Of state on university business, so he was not able to attend that rally. Why did this victim not come forward in the first place to begin with . The Prosecutor Says he just wanted to get along. Now to a developing story thats making headlines around the world. A palo alto man reportedly detained in north korea right now. What are you neighbors saying tonight . Reporter good evening. Neighbors, most of them avoided media today at channing house, this Retirement Community where newman and his wife live. Management is telling people not to comment on the situation. I was shocked and very hopeful that things will work out. Reporter the woman just leaving the channing house didnt want to show her voice nor give her name, but she did give us the impressions of the man. He had a marvelous sense of humor. He was always concerned for other people and is just a wonderful guy. Reporter north korean authorities took him off a plane just minutes before it was set to head back to the u. S. October 26th. Everything had been going well on the trip, until his father discussed the korean war with his tour guide and another north korean. He would be the second american being held after kenneth bay who has been held over there for a year now sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. They are not taking actions to address our concerns on american citizens being held in north korea. Reporter it did issue a new travel warning tuesday, discouraging u. S. Citizens from going to north korea. The state department is working with the Swedish Embassy closely because the u. S. Has no delictis to north korea. A grisly discovery in rich mond. This happened near the end of wharf street. Police got a call that the car was upside down in the water at 8 45 this morning. A tow truck pulled it from the water and police discovered the bo. Theyre not sure when the car ended up in the water or how. It went in backwards the way the car was laying in the water, but its going to be an investigation to try to determine exactly what happened. The owner of the marina believes the victim was a man in his 40s who owned a boat there in richmond. A car went over a cliff and plunged about 200 feet with four people inside. Two women ejected from the car were not wearing seat belts. Theyre not at stanford hospital with major injuries. The driver and front passenger were wearing seat belts and only have minor injuries. They thought he was carrying an assault rifle, but it turned out it was a replica gone. Andy lopez was returning the gun to a friend when deputies arrived and opened fire. The case sparked several large protests. Tomorrow there will be new legislation that require all pellet guns and replica guns be made in only bright and translucent colors. Our continuing coverage of the bart labor fight. Another bizarre turn for the worse. The board of directors approved a contract, but it wasnt the one they agreed to at the table. Jody hernandez is in downtown oakland. What does it mean for the commuters . Reporter thats the big question. The unions are saying they are consulting with their attorneys tonight. If you thought the bart labor dispute was over, think again. Eight yes, one no. Reporter the bart board of directors approved a contract with its unions day. But the unions say its not the contract they agreed to last month. It should have been vote on the package in its entirety. Reporter board members, indeed, did some picking and choosing. Removing a family leave provision they insist was in there by a mistake. I do believe it was a mistake, but its nothing that the board ever agreed to. It was never brought to the board because it was never considered by the district as something we were going to consider. We werent going to consider another six weeks of paid leave. Any idea they can ignore those parts of the contract that they dont like and keep the parts of the contract they do like is not legal. We cant allow that to stand. Reporter the unions say theyre consulting with their attorneys, trying to figure out what to do next. When asked if another bart strike could be in the future . A Union Negotiator replied, no comment. New details on this weeks rainfall. It was not enough to replenish our water supply. It shows the state Water Project was only be able to provide 5 of its normal allocation to the south bay. We can get as much as third of our water supply in the county. If we dont get that supply this year or it is cut to 5 , we would only get 5,000 acre feet. Thats a pretty significant difference. Reporter the Water District can get more water from its ground water basin or purchase it from other water sources in the state. That is costly and may mean higher water bills for customers. Copper theft, thats what cal tran says caused this flooding on Taylor Street during yesterdays storm. Someone stole the copper wire that runs electricity to the pump under the freeway. A temporary pump and generator have been installed for now. The repairs for these problems will start this weekend. A lifelong dream fulfilled. I wanted him to have this. I wanted him to have his life wish for this. He deserves it. How a nursing homemade one mans wish come true. There may be no monday or thursday night Football Games at the niners stadium next season. The new way to prescreen coming up. Good afternoon. Tracking winds here increasing here across the bay now. 15 to about 25 Miles Per Hour. Well talk about a wind advisory and where they could top 40 Miles Per Hour in just a couple of minutes. As we head into the Holiday Travel season, is there any way to avoid those long lines at security . Yes. We have some good news for frequent fliers. Scott . Reporter it is good news and its a gradual plan. A new system is rolling out at bay area airports and it will get you through security a lot faster. If you travel with any frequency, you know the security line can take as long as anything else we do at the airport. We go shoeless, grab the bins, you know the routine. But 12 years into increased airport security, tsa is offering you a reprieve. A way to cruise through security. Its called precheck. Basically its an opportunity to get through the Security Check point without taking your shoes off and your laptop of your bag. Its a pleasant surprise. I had no idea how i qualified for it. Reporter it is rolling out gradually in the bay area airports, but for now you have to be a frequent flier. It is good for silicon valleys business travelers. People leave their laptops at security screenings. We expect this will eliminate that need. It is just one item that theyre carrying on. Reporter soon anyone will be able to apply and make this a thing of the past. The next phase in this process will be for you to go online and apply for the program. There is some certainly information involved, but tsa says it will be no more so if you were applying for, say, a frequent flier program. That should kick in within the next few months. Nbc bay area news. The verdict is in the battle between two billion dollar companies. Samsung will have to pay apple 290 million. A federal jury decided on that number today. The dispute is over patents involving the technology you can find inside smartphones and tablet computers. Apple was originally asking for 380 million in damages. Samsung argued it only owed 52 million. Theres a catch here. No monday night football. According to the mercury news, the city of santa clara wants to study the traffic patterns on a regular game day before they host a weeknight game. They say the city could be ready before the end of next season, but they schedule all the games before the season begins, meaning no monday or thursday night home games until 2015. Acts of kindness come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it is a simple gesture that brightens someones day. In this case, it is a church that is making a dream come true. You can find roger living in a nursing home in mid low marpa but you can find him on amazon. Com. How that happened is tonights bay area proud. Reporter during the sunday Evening Worship at San Franciscos first united lutheran church, justice is a topic that often comes up. Jesus said avoid greed in all its forms. Remember, were not alone in this calling. Reporter be they big or small, near or far, new or old. 30 years old in rogers case. I wanted him to have this. I wanted him to have his lifes wish. Reporter the story begins at the university of lancaster in Great Britain in the 1980s. Roger was working on his phd. The subject pawn broking in victorian london. Its very difficult to come by any study of it. Reporter he spent years researching and writing his thesis when bound together 390 pages of detailed footnoted scholarship, the crowning achievement of his academic life. His advisor left the school for another job. Roger left to face an unfamiliar and unsympathetic panel. The panel gave him a really hard time from rogers point of view. Reporter so the manuscript stayed a manuscript. I thought i had made a constructive contribution. I was very disappointed it was turned down. Reporter the pastor met roger while chaplain at his previous nursing home. For years, they together worked to right what they saw as wrong. They retyped the faded manuscript. They raised money to pay for it publication and this past saturday celebrated roger, the published author. It may not have looked like your typical manhattan book release party, but what it looked in glitz, it made up for in heart. I can only offer you my deepest heartfelt thanks. Its a wonderful day for me. Thank you very much, indeed. Absolutely. Available on amazon. Com. It really is. Roger really wanted the phd. So when the pastor and others went down this path to help him out, they couldnt get the phd. It was his second choice. Now anybody with an interest in the subject who plugs in the right words is going to find his book and the scholarship he did is going to live on. Pawn broking in london. In victorian london. Its a specific thing. He did a lot of work. Shes the expert. Thank you so much. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist. Those blue skies have returned. Its all due to this wind. Current winds 10 to about 25 Miles Per Hour. It is going to get more gusty in the next 18hour period. Wind advisory has been issued by the National Weather service until friday at 10 00 a. M. Where above 1,000 feet we could see a gust as high as 70 Miles Per Hour. Lets get to that Sky Camera Network right now. Temperatures have cooled off quickly. Were noticing those clear skies across the San Francisco area. Take a look at San Francisco. The flag is barely able to hold on right now. Gusting as high as 40plus Miles Per Hour. You can see an incredible evening right now in the east bay with temperatures dropping to the 50s. We have this upper level of low pressure dragging off to the south. Its displacing the atmosphere a little bit. Well stay windy and cold for at least the next 24 hours. Were going to get some mild weather and sunshine coming our way. You can get a sneak peek at that weekend. Lets get to the problem at hand. The cold temperatures, likely 37 in napa tomorrow morning. With those gusty winds in place, we could have wind chills down to the freezing mark in napa. Wear those layers. As we get a look at that wind, its going to be worse here in our future cast. Right up into the north bay, the areas of yellow and orange on the map, the gusts could be as high as 40 Miles Per Hour. As we head throughout the afternoon on friday, it looks to stay gusty. Well get on some winds of about 20 to 30. Our best spot of Power Outages will be in sonoma and napa counties. I definitely think well have some of the best weather here across the south bay. Well start off cold, but it wont be extreme cool. Itll be the 60s by the afternoon. 63 in redwood city. San francisco, temperatures in the 60s at this point. Temperatures in the mid 60s for the most part. The east bay with some low to mid 60s. Pleasanton 69. For the north bay, well have the biggest temperature jump as we head from the Morning Hours into the afternoon, going up about 20 to 30 degrees in the forecast. Not only rainfall for us, but a storm across the midwest and the east coast will cause some major traffic headaches. Still to come, a powerful new Public Service announcement aimed at teenage drives. Tesla back in the headlines tonight. The high profile executive thats left the company. After weeks of bad publicity, theres a shakeup at tesla. A high ranking Marketing Executive is leaving the Palo Alto Based company. Teslas website lists the 60yearold as the Vice President , but published reports says hes retiring from the company to spend more time with his family. Janet yellin passed another hurdle today. A Senate Committee approved her nomination. It goes to the full senate for a final vote. The chp is teaming up with a Fremont School for a powerful new campaign to urge Young Drivers not to text and drive. Its just one text. They proposed a oneminute psa with the California School for the deaf. The goal is to make sure all teen drives learn the importance of putting their phones away while behind the wheel. The story Line Features a deaf boy and girl who fall in love but become victims in a car crash because of distracted driving. We have details of mr. Obamas visit to the bay area next week. More details tonight about president obamas bay area visit on monday. Hell be attending a public event where it is expected to talk about the performance of immigration reform. It is located in the citys china down district. Hell also be in town for a fundraiser. Ticket sales have been slow prompting ticket organizers to reduce the prices by half. Last time he was here he droop dropped in and had chinese food. Good night. Flight plan. First it was electronics, now the feds appear ready to go a step further allowing passengers to use cell phones while in the air. Also the giant mistake. A jumbo jet, the freakishly large kind, lands at the wrong airport leaving pilots confused and wondering if they had enough runway to take off again. Reversal of fortune. A stunning turn of events as kennedy cousin Michael Skakel walks out of prison. The latest chapter in a longtime murder mystery. High stakes negotiations tonight to free an 85yearold american veteran, a grandfather detained on a tourist flight to north korea. And the final journey for jfk. And jackie kennedy. The trip to texas that started 50 years ago today. Nightly news begins now
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