everyone. reporter: one closed its 41 preschools today to show what will happen if the state doesn t pass a budget soon. they haven t been paid since july. as one of the larger agencies in california, we have been able to sustain but like i said, as of november 15th, we are going to have a really hard time doing that without additional support. reporter: little layla s parents can t afford private preschools. one of them may be forced to quit their job if lawmakers don t do what it takes to keep schools open. some of the signs here say that child care is the way for us to make a living in california. that is so true. can you imagine if none of us were able to have any child care, how that would impact california, their jobs, our jobs what we are doing? it would be big loss. reporter: parents are praying lawmakers act soon so their kids can keep going to class and they can keep working. pass the budget, do it now, think of us. reporter: many bay area preschools h
clean and close to me models. 3million others are being recalled because of a choking hazard. the entertainment industry world lost another legend overnight. actor tony curtis died at his home near las vegas. the clark county coroner says it was a result of cardiac arrest. he was best known for roles in big films including the defiant one and sweet smell of success. he also starred with jack lemon and marilyn monroe in 1959 s, some like it hot which many critics list among the best comedies of all time. he was a father of actress jamie lee curtis. tony curtis was 85. more documents are expected to be released today in the controversy over meg whitman s former maid. anne makovec is in atherton with more on the allegations and reaction from the republican gubernatorial candidate. good morning, anne. reporter: good morning. well, apparently meg whitman hired this housekeeper through an independent agency. so the big question this morning is whether or not she knew that hou
don t know you. reporter: diaz s high- profile attorney says whitman received a letter from the social security administration? 2003 saying the number she had given whitman didn t match the name on file. diaz says she saw the letter but wasn t asked about it or her legal status until years later, just before she was fired. meg, please, can you help me? and she was very upset and said no, and you don t know me and i have never seen you. until she decided to run for governor in 2009 it appears ms. whitman had no problem or concern about employing an undocumented worker. i hope that no one else in my position have to suffer the way that i did. reporter: it is minutes after today s charges were announced our political editor randy shannon dataville sat down with meg whitman for an subject. he joins us to tell us what whitman said. meg whitman denied it all, today, lies she said. the charges are not true. the charges are absolutely not true. reporter: she says y
a distraction and political smear attack. that s what republican gubernatorial candidate meg whitman today called allegations from her former housekeeper. now at this hour the housekeeper s attorney is firing back. anne makovec shows us the drama that just keeps unfolding. reporter: gloria allred is the attorney for that housekeeper. she says that she has evidence that meg whitman knew her housekeeper was working here in the u.s. illegally. but if that is evidence what we think it could be, whitman has preemptively refuted it. here s a live picture. news conference in los angeles. they are setting up. attorney gloria allred and nicky diaz santillan are expected to reveal a document that they say proves whitman knew she was here illegally. the speculation is it is a letter sent by the federal government to whitman in 2000 that diaz s social security number didn t match up. whitman spoke out out out earlier and didn t see the letter as the housekeeper got the mail. the nick
bay. this is southbound 101 traffic looks good. remember, there is an accident on 37 at 29. we ll tell olympic more about that and the rest of the commute in just moments. now let s go to dave and pam. thank you, sal. time now 5:00. part of a neighborhood blocked off right now because of a house fire. the home is on president drive. ktvu is there right now. we ve talked to the victim and fire chief. craig, you say this fire may have been prevented? reporter: that s right. preliminary investigation indicates it was preventable. this location is right above where 580 splits with 237. so if you ve ever been out re and look up on the hill this is where the fire was. they say they got the call around 3:00 a.m. this morning. when they did the call came in from somebody on another street. so the fire department was headed there first. but they said the flames were so great that they simply followed the flames into the fire. when they got here i talked with a couple fire members