>>reporter: by then the san joaquin river should be restored from fresno to san francisco bay.rs who relied on the water to irrigate the crops are not happy about the fish. walt has heard plenty from his neighbors. >> they are telling me to good back to san francisco. i'm a farmer here raised born and raised here in the valley. >>reporter: he supports restoration of the river and will recharge the underground aquifer and bring back california salmon fishery. >> ocean farmers and there's land farmers and we can co-exist. there's enough water for everybody but not for everybody's greed. that's the problem. greed. >>reporter: walt talks of xro miss and after years of fighting that's what we are seeing on the san joaquin rive river. just as another water war heating up. over the governor plan to build a delta tunnel to ship northern california water south. in the newsroom, 7 news. >> united nation boost the status of the palestinian government. [applause] coming up next. today historic vote at the un. what does that really mean? >> dramatic picture out of florida. why a bus in scp

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that is the problem, greed. >> that is what we're seeing on the san joaquin river but as the long battle comes to an end, another war heating up. this to build a delta tunnel to send water south. >> thank you. >> let's talk about the storm system that is coming in pretty quickly here. >> sandhya patel is tracking it for us. >> we're seeing moisture ahead of the storm. we have our own radar on mount st. helena. it is wet around windsor and santa rosa. moderate rainfall around fairfield. hill are born road and in the east bay, it's pretty spotty and very light. it's only going to get heavier especially around the north bay. we are concerned about the russian river near hopland, flood stage is 21 feet. it's over two feet and expected to actually crest as we head into sunday afternoon evening, up to 25 feet which puts it above flood stage. russian river at guerneville close to 7 feet. it's going to get close as we hit the weekend and into early next week. 29 feet. we'll be keeping an eye on those rivers. winter storm warning, friday above 7500 feet, two to three feet above 8500 feet. carry y

. >> we've learned the crew is a strike team from san joaquin county that will get a warm welcome when they come home, there are reports of businesses offering them free meals. the walt disney company is donating $2 million to the relief efforts. >> and our hearts go out to millions of people whose lives have been turned upside down. we're doing everything we can and encouraging our employees to donate on our own. >> and to help people affected by hurricane sandy you can text red cross to 90999 to donate $10. and you can go to our web site for a link to the red cross web site. >> election day is almost here. a record number of mail in ballots is expected. that creates a challenge for vote counters. >> officials expecting as many as half voters will be voting by mail, setting up what could be drama. >> a surge of ballot arrived at offices all over california. the number of california voters casting in ballots this year is suspected to surpass the last election in 2008. that sounds great with more people participating because of the ballots, the down side is that it could take longer to

it covers three counties and central valleys including the west side of san joaquin and stanislaus counties. so far california has been hit by a 132 wildfires. >> they are looking for a man that tried to ram an officer with a car this afternoon. police attempted to stop the man after he was suspected of attempting to break into a vehicle. he ran out of a construction site after getting out of his car. officers surrounded a building for a short time, as well. >> contracted talks resume this weekend in a labor dispute involving raley supermarket employees. they walked off the job over a disputed involving pay and benefits. raley's has said con selgsdz are necessary to keep them competitive. they offer 130 super stores and other stores in california and nevada. >> you can expect to see a huge tax increase next year if republicans and democrats don't acted together. they agree americans need tax cuts but they can't agree how to get it done. >> and the cold weather continues but not for long. leigh glaser is up with the forecast. >>> a little good morning! wow. want to start the day with somethi

is shirley cavara and work for oakland school district and early education and people come from san joaquin valley and my family is located in the area. the best thing about working here is meeting all the families, and connecting with the kids, and when it finally clicks to them "oh that's what that means". even if it's small steps with some kids it's a great feeling that you have made an accomplishment in their lives that they will remember, so here it started down at ice age and moved to second avenue because it got too big want there was a preschool there and out grew that area and we had three choice in oakland to have the child care center at and the parents chose this one and up in the hills and don't feel like you're in oakland and conducive to our setting and lifestyle as indian people, and a lot of our kids that graduated here are doing community work. they're out there working with their people so we have made a strong impact with kids and you don't think about it. you just do what you do and what comes natural in working with kids and it's the only -- within the state of califor

. >>> inside the san joaquin county courthouse an extraordinary interview is taking place.t of convicted murder roger kibbe's plea deal calls for him to sit down with renowned forensic psychologist dr. park dietz for a tell-all conversation in hopes he will admit more than they know about it. >> one of the interested parties is detective vito -- who has been working the roger kibbe case for over ten years. >> when we had done our background on roger, we found he had taken a polly grooif in records to one of the crimes he did down in san diego. and they described kibbe at that time as being potentially one of the world's most dangerous men ever encountered. he said the reason is because he had such a hatred for women. >> roger reese kibbe was born in 1941 and grew up outside san diego. kibbe tells investigators that his father now deceased was a naval officer who was rarely home and that as a young boy he was negative legislatelected by his mother, a person he refers toed a his dad's wife. >> i don't call her mother. my mom left for the navy and left his two boys home with h

in the central valley western sides of san joaquin. calfire says so far in year california has been hit by 132 wildfires. >>> we want to check on weather. beautiful weekend. crisp, clear, blue skies. >> one more "c" word i would like to add, cold. >> that too. >>> chilly this morning, 30s and 40s radar returns north of -- up 29, we just had them move through petaluma, pulled away from old adobe, now moving that way no reports this is making it to the ground it is a storm system moving to our north and the storm track is going to be near the north bay today and tomorrow, more likely lake and mendocino countties gets showers a sprinkle or two may dip into the north bay. dry and slightly warmer today, 30s and 40s through 7, mid 50s lunch hour, upper 50s to low 60s 4:00, most of us in the upper 40s to 50 by 7:00. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, temperatures hit low 60s along the coast, mid 60s for rest of us rain will stay north tomorrow mild wednesday dry thursday afternoon then a storm system approaches thursday night into friday for a bet

. >> reporter: the bone was found with other remains in a san joaquin well.t was sent to an arizona dna lab where it was supposed to go to virginia for more testing but a hayward police inspectors says that's not the case. >> the remains are very old. the extraction process is harder. so finding the labs that have the best technology to do that, that's what it boils down to. >> reporter: the bone is now head back to california where it will be tested here. investigators hope the results will come out within a month. maybe then a mother can find closure and finally put her daughter to rest. in hayward, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >>> still ahead, they are supposed to be the biggest deals of the year. but could you save more money by shopping today instead of black friday? we're going to break down what's really a steal and what's not. >> plus, could where you work increase your risk of getting breast cancer? the jobs that women may want to avoid. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. so far so dry around the bay area today. lots of sn

in february, investigators found a bone fragment in a san joaquin valley well they think could be lanked- linked to the case. results from dna testing are expected within weeks. >> regardless of the results of the testing of that fragment, i will probably still be here every year because i do this to remember michaela. >> reporter: and so will police. >> until we get those answers that everyone, everyone in this community has been hoping for for 24 years. >> reporter: the bone fragment is being tested at a richmond lab she says you don't have to remember michaela by tieing a yellow ribbon at this tree, she says you can tie a yellow ribbon anywhere in the bay area. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, lorraine. >>> tensions keep mounting as rockets continue to fly in the skies over israel and gaza. israeli air strikes struck several crowded areas in gaza today, killing least 11 people bringing the palestinian death toll to 94. hamas fighters have fired hundreds of rockets into israel including 75 today. one hit an empty school. at least three israelis have been killed since

beginning today, it is adding extra trains with san joaquin. >> pacific, and capital corridor to handle the increased ridership over the week. >>> the rain is easing up this noontime after scattered downpours overnight. this is a live picture showing a mixture of clouds and blue skies over the bay area. you may still find slick and wet spots on surface freeways and you should still give your time on extra roads to avoid incidents like that. a driver lost control on 880 on broadway this morning. no one was hurt. the rain also caused flooding in the bay area. this is the broadway offramp on 580 in oakland. the chp says about 5 inches of water built up, causing a dangerous situation for drivers. >>> well, the heavy rain has moved out of the area. the rates really ramped up. right now we have a mixture of sun and clouds out there. some partly cloudy observations across parts of the region. as far as the numbers for rainfall totals, very impressive. look at san francisco. just about 1 inch of rain. oakland .086. a lot of this came down in a small win dope. san jose had .20. a few lingering r

a bone fragment found in san joaquin county this year may be from michaela garecht. the 9-year-old was kidnapped in 1988 in hayward. her mother has been told by the arizona lab that the dna results might not be in for another six weeks due to an undisclosed delay. >>> two women have been found not guilty in connection with a fight at a giants game this year. two 19-year-old women were at at&t park this past april when they got into a fight with two other female fans. it started after one of the defendants apparently lit up a marijuana cigarette. in a shoving match that ensued an older woman fell an bruised her leg. the jury wasn't able to determine who started the fight. >>> there is something missing in the plaza the benches. they have been removed after numerous complaints about the homeless sleeping on them. it's apparently the number 2 public complaint behind nudity. that's according to supervisor scott weiner. >>> coming up next a big boost at a bay area retailer. >> how police say thieves got away with thousands in mere moments. >> and his music has touched mil

the family is waiting for lab testing to reveal if a bone fragment found last month in a san joaquin county well belongs to garecht. hayward police say there was a delay in testing those fragments that could belong to the little girl. >>> the vallejo teen accused of just a violent assault on a 65-year-old woman is due in court today. 14-year-old caviar king is accused of attempted murder, assault, robbery and kidnapping. he is expected to be tried as an adult. police say king kidnapped a woman at gunpoint thursday, forced her into his car and drove to another location. they say he then sexually salted her, bound her with duct tape and dumped her on the side of the road. that woman was seriously hurt but she is expected to recover. >>> police are look for two men involved in a deadly shooting in menlo park. 42-year-old kerry cudlip and a woman were sitting in his car saturday night when at least two people approached them. at some point shots were fired and police found cudlip's body lying in the street. the woman has not been identified but is alive. witnesses saw two men in a dark-c

through saturday for lake county the straits and delta also includes sacramento valley and northern san joaquin valley flooding of creek and stream likely especially the small ones. wouldn't be surprised if the flood watch gets extended to other parts of the bay area as we get into the storms as they start to hit. tomorrow afternoon could see few sprinkles. main rain doesn't arrive until wednesday morning. upper 50's to the low 60's. as you notice here with increasing cloud cover throughout the day and around the monterey bay looking at low to mid 60's and you will be seeing the clouds thickening as well as the day goes on. accu-weather 7 day forecast looks like this. wet windy conditions for the morning commute on wednesday. we are warning you well in advance so you know to plan accordingly. heavy rain especially north bay thursday. it will be wet friday saturday sunday chance of rain heading into monday and with the gusty winds could see down power lines and trees. we are also talking about the potential for some large waves up to 15 feet as we head in friday morning so big concerns are the w

the san joaquin sheriffs office is waiting on test results from a bone that was discovered in linda well. monday will mark the anniversary of her kidnapping happen her mother plans to hold a gathering at the market. >>> the president ofkey koa state university has announced he is banning all fraternities and sororities for the semester. the college says he had been pledging to join a fraternity and his death could be related to hazing. the college will establish a new set of guidelines. >> i think it's actually a little extreme. there is probably better ways to deal with it. you can understand at the same time this really serious problem. >> students will be allowed to live in their houses for the rest of the semester but all greek activities have been suspended until further notice. the university flag will be lowered today in honor of mason. >>> san francisco 49ers head coach jim harbaugh is expected to return to work today. the 48-year-old went to stanford hospital for what the team called a minor procedure for an irregular heartbeat. the team insists t not a major concern but harbaug

through saturday for lake county the straits and delta also includes sacramento valley and northern san joaquin valley flooding of creek and stream likely especially the small ones. wouldn't be surprised if the flood watch gets extended to other parts of the bay area as we get into the storms as they start to hit. tomorrow afternoon could see few sprinkles. main rain doesn't arrive until wednesday morning. upper 50's to the low 60's. as you notice here with increasing cloud cover throughout the day and around the monterey bay looking at low to mid 60's and you will be seeing the clouds thickening as well as the day goes on. accu-weather 7 day forecast looks like this. wet windy conditions for the morning commute on wednesday. we are warning you well in advance so you know to plan accordingly. heavy rain especially north bay thursday. it will be wet friday saturday sunday chance of rain heading into monday and with the gusty winds could see down power lines and trees. we are also talking about the potential for some large waves up to 15 feet as we head in friday morning so big concerns are the a

location, it's about serving every one of our local service areas whether it's san francisco or the san joaquin valley. >> thank you, mr. boland. >> we fill a little different role. we don't have any infrastructure but we represent utilities that have 88 percent of the infrastructure that keep our populations running. we cover from the mexican border to oregon and what we facilitate through the organization is we are embedded with the state of california through the last 60 years. we are in the cali complex, we have an mou with the secretary of cali and can bring resources from other companies in the field across all the disciplines for mutual assistance. we can stage, deploy and sit on situational awareness providing the state the information they need to posture a response and at the same time we can then be putting together the teams that are going to have to come in and support pg&e or other utilities that are in the stricken zone. we'll be calling on organizations from san diego to redding, we'll be calling on organizations outside the state of california that we have mou's with out of nev

we also accelerated pipeline installation in the san joaquin pipeline and we were able to complete all pipeline work on

. >>> the san joaquin county sheriff wants the fbi to take over the search for remains in the "speed freak" killer case. sheriff steve moore says the fbi can better handle the recovery effort. this comes after the mother of one victim says her daughter's remains were mixed with the remains of at least two other people. >>> the man who shot arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords and killed six others is set to be sentenced today. gerald lee loughner pleaded guilty in august to 19 counts to avoid the death penalty. giffords was among 13 people wounded last year when loughner opened fire during an event for constituents outside a tucson supermarket. giffords has since stepped down from her house seat while she continues rehab. >>> director of the massachusetts pharmacy board is fired for ignoring complaints about a company that was later linked to that meningitis outbreak. james cough he didn't act regarding a company that was shipping drugs in bulk in violation of policy. they have been linked to 400 meningitis cases including 31 deaths. >>> the election is over but the fight to avoi

through saturday for lake county the straits and delta also includes sacramento valley and northern san joaquinf creek and stream likely especially the small ones. wouldn't be surprised if the flood watch gets extended to other parts of the bay area as we get into the storms as they start to hit. tomorrow afternoon could see few sprinkles. main rain doesn't arrive until wednesday morning. upper 50's to the low 60's. as you notice here with increasing cloud cover throughout the day and around the monterey bay looking at low to mid 60's and you will be seeing the clouds thickening as well as the day goes on. accu-weather 7 day forecast looks like this. wet windy conditions for the morning commute on wednesday warnare warning you well in advance so you know to plan accordingly. heavy rain especially north bay thursday. it will be wet friday saturday sunday chance of rain heading into monday and with the gusty winds could see down power lines and trees. we are also talking about the potential for some large waves up to 15 feet as we head in friday morning so big concerns are the wind rain and the w

we also accelerated pipeline installation in the san joaquin pipeline and we were able to complete all pipeline work on that project within a very narrow and environmental window that was mandated by resource agencies. and finally, i wanted to highlight the excellent progress being made on the replacement of the crystal springs pipeline number two project we're on target to reach substantial completion by the end of 2012. as you know, we're doing a lot of work to upgrade both of our treatment plants at harry tracy work is progressing very well. we're now 31%. and by the end of the year we're pushing to be at 40%. what you see on the left photo there is construction of the five new filters at the plant there. the -- valley water treatment plan is much further along. we're 90% done over there and we anticipate to reach substantial completion in march of 2013. i've also been pleased with progress being achieved on our two ongoing tunnel projects. two-thirds of the half mile tunnel has now been esexcavated. it has dried out allows us to achieve a bigger production rate. we can see more gro

the series of storms we keep highlighting, there is a flood watch here for the sacramento valley, san joaquin, stanislaus and solano counties. if you're headed into the interior valley, the next couple of days. our biggest concern, at least into tomorrow, not only the wet weather, but winds that could top 50 miles per hour out of the south. high wind warning in place for the entire coastline. we're going to have the timing on that wind coming up. let's get you into the current temperatures. upper 50s and low 60s right now. not too out of the ordinary. live sky camera network showing us cloud cover increasing tonight in san francisco. city lights looking pretty spectacular and not too bad. not even stormy right now. once again, throughout tomorrow morning, we're going to see things drastically change for us. let's get you into the hour-by-hour future fast. by tonight at 11:00 p.m., we're mainly dealing with widespread cloud cover for the entire bay area. we can't rule out an isolated shower, but we're going to hold off on some of the heaviest rainfall until about 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. that's whe

a bone fragment found in san joaquin county this year may be from michaela garecht kidnapped in hayward 24 years ago when she was only nine. a lab in arizona is testing the dna but garecht's mother is told the results might not be in for another six weeks due to an undisclosed delay at the lab. >>> people in a berkeley hills are on the lookout for a deer they hope to help out. a woman saw a deer in trouble at her backyard had an arrow in its side and was crouching next to a fawn. later there were two deers in the yard this time without the arrow. >> felt sick that someone would do that. >> there was no arrow. she had a bloody patch. >> state and local animal service agencies are asking people in the area to help track that deer. but they are not optimistic about her chances of survival. >>> a brazen bra heist by an organized group of halloween shoplifters. employees at victoria's secret say it was likely a group of women who came into the palo alto store on a busy halloween day and stole $11,000 worth of bras. that's more than 200 bras in a matter of seconds. shoppers say they are not s

k, approve commission appointment to the san joaquin tributaries authority commission. mr. pilpher has -- >> i'll use my time wisely. several items starting with 9e on page 16, the commission office address is still the market street address. i assume that will get updated in the proposed permit. i also found fascinating the lead from the spring valley water company to that certain land in the vicinity of what's now 19,000 [speaker not understood], the area near ranchero south of, et cetera, et cetera. >> and the fascination was? >> i had heard that the spring valley water company owned some property in southwestern san francisco in the early part of the 1900s and this explains that. there was -- >> you could have called mr. houser and he would have told you. >> mr. houche? in the archive. >> i was at a presentation at the municipal rail ways history that did tie that to michael o'shaughnessy and talked about the establishment of muni and the water system at the same time. so, i thought that was all very timely. just wanted to point that out. on item f, i assume that the hr

could see flooding covering the straight and delta northern san joaquin valley i won't be surprised ifpÑpés extended getting closer to storms. highs for thus, sprinkle as head of the system. upper 50s to low 60s into afternoon. and around the bay we're looking at temperatures to be into low to mid-60s so pretty comfortable in terms of numbers. accu-weather forecast increasing clouds tomorrow, then we're going see heavy rains. especially gusty winds on wednesday and thursday. more wet weather friday, saturday. sunday. not much of a break coming in. when you have wind and rain i won't be surprised if we do get trees and power lines knocked down. and of course, flooding concerns. >> members of the giants may have extra cash for holidays. a full share of the playoff money is $377,000. the team voted throughout the ÷ melky cabrerra qualify forward a full share. oakland a's playoff money came to $34,000 for a share. >> just ahead beating of geents >>> san francisco general hospital is joining the list of those suing the los angeles donlers over the beating of giants fan brian stow. reporting the

a historic step to restoring the san joaquin river. >> it comes through and the floors are covered sometimesnches, sometimes a couple feet. >> dan: taking no chances. the owners of a north bay business break out the plastic and sandbags that is head third way. >> carolyn: we're seeing the effects of three storms slamming the bay area. this is a look from mount tamalpais the wind is blowing here. team coverage and laura anthony is in petaluma for us. >> we're going begin with sandhya patel tracking the storm's path. >> we'll check out live doppler 7-hd. we have our own radar on mounted st. helena and rain in the north bay. it has been steady in the north bay and spreading in other parts of the bay area. where we're seeing the rainfall between windsor and highway 101, river road very light. yountville toward napa. we take you down to street level. redwood road, lighted rainfall and head down towards the east bay. san pablo, oakland area out towa