he has worked at churches and in eureka and sacramento. irish authorities say that he committed indecent assault on six boys aged 11 to 14. >> that surprised me. he does not seem to be that kind of person. he seemed to be pretty much to himself. he has a lien friend. >> he's been held at the jail and his lawyer would try to get him released on bill. >>> now to a related story on the fate of the same set x marriage. the u.s. district judge announced that he will leave nearby -- will reveal by noon tomorrow whether same-sex marriages can succeed. whatever happens tomorrow, prop 8 supporters -- i'm sorry, the proposition that and same-sex marriage say they will pursue that appeal possibly all the way to the u.s. supreme court. >>> san francisco parking meters will remain free on sundays. officials with the transportation agency are dropping plans that would require drivers to feed the meter on sundays. state sunday parking meters could have raised $8.8 million a year but opposition from major new some and business owners say that is a bad ide

it's about a 25-acre lease that we have through sacramento county. so, i say we take a stroll on down to the field and see if we can get our hands dirty and see what's growing. [indistinct chattering] >> so, does anybody know... what is growing right here? does anybody know what this is? >> a beet. >> it's a beet. indeed, it is. it's actually chard. so, chard is one of those greens that we can plant this crop in the fall, get a harvest all through the winter and into the spring before it'll go up and flower and we'll have to replant. >> i like just the who concept of being able to create something and then to know that my energy, that the energy that i'm putting to my work is gonna improve somebody's life. >> soil born farms is a nonprofit organization. for the last 3 years, staff have been farming these 25 acres within the american river parkway. this land actually dates back to the 1800s and originally belonged to william leidesdorff, america's first african-american millionaire. >> yeah. he owned it for about 10 years and actually did some product

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they are behind bars now in sacramento. investigators expect to make more arrest they say in the near future. >>> an amber alert in alameda county ended with a young girl found safe and her father under arrest. police found leon sanders in san pablo this afternoon. they say he abducted his 2-year- old daughter near oakland. police issued an alert this afternoon. they found the suspect and the car without the occupants. police found them around 4:30. >>> he was an anticrime activist who was shot to death while walking to his car at a local shopping center. his murder remains unsolved tonight, but as len ramirez shows us, he might have done something before his death that could solve the murder mystery. >> david is a product of east palo alto. >> reporter: two years before he was murdered, east palo alto activist david lewis spoke out on a local cable channel urging his neighbors to put an end to the code of silence to help police solve crime in their community. >> i look at our young people, in this life, in their organizati

we'll have the story next. >>> president said a sacramento suburb couldn't -- residents in a sacramento suburb couldn't believe their eyes when they saw zebras running. one was taken out of a swimming pool, the other was hit by a car during the escapade but was not seriously injure. both zebras are now safe tonight on a ranch. >>> from black and white to red and gold. some personnel changes to the niners. >> some additions and subtstractions. bryan westbrook spent his first eight seasons with philadelphia, this guy was one of the most versatile play -rs in the nfl. bryan turns 21 last month he plays just eight games last season because of concussion related injuries. if he's healthy, bryan westbrook can be a great back up. >> i think in this point of my career the wise thing to do is that has a guy that can share the role. i've completely carried the load for a long time in philly. i think at this point in my career, it's the best thing for me to go to a place that definitely has a winning tradition but also has a guy that can share the load as well. >> giants are off today and play in

>> i came from sacramento. actually, part of sacramento. we have a strong and salsa-type music following. so a lot of us came down here in san francisco to joey's specifically on sunday's. so i know as far as all my companions from sacramento that we really enjoy jelly's. and we'll certainly regret it. all of us have felt safe at joey's, it advocated a clean, healthy, fun environment. i'm not aware of the details. i don't believe this is something that was due to joey's and their way of operation. i'd like to express my support for continuation of joey's. thank you. >> for public comment -- >> good morning. i'd like to speak about the waterfront land use plant study. >> this is situation is intolerable. to break up a club and put up a tower, which is against the waterfront plan use specifications that they should connect the land to the bay is crazy. they speak out of two sides of their mouth. that's called corruption. this is not about money and greed. hundreds of car garages is wrong. it's an already difficult situation we have now, so ho

fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> good morning to you. welcome back. after almost three weeks on the run, two of america's most wanted fugitives are now in police custody in arizona. investigators tracked prison escapee john and his fiance to a campground near the new mexico border. after track license plates on the car, they found out it had been stolen in new mexico. the man told police he should have gone into his don't get his gun. he said he would have killed the forest ranger. >>> fran police are trying to figure out who made a crank 911 call yet that led to some tense moments at the famed tattage grill. police received a call a that a man was on the restaurant's roof shooting at people below officer quickly swarmed the restaurant. >> they started walking down california. there were several officers, all guns drawn. they pointed at me and said i needed to get out of here. i booked it down the street. >> police determined the call was a hoax. >>> the number of crimes committed at san fra

fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. injured.. after a truck plowed into a crowd at an off-road race in the mojave desert. edward >>> eight people are dead and 12 injured after a truck plowed into a crowd in a race. edward lawrence has reaction from witnesses and friends of the victims. >> reporter: just 12 minutes into the race the fans had no time to react. the crash was caught on video. a cloud of dust and the car lost control and rolled into the crowd lining the track. six people died instantly. there was choose in the moments after. >> on the ground unconscious. >> reporter: others could not see the extent of the damage. >> i was behind what happened and we just go slow through the area. it is a race and people want to win. >> joe sat as a navigator and they noticed part of the track, it is notorious for lunching them into the air. it is narrow. they get in tighter and it was just like a matter of time. >> and his girlfriend rushed from the start line when she heard. >> there were people everywhere. it was bad. >> r

some years later, we passed legislation in sacramento identify critical infrastructure projects which warranted some priority treatment. and there again you had this project. more recently, when the federal stimulus bill about building, we start looking with a regional partners and the federal government. again, this project was at the top of the list. so there is no question it is not just a milestone of this, but it is the entire phase one and phase two side of the safety work and the rest that we need to see through. thank you to everyone here today. we will continue to work together to get not only this part of the project done, but the entire project done, on time, and under budget. thank you for being here. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary. i just cannot imagine the federal highway administrator going back to washington to be asked how the event was and only remember him sitting next to me shivering. that does that bode well for us. we need to do better in the future. mr. administrator, we will that sure that we have better weather the next time you come out in the summer.

they have become the convenient excuse for a lack of leadership by our elected officials in sacramento and elected officials across the country. i was just putting together the math, as an aside. i just think it is interesting. i was putting it together in my mind is of is driving over here. you would think with all the discussion about pensions that we could solve all the world's problems if we could just solve the pension problem. i did the mathematics in terms of the $19.1 billion problem in the state of california. if you take every dollar that the state contributes to its pension, general fund dollars, if you assume you did not have to write a check to solve any of the pension, just off the books, if you would think that would solve half of the budget deficit based on the rhetoric in sacramento. some would say it would solve all that. it would solve barely 10% of the state budget crisis. that is suggested of the hyperbole around this issue. when folks talk about the bloated bureaucracy and government and nhow it has grown out of proportion because of pensions, they should take tim

. >> and in sacramento, time is rung out. the pressure is really on now for a piece of legislation that would protect homeowners from foreclosure, some believe it is a critical step. and as abc 7's nannette miranda reports, critics say this is a mistake. >> this is like a no brainer, ban lender prz from foreclosing if boworrers under the process of applying for a loan modification arks louing homeowners to sue lenders if they took the property anyway. >> working overtime. they've got deep pockets. >> the lending industry is out making sure the bill gets killed. the center for responsible lending counted 20 lobbyist as plying pressure to lawmaker weerz trying to protect those foreclosures which can be avoided. >> the assembly is the final hurdle and lawmakers rejected it this way. they insist their no vote wasn't influenced by lobbyists. they didn't think the bill was needed since it prevents foreclo shurs. assembly woman diane heartford have former banker. >> if we don't allow the market to achieve a level where it's at the b

fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> wi-fi and coffee shops. recently, they have become as synonymous as, well, coffee in coffee shops. but the happy couple is starting to come apart. the reason why from nbc's kris clackum. >> it was the nation's coffee shops that free wi-fi had its origins. but at some, complaints are mounting over wi-fi free letters or cyber squatters, as they're called. >> we started getting sort of complaints about people coming in and a line forming. >> reporter: a line forming, because tables meant for four were being taken up by a single person and their laptop, taking advantage of the free wi-fi. so now, especially at shops and cafes where food and coffee is offered, the owners are cutting off the wi-fi, completely. others are just cutting back, like this cafe in the l.a. suburb of brentwood, pulling the plug on wi-fi, at least during lunch hours, so it can tater to a crowd spending money on more than just a cup of coffee. >> we think we found a nice middle ground, get them in, fed during our

in the redding, sacramento area, temperatures this weekend will be in the upper 80s, low 90s. that's still hot but for us we get the big cool down. temperatures tomorrow about the same as today, maybe a teeny bit cooler. then they trend down further as we head into the weekend. we'll see upper 70s in the warmest spots. a nice day, we've lost the spare the air day, we've lost the big fire. and we had the heat advisory, that was up for a couple of days. that's gone, temperatures trend down and we get a cooler weather pattern. drizzle possible, the system is powerful enough that it could produce drizzle along the coast. what do you do? >> what a difference a day makes. >> what a difference a couple of days make, for sure. >>> a sunnyvale company makes solar sales, it uses new technology known as figs to make solar panels. hq solar reduces the cost of producing solar panels and helps cement california's role as a green innovator. >>> san francisco is penalizing the maker of mafia wars $100,000 for a recent publicity stunt. it included 100-dollar bills glued to sidewalks to promote

sacramento taxpayers are outraged. $150 to change a light bull be? >> crazy. >> that's totally ridiculous. i mean, for a $2 light bulb. >> reporter: angry over what appears to be excessive maintenance costs at california courthouses. >> furloughs and everything else, to me it's a waste of money. >> reporter: it's actually more than $150 per light bulb. invoices show that 58 lights were replaced at the cost of $14,000. that's an average of about 240 bucks a bulb. >> it feels a little bit like the pentagon and $10,000 toilets. we have to be doing better. >> reporter: here in sacramento, another questionable cost. removing gum from the entrance of the county courthouse for $8,000. >> this is just gone way out of control. >> we are sort of a customer here. >> reporter: executive officer dennis jones insists it's not his fault. >> when we have a problem, we will call them. >> reporter: he points to the administrative offices of the courts, the department which oversees maintenance for all of the state courthouses. in a hearing with lawmakers, an admission

police tracked him to a house in sacramento where he had friends. brown is expected to be booked sometime tonight. >>> also new tonight, a lawsuit has been filed in connection with the february plane crash that killed three tes luemployee. the parents of one of the men on board is suing the pilot who also died in the crash. the suit alleges negligence on the part of the pilot for taking off even though heavy fog created dangerous conditions. the parents are seeking unspecified damages from douglas born, and the company he ran. the plane -- struck powerlines before crashing into an neighborhood. no one on the ground was hurt. >>> also, tonight, we now know more about the sexual harassment claims that forced hewlett-packard c.e.o. to resign. the associated press is reporting his accuse claimed her work dried up because she rejected his advancement. heard denies making such advances. he helped organize networking events. hp determined he did not violate their policies. >>> across the bay, treasure island is now officially a part of san francisco. today

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sacramento judges want to dump it. >> in sacramento it hasn't worked. it's been woe fully misbegotten. >> this particular system is just run amuck. there is no price controls. it's a blank check to the developer. >> aoc official said judges and leadership positions, and though there is problems. >> and they're entitled to express it this assemblyman sits on the kpee. >> it's just seems outrageous to take a system initially talked about $250 million is now $1.3 million. you can't just fray the costs. >> the committee took up another issue. maintaining state court houses and facilities. on the minldz of a legislators were expenses like ones this assembly member, audra strickland brought up. >> there are charges here for emptying trash cans, and $175 for cleaning an ash tray. >> there is a well-publicized $8,000 to remove gum from the entrance to the sacramento court house. >> $8,000 to for gum removeal. just a space, it was around the whole court house, just this hearing room he said waits more than just removing gum. >> not just gum on sidewalks. that so

in fact, smnud is actually the administrative body that sacramento county is using, and they were able to put all -- some of their own money together, so the federal government said, ok, you can go ahead and use some of the -- the sacramento municipal utilities district, and that is a publicly owned utility. so if we had community choice aggregation, we might be able to do this for some of this, but they are affecting the natural- gas side, not the electric side, but in the nsmud side, they do not have a lot of certain times. this gave them the opportunity to combine funding that we do not have, so it was not an argument i could make. they also described helping commercial buildings. we're staying focused on residential. this program, while we might direct these in lower-income neighborhoods or median incomes, there was no particular help, per se. we're going to be utilizing our block grant money for that purpose, and we will be able to utilize some of our state energy program money, 875,000, of which half of $1 willie is for incentives, so we will direct quite a bit 2 homeowners below

fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> california is one step closer to banning fees on debit card purchases. they passed a bill is that would prevent them from charging customers to use debit cards, from 40 cents to a dollar. they are most often found at gas stations and convenience stores. the measure now goes to governor schwarzenegger. >>> employees at bev mow say shorter hours and slashed benefits are pretty tough to swallow in this tough economy. the workers say they are ready to fight back but sherry hu says the company claims it's getting a bad rap. >>> reporter: some workers with the popular superstore wine retailer aren't content. they still have jobs at bevmo but 45-year-old katherine cordero says she has been cut from full time to part time with no more health benefits. >> it's a struggle. how can someone live off 20 hours? my home is in foreclosure. it's been really hard. >> last night we know that management held a meeting. and in that meeting, they said that this was just something

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a lot of stuff just came up one degree. 53 sacramento. they'll be warmer today but they were only 78 yesterday. 50s and 60s up and down the coast. a lot of the numbers coming in from july, some of the coolest readings for la, long beach, santa maria. it's been cool all over the coast. blame or thank that low. a little warmer. sooner burn off on the fog this morning in inland areas. 50s-60s closer to the coast. and around the bay, fog bank keeps things cool. >> thank you. >>> it is 8:12. just hours ago, the u.s. government released another disappointing economic report. we'll see how the nation's money troubles are taking a toll on the president's approval rating. >>> also there's a plan to settle the budget in sacramento. we'll tell you who wins and who loses. >>> also a new report is shedding new light on the angry flight attendant who became an overnight star. >>> it is 8:15. the labor department released back economic news this morning. new applications for insurance went up to their highest level in almost six months. firsttime claims

. >> sacramento is known for many things--a rich culinary scene, unique scenery, and a wealth of history. but just a stone's throw away from california's capitol city, you will find all of those adjectives describe another central valley city-- the agricultural oasis known as courtland. here along the delta, farming once thrived as 49ers came searching for riches during the gold rush. and now it's up to people like tim neuharth to keep that history alive by farming the land that has given him and his family so much. >> so the family's been here since 1848 here on the delta. came out here for the gold rush and found gold elsewhere. found out that there was a market for fruit to feed everybody, and grain and all of that. cherries were a big thing here at one time, asparagus was a big thing here at one time. but now it's involved. pears are still a major pear growing region here in the delta. >> tim, along with his wife and 2 sons and 81-year-old mother all care for the most recognizable crop along the delta these days--pears. he has around 50 acres of them, growing mainly bartletts and wha

fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> one person is dead after a jet liner carrying 131 people crash and had broke into pieces on a caribbean island. eight u.s. citizens were on the plane when it went down. the cause of the crash is still unknown but investigators aring look into reports the plane was hit by lightning. it happened this morning as the boeing 737 was landing. that resort island is part of columbia. >>> later today president obama will arrive in southern california. mr. obama helped raise money for the democratic congressional campaign committee with a dinner in los angeles. seats are reportedly priced at $2500. >>> a few minutes ago the president left the midwest after a stop to talk about the economy. he toured an energy plant in milwaukee and talked about his administration's efforts to create new jobs. the president said he hopes his energy policies will help generate 800,000 new jobs in 2012. >> a year and a haling a this economy was shrinking rapidly, the economy is now growin

they drove past the sa sacramento police department then they took chase. the chase led to the back of the zoo. >> two dudes were running by, a lot of people are running in the zoo. then you hear sirens, i think a dude ran into where the monkeys were at. >> reporter: they found two men outside an exhibit. >>> tonight a young woman is now fulfilling a dream to be the next american idol. >>> i'm rita williams in petaluma, the former egg basket of the world. eggs, egg, everywhere and none of these is part of the recall. that story is still ahead. >>> well the fog is currently on the increase, it will be a part of the our forecast near the coast and near the bay first thing tomorrow morning. for san mateo 54 degrees by 7:00. by lunchtime 61. >>> thousands of aspiring pop stars descended on san francisco today vying for a chance of stardom on the uncoming season of american idol. >> ♪ >> the large crowd started lining up at midnight for auditions starting at 9:00 p.m. 9,200 people auditions. host ryan seacrest showed up but there's no official word who was sit

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now to sacramento, lawmakers scheduled to vote on a budget for next tuesday. that doesn't mean an agreement has been reached. lawmakers in the assembly and senate will consider two plans democrats which includes the tax increase and republican plan to slash spending and welfare programs. neither is expected to pass. legislative session is scheduled to end tuesday, darryl steinberg says lawmakers will stay in sacramento until a budget is passed. >>> last minute reprieve for oakland parents who thought they were losing their child care. 7 children centers had been slated to close today due to funding problems tied to the budget crisis. they will stay open for a while at least. when parents brought their children to the development centers many worried this would be the last day. the school set to start monday thousands of low income working parents rely on the centers for before and after school care. >> me and my wife thinking about who is going to agree to get our hours cut to be able to pick up our youngest child. >> reporter: parents protested the planned cl

i am troubled by the language in sacramento, which sounded familiar to us that they will co op to the ability of local governments from wanting to strengthen these laws later on, and so this is why this lot is timely that we are acting in municipally and while other cities are also moving in the same direction, as well. what the language does that was brokered through the plastics and grocery industry, while it launches a very strong movement, because it will be the first state to ban in march rose restores and convenience stores around california, it also stops right there, and, therefore, there would be no recourse in order to strengthen laws later on. this is a welcome problem, because right now, i think we can help move this state and the rest of the united states, who feel, i think, very frustrated that little has come out of climate-change talks in washington or any meaningful energy policy, so people want to rub their hands around something that gets them to able to tangibly contribute, i think, to the larger gault caught -- goal. i would like to think the board of supervisors

fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> good morning. the good news no big problems on the roads. we have a little overnight roadwork until about 6:00 a.m. if you are coming off the san mateo bridge, eastbound lanes of highway 92, various lanes blocked between industrial and hesperian just for another 45 minutes or so into hayward. so this is eastbound traffic coming off of the high-rise. really no delay across the span of the san mateo bridge in either direction. this is the commute direction westbound 92 heading towards the peninsula. we'll get a check of other bridges. we have a camera at the carquinez bridge. newscast a nice flow of traffic across the span. drive -- you can see a nice flow of traffic across the span. about 18 minutes down the eastshore freeway to the macarthur maze. if you are using the nimitz freeway we have another camera positioned right there by the coliseum. looks good to go all the way up towards downtown. taillights, that's the commute direction, northbound traffic. you can see about 53 miles per hour as you g

. >>> meg whitman today released a new political ad accusing sacramento of incompetence. >> sacramento, mismanage the, infective. siliconsilicon valley gave us apple, intel, ebay. >> on "mornings on "mornings on 2" today, the gop candidate for governor blamed arnold schwarzenegger for waiting too long to take action on the budget crisis. she also said the state capitol is filled with career politicians and needs some fresh blood. >> in silicon silicon valley dom plex problems spur and in sacramento they seem to have an inability to get anything done. >>> one week from tonight, ktvu will be airing the debate between u.s. senate candidates barbara boxer and carly fiorina, randy shandobil will be the moderator. you can watch it right here at 7:00 p.m. on september 1st. >>> the action -- this woman will begin a 12-year term on the california supreme court in january if voters approve. she's 50 around the daughter of farm workers. she would be the high court's first philippine gnaw american justice. >>> >>> california's whooping cough is growing. it had seven times the number of cases durin