fear is a raft in the middle of lake merritt. we have been camping out here since yesterday. 15 of them are on there right now. i am going to try and get on that raft. third >>da: how many people are here? >> 16 including you. >>da: talk to us about the message. >> to get everyone to the port shutdown. >>da: how long have you been on a raft? third >> since 3:00 a.m. yesterday. >> up >>da: i have spoken with passers-by, some of them are against this method. >>da: officers did come by our earlier, but there is not a lot that could be done. for now, these protesters plan to stay out here for days, if not weeks. >>vicki: alejandra cerball has more about the high- speed chase and crashed. >>alejandra: this is a silver bmw, a driver crashed into a power pole after a high-speed chase. live wires fell on to the ground causing a small fire and leaving more than 2004 to customers without power. this woman wearing a black shirt and jeans was inside the car. listed as officers tell her not to go. she was taken to the hospital and treated for

in the outer loop, we have an accident just past merritt boulevard. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. the rain is the big story today. we will see some heavy stuff in a few neighborhoods. the heaviest rain is on the eastern shore counties. the rain will be with us off and not today. right now we're in the lower end of the 60's. it will be in the upper 40's by the time the drive home from work. it could be cold enough to snow tonight. now to the news desk. >> in sports, keeping players fresh presents a big challenge to all nfl teams. nobody likes seeing the ravens running the ball well more than the players on the defensive side. the ravens ran the ball 90 times in the past two games. ravens also dominated the time of possession. coach john harbaugh says a strong defense and a strong running game forms the foundation for a strong ravens team. it starts with a strong running game and a fresh defense. >> play good defense. we have been able to run the ball. we have been better at running the ball in some years and better in differe

diego. >> we just got here last night, and we are occupying lake merritt. it will bring attention to occupy oakland and get people thinking about the port shut down. >> it could be a repeat of the last protest. tonight there are about 30 vans parked behind the oakland police department. in a letter today, mayor gene quan urged restraint and understanding. how does shutting down the port and causing thousands of workers to lose a day's pay create positive change? >> now, the port of oakland says they stand to lose about $8.5 million if there is a full shut down of the port tomorrow. but occupy protesters say the shut down is necessary to continue to bring attention to the plight of the 99%. thomas roman, abc news. >> thank you, thomas. >>> occupy san francisco members are back in front of a market street address. but how long they will be there is anyone's guess. early this morning they took down the encampment to the federal reserve building. 55 people were arrested on charges of illegal lodging. they were booked and released. by noon many were back at the

the location is probably about a half a mile east and south lake merritt.he pressure coming out of the ground now is less than it was -- [ no audio ] >> we're clearly having some technical problems there. we'll go back to kraig. that's a developing story, water gushing out of the street. >>> the labor department says 364,000 americans filed for first-time benefits last week. that's the lowest level in more than three and a half years. continuing claims also fell by 79,000 and that's the lowest level in another than three years. those are indicators, the labor market may be improving. >>> holiday sales were up. shopper track says sales were  up from the week before the company is expecting a last- minute surge to boost the numbers further. >>> apple is going to build a new retail store and this store will look like any other apple store in the world but it could be a prototype for new ones. it will be two stories tall and plans filed with the city call for a glass roof and a facade. stone and steel will be featured prominently in the design of this new sto

this camp was on lake merritt.er this week, protestors set up a small vessel they called aqua-pi lake merritt. police brought it ashore. the municipal code prohibits private boats on the lake without permission. the protestors say they tried to get a permit for the boat, but were denied. >> if anyone had approached bus what our options were earlier, told us the cops would come, we would have been more flexible or talk about other options. >> oakland police tell us they issued citations to three people for having unauthorized boat on lake merritt. for more information, go to ktvu.com for our continuing coverage. >>> santa rosa man facing charges after police say he used a fake gun to threaten people at a shopping center. this happened about 8:00 last night at dutton plaza. police say the man pulled up what appeared to be a handgun and threaten customers. the man was arrested near the laundromat in the shopping center. police say they found a toy gun in his waistband. an officers say the man is a transient. he'll fac

>>reporter: over the weekend occupy oakland demonstrators took their message to lake merritt. >>reporter: from land to water, the occupy protesters have conquered another piece of oakland the heart of the city.rent--this was built by the occupy oakland protesters a small group has been sleeping on the raft and occupies a lake since saturday night. >> we got kicked out of one park and another, so was the next place to go? >>reporter: there is a message with this occupation they're flying a banner in using this to draw attention to monday's report sent shut down.--mondays, port shutdown. >> everyone should bring their boats down here we should have a massive group of boats on the lake. >>reporter: some passing by lovett others, not so much. >> it aggravates the community and ultimately works against the cause. >>reporter: some say they support the 99% they disagree with the methods. >> so many people that it affected are the people like us to try to work on a daily basis to area >>reporter: the occupy protesters say they plan on staying for days if not weeks. the rain in oakland

a group also occupied snow park near lake merritt for a few days. kicked out of there, as well. so again, the people in there are planning to dig in for the long haul. they say they have not been hassled at all by police officers. they also don't know who owns that land and neither do we at this point. i asked what if that person doesn't want you on their land? they said they don't care, they plan on staying there. and they also are trying to give out a lot of services for homeless people. they are planning to feed anybody who comes in. >> i know it's a long shot but irv covering this for months. is there anyone familiar to you that you saw in this camp? >> no. but they said that everybody there was with "occupy oakland" the original "occupy oakland" encampment. they also said that the people there are the, quote, diehards that they're not homeless people. that they're people who are very much entrenched within the "occupy" movement. this is all according to this medic that i spoke with. we'll hear from him coming up in the next half hour. >> very g

back here live at lake merritt, the supporters of "occupy" are going to try to shut down the ports from alaska to san diego, and the port is saying they stand to lose at lease $8.5 million a day if in fact the sport is shut down tomorrow. we'll have more on abc-7 news at 11:00. reporting live in oakland, abc-7 news. >> the "occupy" protesters living in front of 101 market street in san francisco are back tonight after police moved them out this morning. the. the police moved in and cleared the space in front of the federal building. 55 demonstrators were arrested for illegal lodging. >> the irony of the situation is there were lodgers across the street, lodgers on mission and main, 20 to 30 of them with actual structures and tents. there are homeless lodgers all over the city but none of them get taken out unless their carrying signs and protesting the behavior of the government and corporations in this country and it's very frustrating for us. >> protesters were back in front of 101 market by the afternoon. >> "occupy" cal members returned to sprowl hall. police enforced a rule prohibi

. >> we just got here last night from "occupy" lake merritt, to get people thinking about the sport shutdown tomorrow. >> the occupier does not have the support of the union, and the con rel chronicle reports some think it will be too confrontational and detract from the intentions. truckers say they stand to lose $700 tomorrow. >> and oakland mayor jean quan's office released an open letter to "occupy" protesters, reading, how does shutting down the port and caution thousands of workers to lose pay create positive change? she is urging protesters to keep the port open. >> propesters promoted the shutdown. a handful of activists set sail. they're calling it occupation. there's no "occupy" encampment in oakland. no word how long the group plans to stay afloat. >> 55 protesters were arrested this morning. >> they were surrounded before we knew it was coming, and they arrest ode -- arrested us one by one and released us in an hour or two and we have come back to reclaim it. >> after police released them. several protesters came back and 100 officers moved them out and closed down market street

the group also occupied snow park near lake merritt for a few days. but they were kicked out of there, as well. so we'll see how long this camp is allowed to stand. we cannot determine right now who owns this land. it's just kind of a triangle in the middle of peralta and mandela here in west oakland. but they say they don't care who owns it, they're staying. >> anne, it seems like it took them a while to find a location. we haven't seen a camp for a couple of weeks. >> reporter: that's right. it's almost been a month that "occupy" hasn't had any sort of encampment here in oakland. but there was always talk on twitter trying to find a new location and here it is. >> thank you. >>> governor brown in the meantime trying to drum up support for his ideas to higher taxes. the governor plans to ask voters for $7 billion in new taxes and part of that would be through a temporary half cent sales tax hike. he also wants to raise income taxes on those making a quarter million dollars a year or more. the legislature would have to approve putting the proposals on

lavelva merritt will spend 20 years in prison. she was on probation when she took part in a robbery and murderer in july of last year. last month, she was sentenced to 30 years in prison with 15 years suspended for her part in that robbery. >>> and a dad is behind bars in harford county charged with setting his children's hair on fire. stephen kenneth helgason was arrested. kids came into the salon burned and three siblings admitted they were burned by a makeshift torch. >> it's very strange. it's not clear but it does notappear this was an issue of discipline or excess discipline or anything like that now. this is -- these allegations are he very unusual and that's one of the main reasons we asked for a high bond. >> it's alleged you used cans of aerosol deodorant and a lighter to scorch his children as many as 100 times. children are placed in the care of social services. >>> news around the nation this morning, a prisoner and correction officer was killed monday when a prison van lost control and crashed. official say 11 people

these are also in the same area of lake merritt.s we fly over on the big board, a couple of miles to the west near the mall clear business district, onlooker's avenue, there has been in effect there. police say they're driving around looking for people sitting in their parked car using or talking on their cell phones. the suspects are then at robbing those people. there are between the ages of 15-20, black males, two of the four are armed to. police are telling people to keep their phones out of plain view, especially when you're sitting in a parked car. >>jaqueline: we did see a little bit of rain today, it was more like a drizzle and only a few hundreds of an inch. 100th of an inch in redwood city. the storm has basically moved on. we are wholly to season clearing tonight. take a look in the north bay. 44 in santa rosa, 41 in nevada, 50 and the rest of the bay area. partial clearing. the water on the ground will make for foggy conditions into the overnight. we will have dense fog before the sun comes up. as the sun comes up it wil

the group also occupied snow park near lake merritt for a few days and were kicked out of there, as well. the "occupy" movement started out protesting corporate greed and unemployment and it has since encompassed a lot of other social issues. so we'll see how long they are allowed to stay here in west oakland. back to you guys. >> if it follows history, not that much longer. thank you. >>> governor brown says he is working to get business and labor leaders behind his tax hike plans. the governor plans to ask voters for $7 billion in new taxes all part of what would be through a temporary half cent sales tax hike. he also wants to raise income taxes on those making a quarter million dollars or more a year. the legislature would have to approve putting a plan on the ballot. cbs 5 political analyst joe tuman says recent cuts could help the governor get his plan passed. >> i think in california, after 10 or 11 months of looking at the possibility of not having the revenues he needs to provide basic services, california residents are also willing to look the attacks -- asking people to pay mo

. >>> a floating "occupy" protest known as "acquapy" as raft carrying a tent on lake merritt, activists taunted them as the raft was dismantled. >>> the america's cup is sailing ahead. the san francisco planning commission has approved a report on the environmental impact of the yacht race. last night's 5-0 vote clears the way for construction on the waterfront. assuming the board supervisors approve it next month. organizers have just eight months before the race gets under way but opponents are concerned about traffic and they still may file an appeal. >>> new this morning, california will share a half billion dollars in federal grant money with eight other states to improve early childhood programs. the states were declared winners in a competition that's part of president obama's race to the top program. the goal of the competition was to get more children under age 5 ready for kindergarten. >>> the new york times is calling it one of the greatest made-up holidays of modern times. thousands of shoppers are expected to take advantage of today because it is free shipping friday. more

. >> reporter: we're here at lake merritt in oakland and out on the lake there's actually a raft of "rs flying a banner that says "port shutdown tomorrow monday." we spoke to some truckers who are concerned. they say a shutdown would only hurt the people "occupy wall street" say they support. >> trucker chuck lost his job as a highrise construction worker

it heads up broadway and veers on 20th street and ends at lake merritt. at abc7news.com under see it on tv. is this going to be a nice day for a parade, lisa? >> temperatures are going to go up and winds will die down. nonetheless, next couple of hours very windy with wind gusts up to 50 in the higher elevations. everyplace else 30-40 mile-an-hour wind gusts. mid and upper 56's and tonight noq wind. so it will be freezing out there. tomorrow recovering into the low 60s to mid-60s. that is really where we should be for this time of the year. notice the dry weather right through next week. >> warm, cold wind, we got it all. keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter on "abc 7 news" bay area and talk about it at facebook.com/abc7news. have a great warm, not so windy day, take care. get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon.

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. >>> a raft carrying a tent in lake merritt part of the so-called aqua-py protest is no long area threatmorning. activists jeered crews as they remove the raft. it was launched early in the week. three were cited and released for having a boat on the lake. police say the raft is being held as evidence. >>> empty building -- fence lot rather that occupy san francisco protesters declined may be used for city workers' housing. the site on mission street is considered to be property by the school district offered an alternative to occupy sf protesters when think offs were trying to move them away from justin herman plaza. today the examiner reports that city and school officials now land to add an apartment building at the site, offering police officers, firefighters and teachers an affordable place to live. >> volunteers will be out again tonight hoping to beef up security at west oakland bart station this is the third year they've worked to make sure shoppers can get to their cars safely during the holidays. the volunteers were out last night. they are stationed inside the west oakland bar

it was a raft carrying a tent on lake merritt. activists taunted authorities last night as the raft was brought to shore. >>> oakland mayor jean quan had to be hustled out the back door after a forum in san francisco. quan was shouted down at a commonwealth club forum about the "occupy" movement. some people were escorted out as the crowd chanted recall quan as she tried to speak. petitions are being circumstance laid to recall her. >>> a man was shot near the chinese consulate in downtown los angeles west of mcarthur park. no one was injured. the suspect turned himself in about three hours later. >>> a legal settlement today stemming from last year's massive gulf oil spill. the maker of the blowout preventer that failed has agreed to pay $250 million to bp. the two companies are dropping all claims against each other. the agreement is not an admission of guilt. bt is still waging a legal battle with two other companies over the spill of more than 200 million gallons of oil. >>> coming up, we have a big win for kids here in califo

speaking of political books, coming out is pulitzer prize-winning "washington post" rice winner david merritt x.' book on barack obama, barack obama, the story, it's called. what have you heard about this? >> guest: well, i believe this has been in the works for at least a couple of years. i mean as with any book about any major political figure like the sitting president it will be interesting to see not only what new information he uncovers but whether that new information will remain in bar code or secretive the way until the book's publication nor will it be leaked out to various other publications well in advance to drum up some advanced attention? so certainly will be it will be interesting to see what this book will uncover about barack obama. >> host: that is due out in june of 2012. another partial memoir they came out this year, michael moore, here comes trouble. how did this to sarah weinman? >> guest: the impression i got is it again did rather well but didn't quite measure up to his previous books. granted moore has not published in book form for well over a decade, so the announ

hope to accomplish in their life and by virtue of this idea of free enterprise and opportunity, a merritt-bad society, we find dividuals who invent and who create and help lift the entire economy and lift all people. but the idea this president has of saying government should step in and take from some to give to the others and thereby create economic justice, that will kill this country. that will kill our economy. that will make us prone to poverty. >> rose:ut we've had a progressive income tax for a while here and that is taking from some and giving to oers as you know. >> there is a progressivety and a recognition that those at the high end of the income scale will owe more than those at the very bottom, of course. and we will have a safety net in this country. i'm not suggesting we... that the very wealthy get special breaks and get a better deal than anybody else. but i do believe that when you have a government begin to tell companies these are the ones we want to succeed, we're going to give money to these companies and you can't go here unless you're a union company. >> rose: this wo

these are in the same area, that is lake merritt right there as we fly over on the big board a couplees to the west. this is near the montclair business district and street over there on look is avenue has also been hit. this is what these are doing. police say that they're basically driving around looking for people that are sitting in their parked car and using or talking on their phone. the suspect of going around and robbing those people between the ages of 15 in 21 years old their black males, two of the four are armed. police are telling people to keep your phone and other valuables in your pocket or purse out of plain view especially when you're sitting in a park car. >>jacqueline: here is a live look outside the san francisco city line it looks pretty out there right now. we will seesawed again overnight but the rain has passed through. to give it the storm tracker for radar. the rain is really pushing through mostly to the north and now it is will to the east of us. we will see clear skies into tomorrow and here's what we saw in terms of grain. but it was really drill out the

>>darya: protesters are present at lake merritt as well. protesters build a raft in the middle of the lake on the weekend and have been out there sleeping since saturday. they are trying to draw attention to the port of oakland shutdown that they say is a stand against corporate greed. they said they will stay in the league for days if not weeks. this morning occupy cal protesters and community members are holding a news conference and rally in front of the courthouse. the rally is in an effort to defend the 39 protesters who faced possible criminal charges after they were arrested in occupy demonstrations. activists are expected to present more than 1000 signatures on a petition demanding that charge is not be filed against protesters. they had that rally, that was within the hour. we will see if that makes a difference and if any charges will be filed. >>james: it has been hit or miss this morning. if you look outside, it should be writing any time. a lot of cloud cover. it is fairly thick in some spots. the radar is not showing much in t

why investment in the caribbean are massed by the work being done in the central america and mexico merrittinitiative. just as no one country or region can solve its challenges on its own neither can a single donor. the united states government can help put the primary responsibility lies with the national government. cbsi's success is in the interest of the united states. the caribbean basin focus on borders--a major transit hub for illegal traffic of all sorts. given our geographical and cultural ties the crime that afflicts those countries eventually flows to us. finally cbsi held the turn illegal activity and stops resources creativity and dynamism and communities on both sides of the caribbean. whether they be in jamaica the country or jamaica, queens in new york. i look forward to the committee's questions. >> let me start off. that is a lot of questions here. let me start with ambassador brownfield. do you believe that we have a comprehensive multi agency hemisphericwide counternarcotics policy to address the challenges and threats from the different regions in the hemisphere? if you

parkway and i thought the merritt parkway was the most beautiful highway i had ever seen. that probably, this vision of this endless beautiful road and then obviously i knew about things like the grand canyon and so forth. i just thought, this is where i want to go so i had no wanderlust before i got to north america but once i did, i mean going from montrÉal simply you just get on the road, and all of a sudden there is walla walla and great superior and medicine hat and it does come -- incredibly romantic and people were astonishingly kind in canada. it just occurred to me that, every journey begins with the first avenue just take that first step in north america and you are reported handsomely by everything you see and everybody you meet so it was here that the wanderlust was born. c-span: the last time i had seen you, sitting in that chair, was 15 years ago for professor and the madman, which i read, basically they kicked you off as a success. not the show but that book. >> guest: i think the show helped so thank you. but no, up to that point, the books had done commerc

it was a raft carrying a tent on lake merritt. >>> we'll have your traffic and weather coming right upeal a special occasion. so you can make all of your gatherings, just as merry as can be. get a safeway smoked shank half ham for just 99 cents a pound. plus save on gift card multipacks. right now get 15% off of $40 itunes multipack. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> good morning. we'll start you once again with a live look near the dublin interchange. eastbound 580 at el charro a traffic alert is gone. the accident is cleared. it was causing backups for a while through pleasanton. westbound 580 lighter than normal this morning heading out of the altamont pass. nimitz northbound 880 right there by the coliseum, it's close to the hesperian exit an accident blocking one lane. you can't see the accident in the camera but you can see the backup. so it is slow like that towards downtown oakland. at the bay bridge, though, things look great. metering lights are on. that's traffic. for your forecast, here lawrence. >> we have a lot of sunshine around the bay area now. patchy fog early on tem

neighbors have told me that this neighborhood here to the south of lake merritt has had a problem aboutth ago. police are telling me that this is a problem area so this is the latest in a number of events that are happening in this neighborhood. again not much information about the identity of the person with an eye he was a bystander, maybe there was a shooting or something else but definitely the bullets into the house and you can see or a bullet hole is right there. >>reporter: hiram lawrence was shot on of the 28 what in his father's arms. it happened after the taping of a rap music video. in response police are stepping up patrols in west oakland. you can take in the to the video from last by one person was detained at a housing complex another was stopped for drug use. the shooting that killed hiram lawrence span from a long- running dispute between two gangs living in the area. hiram lauren's mother says that they hope there are no retaliatory shootings. >> i hope no one has to go through what i am going through this shooting needs to end. >> i hope everyone can along i hope ther

and broadway, and continues along broadway until 20th street, and the route then heads towards lake merrittktvu's claw don't wong will be there, and i will be joining her. >> how nice! >> and you'll be able to see it right here on ktvu channel 2. >> i will definitely tune in! i think the weather will cooperate. let's check in with sal, hopefully traffic is moving well this friday morning. >> yes, it is. not a bad -- we're looking fooled in many areas. highway 4 has recovered nicely. we had earlier problems but now that looks much better up to the bay point area. also the morning commute looks pretty good. if you are driving on 880 north and southbound, southbound looks better. northbound slow as it normally is passing the coliseum. and this morning, heading further south, you can see that 880 southbound you'll see some slow traffic. northbound 880 past 92 a crash on the shoulder. not a big delay, though. now let's go to steve. >> thank you very much. weak system gave us higher clouds, where is the rain? for six months we again get any rain so we need some. this is not unprecedented. but may

make a right on 20th and end at lake merritt.ezy for the afternoon. 64 in the city. 65 san jose. a cooling trend that will continue on as we start into the first half of your workweek. and when we lose those winds tomorrow morning, we to expect to wake up a lot colder. we're going to sink about freezing and should hover around there monday, tuesday and wednesday. back to you. >> thank you. >>> occupy san francisco protestors spread across the city. the demonstrations planned today in four separate neighborhoods. plus the public is invited to pay respects today to a south by soldier killed in gaughan. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. we begin this half hour with news from overnight. three nato troops were killed in eye roadside bombing in eastern afghanistan. nato has not released the exact location of the bombing or the nationalities of the dead. 519 nato service members have been killed this year in gunn. at least 389 were americans. >>> a funeral will take place today for a soldier from san jose killed