lloyd lacuesta is in san jose and tells us how all of the veterans who were in tonight shared one thing in common. >> i'm at the veterans veterans memorial where a number of events is planned for tomorrow. but there are some veterans who can not guilty march in our parade. >> these are the wounded warriors, some have lost wind, some have lost their sight. all sack fied for their country. >> 20 years later i've lost my left leg. >> what is next? this may says he's treated them to a dinner, a shaw juriture but appreciated by vietnam. >> we weren't the most welcomed people. i hope the heros over there fighting today are being welcomed back good. >> those younger veterans chose not to come tonight. the oldest veterans appreciate them. >> when you're in the hospital and you see some of these wonderful children from my rack and i ran after fan stan that had belows before the need. what do i have to complain about? >> a va therapist says not all of the wounds are visible. post-traumatic step. >> i think we can forget a cleaning that can be sadder -- >> -- sadler. >> some of them are giving it

lloyd lacuesta is in san jose and tells us how all of the veterans who were in tonight shared one thing in common. >> i'm at the veterans veterans memorial where a number of events is planned for tomorrow. but there are some veterans who can not guilty march in our parade. >> these are the wounded warriors, some have lost wind, some have lost their sight. all sack fied for their country. >> 20 years later i've lost my left leg. >> what is next? this may says he's treated them to a dinner, a shaw juriture but appreciated by vietnam. >> we weren't the most welcomed people. i hope the heros over there fighting today are being welcomed back good. >> those younger veterans chose not to come tonight. the oldest veterans appreciate them. >> when you're in the hospital and you see some of these wonderful children from my rack and i ran after fan stan that had belows before the need. what do i have to complain about? >> a va therapist says not all of the wounds are visible. post-traumatic step. >> i think we can forget a cleaning that can be sadder -- >> -- sadler. >> some of them are giving it

lloyd lacuesta, ktvu. >>> more details on amds cost cutting. investors seem to approve of the company's decision. the stock was up 27-cents or about 5%. in after hours trading it went up about a nickel. >>> a little bit of rain in and a major temperature drop. as much as 20-degree cooler today than yesterday. light scattered showers in the san jose area. widely scattered areas. santa cruz mountains about 2/ .02. tonight it's starting to clear out. then we get into the north bay valleys and we're going to see lows down easily into the mid- 30s, maybe cooler, everyone some frost. napa 47 degrees. it's going to be a cold night, when we come back i'm going to show you how cold it'll be in your neighborhood. i'll see you back here. >>> it's snowing right now in the sierra. how much has accumulated and how low the snow goes. >>> a reckless and selfish doctor or did michael jackson kill himself. >>> the occupy oakland protest has people getting gas masks. @ >>> new at 10:00, oakland police used tear gas on protesters for the second time. a lot of prot

lloyd lacuesta tells it's a sign that the project could be derailed. >> reporter: if high speed trains from san francisco to los angeles become reality, it might have to expand. three years ago californians voted $9 billion in bonds for high speed trains. but the estimated cost of $45 billion has now ballooned to nearly $100 billion and a projected completion date of 2034. >> as much as i would like to have a high speed rail line, never been convinced that it makes financial sense. >> if it means high speed rail over education, i pick education over the rail. >> reporter: the feds have given california nearly $4 billion so far to build the system and today's cuts will not affect next year's plans construction. but it is a preview of what lies ahead. >> this is just one more indication of how unrealistic high speed rail authority plans are. >> what congress did today creates even more uncertainties about future federal funding. >> it's definitely a sign. but unfortunately california is going to have to decide before they get any more signs about whether there's going to be a commitment.

live at stanford, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it's going to be a good one. >>> crews on alcatraz island will start tackling a major project next week. you may see the island's water tower covered with a huge tarp. that water tower will undergo millions of the dollars of repairs. crews will also have the challenge of preserving it's history. the tower is covered with native american graffiti. >>> ktvu's robert handa tell us why some people are calling his efforts political grand standing. >> reporter: dave cortezi showed up unannounced today at my pueblo foods. cortezi says he came to talk to employees about working conditions. >> there's been allegations going on for about a year that there are working condition abuses going on at the mi pueblo stores. >> reporter: the complaint became official when workers staged a hunger strike for the firing of four workers. today mi pueblo reiterated the lay off was clearly a economic condition. cortezi says he came unannounced because mi pueblo distributed letters at his church for people to come in and talk to the workers. but afte

lloyd lacuesta tells us he is going public with his story for protection. >> reporter: he told a mechanic the windows didn't go down fully, the mechanic took it apart and they found something shocking. pure high grade cocaine. >> the entire panel was all taped up on the inside. so there were 7kilos on each door. >> neatly stacked. >> oh yeah. >> when he first pulled it off it did looked like insulation. >> reporter: but it wasn't insulation. they called police and this is a picture of the cocaine stacked inside of the van. worth more than $1 million. >> reporter: it was pretty much shock. there wasn't much of a reaction accept that i thought something bad was going to happen. >> reporter: preston bought this van used from a preston car lot. he was told it had been a rental before. he drove it almost 6,000 miles. >> police told me how lucky i was that i hasn't been stopped because i would have been put in jail for a long time. i said well it's not mine, and they said well we hear that all the time. >> reporter: besides that preston realizes that the people that own the drugs could have com

lloyd lacuesta, ktvu. >>> more details on amds cost cutting. investors seem to approve of the company's decision. the stock was up 27-cents or about 5%. in after hours trading it went up about a nickel. >>> a little bit of rain in and a major temperature drop. as much as 20-degree cooler today than yesterday. light scattered showers in the san jose area. widely scattered areas. santa cruz mountains about 2/ .02. tonight it's starting to clear out. then we get into the north bay valleys and we're going to see lows down easily into the mid- 30s, maybe cooler, everyone some frost. napa 47 degrees. it's going to be a cold night, when we come back i'm going to show you how cold it'll be in your neighborhood. i'll see you back here. >>> it's snowing right now in the sierra. how much has accumulated and how low the snow goes. >>> a reckless and selfish >>> new at 10:00, oakland police used tear gas on protesters for the second time. a lot of protester are now heading to army surplus stores. >> reporter: we talked to the owners of this army surplus sto

lloyd lacuesta. >>> a major traffic alert for anyone who uses highway 13 in the east bay hills. all of highway 13 is being closed from highway 24 to interstate 580. workers are removing over head illuminated signs and installing new ones. the job is set to begin at 10:00 and last until 6:00 tomorrow morning. drivers will need to use 580 or find some other alternate route. >>> we have some developing news to tell you about tonight. strong winds are fueling grass fires in the north bay and east bay and all of this with a red flag warning in effect. crews with the san ramon fire department were on the scene right now of a grass fire near black hawk. we have been told the location is lawrence road near camino. the fire started about 8:00 tonight, no structures are threatened. >>> in napa a larger fire is burning. the napa sheriff is evacuating people in the immediate vicinity and calfire tells us that structures are threatened. right now there's only grass that is burning. ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin join us now in the weather center to tell us what the conditions are, bill

lloyd lacuesta. >>> a major traffic alert for anyone who uses highway 13 in the east bay hills. all of highway 13 is being closed from highway 24 to interstate 580. workers are removing over head illuminated signs and installing new ones. the job is set to begin at 10:00 and last until 6:00 tomorrow morning. drivers will need to use 580 or find some other alternate route. >>> we have some developing news to tell you about tonight. strong winds are fueling grass fires in the north bay and east bay and all of this with a red flag warning in effect. crews with the san ramon fire department were on the scene right now of a grass fire near black hawk. we have been told the location is lawrence road near camino. the fire started about 8:00 tonight, no structures are threatened. >>> in napa a larger fire is burning. the napa sheriff is evacuating people in the immediate vicinity and calfire tells us that structures are threatened. right now there's only grass that is burning. ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin join us now in the weather center to tell us what the conditions are, bill

live at stanford, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it's going to be a good one. >>> crews on alcatraz island will start tackling a major project next week. you may see the island's water tower covered with a huge tarp. that water tower will undergo millions of the dollars of repairs. crews will also have the challenge of preserving it's history. the tower is covered with native american graffiti. >>> ktvu's robert handa tell us why some people are calling his efforts political grand standing. >> reporter: dave cortezi showed up unannounced today at my pueblo foods. cortezi says he came to talk to employees about working conditions. >> there's been allegations going on for about a year that there are working condition abuses going on at the mi pueblo stores. >> reporter: the complaint became official when workers staged a hunger strike for the firing of four workers. today mi pueblo reiterated the lay off was clearly a economic unannounced because mi pueblo distributed letters at his church for people to come in and talk to the workers. but after speaking to several workers, c

lloyd lacuesta is live now at the national guard armory in sunny vale where many homeless are taking advantage of a warm bed. >> reporter: i've been told there are 89 men and women bedding. there's room for 129 beds and cots. it's not much but it's a warm refuge. among those that came in from the cold, emily patty who for the first time in her life found her in a shelter. >> where have you been staying? >> under the trees in the park. i ended up in the hospital three times already. >> reporter: officials say these are the chronically homeless. don galvin says this is his second year. >> i like it. it's very clean. people are nice. >> reporter: the care includes medical care. there are more than 7,000 homeless in santa clara county on any given night. that's more than san francisco. but here they are not as visible. >> people are living in encampments, in their cars. they are folks you may be working with every day who may be living in their car and you wouldn't even know they were homeless. >> reporter: this woman sought shelter here, she now has a place to stay and works in the shel

lloyd lacuesta is live now in santa clara and tell us there are still hurdles ahead for the nearly $1 million project, lloyd. >> julie the 49ers football team has lost only one game this season. but the record is even better here at santa clara city hall. no losses at all. >> and that passes unanimously, thank you counselors. >>> with little debate and no public comment, the santa clara city council tonight approved $10 million to prepare for the building of an nfl football stadium. >> well with a coin flip we got the ball and we're running with it. >> it goes to the ready vote for the great america amusement park for the construction of a 65,000 seat football stadium. >> and if the stadium project department go forward, we would still have the benefit of having a site now ready for some other development. >> reporter: the city is averting $4 million of redevelopment money and borrowing 6 million from the 49ers to fund the prep work. >> we're 100% committed to having the stadium at santa clara and we believe that the city has responded as well. >> reporter: this is all work that the v

lloyd lacuesta tells it's a sign that the project could be derailed. >> reporter: if high speed trains from san francisco to los angeles become reality, it might have to expand. three years ago californians voted $9 billion in bonds for high speed trains. but the estimated cost of $45 billion has now ballooned to nearly $100 billion and a projected completion date of 2034. >> as much as i would like to have a high speed rail line, never been convinced that it makes financial sense. >> if it means high speed rail over education, i pick education over the rail. >> reporter: the feds have given california nearly $4 billion so far to build the system and today's cuts will not affect next year's plans construction. but it is a preview of what lies ahead. >> this is just one more indication of how unrealistic high speed rail authority plans are. >> what congress did today creates even more uncertainties about future federal funding. >> it's definitely a sign. but unfortunately california is going to have to decide before they get any more signs about whether there's going to be a commitment.

lloyd lacuesta is live now at the national guard armory in sunny vale where many homeless are taking advantage of a warm bed. >> reporter: i've been told there are 89 men and women bedding. there's room for 129 beds and cots. it's not much but it's a warm refuge. among those that came in from the cold, emily patty who for the first time in her life found her in a shelter. >> where have you been staying? >> under the trees in the park. i ended up in the hospital three times already. >> reporter: officials say these are the chronically homeless. don galvin says this is his second year. >> i like it. it's very clean. people are nice. >> reporter: the care includes medical care. there are more than 7,000 homeless in santa clara county on any given night. that's more than san francisco. but here they are not as visible. >> people are living in encampments, in their cars. they are folks you may be working with every day who may be living in their car and you wouldn't even know they were homeless. >> reporter: this woman sought shelter here, she now has a place to stay and works in the shel

lloyd lacuesta tells us he is going public with his story for protection. >> reporter: he told a mechanic the windows didn't go down fully, the mechanic took it apart and they found something shocking. pure high grade cocaine. >> the entire panel was all taped up on the inside. so there were 7kilos on each door. >> neatly stacked. >> oh yeah. >> when he first pulled it off it did looked like insulation. >> reporter: but it wasn't insulation. they called police and this is a picture of the cocaine stacked inside of the van. worth more than $1 million. >> reporter: it was pretty much shock. there wasn't much of a reaction accept that i thought something bad was going to happen. >> reporter: preston bought this van used from a preston car lot. he was told it had been a rental before. he drove it almost 6,000 miles. >> police told me how lucky i was that i hasn't been stopped because i would have been put in jail for a long time. i said well it's not mine, and they said well we hear that all the time. >> reporter: besides that preston realizes that the people that own the drugs could have com

lloyd lacuesta is live now in santa clara and tell us there are still hurdles ahead for the nearly $1 million project, lloyd. >> julie the 49ers football team has lost only one game this season. but the record is even better here at santa clara city hall. no losses at all. >> and that passes unanimously, thank you counselors. >>> with little debate and no public comment, the santa clara city council tonight approved $10 million to prepare for the building of an nfl football stadium. >> well with a coin flip we got the ball and we're running with it. >> it goes to the ready vote for the great america amusement park for the construction of a 65,000 seat football stadium. >> and if the stadium project department go forward, we would still have the benefit of having a site now ready for some other development. >> reporter: the city is averting $4 million of redevelopment money and borrowing 6 million from the 49ers to fund the prep work. >> we're 100% committed to having the stadium at santa clara and we believe that the city has responded as well. >> reporter: this is all work that the v

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is at the national airport with what the filing could mean for passengers, lloyd. >> reporter: julie 10 years ago this was a hub airport for american airlines but now the dallas based carrier has only 10 flights a day here and some passengers are wondering what the filing for bankruptcy will mean next. >> reporter: one arriving passenger from new york was unaware of today's bankruptcy filing. >> i thought they were doing well. so this is actually a surprise. i just came from american. everything seemed fine. they mentioned nothing. it was a good flight. >> reporter: american airlines says it plans to operate normally while in bankruptcy. the company says high labor costs, high fuel prices and a reduced demand for travel forced a chapter 11 filing. >> circumstances have changed and it's time for us to move the company forward. and that's what we're going to do. >>> by filing for bankruptcy american hopes to shed expensive labor contracts and pending organization -z. >> it's very difficult to lower your airline outside the bankruptcy court. >> reporter: the speclati

in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> as lloyd just mentioned we would love for you to participate in our one warm coat drive. you can find the location near you by going to our website ktvu.com and click on the link right there in the home page. >>> a new lottery system for burning man tickets will debut this monday. the counter culture registration will begin on monday for the first round of 3,000 tickets. those who are picked from a random drawing will be notified no later than december 14th. the bulk of the tickets will be sold in a second lottery in january and there will also be a final round of ticket sales in march on a first come first serve basis. >>> the rain clouds have moved out of bay area but still quit a bit of moisture left. fog will be our concern. right now the maps on live storm tracker 2. you can see the sweeps moving back into the picture. we do have a dry weather pattern out there. as far as the current numbers you can see the chilly numbers up in the north bay. napa 33 degrees. our most recent observation santa ro sta has visitables come -- santa

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is at the national airport with what the filing could mean for passengers, lloyd. >> reporter: julie 10 years ago this was a hub airport for american airlines but now the dallas based carrier has only 10 flights a day here and some passengers are wondering what the filing for bankruptcy will mean next. >> reporter: one arriving passenger from new york was unaware of today's bankruptcy filing. >> i thought they were doing well. so this is actually a surprise. i just came from american. everything seemed fine. they mentioned nothing. it was a good flight. >> reporter: american airlines says it plans to operate normally while in bankruptcy. the company says high labor costs, high fuel prices and a reduced demand for travel forced a chapter 11 filing. >> circumstances have changed and it's time for us to move the company forward. and that's what we're going to do. >>> by filing for bankruptcy american hopes to shed expensive labor contracts and pending organization -z. >> it's very difficult to lower your airline outside the bankruptcy court. >> reporter: the speclati

in san jose, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> as lloyd just mentioned we would love for you to participate in our one warm coat drive. you can find the location near you by going to our website ktvu.com and click on the link right there in the home page. >>> a new lottery system for burning man tickets will debut this monday. the counter culture registration will begin on monday for the first round of 3,000 tickets. those who are picked from a random drawing will be notified no later than december 14th. the bulk of the tickets will be sold in a second lottery in january and there will also be a final round of ticket sales in march on a first come first serve basis. >>> the rain clouds have moved out of bay area but still quit a bit of moisture left. fog will be our concern. right now the maps on live storm tracker 2. you can see the sweeps moving back into the picture. we do have a dry weather pattern out there. as far as the current numbers you can see the chilly numbers up in the north bay. napa 33 degrees. our most recent observation santa ro sta has visitables come -- santa

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live along 280 tonight and tells us it's all part of an effort to save both humans and animals. lloyd. >> reporter: frank interstate 280 between san jose and san francisco is a high speed freeway. there is also deer habitat returning alongside both sides of the highway and that is causing danger. this is you tube video of a car hitting a deer, a state fish and game biologists we talked to on the phone said the saying is true. deers do freeze when caught in the head lights. >> it's uncomfortable, they will stand there and figure out what's going on. >> reporter: in september a deer caused a fatal accident on highway 280 near alpine road. a 27-year-old man hit a deer. the driver stopped and his car was hit from behind by another car killing him. this man says he hit a deer once -- >> it's mostly just scary. because they're not there then all of a sudden they are. >> reporter: in an effort to find where they are, caltrans, uc davis and fish and game are going to tag 15 deer with radio equipped collars and track them by satellite. >> we're going to try to figure

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live along 280 tonight and tells us it's all part of an effort to save both humans and animals. lloyd. >> reporter: frank interstate 280 between san jose and san francisco is a high speed freeway. there is also deer habitat returning alongside both sides of the highway and that is causing danger. this is you tube video of a car hitting a deer, a state fish and game biologists we talked to on the phone said the saying is true. deers do freeze when caught in the head lights. >> it's uncomfortable, they will stand there and figure out what's going on. >> reporter: in september a deer caused a fatal accident on highway 280 near alpine road. a 27-year-old man hit a deer. the driver stopped and his car was hit from behind by another car killing him. this man says he hit a deer once -- >> it's mostly just scary. because they're not there then all of a sudden they are. >> reporter: in an effort to find where they are, caltrans, uc davis and fish and game are going to tag 15 deer with radio equipped collars and track them by satellite. >> we're going to try to figure

a lot of ktvu personalities including mark ibanez, pam cook, heather holmes, lloyd lacuesta and myself will be out there collecting coats. >>> and why this is the last thanksgiving dinner for some troops serving overseas. >>> and we're going to look at the rest of your weekend weather forecast. >>> must is gumby going to the pokey. what happened in this bizarre robbery in southern california. one more gift... [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] if you're giving an amazing gift, shouldn't it be given in an amazing way? ♪ ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lease offers on the 2012 es 350 and, as a gift from lexus, we'll make your first month's payment. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green giant, we pick vegetables only when they're perfect. then freeze them fast so they're are as nutritious as fresh. [ green giant ] ho ho ho. ♪ green giant fantastic! pro-gresso ] they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit.

live in livermore, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> traffic is moving freely on bay area freeways, following one of the busiest travel days of the year. here's what it looked like at about 7:30 tonight on interstate 80 in berkely. traffic was heavy, and moving slowly in both directions. ♪ [ music ] >>> fortunately for many throughout the bay area, getting away on this wednesday, the rain held off, showers now showing up in the santa rosa area. showers moving in off the pacific from ukiah south towards san rafael. a live sweep up near the port reyes area. this is realtime data, both radar, the rain, and the wind data. what we'll do, is come right off here near bodega bay. i've got winds gusting to 30. the winds are going to pick up as well. and the rain will pick up. this front is slowly going to slide across the bay. we'll see rain picking up in the late hours tonight into the early morning hours tomorrow, and part of the day on your thanksgiving day. when i come back, we're going to look at the computer model and roll it through here tomorrow, so you get a good idea when the sh

live in livermore, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> traffic is moving freely on bay area freeways, following one of the busiest travel days of the year. here's what it looked like at about 7:30 tonight on interstate 80 in berkely. traffic was heavy, and moving slowly in both directions. ♪ [ music ] >>> fortunately for many throughout the bay area, getting away on this wednesday, the rain held off, showers now showing up in the santa rosa area. ñ.of showers moving in off the pacific from ukiah south towards san rafael. a live sweep up near the port reyes area. this is realtime data, both radar, the rain, and the wind data. what we'll do, is come right off here near bodega bay. i've got winds gusting to 30. the winds are going to pick up as well. and the rain will pick up. this front is slowly going to slide across the bay. we'll see rain picking up in the late hours tonight into the early morning hours tomorrow, and part of the day on your thanksgiving day. when i come back, we're going to look at the computer model and roll it through here tomorrow, so you get a good idea when

a lot of ktvu personalities including mark ibanez, pam cook, heather holmes, lloyd lacuesta and myself will be out there collecting coats. >>> and why this is the last thanksgiving dinner for some troops serving overseas. >>> and we're going to look at the rest of your weekend weather forecast. keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. because it is. >> how are you, happy thanks kpwáeufing. -- thanksgiving. thank you very much, god bless you. >>> this morning, the president took to the phone lines and called 10 military members deployed overseas. mr.obama wished them a happy thanksgiving and thanked them for their service. >>> this is the last thanksgiving that troops will spend over seas. in baghdad they enjoyed a traditional turkey dinners. u.s. forces are to be out of the country until the end of the year. >> it's pretty much a regular day for us. you have to stay vigilant. >> today the soldiers had a turkey dinn

live in marina, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> friends of a daily city man are fighting tonight to try and prevent him from being deported on saturday. jose lagrojo has spent his entire adult life in the u.s. the 31-year-old came from the philippines with his family 16 years ago requesting political asylum. immigration officials have denied his long sought asylum request. >> the hardest part i think is you know not having to get a good night sleep, every night. and thinking about you know what will be my future if i have to go. >> reporter: lebrojo says his company is sponsoring him to be a legal resident and that his wife is in the united states on a work visa. his friends plan to hold a candlelight vigil in front of the mayor's office asking her to help. >>>-- talk show host ellen degenerer is the new envoy to help. >>> a cold night tonight in many bay area locations and some rain in the bay area forecast. take a look at what we're talking about. we have a weather system out in the pacific, it has some juice if you will. it's going to to get here thursday night late early frid

live in marina, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> friends of a daily city man are fighting tonight to try and prevent him from being deported on saturday. jose lagrojo has spent his entire adult life in the u.s. the 31-year-old came from the philippines with his family 16 years ago requesting political asylum. immigration officials have denied his long sought asylum request. >> the hardest part i think is you know not having to get a good night sleep, every night. and thinking about you know what will be my future if i have to go. >> reporter: lebrojo says his company is sponsoring him to be a legal resident and that his wife is in the united states on a work visa. his friends plan to hold a candlelight vigil in front of the mayor's office asking her to help. >>>-- talk show host ellen degenerer is the new envoy to help. >>> a cold night tonight in many bay area locations and some rain in the bay area forecast. take a look at what we're talking about. we have a weather system out in the pacific, it has some juice if you will. it's going to to get here thursday night late early frid