from our estimates of this fee being imposed, it is not simply 5 cents for one nickel per drink. at the cost of what is most commonly purchased liquor, while liquor, $40 to $50 per case, the fee would be $10, which is a 20% increase on the cost of liquor. the prices of the drinks that we serve very basically in the cost of well drinks covering the cost of generics. the complete impact is not simply going to be that we can delay the price of the drinks by a nickel. this additional cost, we are in a competitive area of town. it is not clear on how the prices will change. but if we have to absorb this cost we will have to cut benefits to employees or the employees themselves. this will impact the overall economy in the area. they shot, work, and lived in san francisco. -- shop, work, and libbin -- lived in 7 cisco. -- live in san francisco. >> the bottom lines at 440 is that costs are increasing. the next step, if it is put in motion, my next job impact not only our establishment that we live in, so i urge you to vote against this tax and fee. not only that, this issue has become an

the dispute appears to boil down to a difference of opinion about how that us nickel should be run and who should benefit the company's chief executive father mr actual cost ski describes the problem as he sees it. the conflict is due to a difference in the interests one side wants a gradual development of the company to improve our mental and social conditions while the other one wants to take everything there isn't a company and even i'm against taking the money out this may benefit shareholders right now but in the next years the company won't be able to develop its. roussel is adamant it will not sell up instead o. look better pascoe says he will try to get minority shareholders to agree to appoint independent professionals to the board but the chief executive of nickell left a little doubt as to which shareholder he was favoring as he referred to the twenty nine percent drop in the share price since the beginning of the year the company led by that of pasta. so your search since the beginning of the nickel has been the only company to increase its share price twenty three percent

since the beginning of the nickel has been the only company to increase its share price twenty three percent of us have a negative dynamic the leader among them is the person you just interviewed with twenty nine percent because the person who told us how to work how to control our company he's the leader among the losers now what do we use is we listen to through the prism person who did not see in managing a company successful and why we have the world's dividends fifty percent seventy eight percent is the world average and everyone is happy here for some people fifty percent is not enough. and that turn out to be acting markets asian stocks are high on what they say pouncing back on the previous sessions losses a rise in chinese manufacturing data has given us move to invent investor sentiment and better than expected g.d.p. growth in australia the biggest supply of oil into china has also had a positive effect and the. european stocks are mixed in early trading weakness in technology stocks is dragging on the foot but basic materials are on the rise. of russian markets a fact of

going to pay the extra nickel or dime for a drink and restaurant. i do not think they are going to miss the sixth the one at a bar if they have won, but if they have one, that is when the problem arises -- if they have one. i don't think extra 10 cents is going to keep them from drinking. it really does have an impact that brings positivity to the community. not to have that extra drink. thanks. chair avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is craig, and i have a business with my wife, and a way to keep my comments directed towards the budget and finance committee and not about prohibition. one, i work between 60 and 70 hours per week. this summer, it got to the point where we could hire someone. directly related to the tax. i do not think we can yet, so i do not know how this factors in. i'd like to hire someone, it takes someone off of unemployment, but i thought i would just like to mention that. additionally, i do work with small brewers from all around the country, and i have been able to convince some to come to san francisco b

how many nickels are in aollar? there are 20 nickels in a dollar. look! how do birds fly? es milk really make my bones stronger? yeah, yeah daddy...when we die will we go to heaven? do you have the answer to life's biggest question? watch the 700 club, weekda at ♪ >>> meteorologist mike nicco with a lot of weather to tk about. >> rare occurrence in new york, specifically the bronx. let's take a look at th damage that occurred yesterday. some of the buildings roofs torn off, trees, lots of cars, a dangerous situation when you have a tornado, possible tornado. they haven't quite decided yet -- i'm sorry, brooklyn --haven't quite decided yet whether or not this has been a tornado. but officials are out there right now. did have one confirmed tornado but it was woodruff, new jersey. let's talk about what's going on here sat see the cloud cover, t fast-streang clouds, humidity. kind of humid out there in a lot of areas. more so tha what we're us to. clouds not doing anything to our temperatures. you see clouds throughouthe bay into the south bay and along the coast. but it's a

my nickel and your nickel is 10 cents. think how much better we would be. >> there has been such an extraordinary outreach by people in the bay area. i think that you can't help but look at what happened yesterday. if you're home watching television and realizing here is a neighbor of families going about their lives the way every neighborhood does and the next second there is a conflagration and so many homes are gone. >> you're looking at the 30-foot crater. the pipe broken in there, the gasoline which is the culprit oa asniesto f that ghedt.t l l 'lacwe bk.be [ male announcer ] jerry brown's good old days. but what really happened? cnn -- not me -- cnn says his assertion about his tax record was "just plain wrong." jerry brown went out there and took credit for the fact that the people of california voted for proposition 13, which lowered taxes, which he opposed. and now he's going around taking credit for it. he raised taxes as governor of california. he had a surplus when he took office and a deficit when he left. he

it was called gold water, nickels that created in fact, jointn ses. now it took some time for the joint culture to come about, but it did. services saluted and did well. and i to this day, wish to compliment all those present and past who helped create the jointness. my first question. joint forces command is a subject of elimination. if that comes to pass, who within the department will have that's it's central mission? the job advocate, develop and joint operating concepts. doctrine and training. will we be throwing away all the efforts that began with gold water nickels, should that happen? i'm very concerned that or about where that will go, how much thought has gone into that and will our military be better off as a result? but answer the first question, secretary lynn, who assumed that duty? >> thank you mr. chairman, we too recognize the importance of jointness for the training, doctrine and in our operations and appreciate the role you played gold water, nickels and the subsequent events. as you indicated, those efforts have been successful in

attorney general peter nickel says he won't work for vincent grey who is likely to be the next mayor. grey defeated mayor fenty in the primary tuesday. nickel says he will help with the transition to grey's administration and resign at the end of the year. grey says he would not keep nickels on as his attorney general. >>> the upcoming change in mayors is having an impact. the democratic party is working to soothe any hard feelings and they started with a unity breakfast this morning. it's the first time we've seen the new candidate with the current mayor since the primary. we have the story from the northeast. >> reporter: in a heavily democratic town, vincent grey is expected to be the next mayor. he came to the democratic state committee breakfast at israel baptist church to highlight issues he says are important to us. >> like our schools, like public safety, and getting people back to work again. >> reporter: he was warmly received by all including the incumbent mayor. >> it was a tough campaign. and i think the democratic nominee and i, we fought hard. it was all fought in the b

since the beginning of the nickel has been the only company to increase its share price twenty three percent of us have a negative dynamic the leader among them is the person you just interviewed with a twenty nine percent say the person who told us how to work how to control our company he's the leader among. now whatever he says we listen to the prism of who do not see in managing a company's success we have the world's always dividend was fifty percent seventy eight percent is the world's average and everyone is happy here for some people fifty percent is not enough. to stay in the previous session a rise in chinese manufacturing data has given a small to investor sentiment and best than expected g.d.p. growth in australia. to china has also had a positive impact. on the first trading day of september. i think. that. percent. second largest oil producer has a net income for the second quarter fell sixteen percent to two billion dollars that's despite a strong rise in revenues the company says it was hit by taxes i'm costs which rise faster than the price of crude oil separately th

so your search since the beginning of the nickel has been the only company to increase its share price twenty three percent of us have a negative dynamic the leader among them is the person you just interviewed with a twenty nine percent because the person who tells us how to work how to control our company he's the leader among losers now whatever he says we listen to through the prism of a person who did not succeed in managing a company successfully we have the world's highest dividends fifty percent seventy eight percent is the world's average and everyone's happy here for some people fifty percent is not enough. let's turn now to the extreme markets asian stocks are high on whether to stay bouncing back from the previous session the losses are rising chinese manufacturing data has given a small base to invest in sentiment better than expected g.d.p. growth in australia the biggest supplier of oil into china has also had a positive effect in the region. the russian markets finished tuesday's session in the red but energy stocks advanced into the close and telecom continued its winn

irregularities in the conduct of its general meeting in june which owns a quarter of known nickel is in conflict with the other main shareholder interests over who has control of the company alleges the changes in the board at the a.g.m. favored interests broke a previous agreement to share control equally. group talks over the sale of its u.s. the navy and producer struct corps earlier this year you have for us decided to sell struck or to cut at seven point nine billion dollars debt in april two thousand and ten you have sold its mind to co-producer. for forty million dollars taking a fifty million dollars loss on the transaction the company is also considering selling its you will a known mine closed in april due to high production costs struck or is the biggest unit of strategic community corporation which you have bought four years ago for one hundred ten million dollars. and that is all the business use for now i would join you for more in about an hour's time and of course you can always find most stories by logging on to our website that's our team slash business. well see br

nickel is the offending agent in most jewelry.here is a lot of jewelry that is plated with gold or what have you. you can actually be centrino tied through the outer metal. if you continuing is pure gold, it is really not. nickel washes, belts, necklaces, things of that nature. >> it is usually right on t area. >> yes, sometimes people figure it is a contact derait. i -- derm tig us. >> we see it all the time. people get them as presents, the next thing you know, they are broken out. they are natural ingredients in perfumes and fragrances, some are allergic to the plants. >> does itrange depending on the brand? >> it ranges on the brand. the more fragrancy it is, the oils, and fran grans and dyes that can be in it. look for unscented, th fragrance-free product. make sure it is clear or white in color. no dyes in there, and that can mainlyeep you on the safe side. >> very common, there are thing that is dermatologist can prescribe that help with odor and antiperspirants, things o that nature. if you are allergic to it, we have to

dc attorney peter nickels said he will design. attorney general if elected mayor. >>> delaware's republican nominee for the u.s. senate will be in washington today. tea party candidate christine o'donnell is scheduled to speak at a conservative summit. she defeated nine-term congressman mike castle. virginia governor mcdonnell and former governor massachusetts mitt romney and knew gingrich are expected to attend. >>> president obama went on the attack against republicans last night. he likened the economy to a car, saying that the gom run it into a ditch and watched as democrats tried to fix it. >> we get this car back on the road and we can see the way forward. and we get a tap on our shoulder and we turn around and it's the republicans. and they say, can we have the keys back? no. you can't have the keys back. you don't know how to drive. >> president was speaking at a fundraiser for connecticut senate candidate rich bloomingthal. >>> this is a measure aimed at boosting up small businesses and hopefully getting them to hire agai

this is how they are spending our nickel! >> sean: i got a confession to make. in a ship ward and i gotta tell you, there was a half hour lunch break. and more than a few people went out there and drank beer. >> i'm sorry, you make your bed you lie in it. these people are making the cars we drive with our children in it. this is the only plant in america that makes jeep cherokees. >> sean: great truck. >> i love it too. there's been nine recalls, there's a 10th pending. this is a safety issue. >> sean: rob you confront the workers. let's watch the reaction. >> i hate to be a buzz kill but shouldn't you guys be building cars? done you work out at the chrysler factory? the government spent a lot of money bailing you guys out and you coming out here on your lunch break drinking like this? where you guys going man! you gonna go build some cars now after you had a few beers? >> sean: buzz kill? nobody talked to you, right? >> no, they ran away. they got scared. they knew they were busted. the thing is, these guys weren't just going out once in awhile and celebrating

this is how they are spending our nickel! >> sean: i got a confession to make. a ship ward and i gotta tell you, there was a half hour lunch break. and more than a few people went out there and drank beer. >> i'm sorry, you make your bed you lie in it. these people are making the cars we drive with our children in it. this is the only plant in america that makes jeep cherokees. >> sean: great truck. >> i love it too. there's been nine recalls, there's a 10th pending. this is a safety issue. >> sean: rob you confront the workers. let's watch the reaction. >> i hate to be a buzz kill but shouldn't you guys be building cars? done you work out at the chrysler factory? the government spent a lot of money bailing you guys out and you coming out here on your lunch break drinking like this? where you guys going man! you gonna go build some cars now after you had a few beers? >> sean: buzz kill? nobody talked to you, right? >> no, they ran away. they got scared. they knew they were busted. the thing is, these guys weren't just going out once in awhile and celebrating the

. >> reporter: bill sponsor says the bill will hit distributors, adding a nickel to a bottle of wine.>> it's very minimal. less than 1% consumption, about 50 jobs less a year. >> reporter: alcohol distributors and san francisco restaurants oppose the fees which they say will be paid for by customers and come at a difficult time in the recession. >> very soon, customers will get fed up and will stop drinking at a hotel room, and start buying their liquor at a liquor store. >> the locals might say, yes, but they're still going to turn around and come back. >> reporter: some tourists say lucky oddules says they'll gladly pay the extra penny. >> we're tourists coming from georgia, i don't really recognize the tax, i'm willing to pay the extra tax on it. >> reporter: the booze fees are expected to kick in in january. with a possible chaiser of lawsuits to follow. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a move by mcdonalds restaurant to get rid of their dollar menu is said to have been made to keep homeless people from the restaurant. >> they scrape together what little pennys they have,

he was asking for a nickel more. he would speak on behalf of all the picklers. he would have to keep them at bay when they wanted to pick. it worked last week, so they would try again this week. >> how old was he in 1945 when he left? what's he would have been 24 or 25. -- >> he would have been 24 or 25? he began to leave because the employers were plotting against him. he was told of this was dangerous, what he was doing. he had to flee for his life. >> how did he go? what's he caught the train -- >> he caught the train. >> he caught the train. >> what time of day did he leave? >> he left late in the afternoon and he could only go when the train was leaving. >> would anybody have tried to stop them? >> they apparently did not try to stop him. he asked a friend if he would take into the train station and they try to attract little attention. he did not want to let anyone know that he was prepared to leave. >> where did he go first? >> he went to harlem. he had previously tried detroit and found that he did not -- in detroit was not want to work for him because h

this particular one is nickel, you can polish it up and it looks good for 60 years. interior door hardware, i like bicycle lubricants. smoke detectors and heat registers, we have registered here, these things come right off, you can lift them up and make sure they are clean, it is a convenient thing to do and reduces dust. smoke detectors, they say every time your time changes from daylight savings, you want to change the battery. people say not to use the good batteries, the alkaline batteries. what can we do in our toilet compartment and back rooms for maintenance? >> check the four bolts. examine the line. >> they listen up sometimes and a whole plan loosens up, those are easy things for a homeowner to tighten up, extremely easy. he put on gloves and tighten it up and get underneath. it only takes a second to do it. hardware, often these things will tarnish, these nice, expensive things. you need so were polish or some other polish and polish it just like you would polish any other metal, in contact with all sorts of liquids all day long. flooring, we have tile fl

still in a very healthy state of the same can be said of the men marat safin is a ready retired one nickel out of a den conical youzhny both approaching thirty seven golden generation the new millennium is coming to an end however and the goal of who's one of cuz it stands brightest stars says bay should have few problems but i think somebody is coming for some young guys i hope for them so. yeah russia has a good team to say don't include me and if maybe it's not going to to you're so but this to. top them guys and it's not easy to. to play against. of course. the problem with the young guys but i'm sure. we find somewhere to live the turn of goal of his predictions come true but for the moment russia's loss is kazakhstan and the future of the sport in this central asian nation is looking very bright indeed. week twenty one of the russian football premier league ended on monday and now it's a look at the standings. st petersburg are still confortable at the summit with a four point cushion and two games in hand in front of nearest rivals or will be in a mosque or a still very much in cont

we're holding 55 double nickels in baltimore. 49 towards allatoona. hugging around the coastline. philly, 69 new york. muggy 72 in norfolk. that's important. close to that boundary, ahead of the approaching storm, there's warm, tropical air, you can see leftover moisture off the coast, on down to southeast virginia. heavy rain near raleigh, durham, all that stuff spreading in our direction. we'll continue to have that flow pushing to our north, it appears chilly this morning. clouds will thicken up throughout the day. we continue to watch the slug of moisture extend through the carolinas and push through florida and cuba and the caribbean. that's our general focal point. the upper level low, core of cool air continues to spill its way in. will surge to the north. indications that a developing tropical storm that could get named today as nicole races to the north and could be across the chesapeake bay, by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. let's bring it home and check out our forecast models here, rain returning this afternoon. the bulk of the rain moves in by daybreak tomor

under the bill shoppers would have had to bring their bags or pay a nickel for a paper one. supporters say it would have stopped at 19 billion plastic bags from lining up inland fills. and lastic plags are banned in cities including san francisco and palo alto. >> and thank you very much. >> and sandhya pattern warned us it's going to be hot. >> skb you felt the heat, i'm sure if you're outside. if you didn't, there is always tomorrow. it's going to take around inland. inland communities going to come up a couple degrees. getting hotter there is a live pick. speck lack tar view there. there is clear skies across the bay area z as we show you a different vantage point, you'll see it's sunny in san jose, into 90s now. and there is heat in tropics things are really sarting to heat up. let's take a look at the tropics now. there is storms lined up. trom gascone in the atlantic not a threat to a land mass now. tropical storm fiona weakening quickly. there is hurricane earl, a category four storm. it's tracking northwest at 17 miles per hour. look at how large this store is. there

i think for most people it's such a --most people that go out and joy themselves, you throw a nickel on the tab, they are not going to notice. >> reporter: most customers say they don't mind if it's for a good cause. the board is expected to pass the new fee but the mayor has behind he will veto. >> linda yee. cbs 5. >>> the family of a man who died after being attacked on the streets of oakland received a generous gifts. several east bay organizations raised $75,000 for the wife and son. he and his son were attacked by two teenagers while shopping last april. the money was donated to help yin continue his studies. two 18 years old were charged with the murder. >>> the 7 oth celebration will be more memorable thanks to the return of the great chapel bell. on friday someone called the theater saying they spotted the bell at a scrap metal yard. the theater can't wait to pull it back to work. >> it used to ring to start a show or ring at the end of intermission. many of our patrons who have been coming for so many years love it and miss it. >> the bell was cast in 1908. it will be retur

the actual cost increases, one nickel per drink -- i feel about the steady mrs. two fundamental points. -- the study misses two fundamental points. there are declining sales, less payroll tax, and there is going to be fewer tourists to come here, and we need to increase jobs, and the city will get more revenue. wholesalers. this will hurt our ability to fund important programs. i feel we need programs to encourage sales in a very sensitive environments, and we need an increase in spending. [bell] >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is -- with an association. we are here to oppose the mitigation fee. we do understand the situation with the city budget is difficult. we do not want to diminish the value of services. some small businesses have fee after fee. we wish you do not continue to balance the budget on the backs of small businesses. they are already struggling to survive. i would encourage you to talk to them and see how they are doing, and i believe that many of them will tell you how hard is, having to cut back staff, and how they are looking to try to

that way you control your nickel when you are gone. get your ducks in a row you might not be here come april. yeah, your policy is up-to-date and we will pay say if you lose an arm at the elbow at the mill. if you died you need a will. double pay for accidental deaths we have you down. your wife will not need to borrowo. you might not be here come april. being alive is enough to get you killed. do you hear about the folks in monroe? if they hang you from a tree you need a will. your folks won't have to worry about a meal with this insurance when that day of sorrow come. silos you might not be here april. if you died right sudden you'd need a will. >> this next is titled no one's real high button. >> beat, beat, beats here the sound of the train on the georgia road the claps of wheels at the gaps of the joints of the rails the beat of the hammer on iron andan vil at the smithing. shaping shoes for mules and horses and the red metal and water is the train's wiftel. the last word returns like watermelons here with summer heat. beat with t

sponsors -- and says it will hit alcohol wholesalers and distributors adding anywhere from $0.50 to a nickel to any bottle of or glass of wine or a well- drained. >> they have measured what the impact would be to san francisco and it's very minimal, less than 1% in consumption. >> reporter: distributors and san francisco restaurants oppose the peace which they say will ultimately be paid for by customers and comment a difficult time during the recession. >> pretty soon the customer will get fed up and not -- they will drink in a hole total or buy their liquor at a liquor store. >> it's not that much that i think it will make that much of a difference. they say yes but they will stoke turnaround and come back. >> reporter: tourists said they would gladly pay the extra penny for a drink spin that is worse, coming from atlanta, georgia, i will not recognize the sales tax that much when i come into a bar and want to have a good time. >> reporter: the fees will kicking in january, and a possible chaser of lawsuits to follow a pre-david stevenson, ktvu to, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> labor day marks

police say they were caught stealing shipping containers of nickel and chrome.metals are used in steel production. >> a man on the run for nearly a week now is captured in washington state. paul palmer was caught with his girlfriend gina distefano. palmer escaped friday from central booking facing attempted murder charges from a auguut stabbing. diitefano is charged with harboring a fugittve tonight. >> the race for baltimore city state's attorney is still in limbo. tonight they are starting to count absentee bbllots. greg bern city has a slight leads over patricia jessamy by 1300 votes. patricia jessamy's crew sid thoosands may not have been counted. but suuporters of bernstein said it is time for patricia jessamy to concede. >> we would hhpe hat miss patricia jessamy would go ahead and concede. and recognize the nest ability of her loss. >> so many voters did not vote in this election. i think, had they done that, miss patricia jessamy probably november much better shape. >> counting of absentee and provisional ballots will not resume until next wednesday. and

encountering on the bay division pipeline 5 project, we have encountered a high concentration of nickel some of the soil we dug up for trenching activity, so that will be requiring special hazardous material handling and compliance with more stringent disposal requirements. also on that project, we have m site that will require us to tunnel under that site, which, ofrhvok course, is going to bee costly. we also have five other sites withó archaeological discoveries that could impact construction, so we are monitoring those very carefully. we are trying to work through some last minute changes, skit under control of facilities with our operations map. some late changes have impacted our construction activities, and i have asked our engineering staff to work closely with the water enterprise engineering staff to try to resolve this issue by the end of the quarter. we need to do a better job act identifying control needs earlier on -- better job of identifying control needs earlier on. i feel confident that we will be able to resolve the issue. finally, i wanted to point out that there ar

the mayor of seattle nickels started the protocols for the city and started process with a lot of other mayors to start aggressively dealing with climate change if your interested at the bottom we have the website where there was an advisory commission made up of a number of corporate entities including starbucks and boeing and they came up with a plan for seattle the materials are there and if your interested i encourage you to go ahead and look at those and see the things being done with other mayors across the country. >> our system, we have two water supply systems the cedar system and toll system that supplies one third and we own the entire head waters on 90 thousand acres and we control that and it's secure so it allows us to not filter that supply and the toll system we own 15000 acres around. so we control a majority of our system which gives us a little flexibility in the way we design and manage our system and allows experiments that we could not do in other areas. again, 90 thousand acres, most of our reservoir gets a hundred thousand precipitation dependent water supply. we

in general was never a nickel involved in the battles today. that's to stand here direct. is very good. except. there's not one dramatic enough about a few human fence posts. i'm willing to was risking far more on just his dignity his wife was writing the. well it seemed safe enough. to make me feel better this may be. the most stupid thing i have ever done. but alright it's. this is what real. and they tell me that these are a bit of a crazy bunch. of me by some distance. it's close to twenty two minutes. stripes and for sure the troops have a special reward for that. i think i have down. my legs get the feeling. that. he's going to address the long line to you. here oh i think i need a stiff drink. it was definitely time for a well deserved break and luckily the house just the place to get away from it all . the total. on the cossacks. wealthy british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report. nineteen thirty. friends try to reason with hitler germany. a. trade an

take a backseat to better schools, streets that got plowed during snowstorms but this goes to show a nickel still hold up a dollar when you don't take care of the politics. soo your saying the voters had legitimate gripes and vote for the guy they don't like and don't trust because he made the trains run on time and that's assuming the new guy can't do those things. would you do that? i don't know if i would. what would the rest of you do? the address is mail bag at wusa9.com. >>> well that is our report. i'll be right back here tonight at 11:00 along with anita brick pan. don't forget to log on at wusa9.com. see you a little later. bye-bye. hi. i'm jim perdue. in case of everyday emergencies... guys, go get changed! ...or soccer practice, it's important to be prepared for dinner. that's why i've prepared my perdue perfect portions fresh chicken breasts. they're individually wrapped, so you can cook what you need and store what you don't. we're not playing helicopter now. ready when you are, they're trimmed of fat and consistently sized to cook in just 10 minutes. life's not perfect. that's

police say the men stole more than 500 tons of nickel and chrome, --, used to make stainless steel. in tonight's commitment 2010 coverage, the second ad has been released in total road map to 2020. it was described as the former governor's tenure vision for the state. it was a busy day at the city's board of elections. workers were counting absentee ballots. the latest numbers show gregg bernstein hold his lead on patricia jessamy, but there is still not clear winner in the race for city state's attorney. jayne miller has more. >> there were no hanging chats, but certainly enough lawyers in the room to bring to mind bush vs. gore. more than 1600 absentee ballots in the city state's attorney's race. at jessamy camp is trying to overcome challenger gregg bernstein lead in the race. they only lost ground with the absentee count. >> we have 795 bernstein, jessamy 727. bernstein had increased his lead when it was finished. lawyer warren brown called on pat jessamy to concede. >> most people are looking for some finality associated with this, so we would hope that ms. jessamy would just g

you throw a nickel on the tab. they aren't really going to notice. >> reporter: most say they don't mind if it's for a good cause. the board is expected to pass the new fee but the mayor has hinted he will veto. last call begins tuesday when the board of supervisors votes. in san francisco, linda yee. >> the former ceo of hp could soon have a new job. the wall street journal reports he is in talks with oracle. the ceo is a friend of his and came to his defense in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. the top job isn't available. he resigned after an hp marketing contract era cause him of harassment. >>> this week the state's court will hear amounts on three lawsuits challenging the governor's power to furlough state workers. 114,000 state employees filed suit. the governor ordered them to take unpaid days off in response to the budget crisis. the cores ruling that may take months could affect all workers furloughed this wear and last year. >>> checking headlines around the bay area the police have identitied t

the new fee would apply to alcohol served at bars and restaurants, adding about an extra nickel to a bottle of beer, even more for hard liquor, with the money going to alcohol abuse programs. >>> an elevated track is the best way for high-speed rail to go through downtown san jose. that's what the city council has decided by an 8-2 vote yesterday despite concerns an aerial track will be noisy and unattractive . the other option, an underground tunnel would cost more and take longer to build. the decision now goes to the california high speed rail authority. >>> and honda is returning to the port of richmond after pulling out back in the mid- 90s. the automaker will resume shipping vehicles there boosting the port business by 25%. honda will also be making about $37 million in improvements to that facility. >>> and a glimmer of hope for one of the miners trapped in that mine in chile. he is now the father of a healthy baby girl. the baby was born yesterday in a hospital near the copper and gold mine. and the parents decided to name her esperanza, spanish for hope. the baby's father is

and i am bringing my nickels with me when i am going out. i would like to thank the sponsor of this item, and i would like to add my name on to this legislation as a co-sponsor. i do so for much the same reasons as supervisors avalos and mirkarimi state. back when i was chair of the budget committee a few times, i will call them the good years -- even in the good years we were looking at very difficult, targeted cuts to communicate-based substance abuse programs. the good daly years were nothing like the last few terrible avalos years. in this room, the month of june and the months leading up, we debate very, very difficult issues. and just the way that the budget is structured, the way that our charter is structured, it's terrible. but it is the community-based providers, the folks who are on the street level providing culturally competent services to san francisco's most vulnerable are the ones feeling that, the ones targeted with dra conian cuts to our budget. it is in the community

i think for most people it's such a -- most people that go out and joy themselves, you throw a nickel on the tab, they are not going to notice. >> reporter: most customers say they don't mind if it's for a good cause. the board is expected to pass the new fee but the mayor has hinted he will vow to. tuesday is when the board of supervisors vote. >>> fire investigators are on the hunt for the person or people who have been setting fires in sacramento. five fires have been set. there is a brushfire abandoned restaurant fire and dump fire. they are concerned the arsonist is getting boulder. one was set 200 feet from a fire station. fire officials say the fires can put a lot of people in danger. >> taxes the resources, we have fire companies chasing these things down throughout the evening which makes them unable to respond to other emergencies if they develop. >> in the past four days, there have been 20 arsons. firefighters say they may not all be related. so far there are no suspects. >>> checking headlines around the bay area, we have learned the identities of two young men who were k