my name is tom brown. i live in san francisco parade -- i live in san francisco. i have done historical preservation is. i flew in in support of mr. hung's project. i was a sponsor until 2005, when the planning commission approved recommendations of the planning department. yes, it took a number of years and an inordinate amount of effort from my resources as well as from the staff here. i still recognize some of the names from back then. with respect to the issue, which happens to be with this narrow scope, as you put it, when we first went to dbi, we went before we made application. back then, we had the opportunity to make a presentation to the dbi, a pre application meeting that you could have for about $150. it was said here are concept drawings, giving your best shot as far as what issues may come about. there were two issues, one was the front of the building had an historical artifact that may trigger ceqa. that was the first issue, which it did, and that was the reason why we came in. the second issue is the other issue, which deals with the ideal of the

not connected to the mormon church who are still practicing polygamy but the last conviction was tom brownhe married a 13-year-old and the show is called "sister-wives," the husband is really only married to one of the women. he just calls the other three his "spouses." but police say you can still be convicted of polygamy without legal marriages. listen. >> we are looking at bigamy and see where the investigation takes us. >> are there any other crimes? >> we will see what happens with the investigation. >>reporter: polygamy was disavowed in the year 1890. >>shepard: wait, this guy has a wife. and three mistresses. all living -- he is whooping it up with everyone in the house. >>reporter: yes. that with be the theme of the show. now, look, they are saying that most polygamists live in secret and they were trying to open the door to give people a better understanding of pleasural marriages. they knew when they agreed to do this show they could be investigate but their point was, we need to shed some light on this for the give of our children. listen. >> a fear of being prosecuted is less d

i'm going to have to go shopping for my new browns wardrobe. >> tom: there you go. earrings, how about it. that is "nightly business report" for this monday evening, september 27. thank you for joining us. i'm tom hudson. have a great night,. >> suzie:y. >> susie: you too, tom, we hope to see you again tomorrow night. this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about

newshour correspondent tom bearden is covering the story for us. jeffrey brown talked to him this afternoon. >> brown: tom, give us an update first on where things stand with the rescue efforts. there's three separate plans at this point, right? >> that's right. there are. the first plan which is located up on the hill over there. frank can pan over and show it to us. option number one it's called. that's a drilling machine that's in the process of trying to drill a hole that's large enough to be able to retrieve the miners in a steel capsule that would be hauled up from a half mile underneath the ground. you can't see the other two options. one of them is is not here yet but the second option is to enlarge the communications hole that's been in place now for a week and possibly make that large enough to do the same thing. remove the miners out through the capsule. the third option is arriving tomorrow. a huge drilling rig that will arrive here from the airport on 42 different trucks. it's an oil drilling rig. it will be assemblyed on the far side of the mountai

brown. the next debate is scheduled for saturday morning in fresno. jessica? >> thank you, tom. what happened after the debate is raising some eyebrows tonight. >> mr. brown, could you just answer a few questions? >> jerry brown in an out of character move never stopped to aner questions. he did prompt that it was an exciting exchange after switching to whitman. whitman, on the other hand, says she's delighted about how thipgz went. our coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by the debate at 6:30 which will be monitored by our tone tom brokaw. we'll also be featuring the entire thing happening on a rope. >>> police are looking for a suspect who beat, attacked and robbed a woman in east bay. he is 560 pounds. it happened at noon on capitol hill. the victim remaining in fair condition tonight. >>> he's been convicted, but after this round, we'll be staying there indefinitely. a federal judge caps he would his execution this thursday, saying his falt would be decided on the execution das of his execution drug. with all the legal wrang lynn folding, because the attorney general waentd

on october 12th, nbc, we're higher at nbc bay area will host our own debate between whitman and brown. tomokaw will moderate. you can see it here starting at 6:30 in the evening. we'll air the debate live on our website nbcbayarea.com. >>> a working weekend for state lawmakers who say a budget deal could come as early as next week. no one is talking about what the deal could include, our nbc affiliate station in sacramento got a few hits,ed new budget would rely on an upswing from the federal government. with the deal, it looks like it could be close. there's still a chance it could fall apart. that's always the case here. the leaders of both parties are the ones negotiating, there's no guarantee their rank and file will agree. >>> let's get to the weather, it's obviously the topic around the bay area. craig herrera is here with a check on the forecast. you are the man of the hour, a man of the 90 minutes. i guess the big question is, will this continue? and after a few days from now, how long will this last into next week? can we even project that far? >> yeah, absolutely. it's going to b

. >>> on october 12th, nbc will host its own debate between whitman and brown. tombrokaw will moderate. you can see it live here on nbc bay area starting at 6:30. and we also have extensive information about the candidates and the propositions on our website. nbcbayarea.com. just click on prop zero near the top of the page. >>> hundreds of people who say they are members of the tea party rallied in of all places marin county today. speakers included affirmative action opponent ward connerly and uc berkeley law professional john yu who is known as the architect of the bush administration's enhanced interrogation policy that allowed water boarding. the event was half rally and half fundraiser in the typically liberal town of mill valley. with five weeks left before the election, they need to ramp up their effort to get out the vote. and they need to put their money where their mouth. >> what i like to call play, pay, walk, and talk. volunteering, donating, prethink walking and phone banking. >> bay area members of the tea party are throwing their support behind u.s. s

prospecting the status quo, it's no surprise that jerry brown is kicking off his campaign with a misleading historic renovation of his own record. tom sinkovitz, nbc bay area news. >>> on october 12th, nbc bay area will carry a debate between jerry brown and meg whitman in what could be a taste of november. tom brokaw will moderate the debate in san rafael. we will start coverage at 6:30 on that night right here on nbc bay area, and on nbcbayarea.com. >>> an arizona woman who had acid thrown in her face is trying to come to grips with why she was attacked. she is the second victim in a week, and just like in the first incident it was a woman who threw the acid. the 41-year-old recalls the horrifying moment when she was ambushed. she was outside when a woman approached her in the parking lot of her apartment building, flinging a cup full of acid in her face. that attack is similar to another incident three days before and more than 1,000 miles away in washington state. >> i could hear it sizzling. once it hit me, i could hear it bubbling and sizzling my skin. >> so far no arrests have been made. the two women vow to recover from thei

. >> reporting now on october 12th, nbc will host their own debate between whitman and brown with tom brocaw moderating. you can see it live at 6:30. we will have extensive information about the candidates and the propositions. click prop zero near the top of our page. oakland candidates will go head to head. they will host the event from 7:00 to 9:00. the forum free and open to the public. topics are affordable housing, job creation and economic development. >> if a group of voters in berkeley get their way, there will be more transparency in politics. a sunshine ordinance also under consideration in alameda. advocates have gathered enough signatures to qualify the proposal. it's unclear when it goes before voters, but work session set today would set an 11:00 at night curfew for meetings as well as require top leaders to keep their appointment calenders online. let's join mike inouye talking about the east bay and spart air. >> exactly. save the day, spare the air, exactly. >> no free ride. >> exactly. it meant free rides and transit in the past, but it's not in the budget. it is ri

>>> tom, attorney general jerry brown his lawyers are demanding that executions resume here in california soon as next week. a u.s. district judge is considering the state's argument that new lethal injection regulations will ensure that condemned inmates will not suffer cruel and unusual punishment. executions were suspended four years ago but next week, a man from southern california is scheduled to be executed. the first of more than 700 inmates awaiting execution on california's death roll. >>> coming up, save the bay, how you can help to take out the trash at the dirtiest bay area beaches. >> new evidence tonight from the most unlikely place showing optimism in the economic rebound. >> and calculated greed from excessive salaries to a lkwa. why it fits with city officials in one small town. >>> bell, california is a small city but big news ever since we learned the city manager was making twice as much as the president of the united states. well today, a new headline. city officials have been arrested and could spend decades in jail. patrick healy from our l.a. station has the latest

more live coverage at 6:00 including live with tom and jess. [ male announcer ] jerry brown's good old but what really happened? cnn -- not me -- cnn says his assertion about his tax record was "just plain wrong." jerry brown went out there and took credit for the fact that the people of california voted for proposition 13, which lowered taxes, which he opposed. and now he's going around taking credit for it. he raised taxes as governor of california. he had a surplus when he took office and a deficit when he left. he doesn't tell the people the truth.

brown. >> oh, tom, we'll miss her, won't we?ere's how much she loves her job, she'll be back to do part-time work. no i'll be back tomorrow. >> and she's always been the champion for the underdogs. i tell you something. and if you had anything you couldn't get done through the station bureaucracy, it was gloria that cut through the red tape and got it done. she is amazing. she said i'm retiring but i'll order your makeup even after retirement. because i don't know what to order. >> and your vacation is cleared too. >> that's good. gloria, we love you. and we even got warm weather for you tonight and early tomorrow. then the bottom will drop out. those are current temperatures. that's the radar. here's a view of these hurricanes. we have one going to north mexico, that was karl today. we've got bermuda in the cross hairs of igor that is weakening but is expected to give that island quite a blow. and julia is just kind of fading away at the expense of igor out in the atlantic. not often you have this kind of action. there's igor's

this morning actress tom selleck and donnie walberg. i'm terrell brown.news. ds of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. our job is to listen and find ways to help. that means working with communities. restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund to cover lost income until people impacted can get back to work. and our efforts aren't coming at tax-payer expense. i know people are wondering-- now that the well is capped, is bp gonna meet its commitments? i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. >>> good morning. well, it's thick outside this morning. the sun's going to return and we're heating up once again. >> it's warm outside also. we're starting out in the 70s. 72 in baltimore and 69 in hagerstown and you c

nbc bay area will be airing a governor's debate between jerry brown and meg whitman. tomw will moderate from dominican university in san rafael and our coverage will begin at 6:00 and, of course, on our website at nbcbayarea.com. >> no debate about this, no state budget. california's budget is 76 days past its constitutional deadline n.sacramento some lawmakers are now looking at september 23rd as their next target date. it's a key date marking the most delayed budget in history. that was back in 2008. this year's budget stands a good chance of shattering that record. the governor signed a 2008 budget on september 23rd. the legislature actually passed it on september 16th. no one expects the 2010 budget to be passed within two days. >>> well, a win for president obama and democrats today. the president's small business bill is now closer than ever to being passed. but its plan to raise taxes on the wealthy still has a way to go. two republicans sided with democrats which ended the republican filibuster. the aid package includes a $30 billion lending fund and about 12 bill

tom vacar, channel 2 news. >> san brown oh pipeline explosion has prompted the obama administration to beef up inspections, but a congressman says the changes don't go far enough. john garra men deis a member of the howls transportation and information committee. he says some of pg&e's most dangerous pipelines are in his district and that the feds should immediately make sure they are safe. >> already scheduled is the replacement of the livermore- sinole pipeline, supposed to begin in 2011, pg&e ought to be out there today with the backhoes and shovels getting that project under way. >> gary men departicipated in the meeting with top pipeline saved officials this afternoon, he is calling on them to improve pipeline monitoring and step up the replacement of aging systems. he also wants his committee to hold a hearing in san brown oh on the problem. garra men desaid that today's hearing was a a start and he supported legislation by ray lahood. that would increase federal pipeline oversight and more than double some penalties, finals fines for the most serious would increase from 1 millio

nbc will host a debate between brown and whitman and tom brocaw will moderate. it will air live starting at 6:30 p.m. join us for the local newscast and predebate coverage. >> governor schwarzenegger will be in the bay area visiting santa clara and talk about california's climate law, the convention center starting at about noon. >>> the two-day summit kicked off today in new york city. part of education nation. a recent poll shows that 77% of americans view public schools a grade of c or lower. more than half think major changes or a complete overhaul are needed. >> education is the main topic for president obama as he does a special interview with the "today" show this morning. he is going to spend half an hour commercial-free live with matt lauer with what's working and what needs to change in the american education system. >> historically when we first set up the public school systems across the country, we were leaps and bounds around the world. that is not true. a lot of contributing factors, but part of the challenge for the country is to understand that

. >> we will host our own debate between whitman and brown on october 12th. tom brocaw will moderate that one. it will be at dominican university. the debate begins at 6:30 and on our website. >> new laws meant to prevent crashes could actually cause more to happen. a new study looked at the laws fining texting while drive suggest leading to more crashes. live in san jose to show us what the research found. good morning, bob. >> good morning, laura. you may recall a ban on texting while driving over a year and a half ago. it was designed to make the road safer, but if you believe the new study from the institute it is actually had the opposite effect. what the institute did is compared insurance claims in california and three other states before and after the bans went into effect. it found in three of the states the number the crashes increased. there was a 12% crash. this was among drivers 25 years old and younger. here's the theory. if you are one of the people who is driving and refuse to instead of texting like this maybe like they used to do in the old days

tom brokaw will moderate a debate between meg whitman and jerry brown on october 12th. the debate will be aired live here on nbcbayarea.com. >>> arrested at school. a pittsburg teacher yanked from his classroom suspected of downloading thousands of porn images of children. the 26-year-old is a teacher at an elementary school. contra costa sheriff's deputies arrested him after receiving a tip and raiding his home. there they say they found computers and hard drives filled with child porn. birsch was booked in the martinez detention facility with a $60,000 bail. >> it seems like with two kids, you're always overflowing with clothes. >> saving bay area families a bundle. the new company that promises free clothes and a way to clean up that clutter forever. >>> but first tonight, taking a major step towards peace in the middle east. why prominent world leaders are in washington, d.c., tonight. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. plenty of mid to upper 70s. that's going to lead to a hot day tomorrow. by 10:00 a.m., low 80s in the south bay. find out when we will be bel

. >> brown: that is the newshour for tonight. on tuesday we'll get an update from tomn chile on the trapped miners. i'm geoffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. enjoy the rest of the labor day holiday. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bank of america. continuing to help fuel our nation's economic growth. chevron. this is the power of human energy. bnsf railway. intel. sponsors of tomorrow. the william and flora hugh it foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet.

. >> october 12th, whitman and brown will square off at dominican university. tomrokaw will moderate starting at 6:30. >>> the feds are looking for ways to spy on conversations on social media and smart phones but went get help from the company that makes blackberry. the judge is considering -- through services like facebook, skype and blackberry, but research in motion, the maker of blackberry, says it cannot provide corporate e-mails because the text is incrypted. if officials want the messages deciphered, companies will have to hand over inkripgs keying to e-mai e-mails. >>> one message is clear. blackberry's coming out with something new. it's the blackberry play book, thinner than the ipad. the tablet has wi fi, but no 3g connection. >>> southwest airlines is exp d expanding. today, the airline agreed to buy airtran in a deal that will combine the two. this deal will move southwest to 37 new cities and adds routes to mexico and caribbean. this buyout is the latest in a wave of airline consolidation and will make southwest the fourth largest u.s. airline. for f

nbc bay area will be airing a governors debate between jerry brown and meg whitman on october 12. tomkaw will moderate the debate at dominican university. our coverage at 6:30 here on nbc bay area and on our website at nbc bay area.com. >>> no new jobs. california's unemployment rate actually rose in august to 12.4%. that means california lost 33,500 jobs last month. according to the state's employment development department. it is the third straight month of job losses. 2.3 million californians are unemployed. >> a lot due to the census jobs continuing to come to an end. we saw a lot of job losses in local government, due to budgetary impacts. summer youth program coming to an end. >> government may be the hardest hit. but not the only sector losing jobs. construction, manufacturing, financial activities,ly sure, hospitalit trade, transportation, utilities. name it. all the workers were cut. a close look at this if you are in the job market or student thinking what you sthhould do. these five fields have added jobs over the past year. educational services, health services, mining, lo

tom brokaw will be the moderator between that one. it is between meg whitman and jerry brown. it is slated for october 12th. >>> a pittsburg teacher is in hot water after police yanked him from his classroom. he is suspect offend downloading thousands of pornographic pictures. he was arrested after receiving a tip and raiding his home. there they found computers and hard drives filled with child important. birsh was booked into martinez detention facility with a $60,000 bail. >>> the police officer who was shot last week continues to improve. donors yesterday gave life-saving blood for officer young. student organizers were proud to help out. >> i also wanted to donate because i just turned eligible, just turned 16 to give blood. i thought it was a worthy cause. >> todd young is a 1989 graduate of santa clara high school and he is the father of two children who are enrolled in the santa clara unified school district. he has undergone several surgeries. right now they say he is in serious but stable condition. the man charged with shooting officer young, andrew berientos says h

nbc bay area will air a governor's debate between jerry brown and meg whitman on october 12th. tom brokaw will mod trait debate at the dominican university in san rafael. it can be seen on nbc bay area and on our website. >>> they know what is causing the big stink around parts of san jose international airport but airport officials aren't sure what to do about it. there is a broken sewer line under the new terminal a. underground video cameras found the broken line which was probably installed more than 20 years ago. now the general contractor for the airport makeover is trying to figure out how to fix that broken pipe. they did manage to get rid of that foul smell. >>> a magnitude 3.3 earthquake rambled through san pablo and certainly got the tang of the people in the area. it was centered northwest of downtown two mile north of richmond. the usgs says an aftershock measuring 2.4 struck a half-hour later. b.a.r.t. briefly shut down service to track the tracks. otherwise there were no problems or no damage reported. >>> hewlett-packard is the winner of a bidding war. del also trie

jerry brown faces off against meg whitt nan a debate next month in san rafael. tom brokaw will be the moderator and you can watch it live on october 12th live here on nbc bay area and on nbcbayarea.com. >>> the fight over california's furlough friday headed to the state supreme court. on wednesday the high court is set to hear arguments on whether the governor has the right to force unpaid days on tens of thousands of state workers. this was started last year as a cost-saving measure. the lawsuits claim the governor's order violates the state law setting a 40-hour work week. the governor's attorneys claim the state constitution claim he can order furlows as a means to address the budget crisis. >>> the big question is should i eat a hot dog or hamburger, for many, can i find a job? families hit local parks on this holiday, attention has turned to loved oning struggling to find work. more than 12% are unemployed in california and more than 11% in santa clara and alameda counties. some families say it's tough to make ends meet especially when you have kids. >> you can

don't forget, jerry brown and meg whitman will debate on october 12th here on nbc bay area. nbc's tom brokaw will moderate from dominican university in san raffaele. >>> governor schwarzenegger took a ride on japan's bullet train today. he and 100 california business leaders in asia promoting everything from tourism to wine to technology. it is also an opportunity to research the kind of major transportation investment california is planning. >> i'm very impressed with technology and also with the infrastructure itself, with the way the rails were built, the tunnels and everything. it is much more than just the rail, as you know. >> the governor wrapped up his asian trip in south korea, meeting with a pro-vichblgal governor, they agreed too boost scientific and technological exchanges, expand trade and strengthen their cooperation. >>> president obama went become to the future he's delivered today's back-to-school address. he got a rock star welcome at philadelphia's masterman school with screaming and a standing ovation. the speech was broadcast to schools around the nation. the pres

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> just a couple of days ago jerry brown joked about how bill clinton had lied. tonight, what some might consider a surprising reaction from the former president. >>> whitman's nose keeps growing. >> reporter: jerry brown's campaign going on the defensive. what whitman's camp has to say about these ads. >>> new at 6:00, what was once a pond, is now a fish cemetery. hundreds of fish turned up dead. the one thing investigators say is to blame. >>> a night out on the town can already break the bank. now a new tax on alcohol can make it worse. we're monitoring a tax that may have you paying more. >>> what some might consider a surprising endorsement today for gubernatorial candidate jerry brown. former president bill clinton is backing jerry brown just two days after a video clip showed brown questioning clinton's honesty. brown apologized. brown was responding to an ad by republican rival meg whitman which used footage from a presidential debate in which clinton questioned brown's ethics. >>> brown's camp also released two new ad's today. one features whitman's nose

brown will face off in a debate next month. tom brokaw will be the moderator of the debate. watch it live on october 12 here on nbc bay area and online at nbc bay area.com. >> talk about landing on his feet, weeks after leaving hp in disgrace, mark hurd has a new job and it's a good one. reporter scott bud mann is here with this news. it's not like he was struggling to pay his mortgage that he had to rush and get another job. >> this was much faster. this news confirmed to us by oracle which says it hire it had former ceo mark hurd as president of the company and has given him a seat on the board of directors. hurd who stepped down as ceo at hp last month after allegations of sexual harassment was found not to have violated hp's policy but voo i lated their code of business conduct by filing inaccurai inaccurate expense reports. he it will report to larry jaster elson who says in a statement hurd did "a brilliant job at hp and will do a better job at oracle." it is somewhat unusual for top executive who step down under these circumstances to bounce back so quickly but hurd a

brown and whitman will square off on october 12th. tom brocaw will mediate the debate. >> barbara boxer has the first lead in two months in the senate race against carly fiorina. it represents an eight-point swing in three months. san francisco mayor gavin newsom leads abel maldonado. there 40 days to go until election day. you can get analysis when you search prop zero. >> this morning, we are following developing news out of the east bay. >> working the story when it broke after 4:30 and he is here with the latest on the shooting. >> an update in oakland. we are getting video into the newsroom. on the victims we believe there were three people shot. two may have had what police call grazing wounds. lucky to be alive. the shooting happened early this morning at a club in the 1400 block of webster street. the caribbean club in oakland's chinatown. >> thank you for the update. >> a british author came forward with claims about why the titanic sanction. luis patton's grand father was an officer and claims the steers men steered into the ice

brown. failure as governor. failure as mayor. failure we can't afford now. >>> for those about to rock, like tom, we salute you. 15 actors honored for induction into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. here's a look at the names on the short list. alice cooper, bc boys, bon jovi and ll cool jay made the cut. the top five inductees will be announced in december. the ceremony takes place next march. >>> how about that. so you got to fight for your right to party with the beasty boys. >> stick around. ♪ you don't bring me flowers >> bon jovi. >>> "nightly news" coming up next. ring ring ring ring. hey, your chicken noodles ringing. ring ring progresso. hi, may i speak to my oggy please? thank you. i'm sorry, w? my grandma. this is obviouslyher chicken n. only hers tastes like this.jus. thanks so much. hold one moment please. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. i'll hold. she's holdin. wha? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. ring ring. look for great deals on progresso soups this week at safeway. shop now and save. our state has a hug

tom price, congressman anthony weiner. >> no offense to drunken sailors. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": world leaders at the united nations; turning research into real-world treatments for disease and the great migration of black americans from the south. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: a long-delayed bill designed to help small business is on its way to president obama. the house approved the measure today. it establishes a $30 billion fund to help community banks lend to small businesses. it also cuts taxes by $12 billion over ten years. most republicans opposed the loan fund, saying it was another bailout that won't work. wall street had a down day, after news that first-time claims for unemployment benefits went up last week. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 77 points to close at 10,662. the nasdaq fell seven points to close at 2,327. the food and drug administration announced new limits on the diabetes drug avandia. it has been linked to increased risk of heart attack. the drug will now be limited to new patients who cannot control the