i'm jerry mcnerney and i approved this message. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] there's only one you. that's why sutter health created thedoctorforyou.com, where you can find a doctor based on criteria important to you. and because it's sutter health you can choose a doctor from some of the most respected medical groups and hospitals in northern california. find your doctor today at thedoctorforyou.com. sutter health. with you. for life. >> here it is. struck him out. and for the first time since 1954, the giants are world champions. >> they did it. team no one believed in but the giants themselves and their fans win the world series. back home the fans turn the city into a massive celebration. >> giants. giants. >>reporter: parts of san francisco came to virtual standstill tonight. here a crowd in the mission jostle a police car and later fans fuel a bonfire as part of celebration. >> and in civic center plaza crowd of 10,000 came together to watch the game on a giant tv screen. >> on fill more street fans pack the street some waited for

. >>> mcnerney conceded today -- >> this is where congressman jerry mcnerney gave his victory speech late this afternoon. it was in his dublin campaign headquarters. as you can see now this office is completely barren. it is done, this race is over. >> the campaign workers have waited nine days to hear victory declared in one of the closest congressional rations in the nation. >> the votes are in, voters have chosen me to be the next congressman. >> reporter: mcnerney campaign says they have a lead over harmer. while 11,000 votes are yet to be counted, mcnerney says the trend is clear. >> the lead is unsurmountable. >> reporter: we heard from harmer's campaign and they said they had no comment. the office was closed for the holiday. and the campaign will continue to monitor the vote count which will be complete before the thanksgiving holiday. >> job creation and the economy is job one and i am laser focused on creating jobs throughout our country but especially right here in our district. >> reporter: all along the 11th congressional district it was expected to be a tough fight. wha

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> president obama was on the campaign trail today, his last day after four-state swing this weekend. the president is trying to fight off a run can surgeon election day this tuesday. karen traverse has more. >> president obama went to cleveland, ohio today to make one final plea to voters. >> in two days you have the chance to set the direction in this country and this state for many years to come. >> the rally was the last stop on the president's weekend campaign swing wishes had him stumping for several democrats who were trailing in the polls. mr. obama was emphatic. if democratic voters show up on tuesday, democratic candidates can win. >> you can defy the conventional wisdom. >> the final abc news washington post poll before election day brought more grim news for democrats. they are no longer seen as the party of change. in 2008 voters looking for new ideas in a new direction overwhelmingly went for obama. this year vot

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i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >>> good morning, 6:12 on the morning news. orange and black colors, here is the ferry building as the giants try to wrap-up the world series. they could do it with a win in texas. >>> san francisco public school kids will stay home in the first of four furlough days. they agreed on today on four furlough days. district is facing a $113 million shortage the next couple of years because of state budget cuts. the furlough days include schools, child development centers and will save more than nine million dollars. >> one day before voters go to the polls, candidates are making a final push in hopes of reaching a critical undecided voter. this weekend, carly fiorina reached out to east bay seniors, she hopes nationwide anti-incumbent wave deny barbara boxer a fourth term. >> we have to put 2.3 californians back to work. we have to get out of control government spending under control. >> what we need to do is make sure that the private sector, special clean energy has those incentives bec

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. as an unhappy choice between a longtime politician with no plan for the future and a billionaire with no government experience. well, let me tell you my story. my husband and i came here as newlyweds. we raised our family here and the california dream came true for me in ways i could never have imagined. now i'm running for governor to restore the california dream for everyone. i'm not a career politician or a hollywood star. i'm from silicon valley, where i created thousands of jobs at ebay. as governor, i'll do something that's been missing from california politics for far too long. i'll treat you like grownups, tell it to you straight, and offer a practical plan forward. these are scary times and i know that cleaning up sacramento won't be easy. our problems are tough, but so am i. if you want more of the same from sacramento, then vote for my opponent. but if you want to get california moving again, i'm ready. are you? >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought t

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. you know it's bad when the press asks if you'd take a lie detector test. meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented. her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose relationship with the truth" halloween party in oakland early this morning. the gunman... still on the loose. the shootings >>> nine people wounded at a shooting in oakland early this morning. the gunman is still on the loose. the shootings happened after midnight at the historic suites ballroom at broadway and 19th street. police say there were about 600 people there. they believe the intended target was a man. many of the wounded are women and innocent bystanders. police are trying t

mcnerney holds a lead of 2500 votes over republican challenger david harmer. mcnerney as re-election means no california congressional seat changed party hands even as republicans took back control of the house of representatives on election day. >>> a car with a boot on it for unpaid parking tickets usually that's not big news unless the car belongs to oakland's next mayor. don knapp reports that's exactly what happened to mayor- elect jean quan this morning right outside city hall, too, don. >> reporter: that's right. the story about mayor-elect jean quan's car getting booted right outside her city hall office is playing well with some folks in the city who feel that the city is overly aggressive with its parking policy. >>> reporter: parking is still a sore spot with merchants and shoppers here in the grand lake theater area. >> going to give me a ticket just now. >> reporter: this is a merchant getting into it with a parking control officer in july 2009 after city council including member jean quan raised parking rates and extended meter hours. >> pay empl

jerry mcnerney leads david harmer by just 121 votes.ll some absentee ballots to be counted, but expect to see harmer ask for a recount there. >>> and in the race for attorney general, it looks like kamala harris pulling away. we checked the secretary of state website and the latest numbers show harris leading republican steve cooley by just over 40,000 votes. about 96% of the precincts are in there. >>> and don't forget about the parade. if you want more information, you can check out the parade route before you go. mike also put some routes in and out of there so you can go to nbcbayarea.com, check the route and how to get around it if you want to avoid the traffic and congestion. >> also remember the parade is live right here at 11:00 and we'll streak it on our website, nbcbayarea.com. [ male announcer ] the turn changes everything. ♪ the turn will make you think. ♪ make you re-examine your approach. change your line. innovate. and create one of the world's fastest-reacting suspensions, reading the road 1,000 times per second. it's th

mcnerney's camp has no objections to the vote counting process. the republican camp went to court to stop the counting. incommissioner denied that and they are going to court morning to. this congressional district covers several counties including alameda, santa clara and san joaquin counties. there are no challenges at this point to those three other counties but here in contra costa county, a hearing at 8:30 where the challenger david harmer wants to stop the ballot counting. we'll be here to let you know how it turns out. >> thank you, mark sayre in martinez. >> let's get another check of traffic and weather. >> reporter: they issued a traffic alert, lanes blocked for another half hour at least. this is the scene of the crash westbound 580 right before hopyard road. two right lanes and the exit lane are blocked. this was a multi-vehicle crash that just happened within the last half hour. the off-ramp at hopyard is not blocked. but unfortunately the backups are growing on westbound 580. expect major delays through this stretch for a while. it i

mcnerney isn't owe sure.e already seeing indication it's headed in that direction and here's the reason why. tens of thousands of people waited until the very last minute to return their vote by mail ballots and they haven't been counted yet. >> each confident that the votes are going to be counted from now on are going to be favorable so i'm -- so i'm very upbeat and confident and we'll see some good results in the next few weeks. >> i realize that the count is still very close but we are not done counting so nobody feels defeated. >>> reporter: after a long night it could be a long few weeks as the vote by mail ballots are tallied in the four counties that make up congressional district 11. in contra costa county they are still trying to verify signatures on ballots and across the district tens of thousands of ballots are still outstanding. both the campaigns have their eye on the traditionally conservative san joaquin valley. >> i am informed that 35,000 absentee and provisional ballots remain to be counte

. >>> also in the east bay, congressman jerry mcnerney is declaring victory in the 11th district race. the latest count shows him about 2,000 votes more than republican challenger david harmer. the incumbent called the lead insurmountable. >> i'm truly honored. i'm truly humbled and honored to accept that choice and to do my best to serving this community for the next two years. >> however, harmer has not conceded. the four counties involved don't expect to certify the results until november 24 at the earliest. >>> this veterans day, parades all over the bay area honoring the millions of men and women who have served or are serving in our military. in san jose, it's one of the biggest veterans day parades in the country. it began with a memorial ceremony at plaza de cesar chavez. this year's grand marshal the former mayor of milpitas who was a marine and served in

we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, money scope report, big move from the federal reserve expected this week. fed is expected to announce that it is buying u.s. treasury securities. idea would be to loosen up credit. pontiac has reached the end of the road. brand was officially closed on sunday when gm's contract with pontiac dealers expired. the last car was made a year ago. more gm news, there is clue why the cadillac escalade is the most stolen vehicle in the u.s. they report that it has a security flaw with the steering wheel and thieves can steal them in 14 seconds. they were in the halloween mood. that is money scope report. i'm rob nelson. >> it is 5:13. >> after transit will have to wait longer for their bus. they begin cutting 7% and in march it reduced 8%. it removes two destiny ti nation

i'm ann notarangelo with the latest on the harmer-mcnerney coming pain and they get ready to fight thee. >>> president obama responds to the shift in power. what he will take responsibility for and the conversation he had with the man expected to be the next speaker of the house. >>> i haven't missed a giants game in 35 years. opening day. and the same is true for my son and now my two grandsons. and this year we were blessed with the opportunity to [ indiscernible ] around the ballpark. and it was amazing. this whole series has been amazing and i think that the difficult part is choosing hot most valuable player is because really, this is -- this is a brilliant team and it was all of them that did it. ,,,, can a smartphone be its own guardian angel ? can it keep an eye out for itself, literally show and tell you where it is when you don't even know yourself ? droid can with lookout mobile security, one of thousands of free apps for the droid x and droid 2 by motorola. available on the ever-expanding android market. when there's no limit to what droid gets, there's no limit to what dro

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >> sunshine expected, san francisco, 72 degrees. 72 alameda, san ramon and 75 degrees in pleasanton. today's high warm temperature coming up. >>> tracy thanks very much. as you know the giants can win the world series tonight they are up 3 games to 1 on the texas rangers. people celebrating last night's win any way they could mayor new some making it a family affair he brought his daughter to the balboa cafe to catch the game with a couple friends. >>> and one man if san francisco wanted to take part in halloween festivities but didn't want to miss game four so he set up a big screen tv in his garage to watch the game and hand out halloween candy for the kids and have a little home made beer on the side for parents. he was very popular. >> he had the right idea. >>> 6:24 a.m. don't plan on calling in sick if you stayed up late to celebrate the giantest win. a recent study found more people are using bogus sick days many are getting in trouble. >>> 30% of workers make up reasons to mis

we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >>> as we pointed out earlier, the polls open up in 14 hours now. the most expensive campaign in california will come to a merciful end. and then if there is some republican tsunami, could it have impact here? could it have a baring? >> yes, it could. we know that a number of races will go republican and a number going democrat, and those are the races in doubt. if the republicans win virginia, or in illinois, and perhaps harry reid's seat, yes, it could be a big impact. >> could it be minimized that absentee and early voting? >> good point. many will vote tomorrow during the day, just hand in their b l ballot. in a close race, anything like that can change things. >> and then fee republicans see fiorina race. >> it's not so much republicans making a dash for the polls as much as the democrats getting discouraged and staying home. republi

. >>> it appears that jerry mcnerney has won the reelection against his republican challenger. the latest numbers show mcnerney with 2400 more votes than his opponent and "the associated press" reports there are fewer than 1900 ballots to be counted. even though, the democrat has not conceded. >>> this morning some bay area folks burned a few calories for a good cause before they sat down for their thanksgiving feast. the 9th annual turkey swim was held and money raised goes to the karen m. gordon scholarship fund to pay for scholarships for low-income kid. >> this morning's karen's father talked about what this means. >> it gives back to the community for the good kids in the world. it helps them reach some of their goals educationwise. >> karen gordon was an intern here at ktvu who was killed on her 19th birthday by a driver fleeing police. she was a lifeguard and swimming instructor as well as a freshmen honor student and water polo player at what is now cal state east bay in hayward. >>> the cold didn't discourage people from participating in a thanksgiving tradition in san

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message.,000 employees who used to work for hp. i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. fiorina laid off 30,000 people and she shipped our jobs to china and india. i had to pack my bags and i was out the door that night. we even had to train our replacements. she didn't need 5 corporate jets. one hundred million for herself. fiorina never cared about our jobs. not then and not now. i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepwor >> u.s. officials are on their way to yemen to investigate a main suspect. officials say he disguised his bombs inside hewlett-packard desk top printers packing the cartridges with a pound of the explosive petn. a cellphone was added as a detonator. >> the device would be safe and totally the circuit board receives a signal which would cause a switch that is normally open to close. >> the two packages were located last week in britain and dubai. they were addressed to two synagogues in chicag

we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. state budgets cuts are crippling my classroom. they can't believe the sacramento politicians will give our state's wealthiest corporations a new billion dollar tax giveaway. lobbyists have the ear of people who are just thinking about wealth. when you cut the budget, then you cut these students' opportunities. passing prop 24 can change all that. prop 24 repeals the unfair corporate giveaway and puts our priorities first. vote yes on prop 24 because it's time to give our schools a break. phone tower on top of a local >>> the palo alto neighborhood is unhappy about plans to put a cell phone tower on top of a local church. the proposed tower would be at the st. alfred the great catholic church which also runs a nearby preschool. thuy vu is in palo alto where some neighbors are worried about the health hazard. thuy. >> reporter: this is the

in danville, ann notarangelo, cbs 5. >>> mcnerney is now in his second term.n the seat in 2006 as democrats across the country swept control of the house. >>> all other house members representing the nine-county bay area were re-elected. in addition, democrats won all of the state senate and assembly races in the bay area. >>> it is 5:38. the big night for republicans will of course lead to a drastically changed congress for president obama come january. randall pinkston is covering the big shake-up in washington. thanks for joining us. i understand president obama will be speaking in a few hours probably regarding all of this and the change in congress. >> reporter: yes. at about 1:00 he will make his first public comment on camera. there was a statement released last night, but his first public comment on camera about the election results and we are expecting that the president will call for cooperation with the new prospective leader of the house of representatives, the new speaker-to-be, john boehner and, of course, he will be keeping a majority in the sen

mcnerney's campaign manager calls that lead insurmountable.the four counties involved don't expect to certify the results until november 24 at the earliest. >>> people in oakland will march today to remember an unarmed man killed by police. autopsy results show derek jones was hit in the front of his body not in the back like his family said. on monday police say they chased him opening fire when he reached for his waistband. this afternoon, oscar grant supporters will join jones' family and friends and march from the site of the shooting to the fruitvale bart station. grant was unarmed when he was shot and killed by former bart police officer johannes mehserle at the bart station. >>> today's veterans day and there are a number of observances planned in the bay area. mark sayre is in san jose where one of the biggest parades in the country begins at noon. good morning to you, mark. >> reporter: good morning. it is certainly northern california's largest veterans day parade. it will kick off with opening ceremonies in downtown san jose at 11 a

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. and we're back, touching briefly on our top stories this first run three people getting a small child in hospital following a shooting in san francisco. there were three shots near the intersection of 25th street and connecticut. one includes a 20 road man multiple gunshot or ones, those are considered life threatening another man in his early-mid 50 suffered one gunshot around his injury is not life- threatening. final victim three world girl who was hit multiple times her wounds because their grades are considered life-threatening they're scrambling to save her life. police have no reformation of the suspects as soon as we hear more will you know. the giants, are one win away from winning their first world series. instead of this group. look to the debt, a crazy rat. but shares the effort by the giants. deep to right, is it fair, yes it is. home runs, in the end it was fantastic for-0 win for game 4 victory of the giants. tim lincecum will be on the mound tonight. the first set sche

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. marijuana. >>> the latest poll on state propositions shows a dramatic change in support for decriminalizing marijuana. prop 19 is losing 49% to 42%. less than a month ago the poll showed prop 19 passing by the exact same margin. proposition 23 which would spend the crack -- suspend the crackdown on greenhouse gas emission is losing. and proposition 25 which would allow a simple majority vote in the legislature to pass the budget is leading. >>> republican senate candidate carly fiorina is wrapping up an event in walnut creek. yesterday she was courting senior voters and today's event in walnut creek is targeted at seniors at the retirement community of rossmoor. she met voters in palm desert and fresno. robert boxer as well as the candidates for governor all barn stormed in california today and tomorrow in a last minute blitz. >>> also working hard this weekend on the campaign trail, president obama. he and the vice president have events scheduled in several cities. >> reporter: in cl

we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts.rsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. @@ >>> well, it began with sarah palin helping tea party candidate joe miller knock out establishment favor lisa murkowski in the republican primary. but then murkowski jumped back into the alaska senate race as a write-in candidate. and now bill clinton is making robo calls for democrat scott mcadams in a last-ditch attempt to pull out a win. neal karlinsky reports with the latest from alaska. >> reporter: alaskans like to brag this rugged state is the last untamed territory in the nation. they have the biggest mountains, the coldest weather, and this year -- >> lisa murkowski, she's changed. >> joe is a one-man economic disaster for alaska. >> scott mcadams has only been a registered voter in alaska for ten years. >> reporter: an electoral process that's turned just as renegade as many who live here. it features a previously unknown tea part

we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >>> tomorrow is election day. when the polls close, we go on air at 8:00 p.m. we'll start coverage on channel 11-2 and comcast channel 186 at 9:00 p.m. the nbc team begins coverage on the races followed by 11:00 p.m. on state and local races. >> speaking of votes, president obama was given the phone number inside the giants clubhouse. we'll let you know if he yo eam to y called the t congratulate them. back in a moment. we're live. what did you lie about? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. you say you are going to lower taxes. you're gonna put people to work. you're gonna improve the schools. you're gonna stop crime. crime is up. schools are worse. taxes are higher. i mean be real. i didn't have a plan for california. it's all a lie. i didn't have a plan for cal

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we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts.ndorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. ♪ >>> san francisco officials are reminding residents there will be no halloween party in the castro district tonight. this is the fourth straight year people are being discouraged from partying in the castro. now, the move came after several years of violence and vandalism, including the stabbings of five people in 2004 and 2005 and nine people shot in 2006. there will be no city-sponsored event tonight and no street closures in the castro. move on to lee glasser and see what forecast lurks around the corner for us. >> listen, we cleared out so nicely today. temperatures now still very, very mild. we have some readings near 70 degrees right now. here's a live shot from our san jose cam. clear sky there in just about an hour or so although the little ones will be out knocking on the door doing a little bit of trick or treating. temperatures

we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. what did you lie about when you were governor? it's all a lie. what did you lie about? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. you say you are going to lower taxes. you're gonna put people to work. you're gonna improve the schools. you're gonna stop crime. crime is up. schools are worse. taxes are higher. i mean be real.

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >>> welcome back.look at the fog that moved out of north bay and into san francisco. should be out of here and causing no problems as far as flight delays. upper 40s to low 50s. we'll be in the upper 60s to mid-70s with total sunshine today and warmer than average through thursday. >>> mike, thank you. the news continues now with "good morning america." "good morning america." we'l hi! welcome to progressive. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> just keeps coming every day. there's always some other problem, some -- something else just keeps cropping up. and you just wounder where it's going to end. >> they fled california for vancouver. now the exclusive interview with randy and evi quaid is coming up. good morning, i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm robin roberts. >>> new details in the natalie holloway case. >>> also, police have found a wrong way driver that caused harrowing moments in philadelphia. go

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right now jerry mcnerney has 421-vote leaved republican challenger david harmer. republicans supporting harmer prompted today's superior court hearing. they have concerns about the signature verification process on vote-by-mail envelopes in contra costa county. it is one of four counties with voters in the 11th district. >>> all right. time now 5:05. another check of weather and traffic. >> and tracy is in the weather center. >> hey, good morning. yeah, today our forecast, we are expecting things to start to dry out a little bit today. mostly clear conditions inland as well as for the bay and the coastline and chilly in spots. take a look at the temperatures. 39 to 50 degrees? yeah, the 30s well inland. that's chilly. 47 and 53 around the bay and 50 to 55 along the coast. this afternoon mostly sunny and cool and we'll need it after yesterday. today's highs up to the lower 60s well below average. sunshine, cool and breezy around the bay and cool and breezy at the coast. temperatures mid-50s to the lower 60s. so today plenty of sunshine, cool and a little breezy. mo

jerry mcnerney leading republican challenger david harmer by just 121 votes. >>> our time now is 5:06. >>> san pablo police looking for the parents of a little boy left abandoned on a street. the boy is between 18 months and three years old. he was last seen with a woman in her 20s. police say she left the boy on the street and jumped into a taxi. the boy was left on valencia way in san pablo yesterday morning. he apparently doesn't speak clearly, but otherwise appears to be healthy. >>> sentencing is scheduled tomorrow for the former bart police officer who killed a passenger. a jury convicted johannes mehserle of involuntary manslaughter for shooting oscar grant. prosecutors are asking for a prison sentence. the defense had requested probation. there is going to be a day of hope event for grant this evening at the federal building in oakland. >>> australia's qantas airlines has grounded all flights for its airbus a-380 jets after some scary moments midair. a flight had to make an emergency landing in singapore this morning. witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion and then seeing

it appears that jerry mcnerney has won. the latest numbers show he was 2400 more votes and "the associated press" shows there are fewer than 1900 ballots left to be counted. even so, harmer has not conceded an the secretary of state is not expected to certify though results until tuesday. knew, if mcnerney is the win he, that would mean no california congressional seats changed party hands in the election this month. >>> san francisco district attorney dam ma law harris appears to have won the race for california attorney general but she won't declare a victory just yet. her rival conceded, but the final results will not be finished until next tuesday. the latest count shows harris with a 58,000-vote lead. the dooley -- the cooley campaign says there's just not enough votes to win. mayor newsom is responsible for appointing her successor but he's also going to be the lieutenant-governor. if newsom leaves without a successor, david chu will become interim mayor. but chu says he's not sure whether he would appoint an interim

the latest numbers show mcnerney with 2400 more votes than harmer. and the associated press reports there are fewer than 1900 votes left to be counted. even so, harmer has not conceded. the secretary of state is not expected to certify the results until tuesday. if mcnerney is the winner, that would mean no california congressional seat changed party hands in the election earlier this month. >>> a holiday tradition continues in san jose this morning. it's the annual silicon valley turkey trot which begins at san jose's guadeloupe river park nearly 15,000 people are expected to participate in this year's event which benefits three local charities. the silicon valley technology company applied materials is the sponsor. it will be both 5k and 10k runs featuring world class athletes as well as celebrity ceos and government officials. >>> tomorrow ktvu kicks off its annual holiday coat drive. it's called one warm coat. ktvu personalities will be at four bay area locations to take your donations. san francisco's ferry building, broadway plaza in walnut cre

mcnerney with 47% of the vote. now, mcnerney represents the 11th congressional district. that includes parts of contra costa and san joaquin valley. as for harmon, we got up with him. he talked about the influence the tea party has had had in this election. >> i do believe that the tea party has rocked the republican party back to his routes. >> and take a look at the numbers for attorney general. kamala harris has 46% of the vote. her challenger, steve cooley, with 46%. he's the district attorney of los angeles. >>> this morning, police search is on after a san francisco voting inspector reportedly ran off stealing ballots from a polling site. kraig debro is live in san francisco with some new information on how voters are reacting and how this latest development might affect the vote count. >> reporter: good morning. it will affect the vote count. it won't affect races because there aren't any races that close where 75 ballots either way would tipple balance -- would tip the balance. take a look at that yellow piece of paper. that's exactly sort of the manifest of what

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appears mcnerney has won his re- election bid against republican challenger. latest numbers show mcnerney with 2400 more votes than harmer and the associated press reports there are fewer than 1900 ballots left to be counted. even so, harmer has not conceded and the secretary of state not expected to confirm until tuesday. if mcnerney was the winner that means no california congressional seat changed party hands in the election earlier this month. >>> a holiday tradition continues in san jose this morning. it's the annual silicon valley turkey trot which begins at san jose's guadeloupe river park. nearly 15,000 people are expected to participate in this year's event which benefits three local charities. the silicon valley technology company applied materials is the sponsor. there will be both 5k and 10k runs featuring world class athletes as well as celebrity ceos and government officials in the chilly weather. >>> tomorrow ktvu kicks off annual holiday coat drive. it's called one warm coat. ktvu personalities will be at four bay area locations to take your do

the latest ballot tallies show mcnerney now leads by almost 2300 votes. the winner could be announced very soon. >>> a familiar face in bay area politics may be joining the race for san francisco mayor. city hall sources tell nbc bay area state senator leland lee will pick up papers to begin a likely campaign. yee was just re-elected to a four-year term in the senate. he may form an exploratory committee which will allow him to raise money. an aide says he will hold a news conference, however, would not comment on yee's political plans. >>> rescue efforts are still under way for a carnival cruise ship adrift in the water south of san diego. the splendor has been without power since early monday after an engine fire. planes loaded with supplies flew in from san diego and delivered food and water to the stranded ship. it's not the fine dining passengers were expecting. the drop included spam. >> right now it's like bread, there's cups, there's utensils, frozen milk, canned goods, easy-to-make items that are served cold. >> probably no big i say carvings, th

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the latest ballot tally shows mcnerney now leads by almost 2300 votes.at about 121 for a while there, but he's gained some ground and widened that margin. the winner could be announced very soon. >>> concede or else. that's what the city of santa clara is telling its employees. the city is trying to live in the black and is demanding wage and benefit cuts. the alternative is layoffs. kris sanchez is live on the ultimatum that could give more than 80 city workers the boot. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this is really a tough choice. consider trying to decide what's best for you for you and your paycheck versus what's doing the best thing for your employee group as a whole. that is the difficult choice that santa clara employees are facing today. the city council last night told them to accept a 5% pay cut or accept 10% of the workers will be out of a job altogether. that adds up to about 82 people from all departments from police and fire to the library. the union workers have 30 days to make this decision. if they don't choose the 5% pa

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message.t was looking like another pitcher in tool last night into all aubrey huff broke things open in the third. his to run home run in the third inning off of starter tommy hunter got the giants on the border early. it was aubrey huff first postseason home run. >> we haven't really played these guys. that's in the back of your mind you want to hit a home run to put to a head. its producer real right now. we have a lot of work to do tomorrow. it was a big turning the game. to get the lead we can be more aggressive. certainly special for me. >> it was special for our were the pitcher and catcher first time there was are rookie in the series. and tim lincecum will be on the mound tonight. >> forecast for today we have some saga out there let's see how cool it is. >> it started off cool especially in the north bay. temperatures in the '40's however as we head into the afternoon of bit of a different picture temperatures warming up nicely today that warming trend will continue heading for the we

the most recent tally shows mcnerney with a lead of less than 13,000 votes. 11,000 provisional ballots still need to be counted but mcnerney says he is confident his lead is insurmountable. >> it's a great day, the votes are in, the voters have spoken. >>> election officials don't expect a final count on the provisional balance until later this month. the 11th congressional district covers parts of alameda and san joaquin county. >>> any doubt of who will be oakland's next mayor ended today after perrata conceded to quan. political randy shandobil has our report. >> reporter: the rush of being oakland's new mayor elect, quan today in more demand than ever. one of her first duties as mayor elect. a veteran's day salute to veterans living in a veteran's complex. last night perrata seemed to be the victor, easily winning the most first place votes. >> i defeated jean quan in 78% of the precincts in oakland. if this would have been a normal election, i would have been the winner. >> reporter: have you congratulated quan. >> i have done, i have done. >> reporter: he did concede and promised

the most recent tally shows mcnerney with a lead of less than 13,000 votes. 11,000 provisional ballots still need to be counted but mcnerney says he is confident his lead is insurmountable. >> it's a great day, the votes are in, the voters have spoken. >>> election officials don't expect a final count on the provisional balance until later this month. the 11th congressional district covers parts of alameda and san joaquin county. >>> any doubt of who will be oakland's next mayor ended today after perrata conceded to quan. political randy shandobil has our report. >> reporter: the rush of being oakland's new mayor elect, quan today in more demand than ever. one of her first duties as mayor elect. a veteran's day salute to veterans living in a veteran's complex. last night perrata seemed to be the victor, easily winning the most first place votes. >> i defeated jean quan in 78% of the precincts in oakland. if this would have been a normal election, i would have been the winner. >> reporter: have you congratulated quan. >> i have done, i have done. >> reporter: he did concede and promised

race in california's 11th district is so close less than 200 votes separate the candidates, jerry mcnerneys trying to hold on to his seat. he is 121 votes ahead of the republican candidate of david harmer. he talked about the race from stockton last night. >> this election is fundamentally about two things. the first is that people want to stop the speg. they sigh an explosion of federal spending in washington and they are very concerned about it. they understand that there is no free money. that we're piling debt onto our kids. >> if he wins, he will be the only republican representative in the bay area. >> across the nation, voters sent a message that they are ready for a change in congress. gop is backing control of the house of representatives. >> and that means nancy pelosi is out as speaker of the house and congressman john bain ser the incoming speaker. he called bainer to congratulate him on his win and to talk about working together in the future. during his victory speech he echoed themes of getting americans back to work and rolling back the landmark health care reform bill. the

mcnerney has a 121-vote lead.ather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. >>> we are going to head down to san jose again. ' series of accidents just caused problems for all the major freeways throughout the south bay. this accident northbound 880 approaching north first street has finally been cleared out of lanes. you can see that tow truck symbol there. unfortunately, traffic is still backed up in the northbound lanes on northbound 17 as far back as highway 85. now we have a new accident coming up northbound 101 approaching oakland road. this is our second accident in the same spot by the way. 880 through oakland, this is just starting to get slow here in the last 10 minutes. these are the northbound lanes of the nimitz freeway. coliseum off to the right. and it remains stop and go up towards downtown oakland. about a half hour is your drive time from 238 to the maze. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >>> hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast for this morning the last warm day we

we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >>> breaking news industrial area, san jose, four alarm fire burning industrial center and night club. a live report coming up. a look at your morning commute traffic 6 minutes. >> all right thanks very much. 5:08 a.m., big changes for muni riders, starting today, some commuters will have to use the card instead of the fast pass they are transferring from the paper a fast pass to new electronic clipper. the a fast pass is used for muni and bart inside san francisco. the m goes away from april. >>> san francisco has fewer buses on the road this morning. they cut service by 7% on top of an 8% cut back in march this time two lines are eliminated service to oakland's broadway terrace and orinda bart station. two cuts this year expected to save ac transit more than $21 million. >>> at one point we used to get more than $26 million from the sta

we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts.ur local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >>> welcome back to "the early show." now that the holiday shopping season is here scam artists ratchet up the ways they separate consumers from their cash. here with advice for all of us cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis. good morning, rebecca. >> hi, maggie. >> how prevalent is this? most of us consider ourselves smart when it comes to these things. >> it is becoming increasingly prevalent. we saw these especially on the internet go up 22% last year where the scam artists are looking to scam people on the internet, atms and gas stations. >> talk about the atms, using these skimmers which are not new, right. >> they are not but are increasing technologically savvy at getting your money. what a skimmer, is something that attaches to an atm, possibly even a gas station machine of the gas pump. what it does, when you swipe your debit card or credit card it skims the information, takes your info

jerry mcnerney, democrat incumbent, is trailing by 13 votes. republican challenger david harmer has seen his lead shrink all morning. the district includes parts of alameda, contra costa and santa clara counties. >>> also the race for attorney general is too close to call. republican steve cooley the district attorney in los angeles county has been in the lead all last night. but democrat kamala harris has pulled ahead by less than 1 point. she is the d.a. in san francisco. >>> san francisco mayor gavin newsom is the state's next lieutenant governor. he defeated the incumbent, republican maldonado 50 to 39%. that's with more than 92% of precincts reporting. linda yee reports on what newsom promises to do. >>> reporter: i'm linda yee in san francisco with the gavin newsom campaign for lieutenant governor. all night, newsom held a slim lead over the incumbent but he felt confident he will win the office. he listed some priorities. >> what i want to do is reinvent the office. i have no interest in it being sort of that also ran office. i think peo

i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. >>> down to the wire.alifornia senator barbara boxer and gub tur yal candidate jair where i brown are running hard. they're teaming up for one final push at a rally in oakland. cheryl hurd is live in jack london square for us. cheryl. >> reporter: a whole team of democrats filled the stage from pamela harris who acted as moderator running f nin ning fo general in california. jerry brown has been talking to reporters over my shoulder. a number of people had a chance to speak. two main speakers here tonight, senator barbara boxer in fight for her life, and jerry brown, the democrat for governor. barbara was wearing her giants orange using the sports analogy to win votes. >> when i started out in politics, i was 6 feet tall, but those special interests having pounding on me and pounding on me. i want to tell you something, oakland. you're the key. you're the key to sending me back to fight for the middle class, to fight for jobs, to fight for these carpenters, to put them back to work. to stand up against the

mcnerney holds a lead of 2500 vote over his republican challenger david harmer, who says he is not quite ready to concede just yet. he is waiting on more counting in the san joaquin county. mcnerney's re-election means no california congressional seat changed party hands despite the gop's national gains. that leaves just one uncalled congressional race, new york's first district where two candidates are split by just 235 votes with more than 2,000 challenged ballots under review. >>> you may have heard the mayor-elect of oakland had a boot placed on her car tuesday morning. certainly worth a chuckle. but for a lot of oakland resident and business owners, it also comes as a thanksgiving sized serving of irony. don knapp on the boot and jean quan's response in the past hour. >> reporter: you might ask, why some people are gloating and others are even gleeful about the mayor-elect's car getting the boot. there is as you suggest some history here and it's rooted in what some folks say is an overly aggressive parking policy. >>> reporter: parking is still a sore spot with merchants and shoppe