>> dear supervisor, i have been living in the richmond for over 40 years. this is in the concert -- kaiser hospital. the sixth avenue is more people. let me tell you. people from far away bring their kids to hear. sometimes to get a lot of people. i am surprised. what are they needed? what are they wishing? you can follow my direction to everything. this is not fair. you have to listen to people's noises from inside of them. a lot of immigration people, they moved to richmond because it is a residential area. we don't want this changed to a commercial area. we want to keep this peaceful place. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> individuals may not express supporter opposition said that we can hear from everyone. i would ask you to respect that. thank-you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i currently live and work in the richmond district and i am also a student. i have personally volunteered my own free time going and asking my fellow neighbors about this issue. the findings by the planning commission provided the following statement -- recent tests provi

a guy by the name of marsh, who was from richmond, england. >> australia? >> australia? >> george turner marsh. >> no trees at all. people see trees in the city and think they may have been made. sand and scrub. at some point, these are the lives were used recreational -- these outer lands were used recreational lly. . >> there is. we hoave -- what, the third? >> depends on it you are coming the addition. but they all burned down. that was around 1900, so if you are ever stuck in traffic in the six-lane boulevard in 19th avenue, imagine what it was like back then. >> [inaudible] i would say this is after they began to develop some homesteading entries. >> it was a large chicken ranch out there. lawson chicken ranch was along 19th ave. >> [inaudible] >> not exactly. he donated the land later to the city, though. sort of the farm house feeling of the richmond. >> there is a water tower with a windmill in the back. >> right, get your water from wells. that was the early boathouses. looking at that map, sporting men would come out in the horses, have little rac

i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive association. i also worked at the mental health center in the richmond district. i have always been passionate about civil rights, equality for everyone. i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality issues. i guess i have always been vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, i have to listen to other perspectives and making decisions. >> very soon there will be of much more seniors in that area. we are trying to focus on whether a stop sign or stoplight might help. >> tried to look at issues of senior nutrition programs, alzheimer's research, even housing policies that allowed our buildings to become more senior-friendly. also looking at how to suppo

news of a house explosion in richmond this morning. the fire department still trying to find out what happened. there were three people in the home on ohio avenue at the time of the explosion. one of them was taken to the hospital. investigators say that there was an explosion at 2:21 this morning but no fire. they don't think it was caused by natural gas and they don't think it was drug-related. we'll have a full report coming up. >>> the california high-speed rail authority will announce a new estimate, this morning, for linking the bay area with southern california. and it's high. it's expected to be $98.5 billion. that's up from $43 billion. but once built it won't require public operating subsidies. opponents will say california can't afford it. the governor and legislature have to approve it. >>> last month's test failure wasn't the first time there was a problem with a pg&e gas pipeline near bakersfield. "san francisco chronicle" reporting pg&e knew that line ruptured almost four decades ago all because of problems with a seam w

anser hassan live in richmond this morning. thank you. >>> oakland city hall set going extra patrols from the police department and private security. officials are concerned about protestors at today's city council meeting. the "occupy oakland" forces are calling for a general strike in oakland tomorrow. the goal is to shut down banks and the port of oakland. some city workers are expected to participate as are some school district employees. >> "occupy oakland" has called for all banks and corporations to close for the day of the general strike or demonstrators will march on them. >> i think it's a major mistake. strike for what? >> and police attacks on our communities -- end police attacks on our communities, to defend our schools and libraries against closures. >> the police department will be fully staffed, no days off. >>> jean quan says the last thing oakland needs is an expensive recall campaign, her official first response to the recall effort. the people behind her recall effort says quan is ignoring public safety as

from here, reporting live in richmond, i'm christie smith. back to you. >> quite a story, christie, thank you. >>> a san francisco police officer is fighting for his life and two others are injured after their car swerved through lanes and crashed into a light pole. the three officers were head in to a call about a man with a knife when their unmarked car plowed into a light pole on patrero avenue near 19th street. two officers are now in the hospital, one in critical condition, the other in fair condition. the third officer was treated and released. >>> oakland police officers firing back at city leaders and protesters, camped out at frank ogawa plaza, just a day before protesters plan to march from do downtown to the port of oakland. this morning, oakland police officer association sent out a statement, firing back at city leaders, who ordered them to raid the camp and then, just days later, let protesters reoccupy the plaza. they say the protesters are using up officers' time and resources, which could be better used to fight crime. the oa

this is a perfect place to serve the inner richmond. the inner richmond has been a difficult place for companies to serve for quite some time. lastly, i wanted to enlighten you, if i could, about the difference between necessary, desirable, and compatible, and a significant gap. in terms of necessary to the community, we think we have provided you lots of letters to show the community wants this. in terms of significant gap, which for rise and wireless has to show, it is that they have the capacity or coverage gap which have shown you today. it is the equivalent of coverage gaps we have cited in our brief in federal cases. what i put down here is the agreement you all signed a few months ago. you agreed with the community it was not necessary. but the federal court realized there was a significant gap for t-mobile. because they had chosen a means to put that facility, your advisers encourage you to sign a settlement agreement to allow that to go forward. you can make your decision, but ultimately, federal law says that where we have a s

that's where we are find anser hassan in richmond with the latest. we are live in richmond. take a look at the scene here. windows blown off the house, explosion was so powerful that it took the walls off the foundation. whenn the fire department arrived on scene, the house was destroyed. fire captain pot et says they think it originated in the back room. they are trying to determine it right now. >> saw debris on the front yard and then saw significant damage. the wall splayed away from the rest of the house. the cause is under investigation. we couldn't find anything obvious. we have investigators here now. >> reporter: the homeowner was let back in earlier this morning with investigators to collect some of his belongings and walk them through the inside. the homeowner says he thought there was an earthquake that happened this morning and looking at some of the destruction, damage here, would you think the same. thankfully, only one person suffered minor injuries to his leg. he was taken to the hospital. power and electricity were cut off to the house and the rest of the n

i highly support the neighborhood in richmond. that is not inappropriate relationship for verizon to put an antenna there. i would really appreciate it if you could vote no to putting the antenna of there. that is not an appropriate location. even though there is high technology and spending, that is not appropriate. thank you. president chiu: thank you. and the other members of the public wish to speak in support of the appellants? do you need translation? if you would like to translate for her, you are free to do that. if she would like to speak in chinese, you can translate after she speaks. >> [speaking chinese] president chiu: please speak into the microphone. >> her name is yang, and she is against the antennas installation. she lives in the neighborhood. president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> i am against antennas on kaiser hospital. please vote no. president chiu: thank you. in the other members of the public who wish to speak on behalf of the appellant? seeing none, why don't we go to the presentation by th

the rain stays south of richmond for the most part. couple of sprinkles got them close to the northern neck and southern maryland. but checking the weather watchers down there, no, just quiet they're saying, 40s and 50s regionally except for the atlantic city airport coming in at 39. but new york this morning, 51 and ocean city, chilly there at 40. locally we've got 47 in martinsburg and hagerstown and luray. also down in la plata andrews is down to 46. look at annapolis right now at 53. our high temperatures today, ooh, mid- to upper 50s to near 60. south and southeast and even manassas. so a cooler air mass moving in. monika? >>> we're going to talk about this fatal accident that happened on the inner loop of the beltway about 1:40 this morning here at georgia avenue. as you can see across the roadways traffic is now getting by through silver spring. our surae chinn is on the scene and veal have more details in a couple of minutes. in the meantime, the other side inner loop at connecticut avenue. as you can see the delays have eased.

from the richmond fire department. coming up, we hope to show you the back of this house which is even worse than the side reporting live richmond kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco state is still looking for two missing teens. they vanished while their mother was attending class. they searched the neighborhoods but there was no sign of the missing brother and sister. the missing boy is 13 years old. he is 5-foot 6, 120 pounds short black hair, a purple t- shirt, and the missing girl is 15 years old, she is 5 feet 5 inches, long black hair, 145 pounds and black shoes. >>> two county children are safe this morning and the neighbor accused of kidnapping them is under arrest. the five-year-old girl and seven-year-old boy were found in north redding. police arrested the woman they were with. 31-year-old abe cell joy schwartz. -- april joy schwartz. police believe schwartz may have been under the influence of controlled substances. >>> longshoreman are refusing to unload what they say is dangerous shipping c

district, so we do not have a farmer's market in richmond. one important community service they provide is providing produce boxes, healthy and fresh produce boxes for people on sunday from 10:00 to 3:00 p.m. with tremendous items in it as well. i apologize for those that did not know about this, but yesterday was free food day as well. usually, it is the first monday of the month with the chefs and others will try different types of food for sampling. i do not know of any other restaurant in the city that has a free food monday. the issue -- the other issue i wanted to raise -- supervisor avalos and i will be raising the motion we made last week in support of the occupied wall street -- occupy wall street movement, and i wanted to reiterate that i strongly believe in the efforts around the country, and we are doing our best to challenge the bailout of banks and billionaires' while our communities face growing hunger. i wanted to say that one of my heroes from rage against the machine and audioslave was at the rally, and a number of musicians

north of the richmond bridge. now imagine an 11 mile detour to get from here to richmond. >> it's a road so forgoten a person must squint to see the name. and it leads to the richmond bridge. caltrans plans a two year repair project. last week announce because of the project, the eastbound online will be closed, forcing drivers to drive west of marin county just to head east. tonight the city of richmond and other local officials are sup set because they say caltrans never spoke to them or did a study. more frustrating is that caltrans has been unresponsive. we're still here is nancy skinner who told us caltrans did consult him about the project months ago. >> i'm not going to be an advocate but issue isn't cost. if you're going to do a major project have you to assess impact. >> i've seen them close down lanes and do repairs. i was told that that section is in bad shape. they have put it off as long as they can. >> i'm hoping it's just, you know, a staff member who just wasn't paying attention. that is what i'm h

. >>> occupy protesters swarmed a bank of america in richmond to try to close their accounts. instead it was the bank that closed. ktvu's john sasaki reports. >> reporter: dozens hit the bank at san pablo and richmond. >> we are asking them to recognize that we're the community that. sour money in the banks, but it's our people, our neighborhoods, our communities. >> reporter: they were here as part of the spreading occupy movement decrying economic and political inequality. >> it's a long journey, but i believe we we can make a change. >> reporter: the group targeted bank of america party because of the foreclosure crisis. >> i'm sick and tired of the bans taking our money and homes. >> reporter: they say the crisis and in turn the banks are doing il repairable home to the eld neighborhoods. neighborhoods, such as this one around lucas avenue where we found a row of five properties, three of which are abandoned and blighted. >> there are 15 in my neighborhood in a two-block range that are foreclosed and being broken into and when the banks were using loopholes saying they did

they picked richmond was that they were partner with the -- the rockets say the reason they picked richmond was that they were partnered already. >> it's possible nba basketball could begin next month if the players say yes. >>> contra costa is about to become the county's ninth agency to impose a cur few on student children. parents could also get tickets for allowing their children to skip class. eight of contra costa's 19 cities allows police to sight curfew. >> last week's rate saw the 3.99% from 4%. the five weeks ago it hit a record low of 3%. five weeks ago that was at a record low 3.36%. >>> a vallejo line is in line to keeping the boat to left. merit island is one of four organizations under consideration for the navy. uss olympian was bought in. >> and the storms are slowly fizzling out. this thing came in looking pretty chilly on monday. as we go toward the end of the week look at what you have here, few scattered showers. those showers working their way. it's going to be south of point con acceptings. i think the cloud will be tomorrow. it'll be mostly to hear tomorrow, they're

day event at the richmond shipyards. >> a good way to really support veterans is to promote the values that veterans -- many of them fought for, many of them died for. >> organizers of the veterans day memorial in richmond believe that the mayor has little respect for the country and traditions. >>> grace, several local cities are hosting events for veterans day today. a holliday with roots dating back to the end of world war i. now, one of the nation's largest veterans day parades is right here in the bay area and downtown san jose. now in its 93rd year, ceremonies will begin at 11 a.m. at the plaza de cesar chavez, the main viewing area for the parade, which starts at noon, running along parts of west santa clara and south market streets there. prepare for downtown street closures as well a little later this morning. and this of course is a special year for the annual veterans day cupertino ceremony the traveling vietnam veterans memorial wall is on display there. it's a slightly smaller replica of the permanent memorial wall on the national mall in washington, d.c. the ceremony at c

. >> thanksgiving in richmond was served courtesy of a woman who used to be on the other side of the receiving line. the restaurant along the richmond waterfront pulled out all the stops today with the sit down turkey dinner. the restaurant's owner was homeless before moving to the united states. she says everyone deserves the happy holiday. >> everybody they deserve to feel good. especially on thanksgiving day. so everybody eats every day. today i want to give them a new experience. >> about 200 people were served this afternoon. guest waiters included county supervisor, as well as members of the richmond fire and police departments. >>> for those who couldn't get to thanksgiving, thanksgiving came to them. with the service that brings a taste of the holiday to more than a thousand people. >> i'm going to eat like a pig today. >> which isn't something ray hill gets to do very often. >> i'm on strict social security. and it hasn't gone up. >> she's among the hundreds of home bound seniors getting a special delivery from meals on wheels today. >> happy thanksgiving. >> all delivered b

the "occupy" richmond demonstration at civic. the director of goldstar dads said it was a slap in the face to veterans. mclaughlin see it is differently. >> freedom, liberty, justice, equality for all? that's what this movement is all about. so, yes, we stand with the veterans who are sufferin also. >> reporter: the chevron refinery general manager told ship visitors of the company's growth along with richmond during and after world war ii shipbuilding period. 100,000 workers that constructed 747 ships by war's end but the mayor is more concerned today by chevron's effort to reduce its property taxes by $150 million. >> it would impact our services, our public works, library, recreation if we had to give millions of dollars back in property taxes. >> reporter: contra costa county supervisor john joya says whatever the cause, this is a day to remember veterans. >> we can spend 365 other days supporting other causes. but this is the one day we especially support those who really in the service of the country helped support our demo

. >>> occupy richmond gets loud as protesters take over a bank and demand action. >>> and a first for stanford, why today's match-up against the university of oregon is drawing national attention. >>> for the second time in less than 24 hours occupy oakland protesters have been told to shut down their encampment at frank ogawa plaza. jade hernandez. >> reporter: ken, hours ago leaders sent out a second eviction in the and we saw a couple of people took down their portable structures and remove it from frank ogawa plaza and told us they were unlappy that the way the structure was used and thought the homeless were using it more than who they had set it up for and we have also witnessed a lot of activity. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: we watched dancers, musicians and others and we understand that the mayor's office has extended outreach to those who are homeless and carving out in the square. operation dignity reaches out to those who might need a place to stay. flyers about ministries that take in the homeless have been distributedded. earlier today they were told 160 tents were in the pl

they picked richmond was that they were partner with the -- the rockets say the reason they picked richmond was that they were partnered already. >> it's possible nba basketball could begin next month if the players say yes. >>> contra costa is about to become the county's ninth agency to impose a cur few on student children. parents could also get tickets for allowing their children to skip class. eight of contra costa's 19 cities allows police to sight curfew. >> last week's rate saw the 3.99% from 4%. the five weeks ago it hit a record low of 3%. five weeks ago that was at a record low 3.36%. >>> a vallejo line is in line to keeping the boat to left. merit island is one of four organizations under consideration for the navy. uss olympian was bought in. >> and the storms are slowly fizzling out. this thing came in looking pretty chilly on monday. as we go toward the end of the week look at what you have here, few scattered showers. those showers working their way. it's going to be south of point con acceptings. i think the cloud will be tomorrow. it'll be mostly to hear tomorrow, they're

southern calvert down toward the northern neck headed down to richmond. sphog a lot denser there. 30s and 40s there. a good day ahead. temperatures will be climbing into the 50s. by noon, around 60. winds out of the south and southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. 3:00, 55. highs in the mid to upper 60s. yet's high was 67 degrees. 61 by 5:00. sunset today, by the way, 5:01. it rises at about 6:45 this morning. ten mile visibility in washington. you'll notice in tappahannock and pax river, quarter mile visibility down there. everybody else between 5 and 10 miles. we're in good shape. temperatures frosty once again. it is 30 in manassas. 31 lovettsville. 37 in gaithersburg. great falls, just a couple above the freezing mark. off to the east and crofton at andrews air force base. laurel at 36 degrees. columbia, good morning. to our friends in howard county. you guys are sitting at 49. the dew point at 40. the humidity, 89%. winds right now, well, they are calm. none to speak of. storm system coming out of the middle of the country will head toward the great la

. >>> an arrest in richmond may be linked to a series of burglaries in marin county. police recovered a number of items early this morning, including several bicycles from a stolen pickup truck. police say three suspects ditched the truck following a chase over the richmond bridge. the chase started after police spotted the suspect leaving a larks spur apartment complex where there's been a string of burglaries. police are now checking to see if items in the truck belong to any of the burglary victims. >>> two men are facing possible charges after being accused of attacking members of "occupy san jose." an occupy member e-mailed us this picture from the scene at city hall saturday night. the member claims the men tried to steal a luggage cart before hitting and attacking another occupy medical -- occupy member. police arrested the men a short time later. >>> "occupy oakland" demonstrators are not letting the rain and cold clear out their encampment in city hall. but the group is sending out tweets asking for supplies to help them cope with conditions. among the reques

. >> the mayor of richmond with the occupiers instead of going to the event at the richmond shipyard. but mayor gail mclaughlin. she went to an occupy richmond event instead want that's a slap in their faces. the mayor says, hear her out. >> freedom, liberty, justice for all. we stand with the veterans who are suffering also. >> the mayor told the bay area news group that she honored veterans every day, not just on veterans day. >>> this next one is kind of a, why is this allowed story? insider trading is illegal except apparently if you're a member of congress. put nancy pelosi on the defensive. >> reporter: martha stewart got in trouble for lying about it. we could go to jail for it. but they can do it. only information they know and it's perfectly legal. former congressman brian. >> there should only be one thing in mind when you're drafting legislation, is this good for america? if you start to say to yourself, how is this going to affect my investments? you've got a mixed agenda and a mixed purpose for being there. >> 60 minutes report, her husband pall and nancy pelosi with cred

. >>> richmond's mayor plans to attend a rally to honor scott olsen injured at "occupy oakland." she defends her decision to be there instead of a veterans day event at the richmond shipyards. >> a good way to really support veterans is to promote the values that veterans, many of them fought for, many of them died for. >> organizers of the veterans day memorial in richmond believe that the mayor has little respect for the country and its traditions. >>> veterans day has roots that reach back to the end of world war i and the city of san jose has been honoring america's war vets since 1919. anser hassan joins us life from downtown san jose the staging area for today's big parade. good morning. >> good morning, frank. we're near hp pavilion which is the start of the parade and the staging area. no one is here this early. it is the 93rd annual veterans day parade and as always one of the nation's largest. the parade begins at noon. it starts near the pavilion and moves east along santa clara to market. and then head south on market street ending at san carlos street. if you use the

in a richmond home that mysteriously exploded yesterday morning. the -- four men and two dogs were in the home. one of the men went to the hospital suffering burns and shock. everyone else was okay. pg&e checked outlines and found no sign of a gas leak. >>> san jose police have a smartphone app that lets you anonymously report crime tips. there are versions for android and iphone it lets you send photos as well as more general information. it encrypts your personal information so you can remain anonymous. san francisco police use the app. we have information on how to download it on abc7news.com. >>> celebrity animal protectionists i guess you can call him that, bob barker will be on capitol hill to lead a new effort to restrict use of exotic animals in traveling circuses. the act is backed by animal defenders. international and the performing animal welfare society. sponsored -- the bill is sponsored by congressman moran. they say it aims to end animal cruelty in traveling circuses. the circus industry maintains the animals are well treated and ca

the restaurant along the richmond waterfront pulled out all the stops with a sit down turkey dinner. the restaurant's owner was homeless before moving to the united states. she says everyone deserves to have a happy holiday. >> everybody, they deserve to feel good. especially thanksgiving day. so everybody eats every day. but today, i want to give them a new experience. >> well for about 200 people, she did that. they were served this afternoon in the guest waiters included county supervisor, as well as members of the richmond fire police department. >> the american students arrested during deadly egypt protests are still in police custody, even though a judge has set them free. as elizabeth palmer shows us, the military government is blaming foreigners for the violence that erupted in the country in the past week. >> gregory, luke gates, and derrik sweeney appeared on television tuesday. the channel broadcast pictures allegedly showing them in the crowd of protesters in the square. today, she was waiting to welcome them home to their dorm at the american university of cairo. >> i kn

the richmond rockets began their season last night. that i are the newest team in the american basketball association. fans say they're excite today have something to cheer about in richmond. >> i think it's great. >> hopefully it's going to get kids off the streets an involve in a program that can keep them busy and out of trouble. >> the rockets won last night's season opener beating the bay area matrix. the team playing their home games tat richmond memorial auditorium. >>> a local fighter will defend his title when the ultimate fighting championship makes its fox debut tomorrow. we caught up with cane in october when the city counsel honored him. he trains at san jose's american kick boxing academy. it can be seen tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock. >>> riding municost could you more. >> why some members of oakland -- occupy oakland say yesterday's homicide shouldn't be connected with the movement. . >> 48 traffic look -- 680 traffic looks good. there are some areas where we can see slower traffic. we'll tell you where those are. verizo

richmond and panel and richmond, still looks pretty good, if you are driving in hayward or fremont you should have a doesn't drive. right now we have a petty decent drive. westbound bridge nothing mail, usually the pattern is 615 and we are off to a nice quiet start you can see traffic is moving along well. let's go to steve. >> it is hard enough predicting weather, don't go there. >> i can do a page of about 30. i just saw it in the marin department of public works. hidden brook which is vallejo and palo alto four readings of 38 degrees, and i know there is a bunch but i can only do one graphic at a time. temperatures are cold 30s and 40s and 34 santa rosa, near pine high school, 36 degrees, red wood city 39 degrees and along with palo alto and you know not far a war. if he makes it to 41, good to go, sunshine, still below average on the temperatures, that is the system heading towards thursday, warmer system on friday, looks like high pressure upper 20ss and 0s, but they seem to be the van guard, forecasted highs still staying below average which should be 675 to -- 65 to 70. and wal

jackie sissel is live at the richmond-san rafael bridge. >>jackie: more fog. it is really bad in the north bay. i would say visibility is less than 100 ft. urease i do not know if a fogged advisory has been issued yet, there are very dense patches on the 101 corridor. i drove about an hour ago. very dense pockets. >>mark: it looks worse than yesterday. >> i think so. i drove down 37 yesterday and that was pretty bad, but the richmond center phil bridge is really socked in. >>mark: we have more on the weather including the dangerous winds that are coming our way. >>james: the only exception to the fog is here 683 walnut creek headed towards san ramon. so far so good, but it is starting to creep in. here is a look at the maps and you can see what i'm talking about. the rest of the bay area is dealing with rather dense fog with visibility under 1 mi.. you can only seek a 10th of a mile out. one-fifth of a mile visibility near santa rosa, napa and oakland. from hayward all with the san jose, visibility is even worse. expect airport delays at all three airports. ou

richmond demonstration. many officials observed veteran's day aboard a world war ii cargo ship. the mayor's decision to take part in the demonstration was a slap in the face to veterans. the mayor defended her choice. >> freedom, liberty, justice, equality for all? that's what this movement is all about. yes, we stand to the veterans who are suffering. >> the occupy rally was honoring an iraq war veteran who was injured while protesting with occupy oakland. she has participated in richmond's two previous occupy rallies. >> members of congress can make a ton of money in the stock market in a way that you and i cannot. in fact, if we did it, we would go to jail. sharon chin on the 60 minutes investigation that is putting former house speaker, nancy pelosi on the defensive. >> martha stewart got in trouble for lying about it and you and i could go to jail for it. insider trading. but members of congress can do it. make profits on information only they know and it is perfectly legal. former congressman, brian ba

richmond city leaders are upset over cal trans' lack of consultation prior to the project. >>> around here, we are looking at a lovely weekend if you're shopping or maybe just-- >> just to sit outside and enjoy the weather, it's going to be that nice. no rain and temperatures are on the warmer side, especially compared to yesterday. as much as 10 degrees warmer over our high yesterday. this is a preview of what we'll see later on this afternoon. lots of sunshine in store. full forecast, coming up. >>> also coming up, saving your hands from writer's cramp. the note taking app that makes paper history. >>> and a woman who has avoided paying rent time and time for years. a closer look, when we come back. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, . >>> a gorgeous saturday ahead, but we are dealing with cooler temperatures. outside right now, close to freezing, some areas in the 30s in san rafael and napa. much warmer down at fremont, 46 for mountain view. full bay area forecast, coming up. ,,,,,,,, tenant"... a woman wh's "the tenant"... a woman wh's avoided paying rent for yea. s had numerous court .

. >>> an early morning explosion in richmond it happened at 2:30, the powerful blast nearly knocked the house off its foundation. here is a look at the house, take a look at that damage. firefighters and police are on the scene trying to determine the cause of that explosion. kraig debro is on the scene talking to investigators and he will have a live update coming up at 6:30. >>> occupied san francisco, could possibly get the support of board of supervisors today. the call was given to avoid using force to shut down the encampment. the board of supervisors will consider that resolution at 2:00. now the mayor sponsored the measure. >>> also, they could decide whether they will continue camping out in front of city hall. they told the protesters they could camp out until at least today and in the past they were told they could not have an encampment. the mayor tells the press democrat it does not make sense to have a forced put down of the movement. >>> they are planning marches and rallies and protesting the use of police force, school closures, library closures and what is called an un

. >>> firefighters at the chevron refinery in richmond contained a small fire there this evening. refinery officials say they were starting up a crew unit when something caught fire. chevron says it was possibly hydrocarbons. the fire was contained at 6:25 and that there was never any danger to the public. >>> the head of caltrans is offering assurances about bay bridge safety after a newspaper report reported that the quality control technician had been fired. the technician had falsified data on three other projects. caltrans director malcolm doherty says checks of the reports show no problems. >> after thorough investigation on the bay bridge and all the testing that went into the foundation we're confident it's going to perform as designed. >> reporter: the report in the bee says caltrans failed to produce raw data from the test so they could not check on falsification. they want to hold a hearing before christmas. >>> mary hayashi is due back in court tomorrow to face charges in her shoplifting case. hayashi was arrested for allegedly stealing almost $2,500 in clothing from t

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. >> richmond station have had a lot of issues over here women. face. problems in the parking lieutenant. noise complaints. >> i don't know why they can't have a security guard to keep everybody away. >> fellow firefighters from the california division of forestry set autopsy trust fund for his daughter and of course to help pay for his medical bills. it's the albert bart fund in care of san francisco police credit union. all the information is posted on our web site abc 7 news.com. go to see it on tv and all there. vick lae, 7 news. >>> 24-year-old iraq war vet ron scott olson gave first interview since he suffered traumatic brain injury at occupy oakland. he spoke yesterday at frank ogawa plaza. he was there the tonight of october 25 protest ago pre-dawn police raid when hit in the forehead by some kind of pro psychiatric tile. there he is lying on the ground bleeding. he was in the hospital for weeks and still working to regain full speech. >> i was texting or something to a friend of mine and fx thing i know i'm down and on the ground and there are

. >> reporter: the victim known as alex from richmond to those at occupy died. it sparked laters to hold a press conference. that. murder was not a part of this. that was a see a sign of what we must change. >> reporter: some are rethinking any mutual aid response if oakland raids the camp. >> they face the same thing oakland faces, they don't want their officers in the frontline at risk for nothing. >> reporter: you are looking live from chopper 2. this is the martha just left the plaza just about a minute ago. it marches -- it's new new here lately and the people who respond for mutual aid with the city are starting to rethink that response. i talked to a spokesperson from richmond and from alameda and they basically say they are rethinking the response because of the cost and because it there doesn't seem to be any stated end game and they cleared out this camp and them let them come back to make it bigger stronger. if the city needs help they will have to pay other agencies to help them. reporting live. >> and let's go out to paul chambers who has the latest

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the truck stalled as it was turning on to the residential street in richmond. it ended up bumping into one of the parked cars here and civil people in the truck jumped out and ran you away into the neighborhood. the. >> they have not been able to find them or apprehended any of the people in the pick up. they say they recovered all the stuff in the back of the pick up. >> the officer involved said it is likely some of the officers with twin cities police will then go back to the apartment complex where the pick up was found initially to see if any of the stuff in the back of the pick up belongs to the robbery victims. >> ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> 5:04. now a shooting at fisherman's wharf is under investigation. a man in his 40s was found on the sidewalk near north point. he had been shot several times but he is expected to live. no word on what led up to the gunfire as they search for suspect tips. >>> lawyers will review the grand jury transcripts in the fatal shooting of a german tourist in san francisco. last week a court reporter failed to deliver the the t

he was in the richmond recording studio. but he doesn't believe he was the target because he doesn't have any enemies. even though his van with his picture on it was shot several times. >> i don't know what was going on. i doubt i was the target. in the studio every day. i doubt i was the target of the situation. >>> he tells me the violence in oakland has to stop. he says a friend of his was killed in the same neighborhood just two weeks ago. now his little cousin remains in critical condition here at children's hospital. >> several police are looking into an overnight shooting. police say it happened before midnight on apple block drive. somebody shot a man several times. police have not said if they have any suspects. >>> police are trying to figure out what to do. in the registrar's office that normally houses them. they got into the services building through an open window. >>> uc santa cruz protest started in conjunction with protest at uc campus up and down the state. the board of regents met yesterday at four differe

cooler conditions for richmond into berkeley. we will have mild conditions throughout the north bay as well. here is your 7 day around the bay extended forecast. cooler temperatures as we head into the weekend with rain on the way. on sunday expectancy showers. stay with us, we will be right back. >>kimberlee: we are here with your tech talk headlines. obols on-line community is abuzz with complaints about the battery life for the new iphone. the 4s should have been of use for up to eight hours of talk time and six hours of internet surfing. many have taken to the form's online to say that their phones are not lasting anywhere near those lengths of time. users have complained about the lack of battery life since the device was released on october 14th. the company has not commented publicly about the complaints. >>kimberlee: group bonn has set a date for its public offering. the company's decision to push ahead might be more by necessity and choice. they're seeking to raise $540 million saying it will not need to use the money fo

. >>> firefighters at the chevron refinery in richmond contained a small fire there this evening. refinery officials say they were starting up a crew unit when something caught fire. chevron says it was possibly hydrocarbons. the fire was contained at 6:25 and that there was never any danger to the public. >>> the head of caltrans is offering assurances about bay bridge safety after a newspaper report reported that the quality control technician had been fired. the technician had falsified data on three other projects. caltrans director malcolm doherty says checks of the reports show no problems. >> after thorough investigation on the bay bridge and all the testing that went into the foundation we're confident it's going to perform as designed. >> reporter: the report in the bee says caltrans failed to produce raw data from the test so they could not check on falsification. they want to hold a hearing before christmas. >>> mary hayashi is due back in court tomorrow to face charges in her shoplifting case. hayashi was arrested for allegedly stealing almost $2,500 in clothing from t

he is from richmond. mayor quan held a news conference hours after this and says it is time to shut down the camp for good. >> we are calling on campers to please leave voluntarily tonight. city workers are offering vouchers, homeless shelters. >> the mayor spoke during a late night news conference and says they are working on a plan to close down the camp but wouldn't give any specifics. at least one oakland city council person is calling for a no competence vote on mayor quan because of her handling of the occupy oakland encampment. they say the occupy camp need to go. >> you have this element we're dealing with here. >> he says he doesn't want to go through with the no competence vote buzz it would be truly political and not have any real effect. >>> many oakland business owners were calling only city to shut down the camp before this shooting. the killing is stepping up their campaign to pressure the city to shut down the camp once and for all. the month-long protest has been an economic disaster for

some rain to the south making a little push now from richmond to fredericksburg and as we look at it on live doppler 9000 hd. colonial beach,al again, st. mary's and central and southern cal vet as well as the southern -- calvert as well as the southern neck. 40s and 0s for us this morning, we'll clear out later on with highs from 55 to 60. we node clearing out on the roads monika samtani. >>> it's been awful this morning especially because we started off with fatal accident on the north side of town. the good news is from lanes have been reopened but still investigating what happened. our surae chinn is on the scene with more. surae? >> reporter: well, monika we're on the outer loop looking across to the inner loop. the tractor-trailer still here on the scene. they are inspecting it seeing the they have to tow it away. at this point they will have actually because the cab has been driven away but this was involved in a fatal car accident. the truck driver was slowing down because of a work zone around 1:30 this morning. here on the inner loop at georgia avenue. a driver at a high ra

so if you are traveling south towards richmond or particularly beyond richmond, you will encounter rain showers this morning. in fact, through the morning. however, here in the washington area, we remain dry. i can't rule out a shower for our southernmost viewers, say in fredericksburg, places like that. we'll remain dry here in the washington area. temperatures across the reason on, it is actually the most mild air we've had early in the morning. this week, 50 degrees now in washington. 49 at baltimore. 47 at dulles. fredericksburg is at 50. forecast for today, morning clouds but becoming mostly sunny by the afternoon. it will be breezy. those wind will pick up and gust up to around 20, 25 miles per hour. today's highs only in the upper 50s as opposed to the mid-60s where we've been. 57 for your high downtown. more on all of this coming up. >> you mentioned other problems out there on the roadway, steve. julie wright has the details of the hot spots. >> right now, we are talking 66 coming in from the west. that is where we've scott the accident activity tying you want the two right lan

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

. >>> richmond's mayor is under fire for her veterans day plans. she says she will be at the "occupy" rally tomorrow morning at 11:00, the same time there will be a veterans day event in richmond at the shipyards there. organizers say she should be show respect for the veterans. mclaughlin says the rally she is attending will honor iraqi war vet scott olsen who was injured at an "occupy" protest. >>> a memorial tonight for people killed in a monterey county, the victims at the mount carmel residential facility ranging in age from 21 to 26. a sixth resident was injured and so were the homes two caregivers and four emergency workers. the cause of saturday night's fire in marina is still under investigation. >>> 5:13. a stolen puppy back with its owners. the change of heart that happened before our cameras. >> and the nba showdown now in overtime. where things stand in the marathon talks to finally end that lockout. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, of arrests. police stopped "occupy" protesters from camping at sproul plaza last night. the protest continues today

. >> richmond fire officials say the contractor told them the goods line was not properly marked. >> they said the plans they had, had no indication there was gasline at that depth. and so they didn't know it was there. >> reporter: a supervisors at the scene told abc-7 that pg&e failed to mark the gasline at this spot, unlike other nearby locations where the utility properly sprayed yellow paint indicating a gasline below. pg&e says it's investigating. after the backhoe sliced through a line, puck gent odor filled the neighborhood. >> it's horrible. you never want to smell gas in your whole life. never. not no more. if this happens again i'm out of here. >> at that point we were worried about making sure the gas didn't collect in someone's house and then find something type of ignition is so. >> around noon, the 50 or so residents were allowed back in their homes. >> they said they're going to be fixing up the sewer lines and everything. but i think they found a different line that -- than the sewers. >> ing atpg&e said there's no automatic shutoff involve and will be investigating