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s office says council members may -- the counsel memorials says they will change their ordinance. lee doesn't consider this a s etback. >> this is one delay. i think history is on our side. >> reporter: lee says he and others -- lee says he and others delayed submitting their applications to the city because they expected this delay. the city council will take up the issue again on f ebruary 1st. in oakland, ken police officer chet, ktvu channel 2 news -- ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a series of anti-tobacco ads have been released. including a familiar face. >> tobacco, took not only my health but my dreams. >> that was debbie austin who appears -- who first appeared in one of these ads in 1987. the ad showed her smoking through her tracheotomy hole. an estimated 4 million people in california smoke tobacco. >>> lucas film has agreed to end anti-competitive hiring practices. the agreement is part of a settlement the makers of the star wars series reached with the u.s. justice department. the government accused lucas and pixar agreed not to recruit. >>> puerto low redwood st

abc 7's vic lee reports. >> there is new security procedures today following a weekend beating of a 60-year-old hospital therapist by a patient. at tack occurred while bouchet was being escorted on the grounds of a forensics facility. the section that houses the criminally insane and violent patients. latest assault less than two months after the psych tech was murdered on the same grounds. another patient is charged in that murder. now a mem joz the hospital is ending a lock down in place since gross's murder. wednesday, patients will be allowed again to roam the grounds without an escort but only avarice being assess manies which includes at least 90 days of safe and responsible behavior autos one of the big problems is that people should be in prison are there at napa state hospital. >> the psychiatrist left napa state last year, angry and fed up with what he saw. >> there is people without training assaulted them without weapons or ability to fight back. >> napa state has been under a court order tomorrow prove conditions for five years after a justice department investigation foun

abc 7's vic lee reports it's in response to tragedy in san bruno. this is a plan coming on heels that have huge, tragic gas line explosion in september. pg&e wants to give customers in san francisco and peninsula $25 but there is a string attached. >> we'll look at customers bills over previous three decembers averaging that out. and if you've saved gas we'll send you the card. >> the reason is that pg&e wants to avoid increasing pressure on pipeline that exploded in september. since then, the pressure on where all three lines have been reduced which lowers temperatures in the pipes. investigators have yet to come up with a cause for the explosion. one theory is that a sudden increased pressure triggered a blast. the utility reform group says it's all for the incentive plan since money comes from share shoulders not ratepayers. their main concern is still the mystery. >> we're concerned about is the fact that we don't know why the gas line is not safe to separate at regular pressure. >> most told us $25 won't keep them from turning up the heat. >> i

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as abc 7's vic lee explains it's a legal move angering many in the asian community. >> marktthew movetyrs old. his attorney says the young man has turned his life around. >> he graduated from high school. he graduated from college. he's now starting out in the business world. >> he now wants the court to reduce his felony assaults to misdemeanors and have his record sealed. prosecutors object saying hate crimes are serious cases. >> all violent cases are serious no matter what happens. >> the case is being heard by judge kevin mccarthy. he's the same judge that ruled six years ago he was guilty calling the crimes the most despicable behavior one can imagine. the attack happened june 2003 here in the sun set district near 19th avenue. many of the white students had been drinking at a keg party in stern grove. some ended up at this pizza shop. the assailants confronted five asian american teenagers on the street. >> the victims say their attackers yelled racial slurs before they beat them up. the whole incident lasted maybe 10 to 15 minutes but the victims say for them what happened here

as abc 7's vic lee explains, it is a legal move angering many in the asian community. >> matthew is 23ants the court to reduce his felony assaults to misdemeanors drop the hate crime conviction and have his record sealed. >> prosecutors object saying they're serious cases. >> the case is being heard by judge kevin mccarthy. he's the same judge who ruled six years ago that he was guilty calling the crimes the most despicable behavior one can imagine. the attack happened june 2003 here in the sunset district near 19th avenue. many of the white students had been drinking at a keg party in stern grove. some ended up at this pizza shop. the assail yants confronted five asian americans teenagers on the street. they say the attackers yelled racial slurs before they beat them up. the whole incident lasted ten to 15 minutes. for them what happened here would last a lifetime. >> this is what ken zing said at the trial. >> something i will never forget. >> wou was kicked repeatedly. they came today to show their opposition to his request. he didn't want to talk about it but his father said the at

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lee for work. >>> and how d.c.'smarion barry had his car stolen and why it is an obvious but still a very good lesson for all of us. >> a news 4 health alert. kids and caffeine. we have the surprising results next. >>> it turns out adults aren't the only ones getting their daily caffeine fix. rearchers at the university of nebraska say out of a survey of 200 kids, 75% had caffeine every day. children as young as 5 consumed caffeine daily. kids 8 to 12 had the equivalent of about a cup of coffee each day. that is a lot of caffeine for a little kid. >> yeah. >> as you drive to work you know just how bad the traffic is. >> but there may be a bright light at the end of the tunnel. according to "the washington post," a new census data report shows that more and more washington area residents are ditching their cars for publ transportation. betwn 205 and two nine, 14% of washington commuters used public transportation and that is up from % recorded during the 2000 census. fewer people are also driving solo. 66% of drivers

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this photograph was taken lo 1880's and you will see the lower right, the founder. john lee is actually my grant grant grand father. you might think it's remarkable to be a descendant of the guy, but he had 21 lives and by my count about 2500 descendants right about now. let's go to the next. you probably all know the overview of the river. those that never heard of the colorado river let me give you facts. 7 states and two nations share it. the fastest growing part of the nation by percentage or numbers. including utah, arizona, and nevada and california just on sheer numbers. 8 percent of the land area in the united states and it has 60 million acre feet of storage and that's closest to the highest in the world relative to it's annual flow of 15 million acre flow a year. it's about five to 25 million acre feet. there are 35 million people served in an enormously complicated legal environment. what happens after 7 years of drought on the river. these are two parts that have 50 million of the river in storage and we started out with full reservoirs and you end up with these

s five... i'm grace lee. police plan to give us more >>> time for in us news headlines. in a few minutes, san jose police plan to give us more information about an officer- involved shooting that happened at 11 p.m. last night near locust and woz way. the person wounded by an officer may have been a suspect in a nearby home robbery. the officer was also injured but not by gunfire. we'll have an update at 8:25. >>> the murder rate in east palo alto is only half of what it was last year, although all four homicides from this year are still unsolved. the police chief credits the community and police working together for this year's drop in the violent crime rate in east palo alto. >>> it will be up to incoming governor jerry brown to decide whether to try to sell state buildings in order to help deal with california's deficit. the state supreme court denied governor arnold schwarzenegger's request to sell the state buildings and then rent them. it ruled in a suit which claims that those supposed sales were illeg

jackson lee: madam speaker, i rise in support of s. 3243, the anti-border corruption act of 2010. and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, we all have a stake in ensuring that the agency in charge of securing our borders is strong and effective. accordingly, i believe that corruption anywhere in the ranks of customs and border protection must be dealt with swiftly and effectively. now, having gone to our borders both northern and southern border, i am well aware there is a lot of hard work, sacrifice, and professionalism that goes on among our c.d.p. personnel. s. 3243 will foster greater integrity throughout the c.d.p. by requiring polygraph tests for all law enforcement applications and directing c.d.p. leadership to conduct periodic reinvestigations on current personnel to root out any corruption. very important in light of the extreme conditions particularly on the southern border. and the fight that we have against drug cartels and violence. the men and women of customs and border prote

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the s & p at a two-year high. today shares of sarah lee selling itself to the brazilian company.the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a deadly mobile home fire in novato. firefighters found the body of a man inside the home at the mobile home park on san palo way after they put out the blaze yesterday. arriving crews found the home engulfed in flames but were able to bring it under control in about 15 minutes. firefighters safely evacuated the residents of two adjacent homes threatened by the fire. oakland is facing another possible legal hurdle in its efforts to regulate and tax marijuana farms. the city council is scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss the issue. applications for marijuana growing permits are due on wednesday. the website's california watch obtained a letter sent by the alameda district attorney to the mayor elect. the oakland city council approved an ordinance allowing marijuana cultivation in july. just ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00, why you may want to avoid you

s a good one and this sunday at 1 onny right here on fox 45. >>> maryland coach takes another job surprising team signs cliff lee make it one of -úthe best rotationhistory. and prep player of the week. coming up tonight at 10:50 on sports unlimitedd back to you. >> all right thank ou bruce. >> very cold out there. it hurts. >> yes when is it going to warm-up. here's vytas now with the 7 day orecast. vytas, cold temperatures tonight down into the eens. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. 32 degrees. chance for the snow showers on thursday. ww could et about an inch, a little more as you get to the south inch and a half around dc. be prepared for that morning rush hour. friday 37 degrees. warm-up a bit on saturday. 38 degrees now. we have to keep an eye to the sky. potential of another storm in the works possibly sunday morning or sunday afternoon into sunday night. could be a snow maker. still watching the track and development of this. right now only 30 percent chance but definitely keep your eye on sunday to see if it ppays out+++

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lee abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and prosecutors in contra costa -- county agreed to take a cut under a contract approved today. because its retroactive d.a.'s will are to take two years worth of cuts in six months airk cut of almost 8% and 12 furlough days between now and july. the contra costa fire district will cut half staff at this station in walnut creek next year, one station in the county staffed by two three-person engine units. the district hopes to save $800,000. the chief says eight other stations could close completely unless voter as prove a parcel tax increase. >> governor-elect jerry brown warned california educators to expect more cuts to the budget, hosted a briefing today and he did not oofr specifics on what he'll cut, did he say the budget is worse than he thought and that we've been living in a fantasy land. he'll unveil a budget january 10th promising to get an agreement in 60 days. >> and i've been going through this budget. it's been an excruciating and painful process, i have taken 20% out of the governor's budget. i'm going to find more. >> school district officials urged brown to avoid cutting education by spreadi

s, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go director :lee is present. mr. chairman, you have a quorum. please be advised that the reading of cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices are prohibited. a person responsible for one going off in the middle of a meeting may be asked to leave the room. please be advised cell phones are set -- that are set on the buy right position create microphone interference. the board refects police -- respectfully requests libby set in the off position. chairperson nolan: is there a motion to approve the minutes? all in favor, say aye. >> on 5, communications, please be advised that the closed session litigation has been removed from the agenda. item six, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> two things. i wanted to bring up the pedestrian safety issue again and acknowledged the fact that since the last meeting we had a pedestrian fatality in the city in a crosswalk near gehry street. i know that last week there was the first presentation of the 15 mile per hour home zones to

. >>> 8 tweefn s theÑç >>> staat your turbo otal body training program riiht now. danny lee.ld shoot for 20 of them, first. we would come downnand extend up. this is going to focus on hittinggthe corr as well. there's a total body. this is focuses on hitting the core. we should do 20 f those. >> okay. >> maybe do like a bounding burden oburpy, and then up..3 >>i know you jump down and all the wwy back. >> a lot of these are seconds, is 30 seccnds. >> the first one is 20 rrps. aerobbcs room and back. we are going to use the sliding disk. we will give you a pile push up slide. %-you're oming across the door. ú% danny, it's one of the harder programs. >>> as alwayssthaak you. more help.ú you can check on tte resuuts yourself. >>> check out our website fox baltimore.com fox morninn, get fit for the ew ear. >>> coming up we ave our countdown to christmas wwnner on -he phone right ow picking out their presents from under that tree. stay tuned to see what they'reú going o win. 8:32 is the time. you are watching fox 44 morning news, all ocal all mornnng. >>> welcome ack, i'm megan gi

s." >> thank you, john. >> you underestimate the sneakiness here. >> sneakiness. very good. >> thanks. >>> well, he said that if cliff leeaining. sports writer yesterday cliff lee announced he was the newest member of the philadelphia phillies. will the sports writer make good on the bet and bare those legs? we'll ask him next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some people just know how to build things well. give you and your loved ones an expertly engineered mercedes-benz... ho ho ho! [ male announcer ] ...at the winter event going on now. and stay connected with three years of mbrace service complimentary. and stay connected how can expedia now save me even more on my hotel? well, hotels know they can't fill every room every day. like this one. and this one. and oops, my bad. so, they give expedia ginormous discounts with these: unpublished rates. which means i get an even more rockin' hotel, for less. my brain didn't even break a sweat. where you book matters. expedia. >>> 37 minutes past the hour right now. a sports story with a twist this morning. you may remember especially if you follow baseball this week cliff lee basical