alameda county firefighters battling two alarm house fire in newark it started after 2:00 this morning. a family was able to escape. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> this morning state assembly speaker perez says he's confident democrats will gain super majority in assembly and senate, democrats gained central coast seat held by retiring republican. in the assembly, democratic candidates are leading gop opponents in two swing districts. it appears fullerton mayor has pulled up set over gop assemblyman. if democrats seize the super majority they will be able to approve tax increases, pass emergency legislation and change house rules without republican backing. >>> before president obama delivered his victory speech in chicago he took to twitter to declare victory. his team sent out this tweet: a picture of him hugging the first lady with the words, four more years. 20 minutes after that, this tweet from twitter's official government account proclaiming that picture of the first couple had just become president obama's most retweeted tweet ever in addition to the same pi

better radar returns starting to move into the eastern most parts of contra costa, alameda into the south bay. broaden it out more showers developing offshore that will move into the santa cruz mountains some could leak into the is company valley for the better part of the morning commute -- going to remain best in the south forever steady light rain through the morning commute -- the rest of us will be dealing with drizzle, slickness on the streets. we keep the rain in the forecast through possibly 9:00, stray shower noon into 4:00 increase in sunshine towards the around. check out the first weekend in november, temperatures above average mid to upper 60s at the coast, throw upper 70s for the rest of us. -- low to upper 70s for the rest of us. >>> bay bridge toll looking good, a little wet no traffic delays obviously no metering lights, good time to head into the city. just saw the crews configuring go bridge for your commute into san francisco, southbound four lanes, -- northbound two lanes, slick there, fog-free. >> san mateo bridge doing a bridge check getting busier westbound towards

police were called to alameda creek in sequoyah road at 8:30 where someone spotted the body floating in the water. crews brought in a boat to pull the victim out. we want to go to alex savidge at the scene for more. >> reporter: this investigation being handled by the alameda county sheriff's office. i did just get off the phone with the spokesman, he told me he didn't have any information on the condition of the body. we will show you the scene here. we are on the back side of the creek side apartments here where there obviously is a creek and this where that body was found, the body of a man partially in the water, the edge of the creek, found ought about 30 this morning. we will give you a look from chopper 2, video we shot earlier this morning of what the scene looks like. again the sheriff's office out here investigating, homicide detectives are here. essentially trying to piece together exactly how this man's body ended up in the watered, what the circumstances are surrounding this man's body ending up here in the water here in fremont. again obviously an investigation underway

fire crews rushed to alameda high school around # 3:30 a.m. and found flames in one of the classrooms. a window in the classroom was open which is one of the reasons the fire is suspicious. one student we talked to said this has happened before. >> last year, there are a couple, if not three, reported fires in the bathrooms. i guess somebody was lighting the trash cans on fire full of paper towels. >> some books were burned and a window was damaged in the fire today. >>> president obama made a public plea to congress to pass a bill that will head off the looming fiscal cliff. >> i've got a pen. i'm ready to sign it. >> surrounded by middle income americans, mr. obama warned that if the bush tax cuts are allowed to expire january 1, every taxpayer would pay more next year. the president said that would cost a typical middle class family of four an extra $2200. >> that means less money for buying groceries, less money for filling prescriptions, less money for buying diapers. >> this morning republican house speaker john boehner said his colleagu

one of the hotly contested races in alameda county is for the supervisor seat vacated bied in aier locklear. voters had a chance to hear from three of the four candidates that performed today. the missing candidate has some controversy of her own to overcome as well. >> reporter: voters pack a coffee house in union city to hear from district two candidates during a forum sponsored by local religious leaders. the board of supervisors pointed richard as nadia's replacement and he is toward finish out the remaining two years of her term. he said the first priority would be to preserve st. rose hospital. >> 20 hearse do not have health insurance and there are few places where people without health care insurance can get good quality health care. st. rose has been an exceptional hospital for over 50 years. >> reporter: the mayor said he has the edge because of his long experience and success as a public servant. >> i've actually been in local and regional government for 20 years. when you add up all the elected experience of my career opponents, it is equal to all three gintd. >> reporter: retir

. >> and why the alameda county d.a. is telling his people not to prosecute some criminals. >>> right now we give you a live look from the south bay. that is the hp pavilion on this thursday, the 1st day of november. this is "today in the bay." >>> kinda crazy, huh? >> we're in november! >> already here. hard to believe. but it is 4:31. it's still very early and it is november 1st. good morning, everybody, happy to see you. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning, but first let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you two, all the parents out there including jon, laura and mike probably a little tired after taking those kiddos out for trick-or-treating. this morning we have shadows on the radar so give yourself ample time to get to work. showers coming down overnight and at this point they're mostly concentrated in the east bay so i'll zoom in and show you all the way through antioch there's light to moderate rain showers coming down and pretty mu

but now san francisco, berkeley, vallejo, and alameda county are discussing similar measures. he expects those efforts to fail as well. >>> 4:55 is the time. traffic expected to be pretty intense with the overnight rains and winds. let's check in with tara. >> we have that flash flood warning in effect for sonoma county until 5:22. give yourself extra time if you are heading out this morning. let's take a live look right now this is at highway 4 through bay point. traffic is move nicely to concord. we have an incident to report 80 eastbound at tennessee street. we do have roadway flooding. up next a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is flowing nicely. we do have a high wind advisory on the bridge. here is steve. >>> all right i think there is a little bit of good news here. i think the system is begin to move through. in clearlake there is a little drizzle. that is good news. still though there is a flash flood warning for pen grove stream. there is plenty to go. on the backside of that that verifies exactly there is a little bit better conditions to the north. especi

alameda county fire says there were no injuries, no word on the cause of the fire. >>> new york city is warning people in low-lying areas to get out with a new storm on the way. a nor'easter is expected to hit later today meaning strong winds and heavy rains in areas still recovering from hurricane sandy. airlines have canceled flights at the three major airports. the slowdown could slow down the effort to restore power to the more than 1 million people without power. those guys really need a break. >> it's a week-plus and that storm is working its way there. well, i guess you played nostradamus and said obama would win and now -- >> there's big changes in the weather. what a change from yesterday. we have temperatures in the 70s and 80s again but looks like things are going to be much different outside for today. the low clouds and fog have swept back onshore but the sea breeze, we have foggy conditions and mist at the coastline, cloudy in parts of the bay and patchy fog in the valleys temperatures in the 50s. this afternoon numbers going down. 60s maybe low 70s well inland but we a

they have closed an off-ramp and on-ramp approaching the alameda. alternates, was come bascomb coleman. >>> 28 minutes between 580 and the golden gate bridge toll plaza heads up if you are commuting from marin into san francisco. westbound 237 quiet. the rest of the bay area no delays from the east bay northbound 880 pretty good all the way towards downtown. and a quick check of bridges, it looks like one lane is blocked on the upper deck of the bay bridge. it's before 5:00 this morning. 4:37 this morning. back to you guys. [ laughter ] >> it's early. 4:37. okay, liz, thanks. >>> many members of congress say two u.s. military generals owe them some answers amid a scandal that keeps growing. susan mcginnis reports it will be a big issue on capitol hill today. >>> reporter: the sex scandal that brought down former cia director david petraeus and is now enveloping another top u.s. general moves to capitol hill today. house intelligence leaders will ask fbi deputy director sean joyce and acting cia director michael morele about the events that led to da

. >>> fire investigators in alameda county are looking into the cause of a two-alarm fire that raced through a home in newark this afternoon. crews responded at 2:30. firefighters say that the fire appeared to start in the garage and spread to the roof and side of the house. the homeowner says workers doing renovation inside the home alerted him. >> they were outside and the door on the garage was shut, and you couldn't smell smoke in the house it was that fast. >> reporter: everyone got out safely. fire crews say that the fire does not appear to be suspicious. the damage is estimated alternate least $175,000. >>> several residents of a san josi apartment building are out of their homes after a two- alarm fire early this morning. san josi fire officials say they got the call before 1:00 and rush to the apartment complex. firefighters say one unit was destroyed. no one was hurt. and the cause of this fire is also under investigation. >>> a southwest airlines flight that took off from oakland ran into trouble after landing in denver. officials at denver airport say that the boeing 737

eventually the alameda county sheriffs dive team began an under water search and just before 1:00 this morning divers found the man's bodies at the bottom of this old quarry about 30 feet below the surface of the water. battalion chief told us the rain may have played a role in this deadly accident. >> it's raining and it's wet back there. so this person may have gone back looking for their cats many times. but today because of the weather, may have lost their footing and fell in the water. >> reporter: the fire department says this man may have fallen as close to 100 feet down into the water. firefighter says they did end up finding a cat on the hillside of this quarry. they believe it belongs to the has been who died here last night. they are not identifying the man who died last night. they are only describing him being in his late 50s or early 60s. live this morning in oakland alex savidge. >>> time now 5:03. roads are still wet. it rained hard and steady all night causing a big mess out there on the roads. several spinouts and fender bender have been reported and a lot of drivers

. >> muchas gracias y la oficina del condado de alameda este domingo puede acudir a las 9 dde la maÑana en el 1225 de la calle faloon . >> la ppolicÍa e san francisco investiga un tiroteo los hechos fueron en la cuadra mil a las 10 dde la noche la vÍctima muriÓ esta maÑana un incendio en la calle san rafer por culpa de un asado 10 personas fuerond esplazados el departamento de seguridad de la universidad de stanford investiga que un hombre atacÓ a una joven. >> anoche 4 personas resultaron heridas despuÉs de un tiroteo una persona estÁ critico y las otras con heridas leves los sospechoso iban en un auto honda no hay mÁs informaciÓn un hombre de san francisco fue hallado culpable por usod e drogas. >> la dea realizÓ un operativo especial y el hombre enfrenta acdena perpetua. >> la oficina de san josÉ investiga un asesinato que sucediÓ hoy la identidad de la vÍctima se darÁ cuando encuentren a su familia. >> lideres sindicales y el supermercado reily estÁn negociando el conflicto si no se logra esto puede producirse un paro laboral. >> la orquesta sinfÓ nica de san francis

. >> los condados de alameda con frias temperaturas eesto pone fin a los permisos para quemar maleza en las propiedades. >> ahoar que los soñadores pueden continúar sus estudios le decimos todo sobre los prestamos . >> gustavo ha eleegido un plan costoso. >> un plan de 5 años nos cobran 32 mil dólares al año,. >> la ayuda del gobierno y su trabajo no son suficiente. >> entonces es mucho dinero al fin después de 5 años deberé 80 mil dólares. >> una gran diferencompañía. >> su pago es de 920 mil dólares al final pagara muchos más que eso si la financia por 20 años es menos, 146 dólares si paga menos le puede pasar loq hizo un dentista que olvidó pagar y ahora debe 900 mil dólares. >> es mucho deinero para un joven es una bomba de tiome. >> una solucion es pedir creditos comunittarios hacer devoluciones a tiempo, univisión. >> el próxima miércoles se pone una línea telefonica para aclarar dudas de la acción diferida. >> dos senadores dan los primeros pasos para una reforma migratoria. >> conoceremos sobre el pasado de los super heroes que según un artista se parec

alameda and santa clara counties report a similar turnout. almost half of the voters mail in ballots about a million people voted in the bay area so far. >> this is on the southern end of the city. i didn't want to take the chance of polling place in my neighborhood being a long line. not open when i'm ready to take it. >> this is a lot of voters dropping off ballots at home. >> stay with us for election results tomorrow. get results on abc 7 news.com. we'll have live updates all night long at facebook.com/abc 7 news and via twitter. >> california fair political practices commission accusing a group of campaign money laundering after a source of funding today. the state supreme court issued a ruling to disclose who is behind $11 million contribution to support prop 32. turns out the money came from two monday profits active in republican campaigns. the groups are not required to release their donor list. the state could fine the pack or pursue criminal charges.. >> now, gorgeous out there. it's one of the hottest days on record in november.

y despues de varios meses de investigacion por la agencia de proteccion de ancianos del condado de alameda, un juez ordeno su detencion junto con la de su esposa. anchor ---esta noche en daly city... los residentes no solo se estan preparando para la lluvia sino tambien para el lodo.. -- gabriela dellan en vivo nos tiene mas detalles .. gaby --- asi es ,,,los ingenieros indicaron que en este momento la prioridad es controlar los efectos de la lluvia --- es por ello que han colocado pacas de alfalfa para crear una barrera protectora que impida que el lodo avance. take vo ---hace tres dias una tuberia que tenia instalada mas de 70 aÑos se rompio provocando un deslave..... dejando vehiculos atrapados y a los vecinos bajo asombro . --- hoy aunque las calles estan limpias .. el miedo de... lo que la lluvia , pueda traer consigo, aun persiste. --el area podria recibir al menos un pie de agua para el fin de semana... que aunque no se compara con las 98 mil toneladas de agua que fueron derramadas durante el incidente ... igual no deja de alarmar. ---sin embargo el director del departamento de agu

here's south 880 getting off the alame alameda. not an option. probably until noon, where they have to repair that pump that jon was talking about. flooded yesterday. 11:30. closed since schedule to reopen as of noon. looking at north 87 over here. north 85 and now north 280 coming up through downtown as well. all those areas starting to show the build dramatically changing speeds, lowering them over the last ten minutes. we will look also to a slower speed through 680. starting to improve a bit. accident that has cleared now finally. tow trucks' arrival caused more distractions. slowing off of pleasanton. burst of traffic coming through livermore and off of 580. that will add to the backup. they are just adding to that area. we will show thank you bay bridge, where the approach moves smoothly. 680 through concord, once you get through that, the 24 interchange and moved slowly through. approaching here, maze. accident now reported in the toll plaza area. it is get moved to the shoulder and adding distraction. speeds in the 40s as you come through

crews rushed to alameda high school around 3:30. they found claims in one -- flames in one of the classrooms. a window in the classroom was open. that's one the reasons this fire was suspicious. one student we talked to said this has happened before. coincidently last year, there have a couple of three reported fires. somebody was lighting the trash cans on fire full of paper towels. there are reports of fires inside the same school but authorities are still investigating -- still investigating that. >>> several small fires are being investigated as is arson. on monday, a trash can was set on fire near the library. about an hour later a second fire was set in another trash can on west 20th street. it spread to a van and it did cause damage. luckily, nobody was hurt in either fire. arson is suspected in an unrelated porch fire. it happened at a home in concord on saturday. >>> a campus protest in which cal students occupied a building is over this morning. >>> a small group of protesters and a little dog exited echelon hall last nigh

not all that much better heading southbound toward >>> in alameda county the driver of a big truck that smashed into a used car lot is blaming the wreck on a sneezing fit. caltrans cleaned up the oil snail was caused by the accident. the driver of the dump truck lost control while sneegz and crashed into a car lot. the driver was not cited. >>> a bankruptcy judge gave final approval for hostess to sell its assets. the maker of twinkies it's been in talks with 110 potential buyers. there is five national retailers. they approved the request to pay $2 million in incentives to 19 senior managers. >> california is joining the powerball party. they voted unanimously to bring the game to to the golden state. tickets were sold in arizona and dear more than, missouri. winning ticket holders will split $587 million. that is the sizes of that jackpot. the stores that sold the ticket get a $50,000. >> it's awesome. >> the jackpot rolled over 16 times. that created the largest powerball jackpot ever. it will come to california next april and they believe the game will bring in $90-120 million per y

---en el operativo participaron 23 agencias de los condados de santa clara, alameda, san mateo y contra costa ademas del departamento de seguridad interna... topvo blanca ---2 enfermeros que trabajaban en la carcel del condado de santa clara ubicada en san jose, fueron detenidos y ahora son acusados de robarse medicamentos que iban a ser utilizados para los reos. ---"elmer alegado" de lathrop, y "rodolfo idian" de san jose, fueron arrestados la semana pasada tras una investigacion que comenzo hacia finales de octubre durante la que se obtuvieron pruebas que implican a los acusados. topvo cesar ---en antioch la delincuencia va en aumento y el numero de arrestos va en descenso... ---durante una reunion realizada anoche entre el jefe de policia y funcionarios de la ciudad, se revelo que durante los primeros nueve meses de este ano, los delitos, en todas sus categorias registraron un aumento... take video box ---durante ese plazo, hubo un alza del 37.8 porciento de delitos violentos.. --- tres mil 579 delitos a propiedades... ---y los arrestos de sospechosos han bajado en un 17 porciento...

después de las 8 de la noche, la víctima fue identificada como francisco rozas de 26 años residente de alameda. >> grupos de estudiantes llegaron a la capital del país con cartas ejerciendo presión por el acta de los sueños desde washington fernando pizarro con la información . >> jóvenes del dream act llegaron a las oficinas a entregar cartas por esto . >> yo vine cuando tenía 5 años mis amigos cuando tenían 2 meses y este es nuestro país, pero dicen que no pertenecemos acá y que podemos trabajar pero que no seremos americanos . >> bajo la propuesta jóvenes tendrían que esperar unos 10 años con visas de estudio y trabajo para después ponerse a la fila y solicitar la residencia permanente. >> cail que no reaaccionó sugirio que casarse es el mejor cmaino a la ciudadanía . >> un ciudadano americano puede pedir un cónyuge que se convierta en ciudadano . >> eso ha molestado a los ciudadanos indocumentados. >> es un insulto, es decir que tú única opción es encontrando tú príncipe azul y si no me quiero casar, esa opción debe estar para todos . >> jóvenes dicen que seguirán

the 35-year-old admitted to breaking into several other homes in marin, and alameda counties and took hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of properties, much he stashed in the storage locker. he could spend seven and a >> heart break for one man, he was just diagnosed with cancer and is on dialysis, his companion a little york shire terrier, now, lola is missing. someone broke the car window, snatching the dog. >> it's very difficult without her. she's very, very important to me. and i live alone. i have very good friends but she's my companion. >> rob doesn't have pictures of lola but says she hooks lola is four years old, weighing about 10 pounds. friends and neighbors have come to the rescue putting up signs and offering a $3,000 reward. >> still to come here on abc 7 news, cease fire in gaza. you'll hear from a woman in gaza describing how violence affected the children there. >> here at home, investigating a bay area oyster farm. >> new uncertainty over death and taxes. >>> tonight israel and hamas claiming victory the cease fire deal. palestinians flooded streets of gaza city

still cannot get off at the alameda exit and that continues through today. they have got to fix that drain and hopefully gets done before the rain comes in. slow south 880 approaching the accident still in lanes right around 23rd coming down through oakland. the northbound side distracted as well as the commute so slowing in both directions into downtown. slow down the east shore freeway as we. that's a pretty typical commute. it's slow coming into berkeley from richmond. and the san mateo bridge with all this traffic heading over, westbound in your commute direction to the peninsula, you'll see slowing into palo alto over the next half hour as well. back to you. >>> it is 6:58. we send you out the door with one last look at today's top stories. a wild chase overnight ends awith a cyclist in the hospital and driver under arrest. chp says a woman drove her car on a closed on-ramp to get onto 101 in san francisco. officers chased the woman onto city streets where she hit a parked car which then hit the cyclist. that cyclist we're happy to report is expected to

>>equipos de buzos del condado de alameda encuentran el cuerpo de un hombre que anoche cayó en una presa mientras buscaba a su gato. sus restos fueron hallados a 30 metros de profundidad. >>y univisión unió esfuerzos para ayudar a los más necesitados durante esta temporada, se trata de una recoleccion de comida que en este momento se lleva a cabo en san josé >>se trata del supermercado chávez en calle macky en san josé. >>en nuestras comunidad muchas familias se quedan sin comer. estamos aportando un poquito. >>la familia univisión le agradece su cooperacion con esta noble causa. >>familias que no pueden pagar su renta y mucho menos llevar comida a la mesa, recibieron una ayuda. >>el centro comunitario sagrado corazón de san josé estuvo muy ocupado, cientos de personas recibieron una cena. >>vine pensando como llegué tarde a lo mejor no me lo van a dar >>representa a una familia de 7 personas y una de las miles de personas que llegó hoy al centro comunitario. >>ella tuvo que pasar a hacer varias estaciones para registrarse >>la semana pasada comenzó el registro de las familia

ramp closure south bay 880 southbound off-ramp to the alameda, northbound on-ramp to the alameda from 880 closed, chp getting repair on water pump should last most of the day they hope to have them reopened by this afternoon. >>> 5:20. >>> a meeting that could decide the fate of cal's embattled football coach as the bears get ready to conclude another disappointing season. >> two more couples hang up their dancing shoes. results from last night's "dancing with the stars." . >>> sutro tower looking down on clear sky high clouds mild temperatures await you 40s and 50s rain on the way for tomorrow may last all weekend. >>> cal football head coach is scheduled to meet with athletic director sunday to talk about his future. the bears are 3 and 8 and finished a dismal season saturday night. he will sit down to talk about the future and whether there is one for him in berkeley after 11 seasons. a lot of cal boosters want a change but it would come at a price the buy-out is nearly seven million dollars. >>> "dancing with the stars" double elimination. the show delivered painful one-two punch

and coastguard teams from alameda and novato are deployed to the east coast and they will provide port security and assistance operations. >> military will be trucking in feel to alleviate the long lines for gas. defense department will deliver 24 million gallons of extra fuel to the new york area and lift restrictions deliveries by foreign ships. aaa are reporting that half of the gas stations are closed, many because they are without power. pg&e is sending hundred more workers, 150 others were sent earlier this week from california. in the meantime, in manhattan, cheers tonight when their lights went back on. >> con edison had hoped to restore power to all of manhattan by tonight. it now looks like it will be tomorrow night so some blackouts may linger lo longer than that. across the entire region. three and a half million are still without power. statue of liberty is closed indefinitely. statue had reopened last week after a $30 million overhaul. >> we have a good samaritan story to bring you. joe ignored the risks to his own life to save a taxi driver who was stuck in the flood zon

grocery stores, negotiations with management are set to resume in just a few hours, joining us from alameda, what is going on, alex? >>> there is a sense of frustration where you can see a handful of workers are out here braving some cold temperatures. they have a little bond fire so they can stay warm this morning. they are excited because talks picked back up between management and 7500 grocery workers across california. they will be going back to the bargaining table at 9:00 this morning. both sides have agreed not to discuss in detail the ongoing negotiations but workers walked off the job weeks ago. this dispute centers around wage freezes and benefit cuts and this morning picketers will bring renewed talks on a new contract. >> hopefully it will get down in a couple of days. we are here for the long hall, whatever it takes. >> reporter: striking workers claim sales have been different around california with picket linesment they are doing what they can to encourage shoppers and both sides would like this to be setelled before thanks give being comes around. even though sales have resu

southbound 880 off-ramp to the alameda and northbound on-ramp to the alameda closed for emergency roadwork. they open to have them reopened by this afternoon. 580 on the waze app it is heavy traffic looking at yellow lines spotters reporting out of tracy up and over the altamont pass. earlier accident santa rita chp unable to locate, good news, highway 4 drive westbound, minor accident on the shoulder just been cleared out of lanes it is slow as you head towards the concord area. >>> right now what is trending on twitter in the bay area: chanum tatum is this year's sexiest man alive. he didn't believe it when he found out he told people he was surprised. if you want to comment on that go to our facebook page. also trending thanksgiving, indian festival of lights began yesterday. and hump day, today wednesday. follow us at twitter.com/ abc7 news bay area. >>> the 9ers' smith wants a second opinion. >> he's the bay area football coach facing an uncertain future the meeting cal's coach is having this weekend that could determine his next move. >>> new information on a story we've been followi

the san mateo police department and alameda county, they are all actively trying to get it out of the road but from what he we know, the driver was driving about an hour ago when he had a sneeze attack, sneezing up to 3 times in a row. they tell us he sneezed multiple times and the next thing he knew, he ran into a car and the truck barreled into the car lot. the trucks may be damaged and here is more on what he had to say. >> he had a sneezing fit and unfortunately when you sneeze you clothes your eyes and what happened was he may have turned his steering to the right which caused him to go into a parked vehicle. >> reporter: there is dylan to the front of the truck as you can imagine but we should mention there is a little bit of diesel fuel which leaked out on to the street but in terms of the driver we understand he was together okay and we understand this is teemed an accident, he will not be cited and luckily nobody else was hurt. live here in san leandro, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a new movie about oscar grant is going to the sun dance festival. he was shot

this is outside the alameda raley's store picketers have been maintaining that line employees walked off the job last week over dispute involving pay and benefits. raley's has said concessions are needed to keep the chain competitive. they got back to the bargaining table yesterday employees say it is because their picketing is working and shoppers are not coming in, giving the store an incentive to get back to the table. the company operates 130 raley's super stores, bel air markets and nob hill foods in california and nevada. stay with abc7 morning news coming up amy hollyfield will buy the latest. >>> police in union city investigating the death of a money whose body was found in a trash bin a woman discovered the -- the injured man while taking out her garbage yesterday morning she called authorities who rushed him to a hospital where he died. police are pursuing active leads. >>> san francisco police still looking for a man they say tried to ram an officer with a car police attempted to stop the man yesterday after he was suspected of breaking into a vehicle. he ran into a const

alameda county firefighters looking into what caused a two-alarm house fire overnight into newark. a family was able to escape. >>> three marin county daycare workers are facing involuntary manslaughter charges following the death of a baby in their care. the owner and two of her staff were arrested two weeks after a four-month-old died. they are scheduled to appear in court today. investigators say staff waited 25 minutes for the own other to return before they called an ambulance. she instructed them to tell police she found the baby. >>> still ahead, we'll bring the opening bell on wall street as investors get ready to react to the reelection of president obama. >> first election results from measures san francisco voters decided: >>> the opening bell is ringing on wall street at new york stock exchange to start the trading day. thank you for joining us on the abc7 morning news. u.s. stock futures declining sharply morning after the election. we'll talk more about why. thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. weather numbers also declining sharply. >> that may

and the alameda sheriff's department. the oakland police is already going to have 120 new police officers in the academy that there will not be ready for a least one more here. reporting live, reggie kumar, kron 4 news pu >>pam: if a criminal suspect his lawyer says about this police actions. and fate. grocery store is walking the picket lines the sticking points that cause them to go on strike, ahead. plus, if you have a friend, family member that is a gamer you might want to not see them for a few weeks. the most anticipated gain from 2012 is on the market. the most anticipated video game -- 'v >>pam: this bay area man is suing the police department of martina's after a police confrontation he was tazed. it was at this gas station where the say he was not needed to be they had a warrant for his police as they had a warrant for his arrest for a domestic violence. you can see on this video, he dropped to both knees and said something to the officers but then he got hit with 10,000 v. he has claimed a civil against the cit

. >> en el 18 de alameda, se disputa asiento dos demócratas , ron y abel , en el momento ron lleva 52% y abel el 47% de estos votos . >> en una delas contiendas locales 5 se disputan al consejo de oakland . >> [información en pantalla] . >> hasta el momento se cuentan 142 de los 277 resintos electorales . >> quien lleva la delantera es el alcalde actual le sigue después chris con 2205 votos, se escruta 1 de 101 casillas . >> redes sociales a tope en esta jornada usuarios de twitter y facebook opinan y dan resultados vanessa nos pone al tanto . >> así es una noche que batio records con 20 millones de twets, después que gano el presidente barack obama el mandatario público esta foto , ahora es la imagen más compartida de en las redes . >> las mujer participaron con doble de votos que los hombres, esto es victoria para los latinos . >> un tema candente en los usuarios, felicidades obama pero ahora por reforma de migratoria . >> monitoreamos las redes sociales continuamos con ustedes .en san francisco se escrutan las 72 casillas por la junta supervisores por el distrito 5 . >> [infor

weather for your neighborhoods, more impressive san francisco, south san francisco towards berkeley, alameda towards richmond across the bridge towards san rafael, larkspur up 101 to novato, 37 to american canyon getting wet now, as is 29 and 128 in the north bay. throughout the day the bulk of the light rain will fall in the north bay drizzle around most of the bay will become scattered more widespread rain north to south through the evening and overnight tomorrow afternoon gone and dry for thanksgiving. >>> peninsula fatal accident with caltrain at charleston avenue station, major delays throughout the system of caltrain northbound and southbound directions are stopped. we are getting word southbound at redwood city may be reopening, they will be getting single tracking shortly that has not happened yet. the first bus has arrived at san antonio station the bus bridge set in place between san antonio and palo alto those folks will begin getting shuttled back and forbes. other problem spot, -- westbound 4 port chicago accident still blocking lanes, building traffic out of antioch towards con

that's according to the alameda regional auto theft task force. here's the list now of the top five most commonly stolen models. 167 honda civics were stolen, followed by 161 honda accords, 44 nissan maximas and 33 acura integras and 25 ford pickups. >>> retired secretary of state rice met with her three biggest opponents. rita williams tells us that meeting did little to sway allegations that rice miss led the public about the september 11 attack at the consulate in benghazi. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador to the united nations wasn't talking after a closed door meeting she requested with three top republican senators today. but the senators were talking about susan rice. >> bottom line, i'm more disturbed now than i was before. we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. >> the information given to the american people was wrong. >> reporter: that was the information rice gave on sunday talk shows five days after the september 11th attack on the benghazi consulate that killed ambassador chris st

there, a lot of it, falling in some areas you can see yellows in the eastern sections, contra costa and alameda counties let's zoom there livermore through the altamont pass towards tracy, basco road towards brentwood and oakley out of the sunol grade you are going to run into heavier rain mission boulevard towards fremont boulevard. on 680880 south into milpitas around -- alum rock the storm heading towards ruby avenue, over the last hour, nearly an inch of rain in santa cruz yellows there all the way up towards ben lomond and boulder creek where we could get eight to 10 he inches of rain. there's a little bit of a lighter radar return over the north bay right now. it looks like we'll still have waves of showers through the 10:00 we are going to get our heaviest rain and fastest winds gusts up to 55 miles per hour at sfo it is breezy and wet. >>> bay bridge metering lights out, power out on the upper deck, very interesting to see everything dark when you go past the toll, they are taking your tolls, you can look here cash paying folks a little slow otherwise no major delays coming into the bay

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in may of 1979, cutter sherman was transferred to alameda, california. including fishery, law enforcement, drug interactions. sherman and her sister were the only regular u.s. armed forces. >> in may of 1986, sherman was delivered to the shipiard for renovatio renovatio shipyard for renovations. [inaudible] >> after completing the trial period of this project, sheave recommissioned as part of new generation fully operational marine vessels as the coast guard celebrated 200 years of service. in july 2001. sherman assisted with the u.s. sanctions in the persian gulf and supported good will in south africa and madagascar and received a medal for the interdiction of a panamanian vessel carrying 20 tons of corn where a street value of $600 million. in may of 2011. sherman was transferred to her current home in san diego, california. the coast guard executing national and international missions maintain the positive reputation worldwide, performing a multitude of positions. she is an excellent example of a cutter with proven capabilities in all coast guard fac

workers rallied at this nob hill store in alameda. the workers are against proposed cuts to their health benefits, and also the elimination of people pay on sundays. one worker said he's been with the company for 23 years. >> i believe in this company, and i still believe in it. >> reporter: raley's issued a statement saying in part, it is clearly understand that our company must reduce our operating costs so we may become more competitive against non-union competition. >>> caltran passengers on the peninsula faced delays this evening after a commuter train slammed into a car. it happened at pennsylvania avenue, and maple street about 6:00 tonight. caltrain tells us, the driver of that car accidently turned on the tracks and the car became stuck. a woman and child were inside the car, but managed to get out before the train plowed into them. train service was disrupted for about 90 minutes, while a tow truck removed the car from the tracks. >>> a hit-and-run accident in sonoma claimed the life of a man. alvin hess was hit by a pt crui

workers rallied at this nob hill store in alameda. the workers are against proposed cuts to their health benefits, and also the elimination of people pay on sundays. one worker said he's been with the company for 23 years. >> i believe in this company, and i still believe in it. >> reporter: raley's issued a statement saying in part, it is clearly understand that our company must reduce our operating costs so we may become more competitive against non-union competition. >>> caltran passengers on the peninsula faced delays this evening after a commuter train slammed into a car. it happened at pennsylvania avenue, and maple street about 6:00 tonight. caltrain tells us, the driver of that car accidently turned on the tracks and the car became stuck. a woman and child were inside the car, but managed to get out before the train plowed into them. train service was disrupted for about 90 minutes, while a tow truck removed the car from the tracks. >>> a hit-and-run accident in sonoma claimed the life of a man. alvin hess was hit by a pt crui

alameda is getting just about a 10th as well. we are still dealing with this moderate sell headed towards daly city. the golden gate bridge as a matter itself sitting there as well. as we pushed down further into the peninsula we are seeing a really heavy rain passing through pacifica right now. it is making its way through brisbane in san francisco and san mateo. and to the south bay scattered by nature and passing through palo alto. los gatos is dealing with some light rain there as well as cupertino. we will track for you throughout the day but there'll be a flash flood watch for the north bay and effect until monday. tomorrow off and on some signed a some dry break we could see down trees down power lines and power outages will definitely be a factor with this storm. future cast four shows where we are seeing the have the cells right now. by 11:00 a.m. it will help up a little bit. the will continue to put pushed down towards the south. the evening commute light rain for the east bay along san mateo coastline. 10:00 p.m. for

i knew that i had to go out and vote early at the alameda registrar's office. >> it is easy. the lines are not long and is easy. >> in richmond the soda if voters pass this controversial measure it would pass a one penny per ounce on sugary drinks. this would not apply to choose o juice or milk. >> we do not know what the impact would be on the hurricane would be on the election. however, new jersey, you can see that this area that was mean the republican was damaged but to the north, this was nearly entirely democratic. coming up we will have a closer in-depth look at this map. charles clifford, kron 4. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. >> if you look around some cities it is not difficult to see the graffiti. nearly 50 percent is graffiti attackers. this is the oakland railroad tracks. tonight at 8:00 p.m. i will take a look of just how bad this is. in the next edition of people behaving badly. >>jacqueline: our big weather story is the record setting temperatures. and here is a look at the records that we broke. san francisco, o

a transportation tax in alameda county. the registrar of voters said it failed barely to get the 2/3 vote needed for passage. it was short by only a few hundred votes. it would have increased the sales tax from half cent to 1 cent. >>> the results of an investigation of a small plane crash in half moon bay. federal investigators say the plane took off from the half moon bay airport last month, hit the bluff about 400 yards west of the runway and burst into flames. photos of the debris trial seem to show that the plane was headed back to the airport. >>> continuing coverage on the arrest of a san francisco sheriff's deputy, accused of robbing a bank. david stevenson tells us whether he'll be treated any differently because he works in law enforcement. >> reporter: there was no answer at the home of phil tong this afternoon. police say he is the bank robber seen in the surveillance photo taken november 7 at a san francisco bank of america branch. he was arrested at county jail number 1 and charged with felony burglary and fel

. >>> dentists handed out cash for candy today in both alameda and pleasanton. dentists say the halloween candy buy back helps save children's teeth from decay. they are shipping the candy overseas to our troops. at alameda dentistry, kids received $2 bills or gold coins at a rate of $1 a pound for their candy. >>> and we've got a little bit of fog along the coast but not as much as we had earlier today. let's go outside, live storm tracker 2. i can't see it tonight with the infrared camera. but i have a little bit of fog here. tonight we're anticipating fog to show up in some of these inland bay valleys. we have two types of fog working. coastal fog or invention fog. radiation fog that's all the same thing. be prepared for that tomorrow morning as you head off to work especially in the north bay. these are the highs from today. forecast highs tomorrow warmer than they were today. the clouds are going to filter in throughout the day especially in the afternoon hours. and that will create partly cloudy mostly cloudy conditions but a nice day for your friday. satu

alameda county sheriff's office is warning residents near the santa rita jail they may hear explosions. officials say the explosions will not endanger people or property. >>> aging sewer system causing nasty problem in marin county 88,000 gallons of raw sewage overflowed this week engineers say that could be just the beginning. homeowner says sewage flowed behind his house for four days. engineers say the entire system is made of up of 50-year-old clay pipe that is crumbling now, leaking sewage into the ground water it is happening -- >> particular, very small tributary drainage, drains into san he will sell know creek. -- san end sell know creek. >> the fine could reach -- 800,000 it will cost 300 million to rebill. over the summer the board voted down a rate increase. >>> long road ahead for victims of super storm sandy cleanup expected to take months traffic backed up for miles, long lines of people waiting for buses and gas in the -- as they face a forecast that includes another storm. tahman bradley joins us live with more. >> reporter: good morning. new york is taking steps towar

police say he was 26-year-old francisco rosas of alameda. he was inside a car at the intersection of russet and moore. an officer found him after hearing gunshots. >>> lottery officials have verified two winning tickets from last night's power ball jackpot. one of the winning tickets was sold here at the four sons convenience store in the suburb of phoenix the other was sold in missouri. one of those winners is expected to come forward tomorrow morning. >>> and as we told you before, power ball is expected to come to california. power ball tickets will be available in california starting april 8thover next year. - - april 8th of next year. >>> we'll give you a detailed look at the storm's path and how much rain it will bring. >> the stadium is covered tonight because of the rain. we're going to take >>> the rain likely won't keep fans from heading to the pac12 championship game at stanford tomorrow night. maureen naylor is live now at the farm to tell us about the extra precautions being taken tonight to protect the surf, maureen. >> reporte

. >>> dentists handed out cash for candy today in both alameda and pleasanton. dentists say the halloween candy buy back helps save children's teeth from decay. they are shipping the candy overseas to our troops. at alameda dentistry, kids received $2 bills or gold coins at a rate of $1 a pound for their candy. >>> and we've got a little bit of fog along the coast but not as much as we had earlier today. let's go outside, live storm tracker 2. i can't see it tonight with the infrared camera. but i have a little bit of fog here. tonight we're anticipating fog to show up in some of these inland bay valleys. we have two types of fog working. coastal fog or invention fog. radiation fog that's all the same thing. be prepared for that tomorrow morning as you head off to work especially in the north bay. these are the highs from today. forecast highs tomorrow warmer than they were today. the clouds are going to filter in throughout the day especially in the afternoon hours. and that will create partly cloudy mostly cloudy conditions but a nice day for your friday. satu

the alameda bomb squad was called in to review the item. it was not just a wristwatch that was also alarming about this individual other items like his clothing, listen. >> he had on a toggle switch and a series of fuses and wires protruding from it. a circuit board. and the watch it self that was on an incorrect time. he was wearing in military- style assured that as a built-in tourniquet on the sleeve. if you are in the military you tighten up that tourniquet and it will tighten up the leading and not everything something where every day. also he wore boots that were two sizes too large. and they have modified inserts, i guess what you would call them to perhaps make them taller. and they had what appeared to be a homemade cavity. >> as far as i can we have learned that he was in the bay area for just the day yesterday. mr. mccann came in from los angeles and he says of the watch was an art project. the fbi has been called and we're going to have more on kron 4 news at 6:00 p.m. at oakland international airport, terisa as the show, kron 4

a transportation tax in alameda county. the registrar of voters said it failed barely to get the 2/3 vote needed for passage. it was short by only a few hundred votes. it would have increased the sales tax from half cent to 1 cent. >>> the results of an investigation of a small plane crash in half moon bay. federal investigators say the plane took off from the half moon bay airport last month, hit the bluff about 400 yards west of the runway and burst into flames. photos of the debris trial seem to show that the plane was headed back to the airport. >>> continuing coverage on the arrest of a san francisco sheriff's deputy, accused of robbing a bank. david stevenson tells us whether he'll be treated any differently because he works in law enforcement. >> reporter: there was no answer at the home of phil tong this afternoon. police say he is the bank robber seen in the surveillance photo taken november 7 at a san francisco bank of america branch. he was arrested at county jail number 1 and charged with felony burglary and fel

from the california breast cancer mapping project the western half of contra costa county, northern alameda and swath of santa clara and san mateo counties have rates 10 to 20% higher than the state average. one possible reason, women in these areas are more likely to be diagnosed earlier and more likely to have private insurance. read more about the study on abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> 6:11. the new list of cities putting san francisco at the top. >>> black friday isn't just for big boxed retailers animals. the boost gun dealers are reporting. >>> are e-readers on your christmas list? michael finney ahead with which models come out on top. >> >> good morning. low clouds not as dense this morning fog out towards livermore and napa, otherwise cloudy start numbers are mainly in the 40s and 50s by the afternoon partly to mostly cloudy numbers from upper 50s at our coast could see sprinkles late in the day to lower 60s around san jose, 62 oakland, 60 san francisco overnight tonight rain develop early evening hours, dry, tomorrow looking at heavy rain in the morning and wind advisory al

manejaba su bicicleta cuando fue impactada por el vehiculo en la esquina de la avenida jefferson y la alameda de las pulgas. ---a pesar de ser hospitalizada, la menor no sobrevivio a las heridas. ---las autoridades informaron que se trato de un accidente y nadie tuvo la culpa. cesar --la ciudad de novato pagar 675 mil dolares como parte de un acuerdo ante la demanda que se interpuso por la muerte de una niÑa de 9 aÑos en 2009. vo --"melody osheroff" murio y su papa perdio una de sus piernas al ser impactados por un motociclista mientras ambos caminaban por un paso de peatones. --la familia demando a la ciudad por que argumentaban que existen problemas de visibilidad en esa calle donde ocurrio el accidente. --el motocilista, "edward schaefer" fue apuÑalado mientras purgaba su pena de muerte en san quintin. blanca ---nueva pausa pero en breve, take vo ---decenas de personas protestan la instalacion de un cerco de seguridad en la ciudad de mexico.. detalles al volver.. segment ends reclamos se desataron por la instalacion del cerco de seguridad donde se llevara a cabo la toma de posesion de e