how the president spent his sunday. >> carolyn: small plane lands upside down. the couple inside walks away unhurt. >> leigh: it has be another kind of fall-like day across the bay area, with low clouds and fog, mist and drizzle. any 90s in the forest? i think so. >> carolyn: first lady michelle obama and daughter sasha wrapped if thunder visit to spain, enjoying lunch with the royal couple they greedded the obamas at the front of their residence. the king gave mrs. obama some seed for the white house garden. after lunch, the obama party ruined -- rerned to the u.s. and president obama enjed his dream birthday weekend. he played basketball with nba all-stars including lebron mes and others. they entertained troops. i guess we don't get to actually see them playing basketball, just arriving there to do so. >> alan: we have video of that. we'll show that to you tonight. close call at an airport in alaska. an eag got sucked into the engine o an alaska airlines jet as the aircraft was taking off. causing the flying to be aborted. none was hurt. in vermont, a culp cr

. >> carolyn: police say you can help by donating blood. there are five red cross agencies accepting donations. we have a list with the blood centers for you on abc7.com. just check on "see it on tv". >> a momon parishioner was shot and killed in the central valley. it happened in visalia. witnesses say the shooter walked into the bishop's office, engaged in conversation, then opened fire. the man fled and then phoned police to tell him his location. he was injured in an exchange of gunfire with officers. his condition is not known, nor is his motive for shooting the bishop. >> a woman jumped to her death when her apartment caught fire this morning. a second person inside that eight-story unit that caught fire was taken to the hospital with burns. he i can expected to survive. crews put out the fire before it spread to any other units. >>> a shootout took place in san francisco was bayview district last night. undercover officers responded to a housing complex after receiving a report of a suspicious person with a gun. no officers were hurt

washed-out roads and rough terrain are hampering rescue efforts. >> carolyn: b.p. is preparing for the final phase of fixing the blown oil well in the gulf of mexico. the cement is hardened and now crews are drilling the relief well. but there's still much work to be done. >> reporter: with the permanent cap in place and no more daily images of leaking oil from b.p.'s well, the obama administration hopes to show it hasn't lost sight of the enormous cleanup and recovery effort that remains. >> it's a catastrophe for the people of the gulf and requires our attention. >> reporter: what more needs to be done and more cleanup. the government says 25% of the nearly 5 million barrels of spilled oil remains, and scientists say there's as much as 50% left. then there's the issue of helping the seafood industry. many people think gulf seafood is unsafe. we caught up with seafood buys. they said they wouldn't buy seafied if they knew it came from the gulf. >> i wouldn't trust it. >> reporter: seafood isn't the gulf's only industry needing to recover. president obama's morator

>> carolyn: good even. people across the bay area are stepping up to help a fremont police officer who was shot. he underwent a second round of surgery this afternoon. we're live with an update. >> reporter: carolyn, the officer remains in critical but stable condition here. he is still in the intensive care unit. he underwent a second round of surgery today. as that was going on, not far away there, was an outpouring of support from people from around the bay area who were lookingino do anything they could to help. >> one of our family has been injured, and we're doing everything we can. >> he wanted to go to the hospital to be by his friend0s side, but he came to the blood bank instead. >> i feel the need to do something, and just can't take any visitors, so this is something i can do with him in his name, and if the blood doesn't go to him, it will go to somebody else. >> reporter: many others had the same idea, and at times the wait lasted two hours. this blood bank in pleasant hill is the only red cros

as abc abc 7's carolyn tyler reports, the main library offers something you'll find nowhere else. >> you couldn't go and feel safe. >> reporter: barry is talking about san francisco's main library. it opened in 1996 across from the old building in civic center plaza. there were elaborate ceremonies and crowds waited in long lines to tour the 376,000 square feet, multi level structure. it's still popular. 6 million people are expected to visit this year, including many who are homeless. they come to read, use the internet, and the bathroom, or just as a sanctuary to get off the street. city librarian calls the library one of the most democratic institutions you'll find. >> we don't ask if you're homeless. we don't ask your status. it's absolutely open and free to everyone, but in some instances when we have issues of individuals needing some help, it's an opportunity with a social work tore provide that referral. a social worker.t's right. there are other libraries in the country that are also havens for the homeless. but no one else takes this approach. this woman is a psychiatric so

carolyn: how to get improvement... sometimes has different ideas. there's been a lot of negotiation and a lot of speaking together and now everyone agrees what needs to happen in this area. chris: trinity plaza, in the mid-market at 8th and market, there was a proposal to tear down 360 rent-controlled units. and the existing community that lived there, mostly filipino residents, in a long struggle... i worked with the residents to convince the developer to agree to replace each rent-controlled unit that is torn down, as well as include affordable housing units in a big market-rate development that they're going to do on that site. it's pushing a 37 to 38% affordability, which is unprecedented in any development deal. carolyn: it's like a zone plan, a whole plan that designates money for all sorts of things including housing, affordable housing. $40 million for arts and entertainment, which historically this area was the entertainment theater district of market st. of the city. we have all these great theaters that are underused, underutilized and ac

abc 7's carolyn tyler reports. >> this controversial life magazine photo spread back in 1964 put gays on coffee tables across the country. >> it was against the law for homosexuals to congregate even, but they -- >> mike caffey is a well-known artist. he remembers the photo very well. he was there when it was taken. >> my mother actually recognized me. >> reporter: that's him in the back, partially obscured at the tool box, a gay motorcycle bar. >> we chose the people in the picture on the grounds they were people who, like, were self-employed or worked for gay organizations so that they could not be blackmailed. >> reporter: the article that followed this picture proclaimed san francisco as the gay capital of the nation. >> we were the only place in the country that had let up on persecuting gays. >> reporter: the original magazine is a treasured possession of the glbt historical society in san francisco. >> this is one of the earliest photos of the community, particularly gay men that the nation saw. life magazine was an enormous thing. >> reporter: many gays across the country saw

>> it did, carolyn. you can see a lot of people trying to leave the stadium behind me. but there were a lot of people here to watch the other futball. soccer was the exhibition that attracted fanses from all over. >>> there is no mistaking how the majority of soccer fans here felt about the friendly faceoff. the power house team is making its debut playing against a team most bay area mexicans consider their second favorite behind chivas. >> they are big rivals. >> that's why they brought them together. rio madrid has the name recognition and club america has most of the region behind it. >> the best teams in mexico. >> america. >> america has nothing on ma -- on madrid. we will see about today. once the goal goes in, the shirt has to come off. >> these guys are coming right off the world cup. it is an amazing opportunity. >> for some soccer fans, it is more about -- more than about survival. it is about what playing at candlestick park means. >> it means soccer is important. you see the size of the crowd out here and it is amazing. >> in the end, both sides seem to be

>> carolyn and dan, this is now an active homicide crime scene. it is where the suspect was first spotted, and then he was chased all over the east bay and then back to this home where it ended. the yellow ford suv lead police on a slow chase down highway 4 from concord to pittsburgh. >> and he was swerving through the lanes, and the police were on the right, on the left, they were everywhere. >> the man identified was rubio lead them to concord and back to pittsburgh again, finally returning to the bay point home where police say it all started around 3:00 shortly after a neighbor called about something strange happening at the home. >> subsequently it was discovered there was a dead body inside the house, and he was identified. rubio was identified as a suspect in that incident. >> after plea knocked out one tire with spikes, rubio hobbled back to the murder scene. he sat in his vehicle in front of the house with a revolver pointed to his head while talking on his cell phone. a man who identified himself as a relative tells us rubio's brother li

as abc 7's carolyn johnson reports, the vets had a hand in helping toesign the equipment. >> reporter: marine sergeant (r. pierce refuses to let his wheelchair keep him down. in fact, he builds muscle lifting it up. 18 months after being severy wounded by a road se bomb in afghanistan, pierce is working out again. no in a traditional gym, but in a first of its kind outdoor rehab facility at the a. hospital in palo alto. >> it's nice. most of the gym equipment that would come is made for normal people that can walk, stand and move around. th is really good. >> reporter: the equipment was designed with the input of disabled vets returning fr iraq and afghanistan. integring angles that allow whlchair athletes to perform high impac exercises. >> i can really getnto anything wre i can do good press. a couple of these machines help with that. >> it needs to be a little rther out. give me a longer range. >> reporter: adrien was an engineer with the company that's builng the prototypes. >> it provides a better challenge to really do something well for these guys, men and women. knowing the ou

carolyn? >> we'll be there. >> we'll check in with you tomorrow. >> the governor says an overhaul of the state pension system is the key to getting the budget situation under control. and this governor outlined plans to deal with the $19 billion deficit today promising not to sign a budget. a move he says would pump kbrinls back into the general fund. >> i would give money for supportive services and more hn for higher education and for communities colleges. and would have more money for k-12. the list goes on and on. now very to make cuts because... the pension is crowding it crowd out. >> the budget late, it seems and legislature is now 41 days late in passing a budget this year. the governor says its economic suicide to continue down the path of borrowing and increase tax autos the san francisco district toush announce there'd not enough tofdz charge the man arrested in the fatal shooting of a german tourist. the 50-year-old her husband were walking to their hotel sunday night shechl was hi

carolyn johnson has the story. >> reporter: if youear reading glasses, you probably spend a fair amount of time taking them on and off. but what if a pair of glasses could t you litelly refocus on the fly? >> these are amazg. what they do is give you an adjustable focus. >> reporter: this doctor has begun fitting patients at his clinic with true focals. the glasses look like sometng out of inspector damage jet, but they have a le controlled by a moveable bar at the bridge. >> the way you change the focus isake the bar and move it from right to left. >> reporter: that touch focus design let's this patient read the same page at varied dtances. >> reay things are in good focus. >> reporter: true fcals consist of two lenses, one firm and the other flexible andilled with a clear fluid. the slide changes the pressure on that second lens. >> what it does is actually change the, as i said, changes the swelling of the lens. by changing the bar essential changes the curvature of the ns, which is how you change the focus. >> reporter: true focals may have launched evolution in the way people use t

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>> carolyn, chinatown after a rash of assaults transformed itself overnight. but the entire city of oakland has made huge strides since national night out started 27 years ago. six years ago there were 36 national night out parties in oakland. tonight there are 452 gatherings going on across the city. the most ever. >> i think that just tells you that our community is coming together here in oakland. they want to come out. they want to get to know each other in a fun, safe way. >> the key is getting to know your neighbors and forming a solid network that looks after each other. >> we can take chinatown as an example of how every community and neighborhood should be acting in the city of oakland. >> the chinese chamber of commerce posted surveillance cameras and encouraged residents to report crimes after a rash of assaults against elderly citizens. including the highly publicized beating death of 59-year-old ken chang yu in april. it galvanized the chinese community and tonight they are building relationships despite the dialect and political allegiances that

good morning, carolyn. actually focusing on two protests happening in lower manhattan over the proposed islamic community center. the question, is a compromise even possible. new credit card rules go into effect today. we'll tell you what you need to know. plus a new study found a huge difference between how women are paid. turns out women's pay is equal to men's if the women don't have children. what you should do if you're a mom in the workplace. and this kid just gave birth at the ripe old age of 56, quite prt feat considering that chimp years are pretty much equal to human years. apparently the baby's daddy's only 31. >> oh, she's a coyote, not a -- >> a cougar! >> yeah, a cougar, exactly! all right. thanks. (laughter) >> getting my animals all mixed up here. we'll look for you at 7:00. >> have a great day. >> you, too. let's check out sports. this afternoon the 49ers host brett favre and the minnesota vikings at candlestick park in preseason action. last night the giants send tim lincecum to the mound

>>reporter: carolyn, looks like bus riders could end up being the big lose interall this. ac transit says be prepared for more cuts in service. judge's ruling means the new over time rules imposed on ac transit workers two weeks ago are null and void. so too is the co-pay for health care and pension plan for future employees. whether this will stop the high number of drivers calling in sick remains to be seen but union leaders say work conditions will certainly be much more palatable. >> workers can now come back and be relaxed at working service that they are used to working. >>reporter: ac transit board of directors went into a closed door session to discuss whether to appeal the judge's ruling. the reason why imposed the contract in the fears place was to help brim 56 million dollar budget deficit. >> very concerning to us is the drivers are only looking out for themselves. they are not looking out for the taxpayers. they are fought looking out for the riders. this district can't be out of balance. >>reporter: ac transit says it must now look at making cuts elsewhere to

>> carolyn, the suspect is reported to be the younger brother of giants outfielder nate shierholtz. now this light pole needs to be replaced after being hit. this mangled bicycle was the result of a driver blazing through town with apparently no regard for people or property. >> i was sitting, eating breakfast, minding my own business. >> he works at "the dog" a restaurant on railroad avenue. he saw a truck barreling down the street at 10:00 this morning. >> it ends up hitting someone or something, and all of a sudden i see stuff flying everywhere, some dust and some tire screeching. about 30 seconds later i hear the tires screech again. >> h. >> not only did the driver hit a cyclist, but a pedestrian standing in a bicycle lane. the suspect identified as kanan never stopped to check on his victims. instead continuing to drivey rad -- erratically ultimately crashing. >> someone said to call the police. >> she saw the truck speeding through her neighborhood. in fact, the horrifying drive ended in front of her house that's where two witnessed stopped him from leaving the street. >> he

amy is live in emeryville. >> what a meeting tonight carolyn. easy to think of emeryville as one big, big box store but there are about 7000 residents here and many of them are fighting hard against ikea. there is no denying the power of ikea. >> i love that it is cost effective and very modern. >>reporter: the swedish furniture store in emeryville attracts steady crowd of people from all over the bay area shopper did not she up at tonight's planning commission meeting to rally for the store. it was emeryville resident that turned out and they are furious. >> no way it is not going to drastically reduce our quality of life. >>reporter: resident want them to stay where it is. not expand in their neighborhood. but the company says it needs to grow. >> we have always worked with the city. we have always act entered if faith with the city. >>reporter: the store is a huge success and they have out groynt. they want to move the big items to wear house few blocks away on holler street. customers will pick out the item and pay for it at the store then d

as carolyn tyler reports, the plan is already getting knocked around. >>> some say it's the oldest game known to man kind. these days bocci ball seems to be growing in popularity. on this patch of green across from san francisco's ferry building where homeless people hang out, two bocci ball courts might be built. local businessmen including one with deep political ties to the mayor are offering what's described as a $200,000 gift to the city to pay for the courts. >> hopefully this will bring people from their offices or the farmer's market to come and have fun and play a game. >> the proposed courts are in supervisor david chew's district. >> right now during the worst economic recession, the great depression, it's really helpful to have gifts to the city. and i thought this was appropriate. >> but some are looking that gift horse in the mouth. jamie whitaker says his south of market community group was never consulted. and might prefer a playground instead. >> green space is very valuable to us. and it should not just be decided upon by the highest bidder what that park space becomes

i'm carolyn tyler. plans are being made this morning to bring the man arrested for shooting a fremont police officer back here to the bay area to face charges. andrew barantos was arrested yesterday just a few feet from the mexican border in connection with friday's shooting. he was captured 15 feet from the border crossing. abc 7's amy hollyfield has more now from the oakland police department. >> the 20-year-old and accomplice were at a parking lot at the last u.s. exit when a san diego police sergeant spotted their car. >> the suspect that was inside the vehicle, the passenger seat, identified himself as being a suspect in the shooting of the officer in oakland. he was armed. he had a pistol in his waist band that was loaded. both the driver and the suspect surrendered peaceably. >> police all over the state and especially at the border were looking for the known gang member. >> we asked the border patrol as well as the san diego police department to shut the border down because we felt he was possib

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i'm carolyn tyler. the gang task force is investigating a triple shooting that occurred late last night in the mission district. police found three victims near the intersection of mission and 17th streets just before 10:30. one was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening chest wounds. the other two were shot in the leg. the shooter was last seen running east on 17th street. police have not released a description. dozens of people are homeless this morning after suspicious fire in the mission neighborhood destroyed a three-story house and damaged a building next-door. this is what it looked like around 6:15 last night just minutes after the fire department was first called. two firefighters have been slightly injured. one witness tells us it was deliberately set and abc 7's leslie brinkley reports investigators are calling it suspicious. >> the fire started in this house on rondell, a small alley off 16th street between ven lensaway and mission. more than ten engines responded as crews swarmed the ho

i'm carolyn tyler. san francisco's gang task force is investigating a triple shooting that occurred late last night in the mission district. police found three victims near the intersection of mission and 17th streets just before 10:30. one was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening chest wounds. the other two were shot in the leg. the shooter was last seen running east on 17th street. police have not released a description. dozens of people are homeless after a suspicious fire in the mission district destroyed a three-story house and damaged a building next-door. this is what it looked like around 6:15 last night just minutes after the fire department was first called. two firefighters were slightly injured. witnesses tell us it was deliberately set. and abc 7's leslie brinkley reports investigators also call it suspicious. >> the fire started in this house on rondell, a small alley off 16th street at mission. more than ten engines responded as crews swarmed the house and storm fronts to keep the b

carolyn tyler joins us from san francisco city hall with more. carolyn? >> reporter: things are moving very rapidly in this case. that's one thing that both sides are pleased about. the ninth circuit court of appeals has set a hearing for december 6th and the judges have specifically asked the backers of prop 8 to explain why they should even be involved in this case. do they have legal standing? after all, the true defendant is the state of california. and the attorney general and the governor have both said they want gay marriages to resume. abc 7 legal analyst dean johnson says, legal standing is going to be key. >> the ninth circuit, and ultimately the u.s. supreme court, has to decide is, are there certain narrow circumstances under which people who merely supported a ballot initiative can have standing to be involved in litigation relating to that initiative? >> the article iii standing that they talk about is for any party to be able to go to the courts of appeal to ask for relief from the trial courts. in this case, normally it would be the attorn

i'm carolyn tyler. plans the are getting under way to get a man that shot a police officer back to the bay area to face charges. andrew barrientos was arrested a few feet from the mexican border. he was captured about 15 feet from the border crossing. amy hollyfield has the latest from the oakland police department. >> 20-year-old andrew barrientos and an accomplice was at a parking lot at the last u.s. exit when a san diego police spotted the car. >> they identified himself as being the suspect in the shooting of the officer in oakland. he was armed. he had a pistol that was loaded in his waistband. both the driver and suspect surrendered peaceably. >> police all over the state were looking for the known gang member. >> we had the border patrol and san diego police department shot the border down because we shot that he was headed in that direction. >> several police agencies gathered the information after serving several search warrants in union city. police arrested a female friend during the search.

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. >> michael: this week "at the movies" -- a buddy movie about an ambitious careerist and his annoyingly eccentric side kick. is it the "at the movies" movie? >> tony: no. it's "dinner for schmucks", starring steve carell and paul rudd. >> this guy, he's a tornado of destruction. >> tony: also coming up this week -- >> that's my brother. >> did you want to drop the glove in now? >> tony: zac efron plays catch with dead people in "charlie st. cloud". ♪ >> everybody has a story to tell about me. >> michael: a charming little movie with a big-name cast -- robert duvall, bill murray and sissy spacek star in "get low". >> tony: plus, he's been everything from cowboys and country crooners to the godfather's favorite godson. we look at the amazing career of robert duvall.

in sound and media, we have carolyn chadwick, raymond chavez, alex chadwick. my media coordinator, luc d ubious. they've given us a much of their time and brilliance to work with us to help in the final character of the media and also pentagram and management. i have to think what wall of foundries -- i have to thank walal walla foundries. what is missing? it begins with an accounting of what we are losing as we watch. in terms of species and habitat loss and i hope it provokes more a sense of wonder at what this planet is capable of and still could return to. this is a beginning. let's imagine this as a portal. we have begun to think of this as listening to the earth. me will be able to connect to the president. we see all the things that are being accomplished. we can also see into the future and by 2000 12th, we will start with the clean paint for the future. -- and by 2012, we will start with the green plan for the future. we start with the past and a new idea of what a memorial can be. we launched here with what is missing. in two days, we are launching a

so i would like to present this to my good friend, carolyn marks, who has carried on the name and work and spirit of senator milton so ably and heartfelt. if i may, i want to present you with this. she has got my back, as always. i want to provide you -- present you with this. i assure you have seen many of these in your state. it is to show you how appreciative we are of all you do on a regular basis. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. >> let's give bessie a welcome. >> thank you. i am pleased to be a part of your celebration today. i bring you greetings from my colleagues at the state library. in 2000, california voters approved the reading literacy improvement and public library construction act of 2000. that provided $350 million for construction, renovation of public libraries. as a result of that initiative, 45 public libraries were funded, resulting in over 1.5 million of public cyberspace. as part of the evaluation team, i can tell you that it was a highly competitive situation. over three cycles of the program, we received 199 applications totaling 1 billion, six unde

the folks we just met with -- lee ann, gary, carolyn -- they've all got outstanding claims. so i want to be clear about this. any delay by bp or those managing the new funds are unacceptable. and i will keep pushing to get these claims expedited. finally, i have charged, as i mentioned earlier, ray mabus to develop a long-term gulf coast restoration plan as soon as possible. that plan needs to come from the people in the gulf, which is why he's been meeting with folks from across the region to develop this plan of action. that's how we can ensure that we do everything in our power to restore the environment and reverse the economic damage caused by the spill. so, with the closure of the well we mark an important milestone. but this is not the end of the journey. and in completing the work ahead i'm reminded of what i heard when i was in louisiana back in june. i spent time with folks on grand isle, meeting with fishermen and small business owners, and the town's mayor, david camardelle. and he told me what his friends and neighbors were going through. he talked about how har

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outrageous that brave women at a hearing on situ assault in the military last september congresswoman carolyn maloney the moment the lack of progress by the department of defense i have been in congress for seven terms now and every single term we have had meetings with dia de and they come in and they confirm to us to us we're going to be serious we're going to take care of this we're going to stop this zero tolerance but the rhetoric is not being turned into the reality of protecting our women and in some cases men and our military just the committee was grilling dr kay whitley she's the head of the defense department unit set up to address the situation so problem that of course the doctor whitley had filed to even tune up to an early a hearing and having finally appeared she had few and says even as to why her oversight body hadn't met the nearly two years do you know why it didn't meet. my understanding is they had a difficult time getting the right people in the job thing getting them cleared. as i said i wasn't privy to the discussions about why nor did the problem i'm having is that i

. >> carolyn johnson, abc 7 news. >> 4:56 now. one of the gladstone teams was originally done on mice and the team is working to duplicate the same technique in humanings. they expect that sometime next year. >> students won't have to be toting arounds heavy text books this fall. that's because the university is giving them i-pads as part of the trial program. it's designed to improve the students' learning experience by giving them easier access to text books and other course materials. the medical school also plans to study the cost effectiveness. text books can run up to $200 apiece while the electronic version is usually offered for less. also good for training dexterity, something doctors need. >> caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. just ahead, oakland police catch some pot thieves in the act. from. >> and the county clerk's office bay areawide could be flooded with same sex marriage applications today. i'm theresa garcia live in san francisco. that is if a federal judge lifts the temporary ban on same sex marriages

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