merritt ordered the most comprehensive investigation ever done on dust explosions.n: hundreds of industries create huge amounts of lethal dust and aren't even aware of the risk. >> if this material were gasoline, there would be no doubt in any owner's or operator's mind what needed to be done. >> that would be an emergency. >> absolutely. >> is dust, functionally, the same thing? >> it has the same power if a dust explosion occurs. >> can you just explain to me how it is that the dust is explosive? i mean, what's going on here? >> okay, if you take an ear of corn, you're not gonna be able to light it with a match. but if you grind that into a powder, the smaller the particle size, the more explosive it is. metal dust. i mean, people don't think metal can burn. but you turn it into a fine powder, and you have a very explosive and flammable material. >> even a thin layer of dust, once airborne, can be ignited by the smallest spark, a machine being plugged in or a forklift scraping the ground. one explosion, also in 2003, at west pharmaceutical industries in kinston, n

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. >>> the occupy protesters floating on lake merritt are now on terra. activists returned but their floating house called oo hope floats is now watt of the water -- out of the water. >>> the world's-most famous groundhog made his annual prodick shin this morning -- prediction this morning. punxsutawney phil emerged and saw his shadow. that means there will be six more weeks of winter. thousands braved the temperatures for the event that's been a tradition since the late 1800s. >>> our forecast, at least in the immediate future, does not agree with that one. in fact, a lot of sunshine out there. temperatures on the mild side. the warmest bay area neighbors will be approaching the 70- degree mark. right now, the latest in the satellite, as you can see, we do have a few scattered high clouds out there. but for the most part, mostly sunny skies and temperatures already beginning to warm up after a pretty chilly morning. look at fairfield right now, 66 degrees. concord at 63 and san francisco right around 61 with mostly sunny skies. high pressure is in full c

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this is a view from lake merritt as the sun was going down sent to me via twitter. a lot of photos coming in. this one from brentwood. and we will show you one last shot. the sunset from castro valley. keep them coming. send them to me on facebook and twitter. the temperatures right now in the 40s and 50s. half moon bay has some fog right now. and it is 47 degrees. partly cloudy tonight with some patches of fog. sunny and mild tomorrow. and our dry pattern is going to be with us through the weekend. but by early next week you may need the umbrellas again. overnight readings will be cooler. we are looking at patchy fog forming already. the temperature and the dew . are the same. fairfield will likely see some fog shortly here. tomorrow morning, 38 degrees. 37 in livermore and 40 in fremont. 43 in san mateo. low 40s richmond. the coolest spots will be the valley locations. midto upper 30s in places like santa rosa, napa. you will need a coat or jacket first thing in the morning as you head off to work or you are taking the kids to school. this is a weak front that rea

she retired from the department 7 years ago and started teaching a class in criminal justice at merritt college challenging her students to serve their community. >> what do you see yourself doing to make a difference? >> reporter: and as she does on the track, she asks each student to finish what they start. >> i expect for you to put your heart in it and finish this class. whether you win or lose, i still love you. if you can tell me that you have done your best, that's all i need to hear. >> reporter: willie's proud to tell the younger runners about how he's done his best. he just graduated from college. >> what she's doing right now -- this is a community right now and it takes a community to raise a child and that's what she's doing. >> i always tell you that i'm proud of you. >> appreciate that. >> when you say it takes a village, it takes a village and it's always been my passion to give back. >> reporter: so forgiving young people solid footing on the path to success, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to margaret dixon. kate kelly, cbs 5. >> and you can get involv

this is a view from lake merritt as the sun was going down sent to me via twitter.ot of photos coming in. this one from brentwood. and we will show you one last shot. the sunset from castro valley. keep them coming. send them to me on facebook and twitter. the temperatures right now in the 40s and 50s. half moon bay has some fog right now. and it is 47 degrees. partly cloudy tonight with some patches of fog. sunny and mild tomorrow. and our dry pattern is going to be with us through the weekend. but by early next week you may need the umbrellas again. overnight readings will be cooler. we are looking at patchy fog forming already. the temperature and the dew . are the same. fairfield will likely see some fog shortly here. tomorrow morning, 38 degrees. 37 in livermore and 40 in fremont. 43 in san mateo. low 40s richmond. the coolest spots will be the valley locations. midto upper 30s in places like santa rosa, napa. you will need a coat or jacket first thing in the morning as you head off to work or you are taking the kids to school. this is a weak front that really

the distinguished director of the john glenn institute is with us this evening, professor deborah merritt. deborah, would you please stand? thank you. inspired by john glenn's career and his vision, the institute is having a major impact on our students, faculty and programs. just ask the students from the institute's washington internship program who are here this evening. we gather this evening on the 40th anniversary of senator glenn's historic flight to hear this distinguished american deliver the 2002 memorial lecture. many of you will recall, as i do, the enormous sense of national pride we felt 40 years ago today as we sat glued to our television sets to watch astronauts john glenn lift off the face of the earth, circumnavigate the globe, and land safely in the atlantic ocean. he became, of course, an instant national hero. few, if any, have ever carried universal acclaim and hero status with such grace and humility. you're all familiar with the mile post along his illustrious career path, his service as a decorated marine corps pilot and record breaking test pilot. his service as

another one is being worked on at wise avenue and merritt boulevard.ratt street and president street, watch for crash. another one of charles and pratt street. fort smallwood road and duvall highway in pasadena, watch for an accident. another went to be backing up traffic in eastbound direction at 100 at maggoty bridge road. we are at 23 minutes on the outer loop west side from top to bottom. slow going on the outer loop north side. 16 minutes to get you to the northeast corner towards the harrisburg expressway. 95 southbound coming towards us, from the white marsh area to beyond the beltway, those delays are lingering. as we switch over, we will give you a few of the southbound j.f.x. almost jammed completely on the beltway down to 28 straight. tony has a check on your forecast. >> you can see that there are couple of breaks in the overcast. that will be the trend as we head to the morning. around baltimore, clouds are breaking up. temperatures are in the low 50s. 52 in catonsville. today, variable clouds, chance for showers and a forecast. late this

. >> at the lake merritt bart station, a thousand people to the vegetable overnight service. a as a bart spokesperson why not extend the hours of their regular basis? state mandated inspections per bed barred from running 24 hours a day for. jeff: occupy protesters held a rally fed offset quit said in a rally for prisoners' rights. there are opposing the death penalty of a solitary confinement. monday's protest is a part of what is being called a national occupy today in support of prisoners. fourth >> in san jose, the city planning commission is expected to consider final approval for the proposed new stadium for the senate as eric qwikster or team. the $60 million stadium is for those at this site near the airport. this is a foes by the neighborhood association where residents worry about boys and traffic. construction could begin by the summer and freddie for professional soccer by next june. >>gabe: remember this civil laws issued a plea to the iphone 4? apple has settled a major lawsuit it had to pay for major -- has to pay customers who hadn't iphone 4, $50 or a free ca

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. >>> and protestors are occupying lake merritt. they have a new houseboat as you can see. this is the new so-called "acquapy" ship that floats on 65-gallon drums from a candy factory. 7 so-called "acquapyers" are living on board. the last one survived a week on the lake before 20 officers forced it off the water. we'll see how long it lasts. >> no water skiing. >> no. just kind of hanging out on the lake there. >> maybe some candle did i from the barrels that they're using, some candy. >> they made some new words, aqua paytion. >> 1 million birth control packs recalled. >> a mix-up causing concerns. >> a security scandal a a popular airport. the popular item stolen in luggage. >> the market opened 10 minutes ago. we are way up. the dow up 108 points. nasdaq up 17. s&p up 10. we are going to find out what's happening coming up. a daring rescue caught on a >>> get out of the car. sir, get out of the car, come on! open your door! >> this is a daring rescue caught on a dashboard cam of a police officer. the officer in new jersey screams for a man to get out of his burning car.

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. >>> and the water-based "occupy oakland" group "acquapy" has returned to lake merritt.hey dubbed it oo hope floats. the ship floats on top of 65- gallon drums from a candy factory. seven so-called "acquapyers" are little on board. >>> the oakland city council passed the new budget proposal which calls for some drastic cuts. councilmembers approved the plan 6-1 last night with one abstention. the budget slashes millions in spending eliminates more than 100 jobs in the city. city leaders were able to protect funding though for the oakland zoo and children's fairyland, two very popular places in the city. >>> meantime a new warning that california could run out of money in a month. the state controller john chiang says the state could go $700 million in the hole by march 1 because revenue is $2.5 million below projections and spending of course is up a half billion dollars more than planned. now, the state runs out of money it will issue ious to vendors. chiang is asking the legislature to take quick action. >>> mitt romney scored a decisive victory in the florida last nig

police found him and his wife susan in a car near their lake merritt home.estigators believe that the boy may have tried to set the car on fire, too. there are reports that the boy may have been upset, partially because he was suspended twice recently from school and his uncle says his brother's adopted son was troubled. >> they got him when he was 6 and he had been in foster homes and he escaped from his original parents like when he was about as young as 3 years old. >> he confessed and some of of the details we're not going to go into right now just because the investigation still continues. >> reporter: as for why he may be responsible for this, his uncle said he really can't answer that, he doesn't know. as you mentioned, he's being charged as an adult and he's due back in court here in oakland at 9:00 this morning. live in oakland, i'm christie smith. laura and marla, back to you. >>> 6:34. we do have new information today in the death of a 14-year-old girl at a slumber party in santa rosa. investigators tell the santa rosa press democrat the girl over

here in downtown in the lake shore district and right on the northeast corner of lake merritt.e is a report of a water main break on west macarthur boulevard near grand ave. it could be obstructing traffic lanes, and that is a pretty big intersection. >> darya: a san francisco high school is closed today because of 50 students who called in sick yesterday and more than 9 do went home deal with the stomach flu. will tran is live at the sunset district and the school there and talking more about what is being done today. >>reporter: they will plan to do some give cleaning. the lights are on the day it looks like any other school day but that is not the case. if you come over here we will show you, look did this they had any event planned for last night. they came out and they played up this thing that said canceled. and they even put on the doors of someone open this up and know who has been inside and then lease the seal has been broken. from the san francisco department of health, they will be out here for the next 24 hours to clean it up all because of the stomach flu. take a

it is right next to lake merritt in about a quarter of a mile away from the courthouse. this places a very busy aerie with thousands of people going by. i can tell you, this place has been on oakland's radar since 2005 when it was declared a public nuisance. they worked with this place as recently as last year hoping that business owners would cut down on the violence and prostitution but apparently they are not doing a good enough job which is why officials will be in court today hoping to shut this place down for at least a year. >>darya: a developing story, the redwood city school district has suspended eight employees during an investigation involving abuse of students by a teacher. craig skalar has the latest this morning. >>craig: less district officials say the abuse happened here at the roosevelt school in redwood city. an internal investigation alleges that a special education teacher abused special education students. the superintendent put her on administrative leave on february 1st hand added new employees lift the superintendent says they want to make sure t

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