madden is said to be arraigned next wednesday. >>> b.a.r.t. received a policy when it comes to shutting down cell phone service. the decision sparked the debate over free speech rights. b.a.r.t. limits shut down to safety or disruption in service. >>> thousands without power and some communities literally cut off. >>> i'm lloyd lacuesta in the santa cruz mountains, the high winds have subsided but this is what's been left in its wake. the power is out. >>> back here in 10 minutes the national weather service has extended that wind advisory for higher elevation in the north and east bay. we'll talk about that and your >>> you can see the aftermath of the strong winds that have been whipping the area. you can see the damage it left behind. >>> in its latest update pg & e says about 2,000 customers in the bay area don't have power tonight. it is broken down by region with the south bay and east bay having the most. but in santa cruz county about 33,000 customers are still without electricity at this hour. >>> one community in the santa cruz mount

madden is said to be arraigned next wednesday. >>> b.a.r.t. received a policy when it comes to shutting down cell phone service. the decision sparked the debate over free speech rights. b.a.r.t. limits shut down to safety or disruption in service. >>> thousands without power and some communities literally cut off. >>> i'm lloyd lacuesta in the santa cruz mountains, the high winds have subsided but this is what's been left in its wake. the power is out. >>> back here in 10 minutes the national weather service has extended that wind advisory for higher elevation in the north and east bay. we'll talk about that and your five day forecast with your weekend in view. >>> and the latest on the charges against mehserle, the claims his attorney says claim he and other officers beat up a suspect. >>> you can see the aftermath of the strong winds that have been whipping the area. you can see the damage it left behind. >>> in its latest update pg & e says about 2,000 customers in the bay area don't have power tonight. it is broken down by region with the

this follows a state effort that failed to gather sufficient evidence to charge madden with any any crime. >>> a routine trip to the grocery store turned to a possible hate crime. a 32-year-old man says he was leaving a supermarket in san jose when he was assaulted by a group of men. they beat him, hitting him with a tequila bottle, hit hill and called him a terrorist no arrests have been made at this time. they called off a fiscal emergency in the city. the city counsel was scheduled to vote on whether to declare an energy to deal with an $80 million deficit. a new pension cost projection is expected to cut that deficit by more than half. the pension will go down, rather than rising, as the city predicted. it gives them more time to deal with the problem. >> all the wind advisories, maning sustained winds speeds have decreased. so they've allowed all the wind advisories to expire. gusty hills. 15 to 30 miles per hour. that's what we can expect for the nec few hours. right now, you woipointed out something that blows my mind. the warm down sloping winds are keeping us warm. 6 # in novato.

they indicted madden for obtaining illegal drugs by fraud. her lawyer said the drugs landed on her desk as part of her job, not by fraud. >>> in redding, the 9-1-1 tapes in a deadly home invasion have just been made public. 66-year-old donna hopper was home alone on october 21st when she said she saw a strange man trying to get through her bedroom window. it was about 4:00 in the morning. she grabbed her gun and fired two shots, but that was not enough to scare off the intruder. >> he's coming in. he's coming in. >> coming into the house? >> yes! i got him. >> you shot him again? >> i shot him. he's coming through the [bleep] window. owe my god. he is on the ground. he's on the ground. >> the 37-year-old died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. the shasta county district attorney's office has cleared hopper of wrongdoing. >>> a suspicious package found in front of the israeli consulate forced office workers shelter. some workers in the financial district were told they needed to stay in their offices. the bomb squad moved in to examine th

they indicted madden for obtaining illegal drugs by fraud. her lawyer said the drugs landed on her desk as part of her job, not by fraud. >>> in redding, the 9-1-1 tapes in a deadly home invasion have just been made public. 66-year-old donna hopper was home alone on october 21st when she said she saw a strange man trying to get through her bedroom window. it was about 4:00 in the morning. she grabbed her gun and fired two shots, but that was not enough to scare off the intruder. >> he's coming in. he's coming in. >> coming into the house? >> yes! i got him. >> you shot him again? >> i shot him. he's coming through the [bleep] window. owe my god. he is on the ground. he's on the ground. >> the 37-year-old died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. the shasta county district attorney's office has cleared hopper of wrongdoing. >>> a suspicious package found in front of the israeli consulate forced office workers shelter. some workers in the financial district were told they needed to stay in their offices. the bomb squad moved in to examine th

deborah madden's attorney answered the plea in federal court on her behalf. after the proceeding her attorney said the prosecutors are overreaching. madden's admission to taking small amounts of cocaine from evidence in 2009 led to the dismissal of hundreds of cases. no state or city charges were brought. >>> a san jose cheer leading coach was arraigned on four counts of child molestation. anthony joshua losa did not enter a plea today. the 23-year-old worked as a cheer leading coach at andrew hill high school as well as energy athletics. losa is scheduled to enter a plea in january. the judge today set bail at $160,000 and said losa is not allowed to be around children upon his release. >>> today a santa clara county inmate faces charges in an alleged jail house crime rate. investigators say 26-year-old darren volk splitted a system set up to -- splitted a system set -- exploited a system set up to provide funds for inmates. they stole credit card numbers to fund the inmate account. outside associates withdrew the money totaling loon $17,000. -- totaling mor

and you may well see one in this case. >> madden resigned from her post shortly before lab supervisors began to suspect she was skimming those drugs. >>> the wind is findly blowing out of town. in southern california, downed power lines whipped up this grass fire. and all across the state, thousands of trees that were standing a couple of days ago, are not anymore. power crews are working overtime to g customers in the dark back online. we have team coverage for you tonight. team meteorologist, jeff raineri on the wind and the warnings. but first, the thousands of people in the dark tonight. >> reporter: you wouldn't know it standing in a bright, busy shopping center. but look behind me you can see power is out here. it first went out about 9:30 this morning. back on at 2:30. off again at 5:45. it hadn't come on since. and about 30,000 customers here in santa cruz county are dealing with these power outages. >> a long day, living in the land of darkness. >> reporter: in the hills of santa cruz, darkness. drivers navigating busy roadways without working stoplights. a pitch-black shoppin

deborah madden remains silent as her attorney entered the plea. the retired civilian lab tech faces a federal charge which carries maximum four year prison sentence. madden admitted to taking small amounts of cocaine back in 2009. but state prosecutors never filed charges due to lack of evidence. a federal grand jury indicted her last week. madden's attorney says the new federal charge does not apply to the case. >> the girlfriend of a man charged with running down a fire fighter in san francisco faces charges as accessory off to the crime. prosecutors claim 292-year-old alyssa tejeda, assisted her boyfriend after the hit-and-run on thanksgiving day. she will remain in jail until a bail hearing next week. the main suspect pleaded not guilty on friday to an attempted murder charge for allegedly hitting fire fighter albert bartol with his black mazda. the hit-and-run followed a confrontation between the two men at a local jack in the box restaurant not far from 9th and geary where he was hit. >> a coach embroiled in sex abuse charges only this time

kevin madden, super pacs just how they've changed the game.four yees ago the campaign you worked on and were paid by had spent over ten, maybe up to $11 million at this same point on television ads. now the actual romney campaign has spent just over a million. the super pac is up to $3 million. >> you know, it used to be that campaigns were very hierarchy in nature. you had the rnc and candidates really driving the message and the activity in the states and now because in a post citizens united world a lot of that has been smashed these things are a little bit more competitive and you're seeing these super pacs with a lot less bureaucracy, very easy decision making going on up in the -- >> is it like each candidate has their own personal political party structure? >> yes, they do. >> you were at the dnc and your job was to do the big negative so the candidate could be positive right? >> we didn't have the super pac last cycle so we had to do a little more with air cover but now everybody can have their own little group. >> all right. karen, ka

deborah madden accused of skimming cocaine from evidence during a three-month period during 2009. pros queue tors were force to dus miss hundreds of criminal cases. the state, trying to press charges as well, could not come up with enough evidence. well, nothing short of a december chill settling in right now in the south bay this morning. >> right. temperatures dropping the homeless are looking for shelter. we spotted a handful of people sleeping at saint jam's park in san jose. in vision shelter provides refuge for those. the director says the shelter opens up to the homeless 24 hours a day even when the shelter is full. >> meteor oblgs joining us right now. >> the good news is not quite as cold as it has been. in fact, let's take a look at your lows. this is the forecasted low in your city. 34 degrees in livermore. overall, i bumped your numbers up by about 3-5 degrees as that very, very dome of high pressure moves out to the east. so for us today, stagnant air ahead. the stagnant air leading to a spe the air alert for the entire bay area. the unhealthiest up in the north bay.

it's not clear what led to the federal charges but madden is set to be arraigned on wednesday. >>> time now 6:17. a bizarre story. police looking for a man pretending to be a police officer. they say a woman was pulled over by this impurse nay tour r -- impersonator. police say they asked to her license, registration, and car keys. he looked at the documents gave them back but took the car keys. the woman ended up walking home. >>> 6:18 is the time right now. back to sal to check on the commute. >> there is an accident pam and dave. southbound 880 as you approach the not the high street but the hagueenburger off ramp. it looks like they have temporarily shut down lanes to get cars out of the way here. southbound 880 is a mess heading down to the coliseum. it has partially been cleared from the lanes. they had to close things off temporarily to do that. the traffic is pretty soon people will get out of their cars wondering what is going on. this is a huge problem for 880 southbound. again the injuries were not reported as serious but the cars were badly damaged. let's move to highway 4.

i would agree with the city attorney and the madden director the at present, the best way to proceed will be to continue this to allow them time to obtain in the necessary bathroom authorization, and hopefully it means they come before us on the 11. can we do it by consent? gosh i don't believe he would need to have a hearing. commissioner garcihwang might h questions, but you can move right back to deliberations. >> we need to submit the paperwork associated with the rest room. >> continue to the eleventh and given three pages and five minutes or something? >> ended in the pages? >> just the one document. commissioner garcia: to the permit holder, if you can't get it by the eleventh, he just has to notify the office and they can put it to another day. >> that sounds right to me, too. the motion is to continue the matter to january 11, 2012 to allow the permit older time to obtain a certificate of sanitation for the second street location with the understanding that the other locations are to be struck. >> hugo allow the permit holder to alter to withdraw those locations, it might si

john madden checking out the silver and black.fourth and one, palmer wide open easy touchdown but overthrows it come up with nothing. here the double reverse, 12-yard touchdown run, 7-0 raiders in the first. lions can strike quickly. to johnson on the money, 51 yards. we're tied at 7. second quarter. raiders answer through the air, palmer over the middle. they break the tackle, 17-14 raiders at the half. now 20-14, he rips and strips and one scores. takes it down to the goal posts. on drive from their own 2, and what a catch. he had nine catches, 214 yards and two touchdowns this one puts detroit up. raiders had a shot to win. 65 yards out and it's blocked. raiders lose a heartbreaker, 28-27 falling to 7-7. >> very frustrating. i thought the guys played hard but didn't play well enough. >> it was all set up for us what we needed to get done, that is the disappointing part. >> tom brady and patriots took care of them. ocho's first of the year. no trouble, brady spikes it in. tebow ran for two, patriots win but denver remains a game

a judge set bail for deb half madden at $25,000.t guilty to charges of obtaining illegal >>ñdrugs #oj:wfraud [oc. >>> a bmrjñr,b+ynevada íkuzÑjud throw members of rival motorcycle clubs to stand trial together for the death of a hell's angel leader. . two others are facing charges. >> a building slowly cracking apart just above the haywood fault is about to reopen as the first of it's kind exhibit. robert honda live with a closer look. one day before the public revealing. >> this community center back in 1962. long before tech could tell 12( what was underneath like what "zf now the past mistake will make a future science exhibit. this long winding crack shows clearly what happens when a concrete building sits on a major fault linen. this case the community center at lake elizabeth right above the hayward fault moving in opposite directions of the widening crack. ongoing damage forced the city to close part of the building in the 70s but now a nonprofit group has turned iinto a public exhibit called the faulted floor. >> it's one

i'd rather just put off doing work and do something else instead, like play madden 2012., most of the time, i do put off work and play madden 2012. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that true? >> jimmy, this is my private letter to santa. [ laughter ] anyway, santa, i don't know if it's even possible for you to have jimmy stop asking me to do so much work. but if somehow you could do that, it would be the most awesome christmas ever. sincerely, chris. p.s., i put off editing videos today to write you this letter. >> jimmy: oh wow. get back to work. [ cheers and applause ] i'll check in with one of our comedy writers, jeremy bronson. jeremy, do you have a letter, jeremy? >> i do, jimmy, yes. >> jimmy: great. do you want to read it? >> sure. dear santa claus, my name is jeremy but you can call me anything, as long as it's not late for dinner. just kidding. [ light laughter ] i'm a funny comedy writer here at "late night with jimmy fallon," and sometimes i just can't stop myself from telling jokes. i'm so excited for christmas, even though this year i've been a -- ♪ bad boy bad boy

joining us now is kevin madden., he's a campaign advisor for romney, now a republican strategist. kevin, i know you've heard these complaints before from the tea party. whatever you want to call it, grassroots or not, it's a crucial part of the republican party right now. mitt romney hasn't been able to win them over. can he? >> i believe he can. the tea party is not a monolithic group. there are a lot of elements within the tea party movement, and many are anxious and animated around the issues of spending and deficits. they are a reform element. if you look at governor romney and you look at the proposals for changing washington, a lot is focused on fiscal reform, what we can do to reform entitlements and rein in spending and rein in the size and growth of government. if he focuses on those issues like a laser, i think while these tea party activists go through the consideration of candidates, in the end they will see this is somebody who has the right vision, the right plans, the right proposals to lead the repub

joining us now is kevin madden.paign advisor for romney, now a republican strategist. kevin, i know you've heard these complaints before from the tea party. whatever you want to call it, grassroots or not, it's a crucial part of the republican party right now. mitt romney hasn't been able to win them over. can he? >> i believe he can. the tea party is not a monolithic group. there are a lot of elements within the tea party movement, and many are anxious and animated around the issues of spending and deficits. they are a reform element. if you look at governor romney and you look at the proposals for changing washington, a lot is focused on fiscal reform, what we can do to reform entitlements and rein in spending and rein in the size and growth of government. if he focuses on those issues like a laser, i think while these tea party activists go through the consideration of candidates, in the end they will see this is somebody who has the right vision, the right plans, the right proposals to lead the republican party

even race manager joe madden sent a tweet thanking the orioles for the win. >>> cars zipping at 180-milance hour on downtown baltimore streets is the number two story. the first grande prix drew tens of thousands of people. the city spent millions to get the downtown streets ready for the two mile 13 turn course. many say the race wasn't worth the cost or the convenience but indy car officials called it one of the best venues in the country. >>> our best story of the year a shift in the ravens, steelers rivalry after the steelers beat the ravens in the playoffs in january it felt like the ravens would never get past pittsburgh but the season started the league's greatest rivalry when the ravens blew out the steelers. it gave us a reason to smile. then a 92-yard drive and hines field gave ravens fans reason to believe. it was capped by a 26-yard touchdown pass. the win gave them a season sweep of the steelers and hope for fans that they would ring in the new year with a home playoff game. >>> if you are looking for more on the top stories check out the best of 2011 page. go to the website an

kevin madden, thank you very much.ate it. >> great to be with you. >> we're hours away from a dramatic and defiant showdown in russia. mass protests expected to take place across the country with the largest in moscow. the demonstrators are the latest wave of outrage following controversial parliamentary elections. elections that many voters say were rigged to keep prime minister putin's party in power. ballot stuffing is part of the problem here that the protesters are upset with. putin has led russia as president or prime minister of russia for 16 years, making him a modern day czar. he's a larger than life personality. it's made him fodder for fun and gossip columns. for example, he's been photographed shirtless time and time again with horses, with horses, more horses, holding guns, even doing judo. but what happens to him right now is a deadly, serious matter for all of us. russia's the world's largest oil exporter topping saudi arabia. instability means rising gas prices at the pump in the united states. it's imp

through the democrats and the sandlers who gave 247 million to progressive causes, according to matthew madden are very much a part of that. playing games, doesn't matter. there's a movement here and it's identifiable and you can look at the-- >> okay, lel me about the monday meeting that happens here in new york and the tuesday meeting-- >> can you imagine the brothers giving money to a meeting in partner with abc and backlash. >> ach he been to the monday meeting and now what, they are exactly the same thing. >> i think the problem is disappearance of money for investigative reporting and more power to pro publica if it does that reporting and and pulitzer prizes for work done on doctors taking money from the pharmaceutical companies and in-- we need money for investigative reporting. >> we need it on the right and need it on the left. >> it's known that pulitzer prize fellow liberals, it's no denying that pro publica leans left. >> that's right. >> so what, the koch brothers and-- >> of course this is a capitalist environment in which now there is he' a premium on money for investigative re

debra madden was a drug lab technician but was never prosecuted but san francisco or the state.rney tells our david stevenson that she is facing federal charges now. we are working on the story and we will continue to update you as we get more information. >>> mark ibanez joins us now. it won't be long before we have warriors basketball to talk about. >> they're waiting in the wings, warriors will reportedly open the series in the season christmas day against the clippers with a little preseason meet and greet with first year court mark jackson today. ever optimistic at this time of the year. confident that despite the extended lock out the imagine of the entire league has not been tarnished. >> maybe i'm naive but i believe it's going to survive because of the stories, because of the history because its business. you have disagreements. but ultimately i think the great thing about it is that we have basketball back. >>> here's a story that will not make the powers to be in the nfl happy at all. let alone the oakland raiders. mcclain was in his hometown of decatur attending his

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madden, silent auction, a live one and 9 ravens make sure it's a balanced attack of makes sure we have housing, money to go to school want to keep us healthy. they raised a quarter million dollars to make our town better. >>> and the winless team comes in to town on sunday and indy has beaten us eight straight times including in playoffs twice. this will be the first time the old colt fight song will be played in front of those wearing horseshoes on their helmets. >> i'm feeling good good. >> it'll be a simple as buy agriculture a pill. the government is considering selling the morning after pill over-the-counter to anyone. you know this is a hot topic. >> toys for tots. with a twist. why the marines don't want to be matched up with this place. >> and beware of fat fingers. why one wrong tap on the keyboard could leaves hu are you hundreds of dollars in the hole. . >>> the morning after pill. >> the pill could soon be over- the-counter for anyone to buy. now currently you need a prescription and have to be at least 17. the fda has until wednesday to decide if they should let up on some

>>> and one of the great iconoclastic maddening minds of our time leaves us.question is, where is christopher hitchens drinking and debating this m

. >> it must have been maddening to pretend you were something that you weren't. >> very much. >> when i finally did come out to them -- why didn't you come out sooner? >> i would tell them, i just didn't think it was fair to hide that part of my life. >> no, it actually made our friendship stronger. because they knew the knowledge they had could very well hurt my career. and they knew that by me telling them, i trusted them a lot.'hnn >> ever since i was in the military, i had three live, i had a life as a soldier, a life as a gay man in my personal life and a life with my family, which i wouldn't out to them either. >> it really changed your life? this law? >> it did. my parents know. they've known since my last appointment. now co-workers are finding out. >> the most important thing that changed since the repeal, now we can focus on the mission, and we don't have to worry about being strung up for who we are. it was a huge relief inside. mostly because i know no one will have to go through this struggle again. >> today in afghanistan, troops took out for the holiday. servicemen and

. >> is there anything more maddening than a parking ticket? you come back, you're racing back, oh, good -- oh, no!! your $20 lunch just became a $120 lunch. awful. >>> 4:45. even a scam can lead to something good. >> the silicon valley chapter of the bluestar moms lost $3,000 at the atm and credit card skimming scam that targeted lucky supermarkets in the bay area. since then the group has received $11,000 in donations. the bluestar moms send c.a.r.e. packages to military members overseas. so something bad turns into something very good. >>> coming up next, what bay area retailers could be celebrating a very happy new year. >> plus, alarm bells won't be enough to get help in one city. what else needs to happen before police can come running. >>> and the floats, the games, and the protestors?! new "occupy" plans for the rose parade. we'll explain. >>> and we're weaking up to temperatures mostly in the 30s and 40s this morning. also partly to mostly cloudy skies. how warm is it going to get by this afternoon? we'll let you know after the break.

>> john madden was, of course, the guy and al was still with abc and espn and all those kinds of thingsng. so they sat me down afterwards to give me, you know, i'm like -- so they sat me down to give me one of those -- that was something. [ laughter ] and they said, you know, there's still a chance we could get al michaels if we offer him a little more money, and i was, like, here, man. [ laughter ] whatever it takes. it was that close. >> jay: what's the biggest mistake either of you have made on the air? the season's almost over. >> this year? >> jay: yeah. oh, there's many apparently. this week! >> one of the great things people don't know is we're on a a little bit of a delay, so if something really insidious were to happen, pretty much like your show, right? i mean, you can't mess this up to the degree that -- whatever you say. you say something really untoward. >> jay: right. we could probably take care of it. >> you want to try it? >> jay: go ahead, say something. >> no, i can't do it. >> jay: say something. go ahead. >> you can mouth something. >> jay: okay. >> oh, shoot. >> ooh

treat for you let's cross live to a festive studio overlooking red square where a rather chilly kevin madden he said no way standing by. neither rory thanks ever so much yet the show page ready very much so this and of course we got a great view of the scene of the celebrations of the heart of moscow just over a shoulder the kremlin the be full of fireworks later hundreds are going to be gathering in red square behind this and of course thousands more expected to fill the streets across the city tonight. but well they did fresh air fun and festive fireworks is about to be plenty of happy hugs and kisses going around as well of course i do if you can stay with us here at r.t. for the whole evening for the next couple of hours as we bring you the celebrations from russia's capital live and in the meantime of course we're also looking at what it was like in twenty eleven and what twenty twelve may have to bring it's already arrived for billions of people across the pacific region asia and in most of russia i defer you are in that part of the world we wish you a very happy new year and we wave f

madden admitted she took cocaine out of evidence. she was arraigned today on charges of obtaining cocaine. if convicted she could be sentenced to four years in prison. the judge set a hearing date for friday. >>> gains in the south bay are helping improve the employment outlook. in the last 12 months the job market added 27,000 jobs. 17,000 were added in san francisco. and the east bay. the bay area will be the fastest growing part of the state in the last few years. >>> consumer borrowing in august hit its higher level in two years. $7.65million to $2.5 trillion. >>> the minimum wage in san francisco is going up to more than $10 an hour. it is based on a measure voters passed that adjusts the minimum wage. on january 1 it goes from $9.92 to $10.24. it $10.24 -- >>> a mixed day on wall street as european leaders down played talk to a resolution of the debt crisis. trading rose and fell on word a deal may not be completed till christmas. here are the closing numbers. the dow closed up 46 points at 12,196. the nasdaq closed down a frac

we have learned that debra madden may be facing more serious charges.he story just developing now. we'll have more details at 11:00. >>> later, you've heard of layaway extended plans, but you may not have heard of this. it's the new way to pay pr presents and may not cost you a thing. tonight at 11:00 after "prime suspect". >>> coming up in just a couple of minute, brazen new attacks in san francisco. plus, getting a few seconds warning before a big quake. the new technology coming to california from japan. >>> today is aids day. we talk about the progress that is being made. that's coming up in a few minutes on comcast channel 186. we'll start in about two minutes and 45 seconds. >> very powerful day across the bay area and washington, d.c. today with the president saying that he thinks we can really beat the aids epidemic. >> they say we in a position to turn the corner. we'll talk about that coming up in a couple of minutes. some encouraging news. >> thank you very much. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordere