new findings bolster the case for the new california l >>> the whooping cough vaccine given to infantsoddlers may wear off a lot faster than doctors believed. new findings bolster the case for a new california law that requires certain students to get booster shots. dr. kim joins us with more. kim? >> reporter: well, liz, these findings show the shot wears off in in just three areas. and we're hearing about students being sent home. what a difference a year makes, a whopping 94% of 7th to 12th graders have been vaccinated. last year, marin county was home to 350 cases of whooping cough. >> a lot of people woke up when they saw that this county led the state or was close to leading the state in our overall rate of this preventible disease. it didn't say a lot about marin county, that we're very proud of. >> reporter: but, this year, 10 cases to date. doctor jason eberhart flips is with marin county health. he says there has been a big push to get the word out especially among students. >> this 7th to 12th grade group is the reservoir for this infection. >> reporter: marin county has giv

new california law gives students 30 dize show proof of vaccinations. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> have the 49ers scored a win in their fight to build a football stadium and keep this space open for the great america theme park? why people say that's what the deal will do. >>> 53,000-gallons into the bay. now the record high price the company agreed pay. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. perfect for finding your way home. . >>> south san francisco police are looking for a man who tried to abduct a girl today. 8:45 a.m. according to police the man grabed the girl and pulled her. she was able to fight free and ran to a middle school. she was not injured. >>> four years after the cosco busan oil spill officials hope a settlement will send a message to would-be polluters. it killed 6800 birds and left 53,000 gallons of oil in the bay. tod

california's new budget contains triggers. come january, if the state is not taking in enough revenue, $1.5 billion in new and automatic cuts to education take place. that could cost this school district another $30 million. >> that's unacceptable. we have to stop this. >> reporter: chris steinhowser is the long beach school district superintendent. >> we're going to pay big time 10 years from now when we don't have an educated workforce, we have more people going to prison, unemployment. people have got to think in the long term. >> reporter: yet, all andrew martinez can think about is what he's lost. >> ( sobbing ): i like this school and all, but i just can't feel the love that i felt over there. >> reporter: further budget cuts could force california to shrink the school year by as many as seven days. ben tracy, cbs news, long beach, california. >> pelley: in new york, seven former and current students at the same long island high school were arrested for allegedly cheating on the s.a.t. one, now a college student, is accu

online sales tax debate, and amazon will not pursue a ballot referendum, seeking to overturn the new california law. >>> a court ruling in germany sent stocks on wall street surging today. the dow finished up 275 points and the nasdaq jumped 3%. investors were pleased with the decision by generalny's constitutional court allowing the country to help bail out euro zone countries. >>> yahoo owners about the search for a new ceo. our cameras were not allowed inside, but afterwards, workers told ktvu news, the meeting was reassuring and upbeat. investors seemed to agree with the firing. they pushed yahoo stock up 5% today. there are words that barts could walk away with a payout up to $10 million. >>> mixed signed for the 14 million americans unemployed. in july, companies advertised 3.2 job openings. that's the most in three years. but even so, it still means there are 4 people looking for work for every 1 job opening. >>> a 17-year-old boy was shot in broad daylight today in san francisco's mission district. it is the fourth shooting in just over a week. today's shooting happened just before noon

bbc news, california. >> bbc world news. the headlines, there are reports that a convoy of heavily armed vehicles has crossed libya poses southern border into niger. helicopters begin lifting supplies to communities cut off by a powerful typhoon in japan. almost 40 people died and more than 50 are still missing. the international committee of the red cross has been given permission to visit the damascus central prison for the first time during the five-month uprising in syria. protests continue in the country. activists say soldiers have raided homes and motorists. their 64 provincial attorney general who publicly defected from the president's regime last week. for more on this i'm joined on the line from damascus by the spokesperson from the red cross. managed to see?gistrac >> it is early to tell. our mode of operation does not allow us to divulge any information when we visit prisons. however, the most important thing is that the president of the icrc was allowed to go through various parts of the country to assess the si

blue democratic states, the president's approval rating is at or below 50%, in new york, new jersey, california and wisconsin. >> this is your bill. >> reporter: the president hopes his new push for his jobs bill will be both the jolt the economy needs and will help him keep his job. but even allies are skeptical of the content of the bill. >> i think it has very little chance. i think it's a lot of the same proposals. >> reporter: as well as his commitment to passing it. >> the american people don't want to hear today's great speech. they want to see sustained effort on their behalf. >> reporter: and elizabeth, a new bloomberg news poll indicates that one-third of the american people think the nation would be better off with secretary of state hillary clinton as president. her approval ratings are sky high, as opposed to her boss, the man who defeated her in the democratic primary. elizabeth? >> all right, jake, thanks so much, from washington tonight. >>> mayor bloomberg's call to action was still ringing out as we learned of two new signs of a gathering storm. experts say there is a 1 in 3 c

a new california of justice says crime is at its low since 1968. >>> they are trying to come up with ways to keep a popular skate park open but they may have to close because of the $61,000 budget deficit. one says they want to either privatize it or take away the park all or provide supervision for it. >>> there is a spot or a couple of spots now where there are some troubled spots one of them in particular is in alameda. you see several lanes of 80 westbound are shut down for construction and it looks like they are picking it up but that's a traffic troubled spot. westbound 80 all of a sudden will have to slow down at university avenue so just be careful there. the morning commute looks good but if you are driving from oakland to alameda, it looks good but there is an accident on the other side. they are trying to figure out how serious this crash it but you should think about using the park street bridges a an alternate. 441, let's go to -- 4:41 let's go to steve. >>> today should be a decrease in the activity as the low moves out. a lot of moisture in the high country, we are loo

. >>> new california republicans say they want to attract political revival. say it isn't so. why there could be a pumpkin shortage just before halloween >> clear skies around the bay and warming trend headed our way even as fall lurks. we'll take a look at details coming up in just a few minutes >> closed captioning is brought to you by shots rang out in san francisco's north beach entertainment district. anne >>> bars and strip clubs have just closed for the night when shots rained out. on the shooting by police officers injured innocent by standers >> two innocent people were shot at 2:00 this morning in san francisco's north beach. it started as police were trying to catch a man on foot. they say he pulled out a gun. the police started shooting at him but they missed. a man and woman in their 20s were hit >> these people were complete by standers that were not involved with the incident >> we did speak with two woman who were eating pizza nearby >> everyone came outside and were like it's a gun shot >> they say there was a lot of confusion and some say it looked like an of

. >> the new california building code into into affect january 1, 2009. and it relies on fire sprinklers. can you think of any? >> existing building, if people try to implement it. they may have to sprinkler their buildings. you can built the building bigger or more area. or bring your separation a little closer together. there's a lot of advantages to the designer. and i think we may see some of these buildings putting them in they they don't have to get the advantages. particularly the ones downtown. you try to put the sprinklers in and they get to take advantage of the code. >> the new code doesn't consider the post earthquake. we have an unfortunate loss of water pressure after an earthquake. the local jurisdiction are a little bit concerned about over reliance on sprinklers instead of fixed assets because of lost water. >> my main fire protection engineer, he's concerned and wants to implement if you have a tank in your building, you have the water supply, sprinkler system. they have to have some back up water already >> high rises need them. >> exce

. >> the new california energy code is the country's most stringent energy code. and it says that in many cases, you must install energy first lighting pictures in new construction and when you're replacing pictures and you have to install -- fixes and you have to -- fixtures and you have to install four pins in kitchens for example and they cannot be replaced with screw type sockets. it will only take this type of bulb. you have to replace the whole fixture to go back. >> there is a prohibition against using edison-based fixtures. there are exceptions. for residential kitchens, more than 50% of the wattage has to be energy-efficient and throughout the rest of the house, you have to use energy efficient dimmers or you have to use fluorescent light bulbs. you can design with incandescent lights, although i anticipate in future energy efficient codes, that exception will go away. >> there are lots and lots of other requirements in the california energy code that relate to electrical installation. for example, you can no longer put electriresistance heat in buildings

bbc news, california. >> an anniversary which may leave some music lovers feeling a little bit old. it was 20 years ago that the band nirvana released the album "nevermind." the music sensation sadly ended in tragedy when the lead singer took his own life. two decades on, his music has a lasting legacy. from london, tom ridge reports. >> it is an album a generation grew up with, by a band that became global stars. "nevermind" made the group and household name almost overnight. two decades since it first went on sale, it is beingre- released. this exhibition is in london's east end. he was at the london day in 1991, just after the album was launched. >> if they were touring today, it would be huge, selling at stadiums. it still sells and still has that sense of raw energy and power when you first hear it. it crosses over the generations. my children like nirvana as well. it is timeless in that respect. >> other than selling lots of records, nirvana is also famous for the death of its lead singer. he shot himself in 1994, after a history of drug abuse and mental illness. in between th

. >> if yes to defend new york state are california, -- if the past to defend new york state or california -- >> he will be ok in new york state and california. >> it will not come down to that, it will come to the swing states that we are familiar with. it will be one bloody race at. i was talking to a white house official recently and he said it will be so ugly. it is not just going to be the president. he will try to tear down his opponent. we have outside groups who are marshalling incredible amounts of money for these all-purpose of taking him down -- for the edsall purpose of taking him down did you look at the polls right now, the president has a little bit of a lead it, but he does not have a comfortable lead by any stretch and it has not even begun yet. >> there is another poll that shows "hillary remorse." >> cannot be a campaign like 2010 or the democrats run from their own record. if the president goes into it reelection next year with no democrats defending his record, trying to win in their own race, it will be difficult. >> why would you stand with him? in new york 9, there

to eliminate redevelopment agencies throughout california in a way that clearly violates the new california constitution. in the process, his proposal would have killed 300,000 private sector jobs that redevelopment finances each year. the governor's proposal sparked an outcry not only by city officials, but by many others concerned about the devastating economic impact such an action would have on local communities and the state as a whole. despite our collective efforts, the governor's proposal was modified, in part, and married with another unconstitutional bill to extort huge ransoms from the state if we want to avoid ex extinction of our r.d.a.'s. the league hasn't taken that action lying down, either. but i wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your efforts in passing proposition 22 and for our efforts to save redevelopment and let's give ourselves a round of applause for that work. [applause] now, you'll notice in your program that we were supposed to be joined today by james mitchell, the president of the flacial league of cities, but for reasons of business, he wa

california beaches remains in effect through 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. that high surf is caused by a swell that started way out in new zealand. it's arriving on california shores now. it's expected to ease up by tomorrow, but waves are expected to be high throughout the holiday weekend. so be careful if you're near the water. >> all the surfers are headed down that way and we'll see what we have for the weekend, roberta. >> people were flocking to outdoor dining. you know it is summertime in the bay area when you see this. wow. what an evening. very mild outside right now. but let's head back to the coast. because that is where it is all going down. it looks like the surf 4 to 5 feet. it will continue to increase. the rip current risk is on the high side. the winds are out of the west. we will become overcast saturday, sunday, and monday, but that risk for the rip current danger remains on the high side. let's take a look at the temperatures currently. still in the 60s from concorde through san jose. the skies are clear and that's how we will begin your friday morning. coast will be clear. temperatures under 60 degrees. now ta

. >> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, california. >> in chicago today, joggers and bike riders along got a rude awakening this morning. extremely high winds whipped up huge waves on lake michigan, some of which washed right up on the bike path. a helicopter from our station wmaq caught some of the unlucky ones who didn't realize their morning workout would include a swim. >>> we have been following them all week. the daring four-person crew inspecting the washington monument for earthquake damage. they finished their work today and we got new views of the high wire act. they removed more loose pieces of stone which has been their top priority since those pieces could injure or kill someone if they fell. >>> when we come back, a young educator making a difference on the front lines of learning. hey, where's harriat? [ harriat ] you hoo! [ female announcer ] must be the os-cal. only os-cal ultra has the most calcium and d3, plus 7 bone health nutrients. so you can always be strong, with os-cal. as much as i can about a company before i invest in it. that's why i like fidelity. they giv

mug with a message, which perhaps should say new york loves you. >> john blackstone, cbs news, danville, california mitchell: next, images of 9/11 ten years later. >> mitchell: that sound you hear behind me, that beautiful sound is coming from new york city firefighters about seven stories below, as they remember their fallen comrades this evening. we leave you tonight with one last look at some of the indelible images of 9/11, 2011. ♪ oh, say does that star-spangled banner -- >> in all of the years that americans have looked to these ceremonies we have shared both words and silences. >> the words of writers and poets have helped express what is in our hearts, the silences have given us a chance to reflect and remember. ♪ the words of the prophet are written on the subway wall. >> christopher, edmond lunger, who was sparkling blue eyes and infectious mile is greatly missed. >> god bless, every soul that we have lost, god bless the family members who have to endure that loss. >> ♪ >> my uncle, firefighter, gerald thomas atlas, we miss you. close ♪ you can close your eyess all right. >> god is our re

area schools will make today to ensure that kids don't have to get sent home for violating a new california law. >> and neighbors say they warned police months ago. new twist in a case of a convicted felon accused of stockpiling explosives and guns in san jose. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in south san jose where an auto theft suspect has been shot by police. what we don't know may be more interesting than what we do know. i'll explain after the break. >> just in to sfo, flight level delays of nearly 70 minutes, flight departure delays out of denver. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the bell that has running on wall street. stock futures are sinking after european finance ministers pushed back a decision about greece's next bailout. they are meeting in poland along with timothy geithner. we'll take you live to the new york stock exchange in about 15 minutes to get numbers for you. >>> right now san jose police and chp are investigating a shooting involving a fellow officer. it happened overnight in a residential area in san jose. terry mcsweeney is live with the

the new california law requires all students grade 7 through 1 have to be vaccinated. they have 30 days to comply after school starts. they still have to file the proper paperwork. >>> more than 2 dozen students became sick in the past week. nobody knows what caused the virus but most of them live near the dining hall. 200 students became sick at a san diego school and people are warned to clean their hands and disinfect anyone clean services -- any unclean surfaces. >>> i feel great. good morning. it is a national coffee -- it is national coffee day folks. grab your cup of coffee before it gets very slow, in antioch, you will see stop-and-go traffic and usually the traffic starts to get slow on a temperature call commute morning dark on a typical commute morning. 10 minutes -- on a typical commute morning. >>> this morning on the peninsular, there was a car that -- or actually a paramedic vehicle that hit a deer. 101 looks good as you drive down the peninsular, hayward in union city still looks good. we almost missed facebook, ktvu channel 2 news has it's very own fac

. >>> in california news, wildfires continue in central california. three fires in kern county.hey began because of lightning storms and cry conditions. rain should help firefighters over the next few days. the biggest of the fires is 30% contained. >>> if you fly out of sacramento you can expect a new terminal, it is replacing the b terminal built in 1967. the new one three times bigger. 19 gates. you will also be able to move through security faster. double the number of tsa lanes. >>> still ahead on kron 4 news at 11:00. one store's back to school line is causing controversy. >>> nfl football is back, which means fantasy football is back. how you can view your stats and scores on your tv screen as you watch a game live. that's coming up in tech report. >>> and can the raiders rebound with a monday night win? >>> temperatures very similar over the next couple of days but cooler as we head >> tomorrow nobody will be able to walk across the golden gate bridge. the district needs to finish seismic work, that means blocking one of the sidewalk. kron 4's charles clifford has detail

california's new budget contains triggers.ary, if the state is not taking in enough revenue, $1.5 billion in new and automatic cuts to education take place. that could cost this school district another $30 million. >> that's unacceptable. we have to stop this. >> reporter: chris steinhauser is the long beach school district's superintendent. >> we are going to pay big time five, ten years from now when we don't have an educated work force and more people going to prison and unemployment. people have got to think in the long term. >> reporter: yet all andrew martinez can think about is what he has lost. >> i like this school, you know, but i just can't feel the love that i felt over there. >> reporter: further budget cuts could force california to shrink the school year by as many as seven days. ben tracy, cbs news, long beach, california. >>> coming up later on "the early show," the latest on the alleged terror plot involving model airplanes packed with explosives and aimed at the u.s. capital. >>> then meet one of the dare de

. >>> organizers are gathering signatures for a ballot fight over california's new gay history law. the law requires california hub pick schools to include gay history in lessons and textbooks. coming up at 7:15, why the effort to stop the law is facing an uphill battle. >>> 7:05. a new poll of california voters -- came voters show president obama over a-boyd lead over -- president obama has a 19-point lead over rit romney and perry and paul are died -- are tied. minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann, 10%. >>> president obama will spend this labor day in detroit. he will be addressing thousands of union members during detroit's annual labor day parade. all of that is ahead of the major speech which he will deliver before congress thursday night. >>> 7:06. it's the last day of business for the people who currently run the concessions at san francisco's stow lake. allie rasmus is in golden gate park with what visitors can expect to find now at the lake. >> reporter: good morning. i want to show you some of the signs here at the old boathouse. you can see some of them are not too hap

so you can see if you are a working person in new york or california or new jersey or massachusetts or most other states, your take home pay is being gutted by the rampant taxation. that's what's strangling the u.s. economy. consumers can't buy stuff without incurring each more debt. punishing taxation is bleeding us. and these taxes continue to go up because the states and cities are bankrupt. why are they bankrupt? because of pensions. health care costs, corruption, and general irresponsibility with our tax dollars. the politicians have built a society dependent on government and now our freedom is being eroded because of that. how you can be free if you owe all kinds of money? i saw a sticker on a van today that said taxation means civilization. progressive values are american values. that philosophy embraced by the obama administration and the democratic party is what america's economy is dealing with right now. my bumper sticker would read this way. rampant taxation erodes freedom. it makes you depend dent on things you can't control like banks. like politicians, like entitlement

. >>> a new poll of california voters, president obama had 54% approval rating in june, now it's 46%.nother poll asked if they think the country is on the right track, 21% said yes, 68% no. in an effort to get more voters, president obama pushing his new jobs bill. this is video in north carolina today. president obama new billed with cut taxes for the middle class. republicans argue they are on board for that but ruposed to the proposed tax hike for wealthy americans. >>> temperatures much cooler out there today. inland valleys low 80s. 88 antioch. san francisco, just 59 degrees today. 62 oakland. 74 san jose. and the cooling trend continues for the next couple of days. fog expected tomorrow morning. fog through the bay area. breezy and cool conditions for the afternoon. foggy and cool conditions for friday but the fog backs off into the weekend. which will lead to a warming trend. i will have details in a bit. >> coming up, crews are spraying to protect a bay area neighborhood from the west nile virus. the streets being effected. >>> this is the first large -- >> where authorities f

online sales tax debate, and amazon will not pursue a ballot referendum, seeking to overturn the new california law. >>> a court ruling in germany sent stocks on wall street surging today. the dow finished up 275 points and the nasdaq jumped 3%. investors were pleased with the decision by generalny's constitutional court allowing the country to help bail out euro zone countries. >>> yahoo owners about the search for a new ceo. our cameras were not allowed inside, but afterwards, workers told ktvu news, the meeting was reassuring and upbeat. investors seemed to agree with the firing. they pushed yahoo stock up 5% today. there are words that barts could walk away with a payout up to $10 million. >>> mixed signed for the 14 million americans unemployed. in july, companies advertised 3.2 job openings. that's the most in three years. but even so, it still means there are 4 people looking for work for every 1 job opening. >>> a 17-year-old boy was shot in broad daylight today in san francisco's mission district. it is the fourth shooting in just over a week. today's shooting happened just before noon

california. it will open 6 new distribution centers in california. that could bring as many as 7,000 new jobs to the golden state. amazon wants an ex xks exemptp goes. they are reluctant to give up 200 million dollars in expected taxes for a few thousand jobs. . >>> the largest publically -- with it. ron runs the trash collection company called waste collections. opposition to a bill sponsored by assembly woman fi ona. limiting the amount of trash a private landfill can take in from other cities. >> it allows us certainty when making decisions on purchasing facilities, hiring employees and making commitments to customers. >> yesterday assembly woman pulled the bill putting it on hold until next year. opponents say it will allow cities to ship their garbage instead of recycling it. some residents will have to adjust to changes to their male service. the postal service consolidation is reducing the number of mail routes from 67 to 55. and in another sign of the times for the postal service the internet is replacing the blue corner mailbox. there were 40

take advil. >> bill: impact segment tonight, new field poll in california not good news for president obama. job approval rating fallen eight points there to 44% since june. 44% disprove of the job the president is doing in the golden state for a liberal state like california that's a headline. also will texas governor rick perry start falling in the polls after this week's debate. here now mr. morris. you know, those pinheads in california though, and it's a coastal thing, you know that on the coast very liberal but back, you know, 10 miles away from the pacific ocean, the regular folks are going i'm getting hosed here. >> yeah. >> the people in california and san francisco and these areas they are going to vote for barack obama no matter what he does. >> the guy the other day told me, a friend of his said i don't want to be the last rich man left in california. and i said well, there are two ways to avoid that leave or stay. >> bill: why? >> because if you stay you will be broke. and if you move you won't be in california. >> bill: california in bad shape and goes to my talking poin

a motive. >>> plus the golden state gives republican candidates the blues a new look at the political landscape of california. >>> it's a welcomed sight, the changes a bay area factory is making and why many are applauding the move. >>> new at 6:00, an elementary school in a low income community now on the chopping block. we uncover what's at stake for a family -- >>> i'm consumer editor tom vacar, pg & e's plans to keep these pipes from exploding. >>> and we'll show you how fire crews are taking action to prevent disaster. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> tomorrow night most of the republican candidates will face off in a gop debate. tomorrow's debate will be held at the ronald reagan library in california. right now it's unclear if governor perry of texas because at the moment he's overseeing the response of those massive fires in his state. >>> a field poll show it is political landscape of california is changing. california is splitting into a red state instead of a blue state. before that, california looked more like a red state. in recent elections the majority of californians have backed th

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. >>> a new judge has been appointed to oversee the long-running challenge to california's death penalty. richard seaborg will take over. for five years, he handled the lawsuit filed by several death row inmates who claimed the state's lethal injection procedure violated the u.s. constitution. in 2006, the death penalty procedure had numerous flaws and put a stop top executions at san quentin. the state officials have revised the procedure and the new protocol is expected to undergo court scrutiny in the next few months. >>> governor brown 'swore in lou to the government. he's replacing former justice carlos moreno. he had been nominated to a 9th circuit court of appeals but withdrew after republicans blocked the nomination. >>> california lawmakers are considered legislation called the babysitter bill. the bill would require all domestic workers including nannies, house keepers and any type of careg er they receive minimum wage, mandatory breaks and worker's compensation. it's drawing both positive and negative feedback. >> we have holidays but that's nothing for the future. i'm going t

tomorrow bachman has two appearances in southern california. >>> there is a new ktvu field poll of thedential race. it shows california's republican voters bucking the national trend. 28% of republicans surveyed in california like mit rom know -- mitt romney. >> none of the other candidates had more than 7% of the vote in this survey -- survey. the poll also shows that president obama has double- digit leads over romney and perry here in california. the survey shows president obama with 51% to mitt romney's 38% and the president has an even bigger lead over perry. 54% to 35%. >>> the uc regents will take a look at a proposal in their meeting in san francisco today. coming up at 7:45, pam cook joins us in the newsroom to let us know how much tuition could go up and why leaders say it's necessary. >>> apec's summit continues today. just minutes ago, the state events got underway. secretary of state, hillary clinton, arrived yesterday. the goal is to help empower women throughout the discussion. >>> 7:35. well, san leandro police are investigating two armed street robwies -- roshrys. a wo

pg&e has a brand new problem now apart from san bruno and their gas transmission lines. they have 1,200 miles of this pipe all over the state of california and they don't have a plan to remove it. so it's almost like chapter one has sort of started to close. now they have this entirely new issue. >> they've had 2,400 miles of steel and copper pipes that go into houses. over the last 20 years they replaced 90% of it. they're almost done with that and this plastic thing comes up, 1,200 miles. not 1,200 straight miles but going down the street to each and every house replacing this stuff. it's a big deal and great big money. >> it's going to cost them. this one complex, you're going to have to dig up to get 6,000 feet of it one mile out, you're going to have to dig up the parking spaces, all the sidewalks, all the landscaping. you can imagine. but the stuff is not particularly safe. so -- and there's been lawsuits and federal warnings about it. but, you know, pg&e right now is in a major transition because of the san bruno disaster. they have hired a new ceo. tony early from a company called dte utility in detroit. he starts on tuesday. his

. >>> less than a week after governor brown laid out his plan to attract new business to california, today we learned a major company is threatening to leave the state. and it would take hundreds of jobs with it. koula gianulias on why the business owner says he is fed up with all the red tape that comes with doing business here in california. >> over the last decade it has become extremely difficult to do business here. >> reporter: ceo ron middlestat says countless regulations and taxes could drive his business to text or nevada both actively soliciting his $5 billion company waste connections. california is the most challenging because of its leadership. >> the number one they need to do is get the legislature out of the process. there's a reality is that less government intervention, the more the private sector will create jobs. >> i'm proud to stand with my colleagues today to announce a critical policy change to help business. >> reporter: today leading democrats proposed a new law hoping to change california's business climate by cracking down on state regulations, evaluating

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john blackstone, cbs news, berkeley, california. >> mitchell: and we'll be back. >> mitchell: nasa confirmed today that the six-ton satellite you've been hearing about over the past few days fell to earth overnight. it could be seen from the west coast burning up in the atmosphere but scientists admit they may never know exactly where it came down. the projected path had the satellite re-entering the atmosphere in the ocean off the pacific northwest and that's why nasa believes all or nearly all the chunks fell. overseas, russian prime minister vladimir putin said today he would try to retake the presidency in elections next year. putin's victory could make him russia's rule until 2024. he has already been endorsed by the current president, dimitry medvedev, who would swap jobs with putin and become prime minister. in eastern germany, a man was detained after firing an air gun after firing at the pope's mass. the pope praised catholics over what he called the acid rain effect. and in the florida strait, swimmer diana nyad is about a third of a way to her 103-mile swim from cuba to the united

california hundreds of millions of dollars. that's according to a newfrancisco state. >>> climate change could cost california hundreds of millions of dollars. that's according to a new study at san francisco state. economists say erosion from rising sea levels and storm damage will make california beaches less appealing to tourists. researchers looked at sea level projections by 2011 for five beach communities. among them, san francisco's ocean beach. the study says it could suffer $540 million in damage to land, buildings and infrastructure. >>> well, let's hope that doesn't happen. but i bet ocean beach is hard to see right now. that's my guess. >> it is hard to see. plenty of fog and clouds, yeah, and a little cool out there. i know you guys were saying oh, it's been warm the past couple of days, finally seeing the cooldown not just at the coast but the rest of the bay area, as well. and still seeing some clouds in the picture even here right at home, where cbs is in san francisco. here's a live look outside at the bay bridge. you can see kind of gr

california. amazon says it'll open six new distribution centers here in california. that could mean as many as 7000 new jobs in california. in return amazon wants an exemption from the state's new internet sales tax law until 2014. now, amazon has used that strategy in some other states, however, some california lawmakers say they don't want to give up the estimated $200 million in expected taxes in exchange for a few thousand jobs. >>> well, the state senate has put a controversial insurance proposal on hold at least for now. the bill would allow the state insurance commissioner to reject or modify proposed rate increases by health insurance companies. now, it passed the state assembly, but it needs to be approved by the senate before next week. even if it clears that hurdle, the governor may not sign it. >>> republicans in congress are forcing president obama to delay his jobs speech next week. ktvu's alison burns is in our washington d.c. newsroom to talk about how a simple scheduling issue has turned into headline news. reporter: at issue here is the president's r

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california. we have more on the efforts to stop this new threat. >> reporter: patrolling the coast of californian a constant battle to control the border and stop water-borne smugglers from entering the country. >> thousands of square miles of coastline and we've got to try to keep an eye on it. >> reporter: with tighter border security on land between mexico and the united states, there's been an uptick in human and drug maritime smuggling in the past few years. the department of homeland security is beefing up its arsenal to combat the illegal activity. but criminal tactics are also changing. smugglers are using crude boats and making them faster. >> they're outfitting their boats with three engines. federal agents are using these fast boats that can go up to 60 miles per hour on water. >> we're also catching them farther north than ever before. where it used to be a quick trip across the border, it can be upwards of 12 hours on the water. >> reporter: busts are occurring almost weekly. two weeks ago, a boat turned up in santa barbara county, well over 200 miles from the border. >> it's like f