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julie haener is off tonight. tonight we're learning that the elderly man killed in that house fire was a world war ii veteran who served in both europe and the pacific. the fire broke out this afternoon in walnut creek on draden court. that's where ken wayne is live tonight with more on the victim and also what may have caused the fire, ken. >> reporter: frank, when fire fighters arrived they say there were no flames visible but there was so much smoke in the house they had to cut a hole in the roof to get that smoke out. but by then it was already too late to save 85-year-old keith brooks who may have died from smoke inhalation. >> when we opened up the front door, smoke down to the floor. thick black smoke all the way down. they initiated a quick search, located the victim upstairs in the room of origin. we put the fire out relatively

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. >> and i'm julie haener. good night. >> good night. >>> the bay area's major news of the day, frank somerville, julie haener, the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2 news, complete bay area news coverage.

our julie haener is in the news center to focus on some of the others we're working on. >> reporter: hundreds of patients were transferred to a new $600 million facility. the one key difference that every patient and worker will notice right off the bat. >>> late details on what we have just learned about a suspect who is now in custody. and the argument that police say happened just moments before that deadly incident. >>> he says enough is enough. meet a man who's in a fix it mission in golden gate park. >>> some uc berkeley students have hacked the interworkers of a popular computer game console to create a flying robot that navigates itself. the game console sees objects so that a mini helicopter can steer itself around the room. it's one of the latest being tried by computer programmers all over the world. >> amazing what they can come up with. >>> and we're tracking a new storm. and frank you say you have new computer models. >> that one coming up right now. but right now we have rain coming up. i call this a rain event tomorrow. when i think of a storm i think this is going to

julie haener is in the newsroom with a look at other stories we have coming up for you. >> what we're learning about the suspect accused of sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl. and how the determination of several bistandard is what led to his arrest. >>> also ahead, remember this massive traffic jam on the bay bridge caused by a distraught man. the surprise hundreds of drivers received in the mail as a result. >>> how the lone time of christmas is bringing hope to those who lost everything a pipeline explosion. >>> and some places got to 60 degrees. three days ago we were doing mid-40s, upper 40s for daytime highs in the cool spots. i'm looking at live storm tracker 2. the showers have shifted a little bit south. you're getting rain in twin peaks, up in north portal. you're getting rain in the outer richmond, inner richmond too. you have light showers showing up. you get the idea, widely scattered showers. there's a little bit of action coming in, i'm sure some enhancement here. there's going to be a heavier rain cell. watch the motion of this as it slides north. here it goes, kind

our julie haener is in the newsroom with a look at what's coming up next. >>> more on the arrest of the the two time council member. >>> plus santa isn't the up only one busy tonight. we'll take you to a bay area company that's working to fulfill a bay area order. >>> the epa was ordered by the courts to regulate greenhouse emissions as part of the clean air act. california and other states have met systems, while texas has refused to take action. the white house says it will use the epa mandate to combat greenhouse gases. >>> santa, just off the coast of west africa right now. probably going to have some good weather when he hits the bay area, bill. >> things are looking pretty good out there if you're tracking santa, i know you are heather. if you're waiting for santa tonight you are in good shape. there are the clouds offshore. they are thickening up. we've been talking about this. there's the cloud cover throughout the bay area right now. partly cloudy, mostly cloudy. what happens here in the next few hours is, all this this brighter white stuff starts to fill in. so here's how it b

i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. a critical meet something just getting started right now in downtown oakland. its focus, keeping the as in oakland. a big part of that deal depends upon whether the team will get a new stadium. right now the city's planning commission is considering a site north of the stadium. mike mibach is

julie haener is live in the newsroom with some of the stories we're working on. >> reporter: we have new information about a deadly police shooting that began as a car chase in oakland. what police tell us the suspect did just before officers opened fire. >>> a dog owner wants to know why someone shot his pet. >>> and he's the youngest person in the country to do this, what a 9-year-old from california just accomplished. we'll see you then. >>> and what could be a prime breeding habitat in santa cruz county for mosquitoes. a 12 member crew has cleared tons of native plans. vector control officials say the plants choke the lake and provide a prime mosquito habitat. the effort will improve water quality and give recreational boaters better access to the lake. >>> some of us needed the umbrella today, but you will probably should keep it handy because there's more rain on the way. >> i think you will hear it in the bay and along the coast as the winds pick up. maybe some thunder and lightning. we go outside and there's live storm tracker 2 waiting on the showers. you're starting to get

now let's go to the newsroom, julie haener has a look at the other stories we're working on. >> also at 6:00, a north bay college student working on a music video with his classmates is shot and killed by police. why the young man might have been carrying a gun and why the mother is questioning the police account of what happened. >>> also ahead, it all started as a creative idea, now a bay area school district with big financial problems is getting a lot of new books. tonight who made it all possible. >>> plus, what could be crucial information if you're looking for a job, the ten common phrases on a resume that can kill your chances. >>> authorities were forced to shut down a major roadway in ontario. crews lifted hundreds to safety with helicopters. many people spent the night in warming centers. >>> federal officials plan to enforce a crack down on jet skis during the big surfing contest in mavericks. the crack down stems from concern that those jet skis cause too much noise. now only the water patrol will be allowed to use jet skis and those will be limited to 15. federal offici

julie haener is now in our newsroom with more. julie-- >> gasia, frank hello. the story you will hear only in two involving a gorilla at the san francisco zoo. why doctors were forced to perform a first of its kind procedure and what it's for. >>> we're learning what may have caused a plane to crash into a cemetery in montana last year. >>> plus what was found in some sand boxes in some bay area parks and why crews had no choice but to replace the sand. we'll see you at 6:00. frank, gasia back to you. >>> talk about the surprise of a lifetime. wait till you hear what a librarian found in a book that had just been returned to san jose. over the weekend a clerk noticed that a copy of the little mermaid seemed a little heavy. when she opened it she found $7,600 inside. the library stored the cash until the rightful owner was found. the money was stashed inside the book for safekeeping by a member of the family that has borrowed it. >> lucky family. >>> let's turn now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. you have new models to show us. >> we have a new computer

julie haener is in our newsroom tonight for a look at the other stories we're working on. >>> authorities are getting ready tonight, what they're doing to make sure they are prepared for the storms and the extra rainfall it could bring to the area. >>> and students with a mission. what some high school students did to make sure others did not go without a christmas. it's all coming up next at 6:00. >>> he may be the president of the united states but when it comes to one job, he says he's just like everybody else. president obama was at a d.c. school to read stories to school children. but it was a story that he told that got everybody's attention. it had to do with his dog bo. >> a lot of times i walk bo at night. sometimes i run around with bo although sometimes i have to pick up his poop. >> you hear the kids eeww. and the president told the kids, you just have to do it if you're a dog owner. >>> the long family decided to travel yesterday to avoid any problems from the snow. >> because of the big storm, we figured we'll just take the kids out of school one day early and then we came.

julie haener is in the newsroom with more stories we're working on. >>> key elements that tie defendants in a gang rape. what investigators found at the scene that implicate four of the men. >>> graffiti taggings are on the rise. how officials are responding and what they're doing to try to stop the problem. >>> plus another japanese auto maker issues a recall. the reason why honda may be unfit. >>> there are only eight more shops days until christmas. but some bay area business hope a couple of extra shopping hours will help. many stores are staying open tonight. the stores including pans on fire, murphies paw and little valerie valley winery usually close by 7:00 on weekdays, but tonight those stay open until 9:00. >> let's see if the weather is going to hold up. >> starting tomorrow mainly, it'll go right through the weekend and into christmas and new year, it's just a wet weather pattern. it doesn't mean it's the end of the world. it just means umbrellas are needed and travel, you will want to pay attention. storm tracker 2 is picking up some showers. i can put it in motion. you see

i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. oakland is taking a new tact tonight in the fight to stop child prostitution. as police go after the pimps who sell these young girls on the streets. the city attorney is now taking on the places where the sex trade does its business. ktvu ajim vargas is live in oakland tonight with more on this. jim? >> reporter: frank, three lawsuits, three motels, i ncluding this one, the national lodge on international b oulevard. people who live and work near these oakland

i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. thanks so much for joining us. have a great evening everyone. >> good night.

i talked to julie haener in the news room a few minutes ago. she saw like three spinouts coming in where she lives. it's wet out there, take it slow. tomorrow morning, there might be a few light showers in the morning, so that would create a slower commute. i'm not expecting a lot of rain. tomorrow, we will put a few scattered showers in the forecast, but shouldn't be that big a deal. today is the main event. and it is winding down. we come back, i have the new computer model ready to go, and we will have the five-day forecast. and i'll see you back here in just a bit. >>> the first ever commercial spaceship to orbit the earth blasted off this morning. >> 3, 2, 1. 0. >> the falcon 9 rocket carried a space capsule into orbit where it circled the globe twice. the company space ex hopes to use the rocket to carry cargo and eventually astronauts to the international space station. >>> reent claims by nasa aims researchers that they have created a bacteria never before seen on earth are being challenged by other scientists. nasa biologists claimed t

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julie haener has the night off. a woman shot by san francisco police has now died. ktvu amber lee is gathering information and live now with what she has learned. >> reporter: frank, we are just steps from the home where police shot and killed a man accused of attacking a teenage girl. they are inside collecting evidence and questioning witnesses. police say this afternoon there was a party inside this home involving lots of young people. but shortly before 4:00 a 15- year-old girl called for help saying that she had been stabbed. three officers entered the home. >>> they met the suspect inside. and the suspect had some type of weapon, possibly a knife. the officers asked the man to put down the knife and he didn't. they shot at the man but did not say how many shots they fired. the man who has been not identified was taken to san francisco hospital where he died. police brought in a mobile command center to help with their investigation. as they questioned the many people at the home inside. they brought in a trance late tore because many of the people there speak

good evening, i'm julie haener. >>> and i'm frank somerville. the stabbing victim was a 17- year-old student at newwark high. tonight his mother spoke exclusively to ktvu news just a few hours after learning that her son had been killed. within the past 30 minutes, police reopened the area around the crime scene on cedar boulevard at birch street behind the new park mall. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is there and join us now with late details. >> reporter: frank it happened right here at this bus stop across the street from newwark memorial high school where a 17- year-old student was stabbed to death at 3:45 this afternoon. police say he was at the bus stop waiting for a ride home when the witnesses say two men assaulted him. tonight we talked to a grieving mother. >> my son is a good son. he used to go to church. he would go to school and then come home. >> reporter: she says a car accident delayed her this afternoon from picking up her son justice after football practice. so he was waiting for a bus. she says her son called his girlfriend on his cel

. >> and i'm julie haener. it was standing room only in a packed meeting in oakland. where the city's planning commission was putting together a pitch to keep the as in town. considering a site called victory court near jacqueline and square for a new ballpark. ktvu's ken wayne stepped out of that meeting to bring us this live report? ken? >> reporter: julie, a two and a half hour meeting on the stadium proposal is just now wrapping up. as fans showed up tonight wearing a simple message: stay. they gathered outside city hall before the meeting even started. >> but it is important to be in a place that has the chance for a strong revitalization. and the jacqueline square site i think is the best one. >> reporter: the proposed 20- acre site would be home to a new 39,000 seat stadium close to bart and the freeway. so many people packed tonight's planning commission meeting the fire marshall ordered some people out. more filled in overflow hearing room to watch the proceedings on t.v. as supporters told the planning commission why the jack london square location with its

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now we check in with julie haener in the newsroom now with a look at some of the other stories we are working on. >>> a northern california woman filed a class action lawsuit in san francisco today against mcdonald's. what she wants the company to stop doing. >>> also ahead at 6:00, the little creatures creating a big problem in one bay area city. why they may have attacked a dog and how they are ending up in people's homes. these stories and much more coming up at 6:00. see you then. >> thank you, julie. >>> santa cruz sheriffs investigators are searching for a pennsylvania man. 57-year-old jonathan frank has not been reported missing but yesterday park rangers found his black kia station wagon parked at big basin redwood state park. been there since saturday. sheriff's office said detectives found a small amount of ammunition inside the car. frank is described at 5'7" tall weighing 150 pounds, brown hair and green eyes. anyone who may have seen him is asked to call the santa cruz county sheriff's department. >>> a milpitas test over -- missile test over the pacific failed today. the

our julie haener is in the newsroom now with a look at some of the other stories we are working on. coming up, a man faces a long list of new charges tonight. >>> why the beleaguered san francisco crime lab is once again making headlines. what lab workers there are accused of doing. >>> plus what experts are saying about the condition of a wandering sea lion and why it appears so dire. >>> also governor schwarzenegger is leading office in style. find out who is footing the bill for his farewell party coming up at 6:00. see you then. >> thank you. >>> parking for free at a broken meter could soon become a bit more complicated in san francisco because the city considering limiting the amount of time that cars can park at a broken meter to one hour. right now cars can be parked at a broken meter for two hours before the tickets are issued. the city's transit agency says it wants to move forward with the plan because it's introducing 5000 new high tech meters. some will allow motorists to stay in one spot for up to four hours at a time. >>> i woke up in the middle of the night to strong

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i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we are learning more tonight about a violent attack at napa state hospital. it comes less than two months after a psychiatric worker of the same facility was strangled allegedly by a patient. ktvu's jim vargas spoke with a nurse who has been working at that hospital for years and who says violence there is out of control. jim. >> reporter: frank, this apparently is -- the latest in a long line of violent attacks here at the hospital and i'm not just referring to the donna gross killing

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. it's the result of the state crunch in sacramento. ktvu's ken wayne live in marin county tonight. >> reporter: word is spreading that there's big changes in store. >> we're down a lot of positions. we have 10 million more visitors per year. >> reporter: in marin county al six state parks will see cuts from reduced camp hours to fewer pick ups and clean ups. this man has seen a loft changes but he's never seen the park in these financial straits. >> we used to have six rangers and soup rangers in a parking lot. >> all those have to be taken down and pulled bid friend. >> reporter: john muer volunteers at china camp to keep history alive. >> the it's tough, disappointing to take another closure or further cut back. it's been kind of a long slow decline in the last bunch of years. the park is declining but we do value parks. we'll persevere however we can do this. >>> if you're concerned about california state parks -bs visit win, your visit and the review can keep your cars operating. k

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. it's the result of the state crunch in sacramento. ktvu's ken wayne live in marin county tonight. >> reporter: word is spreading that there's big changes in store. >> we're down a lot of positions. we have 10 million more visitors per year. >> reporter: in marin county al six state parks will see cuts from reduced camp hours to fewer pick ups and clean ups. this man has seen a loft changes but he's never seen the park in these financial straits. >> we used to have six rangers and soup rangers in a parking lot. >> all those have to be taken down and pulled bid friend. >> reporter: john muer volunteers at china camp to keep history alive. >> the it's tough, disappointing to take another closure or further cut back. it's been kind of a long slow decline in the last bunch of years. the park is declining but we do value parks. we'll persevere however we can do this. >>> if you're concerned about california state parks -bs visit win, your visit and the review can keep your cars operating. k

. >> and i'm julie haener. the chp told us minutes ago that a car going the wrong way caused the crash. all traffic is stopped until police can clear the scene. eastbound traffic is moving but it's moving slowly. the crash happened a few minutes ago and involved two vehicles. we'll bring you more information before the forecast is over. >>> congress is giving california an early christmas gift tonight. president obama reached a compromise with republicans but many democrats objected to tax breaks with the wealthiest americans. >> have held america hostage, the president agreed to pay the ransom. >> here the highlights of the deal. the legislation extends tax cuts for two years among all income levels. the bill will cost $858 billion which is added to the federal deficit. president obama said the cuts were necessary to help the economy, without the deal, tacks would have gone up for most americans on january 1st. >>> we are back on storm watch tonight as the bay area braces for what could be one of of the wettes

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a 2-year-old boy is dead after his brother fines a gun. debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: investigators finally pulled out. welltives say plans were in the works for deon karr's birthday party this weekend but just before noon today he was rushed away. shot ned head and died a short time later. his parents were not home when it happened but were arrested. >> carter removed the gun from a safe that morning, loaded it and placed it in a dresser. >> some people may make mistakes and leave things around they didn't. >> reporter: the child's uncle says he never knew his sister to have a gun. >> kids were pretty much well taken care of and all that. yeah they were fine. but i just really wouldn't expect something like that to happen. >> this is something no parent or family wants to go through. >> reporter: as antioch police searched the family home and cars as part of an investigation know that the life that is taken in an instant is saved by a trigger lock or safe. >> whether it'

good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a 2-year-old boy is dead after his brother fines a gun. debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: investigators filly pulled out. welltives say plans were in the works for deon karr's birthday party this weekend but just before noon today he was rushed away. shot ned head and died a short time later. his parents were not home when it happened but were arrested. >> carter removed the gun from a safe that morning, loaded it and placed it in a dresser. >> some people may make mistakes and leave things around they didn't. >> reporter: the child's uncle says he never knew his sister to have a gun. >> kids were pretty much well taken care of and all that. yeah they were fine. but i just really wouldn't expect something like that to happen. >> this is something no parent or family wants to go through. >> reporter: as antioch police searched the family home and cars as part of an investigation know that the life that is taken in an instant is saved by a trigger lock or safe. >> whether it's

. >> and i'm julie haener. that truck has been recovered but the packages are all gone. the theft happened as the driver was making a delivery. allie rasmus joins us now with the story. >> reporter: the lights are still on in the warehouse, there's still a few people working inside. despite all the delivery work that goes on here, dozens of people in the east bay will not get the packages they ordered for christmas. this package was the last one fedex driver chun lee got to deliver today. at 3:00 in the afternoon, he stepped off his truck to deliver this package. that's when he says a man came behind him. >> a guy started pushing me. i'm down a little bit, so he's inside the fedex truck and locked the door. >> reporter: after lee was pushed out of the way, neighbors saw two men drive off with about 60 packages on board. >> it was bold, i'm shocked. >> reporter: police got a tip that someone was unloading packages on 34th avenue. the drivers left several packages on the floor and then dumped the truck. >> the back of the truck was open, empty, everything was gone. empty g

. >> and i'm julie haener. we have barely had time to dry up from the last storm and we're back on storm watch tonight. it's raining, it's expected to run harder through the night. and it might still be raining tomorrow. bill martin is tracking the storm. debra villalon is telling us about a broken levee were i've been >> reporter: i've been keeping an eye on a broken buoy, and i can't see them anything. so visibility is low tonight. all of this stormy weather has been a mixed blessing for people here in marin. first the good news. the marin water district says rainfall amounts are 138% of average for this time of year. phoenix la and two other reservoirs are already full. two more inches of rain and the district says six of it seven reservoirs will be full. san anselmo creek is far from it flood state. someone used bags to keep their car covers, but there are problem. >> we've had five emergency trees in five days. >> reporter: sunday night a tree tpáel on fell on to the roof of a dry cleaner, knocking electr

. >> and i'm julie haener. it is still having trouble paying it's bills. now we've learned the situation has gone from bad to worse. healther holmes is live tonight in concord with the story. >> reporter: julie, this meeting going well into the night, a lot of things being discussed here tonight but none more pressing than the current budget crisis. the students at concord played with their classmates today after school. administrators were try to connect the dots to fiscal stability. >> we're going to have to make cuts. >> reporter: already dealing with declining enrollment. the district must now pay for mental health. >> that took $7 million a year from our budget. >> reporter: now the district has to save 7 million dollars. union officials said they are willing to make concessions. >> we have to make sure whatever is given up is given back. >>> from concessions to classroom closures. just yesterday, the committee voted to shut down seven campuses. >> it means the children have to go a lot further and i don't know how i'm going to do it. i'm a single mom

. >> and i'm julie haener. it is still having trouble paying it's bills. now we've learned the situation has gone from bad to worse. healther holmes is live tonight in concord with the story. >> reporter: julie, this meeting going well into the night, a lot of things being discussed here tonight but none more pressing than the current budget crisis. the students at concord played with their classmates today after school. administrators were try to connect the dots to fiscal stability. >> we're going to have to make cuts. >> reporter: already dealing with declining enrollment. the district must now pay for mental health. >> that took $7 million a year from our budget. >> reporter: now the district has to save 7 million dollars. union officials said they are willing to make concessions. >> we have to make sure whatever is given up is given back. >>> from concessions to classroom closures. just yesterday, the committee voted to shut down seven campuses. >> it means the children have to go a lot further and i don't know how i'm going to do it. i'm a single mom

. >> and i'm julie haener. we have barely had time to dry up from the last storm and we're back on storm watch tonight. it's raining, it's expected to run harder through the night. and it might still be raining tomorrow. bill martin is tracking the storm. debra villalon is telling us about a broken levee were i've been >> reporter: i've been keeping an eye on a broken buoy, and i can't see them anything. so visibility is low tonight. all of this stormy weather has been a mixed blessing for people here in marin. first the good news. the marin water district says rainfall amounts are 138% of average for this time of year. phoenix lake and two other reservoirs are already full. two more inches of rain and the district says six of it seven reservoirs will be full. san anselmo creek is far from it flood state. someone used bags to keep their car covers, but there are problem. >> we've had five emergency trees in five days. >> reporter: sunday night a tree tpáel on fell on to the roof of a dry cleaner, knocking elec

frank somerville and julie haener have this day off. a 12-year-old girl was found thousands of miles away from her virginia home. the little girl was found here in san francisco. now the man accused of fleeing the south with her is in police custody. allie rasmus live now with the very latest. >> reporter: this is where that man and 12-year-old girl was found outside the safeway on

. >>> good evening i'm gasia mikaelian in for julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. begin tonight with a story you will see only on 2. the woman in the middle of the crime lab scandal will not face any time for that. the decision was made a week ago but no one learned of it, not even her attorney. we were the first to tell him. >>

. >> and i'm julie haener. that truck has been recovered but the packages are all gone. the theft happened as the driver was making a delivery. allie rasmus joins us now with the story. >> reporter: the lights are still on in the warehouse, there's still a few people working inside. despite all the delivery work that goes on here, dozens of people in the east bay will not get the packages they ordered for christmas. this package was the last one fedex driver chun lee got to deliver today. at 3:00 in the afternoon, he stepped off his truck to deliver this package. that's when he says a man came behind him. >> a guy started pushing me. i'm down a little bit, so he's inside the fedex truck and locked the door. >> reporter: after lee was pushed out of the way, neighbors saw two men drive off with about 60 packages on board. >> it was bold, i'm shocked. >> reporter: police got a tip that someone was unloading packages on 34th avenue. the drivers left several packages on the floor and then dumped the truck. >> the back of the truck was open, empty, everything was gone. empty g

. >> good evening everyone i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta live in santa cruz with our report. >> reporter: we're learning that donna collins was discharged from dominican hospital a few minutes ago. today she talked to the media for the first time since she was found. she said she was in an area called fall creek when the unexpected happened. >> i just slipped and lost footing and ended up in a ravine and luckily the ravine had a spring in it that i could catch water. >> reporter: what was supposed to be a two hour hike became a six day ordeal. collin said she didn't have the upper body strength to pull herself out of the steep ravine. each time she tried she would slide back down. but the experienced triothalon runner did not give up. >> it's that survival instinct. i kept thinking, i'm going to hear my name. i'm going to hear my name. i knew people were looking for them. >> reporter: on saturday, joe deguara and 7-year-old dillan decided to hike in fall creek after hearing debra was missing. he said, are you debra col

. >> and i'm julie haener. the chp told us minutes ago that a car going the wrong way caused the crash. all traffic is stopped until police can clear the scene. eastbound traffic is moving but it's moving slowly. the crash happened a few minutes ago and involved two vehicles. we'll bring you more information before the forecast is over. >>> congress is giving california an early christmas gift tonight. president obama reached a compromise with republicans but many democrats objected to tax breaks with the wealthiest americans. >> have held america hostage, the president agreed to pay the ransom. >> here the highlights of the deal. the legislation extends tax cuts for two years among all income levels. the bill will cost $858 billion which is added to the federal deficit. president obama said the cuts were necessary to help the economy, without the deal, tacks would have gone up for most americans on january 1st. >>> we are back on storm watch tonight as the bay area braces for what could be one of of the wettes

good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. they're outraged and they are planning to protest. instead of a $3 toll they would charge $6 to cross the county line. ktvu's heather holmes has the story about this toll fight. >> reporter: start taking your cash now to drive into and out of san francisco out here on i80 or other major arteries may get very pricey. how's this for a welcome. drive into san francisco at it's southern edge and pay a toll. >> i think it's propostrous. >> reporter: many of whom work in the city are outraged. >> the bay area city is a community, they're going to have to pay more. >> reporter: canipa wants the toll banned. they say the new fee is designed to ease a congestion problem and generate revenue. >> this is not about charging people to come in. it's an opportunity to create a joint expenditure plan, all the money that is collected is reinvested into transit options for people in those corridors. >> reporter: this san francisco couple questions the need for another fee. >> when you're coming out her

good evening, i'm gasia mikaelian in for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. same area, same time, a rash of robberies has residents worried. >> reporter: who's is doing this is stalking this exact area. when you look around it's actually a very nice pocket of north berkeley. a lot of families, a lot of children. this armed robber is not just striking at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, this armed robbery is hitting at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, those known evening dinner hours. this is the epicenter canyon and lincoln. >> this is a little unsettled the last month or so. >> reporter: we saw a number of people walking by themselves, including melinda carmack. >> that's one of the things we like about this neighborhood, it's a very walkable one. sometimes that's very frightening. >> you want to make sure you don't get caught with a stray round. >> reporter: nicholas is one of many residents who came together for a meeting searching for answers from police. >> i am scared to go out, especially with my daughter. we haven't seen any increased police patrols. >> we used to have

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian, julie haener has the night off. storm tracker 2 shows us how fast the rain is moving through the area. chief meteorologist bill martin will track it for us in a moment. but our coverage starts outside in the elements with ktvu's ken wayne. >> it's been cold, wet and windy out here at times the rain blowing sideways. we're at highway 87. we've been keeping an eye on this traffic light behind me. for a while it has been bobbing wildly in the wind, few now it's settled down, but this is only part of the story. 12 to 14-foot ocean swells slashed the sonoma coastline. at the koerd guard station at bodega bay, the warnings were up but most people heeded the warning to stay out of the ocean. sheriff's deputies say the river was expected to crest at 29 feet and that's when officials start to look for potential flooding. the safeway store was busy but few customers were buying flood gear, mostly food for a long night indoors. that was the story at the main street restaurant, but it doesn't mean the kitchen was quiet. >> we d

. >>> good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. train passengers on amtrak will soon be allowed to bring their guns on board with them. as you might expect there will be some restrictions and ktvu's maureen naylor is live in santa clara tonight on details of how guns will be allowed on trains. >> reporter: right now passengers can legally check their bags in their luggage if they are doing on an airplane but not so if they are going on amtrak trains, and that will be changes in a few weeks. the new policy for

. >> good evening everyone i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta live in santa cruz with our report. >> reporter: we're learning that donna collins was discharged from dominican hospital a few minutes ago. today she talked to the media for the first time since she was found. she said she was in an area called fall creek when the unexpected happened. >> i just slipped and lost footing and ended up in a ravine and luckily the ravine had a spring in it that i could catch water. >> reporter: what was supposed to be a two hour hike became a six day ordeal. collin said she didn't have the upper body strength to pull herself out of the steep ravine. each time she tried she would slide back down. but the experienced triothalon runner did not give up. >> it's that survival instinct. i kept thinking, i'm going to hear my name. i'm going to hear my name. i knew people were looking for them. >> reporter: on saturday, joe deguara and 7-year-old dillan decided to hike in fall creek after hearing debra was missing. he said, are you debra col

. >> i'm gasia mikaelian, julie haener has the night off. storm tracker 2 shows us how fast the rain is moving through the area. chief meteorologist bill martin will track it for us in a moment. but our coverage starts outside in the elements with ktvu's ken wayne. >> it's been cold, wet and windy out here at times the rain blowing sideways. we're at highway 87. we've been keeping an eye on this traffic light behind me. for a while it has been bobbing wildly in the wind, few now it's settled down, but this is only part of the story. 12 to 14-foot ocean swells slashed the sonoma coastline. at the koerd guard station at bodega bay, the warnings were up but most people heeded the warning to stay out of the ocean. sheriff's deputies say the river was expected to crest at 29 feet and that's when officials start to look for potential flooding. the safeway store was busy but few customers were buying flood gear, mostly food for a long night indoors. that was the story at the main street restaurant, but it doesn't mean the kitchen was quiet. >> we d