actually, one of the things you saw was representatives from just about every union in the bay area comingp and saying we need this, our members are out 30% unemployment among building trades unions. and this -- you know, not only is it a lot of work. it's a lot of work over a long time. and that's one of the concerns that some of the opponents had, was that the supervisors were being pushed too much by -- >> belva: let's talk about some of the elements in conflict. you have the environmentalists. you have the african-american community that we normally associate with that region. you have a new immigrant population that's moved in out there. and then you have the developers who want to do, you know, luxury things as well as take care of the poor people. >> don't forget the city. >> belva: and the city's investment. the mayor's reputation here. so what -- >> there's a lot of arguments. and what it is now, what's coming up is the board meets the 27th again to look at some of the details of the project, including a bridge over yosemite slough that the environmentalists don't like, talking po

and if the union? and if the drivers are mad at their own union? was there to blame. >> and getting pushed out? >> they're not going to be pushed out, they've been chosing choosing this, and each has a $1 million budget deficit. the only people that not contributed is the members and the union members. we need their help to keep this from being solvent. >> and kron4's spoke to commuters that is impacting >> it is difficult, to wait for one or. and the one thing that i hope there will be able to resolve this. and get back to work. to be able to resolve the problem. >> i am willing to go one week, or however long as lunker week periods. -one per week periods. and i am willing to be more patient. to achieve a better good. >> that transit and the union is going to oppose the new contract on june dirty it. the agency said the contract will save $60 million per year but the union argues that it is unfair to oppose the contract. they want negotiations to continue and what is in the contract and how it compares to other transit agencies in the bay area. >>

the union says it's the transit's fault.either side would say how long it with -- how long it might go on. >>> the counsel voted last night in favor of the plan, the measure goes before the board one more time. the move would make oakland to first city to license whole sale marijuana. >>> the fog did nautically from the coast line at all this afternoon. also over san francisco and oakland. you see the conditions that persisted. tomorrow will be different. we are going to see the fog move in overnight tonight. but it clears out faster tomorrow morning. the extra sunshine and warmer air is going to mean temperatures 5-10 degrees warmer. a look at the fog tracker for tomorrow the fog will cover the inland valleys. 6:00 starting to peal back. watch how quickly it moves back to the coast line, 9:00 in the morning, sunny skys and the coast will see sunshine tomorrow. temperatures will warm tomorrow as a result of the extra sunshine. inland in the 80s. today 70s. antioch 87 degrees. warmest, 61 in san francisco, 60 half moon bay. 7

. >> the union says they are willing to start a negotiation. if say the immigrant, they are in san were' if an arrest words, over a new contract. meanwhile, bus drivers took part of a sickout. i'll look at the impact it's having riders and that it will "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? built with quality and backed with the best coverage in america including a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 more miles than ford. chevy silverado half-ton. a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 months on 2010 silverado half-ton models with an average finance savings around $5,800. 'cause they're gonna

the workers said the hotel wants its workers to pay a portion of the health-care cost the union says of the contract is not agreed on the protest will continue. >> ships working dish to choke off the all spew into the gulf of mexico have been ordered to evacuate ahead of a tropical polls tropical storm. the caps that has mostly continue all would have to be reopened if a major storm came through but engineers are confident in the strength of the cap and a decided to leave the sealed well most of the ships on the surface are told to head for safer harbor. it could delay the push to plug the well for good. we will keep an eye on it. we will take a break on for 08. all live you can see the city lights. you can see the stars because of the marine layer sitting close. more in a minute. 10 past the hour 74 cows so far so good today mild 70 degrees and land partly cloudy skies upper 60s around the bay low 60s upper 50s around the coast we keep it cool for the next couple of days. tuesday minds a similar conditions fog drizzle and cool. thursday chance of rain in the north bay as temperature

today is a 30 that ac transit has not talked to the union. now, they are threatening if they do they will cut weekend service. if they win they will impose a contract on us. this is the executive vandalism and it's not fair. >> that's the latest thing they said they may have to eliminate we can service and you see that as a threat? >> now they're blackmailing the public and that's not fair. >> we have spoken with them many times they say if you guys that are affecting the rights and whether you won a call it a sickout or not on a normal day 40 routes would not be cancelled like or yesterday. >> 40 routes when they change their service yes it would. that's what people need to realize ac transit has changed. as of july 18th the way they put service on the street. so yes it would look like this. we are working we are doing the best we can with what ac transit has given us. >> so you're still waiting and hopeful the two of you will talk? >> every day. even as of last night's comeback to the table. 30 days now i've been trying to get them to come b

the union plans to seek another court ruling to get the contract stopped. ng in its favor last friday when a judge decided to require an arbitrator to legally settle their disputed issues. while it's being worked out they have chosen to impose a cost cutting contract that will reduce costs. they need to help to fix the $56 million deficit. if the union callouts continue, disruptions could be as far as north richmond down to fremont and definitely affecting passengers. >> i had no choice, i had to wait for another bus. >> how long? >> maybe about 20, 30 minutes, yeah it wasn't too bad. it was not the bus i wanted the take, but in that direction. 30 minutes, that puts back like an hour. >> labor relations are strained over cuts to overtime rules and health insurance and new pension plan. a.c. transit says imposing the contract is saving about $300,000 a week and keeping it out of bankruptcy. here at the a.c. transit hub it's unclear what could happen to passengers. i spoke with a.c. transit spokesman and they are calling around and unclear whether there are an

they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? [ horns honking ] ♪ [ male announcer ] come into an at&t store and experience tv like you've never seen before. ♪ for a limited time, get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months with dvr included. since santa clara thcrews the mt crews caught this morning a. >> all along the beach which is almost always pack this time of year. general >> it take to get in the water here with a wild people do see sharks in this day out. >> award is connector server spotted what they saw was a great white shark 10:00 wednesday morning near the kelp beds >> was to surfers that independent of each other reported it. other than it was between six and 8 ft. long it would be described sounded like a great white shark. >> the flowers worn beachgoers to enter the water to rest and r

. >> all of the five pit bulls were taken by animal control. and they've all been unionized and we do not know why this family have 5 pit bulls- euthanized. >> thank you, dan kerman, and also, another service disruption. four days after the a portion of a contract to the drivers. ac transit said 190 drivers called in sick. in 200 drivers of called in each day this week and maureen kelly reports that the agency and the drivers are blaming each other. >> there is no sick out. the union is at work. >> it is dishonest for the union leadership to say that there is no sick out. derrik 200 people missing protest three days. --31 people, that is thac transit has notice and that is working new and unfamiliar rights without enough training with some t driving a different route, every day. >> it is all about disruption, and trying to bring a strike. >> and they all have the ability to learn the route, drive the route before, and the union has restricted route selection. and if they're mad at their own union? >> this is not a sickout, we're calling this a pushed out. >> this is not a pu

see what we can do. >> the firefighters union ifts sifts it's offering to make kons yegss. the chief negotiator says it falls $6 million short. >> fire fighter proposal is saving million that is significant. it's a significant difference. >> early on, the mayor warned there would be consequences for union that's did not help the city make it through the recession. the firefighters union says leaders decided where to cut. >> they're making a policy decision and fwam bling with lives and properties of the citizens and it's bad. >> from city hall and beyond, real people are caught in the middle of the fiscal crisis. >> just disappointed and frustrated. all of those things we've done to get to this point is gone. >> and everyone hopes some kinld of deal can be reach sod 49 laid off firefighters can be reinstated. the city is now asking for binding arbitration. >> and thank you very much. >> other news now. the contract dispute hitting bus drivers against ac transit won't be solved before monday leaving riders wondering again if buses will run this weechblgtd today the union aske

we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. >> matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have professionals competing for a number of prizes in the coveted title of world champion bell ringer. for the amateur portion we have executives from some of our local media outlets competing for first, second, and third place trophies. the competition started with preliminaries. 37 contestants went through filling out the paperwork and a chance to proceed to the finals. all cable car crews were invited to compete. this year they have six finalists competing here at union square, competing against the two-time current champion mr. leonard oates. going to be tough. two years with the tiara, hard to give up. individual trophies welcome awarded to all six professional bell ringers. first, second, and third prizes will not only win trophies but a most -- host of

the union saying city hall cost the jobs of 49 firefighters to make a political point. in san jose, don knapp, cbs 5. >>> let me show you what's happening right now in southern california as we take this live picture from the helicopter coverage down there. a wildfire is burning north of los angeles. this has forced about 2,000 families now out of their homes. it has just jumped the california aqueduct. now it's been heading toward a subdivision on the edge of palmdale. several buildings have burned already down there. but it's not really clear yet just how many of those were homes like this one. >> it was like looking at a big giant orange fireball. you couldn't tell what was what, there was so much smoke and fire. >> many of the families that had to be evacuated earlier, well, they have been allowed to return to their homes as this fire makes progress on another front. so far, it has burned more than 12 square miles again near palmdale it's only about 5% contained at this hour. >>> one way to save crucial services such as firefighters always draws a lot of heat. that

they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. nt jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? built with quality and backed with the best coverage in america including a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 more miles than ford. chevy silverado half-ton. a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 months on 2010 silverado half-ton models with an average finance savings around $5,800. weekend, at the 32nd annual garlic festival. >>> lovers of the stinking rose are in garlic heaven. gilroy, 37th annual garlic festival. among the dell can i sees, watermelon -- delicacies, watermelon and bread pudding infused with garlic. thousands clogged the roads to get a taste of it. today is the last day of the festival. garlic ice cream. >> you've tried it. >> it is not as bad as it sound

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is being disingenuous at best and the union is fighting back against the contract imposed on them byc transit p. he says the drivers are not being placed on trained on unfamiliar or unsafe for roads. >> this is a ruling sick out because different people on different days but that about 2 >> it is unclear how long this dispute will go one and they want ac transit to roll back the changes and return to the bargaining table and the issue will go before a judge at the end of the mind. in oakland, ken pritchett. it paid to. >>> an extension to the south they may be one step closer to the reality. the house to present its appropriations committee has approved a bill that will provide $2 million to the valley transit authority. bart is asking for $900 million in federal grant money to pay for that extension of. >>> santa clara base supply materials will cut as many as 500 jobs in a move to restructure its solar panel business. they say the cuts are part of a $425 million restructuring plan to make its environmental division profitable by next year could a spokesman said the cuts would apply

we'll have the latest claims from the union. that story and more. the noon news is moments away. >>> good afternoon. we begin this noontime with a tragic story out of concord. a 2-year-old boy was mauled to death this morning by his family's pit bulls. the attack happened at the family's home on the 1700 block of trail creek court around 8:45 this morning. contra costa county animal services say the boy had walked into gravel where the -- garage where the three pit bulls were kept. you can see the yellow tape there. police still on the scene. the 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. two adult relatives and a younger child were inside the house when the boy was attacked. the pit bulls have been taken by animal control officers. >>> a horrible greyhound bus accident that killed six people in central california. it happened just before 2:00 a.m. on northbound highway 99 just outside of downtown fresno. the bus was headed from los angeles to sacramento with at least 47 passengers on board. the highway patrol says the bus struck an overturn

the union is at work. >> it is this honest for the union leadership to see that there is no sick out.is-- dis honest there are two ot hundred people out each day. >> and with all the call out, the hard-driving a different route every day, not familiar, and delays. >> it is about disrupting the lives, and try to provoke a strike. >> the route change, and the drivers should know the routes because they've been driven them, and know them and they also have the ability to choose. however, union leaders have kept them from choosing their routes. that is why it is a much difficulty right now, so if there's going to be any finger pointing right now? unions. >> this not a sickout. >> to impose the contract >> 56 monon dollar budget deficit and the only people that have not contributed are the union, the union members. we need their help to keep this system solvent. >> maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >> the union escalated one the ne when the new contract was negotiated and i introduced on june 30th. kron4's christine connolly compares both. >> the new is with changes in overtime. the old contract

they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. y want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? >>> president obama is pointing to the auto industry that the economy is turning around. he is in a factory in detroit today. one recently hired 1,000 people. the president said his administration's bailout of u.s. car companies helped save more than one million jobs. >> today this industry is growing stronger. it's creating new jobs. manufacturing the fuel- efficient cars and trucks that will carry us towards an energy independent future. you are proving the nay-sayers wrong. >> the white house estimates that detroit automakers could add 11,000 new jobs before the end of 2010. the president is scheduled to stop at a ford facility in chicago next wednesday. >>> dna test results are expected today on grizzly bears suspected of attack three people at a montana campgr

the union is overturning the contract and joining us now is the head of the union representative. ia hobson. hi claudia >> good morning. i a >> going suit be there >> today> yes i am. and when >> is the argument with the contract. i guess you at least wanted to stop the agreement. what is the argument on that with the judge. >> the fact is when ac transit was veiled. the unit is not a right to strike and according to the rules also have arbitration. status quo. >> and you say the union was not allowed and what they have been saying >> ac transit needs to stop holding everybody hostage and the reason why everything is in such chaos as because ac transit changes the way they are on the streets. where not on the stakeout, we're giving them everything. >> is it that ac transit at this point once from the that the union is i'm willing to give them. >> well actually there is no ticking quiet, the sticking point is that ac transit never negotiated. and mediator came and and you are with them and a 431 they e-mail's me a loss of for and 29 minutes later the board of directors were signing

in, in the midst of a labor dispute, but the union says it's not a deliberate act. >> this is not a sick-out. ac transit has created a chaos in the way that transit is provided on the street. >> reporter: union president claudia hudson says ac transit imposed a contract on the union and made drastic changes to routes. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: for safety reasons. >> the bus driver has diabetes who can't see at night. he's now forced to work nights. >> reporter: but ac transit spokesman says the union is being disingenuous at best. >> different people are phoning in sick at different days yet the number remains around 200 or above. they are not being honest with the public. >> reporter: singer denies allegations that drivers are being placed untrained on unfamiliar or unsafe routes. >> what's really at issue here is the union is unhappy with the contract that was imposed upon them. it freezes their wages in place and asks them to contribute to their healthcare payments. >> reporter: ac transit faces a $56 million deficit. at ept end of the month, the judge will rule on the -- at the end of t

the union says that change has caused unsafe working conditions. over the last three days, a number of drivers, about 20%, have called in sick. >> there are some operators who can't come to work. >> there are probably 230 people who are out today. there were similar numbers the day before and there were 290 people the day before. the numbers are the numbers. they are the same numbers the union has. it's disingenuous and it's dishonest for the union to say that there's not a rolling sickout. >> reporter: i just need for the record, you're telling me that 200 people did not call in sick in the last two days? >> what i'm telling you, i don't know, those are sam singer's numbers and a.c. transit hasn't been honest about anything up until this point. so i don't know. >> reporter: a.c. transit is looking into whether or not it can take some legal action against these drivers. now, on july 30, a judge will decide whether or not a.c. transit can impose this contract. allen, if the judge rules in the union's favor, then a.c. transit says it may lay off some

. >> this is the spokesperson for ac transit he said the unit is staging a sickout the union leader who you see here said that's not true if there's no sickout. take a look sent to both sides. >> 20% of the work force two days and wrote it's a slap in the face to riders. >> this is an instance where the union has told its members to call sicking could not work. the members who can work are at work. >> you said on sunday when the new contract was imposed work schedules were changed without note time for adjustments. >> rearranged within it everyone supplies within a one week notice. that's where members are calling in sick. i've learned never was diabetes who can't drive at night to because he can't see. ac transit has put him on a night to run. >> the drivers alisha said all the routes including the allegations who riders are unable to see at night because they don't have good night vision are purely and simply false and propagandists. >> ac transit said the union is hurting riders were experiencing 30 to 45 minute delays on some routes. the union said its the transit agency's fault any

well, the governor's office says it's because they've reached labor agreements with some unions. williams says the only thing she's reached is the end of her rope. >> it means hell all over again. >> reporter: now lawmakers will reconvene on monday. but resolving this budget will likely take weeks if not months. in the interim state controller is saying that state. [ indiscernible ] will be in the red by october. so to conserve cash he will start issuing ious. that's expected to start as early as next month. so, ken, here we go again. >> yeah. here we go again. robert in oakland, thank you. >>> every day that the state does not have that budget, we lose more than $52 million as a state. more than $1.4 billion has been lost since july 1st, the beginning of the fiscal year. >>> tonight a federal district judge has temporarily blocked the heart of the new immigration law that goes into effect in just two hours in arizona. among the sections on hold requiring police officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws. requiring immigrants to carry their papers a

there was a lot of solar work that was owned by the electrician union. there was always going to be an issue about the kind of work that could be done. when the project was started there was a grievance filed by the electricians' union saying that more of the work that laborers were doing should be the jobs of electricians. settled not through a city process with the employer but outside contractors. after that happened, more work was set aside for electricians, but we were still hiring a number of laborers and meeting the requirements. claims were filed with the city office of labor enforcement, which enforces prevailing wage issues, saying that people who work laborers performing electricians work, they should have received electrician's salary for that. that report also seemed to go further in many minds to record that this work was and will be the work of electricians, which is where part of the dispute comes in. the contractor said that he could no longer meet the needs. three laborers showed up last monday morning and were turned away because of the

transit and the union over pay and benefits. on friday the judge ordered both sides to enter binding arbitration but then that interim contract went into effect on sunday. today the union is going back to court trying to get those work rules repeeled. so we'll see -- repealed. so we'll see what happens. but the main question is, will bus drivers show up for work? it's something you won't know until they start getting those sick calls and figure out how they are going to run the buses. >> i know a.c. transit has apologized for the action, nothing they can do at this point, but people who ride a.c. transit better make alternate plans just in case. anne, thank you. >> reporter: some of those riders as they show up at the stops this morning, we'll speak to them. >> thank you, anne makovec in oakland. >>> two dogs that attacked people in golden gate park have been put down. no one came forward to claim the dogs after the attacks on july 1. san francisco animal control officials decided the dogs were too vicious for adoption. so the do

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the police union must approve by august 10th or the will pull the plug on the deal. they allowed measure why amendment if it is passed the force could be brought back up to 803 officers. >> two suspects are in jail this morning for the shooting death of a virginia man who was visiting the bay area for job interviewing google. 24 year-old george was arrested yesterday afternoon and 33 year-old. was arrested last saturday for the murder of james hong king appeared it was arrest was made because of this videotape chips used because of people who saw this on tv and more able to lead them to the suspects you can see them this is in oakland near the scene of the crime the day he was murdered. one of the suspects has confessed. >> she did make numerous admissions statement as we suspected it was a robbery that went bad mr. kane lost his life in the most heinous way over the smallest amount of money. >> it was $17. both of the suspects are being investigated in connection with the other robberies is all that happened in that area recently including one where the victim was s

they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. ey want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepwor >>> a former agriculture employee now says she will sue a blogger that posted a video online to make it appear they shoe was making racial remarks. shirley sherrod made the announcement. the edited video posted by andrew b. led to her resignation. she was actually talking about racial conciliation. president obama called for an apology. she has been offered a new job but she is still considering whether or not to take it. >> president obama challenged civil rights organizations and teachers unions that have criticized his education policies. he told members of the urban league that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the schools. he defended his race to the top program that regards grants

the union knows that they are being dishonest when they say otherwise. the routes are the same, the drivers are participating in a rolling sick out the only people it is hurting are riders. >> reporter: this morning they don't know what to expect. ac transit says if there is no agreement between the two sides there could be layoffs and more disruption in service. the union is dealing with a $56 million budget deficit, talks are at a stand still. the issue will go to court friday. the union is trying to get the interimcontract imposed by ac transit, thrown out. so until that goes to court on friday, no body knows what to expect. you need a dependable ride to work. >> i know it has been tough for them last week or so. thank you ann in oakland. >>> it is 5:04 a.m. an 8-year-old girl visiting from out of state is dead after a fire destroyed a complex. it happened 1:30 a.m. yesterday morning surrey square apartments willow glen. the girl was visiting from north carolina she was found in a back bedroom rushed to valley medical center where she was pronounced de

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the union says it's less an million. there is one thing they agree upon and that both sides say they would like to get the firefighters re-hired before they are hired elsewhere. there is a displaced firefighters list in the state and there are 40 positions available throughout the bay area. >>> one point the union has stressed is the dits parity between the staffing level in san jose versus other major city. san francisco is number four out of 25 cities with comparable populations. san jose has the fewest firefighters per capita. >> we have breaking news in the east bay, a traffic nightmare on interstate 80. you can see where it is. it's near albany west of gill man but past university. a car in a big rig crash. there are minor injuries and the chp told us nobody died. it has shut down at least four of the five eastbound lanes and you can see will is a big back-up and very few cars are getting by. they are letting cars getting around one at a time and backing up eastbound. but westbound traffic is backing up as well as pe

they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepw >>> bp and federal government are now considering a new solution for dealing with the ruptured well in the gulf of mexico. they were looking into a process called static kill, the idea would be force mud through pipes to seal it. they think conditions may be just right but the obama administration has yet to approve of the plan. >> there is too much uncertainty between now and then. >> we should know whether or not we can finally choke this well forever. >> officials expected to complete two relief wells within two weeks. once they are complete they can fill the oil bed with cement and end the disaster. >> today the committee approved elena kagan as the fourth u.s. justice for supreme court. most republicans

the union knows that. they're being dishonest when they say otherwise. es are the same, the service is the same, the drivers are participating in a rolling sick out and the only people it's hurting are the riders. >> reporter: meantime the passengers are getting impatient. >> we're trying not to strike, sir. >> reporter: later this week the union goes to court in the hopes of forcing ac transit to rescind the contract and the new schedules they impose after talks broke off. ac transit said if that happens weekend bus service will be eliminated and some drivers will be laid off. in berkeley, cbs 5. >>> making money on marijuana. the strategy that some say goes too far to fill a city's. [ indiscernible ] >>> and milestone reached today. >>> coming up in just a few minutes, it is the smartest show in the history of television. we got a yale guy, m.i.t. guy, harvard guy. jeremy coming to play in front of the hometown crowd. how do you feel? >> i'm excited. i'm definitely excited for opening night. to be able to play in front of my friends and family that's go

the members who came to work, are at work. >>unionsaid on sunday when the new contract was opposed work schedules and routes where changes with no kind of adjustment. >>they rearrange everyone's lives within one week notice. some of our members who called in sick are off because i have one member that has diabetes who can't drive at night because he can't see. ac transit has put him on the night run. >>all the drivers know their shifts and all there runs. everything said by the union today including the allegations of drivers who are unable to see at night because they don't have good night vision are purely and simply false and propagandist. >>ac transit said the union is hurting riders who are experiencing 35 to 45 minute delays on some routes. the union said its ac transit agency's fault and they need to put the old schedule back in place. neither side can say how long they think this might go on. christine conley kron 4 news. a quick break the kron 4 news that six a live look for mount tam sunshine right near the bay but fog hangin

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they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. wn because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? a look at the weekend box office. "inception" remained the no. 1 movie for the second- straight weekend with $43.5 million, "salt" debuted a solid no. 2 with $36.5 million. the movie stars jolie as a cia operative who goes rogue after she's accused of being a russian sleeper agent. coming in at no. 3 with $24.1 million was "despicable me." the animated comedy raised its domestic total to $161.7 million. take a look at this video ayala in south africa all will coming apart and literally taking out the lot. you may have seen photos of the story last week but now we have the video. there's the whale breeching the water and then coming down right on the yacht. the mast snapped in half everybody on board escaped without injury the whales seem to be fine as well they spotted it swimming

and the soviet union and the two there were multiple men on both sides of that conflict who drove it. that was in the sixteenth century. once there lived a chinese nobleman by the name of one who is most cherished ambition was to go to the moon using the resources available seven powder kegs to a bamboo then he put on his best clothes and ignited the barrels. when the smoke cleared after the explosion there was neither a trace of beyond nor of. history is rich with ill fated attempts to get into space but in the twentieth century two remarkable men did come to the skies but this time around they used rocket engines rather than exploding on chairs to propel them into. their names then. they were the architects of the american and russian space programs. great eternal rivals in the battle to reach out to space. made their first attempts to reach for the stars in their childhood as a boy in the soviet union so gay designed simple ideas but as time went by he came up with a more sophisticated propelled craft as for venice at the age of twelve he created a prototype rocket by equipping a c

it's over an ongoing feud between whitman and the california nurses union. simon perez on what's fueling that fight. >> reporter: by the hundreds, members of the california nurses association descended upon the atherton home of their political nemesis, republican candidate for governor meg whitman. >> nurses won't be pushed around. we are going to fight back. >> reporter: whitman and the nurses union have been going back and forth for weeks. >> hey hey, ho ho, meg whitman has to go! >> reporter: one point of particular acrimony came when whitman went to the state board of registered nursing and legally bought the adresses of unionments and then sent them campaign flyers. >> she is a ceo and somehow thinks she has a right to that information because she is a ceo that trades in it all the time. >> she bought my name and address. >> reporter: how does that make you feel? >> that makes me feel angry. that's an invasion of my privacy. >> we'll be back! >> reporter: so holding a rally with easily 1,000 nurses here proved a point. >> she knows where we live. she kno

they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. y want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? with blockbuster on demand, this does hit films on a 4.3-inch screen so big, the way you see them will never be the same. introducing the new droid x. pre-loaded with blockbuster. the next generation of does. >>> tough times for saveway. competition from stores like target and walmart forced safeway to lower prices. profits off by 40%. earnings drove stock prices up today. the dow gained 200 points. nasdaq gaining 58. and a "wall street journal" analysis shows home values are off by an average of 28%, but have rebounded everywhere except napa county. >> a hedge burn turning vehicle is on a quest for an impressive first. the team hopes their car will be the first electric vehicle to travel the full distance from north to south america. there is a machine, and the mi

transit has imposed on the union. this labor dispute has been going on for months and now this is certainly going to be affecting riders. so the advice from that spokesman, he said that if your bus doesn't come for like 25 to 45 minutes, if it's about 25 to 45 minutes late, just forget it and find an alternate mode of transportation. sydnie and john, back to you. >> anne, thank you very much. speaking of alternate modes... >> yeah. >> let's go to elizabeth. maybe more cars on the road? >> 880 in oakland looks good, bart would be a good alternate, as well. let's start with the south bay. coming out of downtown san jose, still looking good quiet there all the way up towards cupertino and westbound 580 i want to show you this camera near the dublin interchange and it just died on us, well it is a little sluggish out of the altamont pass. 20 minutes is your drive time now from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. at the bay bridge, no delays. and metering lights are on. not sure if it's summertime traffic or new c

but the union says that's not true. it's just trying to adjust to schedule changes made under the contract. >> very stressful. people are very tired. they are being overworked, underpaid. they are not being relieved. they are doing routes and runs and schedules that they had never done before. >> the new contract freezes wages and requires the co- payment for healthcare. the two sides head to court later this month for a judge to determine if a.c. transit can continue to impose the contract. >>> and the bart connector to the oakland airport is back on track. today the board of directors approved a new financing plan for the project. the automated people mover would actually connect the coliseum station to the airport. in february, the federal government denied bart $70 million in stimulus funding. the new financing plan uses more state money and taps into bart's reserve fund. no word on when construction might begin. >>> up next, watch what you write. how making a mistake at a wells fargo bank could cost you big timing.

i really believe that the soviet union drove the us to the moon. in our day and we did that in the sixty's and i think it was because there was serious competition between the two countries. didn't get to see strong take the first step on the lunar surface he died in one thousand nine hundred sixty six during summer. his anonymity died with him and his identity was finally declassified triggering a wave of the. streets when. monuments and plaques were unveiled in his own even room said after reading. that he never realized all the work could be done by just one person. my father liked to say that people can travel into space issued by train he was absolutely sure that outer space was not empty and people must live and work there he said you know. seeing americans and russians in space together. in one hundred seventy five the so you. put an end to the space race. less than five meters. three meters. i like. most of all like the trickle of chocolates a location. was part of the project and visits this museum he remembers every minute of his mission

but the union says no there's no six out. to both sides. >> this is obviously a sick out because they're not the same people 24¢ of the workers is missing three days in a row it is a slap in the face to writers. >> this is not an instance where the union has told the members to go sicken not come to work the members who can come to work or our work. they have rearranged everyone's lives within 81 week notice. >> some of my members are calling in sick because i have one member who has diabetes who cannot drive and night because he cannot see. ac transit has put him on a night runs. >> all the drivers know all the shares, all the routes everything is been false including the allegations where drivers were not able to see because they do not have good night vision. purely simply false a propaganda. >> there is a union meeting this morning with hundreds of ac transit employees there's was to be there talking about contract that was imposed on them and how they feel it is affecting their riders and the workers we will monitoring a