. >>> one of the highest childhood obesity rates is in san pablo. what's the problem?ealth experts say they have an answer. what is the issue here? and what's the plan? >> reporter: contra costa county held a vigil saying teenager here's are drinking hundreds of extra calories every day. they're blaming soda for a grewing obesity crisis. >> i'll have it now and then. >> reporter: 10-year-old tiffany says she is careful about how much soda she drinks. >> i don't want to rot my teeth. and then, it will start making me feel sick. >> reporter: the county public health department says soda is making people sick. >> sugar-sweetened beverages are really the leading source of worthless calories in the america quiet. >> reporter: those worthless calories are adding up to big trouble for kids in san bruno. 52% of kids in san pablo are overweight or obese. >> it's important not just because of the children. but because this becomes a chronic disease. they grow up and develop cardiovascular disease. and they die before they should. >> reporter: the department of public health says

. >>> the city of san pablo has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the country according to a new study. robert lyles heard from the city's health director who says he knows exactly what is making san pablo's children so fat. >> it's cold, it's thirst quenching. >> it's definitely lethal. >> the doctor didn't mince words with the city council tonight, saying the waistline of kids are climbing. >> average higher than the state of the average. >> the director says slide shows don't tell this tail. the streets do. >> 90% of the population is within a five minute walk of an outlet. >> to understand that in practical terms, for every one grocery store in san pablo, there are six fast food or convenience stores. and clustered around helm's middle school. >> there's an average of over nine sugary beverage outlets around each school in san pablo. >> county tracks 5th, 7th, 9th graders and they consume a lot of sugar. >> 256,000 calories is like 20 or 30-pounds of weight gain in a year. >> it is reprehensible and a soda attack. telling cbs 5, obesity is a serious problem, but limi

westbound 80 before san pablo dam road one lane blocked so it is -- looks like it's backed up. re seeing brake lights as far as hercules. we'll have more traffic in a bit. back to you. >>> "occupy" san jose protestors have gone mobile. kcbs radio's matt bigler has more from city hall. >> reporter: "occupy san jose" decided to move on from city hall over the weekend. on saturday, they actually went to the house of mayor chuck reed and then yesterday, to the house of city manager deborah fagone, both live in san jose. they had been camped out at city hall, having some recent confrontation with police and city leaders so they went mobile. we talked to sean cartwright with "occupy san jose." he says that they are angry the city denied them a permit to stay camped out near city hall. >>> they forced us to go viral and mobile. so when they find us on their front lawns? who put them on those front lawns? >> reporter: now, they chanted and temporarily set up tents and driveways. they moved on. no arrests were made during these demonstrations. we talked to the city and the city says and

live in san pablo i'm tara moriarty. >>> time now 6:05. former bart police officer johannes mehserle is due back in a courtroom at 8:30 this morning. the jury will listen to full testimony today. the officers punched and kicked him while being arrested at an oakland bart station but bart is claiming the officers only used the force that is necessary to make the arrest. now this incident happened six weeks before the fatal shooting of oscar grant. >>> bad weather is effecting the travel plans of many people heading to the airport. claudine wong is at sfo this morning. what are they telling you? >> reporter: pam, things are look good right now. i want to show you this board. this is what we are paying attention to. everything is leaving on time opinion we only see one flight to dallas that is delayed. mike mckaren is the airport spokesperson. certainly people hate to be delayed especially on a holiday but things look good. >> things are going very well. everything is on time or nearly on time. >> reporter: how many people are traveling today

police found the victim lying on san pablo avenue near 34th street around 12:30 this morning. police tell us the victim had been shot at least once but they don't believe he was shot near 34th and san pablo because they could not find any shell casings. the man was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. >>> firefighters spent the night putting out and apartment fire that broke out after midnight at unth avenue and plymouth street. firefighters say the eight unit complex was vacant. no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> this morning occupy oakland organizers unveil plans to set up a new encampments but not everyone in that neighborhood is welcoming them. protesters say they will stage a march and rally tomorrow, then pitch their tents on a piece of property at 19th street and telegraph avenue, owned by the oakland redevelop agency but there are businesses, the school of arts and condos in the area as well. >> we decided that on november 19th we will come together once again to show our force and re- establish our camp. the oakland commune

. >> 80% of the population in san pablo is within a five minute walk for an outlet of sugary beverages there are six fast food or convenience stores. and clustered around helm's middle school. >> there's an average of over nine sugary beverage outlets around each school in san pablo. >> with the help of ucla, the past five years. and found they consume 256,000 calories of sugary drinks a year. >> 256,000 calories is like 20 or 30-pounds of weight gain in a year. >> one city councilman calls the findings reprehensible and wants a soda tax. the beverage association counterrerred back saying obesity is a problem, but says taxes do nothing to each parents and students about moderation in the diet. but in this low income and minority community, grocery stores aren't lining up to build here. >> it's a problem with theft. >> and likely driven parents into unhealthy choices. >> the convenient. it's easy to go down to the corner versus getting in the car to go to a big grocery store. >> robert lyles, cbs 5. >>> well, it has become just as much a part of the holidays as turkey gravy. black frida

let's talk about the accident at several san pablo ave. the two left hand lanes are blocked by a multi vehicle crash. this has been going on for over 25 minutes. it has a solidly backed up traffic tie with four and a bit beyond. the drive times are amazing. they are beyond 40 minutes for this westbound commute which is normally house of that. really, there are no good alternates. traffic is heavy across the benicia bridge and a cross was a hell westbound--and across westbound. use 101 through marin county. 37 westbound is heavy as well. this is having an impact on the bay bridge. it is positive for everyone else. this westbound back up is reaching a just beyond the 80 over crossing. the bay bridge an hour ago was nearly a 20 minute drive time. it is now 14-16 minutes. even less if you're coming from interstate 80. that is a positive impact of the traffic being held up on the upper east shore freeway. continuing the bridge check on 92, a look at your ride on the san mateo bridge. very light traffic with no delays either eastbound or westbou

police found the victim lying on san pablo avenue near 34th treat at 12:30 this morning. police tell us the victim had been shot at least once. they don't believe he was shot near 34th and san pablo because they could not find any shell casings. the man was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. >>> oakland firefighters spent the night putting out an apartment fire. the complex was empty at the time and no one was hurt. the cause of fire is investigation. >>> we do continue to follow breaking news this morning in lafayette. emergency crews are on the scene of aphakial crash. >>> we arrived here on eastbound 24 just east of pleasant hill road about 15 minutes ago our photo journalist bringing you the live pictures of the deadly accident along eastbound 24 just east of pleasant hill road. as you can see one, two and three lanes are all closed. here's what we though. it was a multivehicle accident. we heard one person was ejected and killed. chp have called for the coroner to come on out and conduct an investigation. and we know that again one person so far has be

. >>> a small group of homeowners is suing the city of san pablo in connection with a landslide last march. the landslide which was triggered by heavy rains damaged at least seven homes on hillcrest road and wyman street. the suit names the city of san pablo and the street property owners as co-defendants claiming the design and maintenance of the drainage system contributed to the damage. city officials have not yet commented on that lawsuit. >>> was police officers versus firefighters for a good cause this morning in san francisco. officers faced off against the firefighters to see who could do a better job of carting turkeys for the 4600 thanksgiving meals the salvation army will deliver tomorrow. the mayor was also there. the police and fire chiefs did lead the way. the meals are destined for people who are home bound. >> there will be meals home delivered to folks that -- are having a hard time getting out of the house. >> the competing carvers expected to cut close to 150 turkeys this morning. >>> today san francisco's glide church will begin preparations for its annual thanksg

three homeowners have filed a lawsuit against the city of san pablo. they claim that over the years, the city's design an maintenance of drainage contributed to the slide. it names 6 other homeowners as co-defendants saying negligent property upkeep was contributory. >>> a quarantine is lifted at a nursing home. the country villa healthcare center in novato was closed after 80 residents and staff members got the norovirus. the outbreak was discovered earlier this month. county health officials allowed the facility to return to normal operations last night just in time for thanksgiving. >>> san francisco has one of the homeless populations in the nation but many of them will eat well on thanksgiving thanks for a volunteer program in place for decades. gil diaz reports from glide memorial where they are preparing thousands of meals. >> reporter: good morning. happy thanksgiving to you and happy thanksgiving to all of you who are watching right now. and hopefully you have something to be thankful for this year. we are outside the glide headquarters on ell

including a new spot we haven't seen very often down the eastshore freeway from pill willow towards san pablo so sounds like three lanes are blocked from hercules to richmond until 5 a.m. again, that's according to our friends at caltrans. eastbound 4 one lane blocked by railroad avenue until 7 a.m. westbound 4 through antioch in the commute direction so far looks fine. a bridge roundup. so far bridges nice and quiet including this live look across the san mateo bridge. you can see the right side of your screen is westbound 92, eastbound traffic looks good heading off to the high-rise. to the south bay not much roadwork. so everything is quiet so far coming out of downtown san jose. we are like i said crossing our fingers for a lighter-than- normal commute. everything is on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries to start off your morning drive. back to you. >> that looks like a black hole out there. >> 280 in san jose? >> yeah. >> i know. [ laughter ] >>> it's a who's who of california billionaires. they are banding together. >> the new services they want to tax to fix the bud

back over toward san pablo bay and napa. nothing too heavy. things to come. upper 40s to low to mid 50s. a lot of upper 40s. 46, 47, 48. san rafael at 49. temperatures have been going up as the cloud cover comes in. the big story will be the colder air. the system is looking farther and farther west. it will not be very warm. it will be cold. at least compared to where we have been lately. mostly cloudy. we will take that cool breezy saturday. >>> 6:51 is the time. san francisco based yelp is going public. they want to raise as much as $100 million in initial public offering. the company is not disclosing how many shares it will offer. no price target set yet. the review website was founded in 2004. it has yet to turn a profit. >>> the new video game call of duty modern warfare three could be on the way to setting a new record. it has brought in $775 million in the first five days on sale. it's above the $6 billion mark putting it close behind some of the most profitable box office brands of all time. >>> 6:52. there have been questions about t

. >>> they are blaming sugary drinks for high obesity rates in san pablo. he said san pablo low has one of the highest childhood obesity rates and they live within walking distance of vendors. they are calling for family to make healthier choices. >>> brian hickey is on the campus with the student's latest protest from some peaceful demonstrators, good morning brian. >> reporter: you may recall the students pepper spraying was all over the campus and i can tell you this morning students are back on the requested a. some -- quad, some 50 students continue here where they say there are 5 students per tempt some of them -- tents some of them doing homework still trying to facility work in the facilitate working in the classrooms and police spraying students in the faces in the wake of that, they are calling for a full investigation by the attorney general's office and a complete review of police procedures also calling for the resignation of the chancellor if they are not met. the pepper spray, in talking with some of the students this morning, they say their

. >>> back in march a lot of rain in san pablo triggered a landslide and damaged homes.riarty is at one of those homes where work is under way to try to prevent further damage as more rain gets ready to come in. >> reporter: speaking of that rain it has to be making a lot of these people that live here nervous. they have filed a lawsuit against the city. if you take a look over here, you can see the work that is being done to stabilize the land mere. three home ordinary reasons -- accusing it of improper design and drainage over -- they are also suing their neighbors. they say those homeowners also did not take care of the drainage system the way they should have. neighbors on both sides put up a united front. the city says since the slide happened on public property, the city will repair the surrounding private property but it needs state funds and the governor to sign a state of emergency. coming up later this morning, we will be speaking with some neighbors to figure out their reaction to all of this. live in san pablo i'm tara moriarty. >>> they are trying to speed u

. >> you could do this from the south end of fremont to san pablo and eventually the fault goes undersan pablo bay. >> reporter: lienkaemper says that slow creep doesn't reduce the likelihood, but can reduce the size. >> the creep is taking nearly half the energy. >> reporter: people say they have become more curious about the hayward fault after last month's quake. >> i hear a bump night and think is that an earthquake? because you hear a sound and makes you nervous. >> reporter: everyone wanted to know when is the next big one? >> the probability is approximately 30%. >> reporter: a 30% of a 6.7 earthquake or higher in the hayward fault in the next 30 year. students like this man say he will see the ground he walks on everyday a little differently. >> after this i's from going look at the cracks in the ground and see what is going on. >>> an update on the gas leak discovered in palo alto in the same pipeline that exploded in san bruno last year. new documents reveal that portion of the line is salvaged. the leak was found during testing yesterday, about 20 moils south of san bruno.

san pablo and richmond have the highest rate and civic leaders are now requesting reports on the healtheetened drinks in their communities. >>> newly released e-mails in a solyndra -- today the white house released an e-mail sent by a former obama campaign official who recommended steven chu's replacement. dan carol calls steven chu bryant brilliant but says he was not the right man for the job. the suggestion was not taken seriously. >>> there's still a few light showers in the area. you can see green showing up. this is very light activity. most of the activity gone now but seeing some drizzle out there. in the san francisco airport we have some rain tonight. san francisco airport came back with .4 of an inch of rain. as we go through tonight we're looking for a chance for a scattered shower then valley fog. then warm tomorrow or mild tomorrow. mid-60s in the the warmest spot. dry for your area weekend. that rain system moved south right into southern california, san diego. we start to dry up, we start to clear up. here's what the computer model does. here we are tomorrow morning in t

san pablo and richmond have the highest rate and civic leaders are now requesting reports on the healthmunities. >>> newly released e-mails in a solyndra -- today the white house released an e-mail sent by a former obama campaign official who recommended steven chu's replacement. dan carol calls steven chu bryant brilliant but says he was not the right man for the job. the suggestion was not taken seriously. >>> there's still a few light showers in the area. you can see green showing up. this is very light activity. most of the activity gone now but seeing some drizzle out there. in the san francisco airport we have some rain tonight. san francisco airport came back with .4 of an inch of rain. as we go through tonight we're looking for a chance for a scattered shower then valley fog. then warm tomorrow or mild tomorrow. mid-60s in the the warmest spot. dry for your area weekend. that rain system moved south right into southern california, san diego. we start to dry up, we start to clear up. here's what the computer model does. here we are tomorrow morning in the next few hours and the m

they claim that san pablo's desin >>> good thanksgiving morning.of drainage contributed to the slide. the lawsuit also names six other homeowners as co- defendants alleging that their negligent property upkeep contributed it landslide damage. >>> an army of volunteers is feeding the hungry at glide memorial in san francisco this morning. 500 people are serving breakfast right now. at 9:00 they will start serving turkey dinners. they expect to feed more than 5,000 people today. it's just one of the bay area organizations providing free thanksgiving meals. >>> occupy best buy is under way in colma. several people are in tents outside the store starting yesterday waiting for tomorrow's big shopping events. tomorrow they are giving away to shoppers including free digital cameras. nationwide about 152 million may shop over the black friday weekend. big crowds, that is up 10% from last year. >>> we'll have an update of your weather forecast for your thanksgiving day coming right up. ,,,,,, [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my

. >> here in what's known as san pablo corridorish many of the women working the streets are older, addicted to drugs and often available for as little as $20. >> code four, in custody. move on. there's a few others out there. >> she's wearing a white usa basketball jersey. >> okay, guys. i'm going to pick her up. >> the cop saying one on board. arrest team stand by for the signal. >> all right. the swoop has been given. >> just relax. >> 46-year-old lamar anderson is sadly typical of the women working the streets in this down and out stretch of oakland. >> you see the girl that is the 50-year-old drug addict turning tricks to buy another rock. if you look back at her life and find out where this all started, you kind of start seeing there was actually probably a fair amount of abuse. you want to try to get to these girls before it gets to that point. >> do you want to explain what happened at all? >> wrong choices, wrong decisions. >> a lot of these girls didn't wake up one day and say, hey, i want to be a prostitute and hook up with 10, 15 dudes, get raped and beat up every few weeks for a

. ♪ >> las imÁgenes parecen sacadas de la pelÍcula de hollywood pero ocurriÓ en san pablo, brasil.us compaÑeros a la muerte por lo menos ocho de ellos. han mantenido como rehenes a tres guardias. los reclusos exigen al traslado de 18 prisioneros a otra cÁrcel mÁs cercana a los tribunales donde sus casos pueden ser escuchados. nos vamos a colombia. el nombramiento de un nuevo ministro de trabajo puesto de manifiesto fricciones entre el presidente juan manuel santos y su antecesor Álvaro uribe. el reciÉn nombrado ministro rafael pardo tuvo oferta menos con el propio santos, quien manifestÓ que esto ha sido subsanado, pero lo que no parece subsanado ese choque santos-uribe- >> rafael pardo, llegÓ al gobierno como nuevo ministro de trabajo y desatÓ la ira santa del expresidente. en entrevista con la radio rcn, uribe criticÓ abiertamente el gobierno de juan manuel santos y lo calificÓ como "lejano, inactivo y sin fervor popular". (informaciÓn en pantalla) >> juan manuel santos no se dejÓ tentar por las crÍticas de su antecesor y quien fuera ministro de defensa . >> nada ni nadie, ni siq

fog advisories on the bay bridge, both directions, knee shah bridge, heavy -- knee shah bridge, 80 san pabloavenue, peninsula, mountain view, sunnyvale that remain the issue. it comes up quickly. live look at the golden gate bridge the fog at the toll plaza, across the span over at the waldo it is fog-free. >>> 4:40. be careful out there >> you may have found yourself at a mall over the weekend millions did. was that you i was fighting with at the sales bin? >> definitely not me. >> sales are impressive this year. >> today is the find to big bargains online. but there are things to watch out for on this cyber monday. >>> it is very foggy in spots out there on the embarcadero from our rooftop you can see light fog valleys, bridges, there's a fog advisory on the bay bridge. sue and mike will have more coming up. >>> within the next half an hour, pg&e hopes to turn the lights back on for more than 1,000 customers in western milpitas. the out ed started yesterday morning. pg&e says a -- piece of equipment appears to have failed. utility officials say they are hoping to get power back for everyon

. >>> the landslide that damaged several san pablo homes back in march is the subject of a lawsuit. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty joins us more with more on the case that is creating another mess. >> reporter: the people that live here off of hill crest roads are literally on edge because there is rain in the forecast and a landslide happened here back in march. you see some of the work that is currently being done in order to prevent the hill from slipping any further. now seven homes were yellow tagged. homeowners are pushing forward with a lawsuit. although it remains unclear who will sue. three home ordinary reasons on hill crest are not only suing the 21, but their neighbors perched at the top accusing both of inproper maintenance of drainage. previously homeowners were united suing the city saying they were not informed about a 1968 mud slide. they said because some of it happened on public private they will fund it. now the city acknowledges receiving the lawsuit but does not comment and now with rain in the forecast again many homeowners are concerned. coming up we w

this morning, san pablo police spotted the car and arrested the teenager. >>> instead of classrooms, hundreds of cal state university teachers are walking the picket lines at two schools this afternoon as part of a one- day strike. ktvu's christian captain is live at cal state unfortunate where faculty members say that the big issue is money. christian? >> yeah, we're going to give you a live look right now at the picket line here. you can see that they are holding a kind of an organized dance in the middle of the road blocking traffic into cal state east bay. they have been chanting all morning long and only letting a few vehicles in at a time. if you take a look down carlos b avenue, you can see that the road is entirely shut down right now, not a lot of vehicles coming up right number you can see one police vehicle coming up the road right now. hundreds of teachers from all 23 cal state schools are demonstrating either here or at cal state dominguez hill. >> faculty members started walking the line before dawn. they say they were supposed to see raises for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2

>>> it was supposed to be a lawsuit against the city of san pablo. how neighbors are suing neighbors over a mudslide when mornings on 2 starts now. >> good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. >> i'd wednesday, november 23rd. let's go to sal. bad car accident near sfo. terrible on this get away day. it's impacting traffic in both directions. >> yes, it is. this crash first started on northbound 101 but then the car flipped and ended up on southbound 101. the three lanes are blocked before the airport exit. northbound 101 is also affected. this is in front of the airport. if you were making a movie about get away day, seems like it would be fix. we don't have them that often but both directions of the freeway are slow. news chopper 2 is giving us a look at the traffic. you can see how traffic up the peninsula is slow. southbound 101 is slow now. you may want to consider using bart. bart is not affected by this. san francisco airport, looks like there is more slow traffic down getting up to the airport. san francisco airport is accessible by some of the

. >>> the owners of three homes damaged by a landslide in san pablo are suing the city. the slide was apparently called by heavy rains last march. now, those homeowners claim the city's design and maintenance of drainage over the years contributed to that slide. the city is not excepting tonight. longer machining times and cuts to every city service are part of the budget picture in san jose. city leaders will vote in two weeks to declare a fiscal emergency and then set a special election in march for pension reform. mayor reed says there will have to be cuts to the city's workforce and services if they don't reduce retirement costs. >>> a professor cannot demand his students bring snacks to class. the professor walked out of class two weeks ago because there were no snacks in class. the dean and members of the psychology department told him that's unsellable. the professor says he will continue to teach but maintains the rule which he has had in his class for 39 years was simply a team building exercise. >>> some retailers have a better reputation than others. this shop

police found the victim lying on san pablo avenue near 34th street around 12:30 this morning.im had been shot at least once. but they don't leave he was shot near 34th and san pablo because they couldn't find any shell casings there. the man was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. >>> oakland firefighters spent the night putting out an apartment fire. it broke out after midnight at 81st and plymouth street. firefighters say the complex but vacant. no one was hurt. >>> our time is 8:50. there was a small earthquake overnight, just north of santa rosa. it was a 3.2 magnitude quake, it struck about 3 a.m. three miles northwest of the geysers. so far no reports of injuries or damage. >>> a san quinten inmate on death row for killing a young boy has taken his own life. brandon wilson, 1998, he admitted killing the nine-year- old boy during that hearing. authorities say he slashed the child's throat in a public rest room in san diego county. prison officials say wilson was found hanging from his cell in san quinten yesterday morning. >>> turns out a more women than usu

>>reporter: the morning james i and at 16th and san pablo which is the north side of the frank ogawa aza. it is very quiet out here where i'm at, san paolo is blocked off about a block and a half from where i met. so far we have not seen the huge police presence show up but i can say that there are a lot of protesters out and about. people are already at the frank ogawa plaza. people are riding bikes and going up and down the streets coming in and out of the plaza. as i said, so far we have not seen any of that the police presence. i was here on the 25th when they initially cleared out a plaza. that morning there was hundreds of police officers that set up a perimeter around frank ogawa plaza. now as i am talking i start to see ambulances moving down san paulo towards the plaza right now. it looks like at least two, maybe four of them are rolling down setting up on san paulo just about a 16th street or so. right now we have not seen a big police presence on the ground here. >>james: we have less than one minute before we have to take another break in what is the mood of the crowd? >>r

it's moving at a rate of 4 1/2 millimeters per year. >> eventually the fault goes under san pablo bayhe small quakes may not lower the chances of a quake many the future, they could lessen the size. >>> 2 1/2 months after an earthquake hit the east coast, some victims are receiving help from the federal government. representees went to assist homeowners. the quake on august 23rd caused about 10 10,000,000 dollars in damages to one county. some homeowners who could not pay for repairs had almost given up. >> i have no money to do nothing with and it just made me feel like i didn't care no more. >> some virginia counties offering property tax relief and waiving building permit fees for quake-damaged homes. >>> vallejo police are investigating a shooting near vallejo high school. a man picking up two daughters says that a man shot at his car and the man drove off by found that a bullet hit his backseat head rest narrowly missing his daughter's head. >>> in north carolina, police have one man in custody after they say he walked onto a campus of elizabeth city state university with an assa

the san pablo hospital has the biggest and busiest emergency room in that part of the country. voters are being asked to decide on a $7 million a year parcel tax to keep it open. the city has to fill a budget gap if the parcel tax fails, the hospital will probably close next year. the deadline to summit a ballot is next tuesday. >>> the international diabetes federation predicts one in ten adults will have diabetes by 2030. by then the number of deaths from the disease could double. that's roughly 522 million people with diabetes in less than 20 years. right now there's 346 million people with the disease. the new report is based on aging and demographic changes and includes both type one and type two diabetes. >>> the creator of the influential pink ribbon campaign has died. evelyn lauder created the cancer foundation. she helped raise funds as well as organize. the pink ribbon campaign became popular with celebrities such as elizabeth hurley. lauder suffered with breast cancer and ovarian cancer. >>> people who want to go to the burning man the event will have to win the lott

. >> reporter: dozens hit the bank at san pablo and richmond. >> we are asking them to recognize that we're the community that. sour money in the banks, but it's our people, our neighborhoods, our communities. >> reporter: they were here as part of the spreading occupy movement decrying economic and political inequality. >> it's a long journey, but i believe we we can make a change. >> reporter: the group targeted bank of america party because of the foreclosure crisis. >> i'm sick and tired of the bans taking our money and homes. >> reporter: they say the crisis and in turn the banks are doing il repairable home to the eld neighborhoods. neighborhoods, such as this one around lucas avenue where we found a row of five properties, three of which are abandoned and blighted. >> there are 15 in my neighborhood in a two-block range that are foreclosed and being broken into and when the banks were using loopholes saying they didn't own it. >> protesters want customers to take their money out of bank of america, which this man tried to do, but couldn't because the bank was closed. he returne

let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. 80 westbound at san san pablo avenue is babbed up to sun nome. we've -- backed up to sunol. and in san jose, i think the busiest freeway, of course, what would you think? yep. backed up from 85 to 8 7. 7. let's go it steve. >>> a very good morning. our observer -- the e-mail is gone -- the fog is fog. the temperatures are cold. now, there's a lot of 30s all over the place. patchy fog, cold, sunny and warmer. fog, sun, a little warmer into tomorrow and then we start to keep our eyes on the system coming in. it looks like it will bring the clouds in. friday morning, it's a warmer system. if it does make it, it will give us decent rain along the coast. we should be near 70 for san jose. clear skies, except for that fog. there's our system the leading edge of it right there. it's a couple of days away. oakmont, 31. bethel island down to 32. petaluma, 35. palo alto 36. los gatos, 37 and san bruno at 39 degrees. 34 fairfield. they were at 32. livermore is in the 30s. concord is in there. san anselmo, santa rosa, 42. redwood city 38, holding st

. >>> contra costa county health officials blame sugary drinks for the high rates in san pablo.y council got a report on this last night. it says san pablo has one of the highest rates in the county and says many residents live within walking distance of vendors selling sugary drinks. >>> let's check in with sal. what's happening at the toll plaza? >> all right. we're gonna go there and look at that quickly for you. it will be a backup for at least 25 minutes. monking along and taking a look at 80 northbound. that traffic is slow from the coliseum up to 23rd. and highway 4 is slow. let's go to steve. >>> on. mostly sunny south, mostly cloudy to north and. , partly cloudy in between. we'll have increasing clouds on wednesday. looks like rain on wednesday. the weekend will be dry and warmer. so dave, one day of rain and then i think we're good. >>> well, another stinky smell on an east bay neighborhood, why its hoecation, well, that's acrocking -- well, that's attracting a lot of concerns. >>> and could businesses in san francisco be one of the reasons that police may move in on a

it aims to save san pablo $47 a year parcel tax.jected three ballot measures and it would allow them to appoint a city attorney rather than having voters decide. they voted for a parcel tax and the revenue was supposed to go to city services including youth fire and violence prevention. it would have extended the deadline to the fire system from 2026 to an unspecified later dated and would have increased the city's later payments. >>> it hits the big screen, the lot of interview is the unedited interview which was originally filmed for a pbs series and it was thought to be lost. it was just recently now a garage in london. it will be shown in theaters including palo alto and san francisco. >>> sal, how is 280 doing? >> you know it will be a little bit slow in some areas, pam but for the most part, we are off to a nice start if you are driving in the south bay, you will start seeing signs the commute is getting more crowded. also on the 680 freeway coming from dublin, 880 traffic is also looking good. 5:57 let's did back to the desk.

. >> at point san pablo yacht harbor, eric johnson says caltrans offered free toll passes. >> this is just the reality of the situation, stuff wears out. caltrans spent a lot of time. trying to figure out the best way to make access for everybody. the safest way. >> but not the best way in terms of relation was local governments. >> i would say that we've got to do better. and i think we're going to see some responsiveness right now. >> this afternoon, we did finally hear from a district manager, who told news his pp, this controversy has been blown out of pro portion. he told us it's fill stil in preliminary stages and will not be moving ahead until everyone is on the scene same page. from point richmond abc 7 news. >> and still to come here tonight honoring heroes into different ways. first an east bay city pays tribute to one of its own. >> san francisco celebrates four people who risked their own lives to pull a man from a burning car. >> i'm leigh glaser, high pressure bringing up a dry weather pattern but also going to bring us strong winds. we'll take a look at the forecast com

this means anyone heading east from the san pablo peninsula, many richmond drivers, will have to drivecross the entire span, make a u-turn at san quentin and head back to the east bay, extra 15 minute drive and unnecessary $5 toll. some local lawmakers are asking caltrans to come up with another plan. as of now they are set to begin in the spring. >>> 6:20. they say you are never too to forgive. apparently not everyone feels they need to. the sports rivalry that led a 73-year-old cal football legend to combat this weekend. .m ♪ i must have the wrong house. sister? we missed you. they waited up all night for you, you know. it's a long way from west africa. ahh...coffee. [ inhales deeply ] he's here. i brought you something. [ chuckles ] really? ♪ [ chuckles ] what are you doing? you're my present this year. ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ is folgers in your cup >>> hope you had a great thanksgiving. i was about to ask [ unintelligible ] there's a lot of fog this morning. you want to be careful. mike is going to talk about when the fog will lift today. >> i have my guess. but you have to

. >> reporter: dozens of protesters hit the bank of america at mcdonald and san pablo in richmond. >>e're asking them to recognize we're the community. that is our money in the bank, but it's our people, our neighborhoods, our communities -- . >> reporter: they were hear as part of spreading occupy moment devicing decrying economic inequity. >> i am sick and tired the bank taking our money and home. >> reporter: they say the crisis and in turn the banks are doing irreparable home to the neighborhoods, such as this one, where we found a row of five properties, three of which are abandoned and blighted. >> there are about 15 in my neighborhood in a two-block rake foreclosed that are being broken into and when the banks were contact they use loopholes, i don't own it. well, if you didn't own it, why did you foreclose it? >> reporter: protesters want people to take their money out of burbank which they couldn't do because the bank shut down. he returned after going to another branch. >> this is what i'm doing here. >> we have been oppressed for them long enough. [ inaudible ] another octo

maze heavy ride into san francisco, east shore freeway earlier problem westbound 80 approaching san pablo blocked due to disabled vehicle cleared to the shoulder the damage is done, traffic slow 28 miles an hour. drive times, westbound 580 from 205 towards the dublin interchange, 34 minutes. antioch towards pittsburg 26 minute right right. carquinez bridge towards the maze 36 minute trip. if you want to an individual the roads, checking with mass transit everything on time. for the latest traffic go to abc7news.com/traffic. >>> 6:50. the highway patrol is investigating an accident that left a patrol cruiser in flames. it happened around 8:30 last night on highway 101 in sausalito. the patrol car ended up crashing north of the spencer avenue on-ramp. the officer was not hurt and managed to get out of the burning vehicle. this specific fire posed a special kind of danger to emergency crews. >> because there was lots of live ammunition in the patrol car once the car caught on fire we had several live rounds start to go off in the area we didn't want motorists to get struck. we shut the freew

. >>> tonight, three families in san pablo are praying that the rain we get this evening won't causeir homes at the bottom of a sliding hill. the families finished weatherizing using tarps and rows of sand bags. storms last winter and this spring caused hills to crumble, threatening their homes. one of them is already red tagged, making this a very our house, but in somebody else's. and hoping that maybe next year, it will be back. >> in all, the family spent about $30,000 to cover the hillside. now residents tell me, neighbors are actually suing each other and the city over that slide. >>> president obama pardoned a thanksgiving turkey. >> recently, i've been taking a series of actions that don't require congressional approval. here is another one. we can't wait to pardon these turkeys. >> then, his daughters had a chance to touch the official national turkey named liberty. there was also a backup turkey named peace. the two will go to live at george washington's home, mount vernon in virginia. also, they helped hand out bags of food for people in need. the president was in charge o

. >>> tonight, three families in san pablo are praying that the rain we get this evening won't causeir homes at the bottom of a sliding hill. the families finished weatherizing using tarps and rows of sand bags. storms last winter and this spring caused hills to crumble, threatening their homes. one of them is already red tagged, making this a very zc9&í/@0ylf" our house, but in somebody else's. and hoping that maybe next year, it will be back. >> in all, the family spent about $30,000 to cover the hillside. now residents tell me, neighbors are actually suing each other and the city over that slide. >>> president obama pardoned a thanksgiving turkey. >> recently, i've been taking a series of actions that don't require congressional approval. here is another one. we can't wait to pardon these turkeys. >> then, his daughters had a chance to touch the official national turkey named liberty. there was also a backup turkey named peace. the two will go to live at george washington's home, mount vernon in virginia. also, they helped hand out bags of food for people in need. the president w

we're at 16th and san pablo. one of the entrances to ogawa plaza. you can see the officers just arrived on the scene. these are deputies. alameda county sheriff deputy who is just arrived. it looks like they have one group over here and another group to the left. there's probably -- >> we apologize, bob. the shot is breaking up there. these are live aerial pictures for the same scene. we have it all covered from all angles this morning. police are moving in closer to o occupy encampment. as christi mentioned. they received notices this is going to happen. but it looks like the force is much, much heavier. the police presence there this morning. >> and building as we speak. of course, this raid is causing trouble for commuters, potentially big and small. let's send it over to mike inouye to let us know what's happening with bart and on the roads. >> we're going to stay with the live pictures. these are changing scene as we go. but because of 14th and broadway where the activity is focused, that intersection is obviously closed. avoid a three-block ra

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50s and higher clouds and then comes creeping back in, you can see it on saturday, coming through san pabloit is interesting to see but boy it is lousy to be there, we'll see gusty winds by the end of the week but until then 50s and 60s, morgan hill to gilroy, here comes the winds machine, we will crank it up and calms down friday and looks quiet as we head into the weekend. >>> the body of a marine killed in afghanistan will arrive in the bay area this morning. kraig debro joins us from pittsburgh with how 19-year-old joshua coral will be honored today. >> reporter: thank you pam, they rendezvoused right here in this parking lot and on their way to danville this morning to greet family members and to pick up more riders. now their mission welcoming home fallen marine from danville. most of them are either active service members, active in the military or first sponsors. -- responders. the family of josh coral will be personally escorted to travis air force base by the warrior watch riders. he died earlier this months while serving in afghanistan. like most they escort riders they serve. >>

. >>> the owners of three homes damaged by a landslide in san pablo are suing the city. the slide last march was apparently caused by heavy winter rain. the homeowners claim that the city's design and maintenance of drainage over the years contributed to that slide. the city has not commented. >>> it's no see contract that california is in the middle of a financial crisis. a hiring freeze has been implemented to save money but there's one state agency that is ignoring the order and hiring anyway. sam shane is on the money. >> reporter: courthouse delays are more common now because they are short staffed. but one government agency is growing despite a statewide hiring freeze. >> they have gone on a hiring spree with i.t. consultants and technicians on the totals are in the millions and millions of dollars. >> reporter: judge gilyard says the money is going to a court computer project years behind schedule and already hundreds of millions of dollars over budget. other judge blames the administrative office of the courts for hiring dozens of consultants. >> they are being c