ann? >> all right. jason lamb of ktuu, thank you very much for your report tonight. >>> former senator ted stevens had a long and significant impact on american politics, but not without controversy. he even spoke about the risks of air travel in parts of alaska. nbc's andrea mitchell has more on his career. >> reporter: ted stevens was an institution in washington and alaska for four decades. the longest serving republican senator. >> my motto has been here, to hell with politics, just do what's right for alaska. >> reporter: a decorated world war ii pilot first elected in 1968, stevens was ultimately loved and feared for his power as appropriations chairman. >> sometimes he would raise his voice against you. but he was a gentle person. a very soft-minded one. >> reporter: it was a time when senators worked across party lines, as recalled today by a fellow world war ii veteran, hawaii democrat daniel inouye. >> we got to a point where he would come to hawaii to campaign for me and i would do the same i

is that right, anne? >> reporter: it's right. that's very right, ann. tonight the federal science and bp engineers are trying to figure out what the next steps, what the final steps should be to permanently kill this well. you remember that all along the federal government has said it would not consider the well killed until it was cemented from the bottom through the relief well. well, a pressure test last night revealed another possibility. the static kill, which was a procedure that pumped mud and cement through the well, apparently was so successful that officials now believe the cement went all the way down the well pipe into the reservoir and then up this small space between the outside of the pipe and inside of the casing called the annulus. the problem is they also think it may have trapped 1,000 barrels of oil in the annulus, so if they were to proceed with the relief well as planned and drill into the annulus and then pump mud and cement under heavy pressure, they fear they could send all that oil up the pipe and out the blowout preventer and

>> reporter: good evening, ann. well, judge walker's ruling essentially paves the way for same-sex marriage to resume in california on wednesday. supporters outside san francisco's city hall cheered the announcement this afternoon though that excitement was tempered a bit when they realized the stay would not be lifted immediately. now, on august 4th, judge walker over turned proposition 8. that's the 2008 ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage in california. fighting that measure is unconstitutional. now at the same time he also issued a temporary stay on that ruling to give proponents of prop-8 time to appeal. today, he announced they have until august 18th to do that. otherwise the stay will be lifted and same-sex marriages will resume. now, in his decision, judge walker found that proponents of prop-8 hadn't shown that any harm would come to them if the stay were to be lifted. opponents say they are prepared to take the case to the supreme court if that's what it takes to keep same-sex marriages from contin

>> ann? >> the validity is still to be vetted. and, unfortunately, it's vetted by individual users versus the traditional way, as you well know, is vetted through editors who make sure that it's accurate and have carefully looked at the information. the dilemma now is that it's all out there: all the ugly, all the pretty--all of it. and the problem is that we're having to find--but are there gems there? absolutely. absolutely there are gems. >> how about an example? and the one that may have defined this at this era, which was the iranian presidential elections where the twitter news was in some cases--if it was news--was the vehicle out for the information because so many reporters had been thrown out. did you find, having covered that story yourself, that that was reliable information that was coming via those social networks? >> some of it was noreliable, but the majority of it was reliable. you have to look at it through the sieve that it's activist information. it's coming from the point of view of people. always when you're

>> all right, anne makovec. thank you. >>> also, three separate shootings within three hours last night in oakland. a total of four people hit. their conditions ranging from serious to stable. the first shooting happened just before 9:00 p.m. last night near arroyo recreation center. a man and a teenager were injured. about an hour later another person was shot in an attempted robbery near the berkeley border and just after 11:00 another person shot near market and san pablo. that person now in critical condition. >>> eight people are dead, a dozen more injured, they were in the mojave desert to watch the california 200 race outside lucerne valley. that's about 100 miles northeast of los angeles. the race was on federal land when a truck in the race flew a jump, lost control and went into the crowd. the bureau of land management says it was up to the race organizer to make sure it was safe. but no one cannot spectators from standing right beside the racecourse. the father of one of the victims was worried about

, huh ann? >> reporter: it's the municipal natatorui much. , from the latin, built for a pool. this is a local treasure. >> it looks like something cool. >> reporter: five-year-old david lockett wasn't burning when the plunge closed in 2001 but can't wait to jump in. same for 80-year-old pat pearson. >> everybody said you can't get rid of the mushrooms so that's why here it is now. >> reporter: she is reminiscing about this former indoor fountain that's been moved outdoors for health reasons. >> the mushroom used to be in the kiddie pool. and you could sit all around the edge of it and the water would come over the top of the mushroom and drip down. >> reporter: built in 1926, it was damaged in the loma prieta quake and deemed unsafe. nine years and 7.5 million later the plunge is about to re- open. >> walking into one of the old pool palaces of the 1920s. >> reporter: this architect took painstaking efforts to honor history while improving upon it. >> this was rebuilt. this was torn out in the

anne makovec in san francisco, anne, thank you very much. >>> in another news now it remains a bizarre mystery this afternoon. investigators in san jose are trying to track down some animal killers. three decapitated goats were found sunday just outside an entrance to alum rock park. the goats' bodies had been stuffed into boxes and their severed heads were nearby. animal control is trying to determine a motive. >> right now, we are just trying to figure out if this was some sort of ritual or someone just really wanted to harm the animals. >> investigators hope someone driving or jogging around alum rock might have seen some unusual activities over the weekend. >>> san jose has always had an uneasy relationship with pot clubs. it has no zoning for marijuana sales. and earlier this year it cracked down on some clubs. but matt bigler shows us the city now has a proposal to tax marijuana dispensaries and tax they will big. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of the san jose candice buyers collective in san jose. it was the first pot club to open up in the city a year ago, the san jose cann

>> no doubt about it, ann. in fact, that uncertainty so many americans feel in terms of where they are going to spend money and where this economy is headed is certainly something we have seen on wall street. yesterday, the federal reserve board which sets interest rate policy in this country, came out and essentially said what many people already felt which was the economy and the economic recovery was not going quite as fast as had been anticipated. the market didn't really respond negatively yesterday. very different story today with the s&p 500 off 2.8%. the dow jones industrial average off 2.5%. while corporate profits have been very strong we have just finished what we call our earnings season on wall street and cash and corporations in the united states is at an all time high. nonetheless the occupants of the corner offices that make decisions about spending money and hiring people are feeling the same uncertainty that is so prevalent on main street and they are holding off as well in making those decisi

hi, jason. >> good morning, ann. yeah, that big drag around the economy right now is the job market. and we are not getting much encouragement this morning. labor department saying first time weekly claims shot higher by 19,000 to 479,000. we were looking for a decline. this is the second rise in the past three weeks. and it does not bode well for the july jobs report that comes down tomorrow. that's expected to show that the unemployment rate went up to 9.6%. investors not happy. retail, across the country reporting their july sales figures mediocre. local retailers gap stores and ross stores also reporting. gap did well over a the namesake chain was down more than expected but banana republic and old navy did well. ross didn't fare as well as expected. their sales only up 2%. that's reflected this morning. right now gap shares up 1.5%. ross stores down by 4%. overall the market is down. dow lower by 39 points, nasdaq down 7. s&p off by 5. >>> a lot of people excited about the future of tesla. what that means for el

supreme court. >> thank you, anne makovec in san francisco. anne, thanks so much. >>> again, the ruling is expected this afternoon between 1:00 and 3:00. we will have coverage when the ruling comes down on cbs 5 and on cbs5.com. and we'll have reaction from both sides. >>> the san jose police bomb squad has just finished searching an apartment in the city's blossom hill area. police evacuated several nearby homes last night. that after a man called to say his roommate has an explosive device. the caller's roommate is being questioned. most of the evacuees have been allowed back to their homes and san jose police aren't telling us what they found in the apartment. >>> negotiators for san jose and its firefighters will meet this afternoon to discuss the union's latest proposal. today's meeting comes just days after 49 firefighters were laid off. the union's new offer includes a two-tiered pay structure in which benefits would different for newly hired firefighters but the pay reduction offer remains at 5.25%, far short of the 10% that mayor chuc

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ann, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. tonight, as you can see, the monsoon rains have begun yet again. imagine being flooded for 21 days and having no one come to your help. that is a fact of life for millions of people here, and many are losing patience. [ shouting, chanting ] >> reporter: fury now floods pakistan with millions without help three weeks after the epic floods began. today, protesters carrying sticks and stones set fires, stopped traffic. some even surrounded our car for a time. the unrest threatening to further destabilize the government of president zardari. today he was in russia. it was his second trip out of the country since the crisis began. pakistan is a key u.s. ally in this region. amid growing concern about the country's stability, senator john kerry arrived for a hastily

good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning, john. that is after its engine blew up over the pacific ocean. let's take a look at these pictures sent to us by a cbs 5 viewer of what appears to be the engine compartment of the qantas flight with the big hole in it. damage that occurred midflight. the plane left sfo for australia just after 11:00 last night and 20 minutes in, passengers described a boom, the plane shaking and veering to the side. the pilot got on the intercom and explained that the plane had experienced some serious damage to the engine. he then turned the plane around, flew around to get rid of some of the fuel and then landed at sfo at 12:45 this morning an hour and 40 minutes after the plane initially took off. here's how some passengers describe their experience. >> a bit of a bump and veered off left and yeah, very uncertain for a period of time until the captain told us what was going on, an engine blew up. >> a very strange noise. i knew -- i don't travel that much but i knew it was very wrong. >> reporter: there

ann. >> anne makovec in san francisco, thank you. >>> i think it's absolutely fabulous. i really didn't expect it to turn out this way? >> rallies in several bay area communities after the ruling. in the south bay, supporters of same-sex marriage met for a rally at billy dee frank community center in san jose later marching downtown to celebrate. [ applause and cheers ] >> same story in sacramento. hundreds of people gathered in midtown last night to support the judge's decision. even with all the celebration, supporters say they realize the fight is still far from over. >> for more coverage of the decision on our website -- we have it on our website, including the judge's ruling in its entirety. check out cbs5.com. >>> well, a new contract proposal from san jose firefighters is rejected by city officials. after 49 firefighters were laid off this past weekend, the firefighters union came up with a new package of concessions and they included a 5% cut intake home pay and increased co-pays for doctor visits and prescription drugs. but the "mercury news" reports the city co

thank you, anne makovec in san jose. >>> anne will give us a quick report -- here's chopper 5 now. we just got the pictures back now. >> wasn't it reported as four fires? >> it was earlier reported as four fires. that sounded suspicious. but then, yeah, two were confirmed right now. >> all right. anne will give us an update 579:25 when we cut in -- at 7:25 when we cut in for some local news updates. >> can we do the zoo? >> they have some new residents. >> take a look >> you know what they are? >> only because i read it. but they are giant guinea pigs. >> no they're not. no. >> mm-hm? >> it's capybara. >> talk about rodents. we were talking about rodent problem earlier. these are the largest rodents in the world. >> good eating? >> they are found in south and central america. they love the water. you guys quit laughing. i'm trying to tell people that their names are rosemary and barrel. >> they are 2 years old and full grown at 100 pounds. and the zoo might put them in an exhibit with the anteaters if they get along. >>> got a story idea or comment you would like to share with us?

anne. >> reporter: that's right. there is a chance that same-sex couples could be marrying again today in southern california by the end of the day. the viewing expected sometime between 1:00 and 3:00 this afternoon. either way, it is going to be an historic decision. now, specifically, the judge is looking at whether or not the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the u.s. constitution. same-sex couples, two of them, including one from berkeley, sued in federal court on grounds that prop 8 violates their equal protection rights saying that their hopes for marriage were dashed when voters overturned the state supreme court ruling from 2008 that briefly legalized same-sex marriage. the 13-day trial featured testimony from gay couples and those on the other side who argue the state has an interest in traditional marriage for the sake of families and children. here's how lawyers on both sides summarized their cases back in january. >> it involves the most basic civil right for a large number of our citizens that ha

>> all right, anne. thank you very much, anne makovec in oakland. >>> it's 5:04. >>> bail is $350,000 for the brother of a giants player accused of five hit-and-run incidents in danville. a bicyclist was the first one hit by a red pickup truck on danville boulevard yesterday morning. that truck then hit a pedestrian. and another pickup. and a light pole. and a lexus containing two people. witnesses stopped the driver from getting away. >> he was very much under the influence of something. he could hardly talk and his airbag had deployed so he obviously had impact -- the impact on the front of the car was severe. >> the suspect is 23-year-old kanan here is holtz from san ramon the judger brother of nate schierholtz of the san francisco giants. >>> police in san francisco have three suspects for an attempts attempted murder and are looking for more. a man has life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in dolores park early saturday morning. as many as a dozen people attacked and robbed him. the suspects

anne, thank you. anne makovec at the bay bridge. >>> it is 6:38. a new deal could help put more police officers back on the streets of oakland. oakland police have agreed to increase payments into the retirement plans to 9% by 2013. in return, they will get a guarantee of no layoffs for three years. the agreement depends on passage of a november ballot measure. it would tax oakland property owners $360 per parcel per year for four years. that will be one of four tax measures on the oakland ballot in november. >>> friday scheduled furlough day for many state workers is now in question this morning. an alameda county judge has issued a temporary restraining order against governor arnold schwarzenegger's furlough order. governor's office says he plans to appeal. those furloughs were ordered for three fridays a month until there is a new state budget passed. workers and departments that collect revenue are exempt as well as those in six unions that agree to take one unpaid day off every month. >>> today a santa clara county supervisor is calling for a

nbc's anne thompson has been covering this oil disaster since the beginning. she joins us now from venice, louisiana. anne, i thought we'd never hear those words. >> reporter: boy, i certainly didn't. there was a time i doubted it, lester, but we do have very good news tonight, and that is that this well is cemented shut from the top. it took five hours to do that. and for the first time in 108 days, officials say the people of the gulf of mexico can be assured that virtually no oil from the mccondo well will leak into their waters. however, that's not the end of the story. national incident commander thad allen has ordered bp to cement the well from the bottom as well, and bp says it will do that through the relief well process, which could start as early as next week. lester? >> anne, what about the oil collection process, given there's still a lot of oil in the gulf, does this now add more resources as they wind down at the well site itself? >> reporter: they get to shift the resources. instead of having all those large skimmers that they've had out at the

ann? >> all right, al. thanks so much. >>> anna chapman, the woman at the center of the most intriguing spy scandal since the cold war, has resurfaced in a racy new video and photo shoot. nbc's martin fletcher has details now. >> reporter: angelina jolie -- >> my name is evelyn. >> you are a schaap shan spy. >> reporter: and there's the real thing. >> fem if a tal anna chapman is back in the news. >> reporter: cold war turned hot. the accused russian spy anna chapman deported from america is all over the news in russia after pictures appeared of a magazine photo shoot. it's chapman's first time in public since last month's spy swap of ten russian spies in america of russians accused of trading secrets with the west. >> in the past there have been russian spies who have had this public limelight pushed upon them and have come back into political careers. >> reporter: but she was thrown a curveball. after she posted photo shoot images on facebook, the magazine is reportedly suing her for leaking them. she qui

anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. bp says the static kill is working extremely well, but tonight there's a new controversy over just how much oil is left in the gulf. 107 days after the leak to poison the gulf began, president obama delivered some good news. >> a report out today by our scientists show that the vast majority of the spilled oil has been dispersed or removed from the water. >> reporter: but many of louisiana's fishermen who still can't fish because of the spill find the government's claims hard to believe. >> i think they're jumping the gun way too quick. >> they should have never put the dispersant on to begin with. that's why they wanted it they wanted the oil to sink because you can't see it. >> they need to go to orange to sink. beach, alabama. it's pouring in. >> reporter: the report says 33% of the oil was recovered, burned or chemically dispersed. 25% evaporated or dissolved. 16% broken down naturally into microscopic droplets and 26% is on or just below the surface, washed ashore or collected fr

sydnie. >> anne, thank you. anne makovec in contra costa county >>> an 18-year-old man arrested until the deadly shooting of a german tourist in san francisco is out of jail this morning. he was released for lack of evidence. the young man had been suspected in the shooting sunday night near union square. police say mechthild schroeer died when two groups of young people shot at each other. she was killed instantly by a stray bullet. investigators are reviewing surveillance video. they could charge more suspects later. >>> vallejo police believe a college student was shot to death after trying to escape robbers or carjackers. 22-year-old ruben martinez from napa was shot to death saturday night. at the time he was in his sport utility vehicle near his girlfriend's house on beech street. she says he was waiting for her to take her to the movies. >> next thing i know like we're looking across the street and we see a lot of smoke and think one of the houses is on fire but then when i get closer i see it's his truck

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over to ann, near union square to talk about a woman was killed at 9:00 p.m. at night ann? >> reporter: yeah, an area you wouldn't expect this sort of thing to happen. very busy, tourist, people walking around at all hours of night. it is one of those areas, where we maybe even have a false sense of security because there is so many people around. again, last night a violent incident right outside of ruby sky night club now the night club was not open last night when this occurred but very busy area, you have a comedy club next door, several restaurants in the area. it happened at around 9:00 p.m., just two blocks from union square here at geary and mason. one woman died two other people, a man and woman were injured they are expected to live but were taken to hospital. one question we have not yet been able to answer in our conversations with police we don't know if victims were targeted or perhaps they were just passing by. the other shooting of the evening happened just before 2 this morning at a club called 1015 folsom just outside columbia alley, two women were shot th

>> i doubt that seriously, ann. just like the case last week of the man who killed eight coworkers in connecticut in a violence in workplace, in a situation like this, there are always signs, increased pressure, signs of mental and physical challenge. we just choose to overlook them. we choose to miss them. in this woman's case, we know that about a month ago she grabbed the three children, and she ran away from the family home. she hid someplace else. her husband knew she was experiencing challenges. in fact, told the court eventually that the children could be in danger. but by the time that information was conveyed, it was too late by the time they were located, the children were dead. >> it looks like it was, from what we've been able to gather, just the day before they were found that he made that report. clint van zandt, thank you for your perspective. >>> now let's get a check of the weather from stephanie abrams who is in for al and actually here. >> we're on the plaza now. girls week here. and how is the we

ann? >>> nbc's martin fletcher this morning, thanks. it is now 7:16. >>> now to politics and a bitter senate primary race in florida. one of the candidates is a self-made billionaire whose private life is getting about as much attention as his political views. nbc's norah o'donnell is in miami with more on this. norah, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning, matt. this race is a key contest that could determine which party controls the u.s. senate. but for now this democratic primary is one of the nastiest in florida's history for closure, unemployment, huge issues here in florida and yet there's a lot of talk about one candidate's relationship with mike tyson, lindsay lohan, and how he made his billion-dollar fortune. jeff green is not your average politician. that's donald trump's house. he's a self-made billionaire who boast as lavish lifestyle. his opponent a florida native and son of one of the most prominent african-american leaders. >> i'm the true candidate for the mid

anne makovec shows us where this stuff was found was prime time shopping for tourists. >>> reporter: you're looking at one of eight raids that federal agents conducted at shops around fisherman's wharf in recent months, shops that are accused of selling counterfeit purses, belt buckle, jeans, glasses. immigration agents called this part of the single largest case they have ever pursued against retailers on the west coast. >> challenge posed by counterfeiters is very serious. but i'm equally serious about come bathing counterfeiting. >> reporter: this started when inspectors of the port of oakland found a shipping container full of this stuff from china, 70,000 items which led them to stores and storage spaces all over the bay area with more. they estimate it would have been worth $100 million if it was real. but some people admit they might have bought it either way. >> sometimes there's like good knockoffs, bad knockoffs. you get the good ones and more power to you. >> people want good high-end stuff but can't afford it so i feel like if they can get a knockoff and rock it, why not?

anne makovec in san jose where firefighters soon meeting at this hour. anne. >> reporter: good morning, and they are voting right now as the union is currently trying to prove its point. there was a delayed response to one or more of those fires. he is talking about three fires in west san jose within the same 3.5-hour period yesterday morning. this house on del monte court burned quickly. it took firefighters 10 minutes to get there. now the goal of the fire department is to 8. that's slow. 6 is the national standard. >> reporter: the union voted to -- [ please stand by for realtime captions, due to technical audio difficulties ] stand by, please. technical difficulties. [ no audio ] morning to repair a ruptured underground pipe on the peninsula. it spewed thousands of gallons of raw sewage into the area. the pipe is near davit lane and anchor circle, in redwood shores. it's believed to have ruptured two days ago. the sewage buckled the asphalt and flowed into the garages of six houses... and into redwood shores lagoon. tests on the water show high leve

anne thompson joins us from louisiana with late details, anne. >> reporter: the news fishermen here in the marina wanted to hear came late this afternoon, the static kill is underway, and it could take two and a half days to complete. it's been a 106-day journey from explosion to death to disaster. the three-month assault of oil in the gulf destroying wildlife and livelihood. bp attempted many different solutions. >> trouble in the gulf as the latest attempt to stop the oil leak fails. >> reporter: a frustrating, strange string of names. >> for days, crews have been pumping heavy fluids into the leaking well in an operation called top kill. >> reporter: outlandish devices like this four-story containment dome that never worked. tonight, perhaps static kill is the beginning of the end. here's how the static kill works. from the q-4000 on the surface, crews pumped drilling mud a mile down to the gulf floor. the mud travels up the manifold, up the chokehold and down into the pipe. it should force the crude back down into its reservoir. retired general thad allen says static kill is the ul

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she mary ann bartels. >> susie: c.e.o. mark hurd is resigning effectively immediately. he is leaving after a sexual harassment allegation regarding an outside contract worker. h.p. says hurd filed expense reports that broke the company's business conduct standards. cathie lesjack will step in as interim c.e.o. and h.p. released preliminary third quarter results, and jeff will have more on that in tonight's "market focus." meanwhile, there is a job opening at the white house. the president's top economic advisory is leaving to focus on her family. cyschristina nomar says she plans to return to teaching economics at the university california, berkeley. and she says he wants her 14-year-old son to spend his high school days in one place. >> jeff: late today the white house says the president will renominate peter diamond to the federal reserve board. the senate sent diamond's original nomination back to the white house. >> susie: as you said, jeff, it was a volatile day in the stock market, and also a lot of action in the bond market. >> jeff: that's true. all eyes are beg

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anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. you know, at the heart this is a number's game. and all sides on this issue admit no one knows for sure exactly how much oil is left in the gulf of mexico. but tonight there are clues about where some of it has gone. pictures of an increasingly blue gulf seem to support the obama administration claim two weeks ago. >> the vast majority of the oil has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed and recovered from the well head or dispersed. >> that leaves 70 to 79%. >> reporter: but today, researchers from the university of georgia say their calculations don't support that conclusion. in part because they claim oil doesn't break down that fast. >> the idea that 75% of the oil is gone and is of no further concern to the environment is just absolutely incorrect. >> reporter: the georgia group insists more than half the oil spills from 2.9 to 3.2 million barrels is still in the gulf. far more than the nearly 1.3 million barrels the government estimates. today in a statement, the government

ann? >> all right. pete williams tonight. pete, thank you. >>> four days after the killings of ten aid workers in afghanistan including six americans, secretary of state hillary clinton had harsh words today for the taliban which has claimed responsibility. clinton says the massacre was yet another example of just how far the taliban will go to advance what she called their twisted ideology. from kul tonight, nbc's tom aspell has more on america's lost humanitarians. >> reporter: despite the murder of ten members of its medical aid team, the christian relief agency, international assistance mission, said today it would not close down operations here. >> we will, god willing, continue to stay and serve the people of afghanistan. >> reporter: team leader tom little from new york had been providing eye care here for more than 30 years. he trained abdul raheem majad and hundreds of other afghans to be optometrists. >> he was trying to train people of afghanistan to be a good source of help for other afghans. >> reporter: thomas g

good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. the one with the most infamously long lines, unfortunately. the dmv, yeah, this is one of many state offices that you won't be able to do business at today because it is closed. for about 144,000 state workers that means a day off without paid, mandatory. the on-again, off-again furlough fridays were back on as of wednesday when the state supreme court said they could resume while the court reviews whether the governor has the authority to mandate these unpaid days off. the worker versus schwarzenegger fight has been going on for years. but the governor has won the latest round for state workers, that means losing almost 5% of their monthly pay for each day off. now, here are the furlough days this month. today, the next friday, the 27th, and one floating furlough between now and the end of the month. the governor's spokesman says he is going to save the state almost $140 million per month in payroll costs. now, the issue goes back to court on september 8. the governor also says these

let's go to anne makovec. she is in oakland to explain that police, what, anne, actually went there because they got a burglary call? >> reporter: yeah. it turned out to be not what they expected. really it's an unassuming building here on east 12th street in oakland. a restaurant on the bottom and they were called to a burglary here and found a pot farm on the top of the building according to police. a sophisticated one. here's a look at the scene at around midnight last night. police initially came because at the got a call of a burglary in progress -- they got a call of a burglary in progress. one man jumped over a fence, the other tried to hide on the roof. he was hunted down by a police dog. that dog actually bit the man. police called an ambulance just in case. but the man appeared to be fine just busted obviously. here's what one suspect says he was up to before police put him in the back of the car. >> i was at the park smoke a cigarette on the phone my female was going to come get plea and then his pa

good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. several cases here in the bay area all around in several counties. we'll get to those numbers in a minute but the number of people reporting illnesses has been rising as more people hear about the recall, more are coming to report the symptoms to local health departments. so here are those numbers. here in san francisco county, 25 people have record getting sick. alameda county, 16. contra costa county, 22. san mateo county 8 people, and santa clara county, check that out, 38 people including three people that were so sick they had to go to the hospital. common symptoms of the salmonella poisoning are diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. it comes on within 8 to 72 hours after eating the bad eggs. >> i made breakfast for dinner and i woke up in the middle of the night horrible stomach pains. >> most healthy adults if we got this we are going to get sick and well without treatment. but those people elderly, infants and people with immune diseases need to be careful. >> reporter: it's

good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. and the number keeps rising because a lot of folks had maybe thought they had the 24- hour flu have now heard about the egg recall and realized that their illness might be due to the salmonella outbreak and are now reporting those numbers to their local health department. here is the big picture. hundreds of people across the country have gotten sick from the salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states, possibly more. all originating from iowa. the centers for disease control and prevention is working with state health departments to investigate the illnesses. note deaths have been reported. but more than 200 -- actually, exactly 266 illnesses at this point have been reported here in california since june. and many are of course believed to be related to the eggs. they have been bought at grocery stores and served in restaurants and local departments have been tracking case for weeks now. 14% of the state's cases are in the south bay. at least one restaurant in santa clara count

>> you're asking too many questions, anne. >> reporter: that's my job. >> you got it. anne makovec in oakland this morning. >>> also, negotiators for the city of san jose and its firefighters union plan to meet tomorrow afternoon. they will be discussing the union's latest proposal in hopes getting some laid-off firefighters back to work. 49 lost their jobs last week. the union's latest offer includes' two tier retirement pay structure in which benefits would differ for newly hired firefighters. but the firefighters pay reduction offer remains at 5.25%. the city officials have been calling for 10% salary concessions from all city workers in order to avoid layoffs. >>> time now 5:35. the search is on for a backpacker missing in the sierra nevada. 21-year-old adam johnson from santa barbara was hiking with his father and a friend near the humphries lake area. they split up last thursday but agreed to meet later at a specific location. when johnson didn't show up he was reported missing. he reportedly has enough food, water and supplies to last for about five days. >>> a

back to you. >> anne, thank you, anne makovec at the curry fire on mt. diablo. >>> this record heat could cause delays later today for caltrain riders. those trains running at a slower speed to reduce pressure on the rails. right enough to, though, good news the trains are on time. >> bart trains also running on time this morning. yesterday, bart operators had to manually drive the trains, reducing speeds from 75 to 25 miles an hour. they had to disable the computer system because it was overheating. >>> all right. let's take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we had two separate stalls on the upper deck this morning. and it really just messed up the morning commute. both the stallings are gone now. bridge tow crews got them out of lanes. but the backup unfortunately extends to the macarthur maze and has been for the last 15 minutes and ignore that disgusting spider on the camera lens. it's been on the camera the last couple of days. it's enjoying the sunshine. but yeah, long commute at least 20 minutes to get you on the bridge itself. as for mass

anne makovec is in san francisco to explain why. good morning, anne >>> reporter. i can imagine all the parents out there who are very sad to get this news. i once your kid to get a shot, band-aid, sucker and they think they are off for another few years and you have to come back and get the shot again, according to the sutter health clinic. more than 3,000 patients here in northern california are facing that this morning. the patients got vaccines at sutter pacific medical centers between january and june of this year. there is a chance that the vaccines were not effective because they may not have been stored at the proper temperatures or the temperatures simply weren't logged correctly. sutter says the vaccines were not harmful but no one is happy about having to get revaccinated. >> mistakes that of course you don't want that kind of mistake. >> this is purely precautionary. no one has been hurt but we are very apologetic that people are being inconvenienced or having to come back and get these vaccinations. >> they were given at three health centers. the probl

let's go to anne makovec. she joins us now from the bay bridge with more on today's crackdown on distracted drivers. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we all know it is dangerous to be holing your phone trying to juggle a -- holding your phone trying to juggle a conversation when you are trying to drive. you may get a ticket for doing such things. the california highway patrol announces what they call a zero tolerance campaign today. along with local police and sheriff's departments cracking down on drivers on cell phones. the chp last year gave out 550 tickets last year in the bay area. the biggest number of busts were in santa clara county. officers from all the local departments there gave out 700 citations in just two days. now, most of this campaign is about education, according to the california highway patrol. these are the three phrases officers are pushing. there is no phone call worth a human life. pay attention or pay the price. don't let distractions take away from your reaction. exact

ann, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. you know, venice once called itself very proudly the fishing capital of the world. to reclaim that title, the fishermen and business people here need financial help. so you will understand why the people in venice and, indeed, across the gulf coast are looking at the man who will decide how much they will get for all that they have lost. ken feinberg is the $20 billion man. >> here's another reason you've got to fill out the form. >> reporter: today he barnstormed the mississippi coast, explaining the new gulf coast claims facility, replacing the bp claims service that made few people happy. >> i will come back here as much as possible. >> reporter: feinberg wants people whose jobs and businesses were harmed by the spill to apply for an emergency payment equal to six months' losses, but those people are skeptical of a man appointed by president obama and administering funds from bp. >> when the administration and bp set up this program, they set it up with me as totally independent. i

anne makovec is right there with an update on repairs and clean-up. anne, good morning. i have to ask you, can you smell it? >> reporter: you know, actually, when we arrived just before 5:00 a.m., my photographer and i were noting to each other that we couldn't really smell anything. we were very glad for that. but now as the hours have been progressing, the smell has been increasing. you can see over here we have an exposed hole and that's where they are drawing sewage up from right now taking it into those tanker trucks and taking it away. i'm guessing that now because people are wake up, showering, using the bathroom, there's just more exposure to that sort of stuff coming up through the hole so i think that's what we're smelling right now. let me tell ya, you should be glad you don't have smellevision. it's not so good. the pipe ruptured on wednesday. a little background on this stingy situation. crews have been working nonstop to repair it. it's still broken. on wednesday it spilled raw sewage into the street to the nearby lagoon and into six people's garages. 5,000

anne makovec at richmond high school as the academic year begins. anne. >> reporter: you can see there is plenty of police presence here at richmond high school. this new truancy program is two- pronged. first, counseling to help get to the root of kids' problems, and then punishment to show kids and parents that school is serious stuff. it's the first day of school, and a new program in richmond aims to make sure it's the first of many. a daytime curfew is in effect. if a student is caught skipping school, they could end up in counseling and in court. their parents face a $500 fine. >> we don't want to pay $500. >> reporter: that's exactly why this program might just work. >> i think it will help because it's going to inform the parents about it. >> reporter: which is exactly what a truant kid doesn't want. >> a lot of parents are unaware that their students are out a lot of times. >> i think it's good. i really do. there's been a lot of deaths around here. >> reporter: a big part of this program is counseling. students who are picked up are taken

don. >> reporter: that's right, ann. reports that a man just walking through the park as police say was attacked by a gang of young people, beaten, stabbed and robbed. troubles many people in the neighborhood that say violence is escalating at the park. andy wesley woke up to sirens earlier today then saw investigators chase the blood trail of a stabbing victim. >> then walking up stores there were cones at the top there. >> reporter: the male victim made his way over the foot bridge at 19th and church before collapsing. san francisco police spokesman saying the man is hospitalized with life threatening wounds. he says a group of a dozen or more of a group confronted the man. three have been arrested and being held for attempted murder. it is a disappointment for a public park. only last week the park was filled with people who had come to enjoy a symphony program. neighbors say the park has a reputation as a family friendly and mellow place. >> mellow place. i have three kids and we used to come here all the time and no