Page 54 - Lawrence Berkeley News Today

that hit japan. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. it is already sunday morning in japan, and another major aftershock has just hit the country which is still digging out after fridays disastrous 8.9-magnitude earthquake. heres the latest-- an explosion at a nuclear power plant forced 170,000 people to evacuate while an emergency was declared tonight at a second reactor in the same complex. roads and buildings t...

reports. last week he released three videos at two south of market hotels. and now, he says latest case involves something more frightening. >> they framed an innocent man. that represents the scariest thing that can happen to anyone in this society. >> the three cases reported last week were either misdissing court or dropped by prosecutors, six officers in those raids were reassigned to desk duty. in latest case not only were many of the same officers insolved but joined by others an...

>> the boycott of the hilton hotel is over. [ applause ] >> reporter: the announcement at the end of a bitter and contentious year and a half long labor negotiation here was welcomed relief. >> i guess not. we will come to the hilton. >> reporter: to jacob, after 21 years here, that means he will not have to pay more for health benefits for him, his wife, and 9-year-old son. >> we know our family is taken care of with health care. >> reporter: to guadalupe, here 30 years, it means she ...

earlier it was easier to see the protestors chained to one another on a lenl 4 stories up. risky demonstration is to make their case against budget cuts public education in california. lillian kim is on the ground there tonight for us. lillian? >> negotiations were successful and protest is winding down. the protestors got the concession they were seeking and happy about that. 8 protestors had been on the ledge of the hall since the 1:00 oclock hour. since actually bound together with ...

then he has decided he is not going to defend us. >> how can that be? >> because in the near the marin county supervisors nor any local jurisdiction has power over pg&e. >> we will not be monitoring the pg&e over the program. so pg&e will continue to supply smart metres. >> pg&e says even though it is ignoring the moratorium vote it is adjusting its installation schedule to give its representatives more time to explain how the program works. >> in certain cases, you know, we have agree...

regarding the metal around his finger. the goal that we had was to remove the metal without damaging the finger and we did by using the saw. >> grateful that they showed up and grateful they didnt hurt him at all. it was just a little scared because they were with their saws cutting and... no, they did a great job. >> reporter: to look at his fingers today, you would never know what happened to the active and shy little guy. >> he is just shy. >> reporter: and the father says he is goi...

indicate that chu may be the citys district attorney. >> i recon i will couldnt in some what of a role of you know pushing issues and pushing the envelope from down on market street instead of here in this building. now at this moment, the full board is issuing accommodations for outgoing supervisors. those supervisors may use these touch screens to buzz nominations of mayor. mayor newsom has already delayed his inauguration to let incoming more moderate supervisors make the decision...

good chance of rainfall across the bay area. cool temperatures, mid-50s at the coast, mid- to upper 50s around the bay and near 60 degrees inland. its going to be a wet afternoon and an even wetter weekend and we also have a winter storm warning for the sierra. ill give you the full details on all that coming up. in the meantime, for your traffic this morning, heres elizabeth. >> thank you, tracy. its okay on the roads so far for the morning commute remaining dry so not a whole lot of ...

shopping, eating out, hanging out, robert liles on the discount just for us locals. ites beginning to look a lot like christmas in san francisco. its even beginning to sound a lot like christmas in a knot so melodic way. >> i think people are just, you know, pinching the pennies and kind of looking around to see where the best price is. >> reporter: in fact, retail workers tell me they are not expecting 12 pipers piping and 10 lords a leaping just yet. >> its a struggle. we have to wor...

thanks very much. it is 6:00 now. clipper card cheats are on the rise and now bart riders may have to pay for it. let go to anne makovec. she is in oakland now with more on the possible fix to the glitch. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it seems as if more and more people are deciding to take advantage of this clipper card system here when they are riding bart. you take a look at their schedule and fares, turns out you could ride almost any one of the lines for about $2 with...