live in irvine, lloyd lacuesta. >> joining us now is our political editor randy shandobil. as we talk about what happened here. because all over the country we have republicans and tea party candidates making huge wins. what's going on here? >> you're right, a tea party uprising of sorts nationwide throws the bums out. jerry brown and barbara boxer two quote unquote career politician democrats win. the senate i think is easy to explain. sure boxer has been around forever and the economy is weak. every other issue important to california, the environment, abortion rights, boxer positions are much more mainstream california than fiorina's are. if being a career politician is seen as a negative, being a corporate ceo who outsourced thousands of jobs a bigger negative. the governor's race i hate to sound simplistic. but efforts are more in character. people seem to know him and seem to think he's a straight shooter. bitman -- whitman seemed to be a woman who hardly voted and thought she could run for governor. >>> the race for secretary of state did not draw much attention. our

live in irvine, lloyd lacuesta. >> joining us now is our political editor randy shandobil. as we talk about what happened here. because all over the country we have republicans and tea party candidates making huge wins. what's going on here? >> you're right, a tea party uprising of sorts nationwide throws the bums out. jerry brown and barbara boxer two quote unquote career politician democrats win. the senate i think is easy to explain. sure boxer has been around forever and the economy is weak. every other issue important to california, the environment, abortion rights, boxer positions are much more mainstream california than fiorina's are. if being a career politician is seen as a negative, being a corporate ceo who outsourced thousands of jobs a bigger negative. the governor's race i hate to sound simplistic. but efforts are more in character. people seem to know him and seem to think he's a straight shooter. bitman -- whitman seemed to be a woman who hardly voted and thought she could run for governor. >>> the race for secretary of state did not draw much attention. our

lloyd lacuesta is at her challengers carly fiorina. but we're going to start with rita williams, that's where boxers supporters are gathering. >> reporter: we're right here at the heart of hollywood. some of the democrats movers and shakers, those that are not having parties of their own will show up. democrats are expecting to be partying here in just a few more hours. right now outside our door here and maybe that is significant. a touch of the unreal if you will where california democrats are predicted at least to hold on to it's targeted u.s. senate seat. barbara boxer painted by her republican opponent fiorina as too liberal and too out of touch with most californians is having her last campaign today in oakland. boxer 69, a former marin county supervisor is seeking her fourth the fourth term on if senate. as you heard carol hann, democrats fear it maybe low for them. certainly not like two years ago when president obama was elected. so the night is young here in hollywood, get out to vote wherever you are. and determine whether d

in santa clara, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> take another look at lloyd's story tonight along with other recent special reports by going to our website ktvu.com and clicking on the tab there at the top of the home page. >>> a ban could be put into place this week preventing new cell phone towers from being erected in an east bay city. the walnut creek city council on tuesday will consider imposing a six-month moratorium on new wireless towers in residential neighborhoods. this follows complaints from residents who say the city's 13- year-old wireless facilities ordinance doesn't go far enough. it regulates the heights of antennas and what they can look like but not where they can be placed. >> a man as arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after he slammed into a group of motorcyclists killing five people. carlos ramirez was among the six people injured in yesterday's crash on a remote desert highway east of san diego. the highway patrol says while officers smelled alcohol on ramirez's breath, it is unclear if it was a factor in the crash. ramirez is not b

lloyd lacuesta is at the church right now. >> reporter: as all of us know in order to make a call likethere has to be a cell phone tower near by to send and receive calls. now this church, the first presbyterian church is proposing a tower on the top of this church. >> we're getting blasted with microwaves and it's resinating on our body. >> reporter: this is a rendition of the antenna, it'll be housed 29.5 feet aboveground in a chimney shaped structure on the roof of the church's fellowship hall. on the church's ground is a preschool for some 70 children. >> i don't know how powerful it would be, like ten cell phones for one kid. >> my understanding is that it's much much less energy than in a kitchen appliance. >> reporter: the church would receive $1,700 a month for the cell phone tower. but the pastor says the church is doing it for the community not for the money. as for health concerns -- >> i'm in the faith business and i trust people and i have to trust what people that i really, who are part of the faith community and have looked at this very closely. >> reporter: tomorrow the

live in sunnyvale, lloyd lacuesta. >>> and hundreds of people ate dinner today at st. anthony's. those who offered up meals to the 5,000 people who dined at glide say they want to do more to feed the hungry. >> that's why thanksgiving is so important. people can be thankful, people can rejoice, people can have joy and we try to bring joy. >> reporter: st. anthony's fed 5,000 people today. both organizations say they've seen a steep increase of as many as 10,000 people in need but at the same time donations are down. they are asking for help not only in the holiday season but also throughout the rest of the year. >>> a way of saying thanks, but there are other images, other ways of saying thanks. with even expressing gratitude. >> reporter: thanksgiving day, 2,000 feet up. >> it is all new to me, it's beautiful. >> reporter: a father with his children, a boyfriend who flew in his girlfriend. >> it's my first time out here, i didn't think it would be this pretty. but it's definitely breathtaking. >> reporter: and a son who welcomed his mother. >> it's one of those beautiful places

live in sunnyvale, lloyd lacuesta. >>> and hundreds of people ate dinner today at st. anthony's. those who offered up meals to the 5,000 people who dined at glide say they want to do more to feed the hungry. >> that's why thanksgiving is so important. people can be thankful, people can rejoice, people can have joy and we try to bring joy. >> reporter: st. anthony's fed 5,000 people today. both organizations say they've seen a steep increase of as many as 10,000 people but at the same time donations are down. they are asking for help not only in the holiday season but also throughout the rest of the year. >>> a way of saying thanks, but there are other images, other ways of saying thanks. with even expressing gratitude. >> reporter: thanksgiving day, 2,000 feet up. >> it is all new to me, it's beautiful. >> reporter: a father with his children, a boyfriend who flew in his girlfriend. >> it's my first time out here, i didn't think it would be this pretty. but it's definitely breathtaking. >> reporter: and a son who welcomed his mother. >> it's one of those beautiful places in the w

lloyd lacuesta is live. >> it is now the voters turn to speak. but up to the last minute, the efforts continue to sway them. >> this is robert and i'm a volunteer with the california republican party. >> reporter: republican volunteers were calling people and urging them to vote for gubernatorial candidate meg whitman. >> we're not complacent. in the county we're working hard to the very end to turn out the workers. >> i'm with the vote yes on measure eight campaign. >> reporter: while at the south labor -- volunteers were making their pitches for their candidates. >> we don't want anyone to feel complacent. we want them to come out and we want them to vote. >> reporter: santa clara registrar of voters, many turned out to cast their ballots tonight. there are a variety of reasons for the early birds, some wanted their time to -- >> the nos can be no and the yeses can be yes. >> reporter: mail in ballots are already being counted tonight. there are some 780,000 voters in santa clara county. >> they are going to be probably more voters voting by ma

lloyd lacuesta is at the church right now. >> reporter: as all of us know in order to make a call likethere has to be a cell phone tower near by to send and receive calls. now this church, the first presbyterian church is proposing a tower on the top of this church. >> we're getting blasted with microwaves and it's resinating on our body. >> reporter: this is a rendition of the antenna, it'll be housed 29.5 feet aboveground in a chimney shaped structure on the roof of the church's fellowship hall. on the church's ground is a preschool for some 70 children. >> i don't know how powerful it would be, like ten cell phones for one kid. >> my understanding is that it's much much less energy than in a kitchen appliance. >> reporter: the church would receive $1,700 a month for the cell phone tower. but the pastor says the church is doing it for the community not for the money. as for health concerns -- >> i'm in the faith business and i trust people and i have to trust what people that i really, who are part of the faith community and have looked at this very closely. >> reporter: tomorrow the

lloyd lacuesta covered the story when the shooting happened one year ago. and he is live in hayward with the story. >> reporter: it was one year ago tonight at about this time that someone shot thomas cunningham at this spot near b and vermont streets in hayward. there is a memorial here now and friends of the victim say he is not forgotten. >> we come together to join in celebrate tom's life. >> reporter: a small group came together to hold candidates and remember the school custodian that children called mr. tom. he was walking his two dogs and his daughter to get ice cream. police say one of the dogs sniffed the leg of a man walking by and the man got upset and pulled a gun and shot cunningham several times in the chest. his daughter saw it all. and because the killer is still out there we are not showing their faces. >> i don't know how someone could kill someone over something so stupid and small. and i just don't know what the world is coming to any more. and we miss him so much. >> reporter: it has been a trying year for the cunninghams. two months a

lloyd lacuesta covered the story when the shooting happened one year ago. and he is live in hayward with the story. >> reporter: it was one year ago tonight at about this time that someone shot thomas cunningham at this spot near b and vermont streets in hayward. there is a memorial here now and friends of the victim say he is not forgotten. >> we come together to join in celebrate tom's life. >> reporter: a small group came together to hold candidates and remember the school custodian that children called mr. tom. he was walking his two dogs and his daughter to get ice cream. police say one of the dogs sniffed the leg of a man walking by and the man got upset and pulled a gun and shot cunningham several times in the chest. his daughter saw it all. and because the killer is still out there we are not showing their faces. >> i don't know how someone could kill someone over something so stupid and small. and i just don't know what the world is coming to any more. and we miss him so much. >> reporter: it has been a trying year for the cunninghams. two months a

lloyd lacuesta is live. >> it is now the voters turn to speak. but up to the last minute, the efforts continue to sway them. >> this is robert and i'm a volunteer with the california republican party. >> reporter: republican volunteers were calling people and urging them to vote for gubernatorial candidate meg whitman. >> we're not complacent. in the county we're working hard to the very end to turn out the workers. >> i'm with the vote yes on measure eight campaign. >> reporter: while at the south labor -- volunteers were making their pitches for their candidates. >> we don't want anyone to feel complacent. we want them to come out and we want them to vote. >> reporter: santa clara registrar of voters, many turned out to cast their ballots tonight. there are a variety of reasons for the early birds, some wanted their time to -- >> the nos can be no and the yeses can be yes. >> reporter: mail in ballots are already being counted tonight. there are some 780,000 voters in santa clara county. >> they are going to be probably more voters voting by ma

in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> and you will find a the complete list of locationsneedy this holiday season on ktvu.com. just scroll down to the right now section. >> nasa scientists say temperature readings from lake tahoe confirm their research showing the world lakes are getting warmer. they studied infrared satellite photos of 167 of the world's largest lakes, including lake tahoe. they found on an average they increased one degree every decade. they checked the actual water temperature to validate their findings in lake tahoe. [ music >>> more activity on live stormtracker 2 as a cold front approaches northern california. it will impact one part of your bay area weekend. in fact you can see right now most of the impressive activity up along the north coast rainfall amounts have been a half an inch over the past 24 hours. also to the north for northern lake county we do have a winter storm warning in place. we could have snowfall amounts approaching 10 inches. go ahead and switch over the radar and come in locally here. a little bit of activity moving into the n

in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> and you will find a the complete list of locationson on ktvu.com. just scroll down to the right now section. >> nasa scientists say temperature readings from lake tahoe confirm their research showing the world lakes are getting warmer. they studied infrared satellite photos of 167 of the world's largest lakes, including lake tahoe. they found on an average they increased one degree every decade. they checked the actual water temperature to validate their findings in lake tahoe. [ music ] >>> more activity on live stormtracker 2 as a cold front approaches northern california. it will impact one part of your bay area weekend. in fact you can see right now most of the impressive activity up along the north coast rainfall amounts have been a half an inch over the past 24 hours. also to the north for northern lake county we do have a winter storm warning in place. we could have snowfall amounts approaching 10 inches. go ahead and switch over the radar and come in locally here. a little bit of activity moving into the north bay neighborhood

live where hundreds of people showed up to see him is lloyd lacuesta. >> reporter: inside the gun club it was a mad house as hundreds turned out to see world boxing champion manny paciao. he holds eight world boxing titles. he displayed a different side tonight. manny, the singer. he is a ration to riches story of a filipino boy who rose out of poverty in the slums to become the pacman, described as pound per pound the greatest boxer in the world. >> he has to be pill piano. we are proud to have him part of us. >> reporter: in the ring his speed and skills are impressive. this weekend he destroyed the taller and heavier antonio margarita to claim the junior middle weight belt, his 8th. outside the ring he serves as a congressman in the philippines. he is a writer as he was signing his new book tonight, i asked him how does he balance politics and bunching? >> if i have a fight, you know, i give everything to the fight. and after the fight i give 100% to work. >> but from pumper to president maybe? >> i don't know. i don't know. right now i have to do my job. >> reporter: people paid $1

live where hundreds of people showed up to see him is lloyd lacuesta. >> reporter: inside the gun club it was a mad house as hundreds turned out to see world boxing champion manny paciao. he holds eight world boxing titles. he displayed a different side tonight. manny, the singer. he is a ration to riches story of a filipino boy who rose out of poverty in the slums to become the pacman, described as pound per pound the greatest boxer in the world. >> he has to be pill piano. we are proud to have him part of us. >> reporter: in the ring his speed and skills are impressive. this weekend he destroyed the taller and heavier antonio margarita to claim the junior middle weight belt, his 8th. outside the ring he serves as a congressman in the philippines. he is a writer as he was signing his new book tonight, i asked him how does he balance politics and bunching? >> if i have a fight, you know, i give everything to the fight. and after the fight i give 100% to work. >> but from pumper to president maybe? >> i don't know. i don't know. right now i have to do my job. >> reporter: people paid $1

lloyd lacuesta has our report. >> reporter: the crab pots are piled up here on the fisherman's ward. the boats are ready to set sail and fishermen are ready to go. >> can't wait, excited. heart's pumping, it makes an old man go. anticipation, there's a will the of crab out there. >> reporter: behalf moon bay was bustling with active activity tonight. crews were stocking the boat with the materials and equipment needed to start catching dungenous crab. >> we have so much to do to get ready to take off by 6:00 a.m. >> reporter: the standard for recovery is to make sure that 25% of the crab is meat. >> you see how the color has changed different. >> reporter: crabs from bodega bay and san francisco were tested today. the average recovery turned out to be 26.8%. the agreed on wholesale price is $3.49. >> last year opening day i got $5. >>> there's excitement tonight at the crab landing restaurant. the ships are firing up the flames under the crab pots. the menu lists the number of dishes and the price of crab depends on if they sell or not. the crab season is looking for a bonanza season

lloyd lacuesta has our report. >> reporter: the crab pots are piled up here on the fisherman's ward. the boats are ready to set sail and fishermen are ready to go. >> can't wait, excited. heart's pumping, it makes an old man go. anticipation, there's a will the of crab out there. >> reporter: behalf moon bay was bustling with active activity tonight. crews were stocking the boat with the materials and equipment needed to start catching dungenous crab. >> we have so much to do to get ready to take off by 6:00 a.m. >> reporter: the standard for recovery is to make sure that 25% of the crab is meat. >> you see how the color has changed different. >> reporter: crabs from bodega bay and san francisco were tested today. the average recovery turned out to be 26.8%. the agreed on wholesale price is $3.49. >> last year opening day i got $5. >>> there's excitement tonight at the crab landing restaurant. the ships are firing up the flames under the crab pots. the menu lists the number of dishes and the price of crab depends on if they sell or not. the crab season is looking for a bonanza season

lloyd lacuesta live tonight with our report. >> reporter: i'm at the san jose garden, plants also need protection with temperatures dropping to cold freeze levels. >> with the cold weather i'm concerned my plants are going to die and not come back. >>> in san jose, people were coming in to buy floss and plattics to cover and blanket their plants through the night. this woman who was buying plant covers says she is worried about the vegetables in her garden. >> they've slowed town ripening. seems like the last wave they were doing great. now they've slowed down with the cold. >> reporter: workers were also bringing in poinsettias from mexico because the chill outside would harm them. workers were taking similar precautions to protect their citrus trees. >> the citrus is prone to freezing so we'll have to bring them under the eves and cover them to protect them from the cold for the next several nights. >> reporter: the other trick is to water plants, but not the leaves or tops of the plant. >> if you water the base, that protects the roots. >> reporter: bodine recommends adding dish wat

lloyd lacuesta. >>> about 100 mental health workers called on the state today to beef up safety at napa valley hospital. 54-year-old donna groves was found strangled on the hospital ground late last month. a patient who was declare insane in the 90s was responsible. >>> vacaville police says the one of the most violent crimes they've seen in years. tonight an 18-year-old is in custody suspected of killing two men and shooting a woman in the face. police say the suspect richard ruben hawkins went to the apartment in williams street, shot and killed two men and wounded a woman. the two men were 20 and 21 years old. no names have been released. after the shooting, hawkins walked to the police station with a gun in his hand where he started breaking windows. >> he was not combative. he refused to show the officers his hands. we did use a device to subdue him and he was taken to the hospital. >> police say they had contact with hawkins before but did not elaborate. >>> passengers can't use religious as an excuse to avoid body images or pat down. people who won't go through a full body scanne

lloyd lacuesta. >>> about 100 mental health workers called on the state today to beef up safety at napa valley hospital. 54-year-old donna groves was found strangled on the hospital ground late last month. a patient who was declare insane in the 90s was responsible. >>> vacaville police says the one of the most violent crimes they've seen in years. tonight an 18-year-old is in custody suspected of killing a the face. police say the suspect richard ruben hawkins went to the apartment in williams street, shot and killed two men and wounded a woman. the two men were 20 and 21 years old. no names have been released. after the shooting, hawkins walked to the police station with a gun in his hand where he started breaking windows. >> he was not combative. he refused to show the officers his hands. we did use a device to subdue him and he was taken to the hospital. >> police say they had contact with hawkins before but did not elaborate. >>> passengers can't use religious as an excuse to avoid body images or pat down. people who won't go through a full body scanner or subject to a pat down won

lloyd lacuesta live tonight with our report. >> reporter: i'm at the san jose garden, plants also need protection with temperatures dropping to cold freeze levels. >> with the cold weather i'm concerned my plants are going to die and not come back. >>> in san jose, people were coming in to buy floss and plattics to cover and blanket their plants through the night. this woman who was buying plant covers says she is worried about the vegetables in her garden. >> they've slowed town ripening. seems like the last wave they were doing great. now they've slowed down with the cold. >> reporter: workers were also bringing in poinsettias from mexico because the chill outside would harm them. workers were taking similar precautions to protect their citrus trees. >> the citrus is prone to freezing so we'll have to bring them under the eves and cover them to protect them from the cold for the next several nights. >> reporter: the other trick is to water plants, but not the leaves or tops of the plant. >> if you water the base, that protects the roots. >> reporter: bodine recommends adding dish wat

live in santa cruz, lloyd lacuesta. >>> haynesworth was in custody awaiting trials that he broke into a home. he was accused of threatening three people inside, and stealing jewelry and credit cards. he also has felony convictions in 2008 for auto theft and injurying a peace officer. >>> a hostage situation just came to an end in eastern wisconsin with the suspect captured and a student shot by his own hand. a student took a teacher and 22 other students hostage. after five hours, police say they heard gunshots and rushed to the classroom. at that point they said the 15 shot himself. tonight his condition is unknown. no one else was physically hurt. >>> it left a teacher in tears and a school wondering what kind of person would do something like that. sometime over the long holiday, thieves broke into a school in belmont. someone stole 15 computers and it's possible the crime may have been caught on video tape. amber lee has our report. >> reporter: frank, staff members are shaken up, we're at carlmont high school. staff members tell us they're hoping footage from these surveillance c

lloyd lacuesta is there live with a live report. >> reporter: it is here where a passer by found two men lying unconscious on the sidewalk that had been beaten up, they tried to come to the aid of a woman who was beaten up but instead they became victims themselves. >> big blood spot there, big blood spot over here. >> reporter: the men had just left a restaurant, he came outside when he heard police arriving. >> one of the victims was severely facial wounds, they already had him in a neck brace. the other gentleman had a couple of deep cuts right under the bottoms of his eyes. >> they looked at me and said, greg, i can't believe what happened. the guy just started attacking us, beating us pretty bad. >>> the woman he was trying to help is described as american asian race or whe or latina. in her mid-20s. the suspect is described as white, mid-20s, wearing a maroon shirt and black slacks. >> we are concerned for her safety. we don't know the relationship between the male and female. we don't know if it's a domestic situation or if they are strangers. >> reporter: police say the neigh

lloyd lacuesta is there live with a live report. >> reporter: it is here where a passer by found two men lying unconscious on the sidewalk that had been beaten up, they tried to come to the aid of a woman who was beaten up but instead they became victims themselves. >> big blood spot there, big blood spot over here. >> reporter: the men had just left a restaurant, he came outside when he heard police arriving. >> one of the victims was severely facial wounds, they already had him in a neck brace. the other gentleman had a couple of deep cuts right under the bottoms of his eyes. >> they looked at me and said, greg, i can't believe what happened. the guy just started attacking us, beating us pretty bad. >>> the woman he was trying to help is described as american asian race or white or latina. in her mid-20s. the suspect is described as white, mid-20s, wearing a maroon shirt and black slacks. >> we are concerned for her safety. we don't know the relationship between the male and female. we don't know if it's a domestic situation or if they are strangers. >> reporter: police say the nei