in the president of the friends of lafayette park. i can tell you that this project and the plans for the project is the result of a lot of community effort and a lot of community involvement with the recreation and parks department and with dpw staff, and with the private architect who has been engaged for the playground. there is a lot of support in the committee for this project. the process, the multiplicity of permits, we do not know about that. we were in charge of that. as president, i can speak for our group and speak for our neighbors and say that we do not want this project to be delayed. we want our part to open as soon as possible. right now, it is just a big pile of dirt. children have been displaced, dogs have been displaced, picknickers have been displaced. anyone who drives by it is impacted by this horrible mound of dirt that exists at this point for -- instead of our part. we would like to have this continued, the work continued as soon as possible and not delayed. we hope that you can -- will oppose the appeal becau

i am a frequent visitor and supporter of lafayette park. i want to express my opinion on this issue here tonight. i am a member of friends of lafayette park, i know from direct personal experience since 2008 that the french have worked tirelessly to help the rec and park department raise public awareness of the renovation and about the opportunity for public input. san francisco recreation and park department has notified park users and neighbors about the renovation of lafayette park and about the opportunity for anyone to have their say about it. recreation and park department has held numerous public meetings that were well publicized to gather public input ever since the bond was passed and the posted notices in the park and sent notices to those who live near the park. the project manager has announced her direct phone line #at all the meetings and gatherings to maximize public opportunity to express concerns and the recreation and park commission has held hearings to get input and get public approval. there has been ample opportunity

i have lived for 28 years one block east of lafayette park. when i moved to the neighborhood, i had done to it -- young children and they used the playground. i have had three different dogs who use the park. i am very familiar with lafayette park and had used it virtually daily. i sit on the friends of lafayette park board as the landscape chair and work with the cleaning and greening effort every first saturday. during this time, i have never seen shannon gallagher at the park. we could just miss each other. i am -- i care very much about my part -- park and have worked tirelessly towards this plan that has been talked about tonight. which was approved in 2008 through the bond. it is very disturbing to think that one person can file an appeal and we can get a project lead to the extent that we have. i feel very certain that if ms. gallagher really had interests, she could have presented this before we started construction. when we in fact sat at my house for a week, night after night filling out envelopes to the owners of the people in the n

friends of lafayette park has done everything right. i give notice. and whenever there is a cleanup, it gets sent to my apartment. i also own apartments in washington, d.c. i used to work for the federal government. i am back in the bay area. whenever there is anything happening, and notification about where my apartment is located and of reaching me, so if somebody who lives in -- ends of reaching me, so if somebody lives in chicago, i guarantee they would receive notification. if they did not receive it, that is their fault. it is not fair for the whole community to be impacted. i want my park back. i want a project to begin. every day there is one guy watering the othedirt. my heart bleeds for the city because my tax dollars are going to waste. i do not know how much money is lost every day because nothing is being done for the park. it is an embarrassment. it is just an inert and one person that is watering it. -- it is just dirt and one person watering it. give us our park back. we do not want a pile of dirt. >> is there any more public comment?

a list that is in lafayette right now where bret colson grew up. >> brett pahlsson grew up here in lafayette and graduated from high school back in 2010. that is where we are in the hillside that overlooks the school. it looks like his name has been written in flowers. a lot of people are mourning his loss. this is a sad ending in the search for that missing college student who was found in the sacramento river yesterday not too far from where he was last seen one week ago. he was a college student in kampala but was in the chico area taking part in a labor day and will float. he was separated from his friends in an area called your can beach. friends and family and even strangers mobilized a search handing out fliers in creating a facebook page and even offered a $50,000 reward. olson's parents met with volunteers yesterday to continue looking for their son while police and other rescue teams searched the river. it was a couple of fishermen who found his body. at this point there are no signs of foul play and it appears the ground. >> the outpouring we have seen in the city of chico and peo

reading one of lafayette's -- leading one of lafayette's biographers to suggest that lafayette may have had a sexual interest in mrs. arnold. >> and then george washington shows up, and washington being a family friend, and washington, i've got the tell you, two years of reading about the american revolution, to me, only makes you like washington more. and washington, you know, is very sympathetic, shows up at her bedside, says what's wrong, mrs. arnold, and she'll have nothing to do with him. she says that's the imposter who's going to murder my child. and so she can't recognize this man who's a family friend supposedly. and she just, you know, she just goes just stark raving mad for the entire day. really alarming people. and do you want to talk about what you found in the historical society? >> well, we had the day with the mad scene where she wraps all the founding fathers around her little finger, and then one of my jobs in our research was to go through this colonel barrack's papers that are all at the new york historical society. and i'm in there one saturday going through my pap

park board and stakeholder in lafayette park. i won't take up much of your time tonight because i testified at the august 22nd hearing. i want to reiterate that the community at large feels strongly and sides with rec park, that the work needs to just continue, that ms. gallagher's opposition is understood, is accepted, but that, at this point, clearly she has made up her mind that she will see this through. we would ask that you not grant a rehearing. we do not hear any new or updated information that should affect your decision. and we would just ask that we get this project back on track. thank you. >> ken bruce.>> president hwang. >> next speaker. >> hi there. kathy sierl and i presented at the last meeting. we definitely made progress since last time that i was here. i stopped by dbi yesterday and there are in fact six special inspections that are on file now so we did make some progress. good. however, in referring to the documents that shannon gallagher referred to that we got on august 20, we looked through those and find

area at lafayette park. workf/ç4u on the san francisco recreation and park department's partnership team. i-w often work with the park alliance with various friends group. the friends ofsuf3o lafayette park playground have worked incredibly hard to raise additional'' play area at lafayette park. the playground will be by bond money as well as the private money, andp pay for special bolders that are part of the design construction documents, and cash gift, to pay theh contractor to complete0j enhancements of the playground. >> chair mar: thank3ísg if there are no questions colleagues, let's open this up for public comment. is there4÷m that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment8ów is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation? withoutmçmk ms. miller please call item 2. >> alisa miller: item 2 resolutiong+w,ñ authorizing a retroactive acceptance of a grant from san francisco park alliance for windmill project phase 3. >> chair mar: thank you. tm( grant that i'm the sp

reporting live in lafayette. abc-7 news. >> alan: milpitas police are investigating after a 7-eleven employee was found shot to death inside the convenience store. the store is closed tonight. investigators say the 62-year-old employee was discovered lying on the floor around 2:15 yesterday morning. >> detectives come out for the investigation, revealed that the victim was deceased at the scene. we're treating this as a homicide investigation at this time. >> police are not saying if the store was robbed. the 7-eleven convenience store chain issued a statement calling it a random shooting and they're working with police temperature the investigation. >> ama: who years ago today a gas pipeline explosion left a san bruno neighborhood in ruins. it was traced to an incomplete weld that led to a rupture of a 30-inch transmission line. pg&e has been yet to be find for what federal regulators call a number of fail you'd. eight people died in the explosion. i destroyed eight homes. tonight, neighbors are commemorating th

the tragic end to the search for a 20-year-old lafayette native. fishermen have found brett olson's body in the sacramento river near chico not far from where the cal poly student disappeared. >>> a woman fighting for her life and another woman dead after a pickup truck runs off the road and plows into them in walnut creek. the driver this hour is under arrest on suspicion of manslaughter. >>> and bay area air quality experts will update the public on the investigation into the fire on the richmond refinery in early august. some residents say they still feel ill from the plume of black smoke that covered much of eastern contra costa county. >>> we're being told that newest phone from noek i donkia has a powerful camera in it. >> scott mcgrew, this is turning out to be a major embarrassment. >> last week they unveiled this new cell phone has a super powerful am ra and a tv ad showing the image stabilization. it turns out the video you're seeing here wasn't shot with a smo nokia. you might expect the company to use their own phone to demonstrate how

i'm lynn newhouse seigel, friends of the lafayette park and we are not aware of any -- we came today to hear this appeal, or this request for rehearing. we are not aware of any new information that's come up since the last hearing. we had a large group of people that testified on both sides at the last hearing. you heard the friends of lafayette park and the neighborhood really wants -- we're looking at the big picture. the plans are the result of a lot of community outreach, community meetings. not everybody got their way, but at this point, we want it to go forward. and we're told that our beautiful park is not going to open until possibly next july, instead of next may, because of all this delay. so we would like to see everything go forward. thank you. >> president hwang: thank you. >> next speaker please. >> -- commissioners. my name is -- and i live across the street from this park, and i am an engineer. >> would you mind speaking into the microphone. it's hard to hear you. >> i live across the park. and i watching all this construction site. and i am an engineer too. i look at

. >> a missing man out of lafayette, his body has been recovered. he was reported missing from the sacramento river area back on september 2nd. he was up there with other college students were partying as part of an annual back-to-school celebration. thousands of the river. he was with friends who say they lost track of him in the crowd. one week later, his body was discovered in the sacramento river. >> the outpouring of people who have been coming from around the area, coming here to help in the search speaks volumes about how they feel about this young man. they have spent up to a week helping to look for him. unfortunately, it came to a tragic ending. they did the right they just because the event ended tragically. >> as we've recorded, a facebook page had been set up by friends and family. 94,000 people followed that page. yesterday, a message was posted. they wanted to thank the many people who helped to look for him. for a candlelight vigil and memorial will take place at 7:00 p.m. at a high school where he graduated in lafayette. >> one woma

still no sign of a missing college student from lafayette. he disappeared on sunday while tubing down the sacramento river. tonight a community is coming together to make sure that the search continues. here's nbc bay area's cheryl hurd. >> reporter: was packed by 7:00 friday night. those who came to the small restaurant on mount diablo road in lafayette had one thing in mind. bring brett olsen home. >> anything to bring him home. we need our boy to come home. he's a wonderful guy. he's amazing, beautiful family. we just need to bring him home. >> reporter: the lafayette native and cal poly student was reported missing earlier this week. he spent labor day weekend with friends tubing down the sacramento river and was last seen 1:00 p.m. sunday when he arrived at beer can beach near chico to float down the river. his parents traveled up north to help search for their son. in an interview this week, it was clear they were not giving up hope. >> i was going to drive him back tonight. still going to drive him back tonight. >> obviously this isn't

at the lafayette presbyterian church. reporting live in lafayette, alan wang, abc7 news. >> alan, thank you. >>> anti-american tension is rach cheting up in north africa where an american diplomat has been killed in libia and mobs stormed the embassy in cairo. both are linked to a video made by an israeli american. hard line easy law mist call it anti-muslim. it was up loaded by the pastor who sparked outrage when he burned the koran. protesters reached the embassy wall and destroyed an embassy flag. he was shot to death on the u.s. consulate in libia. >>> on this anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a stark reminder of what was once there. two blue beams of light represent the twin towers. ceremonies in new york were kept purposefully low key. only family members spoke. president obama and first lady michelle paid visits to arlington national cemetery and the pentagon. >>> in the south bay, a multi multi-phase picnic took place in front of the government center. >> the gathering started with several people includin

ran any high school in lafayette. >>> time is 4:34. a memorial service is now planned for tomorrow for uc davis student le nay yeah lomax. lomax had been missing for more than two months. authorities are investigating how she died but they say they doo not suspect foul play. >>> this morning walnut creek police continue to investigate a crash that killed one woman and injured another. on saturday night a pickup truck suddenly drove on to the sidewalk and hit two women walking right in front of the marriott hotel on north main street. one woman from santa barbara 52- year-old sherry hicks died at the scene. the other woman was taken to john mere medical center. >> it wept to there was a wreck outside to it was a horrific scene. >> the driver of the truck has been identified as 53-year-old ho sane tay bee see of walnut creek. he is featuring charges of vehicle manslaughter. >>> the driver killed in a crash in san bruno late saturday night has been identified the owner of a local restaurant. he was driving north on interstate 280 when he

those who came to the small restaurant in lafayette had one thing in mind, bring brett olson home. >> anything to bring him home. we need our boy to come home. he's a wonderful guy. he's amazing, beautiful family. just need to bring him home. >> reporter: a lafayette native and cal poly student was reported missing earlier this week. he spent labor day weekend with friends tubing down the sacramento river and was last seen 1:00 p.m. sunday when he arrived near chico to float down the river. his parents traveled up north to help search for their son. in an interview this week, it was clear they were not giving up hope. >> i was going to drive him back tonight. still going to drive him back tonight. >> reporter: obviously this isn't -- >> sure. >> reporter: karen mow just returned from chico today. >> the chico state students who don't even know him, are organizing searches, putting up flyers and doing whatever they can and most of them have never met him. >> reporter: word about the missing student is exploding through social media. >> when i saw the facebook group, it started off as a

at the lafayette presbyterian church. reporting live in lafayette, alan wang, abc7 news. >> alan, thank you. >>> anti-american tension is rach cheting up in north africa where an american diplomat has been killed in libia and mobs stormed the embassy in cairo. both are linked to a video made by an israeli american. hard line easy law mist call it anti-muslim. it was up loaded by the pastor who sparked outrage when he burned the koran. protesters reached the embassy wall and destroyed an embassy flag. he was shot to death on the u.s. consulate in libia. >>> on this anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a stark reminder of what was once there. two blue beams of light represent the twin towers. ceremonies in new york were kept purposefully low key. only family members spoke. president obama and first lady michelle paid visits to arlington national cemetery and the pentagon. >>> in the south bay, a multi multi-phase picnic took place in front of the government center. >> the gathering started with several people includin

it turns out the friends of lafayette park and had it wrong. in 1962, they performed once at washington square park. the following year, the recreation and parks commission denied them the permit for for their performances fighting their act was obscene. ironically, this non-history is being commemorated at our park while one of the most important historical aspects, the holiday house, is not even getting a plaque. instead it is getting paid men and picnic tables. which brings me to one important piece of new information for the commission to consider. the apparent remnants of the holiday mansion were brought to my attention by local historian rand richards, author of three books on san francisco. the planning department does not seem to be aware that remnants of the house actually exist. this is the house. here is the cement footing that runs 55 feet. it is not known if it continues under the ground. it is covered by dirt and grass around the other side of the house. any archaeological a significant artifacts is to be preserved under federal l

at the lafayette presbyte presbyterian church.te, alan wang, abc7 news. >> alan, thank you. >>> anti-american tension is rach cheting up in north africa where an american diplomat has been killed in libia and mobs stormed the embassy in cairo. both are linked to a video made by an israeli american. hard line easy law mist call it anti-muslim. it was up loaded by the pastor who sparked outrage when he burned the koran. protesters reached the embassy wall and destroyed an embassy flag. he was shot to death on the u.s. consulate in libia. >>> on this anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a stark reminder of what was once there. two blue beams of light represent the twin towers. ceremonies in new york were kept purposefully low key. only family members spoke. president obama and first lady michelle paid visits to arlington national cemetery and the pentagon. >>> in the south bay, a multi multi-phase picnic took place in front of the government center. >> the gathering started with several people including a four-year-old muslim g

. >>> and the search for 28 brett olson from lafayette came to a sad ending this morning. the fishermen found his body not far from where he was last seen in chico. olson disappeared as he was tubing with friends. >> his body, a week from the day he went missing was pulled from the sacramento river in a place that is known as the washout. >> his parents were close by when they got ready for another search, and heard about the body. thousands of volunteers from chico helped search for olson. there were many followers on a facebook account that started early last week, trying to find him. and twitter is now filled for thoughts and prayers for olson. he was a student in san luis obispo. and the president of the university reached out to the family saying it is painful for us at cal-poly, whose life was filled with dreams and hope. our thoughts are with the family as they move through this difficult time. a memorial is planned in lafayette. >>> and we have more information tonight on the deadly car crash in walnut creek. he is accused of running down two women last night, kill

and oakland, it looks good through lafayette. at the toll plaza, we are looking at traffic that is light and if you want to avoid all the traffic that usually gets here, we are looking at a live picture of downtown san jose. let's go to steve. >>> well, just some patchy low clouds, it was maxed out, we had a good push, it was getting chewed up, even the higher elevationsswere cooling down rapidly, temperatures are still below normal. some cool lows though, a lot of 40s showing up, some of that fog coast and bay, sunny and breezy later on, 60s and 70s, san rafael 48, i just have not dug deep yet, but also on the peninsular as well. a west wind out to the delta, things are calming down, a few 60s and 70s and and 70s and 80s. sunny breezy patchy low clouds, a chill in that morning air, though. 50s 60s and 70s and 80s and the key will be this low that begins to move in, will it drop in saturday or sunday, it is a tough call but we will be out of hereby monday, a little cooler and breezier on the weekend, pam. >>> the malfunction that

here is tara. >>> here's a look at highway 24 as you cruise on through lafayette.ffic on the right hand side toward the caldecott bunching up a little bit there. at the east shore freeway you can see there is a lot of folks on the roadway. it's only 5:30 and they are ready to go to work. ready to go to school. let's head back to the desk. >>> we are following developing news from vallejo. an investigation of a double homicide. neighbors say they heard shots last night on a home on atherton street. alex savidge has been there since 4:30. you know more about the victims now. alex. >> reporter: good morning, dave. i spoke with the victim's grandmother a short time ago. essentially she told me the victims in this case her grandson and her grandson spreeing inapt girl -- pregnant girlfriend was shot inside this house. relatives tell me there was a child also in the house. they showed up consulling one another. this was just after 9:00 when the 911 calls came in. gunfire was heard come from this home. when officers got here they found a 31-year-old man and 28- year-old w

the city of lafayette is considering building a roundabout along mt. diablo boulevard. but alissa harrington explains why some are fighting that idea. >> a lot of people are very unhappy about this idea and in fact some of them are protesting at the very intersection where the roundabout might go. you are looking at some local store owners concerned that the construction, traffic, and confusion that a roundabout might cause it will hurt their businesses. >> we do not want this to happen. >> they don't want this, a roundabout on the edge of downtown lafayette near the intersection of mt. diablo boulevard and golden gate way. forelands reduced to one. >> it is frightening to think that 1900 cars per hour will be going through that in at peak times. >> opposed roundabout is part of a pedestrian and bicycle and permit a project which includes upper strut part of the city. opponents of the plan like this salon owner, are concerned about traffic jams and the confusion that roundabouts can cause. >> there's lots of sideswipes that happen. >> safety is a big part about what we

the memorial will be at a high school in lafayette. besides the 7:00 tonight. >>> the plan gruffy have been spilled out into the neighborhood and if things got a little out of hand. >>> this happens sat in berlin in august of an abandoned warehouse with the permission of he had ordered with a program from the website an artist did six weeks other art. they have dubbed the results yesterday. the greedy the graffiti spree that boris. i heard some digging on the walls and some and was planning a spring on the window. >>> the tennis least let across the two block radius and cost thousands of dollars to lease 15 businesses. >>> city council members in san jose are moving to crack down on medical marijuana shops that skirt tax laws. a measure passed the voters had two years ago allows city to tax marijuana collectives. hsun on the city's this law does not apply since the operations are not for profit. >>> fiske had their windows ,,,,,, [ female announcer ] they can be enlightening. hey, bro. or engaging. conversations help us learn and grow.

. >> we are at lafayette square in front of the white house where the flag is now flying at half staff, and where this evening, libyan americans will be gathering to hold a vigil. across the d.c. area, muslims are giving their disapproval for what happened. >> going to the embassy. >> they should not do that at the embassy. >> we spoke to many muslims from many walks of life and they all condemned the attack. the imam said there is no justification. >> in our religion, you do not go around and kill people for no reason. >> many groups were brought together to condemn the attack while saying that muslim invaders regularly to haunt them. >> we get youtube videos sent to us often. "look at where i urinated on the koran." >> one doctor a surgeon in alexandria and american, he said that christopher was a friend, and he visited him two weeks ago. >> he was a wonderful man. i do not have words to describe this tragic loss. it is a painful day. >> bit upset many muslims in our area. >> i am quite sure they will be dealt with. >> to making that more concrete in the people's head. it is importan

. >>> huge turn-out in lafayette last night to celebrate the life of brett olson the college studentho drowned in the sacramento river after he was missing for one week. alan wang has the story from acalanes high where the memorial took place. >> utterly grief stricken at the loss of my dear, sweat boy brett. >> reporter: the father of brett olson who died on the sacramento river told the crowd of nearly 1,000 how much his son loved people and life. >> by my estimation if you use dog year calculations, i believe he lived much longer than the 20 years he spent on this earth. >> reporter: olson's father expressed his astonishment at the way his community in lafayette mobilized to find brett. he disappear during a labor day gathering call the chico float. >> the wave began the social media was lit up with talk. >> reporter: within the first four hours of posting it on facebook, 17,000 joined the effort. next day 46,000 joined ballooning to more than 92,000 people. >> the world will not miss brett. we will in the most deepest, fundamental way. but the world must not miss the power of the

missing flyers have appeared on the campus in lafayette where olson went to school he's in his junior> it was very emotional, the campus is emotional about it, the community is emotional about it. our thoughts are with them hopefully this will end okay. >> olson's family is pouring over video like this one taken at the beach hoping they might see him in the background. >>> san francisco firefighter will receive the state's highest honor next week in sacramento. he is being awared the governor's medal of valor for saving three lives during a fire in chinatown early new year's morning 2011. he risked his life down a ladder across an alley to a third floor window where he pulled a couple to safety. he immediately rushed back to rescue another trapped byrne. the governor will present him with the medal next thursday. >>> state officials say governor brown's travel ban has saved the taxpayers at least 85 million dollars since he took office. brown issued executive order in april of last year banning unnecessary travel for state workers. officials say the state spent 144 million dollars in

nick smith tonight from lafayette where family and friends hold vigil.>>reporter: at this high school fliers plastered in the window of cars throughout the parking lot. but the sacramento river and heavily wooded area surrounding it is ground zero for the search of the whereabouts of 20-year-old brett michael olson. cal polly student missing since sunday. today law enforcement team using cadaver dog to sniff for human remains and so far turned up nothing. olson parents have joined the search effort handing out fliers with his picture. >> it's the parent worst nightmare. >>reporter: she was principal at this school and maintenance a close relationship with the family. >> brett was a big part of this campus and still is. >>reporter: brett has 2 younger sibling still students here which is why the news of the disappearance is particularly difficult. >> very emotional. campus is emotional about it. the community is too. our thoughts are with them and hopefully this will end okay. >>reporter: after learning that brett was missing some students constructed thi

olson grew up in lafayette and was going to college at cal poly in san luis obispo. twitter feed called remember scott olson is currently filled with memories. cal poly president jeffrey armstrong is reaching out to olson's family tonight saying, "it's painful for all of us at cal poly to lose someone whose life was filled with so many dreams and hopes. our deepest sympathies are with the olson family as they move through this difficult time. and a memorial vigil for brett olson is planned for tuesday night at akalanis high school in lafayette. >>> we do have more information tonight on that deadly car crash in walnut creek. police have released the name of the woman killed when a truck jumped the curb near the marriott hotel on north main street last night. 52-year-old sherry hicks from santa barbara was killed instantly in the crash. her daughter-in-law was severely hurt. they were both on the sidewalk when they were hit. a small memorial to the victims marks the spot where the truck crashed into the women. the 53-year-old driver was cleared from the hospital early

of the departments that -- >> after the last hearing, i spoke to the president of the friends of lafayette park and asked her if she was not concerned that there were solid failure scores for the test. she said she would address it to mary hobson. i included nor about that in my brief to you requesting this rehearing. >> president hwang: right. so you relied on someone from -- for lack of a better word, your opposition to get it directly to park and rec. >> i would hope lafayette park are not my opposition. >> commissioner lazarus: accordinaccord -- >> president hwang: according to this, they are. >> i want the park to be finished as soon as possible as well. as to whom i addressed it, i also addressed this matter to supervisor farrell's office, and i also have, you know, gone down to the department of building inspectors. i've sat with three different -- >> president hwang: with this issue, that particular issue that was raised today that you are alleging constitutes new evidence. >> yes. i sat with specifically a woman last name is hugh m., a special technical specialist, i sat with her

more than 1,000 people united in lafayette.hey came together for 20-year-old brett olsen, who died last week tubing down the sacramento river. olsen's father delivered a heartwarming message to the crowd tonight. this young man touched a lot of lives, didn't he? >> reporter: he did, indeed. hundreds of people, family and friends, gathered here for support. and they got that support from one another and through social media. ♪ somebody's hands >> i want to let you guys know that it was the love and compassion of the tens and thousands of people across the world, that kept us going. >> reporter: love and compassion brought tons of people to remember brett olsen. the student's body was found in the river on sunday, after he was reported missing while participated in a labor day weekend of tubing on the river. his friend since first grade, julianna dell carro, decided she wasn't going to give up. she started a facebook page, let's bring brett home. in just a couple of days, 18,000 people joined it. >> i underestimated the community

. >> i'm trying to get to lafayette and they said get off and i did and now i've been roped around 15 different ways to try to get to lafayette and it's a disaster. >> now, another interesting ted bit from the chp, it was a concerned citizen who made that original call bringing emergency personnel to the scene here, but again, traffic is very slow on 680 going on both directions, you're going to want to take an alternate route. in fact we were coming from sycamore valley road just about half an hour ago and it took about two and a half hours to get from sycamore valley road to our location now and that was with the help of a chp police escort, on about the last mile of our route here. now let's go ahead and go to john sasaki live at john mayer hospital with the latest. john? >> reporter: this is indeed the trauma center in the wall net creek area where the most serious cases are taken and as you can see down there, this part of the hospital parking lot is filled with chp and police cars and motorcycles. earlier today, an ambulance rushed into the facility carrying the injured officer.

a quezon to upper case on thoughtfu >vicki: the body of a 20 year-old man from lafayette has been recovered. he was reported missing from the sacramento river area on september 2nd. a college student was partying with thousands of others in an annual back-to-school celebration. his friends lost track of them after a week-long search, his body was found in the river just downstream from where he was last seen. a corner will perform an autopsy to determine how he died. walnut creek least if arrested driver involved in a fatal accident that left one woman did. >> some brought flowers to the scene. neighbors are devastated by what happened. >> it really breaks my heart. thoughtful >>vicki: a homeless man in san francisco was arrested after police say he attacked an officer and a park ranger. they approached a man around 10:30 a.m. and police say he became confrontational, grabbed a tree branch hitting the officer and a park ranger. the world's largest breast cancer charity rock the two major fund-raising events in the bay area. the turnout in the amount of money collected was down. maureen kell