he's head chef at occidental grill and seafood. thanks for being with us. how did this contest unfold, how did you decide who was the winner? >> what we basically did is start 10 weeks ago. we took family circle. what they do is they brought the recipes, and then we decide to have a little bit of fun with it and go ahead and involve the first lady or the first lady-to-be with their cookie recipes. so anyone that would come to the occidental, both lunch and dinner, inside and outside on our patio would receive one romney cookie and one obama cookie. >> and we have the cookies on the plate. what do we -- what was in the michelle obama cookie and what was in the ann romney cookie? >> what we have, michelle obama cookie is a white and dark chocolate chip with walnuts and mint andes candy in there. and then in ms. mitt romney's cookie -- what is in ms. romney's cookie is peanut butter and m and ms and raisins. last night we closed our polls. >> drum roll, please. >> we went 53% for obama, 46% for romney and then we always have that 1% of undecideds. >> there are

heaviest rain north bay now wind gusts at sfo 31 mile as over, moderate rain from occidental, fort ross highway 1, winds, wet weather, light blue is just sprinkles along the peninsula, san francisco not a lot going on yet into the east bay things are quiet a few light showers from pescadero winds ramping up we are still ahead of the system it has a ways to go within the next two hours or so the heart of the bay area looking at heaviest rain temperatures mild with 57 at our coast, 50 inland in the days ahead, a little break tomorrow. tomorrow night into friday morning is when our second system, slower mover and more rain heads our way. >>> good morning. metering lights just now turned on at the bay bridge toll, moderate traffic here fastrak and carpool lanes are getting by quicker. traffic backing towards 880 overcrossing as you make your way into san francisco. this is our vollmer camera, windy, jumping around as lisa mentioned, high gusts on all the bay bridge bridges and around the bay area this morning. bay bridge towards treasure island, brake lights incline section towards the cant

the first is actually a good friend of mine, keith naylor and he is a professor at occidental college out in los angeles. and i was talking to keith and we were running the camera about what do we do about religious diversity and overcoming some of the cultural-- culture based problems that are not neutral. what does he see and particularly we are talking about socio-economic differences in the united states particularly a big city like los angeles. and also, unfortunately, racism. so if we could, let's hear keith respond to some questions about new directions for religion in america. one of the important goals of believes and believers is, for students to develop an appreciation for religious diversity. we're very fortunate today to have professor keith naylor, who is a professor of religious studies at occidental college in los angeles. keith, we're seeing in society a further gap in terms of the haves and have-nots, sort of a socio-economic gap. is this going to affect the organization of religions or are we going to see religions further splitting according to who has wealth and w

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fire crews in occidental used their chainsaws to clear the road. according to one fireman, toppled in wet and windy weather. he also said they were lucky the downed trees didn't pull down any power lines. >>> the weather caused major problems with sfo. they are still trying to catch up tonight. mike meback is at the airport and how sfo had to reconfigure its runways. mike? >> the airport definitely took a hit. right now it's getting a break from the weather. quite a day from the folks upstairs. passengers coming in the afternoon, they are starting to roll in. >> a wild wednesday at san francisco international. hundreds of passengers greeted with at least 90 cancellations and dozens of delays for westbound folks. >> 10:15, 9:45. >> out in the tarmac, planes were stacked in a line inching their way toward clearance and once they got up, air traffic control said it was a bumpy flight. >> and has not beep a good ride around romeo 464. >> low clouds and fog, rain. >> gusty winds meant immediate changes out of the airport. >> when it does happen, it requ

rain from highway 101, well up in the north bay through fort ross and bobo bash and bodega bay, occidental and windsor getting the heavier rain, lighter richmond breezy conditions will only increase throughout the morning around the south bay sprinkle and light rain that too will increase. the gustest winds at our -- gustiest winds at our coast and wind warning along the shoreline, with we could see winds in excess of 55 miles an hour by 9:00, 10:00. we are continuing to see the system ramp up as it sits off the coast the rest of the forecast calls for mild temperatures, breezy winds, increasing rain, scattered showers in the afternoon with 60s. looking at things to really settle down throughout the afternoon hours then just a chance of showers tonight we get into a little break, but the next system although it aims heaviest in the north bay tomorrow, it all shifts south for more heavy rain overnight thursday into friday's morning commute. >>> good morning. happy wednesday. right now live look at the bay bridge toll, a little windy not a little, gusty winds on the bay bridge camera jolting

. >> these two trees fell across the road west of santa rosa in the town of occidental. but it was a a few downed trees. they are expected to pack a stronger punch and with the ground beginning to saturate we could see more of this. more than 3,000 people in sonoma county lost power during today's storm. but tonight pg&e says only 16 customers are without power. reporting live in sonoma county, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. in marin county crews are on stand by for the theks several days. storm drains were cleared, but a few areas experienced the usual high tide flooding. the concern now is that local creeks could over flow and flood. >>> well take a look at the flooding in mill valley. they are sitting in water because the heavy rained combined with high tide is a common problem here. >> in the east bay the ground was saturated just enough in martinez to topple this tree on brown street. pg&e made repairs and the street is open once again tonight. >>> and a downed tree caused major back ups. heavy rain and fog made it so difficult to see that the chp slowed

. >> these two trees fell across the road west of santa rosa in the town of occidental. but it was a a few downed trees. they are expected to pack a stronger punch and with the ground beginning to saturate we could see more of this. more than 3,000 people in sonoma county lost power during today's storm. but tonight pg&e says only 16 customers are without power. reporting live in sonoma county, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. in marin county crews are on stand by for the theks several days. storm drains were cleared, but a few areas experienced the usual high tide flooding. the concern now is that local creeks could over flow and flood. >>> well take a look at the flooding in mill valley. they are sitting in water because the heavy rained combined with high tide is a common problem here. >> in the east bay the ground was saturated just enough in martinez to topple this tree on brown street. pg&e made repairs and the street is open once again tonight. >>> and a downed tree caused major back ups. heavy rain and fog made it so difficult to see that the chp slowed

some rainfall not snow right now around is he boss poll, barnett valley road and he rainfall and occidental and this is all very light around highway 12 and will remain light for the most part except for some occasional brief downpour in the next few hours. half moon bay getting light rainfall as well. so how much have we received in the last 24 hours? you can take a look for yourself. half moon bay 1200. san francisco 1800. not much around saint helena. oakland 400. livermore in the rain shadow of the santa cruz mountains doesn't get whole lot any way. trace in san jose. temperatures this is our story. getting cold out there. 39 degrees in santa rosa. in the 40's across the rest of the bay area compared to 24 hours ago, look at this. 5 to 13 degrees colder. napa great tweet. cold is penetrating my house. finally had to give in and turn on the heat. cozy now and probably a good idea. turn up the heat. get the flannel p j on. 34 degrees right now here. 32 mount hamilton and hawk eye is 37 degrees when the showers come in switch over to snow so we are keeping the snow potential in the forecas

. >> these two trees fell across the road west of santa rosa in the town of occidental.d to pack a stronger punch and with the ground beginning to saturate we could see more of this. more than 3,000 people in sonoma county lost power during today's storm. but tonight pg&e says only 16 customers are without power. reporting live in sonoma county, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. in marin county crews are on stand by for the theks several days. storm drains were cleared, but a few areas experienced the usual high tide flooding. the concern now is that local creeks could over flow and flood. >>> well take a look at the flooding in mill valley. they are sitting in water because the heavy rained combined with high tide is a common pro>> in the east bay >> in the east bay the ground was saturated just enough in martinez to topple this tree on brown street. pg&e made repairs and the street is open once again tonight. >>> and a downed tree caused major back ups. heavy rain and fog made it so difficult to see that the chp slowed down to keep drivers safe. cal trans is k

some rainfall not snow right now around is he boss poll, barnett valley road and he rainfall and occidental and this is all very light around highway 12 and will remain light for the most part except for some occasional brief downpour in the next few hours. half moon bay getting light rainfall as well. so how much have we received in the last 24 hours? you can take a look for yourself. half moon bay 1200. san francisco 1800. not much around saint helena. oakland 400. livermore in the rain shadow of the santa cruz mountains doesn't get whole lot any way. trace in san jose. temperatures this is our story. getting cold out there. 39 degrees in santa rosa. in the 40's across the rest of the bay area compared to 24 hours ago, look at this. 5 to 13 degrees colder. napa great tweet. cold is penetrating my house. finally had to give in and turn on the heat. cozy now and probably a good idea. turn up the heat. get the flannel p j on. 34 degrees right now here. 32 mount hamilton and hawk eye is 37 degrees when the showers come in switch over to snow so we are keeping the snow potential in the forecas

some rainfall not snow right now around is he boss poll, barnett valley road and he rainfall and occidentals is all very light around highway 12 and will remain light for the most part except for some occasional brief downpour in the next few hours. half moon bay getting light rainfall as well. so how much have we received in the last 24 hours? you can take a look for yourself. half moon bay 1200. san francisco 1800. not much around saint helena. oakland 400. livermore in the rain shadow of the santa cruz mountains doesn't get whole lot any way. trace in san jose. temperatures this is our story. getting cold out there. 39 degrees in santa rosa. in the 40's across the rest of the bay area compared to 24 hours ago, look at this. 5 to 13 degrees colder. napa great tweet. cold is penetrating my house. finally had to give in and turn on the heat. cozy now and probably a good idea. turn up the heat. get the flannel p j on. 34 degrees right now here. 32 mount hamilton and hawk eye is 37 degrees when the showers come in switch over to snow so we are keeping the snow potential in the forecast above

now he was on the mainland, in los angeles, at occidental college. they called it oxy. >> he was the most casual, unpretentious, nicest guy. i mean, my indelible image of him was always in a hawaiian shirt, and some op shorts and flip-flops. i don't know that he had a long pair of pants during college. >> narrator: he'd come to oxy with an attitude straight from hawaii-- "cool head, main thing"-- a laid-back sensibility that didn't wear well with everyone. >> for the first time there are african-americans there, not in enormous number, but enough that there is... there is the kids from compton, from philadelphia, from la, from seattle. >> he was a white black kid, you know. and that has meaning for us in the sense of he was black in skin color but he didn't necessarily identify with being, with his blackness with same way i did. >> they didn't think he was one of them. sort of a repetitive theme in his life after that. is he black enough? >> yes. there was some pushback from certain individuals that weren't, again, as open-minded to the world, who, n

. >> west of santa rosa in the ton of occidental, trees fell yesterday in ground that is already saturated, authorities say they are preparing for more downed trees they expect the next two storms to pack a stronger punch than the first. >>> marin county crews on standby for the next several days, a few areas still experience flooding caused by high tide and rain yesterday like sir francis drake boulevard san anselmo and intersection of highway one-on-one 01 in mill valley. as a -- precaution workers are disputing sandbags in the mission district to protect businesses and homes, folsom street former lagoon, rainwater trickles from other neighborhoods in the past it has caused flooding the city has a multi-million dollar plan in the works to help keep the mission from flooding. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage on the storm getting ready to hit the bay area, track the storms yourself with live doppler 7 hd at abc7news.com. >>> san francisco police have a wanted parolee in custody. police recognize the man yesterday on monterey build he collided with a police vehicle while diving a

like here, along occidental, camp meeker road. the fire department had to come out and clear tree autos we had a couple trees coming down. the storm started getting ground dirty. and wet. and they fall. we get out here and pick them up, every time.a6ld >> heavy rain didn't cause a lot of problems but did produce minor flooding like here. a common trouble spot in the winter. downtown, residents loaded up some sandbags to protect property. next series of systems steps up off the northern california coast. >> in the past 15 years, at least two, three times the building has gone underwater. >> try toss get 50 back. >> why? >> there are many doors around the building. just a different number will not be enough. >> a large numberr?=p of carps -- tarps went out of the door. >> waiting for the storm. and then, everybody wants to jump on it. >> the store manager thinks dry weather last year left people unprepared for the start of the rainy season. >> we prepared ourselves for it. we knew this storm was coming. >> so near downtown, folks s

his whole life as he says look calm and don't make fast moves he was smoking pot at occidental university not applying himself and can transfer to a premier university in america, colombia, from there you walk into harvard law school and president of the law review then president for two weeks and wins the nobel peace prize? [laughter] this was the first test that he faced and he did not do so well. you see that with stacy negative. they spend so much time fawning over black nine entities like my angelou and barack and michelle obama jazeera three equilibrium they are burning with racist words and it comes down on clarence thomas -- thomas and allen was 10 now there is nothing braver than a black conservative. [applause] black people agree with us on policies with their called them racist i think a lot of republicans don't realize there is nothing to be ashamed of. democrats have nothing to be ashamed of. in trees and i tell the story of joe mccarthy were liberals only had to rewrite five years here they have written 200 years for the first hundred liberals refuse to treat blacks like hum

. >> west of santa rosa in the town of occidental, trees fell yesterday on ground that is already saturated. authorities are preparing for more downed trees because they expect the next two storms to pack a stronger punch. >>> in san francisco, city workers are preparing for the next storm with sandbags they brought them in yesterday to protect businesses and homes in the mission district. the neighborhood is a former lagoon and rainwater trickles down from other neighborhoods the city has a multi-million dollar plan in the works to help keep the mission from flooding. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage on the storms getting ready to hit the bay area. you can track the storm yourself any time with live doppler 7 hd on abc7news.com. >>> general petraeus has admitted to a close friend that he screwed up royally over the affair with his biographer paula broadwell. in his most frank comments, petraeus confided in an old army friend general shelton. petraeus told him in a letter resigning from the cia was the right thing to do. >>> u.n. ambassador rice is facing more republican criticis

the second largest player after occidental. apache is very cheap right now.ome foreign assets that people don't like. stocks less than one point off its 52-week low. there could be some potential upside here, but the last few quarters have not been great. it sure isn't bp's fault. apache stock might not be in great shape at the moment, but buying those assets back in 2010 was a brilliant move. that's why i want to draw your attention to plains exploration production. pxp. which back in september announced it would buy $5.5 billion worth of deep water assets from bp. these deals establish plains exploration as a major player in the gulf of mexico. the company has laid out a major in-depth plan that i think is doable. plains, which is an incredibly well-run company, has always done best as a deep water operator. they're definitely moving the right direction here. long-term, i think the company would do better simply because they're getting these assets from bp for less than they are worth because bp is this motivated seller. here's the bottom line. look, bp has

and get it all out of the road in occidental.inez, another tree came falling down near martinez junior high school... it happened on brown street by pacheco boulevard. crews advised drivers to use alternate routes, while picking up their children from school earlier today. >>jacqueline: most of that rainfall will be of to the north of the santa rosa could see most of it and the rain in the general location. by 11:00, still the north bay. but notice by 10:00 it is increasing in intensity this mean >> will press to the south beyond midnight. by 5:00 p.m. is taking over the north bay and showers south of the golden gate. heavy rainfall by 8:00 p.m. and we will continue to see moderate/heavy. by 1:00 p.m., that is when it is expected to press to the east. we will see several more hours of that heavy rainfall with more rain in the bay area. the wide range inland valley areas with three-quarters of 1 in. of 3 in. in the valleys. that higher rainfall totals will mainly be for the north bay. as for the mountains and hills 3-1/6 inches fo

pero hacemos la primicia con la tigresa el occidente no?ndo de esto, mucho frío? nieve? aguanieve? >>> si, y de hecho la gente que ya pasó esto, además los 75 mil están sin eelctricidad y queda otro fenómeno aún. >>> yo lo invito, quédes bajo las cobijas y yo amanecí así como enamorada como de verdad! >>> le gustó eduardo yañes? no voltee al marido. miro allado y dijo ...no! >>> (risas). >>> uno tiene que ser agradecido no (risas). >>> estamos en la recta final de 1mqb y estaremos directo en los ensayos y bueno, hay alguien con problemas técnicos! (risas). >>> tenemos un segmento de cómo saber si están siendo acosados nuestros niños por internet. ahora en este momento estemos atentos a las noticias a manos de stacha. >>> vamos directamente con la información, porque después de la tempestad, no siempre viene la calma, este fenómeno trajo nieve, lluvias y fuertes ráfagas de viento. >>> cuál es la situación que se vive ahora? >>> aprece que la madre naturalez se ha enzañado y aquí en new york el mayo estrago es el frío y se reportan 9 mil resi

partidos y superaron a los mega favoritos angelinos de los angeles y vigilantes de texas en el sector occidentaltravesó las montañas provocando lluvias y granizos en japón y por fortuna no hay víctimas ni daños. >>> la nieve complicó las cosas en china formando gruesas capas de hielo y la visibilidad se redujo a tres pies de distancia y causó múltiples accidentes. no hubo heridos que lamentar. >>> grandes inunaciones siguen inundando sectores de italia luego de desbordes de ríos. interrumpieron el tráfico ferroviario y las actividades comerciales. >>> una serie de ataques con coches bomba detonaron al comenzar el año nuevo árabe. >>> ya no será mañana cuando el gobierno colombiano y las farc inicien sus conversaciones. la apertura del diálogo comenzará con un cese al fuego en la habana cuba. >>> la postergación es por un esfuerzo para ultimar detalles de la participación ciudadana. >>> en méxico, la elaboración de tortillas toma cara social. repartieron envolturas para prevenir los secuestros y asesinatos. >>> bueno, también en méxico, el senado firmó para deja rlista la aporbaciónd e felipe cal

those are the areas, occidental, that we'll keep an on eye -- an eye on.n towards the south bay. it's starting to move in the santa cruz mountains, los ale toes, back to the santa cruz mountains. you can see it right there. highway 9 in los gatos and heading to santa cruz and capitola. things have been picking up. it is clear -- it 1 here. that's the good news. it's going to go through 9:00, 10:00. and then we'll turn showery and blustery. morning rain goes until 11:00. we'll get a break. thursday evening. north bay, have to really keep an eye on that. one more system on saturday. still some rain but things are wiping -- are winding down. >>> president obama still avoiding the plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] >>> the cold front arriving. wind, not too bad. but about 30, 4

un pie de nieve en virginia occidental >>miami, temperaturas agradables, maximas 80 grados. neblina.tenemos alto nivel de humedad. eso podría hacer sentir más calor. phoenix, mínima 61, para el fin de semana en denver, bajan temperaturas 74 grados. el fin de semana refresca la situación. >>ahora vamos a compartir fotos que nos enviaron de su celebracion de halloween. omar y su pequeña juliana, que está vestida de príncesita >>y lorena ochoa, que envia la foto de su hijita, ñaca ñaca ñaca >>también tenemos a lorena reyes. >>esta es el hijo de lorena, está vestido de luigi >>aquí está la hijita vestida de porrista. >>divinos. sigannos enviando sus imágenes, de como amanece su ciudad, como viven su otoño >>muy bonitas fotos. >>noticias de última hora, un camarografo podría casarse con alguien del departamento de producción >>eso es amor. >>amor y del bueno. >>mientras averiguamos, vamos a una pausa no se pueden perder el video del dia, van a ver qué sorpresa se llevo una presentadora de television. >>en deportes, revivimos la liga mx anoche entre correcaminos y dorados. >>y en

operaciones especiales, miden el vigor de las mejores tropas de mÁs de 20 naciones del hemisferio occidentalre a las 9 y media, 8 y media centro, puede ver mÁs en uvideos.com y univision.com, aÍi que, participe en twitter, usando el hashtag #fuerzascomando, no se lo puede perder. extraordinario la labor de los soldados >>> lo que yo hice es mÍnimo, Ínfimo con lo que ellos hacen, pero de verdad, muchas gracias para la fuerza aÉrea de homestead, ojalÁ que ustedes no se pierdan el documental continuamos con mÁs de despierta amÉrica, adelante ♪ oye, mi amigo, de lo que uno se entera ♪. ♪ oye, mi amigo, de lo que uno se entera ♪. ♪ de lo que uno se entera, te lo contarÉ sin pena ♪. >>> pare la oreja >>> abra los ojos y pare la oreja, seÑores, porque tenemos a thalia con una voz mÁs hermosa que nunca que estÁ de estreno cn su disco habÍtame siempre y ella hablÓ ayer con bÁrbara bermudo. de primer impacto, muchachos >>> tambiÉn nos impresionÓ que es lÓgico que no supera la partida de su madre, que estaba todo el tiempo con ella, era su manager, su amiga. su compaÑera de vida, de trabajo, vivÍa con