robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. and >>> more details now on what happens next in fremont. the vice mayor takes over. so, handling the mayor decisions and filling the vacancy. >>> the fda approved a vaccine to prevent bacteria infections in older adults. it is already a standard vaccine for young children. it prevents diseases and ear infections. the fta says 300 -- fda says 300,000 adults are hospitalized every year for those infections. >>> state water officials say the levies are in bad shape and they want $17 billion to fix them. a proposal released today by the department of water resources saying half of the levees along the rivers could fail. engineers warned that a major quake or runover are not the only threats. they could give way from simple erosion. breeches in california's aging levees would pose a threat to life, property and drinking water supplies. >>> for many players tomorrow's fight hunger bowl is more than a game. university of illinois football players joined volunteers at the dining room in serving brunch today. some manned the plate assembly line at t

ktvu robert honda got off the phone with pg&e and joins us live with new information. robert. >> reporter: i talked to pg&e and official there is told me about 19,000 santa cruz county homes are still without power right now. officials say they hope to have many restored by tonight. it depends on how many trees fell and where. a lot of old gigantic trees in the mountains were knocked over by the wind in the past two days. there were quite a few close calls. one topped on top of a house. the 150-foot douglas fur is being taken apart in sections by the travis tree professals -- professionals. >> we are so busy. we will get a call on this giant fur tree on the house. >> this lady was lucky. she was laying a foot and a half away from where it was hit. >> reporter: scotts valley was especially hit. causing numerous outages. one mountain resident was impressed but not surprised when he looked at the tree roots >> sure is a shallow root base for such a big tree. i'm very happy i wasn't under it. >> reporter: you figure that's why the wind was able to knock it down? >> yeah. i

robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the high winds left behind a path of destruction bringing trees down all over the area. one fell on a house in the oakland hills. three homes were crushed by the trees in santa cruz county and awe fourth in vaccaville. some trees were weakened by root damage and easily blown over by strong winds. can we expect more strong winds tonight? we have the weather forecast ahead in just 16 minutes. >>> high winds are blamed for the death of a biologist along the coast. the director of the wildlife society says a biologist was killed when a tree fell wednesday afternoon in big sir. the 35-year-old was the field supervisor for the organization's condor recovery program. he died of blunt force trauma. gusts of up to 70 miles aphour battered that area on wednesday. >>> a man was hospitalized today after he jumped from a burning apartment building. the fire started at 1:00 this afternoon at an apartment complex on country brook loop. the wind made the fire difficult to fight. a firefighter on the scene says the man who jumps was alert when the paramedics found

in san jose, robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> also in the south bay, tribute to people on the streets who died this year. that story ahead in then minutes. >>> by this time tomorrow barry bonds should know if he will be spending time in prison. u.s. district judge is scheduled to sentence bonds at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow in a san francisco courtroom. in april a federal jury convicted bonds on 1 count of obstructing justice for his testimony in front of a grand jury investigating steroids. prosecutors asked them to spend him to prison for 15 months. but bonds will likely end up with some form of probation. >>> san francisco supervisor is proposing more option for voters. urging the elections department to upgrade the balloting equipment to offer as many candidates to be ranked as practical. they rank up to three. this afternoon they told that the proposal will improve the system and save the city money for runoff election. others provided an end to the system. >>> wid are waiting word on a big move forward. san francisco is planning for the america's cup kwraurt races. they are expected to

in san jose, robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> fire investigators are posted to determining a fire in an apartment building last weekend. the flames shot from the top of the building and the firefighters tried to get it under control. today, the department released a statement saying that it suspects an electric space heat ser is to blame. the residents -- service is to blame. the residents are being helped boy the red cross. a candlelight vigil is getting underway right now to remember a police officer killed in the line of duty. brian tavara was shot five years ago today while searching for an escaped inmate. he died the next morning. the vigil began at 7:00 at 25th avenue and loton street where the shooting happened. a police chaplin will be heeding a prayer and they will walk to the police station for a flag ceremony. >>> thousands of bay area nurses are on strike tonight over stalled contract talks. >> all right, here we go! >> it started this morning, hospitals including in berkeley and in oakland. california nursees association objects to changes in paid sick leave and contr

robert honda, ktvu news. >>> the mayor is visiting hong kong with his wife. last year, he got the call inter at this time. since then he's been elected to a full term. while he's away, cohen is acting mayor of the city and will remain on the job until he returns to city hall on january 3. >>> one of mayor lee's first task in the new year is choosing a replacement supervisor for sheriff kirimi. there's one year left in his term. the appointee will likely influence the balance of power between moderates and liberals on the board. >>> a massive clean up effort has begun at people's park. we caught up with workers this morning as they were trimming hedges and trees, to help reduce the rat population that can hide out in the heavy ground cover of plants. going forward, crews plan to seed smaller plants. over the next months, plans call for new lighting and trash cans. members of the park say its members were not informed and the area bull dozed today is where they hold their council meeting. >>> in three days, hundreds of people will fill this venue just like othe

in san jose, robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ahead in 14 minutes silicone valley baseball fans read head hines like tea leafs that a's may win approval to move south. >>> the police say they closed a homicide case that went unsolved for 12 years. they announced the arrest of 40- year-old wong. the police say they long suspected he killed his girlfriend, 21-year-old alisen. her body was found the following year in the desert. he was arrested december 19th at the san francisco airport on a sex offender warrant. he was coming from china and using an alias. he was rearrested on christmas eve. we will have reaction from her father on our 10:00 news. >>> today, the police in northeastern nevada town displayed drugs and alcohol they found on five tour buses on tuesday night. the police chief told ktvu news it would have been legal mess to determine who the drugs belonged to. the teenagers were on a ski trip to utah when they stopped for food and were spotted smoking. >>> san jose man is behind bars after a five hour standoff with the police. officers say 44-year-old mckinan after bran

robert honda, ktvu channel 2 newsism people that drive through the nimis highway. they are metering lights. the smokes man says the stretch of road will be a freeway onramp. the $480 million widening and repaving project is scheduled to be complete inside 2014. >>> a federal a peels court heard arguments involving two aspects of california's proposition 8 case. one issue is if the judge, who struck down prop 8, could of recused himself because he was in a same sex relationship. ktvu reporter says the appeals court today seemed unimpressed. they heard a deal to unseal the trial about the constitutionality of the band. no decisions were announced today. >>> now, to our economy watch. an announcement made in europe that sparked a sell off on wall street. chief mario draggy appear inside tprabg fort. he thursday is no deal in place yet to step up central bank bond punches for government swimming in debt. the statement came ahead of a major summit in brussels focusing on cutting the debt load. it sent wall street into a tail spin. the do you dropped 200 points. the nasd

live from fremont, robert honda, ktvu. >>> oakland mayor jean quann reacted today as the recall effortgeting her gained steam. >> being mayor of oakland is really hard. i heard they were having disagreements. i'm not surprised a group split off from the original group. the bottom line is that the city has a lot of important issues. >> as quann mentioned, there are now two separate groups trying to oust her from office. they have until mid may to collect at least 20,000 signatures to force a recall election. >>> the state's income gap is widening. the public policy institute of california said today between 2007 and 2010, the gap between the highest and lowest income families grew to its widest level in 30 years. researchers say the state's median income also fell about 11%. the state's highest earner saw an 8% income decline. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee is having private talks with the niners to discuss ways to keep the team in the city. the mayor says he was scheduled to meet with jed york today. he says he wants the team to stay in san francisco. instead of moving to santa clara.

robert honda, ktvu. >>> san francisco's mayor telling us he's not done lobbying for a new 49ers stadium in san francisco. this morning, ed lee told us he considers his city to be a plan b of santa clara's financing falls through. mayor lee said he is still open to talking to the national football league about a two- team stadium in san francisco. last night the santa clara city council approved a preliminary $850 million financing plan. >>> the nfl and its broadcast partners reached a new nine year television deal today. no financial details were released but fox, cbs, and nbc together will pay about $3 billion a year. about 50% higher than their current contract. super bowl games will be rotated between the three networks. >>> paying for parking in one san francisco neighborhood got easier. all you have to do is push a few buttons on your phone. >>> clouds are rolling in, but will we see any wet weather tomorrow? bill martin tells us what the lateive models are showing. >>> and watch bay area news at 7 and all our ktvu newscasts on your computer or mobile device. we're streaming live a

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ktvu channel 2news at five. >> supporters of occupy san jose used the day of action to highlight a south bay woman's foreclosure crisis. they did it by setting up an occupy protest at her home. robert honda is there now and tells you the story that includes being evict from her house and her battle with a deadly disease. >> the san jose home here used to be the center of holiday activity for a family. now it's a so many symbol of the movement. darlene returned to the home she lost three weeks ago. >> i tell feel like it's my home. >> reporter: she said she was battling cancer when she took out a 10,000-dollar loan and then refinanced several times until the 68-year-old was evicted. >> it was very shocking. very devastating, and -- very, very ugly hurtful. >> reporter: on this day of action san jose occupy supporters led by the group act and city councilman backed her cause and called for banks to stop foreclosures on victims of so-called predatory loans especially when victims didn't or couldn't understand the complex terms. >> due to my illness and medical treatments i wasn't able to focus on the situation with my loans. >> reporter: university finance professor said banks have set term