ktvu's patty lee -- patti lee bringing the story. >> reporter: the three suicides bring the problem into the spotlight, problems that are being addressed locally. >> you're going through these frustrations, you know exactly what it's like. >> reporter: 11 and 12-year- olds may seem too young to deal with these issues. >> i deal with bullying on a daily basis, i deal with gay problems on a daily basis. >> reporter: now 18-year-old college freshman tyler clemente have jumped off a bridge after images of him having sexual relations with another man hit the internet. >> because it is just out there. a whole bunch of people can read it and get hurt. >>> tonight a support group for gay, lesbian students. hundreds of parents are gathering at 7:00 and talk about ways to keep problems like bullying at bay. patti lee. >>> a los cados mother accused of having sex with a minor is out of jail today. she posted $30,000 bail and was released this morning. police say she had sexual relations with an underaged boy earl this summer and that he was a family friend. sara cole made news on ktvu after she was

live in san bruno, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> dozens of investigators today calmed a marine area where human remains were discovered throughout the weekend. they say the remains appear to be that of an adult and may have been in the area for one to two years. >>> the pentagon said today recruiters have been told they must now accept applicants who are openly gay. the policy was apparently still in effect today at an army recruiting station in san francisco. a spokesman for army recruiters based in fresno say they are operating as if don't ask don't tell was not in effect. >> you oust yourself now in this short period is not going to insulate you from proceedings to to have you discharged from the military later on. it would be a very dangerous thing to do right now. >>> a spokeswoman for the department of defense says she doesn't know why any recruiters would be operating during don't ask don't tell. the new law could change again. >>> san francisco supervisors have decided to delay their vote on a controversial proposal to ban toy give aways in happy meals. unless the meals include fr

patty lee is live on the scene with more on what happened. patty? >> gasia, fire crews tell me that the building is on the verge of collapse. it may not look that fragile but the wood structure underneath is demolished. >> i'm looking at my building and it was like this is somebody else's nightmare, not mine. >> reporter: stephanie heinz escaped the fire that startd in her building around 5. you go to bed, climb out your window without your shoes on. >> reporter: the fire may have started small but it quickly swallowed the 8-undercomplex and damaged adjacent building. >> the stairwell had collapsed between the second and third floor. we made the decision to pull everybody out and go defensive on it. three people were transported to nearby st. fran cyst hospital and treated for smoke inhalation but no one was seriously hurt, at least not physically. >> you find something, that's good, guys. >> reporter: financially, that's another matter. these band mate were among the people evacuated. their instruments were in there. >> i'm working, working, everyt

reporting live in sonoma county, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the city of oakland is busy gettingeady for the rainy season beginning today, sandbags and plastic sheath will be available -- sheeting will be available for residents free of charge. each household is allowed a maximum of 20 sandbags and 50 feet of plastic sheeting. during the last few months city crews have been working to release debris from storm drains and other weather related issues. >>> a little rain yesterday. >> amazing how quickly the seasons change. i say that every year but wow yesterday the showers, today kind of cool, tomorrow cold in the morning. right now we have got a little bit of fog out along the beaches. take a look at san francisco, 60 degrees. these are the highs from today. temperatures were warmer but still -- last week we were doing 90s. not this week. we had record heat and the week before that. we have had real hot days but not today. it was 73 into concord, 67 in fremont, patchy fog along the coast and the big question is of course the giants playoff weather. we have got three games coming

patti lee takes us to an anti bullying class. >> reporter: sixth graders learned today about the differenceetween bullying and teasing. >> if you're going through school you might know exactly what we're talking about. >> ideal is bullying on a regular basis. ideal is molestation on a the regular basis. >> reporter: i think in many occasions kids don't mean it to be seem. >> reporter: sometimes what can pass as harmless can prove fatal. also last week, an 18-year-old college freshman tyler clementi committed suicide by jumping off a bridge after he learned that his roommates spied on him. the roommate an his friend face charges. the incident is prompting gay rights activists to work harder. >> i think it's immoral. i don't think it's even right. why are you going to tease people about their sexuality. >> reporter: these freshmen say they know about bullying but don't why people bully on each other. >> reporter: the faceless nature of the tormenters. patti lee. >>> a teacher was stabbed today after she was trying to take a particular from taking a computer. school police say the first grade

patti lee takes us to an anti bullying class. >> reporter: sixth graders learned today about the differenceetween bullying and teasing. >> if you're going through school you might know exactly what we're talking about. >> ideal is bullying on a regular basis. ideal is molestation on a the regular basis. >> reporter: i think in many occasions kids don't mean it to be seem. >> reporter: sometimes what can pass as harmless can prove fatal. also last week, an 18-year-old college freshman tyler clementi committed suicide by jumping off a bridge after he learned that his roommates spied on him. the roommate an his friend face charges. the incident is prompting gay rights activists to work harder. >> i think it's immoral. i don't think it's even right. why are you going to tease people about their sexuality. >> reporter: these freshmen say they know about bullying but don't why people bully on each other. >> reporter: the faceless nature of the tormenters. patti lee. >>> a teacher was stabbed today after she was trying to take a particular from taking a computer. school police say the first grade

patti lee found fans all over the city. >> reporter: the impact of a win on the city is no secret. and as the giants are winning, we are witnessing a transformation. call it just a game, but for fans this emotionally invested there's nothing best than winning >> people are excited. oh my god, i'm going to cry. >> reporter: the city is a glow with team spirit. >> you could just feel the viable, it was awesome. >> reporter: collected moral seemed to get fed by wins as the fans bask in the teams glory. >> people have teams on their mind, this is a distraction that's pleasant. it's something to be happy about. >> reporter: restaurant owner gigi fiorichi says that the giants following also is a help for the economy. and if the giants keep winning, he says he'll be giving back too. >> free lunches, easy. i've done that before. >> i got this street vendor downtown, selling it for 10 bucks. >> reporter: guerrero and his brother have been rooting for the giants since they were 10. >> i've been one of the biggest giants fans out there. i wear this giants fan year round. >> reporter: for the

patti lee. >>> and will the forecast cooperate for tomorrow's giants game? >> also ahead paying more to commute on caltrain, when it will happen and how much more you can expect to pay. >>> at knots berry farm two people were taken to the hospital because of a roller coaster accident. nine people on board and one person who was waiting were injured. most complained of neck and back pain. none of the injuries is considered serious. >>> students, professors and workers at uc berkeley are saying enough is enough. hundreds protested today against cuts, tuition increases and lay offs and at one point they even took over part of a building. lloyd lacuesta is live with our report. >> reporter: everything is back to normal or what one would consider normal at berkeley tonight. students protesting cuts in higher education took over two rooms in cal's library. but by 7:30, most left on their own. campus police described no arrests, no problems, but students said they made their point. >> i think it shows the movement is still strong. >> funding public education for ev

ktvu's patty lee is in north beach with more on the giant fan reaction. patty? >> reporter: ken, live in north beach where there is still literally dancing in the streets. live on union and stockton but here is a look at columbus avenue just a few minutes ago. there are people jumping for joy. you can hear drivers honking their horns. just general euphoria. this is a big city, obviously. there are a lot of people celebrating a lot of different things everything from birthdays to anniversaries. but regardless of what was going on today the focus was on the giants. >> yes, go giants. >> reporter: what was originally planned as a birthday party. >> go giants. >> reporter: morphed into a multipurpose event. >> it is a birthday and probably a giants celebration. >> reporter: lifelong giants fan and birthday girl jenn saunders was willing to share the spotlight. >> fabulous they are going to win tonight for me. these guys are awsome. i love it. are. >> reporter: with the giants playing around this store was busy all day with fans preparing for game time with friends.

ktvu's patty lee has more on this latest friend. >> reporter: en route to paris. this bay area couple says the warnings of possible al qaeda attacks in europe meant a change in their travel plans. >> we are not going to go up to the eiffel tower like we had planned. we will try to avoid the metro as much as possible. >> like many travelers headed to france. they knew the state department issued a travel alert for europe earlier this month warning of possible commando attacks, similar to the ones in mumbai in 2008. that a second one was issued today, notably for france gave them pause. >> let's postpone it for a while. but then this could go on for a year. >> reporter: there are still no significant details about when, where or how the attacks might happen. but the volume of chatter from different intelligence sources prompted france's interior minister to describe the latest threat as real. >> it is a broad general threat. just about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: mark is headed for paris for business is not worried. >> we have already re

patty lee is live with our report. >> reporter: this effects 2800 out of 205,000 registered voters. the big concern, folks already mailed in their ballots and being asked to send out new ones. sanitation district elections may not be hot topics. >> i only look at the things i feel strongly about and skip over the rest. >> reporter: but skip that race for 2800 ballots and it becomes a big issue. >> i think it's worth it. >> reporter: election officials say they finished mailing replacement ballots, 1028 samples. >> we're identifying the mistake, confessing to it, correcting it, and we have to move on. >> reporter: but thousands of people have already voted. 28,000 ballots coming in in just the past two days. >> we have record returns just yesterday. >> reporter: that led some voters to question which of their ballots would be counted. >> we're sorting ballots and holding all those precinct ballots so if someone sent in the second replacement ballot, we'll count that one. if they don't send it in, we'll count the original ballot. >> reporter: i have spoken with 3 of the 4 candidatings

patty lee is live with our report. >> reporter: this effects 2800 out of 205,000 registered voters. the big concern, folks already mailed in their ballots and being asked to send out new ones. sanitation district elections may not be hot topics. >> i only look at the things i feel strongly about and skip over the rest. >> reporter: but skip that race for 2800 ballots and it becomes a big issue. >> i think it's worth it. >> reporter: election officials say they finished mailing replacement ballots, 1028 samples. >> we're identifying the mistake, confessing to it, correcting it, and we have to move on. >> reporter: but thousands of people have already voted. 28,000 ballots coming in in just the past two days. >> we have record returns just yesterday. >> reporter: that led some voters to question which of their ballots would be counted. >> we're sorting ballots and holding all those precinct ballots so if someone sent in the second replacement ballot, we'll count that one. if they don't send it in, we'll count the original ballot. >> reporter: i have spoken with 3 of the 4 candidatings

patti lee joins us now. she's in oakland with the story. patti? >> well, julie, it turns out there are backup plans in place. according to b.a.r.t. and the fire department they worked. now, that's very different from the situation on the east shore highway for the companies who lost power today, their generators kicked in within seconds. >>> at target, the lights were dim. >> it happen about five minutes ago. >> but it was business as usual despite the unexpected power outage. >> we're on emergency power backup. everything is safe. >> reporter: since 8:00 this morning, pg&e crews have been battling this problem. >> it makes me think what would happen if there was an earthquake or something more serious. >> reporter: residents are block the 15,000 bay area -- amongst the 15,000 who lost customers, including b.a.r.t. and the fire station. they have two backup systems. they may have failed yesterday but czeched out today. an investigation is in progress. >> oakland is already a precarious place to live sometimes without those systems in place, it can

in san francisco, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> is the change of plans for the president's visit tomorrow. thursday's event has been removed from san francisco to the peninsula. he will attend a $30,000 a plate fundraising dinner at the google executive marissa mayer and state comptroller steve westley. neither event is open to the public. >>> currently feeling -- carly fiorina mobbed her opponent barbara boxer. >> she's going to lose and the president and vice president are here on in rescue efforts. >> today we are more than 50% higher. >> in addition, the president reported his 62nd radio ad praising boxer and senator boxer has a slim reed. most are close enough to be within the margin of error stomach the ninth circuit court of appeals issued a report allowing the military to keep its speed by policy in place. earlier a judge tossed out the band but yesterday the scene judge refused to suspend her ruling that the obama administration appealed. the ninth circuit granted a justice department request to freeze the ruling saying the ban on gays in the military should remain in pl

in san francisco patty lee. >> the south bay police officer is facing serious charges of his own tonight. 36-year-old clay rohost provided private information to the hell's angel. investigators say he sent private information once in late august and again in early september. he was released on $250,000 bail and scheduled to be back in court at the end of the month. >>> the town of tiberon is on the verge of implementing four controversy surveillance plan. the cameras take pictures of licence plate and cross reference them in a state data base. they say it has a big brother aspect and consider it a violation of privacy. the program is expecteded to be up and running next week. >>> pacific gas and electric crews started a project in hillsborough aimed at making sure the peninsula has enough natural gas. they ordered the utilitiy to reduce the amount of pressure in several gas lines following the deadly explosion in san bruna. that means less -- san bruno and that means less gas is available. >> i think it would just be less is available to them, and there might be cases where they wouldn't

patty lee is outside of at&t with the emotional highs and lows. >> reporter: ken, you can actually gage the level of disappointment just by looking around at a level of activity. it's just quiet around at&t park. the fans have cleared out, but it's not over until it's over and there is always tomorrow. so close, but still, one win away from the national league west title. >> i haven't quite had time to adjust to the fact that the giants go all wait. i arrived back in town last night. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein and her granddaughter took in the action. all afternoon the stadium was awash in emotion, as the padres took an early leave, prompting steve perry to rally the players and the crowd with a rendition of what else? "don't stop believing." for a moment it seems like the giants might come-from-behind in the 9th, but it was not to be. >> of. >> i'm not really happy now. >> i'm sad, but there is still hope. you can't be too upset. >> reporter: today's loss may serve to only heighten fan anticipation, which is already at a fervorred pitch. >> we have been here since about 8:45

patty lee live with that story tonight. >> reporter: mike, this year it's much bigger in scope and more of a focus on preparing for local disasters but we talked to the folks that came here to see the show and their attention was up in the air. blue angles sliced through even bluer skies flying under super sonic speeds but blink and you might miss them. >> jets coming right at you. they are literally 500 feet away. >> reporter: for millions the air shows are the major draw. >> planes, i love the planes. i -- fat albert is my favorite -- enter the bay after it stays at sea. >> celebrating the remarkable sacrifice every single day of men and woman. >> reporter: this year maybe the largest celebration in two decades with eight active ships and a thousand sailors on shore and memorable moments on deck. >> i here by declare. >> reporter: today members of the military became u.s. citizens on the deck of a ship with the u.s. air show as a backdrop. some worry the spectacle can overwhelming the significance. >> just an incredible celebration where we can honor the people that can serve our coun

ktvu's patty lee reports from at&t park. >> so close but still one win away from clinching its first playoffs spot and division title since 2003. >> i haven't quite had time to adjust to the fact that the giants could go all the way. i arrived back in town last night. >> reporter: dressed in orange and black the senator and her granddaughter took in the action. all afternoon this stadium was a wash in emotions as the padres took the early lead. prompting steve parry, giants fan and former lead singer of journey to rally the players and the crowd with a rendition of, what else, "don't stop believing." [ music ] >> reporter: for a brief moment in the 9th, it seemed the giants might come from behind. [ applause ] >> reporter: but it was not to be. >> i mean, i am not really happy right now. >> we will get it tomorrow. we will win. i believe in them. >> i am sad but there is still hope. so, you know, you can't be too upset. >> reporter: today's loss may to prove to heighten fan participation which is already at a fevered pitch. >> 2003 was the last time we made the playoffs. been here si

in san francisco, patty lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> they are so cool. well, you can find out more on fleet week along with the other events going on this weekend in the bay area by going to our website ktvu.com and clicking on the weekend extra tab. >>> the man accused of opening fire on a bay area freeway this summer is now talking about his motivation. highway patrol officers pulled over byron williams on i580 in oakland back on july 18th. investigators say williams was wearing a bullet proof vest and armed with three guns when he began shooting at the officers. prosecutors say williams had driven to the bay area with the intention of killing people at the tide foundation in san francisco. well, in a jailhouse interview with the watchdog group media matters williams was partly inspired by talk show host glen beck. >> he exposed it and it was on my mind that nobody does this. >> he has been highly critical of the tides foundation but has not called for acts of violence. he has pleaded not guilty to four counts of attempted murder. >>> in sonoma county

. >>> still to come, reporter patti lee digging up more information on the buy out to homeowners and why the offer could hinder homeowners from seeking damages in court. >>> republican candidate for governor meg whitman ventured into rival territory, oakland. randy shandobil is live with more on this. >> reporter: meg whitman's venture into liberal oakland are very rare. so rare that today when working on a phone bank with volunteers she had to assure voters she wasn't a tape recording. >> it's really me. >> reporter: earlier whitman toured an east oakland elementary school. watched some second graders do math then offered math of her own. >> 60-cents of every dollar goes to the classroom in california. while 40-cents goes to the overheat and bureaucracy. >> reporter: whitman said if elected she would put more money into classrooms by cutting the bureaucracy. he also said one reason oakland suffered is because of the former mayor. meg whitman is often critical of brown's educational system. test scores started to improve. >> for the last past six years, the last six years, we've been

. >> coming up, hoda and kathie lee catch up with bill cosby, patti labelle. >> after your coming weatherg. this is a wbal-tv 11 news update. >> as morning, the sun came out. with sunshine, it to the picture, the storm pulling out of the picture, we will have a nice day. a round 70 for the high. breezy and milder. breezy and milder. good weather will continue i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us.

. >> coming up, hoda and kathie lee catch up with bill cosby, patti labelle. >>> beautiful morning out nation's capital. it's 9:56 on this thursday, october 7, 2010. i'm barbara harrison. in the news at this hour a woman is dead after she was hit by an suv near dupont circle. police say she was struck around 1:30 this morning in 11300 block of connecticut. they say the driver took off. they were able to track down the vehicle that they believe was involved in chevy chase thanks to the help of a witness on a bicycle who got the tag number after the accident. >>> and it feels pretty comfortable, very fall-like. >> exactly. very fall-like and a gorgeous weekend coming up, plus to 80 for the weekend. but definitely a good day to be on the outside, not the iide. we've got temperatures coming out of the 60s. 73 in winchester today and warrington and , 75, you folks around st. mary's. a bit of a breeze. then things quite down tomorrow but still sunshine. your weekend cloerks to 80 degrees. and then rain not until tuesday of next week. >>> all right. let's take a look at how we're doing. 270 s

. >> coming up, hoda and kathie lee catch up with bill cosby, patti l >>> good morning. 9:56.ooking nicely. clearing up over the last few minutes, but look at the northbound and 101, still slow from 680 past the airport. extending up to montague expressway, where you'll find a lot better flow of traffic heading out of mountainview, in toward palo alto. bart system is a good thing for you to note. other than the south bay, you have options into the city. giants are playing today. running longer trains -- as i like to see giant trains today, first day of playoffs. the bay bridge, crowded now, but it will get more crowded as folks head into the city for the activity. rob, what will they find weatherwise? >>> pretty nice. jed, we -- yesterday, we had showers, not the case today. partly cloudy, clouds should thin out later on. mid 60s, san francisco. mid to upper 70s around tri-valley. mid 70s around san jose today. a bit warmer tomorrow, and the weekend we warm up even more. 80s inland, 60s and 70s near the coast. trending warmer, as well, through the first half of next week. laur

joining us is penny lee, former senior advisor to harry reid and, a former white house political director under president george w. bush. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> julie: pattywere many surprises, hostage release deals and criminal indictments and i bet a lot of democrats are praying for anything to upset the notion they'll get swamped in the house and hang onto the senate by a few seats, do you think they'll be planning a late october surprise. >> i think the midterm elections, it will be hard to have a real october surprise. you know, there is always that reserve you want to make. obviously, something could happen on the national security front that no one is expecting but no one, also, really wants as well, but i think when the october surprises will be coming, a -- the -- it will come in individual race and we just saw it this week in california. where you had allegations with meg -- meg whitman had to deal with, as far as her housekeeper is concerned and jerry brown had unexpected allegation, when a conversation of his was taped, saying -- putting meg whitman in unflattering terms and if you are looking for october surprises, those are the things in ind