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cheryl? >> if my mom -- >> jimmy: neither of your moms was governor of alaska. >> my mom was an olympic athlete. she's very supportive through this whole process as well. >> jimmy: cheryl, you've been paired up with -- rick is one of many athletes. >> he's my tenth partner. i've been on the show ten years now. i danced with emmitt smith. chad ochocinco. warren green. >> jimmy: emmitt won. >> three seasons. >>> but rick's way more handsome than emmitt. >> way more. >> jimmy: right, obviously. you know what i think. to be honest as a laker fan, you show up in these green outfits. i think that was offputting to a lot of core fans. >> you think i confused them? >> jimmy: you look like a giant leprechaun. i didn't know the dance. and on top of that. you can only vote, one vote this week, pretty much, this electoral night tonight. i lost to prop 19. >> jimmy: is this anticanadian sentiment, you and prop 19? >> i think you lost to prop 19. >> jimmy: green was not good to either one of those. >> no.

. >> let's check in with cheryl jennings and kristen sze. they are at the beginning of the parade of montgomery and washington. >> reporter: okay, and there are half a million people. we have a giant parade and -- oh my goodness. 50 motorized vehicles. 700 people in the parade and that is the people walking in the parade today. that is some security issues. all the officers that had vacation days are working today but there is a ton of security. plainclothes officers and bicycles and motorcycles. the fans have been gathering for the last three or four hours. >> and we've been here for one hour. >> and how do you like the giants? >> think a lot of people would agree with you on that. >> i think buster posey. >> and thank you. you are going, you have other giants ready to go? all right. sharon carolyn and dan, you can feel the excitement. >> you sure can. it's absolutely thrilling. you are looking at civic center plaza where there are at least 100,000 people waiting for the ceremony itself to begin. they are going to have wait because the para

and cheryl, as well. >> we all felt that. rick fox and cheryl burke are with us this morning. good morning to the two of you. >> hi. good morning. >> morning. >> i think everybody felt it. that shock and surprise, it was on everyone's face. rick, when you got choked up and said, this has been such a transformational journey with your girlfriend and your daughter, what did you mean by that last night? >> well, this experience as a whole is something you can't put into words. when you begin, you have no expectations. you have no understanding fully of what will be asked of you. you know you're going to dance. you're going to meet a partner who is great at dancing. as i look out at the last seven weeks, i think about the relationship with my daughter that has grown. she loves the show. she's watched it since second grade. but she got to come to the show and see my dad dance, instead of me driving her to dance practice, for the first time in her life. and just as a partner, with my girlfriend, getting through this pressured situation. as supportive as she was, i got to see her be

cheryl herd is on the telephone right now to tell us what is going on. cheryl? >> reporter: tom, the protesters arrived at about 5:15. b.a.r.t. officials put the gates down and they're standing in front of it. they had the transit buses standing by to put passengers on it. i guess they were prepared for something like this. about 100, possibly 200 people are here. it's very peaceful. people are making their voices heard. they're holding their candles up. >> we'll have more on this at 6:00. meantime, nightly news is coming up next.

there is buster posey with cheryl. >> there is cheryl with left hand grab on the trolley! >> wow. buster posey with another great story. >> i'm just, look at cheryl, that is fantastic. that is fantastic. great stories. >> how about buster posey and madison bumgarner both rookies. rookies that were not a part of the start of the season, buster posey spent the first two months in the minors and madison bumgarner was called up in the middle of the season and provided tremendous pitching down the stretch. >> there is aubrey huff. >> and there is tim lincecum. kristen is pointing to the car so we can see him. >> this is unthinkable. >> it's unbelievable. i'm so happy. we're so happy. >> at this point in your career how does it feel. for this happen at your point in your career how does it feel? >> great. the greatest moment in my life. i'm just enjoying it right now. i feel real, real good. >> congratulations. >> the as the parade, he is 35 years old, there was an emotional moment laid flait season and gathered the team together after batting practice against chicago and said to lincec

cheryl has more on this one. cheryl? >> reporter: reporters have been staking out jean quan all day long, and if your assignment was to stick with her until you get with her, you're out of luck. her car is still here, minus the boot. she had to pay $1400 in fines, and the people we talked to tonight are not so for giving. >> i think it's ironic that she had the time to run up $1400 worth of tickets. >> bob fisher is a manager at walden pawn bookstore in oakland. he's amused that jean quan's car was booted. >> i do remember bringing to jean quan's attention last year how merchants on grand avenue felt about the parking meter rates going up and the time being extended to 8:00. >> reporter: the parking time has since been rolled back to 6:00 p.m. but tonight the story is quan had to pay $1400 in parking fines in order to get a boot removed from her car parked in her official spot outside city hall. >> i wonder how many of those tickets were because she parked on grand avenue after 6:00 before that rollback. >> we tried to c

cheryl? >> reporter: there is a peaceful rally taking place right now outside city hall at franco gallo plaza. as you can see, it is a very peaceful rally. people are making statements, they are reading poetry, and there is music. you can see the faces of the crowd. people started gathering here just after they heard the sentencing, heard the word of the sentencing. people are holding signs, painting murals and waving signs that say "we demand justice for oscar grant." this is what the organizers of this event intended this to be, a place where people can come to vent their frustration, and it's the place people can come to get information. >> today, judge perry sentenced johannes mehserle to two years in prison. with that, he gave him 292 days time served. >> it's time to rise up, man. i mean, this has got to be the most despicable day in oakland! >> whether he meant it to be a taser or a handgun, whether it was accidental manslaughter or murder, i know people that have done things that were

cheryl has the very latest. cheryl. >> reporter: this burglary happened in east oakland last sunday. he breaks into the couple's home while they're there and rips off the computer. thael that's the bad news. the good news is he installed a type of software that can help them find where he is. >> he's frustrated because he's not getting help from oakland police. burglars break into his office and rip off his new mac pro computer. a scary situation, but he knows he has protection. >> i had some tracking software installed on the computer. it requires someone to take the computer on line. >> reporter: the tracking software is called prey. when the software is activated, it will transmit a photo using the computer camera to detect a location using wi-fi networks in the area. >> they had transmitted a photo of any individual using the computer. >> along with screen shots of what he was doing while on the computer and the thief location. >> i figured, this is great. i have individuals using my stolen machine as well a

first cheryl hurd is live in oakland where protestors have been keeping the peace. cheryl? >> reporter: that's right. a lot of windows boarded up in downtown oakland. take a look. they're still working on the mural that they started working on late yesterday evening. it is a mural that is a tribute to oscar grant. there is a lot of police presence down here making sure there will be peace tonight. people have started gathering in front of city hall, just after the word spread that the judge gave the former b.a.r.t. cop two years for manslaughter. that decision, anything eshg ge crowd, and oscar grant supporters. people are singing songs, making statements about the fatal shooting in january 2009. many tonight are surprised by the amount of time mehserle will spend in state prison. the majority of the people we talked to here tonight said the judge's decision was expected. >> a lot of people are bitter about the sentencing. whatever that energy is. they're doing it here in a controlled manner. to me the police are pushed back. not pushing up. you know what i am saying. prese

i'm cheryl jennings, millions of people live with chronic pain every single day. let's continue to talk about what it's like is a professional roller derby skater and firefighter. you have a very physical life that put you in harm's way? >> a lot of physical things over the years. >> tell me a little bit about the roller derby? >> both of them, one thing in common. we had to go through rigorous training so you learn things to

reporting live in vallejo, i'm cheryl hurd. >> cheryl, thank you. >>> where is bear? that's not a simple question in dublin tonight. bear is actually a dog who was taken to a veterinary clinic this week and now he's gone. we're in dublin tonight where the dog's owners don't believe the animal got out of the clinic on its own. george? >> that's right, tom. the dog owners are convinced their little puppy was stolen from parkway veterinary hospital. the doctors here believe, though, the dog somehow got out. i just asked the cleaning crew, who is here inside the building, if the doors were left unlocked on monday night, and they said no way. but the family says there's no way their little puppy could have unlocked any of these doors. cindy tuttle is convinced someone stole her six month-old maltiepoo named bear. she had taken bear there because he was sick and was told he would have to stay overnight. the last person who may have seen bear? a cleaning lady around 10:30 monday night. >> she says she distinctly remembers seeing him because he wanted to get out of his cage.

. >> nbc bay area cheryl hurd is at the scene. she has been following this for the past hour, so tell us what's going on at the fruitvale bart station right now. >> reporter: tom, this bart station has been shut down for about an hour. dozens of police officers standing in front of the gate. just over about 100 people are calling for justice. and oscar grant. jones shot and killed monday night near his barbershop, oscar grant shot and killed by the former police officer new years day 2009. this crowd is unhappy with the sentencing of johanns mehserle, angry that another man has been shot and killed by a police officer. the father talked about wanting support from the mayor elect. >> to work as hard as i can as i did when i worked 34 years for the senate. >> i want to see a change. i don't know what it's, what she's bringing to the table, but we're going to be behind her. >> reporter: back here live, you can see the rally is still going strong. anthony bats spoke out about the sentencing yesterday. he said his department needs to b

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd joins us live on the scene. cheryl? >> lisa, this happened, just over 4:00 as you said. we were in oakland. it took us, probably about an hour and a half to get herech. e we just arrived on the scene. take a look at the cam. you can see the smoke that is spewing into the air. the power outage just happened after 4:00 as you said here at the tesoro refinery. shortly after that, large plumes of black smoke was spewing into the air. it could be seen for miles. experts are calling it excessive flaring. if you could take our chopper, you can see what is happening now. earlier today, the smoke was really black and thick. right now, it seems to be dissipating a bit. what you are looking at are unburned hydrocarbons in the air. when you have an area wide power outage, we are told by experts, this is what happened. the system at -- kicks into place. you get flaring. five of the -- stacks, flaring right now. contra costa county hazardous materials officials are here. they're ordering a shelter in place. all windows and doors shou

n brks krrbc bay area cheryl hu the plant to tell us about the incident and its impact. cheryl? >> reporter: two stacks you see here are still emitting smoke. earlier today it was quite a different scene when toxins were spewing into the air. >> we just saw big, black smoke. that's all we saw. and we saw the flames. we could see the flames from the porch. >> and sherry reynolds said she's heard the sirens, a sound she used to living all her life near the tesoro refinery. but there is really more about it. when we came here -- >> authorities say a power outage caused an shutdown of the plant. they will make fuel oils or petroleum gas. >> the flares did what they were toesd r supposed to do. they released from our system, and that's what we're trying to understand. they get their powers from two agencies. the power plant and pg&e. there is a question whether that substation is located onto. i can struggle with refinement. >> a level 3 shelter kbamt loss maybe could turn into carbon monoxide, which could be dangerous. >> smoke is always a hazard. any smoke. it's something you shoul

cheryl? >> okay. thank you. and we'll get that work done. >> and still ahead, bay area city where leaf blowers are more than a noisy nuisance. >> then, a >>> a group of orinda residents urnling the city council to ban leaf blowers altogether from their communities. orinda allows leaf kblors to be used between 8:00 in the morning and 6:00 at night on weekdays and between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, members of kiit -- quiet orinda want to ban them. >> it would affect individual community members but the city as well. >> in what way? >> there are gardeners maintaining city facility autos gardeners fear businesses could get hurt claiming work taking minutes now with a blower might take hours with rake and brooms. >> and there is sandhya patel has been trying to get her systems fixed. >> colder conditions now. mid-50s along the coast. and concord still holding at 70 degrees. there is a cooler day today. cooling continuing tomorrow. rain begins late friday and get ready for chilly conditions with showers thi

. >> well, cheryl, just mentioned willie mays. it was 1954 when the giants wouldn't last title, back when there was only 48 states that. is how long the wait had been. and there is a players came down mashlgt street. i'll tell what you. the niners won you're just stunned at how many fans were out here. and players can not believe it. they celebrated the win monday night with each other. tuesday, celebrating with families, today, they to the to celebrate with fans and it was just spectacular. and there is biggest name is tim lincecum. >> i can't believe it. i feel like i'm in a dream now. i just -- butterflies. and goose bumps. good stuff. >> and this is the best time in baseball. this is for them. and we have to enjoy this blessing. >> this is what it's all b giving back to fans. we get an opportunity to play a game for a living. you know? and this is beautiful. it's so appreciative and thankful. >> and the biggest misfit of all is closer brian wilson running around at the civic center, just having fun. and fans almost knocked the

with michael jackson's mothehehe >>> welcome to beyond the headlines, i'm cheryl jennings, every week we focus on a different topic. today we're going to be talking about chronic pain. we'll hear from doctors that specialize in treating pain and talk to somebody that suffers from it. we'll learn more about the alternative treatments to csues the issues, millions of people live with chronic pain. one thing is certain, it's an issue that does not discriminate. dr. timothy johnson reports. >> when it f treatment for chronic pain, some patients may receive more pain medication than others. researchers studied nearly 200 cases with chronic pain that sought help. they found that black patients were prescribed fewer pain medications than white patients and men were prescribed stronger medication. before being referred to the center, black patients were on 1.8 compared to white with 2.8. women were overall likely to hold off and more black patients say they would rather put up with discomfort than deal with side effects. differences can lead to disparents in disability, sleep disturbance and

we go to cheryl connor with more. >> reporter: it is still a very active scene. we are right here on green spring avenue not far from sinai hospital and about three hours ago, s.w.a.t team and hostage negotiators moved in on a home where they believe a murder suspect may be located. police are talking to someone who barricaded himself in the home after murder victim. it was around 3:35 this this morning when detectives found a body of a woman with a gunshot wound to the chest. she worked in baltimore in central booking. her body was found in a friend's home in the 1700 block of ashwood street and police are at the victim's home right now where they believe the suspect is possibly located. >> he barricaded himself inside the home, and we have reason to believe that he may hurt himself and just to secure the area, make sure neighbors are secure, we have to treat this situation as if he were armed. >> reporter: and police don't believe there are any hostages tonight. they say they found blood on the door where they believe the man, again, has possibly barricaded him

>>> welcome to beyond the headlines, i'm cheryl jennings. every week we focus on a different topic. today we're talking about a trend that has made a lot of headlines, suicides of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. war going to hear from one california mother that lost and child and we'll be joined by several speakers in what it's like to be bullied and then we'll learn about resources that are out there that are affected. i had an opportunity to talk to allison mercy whose son begin a transformation into chloe. sadly she shot herself to death. they want to get the story out so the parents understand they are not alone. >> hi, allison. tell me about chloe. when did you find out that they were transitioning from a boy to girl? >> i had an opportunity to speak with chloe. dustin came to me in 17 year of his high school with a letter writing to me explaining to me that he would like to wear girls clothes to bed. the word transgender was not used at that time probably on the education that was used at the time. i do go back and forth with gender, i've known dustin for 17 year

three sat down with abc 7's cheryl jennings. leslie alan williams, and retired lieutenant colonel live in the bay area, part of an elite group known as legendary tuskeegee airman. >> you're talking about the black who's served in world war ii in the bomber group. >> the same squadron. >> president roosevelt's administration made in the decision in 1940 black americans would be included in military ifation. the armed forces were not intergreated. nearly a thousand pilots trained in a segregated air field. the program ran nearly 10 years. >> i enjoyed the pleasure of being in the very first group of bomber pilots. and created. >> i was with the first class of navigator bombers. >> they faced war overseas and a war at home with racist attack autos they'd only have training for blacks. now, tens of thousands of blacks wanted to be pilot autos less williams and leroy gill yesterday -- gilliad served in different times and place buzz memories of the days are sharp. >> my efforts as far as this role is trying to win this prejudiced war

but cheryl, it's only a matter of time before they do. >> it's a great break through. thank you very much. and a passenger found a fully loaded ammunition clip on a southwest airlines flight from burbank to phoenix coming from the sfgs weapon of a law enforcement officer on a previous flight. he was on the on at the time. everybody was rescreened, and the plane searched. the officer did not realized he dropped the clip. >> united united nations and obama administration are condemning north korea's artillery attack on south korea's i'll yanld. north koreain shells rained down on the ildand killing two soldiers and setting dozens of houses on fire. south korea returned fire, scrambling fighter jets. no word yet on casualties in the north. the attack took place during a military exercise by south korean forces. the north warned the south to stop or face retaliation. >> i think everybody involved is stunned by north korea's provocative actions. the president refered to it as outrageous. i can't say for this spot it was an active role but it's an act of bee lij rens. >> it

cheryl? >> there is -- i've been told vic lee is standing by in los angeles. vick? smart. can you hear me? >> yes. i can hear you. we're in the ball room in the city in universal city. so meg whitman may something the field poll does not that shows her trailing by 10 points. she agreed to supporters in a phone bank and voted by the way by absentee ballot which she dropped off in menlo park. she made last minute appearances today, and of course, remaining optimistic saying the polls don't tell the story. >> we're looking at the ballots coming in. and there is a tidal wave coming to california. we're going to win this. >> whitman said she does not regret spending $140 million of her money because she needed to get her name out there. so we hear that she's chilling out so with her family and flindz, we expect her of course to be with her, to be here sometime tonight. we're waiting like everybody else to see what happens thachl is the latest from the hilton in universal city. back to you in san francisco. >> thank you very much. santa clara county dealing with a problem with m

i'm cheryl jennings. thanks so much for joining us.

here's more from cheryl jennings. picot 11-year-old has had 5 surgeries and chemotherapy every other year. >> i have my nerve taken out of my arm because there is piece of tumor down my nerve. have to take that out so now i can't use my arm at all. >>reporter: she can come to the camp in the creek area in the sierra foot hills and know kids won't make fun of them here. >> if some kids at school tease me a lot. mean stuff. i kind of ignore them. item just a safe place and i just can express my feelings and not hide anything in. >> i have gotten teased lots of times too. they are saying like how come you are bald. they are making fun of me. really hurts. >> i have a brain tumor and it was i think the size of a quarter and they had to cut open the back of the skull and take out a piece of the skull and remove it and then chemo treatment. >>reporter: that affected the way you walk. you had braces last year. >> yes on the leg. yes. but it was like gave you drop foot that made you off balance you know. >>reporter: how are y

cheryl jennings reports on camp arroyo. >> i was bornositive and hope is good and i am happy in life. >> live longer and i get to have more friends. >> how do you like camp? >> love it a lot. >> these young pele are thriving in spite of living with the aids virus. they are working with other children with aids and siblings at summer camp. she is a counselor and they ar counselors in traini. they are reuniting with two dynamic women from california that made great sacrifices to make a safe place for children with aids. line taylor and her husband started the foundation with a modest event. >> w had a fund-raiser in our front yard i never thought we be here. >> jerry founded the camp with children with aids. it was a terrible time of fear and lack of awareness. >> parents are really frightened to let their children know they were positive or th themselves were pitive because they were afraid the children wouldn't be accepted into schoo >> the children enjoy a week of free summer camp. it was the dream of elaine taylor. she made out gos for special children wit aids. jerry brooks was pro

what cheryl said about finding daniel holmesy. do you know daniel holmesy? >> i know other people that are my husband is on the treasure island advisary committee. treasure island's an area the city is investing in. i think you can leverage resources. >> if i can briefly answer becky's question. this is for everybody. number one, stay positive. >> number 2, listen to your constituency that's important and i think the key to the whole thing is find somebody in if it's department of public works or any organization sfpuc whom ever and get a liaison and invite them to the meeting. don't just have a complaint session come up with a problem and say, we will work together to solve this problem. here's what we can do. how can you help us? how can we work together. that's the key. organizations love coming to our meetings because it's not a c p complaints we try to keep it positive we work with the agencies and that's the key to it. >> we were going to have volunteers but i don't see them so we are doing it this way. [inaudible]. >> great question. the question pose

. >> the wind, cheryl, dan is pushing towards east. you can take a look now at martinez. there is is a pushing smoke east towards concord and clyde. it's a very light wind and this is not blowing very hard. last four hours, out of the west. this is to about to a mile. humidity is 58%. back to you. >> and there is 10,000 people still without power. >> we're going to continue to follow this story to update you as soon as we get information. on to other news. in the south bay, children had to be rushed to the hospital because of a leak. >> there is a swimming school this afternoon. >> and there is to take us through what happened. >> the swim center is when a sudden chlorine leak filled the air with chlorine fumes. that is what caused the problem. the deck and swim sent jer located in a strip mall in san jose. the leak at the indoor facility happened this afternoon. >> i was in the restaurant, eating. i saw a man come out, coughing and hacking. and kind of heaving. >> people are getting heavy, hard time breathing. kind of nauseous. >> this swim center director says 10-12 chi

nbc's cheryl hurd found out one of the students had just graduated from cal valley high school. >> tell your parntents you love 'em every day, tell your friends you love 'em every day, because every day is a blessing. >> an announcement went out telling everyone that former student jonathan johnson died in a fatal crash in san francisco. >> my heart goes outd to them all. >> the accident happened just before 1:00 on ocean avenue. five teenagers were in the car. a 14-year-old behind the wheel. >> a 14-year-old behind the wheel. it shouldn't have happened. there is a reason we're 16 when we drive, there is a reason we have permits. >> police believe the 18-year-old passenger riding in front let the 14-year-old drive his father's car. the young driver apparently lost control of the maroon suzuki sedan until it slammed into this telephone pole. the driver and passenger survived because they were parg seat belts. both 18 were thrown from the car and killed. a 16-year-old backseat passenger is fighting for his life . all three were not wearing seat belts. >> when you get behind the wheel, esp

cheryl is there right now. apparently this isn't the first time someone has been attacked by raccoons there. >> it isn't the first time. this park is very beautiful and popular, but right now it has a raccoon problem. at night they can be anywhere, sometimes hiding in the trees. one woman tells me tonight that they can be very vicious. >> i start running, and then four other raccoons dropped out of these trees and started chasing me down the street. >> reporter: an attack rachel campos diviano won't forget. she may be laughing now, but late saturday night when she was watching her dog doogie in central park, she was terrified. >> i was running down this street screaming help, help, help. i tripped and fell down. >> reporter: while her fearless dog is fighting off four raccoons, a fifth one, she says, bit her leg, breaking the skin. >> they were growling and snarlg a -- snarling and making all sortsz of incredible raccoon noises. >> according to animal control, this is the ninth attack this year. raccoons which

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here's kristen and cheryl. >> thanks a lot. a california man refuses a body scan and a patdown. next the recording he made of his airport experience. >> the government defends its new airport security procedures that some travelers complain are too intimate. >> and congress's new freshman you inhale, they inhale. millions of children continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke. secondhand smoke causes asthma, a disease that cannot be cured. protect your loved ones. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> new york's congressman charles wrangle walked out of hisseth things trial after the panel denied his request for a delay. he pleaded for a delay arguing he had run out of money to pay his previous lawyer who quit a few weeks bag. rangel claims it will be unfair to continue the trial without giving him a chance to find new council. the panel declined his request and the trial went forward without him. rangel is accused of 13 counts of financial and fund-raising misconduct that violated house rules. freshman lawmakers, mostly republicans, are arriving in washi

>> cheryl and kristen, what i can tell you is that the driver swerved off ocean avenue, hit this metal pole, jumped over this concrete planter box and then hit this and took out this pine tree. we don't know the identities of the driver and four passengers, but we do know they were young, ages 16, 17 and be 18. the cash crash happened 12:45 this morning. the car was going west on ocean avenue when it lost control. two young men were thrown from the car. one died at the scene, another died at sf general. police say two other people were also hurt, one with life threaten injuries. a fifth person walked away from the crash unharmed. the owner of the building said where the crash happened said he's seen a lot of accidents at this intersection. >> this is not a surprise. it happens all the time. it's gotta be one of the worst intersections of of the city. it's mass confusion all the time. and the pedestrians on top of it. it's brutal. >> this is a massive intersection. main street crossing along with smaller feeder streets. you also have muni going down the center. that coupled with people

cheryl jennings reports on camp arroyo. >> i was bornositive and hope is good and i am hap in life. >> live longer and i get to have more friends. >> how do you like camp? >> iove it a lot. >> these young pele are thriving in spite of living with the aids virus. they are working with other children with aids and siblings at summer camp. she is a counselor and they ar counselors in training they are reuniting with two dynamic women from california that made great sacfices to make a safe place for children with aids. line taylor and her husband started the foundation with a modest event. >> wead a fund-raiser in our front yard i never thought we be here. >> jerry founded the camp with children with aids. it was a terrible time of fear and lack of awareness. >> parents are really frightened to let their children know they were positive or they themselves were pitive because they were afraid the children wouldn't be accepted into schoo >> the children enjoy a week of free summer camp. it was the dream of elaine taylor. she made out gos for special children wit aids. jerry brooks was provi

a new voting method is making it a boxing match between former state senator don perada and cheryl hahn. it's not working in perada's favor. >> the anybody but perada for mayor campaign hit the internet in may and put the political front runner on a political tight rope. >> the consequences of that are nothing we've ever seen before in california. >> the ballot shows perada the clear winner on election night, but further voting showed a different picture. it shows rebecca kaplan's votes going to quan, which means by and large, perada had very few second votes. >> it's very hard to see somebody down by nine percentage points to be able to jump in the lead. whether she holds it or not remains to be seen. >> quan ran a grassroots campaign, spending close to $350,000. >> i've seen this race as a very historic race for the city of oakland. the first potential woman mayor, the first asian american mayor. >> why do you think perada should be mayor? >> he has actual political experience. >> and that's one of the basis of his campaign. he put a lot of money into the campaign, some say three time

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let's begin with cheryl herd who is in oakland right now. >> reporter: city leaders are preparing for tomorrow's sentencing. if you move about the city of oakland, you'll see signs like this posted everywhere saying there's no parking. meanwhile today in the city of oakland, people are starting to board up their businesses. the wearhouse men's clothing store is all boarded up. that's because it's located near the epicenter of where the trouble started in the past. now, if you're wondering how people are feeling in the area, they're cautiously optimistic. people want to be prepared, including city leaders. >> we're preparing for worst case sean nairio to make sure if we do have crowds and people act orderly, we'll facilitate that. if they become dysfunctional or do illegal activity we'll move in quickly. >> we're not letting people out early. we're not anticipating any major disruption. if anything like that should occur, we're prepared for it. but we're hopeful that it won't. >> reporter: now, they've been saying this all day long that they don't want something like this to happen. pe

live in oakland, i'm cheryl hurd. >> thank you. we're going to bring you full coverage of the sentencing. coming up, legal analyst steven clark joins us with what the judge will have to consider tomorrow. we'll have live reports tonight at 11:00 from oakland and los angeles and you can get the latest on nbc bay area.com. >>> there were two developments in the case against phillip garrido after two delays in the trial. late this afternoon, a judge set a two-week long hearing for march for the man accused of kidnapping and raping jaycee dugard in 1991, when she was just 11 years old. the judge wants to give psychiatrists more time to evaluate garrido. >> i understand what the judge said about wanting more time. i think he's being careful. >> the issue i have with you people is you go hire a san francisco law firm to get my secrets out on the street and that's lousy. >> the earliest the ruling on the documents could come, that's next month. as for nancy garrido, he said he might seek a change of venue because of the client. >>> two me

cheryl? >> reporter: marie small is hoping protestors will appear at the courthouse in support of her son and nephew. they have been in jail for three years with no pre-trial hearing and no trial, only with an eyewitness's word that they committed the crime. >> 3.5 years taken out of marie small's life. since 2006, she's been on a crusade to save her son, dwayne ewing, from going to prison for a crime he did not do. ewing was arrested in 2006 on an unrelated charge. his mother said the charges were dropped. but in 2007, police matched ewing's dna, connecting it to a kidnap and rape case that happened in 1994 in the oakland hills. >> they said they had a cold case hit on -- they found the condom that had been at the site where he had been. >> reporter: small says, coincidentally, it was a location her son had gone to several times as a young man. >> he had went up to the hills as usual, taking his ladies, and he did leave a condom. >> that was early 1994. at the end of that same month, police

cheryl connora be c 2 news. >> we got to ir.find the pen t did this. baltimore city police asking for your help tonight. they are trying to search for this missing 8-year-old boy. let's put his picture on the screen. darrell brown. he was last seen yesterday afternoon in the 800 block myof west fayette. he was wearing a black skull cap gray t-shirt a gray and old navy hoodie and blue jeans. if you see darrell call 911 right away. >>> 6áo what happened going to the submarine races at the reservoir now police say they have this to deal with. somebody was shooting out windows at cars parked at the loch raven reservoir. with flying glass. another was sitting in a convertible hit in the leg. this happens 5:00 on warren 1wz road bridge in cockeysville. police told us they think the weapon was a pellet gun. >>> nobody was home and no idea on how this fire started at this bel-air townhome it broke out around 2:00 this afternoon. major oj]damage to the first a 2nd floor of the home and it did touch the neighbors. it took crews about 20 minutes to get this und

let's go to cheryl hurd is outside the home of the giants at at&t park where the party rocks on. what a scene there tonight, cheryl. >> well, the scene has been going on here for three hours s and it's sftill going on right now. the party is just getting started. it was pandemonium on the streets near at&t park, home of the world series champions. the beards were out, the championship hats and of course the fans. >> this is awesome! i love baseball! >> they're champs now. those misfits proved to the world that when it came to come together and play like a team and feed on that energy, it is possible. >> it's over with! go, giants. i love the giants! >> police were out in force, but inside the tavern, fans were moving. >> we're letting everybody know, san francisco is number one! >> let's go, giants! >> let's go, giants! >> what can i say, the party just getting started. back to you guys. >> what a party it is. >> and here we sit. >> we're going inside, folks. san francisco fans got here early to get a scene on the giant television. z >> there was a time the crowd got bigger rathe

. >> i just have to agree with cheryl, there are 2 programs one is focus on public safety issues. i would highly recommend that people tap into the safety organizationer in your neighborhood they have relationships with merchants and city departments and neighborhood groups a s ans ands they are a great resource for relationship building. the convener is based in every neighborhood and they will focused on youth and families. these 2 programs can help your organization alot in terms of relationship building and making connections. >> that alarm was our sound we have come to the end of our session. i just want to in a couple of closing remark stress that i think it's a belief of this whole neighborhood network all of us up here. i hope throughout the day it's driven home that it begins in the community. you can out reach to the organizations and city departments and get the support you need but it come back to the community. i really want you all to leave here today with the tools and strategies you need to go forth and do the right thing in your communities and build strength and

we have a worry for those who lace up, cheryl? >> reporter: and jamie. there is one striking similarity they were out walking or jogging alone. tonight i caught up with the president of the shrider on how to avoid being the next target. >> reporter: in a community on a well lit sidewalk a woman was taken to the ground by a man who sexually assaulted her t. happened on -- her. it happened on saturday evening. she fought back and fled. hers is one of six in the couldn't tphaoe do you feel like it can happen anywhere? >> yes. >> reporter: when it is dark outside they are walking buddies. >> the potential for, you know, people lurking down there. we think about that even though it is a safe neighborhood. >> reporter: the president of the howard county encouragees runners to not pass off their safety to a so-called safe neighborhood. going back to april three woman were touched inappropriately on pathways. in march, two similar incidents happened in columbia. woman walking or jogging alone around neighborhoods in the dark and at daylight had their sense of se

cheryl hurd is live in jack london square for us. cheryl. >> reporter: a whole team of democrats filled the stage from pamela harris who acted as moderator running f nin ning fo general in california. jerry brown has been talking to reporters over my shoulder. a number of people had a chance to speak. two main speakers here tonight, senator barbara boxer in fight for her life, and jerry brown, the democrat for governor. barbara was wearing her giants orange using the sports analogy to win votes. >> when i started out in politics, i was 6 feet tall, but those special interests having pounding on me and pounding on me. i want to tell you something, oakland. you're the key. you're the key to sending me back to fight for the middle class, to fight for jobs, to fight for these carpenters, to put them back to work. to stand up against the special interests, and here's what's really exciting, you know. the san francisco giants are on -- they're on track to beat the texas rangers. and we are on track to beat the texas polluters who backed my

cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >> thanks sherrill. speaking of school concerns last week we shared with you the proposed redistricting plan for harper county elementary schools. many parents aren't happy with the changes which would require some students to switch schools. one has taken her anger online. she formed a facebook group called stop fallston redistricting. it's got about 45 members right now. county school officials are planning a series of 7 public meetings where parents will be able to weigh in on the redistricting plan. they have also setup an email address where parents can send feedback and we have a link on our web site at abc2news.com. >>> well the maker of the controversial four loko drink is cutting caffeine from its product. according to msn bc the announcement comments after the alcoholic energy drink was to blame for a number of young adults passing out or ending up in the hospital. that led lawmakers to push for tougher regulations for these types of drinks. >>> well for the first time since the vietnam war a l

reporting life in oakland, i'm cheryl hurd, "nbc bay area news." >>> we will look for you, cheryl. thank you. the race to become california's next top law enforcer is a tight one. here's a look at -- i'm sorry. district attorney carmela harris casting her vote today. cease in a dead heat to become the next attorney general. her leading opponent is los angeles district attorney cooley. a field poll over the weekends shows cooley leading harris by one point, 39% to harris' 38% meaning it's a statistical dead heat. >>> this is an item giants fans get in the mail. >>> more on election day 2010. we'll go live to the bar where one bay area politician is hoping voters send him to san francisco. >>> and good evening. plenty of warming across the bay area today. temperatures about 10 degrees above average, 80 in san jose. san francisco at 75, oakland at 76. right now temperatures coming down, but some warm pockets in the east bay. tonight, clear and cool. we're going to have your ticker tape parade for giants happening tomorrow. we're also going to broadcast that live on lpe details'lhaveu

don't you remember that, cheryl? the united states obviously has a special role to play on the international stage, regardless of who is president. we are a very large, very wealthy, very powerful country. we have had outside influence over world affairs for a century now. and you are now seeing a situation in which a whole host of other countries are doing very well and coming into their own and naturally they are going to be more uher is tiff in terms of their interests and ideas, and that's a healthy thing. that's why we now have a g-20 because the old arrangements didn't fully reflect these new rethe yeahs. -- these new realities. but let's just reflect on this summit. the framework for balanced and sustainable growth is one that we helped to originate. the financial reforms and bozzle3 are based on ideas that came out of our work and reflect many of the principals in the development document set forward. it tracks the development ideas i put forward several weeks ago in terms of how how we can encourage not just

toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio habitat is an exhibition where you have invited, how many artists to think about the habitat? >> we put together a list of possible participants, local, national, or international, of people who are concerned with environmental concerns, made some sort of contribution to the landscape and conversation we're having here. we said that broke -- proposal requests and we received 25 back. from that 25, we went through and chose tend to realize in the landscape. >> including this building, which is an amazing example of recycling. >> we are proud of this space. it was designed by a local architecture team. we said, we need something that is a temporary structure, s