live in san bruno, john alston, abc news. >> thank you. >>> a couple more items about the utility. pg&e is trying to figure out exactly what caused a blackout that left customers without power in daily city, brisbane and san francisco's visitation valley. the lights went out just aver -- just after 6:00. pg&e hopes to have all of the power restored sometime during the next hour or so. >>> meantime, pg&e has shut off power to three customers in santa cruz county who replaced their smart meters with non-wireless models. they hired an electrician to remove the meters without pg&e's permission believing they are a health hazard. they returned them to a payment center last week. the utility said it warned customers that their power would be shut off if they removed the smart meters on their own. but that's only if they removed the meters claiming it was a public safety issue. >>> tonight agencies around the state are trying to figure out how to fill the holes left by a billion dollar budget cut announced by governor brown. >> these cuts to the university and in support of services and t

live in san bruno, john alston, abc news. >> thank you. >>> a couple more items about the utility. pg&e is trying to figure out exactly what caused a blackout that left customers without power in daily city, brisbane and san francisco's visitation valley. the lights went out just aver -- just after 6:00. pg&e hopes to have all of the power restored sometime during the next hour or so. >>> meantime, pg&e has shut off power to three customers in santa cruz county who replaced their smart meters with non-wireless models. they hired an electrician to remove the meters without pg&e's permission believing they are a health hazard. they returned them to a payment center last week. the utility said it warned customers that their power would be shut off if they removed the smart meters on their own. but that's only if they removed the meters claiming it was a public safety issue. >>> tonight agencies around the state are trying to figure out how to fill the holes left by a billion dollar budget cut announced by governor brown. >> these cuts to the university and in support of services and t

stores for malls like this one here at tanforan in san bruno. if they go, the smaller retails will hurt too. reporting live in san bruno, linda yee, cbs 5. >>> despite the trouble at sears, americans are gaining faith in the economy. an improving job outlook sent consumer confidence to an eight- month high. the index rose by nearly 10 points in its second consecutive monthly gain. but analysts say the numbers are far below where they would be in a healthy economy. >>> governor brown says the key it convincing californians to raise their own taxes is to convince them that the alternative is much worse. he is pushing a plan to raise an extra $7 billion a year. he wants to increase the state sales tax by half a percent and raise income taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year. an okay from the legislature will send it to the 2012 ballot. brown says if the voters reject it the cuts would be drastic. >> in my opinion, this is the

. >>> pg&e takes responsibility for the san bruno explosion. victims say it is about time. >>> what you don't see here is the pollution and the fog and the freezing temperatures and the rain that is on the way. lots to talk about. >>> injury accident has already been reported in san jose on northbound 87 approaching 101 here's a live shot. details on a freeway closure on the peninsula. >>> good wednesday morning. 4 been 31 a.m., i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. the spotlight on sacramento focus on uc police and officials for the way they've handled occupy protests on campus. new development in the case of the oakland police officer who shot an occupied protester with a bean bag last month. katie marzullo is live with the latest. >> reporter: the occupy fallout is falling on two fronts. an oakland police officer and his supervisor have been removed from street duty over this incident which happened in the general strike in early november. in that video, you see an officer fire a bean bag, campbell was hit the leg. using bean bags in crow

those are some of the lessons we actually learned from san bruno. we had to make sure we had the commands all in order and the communications and needed to be sent up a little bit better. -- needed to be synce littled up better . >> i would like to go back. i think we are each a different. i would guess for the bay area, the disaster that we know is happening, we just do not know when, is a major earthquake, either on the west side of the day or the east side of the day, more likely on the east side, the hayward fault, that we're expecting a major incident within 30 years. and we're now in the 142 yea ä40-year hayward fault earthquake. we have not retrofitted our buildings. i felt -- i feel like we are like katrina. we knew the levees were not strong enough in at new orleans. we knew that the levies needed to be reinforced. in northern california, we know that, say, along the hayward fault that if it were to happen today at the level of retrofits that have been done, we will lose about 15,000 lives. in oakland, i will lose one- third of all my renta

. >> brent: pgand e wants to take responsibly for the deadly blast in san bruno last year. we have reaction on a bill that passed today in washington to better protect you. >>> and an architect is drawing up plans for a new high rise drawing serious controversial because of a resemblance to the twin towers. >>> an important vote is in. it concerns the future of the 49ers' new stadium plans in santa clara. this is a rendering of what the stadium would look like. kate thompson is live. >> reporter: well , a huge piece of the puzzle falling into place for the 49ers tonight. the city council of santa clara approving the $850 million loan to help them build their new stadium. the council chamber erupting with applause as the city council approved the $850 million loan to build the new stadium. financial officer of the frienlers, larry mc -- 49ers, larry mcneil, says prapgz for the site will -- preparation will begin in january. >> brent: -- >> brent: >> reporter: most people at the meeting were stadium supporterers like all of these unemployed construction workers who say the pr

in some places the pressure is allegedly five times the amount that was running through the san brunoipeline when it exploded last year. >>> 4:55 now. if you're just getting ready to hit the roads. we want to traffic the commute forecast with mike. >> it's looking really light as far as the volume goes christina -- sorry, marla, but because of christina's forecast in the rain, the drizzle. we have slicker roadways. we have an accident on the maze. westbound 580 approaching interstate 80. a car went into a retaining wall. no major injuries. the rest of the routes are moving smoothly with no overnight construction because of the drizzles. they just called it off. >> here's a question. what would you do for 50 grand. how about jumpg from a burning high-rise? >> how about being covered in insects? >> nope. >> maybe dangle from a high flying helicopters. >> nothing. >> those are a few of the things con is tes tants will face in the return of fear factor on nbc. >> maybe for half million. >> but 50 dpragrand, no. the reality show is back and it remeres tonight. four pairs of contestants tak

. >>> just days after taking responsibility for the san bruno blast, pg & e is showing off its latest effort to help prevent gas leaks. tom vacar is live at lake san andres near milbrae where he spoke to the executive who overseas the utilities pipeline. >> reporter: the high pressure gas lines here included the san bruno line rupture, these new valves can quickly shut off the high pressure jet stream. >> if they sense an abnormal event, they can shut down automatically to stop the flow of gas. >> reporter: just this one valve project in this one location will cost a half million dollars. in total pg & e will do this 228 times. of the 150 miles of major gas miles in populated areas that pg & e hopes to hydrotest has gone 100 miles beyond that. >> this will indeed be the safest gas system in the country. >> reporter: all of this rings hollow for an attorney representing several san bruno victims especially pg & e's recent statement that it accepts full responsibility for the blast. >> a smoke screen, anyone that was there that saw what pg & e did understands that what they did is gave

city of san bruno itself is at fault.s recent announcement today was made at the request of the judge presiding over the case to make it clear that we are liable for the accident and we are taking on financial responsibility for compensation. >> eight people died in that explosion and fire. dozens were injured and nearly 40 homes leveled. a court hearing on the case is set for friday. >>> other bay area headlines now. critics of oakland mayor jean quan sit the streets today in hopes of getting her out of office. they started gathering efforts for the recall effort. they have until may 14 to collect 20,000 signatures and if they are successful, the initiative could hit the ballot in november. >>> california lottery investigators are looking for a serial burglar who has stolen lottery tickets from at least 18 locations in the san jose, sunny vail, and mountain view areas. the suspect is 29-year-old kelsey fam. the burglary steals lottery tickets. she is currently on probation for similar burglaries last year. >>> the east b

san bruno itself is at fault. this recent announcement today was made at the request of the judge presiding over the cases to make it very clear that we are liable for the accident and we are taking on financial responsibility for compensation. >> eight people died in that explosion. dozens were injured, and nearly 40 homes destroyed. a court hearing on the case is set for fri. >>> other bay area headlines now, critics of oakland mayor jean quan hit the streets today, in hopes of getting her out of office. they started gathering signatures for their recall effort. they have until may 14 to collect 20,000 signatures, and if they are successful, that initiative could hit the ballot in november. >>> california lottery investigators are looking for a serial burglar who has stolen lottery tickets from at least 18 locations in the san jose, sunnyvale, and mountain view areas. the suspect is 29-year-old kelsey pham. the burglar steals lottery tickets and cashes in on the wins. pham is currently on probation for similar b

live in san bruno, abc 7 news. >> quite a task there. john thanks very much. >> san mateo assemblyman hill has been one of the harshest critic of pg&e since he can motion and has been pushing the utility to test its large delivery pipe across the entire system. late today he issued a statement saying in part now pg&e needs to reverse itself and have the shareholders pay their fair share of pipeline replacement instead of forcing rate payers to cover 90 percent. >>> for public schools across california tonight, the good news is that the bad news isn't worse. automatic budget cut are going to take a small bite out of k through 12 but a much bigger chunk out of higher education. close behind social programs for the poor and the needy across california. capitol correspondent annette has the story. >>reporter: school district throughout california are breathing a sigh of relief. enough tax revenue came in to avoid much of the one and a half billion dollar cut to education that could have meant 7 fewer days of school. >> still not enough. >>rep

on san bruno ave we have very heavy traffic. why should we, meaning the constituents, such an application, and have six or seven processes that are very convoluted? it is because we pay them thousands of dollars. they should make it simple. and one single application that points to them that has heavy traffic and six or seven deaths, and action should be taken. very recently, and the district supervisor from district 9 should be aware of this because i sent him photographs and everything. for over a year and a half the paintings on the crosswalk were fatded. pibig pot hole. i do not know how nobody died there.

. >>> pg&e admitting it is responsible for the san bruno explosion, but why now? what prosecutors speculate is behind this move. >> plus officials in the hot seat in sacramento today talking about police tactics at occupy protests on college campuses. find out who else will be speaking. >>> we give you a live look outside this morning. that is oakland, people rolling down 880. it is wednesday, december 14th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning everyone. the time now is 4:31. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. we're looking good this morning. cold out there, about as cold as we were yesterday. baugh really nice afternoon. then the clouds roll in ahead of rain showers in the forecast for tomorrow morning. you want to enjoy today if you want to get outside in particular. 45 in san francisco. 29 in santa rosa and 40 in san jose where mike is already following an early morning accident. >> good morning, christina. the good news is no injuries are reported. th

i was happy. >> i was grateful, too. >> i was grateful, too. >> reporter: in san bruno, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> coming up, first, an explosion. then a fire. how the holiday weekend started in one city. on a tragic an unusual note. >>> and they are accused of preying on the elderly. to steal a million dollars. how a bay area couple's alleged scheme ended with a bit of bad luck. >>> and the extraordinary gifts locked into a bay area celebration army kettle. we will tell you all about it when we come back. ,,,,,,,, county. >>> a home exploded leaving one woman dead and a man badly burned. this is in san bernardino county. firefighters pulled the man from the burning duplex and later found the body of the woman who may be the man's wife inside. >> we haven't been able to confirm the relationship between the burn victim and the deceased. basically everything is very preliminary at this point. we're working in coordination with the fire inspectors and our detectives at this point. >> reporter: the man is hospitalized with burns to more than half of his body. he is expected to survive. the

i'm grateful, too. >> in san bruno, cbs 5. >>> they aren't the only ones sharing holiday spirit. they are collecting toys for san francisco's neediest children tonight. their toy drive ends in three hours and then emergency workers will take those toys, walk around the streets looking for needy kids and hand them out. >>> shoppers who waited until the last minute to buy their gifts actually got rewarded with some great deals. at hillsdale mall and malls nationwide, customers could find discounts of 30 to 50% off in some stores. retail experts say stores are selling merchandise at or below cost just to clear it off their shelves. if you thought the malls were busy today, crowds are expected to be massive on monday right up there with black friday. >> gift cards really fuel a will the of the day after christmas shopping. it used to be ploy marely returns. now gift cards are the number one most popular gift and people can't wait to go in and spend those gift cards. >> sales are expected to total nearly $470 billion this holiday season. coming up, the collapse certainly scared the sol

pg&e set to go to trial for the san bruno blast sometime in july. >>> san bruno pipeline disaster just one of several accidents that prompted federal legislation which won final approval in the u.s. senate yesterday. the bill doubled the maximum fine for pipeline safety violations and adds penalties for obstructing safety investigations. it also requires new pipelines to have automatic shutoff valves. critics say the bill doesn't go far enough and it says the old pipelines, those are the ones that are in most need of the valves. the bill goes on to the white house for the president's signature. >>> two recent rapes in san francisco's mission district could lead to changes in the neighborhood. city leaders and police will meet with neighbors who live near the scenes of the attacks tonight. a woman was attacked on fair oaks street. neighbors will get an update on the investigation and talk about getting bet. >> interpreter: lighting in that area tonight. >>> we know more this morning about a shooting in an in-and-out parking lot in pinole. the 23-year-old man from sacramento was meeting

we talked to people about, you know, i will use san bruno as an example, we had all the resources you could want or need that evening, but there's no major -- no other major incident happening. if we have a major earthquake, that will not be the only thing happening. we face of a two hours, but we are actually pushing people to be self-sufficient for even a week. they need to have supplies in their house. the other thing we learned from san bruno and what we have been teaching people is when the disaster happened, people needed to call relatives outside of the area. they also realize that -- maybe they did or maybe they did not listen, but they had to have all their papers in some place other than their home should there be a disaster. and a lot of people struggled after the fire because they have lost everything, including their insurance papers and all their other important papers. we tried to tell people, you are going to be responsible for yourself for the most part until the public safety people can come to you, and i can be a very long time. i think we really learn from some of

janet is live at the mall in san bruno to explain why this weekend may be the best time to find bargins>> reporter: that's right. the so-called super saturday is usually the last saturday before christmas, that's when stores drop their prices but next week is christmas. many of the stores starting their sales one week early. >> we are -- this 75% off all diamonds,. >> reporter: it's not just a sparkle and shine that's luring shoppers in to same jewelers. discounts of up to 80% are put age gleam in people's eyes. >> people are still -- waiting for the last moment you know? they think they will be more than -- >> reporter: many are rolling out their rock bottom prices now. moving super saturday sales up a week. >> getting it done early. next week will be christmas and then -- that's when it gets hectic. >> reporter: from department stores to other shops. >> it's a lot of thing that are 50 to 60% off instead of like 20% off. >> coupons and more like extra savings and better deals. >> reporter: for some it's the latest price cut in a group of promotions from black friday to cyber monday, gr

janet is live at the mall in san bruno to explain why this weekend may be the best time to find bargins. >> reporter: that's right. the so-called super saturday is usually the last saturday before christmas, that's when stores drop their prices but next week is christmas. many of the stores starting their sales one week early. >> we are -- this 75% off all diamonds,. >> reporter: it's not just a sparkle and shine that's luring shoppers in to same jewelers. discounts of up to 80% are put age gleam in people's eyes. >> people are still -- waiting for the last moment you know? they think they will be more than -- >> reporter: many are rolling out their rock bottom prices now. moving super saturday sales up a week. >> getting it done early. next week will be christmas and then -- that's when it gets hectic. >> reporter: from department stores to other shops. >> it's a lot of thing that are 50 to 60% off instead of like 20% off. >> coupons and more like extra savings and better deals. >> reporter: for some it's the latest price cut in a group of promotions from black friday to cyber monday,

san bruno fire burned for 90 minutes before the gas could be shut off manually.o automatic shut off. but the bill does not require the new valves on existing pipe lines. peninsula congresswon spear today said she would keep pushing for that. >> mean time pg&e new ceo says rate payers have good reason not to trust the utility. anthony early told reporters he's committed to winning back that trust. now early held a one hour meeting with reporters this afternoon and mark matthe matthews was among them. >> san bruno disaster in september of 2010 killed 8 people destroyed 37 homes. new ceo of the gas electric company said he understands he had customer confidence in the utility at unaccept bring low level. >> we have to win back our customers one customer at a time. >> anthony early believes the road back is a matter of providing excellent customer service. >> when we tell a customer we are there at a certain time and don't show up, that is disrespectful of the customer time and not just oh, well we missed it. we are not respecting them and i made it clear that type o

the san bruno gas line explosion destroyed dozens of homes. pg & e hopes it will allow the families to receive compensation sooner. go to the top story section at our home page at ktvu.com. >>> there's a reason to celebrate this evening. palo alto company finished on the nasdaq. makes web and mobile social networking businesses. $50 for a 250 gain. >>> more global markets pose danger and no hints about new stimulus measures. the dow lost and the nasdaq had a drop of more than 1%. >>> in oakland, the port is getting back to normal after yesterday's massive protest. there's a semitruck waiting to get back cargo. caused 500 long shoremen ships to go back. >>> oakland frank ogawa plaza was removed. three wooden platforms put up by the demonstrators. occupy activists and occupy trees as part of their ongoing protest. >>> the newest occupy encampment, you can see it's a makeshift boat. this afternoon, police told ktvu news they plan to contact sometime in the near future. they told us they hope more people show up to get an armada going. >>> today,

the restaurants include one in redwood city, brentwood, newark, san bruno, fairfield and two in san jose. again, this one right here in cupertino. i have put in a call to the parent company of chuck e cheese, cec entertainment, waiting to hear back from them for comment. reporting live from cupertino, i'm marla tellez. >> marla, thank you very much. >>> the end zone is within reach for the san francisco 49ers to make its move to the south bay. last night santa clara city council unanimously approved a financial plan to build a stadium next to great american theme park. goldman sachs, bank of america and u.s. bank have agreed to give the $850 million loan to the city to cover most of the project. the plan is to use the stadium revenue to pay off the loan. san francisco officials are still hopeful the team doesn't leave the city. >> you never know. things can happen. and even if you're behind in the fourth quarter by two touchdowns, we've seen what tebow has done. it can happen. things happen. fumbles happen. interceptions happen. >> still not a done deal. the plan requires the nfl to pitc

but at a job site just minutes away from where the san bruno pipe blew out, a company spokesman said is willing to accept financial responsibility for the damage. >> by accepting liable we are accepting financial responsibility to cover the costs of all the claims for the victims. >> a lawyer representing more than 50 of the victims calls the utility's admission a pr stunt. >> what they want to forget about are all of the corporate decisions that were made over 54 years. >> attorney frank points to a dysfunctional culture at pg&e, allowing failures to go on for decades. >> should we use the hydrostatic tests as opposed to paying bonuses and each year we know the decision was made you have to keep the executive bonuses going. >> he said the company should be forced to pay for more than just actual damages, they should be punished for decades of disregard. >> all i saw was fire all around me and i said either i'm going to make it or i'm going to guy. >> this man and his family survived, but their home was destroyed and like his attorney he believes pg&e should pay punitive damages. >>

deadly san bruno explosion.ressure tests, visual inspections. pg&e says restoring normal pressure will provide customers with adequate gas service during the winter. >>> the san francisco planning commission has given the america's cup yacht race the green light. last night they unanimously approved the environmental impact report. the public was able to comment before the commissioners voted. one group says the report missed the mark. many organizations like the san francisco travel association urged certification of the report because of the potential long term benefits of the city's global closure. >> the -- global exposure. >> the unending value -- >> this report failed to consider even just do the numbers and consider what the volume of traffic and noise and trash might be so if something needs to be done about it, it can be done. >> despite concerns the telegrah hill residents say they are happy the race is come together bay area. the plan now goes to the port commission which will discuss it today. >>> 4:

this is san bruno, where you can see a huge crowd there. this is the scene that we're seeing repeated across the bay area. people lined up. now let's take you to this map of the richmond mall. this is where we've heard about a possible issue of shots fired. sources say shots rang out in that line. we're hearing that one person is possibly in custody. we are not hearing about possible injuries. we're on the phone with police literally as we speak trying to get nfg. we have a crew -- information. we have a crew headed to the scene. we take you back to san bruno, we can show you what it's been looking like here and across the country with people trying to get their hands on some of these shoes. they are limited edition. they are released. they go for about 200. we're seeing the scene being placed all over the country, washington, georgia. >>> the fire yesterday broke out in a victorian home yesterday afternoon and spread to two other building and strong winds -- buildings and strong winds. kraig debro is live where firefighters are keeping an

do. >> i don't think that they totally understand how annoyed people were about what happened in san bruno. that is sort of unfortunate. >> reporter: crisis communication specialist brian baker said they are working on its image. >> policy makers, regulators, there are employees, they need to recruit some of the best and brightest and it's hard to if you have a bad reputation. >> reporter: baker says that they appear to be sincere in its approach is and is back up its words with actions. >> a once gritty street has a new look now after a six month long makeover. the $1.6 million model block project has turned the avenue in the bayview district into a sustainable streetscape. the improvements include landscaping that soaks up rain water and measures to slow photograph tick reduce accidents. even the street lights part of the design. >> the lights, they aren't these tall light that over hang. they are designed to hit the neighborhood. >> the city chose the street for the pilot program following a city wide search. >> the league of conservation voters says independent voters support environme

tonight pg & e qualifies its admission of responsibility for that pipeline san bruno explosion. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. 14 months later pg & e says it is liable for the accident. heather holmes is live in the crestmoore neighborhood are questioning the motivation behind the admission. >> reporter: one man who lost his home right here on crestmoore drive says this is to draw support as the trial comes near. pg & e accepted blame. the peligrini do not accept that the statement is a sign of remorse. >> they took something that basically took 15 months and four days. that we all kind of knew. i'm just curious to know the facts we don't know. >> reporter: pg & e said it was responsible for the explosion and says that it'll financially compensate the systems. pg & e is hopeful that today's announcements will allow the families to get settlements sooner. >> since the day of the the incident, pg & e has tried to cast itself in a better light and that's part of that. >> reporter: i spoke to steven campora and says today east admission was meaningless.

tonight pg & e qualifies its admission of responsibility for that pipeline san bruno explosion. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. 14 months later pg & e says it is liable for the accident. heather holmes is live in the crestmoore neighborhood are questioning the motivation behind the admission. >> reporter: one man who lost his home right here on crestmoore drive says this is to draw support as the trial comes near. pg & e accepted blame. the peligrini do not accept that the statement is a sign of remorse. >> they took something that basically took 15 months and four days. that we all kind of knew. i'm just curious to know the facts we don't know. >> reporter: pg & e said it was responsible for the explosion and says that it'll financially compensate the systems. pg & e is hopeful that today's announcements will allow the families to get settlements sooner. >> since the day of the the incident, pg & e has tried to cast itself in a better light and that's part of that. >> reporter: i spoke to steven campora and says today east admission was meaningless.

last year's deadly san bruno explosion was one of main topics discussed.as asked about the federal investigation that found the company did a poor job of recordkeeping on its network of pipelines and lack of transparency. >> that is something i think we need to look at and talk to the cpuc about what is the appropriate approach to access to records? >> earley says the company plans to spend more than two billion dollars to upgrade its gas pipeline system. the company says it will pick up 5 million of that the remaining 1.7 billion will be passed ton rate aers if approved by the california -- >>> crime doesn't pay, right? tell that to the victims of a thief in san francisco. police recovered eight truck loads of stolen goods when they arrested two in mar of -- march of last year. a lot of the items have not been claimed. normally they would be auctioned off in this case a judge signed off on an order to return the stuff to her when she is released from jail. >> she should have to prove she has a legal right to the property. i believe this is stolen property

. >> so for the past 13 years, a local church set up a party in san bruno to greet people coming and going from jailhouse christmas visits. complete with holiday music, cookies, and of course presents. >> what are you hoping are in those boxes? >> i think it's really sweet. that's nice that they do this. surprise they let them do it here. >> church of highlands made the announcement in mid november that they were collecting gifts and more than 200 came in. >> we don't know what's inside. we can feel maybe that some toy, but otherwise we don't know. >> they rely on the tags left by the giver if it's for a boy or girl and the appropriate age. from the looks on these kids faces, it was a success. >> i love you. >> eight-year-old devon got a rubix cube. >> it's going to be fun. >> which takes the little pressure off the guys in jail. >> family members that are in there, they are missing them and you know, because usually they had to buy some stuff, too. they are helping us out. >> this man is a volunteer with the program, but not before he spent years of christmases as a prisoner. >> it'

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this theme from san bruno mountain, some of the conditions from the hill tops. speaking of the cold temperatures, you are finding them from marin county up into sonoma out towards solano county. a bit more mild in san jose at 42 degrees. most places seeing a little bit of a southeasterly breeze picking up which will help kind of break up some of the low clouds and fog. not much wind in napa. that's the reason we are seeing visibility down to a quarter mile around wine country for you this morning. enough wind outside. good news for air quality. it is stirring up the atmosphere. mainly good air quality. the exceptions being the santa claire valley to the south and some north bay inland valleys to the north. as with he go through the day, high clouds. less foggy approaching lunchtime. new year's eve looks just fine. you are going to want to take a jack wet with you. it is probably going to turn pretty chilly with dry air and lows tonight in the 30s and 40s. high clouds going on by. these are not rain-producing clouds, the outer fringe of an upper-level disturbance

but at a job site just minutes away from where the san bruno pipe blew out, a company spokesman saidis willing to accept financial responsibility for the damage. >> by accepting liable we are accepting financial responsibility to cover the costs of all the claims for the victims. >> a lawyer representing more than 50 of the victims calls the utility's admission a pr stunt. >> what they want to forget about are all of the corporate decisions that were made over 54 years. >> attorney frank points to a dysfunctional culture at pg&e, allowing failures to go on for decades. >> should we use the hydrostatic tests as opposed to paying bonus necessary and each year we know the decision was made you have to keep the executive bonuses going. >> he said the company should be forced to pay for more than just actual damages, they should be punished for decades of disregard. >> i said either i'm going to make it or i'm going to guy. >> this man and his family survived, but their home was destroyed and like his attorney he believes pg&e should pay punitive damages. >> they knew it was bad. fix the

. >>> it took more than a year but pg&e is claiming liability for the san bruno explosion. the admission means pg&e is taking on financial responsibility to compensate the victims. how much the utility will pay is still unknown. eight people died in the explosion, dozens were injured. nearly 40 homes were destroyed. a court hearing on the case is set for friday. >>> 4:36 now. san francisco police will meet tonight with neighbors in the mission district after a pair of violent sexual assaults. the latest attack happened before dawn last thursday when a woman was raped near 24th street. a similar assault occurred last month. the suspect was caught on surveillance video shown here. he is described as an african- american man in his mid-30s between 5'9" and 6' tall. >>> two former san francisco public health departments inspectors are facing bribery charges. the d.a. and other officials will talk about the case this morning. "the examiner" reports the two are accused of selling food safety certificates to hundreds of restaurants here in san francisco and elsewhere in the bay ar

we have been talking about san bruno disaster, and it has been a year now. i think we still hear about it on a daily basis. what you're not hearing is, what are we doing in that community now to make sure they are prepared? how do we tell people what to do and where to go for shelter? if the media to do more of that, i think we would have more people being prepared after a disaster happens. >> and the coast guard. is the coast guard being fairly treated and getting the recognition you deserve? >> i think we talked a lot about building partnerships on this panel and how important those partnerships are. the media is no different. our need to build partnerships with the media outlets is a vital importance. we try to do that on a regular basis and bring them onto coast guard facilities and educate them about our resources and our plants and responses. i think they have the ability to train flat -- translate to the public and be that entity that we're looking for in a crisis. >> when the four of you go back to your offices and report back to the people who work

. >> un juez pidió a la compañía pg&e a asumir responsabilidad por la explosión de san bruno. falles. >> san mateo con campaña para sacar de las calles a conductores ebrios y otros infractores. habrán controles y también patrullajes en las principales avenidas. >> contratista sin licencia fue sentenciado por trabajar sin permiso y hacerse pasar por registrado y abuso laboral por no pago. el hombre se le ordenó pagar cerca de 83 mil dólares en restitucion. >> es un crimen que queremos encausar y podemos recuperar el dinero que han robado. >> el fiscal pide que denuncien estas prácticas auqnue sean indocumentados. si usted va a contratar a alguien debe verificar si está regirtado y debe tener contrato y no pague más de 10 % del total y no use dinero en efectivo. >> el espirtu de navidad visita casa que ha vivido una pesadilla por la salud de uno desus integrantes.ñ >> maría vargas trata de salir adelante de su canceer avanzada. hace días alguien le dejó un regalo enla puerta de su hogar. >> esperaba a mí sobrina y fue a la puerta y había ujn sobre con 10 mil dólares. >> había un

. >> and a live look outside from san bruno mountain towards san francisco this morning. y.d stath trtdaeo wgsming up, it's 11:21 right now. 2 california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes... combined. we have a lot more work to do. 2>>> in hardball, slugger is asking a federal judge for a softball sentence. barry bonds is asking for probation instead of jail time. bonds will be sentenced next week where his conviction of obstructing justice. bonds says he shouldn't go to prison because he has no criminal history. his conviction stands from his testimony in the steroids case. >> a con artist is targeting elderly victims. we have a picture of the man you want to look out for. investigators say he pretends to be a bank manager. he calls victims

responsabilid ad financiera por los daÑos y muertes generadas a raiz de la explosion ocurrida en san bruno take vo ---el anuncio se hace justo cuando los abogados de "pg and e", se preparan para una audiencia a realizarse el viernes sobre 90 demandas civiles, que fueron presentadas contra la compaÑia en el condado de san mateo. ---la empresa inform que pretende llegar a un acuerdo con las victimas para evitar irse a juicio, el cual comenzaria el proximo mes de julio. ---en el estallido murieron 8 personas, y decenas de hogares fueron destruidos. cu ---el gobernador jerry brown, revelo hoy la primera ronda de recortes presupuestales. take vo ---estos incluyen, menos fondos para la educacion superior, servicio de guarderia y el transporte escolar. ---sin embargo, brown, tambien informo, que al menos por el momento no habr despidos de maestros desde kinder hasta la preparatoria. ---en un presupuesto que habia sido presentado hace algunos meses, s se tenian contemplados recortes, de hasta... mil 500 millones de dolares al sistema de educacion basica. cu --la agencia de seguridad nacional del t

the changes designed to prevent another san bruno disaster. >> and it's a bay area hotspot for deadly crashes. how a new crackdown could cost you big bucks. >>> and let's talk skiing. your snow report not looking too bad right now. no new snow this week but we do have a rain-snow mix expected for tomorrow at least a chance of it. so over at northstar no new snow. snow base right now is 18 to 26." most of the man made, the machine stuff out there right now over at squaw this weekend no new snow but again, we could get some wet stuff but at least a little bit tomorrow. so may make a little bit of a dent in the numbers. 10 lifts open at squaw. coming up a check of your seven- day forecast. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you're a true fan... [ exhales ] ...there are no sick days. [ crowd cheering, screaming ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold...medicine. ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it ca

on san bruno ave we have very heavy traffic. why should we, meaning the constituents, such an application, and have six or seven processes that are very convoluted? it is because we pay them thousands of dollars. they should make it simple. and one single application that points to them that has heavy traffic and six or seven deaths, and action should be taken. very recently, and the district supervisor from district 9 should be aware of this because i sent him photographs and everything. for over a year and a half the paintings on the crosswalk were fatded. pibig pot hole. i do not know how nobody died there. until i brought it to the attention of our majoyor, ed reiskin, and copied it to a few others. thank god within 48 hours or 72 hours the problem was resolved. we need just one application. once that is pointed in the direction of this agency, it is because we pay them to serve us. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. >> run, run, run the bus motor. zing, zing, zing for these projects. the cash came and italy

. >> i am from san bruno. focusing the discussion only on golf is a mistake. the berm with beach activities and running are equally imperiled by the ordinance. this is a land use discussion about sharp park is open for health and well-being or is a new frog inclosure the confines people to narrow trails. modern recreation is a dishonest code for people out. supervisor avalos, you got it right when he said to take it back. the national park service continues to reneg on its promises to keep recreation in place. the chief biologist crystallized the extremist thinking on recreation in 2005 when she said that ocean beach without people is an incredible habitat. people think of it as a sandbox with their backyards. the people of san francisco reserve officials who listen and promote local health and well- being. in listening to the discussion earlier today on ordinance seven talking about the federal government and how they are not listening to the people and how the fans are out of sync with san francisco and how money used for other things takes away from san fra