the west oakland bart station and the near by u.s. postal service are two examples of imminent domains, homes and small business eliminated for this. >> historically west oakland has been pretty much the victim of imminent domain. >> reporter: daniela reef says that a market would be nice but not if it would be by imminent domain. >> we're here to help the community. to raise nutrition awareness. >> reporter: one of the big property owners involved in this debate declined to be interviewed. but he did tell us that he's not happy about being forced to sell. the council expected to take some sort of action on this issue tonight. live here in west oakland, mike mibach. >>> the caucuses of an 80-foot blue whale and its fetus has washed ashore. marine mammal researchers have yet to remove them. there's no word yet on what might have called the pregnant whale. the 17-foot long fetus was found near by. scientists say the fetus was likely expelled after the body of the mother whale washed ashore. they say it likely died four or five days ago.

these are her neighbors, two families frustrated with the lack of a supermarket and fresh food in west oakland. >> we'll go over to san pablo and 40th to the pac 'n save over there. >> reporter: tonight at city council, the oakland city council will debate whether to expand its imminent domain powers in order to get a 72,000 square foot supermarket near west grand and myrtle, in essence buying out small businesses to bring in a big one. >> it would be beautiful. it will help me, especially if you don't have transportation. >> reporter: imminent domain allows city to buy property even if the owner doesn't want to sell. the west oakland bart station in the nearby us postal service center are two examples of imminent domain, homes and small businesses eliminated for this. >> historically, west oakland has, you know, been pretty much the victim of imminent domain. >> reporter: danielle oreef says a supermarket would be nice but not if it comes by way of imminent domain. one of the big property owners who could be impacted by imminent domain declined to speak to us today but he said he is going to

traffic lights are now working in downtown west oakland. power at the b.a.r.t. station went out as well. b.a.r.t. employees shot it down so rider had to walk to the 19th street. businesses i jack london square d to close or operate in the dark. bed, bath and beyond chose to remain open and workers did transsatisfactions by hand pg&e customers say they're frustrated. >> rightow, it's a loss on revenue and also on the hours of the employees. the's no back generat. there's nothing else we can do. we're going home. >> just heard a boom as i was walking out the door. sounded like a train dropped. it was really loud. i didn't know what it was. >> reporter: as for other parts of the bay area there have been minor problems on the peninsula. this is a crew fixing a lon on 17th avenue in sap ma -- san mateo. no word on when power will be restored here. pg&e has yet to return our calls. >> alan: and in the north bay, there's about a foot of standing water on highway 116. and a huge tree came crashg down on a house this morning. i crashed into an empty back bedroom. all fou

the oakland city council is taking steps to get a new supermarket build in west oakland. the kroger supermarket chain wants to launch a discount grocery store near west grand avenue in myrtle street in west oakland but that property is already owned by some other people so, last night, council members approved a plan to expand eminent domain. that's the legal process that allows the city to buy properties at current market value from current owners even if they don't want to sell. many west oakland residents support the idea of a supermarket in their neighborhood. >> day-to-day, we go over to san pablo. >> it will be beautiful. that would help me. especially if you don't have transportation. >> but last night's action is only the first step before the city can begin forcing property owners to sell. the time is now 5:55. the battle to legalize marijuana is not attracting big money on either side. the latest money says that the yes on 19 campaign raised $2.1 million while opponents raised about 200,000. both sides have about the same amount of cash on hand less than 100, 00

tomorrow the redevelopment agency is set to meet to discuss the fate of a west oakland auto op, which could soon become the property of the city. they're thinking of changing a zoning law to go forward. >> we don't want to use imminent domain to negatively affect any property owner unless there is absolutely no other way. >> kroger foods is currently in talk with the west oakland auto shop to purchase the property. but if negotiations continue to drag on, the city says it may have to step in. >>> three peopleic in kcontra ca county are the first evidence of disease this year. >>> an expensive brain cancer vaccine is found to have doubled the life expectancy of some patients with the most aggressive form of the disease. the vaccine being tested as duke university and it targets a cancer growth. they went on it 14 months before their disease progressed. that's compared with just over six months for other patient. the next step is a research that compares the people on the vaccine with those of a placebo. >>> it doesn't have to be this way if you know what to ask, you could shave hundred

. >>> well, oakland leaders have struggled to attract a grocery store to west oakland, but now a chainlooking to build in that area. >> but the city might first have to make a tough decision. >> i used to live in the city. i moved here because i saw an opportunity. >> reporter: it takes a good tire to navigate the roads. christian figures it also takes steel belted nerves to run an auto shop. >> it's very important. this is how i make my living. if i don't have this, then i don't know. >> reporter: but after two years in business, he is worried the wheels are about to come off his cart. the city of oakland is considering using eminent domain to claim this property he rents in west oakland. >> i don't think it's fair. what's the point of owning a house if they can do with your property whatever they want to do? >> reporter: kroeger foods is in talk to buy this chunk of land to build a grocery as negotiations drag on, the city is looking at the possibility of using eminent domain. >> we don't want to use eminent domain on any property unless there is absolutely no other way. >> reporter:

lets use west oakland bart as an example. a rider will then buy the cheapest bart ticket they can find. which in this case would be $1.75. this gets riders past barts turnstiles. then riders simply take bart to san francisco. the normal cost to cross the bay via bart is $2.90, one way. when they arrive at embarcadero station they hop on elevator no. 63, and either proceed to the muni platform, or the plaza level like this man in the elevator, he just got off bart. he gets off at the plaza level with it $1.80 bart card $1.10 short of the actual fair. it was determined that the rider toss bought the ticket at >> west oakland. >> and will be required to pay the additional cost. >> i won't never do it no more. >> the day before the segment was shot 30 plus fare evasion tickets were written by muni fare inspectors. to people using the elevators to avoid paying fares. and if you think this is new the so-called east bay express has been going on for years. and it affects multiple stations in san francisco. the elevators are there so

oakland of leadership. >> resident want to redevelop on the super fun sites. and the epa helped out by issuing $100,000 to three low income communities. >>> and a woman was killed on west street. oakland police say the shooters in at least two vehicles opened fire on a group of people just before midnight. 29-year-old carolyn howard was killed and three men were injured. two are in critical condition. investigators don't have a motive, but they believe howard was not the intended victim. >>> a 28-year-old man was shot while using an atm machine at the bank of america in oakland's rock ridge neighborhood. police say the man was shot around -- was shot twice around 9:00 this morning. he is in critical condition at a local hospital. police are offering a $5,000 reward in that case. >>> an american businessman jailed for more than two years in iran has been released. a family spokesman says 71-year-old tigavi of southern california is expected to be escorted back to the u.s. soon. iranian officials accuse him of passing $200 in cash to a man connected to a violent opposition group. but he was never charged with a crime, and he denied knowing lisa porting the group. his fam

without electricity, some businesses in west oakland closed shop early. the oakland fire department's dispatch center at fire station 1 operated on power from a generator, but with no power at the 12th street bart station for most of the evening, people were forced to walk down broadway in the dark. >> we tried to get a ride. nobody would come. we're finally getting our food out of the house. i don't want to walk down the street with no light. >> reporter: bart trains continued to run through the 12th street station, but did not stop. with many traffic signals not working, instead of treating it like a four-way stop, we saw drivers who didn't even bother to slow down. pg&e blamed the outage on equipment failures blame on the rain and high winds. >> never had an experience like this before, never. weapon the whole city about going out. >> reporter: meanwhile, across the bay at sfo, poor visibility prompted delays of two to three hours for most arriving flights, leaving some travelers stranded overnight. >> we just want to go home. and it's been emotional. i

. >> alan: the power has been knocked out for more than 14,000 customers in west oakland. that outage started around 2:00 and was centered near a pg&e substation. residents heard a boom and saw a flash. b.a.r.t. had to shut down it's 12th street station. there's no estimate when power will be restored. >>> the first big rain of the season is creating problems around the bay area in the north bay, there's a foot of standing water on highway 115. and in this huge oak tree came crashing down into a house this morning. all four adults in the house at the time are fine. >> at first i thought it was a really long thunder. >> yeah. >> like a really long, loud thunder, and then it sounded like an earthquake. >> alan: on the peninsula, pg&e crews worked to fix a downed powerline that cot caught in trees in san mateo. this is traffic on el massachusetts camino real today. a good reminder to slow down in this rainy weather and pay attention. the weather is causing two to three hour delays at san francisco international airport. the delays are affecting incoming and outgoing flights.

. >> much of downtown and west oakland was in total darkness which pg&e says was storm equipment failures. residents say they heard a boom and saw a flash which they believe came from a substation. >> i heard a boom. it was kind of like a train kind of dropped. >> despite the outage, near jack london scare remained open. they completed transactions manually but bart decided to close the 12th street station and many businesses shut their doors, too. chinatown seemed like a ghost town. across town, more weather-related problems but residents were dealing with a leak. the red cross helped families move to other vacant units after water started falling through the light fixtures. >> water was coming out of it. so i called the fire department because it seemed to be a disaster to me. i called the fire department and when they came, they red-tagged it, told us we had to get out. >>> in other news, the weather should be just fine when michelle obama makes a campaign swing. she will be raising money for democratic candidates. she is one of the most popular members in the obama white house and has

over in west oakland there were plenty to find, like used mattresses which appear to be popping up everywhereke these i found, there were no less than five here. around the corner more mattresses leaning against the fence. in nearby this pile of stuff including a stereo speaker, minus the speakers. the city of oakland averages just over 12,000 complaint calls a month for illegal dumping. it is such a problem that for stuff sits out for weeks at that time. creating an eyesore for everyone. furniture appears to be the biggest of the items dumped. but it is not limited to just that, yard clippings and the animals also. in this plastic bag on railroad avenue near louisiana st. someone bagged and tossed a dead dog on the side of the road. the city has plenty of no dumping signs all around, but the people doing to dumping are ignoring them. for the record according to the city of oakland of oakland many of the legal dumpers don't even live in the city. in oakland stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> the web is buzzing over sunday's opening sequence of the senses. why did typically u.n. see opening took

low 50s, these are some cool numbers, poe tucks umm river at 54, 50 in new york and off to the west. oaklanddeep creek lake low 40s right now. closer to home so to speak, the inner harbor at 55, and even closer, let's take a look at your neighborhood as we zoom in here to the center part of the city. this is a forecast for tomorrow for you, mt. vernon to about 60, federal hill, you should make about 62, and as we take you a little further north and east elkton about 59 or so, looking for about 61, mostly cloudy conditions in aberdeen, most maybe a stray shower, not a lot of rain, better chance they'll come in saturday evening. still a little bit of wet weather working up towards the mid-atlantic. philly getting steady rain as is pennsylvania, but again, across the east. bottom line is large circulation here, area of low pressure, and this is bringing in the rain for much of west virginia, much of pennsylvania, and the heaviest of this now surging up in to new york where there are even some reports of rain mixed with snow earlier, upstate new york. but none of that for us. that chilly drizzle

not all of the stations, the west oakland station is open and we will see if there any problems. the roadways are reported smooth, but as more folks hit the roads, we will hear more about the trees down and things like this. i will point it out. folks are moved over towards la honda. it has been reported earlier about 1:00 in the morning. that will be an issue and we will track it. back to you. >> new this morning, first lady michelle obama will raise money for democratic candidates at a fund-raiser for congressional candidates at the fairmont in san francisco. she will join nancy pelosi in showing support. her trip comes a few days after her husband's visit to the bay area and also to fund-raise. it's her second trip to the bay area since president obama took office. >> could bart trains reach the pacific ocean? a new line extending all the way to ocean beach would meet the demands of rich moend residents underserved by public transit. james fang said a bart line through richmond could attract federal support. his plans call for an underground route with stops in the western add

. >>> nine people have no homes after flame ripped through part of the west oakland apartment complex. the fire caused damage to two of four units. a reported 300,000 in damage is done and 100,000 in damage to the contents themselves. one occupant suffered smoke inhalation. the oakland fire department believes the fire was accidental. >>> researchers say the number of people with diabetes is growing. it's expect that in three people will have the disease by 2050. today in the east bay's christie kmith where you can learn more about diabetes and obesity in a forum this morning. >> reporter: this forum is really for the entire family. particularly important for communities of color where the risk of type ii diabetes is higher. when you look at the numbers, it's quite startling. each year more than 1.5 million new cases are introduced. it's put on by the black caucus and going to show you how to get the most of state programs and resources that are already in place. you don't have to worry about cuts here. diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. type two is

and concern, one of the things that stood out was what i saw were people from the community from west oakland wanting to help the foeblgs stuck on the structure andment to help their neighborhood. there were rat in a maze. they didn't know what to do but want to engage. the involvement in the community and training is critical for everyone to get back on track and recover from a disaster. stay with it it can be frustrating to energize people to say it's coming when it hasn't been here for awhile. >> thank you to our panelists. you heard a great variety of ways that you can take this information and apply it in your community from knocking on your neighbor's doors with information to getting the red cross to do a training to organizing a nert training in your community. there are a variety of things that are available out there. all the way up to the china town disaster committee. they have been doing that for 15 years they are further ahead of other neighborhoods but it's an example what can be accomplished when you bring in a variety of community partners. jamie touchod the concept of knowin

lets use west oakland bart as an example.l then buy the cheapest bart ticket they can find. which in this case would be $1.75. this gets riders past barts turnstiles. then riders simply take bart to san francisco. the normal cost to cross the bay via bart is $2.90, one way. when they arrive at embarcadero station they hop on elevator no. 63, and either proceed to the muni platform, or the plaza level like this man in the elevator, he just got off bart. he gets off at the plaza level with it $1.80 bart card $1.10 short of the actual fair. it was determined that the rider bought the ticket at >> west oakland. >> and will be required to pay the additional cost. >> i won't never do it no more. >> the day before the segment was shot 30 plus fare evasion tickets were written by muni fare inspectors. to people using the elevators to avoid paying fares. and if you think this is new the so-called east bay express has been going on for years. and it affects multiple stations in san francisco. the elevators are there so people with disa

lets use west oakland bart as an example.t ticket they can find. which in this case would be $1.75. this gets riders past barts turnstiles. then riders simply take bart to san francisco. the normal cost to cross the bay via bart is $2.90, one way. when they arrive at embarcadero station they hop on elevator no. 63, and either proceed to the muni platform, or the plaza level like this man in the elevator, he just got off bart. he gets off at the plaza level with it $1.80 bart card $1.10 short of the actual fair. it was determined that the rider bought the ticket at >> west oakland. >> and will be required to pay the additional cost. >> i won't never do it no more. >> the day before the segment was shot 30 plus fare evasion tickets were written by muni fare inspectors. to people using the elevators to avoid paying fares. and if you think this is new the so-called east bay express has been going on for years. and it affects multiple stations in san francisco. the elevators are there so people with disabilities, bike riders, and

we're in west oakland where the power has been knocked out to 14,000 customers. >> reporter: we're onand 14th street, and the traffic lights in the area are either out or flash red, all because of a power outage that startled after residents heard a boom and saw a flash. people say they believe the sound came from a pg&e substation on second street. a crew member said the source of the problem was an insulator. this outage has affected 14,000 customers. traffic lights are

the oakland city council is taking steps to build a new supermarket in west oakland. kroger wants to build a a 72,000 square foot store near west grand and myrtle. but that property is already owned by other people. so last night, council members approved a plan to expand eminent domain. that's the process that allows cities to by up property for current market value from owners even if they don't want to sell. >> for day-to-day things, just a run to the store we'll go to san pablo to the pack and save. >> it will be wonderful. it will help me, especially if you don't have transportation. >> last night's action is only the first step before the city is can begin to force property owners to sell. >>> ten minutes before 8:00. is rain heading our way? we'll check in with steve for a look at the weather >>> everyone is still talking about that amazing rescue of the little girl in modesto. and claudine wong has more. >> after spending a terrifying night with her kidnapper, this little girl's hero and rescuer turned out to be a neighbor she didn't know. a man watching the n

michael cardoza said $25 heart attack was received to educate voters in east and west oakland on the city's new ranked choice voting program. >> they were supposed to spend six weeks doing that. they, in fact, spent four days. shortly there after, that same group went back into the community and began campaigning on behalf of jean for mayor. >> we don't have a relationship with her. we never paid anything to go out and advocate. we went out and explained the trotters in oakland that they would have three choices for voter this year. >> monty says he believes cardoza and his clients have ties to don perata and that's what's behind the complaint. cardoza wants to make sure there's no use of public fund for political purposes. >>> californians have until midnight on monday to register to vote in the moisture 2nd election. with three weeks to go before the election, nearly 17 million californians are already registered. democrats represent the majority with 44% of registered voters while republicans make up 31%. about one in five voters declined to stay the party presence. for all of the

the substation failed in west oakland. this did cause some colonists problems for the bart station, this trains could not stop there while the power was out. it has been restored for most. safe this is a live look overlooking the airport. incoming and outgoing flights and are facing delays of up to two hours. airport manager says the yes the wet and windy weather is to blame. if you think this is all going to go away soon, the answer is >> yes >> but not too long? >> we are going to see a break, but it is all said and done for tonight. the worst is over for tonight. a few spotty showers that is what we're seeing live on star tracker for for the past three hours. there is a low shower of toward livermore tonight. otherwise cloudy skies for this evening and some patchy fog developing. there's that one showered to the south of livermore, on highway 84. otherwise all the cream has moved into the sierra for the night. over 4 in. of rain for santa rosa of, sorsan jose only picking up 10 hundredths of an inch. maybe a lingering l

areas or routes to be changed include west oakland, emeryville.t station will no longer be served by ac transit buses. [ applause ] >> well, missing out on the world series and pro football. the just announced deal that allows the action to resume on t.v. >>> a rainy start to the weekend. but will it dry up for the trick or treaters? meteorologist mark tamayo is working on the complete bay area weather forecast. [ music ] . >> we explore the controversial proposition 19 debate to learn what impact legal idahoing pot would really have sunday on the 10:00 news. complete bay area news coverage. [ music ] >>> we've been tracking quite a few rain clouds over the past few days. well, right now the showers are moving out of town. that will set the stage for a little bit of a different forecast over the next few days. in fact, beginning tomorrow for halloween. take a look right now at live storm tracker 2. you can still see some lingering rain showers right around redding as well. that activity will be on the decrease. it will not be a factor in the bay a

eta administrator lisa jackson toured the area yesterday including the amco superfund site in west oakland. >> industrial pollution is blamed for causing unusually high rates of lung disease. they want to clean the contaminated soil and covering the soil with clean organic material. >> ladies and gentlemen, environmental protection is community protection. "saw outstanding examples today of leadership. >> residents want to develop the sites and they want to create an environmental program involving latinos in san rafael. >> a man convicted of shooting a sea lion in sacramento is beginning the sentence of 30 days in jail, five years probation. the sea lion is doing well. he is recovering from surgery at six flags where he'll live out itself rest of his life. he was convicted of shooting the sea lion last november near the town of verona. he has been ordered to pay $51,000 in restitution. >> all lanes on the san mateo bridge are back open after caltrans crews completed some emergency repairs. during a routine inspection last wednesday, inspectors discovered a ten inch crack in a seismic supp

of those 27 were in west oakland. 8 were in the central part of the city and 30 were in east oakland. that's down from 42 a year ago. gangs remain a major problem there in what's known as area three. >> i have a strong believe that there's roughly 10% of the people in area 3 causing 90% of the crime. >> violent crime overall is down 14%. the meeting was held at the oakland museum. the department said future meetings will be open to the public. >>> catholic churches in oakland are making an effort to reduce gang violence in the city. they are trying to develop ways to deal with the problem. tonight at st. anthony's school, students watched a film with an antigang message and heard from antigang specialists. >> we want them to go home thinking that there are other possibilities and not just gangs out there. >> the workshops are also sponsored by oakland community organizations and will be held in neighborhoods where gang violence is a problem. >>> new life for the nummi plant. we'll take you inside the old auto plant and why it maybe just the beginning. >>> i'm still tracking a fairly i

of those 27 were in west oakland. 8 were in the central part of the city and 30 were in east oakland. that's down from 42 a year ago. gangs remain a major problem there in what's known as area three. >> i have a strong believe that there's roughly 10% of the people in area 3 causing 90% of the crime. >> violent crime overall is down 14%. the meeting was held at the oakland museum. the department said future meetings will be open to the public. >>> catholic churches in oakland are making an effort to reduce gang violence in the city. they are trying to develop ways to deal with the problem. tonight at st. anthony's school, students watched a film with an antigang message and heard from antigang specialists. >> we want them to go home thinking that there are other possibilities and not just gangs out there. >> the workshops are also sponsored by oakland community organizations and will be held in neighborhoods where gang violence is a problem. >>> new life for the nummi plant. we'll take you inside the old auto plant and why it maybe just the beginning. >>> i'm still tracking a fairly i

the main areas affect ready west oakland, lake shore and grand avenue areas of oakland, emeryville, baynd san leandro as well. like most bay area transportation agencies, ac transit is dealing with a major budget deficit. >>> colling up at 7:00 on theby area sunday, the giants get wrangled by the rangers but not o'over yet a live interview from the ballpark on the bay area matchup. ♪ >>> make some noise! ♪ >> direct from "the jersey shore" give it up for snooki and the situation! [ cheers and applause ] >> do you believe it? new york city, rockefeller center. hard to believe it's just across the river from jersey. >> that's devotion. >> do you know what i did for the occasion? >> what? >> check it out. "today" for the occasion. >> you needed a sticker to remind you that it's for "today"? >> you're so funny. do you know what the situation is? this is the situation. do you want to touch them? >> not really. are those your rules. >> my rules are gtl, gym, tan, laundry. >> do you know my rules? i like my guys to be over 4'0" and they have to know the alphabet and also, oh, they can't be a g

the main areas that will be affected are west oakland, lake shore and grand avenue areas of oakland,meryville, bay farm island and san leandro. like most bay area transportation agencies, ac transit is dealing with a major budget deficit. >>> this morning, a small break for families scrambling to find child care after massive budget cuts. the axe won't fall on child care program tomorrow as expected. the oakland tribune reports an alameda superior court judge is ordering them to fund the programs until november 5th, the welfare to work program. governor schwarzenegger eliminated child care service for the welfare to work families off of cash aid more than two years or longer. the california department of education estimates 54,000 kids would have lost child care as a result of that decision. >>> tonight is halloween and officers across the state will be out in full force to make sure real-life boogiemen don't put young trick or treaters in danger. the california department of corrections will be on patrol to make sure sex offenders comply with their curfew. registered sex offenders a

lisa jackson toured parts of oakland and richmond yesterday including the aamco superfund site in west oakland. industrial pollution is blamed for causing unusually high rates of asthma and lung diseases there. residents presented innovative ways to clean the contaminated toil including putting fish bones in the ground and covering with organic material. >> at the end of the day this community protection, i saw some outstanding examples today here in oakland of leadership. >> residents want to develop these superfund fights as well as create an environmental program involving latinos in the canal district. the epa is helping by issuing $100,000 grants in the low-income communities. an american businessman jailed for two years in iran has been released. a family spokesman says 71-year-old padabi is expected to be escorted back to the u.s. soon. iranian officials accused padabi of passing $200 in cash to a man connected to a violent opposition group. but padabi was never charged with the crime. he has denied knowingly supporting the group. his family says he has diabetes and is in poor health. m

the city is considering a plan to take over west oakland auto shop. the shop is currently in negotiations to sell kroeger foods, but they are dragging on. they are changing the zoning and taking the shop over imminent domain. >>> an update on the attack on a woman fwh an east bay complex. deputies hope you might recognize a man who tried to pull off the latest rape attempt. christie smith is live to show you what they are looking for and who. >> good morning to you. investigators released the sketch of a man they believe tried to sexually assault a woman living here. it happened saturday. here's the sketch. the man is a white male with a medium build and wearing all black clothing including a black baseball cap. we also wanted to mention video that we shot of what security guards are doing here at the park regency apartments. basically checking if people who don't live here at the front gate and people who don't have a clicker and writing down the license plates of those who seem like they don't belong. the last was saturday on a 43-year-old woman in

you can see the wind speeds west at 24 and oakland west at 16 into san francisco. 61 in oakland and we have drizzle around the hilltops of the east bay. west wind at 22. up to 35 miles per hour. keep an eye on that to see if that impacts flights. 59 in san jose. not as windy around the valley and a west wind at 7:00. take a look at what's waiting. yosemite or tahoe, we have heavy showers and even snow above 7500 feet. for the bay area, nothing like that on rat dar, but enough drizzle to wet the roads in spots for you this morning. high around the bay area, close to 70. 63 in san francisco and only mid- to upper 60s in oakland and mostly in the 70s. breezy and cool. sweater weather and sweatshirt weather today through wednesday. as we head towards the weekend is when the 80s come back. the warm up on saturday. >> thanks so much. >> in a few hours, the state's highest court is expected to issue a ruling on whether governor schwarzenegger is allowed to send workers home without pay. it affects 200,000 state workers forced to take unpaid days off since fab of 2009. it saved the state $3 bi

stations, watch for the word of the day to pop up zeechlt not seen it yet this morning at the west oakland station, but we have been keeping a close eye out. this is part of try bart week. a couple of things going on. they are running longer training for the playoffs and giving away $60,000 worth of prizes and things like airline tickets and tickets to see the cal bears. you are likely to see more drivers clogging up the roadways. why not try bart? we talked with one rider and who said he was skeptical about these types of promotions. >> first off, most people don't win anything. they try to get involved in the tech things anyway. thigh are a pain in the butt. >> you have to think positive. >> that's positive. you want to hear my negative side? >> if you do want to try it and you see the word of the day pop up, you want to text to 44144. bart may just text you back to let you know if you did indeed win anything. they say throughout the week they are giving away 1300 prizes. reporting live in oakland, christie smith today in the bay. >> thanks so much, christie. >> people talk about the lou

the agency is set to meet to talk about using immanent domain to take control of a west oakland auto shop. the shop owner does not want to sell the land and that prevents the grocery store from moving in. some say they are abusing powers and some say it's a way to bring the much-needed grocery store into the area. >> we don't want to use immanent domain on any property owner and negatively affect them unless there is no other way. >> kroeger foods is current low in talks with the auto shop owner trying to buy the property, but if negotiations drag on, the city could step in. >> the state budget impasse lasted so long, california may have to start issuing ious instead of paying bills. they agreed on a way to close the gap, but they may not finalize a way to pay with real money. the state handed out 2.6 billion in ious, just the secretary time that happened since the great depression. today is the 97th day without a state budget. >> thousands of south bay students get to sleep in this morning. furloughs mean another week off of school. teachers and staffers from the school district vot

over in west oakland there were plenty to find, like used mattresses which appear to be popping up everywherere. around the corner more mattresses leaning against the fence. in nearby this pile of stuff including a stereo speaker, minus the speakers. the city of oakland averages just over 12,000 complaint calls a month for illegal dumping. it is such a problem that for stuff sits out for weeks at that time. creating an eyesore for everyone. furniture appears to be the biggest of the items dumped. but it is not limited to just that, yard clippings and the animals also. in this plastic bag on railroad avenue near louisiana st. someone bagged and tossed a dead dog on the side of the road. the city has plenty of no dumping signs all around, but the people doing to dumping are ignoring them. for the record according to the city of oakland of oakland many of the legal dumpers don't even live in the city. in oakland stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> if you have a comment or story suggestion please e-mail us at people behaving badly. we will be back in two minutes as the news continues. [ male announce

over in west oakland there were kind of friends like used mattresses which appeared everywhere, likehere were no less than five here. around the corner more mattresses as leaning against a fence and nearby this pile of stuff including a stereo speaker-the speaker. the city of oakland averages just over 12,000 complaint calls a month for illegal dumping it is such a problem often starve seats are up for weeks at a time reading an eyesore for everyone. furniture repairs to be the biggest of the items dumped but it's not limited to just that, a yard clippings, animals also. in this plastic leg, some day and tossed a dead dog on the side of a road. the city has plenty of no dumping signs all-around with the people doing the dumping are ignoring them for the record according to the city of oakland many of the illegal dumpers denied a live in the city, oakland, stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> if you are, mr. the idea you can send it to him via e-mail. we will take at rick l., let's go outside give quick look at the james lick, traffic on 7101, the temperature 74 degrees we would get up to

. >>> this just in from bart, ten minute delays in west oakland due to a problem and also westbound 580, delays all morning because of an earlier accident so traffic is down from 205 to tracy. check out the back-up, backed up into the maze and san rafael crowded as you make your way 580 but fine across the gold bridge. >> we're g g g g g g g g g g g g [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew, hon. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. our kids can't afford another four years of crippling cuts to public schools. class sizes are too big, and all the standardized testing just isn't working. so classroom teachers looked closely at the plans of both candidates for governor. and we're supporting jerry brown. brown's plan focuses on a well-rounded education... with history, science, and the arts as well as english and math. schools where teachers and parents work together. and that's why we urge you to vote for jerry brown, a leader we can tru

only game that may have rain on the west coast, oakland taking on 49ers and showers in the area.lphia, two of my favorite tailgaters, tom and charlene wells, they own great restaurants on the delaware beaches. irish eyes. >> irish eyes. >> show thomas what we have on the grill. we've got a little bit of everything. >> burgers, dogs, pork roll a beef tender loin. >> these are famous hot dogs. >> why? >> lewisburg, pen from buyerlies meat market. every time we go up there we buy their hot dogs because they're natural, fresh, awesome. >> let's wrap it up. thomas, probably and the crew back in new york would love to have -- look at these shrimp, jumbo shrimp. look how big those are. the size of -- i don't know. >> a football. >> not quite -- these are from from the gulf? >> yes. >> they are safe to eat. >> i'll eat one. my gosh. >> aren't they fresh? >> thomas? >> you're making us jealous. i'm from baltimore, i know their place. >> yeah. >> come on down to philly. >> if i could, i'd get these up to the control room but i'm stuck here. >> city of brother love, come on down. >> they'll

west wind, here it is. in every way, shape and form. oakland west at 8. napa airport west at 10. fairfield travis air force base. even livermore is covered up there. west southwest 5's at vacaville. vacaville, fairfield aren't that far apart. there's your sea breeze. for some of you, the pool, you like the hot weather, might be next week things could get back around tuesday, but until then, cool as a rule is kicking in. higher clouds from the south. temperatures in san francisco, a couple days ago, they ranged from 55 to 70. things have come down in very short range now. diamond heights, 55. sunset district, 57. at third and king, it's 60 degrees. so temperatures very close. low and high clouds, it'll be cooler for everybody. it cooled down by the coast yesterday. 60s, 70s, 80. temperatures in the city. they're starting to cool off. they did yesterday and they're continuing to do that today. we did have san jose, few high clouds coming in. partly cloudy skies later on. temperatures in the 70s after everything's said and done. 50s, 60s, right now. 56 santa rosa. 40s in the mountai

west. hagerstown back through oakland, we're talking about upper 50s to 60s. most of us in the 70s. parts if the eastern shore pushing into the upper 70s, like down toward cambridge where you're at 73. earlier you did push into the 70s, georgetown, delaware, 74. a little cooler north and west. tomorrow, another mighty fine day. mount vernon back through fells point. lots of sunshine under a blue sky. temperatures in the upper 70s in the downtown areas tomorrow as we work in today afternoon. satellite and radar trend. and across the entire region, there's nothing shaking now off to the west. off to the east, well up to new england to still find a little bit of cloudy condition, a little bit of shower activity up through the massachusetts, new hampshire and maine area. that, again, is the last tail part of the stalled-out storm that kept us murky and dreary for five days straight since last weekend. future weather not going to change that much. keeping clear skies around. there's nothing coming in out of the west. then into saturday here, a weak cold front pushing in late in the day.

then of course near peek, once you jump that divide, oakland, garrett county, western al gayny county, pressen and tucker county, your average peek. west of the divide to oakland, about the 10th of october. skyline drive to 16th to the 20th. our suburbs, late october. and downtown, not until early november. next seven days, low 60s tomorrow. some showers and low 70s thursday. just spectacular. great night for high school football, too. and the weekend looks great. mid 70s on saturday. low 70s on sunday. skins play at 1:00. weather wise, we will be perfect for tailgating and for spectating. i hope the outcome is also perfect. low 70s on monday and mid 70s on tuesday with showers rolling back in here. >> you're saying no time to rest on our laurel. >> donovan needs to get over that second half. i know we are happy he beat the eagles, but it was not so great in the second half. by the way, if the skins beat the packers, it's going to be without clinton portis. the runningback says he is likely not going to be there for sunday's game. the latest, plus, why this celtics star is running laps in shoes that are way too big for his feet. the ex

>> continuing we have flight delays due to low clouds and gusty winds that right now in oakland west of 24 and 16 through san francisco and obviously those winds all the way into livermore. mostly 50s around the bay area. weather relatively calm. the thundershowers flairing up and south of the diablo range and north bay hills, increasing instability and may be enough to bring out an isolated shower. temperatures will be cool enough to keep the jacket with you. highs near 70 and 71 for los gatos. 71 as well towards livermore. last week at this time we had high temperatures near 100. not the case this week. 73 around san francisco and 67 for oakland and low to mid 70s out towards the trivalley. between now and wednesday, we will stay unsettled, breezy and cool and a chance of a shower and for friday, high pressure should build in. towards the weekend, we are talking 80s. mild and windy especially for the next couple of mornings. >> scott said it's going to cost far less than anyone thought. >>> $50 billion. that's not a big deal. total cost is $50 million. considering the value of the

oakland, west 16. fairfield, west southwest, 16. napa, southwest, 9. it's going to be a breezy blustery day. look at those, that is just erupting from northern california along the sierra, all the way down to central california. big thunderstorms, flood advisories out. parts of eldorado county, nevada county and placer county. the city will be very breezy and windy today. in fact, temperatures only in the 60s, 52 to 59 right now. that's it. if it wasn't for the wind and clouds, we'd be colder. the low will form and stay over us for the bulk of the week. probably not the coast. everyone's in on the wind. possibility of showers, thundershowers on wednesday. we kick that system out thursday. and then more sunshine and warmer towards friday. >>> a wells fargo executive now admits he verified only the dates on as many as 150 foreclosure documents he signed, but the san francisco-based bank says it's confident that the foreclosure documents involving the bank are accurate. the executive says he relied on co-workers to ensure that all the other information wa

but back to our west, we have got 47 in hagerstown and 46 in western maryland and oakland and you can see we have got our safes little ribbon of high cloud. but most ofis it is clearing across the region. and we will go from the mid-50s this morning to our two degree guaranteed high of 67. more on that storm coming up. kim brown has a look at traffic. >> reporter: traffic is still running pretty well on all the major roadways this morning. looking on the west side at liberty road, that's the outer loop on the right-hand side. some light nod rit volume. really no major problems or any minor problems this morning and the beltway. we did have an earlier accident. 97 southbound just past 695. that's cleared off to the shoulder. and police remain on the scene of an accident at sole road. that's down in green haven so expect possible lane blockages there. back to you . >> the world is watching dramatic rescues going on right now in chile. 33 miners are rescued. six are up so far after being trapped down there for 69 days.

take a look out west even more empresssive. 37 in oakland this afternoon, just absolutely incredible. here's the situation. we do still have the same storm. you see it's spinning around the entire mid-atlantic. here's where most of the solid rain has pushed. as long as this is in the region we do have the chance for the shower although we won't get the more solid rain. the chance for the showers and then tomorrow as it wraps up and starts to pull out we have the chance for a few showers. it's not until thursday that it clears up. with this hanging around that's what we're talking about, keeping the clouds around and cool air. by thursday it starts to leave us. sunshine returns in the afternoon and temperatures will respond. so the forecast comes together like this. tomorrow we still have that low around, still the chance for a shower or two but the drier air is not that far away. it's waiting to come in our direction. today mostly cloudy, chance for a shower, only getting close to 60 degrees. tonight it goes down into the 40s then tomorrow up to 62. so clouds, a few peeks of sunshine

and near peak west of the divide toward oakland and this week is the autumn glory festival in oaklandnd it will be peak around the 10th. skyline peak the 16th through the 20th. we usually peak the latter part of october in the suburbs and downtown you have to wait until early november. so right now we don't see anything that will change the times. if they vary a little bit, we'll update them. here is the next three days. nice tomorrow but as nice as tomorrow is, friday and saturday are going to be tough to beat. low 70s tomorrow, breezy and mid-70s on friday. high school football is great at night. and then 80 on saturday. we'll come back and take you through the weekend and let you know if it will last through the redskin game. >>> caught on tape, a young horse goes for the ride of her life when she is pulled out of a 15-foot well. >>> and new at 6:00, a case of mistaken identity. >> the maryland animal lover, not the d.c. officer who shot a dog here in adams morgan. >>> we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> check this out, this horse being rescued fro

they're blowing out of the west around 33 mph at sfo. 23 in hayward. 24 oakland. and then you get into the valleys and they're not quite as fast. about 14 to livermore to concord. about 3 mph up in santa rosa. let's talk temperatures. santa rosa 49. pretty much mid to upper 50s everywhere except los gatos 51. santa cruz at 52. the rest of your neighbors mid to upper 50s. the sunshine, the clouds and the cool fall-like weather and isolating showers possible today and wednesday. we're talking mainly higher elevations like mount hamilton and farther to the south at monterey bay. >> warmer, calmer and brighter for the weekend. the big change. look at this huge trough of low pressure digging all the way down to the west coast. that's bringing in the breezes and eventually the cooler air that will filter in during the afternoon hours. bumping against the sierra. the storms over the weekend, they continue. the difference today still down to 8500 feet. we have a winter weather advisory in yosemite for the afternoon hours. back here at home just a mixture of sunshine and c