. >>> myspace today made a change. it is going to cross with facebook and twitters. this will apply to bands and celebrities. not just individual users. it comes as myspace is losing out to facebook. >>> why are buildings in the square sitting empty? that is tonight's special report. >>> also forcing cars off [ man i was deciding what to do with my citi thankyou points when it happened... [ glass breaks ...again. ♪ [ child run! [ man first it was the mailbox. then my squirrel. and now, this. so i used my points to make a donation to get the park down the street built. when it finally opened, i also used my points for... car repair. [ male announcer use your citi thankyou points for almost anything, even local charities. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> and temperatures have been warming the last couple days. it was a cool weekend. it was a little warmer today. today 76 degrees at lunchtime. clouds clear rapidly. downtown walnut creek 86 degrees tomorrow. we have a warming trend. it is going to get hot. >>> the justice department confirms hewlett-pac

. ♪ >> reporter: thousands of harmonizing hopefuls are now uploading their work to youtube and myspaceve bean way for a while now ♪ >> reporter: singer colby's myspace popularity led to a record contract and a platinum album. and youtube turned this low-budget a cappella group into a flashy man band. ♪ >> reporter: and took grayson from the grade school gym to hollywood. ben tracy, cbs news, new york. ♪ fade away my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. every morning, over 50 spotter planes and helicopters take off and search for the oil. we use satellite images, infrared and thermal photography to map and target the oil. then, the boats go to work. almost 6,000 vessels. these are thousands of local shrimp and fishing boats organized into task forces and strike teams. plus, specialized skimmers from around the world. we've skimmed over 27 million gallons of oil/water mixture and removed millions more with other methods. we've set

pide ayudad al publico para ubicara auna niña, tiffany albareza de 14 años conoció a un hombre por myspaceexpertos dicen que padres de familia deben tomar precausines >> hay que estar atentos a las horas que los hijos pasan en el internet y que no esten las computadoras en lugares cerrados >> esta mañana arrestaron 2 presuntos pandilleros de oagland por portar armas ,y fueron detenidos cuando salían de una clase , ambos se encuentran en libertad condicional por robos y otros crímenes >> y una víctima fue muerta por disparo por 3 jóvenes latinos anglos y latinos de 27 años promedio >> y se pedirán sugerencias a la población de san josñ para que describan como quern que sea el perfil del jefe del departamento de seguridad en manteca uyn hombre toma accidentalmente una sobredosis de pastillas para el dolor de espalda , pero salvó ileso gracias a su hija >> le salvó la vidada sus papa el pasado viernes >> me las tomñ en la mañana, se me olvidó que me las había tomado y volví a tomar y me quedñ dormido para siempre >> pero su pequeña de 3 años lo salvó >> ella corrrió hasta losbomberos >> no lo

the social networking site myspace has introduced sync. a way for users to automatically send their status updates to their facebook profiles and pages. myspace says sync will also let users share content including music, photos, videos and other things with their friends on facebook. myspace says it's not in competition with facebook and that the two sites do have compliment tear uses and offerings. >>> trial lawyers have a new place to look for juror opinions. those social networking sites. earlier this month a michigan judge removed a juror who wrote on her facebook page "going to be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty." but the trial wasn't over yet. that woman now faces contempt of court charges. just one example of how instructions to the jury have had to change as social networking media grows. >> courts frequently will admonish jurors at the beginning of the trial there is to be no texting, no facebooking and no tweeting about a trial while it's going on. it's become one of the standard admonitions. >> now in the past it's bee

las autoridades creen que se podÍa encontrar con un hombre de unos 30 aÑos que conocÓ en el sitio "myspacetres meses.---la poliÍa cree que la niÑa se fue de su propia voluntad y se podÍa encontrar en elÁrea de "houston", texas, con el hombre conocido como "gino". ---expertos en tecnoloÍa dicen que los padres de familia deben tomar ciertas medidas para que sus hijos no enfrenten riesgos al navegar por la internet. "es importante que establezcan límites. no poner la computadora en su habitación. ellos saben usar la tecnología pero no la madurez para determinar que es un riesgo." ---cualquier persona que tenga informacÓn sobre el paradero de "tiffanyÁlvarez" debe contactar a la poliÍa de san francisco. ---esta maÑana, arrestaron a dos presuntos pandilleros del este de oakland en el colegio comunitario "laney" por portar armas de fuego, incluyendo una que estaba cargada.---los Óvenes, de 20 y 21 aÑos de edad, teÍan las armas en sus mochilas y fueron detenidos por la unidad de crimenes violentos cuando saÍan de una clase.---esta unidad se creo hace tres semanas para enfrentar un incremento en l

. >>> myspace is taken a page from facebook.orking site says they'll allow users to see myspace items without leaving facebook. they'll also be able to share music, videos, game applications, links and photos across the social networking sites. it was in the weak of falling revenue and weak user growth. >>> drivers who refused to give up their pay raises to help san francisco's city budget will have to put up money towards parking at the yard. $80 a month fee will go into effect in december. $950 a year out of pocket costs will amount to a third of the pay raise they have been asked to forgo. the drivers had a chance to help out with the budget fall entirely but now they'll have to help out without any say. they didn't think it was pay back for drivers because it applies to everyone. >> they hit the supervisors that park inside the park lot in all the divisions. it is not a retaliation. >> drivers will also have to give up stan-by pay and 9 representatives will have to start driving again. >>> it is the only american city in the

. >>> myspace today made a change. it is going to cross with facebook and twitters. this will apply to bands and celebrities. not just individual users. it comes as myspace is losing out to facebook. >>> why are buildings in the square sitting empty? that is tonight's special report. >>> also forcing cars off san fransisco's iconic market street. new data on how it's working one year into the test. >>> and temperatures have been warming the last couple days. it was a cool weekend. it was a little warmer today. today 76 degrees at lunchtime. clouds clear rapidly. downtown walnut creek 86 degrees tomorrow. we have a warming trend. it is going to get hot. >>> the justice department confirms hewlett-packard will pay to settle kickbacks. hp announced it had reached a tentative settlement. today's announcement finalizing that deal. they allegedly paid kickbacks to other companies that recommended hp products. they say they did nothing illegal but settled the case because it's in the best interest of hp shareholders. >>> people were in the square over the weekend. thousands

. >>> a 14-year-old girl who met a man through myspace is missing. police say tiffany alvarez had been talking to a man in his 30s named gino for the last few months. they believe they might be going to texas. >>> metal thieves have stolen a century old bell from outside a church. the bell was taken out of saint michael's church. police believe the thieves targeted the bell and it's unlikely it will be recovered. it will probably be melted down and sold for scrap. >>> it's a sad day for us at cbs 5, dave mcelhatton passed away this morning. he spent 50 years on the air in radio and of it in the bay area. kate kelly has a look back at mac's career. ♪ [ music ] >> the man who would one day be the voice of san francisco was a bay area boy through and through. dave mcelhatton grew up in oakland during the depression and went to fremont high school. he used his g.i. bill to finance his education in san francisco state and two weeks after earning his broadcasting degree in 1951 he landed his first job on radio. it wasn't long before dave shot to stardom. >

her family believes she might be heading to houston with a man she met on myspace. that man is driving a newer silver toyota tundra pickup truck. >>> police in santa clara county say drunk driving arrests are down from last year in one of the biggest dui crackdowns of the year. at least 40 people were arrested since friday morning when the boys of 13 cracked down. compared to 72 arrests last year. extra dui patrols will be on duty through labor day. police say more people are killed or injured in dui crashes in the weeks leading up to labor day than any other time of the year. >>> in berkeley, thousands of students started moving into their new living spaces this weekend. as the new school year gets underway. 6,000 graduates are moving into campus residence halls at berkeley. another 1200 students are moving into university-run papers and housing. classes begin on thursday. students will be taking tours and attending orientation, lectures, and receptions. >>> up next, leaving iraq. what the united states is leaving behind in the warton -- war-torn nation. >>> there

. -- myspace. that man is thought to be driving a silver toyota tundra pickup truck. >>> a dog that was stabbed at a popular san francisco dog park is out of the hospital. lenny underwent emergency surgery. the park police know who is responsible for the attack but need to investigate it more before making an arrest. >>> today, california's republican party decided not to endorse arizona's controversial immigration law. the state g.o.p. wrapped up its fall convention? san diego. conservatives propose the resolution as a way to show the party was committed to fighting illegal immigration, but moderates were worried the resolution would alienate latino voters. >>> the battle of the proposed muslim mosque is now been fought on the streets of new york. hundreds of protestors turned out to make their voices heard. [chanting] >> on an overcast sunday morning, protestors arrived to join the demonstration against a proposed muslim community center two blocks from the site of the 9/11 attacks. just around t

tiffany alvarez may be with a man in his 30s she met on myspace a few months ago. 5'10", 180 pounds, green eyes and brown hair, last seen wearing gray velvet pajamas and a black purse. her parents fear the two may be headed for houston, texas. >>> students who skip school in richmond may be facing a new law aimed at cracking down on truancy. they will be kicked and taken to a community center for truancy and the child may not leave until a parent or guardian picks them up and then also be required to go to a court hearing. officials are hoping this new law will help the students and the community. we have more on the story. >> reporter: dianne, tuesday, school starts and so will the truancy program will be enforced when they see kids who are off school grounds during school hours. >> reporter: kids in class getting in trouble are exactly what the school board wants to stop. the truancy prevention program aims to keep kids in school by making it punishable by law. charles ramsey says kids need to be in class for good reasons. >> a lot of times kids out loitering will engage in worse b

even if you don't have a facebook or myspace account, you're not in the clear. you don't have to be a member to become a victim. >> reporter: her face, her name, her friends hijacked by a cyber hacker likely work overseas. >> i get a text from my girlfriend neighbor friend that says, i'm talking to you on facebook right now. >> reporter: the problem is -- >> i don't have a facebook account. >> reporter: diane was running in the red book race for women when she got that message from her neighbor in santa clarita and a few seconds later, friends were asking if she was okay because they just read her e-mail. >> it said, i was traveling in london with my family and robbed at gunpoint. >> reporter: that wasn't true, soloman was here in l.a. running the race. the hacker got into urea hoo account, folders, stole a photo, made a facebook page and pretended to be you? >> yes. absolutely. >> reporter: once he assumed her identity, he sent out a phony message being held up at gunpoint to all the people in her yahoo address book. a lot of friends fell for it and ready to wi

san francisco girl who police believe ran off with a man whom she met on a social networking site myspace be the family thinks she is out of on his way out of state with a man in his 30's named gino. the family believes she might be headed towards houston, texas,. >>> as the american egg industries real's, some organic egg producers here in california are seeing an increase in their business. organic eggs are not affected and many people are turning to locally produced eggs to avoid possible exposure. one organic a producer says with many brands of the recall list customers are confused as. >> we have seen an increase of sales since the recall. >> whether some questions? >> if we are involved in the recall. they were happy to know that we are not. >> some popular brands linked to the recall include bright candy eggs, safeway lucerne brand and albertson's bid for a complete list you can log on to a website at ktvu.com. >>> former base. newsman dave has died. >> his career in broadcast spent more than 50 years and he first became an announcer in 1951 and then glued to television. and then m

they think she met him on myspace a few months ago. the 14-year-old is 5'10", 180 pounds. you can see a picture here. she has green eyes, brown hair. and so we wanted to make sure that we did everything to prevent that from happening. >> ramsey says, when kids cut school, it leads to irresponsible behavior. like who years ago when some students drove a car on to the richmond high football field and lit the car and grass on fire. now there's a new fence around it and new hope the students will respect class more. >> we want to make sure that kids are in class because we need them to be there so that they'll be able to learn. a failure to do that will result in some of the heinous crimes we just saw here in richmond at richmond high. >> ramsey refers to the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl during the home coming dance last october. gates now sur roend the previously open lot. ramsey says some critics say this truancy policy is in danger of racial profiling. he says, no way and the kids need to be accountable to school in order to succeed. >> this policy is something we have t

myspace says this will let other users share content with their friends on facebook.space says it's not competing with facebook and the two sites leally -- really do have complimentary offerth. >>> and east bay middle school is warning parents to be on alert after a man was spotted approaching a student. we just got off the phone with the officials. >>> a waferning for parents in wall -- a warning for parents in walnut creek. we just got off the phone with school officials who confirmed a strange man approached a student at buena vista elementary school. the incident happened on friday at 5:00 as the girl was heading home from an after-school program. she was not harmed and ran home and told her parents. the man is described as caucasian, 55 years old with blond hair, he drove a white convertible. police are urging students to walk in groups. >>> well, for hundreds of students at two oakland middle schools, the school day is longer. classes will start at 8:00 a.m. and go until 5:00 p.m. district officials hope it will improve test scores after the schools wound up on

years to her husband timothy, and has three children, according to her facebook and her 36 friends on myspacebbs's facebook page and that she works in the dentalsarsfield says hubbs hired a investigated. if >> to my our purpose today with a dense fog and drizzle the coastline of hill. thus the appeal back to the coast in san francisco by newton. temperatures still in the cooler side raging ranging to the upper 50s along a coast. fog trucker for tomorrow morning. because we to tell 10 briefly to the inland valley. and at 6:00 of the morning all little bit later in the morning fog fills back to the bayshore. the peninsula is to push back to san francisco the coastline pioneer in. the coastline also say shot under fog. 59 have been mcveigh's 16 san francisco 65 in oakland '70s the low 80s tomorrow 83 and took or alarmist location. temperatures well below where they should be this low your 40 degrees cooler and center fell 13 degrees cooler in redwood city and san jose. things will start to warm up in our in lesbos thursday friday. we are and have some warmer and drier air in the weekend. another

two thousand and seven european champions russia considered clear underdogs this time around but a myspace back went along for the country's latest trying session. that i david is clearly unhappy russia's group or asians for the world championships and quite go into plan. was they've lost a number of friendly games and sometimes the team look less than impressive but blood is sure things will improve you and it's or. we've identified our strengths or not i think we're well aware of what are we just saw a. tribute any more information to the teams out there than they already have but we will. try to maximize what we do will minimize what we're listening to the american has a few headaches ahead of the band's russia stop where someday could be a game changer hold on he's drawn for personal reasons well not that the man be here but it's going to be struggling these injuries and final decision about his ability to play in turkey is still to be needs. until there was a dream i was doing well and when i was dreaming that we were in the room right now i'm working do you do to mr police with the w

why her parents believe a myspace friend is to blame. and good news for the health of a dog who was

platt has unveiled his pulling squad for the event although he's still looking for a front man like myspace has this report. at done fast on red square in russia's camp is one of excitement at least young and ambitious team is ready for the price of world once again they'll travel to torquay spree on the docks but this is the usual position for david outside the all realistic i know what strengths and weaknesses of our team or i know what things we have to do in order to overachieve and we will have to overachieve. but i'm confident that with the effort level and the commitment of the dedication on the part of the players that we can do both the coach will have to make do without his team leader sunday ganthet and jr holden both were crucial to the science league a success today a goal of the european championships in two thousand and seven but this time they had to withdraw for personal reasons fresh will have to look for a new front man on the court to grant very strong hope will be to mikey must go twenty four year old signed a three year deal with the new york. weeks last month and will

. >> reporter: logging on to swifter, myspace and facebook. but now the lee county school district is asking teachers to watch up who is showing up in the friends list. they recommend teachers and students not be friends online. and teachers should be careful what they post. >> we don't want them to be doing things that they think may be innocent or innocuous and then three or four months down the road it rises to the level that it's a problem. >> reporter: joe donzelli says there are more appropriate ways for students and teachers to communicate. he uses district e-mail as an example. >> we can monitor that. we can determine the proper use and abuse. facebook is a third party system. we have no control over it. >> reporter: for the most part teachers we spoke to say they're okay with the new guidelines. >>> had a student request me as a friend. you know, i responded. i said i'm not friends with students. >> i had a couple students, but obviously i will now not have them. >> reporter: for this high school student, he says he doesn't see the pr

>> don't rely just on myspace and the interweb to get your music out there.t to do it the old-fashioned way and learn how to play your instrument. >> what's it like performing in front of thousands of fans? >> wow, just, you know, always to think back to the days when i didn't have a record deal. >> you set up a scholarship. why? >> i set up a scholarship, the i.am scholarship because someone at one point in time believed in me. >> reporter: one thing you learn in the press room is that while all the attention seems glamorous, being a star isn't easy. >> please, please, no pictures. >> reporter: at zootopia for "teen kids news," i'm nicole. it's over the shoulder right? >>> that's all for now. but we'll be back soon with more "teen kids news." >> thanks for joining us, and "teen kids news." >> thanks for joining us, and have a great week. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> write to us at

they think tiffany alvarez ran away with a man in his 0s, someone she met on the myspace web site. they think she and the older man known as gino may have gone to houston. >>> and some very sad news for the bay area today. especially for us here at cbs5. this morning we received word long-time anchor man dave mac el madden died from complications of a stroke. wendy takes a look back at his career. wendy. >> reporter: dave was loved not just by of us who got to work with him but by people who felt she knew him. you could feel the honest in his voice and see the kindness in his face and all of that was real. for 50 years on the radio and then television he told stories, gave tuesday hard facts, and cracked jokes. >> sounds like i may be having an affair in just a moment. >> reporter: and when dave told us the news he was talking about the cities he loved and knew inside and out. he was a home-town boy, grew up in oakland, graduated from fremont high, and san francisco state. he was doing exactly what he wanted to do. broadcasting. after he retired dave data lived with his wife karen

. >> reporter: thousands of harmonizing hopefuls are now uploading their work to youtube and myspace.for a while now... ♪ >> reporter: singer colbie calliat's song led to a platinum album. and youtube turned this low budget a cappella group into a flashy man band. ♪ i don't know what happened... >> reporter: and took greyson from the grade school gym to hollywood. ♪ and broken hearts... >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thanks for watching. i'll see you tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org volume tonight. prop 8 - for now - has been overturned. good evening, i'm allen martin. >>> the years long legal saga, prop 8 for now overturned. good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm juliette goodrich. today's ruling is the first step in what's expected to be a long legal battle over same-sex marriage. simon perez has more on the judge's decision. simon. >> reporter: even though the judge decided to overturn prop 8 that doesn't mean the same- se

even if you don't have a facebook or myspace account, you are not in the clear. as ana garcia reports, you don't have to be a member to become a victim. >> reporter: her face, her name, her friends hijacked by a cyber hacker likely work overseas. >> i get a text from my girlfriend neighbor friend that says, i'm talking to you on facebook right now. >> reporter: the problem is -- >> i don't have a facebook account. >> reporter: diane solomon was running in the redbook race for women when she got that message from her neighbor in santa clarita. and a few seconds later, friends were asking if she was okay because they just read her e-mail. >> it said, i was traveling in london with my family and robbed at gunpoint. >> reporter: that wasn't true, soloman was here in l.a. running the race. so the hacker got into your yahoo! account, got into your folders, stole a photo, made a facebook page and pretended to be you? >> yes. absolutely. >> reporter: once the hacker assumed soloman's identity, he sent out a phony message about being held up at gunpoint to all the people

for at least three months, alvarez has been in contact through myspace with a man believed to be in his 30s, police said.the man, known as gino, is described as being 6 feet tall and having dark hair, dark eyes, a big nose, and a light complexion, police said. he may be driving a newer model silver toyota tundra pickup truck. alvarez's parents told police they believe their daughter may have gone to houston with the man.alvarez is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds, police said. she has brown hair and green eyes, and was last seen wearing gray velvet pajamas and a black purse.anyone with information regarding her possible whereabouts is asked to call the department's missing persons unit at (415) 558-5508 or after hours at (415) 553-1071. >> i miss my b.f. like crazy i'm in love with him. >> ready to learn more kron4 news. >> well as a spectacular day round of the debate today. what fog we did have cleared quickly. temperatures responded to the mid eighties for the state. and then to the north bay and sound bait. in to the low 80s. 68 degrees for is a had francisco. now for the

>> reporter: steven slater once looked like the picture-perfect jetblue employee in his myspace photo, proudly telling friends, chances are i'm flying 35,000 feet somewhere over the rainbow. but after landing at new york's jfk airport on a flight from pittsburgh, police say he hit the breaking point. >> the plane was taxiing in. some passenger got up to take their bags down. the flight attendant approached -- told him to not do that. >> reporter: the passenger's bag reportedly hit slater in the head. an argument followed and he took to the intercom telling passengers. >> to the passenger who called me a [ bleep ], i've been in this business 28 years and that's it. i'm done. >> reporter: slater then activated the plane's emergency chute, slid down to the tarmac and ran away. but not before grabbing beer from the concession cart. he was arrested at his home soon after. >> they hold him off. they were all over the place, s.w.a.t. teams it looked like, helicopters, everything. >> reporter: these days the skies are anything but friendly with increasingly crowded flights and delayed departu

facebook, twitter, myspace, do you foe what your child is doing online? a lot of parents say yes, i do, because i'm online with them. this new survey came out this morning by neilsen tracking parents and teens and their online use of social networking sites. almost all parents, 94% say they are friends with their children's friends online. more than half of the kids admit that they don't know who all of those friends are. that could be a big caution for parents because for years experts have been saying make sure you know who they are, who your friends are online. finally, almost half -- this is interesting. almost half of the kids online say that profile picture is just as important to them as what they choose to wear to school on the first day of school. it's their online image. the way young people are communicating and now the way many parents are communicating now, too. >> better comb my hair then. >>> kids will want to think twris about cutting class in the east bay. that's because new rules take effect today in richmond. the rules allow officers to

police think they may have left with a man in his 30s known as geno who she met on myspace three months ago. the 14-year-old girl is 5'10", 184 pounds, has green eyes and brown hair. her parents fear the two may be headed for houston, texas. >>> a new daytime curfew is now in effect. unsupervised students will be ticketed and taken to a community center for counseling. truant kids will not be allowed to leave that center until a parents or a guardian picks them up. the child and parent will be then required to go to a court hearing. officials hope that the new law will help students and the community. schoolboard members like charles ramsey say there is good reason for kids to be in school. >> we know a lot of tooimts times kids out loitering are going to engage in worse behavior later on. we wanted to make sure we did everything to prevent that from happening. >> ramsey says, for example, a couple of years ago, students drove a car on to the richmond high school football field, lit the car on fire and the grass burned, as well. there's now a fence around it and the hope is that these n

but as you can see, they got on myspace or facebook and now they have lots of friends. >> it was banneddecades, then returned and it's been growing in popularity ever since 1990. >>> americans are more pessimistic about the economy since last year. the last time americans were this pessimistic was april of 2009 so we have been asking you, how would you describe the nation's economy? liz bronson says, not very good. my sense is the latest housing market news is one indication combined with high unemployment rates, in addition to other nationwide factors. >> and kevin from cloverdale facebooked us, bad. everyone is scared to spend money because they never know if they are going to have it tomorrow. >> yeah. email your comments to mornings@cbs5.com. we're also on facebook and twitter. >>> 5:55. elizabeth adjusting. >> nothing to it. [ laughter ] >> not bad. we saw a little bit of fog . our golden gate bridge camera we can see a lot of fog. we are getting word of a couple of house fires in san jose. that's why i had to slide on in here. kind of some last-minute information. two separate hou

time screaming at his family. [ laughter ] listen to this, jason hirschhorn, the co-president of myspaces leaving the company after five months on the job. however, he did say that he was going to keep his office exactly the same so he can go back and check on it every few months when he's bored. [ laughter ] he still gets a few visitors. "looks pretty cool. i remember that office." i don't know if you've seen this. there's a video on youtube of a sea turtle that found an underwater camera, managed to turn it on and recorded itself swimming. [ laughter ] the turtle had a lot of fun until he watched the tape and said, "oh, my god! is that how i swim? [ laughter ] really? that's not how i swim." check this out. i heard that a 3-d porn version of "avatar" is being released. [ scattered cheers ] yeah, that's right. the 3-d porn version of "avatar" is coming out this fall, which means that nerds won't be coming out until spring. [ laughter ] "it's a trifecta!" this is pretty crazy. a man in boston was arrested after he tried to rob an atm, then got stuck inside of it. [ laughter ] he's safe n

alvarez, they think she ran away with a man in his 30s that she met on the social networking site myspace. her parents first reported her missing on saturday. they think she and the older man known as gino may have gone to houston. and breaking news from contra dos take, a grass fire is burning near highway 14 near antioch. this is just a ground shot, you can see the smoke off in the distance there. this is has gone up to a two- alarm fire. we have chopper 5 headed that way but again in antioch. the grass fire. we'll have more on it for you a little bit later. >> it has been a sad day around the cbs5 newsroom. bay area broadcast legend and our friend dave mcelhatton passed away this morning at his home in southern california. wendy take queued a one of his could anchors for many years joins us with fond memories. wendy. >> 50 years on the air. radio and tv. no one else has ever done that. he was every bit as decent and down to earth as he seemed. never took himself too seriously, in fact if anything the opposite. he was always sort of amazed that he got the job. my colleague kid kelly als

looks like this is on myspace, but same idea. you know, just the whole idea, louder because it's -- >> i'm going to crunch the chip, you crinkle the back. which is louder. one, two, three. >> the bag. the bag. no more closet eating for me. oh, well. thanks so much for joining us this morning. the "today" show is coming up next. >> breakfast on scott this morning! >> what?! any vacation we want? with our chase ultimate rewards, we can go anywhere. how about snorkeling? how about camping? welcome to ultimate rewards. maybe skiing? the rewards program that lets you go anywhere... let's go there. an ime. let's go there. no black outs. no restrictions on airfare and hotels. ultimate rewards is available on chase credit, debit and business cards. chase what matters.

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on steven's myspace profile he says that he has been beating alcoholism and substance abuse one day ate. we know that he did grab some beers when he went down that chute. does he have a problem? i mean, could this have something to do with all of this? >> you know, i don't know steven to have a problem with alcohol or substance abuse. if that was, you know, he handled it beautifully if that's the case. because he, like i said, he's just such a great, fantastic person. >> so let me ask you about the meltdown. have you ever seen him behave in that kind of a manner? >> never. he -- no. he's just such a gentleman. i think that this is a indicative sign of how frustrated he must have been. i must go out on a limb and say that this passenger was a nightmare. i mean, something had to take him to that place. i'm assuming this passenger was the end-all, be-all of something he doesn't want to deal with. >> what do you make of the fact that by some he's being hailed as a hero? >> again, it's a sign of the times. we've all stood in a line behind someone watching them abuse the store clerk or takin

, the pain behind his smiling photos, his mother is fight iing cancer and there' more on slater's myspace page he writes, beating alcoholism and substance abuse one day at a time. can't wait to see where i go next. safe to say a perp walk wasn't part of the plan. he did seem strangely happy, though. sounds like a lot of you can relate. people are raising money for his defense. >> he's my hero. >> reporter: why? >> this is a dream. anybody who has had a bad day has wanted to do this. there's a lunatic who finally did. >> reporter: you were customer service for jetblue. what do you think de? >> i think it was crazy. >> reporter: crazy? maybe. he seems okay with it. >> i have to go, thank you. >> reporter: hope he got that bath. jetblue says passengers were never at risk here. still, slater has been suspended from the airline pending a full investigation. he has pled not guilty to the charges against him and this morning we're told he's spending time here with friends in new york city on the upper east side. meredith, my guess is probably searching the want ads, too. >> maybe not just yet. d

on his myspace page, he says he worked for jetblue since 2008 n.ed on the airline's in-flight values committee. matt? >> whoops. tom costello, thank you very much. early this morning, i talked to phil catalinet who was on that jetblue flight and rode the air train with steven slater. i asked him what he thought when he first heard that overhead announcement. >> i heard him make the announcement, and we didn't know what that was about and i thought that was the most interesting part of the day to that point. it wasn't until i got off the plane and saw that something had happened with the chute and then i got to the air train and there he was. >> he makes this announcement on the plane, and it's profanity laced. >> yeah. >> right? what was the reaction of the other passengers on that plane as they're listening to this? >> half the plane was still on -- we were just waiting to get off and we were all just surprised. we heard somebody swear on the intercom. >> you thought somebody had done it by accident? >> no, it was clear it was intentional but we t

a helicopter crash in 1991 and a troek in '96, but he's still going strong blogging regularly on myspace should an comfort to his son who is expected to make a full recovery. joining us now dr. jennifer ashton. good to see you. let's talk about throat cancer. how common a form of cancer is it? >> it's not common number wise. it tends to affect men about five times as often as it effects women and we're talking here about cancer that's located in the larynx or voice box or upper palette or the upper esolve gus. and no one likes to hear a dying know sus of cancer. this isn't one of the top cancer, but it's definitely seen. >> so you are saying men mostly at risk? >> five times more than women. >> let's talk about the risk factors. >> this is actually one that we tend to think of environmental risk factors as really up there in terms of what can affect you. and specifically we're talking here about smoking, heavy alcohol use, exposure to certain environmental chemicals. everyone the human papillomavirus has been linked to oral cancers. so these are things that your lifestyle really can have

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you have already been looking at blogs and wikis, there is facebook and myspace and other public sites. internal collaboration is one area that you will continue to focus on social software. consumer lead integration and adoption will continue. the sec now is what we call social communication and collaboration. what we see often in the past is it social software has been somewhat disconnected from some of the traditional email and collaboration efforts. what you will increasingly see over the next 3 to 5 years and unified communication and collaboration internet -- interconnecting with social software pretty unified social communication and collaboration. brought environment. go back to what jim was talking about with major trends. i agree. he had -- it is a key enable a, but it is social, too. we are seeing a lot of vendors bringing these together into a more unified suites. i do not want to go down the whole racks nest, vendor selection, you will not go to one vendor for everything, there will be a more heterogeneous environment but it is a trend of major vendors trying to bring thes

police think she may have left with a man in his 30s whom she met on myspace a few months ago.4-year-old girl is 5'10", 180 pounds and has green eyes and brown hair. she was last seen wearing gray velvet pajamas and a black purse. her parents fear the two may be headed towards houston, texas. another local update for you in less than a half an hour. ♪ >>> 7:30 now on a monday morning, the 23rd of august, 2010. hi to all the nice guys and gals underneath umbrellas. we've had some downpours this morning. i thought we should get out there and hand out some warm drinks. >> no. but we will get you there pretty soon. >> we will in just a little while. inside the studio, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry who is filling in for meredith. >>> and coming up, a very serious story. details in a brutal bear attack. a worker mauled to death in an animal sanctuary when an 8-year-old bear he cared for turned on him. could the tragedy have been prevented? just ahead, the 911 call placed during that attack. >>> and also ahead, is work place bullying to blame for a suicide death of a magazine ed