. >> let's go to carolyn tyler. you are on market street? >> yes, montgomery and market street. it has been pandemonium all morning long. the crowd is kind of quiet and just anticipating and waving. you remember those, loud annoying horns for world cup soccer. they are back, but they are not annoying or irritating for this victory parade. it's part of a carnival atmosphere. we have so many people that has come as far away from modesto, coming at 5:00, 6:00 in the morning, talking about great seats. we have seen people sitting on top of muni buses, sitting on scaffolding and buildings and trying to get a look what is going on. we have kids skipping school. parents playing hooky. it's an ocean of orange and black. lots of outfits on the kids and adults, as well. people are just waiting and ready to see this dream team of giants. the mayor talked about how difficult it was to come up with enough confetti but they did get emergency shipments in. >> all right. carolyn, we lost your audio, she is talking about the confetti that they shipped in to have enough of it to provide along the

i'm carolyn tyler. a strong storm system is expected to continue moving over the bay area this morning. it's already delivered snow, rain, wind, hail and more. at candlestick park heavy rain flooded some roads. if you are planning to attend the 49er game you are asking to take public transportation to help reduce congestion. if you are driving toward the sierra, chains are required from 50 to myers to eldorado county to apple are gate to nevada line. >> good morning, a live look from the vollmer peak and see partly sunny conditions. pretty good rain. in fact upwards to nearly an inch in some spots for 24-hour rainfall totals. over three-quarters of an inch in san jose. light showers across the bay. main activity has pressed down through but we will look for scattered showers today. move over daly city and into the east bay due to a cold air mass. look for the light to moderate rain from time to time and we are still looking at the possibility of more rain coming in tonight. i'll have details a little la

>>> good morning, i'm carolyn tyler. china is proposing to host a meeting in beijing next month to try to ease escalating tensions between north korea and south korea. chinese offer which has no takers comes as u.s. and south korean war shis have taken up positions in the yellow sea. war games are meant to be a show of force. it's taking place where a north korean barrage killed four people tuesday in one of the worst assaults since the korean war. they say they will be merciless if it gets too close. >>> an attempted rape occurred thursday morning. victim was walking on alma street. according to investigators a man pushed her down and pulled down her pants. the victim fought him off and ran toward. el camino real where she found her mother. >> they are looking for a second suspect that escaped from custody last week. they spotted the two in a car on 15 itself and valencia street. after a short pursuit the car crashed into another vehicle. one person was hurt. police arrested the driver in the suspect's car but still loo

as carolyn tyler reports the city's chance are looking better than ever. >> it's now down to two. the city of san francisco and the port of italy are the top contenders to host the america's cup in 2013. the choice is up to the last winner, billionaire larry ellison. if you like the giants victory parade, the mayor thinks you'll love the races. it will raise money from private sponsors and expects to receive a $1.4 billion economic boost in exchange. >> i think people got a flavor of the world series, what it meant. that's what we're talking about at the america's cup. >> to have that in san francisco it would be a tremendous economic boom. >> mayor knewsome presented a binding agreement he hopes city supervisors will approve. it calls for piers 25 to 50 to be used. >> wasn't really a plan that i heard for the port to get reimbursed for that. >> he says supervisor chris daily are the only supervisors who voted against an earlier nonbinding proposal and daily says nothing has changed his mind. >> clearly a huge outlay of cash, a huge liability and long-term commitments on public la

. >> i think we're hearing carolyn tyler, she might be one w one of players. do we have carolyn? carolyn, can you hear us? >> we're here on market and montgomery street as the cable cars turn. what we've seep so far, bill nucum, nuke, nuke, and larry came by and senator feinstein biggest applause was for willie mays and willie mccovey. the crowd is really getting in to it now, waiting for their heroes, but they certainly are having the times of their lives. >> this is an old-fashioned ticker tape parade. >> the last parade a championship game that occurred in san francisco was the 49ers when they won in 94 and the parade was in early 95 and i don't remember it being as crazy as this. this is energy and part of it the 49ers were successful franchise and going back to mike shumann's team. they had won the superbowl. i don't want to say people were used to it, but this is an unleashing of 50 years of kempt up frustration. >> it looks like it's snowing sclorng mike nicco is over there maybe we have to get the forecast. we have orange snow on market street. >> it's a little hard for t

carolyn. >> thank you, jeff. i'm carolyn tyler. china is proposing to host an emergency meeting in beijing. it's an 11th hour attempt to ease tensions between north korea and south korea. the china offer come on the heels of new reports of artillery fire in north korea as war games get underway in the south. the u.s. and south korea kicked off their military maneuvers on young jong island where an artillery barrage killed four people on tuesday. a sea of fire if its territory is violated. early the north fired its weapons towards the island again. none of the rounds landed. residents were ordered to take cover but that order has since been lifted. here in the bay area police are investigating reports of an attempted rape in palo alto. that incident occurred early thursday morning but we are just now getting the details. the young victim was walking on almond street. according to investigators, a man pushed her down, pulled down her pants. the victim fought him off and ran toward camino reel where she found her mother. san francisco

i'm carolyn tyler. a strong storm system is expected to continue moving over the bay area this morning. it's already delivered snow, rain, wind, hail, and more. at candlestick park, heavy rains flooded some local roads. if you're planning to attend the niners game against the tampa bay buccaneers today, you're being asked to carpool or take public transportation to help reduce congestion. and if you're driving towards the sierra, chains are required this morning. on interstate 80 from applegate to the nevada state line and highway 50 from miners to eldorado county. lisa joining us to give us an update on the storm. >> looking live outside now, our roof camera, where things have been rather quiet throughout the early morning hours here downtown. it is 47 degrees in san francisco. that cold air mass still overhead and generating some showers, especially in the north bay around inverness in morning. looking at highway 1, pretty wet. be careful because this rain will head towards wood acre and also around r

at city hall, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> another item from the city. san francisco today became the first city in the country to keep toys out of fast-food meals that are not new trish us. 8 to 3 vote by the board of supervisors is enough to override an expected veto by the mayor. the ordinance will allow mcdonald's and other restaurants to include toy in meals only if those meals include fruits and vegetables and limited amount of sugar, sugar, sodium a and fat. in the mean time survey this week findsp that we remain a if a food nation. 84 percent of parents polled in a study say they serve the if his food at least once a week. 84 percent. 66 percent say they took the kid specifically to the mcdonald's in the past week. >> well, as we continue here tonight. know anyone who lost a missile? >> it could be a test firing of an intercontinental ballistic michlt or it could not be. come up. latest theory on the missile mystery off southern california coast. >> plus assignment 7. invasive wee we quickly becoming a danger in the dealt 8. greatest state and gr

carolyn tyler explains. >> reporter: for many san franciscans that live in condos and apartments, the neighborhood park is their backyard. for some who live nearby it's too popular. there were 25ity city sanctioned events. >> i would like to see some other things happen in other parks. >> it's the place for cinco de mayo celebrations, dikes on bike gay pride party and not to mention spur of the moment things like box wars with competitors in cardboard boxes. she is with a group called safe, clean green and she wants fewer events. >> there are under age drinkers, people smoking pot all day and kids that are doing hair within. everybody goes by my house with open containers. >> the department posted signs reminding people that drinking and smoking are not allowed but some in the neighborhood don't want a crackdown. robert is a member of dolores park and he thinks they need to chill. >> one or two picnics, people expect the park to be. all of a sudden it becomes woodstock and they get nervous. it's what is happening, it's not the end of the schrorld more officers have been assigned to pa

carolyn tyler reports. >> shawn lee known as one man banjo entertains tourists at a cable car turnaround in san fransco. ♪ >> it adds flavor. >> not everyone appreciates the music. a police officer recely confronted him. >> i have been tol that i meet knead permit and "b" there is no permit what i'm doing. >> the $440 a day if they a using amplifiers, he is not. larry hunt says heas been ordered to move along. the deputy director of the entertainment commission street performers are heard from every day but there is nothin she can do. >> we want to protect them from a variety of folks that might chase them off the streets. >> police say they are responding to complaints usually about noise or public safety. >> not the tourists complaining but the other businesses. >> but with tourism driving the economy why aren't there regulations to keep everyone happy? >> there is one neighborhood where they are licensed. it was organized back in 2008. >> it should be a simple task to get a permit system in place, but it actually to three years and about 30 meeting. overall we have 35 to 40 performe

carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and a juvenile hall employee being held on $1 million bail tonight. the 53-year-old arrested in pleasant hill where detectives found a large amount of child porn on digital storage devices. and the fbi has been called in to help investigate. >> four young people have been arrested in a crime spree this morning. police say the four drove around, robbing people on the street and shooting one man in the arm. around 9:00 officers spotted a car that matched the car involved in the robbery. two men were in it. police arrested them at gun point. >> more of the occupants had gone into the store and so when more units came to the scene we're tibl get them all out individually a long with customers and workers from the store. >> police also recovered the gun used in robberies. the shooting victim's injuries are not life threaten oogt university of california board of regents voted to raise student fees. the board approved an 8% hike this, follows a 32% bump this year and that brings the costs of tuition to more than $11,000. and there is regents say th

carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >> thank you, carolyn. >>> now incumbent governor maldonado cast his vote on the central coast. >> he was appointed in april. he will have to wait until later tonight to find out whether he will keep the job. >>> it is a battle between state attorney general. >> harris is trailing cooley tonight. here is a look at the numbers. harris with 44% of the vote to cooley's 48% were -- with 44% of precincts reporting. >> and back to the governor's race, we want to take you back to the fox theater as jerry brown came out to declare victory as the next governor of california. >> you can see the latest results, 52% to meg whitman's 43%. we are approaching what the field poll told us it would be. mark matthews has more. >> twas -- it was just a few minutes after 11:00 jerry brown said he wanted to return greatness to california. 23* we cut to those pictures of jerry brown coming off the stage. i asked his reaction to the numbers. >> i thought it was coming. it looked good. the people have given me a vote of trust and confidence. >> have you put together a tran session tea

i'm carolyn tyler. the hunt for a fairfield man wanted for a fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend of her new boyfriend extends to mexico. they believe he shot the couple in a jealous rage early yesterday morning. amy hollyfield reports on a fugitive police consider armed and dangerous. >> they say ricardo martinez was waiting for them as they walked through the parking lot. >> i heard her screaming. that is what i told my husband, he just killed whoever. he killed her and her new boyfriend. >> residents of the complex had seen martinez before and they new the victim had a restraining order against him. some had even heard him threaten her. >> he said he would kill her. >> and it came as a shock that it actually happened. >> yeah, i've seen him before, but i didn't know he was going to do that. good grief. >> police believe martinez is on the run and he could be driving a white dodge van with a blue stripes on the side, 8803092 license plate number. or he might be in white ford pickup truck with oregon pl

i'm carolyn tyler. rain is falling throughout the bay area. here is lisa argen with the details. good morning. >> good morning. here is a look at san jose where we have light rain. cold front is to the north of you and the entire bay area throughout the morning hours but we will have rain behind it. it shows the heaviest bay in the east bay and here a closer look, pleasant hill and walnut creek, good moderate downpour. 280 from moderate rain there and if finally in the east bay, union city and fremont, light to moderate rain. and down to los gatos you are getting wet. it will take another couple hours to see the rain in monterey but the north bay will be clearing out this afternoon but wraparound showers and not dry out until tonight. >> residents of an apartment in antioch are waiting when they can return home. firefighters say four apartments were destroyed several others damaged that broke around 2:30 this morning. one woman in a second floor apartment suffered burns and is being treated at a local hospital. a resident says he's he'd been outside. minutes later the complex was

at city hall in san francisco, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >>> when we come back here tonight on the news at finance finance:00, come back story of the auto world. after detour through bankruptcy gm roars back to life open wall street. >> some of my colleague trapped in their home like i'm trapped here. >> as cholera spreads frustration build ins haiti. bay area volunteer among those stuck. >> also tonight. price tag of bringing america cup competition to san francisco. bipartisan voice weighs in. bipartisan voice weighs in. stay with us another half hour >> good evening once again. here's a look at some of today top stories. houses sold last month at the second slowest pace for october in more than 2 decade. sales were almost 23 percent lower than last year and prices to sell on year to year basis for the first time in 13 months. >> 4 50 manufacturing jobs being eliminated by the parent company roech roesch. company spokesperson says there could be more jobs lost in south san francisco and vacaville once they add in cut backs and sales and management positions. >> and the uc board of reg

i'm carolyn tyler. china is proposing to host an emergency meeting in beijing in an 11th hour attempt to ease tensions between north korea and south korea. the chinese offer comes on the heels of new reports of artillery fire in north korea as war games get underway in the south. the u.s. and south korea kicked off their military maneuvers on young jong island where a north korean artillery barrage killed four on tuesday. a sea of fire if its territory is violated. earlier the north fired its weapons towards the island again. none of the rounds landed. residents were ordered to take cover but that order has since been lifted. here in the bay area police are investigating reports of an attempted rape in palo alto. the incident occurred early thursday morning but we're just now learning details. the victim was walking on almond street according to investigators. a man pushed her down and pulled down her pants. the victim fought him off and ran toward the street where she found her mother. san francisco po

in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> there is jet hp -- does jet lag cause brain lag. if you feel forgetful for weeks after a long flight there may be a reason. >>> forget body scans and patdowns making so much news. the next generation of airport security that can weed out terrorists just by the look in their eyes. >> you don't realize what you have done wrong until you are actually in the prison. >> out of prison and back in the game. tonight, michael vick talks about his dog fighting past and his football future. >>> and blue blood bashing. sarah palin hits back. stay with us. a lot more to >>> the threatened slowdown at airport security check points was a dud. airports were busy but passengers moved through the lines without much delay. organizers of a national opt out day encouraged people to opt out of the body scanners to slow down the screening process because they would have to be patted down by hand but it really caused no significant delays today. >>> and all the controversy going on about the new security procedures. there could be an easier way to screen a

i'm carolyn tyler. a strong storm system is expected to continue moving over the bay area this morning. it's already delivered snow, rain, wind, hail and more. at candlestick park, heavy rains flooded some of the local roads so if you're planning to attend the niners game against the tampa bay buccaneers today you are being asked to carpool or take public transportation to help reduce congestion. if you are driving towards the sierra, chained are required on highway 50 from meyers to eldorado county and applegate to the nevada state line. lisa argen is joining us now. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, carolyn. hi, everyone. looking at more showers in the north bay. we have that cold upper low just north of san francisco. so we will be looking at the rain continuing. scattered showers on the light side around inverness, highway 1. down around central bay. it's dry, san francisco, but look, you've got rain to your west. more scattered showers from fremont into the south bay right now. so the overall pl

i'm carolyn tyler. the hunt for a fairfield man wanted in the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend and new boyfriend extends to mexico. police believe he shot the couple in a jealous rage early yesterday morning. abc 7's amy holyfield reports on a fugitive police consider armed and dangerous. >> fairfield police say ricardo martinez was waiting for his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend and ambushed them as they walked through her apartment complex parking lot. >> i knew and i heard her screaming and that's when i told my husband lisa. and he just -- he was outside. he killed her right outside my door and her new boyfriend. >> residents of the complex had seen martinez before and knew the victim had a restraining order against him. some had even heard him threaten her. >> he told her that he would come and kill her if he wouldn't leave with her. that's what he did. >> yet it still came as a shock that it actually happened. >> i seen him before. yeah, i seen him before weird. but i didn't know he was gonna d

i'm carolyn tyler. the hunt for a fairfield man wanted in this weekend's fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend extends all the way to mexico. police believe 50-year-old ricardo martinez shot the couple in a jealous rage early yesterday morning. abc 7's amy holyfield reports on a fugitive police consider armed and dangerous. >> fairfield police say ricardo martinez was waiting and ambushed them as they walked through the parking lot. >> i knew. that's when i told my husband lisa. he killed her right outside my door and her new boyfriend. >> residents had seen martinez before and knew the victim had a restraining order against him. some even heard him threaten her. >> he told her he would come and kill her if he wouldn't leave with her and that's what he did. >> yet it still came as a shock when it actually happened. >> i've seen him before. yeah, i seen him before. but i didn't know he was gonna do that. good grace! >> police believe martinez is now on the run and say he could be driv

carolyn tyler explains why. >> san francisco supervisors are trying to agree on a process for replacing departing mayor newsom. and it turned in a highly political challenge. the only certainty is that board president david chu will temporarily step in then the rest of the colleagues decide. do you want a say in that. >> i certainly do and the people who sent me to city hall certainly do. >> reporter: scott weern is one of 4 neutralize elected soup whose will take office january 8. but by then members of the current board may have already selected to fill newsom shoes. in fact supervisor john hopes to do that today. someone is in place sooner rather than later. >> i'm really concerned about abrupt change that we have. like i don't think the mayor just leaving a note on the desk is sufficient and new person coming in. >> feels very rushed and it doesn't need to happen now. >>reporter: if the board ignores such criticism and select an interim mayor that person would have no power until a second vote of approval after newsom resigns. he's made it clear he wants the newly elected supervisor

i'm carolyn tyler. we'll get to those stories in just a moment but first rain is falling in many parts of the bay area. if you don't have any yet, you will pretty soon. here's our meteorologist lisa argen with all the details. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, carolyn. you can see the wet streets outside our studios here so it's been coming down in the north bay since about 3:00 and it continues to sink to the south. live doppler 7 hd, everyone except san jose and morgan hill. not too wet yet. but notice the yellows to the north and we'll take you on a little tour around the bay. mill valley, san rafael and richmond all seeing light to moderate rain. into the east bay and also through alamo, the san ramon valley, all the way down through san leandro and look at the peninsula. yeah, wet right on through san mateo across the san mateo bridge and into the south bay just some light returns now in san jose but as we look, you'll notice much more to come. the cold front not pushing through until later on t

here's carolyn tyler. >> oh. junk alike me in the world of politic. this is heaven. >> former san francisco mayor will brown talking about the drama at city hall now that knew some has been elected lieutenant governor he'll leave the mayor office in january with nearly a year left on his term. president of the board of supervisors david chu will fill in until the colleagues vote for interim mayor. >> everybody is in the mix. former elected officials, current elected officials, members of the state assembly, members of the board of supervisors. you. >>reporter: political consultant alex colleges took part in seminar today packed with people who live and breathe san francisco politics. the mayor vacancy has occurred only once before. under tragic circumstances. >> both mayor moscone and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> feinstein became mayor. speculation that former supervisor has sixth vote needed to get the job. he says he doesn't want it. >> i support tim for mayor and i take, i think he's the freak we might need. >>reporter: form