reporting live, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> zinga bought draw something.inga paid $200 million for the game's creator omg pop. draw something was launched 6 weeks ago and has been downloaded $35 million with a billion drawings created in a week. another company linked in is seeing stocks search to his highest levels in months. linked in will hit $135 a share within the next year. stock was up $3 today to over $100 a share. register voters are in favor of the state's planned health benefit exchange. 72% of registered voters are in favor of the exchange. it looks to increase the number of people insuranced, lower health insurance and improving quality. voters care most about the quality of their health care. >> the act, which is part of the obama healthcare plan will allow californians to buy health insurance at a lower cost. it is scheduled to begin on january 1, 2014. >>> three new additions to the oakland zoo. three babies. this is a first look that otters. handler were checking them out. they are too small for the exhibit right now so you can see them co

patty lee is in the city of santa crews that is to explain how this resent storms are tied into it. >> reporter: you can see the waves kicked up are a draw for surfers even though they've been warned to keep a watch out for great whites. surfers were out in first in santa cruise today despite word of mouth and an official warning for state shark rangers about a shark attack. >> reporter: there is currently a sizable population of elephant slipups. >> they tend to follow a lot of the salmon, salmon runs. it does tend to be around this time when we're trying to -- when we get some rain. >> reporter: great white shark activity spiked in the bay area around march. in september mark service workers say they've seen the end results of shark attacks. >> i've walked the beach, you know, it's been bitten in the abdomen. park rangers will keep the warnings up through the weekend, but the conditions that attract great whites may persist longer. >> and in the past hour ranchers told me that there are 1500 slipups at the park right now they'll be learning to swim soon. any time people and seals ar

one person is dead at a stabbing at buchanan. >> patti lee joins u now. spoken to police. >> reporter: right behind me a crowd is still here. this is such an active crime scene, it happened in the past 30 minutes. i spoke to the brother of a victim who says his brother was in this complex. he says his brother recently got out of prison and was coming here to visit his family. what led up to the stabbing is still unknown at this point. we know that there are two people in custody, one of them may be a juvenile. police are still at the scene. they are interviewing and speck aing with witnesses, we will have the latest on this developing case on mornings on laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] get the mileage card with special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. what's your secret?

we begin in patty lee where this storm has caught residents a little unprepared and in some cases concern for their home. >> pg&e tells me that 7,000 east bay customers have been without power at some point in the past 24 hourens. now we are live in sanpablo which has a history of mud slides. we're going to show you this plastic tarp which is keeping the ground stable. but folks are saying they're still worried. in sanpablo, thomas is fighting a losing battle with rising water. >> i'm using this vacuum cleaner as water vaac to assess the water and to do that until it stops raining. >> folks who do that say they can live with flooding. they just hope the tarp to keep the ground stable holds up in this storm. 75-foot tree toppled around 6:00 this morning cutting off power to more than 575 customers. >> there was a powerline right next to the window. it was very scary. >> reporter: homeowners had power back in an hour. >> my husband, heated some water on the barbecue and we poured it over coffee. >> i can't do my homework without power. >> reporter: so many the shakeup to the daily are routi

ktvu's patti lee is here to tell us a dog was killed, the owner mauled, patti. >> reporter: we're live and as you can see fliers like these are everywhere. they warn of a dog that likely lives in this area but hasn't been seen since the attack. her fingers still covered in bandageless. kim ferguson puts up signs and talks to everyone she can. to warn them ability the dog in this picture. a 50-pound mattiff that mauled her and killed her dog dijon. >> she got a hold of her neck and shook him around. >> reporter: ferguson says she snapped this shot after she figured she was not going to leave with her dog and not help them. >> i've talked to dozens and dozens of people. i showed them pictures of the dog and of the lady. >> reporter: denny says she has almost enough leads to sigh the owner but it'll be better if all involved if the owner just stepped up -- leads to find the owner. >> to lose your dog any way, a companion is hard but such a horrible way. >> reporter: the attack has become a neighborhood concern and many have volunteered to help ferguson hand out her fliers. >> somebody els

patti lee is on howell street near city college where police are still working even after the announcement of an arrest. >> reporter: tonight there's word that there is progress in the arrest. officers, yellow tape and reminders of the crime scene everywhere, residents here say they can't help but feel uneasy. 35-year-old fin luck was arrested this morning in san francisco for killing five people. >> so they made an arrest. what does that mean? we don't know. >> reporter: this man says he does not know and never seen the suspect in the area. but until a motive is discovered, he cannot be sure if the nightmare is over. >> i can't help but worry, i have to wonder if it's a connection to this person or any kind of a mafia. this is something we need to be worried about. >> reporter: the city's police chief refused to validate reports that gambling debts were a motive. >> we do have information that we're following up that there could be prior gang ties involved in this situation although we don't believe at this point this was the case. >> reporter: chief greg suhr did not say what led them to

patti lee is live in alamo where santorum held a much needed fundraiser to keep his campaign going. >> reporter: the types of people who attend fundraisers for president are wealthy, but tonight the continuance was on voters who may not be backing the candidate, but for $125 could afford to meet him to make their decision. >> hopefully the senator really fits what i believe in. >> reporter: the top ticket tonight's event $2,500. a stark contrast to the bay area fundraiser held for mitt romney earlier in the week where tickets started at 100,000 and soared to 250,000. >> this suspect just about raising money. we wanted people to come who wanted to come. >> welcome the next president of the united states rick santorum. >> reporter: as this rally shows shows santorum is also trying to raise his profile in a state he has little support. >> it's good to be here. >> reporter: he compared himself often to president reagan. at the jelly belly factory where he is immortalized in jelly beans. >> we need someone who's not going to be the etch-a-sketch candidate. >> reporter: santorum has not don

patti lee is live in alamo where santorum held a much needed fundraiser to keep his campaign going. >> reporter: the types of people who attend fundraisers for president are wealthy, but tonight the continuance was on voters who may not be backing the candidate, but for $125 could afford to meet him to make their decision. >> hopefully the senator really fits what i believe in. >> reporter: the top ticket tonight's event $2,500. a stark contrast to the bay area fundraiser held for mitt romney earlier in the week where tickets started at 100,000 and soared to 250,000. >> this suspect just about raising money. we wanted people to come who wanted to come. >> welcome the next president of the united states rick santorum. >> reporter: as this rally shows shows santorum is also trying to raise his profile in a state he has little support. >> it's good to be here. >> reporter: he compared himself often to president reagan. at the jelly belly factory where he is immortalized in jelly beans. >> we need someone who's not going to be the etch-a-sketch candidate. >> reporter: santorum has not don

in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> he disappeared on a camping trip.h for a cyclist from the bay area and where crews are focusing their efforts. >>> it's the longest long range computer model that goes into the bay area weekend and shows significant rain. i'll have that when we come back. >>> some serious charges against a high school >>> a massive search is under way at death valley national park for a personal trainer from san francisco who's opinion missing now for several weeks. 67-year-old george kohler was with a bicycling group. kohler's wife says she has not lost hope that he is going to come back. >> if anybody is going to get lost and then found it's george. because the guy is an iron man. >> as a helicopter searching by air, crews are searching by land with dogs in hoping of picking up kohler's scent. >>> 60-year-old scott woodward of ben lomin died while surfing south of the hook. woodward drowned after breaking his neck and that he was likely paralyzed before he drowned. friends say woodward has been surfing for decades. >>> activists sen

patti lee is here live with a sketch of who police are looking for. >> reporter: police started passingut this sketch as they canvassed this neighborhood. >> reporter: at george washington elementary, parents, students and teachers are on alert. >> someone saw they saw a guy taking pictures. >> reporter: after a group of students reported seeing a man that looks like this in the girl's bathroom. school officials allows us to take this video of a girl's bathroom where a group of 9- year-olds noticed something was wrong and reported it to a teacher. >> he hid from her for a while until she was able to look over the stall and look at him. >> reporter: as the teacher called for security and back up the suspect bolted. the suspect and two teachers chased him down two blocks but lost sight of him. school teachers started calling parents. >> they just warned me that there was a person that entered the girl's bathroom and was taking pictures. i mean i was scared. >> reporter: daley city police were checking records. >> he basically deactivated several bathroom stalls by means of stuffing paper

patty lee. >> a man is in jail accused of bringing several loaded guns to the sacramento internationalirport. authorities say harold waller was carrying a loaded gun. they say he had three loaded firearms inside his bags as he tried to pass through airport security. he was on his way to phoenix at the time. investigators found eight more guns in his vehicle parked off site. sheriff deputies say he now faces charges. >> a singer who went to school in marin on the new sound track of the movie the hunger games. the 20-year-old sings with adam levine on the song come way to the water. she graduated back in 2009 and is a student at the university of southern california. the sound track features several others including taylor swift. it was released on tuesday. >>> it appears fans eating up the month involve the movie opened strong overnight pulling in $19.7 million. that is the 7th best midnight opening ever and fandago is selling 12 tickets a second. >> lottery tickets in high demand ahead of the near record are mega millions jackpot. a own america concord said he was selling a tick the a

in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> he disappeared on a camping trip.clist from the bay area and where crews are focusing their efforts. >>> it's the longest long range computer model that goes into the bay area weekend and shows significant rain. i'll have that when we come back. >>> some serious charges against a high school counselor. the accusation that he taped students having sex in his office. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so good. ok. [ male announcer ] the new wireless receiver only from at&t. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with free hd for six months. at&t. >>> a massive search is under way at death valley national park for a personal trainer

patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> seeking an unbias jury is proving difficult for mirkarimi's trialecutors and defense attorneys met with a trial judge about possibly moving a trial out of the city. mirkarimi's attorney says the jury's questionnaire shows obvious issues. >> people have formed strong opinions and they formed strong opinions in all different directions. >> reporter: there has been a great deal of publicity including the prosecution's release of photos of mirkarimi's wife with a bruise on her arms. >>> oakland police identified the driver of a bentley who was killed last night in a shooting which led to a head on crash with another car. the victim was identified today as 33-year-old kelly sorel ii. sorel was shot several times. he then lost control of his car and crashed head on with another car. no arrests have been made in connection with the killing. >>> there are new details about convicted serial killer herzog who hung him in january. an autopsy report describes a number of tattoos on herzog's body. one in his leg read made by hate and restrained by society. and a

patty lee. >> a man is in jail accused of bringing several loaded guns to the sacramento internationalirport. authorities say harold waller was carrying a loaded gun. they say he had three loaded firearms inside his bags as he tried to pass through airport security. he was on his way to phoenix at the time. investigators found eight more guns in his vehicle parked off site. sheriff deputies say he now faces charges. >> a singer who went to school in marin on the new sound track of the movie the hunger games. the 20-year-old sings with adam levine on the song come way to the water. she graduated back in 2009 and is a student at the university of southern california. the sound track features several others including taylor swift. it was released on tuesday. >>> it appears fans eating up the month involve the movie opened strong overnight pulling in $19.7 million. that is the 7th best midnight opening ever and fandago is selling 12 tickets a second. >> lottery tickets in high demand ahead of the near record are mega millions jackpot. a own america concord said he was selling a tick the a

patty lee is live with what police are looking for. >> reporter: the officers sent out this advisory asking us to help warn the public that a 25- year-old was assaulted at gun point around one this morning. we are live at 14th and broadway and as you said this is a block from city hall and police say that two men, one armed a hand gun grabbed the woman from behind, led her to a secluded area and assaulted her. we have suspect description. two black males between 18 and 25, wearing black hooded sweatshirts, more specifically the victim said the man was armed and spoke in a low voice is. now we have been talking to people who spent a lot of time here. some of them live on the street. they say they are no strange terse violence but this crime is especially frightening. >> every other weekend it's no problems, i guess something happened. that's how -- lets you know it's not people from out here, it's other people. >> down here i -- it's not normal. i don't know sometimes it makes me think -- if that happened it could happen to somebody else. >> reporter: there are police here on the scen

there were way more accidents than usual, and ktvu's patty lee says that one of them in contra costa4- year-old driver. >> reporter: contra costa police responded to 15 weather- related calls before 1:00 this afternoon the including this fatal accident in concord. >> definitely it is weather- related, obviously coming around the corner, going on the on-ramp, trying to go fast in wet weather like this, appears they lost control. >> reporter: the battalion chief says that the driver was identified as joseph conway from amador county was going faster when the van fish tailed, on 480, next it hit a pole and tree. >> we don't know if speed is a factor, but just a reminder to slow down. >> reporter: it is also a reminder to buckle up. >> i think the tragedy was, he was not wearing a seat belt. >> reporter: chp feared the evening commute today would be as dangerous as the one this morning when there were 45 accidents in solano and contra costa counties between 5 and 10:00. compared to just five in that same period yesterday. >> we have not had rain in a while. so as soon as we -- almost lik

patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> seeking an unbias jury is proving difficult for mirkarimi's trialors and defense attorneys met with a trial judge about possibly moving a trial out of the city. mirkarimi's attorney says the jury's questionnaire shows obvious issues. >> people have formed strong opinions and they formed strong opinions in all different directions. >> reporter: there has been a great deal of publicity including the prosecution's release of photos of mirkarimi's wife with a bruise on her arms. >>> oakland police identified the driver of a bentley who was killed last night in a shooting which led to a head on crash with another car. the victim was identified today as 33-year-old kelly sorel ii. sorel was shot several times. he then lost control of his car and crashed head on with another car. no arrests have been made in connection with the killing. >>> there are new details about convicted serial killer herzog who hung him in january. an autopsy report describes a number of tattoos on herzog's body. one in his leg read made by hate and restrained by society. and acros

there were way more accidents than usual, and ktvu's patty lee says that one of them in contra costadriver. >> reporter: contra costa police responded to 15 weather- related calls before 1:00 this afternoon the including this fatal accident in concord. >> definitely it is weather- related, obviously coming around the corner, going on the on-ramp, trying to go fast in wet weather like this, appears they lost control. >> reporter: the battalion chief says that the driver was identified as joseph conway from amador county was going faster when the van fish tailed, on 480, next it hit a pole and tree. >> we don't know if speed is a factor, but just a reminder to slow down. >> reporter: it is also a reminder to buckle up. >> i think the tragedy was, he was not wearing a seat belt. >> reporter: chp feared the evening commute today would be as dangerous as the one this morning when there were 45 accidents in solano and contra costa counties between 5 and 10:00. compared to just five in that same period yesterday. >> we have not had rain in a while. so as soon as we -- almost like the first

patty lee was a once one to see the ground breaking in our photograph for caught it all on tape. >> reporterst two great whales a mother and calf had been spotted in the waters first on saturday then monday and again today. >> i heard that there were a lot of whales coming in to the bay and usually fun to walk down here and see one. >> residents say it is rare to see whales in this section, but the swarm of water were leaving it up to you. >> i saw it very close to the shore. it was surprisingly close to the shore. >> the oceanianic society says gray whales generally do not like the shower water in the bay. it's too warm. too polluted and historically not a place to breathe. it's not unusual for them to be here. >> they're going from mexico up to alaska and to see it. sometimes they get a little walk allock the way. >> it's avoided killer whales, or just exploring. experts admit they don't know why this whale it is here or how long it will stay. >> my son -- got a phone call and from the neighbor and said we've got a whale out front. so we went back trying to see him and we didn't get here i

patty lee tells us what happened next and what the community is doing about it now. >>> >> reporter: at george washington elementary parents are on alert. >> someone saw a guy taking pictures. >> reporter: after a group of students reported seeing a man like this in the girl's bathroom. the school officials allowed us to take this video of the girl girl's bathroom where a group of 9-year-olds realized something was wrong and report today to a teacher. >> he hid from her for awhile until she was able to look over the stall and look at him. >> reporter: as the teacher called for secity and back-up, the suspect bolted. the principal and two teachers chased the suspects across the schoolyard and down these steps. they continued to follow him down the block but lost sight of him. that is when they tarted calling the police -- started calling the police and parents. >> they just warned me that there was a person thatepterred the girl's -- that entered the girl's bathroom and was taking pictures. i mean i was scared. >> reporter: the police are checking data bases for registered sex offende

patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this rainy weather is causing san francisco's muni to put off work on the metro line. they planned to do track reconstruction but now they doll the work next weekend if if it does not rain. our storm watch coverage goes next to santa cruz where the crews are on a 24-hour watch on the boardwalk. workers are using heavy equipment to try to get the river back on its typical course of the pacific ocean. the rain-swollen river went chose to the landmark two days ago. the rushing water destroyed a set of wooden stairs and continues to threaten the boardwalk. a spokes man says tonight's storm could actually be a blessing in disguise. >> the storm that is coming in might it be good new fist it gets enough water in the river to get the river back to its original course that is straight out to the sea. >> all of this activity is an attraction of its own very visitors to the brood walk. a viewer sent us this picture take pen in santa cruz. -- taken in santa cruz. this ended up beached. to share your own storm pictures e-mail them to us at photos@ktvu.com. >>> a

we begin with patty lee where the roads today prove deadly. >> reporter: for the past two hours, they identified the victim of fatal car crash as 45- year-old joseph con way. there was a break in the rain right now, at the time of the crash these roads were slick. they were accelerating to fast moving traffic when he lost control and crashed. fire crews responded to this weather related call before 1:00 this afternoon, including this fatal accident. >> definitely wasn't related, come around the corner trying to accelerate in wet weather like this, very possible lost control. >> reporter: the driver was accelerating on the ramp to interstate 680 when he fish tailed and veered down the embankment hitting a pole and a tree. chp is investigating. >> just a good reminder to slow down. >> reporter: it's also reminder to buckle up. >> i think that's where the tragedy started was the fact he wasn't in a seat belt in this incident. >> reporter: as the storm front moves through the bay area. >> we haven't had rain in a while. so it's almost like the first rain of the season. all the oils are in

ktvu's patti lee spoke to those who knew the rock legend. >> reporter: we were at the site of his home in milbrae yesterday, but today, fans were paying tribute in their weekly jam session. listen to a few of his hits and the sound is unmistakable. >> rock the nation. i mean just that. you hear those three notes and you know it's ronny montros. >> he was a bad as rock guitarist. he knew how to throw it down. >> reporter: he played with the likes of van morrison and vascas. montros booking agent said the guitarist had recorded three new songs last month and had 30 plus tour dates this summer. >> he had everything going for him. we're like okay ronny you are back and then this happened. >> reporter: despite his come back, montros agents said ronny was battling demons, and was in declining health battling prostate cancer. but through his music, he lives on. >> it's a huge loss. but we have the gift of his music. it's great. we can carry it on. >> reporter: we had the chance to ask ronny montros wife how he wanted him to be remembered. her answer was not his music, she wants fans to know j

reporting live, concord, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 action news. >>> and a road rage incident in oakland landing a man behind bars this morning, happening just after midnight. the woman says a driver ran a red light at 17th and castro streets, hitting the vehicle she and her boyfriend were in. a fight followed and the woman says she and her boyfriend were assaulted by the driver and his female passenger, who then left the scene. officers tracked down the suspect at 54th and shaddock avenue, the driver was identified as the man who hit their car. >>> and dozens of san francisco firefighters rushing to the castro district to fight a fire at a 3-story building, just before 4:00 on market and church streets. the investigators say it started in a basement. the flames worked their way into joe's barber shop, nobody was hurt, and no word tonight on what sparked that fire. >>> and in alameda, officials say a fatal fire last night may have been started because too many large appliances were plugged into one outlet. 59-year-old ken khate and his dog died when the house went up in flames. the fire

ktvu's patti lee is liver in san francisco, where she talked to family members holding vigil. >> we're live at st. francis memorial hospital where family members are keeping watch offer their loved ones. >> reporter: luis ramirez checks the he used to call hospitals all afternoon to track down family members severely burned in this house fire. >> we got news that something happened and couldn't get a hold of them and they didn't know what happened he was at or what happened. >> reporter: according to family laurence laurenco aguiar was taking care of his family. neighbors told us that he heard aguiar calling to firefighters to help his mother. both suffered from severe burns and from smoke inhalation. >> most we know what the doctor told us is which is that grandma in-law is in critical condition and my father-in-law is in serious condition. >> he was supposed to meet family member near sacramento. when he didn't show up or call to complain, they instinctively feared something terrible had happened. >> reporter: as for what caused the fire, that still under investigation and for the fa

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in tiburon, patty lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> wal-mart, the nation's largest retailer has agreed toay a $2 million penalty for overcharging customers in almost a dozen california counties. state attorney general, kamala harris, said wal-mart agreed to the penalty, after an investigation found widespread scamming errors, found the customers paying more than the listed price. pg and e tried to avoid a fine stemming from the deadly san bruno pipe explosion. a company executive asked state regulators to deduct from the fine the amount of money it has spent testing gas lines in the wake of the explosion. pg and e says it spent $220 million testing lines. which is enough to erase the full amount of the fine. >>> governor injury where brown capped juan felipe harrara. he is the son of mexican farm workers. he has a master's degree from stanford and the university of iowa, and currently teaches creative writing at university of riverside. >>> a massive cargo ship breaks a record as it cruises into the san francisco you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some thing

reporting live in oakland, patti lee,. >>> the expected yahoo lay offs could begin as early as next weekoo is under going a renovation from rivals such as google. a report in a wall street journal blog says the lay offs will not take place all at once. executives have been in meetings all week. >>> kphaoeu that's giant electronics manufacturer foxcon says it will shorten the hours of employees. employees often work 60 hours a week. foxcon says it will keep the pay the same giving workers a raise in effect. foxcon assembles close to 30% of the world's electronics. >>> 19-year-old kimberly billy disappeared in 1984 and 16-year- old joanne hopson vanished in 1995. wesley shermantine drew maps of the area where he says he and lauren herzog married their victims. the remains were found inside the same abandoned well linked to the two suspects. we talked with hobson's sister on the phone today. >> he did the right thing by giving the information for you know for these families to get our closure. but he needs to continue to do the right thing and tell the rest for everybody else. >> reporter:

reporting live in oakland, patti lee,. >>> the expected yahoo lay offs could begin as early as next week. yahoo is under going a renovation from rivals such as google. a report in a wall street journal blog says the lay offs will not take place all at once. executives have been in meetings all week. >>> kphaoeu that's giant electronics manufacturer foxcon says it will shorten the hours of employees. employees often work 60 hours a week. foxcon says it will keep the pay the same giving workers a raise in effect. foxcon assembles close to 30% of the world's electronics. >>> 19-year-old kimberly billy disappeared in 1984 and 16-year- old joanne hopson vanished in 1995. wesley shermantine drew maps of the area where he says he and lauren herzog married their victims. the remains were found inside the same abandoned well linked to the two suspects. we talked with hobson's sister on the phone today. >> he did the right thing by giving the information for you know for these families to get our closure. but he needs to continue to do the right thing and tell the rest for everybody else. >> repor

as patty lee shows us, outages caused by fallen trees were just one of the concerns in the east bay hills. >> reporter: in san pablo thomas is fighting a losing battle with rising water. >> been using this vacuum cleaner. water vac to suck up the water and i intend to do that until it stops raining. >> reporter: folks who live on this tumbling hillside say they can live with flooding. they just hope the tarp that helps to keep the ground stable holds up in this storm. in arinda, the tree so massive power wasn't restored until this evening. in lafayette more than 600 customers lost power when two trees tumbled within a mile of each other. happy valley trail, which is lined with enormous mature trees was hit hard by heavy winds, rain, and outages. >> there was a power line pretty much right next to the window. scary. >> reporter: most homeowners had power back on in an hour. those who didn't had to make do. >> my husband heated some water on the barbeque, and we poured it over coffee. >> reporter: for many, it served as a valuable wakeup call. >> we did realize that we were not prepared if

as patty lee shows us, outages caused by fallen trees were just one of the concerns in the east bay hills. >> reporter: in san pablo thomas is fighting a losing battle with rising water. >> been using this vacuum cleaner. water vac to suck up the water and i intend to do that until it stops raining. >> reporter: folks who live on this tumbling hillside say they can live with flooding. they just hope the tarp that helps to keep the ground stable holds up in this storm. in arinda, the tree so massive power wasn't restored until this evening. in lafayette more than 600 customers lost power when two trees tumbled within a mile of each other. happy valley trail, which is lined with enormous mature trees was hit hard by heavy winds, rain, and outages. >> there was a power line pretty much right next to the window. scary. >> reporter: most homeowners had power back on in an hour. those who didn't had to make do. >> my husband heated some water on the barbeque, and we poured it over coffee. >> reporter: for many, it served as a valuable wakeup call. >> we did realize that we were not prepared if

in tiburon, patty lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> wal-mart, the nation's largest retailer has agreed to$2 million penalty for overcharging customers in almost a dozen california counties. state attorney general, kamala harris, said wal-mart agreed to the penalty, after an investigation found widespread scamming errors, found the customers paying more than the listed price. pg and e tried to avoid a fine stemming from the deadly san bruno pipe explosion. a company executive asked state regulators to deduct from the fine the amount of money it has spent testing gas lines in the wake of the explosion. pg and e says it spent $220 million testing lines. which is enough to erase the full amount of the fine. >>> governor injury where brown capped juan felipe harrara. he is the son of mexican farm workers. he has a master's degree from stanford and the university of iowa, and currently teaches creative writing at university of riverside. >>> a massive cargo ship breaks a record as it cruises into the san francisco bay. the careful planning behind this historic trip. >> plus residents take their