Diane. Just behind me is the Olympic Stadium where the opening and closing ceremonies take place just a few hours ago, there was a rehearsal for the opening ceremony. Cameras were not allowed inside, but you could feel the excitement gearing up for the start of the olympic games. A lot of activity. Russian construction crews are working nonstop on lastminute projects. You could find workers at just about every turn, from the coastal to the mountain cluster, workingen on everything. There is also lots and lots of snow making being made on the mountain and brought in by the truckload. A mild wenter in sochi has not brought much snowfall. Sun has left bare spots. The ski jump the most obvious example. But Officials Say no need to worry. Workers hauled a snow making machine up today. By the start of the games, they say they will be liftoff. Athletes from around the world have already arrived here. Another group is arriving today, including some of the iceskaters. Theyll be training, gettin
Some Restaurant Owners say they see full water glasses left on the tables and at the end of the meals, all of that can add up very quickly. Today, at the Alameda County fairgrounds in pleasanton, bay area muslims invited others from faiths to pray for rain. Hundreds turned out. People have become so divorced from nature, people think, what a Beautiful Day. It is a Beautiful Day indeed. But its not a day to make you smile when it should be raining. Reporter livermore, dublin and pleasanton have already been told by officials that theyll not be getting any water from the state Water Project which supplies 80 of their water each year. The region will need to rely on local reservoirs and underground wells for its supply. The state decision will be reevaluated every month and could change if we see a lot of rain in the coming months. Live in livermore, kimberly tere, nbc, bay area news. Theres real rain in the forecast. A live look at downtown San Francisco, and the bay bridge. You can see
Los altos. There are thousands, maybe tens of thousands of victims. Reporter the team also seized more than two dozen skimmers, they say these were hidden in bay area gas pumps to download debit and credit numbers. Tom says the thieves made counter fit cards with the data and bought more than a half a Million Dollars with items, mostly Apple Computers and highend purses to sale for cash. When they use the card, if the clerk asks for an id, they have an id that match ms. The card. Reporter sophisticated. Very sophisticated. Reporter thieves targeted gas pumps with a universal lock easily opened by a single kay. Our report raised awareness by gas station owners to change the locks and watch for compromised pumps. This the break happened when a gas station operator contacted the task force and let us know they found a skimmer. Reporter the tip led to the arrest of six suspects including lupe, her brother and mother. The mother and son were arraigned today. As part of the bust, investigato
downtown oakland. jody, the city leaders join in the shouting match today? reporter: they certainly did, raj. much like franco plaza here, that presser became occupied today. city leaders must have thought to themselves, if you can t beat them, join them. and the shout-out began. franco plaza was never designed for camping. reporter: it s a press conference that started smoothly. a city council members and business leaders came together to end occupy oakland. but this presser quickly got off-track. a number of reporter: occupiers interrupt interrupted, trying their best to shut the message down. city leaders looked stunned as protesters drowned them out leaving them with little choice but to chant back. the shout-out continued for several minutes before council members tried in vain to get back to their script. taking aim at the mayor for letting things spin out of control. and we demand that the mayor take action to remove these people from the plaza. reporte
further away, shines over a larger area. that was the professor from uc berkeley. ironically of all days, today, nearly 9 million californians were taking part in the largest earthquake drill in u.s. history. the tech museum hosted several schools to join in on the simulation. the message was drop, cover and hold on. at 10:20 this morning, dozens of students took part in the statewide drill. they also did other hands on activities to learn more how to react to the earthquake. they have a great simulator you can get in, it simulates different earthquakes that have happened around the world. today was part of earthquake museum wake. nbcbayarea.com continues our earthquake coverage. you ll see videos of how to prepare for an earthquake both in and away from your own home. international news now, moammar gadhafi, one of the longest serving dictators in the world was killed today. gadhafi killed during a gunfight while resisting capture by libyan rebels. here s a look at p