>> and snell. good morning to you, marla. you can see behind me they have a portion of the complex shut down and surrounded. specifically a building to the right. a man is holed up with a machete. police are trying to talk him out of there i just spoke with the security guard. he says this gentleman has been a problem. the man he says flipped him off and told him to leave before something happened to him. that's when he called police. they said the man threatened them with a machete and has been holed up in the apartment ever since. there was a report maybe he's the owner of the gun. so right now they are trying to talk the man out. you've been able to hear him yelling back and forth. they also say he was drinking. we understand they'll be coming out here to resolve a situation. peacefully and nonviolently. this is strictly a local issue as far as local roads are concerne concerned. >> now we're also getting wind that residents of neighboring apartments have been evacuated. are you hearing that? >> reporter: people who live h

that's near west capitol expressway and snell avenue.say they were called to the scene around 2: 40 this morning for a now disturbance. apparently some very loud my sick out of the apartment. that's when they say the 44- year-old man locked himself up in the apartment. some neighbors have been evacuated. officers say they have seen the man drinking alcohol and yelling threats their way. a s.w.a.t. team has been called in. no injuries have been reported so far though. >>> about an hour from now, investigators will start searching for the cause of a three-alarm fire in the berkeley hills. last night's fire did some heavy damage to two homes on miller avenue in berkeley. neighboring homes were evacuated for a while. these are live pictures. you see what's left of the house there. two firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion, another for a knee injury. >>> in five days republicans caucus in iowa. the poll shows rick santorum in third place with 16%. that's triple the share he had earlier this month. mitt romney holds a very slim lead ov

not a lot of details yet but capitol expressway at snell.not too far from there we were dealing with an accident involving a vta bus at phelan and 7th. that's been completely cleared out of the road so better on surface streets at least near phelan avenue. foggy conditions continue on the bay bridge. dense fog advisory in effect affecting the drive especially heading into san francisco and the lights are out on the lower deck of the bay bridge between the island and end of the bridge as you head into oakland. use caution as you work your way through there. accident east 80 at highway 4 blocking the left lane in the noncommute direction but also very foggy through this portion as well as well as the carquinez bridge and the benicia bridge. now, no official advisory for the golden gate bridge. but it looks foggy there so use caution, as well. all right. that's your traffic. elizabeth, lots of fog this morning. >> yeah. you have been really busy with all those different incidents. the fog definitely yes eights more dangerous conditions on roads

and of course christian snelling a west coast occupy core nation committee member in oakland. you know one of the central chapters of the occupy wall street story is the role of police the role that officers have had in this movement not only have they been the ones sent in to dismantle the occupy camps around the country they've also been caught on camera using weapons on protesters everything from pepper spray to tear gas to rubber bullets and their endeavors have been quite expensive according to a new survey by the associated press it found that approximately over two months approximately thirteen million dollars was spent on occupy wall street in this survey about eighteen cities were asked questions and most of that money was spent on overtime and other municipal services and i want to give you an idea of how that money was divvied up here's a look at some of those cities in the breakdown new york spent more than half of the total spending seven million dollars followed by oakland denver portland and atlanta. but it's not just the money as much as the treatment of protes

and the west coast occupy coordination committee member kristen snelling now with many blue collar workers being affected by today's port shutdown even sent home some of them as a conch as a consequence i gave kristen a chance to explain the reasons behind the cordon effort to those who might not understand its purpose take a listen and today we decided to shut down for terminals one of which is the s.s.a. terminal which is owned by goldman sachs. and. we decided to stretch this call across the entire west coast in an effort to. really put. you know wall street on the waterfront is kind of our our tagline that we're using address the issues of. repression of labor and also in addition to that. the ichi struck longshoremen issues in long view washington against each he. is the most one of the most powerful unions in the country and each he is effectively trying to break apart that union and. if they fall then all other organized labor throughout the country it will just be a domino effect so you see this more as a bigger picture of unions really needing to make sure the employees are treate

lisa snell, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> busted immigrants. they're getting a perk.gency launched a toll-free hot line, people detained on immigration violations can call and get help. it's open every day around the clock and service available in seven different languages. the point, to make sure detainees know they could be deported and that they're aware of all their rights. >>> still up front, this is such a touching story about a young man saying good-bye. an 18-year-old's final words. >>> the father of ayla reynolds has not uneconomy kated with her. the christmas day murder/suicide in grapevinetexas. we're "out front" tonight. erybo. well, almost everybody... ♪ would you like 50% more cash? no! but it's more money. [ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? woah! [ giggles ] but to be honest, i find the omega choices overwhelming. which one is right for me? then i found new pronutrients omega-3. it's from centrum. a name i trust. it goes beyond my heart to support my brain and eyes

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it is happening on capital village circle near the intersection of capital expressway and snell. they say a man inside one of the apartments has been making threats and may be carrying a large knife. no word on whether thin else is in the apartment or how many nearby apartments have been evacuated. we continue to follow the story and bring you updates as we get them. >>> firefighters in the berkeley hills are keeping watch over two heavily damaged homes. damaged by fires last night. they are watching the bone dry vegetation nearby worried about the possibility of a huge grass fire erupting. amy hollyfield is live in the east bay hills with more on the story itch >> reporter: it has been so dry for -- weeks. residents say this fire scared them and check out, it was devastating look what's left of this house where it started. theçjj residents on the street say they are grateful it didn't spread further. it started 8:30 last night in the berkeley hills and spread next door. everyone got out okay. they are still trying to figure out how it started. a man says he thinks he knows wher

i have had the pleasure of really knowing, snelling, thinking, and hearing all this sounds of our central market and paying attention to every detail of what we need to do. and talking with all of the residents, the social service organizations, the arts organizations that have come here to help us, and the new businesses that have joined us. we all need to work together. i am is so enthusiastic about the fact that we have a very active community benefits district. we have a great merchants association that has formed. we have a very active redevelopment agency that really has gone beyond what their decades ago reputation is, working with the city very closely, working with all of the agencies to help us revitalize this whole neighborhood, and particularly, this midmarket corridor. you all know that what we have done with the board of supervisors and the mayor in terms of our relationship with the technology companies and the new businesses, through the leadership of the office of economic and workforce development, we have made a solid step to make sure that businesses are welcome here a

and snell also a member of the u.s. navy after gala's return from 80 days at sea.amed with pride after the sailor-to-sailor smooch. >> i feel lice about it. nice to be myself. it's a long time coming. been there for two and a half years and very recent to changes coming into effect and it's been nothing but positive so it's been pretty awesome to say the least. >> reporter: outside of placerville, her mom was happy to talk. kim gatea says she couldn't be more proud. >> i was overwhelmed with proudness of my daughter. wow. i just couldn't believe it. >> reporter: the kiss got reaction from some of marisa's hometown. >> i think it's cool. it's her lover. >> i think you should do whatever you want to do and i hope all of the love and goodness for her, whether or not she is gay or not. >> reporter: others who didn't like it didn't talk on cameras. >> i know there's haters out there. there will always be haters out there. i'm very proud of my daughter has done, stood up for her own rights. >> reporter: marisa hopes this opens doors. while this military twist with a kiss

i would like to introduce simon snell group. simon and members of his team have prepared a detailed project presentation highlighting recent design changes. afterwards, sfwp and port staff will be able to respond to any questions you may have. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you for having us here today. we do not want to repeat what has already been said. i am here today with mark, who is the architect who is heading up this project. and i am going to go as quickly as possible. some of you commissioners have not seen this project. some of you have seen it so many times you -- i do not want to delay you too much in the summary. quickly, a little bit of history. a huge amount of history. this is a diagram showing the 280 embarcadero freeway that thankfully was removed in 1990, with a lot of help from a lot of people who had a lot of passion. and we've then undertook a seven-year study called the world front -- waterfront land use program. this project is, if you like, the outcome of that plan. this diagram here shows the

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occupy activist christin snelling the says the movement is getting a lot of support from unions and workers. today we decided to shut down four terminals one of which is the s.s.a. terminal which is owned by goldman sachs tagline that we're using address the issues of repression of labor and also in addition to that i.o.w. is the most one of the most powerful unions in the country and the e g t is effectively trying to break apart that union if they fall then all other organized labor throughout the country it would just be a domino effect in regard to support we do you have overwhelming support from the rank and file workers their official nonsupport is not necessarily indicative of nonsupport from braintree file workers rank and file workers were not given a chance to vote on whether or not or to the action individual local i.o.w. doing in branches how they voted to support this in portland they voted to support it and here in oakland the local tavern he voted to not to have their workers not cross picket lines in international austerity inspectors are in greece to decide upon a second li

near capitol expressway and snell. behind me is the apartments, swat team members or san jose calls them their merge team members arriving here constantly for the last hour. they've been trickling in, canine dogs on the scene. we've been hearing reports that the man inside the apartment seems to increasingly be making threats or suggest that perhaps the officers will get hurt. so that's why the negotiators will be so important to this ongoing situation here. so when the security guard working at the apartment complex asked them to turn town music. police made contact with the person, he threatened them with a machete. police say the man was being -- making threats throughout the ordeal. >> i can confirm the specifics as far as the conversations, but i can toll you that the officers have been in contact with him verbally. he has apparently brandished a machete at times, charged the officers and made threats some it's been an ongoing thing where he has been uncooperative and threatening towards the officers. >> an hour a

. >> he was eventually taken down by a san jose police dog after holing up in his apartment near snell avenue and capitol expressway. bob redell joins us now with the details. >> this man had been arguing and allegesly threatening police from the door of his unit at the waterstone apartments on and off for several hours this morning. then a little bit after 7:30, he decided to come out. he tried to lunge at one of the canine dogs with a bottle. that's when the officers released the canine on the man, s.w.a.t. moved in, and they took him into custody. paramedics had been treating him for bite wounds before booking him into jail. officers say they arrived a little bit before 3:00 this morning after he refused to turn down loud music. and ended up threatening one of the complex's security guards. officers surrounded the building, evacuated some of the residents and that's when the standoff began with them trying to coax him to come outside. they haven't released his name but he is 44 years old, lived alone. his neighbors tell us they were very cautious of him. one referred to him as the f

president they used to be elected in the ninety's but this was cancelled in the early two thousand snell the meeting with wants to bring the vote back as part of the move to vertical ice power in russia it took over a decade to build to the current vertical system of power but now russia's regions are told it's time to start gaining more independence from moscow the president's proposed reforms will also hit the state duma which will include two hundred twenty five deputies each independently elected within their own two. tauriel constituency and when it comes to new parties in order to register political parties need to gather at least ten thousand approval signatures and have representatives in over a half of the eighty nine regions the new initiative is to reduce this figure to five hundred which should give the green light for more political forces the president's speech followed the recent parliamentary election which caused widespread discontent among the public the biggest brutus rally since the collapse of the u.s.s.r. had been taking place across the country with tens of thousan

it is snelling in texas -- it is snowing in texas. we do have some thick fog. visibility is down to 1/4 of a mile in some places. i think we will get a peak of the sun. high temperature around 59. a mixture of sun and clouds. the rain will catch up to west tonight and tomorrow. -- the rain will catch up to us. >> southbound 95 approaching the spot, we have a crash. it is off to the side. no delays. 55 miles per hour traveling southbound. eastbound 100 at ritchie highway, we have an accident. the fog will impact your morning rush. leave some extra time if you can. 12 minutes on the outer loop west side. 10 minutes to travel from the beltway down towards the 32. this is the bay bridge. fog warnings in effect at the area bridges. you can see why. much better on the west side. things get better as you make your way south. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. today could be the last day in the trial of paul schurick. he is charged with authorizing illegal robocalls during the 2010 election. >> kim dacey is live with what we could see today. good mor

>>> breaking news out of san jose, we have a possible police standoff at the capital village with snelle. we will check in with kraig debro in a live report in just a few minutes. >>> they are investigating -- chp is investigating a deadly motorcycle accident. a man on a motorcycle was killed after crashing and getting pinned underneath a van. it has been racing at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. the van driver suffered minor injuries in that crash. >>> also this morning investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that badly damaged two homes in the berkeley hills. the fire started on miller avenue near grizzly peak. the fire shot into the nighttime sky but nobody inside was hurt. two firefighters suffered smoke inhalation and it took several hours to get the fire under control. >> it posed a physical challenge given the curves and winding roads in the area. >> they are still watching for hot spots and it is not clear how the fire started. >>> and state legislatures were within the law when they eliminated money for the redevelopment agencies. governor brown and lawmakers wan

this happened at snell avenue in south san jose. 44-year-old scott mckinnon was holed up in his apartment and it wasn't until he walked out with a bottle of alcohol that the canine bit him. the standoff began when he reported that the music was too loud and refused it to turn it down. some neighbors were cautious calling him the "friendly outgoing crazy guy." >> he's just a real odd character. you know, it's always been like that. you talk to any other neighbors, they will tell you the same. he's just really out there. >> reporter: neighbors were evacuated during the standoff. no officers were hurt in the incident. >>> alcatraz is famous for being a prison that no one escaped from. but according to one woman, three men did what was believes to be impossible. they escaped from the rock. marie says her twoie brothers, clarence and john, escaped from the prison in 1962 with one other man. the men had been arrested after allegedly robbing a bank with a toy gun. some say the men drowned during the escape but marie says they made it out alive. >> the only reason they put them in alcatraz was be

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could you snell. >> yes. >> you feared she was heading down the wrong road?uld have been disastrous. >> it's very sad. >> it is really sad. >> a sad loss. >> but you know everybody is sad about it except one person that i met, and that's her original mother. i met her in new york, she came and visited me at my home, my apartment, and she said something beautiful that i couldn't -- i was very, very impressed with her mom. because she said "you know, it's funny, everybody really feels regretful about my daughter but i knew what she really wanted to do and what her dream was, and she actually won. she died making it happen." she says, "she did what she wanted to do really happened," and seen though she had a short life she brian what her dream was. touching. >> incredibly touching. and possibly true. >> um-hum. >> in a strange way. >> i can understand that and really, i understood her mother feeling that way. it's different. >> it's very different. i get how she feels as well, the mother. >> um-hum. >> she did have a remarkable achievement, amy, for such a short

petty officer third class snell. >> it is nice to be able to be myself. it has been a long time coming. i've been in for almost two and a half years and this is recent the changes have come into effect. it has been nothing but positive. it has been pretty awesome to say the least. >> geta's mother saw the kiss is happy for and proud of her daughter. >>> it is 6:08. in eight minutes, time for cool schools. we'll show. >> program that is helping eighth graders learn adult financial skills. it is really cool. we'll let you know who is behind it all. >> up next, howard has our mild thursday forecast. your weather first on this first day of winter is next right here on 9news now. let's get you going. another mild day. mild start to winter. we had records yesterday. 61 at dulles. 62 at bwi, both records for the day. 61 in washington not a record. your bus stop forecast on this thursday morning, mild. partly sunny. when the sun comes up here in another hour and change. some patchy fog off to our southwest, south and southeast with temps in the 40s and 50s and th

thought that domino's would begin to fall but they haven't so not much has happened first jose reyes in snell owner that he has won a great pitcher but a better person and i'm happy for him. but we have to move forward and i wish he and the marlins well. the cubs are roman to be in the chase basile epstein sure didn't sound like it this afternoon. we have a couple smaller deals that we're making progress on and getting more information. there's nothing better that we're close to. >> the bear's back on the practice and practice field today getting ready for tim t bow and the denver siroccos matt forte certainly will not play this week but mike mark told everybody today that he plans on being a coach for quite some time. i am bothered by that obviously i can be back here and i want to be back here that's unfortunate. and i'm embarrassed by it and i hope that... >> illinois unbeaten in college basketball. at home and your nicolson having a big night for the bonnies but illinois has just taken the lead 45-43 with under two minutes left in champagne also tonight classic loyola and a little too ath

can you believe that it's taken this long snell be joined in honolulu by two other players each named to the team for their 7th time in their careers. >>> saints quarterback drew brees threw four more touchdowns last night but the fourth one will be the only one people will remember. he broke dan marino's 27-year- old record for passing yards in a single season and still has one game left to add to his total. >> i can't tell you how much i love you guys and i wouldn't want to be on this journey with anybody else. you make me so proud. it's going to be about us as we continue to win and continue this journey. because it's all about the prize at the end. so i'm just happy to be on it with you, man, love you. >> play-offs? don't talk about play-offs! >> despite the saints win the 49ers still have the inside track on securing the number two seed in the nfc. they can earn a first round bye with a win over the rams or a saints loss to the panthers. >>> as for a race with no play- off implications, either the colts or rams will get the number one pick in the 2012 draft and the chance to take