this is actually bringing some thunder to part of northern california. as the winds pick up, will we see some showers moving in by the end of the weekend? we'll have a look at that in just a few minutes. to those who've waited... worried... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> a nine-year-old boy who slipped on to a flight to las vegas ten days ago is back home in minnesota tonight. the boy was accompanied by what appeared to be two bodyguards for the flight home today and after arriving in minneapolis about ten officers helped escort the boy on to the tarmac and away from the crowds. earlier this week he made his way on to a delta airlines flight woit a ticket or boarding pass. >>> a 50-year-old southern california man is behind bars accused of stabbing an elementary schooltea

heavy rain in northern california. far northern california.here though just fizzle but did bring the increase humidity. hummed ty going down as i mention to him a little more comfortable for us and sunny for tomorrow as well by friday we look at high pressure building in dry wind pattern down sloping winds bring increase fear danger for your friday saturday team period and warmer temperature as well. tomorrow not a warm start in the morning upper 40's to upper 50's. make sure you grab your coat or jacket in the morning. it's going to be crisp and cool. night longer days shorter. so we are definitely feeling the autumn chill in the air. all these areas sfup and million piece. peninsula sfichlt palo alto 68 degrees in san mateo o. sfup redwood city. 65 here and 66 in downtown san francisco. 71 santa rosa and breezy at the coast. inland spots cooler than afternoon. mid 70's concord life more accu-weather 7 day forecast. a little warmer each every day warming you up in the low 90's by saturday inland low 70's coast side. beach weather. cooler for

heavy rain in northern california. far northern california. though just fizzle but did bring the increase humidity. hummed ty going down as i mention to him a little more comfortable for us and sunny for tomorrow as well by friday we look at high pressure building in dry wind pattern down sloping winds bring increase fear danger for your friday saturday team period and warmer temperature as well. tomorrow not a warm start in the morning upper 40's to upper 50's. make sure you grab your coat or jacket in the morning. it's going to be crisp and cool. night longer days shorter. so we are definitely feeling the autumn chill in the air. all these areas sfup and million piece. peninsula sfichlt palo alto 68 degrees in san mateo o. sfup redwood city. 65 here and 66 in downtown san francisco. 71 santa rosa and breezy at the coast. inland spots cooler than afternoon. mid 70's concord life more accu-weather 7 day forecast. a little warmer each every day warming you up in the low 90's by saturday inland low 70's coast side. beach weather. cooler for the

wet weather is the story around northern california. slight chance, under 20%, though. taking a look at the forecasted highs mainly in the 50s to low 60s. by the way temperatures are about 10 degrees below average. good weather by thursday with a slight warmup by the end of the week. >>> good morning, everybody. talk about the commute. do watch out for this if you normally take 101 bound for the bridge. this accident southbound 10 on the connector ramp hit the guardrail. may see slow traffic approaching the scene. across the water, san ma day owe bridge toll mrs.. the commute also in good shape with no major construction from overnight. had been talking about the winds. there are wind advisories in place for local bridges. no wind related accidents or anything like that. quite busy overnight. all of those accidents have been cleared out. right here at the 882-237 interchange n good shape. as with the bay bridge drive, times low. westbound traffic moving well across the span heading into san francisco. the golden gate commute. see blinking lights. crews in a few minutes

. >>> an offshore earthquake jolted parts of northern california today. the magnitude 4.9 quake struck just after 4:00 this afternoon. the epicenter was off the coast about 32 miles northwest of eureka. we talked to the editor of the tribune who said people reported items falling off their shelves, but there was no serious damage or injury. >>> it's feeling more like fall outside these days, but changes are coming. >> here's bryan hackney in for paul with our forecast. bryan. >> well, we got a little bit of warming trend on track for the bay area. tomorrow we'll have highs in the mid 70s. i promise there's a bit of a bite in the air today. we'll start out pretty much the same as we did today with low clouds, but by the afternoon we'll be near 70 degrees right around the bay. here's what's happening that low pressure that plagued the southland and the desert southwest and us a little bit has moved completely out of the state. high pressure begins to build in until we get a warming weekend. a warming weekend doesn't mean it's going to be warm everywhere. th

anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake that hit october 17, 1989 causing widespread damage across northern california. the loma prieta anniversary is now an opportunity to make sure we are ready for the next big one including the great california shakeout which 8 be at san jose tech museum for a drill. matt keller is there with a report in the next half hour. the anniversary for loma prieta reminds us it is never too early to plan ahead. we have a list of resources and tips to republic -- prepare for any disaster. look on abc7news.com. >> a former police officer is being hailed for recovering an iphone that contained precious photos. the woman lost her phone at uc davis medical center with pictures of her son before he suffered a brain aneurysm and went into a coma a month ago. the police sergeant received a call asking to check cameras and three made it a mission to find the phone after finding out why it was so important. he was able to track down the person who walked out of the the bathroom with it and returned the phone. now she is focused on her son's recovery. >> well done. >> 23 bart trains a

hours after he was spotted in the wilderness of northern california. (sot: sharon bura/penaflor's niec (cbs hiker material hrem07 "my husband came into the rm and they were like they fou uncle gene alive!!! and i w like what! what! and as soo i heard that i started cryi because i was just so happyt he was safe." (wilderness pic/hunting pics) the ordeal began last month deep tional forest. >>> spotted in the wilderness of northern california. >> my husband comes into the room. he's like they found uncle jean alive. i was like what. as soon as i heard that i just started crying. i was happy he was safe. >> he split from his hunting partner and later fell and blacked out. >> when we heard the news it was devastating. it's as if somebody took our hearts and stepped on it. so we felt helpless. >> nearly 28 agencies spent 4 days looking for him. with the storm moving in and no sign of the missing hunter the search was called off. for 19 days a lover of the out doors survived on the skills he knew. >> to keep himself warm he gathered up dry leaves and slept u

you see the circulation moving into northern california. this will be the source of rainfall for southern california later on today, already the clouds building out towards las vegas. the cool air remains in place and a slight chance favoring parts of the south bay. still the possibility of some sierra snowshowers later on and then tomorrow gonna start off with clouds and skies becoming partly to mostly sunny before tomorrow afternoon. today one of the cooler days of the week, we're thinking low to mid-70s out towards fairfield, antioch and brentwood. san francisco, 65 and more nadz with 7 -- neighborhoods are 72. santa cruz, 72 with a forecast high. here's a look ahead to the five- day forecast -- you can see temperatures up a few degrees for thursday and into friday. in fact, already thinking about the weekend for saturday. looks pretty good out there. we'll break that out. you can see a cool start to the day with temperatures 40 to 50. mild to warm in the afternoon. 55 to 76 and into the second half of the weekend, we'll continue to warm

here's a look at your temperatures by later on this afternoon around northern california. to be warm in sacramento. high of 81 there. 74 in ukiah. 60s at the coast. 70s around the bay, 75 in palo alto. mid-70s in sunnyvale and santa clara. and checking some east bay numbers, hot in brentwood, 80 for a fall day there. 78 in pleasant hill. 77 in walnut creek. and along the beach 64 in stinson beach and san francisco coming in at a pleasant 68 degrees with a whole lot of sunshine. so like i said as that high pressure system builds we cost a higher fire danger warmer weather and the winds will kick up as well thursday and friday. so watch out for that. but otherwise, temperatures great saturday through the beginning of next week with a slight cooldown in those temperatures. that's a check of your traffic and weather. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> chevron and the city of richmond are joining forces on jobs and education. chevron usa says it's investing $15.5 million in a five-year project to revitalize the community. the focus will be on north richmond, the iron triangle

heavy rain in northern california. far northern california.though just fizzle but did bring the increase humidity. hummed ty going down as i mention to him a little more comfortable for us and sunny for tomorrow as well by friday we look at high pressure building in dry wind pattern down sloping winds bring increase fear danger for your friday saturday team period and warmer temperature as well. tomorrow not a warm start in the morning upper 40's to upper 50's. make sure you grab your coat or jacket in the morning. it's going to be crisp and cool. night longer days shorter. so we are definitely feeling the autumn chill in the air. all these areas sfup and million piece. peninsula sfichlt palo alto 68 degrees in san mateo o. sfup redwood city. 65 here and 66 in downtown san francisco. 71 santa rosa and breezy at the coast. inland spots cooler than afternoon. mid 70's concord life more accu-weather 7 day forecast. a little warmer each every day warming you up in the low 90's by saturday inland low 70's coast side. beach weather. cooler for the s

of northern california recently released over one hundred specifically from the l.a. sheriff's department that have to do with cameras or or photography is there any kind of specifications on what kind of cameras we're talking about or photography. i mean there are cameras that range from cell phone cameras to point and shoot cameras up to professional grade cameras this effects anybody who takes a picture in public space and i want to say that is especially in a place like hollywood where sean is from that's it's very troubling because that's what hollywood is for there is there is paparazzi the take pictures there there are tourists that take pictures there there are pictures taken in hollywood absolutely all the time now reason t.v. got its hands on a copy of the internal investigation into a formal complaint that shiny filed against the l.a.p.d. sheriff's department he sent his first and fourth amendment rights were violated when he was stopped while taking pictures at an l.a. stop a subway stop that we showed you that video of what do these documents reveal. well

lots of pine needles in northern california. kirkland would be keeping up appearances.oing to the office every day, so... pine forest within a hundred-mile radius of sacramento? sure, sure. if that's all we got. (dials, line rings) (van pelt) hey, boss. van pelt, i need you to run something for me. properties or businesses owned by robert kirkland within 100 miles of the capitol... (typing) in close proximity to a pine forest. robert kirkland? it's a long story. nothing for robert kirkland within a hundred miles. (typing) ah, crap. but there's a michael kirkland. owns a cabin up near el dorado state park. oh, is he a relative? i don't know. i can check. all right, text me the address. sure. we should call local authorities for backup. no. no. no cops. nobody can know about me. please. okay. how do we do this? (exhales) (clicks) that's how. do you have siblings, jane? no. i had a twin brother-- michael. we were very close growing up. i hear that's a strong bond. and our father was a sadistic drunk. he beat the crap out of us and our mother. beat her till she couldn't tak

. >> northern california we'll survey damage from overnight wind storm we've had. >> and records that show a history of alcohol related offenses against a driver now charged with killing a couple as they walked their dog. >> 7 on your side teams up with consumer reports to bring you reliable automobiles of the year. >>> good evening, what a storm it was. a lot of people still cleaning frup a wind storm that hit the bay area overnight. here is a picture sent to us by way of you report. this shows a front porch awning. the sand was blown ashore. they gave no estimated time to reopen. here is what it's like drivinging on interstate 5 yesterday. >> i'm trying to try to get distance between the car in front of me. >> this video taken near tracy just over the pass. where wind gusts reached hurricane strength. hi, carolyn. >> if you're out, you certainly felt the power of the storm. biggest casualties were the trees including a redwood in dan valueville. -- danville. gone was the wind is the story of this redwood nearly caving in the roof above a girl's bed room. she's okay. the house, red t

what they found was that as much as 29 percent of northern california's air pollution originates in china reporter:the problem could get even worse here. as winter sets in and temperatures drop, people will start turning up the heat and burning wood to keep warm thus creating even more air pollution. >> reporter:in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: if you like to send an ab work picture to be featured on air send it to breaking news kron4 that come for me at twitter patric >> jacqueline: low sixties in san francisco and the south bay little cooler. the fog will the fog thick winter there all alone are to die. >> jacqueline: the fault will be returning with a dense fog. already seeing reduced visibility we will see temperatures on the cool side once again >> jacqueline: i will have your complete forecast at 845 parent >> reporter: estimated at anywhere from 4 to 6 years old old known as maria. she has been living with or claim to be her parents but they abducted. authorities are trying to figure out a sheet is babylisa erwin. kidnap before her first birthday. they

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he's going inside illegal pot farms in northern california.re they illegal when it's being grown legally? illegal because it's being grown by columbian drug cartels in the united states. it's an interesting discussion with dan. stay tuned. sharon gibala has wjz traffic control. we have first warning weather and more all comi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. thanks for being with us. it's a bit of a damp morning in many locations. we just looked at this shower activity south of the metro grid. area wide other than this null zone from the topside of the beltway through the mason dixon line we're getting very, very light shower activity. 47 now, 62% humidity, barometer is is 29.78. 56 ocean city. take a look at western maryland. the h mid to upper 30s. 41 hagerstown, 48 pax river, 41 westminster, 46 bel air, 47 columbia, rock hall at 46, annapolis and kent island at 41. it's going to be bright, sunny, gorgeous but on the cool side. chilly by 10 degrees below the day and night normals. 56, a few peaks of sun today. clear to partly cloudy at d

. >>> coming up a taste of winter for northern california. first snow of the season. sugary beverages are getting more expensive. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. . >> residentses in hayward are looking for a new place to live after a car crashed into their building. at 3:00 the car crashed into a bedroom. one person was in the building when it happened. it is deemed unsafe. speed was a factor in the crash. >>> charged related to campaign reports, he was arrested? june. he is going to be sentenced novembe 8th. >>> in san francisco you will pay more for sugary drinks. tomorrow

through northern california. this bay bridge is clear. it will remain in the forecast and we will grow for tomorrow with a sunny day for tomorrow. details, coming up. >> coming up the president obama healthcare the cyber crime? and also, the mass murder what would make a mantle of the entire family. and also this could be no accident. details next. uz)Ñ >> law enforcement agencies from across the world are in the second day of a brutal training exercise right here in the bay area urban shield 2013 is nearing it's completion. it's a regional preparedness exercise hosted by the alameda county sheriff's office. testing how prepared law enforcement agencies and first responders are to face a variety of high-pressure scenarios - such as a school shooting. by utilizing volunteers, the agencies go through training exercises for 48-hours straight.with little to no sleep. the idea is to simulate a real disaster. . to improve upon. urban shield comes to an end monday morning. coming up at eight. new concerns about obamacare. how safe is the healthc

in fact, i was on tom cast about flvm in northern california and two filmmakers who shot in the city hadn't taken out permits. many smaller independent folks have minimal budgets and we're going to lower the budget for those people to bring the money into our city and to support the the filmmakers. we're proposing this because the web series are not eligible for our incentives, however, this type of production is the way of the future web series are meeting the increased need of filming on computers. the global index was related by real a california based company that specialize in videos. the amaze of video increased by one hundred percent. amazon and net flicks are pursuing their own series like the emmy house of cards and orange is the new black and amazons by the time to see. and a there are more to come. productions like this very often have budgets that employ many crews and actors. we want to attract that new wave to san francisco. last we're asking for an estimation that is to sunset on june 30th, 2013. we want appropriations up to $1 million for this that will enable us to l

most expensive in northern california histry. if have you a long memory, you remember none of this came easy. opponents cited traffic, crime, possible drunk drivers. the management of a las vegas gaming facility today announce an appeal of a judgment. they claim it sits on what remains state, not sovereign land. it's yet another obstacle for a tribal chairman. >> yeah. it's done a bit all of the things people were saying. i'm glad to be alive to see i delivered all i promised and more. that is important. >> the casino will bring 2300 jobs to the area, some for dealers who come from the community who have been training for months. local construction crews have been very happy wlt with the project. >> we had about 200 pieces of equipment here out. >> did it make your year? >> yes. >> so a month away will be controversial but jobs and dollars could be an effective deyodorant you move ahead don't look back. so i'm really happy people will benefit. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now

yosemite is located in northern california. in 17 years, time tourists can not visit. the park yearly draws nearly 4 million visitors. the university of maryland received a landmark gift this morning. the national labor college as well as the afl-cio presented more than 40 million documents on u.s. labor history. that gift is the largest of its kind to the university. >> great. that's awesome. >> big numbers. that's awesome. >> big numbers. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." these are birth control pills. more than half of american women use them at some point in their lives buken cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of birth control iegal, including the pill. cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this "potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decision-making" why is ken cuccinelli interfering our private lives? he's focused on his own agenda. not us. >> an update on the world war ii veterans we told you about earlier in the show. they are visiting the world war ii mem

you can see high cloud coverage moaing into far northern california.t will move in tonight and tomorrow morning. mostly cloudy tonight. into the wednesday, a little warmer than today. as we head into thursday and friday, even stronger winds and this is more bay area wide. they'll be the dry warm winds that warm up the temperatures and raise the humidity. here is a look at temperatures for tomorrow afternoon. 75 in palo alto. 78 in san jose. 80 in pittsburg. low 60s and upper 60s on bay store line. a range of 70s for the north. here is a look at the extended forecast. warmer tomorrow and still into thursday, friday and saturday. sunday as well. we'll be carrying that raiders game here on kron 4. we'll be seeing pretty mild conditions at the stadium here on sunday evening. temperatures still in the upper 60s low 70s. we'll bring you the pre game, post game and the game. >>> the raiders will be here on kron 4 sunday night. >>> the pittsburg pirates host their first playoff game since barry bonds. gary has all the highlights. look at them with that u-verse

we have 33 indian tribes in the northern district of california, most people don't know, and i've met with those people. i've met with the muslim community, with the siekh american community, with the lgbq community, with the human rights commission in san francisco, all kinds of people, and we talk about all kinds of things. we talk about things that are more common to the u.s. attorney. we talk about fraud and identify theft and hate crimes and civil rights issue and there's one thing that comes up in absolutely every conversation that i have had with people in the district, and that was bullying. and it really, it was, it's not surprising to the people in this room, i know. it was not surprising to me but it was troubling to me that in every community that i was meeting with, this was an issue prrp violence, harassment, physical, cyber, social, children on children, this kind of behavior is so disturbing and so troubling and so heartbreaking to so many people. even in this place, even in san francisco, california and northern california, which has got to be if not the most tolerant

. >> while naso was on trial for the murder of 4 northern california women, she believed him to be guiltyjury agreed and recommended the death penalty. since hoping to understand why he let her live, she believed it might have been a small gesture and offered to feed him lunch for the photo shoot. >> who knows, maybe -- >> during one one of her visits in jail, naso cried when he talked about his mother and she believes that he still has some redeeming quality and she's written a letter to the judge making asking to disregard the recommendation of executing naso, reporting live, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there is a campus light power outage at this hour following a report of a generator explosion, the campus out alert of all night classes cancelled. there was reports of explosion on the campus. a viewer sent us this photo of large plume of smoke around the library. the daily kal report that the outage may be caught by the copper from the campus's high voltage system. we are keeping on top of the story, we'll update you before this newscast is over. >>> a new group of police is getting its m

things to come through the afternoon, mostly clear skies and high pressure building in over northern california as a strauf in between the two. here we are in the bay area. this is going to lead to drying conditions and warming temperatures especially toward saturday. in the meantime we're dealing with more wind as opposed to warming. you'll see this developing throughout the day if the northeast winds accelerating in the hilltops through the day. so by 6:00 now, or 5:00, notice in the north bay you have sustained winds north of 25. areas in read, seeing the winds getting close. in the east bay hills and the north bay. the humidity levels very low. heading into tomorrow morning where the humidity levels will stay in the 20% range. but the pattern looking great for game one of the a's versus tigers coming up tomorrow. should see 70s around game time. 75 in san jose, turning breezy in the santa clara valley. stronger gusts between pleasanton and fremont. 8 oyn poli0 in pleasanton. the north winds will warm things up in the north bay valley. look at oakland, 78 as the winds turn off shore. could s

looks like most of northern california getting hit with wet weather. a snow-rain mix if you're out in tahoe with a high today of about 39 degrees. . temperatures are about 10 degrees below average. used to reaching in the low 70s. 61 your forecasted high in concord, 62 in pleasant hill, walnut creek. san francisco often gets in the 60s. today only reaching a high of 56 degrees in san francisco, 56 out along the coast. checking forecast over the next several days, looks like the cooldown continues through tomorrow. could see a chance of frost by tuesday night. a slight warmup in. good conditions. good news. not expecting gusting winds, rain by thursday night. a cooldown in time for the weekend. a slight cooldown. >> slight. >>> rockledge and lieu reed died after suffering from liver disease. suzanne mcguinness has a look back on life, career. >> reporter: lieu reed was the driving force behind the legendary consult band velvet underground. the band never achieved widespread commercial success, but many credit the group with rev losing rock in the 19 60s

in 1999 paul avenue was a vacant set of warehouses that was the northern california distribution but as we went through various approvals of the expansion we worked closely with the city at the time with the legislation so we're familiar with it. my involvement goes back i was there for 5 years prior to digital realty forming. what we do at 200 paul avenue we lease space to companies for you s c use we provide the complete if i did out spaces which includes those telecommunication equipment or we'll lease some shelf space and put in the types of systems they need. those customers have routing and switching equipment for voice services and storage and things of that nature the digital economy that supports us today. a lot of the customers are t mobile. we provide the services to san francisco and the surrounding area. astound is innovate company they provide services for voice in san francisco. we have 12 major customers that support the residents in san francisco. i think i mentioned that a robust power infrastructure with the cooling systems is necessary for those kind of facilities

. >> bears up here in northern california. here we go. my father-in-law graduated from there. san jose, here we go, clear skies over the city. here is a change. lots of fog today. didn't see the sunshine until mid afternoon. the temperatures kept down. union city upper 50s. you have to go back to april 15, tax day, the last time we had afternoon highs this chily. livermore 63 degrees. tomorrow not as cold or foggy. sunny and milder tomorrow, high of 74, mainly sunny skies saturday pushing 80 degrees. we ocean not have the fog tomorrow. low we talked about low pressure stirring things up. that's what will happen tonight. you'll get more sunshine and milder tomorrow. setting stage for next week, halloween, trick or treating, november starts next week. that cold air here on monday. inland we'll be shy of 70 degrees. sun coming out earlier tomorrow, milder days saturday and sunday, chily change next week. livermore you'll hit 75, san jose 71. everybody milder tomorrow. san mateo 68, 63 sincerely to. saturday and sunday, mild and sunny. monday chily and staying chily. one thing you

few clouds to the north and east of fairfield, and that's the weather system passing through northern californiaringing areas of heavy rain. that won't affect us. there's the little bit of fog at the coast into 8:00 to 9:00, but that gets pushed south by the north winds, and sunny skies through the afternoon and temperatures reaching the nice 70s. the warmest places are inland and look for 77 into fairfield and antioch and livermore. 60s and 70s by the bay. san francisco going up into the 60s. 70s, north bay valleys, and oakland, 71. if you like the nice, warm, fall weather, this week is for you. we're looking at low 80s inland by tuesday and wednesday, with temperatures near 80 by the day, and it stays fairly sunny and warm into next weekend. >>> a ranger and some curious bears. a sheriff in jasper, georgia has blamed bears for a series of car break-ins, but nobody believed him. but now there is proof. two bears were rum going through the car. a bear and the cubs walked up to the car and opened the doors and got in. the bear was calm and the owner was not. >> they were in the car. margaret, the

fire officials say several departments around the bay area and northern california will be on high alert as conditions turn dry and windy. >>> temperature today, similar to yesterday and the day before that. warmer in some places. 80 in antioch, one in livermore, temperature tomorrow warmer than these. in the next couple days a warming trend. that's why we know the fire danger will come up. the humidity will drop down. right now the winds are due west at san francisco airport. that's cooler, moister direction, the winds tomorrow night will come north, north east early. that increases the fire danger, we're looking at red-flag warning on if entire state of california in terms of high fire danger, increased temperature and nice weather. this is the fall weather that people like. with that comes the alert about the fire. the reason we're doing this is not for the heat, the humidity will be low. the real thing is the winds in the hills. the red-flag warning is in effect above 1000 feet. we'll notice the temperature moving into the warmer rang as we go into friday and saturday. shows tomorrow

growers from northern california came to show off what they have been working on for the past 100 days or so. these are competing for the title of the heaviest pumpkins. >> it is seeds and location and skills and luck. >> jim is hoping to win, he weighs in of 232, 000 of his pumpkin. >> you never know when you are up there on the stage and there is a lot of things could go wrong whether if there is a soft spot at the bottom. >> excitement among the growers said fort cliff holding the pumpkin and performers love wowing the crowd. it is the huge monster that really attracted this year. >> gary miller is the champion of the pumpkin weigh off half-moon bay this year. >> it is the only time i will ever do that in my life. >> if you miss seeing the weigh in, you can see the winner and the top four heaviest pumpkins this weekend at the art and pumpkin festival here in half-moon bay, reporting from half-moon bay, ktvu channel 2 news >>> sunshining and warm weather and this is fall and i love it. >> of course, fire danger is part of the deal and that's what we are getting right now. it is somet

is based on a mistake. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a bay area man defies thed ofs surviving in the northern california wilderness for nearly three weeks. a group of hunters found the missing hiker from san francisco on saturday deep in the national forest. cbs reporter ben tracy shows us he is doing well despite the conditions he endured. >> 72-year-old was finally reunited with his family saturday hours after he was spotted in the build r.ness of northern california. >> my husband comes into the room. he is like they found uncle gene alive. i was like what? what? as soon as i heard that i started crying. i was so happy he was safe. >> the ordeal began lance month deep in the national forest. he split up from his hunting partner and later fell and black out. >> when we heard the news it was devastating. it's as if somebody took our hearts ensteeped on it. so we felt helpless. >> nearly 20 agency spent four days looking for him, but with the storm moving in and no sign of a missing hunter, the search was called off. for 19 days he, a lover of the outdoors survived on the skills he knew. >> he kept hims

it processes all the disability claims for northern california. it also has the worst record in the country for how long it takes to process those claims. and now because of the shutdown, veterans are bracing for even longer waits. >> we lost everything. everything that we had. >> reporter: william caston of livermore waited more than two years for the veterans affairs office in oakland to process his disability claim. during that time, he said he hit rock bottom, suffering from severe back pain from an injury he suffered in the coast guard, the married father of three lost his home and his car and declared bankruptcy. >> sunny days, there were none for me. so i can imagine how this could push some people like, you know, over the edge. >> reporter: he says for veterans, who are waiting on the va, any additional delay from a government shutdown is like pouring salt in a wound. >> it really sucks to be in a situation where, you know, you're not getting the help you need. or not getting the right help you need. if this exacerbates it, you know, shame

i over see our northern california field operations.ou might know mike course on who overseas the office here in sacramento. we are happy to be back on this side of the bay able to serve you folks for your licensing and permitting needs without the inconvenience of having to -- bridge toll. maybe we are going to roll out as early as next year online license renewals. it's a slow process when you are trying to work with state government on that kind of thing because of the fact that you have to deal with contracted bidders who are going to be handling yourself, but not only yourself like a small agency that we are but some of the larger ones as well. so finding that middle ground and making those things happen is difficult but we are trying to get our business platform as we go forward. it's been kind of an interesting year for us. as many of you probably know, medicinal marijuana is the talk of the day at the state legislature. there is a bill pending right now that would put the abc correctly in the crossroads if you will of the effort

the genius of the people of san francisco, oakland the entire bay area, northern california and this great state we should celebrate today because if not for their willingness to exercise their faith none of us would get to enjoy the fruits of your last year. so it's now i am prepared having come late because of my 10 minute internship on figuring out how one takes a chain and not a rope and prepares to cut it. i look forward after steve makes some final remarks to inviting you out for that great moment. congratulations everybody (clapping) >> thank you lieutenant governor. i did hear him as a 10 minutes so i would give him more. governor schwarzenegger ruined a good suit so a word of warning. the first of the project management team that has helped us for 8 years now (calling names) gentlemen take a b beau >> we all owe a great gratitude to a army of folks who put this together. i'd like to acknowledge mark of hartman studios whose probably out there working (clapping) and randy who's been in and out of the room from m t c enterprises. there he is. malcolm i believe we missed one ca

under the parents companies some of them you mentioned are part of the d g t operations and the northern californiahose are groupings of various rental companies that come together. >> but they're still separate corporations that come together and i believe they're separate but they partner together when we the requests for the proposals in order to sort of have a stronger financial proposal but i could get the specifics on that stowaway. many of them could have merged but they operate at the airport as one parent's company >> another question that's not directly related to this. i know our city has goals of electric vehicle fleet and rental companies are one of the fleets that allow people to become for comfortable with the hybrids so we have incentives having hybrids and protecting electric vehicles >> we do the airport has part of the rental companies leased and there's incentives both to the companies and to the client who would rent the car they would get decreases it cuts down on some of the fees the more clean vehicles they succeed in renting. >> any further questions. okay. thank you mr. ro

. >> this week, we had a big announcement about the rollout, including a prominent northern california politician that is ahead. we sat down with willie brown and joe garafole and said what is the latest effort and who is behind it. >> they're funding a two- yearlong look at how to best legalize the marijuana in california. progressive insurance, the loses', people who backed in the past. the money will be there. >> mayor brown, we have had this debate over marijuana for some stole in california and in colorado. usually the polls start showing support and then by the time it gets in front of the voters, that drops. >> going forward, there will be universal support for the idea of legalization we have succeeded in california of doing that with my clients on the medical side, and that has been 10 or 15 years now. we haven't done the regulations that need to be done. >> that is a key component of this. this is being sold as a way to tax marijuana and regulate it. do they have any idea they going to tax it or regulate it? >> no, and that is what this is about. they're going to study what i

. >> a northern california memorial to police dogs killed in the line of duty now has two more names. >> a precession of 75 officers and their k nine partners attended the ceremony at the monument. max was honored, a drug snipping dog from the sheriff's department. he ate meth and died. >> he became my companion. i truly relied on him. >> the other dog added to the memorial was named erko. he also died in the line of duty in southern california. >>> and city leaders say preferred freezer services is moving into the former hudson moving site southwest of san leandrow boulevard. then when the construction phase is over on, the company is expected to hire between 50 and 100 workers. the facility will be used for the cold storage a of fruits, nuts, meats and other products, set to open next year. >>> the future of napa's bottle rock festival is in question tonight. it is the second potential deal to fall through. meanwhile, napa valley expo says it still owed more than $300,000 from this year's i nshgs inaugural event. >>> and the impact on riders, and we'll update our breaking news. a dr

surfers and fisherman, a reason to stay away from northern california.st guard warning the beach goers about sneaker waves, the higher waves reaching fartherrer up the beach than typical weaves do. we are in the the clear. as the kids head to the bus stop, no need for the rain gear. we are coming in around 57 degrees this morning, as we head towards the afternoon, we are going to be warmer with the temperature at 80 degrees, some spots may hit above 80 throughout the day. the temperatures will be about 10 degrees above average. by tonight, 58 degrees, few clouds, slightly milder, as we work towards tomorrow, warmer, 84 degrees, mostly sunny skies, this is what the seven-day forecast looks like as we will stay dry through saturday loren. saturday is dry now. >>> i appreciate that. >>> if you are getting an early head start, high speeds across all of the main lines, 83 in great shape. a live look at padonia road. nothing to get in your way as you make the push to the beltway. jfx nice and clear as you push to downtown baltimore. as we look at 95, 395, you

that cold air still in place, northern california and the pacific northwest. but you will be dry. >>> this kind of ends the dry season. for the first time, getting a little bit of wet weather. >> it will clean out that l.a. river, which is quite dirty with hardly any water in it ever. >>> heating bills going up this winter. how much. >>> plus bizarre details of the 9-year-old stow away. >>> plus neemiemen marcus cool gifts. >>> welcome back. the supreme court is looking once again to change limits on federal campaign contributions, after hearing arguments tuesday it seems that justices are split on whether they should lift the legal limit one can give to political candidates. president obama weighing in on it. >> there aren't a lot of functioning democracies around the world that work this way, where you can basically have millionaires and billionaires bank rolling whoever they want, however they want, in some cases undisclosed. and what it means is ordinary americans are shut out of the process. >>> the united nations is being sued for billions of dollars by

. >> this facility has been tailored specifically to northern california, more specifically to the winery. >> reporter: among the first payouts, jobs. >> 2,000 full-time jobs in this facility. all of the jobs pay the highest wage in northern california for those jobs, in addition to medical dental and retirement. >> reporter: as for the other numbers? >> there's 3,000 slots and 144 table games. >> reporter: but it's not just the impending fortune of gambling receipts. this casino will also produce a huge chunk of change for neighbors. >> 5,500 parking spaces half a block from my house. this is a country setting. a great place to raise your kids. these are my grandkids. >> reporter: while the new neighbor brings the predictable concerns about traffic and troublemakers, tracy is also mindful of her other neighbors. >> i'm hoping it will do well for the economy in sonoma county. >> reporter: and even grandmothers enjoy a night out every now and then. >> november 1st opening date, my birthday comes on the 27th. and guess where i'll be. [ laughter ] >> we mentioned it before, we'll mention i

a board member on the peninsula symphony of northern california received an overdraft notice that head him to discover money missing from the symphony account. there are no suspects named but the executive director recently resigned. the symphony did not say why he left. >> unfortunately it is a serious event but it is unique and we are going to do everything we can to make sure this can never happen again. >> any are calling on the commuter to recoup some of the funds. the season which opens 25th will go on at planned. >> former santa clara supervisor is facing charges involving a phony campaign mailer. he resigned in march after making a deal involving misspending public funds. he has yet to be sentenced for that much of the attorney now is arguing whether the new charges against shirakawa are part of a case he pleaded guilty to. the a's had the post-season end at the hands of the detroit tigers and verlander in game we talked with disappointed a's fans. >> this was no lack of enthusiasm after the final out that ended the world series dreams. the fans gave the team a standing ovation

. >>> pelican bay state prison sits in near pristine wilderness on the coastline of northern california. >> we're located just miles from the oregon border just in from the coast. so we're fairly remote. we're not surrounded by nothing. >> it's no accident that pelican bay is isolated hundreds of miles from the state's major cities. >> we fight an unending battle to keep the communication from our security housing unit inmates, particularly our gangsters, from getting back out to the streets and out of our 1,100 inmates, over 800 have been validated as gang members or associates. >> pelican bay is the toughest prison in the california prison system. it's where the worst of the worst go to. the first time we sent a "lockup" crew was weeks after they suffered their worst gang riot in history. and there was still tension in the air as the crew walked through the gates. >> the riot fought primarily between black and hispanic inmates lasted a little over 30 minutes. one inmate was killed and dozens of others were stabbed or beaten. when we returned five years later, the tension was still pal

. >> the northern california mother under attack for showing off her great physique and some call it a form of bully. >> if you think you are addicted to o >> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> we have a light show on this bridge, but with longer nights and hours, the bay lights are getting longer. november 1, the show will shine on the western span of the bridge from sunset until sunrise right now it ends at 2:00 a.m. >> time for a check on the forecast. guess who is on the roof? >> meteorologist, mike nicco, with a different light show: a lost sunlight. >> a lost sunlight looking at the exploritorium and all the free electricity from the solar modules. a beautiful day out here. a touch cooler than it was this time yesterday. i will explain why in a second. first, the lows this morning are no records unlike yesterday where oakland tied records but, still, 39 in novato. the valleys, san ramon, 42. cold air draining into fremont from the east bay hills, 43. and 4 in saratoga and half moon bay and everyone else is in the 50's but the