lin vijayendran suspected not report to police. in closing arguments the prosecution handed the and written notes. the attorney for one victim has elementary school principal. he is accused of failing to report a teacher suspected of molesting his students. lin vijayendran was the principle of with the elementary. they started reporting disturbing behavior from a teacher. rob fladeboe has more. >> the molestation of five girls is the correct charge. the current principal, lin vijayendran is charged with a single misdemeanor for not reporting chandler to police. during closing arguments the prosecution ported to lin vijayendran the handwritten notes. based on the interview that the student was blindfolded and put something in her mouth. they took the witness stand at lin vijayendran she said that she accepted the teacher's story. it was all part of a leopard lesson plan he talked about helen keller. a-e lambert lesson plan -- but a reasonable person would have to beat crazy not to be suspicious of that " elaborate " lesson plan. the

lin vijayendran was the principle of with the elementary. they started reporting disturbing behavior from a teacher. rob fladeboe has more. >> the molestation of five girls is the correct charge. the current principal, lin vijayendran is charged with a single misdemeanor for not reporting chandler to police. during closing arguments the prosecution ported to lin vijayendran the handwritten notes. based on the interview that the student was blindfolded and put something in her mouth. they took the witness stand at lin vijayendran she said that she accepted the teacher's story. it was all part of a leopard lesson plan he talked about helen keller. a-e lambert lesson plan -- but a reasonable person would have to beat crazy not to be suspicious of that " elaborate " lesson plan. they must think that they're crazy if they do not think that that is suspicious. she could spend six months in jail. >> coming up stanley roberts explains why neighbors are so upset. a pile of dirt in west oakland are starting to pile up. kron4's stanley roberts explains

lin vijayendran was the principle of o.b. whaley showed no commotion as she was found " guilty " for failing to report a teacher's suspected of sexual abuse. >> we think that this is correct and she needed to be held accountable and we needed to send a message to the rest of the minotaur reporters in our community that there are obligations to report. not to investigate. >> he is in jail on suspicion of molesting five second graders. lin vijayendran was the principle of o.b. whaley could spend six months in jail but she received $100 in fines and 100 hours of community service. rob fladeboe, kron 4. >>catherine: decision 2012 countdown until the election. and michael yaki is here we will talk about this very tight race coming up after the break. >> coming up gabe slate tech report one of these critical websites for the election. it will tell you quickly and easily what candid it will be a better suit for your financial needs to read what candid it... candid it what current candidate.... oq [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys

lin vijayendran sat quietly as the verdict was read.he wiped a tear as she was found aguilty for not reporting -- found guilty for not reporting child abuse at ob whaley elementary school. lin vijayendran she believed the teacher when she said he touched a child but

ah, hello, mei-lin. no, no, vincent's not here. perhaps he's with his cousins. he's not? his bank?y? he took his money? did you find him? no. where do you think he is? ( speaking mandarin ) but i know who he is with-- alex mendoza. well, then don't worry. they probably went to the library. on new year's eve? where else could they be? put those over there-- yeah, in the corner. ramón. hi, is this a bad time? rebecca, no, come in! this must be your brother, kevin. hi. kevin and i are sightseeing-- just checking out the city. this is a great time to be in san francisco. new year's is one long party from morning till night. sounds like my kind of town. i hope you don't mind if kevin comes tonight. not at all. i'd be honored to have kevin here for our new year's party. put on your dancing shoes-- the band is very good. señor ramón, disculpe... no sé cómo cerrarle el gas a la estufa. i think we should go. he seems really busy now. i thought you wanted to play him your tape. ramón, you're busy. we'll see you tonight. forgive me, there is so much to do. oh, don't worry. we'll see you later

cbs 5 reporter da lin explains the problem isn't just the thieves. it's also us. >> reporter: a trip on lakeshore avenue in oakland or any bay area city you'll see plenty of eyeballs looking down on smartphones and nothing else. >> and i didn't even pay attention to the camera. >> reporter: we caught one after another so engrossed in their phones that they ignored their surroundings. this man almost bumped into me. some bay area police agencies say that's why they are responding to so many robberies involving cell phones. they say people make themselves easy targets. some people even walk with their $400 and $500 phones out in the open. >> i handed him the phone in the crowded area, once he got his hands on it he was gone. >> reporter: daniel casey of oakland learned his lesson. never let a stranger borrow his iphone. >> felt betrayed. i was being nice. >> reporter: oakland saw a 23% increase in robberies so far this year compared to the same time last year. police say of the 60 robbery suspects arrested since august, more than half, 31 of them were

cbs 5 reporter da lin shows us how dolphins help the healing process. >>> reporter: they came home with invisible scars, psychologically traumatized by the combat experiences in the iraq war. >> it's personal. i'd rather not go into those. >> nice nightmares ray common occurrence. although over the years they have gotten less frequent, they are still -- every time they come up they're just as dramatic. >> reporter: of all places, their therapy took place in a tank at six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo with some very sociable and lovable dolphins. the 10 veterans are part of a post traumatic stress disorder recovery program known as pathway home. at first a lot of skepticism from the servicemen. the relationships started with rubbing of the dolphins. once they got comfortable, the vets started dancing with the dolphins. they even rode the dolphins around the tank. >> riding a dolphin. >> whoo! >> reporter: in just two short hours an emotional connection between the veterans and the dolphins ended with kisses. >> i just want to feed 'em fish and swim with 'em. >> reporter: this was th

cbs 5 reporter da lin tells us how an alert off-duty officer helped nab a dangerous suspect. >> reporter: what was supposed to be a romantic birthday dinner for an off-duty oakland police officer turned into a crime-fighting date involving a most wanted fugitive. oakland police say this man, 20- year-old ronnie flenaugh had been on the run for six months. >> he was my number one target in east oakland. >> reporter: in fact, just an hour before the arrest in san francisco, oakland police flew out to las vegas and raided a home where they thought flenaugh was hiding. he wasn't there. instead, he and a big group of people walked into ruth's chris steakhouse in san francisco. that was where off duty oakland police officer ernesto lay was celebrating his wife's birthday. >> what drew the attention to the off-duty officer is that a gentleman walked in with a hooded sweatshirt over his head, a baseball cap pulled down low, and a sweatshirt around his face. >> reporter: the oakland officer recognized flenaugh called for backup and waited for the group to eat their dinner. as they walked out, arm

in antioch, i'm da lin, cbs 5. >>> not in my backyard! the reason some bay area residents are fighting to keep 7-eleven out of their neighborhood. >> trouble for twinkies. the labor issues putting a snack food staple in jeopardy. >> and the 49ers head coach sidelined. the heart condition that has him in the hospital tonight. ,,,,,, neighborhood is doing all in to keep the convenience stoe from going up.... >>> a fight against 7-eleven. one bay area neighborhood is doing all it can to keep the convenience store from going up. near 501 north san mateo drive, cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman tells us why neighbors are saying no to big gulp and beef jerky. >> reporter: you want a 7- eleven in your residential neighborhood? maybe if you like big gulps and the chance to buy beer at all times. these people don't. >> we don't know how it happened. there were seven months of essential silence, and then all of a sudden the building permit is issued and that's what we have been trying to find out. >> reporter: hely lives in this san mateo neighborhood a

cbs 5 reporter da lin along the coast where flooding has shut down a stretch of the great highway. da. >> reporter: that's right. the great highway shut down in both directions. it has been shut down since this morning. and take a look. while that is part of the reason you can see there a lot of stranding water on the road, also take a look at the traffic signal pole there. it is buried in sand 7 feet deep because of the high winds blowing the beach sand over on to the roadway. a combination of heavy downpours and high winds flooded streets and knocked out power around the bay area this morning. >> it was pouring down rain. >> reporter: high winds brought down this large tree limb in saratoga. pg&e officials say this 28-foot section shut down traffic on thelma avenue and knocked out power to about 200 homes in the neighborhood. pg&e crews hope to have the electricity here restored b 7:00. 7 outages darkened 1200 homes and businesses. >> we are the first to get the wind off the ocean. so usually it's more gusty than what you get maybe over the hill or even in san francisco. we are l

what i'm saying, and then i know it's just me, him and god above. >> reporter: in east oakland, i'm da lin, cbs 5. >>> jury in martinez found 49- year-old nathan burris guilty in the murders of his ex- girlfriend and the man she was dating. prosecutors say he gunned them both down at the richmond/san rafael bridge toll plaza three years ago in a fit of jealous rage. a death penalty hearing set to begin tomorrow in front of the same jury. >>> an 11-month-old baby girl is in the hospital tonight after falling out of a third- story window in fremont. this happened around 2 p.m. this afternoon on walnut avenue just south of mission boulevard. the toddler fell into some bushes before then hitting the concrete. she was flown to the hospital and no word yet on her condition. >>> a new bay area shopping destination has everyone talking even the police. the reason officers will be on high alert for the grand opening. >> our big weather change is a three step process. that is step number one, the cloud cover. step number two is rain. step number three some snow, yeah, talking about the white stuff.

da lin at san francisco international airport on one of the busiest travel days of the year. da. >> reporter: that's right. busy sfo. in fact, sfo is very much a hotspot here for holiday travel. in fact, airport officials here expect about 120,000 passengers to have come through here when the day is over. >>> reporter: a busy but smooth day at san francisco international airport. we were given special access for an up-close look of the runway. planes packed with passengers taking off and landing in san francisco. >> we had clear skies and no turbulence and we got to sit together. >> reporter: despite how busy it was, there were no major delays or long lines. passengers coming and going were upbeat. they say security checkpoints moved pretty fast. >> nice. i was expecting it to really be a lot worse and i kind of -- i hate the stress of the airport so i hate flying so it's kind of nice to come into this atmosphere and not worry. >> reporter: airport officials say passenger traffic was up 3% at sfo this thanksgiving eve compared to the same day last year. lines were slightly lo

live in oakland, i'm da lin cbs 5. >>> developing news out of the northeast. three days after sandy slammed the region, tempers are flaring. and emotions are running high. the u.s. death toll has climbed to more than 80. the storm is blamed on 157 deaths total. it's unknown how many people are missing but searches are happening in several states. rising floodwaters have tens of thousands stranded in their homes. and 4.6 million homes and businesses are still without power. in new jersey, entire communities are unrecognizable. large areas of the coastline are in ruins with homes, piers and boardwalks wrecked. and now drivers are facing long lines for gas. this line wrapped around for miles as drivers waited hours to fill up at the few stations that still have both electricity and supplies. and it's a traffic nightmare in new york city. new york subways are providing limited service today and drivers trying to get into the city faced gridlock. cbs reporter vinita nair is in lower manhattan tonight. >> reporter: i'm here in lower manhattan standing in front of on

da lin, cbs 5. >>> no longer wanting to be left out of the big powerball jackpots?ornia is going all in. when you can buy your first powerball ticket next. >>> we got surprising numbers today that show america's economy is growing faster than we thought. what's causing the surge? we'll look at that tonight on the "cbs evening news." someone who walked into this store in phoenix, arizona cd >>> ticket comes out of here. and it was that simple for somebody to win 200 whatever million they won. >> yeah. this much we know. somebody who walked into that store in phoenix, arizona is a multimillionaire. the other winning ticket for powerball sold in dearborn, missouri. the winners haven't come forward so we don't know how many people are splitting the prize. the jackpot reached $580 million before last night's drawing. and with the powerball saga being the talk of the nation, californians may feel left out. but a vote came down to sell starting lottery tickets in california in april. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec reports. >> every week twice a week super lotto, megaand even

cbs 5 reporter da lin shows us that includes a stretch of the great highway tonight. >> reporter: they had to shut down the great highway because of standing water from lincoln to slope. this traffic signal is buried in 7 feet of sand. the high winds blew the beach sand on the road. a combination of heavy downpours and high winds flooded streets and knocked out power around the bay area this morning. >> it was pouring down rain. >> reporter: high winds brought down this large tree limb in saratoga. pg&e officials say this 28-foot section shut down traffic on thelma avenue and knocked out power to about 200 homes in the neighborhood. pg&e crews hope to have electricity here restored by 7:00. same problem in pacifica. pg&e crews say 7 outages in the coastal city darkened about 1200 homes and business. >> we are the first guys to get wind right off the ocean. so it's more gusty than you get over the hill or even in san francisco. we're like the front line as far as that's concerned. >> reporter: some small business owners had to shut down their stores. >> hardware is all rusted and the wi

da lin with how shop owners in berkeley are trying to entice people to their stores tomorrow.>> reporter: look how beautiful it is on fourth street in berkeley. you're not going to find a lot of big box stores or chain stores here. most of these are small independent stores. business owners hope small business saturday will attract a lot of shoppers tomorrow. the owners at these stores will be the first to admit they are not here to compete with big box stores and slash their prices to get shoppers in the door. they say small business saturday is about supporting the local independent stores and they in turn support the local economy and communities. >> if you love bookstores, if you love what's left of hardware stores, any kind of small store, you have to spend your dollars there. otherwise, we will go away. >> reporter: sure, american express will give their cardholders $25 for shopping at small businesses on saturday. and some stores will offer discounts and giveaways. but they say the biggest incentives for shoppers are unique gives you wouldn't find elsewhere and a better

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three decades after diana lin johnson was killed her friends are still overcome with emotion. diana was last seen at a party down the street from her vacaville home 30 years ago from tonight. her beaten and strangled body was found the next day by some near by railroad tracks. one of her friends says she remembers the day like it was yesterday. >> i had never experienced this evil and i had no idea it existed. i probably stood this shivering in complete sadness for about an hour until i was able to get myself to leave the horrific murder scene. >> but friends also remember the good times. >> reporter: at the time vacaville was a small farming town where it seemed everyone knew everyone's business. many say the killer was at that party. >> we are very well aware who it is. he has bragged about it many a times. even here recently. >> why? why hasn't anything but done? why isn't anybody in jail? >> reporter: a vacaville city councilwoman came to the vigil and quoted the police chief on the case. >> we don't have enough to actually convict or to actually even bring charges. >> rep

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three decades after diana lin johnson was killed her friends are still overcome with emotion. diana was last seen at a party down the street from her vacaville home 30 years ago from tonight. her beaten and strangled body was found the next day by some near by railroad tracks. one of her friends says she remembers the day like it was yesterday. >> i had never experienced this evil and i had no idea it existed. i probably stood this shivering in complete sadness for about an hour until i was able to get myself to leave the horrific murder scene. >> but friends also remember the good times. >> reporter: at the time vacaville was a small farming town where it seemed everyone knew everyone's business. many say the killer was at that party. >> we are very well aware who it is. he has bragged about it many a times. even here recently. >> why? why hasn't anything but done? why isn't anybody in jail? >> reporter: a vacaville city councilwoman came to the vigil and quoted the police chief on the case. >> we don't have enough to actually convict or to actually even bring charges. >> rep

. >>> ob whaley elementary school principal lin vijayendran charged with failing to report a teacher who was suspect offend molesting students at ob whaley elementary school was found guilty today. the teacher is in jail awaiting his trial for molesting fbi second grade girls. protesters -- prosecutors say had the principal alerted police sooner it may have saved at least one victim. >> when you be the responsibility of hundreds of children in your care you can't afford to drop the ball like that. it was just -- it was -- she got horrible advice from hr. and she didn't do what she knew she had to do. >> the principal faced up to 6 months in prison but face as fine and 100 hours of community service. >>> more bad news for san francisco. muni's insurance will not cover the damage from the bus that was touched during the giants world series parade. -- torched during the giants world series parade. muni will have to foot the bill for the replacement. san francisco is working hard on tracking down those responsible for destroying the bus. the man who was seen smashing windows on the bus w

as cbs 5 reporter da lin tells us, the man under arrest is suspected in numerous east bay felonies. >reporter: what was supposed to be a romantic birthday dinner for an off-duty oakland police officer turned into a crime-fighting date involving a most wanted fugitive. oakland police say this man, 20- year-old ronnie flenaugh, had been on the run for six months. >> he was my number one target out in east oakland. >> reporter: in fact, just an hour before the arrest in san francisco, oakland police flew out to las vegas and raided a home where they thought flenaugh was hiding. he wasn't there. instead, he and a big group of people walked into a steakhouse in san francisco where an off- duty oakland police officer was celebrating his wife's birthday. >> what drew the attention to the off-duty officer is that a gentleman walked in with a hooded sweatshirt over his head a baseball cap pulled down low and the sweatshirt drawn closely around his face. >> reporter: but the oakland officer recognized flenaugh, called for backup and wait for the group to eat dinner. as they walked out, armed of

cbs 5 reporter da lin, what happened? >> reporter: ken, the woman was really fed up that the two burglars targeted her health twice in two weeks, so she picked up a bat and went after the burglars and their car. >>> reporter: a 55-year-old woman used this aluminum baseball bat to chase off two would-be burglars, their second attempt to break in, in nine days. the woman declined to talk on camera. her 22-year-old daughter says her mother wanted to make sure the burglars don't return by confronting them. >> it had happened a week ago and probably knew what was going on and so she was like, oh, no. they are not doing this again. >> reporter: the family is still shaken up and asked me not to identify them or the house. it happened last friday morning around 9:30 on saint james drive. police say the two men in their 20s first rang the doorbell. when no one responded, they smashed this window to try to get in. it turned out the homeowner was home. >> she was in her bathrobe and grabbed this bat and chased up the stairs and swep

lin anyone -- a gas rationing system is started, tj winnick tells us there is no end in sight. >> with gasoline difficult, ragging is spread to new york city, and long island. going on 11 days of a fuel shortage, drivers have a short fuse. >> impossible. there is no gas or you wait three hours. >> reporter: many running out before they reach the pump. last night a cop was there to keep peace, and helped a man push his car the final block. a new york man was charged with running down a police officer after he was told to move his car from a gas line because it was blocking traffic. more than 500,000 customers across the region are living without power. many also need gas to keep generators running in frigid temperatures. >> 90% is not a victory, the 10% who don't have power is a defeat, we will keep working and keep pushing the issue until that number is zero. 10 days after the killer storm, new york city mayor, michael bloomberg is taking action. instituting, odd, even gas rationing system. it will be available to drivers with license plate numbers ending in an odd number or a letter b

gary lin's primary care clinic in taipei is open 11 hours a day, six days a week. the fees that government insurance pays doctors are very low. dr. lin gets only $14 for each primary care visit. his colleague in the u.s. makes $100 per patient. taiwan's legislature just raised the insurance premiums people pay to get more money into the system. but don't expect politicians to do something unpopular like that very often. >> in the 16-year-old history, taiwan's government has succeeded in raising premium rates twice. just twice. >> no matter which health care system you visit, politics always comes into play. the next country we're going to visit has some remarkably similar politics to our own. its passed a version of obama care 18 years ago. has it worked out? or is it a disaster? find out when we come back. ons,. ons,. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by bl

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at the shops in towson to tell us about the ties and the kids who designed them a lot are with you, lin zoo. >> reporter: they are, they are troopers, they got up extra early to be with us. they were asked to draw one of their favorite things. they have snow men, christmas wreaths. what do you have, apples and a worm. thank you so much. we're going down the line here. world peace and what do we have, be happy. that's cute. and the tie that you wear, with the presents. we have doctor dover he says he works for the children. >> thank you for become here -- being here. >> this my job. one of the best in the world. we're celebrating is the miracle tie collection. this is the 16th year that we have done it. it is wonderful because it represents a partnership with jos a. bank and the hopkins and of course the children of baltimore and of the midatlantic region nationally who really help us support the children. >>> where does the money go. >> it keeps the doors open. at hopkins we have lots of needs for the children and the families, everything from the toys that they get to the clothes that

in san leandro, i'm da lin. cbs 5. >>> it begins again. >> here comes round 2. >> yeah. >> we talked about 3. we're almost halfway there. >> ding, ding, ding. >> by the end of the weekend, as soon as you go back to work the sunshine is going to return but it is thursday night and we have a lot of rain moving in our direction. a couple of drips on our camera lens here at the top of cbs 5 looking toward the beautiful majestic bay bridge. rain is making it into the bay area. one thing that arrived is rough surf and a high surf advisory is in effect for the coastline all the way through saturday all this moisture piled in is kicking up the waves and we'll likely see swells 14 to 16 feet through the weekend. video from earlier today. the rough surf in pacifica. radar looks rough. hi-def doppler is beginning to show those showers creep toward the greater san francisco area. but right now the heavy stuff is still to the north like we told you working from the north to the south. look at all that yellow you see for clea

cbs 5 reporter da lin on how neighbors are remembering a man regarded as a pillar of the community. >> reporter: look at this makeshift memorial. police say it was inside the store that someone robbed and killed the man known as marcus. a lot of folks are upset because they say he works very hard to help out the young people in this community. tears, anger and disbelief that someone killed a man who gave so much it a community that has so little. >> he was always giving the kids raider tickets. questioned every kid would come in. if they were hungry, he would give them money to feed them. >> it's such a sad, sad moment not because of just what's been taken from us but because of what's been taken from everyone else. my father was an amazing man. >> reporter: the police chief and the victim's family spoke out this afternoon asking witnesses to speak up and help solve the killing. >> personally saddened by this senseless act of violence and i pledge to this family and community that we will forge as many resources as we can into finding the killer. >> reporter: police say someone robbed

da lin with why these bargain hunters are taking it so seriously. da. >> reporter: these guys have been camping out here since tuesday so, yeah, pretty serious. now, best buy doesn't open until midnight. so about 6 hours away from now but already about 100 people have been lining up out here waiting for the store to open up. >> whoo! >> reporter: for many families, this is how they celebrate thanksgiving. but increasingly, more people are spending turkey day camping out in front of stores. >> my 8th year doing it so i have been doing it for a while. >> reporter: we stopped by walmart, target and fry's electronics from fremont to concord. no long lines at those stores. a different story though at best buy stores across the bay area. those storefronts have turned into urban campgrounds. >> people are sleeping here. >> reporter: how did you fit? >> we were all just lying flat. >> it was raining tuesday night. the whole tent was wet. we had to sleep in the cars. >> reporter: the first person in line at this union city best buy camped out here since tues

crucially the proper perspective of the arcs and curves are kept intact as a result of the shift lin's. therefore you could almost feel the glare of heavenly inspiration jumping out through your screen. but there's another kind of scanning out there that involves a near constant monitoring of the skies this is the most cool ground station of a company called scan x. which is recognized as one of the top thirty innovative companies tech success and we mentioned earlier it all started with rather simple computerized weather stations worked out by moscow state university researchers in one thousand nine hundred one the company developed these helix shaped weather data reception stations which proved useful for schools and state agencies alike but their big breakthrough came in the mid ninety's when they decide to revolutionize the field of data reception. was. designed and built a so-called personal data reception station but it was unlike that it was much smaller for example as there is so three satellite reception stations measure twelve damage one like this one which is about three met

da lin at sfo where air traffic has been heavy but relatively hassle-free. da. >> reporter: pretty heavy. a lot of folks are getting dropped off here at sfo. it's one of the hot spots across the country for holiday travel and airport officials at sfo say they expect about 120,000 passengers to have come through here when the day is over. >>> reporter: a busy but smooth day at san francisco international airport. we were given special access for an up-close look of the runway. planes packed with passengers taking off and landing in san francisco. >> we had clear skies and no turbulence and we got to sit together. >> reporter: despite how busy it was, there were no major delays or long lines. passengers coming and going were upbeat. they say security checkpoints moved pretty fast. >> nice. i was expecting it to really be a lot worse and i kind of --i hate the stress of the airport so i hate flying so it's kind of nice to come into this atmosphere and not worry. >> reporter: airport officials say passenger traffic was up 3% at sfo this thanksgiving eve compared

. >> reporter: the school district declined to comment on the verdict or the future of lin vijayendran as an employee. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> california's fair political practices commission says backers of the effort to defeat proposition 30 illegally launders money. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live now. >> reporter: that campaign thing is over right now, everybody has gone. the controversy very much remains. $11million spent to defeat prop 30 and pass prop 32. who wrote the checks is still unknown. the money trail leads back from the post office box of an arizona entity, to another called the center to protect patient rights, to another one called americans for job security. >> the money gone through three hands before it got to the arizona group and came to california. >> reporter: law can protect the identity of the person who funded the money. >> these particular organizations do not have to reveal their donors. >> reporter: unless prosecutors can prove a conspiracy to laundther money. >> looks -- launder the money. >> looks like there cou

in oakland, i'm da lin, cbs 5. >>> two east palo alto women are in custody suspected of committing more than a dozen home burglaries in the bay area. police arrested them last week in los altos. today officers showed us some of the loot they found in the women's car. police believe they are behind 15 residential bliss since june in santa clara, san mateo, and contra costa county. >> we have identified and contacted a number of victims. but there are still many victims out there so we are going to be working with the neighboring law enforcement agencies to identify those victims and hopefully have them come to the police department and hopefully identify some of their stolen items. >> both women face burglary and possession of drugs. >>> still raining in the bay area and in some places now the coldest it's been since early spring. we see a 40 out there? meteorologist paul deanno. >> right now in santa rosa it is down to 48 degrees. you're likely going to the upper 30s tonight. napa 52. fairfield, concord 50. san jose 53 degrees. monday of this week, san jose you hit a record high of 85.

what i'm saying, and then i know it's just me, him and god above. >> reporter: in east oakland, i'm da lin, cbs 5. >>> this was a nasty day after for wall street. uncertainty about the political stalemate in washington sent the dow towards its worst single day of 2012. it was down 313. but the dow wasn't just fueled by trouble in dc. >> another big issue sinking the market is europe. we have a downgrade from the european union on growth prospects in europe for this year. and it's looking like the recession could last all the way through next year. >> if you have ever wanted to grab some apple stock, now may be the time. today the stock price hit a six- month low. $561. analysts blame a sluggish earnings report in october but say the holiday shopping season will likely drive the price back up. >>> a new shopping mall will bring in an economic boost to livermore. the paragon outlet mall opens tomorrow. and it's the largest in the area. and that means jobs, shoppers and, yes, traffic. cbs 5 reporter juliette goodrich on how everyone is getting ready. >> reporter: case in point, this is what h

lin endron is on trial for failing to report abuses against children. she admitted she knew about parents concerns with the teacher. the teacher was later arrested and charged with committing lewd acts on five children. >>> the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and tell the jury he has no regrets. nathan burris defending tcharge that he killed two at the san mateo toll plaza. yesterday, he admitted he was the shooter and he said he still feels hatred for the victims. burris will return to the stand on monday. if convicted, he would be eligible for the death penalty. >>> a bay area mother will wait several more weeks to find if a bone fragment belongs to her missing daughter. a lab in arizona is testing the bone to see if it belongs to machaela garrett. the fragment was found several weeks ago, but the test results have been delayed. authorities will not say why. hayward police say it could be weeks before the results are back. >>> people are still struggling without power and fuel. the devastation from hurricane sandy continues as the days go by

and maryland's alex lin has been named the player of the week. 13 rebounds. both career highs in 72-69 loss to kentucky. tonight maryland hosts in the home opener. also tonight capitol's head coach will be inducted into the hockey hall of fame. >> thanks. over to shawn yancy for a look at what's coming up tonight. >> continuing to follow that developing story in maryland. a threat on a montgomery college campus. what led them to the suspect and reaction from the students. >>> plus, a local nursing home under the microscope following the death of a patient. a history of health and safety violations. more on the home's problems and hear from a former patient in a fox 5 investigation. >> christmas tree is on its way to dc. first, the 73 foot spruce made a special stop to denver. picked up from the white river national forest in colorado and making a series of stops along the three week 5,000 mile journey. expected to arrive on the capitol lawn on november 26th. the tree lighting ceremony will be held next month. >> tree lighting time already. yeah, you know what

reporter: there are blight spots to be seen like the one we witnessed when we passed by bill mull lins who was having his own flag raising ceremony on his front yard. blocks away from the atlantic ocean, bill mullins feels lucky to live here. >> i don't think you can quantify it. we're blessed to be this close to the ocean. it's a double edged sword of course but i think for all the good beings, absolutely worth the bad. >> that's an interesting perspective. his house survived compared to some of the other damage. when you see all of this rebuilding that's going to be coming. >> it's strange. again, it's so personal. for brian williams, as a kid growing up there, firefighter near there. i mean, it's personal for a lot of us. >> a lot of us. >>> this comes to us from ktal nbc 6 in shreveport, louisiana, where memories of hurricane katrina are inspiring one high school to come to the aid of hurricane sandy victims. help is on the way. that is the message being sent by airline high students and faculty. the group is on a mission to send this semi-trailer stocked with canned food, blankets

then you say that gm should take that lin of credit and help pay back taxpayers, something like this.t or not be here at least in the present form except for taxpayers, why shouldn't we get paid back? we're lendersnd should get paid back first, and paid back before everybody else. >> neil: charles payne? >> you know, i agree with ben. the bottom line, they are reconvinced the american public that the bailout worked, but people should get something to show for it. we haven't gotten anything. >> adam. >> i totally disagree. we've got a very good return on the investment in form of the jobs that gm and customers have right now. and it's been a good investment, if not a good financial investment. >> neil: gasperino. >> i think the lousy financial investment, but that's not why we bailed them out. we bailed them out to allegedly get jobs. >> no more votes, that's why he bailed them out. bailed them out, let's face it and be realistic here. at the end of the day it was a political calculation. >> neil: it's a sell on a loss, you agree with that, and that it doesn't matter. it's a political

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