the campaign won't say what the plan is, but points out that perotta had a lead over quan. compared to quan's 29,206. quan moved ahead when voters's second and third choices were added in. the mayor-elect is ready to hit the job running. >> economy and jobs, children and schools and public safety. >> priorities she is ready to fight for from a new office at city hall. today in the east bay. >> the results are not final until the election is certified. in the days up until after the election, perotta has the news conference later this morning and we will be covering it. the people of san leandro know their mayor. steven cassidy is the unofficial winner. the registrar of voters counting ballots not only from the confusing oakland race, but the san leandro race. cassidy won over incumbent tony santos. jerry mcnerny claiming victory. his tam pain manager made the announcement last night. all four districts reported nearly all outstanding votes. he now maintains what they call an insurmountable lead of 1,681 votes over gop rival harmer. he has not conceded. >>> the country pause

on the night of the election, don perotta was ahead of jooun quan, but perotta didn't have the majority needed to win so second and third choice were counted that put quan in the lead. there still more ballots to be counted. a strategy of anybody but perotta came into play. >> they voted for anybody and we have never seen that before. >> we may not know who will be oakland's mayor until the end of the week. it may not be the person that most people voted for. >> 4:39, folks. we will take a look at a couple of construction spots. point out the vicinity in eastbound 580. the off-ramp is closed until 6:00 as well as a couple of lanes approaching the airway. we have seen that for a month and a half over that area. 580 westbound is the commute direction. operating at the limit. out of the pass, i'm knocking on loosely. a problem at the dublin interchange. any time anything happens, it's not good for that whole portion out of tracy. southbound 880, that is closed for construction and a live look to the south shows the light volume of traffic. back to you. >> thank you, mike. turning to rob, i

the ballot showed perotta the clear winner, but ranked choice are painting a different picture. 70% of kaplan's votes are going quan. that may be the difference in the contest. the race for attorney general is up in the air and this morning kamala harris needs more money. harris's camp said the money would be used to send monitors across the state to watch the ballot counts. there is $2 million that must be counted state-wide. a spokesman is remaining optimistic, saying many ballots are from democratic-leaning counties. >> the executive who oversees the smart meter program admits that he tried to sneak on to an online forum that krit sighs pg pg&e. the moderator of a forum on google found out about devereaux when she checked an e-mail could from a man who called himself ralph. he also joined at least one other forum as well. devereaux calls it a mistake and said he did it without telling other executives. bay area college students may be losing sleep, but not because of an all night study session. rather because of fear that their education could cost more money. we have a look at the

the first choice showed perotta with a distinct advantage on election night, butt rank choice show a picture. as of now, 70% of third place contender rebecca kaplan votes are going quan. perotta is not getting enough second place votes. >> it's unprecedented to see someone down 9 percentage points to jump into a lead. whether she holes it or not remains to be seen. >> kwan spent about $350,000. >> the race for attorney is too close to call. kamala harris needs more money. the camp said it would be used to send monitors to help monitor the final ballot counts. right now the republican leads by 3/10 of a percentage point. there still two million ballots that need to be counted. a spokesperson said many remaining ballots are from more democratic-leaning cownies. >> late night television will be here. we had overall complimentary things. >> particularly about california voters. schwarzenegger was on "the tonight show" and the governor was very candid talking about the recent elections and the california recession. he said his biggest regret was the second term in office. the recession hi

the latest results show jean quan with 51% of the vote, but it's entirely possible that don perotta could still come out on top and it's even possible the third place candidate rebecca kaplan could rin because of rank choice voting. tonight at the bay area. also new this morning, the president's drug czar applauds california for rejecting prop 19. he told the website politico the vote shows americans can't be fooled by spin from pot legalization advocates. it was close. more than half the folks rejected prop 19 meaning millions approved t. >> new this morning, fremont's mayor regrets not pushing for a tax measure on the ballot. wassermann said after seeing newark and union city voters pass the taxes, he missed an opportunity to raise money for his city. fremont used the budget reserve each of the past few years. >> a leader in contra costa county is hoping to clean house. there was a catch and that is the contracts were founded by the city manager. the city manager is on indefinite lead. the interim manager said the company has more than a million in contracts including $150,000. >> not i

perotta was the front-runner and the clear winner when it came to vote count. because he didn't get more than 50%, they factor in the voting method. that put qwan in the lead. >> a new poll said people are split over republican plans in washington. 53% said they support cuts that republicans want to extend according to the associated press poll. 39% say they agree with plans to repeal or scale back reform. 58% would rather see a few changes or leave reform as it is. they don't want the plan scrapped. >> health advisories for neighborhoods after a power outage forced them to release flame. the fire in turn led to a release of toxic smoke at the refinery yesterday afternoon. we know it started with a power outage. the smoke stacks did what they were supposed to if the plant lo loses power. avon, clyde, concord and ft. chicago. >> bart is now going after rider who is cheat on their fare. clipper cards allow riders to leave the stations without paying the full fare. the number of cheaters increases, bart said it will have to make several changes. those include char

and she could be the winner, but election analysts say it is possible that former front-runner don perotta could come out on top and because of rank choice voting, it is even possible that rebecca kaplan could win it. we have to wait and see. we don't know who the next mayor will be, but we know who it will not be. the favorite of a number of people living in the city has taken himself out. pafr i don't think there is a citizen of the city that wouldn't consider being the interim mayor or mayor of san francisco. it's not something i'm after. >> willie brown does not want to serve another term even a short one. the board will vote for a new mayor in january after the mayor heads off to sacramento. he is going to be lieutenant governor. while they consider potential candidates, david chu will take over. some of the other names are state senator mark leno and tom al mi anno. he might consider lef figure he can get post. it would be tough for him to leave for a temporary job. >>> president obama's drug czar is happy that proposition 19 did not pass. he said that the vote shows america cannot b

perotta weighs his next move, she ready to hit the ground running. >> we are feeling releaved.been a long, long wait. i realize it's 158 years for oakland to have the first woman there. they are very, very proud. >> we should mention the results are not final until the election is certified. >>> the people of san leandro know who their winner is. steven cassidy is the unofficial winner. cassidy won bay a razor thin margin over tony santos. the registrar of voters was busy county for the oakland and san leandro races. >> this morning on the "today" show, pat tillman's widow will do her first television news interview. marie and pat tillman met as teenagers in san jose. they got married after college and lived in arizona as tillman played professional football for the cardinals. he opted out of an nfl contract in order to serve. he was killed by friendly fire. you can see the interview this morning starting at about 7:45 on the "today" show. people on the peninsula will have an opportunity to honor county veterans. >> the college will cell brit by raising a u.s. flag flown in ira

that's what happened to jeanne quan who has a comfortable lead over senator don perotta.or days she was in second place in the count. kwan got a boost because they were using the rank choice system and all of the second choice, most of the second choice listings on kaplan's ballots listed quan as the second choice. that means she got quite a boost. quan said she is not ready to count her chickens, but pe rota's camp said this may be a reversal of fortune and the mystery of rank choice voting continues. they say they don't get it. they processed ballots and the elections officials say they are ready to make an unofficial final vote taly this afternoon at 4:00. we will have to wait and see who the next mayor will be. >> now we do not know the next mayor of san francisco, but we know who it will not be. the favorite of a number of people living in the city has taken himself out of the running. >> i don't think there is a citizen that wouldn't consider being the interim mayor or mayor of san francisco. that's probably the best job in the world, but not something i'm after, pe

don perotta is leading the race. >> pizza is in the the only thing being delivered door-to-door. they are dropping off medical marijuana in one city. the marin alliance said fairfax is going to be delivering pot to members next week. the selective has been working with the city attorney since mid-summer to resolve concerns about the insurance coverage. the marin independent journal said the policy relieves the town of any damages caused by the delivery service and that policy also ensures the workers and the marijuana itself. >> u.s. companies added job for the first time since may and will it make a dent in the unemployment rate? bob redell is live in the satellite center with a look at the jobs report released by the labor department. >> just over a half hour ago. good morning to you. the october jobs report, what it shows is surprising and promising for the u.s. economy. yes, the unemployment rate did stay at 9.6%. still a very high number. that is not the surprise. what was unexpected is how many new jobs were created. companies hired 129,000 workers last month. that's more t

earlier returns show the president protem don perotta as the front-runner. will be considered obese in the near future. the projection is from from harvard and looked at how people have gained weight since the 1970s and have not figured out how to lose it. 42% of people will reach obesity before the epidemic will level off. it's due to social interactions, easier access to unhealthy foods and a culture with less physical activity. >> san francisco mayor gavin newsom is trying to parlay the giants world series win into an americas cup. newsom is meeting with the organizers today to discuss the host agreement. competition includes italy and spain and both have been gotten their federal backing for respective countries. newsom said the city has one thing that italy and spain doesn't. that's the baseball world champs. he is hoping the victory parade will swing things in san francisco's favor. >>> if you didn't make it out to the giants victory parade, you can have a chance to see babe ross in person. the initial mvp will be signing autographs for fans at the mac

perotta has the most votes, but the second and third choices will be taken into could until candidate will get the majority. the race for attorney general is too close to call this morning. we check the website today and the latest numbers show kamla harris is leading, but by just under 10,000 votes. it's very close. all resirchths are reporting in, but the state needs to count several hundred thousand absentee and provisional ballots. the camp said they are confident that she will win, however not confident enough to declare victory. >> experts are trying to figure out who is abusing local birds. one bird was spotted with a beer can around its neck. at least two of three birds have been spotted near fisherman's whatever, alcatraz and half moon bay. contact the wild rescue in monterey. they are trying to find whoever is submitting the crimes. >> the clock is ticking for my space. we have details on that. >> when was the last time you said my space? it's all facebook. they have a new guy in charge. two fellows. they have been warned by their parent company they have to get their act to

the latest results show jean quan winning, but analysts say former front-runner don perotta or rebeccacause of ranked choice voting. we will have that as soon as the announcement is made. tune in at 5:00 for the results. the "today" show returns in less than a minute. have a great monday morning. >>> 7:30 now on this monday morning, november 8, 2010. a newly released single from michael jackson, is the first single from an album due out for the holidays. i'm meredith viera alongside matt lauer and coming up an exclusive interview with dina lohan, she visited her daughter lindsay while in court-ordered rehab. >>> there hasn been a kennedy in -- we're going to hear from the congressman and also get some reaction from the never before seen photos of the president. >>> we're going to hear from two moms what they've done when they learned that their young sons wanted to dress like girls, one from halloween and the other one more than that. >>> let's begin with lindsay lohan, one of hollywood's biggest stars whose successes and struggles from played out on a very public stage. now she's be--

don perotta has the most votes, but not 50% plus one. will be made when the computer is able to finish counting the votes and that may not happen until next week. the "today" show returns in a minute. >>> 8:00 now on this thursday morning, november 4th, 2010, a rainy day in new york. but if these folks can take it, so can we. out on the plaza i'm meredith vieira. coming up, a childhood tradition coming to an end? >> the city of san francisco is one step closer to banning froe toy giveaways with certain children's meals. a lot of people say it could be a good idea. others say not so good. we'll talk about it and have healthier meal options available. >> also, shannen doherty rose to fame earning a reputation as a bad girl along the way. she's now opening up a new memoir about her image. how she fed into it and the impact it's had on her career. we'll talk about that s. >> later on with kids' after school activities it can be hard to get the family together for a meal. laurie david is making it a priority and launches is quest to make the