how to rebuild those homes. that's where john is live tonight with more on the story. john? >> just so happens that the san bruno city council voted to go ahead with 10 million dollars in upgrade to sewer lines and water lines in the blast zone what i said out last year. all of that money will come from pg&e. the vote happened to come on the same day that utility decided to take full responsibility for the catastrophe that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. pg&e angered a lot of residents when it filed court papers indicating one line of defense might be that residents themselves were neglect. pg&e quickly backed off and poll jaysed now the utility is claiming it will take full responsibility for compensating victims. but tonight an attorney representing 75 residents says that is jaws smoke screen to avoid paying higher damage and some resident who lost their homes say the pg&e announcement should have come long before today. >> 15 months and 4 days. past the incident and the fact that we have to wait this long to get it doesn't help. >> we said in the past and we arecontinue to say now clearly that none of the victims, residents of san bruno or city of san bruno itself is at fault. >> just admitting we are at fault does nothing. it is a meaningless gesture and a smoke screen. >> that attorney says few resident have already settled with pg&e. other settlement talks are under way but there are still dozens of cases out there involving about 300 plaintiffs. the decision by pg&e to admit liability comes before a hearing this friday wher the judge in the case had pressed pg&e to come forward as to what the official position would be whether it would accept full blame for the catastrophe. trial is set for next july. right now the judge is trying to figure out thousand manage all of the cases. live in san bruno, abc 7 news. >> quite a task there. john thanks very much. >> san mateo assemblyman hill has been one of the harshest critic of pg&e since he can motion and has been pushing the utility to test its large delivery pipe across the entire system. late today he issued a statement saying in part now pg&e needs to reverse itself and have the shareholders pay their fair share of pipeline replacement instead of forcing rate payers to cover 90 percent. for public schools across california tonight, the good news is that the bad news isn't worse. automatic budget cut are going to take a small bite out of k through 12 but a much bigger chunk out of higher education. close behind social programs for the poor and the needy across california. capitol correspondent annette has the story. >>reporter: school district throughout california are breathing a sigh of relief. enough tax revenue came in to avoid much of the one and a half billion dollar cut to education that could have meant 7 fewer days of school. >> still not enough. >>reporter: but the mid year trigger cuts will are happen on smaller scale. they automatically take effect next month as part of a state budget governor brown authorized in juchbility among the cuts, school bus service is eliminated. savoring the state 2 48 million dollars. the cal state and uc systems are last ago total of 200 million dollars more. services for the disabled are being flashed 100 million. tuition for community college students will go up 10 dollars a unit this summer. that's on top of a similar hike this fall. to absorb 30 million dollars in cuts. >> california has very sound finances. we are on the road to recovery. and the trigger cuts which are pulled today are a part of that process of fiscal discipline. >>reporter: republican budget leaders say the trigger cuts were necessary and show the temporary tax hike did not need to be extended. >> we have proven yet again and again that those tax increases were not needed to balance the budget. >>reporter: but critic say the prison of cuts over more taxes is too high. that they elimination of bus service hits poor urban rural kids. >> many in the community have no other choice. parents can not afford another car to take the kids to school. >>reporter: trigger cuts also mean another 7500 fewer slots in subsidized child care. she warns a similar cut hurt her last summer. >> because my son is unable to attend preschool and there are no other options for us, i have been unable to work and forced to resign. more family in my position. >>reporter: the mid year cuts total 1 bill dollars. the governor used this opportunity to tout the plan to tax the rich and raise the sales tax by half percent to avoid even deeper cuts. voters have a say next november. in sacramento, pachl bc 7 news. >> well despite the cuts there could be good news for college students. state senate president sign berg is manage to offer legislation next year to create electronic library of freebase ick text book. that could save the typical student up to 1300 dollars a year. students have complained they are forced to take-out loans and work longer hours than they spend in the classroom just to afford the books. >> some union workers in do could -- contra costa county agreed to take cuts in wages and ben fights keep their judges. last week workers packed the supervisor chambers to complain about proposed cuts. well today under attentive deal 4400 employee will accept 2.75 percent wage cut and increases in their share of both pension and health care cost. the trade off is that each worker will get an annual 500 dollar bonus to offset those costs. >> and at the port of oakland tonight operations are slowly getting back to normal after protestors force partial shut down yesterday. but some of the very workers that demonstrators said they wanted to help wish the whole thing had never happened. jonathan bloom explains why. >> i think the process went pretty well yesterday. we would say success. >>reporter: the words from a member of the organizing committee come one day after the march that shut down much of the port of oakland. now open the very spot where the march ended truck drivers sit in line not making money as shipping terminals slowly get back up to speed. occupiers say it was worth it. >> we are maybe hurting the bottom license for wawb day but thinks much larger movement we are talking about. >> well that is like hit meg upside the head to help me. this is not the way to do it. >>reporter: he owner a small trucking company says his bottom line will be hurting for more than two weeks because of the protest. not just from sitting in line. but from late fee when shipments don't make it on time. >> occupiers didn't understand when we told them you are hurting us. >>reporter: high up in the air long shore men back at work moving containers on off ship and union said they lost money time. small number of workers were able to get paid yesterday for at least part of the day but most were not. they were turned away and told to go back home. by the employers. told they would not be paid. >>reporter: port spokesman says operation did partially continue during the blockade and defended the decision to keep police on the side lines. >> there are times when minimizing disruption may mean not con fronting escalating the situation. and we had to make those decisions on a moment by moment basis. >> that sends a message that they have learned from the past that they can not stop this movement. >>reporter: as for the truck drivers who lost money, occupy oakland is extending an olive branch. >> bunch of folk are starting a fund to help drivers that lost money yesterday, while some drivers appreciate the sentiment. >> from what i heard from truckers if they try and come to the port again it's going to be a serious issue. >>reporter: as you can see much different scene tonight. no people here. jaws few trucks. still wait to go get caught up on the shipments. as for how future protest will be handled by the city and the port, they tell us they will cross the bridge when they come to it. but the port p.r. director has work to do to not take the shipping elsewhere. at the port of oakland, abc 7 news. >> snai that city for another meement. nothing harder than parking the car coming back and find ago ticket on the wind shield n.oakland you have a few extra minutes to beat the clock to avoid a citation. we explain the new plan just time for holiday shoppers. many. >> this is one of the most feared people in all of oaklan oakland. many off camera the parking enforcement officer told me she had been on the job for more than a decade and in a single day will issue anywhere between 40 to 60 citations to drivers parked at expired meters. >> we do a pilot program for 6 months. >>reporter: but all of this could change. today council member jane bruno put forward resolution to have a 5 minute grace period for at parking meters. >> gesture not the answer to all parking but i met with administration last week and they are honest. they really understand the parking issues. >>reporter: aggressive parking enforcement isn't reserved for downtown. visitors to this piedmont boutique fear the parking cop and because of it this owner will sometimes which is to shop somewhere else. >> people drive-by. they slow down. if they can see parking, they will stop and park and come into the shop. if they don't, they leave. >> a lot of folk go to emeryville where the parking is relatively easy and like i said i think we need that here in the city. make a big difference here in oakland for the tax base. >>reporter: oakland city council decided to support the city administrators effort to do a 6 month pilot program to study the parking issues and to make recommends. a move that will come too late to help this driver who got his ticket only 4 minutes ago. >> so i got to borrow and do that you will so icap pay this ticket that i don't have. >>reporter: city of oakland will roll out pay stations like these throughout the entire city. now the city administrator who oversees parking regulation ins the city of oakland says that until then they will work with those who are still using coin meters to make sure that they are extended the same 5 minute grace period. in oakland, abc 7 news. 5 minutes might just do it. more to get to this 13th day of december. petition now being circulated to the recall oakland mayor. tonight we find that they are not having much trouble getting people to sign on. >> why this man and police south bay are both looking for a little bit of luck. >> i'm spencer in the accu-weather forecast center. it's cold again tonight with dense fog forming and spare the air day tomorrow. all this is in my accu-weather forecast coming up. thanks spencer. also ahead tonight. hitchhiker. bear who showed up out of nowhere in downtown vancouver. stay with get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. situation. jean kwan took office less than a year ago becoming oakland first asian mesh and first female mayor. well today petitioner's hit the streets to gather signatures to recall her from that job. as political reporter mark matthe matthews explains her handling of the occupy oakland encampment led to much of the support of the recall. >> when protestors first pitched camp in the plaza mayor kwan supported them. problems with the camp grew she eventually withdrew the support. then opted to be out of town when police moved in the first time. after a violent confrontation the camp was cleared. but then the city let protesttors back in. kwan called for a peaceful and voluntary exit which the occupiers ignored. and eventually police had to go back in and move them out a second time. that has solidified support for her recall. >> not a campaign about persuading people. she has persuaded the people of oakland that we need to avoid suffering 3 more years of these kinds of disasters. >>reporter: recall supporters that we talked with most often cited kwan handling of the occupy protest. >> i don't like the way she is conducting the whole occupy thing. >> i believe that she miss managed the occupy oakland situation. >> she is not difficult size i have enough. vacillates. won't address the issue. >>reporter: last week kwan called the recall a distractio distraction. >> city has a lot of important issues i think recall like i said are difficult vice i have distractive and hurt maybe some of the initiatives. >>reporter: today council member pat agreed. >> on balance it's a very negative thing. >>reporter: she sits on the finance committee which today heard funding for the police was 3 million over budget and 1.7 million of that correctly due to the occupy protest. james ban was on kwan steering committee when she won the mayor race. i asked him what she should be doing new. >> my advice would be just to continue doing the good job of being mayor and let the work of being mayor be many there. >>reporter: if the recall petitioner's can collect 20,000 signatures by the middle of next may organizers say they will allow time for candidates to file and to run for mayor on that same recall ballot. reporting from frank ogawa plaza, abc 7 news. >> investigators with california lottery are asking for the public help in find ago serial burglar who has stolen lottery mir chan dpris at least 18 retail location ins san jose sunnyvale and mount view area. suspect identified as 29-year-old kill see sam. during each burglary investigators say sam steals lottery tickets and then -- them at area stores. they have a great picture of him and looking to track him down. >> let's rundown the forecast. spencer is here tonight. we are still waiting for rain but it's a little bit milder. >> it is mild. thinks one of the driest seasons. long long time. very, very dry. so although the weather is pleasant and day lovely we need the rain. >> we want rain. live view from the high definition east bay camera in emeryville lacking west ward back across the bay and bay bridge. mainly clear night but l fog is developing and it its going to be wide spread by the morning commute begins. as a matter of fact visibility and santa rosa down to 3 quarters of a mile already. wide spread fog and dmens some area and tomorrow is spare the air alert midnight tonight and a chance of showers though it is slight on thursday. so we have a lot happening in the weather right now. look at the current temperature readings. getting chilly in some of the inland locations up in the north bay. 37 degrees right now at santa rosa. 39 at novato. 42 in napa. 43 fairfield. inland east bay chilling down a little bit. also 43 in concord and livermore. 50 in oakland but likely to drop into the 40's pretty soon. so follow the forecast animation. see the fog spreading inland. rather far inland as a matter of fact during overnight hours. 7:00 o'clock tomorrow morning we see lots of fog. it will be dense in some spots. no doubt low visibility with morning commute so if you are driving tomorrow morning please exercise caution. give yourself a little extra time to get to work. overnight tonight we expect low to drop down to 32 at napa. 30 at santa rosa. 32 over fairfield, livermore. even colder in some spots but this is our projection for now and again we have the fog to contend with and perhaps even some freezing fog in some spots which can leave thin layer of ice on windshield and on pavement. satellite radar composite image show yesterday storm, our storm yesterday departing southern california now. here's what's coming our way weighs look at the wider satellite radar image. here's this weak disturbance that may bring us light scattered showers on thursday so let's set the map in motion again 11:00 o'clock tonight. first system is not the one we are looking at. it's the second one frontal system which will weaken as it approaches us. could produce some widely scattered and light showers on thursday morning so just bear that in mind if you go out thursday morning. you mate need to cover up carry unbrehm unbrehma. tomorrow no umbrella needed. sunny hazy. high pressure mainly mid 50's so relatively cool day but unseasonably cool day. l san mateo free mont palo alto 55 in san francisco. 56 up in santa lowes. monterey bay milder upper 50's. most location there back up to 60 in holster. accu-weather 7 day forecast. there is that also chance of rain on thursday. chance of showers i should say. light if they materialize. breezy but dry on friday. then dry for the remain dear of the period and mild over the weekend. with high pressure above 60 degrees right around the bay. perhaps approach to 60 in some inland location as well. >> that's $1 million for this time of year. >> looking pretty good. >> thanks very much. >> as we continue today big announcement about the search for evidence at the so-called god particle. turned in a cliff hanger of sorts. >> one of the richest men in 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life. this is knowledge about the origin of mass app the origin of the universe. it's about understanding how the particle that we know are made of how this he geta5 mass and where they come from. won't have any immediate implication. maybe in a few thousand years down the line we'll use the field but not in the immediate future. >>reporter: researchers hope to reach a conclusion on whether particle exists by next year. so they get much closer. >> from mass to space. ceo musk is joining aerospace pioneer and microsoft co-founder allen to build the largest plane ever. it is hug huge. they will take the fuselage of 2 747, put them on one wing with 6, 747 engines to carry a space ship to 40,000 feet. that's where it will detach a rocket fires second it into orbit. the first test launch is expected in 2015. >> when 7 news at 9 continues here tonight. unprecedented recommendation by the ntsb. not just a hands 43 ban but a ban on talking at all or tex texting at all while driving. >> plus the 200 dollar infant warmer that will save thousands of brand new lives. if they can get them to those who need it. >> and people l scared. santa shocked and police called in. this was definitely no bear in the woods. stay with us. pass. >> good evening once again. thanks for joining us. start this half hour with what the government calls a full blown craze on the nation roads. it wants all states to ban portable electronic did he advises by drivers even hands free cell phones. texting causes drivers to take their eyes off the road almost 5 seconds which means at 55 miles an hour you will have driven the length of a football field essentially blind. carolyn tyler tonight with the recommendations and the reaction. >>reporter: enough with the talking and texting while behind the wheel. that's the unanimous consensus of the national transportation safety board safety board. ntsb says even hands free devices should be off limits. >> we know that this recommendation is going to be very unpopular with some peopl people. but we are not here to win a popularity contest. we are here to do the right thing. >>reporter: state senator joe is the author of california's cell phone laws. he says today's federal recommendation probably go further than most states are willing to good. but he welcomes what he calls a startling development. >> for years frankly a lot of people sort of rolled their eye and brush the issue away. i think there's an increasing understanding reflected in the ntsb announcement this really is a life or death matter. >>reporter: ntsb says as many as 3000 people die every year due to distracted driving. we found a mixed reaction apong drivers we talked to about the idea of banning hands free devices. >> i would say yes ban it. i use ate lot but for work but usually try to pull over. >> i think hand free devices are fine. they are safe. >>reporter: california highway patrol says anything that impairs a driver concentration can be risky. >> whether it be l talking on the phone. hands free or not hands free. texting. reading electronic message. dealing with the kid in the back of the seat. eating hamburger. looking for directions. really imperative when you operate a motor vehicle safely you have to use all your effort and ability. >>reporter: in 2009 the highway patrol issued 183,000 citations for illegal cell phone use. last year that dropped to just under 146,000. the decease could be due to more awareness. officer tam tells us the chp believes changing driver behavior is really more about education than enforcement. in the newsroom, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. on the subject of distracted driving miami police officer managed to crawl out of this cruiser thank goodness. he told his superiors that he was picking up a pen that he dropped when he lost cell of the car. it mowed down a stop sign and came to rest top support cable tied to utility pole lifting the front end of the cruiser from the ground rather dramatically as you can see. he walked away. >> number of drunk driving related deaths dropped to record low in california. national highway traffic safety administration says that alcohol was a contribute being factor in crashes that killed 7 91 people last year compared to 9 any 2009. that is the largest single year decline in dui fatality in the last 14 years actually. transportation officials credit increase in dui check points. some former stanford students who created a ground breaking product to save the lives of newborns are asking for your horsepower tonight. the invention is cheap and effective and could help a lot of children if they can just raise the money to get them into clinics. tonight assignment 7 report a product with potential to save thousands of lives. >> 3 years ago at stanford university something amazing happened. it was in a graduate class that mixed business and engineering students. jane chen was one of them. >> come together to develop affordable solutions for people living on less an dollar a day. >>reporter: her team challenged to come up with a low cost way to keep new borns warm. every year around the world an estimated 20 million babies are born either premature or simply weighing less than they should. >> one of the big egg problems they face is staying warm. because they are so tiny they don't have enough body fat to regulate their own temperature. and for that reason many of them either die or have severe long-term health problems. >>reporter: students were lacking for annual alternative to incubator that cost 20,000 dollars each. not a good option in many parts of the developing world. >> do something that can work without constant supply of electricity easy enough for mother and midwife to use given that so many birth still take place in home setting. something portable easy to sterilize. >>reporter: after intense research they developed a product that cost just 200 dollars. >> looks like a little slooem sleeping bag for an infairngts embrace infant warmer. the key is a wax like substance that is heated to body temperature in a special warmer. >> once it melts i hope certificate this little backpack. >>reporter: it will keep the baby warm for 4 to 6 hours. the team formed non-profit organization and kept working on the product after graduatio graduation. they won design award and caused sensation when the warmer featured a year ago on an abc news special. >> something my ensley important pishtion but getting the embrace product into wide spread use in developing countries is proving to be a long tough process. first the team fine-tune the warmer to be user friendfully a wide variety of situation. private donation and foundation grant helped pay for the product development. but that is just the beginning. >> what we are trying to do right now set autopsy pool of funding that goes directly towards purchasing the warmers. then we can give them to needy clinics. >>reporter: raising the money will take time. the embrace warmer has already been used suck 40 on more than 300 babie babies. but millions of infants die every year because they can't keep warm. so the team is hoping donor will come forward soon. >> we are really excited to just get the product out there. in the hand of the people who need it. >> ingenius and effective. embrace non-profit list of ways to help in the effort including donation. we have a link on our web site see it on tv. desperate call for help is going out tonight to prevent people from going hungry this hotel difficult season. salvation army in alameda county says more than 1600 family already signed up for grocery for holiday meal and toys for christmas gifts this 84. but they only collected enough to help 500 of those families. >> one way or the other i'll make this happen because we committed to the family and i don't want them to show up on tuesday at the college and say sorry i don't have a box of food for you. and so by hook or crook i'll figure out how to make this happen. >>reporter: salvation army says there is more demand and fewer donation this year. if you can help by next tuesday we have a link on our web site click on see it on tv. >> another way to help people this year there is the annual abc 7 share your holiday food drive which is coming up on thursday. we'll be collecting food for the food bank at safeway stores throughout the bay area. it's very easy to make a difference. using this technique. information on how to donate and share your holiday on our web site as well. dmv worker from the east bay being remembered in a very unique way for a selfless act of giving. kimberly williams was just 44 years old when she died last year. today her co-workers at the walnut creek office honored her for saving 50 lives through tissue donation. next month a floral portrait of kimberly will adorn the donate life charity float at the rose parade. close to 9 million people signed up for the donor registry in california since 2006. >> it is such a of selfless act to do. it's such a wonderful thing to do. you can help others live on. >>reporter: kimberly spent 19 years with the dmv. department works closely with donate life charity. honoree represent millions of people touched by organ and tissue donation. well still ahead tonight. new facebook feature that could save the life of one of your friends. >> and partying with paris. wrong number turns into an inhave i tigers all of the wrong number turns into an inhave i tigers all of the right hollywood >> this is just in. santa clare city council has approved a billion dollar financing deal for new forty-niner stadium. 850 million dollars of total comes from a loan skawrd by the city and the 49 ers. the rest will come from 2 sources. 150 million dollars from the team. 75 million from the city in rae development money and hotel ta tax. santa clara will have to cover about twice as much debt as initially reported to voters to build the stadium. but the niners have pledged to cover any debt the city could not if the stadium runs into financial trouble. facebook launched new program today to provide instant help to people considering suicide. today the social networking site launch add service that enables users to ininstantly connect with crisis counselor through the chat messaging system and allow as friend who spots a suicide thought on someone page to report it by clicking a link next to the comment. >> i think that that is a useful approach because it's better of course if the potential victim reaches out but there may be other procedures in place where in the case of a suicide a privacy issue are less important than saving a life. >>reporter: last month the contra costa county man posted suicide note on the page before he killed his wife and inlaws. then himself. facebook says crisis center workers will be available 24 hours a day to respond to users selecting this chat option. >> as we continue tonight. ultimate party crashers. up next. one couple pick up a cell phone 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open from the bear hopped out. >> gentlemen across the street screaming there's a there's a bear. took us by surprise. >>reporter: now the bear sat on top the truck for quite a while but eventually tranqui tranquillize. bear set free back in to the a wild. lovely trip in the city. maybe it wanted to see the holiday lights. >> experience is here with a forecast. pretty in vancouver this time of year. >> looks like a festive bear. yes. >> he did. >> let's take a look time lapse view from the high definition east bay camera in emeryville this afternoon. fog low clouds rolling in from the coast and continue to roll in overnight. as a matter of fact not only the fog tonight. but we have a spare the air day tomorrow with alert beginning at midnight tonight. air quality is expected to be poor in the north bay tomorrow and moderate at best over the remain dear of the bay area so air quality is declining. also the cold and fog to contend overnight. state wide tomorrow, though, mainly sunny dry day. pleasant day as a matter of fact. high up 50. 57. chico 58. sacramento and fresno 63 down in palm springs. 63 los angeles. 43 at tahoe. 49 yos my. bay area we see a bit of haze but sunny skies. high pressure right in the mid 50's about 55, 56 degrees in most locations. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. we mate get a sprinkle or 2. light showers are possible on thursday. then breezy and dry on friday and dry for the remainder of the forecast period and here we are about to pass mid december and we are still not getting any rain. >> none in sight. >> weather is beautiful but we could use rainfall. >> thanks very much. >> fairly remarkable story about how a new phone number can change your life. it involves a man who moved to los angeles. got a new cell phone and was then flooded with calls and texts from some of the biggest names in hollywood. david wright explains what happened. >>reporter: these days there's no such thing as a new phone number. chances are that number belonged to someone else before you. as bob gray and his girlfriend lisa foster found out when they moved from cleveland to california. >> turns out the phone that i got was this old lady who leaves her prescriptions at different pharmacies. >>reporter: but bob's new number? >> what i liked about the number it was such an easy number remember. >>reporter: turned out to be the ultimate wrong number. >> day i have a got the number i get this text message says i saw you on tmz. what balmier. >>reporter: soon he started getting text from paris. the person. not the place. >> paris texted us the text said hi hon it's my birthday party big party in the hills come. love paris. holy cow we don't know a lot of paris. only one. >>reporter: it was paris hilton. party was her famous 30th birthday bash. >> texted back and we text theed yes aid loo love to come. put bob gray and lisa foster on the list and send the address. >>reporter: they figured they weren't exactly gate crashing. unlike vince vaughn in wedding crasher. unlike the couple at the white house. they were technically invited. not just paris party. >> i was petting calls from agents. i was getting calls from actors. i was getting calls from just strangers that wanted to go out and have a good time and go to a party. >>reporter: bob has just gone up to the celebrity bubble and poked a few fingers in and it's interesting place to be. whose number was tonight well, when comedian sandler called he helped figure out the mystery. >> i'm the one that told adam that he had the wrong number and when i relayed what i had been doing and all the parties and fun i have been having with it he thought it was hysterical. >>reporter: turns out the guy sandler thought he was calling is not a household name. but he's a familiar face from many funny films. comic actor nick. that's him. bob gray celebrity done ganger. >> really? i they so many people in this country are obsessed with celebrity. i was too. and you know a lot of people are lacking through the glass window wishing they could be at the party. i sure am glad for the opportunity i'm glad i haven't been arrested yet for doing it but it has been a fun time. >>reporter: naturally bob is now writing a movie about the experience. add aim just cleaned your star. call me. >>reporter: david wright abc news, hollywood. >> that is hysterical. of course he's writing a movie about it. >> he has adam's number. why not. >> he's in. >> i'm trying to get larry cell phone number. >> i'm sorry dan. you are very close. you are really close. >> on the bubble. paris hilto hilton? >> one line too many. what's wrong with the men in teal. shark continue to struggle. brilliant come back tonight in colorado. and weighs know. in ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends, so, open your eyes and check out your new living room! 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[ male announcer ] the new wireless receiver, only from at&t. now get u-verse with dvr at the lowest price ever. at&t. is. >> coming up tonight 7 news at 11:00 as we reported few minutes ago the city of santa clare just approved a financing plan to build a new forty-niner stadium. about a billion dollar deal. reaction tonight on the major development involving the frainers. and the plan to dress up the bay bridge for its 75th birthday bash. what it will take to make the span sparkle. >> those stories and more coming up in 1 hour on 7 news at 11 oe over on channel 7. mr. biel is here. sharks on the road. >> yes. something wrong with the shark but nobody sure what is wrong but clearly out of whack. shark avalanche met. men in teal dramatic come about a in the final seconds of regulation only to fall flat in the shoot out. hard to play with broken stick. just ask jason. second period game tie. shoots dan boil. with rae bound. second goal of the yea year. san jose the lae. colorado scores a pair of third period goal to go in front. matt found and 3-2 to the final minute. shark empty the net. feeding marlow for the tie 22 seconds up. the toe drive after the move and they go on to over time then the shoot out to round 5 gabriel beats him. brad binge hit the post. 4-3 the final. sharks lost 3 straight and won only 2 of the last 9. meet colorado again thursday night in the tank. plan a didn't work. plan b fail so warrior sign center brown to one year deal for 7 million dollars. brown you recall played came out of high school no. 1 pick in the 01 draft. wasn't ready for the spotlight. or the nba. bounced around the league. still a big body. 6 foot 11. 2 70. play defense. rebound. average 8 points 7 boards last year for charlotte. warriors holding off on signing the draft pick to keep space available in case deal came through w.brown signed thompson led the pac-10 in scoring last year for was you. sign second round pick tyler. project 6 foot 10 out of san diego. bypass college played in israel and japan before entering the draft. warrior roster set right now. can jackson take a team that finished 10 games under 500 and turn the squad in a play off contender. the players hope so. >> l disadvantage and advantage any way you look at it. we look at things in a positive way and say wave young fresh team that everybody came in shape in year. i think that our whole entire first unit is very cohesive first few days of practice and it takes that for to us get better defensively. >> new head coach jackson is all about defense. hasn't exactly the strong suit of the warrior explosives yet under size backboard of ellis and curry but in the word of dillon time they are a changing. >> we have a great head coach jackson. new environment. we can just tall advantage of and our schedule that we have. we have first 4 home games here. start off and really take advantage of the opportunity. >> as lee mentioned youth may the warrior greatest strength especially early on n.a short 66 game season a fast start is more important than e e ever. >> not about us butt line up and roster we are trying to build now that will make it happen. so about we are going to do our part. other guy does their part and coach will lead us. i'm excited about it. >> season opener christmas night against the clippers. all sorts of rumor about the a and trade but mr. perfect is back. dallas agrees to one year contract for 3.3 million. coming off shoulder surgery. a's lose the best power hitter and close to signing with the twins. hit 29 homeers and drove in 98 runs and will get a 3 year it was 21 million dollar deal. the 49 ers could catch a break courtesy of the nfl. league suspended steelers linebacker harrison for one game. niners host pittsburgh on monday night. harrison clobbered browns quarterback. this is vicious. helmet to face mask hit. harrison fifth illegal hit on a quarterback in the last 3 seasons. harrison is appealing suspension but most likely he is sitting out the niner game. linebacker willis and paris among the frainers at good samaritan no, sir san jose today. players delivered brand new toy to the kids parents patients there took picture and signed autograph. nasty holiday treat for the kids as well as the frainer players. >> they love it as well. smichlingt you see the smiles. can't replace that moment. >> glad you ran the video. get credit for that. >> that's this edition of 7 news at 9:00 here. for all of us here, i'm dan ashley thanks for watching. we appreciate your time as always. hope to see you again in an hour over on channel 7. goodbye for now. see you again in an hour over on channel 7. goodbye for now.