third time nothing happens and he basically says how much time to turn to the wonderrous powers of the lotus set raand he does chanting and the parody is something like if anyone is old enough to remember and the mouse before vatican two and you don't understand anything and it's mumbo jump bow and this is a parody of that. the second and third pieces before the intermission i will not introduce. i think the program notes are sufficient and rather than lecture i would much rather you enjoy the performance. the one thing i would like to emphasize about the first piece this is indeed a comic piece and in most instances westerners have a great problem when they come to a concert of classical music and view it as this is supposed to be serious music. this is not serious music and i would ask to you laugh. you are welcome to laugh. you may laugh. you need to practice laughing. we can progress -- all right. now, for those of you that find laughing difficult ladies and gentlemens you can at this timtiter in a nice way andf you want to be butch about it do the manly thought. please this isn't a work

grant lotus is here with information on both cases. >> we will turn south bay and that is where the scent of a police officer was arrested for having sexual conduct with kids. police say the 44 year-old patrick lived in gilroy but is a police officer in san jose he was arrested for having unlawful sexual contact with minors, the alleged victims are 15 and 17 years old. we actually broke the rules of the rest to his father, he has not been fired and is on pavement relief reggie kumar is catherine new information on the story and he will have those developments tonight at 11:00 p.m.. an amusement park worker in concord was busted for having child pornography police arrested this guy today, christopher hall what he was working at dixieland amusement park in concord officials got a warrant and search his home the police said they found child pornography and also learned where he worked on their research and his tone, the police went to the amusement park in arrested this guy christopher hawk. >> new at 8:00 a family is pleading with the community to return a walker for the two year-old art th

thought to bring good luck, success and happiness and that has many taking part, some sending 2,000 lotus shaped lanterns into the river. themes of the night included harvesting, meditation and bamboo. >> who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? at the annual frisbee championships in the czech republic, dog owners have taken the traditional game of fetch and added a few twists. each owner and their dog have two minutes to impress the judges with leaps, twists and bounds. of course, the dog has to actually catch the frisbee, too. minor detail. >>> how's this for back to school gear? controversy is swirling around forever 21's new t-shirt with allergic to algebra printed on the front. it's not the first time an anti-education message has made headlines. a few weeks ago jcpenney pulled shirts reading "i'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me" and they pulled those shirts after angry phone calls from parents. like what are you doing? >> saying no to homework is fine, but allergic to algebra is totally fine. when is the last time you used that? >> i'm very happy a

grant lotus is here to show us. >> yes, pam. it was a gas leak and pleasant hill. in pleasant hill. right along biking drive. you can see there are schools right along--viking drive. with diablo school, valley view school. and even to the homes had to be evacuated and several people. fortunately, no injuries the leak has been stopped. right now, who lt. from the pleasant hill police department. >> can you give us an update on what caused the leak? >> i do not know what caused the leak. i know the they were doing construction in the area. a pipe was ruptured. as a precautionary measure we requested a evacuation of the high school, college, and neighborhood. >> reporter: recently people were able to go back home were students impacted? >> caller: just as the school was living out. at the middle school and-school as letting out. they were diverted to a sarea. and using a if proper protocol from teachers. >> reporter: the gas leak has stopped. the residents are able to go back home. no injuries. >> correct. we are trying to get the word out that they're able to go back home. we used a c

lotus seed paste is the most popular filling for mooncakes. it can also be mixed with other adventurous food like this. spanish bacon. knead the filling into a small ball, which in chinese culture, symbolizes the reunion of the whole family. chinese "i remember only one time i made mooncakes. it was in my childhood. making mooncakes is a tradition full of charm. my niece has never made mooncakes. so i took her here." the exterior of a mooncake is blended with salad oil, syrup and flour. in mass production, preservatives are also added in this process. use the dough to wrap up the filling and squeeze it into a mold. then give it a few knocks. and you have a raw mooncake. in the past, factory- made mooncakes could be kept for up to 4 months. but recent food additive regulations have limited the usage of preservatives in all products, shrinking the shelf-life mooncakes by half. organizers for the workshop said they noticed a growing demand for healthier mooncakes among the participants. chinese "we guarantee that no harmful substances were added

grant lotus, kron 4 news. ♪ plenty of activity >>jacqueline: so far, nothing in san jose plenty of lightningtrikes down south. there is the possibility that we could see the isolated storm. but the real threat will be to the south. the red flag warning in a monterey but will end by 11:00 p.m. still, rain fall associated with this but it should evaporates before it hits the ground. fifth as we go towards tomorrow, big changes and cooler. windy. more changes into sunday. even the chance of rain in the golden gate with the warm up. a lot of things going on who will talk more about we get rainfall coming up. >> kron 4 is just getting started coming up we are tracking the space junk that is headed to worth. where it is supposed to crash. >> charles clifford in san francisco if you did not fit your vehicle registration on time? maybe you could be eligible for a refund. >> jeff bush and pleasanton a sting operation with dozens of citations selling alcohol to minors. >> one bill, what connection, to everything you need. >> addition blockbuster with a new streaming capability competing with that flex

grant lotus joins us live. among pam, people are going crazy. they do not want to be messed with their money, the is going to get more expensive to purchase. bank of america. even a $60 >> reporter: premium account code sholders will not be impacted. if they have at least a balance of $1500 or more. othe monthly atm debit fees are being enacted by other banks. officials say these fees generated $19 billion for banks in 2009. just to be clear it will be a $5 monthly fee with bankamerica. regardless of how many times you use that as more than 100 people rallied outside this chase bank. at second street-market street. a handful made it their way inside. staging a sit in. banks are responsible for the financial meltdown. and financial crisis. >> looking at the protest we realized that it was a protest. and it was a mortgage protest, we carefully thought that it was a hold up. >> this building is a symbol of incredible greed and wealth that has accumulated in fewer and fewer hands in our country. >> reporter: protesters say that it is time for banks

grant lotus, kron 4 news. >>pam: he is on administrated leave and back in court on september 15th.f a thousand dollars bail. >> down kasper was killed in a hit and run two weeks ago there pleading with the public to help find the persons responsible for his death. he was jogging along river road on august 14th. he was struck from behind the c h p and the family are offering it will thousand $500 reward with any information to help solve this case a 12,000-dollar reward. -- >> $12,500 record accurate better if you have any information? please, please come forward. it will lessen your burden and will help us less and hours less-hoen ours. >> they believe that this was the truck that could have been at the truck that struck down casper. >> a public defender will be appointed for a naso. in marin county judge made the decision after naso changed his mind after representing himself the judge added that he will have to pay for his attorney. the 77 year-old is charged with four murders of these women. from 1977-1994. all four victims had matching first and last name initials. this story f

obama is current on the new jobs bill to stimulate the economy that would obviously helped and grant lotus has been returned to the jobs bill the people want to know how this affects california. >> now here is how the american jobs and was specifically impact california. $50 billion like will work to prepare. the 4 billion would come to the california area and the one half as though it, if to the two jobs to choose the first responders are said to the fed to the farming the as an entry point fixed cummings' fifth victory in california that would save or create more than 37,000 jobs in the state. cool to offers and to bring it targeted things like science, math, computer systems to bring our school took 21st century, to pull a billion dollars of that will come to california and the will fund almost 37 some jobs here. apparel taxes will be cut in half did they couldn't lose into true-- >> they'll get extra money and an employment benefits and future. >> none if it does get past when a man then a particular job will be affected. >> yes, the teaching in the she the one house saying all the mon

although unspecified grant lotus has been gathering the details. >> we are just learning in the past one hour that there is a specific, credible but unconfirmed terror threat. senior u.s. officials have been quoted in that this. they are basically saying that this is not imminent or confirmed but this is more serious than anything they have gathered were dealt with in the past. relief, since september 11th. we are just days away from the 10th anniversary. new york city and washington d.c. our prepared. we have been told they been specifically mentioned in a way. we do not know exactly the nature of the information but new york city and washington d.c. are preparing. on a scale of one-10 what is the most extreme this is a number five, #six. certainly, nothing to sneeze at. al queda has shown interest in doing a revenge attack on the 911. you obviously remember when the u.s. navy seals gathered at that intelligence from osama bin laden a compound in pakistan. the 911 information was mentioned and people are concerned, n.y., a washington d.c. and specifically and locally. you mentioned

one to 10 this terror on alert level has not been changed but is being considered will go over to sf lotuse how travelers are handling this information >> you can see people are arriving at the airport it is getting a little busier with a morning flight getting ready to take off and the next hours felt passengers are thinking about as well as administrators. the very latest honest is credible but unconfirmed i read your reaction? >> we're doing a lot of behind-the-scenes locally as well as across the nation we have a more police officers in the building with we expected to be an average travel weekend why we do not expect any problems as long as the weather is good people will be able to get in and out of well >> is after the attack 911 has always been slow to expect long lines and is you're doing a little bit more? >> nell the passenger load will be down for the weekend with people do not like to travel on 911 >> traffic will godown and does not change a lot of people do not like to travel on that day we will get reactions from passengers and also tell you what is going on in san diego at

it was the kind of lotus or maserati of the 19th century. in fact, the first founding emperor writes in his journals about the fruits of the kabul valley and how he misses those. fruit was a status symbol. a status symbol which becomes replaced as the british take over british india. instead of melons, a gentry shows off his wealth with english clocks. and instead of using mercenaries, the british east india company uses a professional trained force that no longer uses calvary, the horses, but rather instead uses a trained infantry. so the three pillars upon which the after afghan political economy rested and integrated into a vibrant regional economy are undercut by the entry of the east india company into the region which means that afghanistan is effectively peripherallized from the global economy. and i think we see that again today where afghanistan has been a core, core door of trade and intercourse for that region which asfectively been cut off -- has pz effectively been cut off being excluded from global bands of trade so that the on

the south bay will be for the most part in the lotus mid-70s. the inland and east bay valleys are typically the hottest spots. they do not look hot today. mid-70s is the general trend. warmer in the delta up. really it is born to be a cool day compared to yesterday. on the peninsula, mid-upper 60s along the bay and '50s along the coast. depending on where you are that is the weather the you can expect this afternoon. the general rule is cool. bring a jacket, you will need it. we will warm things up slightly as we head into the weekend. that is your 7 day forecast and the end of your weather update. >> more on the shooting in just in texas. police are about to give an update. i want to show you the video that came in of the scene. here is the information. four people were shot including a police officer just north of fort worth texas. the officer was responding to a disturbance. the victims are male. police are giving an update on the shooting. >> do we know of the shooter had a record? >> we do not know that at this point. >> was there a second

grant lotus. >> membrane technology is the name of the company there website is a world leader in theelopment of production of membrane based separation systems. for the petrochemical and natural gas and refining industry. the company is all about membranes they make them, technology and among others these membranes act as high-tech filters. they deal with potentially dangerous material like methane, natural gas and reported what happened is some type of compression/explosion that involved in nothing canister. teresa estacio and the chief of fire department spoke of a transfer of material of methane in a cylinder. there is a lot of hazardous materials and in that company that started in 1982. they been in the area for a while. based in menlo park and have offices all around the world belgium, and in houston. as we mentioned we do not know exactly what caused the specific explosion but certainly they are clear on the website the they do with dangerous chemicals on a daily basis. >>pam: thank you, grant. we will keep you updated. new at 6:00 p.m. billy joe armstrong believe sie the lead

grant lotus, kron 4 news. >> developing news out of the fremont where police are on the scene duringy school because of a bomb scare. it is happening right now on newport. drive. >> 3700 delaware in fremont you can see that the san mateo shares are still on the scene. earlier there were serving a search warrant for the suspect was already inside that white vehicle. they went in front of in that house. --and what they found what appeared to be two different pipe bombs. the bomb squad detonated what they thought to be polyp palms but there were pvc pipe bombs. they thought that there were pipe bombs. fifth residents were even asked to evacuate. you can see that there is a grammar school across the street. the children removed. i was told that the students were left out at the normal time purify face are wrapping of this investigation. once again, they have ceased those guns. they're not releasing this man's identity. he is in custody. instead of two pipe bombs, they were actually pvc bombs. >> the numbers dropped on wall street the nasdaq lost its 18th it's gained--dan kerman has more.

grant lotus has more. they cannot close the post office! >> no!t is not just the $5.5 billion payment that they are required to make. future requirements of health benefits and pensions. the 5.5 billion is due at the end of this month. as asian fix its financial situation so it is not the fault-it is asking--congress--. the new york times is reporting that ieven if it does the fault of the would be no interruption in the u.s. mail, payroll, pay mopayments or supply. eliminatin of saturday delivery. only five days a week instead of six. closing 3700 locations nation- wide and laying off 120,000 employees. >>pam: that is difficult to some of what happens? will congress step in? >> reporter: we do not know there will be speaking about it tomorrow. but they know. they're concerned. a special hearing on the postal operations. " and people are doing a lot of things online at the demand for daily mail is certainly not what it used to be. >>pam: thank you, grant. a victim of the times the long time stow lake boat house. what changes are happening at golde

grant lotus is here and he was looking how the president's jobs bill will affect us in california wouldyou found? >> according to the white house, the president knows that things are not good throughout the state the and implement rate is about 12% the white house says that the american jobs at would really help people here for instance, the former $47 billion plan calls for $50 billion in infrastructure mostly road and bridge work. the white house says that california would get almost $4 billion of that. that would translate into 51,000 jobs. a lot of jobs, coming up to 9:08 p.m. i will break down more of the numbers. >> thank you grant. now an alarming number of high school students in oakland dropping out of school during their senior year. the state department of education says more than a 700 seniors dropped out during the 2009-2010 school year. 37 percent of the students nearly half of the dropouts were african- american and compare that to just 37 white students that drop at the same year. the naacp has put together a list of demands that they will present to the school board ton

continuing to follow the developments of president obamas address on the jobs in the economy grant lotusare talking about a 44 $7 billion plan. almost 450 billion dollars. president obama wants to pay with a combination of tax increases, spending cuts and cuts to medicare and medicaid. tonight, he urged congress to help our tire unemployment situation and he says it starts with the middle class. >> pass this jobs bill and the typical working family will get a $1,500 tax break this year. it would have been taken out of your pocket will go into your pocket. this expands on the democrats that they already passed for this year. if we allow that tax cut to res expir and refuse to act middle class families would it have impacted of the worst time. many of you have sworn oaths to never raise taxes on anybody that you have lived now is not a time to carve out an exception and not for his middle-class taxes which is what you should pass this bill right away. >> reporter: so giving tax breaks to hire veterans and people would of been unemployed for more than six months. the long term of unemployed

live in the newsroom i am grant lotus with kron4 news. >> new at 6:30 p.m. the u.s. under attack in afghanistan gun battles go on trial as we have a dramatic and it. and why it tuition hike is being proposed as for the uc system and trouble for target when the web site crashes which will tell you what brought it down. @p@po' the >> and san francisco this man shown here bearing at all in the castro is actually a registered sex offender take a look, april 1986 he was convicted of a misdemeanor for indecent exposure in hayward. february 1999 and other misdemeanor and in hayward in pleasanton, in december 2004 a felony conviction and gan for indecent exposure. in february 2005 and other felony conviction in hayward that required him to register as a sex offender which makes you wonder how many more sex offenders are heading to san francisco to bear it all. >> continuing our coverage, california law permits public nudity like this person that we caught on tape with some exceptions. if a private person is offended with nudity they could complain to the police and file a ci

just amazing on these lotus highs. 60s for some.lthough -- although, and these -- although, although an these are things i looked at. in some of the higher elevation i noticed a cooling. they weren't changing. that may be a sign that it will still be hot inland. usually takes another day to cool down those inland areas once the fog comes back to the coast. that system to the north should start to bring in a almost breeze. fog, sun, very hot to warm. we'll go from 60s, the toughest call around, sausalito, richmond. it in-- inland it won't matter. but the berkeley, alameda forecast always tricky. >> on the coast, not a problem. 60s, 70s in the city. probably 60s and 70s in the city alone. upper 80s to lower 90s on the peninsula. tomorrow we start to see an increase in the fog that will cool us down into friday and for those of you looking for cooler weather, you bow to the west wind, the weekend will be your friend indeed. i'm looking forward to a cooler weekend. >> what's moving the markets this morning and why chairman ben bernanke

is anyone here is lotus im, the vietnam era? more than anything.after the vietnam war, we treated our vietnam shamelessly. it was an unpopular war and it didn't end well. instead of blaming ourselves, we think the military. when they came home and in 1870s, we did not honor them for their service. we did not adequately care for their families and give them the support and medical attention they need it. it was a war we wanted to forget that we forgot about them as well. in the 1970s, after vietnam, programs for community integration were few and far between. veterans and families suffered from it. it was on the soul of america. when i went into the pentagon with the reagan administration in the 1980s, not only have a hollowed out military force, which ships that could fill, planes that couldn't fly, cannibalizing parks and they didn't have training hours. the most shameful thing of all was when we went around the country and that our veterans inside a man who lost limbs in people who couldn't get to veterans hospitals because they were too far away