police say two cars were speeding on rain-slickened richmond parkway yesterday morning. both drivers lost control. a bmw flipped and slammed into a pole killing the driver. police are holding the other driver on suspicion of manslaughter and dui. >>> a man found shot near fisherman's wharf is expected to recover. officers found the man in his 40s lying on a sidewalk near taylor and north point around 6:30 last night. police say he was conscious and breathing but no information is released about this shooting. >>> and one more day of campaigning for the people running for mayor here in san francisco. >> about that time. many will be out early this morning trying to get commuters to vote and all candidates have been campaigning all weekend long. tomorrow is election day in san francisco. the rank choice voting system will be in place. >> see them all along the farmer's market over the weekend. >> the last couple of days. so they are stumping. >>> there is a problem in unincorporated county in hayward the structure fire is knocked down so it's under control. there are still

he often introduced himself as alex from richmond. he been living in the camp for several days before he was shot to death last thursday. witnesses say the two suspects were also frequent residents at the camp. both are still on the loose. >>> this morning occupy san francisco protesters say there is no evidence to support police claim that protesters attacked two officers during a saturday march. a police captain told abc 7 that two of his officers were slashed by somebody during the march one was cut on the hand when he tried to stop demonstrators from taking over an intersection. a second officer cut on the face while trying to retrieve his police radio taken by a protester. both of expected to recover. >>> uc berkeley bracedding for a strike. -- bracing for a strike. calling for students and faculty to walk out. cal officials are investigating the methods used by campus police to break up last week's occupy cal protest. a professor whose hair was pull has file a complaint. it happened last wednesday at sproul plaza while police we

. >> reporter: the victim known as alex from richmond to those at occupy died. >> his head was laying on top of bottom pedastal. . >> reporter: the broad daylight murder has leaders speaking out and urging protesters to hold their ground. >> that murder wasn't a part of this. that murder was a sign of what we must change. >> reporter: everybody seems to agree change is needed but that change looks different depending on what side of the camp you are. you are be log at video of what happened last time they tried to clear out the camp. they had to call for hope from other agencies. talked to a couple of those who said they are rethinking that and the response to occupy oakland. they aren't calling an emergency and said now that it let the camp back up it's now a planned event and so if oakland wants help they will have to pay for it. >> an group is on the move tonight in support of veterans who have been hurt during recent protests. paul chamber social security live in oakland with the call for police to temper their response. >> reporter: basically was an hour walk. they are stopped he

that is picture of the couple at the event in richmond, virginia saturday night. kelsey desantos invited him to the ball via youtube in july. we showed you here on "good morning maryland." >>> it's not occupy los angeles but fans gathering for the new twilight film. this tent city formed outside the nokia theater in downtown l.a. as way to hards camp out for breaking dawn part one. that premiers tonight. >> i know i am not a camper. so, i am more of a star hotel girl. see what we will do for breaking dawn. i mean, come on. >> now to show appreciation some of the stars from the movie came out to greet the fans. the movie premier tonight at nokia theater but the rest of us have to wait until friday. i think tom you are member of team edward aren't you. >> no. >> you are. >> no. >> you like team edward. >>> you could be seeing more -- paying for more beverages in baltimore. that's coming up. listen up. >> reporter: i am linda so live at city hall. why the mayor wants to raise the 2 cent bottle tax to five. >>> double homicide -- did a double homicide at arundel -- a

the richmond district is just one neighborhood. i know new barker of the question now more bikers will come to richmond, but also the sun set aside another part as well. the lisagor coalition has been tremendous in making a better bike weighs from the embarcadero to charge -- to the ocean beach. this will help us to make sure san francisco's number one as a viking city in the country. thank you for being here with us. i cannot wait to ride. thank you. >> our next speaker is commissioner david lee. he has been a big champion for our of its decree more family friendly amenities in our parks. >> i just want to say, what a tremendous asset that philbins for has been for this department. he has the best i doubt -- philip ginsburg has for this department. he has the best ideas, and he is always thinking about ways to raise money for this department. and we're really grateful for his leadership in this department and looking forward to new and more ideas from phil in the upcoming years. i chaired the capital committee at the recreation an

one of the richmond pride restaurants is ave said. the chef is also an author, and there is an incredible book that he has just written. a special meeting will happen on november 19 at green apple books on the bookstore, but the resolution will acknowledge his 10th anniversary in our neighborhood, and we hope they will stay forever in the richmond district but also acknowledging the chef's national and international awards and his book signing that is coming up as well. the rest i will submit. thank you. supervisor farrell: thank you. colleagues, have the election day as well -- happy election day as well. i am introducing an amendment that take away our right choice voting system in san francisco. it was an experiment that voters approved in 2002, and the unintended consequences continue to pile up election after election. it is time to stop that. almost a decade later, massive numbers of san franciscans continue to be confused about our voting process in the city. your it talking with people on the street, and it is shown in poll af

here down on the 95 corridor, nice, light volume points south toward richmond. we're good to go with the nice bridge. that's a look at timesaver traffic. back to you. >>> at 6:01, we're keeping the focus on the travel rush. >> wednesday wasn't too pretty on the roads. >> let's take a live look at breezewood, pennsylvania. this is where interstate 70 meets up with the pennsylvania turnpike. you have to go through the traffic lights. so far, you can see not too bad in either direction. >> i've been there before. let's go live to reagan national airport. should be a good day flying out of town because we just checked the board. it seems as if all of the departures and arrivals are on time. >> amtrak had quite the crowd yesterday. this is what it looked like inside union station. so far this morning, all of the traipse in and out of washington are on time. >> my dad was telling me about the next one when he was coming into town yesterday. the thanksgiving drive was slow for people heading north on 270. a fatal crash tied up the road for hours. >> police say a stolen

he visited from richmond. the memorial right now for al ex. -- alex. what happened yesterday, it might turn to a memorial for the camp. people are saying the homicide is not connected to the movement. the city is using it as thaefd the camp is -- that the camp is responsible or drain aring resources from other -- draining resources from other parts of oakland. the city -- the homicide is the city's 101 gs of the year -- 101st of the year sgrs they walk -- >> they walked up to him, say what's up and started hitting hill. they hitted him for -- hitting him. about 15 of us ran to go help him. >> reporter: if there's any connection between the homicide and the movement, the camp people say the shooting involved outsiders and was only connect today their ongoing protests of u.s. financial institutions to the education tent that part of overty brings violence. the mayor want to close the camp. >> calling on the campers to please leave voluntarily tonight. i've got city workers out there where -- who very offering vowtures to -- votures to homeless shelters >

. >>> occupy richmond is hoping for a loan modification for a homeowner at risk of losing his home. the group is planning to march this afternoon to demand the loan modification, where members will talk more about the current foreclosure crisis. people are asked to meet at san pablo avenue and mcdonald avenue. >>> the national spotlight is shining on the bay area this morning at the stanford campus. the oregon ducks are in town and on the line. the lockest winning streak as well as the possibility of playing for a national championship all on line today. ali rasmus is live at stanford punish there are huge crowds already, right? >> reporter: that's right. we talked to a few students who said for the past week and a half students have been telling fell over tune to get here to the oval early and you can see they did. we pulled up here at 5. there were well over a thousand people. now you can see there's a couple thousand out here in the crowd. most of them stanford fans but also oregon fans here. and those stage lights you see, that's the stage for espn's college gameday. this is the

these showers are well to the south across richmond right now. there have been a couple of showers that have popped up just to the south and east of fredericksburg, places like that. some of our viewers can't rule out south of washington, might get some showers this morning. this precipitation will push out eventually and as it goes, it will take the clouds with it. right now, 50 degrees at reagan national airport. that is not too bad. relative humidity, 86%. your winds are out of north at seven miles per hour. day planner for today, morning clouds give way to mostly sunny skies by this afternoon. it will be breezy and cooler after highs in the mid-60s yesterday. today's highs in the mid-50s. so there is abig difference and it will be breezy so it will feel a little bit cooler than that. there you go. that is the latest. >> thank you. >>> let's check in with julie wright. before we get to julie, let's talk about what we just showed you, that traffic on the beltway in montgomery county. this is a live look at what is happening on the inner loop. a

richmond police say three people were inside at the time. two separate minor injuries. a third was released from the hospital this afternoon after being treated for burns and cuts the investigators have yet to establish why the house blew up. they said they found evidence of chemicals in the home >>> on the even of a planned general strike by occupy oakland, jean quan is under fire from oakland police. they say they're getting messaged mix -- mixed messages on how she wants them to handle the situation >> reporter: occupy oakland is back and strong as ever. the police officers say they are confused >> we are getting mixed messages from our own city >> reporter: the oakland police officers association released this letter today criticizing a vacillation between removing the protest and allowing them to come back. >> i think we need some clear, decisive leadership, make some decisions and stick with them, whether they're right or wrong, no matter what decision you make, someone's going to be unhappy. instoot mayor really needs to represent everyone >> reporter: the open c

we are live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: breaking news in richmond. firefighters are trying to figure out what caused an explosion inside a house that had four people inside. i'm amy hollyfield live at the scene. i'll have the update coming up. >>> also, gearing up for a day of action. how occupy oakland protesters are faring this morning and planning to disrupt life in oakland tomorrow. >>> look at all the green across our flight tracker map. no major airports reporting delays right now. let's take a look at temperatures, they are getting cooler in some areas. great falls 38, 47 sought lake, 50s around seattle, portland, denver, minneapolis into the northeast. fall is here. any time you travel head to our flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom. >> reporter: good morning i'm amy hollyfield live with breaking news in richmond. in was an explosion inside a house with four people inside. firefighters are perplexed. they have no idea what caused it. they do know the people inside were lucky. >> also, occupy oakland protesters gear up for a day of actio

an entire neighborhood in richmond had to be evacuated today after construction workers dug into a pg and e gas line they say they didn't even know was there. >> it happened this morning at south 47th street and wall avenue. crews were replacing a sewer line when they hit the gas pipe. we're live there with the latest on the situation. john? >> reporter: work has just wrapped up at the accident site a.at the height of this, about 5 homes in a one square block area had to be evacuated, affecting about 50 people. workers say they had no indication there was gas main in the area. people grabbed what they could after he got the knock at the door and were ordered to evacuate. not everybody had time to gather up their pets. they called the police and they told us to get out and just basically leave everything behind. i have dogs in the house that i couldn't even get out. >> reporter: about 10:30 this morning workers installing a new sewer line on south 47th street in richmond dug into a pg and e gas main with a bac backh. by early afternoon that 2 inch plastic pipe was replaced after two do

again, looking at least on radar, you can see a few of those showers, especially outside richmond, the line itself is about 20 miles to the west of richmond itself, but as that closes in on d.c., especially later this morning, may start to interfere with your morning commute. not so much at least for the next couple hours, so that's good news. we are seeing some showers around philly and they are actually reporting along with that temperature of 61 degrees a visibility of three miles. again, with some light showers. so keep that in mind. air travelwise, we'll likely see some issues across the entire northeast corridor as we work especially through the later afternoon and evening hours. some of the showers may take really until later in the day to actually get to places like new york city. to the south, of course, we're dealing with some snow showers, i-55 through northern, at least mississippi, standing back through i-40 we'll be dealing with some snow there. some of the accumulation kind of dicey considering you're seeing numbers upwards of one to three inches, but on the roadways, ma

. >>> a street race on a richmond street ends in a crash that killed a 17-year-old boy. two cars were speeding down rain-slick end richmond parkway way at 1:00 this morning, the cars clipped each other and spun out of control, a bmw flipped several times, hit a pole, killing the driver. police are holding the other driver on suspicion of manslaughter and d.u.i. >>> a nurse who works at an oakland hospital is recovering tonight after being attacked by a patient. don knapp is at alta base medical center where the attack raises new questions about staff safety. don. >> reporter: there is no clear explanation yet, at least right now i think a patient attacked a nurse. but the attack is quickly becoming an issue in ongoing contract negotiations between the hospital and its workers and nurse's unions. >>> in our rounds and -- >> reporter: resly skill net is emotional as she describes a patient's attack on a fellow nurse. >> interview: he pinned her on a bed and choked her and repeatedly hit her in the back of her head and -- >> reporter: chuck malzhahn, a practical nurse, said

it was in richmond. john alston has more. [dogs barking] >> reporter: people grabbed what they could after they got the knock at the door and were ordered to evacuate. not everyone had time to get their pets. >> they told us to get out and basically leave everything behind. i had dogs in the house i couldn't get out. >> about 10:30 workers were installing a new sewer line and they dug into a pg&e gas line with a backhoe by early afternoon the two-inch plastic pipe was replaced after about two dozen homes were evacuated. >> we got a knock on the door saying we are evacuating down the block and i was like why? they said there was a main gas line that broke. >> the contractor of san rafael told them the gas line was not properly marked. >> they said the plan that they had said there was no indication of a gas line at that depth so they didn't know it was there. >> a supervisor from the company at the scene told abc7 news that pg&e failed to mark the gas line at this spot. unlike other places they sprayed yellow paint indicating

. >>> a construction crew this struck a gas line in richmond yesterday is blaming pg and e. workers dug into a gas line they said they western aware was there. it happened at south 47th street and wall avenue. the street had to be evacuated. john alston has more. [dogs barking] >> reporter: people grabbed what they could after they got the knock at the door and were ordered to evacuate. not everyone had time to get their pets. >> they told us to get out and basically leave everything behind. i had dogs in the house i couldn't get out. >> workers were installing a new sewer line and they dug into a pg & e with a backhoe by early afternoon the two inch plastic pipe was replaced after about two dozen homes were evacuated. >> we got a knock on the door saying we are evacuating down the block and i was like why? they said there was a main gas line that broke. >> the contractor of san rafael told them the gas line was not properly marked. >> they said the plan that they had said there was no indication of a gas line at that depth so they didn't know it was there. >> a supervisor f

mary's county down toward richmond all under dense fog advisories this morning. this visibilities, they're not bad in town. we dropped to a quarter mile in the northern neck. southern maryland down through southern calvert and st. mary's counties and also the lower eastern shore. visibilities way down. even in annapolis, we dropped to two miles. temperatures are running in the 30s and 40s. grab the jacket this morning. a great afternoon ahead. monika? >> we'll take a live look from sky 9 right now with serious accident in the germantown area. this happened right around 5:20 this morning, northbound on route 27 at brink road. it looks like authorities are making some progress and you're able to get through the intersection with some police direction. but be aware of this as crews do their work there. northbound route 27 at brink road. let me show you where it is on a map. if you're planning to head through germantown, this is south of clarksburg, another option for you to get over to the damascus area, go ahead and use route 124 to get around it. route 27 north at

freeway from pill willow towards san pablo so sounds like three lanes are blocked from hercules to richmond until 5 a.m. again, that's according to our friends at caltrans. eastbound 4 one lane blocked by railroad avenue until 7 a.m. westbound 4 through antioch in the commute direction so far looks fine. a bridge roundup. so far bridges nice and quiet including this live look across the san mateo bridge. you can see the right side of your screen is westbound 92, eastbound traffic looks good heading off to the high-rise. to the south bay not much roadwork. so everything is quiet so far coming out of downtown san jose. we are like i said crossing our fingers for a lighter-than- normal commute. everything is on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries to start off your morning drive. back to you. >> that looks like a black hole out there. >> 280 in san jose? >> yeah. >> i know. [ laughter ] >>> it's a who's who of california billionaires. they are banding together. >> the new services they want to tax to fix the budget, coming up. >> reality is, to some extent, starting to overta

agents say swift made those comments in voice mails at the cantor office near richmond. swift is due in court in tennessee next week. >>> today jurors begin deliberations in the manslaughter trial against michael jackson's personal physician. prosecutors made their final arguments that dr. conrad murray gave the singer a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid. the defense claims michael jackson was to blame for his own death by giving himself the last dose. >> every single doctor that testified in this courtroom told you they would never do what conrad murray did. every single doctor because they know it could lead to death. >> if it were anybody else but michael jackson, anybody else, would this doctor be here today? >> any verdict the jury reaches must be unanimous. if convicted, murray could be sentenced up to four years in prison. >>> with the most congestion in the nation, it's no surprise that accidents are common on our roadways. according to a study by aaa, accidents in the washington area cost $7.4 billion per year. that takes into account 350 traf

the truck crashed on the sidewalk in the city's inner richmond district. several other cars were involved. four people had injuries ranging from moderate to severe. no word on what caused the crash. >>> this happened in san diego this morning. the back half of the car lifted up into the air after it hit that fire hydrant. it was there for more than an hour before fire crews could get it down. nobody was hurt. but as you might imagine, the water caused some flooding. the cause of the crash is being investigated. police believe that the car was stolen. >>> the fate of dr. conrad murray is headed to the injury. today michael jackson's personal doctor told the judge he would not testify in his trial. minutes later the defense rested its case. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of giving jackson a lethal dose of propofol. closing arguments begin thursday. >>> new fears about greece sent stocks plunging today. [ closing bell ] >> investors were surprised by an announcement from the greek government. the prime minister now plans to let voter

coming off the richmond san rafael bridge eastbound 580 stall as you approach san quentin. they are in the telling what lane jyÑ be aware of that coming off the bridge eastbound. accident southbound 101 central san rafael two right lanes in the clearing process that could slow your commute as you head past the civic center towards san rafael. accident out of fairfield this morning if you are driving towards the core delia junction two right -- right lanes blocked with an accident out of the fairfield at the cordelia junction we'll follow that. toll plaza metering lights off, no problems into san francisco upper deck. abc7news.com/traffic is a great resource before you leave the house. >>> 5:53. parents, the king over throne -- over thrown. [ unintelligible ] >>> justin bieber striking back against a woman claiming he fathered her baby of the teen heartthrob says he will take a paternity test to prove he's not the father of the three-month-old. then promises to sue her. bieber says he has never met the 20-year-old who filed court papers claiming they met backstage at a bieb

upper 50s in hayward the the seven degrees in richmond. take a look at futurecast 57 degrees in richmond. this is very similar to what we saw last week. this is also going to be live shower activity going into the north bay area continuing through the golden gate. by 3:00 p.m., rainfall and the south bay. we could see more widespread rainfall activity at best as we go towards friday. here is a locate or expand in forecast. here's a look at the extended forecast was in the 50s today, saturday, and saturday night/sunday will be a bit of a stronger system >>kimberlee: during a george w. speech this week the first of several disruptions began. check it out. (yelling) is the architect of occupy iraq. >> you can have the courage to ask a question. >> chanting: we are the 99%. >>kimberlee: they continued to chant we are the 99% a reporter for the john hopkins newsletters say that one of them challenged to protester in a fight. it was not just for the speaker, it was also off attracting people from outside at least 60 people the >>pam: in a noose

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even the mayor in richmond says she will be marching with the strikers today. oakland officials have asked police to have a minimal presence so people can feel free to express their first amendment right. and they say they are expecting it to be peaceful today. amy hollyfield abc7 news. >>> both bart and ac transit are advising commuters to expect delays during today's commute. both agencies plan to run on normal schedules they say protesters could disrupt that and they are advising riders to check their websites often for updates. >>> we'll get a transit update from jacqueline in a moment. right now we turn our attention to the winds and rain that is coming. >>> a very fast wind out there still at the higher elevations. storm system to our north is now starting to push that area of high pressure away from us. until it does those winds are going to be out there until 9:00 and the fire threat is going to continue. temperatures just updated these running still in the 40s around santa rosa novato and fremont. 50s and 60s elsewhere as the winds are keeping the warm

also slowing through san pablo and richmond. overall it's looking light. the slowdown is not kicking in for the tunnel. >> still to come on kwtd today in the bay". johnson & johnson is accused of putting your kids at risk with chemicals found in shampoos. we'll have details coming up. >>> plus, in god we trust has been the official motto of the u.s. for a very long time. some say now is not the time to change it. we'll have a live report from washington nec. >>> 6:42. congress is expected to vote later today, affirming in god we trust as the national motto. tracie potts is live in washington with more on the controversial legend. tracie, good morning. >> this has been our national motto since 1956. it's on our money. it's engraved in the capitol. now republicans want to pass a resolution to essentially affirm what is already in place. that this is our national motto and encouraging the display in public buildings, including schools. there's the controversy part. democrats, even though who agree with the motto, say that this is bad timing. we're dealing wit

i was in richmond talking the people in mid-september, top republican politicians said they thought they would be lucky to take away the state senate from the democrats in the election right now the tune has changed and they are pretty confident of getting control and maybe even you know, fairly comfortable majority. >> the question is what has changed in such a short period of time. >> the main thing that changed was the conservative trend that we've seen in the last two elections in 2009/2010, continuing in this one especially in the southern part of the state, up around the northern virginia suburbs are not providing the bull work against extreme conservative democrats hoped but even those closed races, even though the democrats weigh, republicans will pick up enough in the southern parts of the state to gain a control, control of the senate basically there is two things really first of all the democratic brand is really discredited right now in virginia, especially among -- obviously among republicans but among independents, swing voters, they are a big important part you know, it wi

video richmond in any other part of the war. you're watching t.v. now police are investigating ethnic clashes in northern cause of oh this comes after a man died and two others were injured in attacks late on wednesday it comes as nato k. four peacekeepers fired tear gas at ethnic serbs by trying to seize one of their barricades set up months ago in an ongoing dispute on the cause of a border the u.n. secretary general says the tension has been caused by cause of those attempts to extend its control over border crossings these nominees to the area so r.t. so i would see i was just you know girls deep into the causes behind the resistance . i think that. perhaps not in the old this venue for a wedding but this serbian couple living in northern ca civil decided to get married at the barricades in meter itself but google earth will get it together here and does no do who would invent a well known business just received. this sort of barricades in northern kosovo have been standing for several months now for those who built them the

>>maureen: an explosion ripped through a richmond home. jeff >> the water in san francisco has the reputation for being some of the best in the world but lately it is smelling funny and tasting funny. i will tell you why. >>robin: clear in breezy with gusts up to 40 mi. per hour. a red flag warning is in place, details coming up. >>pam: of twin girls who were joined at the chest and abdomen are recovering from surgery today. alejandra cerball has a their mother's emotional thank you. [crying] >> we are gratefully each time. god bless us all. >>alejandra: angelina and anjelica were joined at the chest and abdomen for two years before doctors operated on the girls from on tuesday. >> the two girls are separate. they basically will have just a little scar to show for it. in all likelihood there are completely done with surgery. >>alejandra: over 20 doctors assisted in the surgery. doctors say that there was no blood loss. although the procedure is risky, everything went well. >> the test closure when better than anticipated. we did use place

you can see that we've got some pretty good soaking rains down towards richmond and the north carolina border. most of that rain should stay south of us. a few of those showers will creep up the 95 corridor. i think the rest of us will just be dealing with cloud cover during the morning hours and the whole thin will spin out to sea. we'll be in for a nicer friday afternoon forecast although it will get breezy as the storm deepens off the coast. temperature, 50 degrees at reagan national. winds are out of the north at seven. here is your forecast for today and sunshine builds back in. it will be a little cool. yesterday, well into the 60s. today, we'll top out in the mid- 50s and again, breezy at times. 56degrees at 4:00 p.m. a look at the weekend in just a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> let's get you some top stories now. new information about the murders of a maryland mother and her young son. police say they lost their lives because the suspect wanted their car and television. police say jane mcquain was brutally attacked while she slept, stabbed through the blanket covering

out of richmond, this house exploded early in the morning. yoli eceves is live with details. >>yoli: it is a mystery as to what caused the explosion. the entire side of the house is just hanging off the side. the damage on the back of the house on this particular corner is even worse. pg&e was out year earlier. they said it does not seem to be a gas pipeline that caused the explosion. they said usually if there is a leak this meter is turning quickly and they do not see that. they also did another test to check out, that seems to be ok. they did shutdown electricity, in the meantime have investigators on the scene trying to figure out what exactly caused the explosion. >>darya: did a search for drugs? >>yoli: they said there was nothing it seems apparent. there is a lot of debris. they're definitely focusing on the back and. >>darya: there were three people blown out of the home. did they fly out the window? >>yoli: they had minor injuries and burns. they were taking to the hospital. there is space in between the homes of the other homes seem to be unscathed. >>mark: we have

loan guarantees in their home states or nationwide so in boners case in ohio this is your rainy and richmond facility that's proposed in portsmouth ohio although there have been hense over the past couple years of actually building atomic reactors there and that's the form that these taxpayer backed loan guarantees take in the united states are your name in richmond or new in town a preamp. there's me and you know to be fair about this i'm guessing that there are probably more than a few democrats who are pushing for these kind of things in their own states as well very true i mean that word from texas is a powerful democrat on the house energy committee actually took a position to the right of the tea party republican he was running against the last go around on this question of nuclear power loan guarantees and then same on the the tea party republican that person changed their position to match has to be in favor of nuclear longer and he's which puts the onus the financial risk on the taxpayer the taxpayers become the cosigners on the loan these guys love the free market until it comes to

of richmond can you give me any example that any inspector being permitted to any richmond in any other part of the war. a new police are investigating ethnic clashes in northern ca civil after a serb man died and two others were injured in attacks late on wednesday it comes as nato k. four peacekeepers fired tear gas at ethnic serbs while trying to seize one of the or barricades set up months ago in an ongoing dispute on the server possible more of the u.n. secretary general says a tangent has been caused and still stand its control over border crossings in the serb dominated area are just like here she ask it delves deeper into the causes behind their existence. that. perhaps not in the old this venue for a wedding but this serbian couple living in northern ca civil decided to get married at the barricades and. we're going to be here and now we're doing. this our barricades in northern kosovo have been standing for several months now for those who built them they're just a part of everyday life not only have the kosovo serbs isolated themselves from the k. four teams but also from the

she said, it was on my schedule to go to up on richmond and i am blowing off the veterans memorial. >> it is hard to know where to start. there has to be something in the water in california. for one thing, people on the left seem to think that the freedoms we have-- the bill of rights in this country, just appears magically. they don't understand that the men and women in the armed forces have spilled blood and the reason we have freedom, the first amendment, the second amendment, every aspect of the bill of rights is because of our veterans. the idea that a mayor would disrespect veterans day is shameful. that she would do it to be with the occupy wall street folks itch it's so disgraceful. >> here is a woman who is holding office in a representative democracy, thanks to the sacrifices of our veterans and by the way, occupy wall street around the country has the right to gather. and protest their government because of the sacrifices of the men and women in uniform and this woman is blowing them off. >> she's a green party member. the city passed a resolution condeeming the war in ir

on the 3800 block in richmond. this is video of that house. the cause is still under investigation but at this point is not due to a gas leak. police say there's no criminal activity that could spark the explosion. maureen kelly shows the damage. >>reporter: the richmond fire department said the blast knocked three-quarters of this home off of its foundation. if eyes and in you can see the crack in deciding when i can up, you can see how the glass was blown out of the front window much event littering the front lawn. look over at the side of the house, the entire side what was killed back in the explosion and now it is being held up by 2 by 4 to keep it from falling over. here's a picture that shows what looks like from the other side. you can see how the interior of the house is exposed. check out this picture taken from the rear of the home where the explosion originated. in the shot you can see how the power of the blast pushed the roof up and knock the entire back wall of the house so that it is now lean on the rest of the structure. insid

we contacted occupy richmond and said, did you have to pay the city tax, the excise tax? and so far they also have not got even back to us. it looks very much like those tax bills were never given, or at least billed to the occupy movement, they were billed to the tea party, megyn. megyn: who is going to cut that check? who do you find in the occupy masses to actually write a check? >> reporter: the bill was never given, it's unlikely the check will ever be given back, they were never billed for it. megyn: good point. trace thank you. >> reporter: okay. megyn: europe, as we told you at the top of the hour is desperate here trying to get a handle on its financial crisis which appears to be coming to a head right now. top european officials are today meeting with timothy geithner, with secretary of state hillary clinton and a host of other top officials in washington one day after they met with president obama. do you think the u.s. has some skin in this game? answers right after this break. a mysterious explosion rocks an iranian missile base. iran says it was an accident,

., richmond police ordered an evacuation in the area. two hours later it was lifted after pg any fixed the pie. while fire season is over in northern california, this year the damage done is down about nine 2,000 a. of a national forest were burned this year, that is about 8000 less than 2010. state workers say it is because heavy above average rainfall this spring and the snow that stayed around long into the year than usual. now stanford is currently losing to oregon. they are in the fourth quarter. both teams are ranked in the top 10 in the nation which sparked a lot of hype going into the matchup. >> many people were out in full force saturday morning hours before the game. they said they are parked to see the two top teams go head- to-head. >> it is awesome to see the people here at 9:00 a.m. until getting, thie stadium is sold out. >> we got here about 10:00 a.m. and some of the parking lot was already full. >>reporter: many of the fan's drove down from oregon and they were ready to set up camp somewhat flat screen tvs and food. >>

my business was in the richmond district. i interfaced with many of them, as well as with the orthodox community, for that matter, and worked with the jewish community center in their outreach to the russian immigrant population as it came to san francisco. what dismays me, and what i asked for someone from the bureau of jewish education to speak is when to institutions that are sitting side by side have basically everything in common, whether it be education or religion -- they have failed. this is not an all of a sudden deal. they have had a lot of time to get together. and they obviously are not talking. and that bothers me greatly. i am not a scientist. i cannot tell you absolutely about anything. no one has proven to me it does or does not. to me, that is not an argument in this case. i do realize the uniqueness of the educational institution, and the length of time the rabbi has fostered it in san francisco. i also understand why the russian population adheres to this school. my college -- my cousin, who is a college pr

most of that heavy traffic from richmond into berkeley. and the silicon valley commute westbound 237 you can see we're starting to see some brake lights now leaving 880 and heading towards san jose. our sensors pick up the slowing to zanker road. and mass transit bart still systemwide on time. ace train number 3 reporting no delays this morning. there were some earlier delays for train 1. but that is no longer the case for train 3. caltrain, ferries, muni, everything is on time. once again, bart 57 trains right now on schedule. but possible delays for those protests with "occupy oakland." more people may take public transit to the protest downtown. back to you. >>> the l.a. dodgers will play for new ownership next season. frank mccourt on the way out. the team and major league baseball official have agreed on a process finally to sell that ballclub. the mlb took control of the dodgers during that nasty divorce with frank and his wife. >>> new reports on america's job picture could drive the market today. looks good so far. >> let's check i

. >>> in richmond, occupy protesters there are planning a march today. activist says they will mar notch a local bank in downtown richmond to protest bank policies on loan modification for richmond homeowners and they will ask the bank to address local foreclosure issues much the march is floornd 1:30 this after aer noon to start at san pablo avenue. >>> santa sheriff deputies are searching for a man who robbed a liquor store that happened around 8:30 last night at cask and flask liquor store in unincorporated santa clara county can. sheriff deputies say the man was warmed a handgun that suspect allegedly fired a shot during that robbery but none was hurt. anyone with information is asked to call the santa clara sho sheriff's department. >>> keeping her legacy alive, the family of murdered nursing student michelle lei will continue its search campaign to help other bay area families. mission michelle will launch a search and rescue team to help families create and conduct effective missing person searches. her family say these hope to help other people m

the 20-hour surgery is the first of its kind at the children's hospital in richmond. >> i am happy to report the girls are doing well. i would like to report the separation and reconstruction went extremely well. we're very optimistic they will have a full recovery. and perot to be healthy girl's spirit -- and grow up to be helping girls. >> their mother came to the hospital from the dominican republic. >>> just a few hours from now the bells will be bringing all across the region. that is salvation army officer and he starts ringing at midnight. this is an attempt to break the record -- 34 hours. it is all happening ahead of tomorrow's big kickoff at the annual fund-raising drive. that is a long haul for him. >>> we are on a roll. just a temporary end to the beautiful pattern. we get to the sunshine by friday. this is all good. we are looking at the camera from wakefield high school. look at the view they have from the school. is this nice or what? not much in the wake of cloudiness but late in the afternoon, a few clouds visible. currently, 58 degrees in at martin's burk. 57 degrees

latest on an overnight explosion that leveled a home in richmond. four men slept inside. >>> good news. all airports on the west coast and through the midwest are running on time. however, if you are heading to newark, we have flight departure delays. if you are waiting for a plan out of newark. go to our flight t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t

we are on the richmond side over the way over to this side, visibility is tough and i have been talking with them this morning, certainly we have the accident on 101 near the waldo tunnel but we have been hearing from our chp officers everywhere that visibility is a problem. it is one of those situations whereas you are driving you have been around the bay area, it seems fine and cough of a sudden it will sock you in. the bridges are a bigger problem than other areas and if you go across the water you can't really see much. again all the bridges, they started seeing problems about midnight they started issuing more and more advisories across the bay area. you have driven in this before, just slow down, as you can see we are heading up to the water and as you can see that is when it starts to get thicker. you can't see around you and when people are driving really fast, that is when it gets dangerous. we will take you to all the bridges and all the areas and take you back to marin and check out the golden gate bridge, visibility over there is 50 feet and may be down to 20 in some places.

northbound or southbound between richmond and baltimore in pretty good shape. volume increasing northbound 95 out of fredericksburg to get into springfield and 95 into baltimore. looks good on 70. no troubles on 81. it's good on route 11 and dulles greenway and the dulles toll road. this picture is near dulles airport. looks good on 28 as well. newschopper 7 in a little while europe's back to you. >> thank you. >>> -- newschopper 7 in a little while. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we will have more from yesterday's service at the national cathedral. >> could the occupy wall street protests be reaching a turning point? the >>> tonight at 5:00 more and more reports of teachers coaches, and others taking sexual liberties with students. should there be better screening? should teachers take a lie- detector test before getting hired? that's tonight at 5:00 o'clock. >>> if former preschool teachers and charged with sexual assaults and two children is expected to be in court today. 24-year-old brad minor has a bond hearing. he defeated doh four year-old students at th

to see if there will be a recount in the senate race that could determine the balance of power and richmond. ed hoch trails the republican by 86 votes. he demanded a recount. if reeves wins, the senate would be split 20/20. the gop expanded its majority in the house of delegates. >>> voters in two states said and no to balance the banned abortions and stripped union rights. 55% of mississippi voters rejected the personhood initiative that declared life begins at fertilization. 61% of ohio voters said and no to a new collective bargaining law that limited a union's ability to negotiate. for more election results, log on to our website wjla.com. >>> back and forth continues between herman cain and five women that accused him of sexual harassment. >> another woman went public yesterday. at the same time, the presidential candidate made it clear he will not drop out of the race. brianne carter is live on capitol hill with the latest he said she said. >> karen kraushaar is the latest woman to come for. her identity was made known on the same day that herman cain thatspoke out on the issue. >> th