the head of the communist party's international department wang jiarui met the leader of japan's newto party natsuo gam gucci in beijing on tuesday. yamaguchi spoke about north crease artillery attack and its ongoing uranium enrichment program. he said he strongly hopes china will keep trying to persuade the north to raelgz a nuclear-free korean peninsula. wang said that if tensions on the peninsula escalate it will affect china more than japan because it shares a border with north korea. he said china wants to resolve the problem through diplomatic efforts including the six-party talks in order to protect china's 1.3 billion citizens. yamaguchi and wang also discussed september's collision between a chinese fishing trawler and japan coast guard ships in the east china sea. they agreed that the current state of relations is not good and that japan and china will work to improve ties through exchanges by political parties and private organizations. >>> a new style of newscast is emerging from taiwan, filled with computer-generated animations and political satire. the web-based program

alan wang and -- alan wang is live in kentfield. >> crews are working around the clock to fix this sewage main that ruptured earlier today. and now the sewage district is trying to figure out if this is related to another very suspicious sewage overflow problem that took place not far up the road. >> it is difficult to get around. it is affecting the traffic for sure. especially in the mornings. >> crews are laying down miles of pipe to bypass a backed up sewage line. >> it is a two-lane road, so sure it will definitely back up traffic. >> the work is going on around the clock. it was necessary after a new line backed up during the storms over the weekend. more than 40,000 gallons of raw sewage went to the court on madera creek. when they opened it, they found three truck loads of construction debris dumped in the sewer. >> they pulled out large chunks of asphalt. there were wads of electrical wiring, construction hard hats, tools and pieces of the school's track surface dug up during the $4 million project to prevent sewage overflow during storms. >> that means the event on friday and sa

>>> i'm jenelle wang live in san carlos. crews are bracing for the worst as the storm moves in. i'll tell you what you can expect coming up in a live report. >> here's a live look from downtown san francisco. it's cloudy and rain is here and waves of heavy rain are on the way and some winds, too. i'll show you where it's raining the heaviest right now and what it will do this weekend. >> roads are slick. we've seen several spinouts and accidents. i'll have all the details coming up. >> also this morning san jose medical marijuana clubs are hit by a wave of crime. police say they're an easy target. >> a federal appeals court in san francisco hears arguments today in a lawsuit challenging the defense of marriage act passed by congress. it's 5:00 this friday morning. there is rain in the bay area. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. you can tell by the upper deck of the bay bridge. looking a little wet. the rain is in the bay area just as mike says for this morning's commute. >> yes. soggy commute. keep the speeds down. mike, more rain on the way. >> absolut

>>> i'm jenelle wang live in san carlos. the rain has been coming down off and on all morning, just a small slice of what's to come. how crews are bracing for the worst coming up in a live report. >> and here's a look at the embarcadero in san francisco where we've had nearly a tenth of an inch of rain overnight. the hype is over, the storm it here. i'll show you where the rain is right now and how much to expect throughout the weekend. >> roads are slick. seen several spinouts. a complete traffic report in just a few minutes. >> and a late night vote ends the long-running battle over a massive tax bill. the bill passed despite vows to block it. good soggy friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> those two words go together. and, in fact, the roads wet causing accidents and this is really just the appetizer. >> let's find out when the main course is going to get here. >> wow! how many main courses can you have? it's a big meal, eric. >> it's a big meal. >> unlike the french where they come in small p

i'm jenelle wang live in newark.olice are looking for the persons responsible for killing a high school senior as he waited at a bus stop after school. why he may have been targeted coming up. >> also this morning new documents reveal that at least one state warned of safety problems with natural gas distribution system. >> here's a live look from ballmer peak up in the bay hills. you can see some of the fog that's trying to develop in san francisco. temperatures hovering near freezing. today's the last dry day. i'll tell you about six days worth of rain in an update coming up. >> good morning. we're following a high-speed injuriesry crash on westbound 80. >> and another crash here into a building on san francisco's market street. the driver says she was swerving to avoid a big rig. good chilly thursday morning to you. but it won't be chilly all that long. mike will tell you more. i'm eric thomas. >> then just wet. >> we'll tell you more. i'm kristen sze. students of an east bay high school after a football player wa

. >>> a berkeley man is now the bay area's first chevy volt owner. 25-year-old patrick wang picked up his new car in concord yesterday. the volt is the world's first has produced electric car with extended range. wang has been a fan since he first saw the car's concept three years ago. >> i work in a technology space, and i'm used to this kind of stuff, and it's exciting to be the ones who are pioneering, you know, the development of these sorts of things, even if it means dealing with the courts. to me it's part of the fun. >> he made a video that won a contest to go to detroit and test-drive a pre-production model. he paid about $42,000 for his car. wang got a $70,00 federal tax credit for buying an electric vehicle. >> a pretty sharp looking car. >> yeah, it is. >> it's nice. >> can't wait to see it out on the roadways. >>> 4:06 a crucial day in court for rape suspects. why some of their testimony will not be allowed. >>> plus toyota is slapped with another major fine over its handling of auto recalls. the punishment for keeping safety problems secret. search for answers aft >>> >>

jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> it's now 6:35.his morning the south san francisco police department is offering a $25,000 reward for information about last week's shooting that left three young men dead. investigators have also established an anonymous tip line hoping for clues in solving the december 22nd shooting. three other victims were wounded and are expected to survive but investigators say they have not been cooperative with police and few witnesses have come forward. >> victims of the pg&e pipeline explosion in san bruno could start getting long-awaited checks. the city is expected to release funds totaling nearly $400,000 in donations that came in after the disaster. some victims say they're frustrated that the donations have not been distributed. more than $2 million in donations to the city and nonprofits have been collected since september 9th blast that killed eight people and seriously damaged 55 homes. some of them were destroyed. two marin county women face charges after trying to block a road to prevent pg&e from

live at hayward bart, jenelle wang. abc 7 news. >> 6:05 now.erkeley the city council has decided to indefinitely delay a vote on whether to honor the military whistle blower accused of providing tons of classified information to wikileaks. council members say the board just wasn't ready to he proclaim army private bradley manning a hero because he hasn't admitted to or been convicted of leaking 92,000 sensitive documents and a combat video to wikileaks. manning is currently in a military jail facing a 52-year prison sentence. berkeley's peace and justice commission drafted the resolution saying whoever leaked the information deserves to be thanked by the american people. >> alameda police warning pet owners to watch out for rampaging raccoons. four raccoons entered a home through a dog access door and attacked two dogs a labrador mix and chihuahua. they've been treated for injuries. >> let's check with mike at 6:06 for a look at the forecast. a dry day today but what about after today? ayeah. maybe another good one and then a real soaker right

i'm jenelle wang live in newark.olice are looking for the persons responsible for killing a 17-year-old high school senior as he waited at a bus stop after school. why he may have been targeted coming up. >> this morning the naacp will meet with oakland's mayor elect and the city's police chief to talk about accusations of police brutality and abuse in the wake of a police shooting with an unarmed oakland man. >> the fate of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" is now in the their hands. >> frost and we have one last dry day. i'll update you on the big storm coming. >> and chp has issued a sigalert on westbound 80 in hercules. and two fog advisories. all the details. >> good morning. it's 6:01. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. hours from now members of the naacp will gather with the police chief and other leaders for a hearing on allegations of police brutality and other abuses by oakland police. leaders call for the meeting in the wake of a police shooting last month. derk jones was shot by two officers respon

jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> jenelle, thank you very much. right now the assembly budget committee is conducting the first official review of governor schwarzenegger's proposal to close the state's latest budget deficit. the governor declared a fiscal emergency and called for a special session of the legislate church on monday to deal with a $6 billion deficit. testimony about the state's financial outlook will be provided today by the legislative analyst office and the department of finance. but it's not likely any action will be taken with just a month left before governor schwarzenegger leaves office. >> we have some developing news for you right now. highway 1 at devil's slide is closed in both directions because of two crashes. the first was reported just after 9:30 this morning on southbound highway 1. the second crash happened a short time later possibly because of the slowdown caused by the first crash. the extent of any injuries, right now the chp says they do not know how long it will be before that roadway will reopen. we'll follow

reporting live in san carlos, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thanks, jenelle. if you're flying out of san francisco, expect big delays because of the weather. right now officials in san francisco international airport -- that's what you're looking at -- say arriving flights are delayed more than two and a half hours. right now there are no major delays at san jose or oakland but that's expected to change. so your advice? call your carrier before heading to it the airport. for up to the minute information and security wait times, check out our flight tracker at the bottom of the front page of our website abc7news.com. stay with abc 7 for storm coverage. if you take pictures or video of any interesting weather scenes, we'd like to see them. you can upload them. just go to: a bart police officer fired in the wake of the oscar grant shooting is now being given her job back. a state arbitrator has ordered bart to reinstate the officer who was fired last march. she was one of the officers at the fruitdale station platform when grant was shot and killed by officer joh

jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> jenelle, thank you very much. right now the assembly budget committee is conducting the first official review of governor schwarzenegger's proposal to close the state's latest budget deficit. the governor declared a fiscal emergency and call for a special session of the legislate church on monday to deal with a $6 billion deficit. testimony about the state's financial outlook will be provided today by the legislative analyst office and the department of finance. but it's not likely any action will be taken with just a month left before governor schwarnegger leaves offic >> we have some developing news for you righ now. highway 1 at devil's slide is closed in both directions becausef two crashes. the firs was reported ju after 9:30 this morning on southbound highway 1. the second crash happened a short time later possibly because of the slowdown caused by the first crash. the extt of any injuries, right now the chp says they do not know how long it wi be before that roadway will reopen. we'll follow and bring you u

i'm janelle wang. today on our progm. this woman never got to use the battered woman's defense and tiny patits undergoing adult life procedures plus.... >> a 49er fahas warning for all others. what he found in his season ticket information that has him seeing red. but we begin with stem cell technology. despite a court ruling tha bars embryonic stem cell research california is on the forefront of promising research. >> stanford university neurosurgeon gary steinberg says he sees a day when stroke victims will be healed. >> investigating other strategies to recover function after a stroke by basically regenerating the brain tissue. >> he found that mice that suffered strokes regenerated brain tissue after being injected with st cells. you put the stem cells after induce ago stroke in a rodent mammal that the rodent recovers behave. >> his research shows promise for human patients. his findings were made possible by a grant from the california institute from regenerative medicine that the agency created by voters to supply

reporting live in the news room, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much.resident obama is calling on china to release a jailed nobel peace prize recipient. earlier today he was not able to collect a prestigious $1.4 million reward in norway because he's being held in a chinese prison. china was infuriated when the 54-year-old literary critic won. he's serving a sentence on subversion charges for the one-party communist political system. he has placed supporters including his wife under house arrest to prevent anybody from picking up his prize. it was the first time in 74 years the award was not handed over to the winner. >> a potentially dangerous revelation from aviation officials. >> tales from the sea. passengers on board a damaged cruise ship return to port. >> and signs of a salmon run. why officials are now hopeful >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> after riding out a 30-foot sea, a cruise ship now safely on land. the damaged ship reached argentina overnight after several days on the high seas. this video from a nearby ship

i'm alan wang. let's go to leigh glaser and live doppler 7hd. we have seen quite a bit of a light show in some locations. you can see live doppler 7hd picking up the lightning bolts off the sonoma coast. we will take you just to the west of sea ranch. it is heading over toward the cloverdale area and we have been picking up moderate rain. santa rosa and roanoke park. you can see a new park and that will be moving into central and southern marin county. and also south of san jose, nordal road and up toward morgan hill, moderate rain is starting to increase there as well. wave and wave of scattered showers will continue to move in. three-day rainfall totals. sonoma over two inches. three inches for mount saint huh lena. close to two and a half inches. but the big numbers as you head south. santa cruz three inches and over six inches at boulder creek. ben low man over seven inches. more rain in the forecast coming up. >>> abc7's lilian kim is out chasing the rain. she joins us live from san an sal mow. >> we are on red hill avenue, and one lane of

in alameda, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> "time" magazine named its person of the year, mark zuckerberg. for changing how we all live our lives. >> the communication between my parents and the rest of my extended family, it is much, much easier now. grandparents and aunts and uncles all get involved. >> zuckerberg started facebook in his harvard dorm room several years ago when he was just 19. today facebook has 500 million subscribers, that's one and a half times the population of the united states. and they have yet to penetrate brazil, china and india. >> all in seven years. remashable. >>> a nice break from the rain, but big changes coming. >> brace yourself for that. sandhya patel is here with what's in store. >> we will see another dry day before we see an extended period of some rain here in the bay area. substantial rain and snow in the sierra nevada. take a look at this. savor it. this is what today looked like. you will see similar conditions tomorrow. then we won't be seeing sunsets like this for quite some time. we are looking at a stretch of six days of rainy weather. number

alan wang is live, and berkeley officials want a little more time before they make a decision. >> and continue verse controversy -- controversy is no stranger to the city of berkeley. the majority of the council hinted it is still too early to take a stab on this issue. they tabled it indefinitely. it took the vote after some heated debate after a man called a hero by some and a villain by others. >> one man dared to show the truth behind what is really going on. he did this for us. he did this for the nation. we have the responsibility to turn it over to him. he is a hero and needs our support. >> they would honor bradley manning for leaking sensitive information and causing an international embarassment to the u.s. >> i am urging you not to vote for this resolution to call this traitor, bradley n making -- manning a hero. >> if he has done what he is accused of doing, he has endangered his fellow troops. >> manning is a military jail facing a 52-year prison sentence for illegally downloading 92,000 sensitive documents that were posted on-line by wikileaks founder julian assange. >>

alan wang is live at oakland city hall for us. alan? >> carolyn, it is no secret the a's want out of this relationship. the city of oakland is still trying to rekindle that old flame, and it is hoping major league baseball can help keep this marriage together. the city launched its environmental impact study. the crowd of mostly hard core a's fans at the zoning commission meeting was told to keep any biases private. the commission wanted serious feedback to improve the proposed 39,000-seat stadium. >> it will be a key in the stadium and those plans should be parallel. >> i followed closely the project in san francisco and the new ballpark over there. what it has done to the community is astounding. >> reporter: but he wants to leave oakland and move the a's to san jose. >> the decision maker for each baseball team is done by major league baseball. so major league baseball will be making the decision. it is bounded by oak street, the channel, interstate 880 and the embarcadero. the project includes 700 condominiums and more than 700,000

reporting live in the news room, jenelle wang, abc 7 news >> thanks very much.resident obama is calling on china to release a jailed nobel peace prize recipient. earlier today he was not able to collect a prtigious $1.4 million reward in norway because he's being held in a chinese prison. china was infiated when the 54-year-old litera critic won. he's serving a sentence on subversion charges for the one-party communist political system. he has placed supporters including hisife under house arrest to prevent anybody from picking up his prize. it was the first time in 74 years th award was not handed over to th winner. >> a potentially dangerous revelation from aviation officials. >> tales from te sea. passengers on board a daged cruise shireturn to port. >> and signs of a salmon run. why officials are now hopeful the cohoe salmon are returning >> after riding out a 30-foot sea, a cruise ship now safely on land. the damad ship reached argentina oveight after several days on the high seas. this video from a nearby ship shows what the crew and passengers endured. th

alan wang reports. >> he commended the city's youth commission for raising awareness about issues faced by lesbian, gay, by sexual and transgender students. >> i speak as an openly gay man who recognizes from my own experience the challenges that come with being gay. >> the commission heard the presentation of the youth risk behavior survey conducted by the san francisco unified school district. for the first time the study questioned students about their sexual orientation and the treatment they received from others and the affect it has had on their lives. it found that 85% of lgbt students were harassed in school. 46% of lgbt high school students have been in fights compared to 20% of straight students. 82% say other students use derogatory remarks based on sexual orientation, but only 54% say teachers in ter vein. -- say teachers in ter vein. >> some of the slowest kids used in school such as oh, that's so gay and things such as that and how we want that to stop. >> another fiending, lgbt students are four times more likely to abuse drugs or attempt suicide. >> it is another school

reporting live in san carlos, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thanks, jenelle. if you're flying out of san francisco, expect big delays because of the weather. right now officials in san francisco international airport -- that's wha you're looking at -- say arrivin flights are delayed more than two and a half hours. ght now there are no major dela at san jose or oakland but that's expected to change. so your advice call yourarrier before heading to it the airport. for up to the minute information and security wait times, check out our flight tracker at the bottttom of the front page of o websitabc7news.com. stay with abc 7 for storm coverage. if you take pictures or video of any interesting weather scenes, we'd like to see them. you ca upload them. just go to: a bart police officer fired in the wake of the oscar grant shooti is now being given her job back. a state arbitratoras ordered bart to reitate the officer who was fired last march. she was one of the officers at the fruitdale station platform when grant was shot and killed by officer johannes mehserle. sh

. >> i'm kristen sze with jenelle wang. topping our list of stories, two dangerous pit bulls that ferociously attacked a woman getting in her car last night are on the loose in san jose. police are warning everyone to watch out. terry mcsweeney is live in east san jose at the scene. terry? >> yeah. two gray pitbulls attacked a woman out here on white sand drive about 6:20 last night and if not for the help of a good samaritan, this bad story could have been far worse. take a look at the pictures of the street where it happened. police are saying that a 42-year-old woman was just getting into her car about 6:30 last night when two gray pit bulls came after her and attacked. she was screaming as they bit her and ripped her up. a neighborhood heard those screams and came out. that neighbor threw rocks at the pit bulls and sent them scurrying down white sand towards aborn. the regional medical center is where the woman was taken. i was talking to san jose police this morning and they were saying that the woman was seriously inj

wang has been a fan since he first saw the concept three years ago. >> i work in technology space. i'm used to this kind of stuff and it is exciting to be the ones that are pioneering the development of these sorts of things even if it means dealing with it. it is part of fun. >> he made a video that won a contest to go to detroit and test drive a preproduction model. he paid about $42,000 for his car. he got a $7500 federal tax credit though for buying an electric vehicle. not bad. >>> if you spend a lot of time walking in san francisco you may say no kidding but it turns out the city is one of the most dangerous in the city if you're walking. mike sugerman shows us what puts people in so much risk, besides the obvious the cars. >> reporter: getting around in san francisco can be a very tricky proposition especially as you say on two feet. >> i've seen a lot of people hit by cars in the last 26 years. even motorcycles. bicycles. head-on collisions. they are lying on the street bleeding. >> reporter: he and his colleagues don't need an extensive academic study to know that san fran

i'm jenelle wang in san leandro. a young girl runs for help after a man tried to lure her into a car. the story coming up. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live on treasure island looking over the bay bridge and i almost don't want to tell you what's happening because if i do you might look and that's exactly what they don't want you to do. i'll explain in a live report. >> as you saw in terry's shot, it is dry this morning. watch out for patchy fog and cooler conditions. one more day of dry weather before the flood gates open. we're talking very heavy rain almost over a six day period in your forecast. >> a downed tree blocking the lane of traffic in the santa cruz mountains. you'll need chains heading to the sierra. all the details coming up. >> good morning. it is 5:00 this wednesday. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. topping the news, parents may be a little jittery as they bring their kids to a san leandro elementary school. a man tried to lure a young girl into his car at the sch

i'm jenelle wang. merry christmas eve. i'm in for eric thomas. >> jenelle wang, and i'm kristen.hanks for having you here. i'm saying it's about christmastime. my last day of work before my vacation. a lot of news today. thanks for joining us. we're hearing from the construction company whose equipment allegedly clogged sewage pipes. we're learning this morning one of the spills is a lot worse than anybody imagined. terry mcsweeney's live in greenbray with the latest. >> one called by environmental terrorism. the other it seems clear was caused by a bad pipe. take a look at the video of that second break. this is the one that happened on wednesday of this week that we're now being told dumped perhaps more than 2 million gallons of raw sewage into the creek and the marshlands here at marin catholic high school. this was from ray break in the pipe made of tech-ice. it doesn't stand the test of time. it's being replaced nationwide as it is here. as for sewage overflow, 850,000 gallons of raw sewage on friday called by officials an act of environmental terrorism. well, take a listen.

i'm janelle wang. it's 6:00. the weather, let's go straight to lisa argen. >> good morning. live doppler 7 hd shows much of the activity has begun to taper off a little bit. we're looking right now at a few returns heading toward the sonoma-marin coast. you'll notice a few yellows off shore but the main frontal band is this area of enhanced area taking the gusty winds with it. so into the east bay, south of fremont around milpitas into san jose, light to moderate rain. focus will be shifting south to the santa cruz mountains. we're in store for another round of wet weather late tonight. i'll have more details christmas day coming up. >>> some of the heaviest local rain hit along highway 17 in santa cruz mountains. focus for the highway patrol is protect the thoroughfare. at least 16 crashes occurred yesterday. officers say it can get brutal during winter months. lisa amin gulezian reports. >> it's not just the road but the surge of nonstop rain that will likely cause problems. >> people are already fil

i'm jenelle wang. car buyers beware this morning. oakland police are warning about a versus of recent robberies, some of which have turned violent after a victim responded to a car listed for sale on craigslist. terry mcsweeney is live at the oakland police department with more. terry? >> more than half a dozen victims of this and two of them have been beaten. the most recent happened sunday where someone really got beat up bad getting caught up in this web. take a look where it all starts. this starts an craigslist. all kinds of things on sale there. when people look for high-end vehicle, they've been finding them posted at incredibly low prices. people call the seller but when they look to exchange the money, there's no vehicle and the money is stolen sometimes violently. it started back in april and things went into a lull and then things picked up again this month. victims from oakland, sacramento, san jose. sunday's victim was robbed and severely beaten. police are offering the following tips for people. if you're looking for a

. >> i'm jenelle wang. deal made between the president and republicans will be presented to senate democrats today. why the president is urging both sides to approve it despite their unhappiness. >> also foggy start in the north bay. look how it's connecting into the bay heading down san francisco. that will burn off rather quickly to sunshine and warmer than average temperatures beginning today but rain will be here this time tomorrow. i'll tell you how much you'll get. >> you'll find quite a bit of that fog on your drive through san rafael and 101. these that he had lights southbound. new injury accident reported at the san mateo bridge. this point not blocking any lanes westbound approaching the toll plaza. >> 5:30 on this tuesday morning. a little milder than we've experienced the past few days. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. topping our news, a man is fighting to stay alive this morning after a natural gas explosion at his home so powerful it caused an entire floor to collapse. terry mcsweeney is

alan wang is at the commission meeting for us live tonight. allan? >> no secret that the a's want out but major league baseball is trying to keep the marriage together. the city of oakland is betting that major league baseball will force the a's to stay here and accept the proposed stadium. a crowd of mostly hardcore a's fans packed the zoning commission meeting to hear about the 39,000 see the stadium. four proposed sites but major league baseball favors a site near jack london square. the project also includes 700 condominiums and more than office square feet of offense and retail space but would displace the fire department training center and 16 businesses including east bay restaurant supply. >> we are not sure what it means. we know that -- well, we are told we would have to move. we don't know where we would move to. we would hate to leave the city of oakland. >> looks like a promising area. exactly what major league baseball is looking for. >> we have a site in an urban environment that can ca development in the area and provide the team with

. >> december 24th, 6:00, i'm jenelle wang in for eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. for the first time hearing from the construction company whose equipment allegedly clogged sewer pipes causing two spills in marin county. also learning one of the spills is a lot worse than anyone imagined. terry mcsweeney is live in greenbray with the latest. terry? >> how about 2 million gallons of raw sewage spilled out here on wednesday morning. we have seen crews coming out of the construction area behind me trying to get the job done before that storm moves in on christmas day. take a look at the work they're doing out here. they've been trying to deal with it since the break of that pipe on wednesday morning. this is the second spill we're talking about here. more than 2 million gallons of raw sewage in the creek and the marshlands here near marin catholic high school. caused by a break in the pipe made out of material popular in the '70s. now everyone nationwide is finding out it doesn't last. it's being replaced as it is here. the first sewage overflow

reporting live in oakland, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. it's 5:33.arin county officials say 600 gallons of sewage overflowed in the creek because of a storm water surgeon tuesday night. this follows two spills last week that sent nearly 3 million gallons of sewage into the creek. the ross valley sanitary district has filed a report with the emergency management agency informing them of the latest spill. it overflowed for two hours at a rate of 5 gallons per minute. the heavy rain on tuesday caused another portion of the cliffside apartments in pacifica to fall away. now officials are once again concerned about the building on esplanade avenue. >> when we first shot this video a year ago, you can see there was a grassy lawn behind the apartments at 330 esplanade. now you just see a rocky cliff. and, apparently, this isn't even the most dramatic vantage point. >> i didn't know the extent until i walked on the beach and looked up and said oh, my god. >> kathy still lives next to the one sitting close to it the edge. >> my friends joke saying we're going

. >> commissioner wang. >> aye. >> thank you. the granting of the variances is -- the vote is 4-1. the granting of the variances is upheld on that basis. >> the last item on the agenda is your consideration of proposed amendments to the board's rule. for the last few months, i have been working with president peterson and vice president goh on coming up with language that might be useful to consider in order to try to clarify the rule to make them more understandable to the public, more consistent with the board's practices, and to make sure that we are operating in accordance with any relevant legal requirements. you've been provided with copies of the proposal. an overview of the provisions have been posted on the web site so that the public has been given an opportunity to review them as well. i thought what i would do is walk us through the more significant proposed changes and make any comments along the way so we can move these forward. i think the articles and section numbers i will refer you to are the ones in the proposed draft, and as an overview, they have been somewhat

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm jenelle wang in for eric thomas.ain's been falling all night across the bay area. that means you can expect ponding on the roadways. this is the entrance to the bay bridge and slick streets as you head out this morning. >> as rain falls here, the sierra is getting more snow. look at this gorgeous picture, right? the highest regions have seen more than 10 feet of new powder in the last week. you can believe it looking at this picture. right now chains are required on interstate 80 and we're told 88 is closed down now. we'll talk to megan and get more in a bit. >> our issues are nothing compared to southern california where heavy rains and fears of landslides are forced hundreds of evacuations near los angeles. >> things are getting kind of quiet around the bay area as we're dealing with just one lone shower as you saw how much worse it could be in southern california. marin county, you can see san rafael and some of the hills around there. that is our best radar return as things are starting to quiet down with the col

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm jenelle wang. story, the battle same sex marriage reaches its highest level yet when both sides present argument to the panel of 9th circuit court of appeals. terry mcsweeney is there live with a preview. terry? >> two topics today. first of all proposition 8 supporters are going to have to convince the justices they have standing; in other words, they can represent the voters of california who voted that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman. that is number one. after that they get around to judge vaughan walker's decision that proposition 8 is unconstitutional. proposition 8 a lightning rod for protests wherever it went through the court system. it went through the state system. it's now in the federal still. protesting hundreds today. a voter-approved marriage as between a man and woman. judge walker overturned that. jerry brown would not defend it. they agree on one thing, that this is going to ends up at the u.s. supreme court. this morning we have a line. one person traveled

janelle wang starts in berkeley? >> i'm at mancini sleep world. all you have to do is pull up your car and drop off the food. clean out your pantry. i know there is food in there, and drop in one of bins, volunteers are standing by and cash and checks are greatly needed. one dollar can provide up to two full meals for families this holiday season. five dollars, ten dollars, we would appreciate it. great gifts, if you donate $20, we'll hand you one of these free dvds. if you donate $50, you get two king sized pillows and hundred dollar bucks, we'll have more prizes. now let's go to corina in san jose. >> we're on blossom hill road. this is really incredible. i'm going to introduce you montez, he is with the museum in san jose. this is incredible. what are you going to help support them? >> for the second year in the road we partnered for visitors to come in bring three food items and you will get a free admission to a world premiere body world. >> three cans of tuna or peanut butter or corn. >> cereal, soup, you name it, three items you get a ticke

reporting live in newark, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> jenelle, thank you. meeting of heavy hitters in oakland this morning in the wake of police shooting and killing a man who turned out to be unarmed. the naacp, oakland's mayor he willeth, the police chief are all there. >> as for the naacp, the highest ranks of that organization have come to town, the national president, state president and mincing no words about their message here today. they say enough is enough when it comes to police killings in this city. they are here joineded by city officials, the district attorney and the police department top brass. this is not just a conversation. the goal is find solutions, ways to stop these officer-involved shootings. the victims have been denied due process and it's not unique to oakland. this is a historic problem, one that goes through history to lynching of african american males and persists around the country. the life of an african american man does not have the same worth as for other citizens. >> where the life of an african american male is not wor

janell wang starts in berkeley? >> i'm at mancini sleep world. all you have to do is pull up your car and drop off the food. clean out your pantry. i know there is food in there, and drop in one of bins, volunteersre standing by and cash and checks are greatly needed. one dollar can provide up to two full meals for families ts holiday season. five dollars, ten dollars, we would appreciate it. great gift if you donate $20, we'll hand you one of these free dvds. if you donate $50, you get two king sized pillows and hundred dollar bucks, we'll have more prizes. now let's go to corina in san jose. >> we're on blossom hill road. this is really incredible. i'm going to introduce you montez, he is wi the museum in san jose. this is inedible. what are you ing to help support them? >> for the second year in the road we partnered for visitors to come in bring three food items and you will get a free admission to a world premiere body world. >> three cans of tuna or peanut butter or corn. >> cereal, sou, you name it, three itemsou get a tick, you are in. of

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. >> this time jenelle wang live in berkeley. what's going on there?risten, eric, this food drive helps eight local food banks. we're helping people add alameda county community food bank and contra costa and solano counties. i actually brought a bag of food. i'm going to show you what's in my pantry. not yet, not yet! i want to first interview jim aigen. hill top elementary here in berkeley or kensington. what are your kids doing over there? >> our students have a food drive, walk-in food drive. we have four buckets in our lobby and kids walk in every morning and place food in the buckets. and then they call for more. >> and how many pounds have you raised, brought in? >> this year i was told 660 pounds, and in the last two years we've hit over a thousand pounds. so this last week will be a very busy week collecting. >> that's great. one of many locations. thank you so much. you can come here to mancini sleep world and we will be here with these buckets, these bins. let me show you what i've got. i've got some pasta, right? rice-a-roni. this is one of

. >> i'm jenelle wang for kristen sze.he forecast today, a little wet but not going to linger all day. >> we'll focus in on live doppler 7 hd. good morning. notice the radar returns are few and far between but it's very damp this morning. that westerly flow continues to inject moisture into the air and it can't hold it all. it's forming as fog. more radar returns offshore so we may get a sprinkle or two in the north bay over the next couple hours but the big story is the slick streets and how the visibilities are much lower than they have been. the reporting stations seem to be okay but when i came across the bay bridge it was pretty tough to see. novato 3 miles, santa rosa 1. half moon bay to half a mile. that reporting station we see the lowest visibility. it's causing problems as far as the commute. here's frances with the details. >> starting with an overturn crash in vallejo. it's going to be blocking the wilson avenue on-ramp for at least the next half hour until about 5:30. apparently five people injured, two critic

jenelle wang joins us live with more. jenelle, democrats maybe unhappyiest of all? >> they are. president obama knows that. he still cuts a deal with congressional republicans to extend all bush era tax cuts. today vice president biden will head to capitol hill to sell it to democrats. if no action is taken taxes go up for everyone january 1st. the deal would extend tax cuts for another two years for all working americans including the middle class and the wealthiest americans. that's something republicans wanted but democrats believe the highest earners should not continue getting the tax breaks. >> i think a lot of people are wondering why president obama doesn't fight for what he believes in a lot more. it seems like it goes from zero to fold in pretty fast time. >> not perfect. this compromise is an essential step on the road to recovery. >> but republicans did make some concessions. they agreed to extend unemployment benefits for an additional 13 months, something they say the u.s. can't afford. the proposed deal would extend college tuition and child tax credits. it also l

. >> janelle wang, abc 7 news. >> and there is a statement saying we're proud of our meals and intend to defend our brand. we listen to customers and parents tell us they approve of our happy meals. >> and crews got a jump start of installing a mammoth piece of steel. there is a live look that work scheduled to start thursday. crews wanted to get a head start this week. the third of four piece that's will be part of the 525 foot tower. now once this piece is in place, tower is going reach 374 feet. >> that is a impressive work. >> the government orders a ban on certain types of baby cribs. >> also, the bellagio bandit caught on video. very good. >> cold night. dry tomorrow, get ready for an extended period of wet weather. i'm jand patel. i'll detail this out in the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> and there is giants world series trophy in the city it this holiday season, chevy's giving you more. like a 100,000 mile/5-year powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 miles more than ford. and now we're giving you our best offer of the year. 0% apr financing... plus $1,500 holiday al

reporting live from the san leandro/oakland border, jenelle wang. >> we're following breaking news outf the sierra. that's where 25-year-old shante willis, an experienced snowboarder and ski instructor minuting since tuesday has just been found. natalie from our sacramento station is live at alpine meadows with the very latest. >> good morning, eric. we're not quite sure yet if that's good or bad news that she's just been found. a press conference scheduled for 11:15. we'll keep you updated. it's all everyone on the ground. you've got the black hawks down now with their wings have stopped flying and over here these just workers very quiet, very solemn, not a good sign. and up there, that's where they've been searching three to four miles because that other side of the mountain, that is where i'm told she got separated from her group, blinded by snow, accidentally going out of bounds into extreme terrain. several helicopters have been in the air grouping in the parking lot at the resort before taking off on what would have been 12 hour shifts flying over the sierra. on the ground were 5

reporting live in newar jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> jenelle, thanyou. a meeting of heavy hitters in oakland this morningn the wake of poli shooting and killing a man who turned out to be unarmed. the naacp, oaklans mayor he willeth, the police chief are all there. >> as for the naacp, the highest ranks of that organization have come to town, the national president, state resident and mincing no word about their message here today. they say enough is enough when it comes to police killings in this city. they are here joinededy city officials, the district attorney and the police dertment top brass. this is no just a conversation. the goal is find solutions, ways to stop these officer-involved shootings. the victimhave been denied due process and it's not unique to oakland. this is a histori problem, one that goes through history to lynching of african american males and persists around the country. the life of an african amican man does nohave the same worth as for other citizens. >> where the life of an african american male is not worth a telephone. or

reporting live from the san leandro/oakland border, jenelle wang. >> we're following breaking news outf the sierra. that's where 25-year-o shante willis, an experienced snowboarde and ski instructor minuting since tuesday has just been found. natalie from our sacramento station is live at alpine meadows with the very latest. >> good morning, eric. we're not quite sure yet if that's good or bad news that she's just been found. a press conference schedule for 11:15. we'll keep you updated. it's all everyone on the ground. you've got the black hawks down now with their wings have stopped flying and ov here these ju workers very quiet, very solemn, not a good sign. and up there, that's where they've been searching three to four miles because that other side of the mountain, that is where i'm told e got separated from her group, blinded by snow, accidentally going out of bounds into extreme terrain. several helicopters have been in the air grouping in the parking lot at the resort before taking off on what would have been 12 hour shifts flying over the sierra. on the ground were 50 rescu wo

i'm alan wang. bad weather is having a huge impa right here in the y area. john alston is at san francisco international airport where a lot of people are going noere. >> the hits keep coming at sfo. east coast flights scheduled to leave this afternoon and at 11:00 tonight have been cancelled on account of the weather. the day of christmas is usually very heavy travel day, especially when it falls on a sunday. it got off to a frustrating start in the bay area hoping to get a direct flight to washington and atlanta. here at sfo, american airlines has cancelled six flights. virgin, four, uned 11. delta about half dozen. that is just a fraction of the hundreds of flights cancelled nationwide. one the travelers caught up in this mess is a berkeley student which was hoping for a quick east coast vacation. >> i was going to fly into new york for vacation but my flight got cancell e of bad weather. so i got a refund and i'm waiting to see what is next. >> basical we've had a lot of cancellations to and from the east coast and that will continue. >> what is the situ