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. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the bay area's biggest city tries to preempt the cuts. >>lopments in the search for the abducted little boy. a tip leads police to this canal where a witness told them they saw a car go in. good evening, everyone. we're following

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. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >>> we knew it would bepainful, but some say they can't bear any more with the new state budget case in the bay area. >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. >> drastic spending cuts. that's the budget prescription from governor jerry brown. who compares his proposals to bitter medicine the state must now take. brown used a power point presentation tod

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> good evening. breaking news right now in the search for the missing northern california boy. the car he was last seen in has been found. specialized diving crews within minutes have pulled the car from out of the canal in patterson off of i-5 just south of tracy. the car has been found, but within the last two minutes we have learned that julianni and

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. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it's like a pot that blows up. >> an explosion in gang violencerompts a dramatic warning in the bay area. people told to stay inside. >>> thanks for joining us on this monday evening. >> stay off the streets. that message tonight for san jose teens. a rush hour drive by shooting has local

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >>> six hours to go until the clock strikes 12:00. and right now preparations are in full swing as the bay area gets set to ring in the year 2011. good evening, everyone. i'm tom sinkovitz. whether it's a night on the town or a quiet night in with friends, new year's eve 2010 will mean many things to many difft

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. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin this evening with developing news out of the eastveryone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm tom sinkovitz. traffic is now moving again in contra costa county after a bomb scare shut down all lines. is t ihes community of pachenko tonight, and we're going to show you video from about an hour ago after

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. there's more violence in egypt tonight as protesters continue to defy military troops. that as the u.s. tries to maintain a delicate balance between supporting democracy and a longtime ally. there seems tock more communication coming out of egypt tonight but one major source of information may be shut down seen. nbc bay area's joins us-from-the-newsroom with what this means not only for the country but for tourists trying to get out. >> reporter: cell phone and mobile and internet service appears to have returned in the country, but still they are spotty, and tonight there is word of a possible new crackdown on communication. egypt's information minister announced it was renoking al jazeera's license and withdrawn accreditation avnetwork staff. that, of course, is causing great concern within the egypti egyptian-american community here in the bay area. there are 80,000 egyptian-americans locally. many are using sites like facebook to keep tabs on family back home. we just spoke with t

captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund ♪ >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis.nd welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me tonight on our news panel are jill tucker, education writer for the "san francisco chronicle." sarah varney, reporter with kqed public radio. and jesse mckinley, san francisco bureau chief for the "new york times." jesse mckinley, give us an idea of the impressions that people have of governor brown's budget. do they consider it radical? >> i don't know if it's considered radical. i think what they consider it is realistic. i think right now you're essentially in the situation in california where things are simply so dire and have been so dire for so many years, and we're talking about our third or fourth year with multibillion-dollar deficits, that people really have hit the bottom. and you know, not unlike an alcoholic, at a certain point you really have to admit what you have to do in order to get better. and i think that what brown offered in many ways was just this very harsh, very fact of the matter assessment as to wha

captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >> belva: president obama's state of the union echoes across the country with a message for silicon valley. >> we're the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices, the nation of edison and the wright brothers, of google and facebook. in america, innovation doesn't just change our lives. it is how we make our living. >> belva: polls show strong voter approval of governor jerry brown as he prepares to deliver his state of the state address on monday, even as he faces opposition to his plan to eliminate redevelopment funding. with education facing deeper cuts, what new forces may help shape the future? and the u.s. supreme court rules that federal judges cannot overturn state parole board decisions. that's coming up next. >> belva: go ahead evening. i'm belva davis, and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on our news panel, scott shafer, host of "the california report" on kqed public radio. louis freedberg, senior reporter with california watch. and lisa, reporter and columnist for "the contra costa ti

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >>> she stays, for now.bout to be deported from the bay area. >>> good evening. i'm garvin thomas. >> their tales are becoming so familiar to us. undocumented immigrants pleading with u.s. immigration officials to allow them to stay in this country so they can complete their college education. a san francisco student learned today she and

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. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. everyone. high speed chase. we're working that story and bring you that in a moment. >> first we'll start in san francisco. state senator is receiving threatening faxes at his office and says rush limbaugh may be partially to blame.