randy shandobil. >>> you can see that letter for yourself at ktvu come. . com. just look for the election 2010 campaign. the we're asking how the allegations could harm whitman. >>> pay area drug agents say an anonymous tip led them to a large marijuana grow area. 14,000 pot plants were in that corn field on orewood road. they said they also found an encampment where at least four squatters had been staying. >>> a major sweep has resulted in 32 arrests. they seized five firearms, more than a ton of processed pot. >>> and plans are brewing on a plan. ktvu's debra villalon are from testers gathered. >> reporter: ducks not trucks has been the message from a whetland mark visited by school children. >> instead of having green hills and clean air you're going to have diesel exhaust and heavy metals are. >> reporter: this forum blended experts recruit from both sides to talk about the health risks. whether the plant can minimize those components. >> reporter: in petaluma it says it will make their plant state of the art. >> i think this is the right place. it's only a

randy shandobil. >>> you can see that letter for yourself at ktvu come. . com. just look for the election 2010 campaign. the we're asking how the allegations could harm whitman. >>> pay area drug agents say an anonymous tip led them to a large marijuana grow area. 14,000 pot plants were in that corn field on orewood road. they said they also found an encampment where at least four squatters had been staying. >>> a major sweep has resulted in 32 arrests. they seized five firearms, more than a ton of processed pot. >>> and plans are brewing on a plan. ktvu's debra villalon are from testers gathered. >> reporter: ducks not trucks has been the message from a whetland mark visited by school children. >> instead of having green hills and clean air you're going to have diesel exhaust and heavy metals are. >> reporter: this forum blended experts recruit from both sides to talk about the health risks. whether the plant can minimize those components. >> reporter: in petaluma it says it will make their plant state of the art. >> i think this is the right place. it's only a

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randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: how much do newspaper endorsements really matter? nobody knows for sure, but they certainly don't hurt. >> i'm holder here the oakland tribune and i am so pleased and moved to be the endorsed candidate for mayor of oakland. >> reporter: it'll the choice, the tribune endorsed caplan first, joe tuman second and veteran councilwoman jean quan third. >> people are basically saying anyone but perata. >> reporter: the front runner in the polls calledded his grasp of the issue, appalling. >> i don't know what the tribune's problem is with me. >> reporter: he laid out plans today to rehire laid off police officers without raising taxes. >> people are dying, business are closing. >> reporter: an alternative newsweekly, heat line 25 reasons why you shouldn't vote for don p e rata, among them he's lazy. political editor randy shandobil, ktvu news. >>> the forbes list for best states for business was release today and california moved lower on that list. utah was considered the best state when it comes to business. california came in at number 3

political editor randy shandobil has tonight's special report. >> reporter: there's only one race in all of california thought to be close enough to flip parties. and perhaps help flip control of the entire senate. and much of that is here in the bay area. >> i land myself with the republicans, i think both parties are out of control. >> reporter: chance is a businessman. despite his beliefs, chance says he's voting for -- it takes in conservative suburbs and farms around stockton. but -- harmer is running hard on a very conservative platform against government spending including president bush's tarp. >> it was a mistake when president bush voted it in and it was a mistake when president obama continued it. >> it was primarily result of the fact that a new republican majority in congress real he clamped down in spending in cooperation with president clinton. >> reporter: mcnerny who voted for continued government spending defends his stance. >> the nation was in crisis and needed leadership from washington. these are tough decisions and our country is not in a major depression now,

randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an east bay attorney is calling for an investigation of an oakland group that received money to educate voters in the city. michael cardoza said $25 heart attack was received to educate voters in east and west oakland on the city's new ranked choice voting program. >> they were supposed to spend six weeks doing that. they, in fact, spent four days. shortly there after, that same group went back into the community and began campaigning on behalf of jean for mayor. >> we don't have a relationship with her. we never paid anything to go out and advocate. we went out and explained the trotters in oakland that they would have three choices for voter this year. >> monty says he believes cardoza and his clients have ties to don perata and that's what's behind the complaint. cardoza wants to make sure there's no use of public fund for political purposes. >>> californians have until midnight on monday to register to vote in the moisture 2nd election. with three weeks to go before the election, nearly 17 million californians are already registered. demo

political editor randy shandobil has a special report. >>> the two candidates for district attorney. pamela harris versus steve cooley. cooley was raised in a law enforcement family. harris was raised by two activists who met in brooklyn. >> the heros for me were the lawyers. >> reporter: lawyers who turned to protests into actual law. before being elected to san francisco's d.a. harris was a deputy da for alameda county. sh he says she became a prosecutor not just to put away street thugs but to personalize corporate thugs and polluters as well. >> you go into certain communities that happen to be socially economically poor communities and have been traditionally a dumping ground and you will see babies growing up in those communities with unacceptable rates of asthma. >> reporter: cooley said he would prosecute environmental laws too. >> do you support ab32. >> i will work to implement it because it's a law and it dictates. >> it doesn't sound passionate. >> i don't need to believe in it, it's the law. >> reporter: cooley says he's tougher on street crime than harris. as opposed to

political editor randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: meg withman doesn't campaign in liberal oakland often. so today working the phones she assured voters she was real and not a tape recording. >> it's really me. >> reporter: whitman toured an east oakland elementary school, met with second graders and said if she was elected governor she would redistrict all the savings. >> let's focus on getting more money into the classroom. >> reporter: then the attack. >> jerry brown's record i think everyone would agree, it's terrible. >> reporter: whitman is critical of happened to schools here during brown's tenure. but there has been improvement during that time. >> if you're pinning the bankruptcy on him, why not give him the credit of what's going right. >> because much of what happened during brown's tenure did not go right. >> reporter: some school officials agreed with whitman. >> the question you have to ask is how many types does jerry brown visit our public schools. >> reporter: but other district officials defend brown saying the bankruptcy was the board's doing not brown's. >> when

randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: how much do newspaper endorsements really matter? nobody knows for sure, but they certainly don't hurt. >> i'm holder here the oakland tribune and i am so pleased and moved to be the endorsed candidate for mayor of oakland. >> reporter: it'll the choice, the tribune endorsed caplan first, joe tuman second and veteran councilwoman jean quan third. >> people are basically saying anyone but perata. >> reporter: the front runner in the polls calledded his grasp of the issue, appalling. >> i don't know what the tribune's problem is with me. >> reporter: he laid out plans today to rehire laid off police officers without raising taxes. >> people are dying, business are closing. >> reporter: an alternative newsweekly, heat line 25 reasons why you shouldn't vote for don p e rata, among them he's lazy. political editor randy shandobil, ktvu news. >>> the forbes list for best states for business was release today and california moved lower on that list. utah was considered the best state when it comes to business. california came in at number 3

political editor randy shandobil has tonight's special report. >> reporter: there's only one race in all of california thought to be close enough to flip parties. and perhaps help flip control of the entire senate. and much of that is here in the bay area. >> i land myself with the republicans, i think both parties are out of control. >> reporter: chance is a businessman. despite his beliefs, chance says he's voting for -- it takes in conservative suburbs and farms around stockton. but -- harmer is running hard on a very conservative platform against government spending including president bush's tarp. >> it was a mistake when president bush voted it in and it was a mistake when president obama continued it. >> it was primarily result of the fact that a new republican majority in congress real he clamped down in spending in cooperation with president clinton. >> reporter: mcnerny who voted for continued government spending defends his stance. >> the nation was in crisis and needed leadership from washington. these are tough decisions and our country is not in a major depression now,

political editor randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: meg withman doesn't campaign in liberal oakland often. so today working the phones she assured voters she was real and not a tape recording. >> it's really me. >> reporter: whitman toured an east oakland elementary school, met with second graders and said if she was elected governor she would redistrict all the savings. >> let's focus on getting more money into the classroom. >> reporter: then the attack. >> jerry brown's record i think everyone would agree, it's terrible. >> reporter: whitman is critical of happened to schools here during brown's tenure. but there has been improvement during that time. >> if you're pinning the bankruptcy on him, why not give him the credit of what's going right. >> because much of what happened during brown's tenure did not go right. >> reporter: some school officials agreed with whitman. >> the question you have to ask is how many types does jerry brown visit our public schools. >> reporter: but other district officials defend brown saying the bankruptcy was the board's doing not brown's. >> when

political editor randy shandobil has a special report. >>the two candidates for district attorney. pamela harris versus steve cooley. cooley was raised in a law enforcement family. harris was raised by two activists who met in brooklyn. >> the heros for me were the lawyers. >> reporter: lawyers who turned to protests into actual law. before being elected to san francisco's d.a. harris was a deputy da for alameda county. sh he says she became a prosecutor not just to put away street thugs but to personalize corporate thugs and polluters as well. >> you go into certain communities that happen to be socially economically poor communities and have been traditionally a dumping ground and you will see babies growing up in those communities with unacceptable rates of asthma. >> reporter: cooley said he would prosecute environmental laws too. >> do you support ab32. >> i will work to implement it because it's a law and it dictates. >> it doesn't sound passionate. >> i don't need to believe in it, it's the law. >> reporter: cooley says he's tougher on street crime than harris. as opposed to

randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: senator boxer was all smiled today with good reasons. we had just shown her the numbers in our new ktvu field poll, the poll most analysts say they trust the most. >> i'm so pleased with the polls. >> reporter: with only a few days till election day, boxer a democrat now has an eight point lead over republican fiorina. 49% for boxer, 41 for fiorina and boxer's lead has been growing since spring. >> what poll we have done, boxer seems to be further ahead. >> reporter: independents who were split a month ago are now breaking toward boxer in part because her position on things such as the environment are more in line with california voters than fiorina's are. >> environment protection just as an issue i think is one that is has always benefited boxer. that's a very strong issue with voters. >> reporter: which is why boxer today toured contra costa colleges new training center for students hoping to work on hybrid cars. >> your future is as bright as the sun. >> reporter: what about fiorina's brief hospital stay, will it scare people away or

political editor, randy shandobil, ktvu. >>> with exactly one month to go until election day, democratseed immigrants, especially latino's to show up at the polls. out of latino registered voters nationwide, 2/3 say they would support democrats in local congressional races. the question is, will they show up at the polls. >> comes to motivation, how likely are latino's to actually turn out to vote. what we found is we found latinos are less motivated or less engaged than the general u.s. polllation. >> reporter: the survey allegation found that immigration trails education, jobs and health care as a top voting issue among latinos. >>> we're just learning now sort of puzzling scene is happening south of the bay area. researchers are helping to identify the cause of death of a whale. the whale is about 80 feet long and weighs 75-tons. researchers also found a 17- foot long whale fetus not far away. they say it was most likely expelled from the whale after it washed ashore. they estimate the adult whale died four to five days ago. >>> if you buy pink it means you're sporting the breast can

randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: senator boxer was all smiled today with good reasons. we had just shown her the numbers in our new ktvu field poll, the poll most analysts say they trust the most. >> i'm so pleased with the polls. >> reporter: with only a few days till election day, boxer a democrat now has an eight point lead over republican fiorina. 49% for boxer, 41 for fiorina and boxer's lead has been growing since spring. >> what poll we have done, boxer seems to be further ahead. >> reporter: independents who were split a month ago are now breaking toward boxer in part because her position on things such as the environment are more in line with california voters than fiorina's are. >> environment protection just as an issue i think is one that is has always benefited boxer. that's a very strong issue with voters. >> reporter: which is why boxer today toured contra costa colleges new training center for students hoping to work on hybrid cars. >> your future is as bright as the sun. >> reporter: what about fiorina's brief hospital stay, will it scare people away or

randy shandobil is in our newsroom with more. >> reporter: talk about an awkward social moment, this the was it. all on the same stage together, how would they handle it. both jerry brown and meg whitman have repeatedly labeled governor arnold schwarzenegger a failure. he has abstained from firing back, but arnold schwarzenegger hasn't endorsed the republican candidate, why? >> i'm going to stay out of that. i don't want to offend anybody. i want to play neutral for right now. >> reporter: who would attack who or would they all pretend to get along. pass the butter or pass the knife. keep in mind the long beach event was hosted by the governor's wife. maria's woman's conference. >> here's what you need to know that jerry brown in many ways left this state in worse shape that he inherented. >> reporter: matt lauer got a standing ovation when he asked for a truce. >> will either of you of both of you be willing to make a truce that you would end the negativity. >> sometimes negativity is in the eye of the beholder. >> reporter: meg whitman said her ads were comparative not negative. >>

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 the most improved academically school district in the state of california. >> if you're pinning the bankruptcy on him, why not give him credit for the things that are going right? >> because much of what happened under jerry brown's tenure in oakland didn't go

political editor randy shandobil. ktvu, channel 2. >>> mayor newsom received a high profile endorsement in his bed for governor. michael bloomberg called him an innovator. he is dedicated to the environment and education and fostering job creation. newsom has been admired for many years. >> the candidate tells ktvu her family has been harassed since their addresses were made public in a campaign mailer. the ad sent here by the association of san jose police and firefighters. it questions where she lives. she told ktvu her mother has been bombarded with threatening calls. she supports measures v and w which if approved by voters would change the pay and the retirement plans for police and firefighters. the association is against that. san jose's mayor who supports the measures condemned the tactic. >> this effort to strike fear into the hearts of the family cannot be tolerated by people of good conscience. >> the retired police and firefighter association hasn't responded to our request for a comment. >>> bart broke gr

political editor randy shandobil.tvu, channel 2. >>> mayor newsom received a high profile endorsement in his bed for governor. michael bloomberg called him an innovator. he is dedicated to the environment and education and fostering job creation. newsom has been admired for many years. >> the candidate tells ktvu her family has been harassed since their addresses were made public in a campaign mailer. the ad sent here by the association of san jose police and firefighters. it questions where she lives. she told ktvu her mother has been bombarded with threatening calls. she supports measures v and w which if approved by voters would change the pay and the retirement plans for police and firefighters. the association is against that. san jose's mayor who supports the measures condemned the tactic. >> this effort to strike fear into the hearts of the family cannot be tolerated by people of good conscience. >> the retired police and firefighter association hasn't responded to our request for a comment. >>> bart broke grou

political editor randy shandobil, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> we caught up with meg whitman this evening in pleasant ton to get her reaction to the latest poll. she said she is not concerned. and explained why. >> jerry brown is stuck at about 45% of voters. he has not been able to get much more than that in virtually all of the polls. so the big undecideds is who is going to decide this race. and i'm working very hard to communicate my message to those undecided voters. >> this stop at a pizza restaurant with some one-on-one campaigning appeared to have been added to meg whitman's schedule at the last minute. tonight's ppic poll reveals a possible shift on how voters feel about legalizing marijuana in california. and there are new numbers on california's battle over rolling back climate regulations. plus proposed budget reform in sacramento. those new poll numbers are coming up around 10:30 tonight. [ music ] >> a clear view across the bay this evening. but there is some rain on the way. when it will get here and how it will affect your day. tomorrow's forecast in just about ten minutes

political editor randy shandobil, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> we caught up with meg whitman this evening in pleasant ton to get her reaction to the latest poll. she said she is not concerned. and explained why. >> jerry brown is stuck at about 45% of voters. he has not been able to get much more than that in virtually all of the polls. so the big undecideds is who is going to decide this race. and i'm working very hard to communicate my message to those undecided voters. >> this stop at a pizza restaurant with some one-on-one campaigning appeared to have been added to meg whitman's schedule at the last minute. tonight's ppic poll reveals a possible shift on how voters feel about legalizing marijuana in california. and there are new numbers on california's battle over rolling back climate regulations. plus proposed budget reform in sacramento. those new poll numbers are coming up around 10:30 tonight. [ music ] >> a clear view across the bay this evening. but there is some rain on the way. when it will get here and how it will affect your day. tomorrow's forecast in just about ten minutes

ktvu's randy shandobil sets the scene and tells us how it all worked out. >> reporter: the giants werethis team get to the world series every year? the most commonly heard theory is that the team had the power but not the pitching. but with juan marshall, gaylard parry, stu miller and mike mccomeick giants pitchers of the year dispute that. >> i remember we lost a lot of game 3-2, 2-1. low shut-out scoring games. when it really got time, where we used to call crunch time where you got to come to the top we didn't get our act together. i did take offense to it. i thought our pitching was good. [ music ] ♪ with the giants coming to town it's bye bye baby ♪ ♪ every time the chips are down it's bye bye baby ♪ [ applause ] >> mays, sokovi, phillip alu, harvey dean, stu miller, mike mccormick, gay parry and more. neck and neck bitter rivals. >> players and other teams you talk to but not the dodgers. >> no, we don't talk to the dodgers. >> they get on second and tommy davis hit them in and they beat us 1-0 because of colfax. >> with only three games left that team of finesse, rory wills and

and randy shandobil, political editor for ktvu channel 2 news. and we will start with you, randy.e just mentioned that secretary clinton is in town. her husband will be here on the weekend. sarah palin has been here. the obamas, both of them will be here before the month's out. do we expect big name endorsements to have an impact in this election? >> well, it depends what you mean by impact. if you mean by impact will they change any minds, almost certainly not. it's hard to imagine republicans or independents deciding, wow, bill clinton's here, barack obama's here, i'm going to change my mind and vote for jerry brown or barbara boxer. what they are hoping to do is motivate the base. there's a concern this year amongst democrats that there is an enthusiasm gap, that they're not as excited about coming out to vote as republicans are. so the big names on the democratic side are here to kind of prod democrats, show up on election day, please. that's what they're here for. sarah palin, on the other hand, neither meg whitman nor carly fiorina wanted to appear with her, and that's becau

here is randy shandobil's report from october of 1997. >> reporter: the waters near the idle some --lands some 30 miles off the coast of san francisco are choppy so it is difficult to see. but if you look closely there it is. the 20-foot long killer whale coming to the surface with a ten foot long great white shark in its mouth. the two greatest predators the of the sea fighting to the death. >> is he eating the shark? >> jesus. oh, my god. >> the oceanic was leading a tour group on a cruise when they spotted two orcas, a mother whale and her calf. suddenly off to the right. >> there was a large sort of brown-ish grey object swimming through the water just under the surface in the general direction of the orcas. and shortly thereafter the largest orca, presumably the mother, changed course and swam over on an intercept pass with this large shark. there was loud thrashing and then the whale and shark briefly disappeared under the waves. >> we could see very clearly the diagnostic pointed head of the white shark, the very dark back and the light underbelly. >> reporter: in the orcas mo

political editor, randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> what's motivating people to go to the polls early in this election? we'll have a live report coming up at 10:30. >>> clear skies for a beautiful sunset tonight, the chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking a positive change in the weather. tomorrow's weather in a couple of minutes. >>> the blue angels are back just as the orange and black get ready for action, and san francisco is loving it. >>> but >>> in san bruno, authorities say a man was hit by a train. the incident happened at 7:24 this evening. during the in investigation, all trains were routed to the same track. >>> and today mehserle's attorney said his client's conviction should be overturned. >> reporter: one reason mehserle's attorney has grounds for a new trial is a case that was nearly similar to mehserle's case. mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for shooting in the back and killing oscar grant. jurors rejected a murder conviction agreeing with the defense that mehserle pulled his gun instead of his taser. and now, prosecutors have an offic

randy shandobil, ktvu news. >>> we have posted more video of the candidates remarks today on ktvu.com. you will find it right under the front page under the election 2010 tab. >>> tonight is going to be the comest night of the year believe it or not. we have frost advisories in the north bay tonight. some temperatures near freezing and there's rain in your forecast. i'll tell you which day. >>> i'm never fordpi those guys -- forgive those guys, never. >>> today the trial verdict that led to an emotional outbreak. >> and voters have to figure out how to keep their police force strong. how some are out politicking as the election day nears. >>> this evening rent control activists protested what they called a flood of corporate money that pours into races for supervisor in san francisco. coach reportedly has donated more than $200,000 to help candidates he'd like to see on the board of supervisors. the donations are legal under city law. >>> when oakland residents go to the polls next week, they will make a decision about police staffing. some voters may find measure bb a little confusin

randy shandobil, ktvu news. >>> we have posted more video of the candidates remarks today on ktvu.com. you will find it right under the front page under the election 2010 tab. >>> tonight is going to be the comest night of the year believe it or not. we have frost advisories in the north bay tonight. some temperatures near freezing and there's rain in your forecast. i'll tell you which day. >>> i'm never fordpi those guys -- forgive those guys, never. >>> today the trial verdict that led to an emotional outbreak. >> and >>> this evening rent control activists protested what they called a flood of corporate money that pours into races for supervisor in san francisco. coach reportedly has donated more than $200,000 to help candidates he'd like to see on the board of supervisors. the donations are legal under city law. >>> when oakland residents go to the polls next week, they will make a decision about police staffing. some voters may find measure bb a little confusing. that's because both -- supporters and opponents hope to boaster a police presence. >> reporter: both sides say they wa

political editor, randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> what's motivating people to go to the polls early in this election? we'll have a live report coming up at 10:30. >>> clear skies for a beautiful sunset tonight, the chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking a positive change in the weather. tomorrow's weather in a couple of minutes. >>> the blue angels are back just as the orange and black get ready for action, and san francisco is loving it. >>> but first, a motion to throw out the verdict in the mehserle trial. the new evidence that prosecutors say warrants a new trial. >>> in san bruno, authorities say a man was hit by a train. the incident happened at 7:24 this evening. during the in investigation, all trains were routed to the same track. >>> and today mehserle's attorney said his client's conviction should be overturned. >> reporter: one reason mehserle's attorney has grounds for a new trial is a case that was nearly similar to mehserle's case. mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for shooting in the back and killing oscar grant. jurors rejected a murde

randy shandobil. >>> one person was arrested outside tonight's debate. she was upset that she couldn't share the stage, her story. and we'll share who won the debate coming up at >>> a picket line went out outside the children's hospital by nurses. about 800 nurses walked off the job to protest a contract dispute. the nurses union said it could cost members about $4,000 a year. the hospital claims it's cost has gone up. >>> the obama administration lifted a moratorium on deep water drilling. a federal report said eight to 12,000 jobs were lost during the moratorium. the white house says new rules have now been adopted to reduce the risk of another catastrophic accident. >>> the first of 33 trapped miners were pulled to the surface after spending 69 days deep within the earth. his name is florencio avalos. his family and president of chile were on hand. healther holmes watched along with a group of athletes who had a personal stake in that rescue mission. and heather is live with the report. >> reporter: there was cheer jubilation at the blow clouder. we

randy shandobil. >>> one person was arrested outside tonight's debate. she was upset that she couldn't share the stage, her story. and we'll share who won the debate coming up at >>> a picket line went out outside the children's hospital by nurses. about 800 nurses walked off the job to protest a contract dispute. the nurses union said it could cost members about $4,000 a year. the hospital claims it's cost has gone up. >>> the obama administration lifted a moratorium on deep water drilling. a federal report said eight to 12,000 jobs were lost during the moratorium. the white house says new rules have now been adopted to reduce the risk of another catastrophic accident. >>> the first of 33 trapped miners were pulled to the surface after spending 69 days deep within the earth. his name is florencio avalos. his family and president of chile were on hand. healther holmes watched along with a group of athletes who had a personal stake in that rescue mission. and heather is live with the report. >> reporter: there was cheer jubilation at the blow clouder. we

randy shandobil here with more. >> do newspaper endorsements really make a difference? sometimes yes, often no. but rebecca capland knows they certainly can't hurt. >> i'm holding here the oakland tribune and i'm so pleased and moved to be the endorsed candidate for mayor of oakland. >> reporter: it'll be a ranked choice, instant run off election for oakland mayor this year. the tribune oakland's biggest paper endorsed caplan first, joe tuman second and veteran councilwoman quan third. >> i believe the voters of oakland are not just looking for who's been here the longest, they are looking for who has the best ideas. >> reporter: the big surprise, the paper trashed former state senate president don perata. called his grasps of the issues appalling. >> i don't know what the tribune's problem is with me. >> reporter: perata announced he would hire more police officers in oakland without tax increases. but it wasn't just the tribune, other papers wrote pieces on him. the corruption charges, well the fbi did once investigate perata. but that investigation was dropped. >>> a

randy shandobil. >> reporter: the owners of the agency that whitman used to hire their housekeeper says they use resources to figure out the legal status. the owners added that they bought the agency two years ago, long after diaz started working for whitman. >>> you can find more on this story on our website including more video from the press conferences with gloria alred and meg whitman, just go to ktvu.com. >>> a man accused of shooting an officer last month pled not guilty today. barriettos is charged in eight offenses. many of young's fellow officers were in court today as barrientos stood before a judge. >>>-- this robber has surprised officers with the tactics that he's using. robert handa live in san jose tonight with more on this, robert. >> reporter: frank, we're outside the chase bank on capital expressway where the attempted robberies took place. police believe the suspect in both crimes is the same man. hartman of san jose was surprised to say the least to see the chase bank has been the site of two robberies. especially as hartman put it, everybody knows there's cameras a

randy shandobil is on campus. he'll be joining you here in just about 15 minutes. reporting live tonight in san rafael. mike mibach. >> go to ktvu.com, we will continue to update our website for you throughout the evening? -z the obama administration today lifted the moratorium on deep water oil drilling in the gulf of mexico which is the site of the nation's worse manmade disaster ever. president obama imposed to ban after the oil rig explosion and spill. the ban was set to be lifted next month but the administration now says it is satisfied drilling can safely resume under it's new regulations and industry safety reforms. >>> today google has announced plans for a major investment. the network will supply electricity from future windfalls and could potentially serve 1.5 million households. at this time it's investing tens of millions. dollars. the process is still in the application phase. >>> back now to our weather here in the bay area where we're certainly feeling the heat more today than yesterday. and bill that's exactly what you told us to expect yesterday.

. >> reporter: political editor randy shandobil, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> early voting in the novemberelection is set to begin this coming monday when bay area election officials plan to send out the ballots. voters will receive them in a week to ten days. the last day they can put in a request for a vote by mail ballots is october 26th. >> a campus community in mourning. the growing memorial for a gay teenager who committed suicide. and why some say prosecutors aren't being tough enough. >> and right now i am tracking the fog that is moving into your area around the bay. i will tell you how far it will get tomorrow morning. >> and it has become part ah, focus group. so what are we testing here? that's our new pastrami grilled sandwich. oh, great. hey, are they happy we got rid of the rye bread? totally. they love our grilled artisan bread. they say it's the perfect compliment to the classic hot pastrami, melting cheese, deli mustard and pickles. awesome. hey, um what are we testing in that room? oh! nothing we were just hazin' the intern. . >> it is all over at at&t park. the padres b

. >> reporter: political editor randy shandobil, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> early voting in the november election is set to begin this coming monday when bay area election officials plan to send out the ballots. voters will receive them in a week to ten days. the last day they can put in a request for a vote by mail ballots is october 26th. >> a campus community in mourning. the growing memorial for a gay teenager who committed suicide. and why some say prosecutors aren't being tough enough. >> and right now i am tracking the fog that is moving into your area around the bay. i will tell you how far it will get tomorrow morning. >> and it has become part of our culture. now space is chronicled in a new movie. how it can have an impact on the palo alto company. >> another small earthquake this morning. >> frank somerville, julie haener, week nights on ktvu, channel 2 news at 6. . >> it is all over at at&t park. the padres beat the giants 6-4. fred will have the highlights coming up in a few minutes. san francisco now needs to win one of the final two games against san diego on saturday or