this is randy shandobil. >>> still to come on "a second look," randy sets out to discover if the right cologne could drive women wild. >> maybe it's just takes longer. >> and a bit later, it's only rock'n'roll, but he likes it. ♪ celebrate . >>> we continue our "a second look" at some of the offbeat stories rany shandobil covered during the 32 years at ktvu. in 1986 a new product came outer a cologne that was supposed to make women swoon over the mepwho wear it. was randy's assignment to find out if it worked. >> reporter: scientists are all calling it the mystery chemical that drives women wild, that is what local ads claim. appearance doesn't matter, you could be rich, poor, fat or thin, hairy or bald, wear the chemical and mystery women will be drawn to you. it is called attractant 10 and contains pheromones that the ads say is the most powerful female sex attractant noun to men. it works on their subconscious. >> breeders have been using them for a long time -- not human pheromones, but dog pheromones. dog's spay is in essence a way to attract sexually other animals. had he always

and a young reporter named randy shandobil began his tenure at ktvu. >> dennis, despite that wide margin of victory it wasn't until just a few minutes -- >> reporter: today bay area viewers know him as our political editor. but randy was not always politically correct. he first arrived on the scene as a producer. which covered a number of stories, including a new scent that was supposed to make women swoon. shandobil moved up to more serious stories. which led to death threats on his life. randy is no stranger to being a witness to history. he was one of the first to see the true devastation of the loma prieta earthquake: just minutes after the earthquake hit, randy described what he saw from a helicopter. >> this is one of the most frightening sights one can imagine. >> reporter: randy was on the steps of the u.s. supreme court when it made the decision on the presidential race between george w. bush and al gore. >> after an intense day, it's time to wait and see here in washington tonight. >> reporter: as ktvu political editor, randy interviewed presidents and presidential hopefuls, ma

and a young reporter named randy shandobil began his tenure at ktvu. >> dennis, despite that wide margin of victory it wasn't until just a few minutes -- >> reporter: today bay area viewers know him as our political editor. but randy was not always politically correct. he first arrived on the scene as a producer. which covered a number of stories, including a new scent that was supposed to make women swoon. shandobil moved up to more serious stories. which led to death threats on his life. randy is no stranger to being a witness to history. he was one of the first to see the true devastation of the loma prieta earthquake: just minutes after the earthquake hit, randy described what he saw from a helicopter. >> this is one of the most frightening sights one can imagine. >> reporter: randy was on the steps of the u.s. supreme court when it made the decision on the presidential race between george w. bush and al gore. >> after an intense day, it's time to wait and see here in washington tonight. >> reporter: as ktvu political editor, randy interviewed presidents and presidential hopefuls, ma

. >>> usually at this time our randy shandobil is tracking down a politician and maybe trying to dodgerandy's question or working on a report that clarifies a political issue. in instead he's just about to clear out his desk. this is randy shandobil's last day here. >> a young reporter named randy shandobil began his tenure at ktvu. >> dennis, despite that wide margin of victory it wasn't just until a few minutes ago -- >> as ktvu political editor, randy interviewed mayors and politicians, never shying away from his questions. >> come over here, i'll give you a hug. come over here. i'm going to give you a hug. >> you're warm and friendly. >> he says you don't make appointments quick enough. that you're not decisive enough. >> randy is no stranger of being a witness to history. he was one of the first to see the devastation of the loma prieta earthquake. he described what he saw from a helicopter. >> this is truly one of the most depressing, frightening sights one could possibly imagine. >> reporter: randy was on the steps of the u.s. supreme court when it made the decision between geor

our political editor randy shandobil joins us again.if this trend continues, what a changes. >>> >> pretty much everything changes for president obama. now the president will have to deal with the house controlled by republicans and the new speaker of the house will be john boehner. he wants to stop the president, stop the president's spending programs and he says republicans will even try to reverse key components of health care reform. >> so seems nancy pelosi is out. >> she certainly is out. she's out as speaker. the question is will she stick around and try to become the democrats majority leader, she's not saying. after losing the house, will democrats even want her as leader, don't know that yet either. this isn't just a loss for nancy pelosi. most all of california democrats in the house will suffer too. some of them are currently chairing economies but with republicans in control, all of that comes to an end. democrats will lose their committee chairmanship, california losing it clout. >>> want to take you live right now to san

tonight political editor editor randy shandobil has the story.aitians have been rioting all week, attacking united nations groups and doctors because many haitians believe that u.n. troops there to help earthquake recovery inadvertently brought the cholera with them. two patients back in the safety of loving arms but feeling brake light about it. >> it was a mixture of i'm so relieved to get out, but how can i thief these people here. >> the priest and ambulance and siren on. >> reporter: doctors there to treat cholera in order to escape pretended to have cholera. >> we pretended like one of us was a patient and we were able to get through in the ambulance. we just told people, we have a patient with cholera, you may not want to get near us. seems to have been political motivated. because these riots have gone in three different cities all at the same time. >> reporter: did the u.n. trigger the epidemic? no one knows but it doesn't matter. people are dying and doctors are free. randy shandobil. >>> those chilean miners who were trapped under grou

our political editor randy shandobil joins us again.if this trend continues, what a changes. >>> >> pretty much everything changes for president obama. now the president will have to deal with the house controlled by republicans and the new speaker of the house will be john boehner. he wants to stop the president, stop the president's spending programs and he says republicans will even try to reverse key components of health care reform. >> so seems nancy pelosi is out. >> she certainly is out. she's out as speaker. the question is will she stick around and try to become the democrats majority leader, she's not saying. after losing the house, will democrats even want her as leader, don't know that yet either. this isn't just a loss for nancy pelosi. most all of california democrats in the house will suffer too. some of them are currently chairing economies but with republicans in control, all of that comes to an end. democrats will lose their committee chairmanship, california losing it clout. >>> want to take you live right now to san

tonight political editor editor randy shandobil has the story.aitians have been rioting all week, attacking united nations groups and doctors because many haitians believe that u.n. troops there to help earthquake recovery inadvertently brought the cholera with them. two patients back in the safety of loving arms but feeling brake light about it. >> it was a mixture of i'm so relieved to get out, but how can i thief these people here. >> the priest and ambulance and siren on. >> reporter: doctors there to treat cholera in order to escape pretended to have cholera. >> we pretended like one of us was a patient and we were able to get through in the ambulance. we just told people, we have a patient with cholera, you may not want to get near us. seems to have been political motivated. because these riots have gone in three different cities all at the same time. >> reporter: did the u.n. trigger the epidemic? no one knows but it doesn't matter. people are dying and doctors are free. randy shandobil. >>> those chilean miners who were trapped under grou

we begin with political editor randy shandobil. he's live in oakland where democrats held a final get out the vote rally this evening. randy-- >> reporter: julie, while most political analysts are predicting a terrible election day for democrats on the national level, here in california democrats actually could be just fine, they certainly seemed optimistic in oakland's jack lindon square tonight. democrats feared that attorney general jerry brown was going to get squashed by republican meg whitman $160 million campaign. he didn't have the money or the energy to compete democrats feared, but tonight election eve, most polls suggest the former governor will be elected governor once again. >> so you think you got it? >> i never count my chickens before they're hatched but things are looking pretty good. >> reporter: just weeks ago supporters of senator barbara boxer who's running for reelection feared that she along with other congressional democrats would be booted out of office, blamed for the poor economy but the polls now say boxe

political editor randy shandobil, ktvu news. >>> outgoing oakland mayor ron dellums will announce his outgoing speech online. >>> in san francisco tonight, firefighters gather to remember the city's first minority fire chief joseph medina. he was born in solano county but raised in san francisco. medina was tapped to be chief. by the time he retired the organization was 33% minority and 6% female. medina died last month at the age of 75. >>> it was warm out there today, temperatures warmer than yesterday. weapon we did in fact, set a record in san rafael. the white dot represent tide daytime highs. above average the temperatures there on the cool down. temperatures trend downright into the weekend. pardon me, with a chance of rain. as we go into friday night and into saturday. so big changes coming. it'll be kind of cool overnight but not freezing. i don't think there'll be enough frost. 54 in concord, 54 in freemont. san mateo will be a mostly sunny days, it's a gradual cooling trend. >>> the uc berkeley community took a moment today to remember the victims of hate crimes. the univer

political editor randy shandobil, ktvu news. >>> outgoing oakland mayor ron dellums will announce his outgoing speech online. >>> in san francisco tonight, firefighters gather to remember the city's first minority fire chief joseph medina. he was born in solano county but raised in san francisco. medina was tapped to be chief. by the time he retired the organization was 33% minority and 6% female. medina died last month at the age of 75. >>> it was warm out there today, temperatures warmer than yesterday. weapon we did in fact, set a record in san rafael. the white dot represent tide daytime highs. above average the temperatures there on the cool down. temperatures trend downright into the weekend. pardon me, with a chance of rain. as we go into friday night and into saturday. so big changes coming. it'll be kind of cool overnight but not freezing. i don't think there'll be enough frost. 54 in concord, 54 in freemont. san mateo will be a mostly sunny days, it's a gradual cooling trend. >>> the uc berkeley community took a moment today to remember the victims of hate crimes. the univer

we begin with political editor randy shandobil. he's live in oakland where democrats held a final get out the vote rally this evening. randy-- >> reporter: julie, while most political analysts are predicting a terrible election day for democrats on the national level, here in california democrats actually could be just fine, they certainly seemed optimistic in oakland's jack lindon square tonight. democrats feared that attorney general jerry brown was going to get squashed by republican meg whitman $160 million campaign. he didn't have the money or the energy to compete democrats feared, but tonight election eve, most polls suggest the former governor will be elected governor once again. >> so you think you got it? >> i never count my chickens before they're hatched but things are looking pretty good. >> porter: just weeks ago supporters of senator barbara boxer who's running for reelection feared that she along with other congressional democrats would be booted out of office, blamed for the poor economy but the polls now say boxer

ktvu's political editor randy shandobil is in the newsroom tonight. >> reporter: jean quan is suddenlyn more demand than ever. today her first day as oakland's new mayor elect. in one of the first duties, a veteran's day salute to retired members of the military living in an oakland seniors community. >> mrs. ruby pain from the army. >> reporter: on election night nine days ago, don perrata seemed to be the victor. easily winning the most first place votes, but since he didn't cross the 50% threshold under oakland's ranked choice system. second and third choices were factored in. yesterday it became official that those votes pushed quan into the race. >> have you congratulated quan? >> i have done, i have done. >> i won by 11,000 votes on the popular vote. and i defeated jean quan in 78% of the precincts. >> reporter: but perrata conceded and promised to help quan. >> reporter: i am willing to do anything i have to do. >> reporter: today he said he just wants to be a citizen again. >> so are you saying this is your political swan song? >> i have no plans to run for anything else. and i

we're bringing randy shandobil into our coverage to give us a perspective on what it will mean if a major shift. >>> 18 more families filed suit yet in san mateo court. the áf reporting that pg && e did not properly respond to warnings calls. >>> and officials in san francisco are blaming a water surge for several water breaks. the contra costa water district says there was a break in detroit avenue and another one in oak drove and apple. 30 homes and several apartments were without water because of those breaks. crews also worked on broken pipes in the city of pleasanthill. >>> firefighters rescued several people in a burning apartment building, including two children. about 40 fire fighters responded and rescued seven people from the upper floors of that building. one adult and two children were hospitalized for treatment of smoke inhalation. it appears the fire began in the basement. they estimate the damage to be 1/25 of a million dollars. >>> we have much more election coverage when we come back. >>> supporters of proposition 19 are getting ready to watch the election returns, their

our political editor randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: it's back to the future.ho decades ago was labeled governor moonbeam is now proclaiming himself governor practical. >> it was a really good victory last night. but of course it just paves the way for a lot of very hard work up ahead. >> reporter: meeting with reporters today in his oakland office, the governor elect acknowledged that beating his wealthy opponent meg whitman was the easy part. finding a way to pay for everything californians want and overcome a predicted $12 billion deficit, that's the hard part. >> i'm very aware of the deficit. i am very aware of how long it's been around. it's defied the best efforts of several governors. all i can tell you is i didn't create this mess. i am going to be straight and tell it like it is. i will do everything i can to make it work. >> reporter: some good news for the governor elect. last night californians voted to get rid of the two-thirds requirement to pass the budget. that means that the democrats should have an easier time of getting the budgets out on ti

officially decided to run for governor in march of this year, we sat down with ktvu's editor randy shandobillk about his decision. >> reporter: a former coverage secretary of state, two-term governor and mayor of oakland and now attorney general. jerry brown has lots of achievements and according to his critics, lots of baggage too. >> it can be frustrating. is they emblematic of someone who want part of the state game. i proposed satellite and if we had it today it would have saved us millions of dollars and be helpful in emergency communications during earthquakes or fire. secondly, i was also in the cutting-edge. california led the world in electricity generated from wind power and we had a major thrust towards solar energy 30 years ago. >> reporter: so when they say "governor moon beam," you say what? ahead of your time. >> i would say i with a ahead of my time. i did the unusual, i lived in an apartment and yes, i took linda ronstadt to africa and maybe that was a mistake. >> reporter: why was that a mistake? >> it isn't what is needed in a presidential campaign. let's put it that way.

our political editor randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: it's back to the future.ho decades ago was labeled governor moonbeam is now proclaiming himself governor practical. >> it was a really good victory last night. but of course it just paves the way for a lot of very hard work up ahead. >> reporter: meeting with reporters today in his oakland office, the governor elect acknowledged that beating his wealthy opponent meg whitman was the easy part. finding a way to pay for everything californians want and overcome a predicted $12 billion deficit, that's the hard part. >> i'm very aware of the deficit. i am very aware of how long it's been around. it's defied the best efforts of several governors. all i can tell you is i didn't create this mess. i am going to be straight and tell it like it is. i will do everything i can to make it work. >> reporter: some good news for the governor elect. last night californians voted to get rid of the two-thirds requirement to pass the budget. that means that the democrats should have an easier time of getting the budgets out on ti

. >>> randy shandobil from ktvu is moving on now after 32 years here at ktvu. >> what's this?says there's only one 2 and there's only one you. >> yesterday, the general manager led the entire staff in honoring randy shandobil for his achievement over the years. randy joined ktvu back in 1978. he's interviewed presidents, presidential hopefuls, mayor, governors, all of them. randy says he hasn't decided yet what he plans to do next but after 32 years of facing tv deadlines, he says it's time to try something new. >> very talented. wonderful writer. >>> new accident in the east bay. it's closed down a road. not a good way to end the morning. >> a that's right. castro ranch road, near interstate 80. 80's been okay. that intersection is blocked. they've opened up a few lanes but the intersection is still closed. the bay bridge looks okay coming into san francisco. the morning commute is all right in san francisco along northbound 101. now at 8:57. let's go to steve. >> freeze warning ended at 8:00 a.m. we'll have a frost advisory kick in tonight. highs will be in the 50s. lows in

political randy shandobil has our report. >> reporter: the rush of being oakland's new mayor elect, quan today in more demand than ever. one of her first duties as mayor elect. a veteran's day salute to veterans living in a veteran's complex. last night perrata seemed to be the victor, easily winning the most first place votes. >> i defeated jean quan in 78% of the precincts in oakland. if this would have been a normal election, i would have been the winner. >> reporter: have you congratulated quan. >> i have done, i have done. >> reporter: he did concede and promised to help jean quan. >> i intend to do whatever i can, whatever i am asked to do. >> reporter: when he was the state senator, he was the state's most powerful. >> i don't have plans to run for anything else. i'm 65, it probably is. >> reporter: quan said she welcomes perratas's help but disagrees over his thoughts on the race. >> reporter: quan's victory has set off a debate on the new voting process. but both said it is time to move on. >>> these are the highs from today. they did warm up but overnight lows are the story ton

yesterday ktvu general manager tim mcbay that was him speaking there lead the entire staff honoring randy shandobil. he joined ktvu in 1978. he's interviewed president, president hopefuls, mayors, and governors and he was never afraid to ask the tough questions. >> willly brown said harsh things about you today. >> come over here i'm going to give you a hug. >> he didn't say that. >> r.n. di -- randy says he hasn't decided on what he is going to do next. he says after 32 years of tv deadlines there is time for something new. >>> new plan for a new universal pass. the plan introduced by ross would save people 12 years and older $3 to get into mouth tower the conservatory of flowers. one the day plan would set different rates. children under the age of five they would get in for free. >>> very nice. coming up at 6:00 let's check in with sal. >> it's looking pretty good. the roads are doing well. the airports are not bad. this is a look at 280, 880 as you head up to highway 17. black ice reported on 17. this mornings commute looks pretty good. if you're driving to the bay bridge toll plaza it's very n

randy shandobil is one of just a few people who have been allowed to take a look. >> reporter: ufc neardowntown los angeles. two boxes filled with governor jerry brown's archives. papers from when he was first sworn in until he left office four years later. early letters, many were handwritten back then. showed that at first even republicans praised the young democrat. former governor's have veto power of who getting access to their archives. the meg whitman campaign tried to get access to the archives but they say the governor turned them down. but if whitman had gotten access she probably wouldn't have found anything too damaging here. our sampling didn't. letters complaining about brown being late for meetings but no smoking guns. >> back in the 70s there were lots of western union telegrams here's one. >> reporter: it notified brown that the transition to him from ronald reagan was complete. lots of congratulating letters, one says, i look like liz taylor it say, brown did not respond. and early in his career, people even wrote songs about him. judging by what he stored in his archi

political editor, randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> after congress boosted benefits in the food stamps program, it may now take them away. the benefits are in jeopardy when congress returns for a session next week. the hike and food stamps prevented a hunger crisis in the u.s. and rolling them back would be a huge mistake. >> more people would be hungry, those people already hungry will be hungrier if they take away this extra food stamp. >> the house would cut food stamps for school lunches. >>> local air waves waves were stopped after they fell victim to the economy. pacifica air waves let go of all their morning show. a union representing the staff filed a complaint with the national labor relations board last week saying management failed to consider an alternative to the cuts. but with a half a million dollars deficit. the board said it had no other options. there's still no word on a replacement program. >>> and bill, after last night's cooler temperatures, we're seeing showers. >> these are very light showers. we have reports of drizzle in napa. we have reports of light s

randy shandobil is one of just a few people who have been allowed to take a look. >> reporter: ufc neardowntown los angeles. two boxes filled with governor jerry brown's archives. papers from when he was first sworn in until he left office four years later. early letters, many were handwritten back then. showed that at first even republicans praised the young democrat. former governor's have veto power of who getting access to their archives. the meg whitman campaign tried to get access to the archives but they say the governor turned them down. but if whitman had gotten access she probably wouldn't have found anything too damaging here. our sampling didn't. letters complaining about brown being late for meetings but no smoking guns. >> back in the 70s there were lots of western union telegrams here's one. >> reporter: it notified brown that the transition to him from ronald reagan was complete. lots of congratulating letters, one says, i look like liz taylor it say, brown did not respond. and early in his career, people even wrote songs about him. judging by what he stored in his archi

political randy shandobil has our report. >> reporter: the rush of being oakland's new mayor elect, quan today in more demand than ever. one of her first duties as mayor elect. a veteran's day salute to veterans living in a veteran's complex. last night perrata seemed to be the victor, easily winning the most first place votes. >> i defeated jean quan in 78% of the precincts in oakland. if this would have been a normal election, i would have been the winner. >> reporter: have you congratulated quan. >> i have done, i have done. >> reporter: he did concede and promised to help jean quan. >> i intend to do whatever i can, whatever i am asked to do. >> reporter: when he was the state senator, he was the state's most powerful. >> i don't have plans to run for anything else. i'm 65, it probably is. >> reporter: quan said she welcomes perratas's help but disagrees over his thoughts on the race. >> reporter: quan's victory has set off a debate on the new voting process. but both said it is time to move on. >>> these are the highs from today. they did warm up but overnight lows are the story ton