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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