san francisco chronicle says state senator mark leno is expressing interest in the job. >> prosecutors are expected to decide what charges to file against the people in the protest after johannes mehserle was sentenced two years in prison for the shooting death of oscar grant. janelle wang has the latest. >> the district attorney decides to file charges against the 152 people arrested it will most likely be a misdemeanor. >> stores a downtown oakland are reopening for business. no damage this time around but they say it's better to be safe than sorry. >> what it costs to board it up, we spent more than that in broken glass last time this was preventative. >> hundreds of demonstrators upset with the minimum two-year sentence for johannes mehserle, broke down barriers and damaged cars. one demonstrator ripped an officer's firearm from his gun belt. they had the crowd controlled within an hour. some say it was overreaction to a police force but oakland's chief is pleased in the outcome. >> it's difficult to get officers in place so we were able to do that and make arrests without any forc

other people in the mix include senator mark leno. david chu will take over in the meantime. >> they may force owners to install different smoke alarms. they cost more than the usual and today in the bay's bob redell joins us live to explain what the debate is all about. >> you are talking about a $5 cost difference, a city here in palo alto. two types of smoke detectors and that is less common and reloiable. this is photo electric which is less common, but more reliable. the city council will consider a law that would require new homeowners to replace the old ionization smoke detectors with a newer model. this is something that the fire department recommends because of the problem that is the ionization models poise. case in point, that smoke alarm has a small piece of material to reflect fire. ionization alarms have a harder time with smoldering fires. homeowners often deactivate them out of frustration and making it moot to have one. photo electrics are less likely to trigger since they use a beam of light. that light beam can dete

san francisco chronicle says state senator mark leno is expressing interest in the job. >> prosecutor are expected to decide what charges to file against the people in the protest after johannes mehserle was sentenced two years in prison for the shooting death of oscar grant. janelle wang has the latest. >> the district attorney decides to file charges agains the 152 people arrested it will mos likely be a misdemeanor. >> stores a dotown oakland are reopening for buness. no dame this time around but they say it's bett to be safe than sorry. >> what it costs to board it up, we spent more than that in broken glass last time this was preventative. >> hundreds of demonstrators upset with the minimum two-year sentence for johannes mehserle, broke down barriers and damaged cars. one demonstrator ripped an officer's firearm from his gun belt. they had the crowd controld within an hour. some say it was overreaction to a police force but oakland's chief is pleased in the outcom >> it's difficult to get officers in place so we were able to do that and make arrests without any force. >> the owne

president david chu says they will introduce an ordinance for collecting someone and mark leno is among those expressing interest. he will have one more remaining -- one more year remaining in sacramento. >>> the race for state attorney general is still too close to call. district attorney steve cooley is ahead of kamala harris. neither made either official announcement today and officials say they are still counting about 1 million ballots. >>> jerry mcnerney is holding onto a lead in his bid to win a third term against david harmer. the state's office said today that harmer trailed by just 624 votes. 375,000 ballots have yet to be counted. the 11th congressional district which includes santa clara is at stake. >>> at least two major statewide races would have had different outcomes if not for the latino vote. >> reporter: if democrats have someone to thank for their razor thin victory, political experts say start with the latino vote is that showed up in california on election day. >> i think you have to state that the hispanic vote was what kept the senate into democratic hands. >> e

senator mark leno has helped us on a bill to make sure that people who need help in a community and want to stay in the community can do so. we are very proud of this new building. at the same time, we want to make sure that people who want to stay in their homes will be able to do so. and so the senator has carried a bill that will enable us, if someone has medicaid, to use those medicaid dollars to increase the number of in-home hours that person has so that we can use those federal dollars instead of hospitalization, instead of long-term care here, in the home. our goal is that the person always has the choice as to what is the best setting for them. with that, should we do it all together? >> i have a resolution. this is my district. senator leno is an interloper. it is ok, because he is going to bring us a lot of money. together, we want to make this presentation to the executive director, the new head of laguna honda. i have known her for years. she is small in size, but she carries a wallop. thank you very much. [applause]

ordinance outlining the process for selecting someone to fill the post temporarily much state senator mark leno is reportedly among those expressing interest in the job. mayor newsome's current mayoral term is scheduled to expire in 2012. >>> nearly a week after the election the race for state attorney general still too close to call tonight. latest numbers show los angeles county district attorney steve coolley ahead of san francisco d.a. carmelo harris. there is a difference of just over 19,000 votes. state elections officials say a winner may not be declared for several more weeks as they finish counting mail in, provisional and damaged ballots. >>> the question of who will be oakland's next mayor will not be answered tonight. election officials say they were not able to complete the ballot counting as planned. the latest numbers put jean quan in the lead with 51% of the vote while don perata has 47%. >> reporter: here inside the county building workers are counting votes still right now. voters will have to wait awhile longer to find out who the next mayor will be. going into today jean qua

i did attend, and it was quite interesting this morning, the briefing that was called by senator mark leno. it was quite informative and helpful, and it did leave me with a sense of the urgency of wanting to keep the process moving forward, and that there is sort of this collaborative effort and this momentum that we want to take advantage of to keep the ball rolling here. >> do we have an assessment of proposition 28 impacts on the proposals? >> we do not have anything formal to share at this point. vice president vietor: perhaps at the joint meeting with could havec a moment or a quick update on what if any the impact would be. i think that would be significant. >> i think we can do that. i think the impact are probably minimal. vice president vietor: any other general manager items? >> nothing else. vice president vietor: any public comment? i want to thank ms. labonte, ms. rydstrom, and ms. hale. we appreciate getting these regular updates. >> madame president and members of the commission, i would like to say it is always a treat to see the reports on all the progress in addressing th

state senator mark leno for one. he told me he would consider leaving sacramento to take the job, saying should it be the board's desire, i would be prepared to serve. tom ammiano is another one mentioned. he told the chronicle it would be difficult to leave sacramento for what could be just a temporary job. supervisor david campos is also on the short list. if pamela harris wins for attorney general, there is speculation newsom could appoint chu to her old post as san francisco attorney. but willie brown predicts another outcome. >> i think david chu is the president of the board. and when the vacancy occurs, he will be the interim mayor. >> reporter: david chu did not want to go on camera, but he did provide a statement. my focus right now is helping to insure a steady transition of leadership in these unprecedented time. any interim mayor must prioritize providing basic city services and moving our struggling economy forward. keep in mind the interim mayor serves for only one year there is still a mayoral election

jumpstart in the mayor's race for 2011, so we're looking at board of supervisors president david chu, mark leno state senator, supervisor david compos. that's going to be the fun political contest for the next couple of weeks if not months. >> belva: and you have to get the two measures we know about at least, sit lie. >> it will ban people from sitting or lying on the sidewalk between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. that passed pretty strong majority in san francisco. homeless advocates and others are saying this is just an unfair target against homeless folks. and the law and order people said enough is enough, we want something to happen, especially like around haight street. the other one was proposition b, pension reform, put on the ballot by public defender jeff adachi. that went down big. that was a big, big measure for organized labor, wanted to see it defeated. it shows that san francisco's still a pro-labor town. and when you look at pension reform measures across the state, they won. bakersfield, menlo park, san jose, mayor chuck reed there really kind of staked his political capital on tha

other names include state senator mark leno and state assemb assemblyman. no said he might consider leaving sacramento if he was elected and it will be tough for him to leave the state capital for what could be a temporary job. >> you remember the strange and sad pictures of birds with beer cans around their necks? they are asking for donations to buy equipment to help them catch the birds quickly and save their lives. they want to buy a $3500 net launcher. at least five have been sighted in half moon bay, fisherman's whatever and stinson beach. with cold weather coming, the collars make the birds's lives miserable and will likely lead to their deaths. >> not in my back yard or yours for that matter. it's time to rethink cell phone towers and a lot of leaders seem to be listening. a special meeting will take place on wednesday to discuss the city's wireless ordinance that regulates where cell phone towers can be placed. it was written in 1997 and people say it is now outdated. the planning department approved a tower to be put up at st. stevens church. that

according to the san francisco chronicle, mark leno is expressing interest in the post. >> santa cruz are sending out e-mail alerts about a man that tried to sexually assault a 15-year-old girl. here is a sketch put together by artist. investigators it happened at ocean view park saturday morning. girl told police, the man asked her to perform a sex act. as she got away, they both lost their footing. he is described as 27-33 years old, 5'9", about 150 pounds, he wore a baseball cap. >> a remarkable story of survival in the north bay this morning. it happened saturday afternoon at the sonoma sky park airport. emergency dispatchers a single-engine plane took off and crashed between two warehouses. victims were airlifted to the hospital. >> the condition of the pilot was good other than lacerations around his face and head. he is in good condition and good spirits. >> witnesses say the plane seemed like it didn't have enough power. they say the plane was not a local one and had the words air design on it. one of the two victims remains mains in the hospital in serious condition. >> they

. >> reporter: rumored to take over are tom ammiano, willie brown, david campos, david chu, mark leno and aaron peskin. >> the outgoing forward doesn't have consensus then that goes to the incoming forward to make the decision. >> reporter: the next shoe to drop could come next week, fasten your seat belt, they say, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. >>> across the bay and oakland people are still trying to find out who their mayor will be. no updates will be released until all ballots are counted and reportedly only a few hundred ed dread remain -- hundred remain. the latest numbers showed quon with a lead over perata in the rank's choice vote process. keep in mind, can you find more political coverage by politicking on ktvu.com. >>> not a bad day at work for thousands of employees at google. every single person at google is getting a big pay raise and a bonus. robert honda is live in mountain view to tell us why google is making this big move. robert? >> reporter: well, frank, there are no doubt a lot of happy employees at google and the raises will probably generate a new flood of these j

state senator mark leno is expressing interest in the votes. >> they are sending out e-mail alerts about a man that tried to sexually assault a 15-year-old girl. here is sketch put together by the artist. investigators say it happened at ocean view park saturday morning. the girl told police the man asked her to perform a sex act. she got away after they both lost their footing. the suspect is described as 27-33 years old and 150 pounds with dark circles around his eyes. he wore a dark baseball cap. >>> it is now 5:05. one of two men hurt when a small plane crashed remains hospitalized with serious injuries. the single-engine plane crashed into a grassy area between two buildings shortly before takeoff. press democrat ma mark johnson of santa rosa had to taken to hospital by air ambulance but the pilot was treated and released from a santa rosa hospital. they will look into what cautioned the plane to go down. >> san jose city council will vote on asking for a credit extension to cover payments beyond december for the newly opened terminal at mineta. they need to conserve cash flow while

stable assemblyman mark leno is also another possible candidate to occupy room 200 at city hall. but whether he does it all depends on what nancy pelosi does. if she retires from congress, he might want to do washington sped of coming here to san francisco. so you can see, who knows? all this because one guy mayor newsom is leaving. >> like playing three different sets of chess at one time. >> reporter: exactly. >> we'll see. a lot of people rubbing their hands together waiting. >> reporter: yeah. it's not for lack of desire to take over, exactly. >> seriously. simon, thank you. >>> tint so dark, you can hardly see through it but is it legal? that's tonight's "good question." >> allen, i have a better good question. did the raiders sell out in time to avoid another blackout? i'm dennis o'donnell. and i have the answer. raider nation is back. why sunday's game might be the biggest since 2002, coming up. ,,,, [ cell phone rings ] [ john ] i love these new cell phones. [ wife ] he just got a new phone and he can't stop using it. boom! profile pic. [ cell phone rings ] do you guys ne

mark leno and state assemblyman have been mentioned. >>> i'll have local news update in about a half0 now on this monday morning, november 8, 2010. a great day here in midtown, manhattan, a lot of smiling folks in the crowd. all because they finished the marathon or because they got an extra hour of sleep. thank you guys, and coming up, actress grace mcadams is starring in a new movie and a morning news show. i can't imagine. morning news? never. >> a couple of unruly diva anchors on that show. obviously a lot of poetic license. as i mentioned before, russell crowe, the academy award winner is back. he's got a new movie, a real thriller, a cat and mouse type movie. although there are no cats and mice in it e we'. >>> natalie cole is coming by and we have also -- we're going to be talking be her about everything that's been going on in her life. >> lindsay vaughn is here, she's opening up about her latest honor, she's glamour magazine's woman of the year. >> and no time for the weather. >> let's check it out and see what's happening as far as today, we are looking for the week ahead,

leno next thursday. >>> tina fey received the 13th annual mark twain award last night.w cast members from "30 rock" and "saturday night live" were ontloond present the award. fae is 40 years old, the youngest person to receive the award. >> i'm so proud to represent american humor. i'm proud to be american. i'm proud to make my home in the not real america. and i am most proud that even during trying times, like an orange alert or a bad economy or contentious election that we as a nation retain our sense of humor. anyway, i don't want to go on and i'm not because i know we still have to talk about the other four nominees. so thank you and good night. >> listen, she's in good company here. other recipients of this prize include richard pryor, bill cosby and whoopi goldberg. >>> bristol palin survived another elimination round on "dancing with the stars." okay. this week the dancers faced the challenge not knowing what music they would be dancing to. until they actually performed. well, bristol and her partner finished in the bottom again. but -- she's going on to compete

mark griffin. and when i saw comedians i thought they would be the best people, because they've made me feel better. and i noticed about is 11 years old, 12 years old was watching jay lenoen he was funny. >> sorry. pella perhaps to not work with jay leno, again. >> he watches this show. >> that is right. and you'll be the punchline in tonight. the p.m., 2:00 p.m., two different shows. that is great, 8:00 p.m., t10:00 p.m. >> and henry. >> thank you, marty. and ththe situation for arab americans has been very difficult. and i want to introduce you to an author is a fascinating look. >> will have the coming up on kron 4 news this weekend. a country called ambrekka. rule the tweet. rule the bedtime. rule the upload. verizon built america's most reliable network to make a more powerful you. rule the air. verizon. right now, you can get a new samsung fascinate for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. only at verizon. joey came over to watch the game when the storm rolled in. 3rd quarter. in through the ceiling. i switched to mercury to save on car insurance, boy am i glad they cover my home too. they fixed the ceiling, replaced the couch, they even cleaned the carpets. wish they wo

mark. he has called me the jackie collins of silicon valley. he says it's all lies. he refuses to read it, so i don't know how leno's it's all lies. i've heard he saw the movie, but i have no way of knowing. i've never talked to mark. >> as anyone sued you? >> no. you know, it's a true story. it's not a negative story. everyone makes it out to be this negative attack. he is the genius behind facebook. i always said that all along. he has just done some things that upset a lot of people. there's nothing in this book that's not true. as much as everyone wants to saved you can't actually find anything that's factually incorrect. i think that is an interesting time. no. nothing like that. >> what have we learned about his personality? in this book you say that he cut off some relationships because it was all about facebook. >> he was determined. he believes in facebook and almost a religious way committee believes everyone in the world should have facebook. you know, he's socially awkward and very inept in person. i don't know if you met him. she can have a normal conversation. he's just an odd guy. he is truly a genius. he's very good