too often in lafayette park we have homeless and camps the need to be cleared. we need to make sure those parks are safe. we have had people shot and stabbed by both lafayette park and the plaza park. building and planning, we need to train the planners to make the projects conform to the code, and we need enforcement. enforcement is lacking. on the housing element, we need for the city to stop trying to integrate existing single-family residence neighborhoods. we do not need secondary units legalized everywhere, especially without parking. we do not need all the high rises that are proposed in the housing elements. the neighborhoods have sued the city once before. and we will sue the city again if the city does not get it right. we need funding and training in imitation of more effective outreach to an engagement with neighborhood associations on proposed legislative exchanges. there were discussions and the input was largely ignored. this had to do with limited live performance permits in the current rezoning of restaurants. a restaurant limited as a writer in

syphax senior and nephews of nancy syphax who worked with jennings earlier on lafayette square. now in the 1850s, jennings and charles syphax, ii worked together in the pension office under the department of the interior. charles's brother, william syphax was also employed in the interior department rising from messenger to clerk and he was a leader in public education for african-americans in washington. back to lafayette square proper, i want to tell you the story of jennings interactions with dolly madison in her old age. she was suffering financially all through her widowhood and things got worse and worse until in her last few years she wanted for the very necessities of life. webster would send jennings over to her house with basketfuls of . with jim crow conditions for bailing in both the north and south in 1929, congressman and mrs. de priest resided in segregated communities in both chicago and the nation's capital. their home in chicago was located at 4536 up through 4358 south parkway which is now known as martin luther king drive. although they owned the entire compl

in his honor, though the lafayette square designation took only slowly. dolley, for example, continued to use president's square on her letters. the comment itself was no longer an abandoned apple orchard but had been landscaped in advance of lafayette's visit. the restored white house sported porticos at both the north and south fronts. half the bill's charred and weakened exterior walls had been rebuilt. in the course of which workmen dug out in the course of preservation the dinner display the day the british torched the mansion in august 1814. the george washington portrait had long ago been retrieved from the maryland farmhouse where it rested in safety for several weeks after the fire and returned to dolley madison, who made sure that it was hung in the monroe white house. not until the last years of the madison administration had the square begun to buzz with construction. even as the white house was being repaired, the cornerstone was laid for st. john's church on the opposite edge of the common. the first episcopal service was celebrated there si

coming through lafayette west down 24 a car fire was blocking and lanes, now cleared.saying brake lights. check out this a long line of slowed traffic on highway 4 from and the out towards pittsburgh, and earlier multi vehicle crashed on west bound for approaching bailey road. 880 and nimitz so far so good. and that is traffic. >>> san francisco bay one of america's greatest natural resources but if a warrant for ordinary citizens it would look different >>> for their tireless efforts since the 1960's " save the bay " get this week's high five. >>> the san francisco bay is vital the two often taken for granted >>> one-third of the bay had been filled in from the tides >>> in 1961 there is plan to fill in the bay for urban expansion >>> if that happened we would not have a bay would have a narrow river >>> " save the day " was dedicated to keep that from happening demobilize volunteers to cleanup the shores one of the biggest threats is pollution. another is non native plants taken over the wetlands the weeds out compete the tidal marsh that these fish and wildlife volu

not only should you spend time in west lafayette. bloomington, home of indiana university where the students there have had to face tuition increases of over 8% because of your cuts. how about indiana state, the indiana state sycamores in terra haute, indiana. mitch daniels, good luck as president of perdue. good luck trying to make up for the shortfalls that you imposed on every public university in the state of indiana. maybe this is the way to do it. go to your private koch brother friends and say, i messed up when i was governor of indiana. i need to write a couple of $10 million checks to perdue university so that we can pay our professors and so that we can continue to have indiana students come here without facing hardship. go ahead. go for it. see if you can raise the money in this election year in a tough economy from private donors. the rest of us who know what you did as governor, we are going to be laughing. hail, hail perdue. more of bill press show after this. at the local level, among the ranks of teachers. >> radio me

lafayette, louisiana police looking for the driver of this truck. and a teen vanished. her body found months later in a ditch. two separate letters identify the same three people as her killer. police feed your help tonight to find out who wrote the letters. and then. a honeymoon turns into a nightmare. a young groom disappears on a cruise in 2005. but new clues may show what happened to him and it is all on tape. >> we are hopeful that the videotape in conjunction with all of the other evidence we accumulated up to this point will finally lead to arrests. >> judge jeanine: hello and welcome to justice scalia. i'm judge jeanine pirro. police are are searching for a white four door chevrolet z 71 pickup truck last seen traveling in the same direction as the missing co-ed. her battered bike was found in a swamp miles from where she was last scene. joining us is char her sister and tom her father by skype. i'm going to go to you, lieutenant vaughn. can you tell us what the latest is with the case? >> judge, we are it continuing our investigation as we have for the last two

he within the a block to the west, lafayette fire station. the engine and medics were out on a call but the crew were in the house. they went to the apartment and found the man's son not breathing. they revived him and took him to the hospital. they said if it happened two weeks from now, the man would have had a problem. >> the elderly gentleman had no phone, no way of getting in touch with our 911 dispatch fire house. this is why all units need to be here. he had his only way to get help for his son, to come knock on this door felt no one is lansing on the other side, i don't think there's a way his son lives. >> reporter: the city said truck 10 and two fire companies are on a tight budget but they say service will be maintained. they said medic calls continue to go up and less people would be around to respond. calls to the mayor were not returned. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> more than 100 korean business owners met with the city health department. the city is promotion 128 liquor stores be shut down because of criminal activity. th

>> it was seen in the last video that we have of mickey riding her bicycle in lafayette. it was in the general area when mickey passed and we are hoping to talk to the occupants of the truck and maybe they can lead us into the direction we need to go as to what possibly happened to her. maybe interview them to maybe they were involved in her disappearance. right now it is a vehicle of interest for us to talk and obtain clues from the occupants of the car. >> it is 2:00 in the morning. mickey is bicycling from a friend's house. a friend. a boyfriend. it party? who was this persons who house she left 12346789. >> it was a male trend that she -- they were strictly friends. they have been friends for several years. they had gone out earlier that evening. they he went and watched a band at a local nightclub. when they left the nightclub they went by and picked up food and returned to his house where they ate the food and she simply left his house riding her bike as she normally would at that time. >> four miles from her friend's house to her own house. do we know how far she g

jefferson translated it into english and something manuscript to lafayette although he begged lafayette to keep it a secret that he done so because as a sitting president he didn't want to be seen as interfering in economic and political debates of europe but jefferson translated the book because it confirmed a lot of his own previous thinking first of all he thought that poor people shouldn't pay any taxes and that the rich should pay a lot of taxes in eighteen seventeen to be eighty four a letter to james madison he wrote taxes should be proportioned to what made annually be spared by the individual a year later and seven hundred eighty five yet it is thoughts on taxes on property which included real estate in another letter to madison he wrote another means of silently lessening the any quality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point and to tax the higher portions of property in geometrical progression as they rise if the ban on property taxes in north dakota fails that is that almost certainly will jefferson suggestion would be a great compromise one that's

sincero jorge apenas podía contener las lagrimas de felicidad y el sentimiento era común en la plaza lafayette puerta de la casa blanca estudiantes que fueron catalogados como ilegales y en muchos casos estaban a punto de ser deportados nunca perdieron la esperanza jaime rivera estudiante "me sientorgullos... enit uribe estudiante " este también fue un triunfo para líderes políticos locales, quienes se unieron a la celebración victor ramirez senador estatal de maryland el plan del presidente obama de dar un chance a estos estudiantes que han trabajado arduamente organizando campanas para parar deportaciones y aprobar la acta del sueno es casi una realidad enit gonzalez abogada casa maryland "en los proximos 60 dias.. ...tras el anuncio el congresista luis gutierrrez, ferreo defensor de los inmigrantes en este pais, tambien reacciono al anuncio obama... ... noticias washington hizo multiples gestiones y llamadas en buscaaudia uceda con claudia... pasamos ahora con nuestro experto en temas migratorios elgado jose pertierra, para analizar brevemente este transcedental anuncio... vaya regalo de gr

the equates the reporter never the last few months that lafayette has been struggling with how to deal with a recent boom in these massage businesses that opened up all around town there are now as many as 20. a newly weds first gay marriages ruins. the two words written on a card that could have attracted the burglars. however various city is trying to fight the problem of panhandling with poppies. the award winning snapshot of a be staying something you've never seen before. tomorrow golfer casey martin b. think catalogs qualify for one u.s. open house solace and we did it again 14 years they were targeted. to equate their rain dates for nine months celebrated a beautiful wedding denny. the renegades for nine months celebrated beautiful wedding day in and then just realize that there was glass sitting on the seats. muhammed is spent their first day of marriage filing a police report. the waves i'm heartbroken. >>> hard to strop and leavitt's couldn't believe their two suitcases with his tuxedo and her wedding dress and their camera was stolen from their car overnight. a car parked in

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. >> abc7 political reporter mark matthews is at the prop 29 -- yes on prop 29 gathering in lafayette. >> the size of the crowd has shrinking, but don't let that fool you. the attention to the proposition has been nationwide. big tobacco ponied up $47 million to quash this measure that would add $1 per pack, the voter support began falling after tobacco financed ads and started hitting radio and television. tonight the early returns showed the state evenly divided at 9:00 with 8% of the pray sinks -- precincts reporting. the measure was winning 50 tw to 48% -- 52 to 48%, but it was 54 to 49 and by 10:00 it was close to 50/50. the former state legislator is the co chair on the yes on 8 campaign. >> i expected that it would be a toss up. i don't believe we are going to know until every ballot is counted. first of all it is a low turnout. secondly we are sort of david against goliath. >> tobacco taxes have been proven to reduce smoking. opponents say prop 29 would hurt the economy by taking $735 million a year out of pockets of california smokers. >> i am hoping that it is a no. this is

. >> abc7 political reporter mark matthews is at the prop 29 -- yes on prop 29 gathering in lafayette. >> the size of the crowd has shrinking, but don't let that fool you. the attention to the proposition has been nationwide. big tobacco ponied up $47 million to quash this measure that would add $1 per pack, the voter support began falling after tobacco financed ads and started hitting radio and television. tonight the early returns showed the state evenly divided at 9:00 with 8% of the pray sinks -- precincts reporting. the measure was winning 50 tw to 48% -- 52 to 48%, but it was 54 to 49 and by 10:00 it was close to 50/50. the former state legislator is the co chair on the yes on 8 campaign. >> i expected that it would be a toss up. i don't believe we are going to know until every ballot is counted. first of all it is a low turnout. secondly we are sort of david against goliath. >> tobacco taxes have been proven to reduce smoking. opponents say prop 29 would hurt the economy by taking $735 million a year out of pockets of california smokers. >> i am hoping that it is a no. this is

one accident in the city on baltimore street at west lafayette.e have that construction project you're going to have to worry about on 895 at the steel bridge. there's also a chemical spill route 1 past 32. speeds looking good in the mid to high 50s -- on the beltway. there's a look at the beltway at 146. starting the see more volume. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. deal your toyota dealer today and test drive if new 2012 camry. it's ready. are you? back over to you. >>> all right. let's send it out to ron at the zoo. >> reporter: how about that, jessica, bernadette, sharon, amy. >> and ron. >> and mike schuh. remember mike is a part of this too. >> reporter: that's right. we're having a great day. were -- we're at the maryland zoo. our friend amy is here. how are you doing? >> good . >> reporter: this is conquer, right? >> this is one of the official mascots of the baltimore ravens. he's an african raven. you will see him this sunld at the ravens -- sunday at the ravens rookie breakfast at the zoo. >> reporter: you ge

he acts as curator and collects manager for the design decatur house located in lafayette square owned by the trust for historic preservation and works in developing the public programming redesign of the white house visitor's center and oversees relations among many other tasks. he received a ba from miami university ohio in the history of architecture and completed her ma from the smithsonian associates and corcoran college of art designs history of masters program in 2010 with a thesis entitled pierre antoine seating furniture for the white house, evolution within the interior. miss jones is the curator of the washington winter shows exhibition. treasures of the first families and will be curating the 2013 exhibit as well. she is an independent lecturure on topics related to early 19th century american in white house history. institutions she has spoken for include the smithsonian institution, society of the cincinnati, american institute of architects, national trust for historic preservation, pca, aca, national society of colonian dumbarton house and the smithsonian gallery. welco

reporting from lafayette, mark matthews, abc7 news. >> thank you.hichon alters term limits from members of the state legislature. >> it has passed. it reduces the total number of years for legislators from 14 to 12, but allows spawmakers to spend all of them in the senate or the assembly. >> and here is a look at some of the measures voters in the bay area are deciding right now. san francisco measure a will open the city's garbage contract to competitive bidding and losia wide by a wide margin. >> and coit tower is getting support. measure b is leading. it would prioritize funds raised at coit tower to preserve the fragile frees scows there. >> and voters overwhelmingly voting for ut cking -- for cutting pensions. >> abc7 news reporter quintana is live at city hall. >> this is pitt that pitted the mayor and a majority of the city council here in san jose against city unions, a coalition of city unions. the voters had to decide how much they would allow the city leaders to modify employee pensions. the san jose mayor pushed to put it on the ballot a

we had an earlier stalled vehicle as you got into lafayette. that has been cleared.orget about it. take you live, no problems here i want to point out. you can see a little bit of blue overhead. that's a good sign. no fog has developed here. but we will see a little bit of fog on the golden gate bridge. no delays in either direction, be uh that fog is starting to settle in. we will let you know as things happen throughout the morning. as you know, 5:00 gets pretty busy around here. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, christina. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," election day here in california. what local leaders are expecting. >>> plus, kicked while they're down. an oakland boxing club that helped disadvantage kids is burglarized. >>> laptops, boxing equipment, and water bottles all stolen from children in oakland. i'm christie smith, i'll tell you about a crime that might leave you shaking your head and how you can help. >>> and winds creating a little bit of shake to our local cameras this morning.

a pedestrian involved accident at lafayette avenue and bolton street. vehicle spilled some fuel at washington avenue. northbound 895 at the steel bridge, the left lane is close for construction. 62 on the north side through the towson region. a nice start on 95 out of the white marsh region. speeds around 65. tunnel traffic looking good. here's a quick live look at traffic. 895 at the steel bridge, no sign of delays through the construction zone. 70 at 29, delay-free as you make a right in toward the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. fofor that we go to kurt kronkef the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. moving along nicely on the trains. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail on schedule. metro subway is on time. the five, 19, 22, 33 buses are operating with delays. the 40's is developing at 25th and greenmount. now back to tony pann -- the 40's is diverting. >> first we say good morning to ava marie. a chance to donate to a good cause. >> this is one o

conversely, carla jones argues in his master's thee tis t hidden history of lafayette square, given the veiled but deeply intertwined nature of slavery in the square, gadsby's association with the slave trade is a great possibility. determining if john gadsby participated in the slave trade is more difficult to pinpoint since it's likely he was involved in private sales. in an 1842 article in the anti-slavery publication "the watchman" an article appeared called "manhunters in washington, d.c." the oughtor discusses the vile practice of slave kidnapping and the levels of slave trading within the city. one involved hoteliers and speculated the time was right for selling enslaved people. they accused the unfortunate people of wrongdoing to justify their sell and to cover up their misdeeds. historian christopher philips notes it was popular to sell men whose slave trade was valued greatly, most likely due to their ability to serve in a variety of roles from domestics to field hands. an example is the case of charles henry wood, a young man who gadsby intended to sell in 1836 a few months b

hawk: here's escobar to face the 25-year-old, 6'4" 240-pound right-hander out of west lafayette, indy0 for our sox. 4-9-1 for their dodgers. hawk: escobar has been up to the plate one time, and struck out. that one got away. hawk: yeah it did. hawk: that's out of play, left side. the count is even at 2-2 to escobar. steve: pretty nice time to pick up an insurance run. hawk: it's full. don't help him out. ball four, base hit. hawk: there is the lead-off walk for us. friday, june 22 all fans are invited to stay for a postgame fireworks display presented by great clips. remember great clips, it's going to be great. hawk: here's alejandro. one for four with a stolen base. decently by escobar. long set. and the step-off. steve: we'll see if alejandro will tip his hand with a square around bunt or not. hawk: oh that will get the job done. just deadened it right off the end of the bat so a beautiful bunt by de aza. one out. steve: he bunted his way to a base hit in the seventh inning. this time, equally as important lays down a perfect sacrifice. hawk: like one of your little wedge shots. st

. >>> good morning, looking at highway 24, lafayette does not look good and the reason is a new crash, i will tell you what happened coming up. . >>> the coast guard has called off the search and the 27-year- old man from yellow county was last seen 10:30 monday night. his friends say he did not know how to swim. san francisco police even the coast guard searched and again yesterday morning but the search was called off at 1:00 in the afternoon. >>> we are tracking a devastating storm from tropical storm debbie. we want to show you new video and this was taken at about a little bit ago, coming up at 6:40. we will have a live report where floodwaters have led to dozens of water rescues. this is national testing day and everybody is encouraged to find out their status. this is one of seven pharmacies that will offer free anonymous hiv testing. now the program is ready to begin at the end of summer. it is a simple swab of the cheek. now one million people across the u.s. are living with hiv but one in five do not know they are infected. >>> happening right now, come over and take a look,

crowds of students and immigration advocates rallied at lafayette park this afternoon. they're reacting to the change. erica gonzalez will have a report, with retion from people who say immigration immunity sends the wrong message. >>> and "meet the press" motte rater david gregory explains what it could mean during an election year. >>> we're learning of more serious allegations against the secret service. it's part of a list of allegations agents and officers have faced since 2004. news organizations requested this list after the prostitution scandal in south america. the list includes one agent linked to a prostitution ring, one eight videotaped twice wandering nude around an apartment complex. some were resolved administratively while others were formally investigated. >>> the sandusky trial took the day off. but the judge granted a defense motion to present evidence that san dulles kiss suffers from histrionic personality disorder. the belief that relationships are more intimate than they really are. the prosecution will have a chance to examine sandusky. the forme

caster valley 72 cop cord and 71 at lafayette -- concord and 71 at lafayette, morgan hill, 68 cupertino. also from meadow park, also on the coast and in the city, temperatures start to repound. it looks better, mostly sunny and a little bit warmer. >>> the problems of joran van der sloot continue here in the u.s. but there is a long time before he faces charges here. man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. . >>> 6:14 joran van der sloot will not be sent back to the u.s. until he finishes is 28 prison sentence in peru. he is accused of stealing money from natalie who'll away. -- natalie who'll away. he was convicted in the death of a 21-year-old woman and joran van der sloot will have to complete that 28 year sentence before he can be extradited back to the u.s. >>> george zimmerman claims he was confused when he allowed his wife to mislead th

after getting into an argumenn with a womannat a boarding house inn east baltimore.it happened near lafayette venue and aisquith street on saturday night.antonio mattison was arguing with a woman who then &pgot her brother involved.the argument turned physical when the brother stabbed attison several times in he back. he diie at johns hopkins hospital. both tte woman and her brother are in pooice custody with pending charres. &pfire rips through a two-story apartment on freemonn avenue and west baltimore street.it happened unday mmrning.the apartment stood n top of a restaurant. you see firefighters here putting out the flames. the apartment buildinn next to the ressaurant was also damaged.no word if anyone was hurr or how the first to respond...and is also ne of the units that is set to close down under budget cuus. a reminder this orning... o &pwatch your speed.baltimore county is about to add 5 new cameras.the locations for the camerrs have already been pelectee.they'll be in use monday through friday.... 8 at night.that brinns the to total number of ástationaryá speed cameras to 22 in som

the maps moving at 31 miles an hour, oh, see that just updated 13 miles an hour now heavy through lafayettet has been reported in the last few minutes by several traffic spotters in the area keep that in mind. we've had quite a few car fires reported this morning. i think three or four. also new one just reported southbound 280 at hickey another car fire supposed to be on the shoulder. westbound 80 berkeley at university traffic slow apparently there was a motorcycle crash they thought i was an injury, turns out to be noninjury on the shoulder there are two accidents at the scene may have been caused by debris in the lanes, westbound 80 traffic from the golden gate feels towards university not a huge back-up at this -- fields towards university not a huge back-up at this point. metering lights on, no wait at the toll slow from the tolls to the metering lights. westbound 4 bailey injury crash there traffic heavy out of antioch, also following this big rig fire in oakland north 88 omar street off-ramp. >>> -- 880 market street off-ramp. >>> mat -- matt cain's new honor. >>> clothing drive wit

stabbed to death last night afterrgetting at a oarriig house in east n - baltimore.it happened near lafayetteue and aisquith street. antonio mattison was arguiig with a oman. that'' when she ggt her brother who also stays at the boarding hooe. the argument turred physicallwhen thh brother stabbed mattison everalltimes in the back. mattison diedd t johns hopkiin hospiial.both phe woman nd her brother were takee intt custody. 3 the national weether service confirms tonight the tornado count in maryland from last fridays storm s now up to ten. ten. some of the winds damage... was severe in - pome places../ kathleen.. cairns joins us now... with more.... there were three people in maryland injjred during the storms lst friday.... the clean up effort is nnw in it's ttird day... and some say it could take mooths to recover. therr is plenny of damage along route onn in fallston. roof's were ripped off buildings... and some structures.. were completely foundations... today... clean up crews... cut down trees and worked on the tedious task offrrmoving debris... (joe manruffi- fixing roof)"ripped off a

here's a look at conditions near 24 southbound by lafayette. reports of a stalled vehicle. but that's not causing too much problems. back to you. >>> the loss angeles kings just continue to beat the new jersey devils. l.a. has a three games to nothing leave. all this for the team that just barely made it to the playoffs. >>> became so close for oakland for a new, no-hitter. no-hitter through to seven innings. top of the eighth though, michael young will break it up. with a solid base hit. eight scoreless innings. a's to win it 12 to one. as for the giants, brendon crawford is going to hit a for sure double play. he does not throw to first, thought there was two outs for a giants win three to two. cubs kicks swept right out of san francisco. >>> for performance at a security checkpoint. why dozens of t s.a. workers are off the job. >>> its primary election day in california and there's a lot at stake. choosing candidates and considering ballot measures, will have a live report coming up. >>> achy a decision expected to ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created a

a wedneeday morning 9-1-1 call for medical help at the hild's home on north ssricker street near lafayette avenue. parameeics say, when they unresponsive,,in cardiac arrest.(keith) "they also say the hild hhd bruises n her body. doctors pronounced her police have no comment about the bruises.. but they do say for now, it is a suupicious revelation for neighbors, who say they rarely saw the child.. or nyone else who paramedics say, when hey responded, the other was not home.. ooly the boofriend...a fact that's fueling speculation over a chiid's death, that police call, suspect. (mr. man) "he know what happened nd thht's the bottom line. ain't nothing suspicious aout it. if he don't know what happened, then it's suspicious. other than that, you already knnw what happened."(ms. to jump to any conclusions because i don't know the parents or anything, but i mean, suspicious death?"(mr. crew) "well, i don't know what heart oes out to the mother cause iiknow what it's ike tt lose a kid or anything. so, i stuff ill work out." - no charges have been filed. police say they're waiting on the autoosy

the suspect fled from the scene on foot crater saturday night, police responded to a stabbing at lafayette avenue just after 11:00. antonio madison was stabbed several times in the back. according to police, he was arguing with a woman, who got her brother and of. -- involved. the brothers stab at madison, and he was rushed to hospital, where he later died. if you drive in baltimore county, listen up. there will be five new speed cameras and the following locations in the coming days -- winans elementary, lockerman academy, saint ursula's. once the cameras are up, motorists will be issued warnings for the first 30 days and citations will be issued after 30 days. the blame game begins in the race for the white house. the weak growth numbers on friday are becoming essentia -- becoming a central issue in the campaign. hallie jackson has more in the "project economy" reports. >> mitt romney's campaign advisers are putting fingers at the president, while obama is blaming congress. the sunday talk shows were dominated by a dismal jobs report, showing unemployment ticking up to 8.2% in may. >> it

. >> new at 6:00, one man dead after a saturday night stabbing at 1218 east lafayette ave.e was stabbed multiple times in the back. madison was arguing with a woman who then got her brother involved. the brothers the one who stabbed to madison. he was rushed to the hospital where he died a short time later. the woman and her brother are both in custody tonight. the police are looking into a shooting overnight that left 68- year-old edward dabney debt. it happened on virginia avenue. one of the men pulled out a gun and shot him in the head. right now, no word on suspects. and 11-year-old boy is dead, allegedly shot by his younger brother. michael alexander and his brother were doing yard work for a neighbor saturday morning. they removed a gun from a secured area and they took it to a wooded area where police say the 8-year-old boy accidentally shot his brother. >> it was identified as the young man at the scene, he saw his brother fall. we used police, k9, and other support to see if anyone had been target practicing. >> after finding the handgun at nearby, they found out t

in lafayette, mark matthews, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. let me take a moment to point out the obvious. you see on the bottom of your screen as this hour progresses are a variety of election result throughout the bay area and the state. we will keep you up-to-date with others we aren't talking about specifically. you can watch the bottom of the screen. california voters are also deciding on term limits and whether to modify them. at this moment prop 28 is passing with 66% of the vote to 34% of the vote. only 8% of the precincts reporting still. but at this moment it looks as many voters in california want term limits at the state legislature level. now one local measure that is garnering a lot of attention is measure b in san jose. that would cut pension benefits for city employees. right now measure b is passing with 71% of the vote in favor of measure b. no, 29%. this is supported by the city council and mayor chuck reed in san jose. part of an ongoing battle to control costs in the city of san jose. abc news reporter sergio is live in sa

. >>> police in lafayette are looking for a car that may be linked too a string of burglaries.investigators say a light blue buick four door sedan with a license plate number 5wzt563 matches the description of a car seen after several burglaries. if you see that car, you are asked to call the lafayette police department. >>> a vandal damaged a classic picasso painting at a museum in houston and a witness happened to catch it on their cell phone. the vandal spray painted it last wednesday. another person in the museum captured what happened and then posted it on you tube. the painting was done in 1929 it's called woman in red armchair. tonight the museum is saying that so far they've been able to repair most of the damage. >>> one of broadway's most polarizing musicals is coming to a san francisco stage. it spotlights the issues of discrimination that in some ways still ring true today. >> reporter: it started in 1931 on a fright train in the deep south. two poor white women accused nine uneducated african american teenagers of rape. from then on the 13 to 19-year- olds hitching

. >>> police in lafayette are looking for a car that may be linked too a string of burglaries.investigators say a light blue buick four door sedan with a license plate number 5wzt563 matches the description of a car seen after several burglaries. if you see that car, you are asked to call the lafayette police department. >>> a vandal damaged a classic picasso painting at a museum in houston and a witness happened to catch it on their cell phone. the vandal spray painted it last wednesday. another person in the museum captured what happened and then posted it on you tube. the painting was done in 1929 it's called woman in red armchair. tonight the museum is saying that so far they've been able to repair most of the damage. >>> one of broadway's most polarizing musicals is coming to a san francisco stage. it spotlights the issues of discrimination that in some ways still ring true today. >> reporter: it started in 1931 on a fright train in the deep south. two poor white women accused nine uneducated african american teenagers of rape. from then on the 13 to 19-year- olds hitching

and lafayette college arson. >>> we don't know if it was accidental intensely sat or undetermined. commuters caught in the chaos when park service was shut down tuesday direct you to the fire would gravely thursday morning it was a good feeling to know that it's back in service and working in the should be. the train may not be quite over kansas said parts of the electric third relished cars the trimmings post bart officials say there was absolutely no danger to writers. the city earlier civil be shored up will be friday but in the meantime there is 247 security and a barrier fans to preserve the scene kristin harris cbs five. a repeat reprieves and and for some illegal immigrants president obama's today said that he will stop supporting them and grant them work permits if they came here as children this scene has some limitations to it's not permanent fix for the image immigration problem systems haven't been able to drive legally of them able to work legally all of these avenues have been closed off for them so now they will have the abilities to do that. did waves of these illeg

. >> reporter: eric loves living in lafayette. raising raising te isn't cheap. >> we've got our mortgage, we've got our food, we've got our swim team, sports clubs, you know, school hits us up for money. you know how the expenses are when you have kids. >> reporter: but the volks will have extra cash in their pockets this summer thanks to low interest rates. they just refinanced for the second time in just six months. >> this is the lowest we've ever had. i've never seen interest rates this low before. i keep thinking how low can rates really get. >> reporter: jonathan says average rates on a 30-year fixed-rate loan are now hovering at 3.7%. and that's meant a boom in business. >> we're seeing people that even refinance as little as two months ago, saying, jonathan, i'm reading in the paper, is now a good time to refinance. >> reporter: he said in most cases the answer has been yes. with home values on the rise, most who weren't eligible to refinance before can now cash in. he said the low interest rates also make jumping into the

it is currently the site of a major renovation undertaking at lafayette park.y understanding is this was founded after the 2007 initiative and the following bonds and over $10 million has been allocated for this project. good questions have come in terms of see " proprietary -- in terms of ceqa, a certain things for renovation as well as violation of the charter and violation of the current road as well as the draft road. at this time the plan is for an 11-acre park to be closed for 10 months. two small areas have been cordoned off for dog walkers to use. during this time there seems to be no plan whatsoever for watering the young trees that were planted over the last decade. they do require special protection, and a sensitive habitat will be lost. it has been noted by the city that is likely does qualify as a national historic treasure property, that is certainly qualifies under state guidelines for historic places, and right death of pinnacle -- right at the pinnacle where he fought for 70 years about whether he could keep his mansion with a million-dollar vi

lafayette low 80s and temperatures tick up towards the central valley, you will see low 90s. most of us tomorrow mid-70s and low 80s. warmer than today but nothing like they were on saturday. which we were incredibly warm. clear lake 90 degrees. 89 fairfield. 78 vallejo. around the bay 70. milder and cooler. the forecast in the valley, 84 in san jose. good air quality. i stress that because after the weather saturday, you get a couple days like that, you get bad air quality. that really didn't happened. we got the clean atmosphere with us all week and a lower fire danger. >> sounds good. thank you. an 11-year-old has been picked for very special coaching. he is among 7 u.s. students selected for a training session with a chess grandmaster. they are trying to turn had u.s. into a international chess super power. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 the flag goes up for one of san francisco's most festive weeks. and roger clemens opens up to fans after his not guilty verdict, join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >>> paddlers take to t