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statistics still favor the humans. >> since the 1950s, theres only been 95 shark attacks, only 11 of those were fatal. were not exactly a favorite food item. >> reporter: rodeo beach ranks high for a shark encounter, but it doesnt deter many. >> you always think about it, you always think you see a shadow below you. its just part of northern california. >> reporter: starting tuesday, dozens of the worlds top surfers will hang ten at ocean beach for the rip curl pro surfing contest. org...

harder. the unemployed single mother of two says every day is a struggle. >> its pretty difficult being a single parent, trying to get around with not much income, grocery shopping, picking up my kids, all on public transportation. >> reporter: a new report says the cost of living for bay area families has soared 18% since the recession started. oakland-based insight center for community economic development says a bay area family of four must earn nearly $74,000 a year just to get by....

storm closely as would you expect. whats it look like at this moment. >> picking up intention ty right now. heres the live doppler showing lots of moisture in the atmosphere. beginning to hit the ground in many locations in the north bay and over the east bay right now. just a few minutes ago we were seeing only few/100ths inch of rain being recorded in locations up in the north bay. now in just the last several minutes we have seen that increase to over 1/10th inch in some location so...

makes -- makes common sense. >> this attorney represents pot club owners and their land lords. he believes that the government is waging a quiet campaign against his clients. >> theyre not, you know, kicking in doors and taking people to jail but there is a climate making it nearly impossible for medical cannibis collectives to survive. >> jonathan daily is an operator. >> there is another landlord that will do it. and its unfortunate but we have to continue with when its california. >...

im sure you didnt know that. [ laughing ] >> it is a pleasure to host you today. i love apple. i consider it the privilege of a lifetime to have worked here almost 14 years. im very excited about this new role. >> reporter: cook taking over for jobs making his debut here today at this big launch. he the first hour talking apples successes. hes definitely making everyone wait for the big announcement. he has bragged about apples two new stores in china. the fact that iphone 4 is the num...

tokyo to try it find some answers. nhk worlds reporter starts things off. >> reporter: disposal of a huge amount of debris is a key part of the reprocessing of the disaster area, but a sticking point is concerns about possible radioactive contamination of the debris. a meeting to sort out the problems is being held right behind me. authorities in charge from cities and towns nationwide are attending. >> at the beginning of the meeting, the environment minister said disposing of this is...

wrapped up. some disappointed its not the iphone 5. its the 4s. but, you know, it is available for preorders starting this friday and then the next friday, the 14th, is when they will start becoming available. another big announcement out of this is that sprint indeed will become the third carrier for the iphone. at 10 a.m. the new ceo tim cook took the stage for the first time replacing steve jobs as the leader of an unveiling of a major product. >> the iphone has 5% share of the worl...

mosconey. theyve decorated to let us know what time, date, wherefore the big announcement. 10:00 this morning, right here in cupertino. we wont be in san francisco. the announcement wont be handled by steve jobs who stepped down in august as ceo because he is suffering from cancer. his replacement, tim cook, will likely lead todays lets talk iphone event. several lists floating around what people predict this new iphone will look like, what they hope it will look like and they hope it ...

they say you can sweep up leaves in front of your home. >> one former and one current san jose police officer have been charged with stealing from students. the officer and former cop were booked today on suspicion of felony grand theft. prosecutors believe they skimmed 120,000s frdz a fund meant for student scholarships. an audit reveals the money began to go missing after he took over as a president of a chairitable police officer organization. he was fired from the force months ago....

good morning, everyone. to our viewers in the west especially seattle. where amanda knox is heading with her family right now. shes flying to london first, then to the west coast, where shes expected to spend her first full night of freedom in her seattle home. one of her supporters said amanda is full of many different emotions this morning, but holds nothing against italy. >> her family clearly joyous. our entire team is still there, including josh elliott, just outside of rome. josh...