water for drinking, sanitation, and fire remains in short supply. don knapp, cbs 5. >>> other news making headlines around the bay area now, a gold robbery in san francisco's district has left a man wounded. he tells police he was standing at persia and london around 5:00 last night and a thief tried to grab his gold meek las. the suspect got into a waiting car and took off. the victim is recovering. >>> an elderly man is safe tonight after spending a day and a half trapped in an east bay canyon. the 76-year-old drove off the boulevard near claire monte avenue in oakland. a hiker spotted his car this afternoon, but when rescue crews arrived, the driver was nowhere to be found. the crash victim who uses a cane was trying to walk out when the tow truck driver spotted him. the driver was taken to a hospital. >>> the fight against west nile virus is on again in south jose. kid do on how the economy is contributing to the problem t. county workers just found another dead crow infected with the west nile virus. the total is now up to three. that's on top

. >> getting people wanting to drink is nice, but a sanitation problem. >> a dire situation in one coastal community. why porter potties are sprouting up along its main road. >> i hope costco admits its mistake. >> and pulling the plug on ev changing stations. why the big box change will regret this decision. >>> all along the east coast tonight, officials are assessing damage following the most powerful earthquake to hit the region in nearly seven decades. the magnitude 5.8 quake hit about 40 miles northwest of richmond, virginia. but people felt it as far away as toronto and georgia. there were no serious injuries, but it did send people running into the streets in new york and washington, d.c. >> the whole building started shaking. then we got up and started shaking. we all got dizzy and ran out. >> the thing that ran into my mind was a bomb. >> cracks have been spotted in the washington monument and three capstones broke off the national cathedral. there was no damage to the nation's infrastructure. this earthquake was different. >> this is a much sharper earthquake than i've ever felt

the grates, some weighs as much as 150 pounds cost the vallejo sanitation district $300 each. the district's jennifer kaiser said at least one person has driven a car into an opened storm drain but so far no one has been hurt. >> we want people to be aware that some of the storm drain grates might be missing so if they're jogging at dawn or dusk or walking with kids or their dog we don't want anybody to get hurt. >> reporter: down the street at franklin middle school, thieves have struck five times this summer, busting through locks and stealing expensive copper wire. betsy cop lives next door to the school. she had copper wire stolen from her house back in april. >> i work for the school district. if they have to put out money to fix things, they may lay off teachers or we may not get books or the kids may not get after-school activities. >> att alco, they can't walk in with storm drains and leaving with cash. laws went into effect for recycler for buying stolen metals. >> we photo i.d. the material coming in. take driver's license, thumb prints and license plate numbers and

. >>> and perilous perch, an urban cliffhanger, after a sanitation truck crashes through a third floor wall. captioning funded by cbs >> good morning, everybody and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> president obama plans to unveil his latest plan to boost the economy and cr post labor day speech. the proposal will include tax cuts and republicans are already trashing the notion. today mr. obama begins a ten-day vacation. joel brown is in washington with more on this. good morning, joel. >> hey, betty, good morning to you. after a bruising summer of debt limit battles and increased concern about a double dip recession, president obama heads off on vacation later today leaving strong hints about what he has in store to jolt the economy when he gets back. president obama returned to the white house wednesday night but he won't be there long. now that he's wrapped up his economic bus tour he'll head to martha's vineyard for a ten-day vacation with his family. wednesday the president told cbs news's anthony mason he doesn't think there will be a double dip recession but he is con

but sanitation officials say these grating thefts may be acts of desperation. the grates may cost $300 to replace, but they sell for only pennies on the dollar. >> the cost of replacement is so much greater than whatever the thieves are getting for it. >> reporter: then there is the danger to the public. sewage workers are scrambling to quickly cover damaged drains before anyone gets hurt. >> they are a puzzle. they're irritated. obviously it's taking away from their normal duties. >> reporter: with no clue as to who is behind it and potentially more thieves picking up on the trend, the scramble could continue. now, no one has been hurt but it may only be a matter of time, according to officials. so them anyone in vallejo who comes across any of these gaping storm drains to go ahead and call them so that they can cover them quickly. (707)644-8949 is that number. they can be called 24/7. live in vallejo, christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> two window washers dangled way up in the air after their scaffold suddenly collapsed in san francisco today. elizabeth wenger on the

but sanitation officials say these grating thefts may be acts of desperation. the grates may cost $300 to replace, but they sell for only pennies on the dollar. >> the cost of replacement is so much greater than whatever the thieves are getting for it. >> reporter: then there is the danger to the public. sewage workers are scrambling to quickly cover damaged drains before anyone gets hurt. >> they are a puzzle. they're irritated. obviously it's taking away from their normal duties. >> reporter: with no clue as to who is behind it and potentially more thieves picking up on the trend, the scramble could continue. >> reporter: sanitation officials are concerned about the danger that some of these gaping open storm drains pose so they are asking people to call them and report it if they do see any of those. they have a number at 707-644- 8949. they say you can call that number 24/7 to report any of these open holes. live in vallejo, christin ayers, cbs 5. >>> vallejo isn't the only city missing metal. last weekend someone stole a bronze dog statue from the marin hu

now it is towels and hand sanitizers. >> what is wrong with you? that was the worst shopping experience of my life around august 15th, i would stay up until four so it wouldn't come. that's how much i dreaded school. >> that's because you were often bullied by me. >> using the stuff you bought. >> coming up, how many dogs can you fee with one liberal carcass? kailey discusses her new pet cook book. what's up for fans of fish. i have two locked up in my basent in. i must remember to feed them. rock on, guys. >>> could you be punished at school for making boys drool? no says the greatest judge ever? we start with two indiana high school girls taking pictures of themselveses and posing in sexually suggestive positions while having a slumber party simulating sex with lollipops and toy try dents. they posted the pics on facebook and myspace and somebody prirchted them out -- printed them out and sent them to the high school principal who suspended them from all curricular activities for the year. this gots the aclu involved and they helped the girls sue

. >> reporter: the sanitation district is offering help from residents. if you see a missing grate, call so they can replace it as soon as possible. >>> fremont police are investigating an accident this morning that killed a pedestrian. a car traveling westbound on stevenson hit two other cars then struck the pedestrian in the crosswalk. she died at the scene. police say there was no immediate indication the driver was intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. the crash investigation blocked traffic in that area for about four hours. two window washers were plucked to safety from a san francisco high rise where they were lift dangling for half an hour this morning. they were working on berry street on a condo building. the scaffolding was practically lateral as you see here. they were able to rescue one man, his nephew fell and had to be taken to the hospital. >> all of a sudden there's a guy hanging on ropes outside my window. >> reporter: cal osha is investigating whether the scaffolding collapsed because of operator error or damage. >>> the san fran

the camp is taking extra precautions in terms of urging all of the guests to use hand sanitizer, the kitchen staff is taking extra precautions and it is probably safer now than it has ever been. i want to make sure the public knows and those campers who have signed up for the coming weeks, they have nothing to worry about. every precaution is being taken. it was a little bit on the chilly side for this time of year, but otherwise the streams were spectacular. there are waterfalls everywhere. i would encourage my fellow commissioners to go up and have a look. the camp is beautiful with all of the water. everything is green. there was a late spring fall which turned all of the grass and leaves green, which is a change from the last six times i've been up there, where it was largely yellow because of the drought conditions. i think you would really enjoy it. the campus very well-run and i want to allay any concerns people may have generated from that article. the concern is there, but the story made the problem much larger than it actually is. i would urge the public to take that into c

in new york a sanitation truck has crafted through the wall the building.t has caused quite a mess. here is the aftermath. authorities are saying that the truck driver lost control of the raid and then smashed through the wall of the second floor. hong the driver has been taken out of the truck. he was injured. emergency responders are working at the moment stabilize the >> the first day of school for students and teachers in joplin missouri. this comes three months after the storms. this is video of the tornado destroyed the high school. they were having graduation ceremonies at a different location. some of the students returning as the cleanup continues there. others will have to attend a makeshift classrooms at the locations including an industrial park and a converted a big box retail store. 160 people including seven students were killed. much >> more ahead in the kron 4 morning news. it is the world according to gary when we come back. hi when hon >> it is time to check-in and speak with gary radnich. let's talk about football. three weeks until open

in one day the sanitation and flood roll had to replace five of them.have been ripped off in a two-week span. they are about $350 each. it can be dangerous to have a hole in the street or the sidewalk. one woman damaged her car. if you were walking you could drop down. some of these at least 15 feet deep. if you see someone stealinging one call 911 or if one is missing call the district. the city is looking at a number of things including maybe spot welding to hold it down. that would be labor intensive because there are thousands of these across the city. christie smith, touchdown. >> new details in the massive salmonella outbreak. the federal government is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey. usda says the tainted meat came from a cargill plant in arkansas. the meat has been linked to a death in california and 76 other cases around the country. there isn't enough information to recall specific brands. the meat is safe to eat if it is cooked the an internal temperature of 165 degrees. certainly not going to be that hot around the bay area. a l

that according to vallejo sanitation and flood control. we spoke with them this morning. the thought is that these things are probably sold throughout for scrap. but for the city, this is a high dollar theft. $350 to replace each one. of course that's literally money down the drain and kind of a new thing for the city of vallejo. what they are saying if you see someone trying to yank one of these up call 911. if one of these is missing, make sure you call the sanitation district directly and they will get someone to replace it. they are looking at a number of options including maybe even spot welding these things down so they are not so easy to lift up. but that would be a tall order. there are thousands of these things spread out in different parts of the city. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> so it's the storm drain, not manhole covers. >> right. we're hearing is that they are actually the grates, like someone can literally put their hands in there and lift these up. these are the storm drain grates of course the water goes out to the bay. so we're on wilson avenu

so i want to just take a look at what the sanitized, if you will, text looks like, and i picked up that book and that's sitting on my desk. and then there are two books -- i'm trying tomorrow their names, and i -- this is such an opportunity to help out authors i'm reading. but one is a book by lawrence block, who is a mystery writer, and i think it's called

for the elementary students, hand sanitizing stations remain in place and some businesses remain closed. >> we agree, we are going to put a plan in place so it never happens again. >> again, county officials are asking they continue to boil their water for the next 24 hours. wayne freedman will have a follow-up to the story later. >>> a car struck a mother and two young daughters in vallejo. it happened at elliot and mini drive. the woman was on a bicycle. two-year-old was seriously hurt and other two suffered moderate injuries. no word about any possible charges. >>> still ahead, the advertising accusation has goleog paying half a billion dollars. >> evidence being revealed that could identify a killer in a decade south bay murder. ♪ [ female announcer ] there's no right way or wrong way. every baby plays by his own rules. and they need a diaper that lets them do it. new pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at the waist, legs and bottom ♪ with up to 12 hours of protection for all the freedom to play their way. >>> we have yet another breaking news story. in south san jose where an amt

sanitation truck in queens, new york, crashed through the second story wall of an industrial building and was left dangling from that building. the driver hung on for dear life as the rescue workers tried to stabilize the vehicle. they used a cherry picker to rescue the driver who is said in serious but stable condition. four cars parked below were damaged by falling bricks and debris. officials don't know how they lost control of the vehicle. >> a teenager is in custody after what police call catastrophic attack at the high school. they say 17-year-old threatened to plant explosive devices and discharge them on the first day of school next tuesday. police arrested him last night after getting a tip. >> there were two individual faculty members that were specific tar get. he mentioned his desire to cause more casualties than were suffered at columbine. >> police believe revenge was the motive for the plot. >> students and teachers at joplin, missouri, headed back to class after the deadliest tornado in six decade. it destroyed hundreds of buildings, including six schools. one of them

. >> reporter: now, the sanitation district needs your help. if you see any missing grades, they ask you to give them a call because it's very important that they replace it as soon as possible and they said if you see or know someone steeling -- stealing these, you should also call vallejo police. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. >>> andty okay -- antioch police are investigating a shooting that left one woman wounded. it happened on i-street. the investigators -- on "i" street. the investigators don't believed shooting was random. they are looking for two men in a silver suv with shiny rims. the victim is expected to survive. >>> san francisco police have a suspect in custody after an attempted robbery that left the victim with a gunshot wound on her ankle. the suspect ran into an apartment, following the confrontation and police have arrested him. the female victim told police he demanded money. she's being treated at sf general. >>> the mayor of east palo alto will hold a town meeting to discuss the recent surge of de

happening right now in new york, dramatic pictures -- look at the middle of your screen, a sanitationck that wildly smashed through the wall of a garage and is just dangling over the ground, three stories up. incredible. >> this has been going on for the past two hours in queens. the driver of the truck has been rescued. he's in good condition. no one down on the ground below was hurt but debris fell down on parked cars on the street. we don't know if anyone was injured in the cars. incredible pictures of what happened in new york. that's the very latest. we'll keep you posted on this remarkable picture from new york. >>> president obama is fighting back against critics who say he has no plan to create more jobs. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the announcement the president will give a major speech next month. allison? >> reporter: that's right. but we are going to have to wait for all of the details. the president is not going to be delivering this big jobs speech until after the labor day holiday after his trip to martha's vineyard, ten-day vacation that

de gria -- the gria and up dissipating as they should be in sanitation and hygiene. we have people urinating and defecating on our beach. if you are going to have this event and the quality event, may i encourage you through the city and county government to address this to the national maritime museum to get those two restrooms working? they are now dysfunctional. they are now working. people do not know at times where to do their thing. in some cases, it is unhygienic to be on our beaches. user it also the coordinator for the presidio, and i think this is an issue of public safety for all those. get those restaurants open and this will contribute to the success of this event and it will also keep the water quality control up for the thousands of swimmers to participate in the dolphin club and the south end running clubs. i thank you out for addressing this important issue for all the people of san francisco. thank you. president olague: thank you. [reading names] >> hello. my name is robin rome, and i am also a life member of the dolphin club. in the report, a recr

>> no, this project will replace the filtration ponds, sanitation system. some work in the locker rooms. i believe reroofing as well. >> so there will be some work done on the locker rooms. >> it will be somewhat cosmetic. we were just through last week during a site visit. of all the work that needs to be done there, this money cannot get to that. i do not have the project scope in front of me, but i believe we could be putting non-skid down on the floors. >> that is one of my projects. maybe we can see if we can get funding in the next year to maybe work on those locker rooms. they are in pretty dire need of some renovations. anyway, that is something for future meetings. >> commissioner harrison? >> commissioner lee took a lot of my thunder here. would the downtown park fund replenish? i notice on the open space fund, we used $2,600 so far. would the downtown park on the polish that? -- fund replenish that? the second question is, -- >> i am sorry, commissioner. what' $2600? >> in the opening page of the report -- union square. >> generally speaking, com

in a trial, a lot of times by the time we get to court it's sanitized.e not looking at a bloody crime scene, you're looking at a photo that's been sanitized. but when prosecutors were able to play that man's voice where he's instructing these young girls on how to take basically being raped. there are some state that have the death penalty for rape and i know texas wishes they were one right now. >> you say it's creepy, i say it's sick, vile and disgusting. a teenager is on trial for murder in oxnard, california for the gay shooting of a classmate in 2008 while they both were in middle school. now we're hearing about a so-called gay panel defense? ha -- gay panic defense? >> this became popular in the matthew shepherd case. what happens is the person who kills a gay victim will get into trial and will say, well, i was so scared and so offended because this gay person put the moves on me that i had no choice but to react so violently. i had to kill them and it's called the gay panic defense and it is just an insidious pack of lies because think about it t

incredible pictures out of new york city, a salt truck crashed through a wall and dangled from a sanitation building. a preliminary investigation suggests the 56-year-old driver was trying to back out but appears to have gone forward instead. the worker hurt his nick and back and remains hospitalized in -- neck and back and remains hospitalized in stable condition. authorities think it was an accident and don't plan any charges. >>> caltrans wants to remind met motorized. it's upgrading and the closures could begin at 5:00 a.m. and continue through 11:00 a.m. weekend hours could run longer. crews hope to finish the project in a year and a half. >>> we want to look at 580 and the richmond/san rafael bridge which has been shut down for a couple of hours now because of police activity. as you can see, it looks like the eastbound direction has opened, we have been seeing traffic in the eastbound direction holding from san ralph foal richmond. the police activity involves a suspect in a stabbing at a supermarket last week. opened fire on police when they approached him at the hotel. he's now bar

for the elementary students, hand sanitizing stations remain in place and some businesses remain closed. >> we agree, we are going to put a plan in place so it never happens again. >> again, county officials are asking they continue to boil their water for the next 24 hours. wayne freedman will have a follow-up to the story later. >>> a car struck a mother and two young daughters in vallejo. it happened at elliot and mini drive. the woman was on a bicycle. two-year-old was seriously hurt and other two suffered moderate injuries. no word about any possible charges. >>> still ahead, the advertising accusation has google paying half a billion dollars. >> evidence being revealed that could identify a killer in a decade south bay murder. ah yes. there it is. the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. we may never know. let that sink in, people. we may never know. but now? now is not the time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steemer >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> we have yet another breaking news

city drivers may be known for dicey parking, but this extreme example nearly ended badly for one sanitation worker. his truck dangled from the third floor of a repair shop after he crashed through a wall, leaving the driver trapped in the cab until he could be rescued by firefighters. the crash is under investigation. >>> one suspect tried to escape capture in ohio, and it came to a soggy ending. the sex offender attempted to speed away from an arresting officer leading police on a high-speed chase eventually crashing into a private pool. no one was hurt in the accident or when police arrested the suspect near the scene. >>> and finally, in missouri, a delightful exchange played out between fans at a yankees/royals game. a lucky girl who got a foul ball. instead of keeping the memorable souvenir for herself, she handed it forward to a young boy standing nearby in a yankees shirt. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins, who has your weather channel forecast. >> little girls have a reputation for being nice, right? >> yes, they had to dig it

he traveled to memphis to speak on behalf of striking sanitation workers and that the growing gap between the rich and poor in america. one can only imagine how he would you issues like poverty. they find themselves among the ranks of the nation's poor. he linked the war and poverty together and he reminded this then and now that war is the enemy of the poor. that is our show for tonight. i will see you next time. good night from los angeles. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a consersation with with xavier becerra on his role as part of the super committee. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on yo

word and there was a professor who took it out of the text, and this sparked a controversy about sanitizing american history or in the context of my own book, sort of politically correct speech codes and now inappropriate it was given the fact that mark twain, samuel clemens wrote it with the power of that word intended, so i wanted to just take a look at what the sanitized, if you will, text looks like and then i picked up the book and, again, that's sitting on my desk. and then there are two books -- i'm trying to remember their names. and it's such an opportunity to help out our authors that i'm reading one is a book by lawrence block who's a mystery writer and i think it's called a drop of the hard stuff. it's a mystery novel. and lawrence block is to me just a terrific, terrific mystery writer. so that's actually at the top of my list. if i wasn't here tonight, i would go read lawrence block. yeah, i think lawrence block is terrific. and george pellicannos is a mystery author who has a new book and his wife exercises at the same y

this is a new york city sanitation truck almost driving out of the third floor of a city garage today. this was not fun for the driver. had to be extricated by new york's bravest. the fdny, the driver a ten-year veteran was injured and hospitalized but treated and released. the truck's being inspected for what might have gone wrong. >>> and a photo of the u.s. ambassador to china is receiving huge attention right now in china. it's not very exciting, we'll show it to you. the picture shows ambassador gary locke, former governor of washington state is a chinese american, he's en route to china, wearing a backpack and buying coffee. you you see in chinese society where even junior officials have somebody buy their coffee for them, and carry their bags for them, locke's photo has been reposted, sent around the web thousands of times because of the frugality and modesty it shows. ambassador lock explained he likes doing things on his own. >>> ralph albertazzi has died. he wrote the book called the flying white house. but he was not a writer by trade. he was a colonel in the air force and

sanitation truck in queens, new york, crashed through the second story wall of an industrial building and was left dangling from that building. the driver hung on for dear life as the rescue workers tried to stabilize the vehicle. they used a cherry picker to rescue the driver who is said in serious but stable condition. four cars parked below were damaged by falling bricks and debris. officials don't know how they lost control of the vehicle. >> a teenager is in custody after what police call catastrophic attack at the high school. they say 17-year-old threatened to plant explosive devices and discharge them on the first day of school next tuesday. police arrested him last night after getting a tip. >> there were two individual faculty members that were specific tar get. he mentioned his desire to cause more casualties than were suffered at columbine. >> police believe revenge was the motive for the plot. >> students and teachers at joplin, missouri, headed back to class after the deadliest tornado in six decade. it destroyed hundreds of buildings, including six schools. one of them