a judge to send former bart police officer mezerly to prison convicted in the killing of oscar grant. and there is lawyers made arguments in los angeles in their filing prosecutors asked for prison time saying its the only appropriate punishment. the dpeens requested probation. they argue he lost his career. and mehserle fatally shot grant on new year's day, 2009. >> in contra costa county a nurse is recovering after being hit in the head with a desk lampe in a busy intake area. several deputies were nearby. >> that is the part that angers me most. this sheriff says at twakz unprovoked and unforeseen by staff, processing the inmate earlier in the day. the 34-year-old owe was book at 4:00 p.m. attacking a nurse by hitting her in the head with a desk lampe. >> they'd taken her to surgery. >> day is with the california nurses association. >> and i do believe this is not having education for the people, and not having enough staff in presence in these types of situation ootz nurse was tending tonight guard. >> nurses condu

it will be aired live on kgo radio. that's 8:10 a.m. >> yep, that's right. 6:15.et's check in now with the weather forecast. i woke up and it was a little bit windy outside. >> uh-huh. >> you can hear the leaves rustling, the trees moving around, absolutely. the winds back in the forecast. you can see some of them right here on the embarcadero as we look from our roof cam, some of the palm trees moving and the flags around the pier 9 building unfurled completely. let's take a look at the temperature change. we talked about the winds just a few minutes ago, how they were around 30 mph in parts of the bay. i could see where that would wake you up. they're bringing in the cooler weather. everyone's cooler except livermore, fremont, san jose and half moon bay. you're exactly the same temperature you were 24 hours ago which is, as far as livermore, fremont and san jose, 57, 56, 59 and about 55. we have 48 in santa rosa for the cool spot. napa, fairfield and los gatos continue to be the low 50s. partly cloudy conditions over the monterey bay and inland we have the low t

lana lawless was at kgo studios today for an appearance on "7 live" filing a lawsuit claiming the female requirement for competitors violates a california civil rights law. >> i don't have an advantage anymore. all because testosterone has been removed from my wod body. i'm not the person i was once was, physically. >> lawless is trying to prevent lpga from holding tournaments until the organization changes policies to admit transgender players and declined to comment because it says it's not seen the lawsuit. >> and approveal from u.s. patent office to develop an antitexting device saying it does not use the word sexting and. >> october is domestic violence wareness month. the need for resources is more important than ever. because of the stress cause bid the bad economy. i visited a shelter in contra costa county. every bed is taken and crisis lines are busy. >> do you feel you're unsafe at home, you can go to a safe location. >> these are some of the people who take the increasing numbers on the crisis line. at the only shelter for domestic violence victims in contra costa county. it'

meanti a debate that was scheduled to air on kgo radio tomorrow has been cancelled. no word why.odesto police are trying to determine if this was plitky motivated. someone threw rocks at several windows. one democratic officials say words painted e acronyms for local anarchists. no other local buildings were damaged. cleanup crews are monitoring a fuel spill in downtown san jose over the weekend. the problem starte around 5:00 saturday evening when a rooftop tank for an emergency generator sprang a leak. that provides backup por for the 9-1-1 system. some of the 1300 gallons of diesel fuel made it into the guadeloupeiver near h. p. pavilion. some residents feel more could have been done to protect the river. but officials say the booms are holding and most of the fuel has dissipated. muni has found a sure-fire remedy for drivers' sick calls. they require a doctor's note from any driver who calls in sick. the san francisco examiner reports since managent requiresrivers to provide physici documentation when calling in sick, the daily rates of mi operators missing work due to ailmen

the debate was to have been on kgo radio tomorrow morning and comes after a contentious weekend debate on the spanish language television create a final debate will take place october 12 in san rafael. >>> this week going back to the classroom some south bay students are taking an entire week off school because of ongoing budget problems are beginning to date san jose unified 3,000 police on our -- self imposed furlough as low as 1,009 teaching workers. >> no one is getting paid this week. everyone is taking a hit in order to save jobs be that, once again, is on the state could know budget could we do not really know how we will get through this next year. we need a budget delivered by the state. >> the school district says this year has lost $43 million in state funding because of continuing budget crisis. >>> san francisco supervisors gave preliminary approval to limit toys and fast food meals for children. a committee voted 3-0 to prevent fast food chains from including toys indios unless fruits and vegetables also included. the measure would limit the amount of sugar, sodium, and f

and you can upload your giants photos or videos to u report or e-mail them to at u report at kgo -- tv.com>> authorities make an arrest in an attempted terror attack. the dangerous substance police found. >>> local officials are frustrated after more than a dozen people o.d. on drugs and alcohol at the cow palace. >> congressmen had to run off the statement as former president clinton was campaigning for him. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. still seeing a few little sprinkles in some parts of the bay david harmer wrote an education plan titled "abolish the public schools." he even called our schools "insidious" and "socialism." as families struggle to raise their kids, to provide a good education, harmer bragged, "we can design a plan to dismantle them." david harmer is just too radical. we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: a woman in yemen

meantime a debate that was scheduled to air on kgo radio tomorrow has been cancelled. no word why.odesto police are trying to determine if this was plitky motivated. someone threw rocks at several windows. one democratic officials say words painted are acronyms for local anarchists. no other local buildings were damaged. cleanup crews are monitoring a fuel spill in downtown san jose over the weekend. the problem started around 5:00 saturday evening when a rooftop tank for an emergency generator sprang a leak. that provides backup power for the 9-1-1 system. some of the 1300 gallons of diesel fuel made it into the guadeloupe river near h. p. pavilion. some residents feel more could have been done to protect the river. but officials say the booms are holding and most of the fuel has dissipated. muni has found a sure-fire remedy for drivers' sick calls. they require a doctor's note from any driver who calls in sick. the san francisco examiner reports since management requires drivers to provide physician documentation when calling in sick, the daily rates of muni operators missing wor

they can agree on they decided to cancel a radio dibait they were scheduled to appear tomorrow morning kgo radio, owen said he is quote beyond disappointed. the two campaigns state plans had never been finalized. >> early voting began in san jose election officials say they could see big numbers. overall turn out for the november election could be bigger than the last two elections a few people were weighed in at city hall elections office for doors to open at 8:00 a.m. this morning so they could cast their votes. >> san jose metro newspaper apologized for what some are saying is a racist reference to a county supervisor. >> this is great. >> let me say something to you. >> i apologize. i apologize. okay. it was a poor word choice i want the apologize to you [ applause ] >> yeah >> i want to snow you respect. >> executive editor of the paper came out this morning interrupting a briefing and protesting a column the paper ran last week demonstrators were there alongside former san jose city councilman williams who was the subject. he used the word slavish to describe him. >> in the future we

the show was scheduled this morning on kgo. a representative for jerry brown's campaign said both sides talked about the debate and decided not to go forward. >>> the gop is hurrying ads in support of carly fiorina. they were planning to save the ads until closer to election day. the campaign attempts to link senator barbara boxer to excessive government spending. the ads play on anti-incumbent sentiment and her 28 years in office. it shows boxer with a 47% to 41% lead over fiorina. >> good morning. 4:45 and we will take you out to the scene of an earlier lane closure just past access over to the dumbarton bridge. a car went off the roadway. a minor accident and the car is pulled and the accident scene is cleared. that's good news for one portion. just a little further north approaching the san mateo bridge. northbound is closed. overnight construction work had the entire freeway close and scheduled to pick up at 4:30. it 4 inactivity in the lane and keep that in mind. past the toll messrs.a and hayward streets. we have the slo

e mail them to you report at kgo-tv.com. >> and fun for halloween to do this pumpkin. clever. continuing tonight a reprieve of sorts for east bay child care program. up next announcement today that made some workers cheer and others cried. >> also, the rude welcome meg whitman received in a campaign whitman received in a campaign i'm among 30,000 employees who used to work for hp. i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. fiorina laid off 30,000 people and she shipped our jobs to china and india. i had to pack my bags and i was out the door that night. we even had to train our replacements. she didn't need 5 corporate jets. one hundred million for herself. fiorina never cared about our jobs. not then and not now. i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> late today an oakland judge issued a temporary injunction. 8,000 kids and low income working families depend on that support. abc 7 explains today's temporary reprieve. >> from tears... >> i don't want to be on welfare too-to-cheers. that

both did say that details of the debate were never finalized that came as a surprise to kgo radio. the cancellation comes after a debate saturday focused on illegal immigration and allegations that whitman employed an illegal immigrant t. two will square off in the next debate here on nbc bay area on october 12. live coverage begins at 6:00 in the evening t. debate begins at 6:30. and now let's turn to playoff fever in san francisco. giants fever, it took 162 games of the season to get a temporary remedy. yesterday the giants beat the san diego padres to win the nl west crown, something they had not done since 2003. >> fans embraced this team, it's a great team to follow and everyone can identify with at least one player. they are all so personable with the fans. >> all of the symptoms of giants fever return on thursday when the atlanta braves come to begin the playoffs, those tickets are sold out. tickets for the championship series should the giants make it that far go on sale tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., they can be purchased on the giants' website at sfgiants.com. and ours is a great

you can e-mail your pictures or e-mail them to you report at kgo-tv .com. there will be some great opportunities as the world series gets underway. more baseball in sports, but now to the election. the two candidates met face-to-face at the women's conference in southern california today. meg whitman get booed and jerry brown gets cheered. what happened? here is mark matthews. >> the question came from moderator matt lauer. >> in one week left would either of you or both of you be willing to make a pledge that you would end the negativity? [applause] >> it was clear what the audience wanted it to be, and jerry brown answered first. >> if meg wants to do that i will do that. we will have a discussion and settle things. >> meg wh ti man took a shot. >> the things i have been called in this campaign, it is not fair to the voters of california. it isn't the right thing to do. >> and had it ended there, whitman would have been in better shape. but lauer asked again. >> i will give you 24 hours because i know the wheels of a campaign don't stop overnight. >> let'

you n can e-mail it to kgo-tv .com. >>> a 17-year-old is under arrest for killing a watsonville grocery store owner. earlier this week police released this cur veil 11 video of the suspect in the shooting at fiesta latino market in an effort to find the shooter. moments after the video was captured, the man left the store and then returned with a gun. he shot him at . blank -- point blank range. he was arrested tonight in eureka. >>> a plan to permanently move pg&e's gas pipeline that exploded in san bruno is in the works, but just how far the agreement goes depends on whom you ask. the blast killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes. after two days of meetings with city leaders and other elected officials, san bruno's mayor says the pipeline would be relocated. >> mr. johns made the commitment to me on behalf of pg&e that he did not want that pipeline reconnected through the glen view neighborhood and pg&e would do everything to find another location. >> pg&e's spokesman was less definitive on this saying the company is committed to working with officials to look at the available opti

no word what the wager is going to be but the mayor of arlington apparently called into kgo radio thiseek and is threatening have the mayor wear a 10 gallon hat, basically a big hat infamously perfectly coifed hair. it will mess that up. >> jenelle, thanks a lot. are you feeling gavin newsom in a cowboy hat? >> i'm not. but i don't think he's going to have to worry about it. >> let's talk about what's happening. good morning to you. it is cooler this morning as we talked about. look at the wealth of 40s here in the blue with 42 napa, the cool spot. still holding on to the 50s in half moon bay, mountain view and also antioch. compared to 24 hours ago everybody's cooler except oakland, you're the same. half moon bay about 4 degrees warmer. 10 degrees cooler in fairfield, 3 san francisco, 5 menlo park along the mountain view, fremont and 8 in san jose. this afternoon we'll have mostly sunny conditions, a few high clouds from time to time. still the upper 50s along the coast to low 60s in downtown san francisco. the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s. mid-60s the bay and salinas to 55 holl

you can up load photos to you report at abc7news.com sh or e-mail them to us at you report at kgo-tv .com. we would love to get them on the air. >> the big question, what will the weather be like? we expect a thursday morning commute. in fact, it is raining in some spots. let's check in with sandhya patel. >> first, we do have rain being reported in santa rosa and nap paw and -- napa and vacaville. we are starting to see moderate rain being picked up as well around the sonoma and marin county border. windsor and clear lake and light showers. watch the movement of the moisture. it has been focused in the north bay. not all of this has been reaching the ground obviously, but we have seen some showers in the north bay. tomorrow the rain start to move southward. it could impact game two of the world series. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast. >> thank you. >>> carly fiorina is expected to return to the campaign trail tomorrow after an overnight hospital stay. doctors treated her with antibiotics for an infection linked to reconstructive breast cancer surgery she had over the s

abc7news.com or e-mail them at you report at kgo-tv .com. >> it has been so much fun.e have so many great pictures. and it is not just baseball fans. everybody is getting involved. >> go giants! >> brian wilson pumpkin is frightening. >> fear the beard. >> my goodness. the giants have chosen their designated hitter for the world series. mike shumann spoke with buster you've never seen fast. you've never held it in your hand, then unleashed it with a fingertip. never watched pixels whip by at 1 ghz and had your neurons struggle to keep up. you've never seen fast because you've never seen this. the droid incredible by htc. it's nothing short of its name. buy a droid incredible with flash and get any phone free. hi, there. the panda will be making an appearance in arlington. the giants and rangers will play with american league rules in game three. both teams can use the dh. bruce bochy will go with pablo sandoval as the designated hitter. the panda is a fan favorite, but struggled. replaced in the post season by uribe. sanchez will start for the giants. he imploded in hi

you can up load your photos to you report at abc7news.com or e-mail us at you report at kgo-tv .com. good shots. >> yeah, you can tell the pets getting into the clear. they have no choice in the matter. >> there will be some pats named cody and cain. a lot of giant pet names. in the playoffs it is about the pitching. the giants have pitching. matt cain giving them what they needed. they needed. we wail hear from cain andndndnd i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. he worked his whole life, served his country defending our freedoms, and depends on social security. so, who would want to privatize it? corporate lawyer david harmer. harmer's social security privatization plan would cut guaranteed benefits and gamble with social security on wall street. while we worry, harmer's wall street friends would make billions in profits from privatization. david harmer. a social security privatization plan we can't afford. it's been a dream of mine to restore it. and it's my dream for him to finish it. frank has something great to save up for. this is my dad. isn't that cool? and a very

mark matthews of our san francisco affiliate kgo reports that justice thomas' wife ginny left a voicephone over the weekend, 19 years after the hearing, asking her to consider an apology and ending, "have a good day." anita hill says she will not apologize and stands by her testimony from 1991. >>> and, prepare for a double take. watch this. a united airlines 747 seems to kiss the golden gate bridge. it turns out what looks like a near-miss was actually by design. a heart-stopping optical illusion for a san francisco air show. >>> and coming up, we have a nostalgic farewell to the american father who ended the era of pretty, perfect families in those happy days. i know the best card you're holding. you do? your medicare card. [ laughing ] but don't let me or anyone see it except your doctor or their staff. and don't tell anyone your card or social security number over the phone. guard your card. [ woman 2 ] i hear unauthorized card use is a big source of fraud. the new healthcare law lets us crack down on criminals and win against fraud. making medicare stronger. and speaking of winni

. >> reporter: today kgo radio announced a debate planned for tomorrow will not take place.through a spokesman, host ron owens says he was blind sided by a cancellation but folks in the jerry brown camp said there was no confirmation. the tea party has fired up conservatives and stirred talk of republicans take over to the house and possibly the senate. that has this north bay democrat worried. >> these other folks have an avalanche coming of some sort. if we don't get energized we're going to have a problem. >> i think everybody need to put their vote out there and see what happens. >> reporter: voting started in some bay area cities. vote before november 2nd. or you can vote by mail. live in san francisco, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the san francisco chronicle reports tonight, meg whitman's former nanny says former housekeeper is telling the truth. diaz went public last week saying the republican candidate was fired last year when she asked for help becoming a citizen. the former nanny is jill armstrong who says she work for whitman two months during the summer of

. >> reporter: today kgo radio announced a debate planned for tomorrow will not take place. through a spokesman, host ron owens says he was blind sided by a cancellation but folks in the jerry brown camp said there was no confirmation. the tea party has fired up conservatives and stirred talk of republicans take over to the house and possibly the senate. that has this north bay democrat worried. >> these other folks have an avalanche coming of some sort. if we don't get energized we're going to have a problem. >> i think everybody need to put their vote out there and see what happens. >> reporter: voting started in some bay area cities. vote before november 2nd. or you can vote by mail. live in san francisco, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the san francisco chronicle reports tonight, meg whitman's former nanny says former housekeeper is telling the truth. diaz went public last week saying the republican candidate was fired last year when she asked for help becoming a citizen. the former nanny is jill armstrong who says she work for whitman two months during the summer o

and lieberman promoted to general manager of kgo radio today.icrosoft announced plans to launch three smart phones in time for holidays run on microsoft mobile phone software and testing whether microsoft can catch up with apple and google in the smart phone market. >> and not much movement on stock markets today. nasdaq went up just a fraction. >> tonight a time-saving test for tuberculosis. >> and if you do down that road, you can find it's not tv. you voiced those resource autos lab results comingman: em? woman: who are we? chic, modern, daring dinner-party hosts. that sounds dangerous, maybe we're more the traditional sunday brunch set? i'll expect slippers and a cocktail to be ready when i get home from work. point taken. how about... peaceful, quiet cottage in the country folk? now that's us. spend over 2500 dollars on a new kitchen and save 40 percent on custom countertops until november 28th at ikea. the life improvement store. >>> a suspicion of tuberculosis had health departments to quarantine patients for weeks at a time. now an exper

you were load your pictures to ureport and e-mail them at ureport at kgo -- tv.com. >> we would like to see a repeat of game one. >> i'm ready. >> giants accomplished their mission, splitting two games in philly but they have the momentum on their side. roy oswalt went 8 innings and struck out nine. torres, he may be heading to the bench for game three. cody rofsz had three homers in two games. they will be extremely careful with him. they took redeye flights rieg in the bay area around 4:00 a.m. this morning. not a lot of rest time before game three tomorrow. first pitch is scheduled for 1:19 p.m. mike shumann is joining us live. shu, this is a familiar scene, with the giants, looking for a little bit more offense. >> there is no question there. and no rest for the weary. a lackluster workout but cody ross, three homers in two games and when he faced him with the marlins. >> he likes to play against us. he enjoys to play against us. that is up until he is up for us. >> i think so. i'm sure. some playing baseball, not what it means. >> the pitching match with matt cain taking on mvp

. >> now we want to tell you kgo radio is celebrating tonight. >> ron owens highlighted in this photo we may be tibl show you was named radio personality of the year. there is a picture. >> ron is worked there nearly 35 years and told us he's thrilled about the honor. >> congratulations autos that is our report. thanks for watching. >> have a great weekend. [ male announcer ] sacramento and silicon valley are only one hundred thirty miles apart. they may as well be on different planets. sacramento, mismanaged, ineffective. silicon valley gave us apple, intel, ebay. here meg whitman started with 30 people. led them. managed them. executed the plan that grew this main street company to fifteen thousand employees and made small business dreams come true. to change california let's send meg whitman up the road... about a hundred and thirty miles. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are-- an assistant pool league operator from brooklyn, new york... a ph.d. candidate in greek literature originally from fredericksburg, virginia... and our ret

kgo's wayne freedman explains how it works. >> reporter: in palo alto, the buzz group of media and studentsnouncement from facebook. >> no, don't have a clue. >> rumor is a revamp of the website. >> reporter: sort of. belined do behind doors, which kept away television cameras, the founder, ceo, mark zuckerburg, announced change s to the social utility in terms of controlling your management of relationships. for users like this man, it means he can organize all 350 friends into separate groups. >> sounds useful. >> reporter: to a degree, this is a result of facebook becoming a victive its own success. so many users make so many connections, ultimately, the phrase facebook friend didn't mean friend at all anymore. it meant, acquaintance, at best. >> i think you make friends by sitting down over coffee and learning, getting to know people. >> reporter: the theory that small groups of friends come naturally. facebook announced it engineered that potential into its system. >> in real life i have friends from school and friends at work and friends from my bicycling club. and my friends from sch

kgo radio's nicky rokov resigned today. and serve under four owners and told us he's finally had enough. >> and google today... announced a line up of partners providing television shows for to you watch on google tv. later this month sony will troin dus a first tv set connecting to google. >> and coming up, a rescue center. >> you'll see animals that has forced to close door autos we're not asking for funding from the city. we want to be able to continue to do our work well. need a place to do it. >> how you can help. just ahead. [ male announcer ] sacramento and silicon valley are only one hundred thirty miles apart. they may as well be on different planets. sacramento, mismanaged, ineffective. silicon valley gave us apple, intel, ebay. here meg whitman started with 30 people. led them. managed them. executed the plan that grew this main street company to fifteen thousand employees and made small business dreams come true. to change california let's send meg whitman up the road... about a hundred and thirty miles. you can

the former police officer was at kgo studios today for an appearance on "7 live" telling the host she feels the policy violates california's civil rights laws. >> i don't have an advantage anymore this, is what people don't understand. i am not the person i was once, physically. >> lawless wants to stop the lpga and holding tournaments until it allows players to compete. the lpga says it can't comment because it hasn't yet seen the lawsuit ooshs a latino group is concerned hiv prevention programs are not getting their share from the government. every five years the cdc awards grants for hiv programs around the nation. as abc 7 reports, it's an issue that will be addressed in san francisco, tonight. >> joey weaver is a gay latino man living with hiv, recognizing how hard it is for some hispanic men to accept being gay and hiv positive. >> men tend to prefer to keep quiet about this side of their live. >> one latino organization helps get the word out, it was founded by two men who receive $45,000 a year from the alameda county office of aids and kaiser of southern alameda. >> alameda c

and you report it at kgo-tv.com. >>> a turn of events in california u.s. senate race. republican karly fee rena has been hospitalized, surviving a bout with breast cancer last year, but today came down with an infection. and fiorina admitted to the hospital for treatment with antibiotics. her campaign saying quote, shis up beat and her doctors expect her to make a quick, full reyou coverry and be on the trail soon. democrat barbara boxer's campaign issued this statement we wish her a speedy coverry hope she's able to return to her normal schedule soon. boxer attending a town hall meeting today there. has within no let nupt schedule, neither side backed away from the television ad campaigns. >> we turn now to governor's race and two candidates sitting face-to-face in southern california. meg whitman gets booed and jerry brown, cheered. meg whitman is on the stage with matt lauer and arnold schwartzeneggar. the question came from matt lauer. >> one week left. would either f of you or both of you be willing to make a pledge that you'd enld the negativity? >> it was clear

you can also e-mail video to ureport at kgo tv.com. >> they continue to monitor air quality around a refinery in rodeo. huge fireballs were going up in the sky. it triggered a level two health advisory telling people with sensitive respiratory systems to stay indoors. even though it shows no signs of hazardous chemicals and in no shelter in place was ordered. amy hollyfield has more. >> when the giant fireball first appeared in rodeo, residents thought their neighborhood was burning. >> it looks like a giant volcano. you would have sworn the top of the hill was on fire. >> this is burning on purpose. the conoco phillips refinery had to shut down the plant. they are burning gas as a safety measure. >> the gas is under pressure in the process unit. it has to have someplace to go. >> there are concerns about what this is doing to air quality. officials from several different agencies are monitoring air samples and have decided to issue a level two warning, advising people with breathing problems to stay inside. >> i'm pregnant so it's not good. >> she is standing outside. she was tired

take pictures and upload them to ureport or e-mail them to us at ureport at kgo-tv.com. >> it appears the sbr explosion and destroyed a neighborhood is going to be relocated. the process has pg&e choosing its words very carefully. david louie has the story. >> where the pipeline exploded and decimated the neighborhood. after two days of meetings with city leaders and other elected officials, san bruno mayor says pg&e's president made a commitment to relocate that pipe. >> he made the commitment to me on behalf of pg&e that he did not want that pipeline reconnected through the glenview neighborhood and that pg&e would do everything they could to find another location. >> but a pg&e spokesman phrased it differently. >> we are committed to working with the city and working with our state and federal leaders to look at all available options. >> pg&e's statements concerns residents. >> we don't want to believe anything until we have confirmation from pg&e that, yes they are not going to start that pipe back up. >> he was more encouraged, he and his wife have been talking to an architect an

upload your video and at ureport@kgo-tv.com. >> i want wait. i think the giants flag is going to look terrific on atlanta building. >> you're right. >> we'll move on. >>> coming up next, blue angels roar past the skyline to get fleet week started. tonight, military's role dealing with a local disaster. >> also coming up, berkeley bionics. a device offering new hope to anyone dependent on the wheelchair. >> a pet hospital that may offer better treatment than >>> you know you heard them. blue angels were roaring over the skies in san francisco warming up for fleet performance week this weekend. newest ship arrived, hosting civil leaders for disaster response summit. heather ishimaru reports. the navy blue angels warmed up over the bay to the delight of anyone who was outside at the time. ritual has been come -- rich wall has been coming here for 14 years to avoid the crowd. >> the speed, the sound. >> i follow a lot of air shows in california this time of the year. and it's my favorite because it this is my hometown. >> macon island was the meeti

they both canceled the only radio debate scheduled for this morning on kgo. a accept centative talked the debate and decided not to go for the. >>. >> our tuesday is still on. tom brocaw will moderate at 6:30. electric for exclusive preand post debate analysis. for the issues that impact your family, logon to nbcbayarea.com and click on prop zero. we have the plate cal blogs that have a one-stop shop. >> i want to take a look at nax. >> we have the chopper over the road. out of the tunnel and approaching the rest of the streets, that's the reason they closed. the accident with the two cars involved clearly blocking both lanes and no way to get by. that would cause a problem for the tunnel itself. the tunnel has not been damaged as a result of the accident. you see this was on the roadways or approaching industry streets. this continues for another hour or longer. we will watch the impact to oakland and folks over towards 880. if you are heading out off the off-ramp, you might find a distraction. 880 itself as a result of needing to go over the volume itself.

it was scheduled for this morning on kgo, but a representative from brown's campaign said both sides talked about the debate and they decided not to go forward. >> 5:19 right now and let's see if anyone is moving forward. >> no progress there. the reports combines between the chp and alameda police department and district four where the tube is located. they say the two will remain closed and it's changed. there is a deadly accident reported now. someone died as a result of the accident that happened just on the alameda side. that will remain in place for at least another hour and a half. folks heading to the island from oakland, you will have to use the park or the hyde street bridges further south. 880 itself because of a light volume of traffic through the area. we'll get a live shot and show you what it's like. the tail lies southbound past the coliseum is like coming out of downtown. all the way down into the south bay. no major delays although highway 17 with the overcrossing, there was cement that was drying and that has been picked up as well. we will see how things are shapi

the show was scheduled for tomorrow morning on kgo. a representative from jerry brown's campaign tells us both sides talked about the debate and decided not to go forward. the announcement comes after a fiery exchange on spanish language tv over the weekend. whitman accused brown of orchestrating the controversy over her former maid, nikki diaz. whitman fired diaz last year after she found out she was an undocumented worker. well, brown says whitman is a hypocrite for wanting companies to be held responsible for who they hire. >>> you can watch the next debate and apparently the last one next week right here on nbc bay area scheduled for october 12th. we'll be live with a preview of the debate beginning at 6:00. our coverage continues until 8:00 that night >>> the national spotlight is shining on california. the gop announcing today it's moving up $2 million in campaign ads. it plans to unleash the final week of the campaign. the ads to send former hp executive carla fiorina will air statewide. the ads also play on antiincumbent sentim

it was scheduled to be heard on kgo.ime, the maid scandal certainly got the headlines but overall, it hasn't seemed to hurt meg whitman much. in our exclusive eyewitness news poll taken after the maid story broke, jerry brown maintains a slight lead over whitman 47-43%. >>> and in the race for lieutenant governor, san francisco mayor gavin newsom, who is a democrat, is ahead of republican abel maldonado 42- 37%. mayor newsom has held the lead in four other recent "survey u.s.a." polls. >>> americans living in or traveling to europe are being advised to take commonsense precautions in the wake of the latest terror threat. as prieta article la explains, there is fear that operatives are close to launching an attack. >> reporter: intelligence officials are working to dismantle the latest terror plot against europe. a u.s. missile strike in northern pakistan monday reportedly killed as many as eight german militants. they are believed to be part of a terror cell behind the plan. >> we have i think sufficient information that

kgo a.m.n touting a debate between jerry brown and meg whitman for weeks but now the two campaigns say the plans were never finalized. a third and final televised debate is next tuesday in san rafael. >>> it appears the controversy over the maid for meg whitman who was in the country illegally may not have hurt the candidate much. in our exclusive eyewitness news poll taken after the maid story broke, brown maintains a slight lead over whitman by about the same margin as a poll taken before the scandal. >>> people there in cococounty have been diagnosed with west nile virus. the first human cases in the county this year. contra costa health services says two women from east county and a man from west county are now recovering from the disease. the health department says everyone should assume west nile is in their communities. people should protect themselves from mosquitos by wearing insect repellent and staying away from standing water. >>> several cities on the peninsula are going to court

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mark matthews of our san francisco affiliate kgo broke this story last night. >> reporter: the wife ofted to writing the ransom note and the investigation took a grim turn. >> the decision to focus this investigation from a missing child or abducted child will turn into a homicide investigation. >> reporter: investigators have spent days at this work site where zahra's father, a tree trimmer, had access to heavy equipment. cadaver dogs seemed to hit on a wood chipper but nothing stuck. throughout it all, adam baker has been here. >> he seems concerned. >> you don't believe him? >> i don't know how sincere his concern hifs. >> you don't believe him? >> i don't. >> reporter: zahra's stepmother is charged with felony obstruction of justice for writing the ransom note. her attorney says she told him she had nothing to do with zahra's disappearance. >> she's scared to death. she's worry about if her family's out here and still emotional. >> reporter: police have been back to the baker's home, seizing more evidence. >> everybody knows more than i do. >> reporter: so, for yet another night th