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good morning, i'm anne mako. i'm phil matier. i'm mark kelly. there s a lot to talk about in our ne hour... (anne teases soda tax (phil teases warriors waterf interview good morning. it is 8:30 sunday february 2nd. thank you for joining us. there is a lot of news to get to. another bay area city is considering a soda tax after the proposal went down in flames recently. is this a good idea? or is this nanny government? that's something we are exploring today. before that comes in front of the san francisco board of supervisors on tuesday. we are going to be taking a look at another big issue in the bay area. the warriors arena and news
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they'll be holding off for another year. we'll sit down with the team president and find out why the delay. this week in the state of the union president obama made lofty goals. this morning we brought in congressman eric to see if the president is a lame duck or if he can get these things done. it is raining if you have not looked outside your window. which is good news since we have been dealing with this drought for months. this is our live doppler radar. you can see light to moderate rain and lightning strikes off the coast. we are going to see that rain continue through the day. live look at san francisco where there are arrival delays up to two hours. check your flight if you know somebody coming in or if you are flying out. that can have a rip. le effect. in the 40s around the bay area. we'll make it into the 50s. it will be raining all day
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long. breezy conditions. possibility of more rain ahead in the next seven days. details coming up. developing news. a violent night in west oakland. two people are dead. police are looking for clues this morning. the shooting happened on 24th and market street. shots rang out at 10:45. please are unclear if victims are adult or teens. police in napa are investigating the murder of a 4- year-old girl. they are looking for this couple. sarah krueger is the victim's mother. ryan warner is krueger's boyfriend. they were last scene leaving an apartment yesterday while carrying luggage. three hours later police found the girl dead in a bed inside the same apartment. they say there are signs of foul play. krueger and warner are wanted for questioning. call napa police if you know where they are. new this morning, there appears to be plenty blame to
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go around in the death of lynn spalding. 57-year-old went missing in a san francisco general hospital last september and was found dead in a stairwell two weeks later. a federal report says the hospital staff and sheriff's department made mistakes. nurses failed to carry out written orders to watch spalding around the clock. sheriff deputies did not check all the hospitals stairwells as ordered. autopsy found he died of dehydration and liver problems. al sharpton will be in town to open a civil rights organization. it aims to address social and economic indifferences experienced by african- americans. agriculture is taking a big financial hit from the drought. lack of rain could cost california farmers and ranchers $5 billion in revenue.
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with water at a premium, everything from milk and beef to basic crops could be harder to produce. for more on the drought let's go over to ann and phil. >> statewide drive has gone from bad to worse over the past 11 days. >> trivalley will be among the hardest hit areas in california. >> 80% of the districts water supply comes from the state. that's been cut to zero. >> it is drastic. it will be a severe hardship to the communities that we serve. >> zone seven is a special water district that contracts with the state to bring sierra water here. luckily they have been saving water. there is concern the delta water in the district's backup reservoir will get too salty to drink. that capping off a week of concerning drought regulations. >> there will be no water if
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these conditions exist. >> reporter: water districts need to tap into other supplies. they are at 37% capacity and with 750,000 acres of farm land depending on reservoirs like these, it will be one of the toughest years on record for agriculture. >> we have a problem. as governor, i'm responsible for the whole state. >> reporter: 17 communities sate wide could run out of water in the next few months. southern california water officials met with the governor to talk about how extra reserves in the south could help communities in the north. president obama personally called the governor offering federal assistance. >> he pledged his support to help california. >> reporter: several local water agencies are calling for cut backs in water use.
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marin water district mandatory 25%. santa clara 10%. san francisco puc services 2.6 million users in the bay area. it is asking for a 10% cut in water use. >> it won't be that long if things do not change we'll start to consider higher levels and consider it mandatory. >> as the drought continues we are adding resources online. you can go to kpix.com/drought to find advice on how to conserve water. on tuesday san francisco supervisors are introduce a tax proposal on sugar beverages. the money would then go to fund health programs in schools and city parks, focus on nutrition and physical activity. some consumers are skeptical about paying more for their soda fix.
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>> i don't know if the government taxing people any more than they are already taxing us would really help the situation. >> approach is similar to the approach with tobacco taxes. scott weaner and three other supervisors came up with the proposal. they spent millions of dollars to defeat legislation in new york and richmond. is it going to fly here? >> it will be interesting to see. they can put it before voters. some people will say why not? others will say i'm going to be paying this. it is interesting when you put a tax on this, they have done it with alcohol and tobacco you are targeting a small group. smokers pay and pay as the taxes go up. because as a voting block they are not big. people that drink sodas and juices and with kids is a lot bigger group. >> it will come in front of the board of supervisors on
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from the mountain yesterday. a day earlier authorities allowed thousands of people to return home believing the danger from the volcano had receded. today rescuers found a body two miles from the volcano's peak. it is a case of bad timing for woody allen. on the same day as the writer's guild awards charges of sexual abuse surfaced again. he is nominated for best screen play of blue jasmine. his adopted daughter is accusing allen of sexually abusing her when she was seven years old. there was an investigation in 1992 that concluded he had not been sexually abused. there is a new delay in golden state warriors planning to build an arena on the san francisco waterfront. >> the team is saying the arena definitely will not open in 2017 as invisioned.
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this comes as cost estimates doubled for renovating piers 30 and 32. >> this is one of the most ambitious sport developing deals and buildings we have seen on the west coast in the history. and the latest with the project, we have rick welch, president of the warrior. what's behind the decision to hold off for a year? >> we are doing what we said we would do. which is fully embrace all the public input, all the regulatory input we got. as a result it takes longer to complete. we'll open in 2018. >> how did you pick 2017 deadline? was it something out of the air? >> it was possible to do. absolutely everything fell into place at the right time. in sacramento they announced a year after we did they would open an arena a year earlier than we did. the timeline is available. >> what makes its appealing? >> number one, access of public
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transportation. there is no site west of the hudson that's as transit rich as this site is. it is on 13 acres of piers falling in the bay built in 1912. it gives us a chance to bring 13 acres of the city back to life again and create something for the warriors and hosts events from entertainment and business events and provide ways for the city to interacted with the water that don't exist now. >> it is a massive undertaking. 13 acres on the water on crumbling piers. you are finding out the cost of rehabbing piers doubled. people say do they have the money for this? two, are they nuts? >> well. we have the money. no we are not nuts. this is about what the current warriors ownership group wants to accomplish in creating something great in term of the warriors franchise. if you look over the last three year of everything we said we would do everything has
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happened. finance is the last of the problems. we are comfortable with the project as it stands today. even as expensive as it is today. we'll get it done. >> redesign is one reason. trying to accommodate various coastal commissions. are we going to see more redesigns? >> we committed to take all the public input available to us. we have over 100 public meetings. we have regulatory input. we'll create a project that san francisco is proud of. that requires taking the time to incorporate those suggestions into our design. which is what we have done. >> next thing, tomorrow a group of san franciscoians is going down with 15,000 signatures to go on the ballot saying if you want to build the waterfront arena you'll have to go to voters on height limits. where do you stand on that idea of this proposition mandating you have to go to the voters.
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>> first thing we want to see if it qualifies, how it affects our project. this is not a warriors focus initiative. this affects all development along the water front. whether it is pier 70 or the giants project. we'll look at what that means. we have fully embraced the process from day one. if the rules are going to change we'll fully embrace the process as the rules change. >> some people suggested, as it stands for you to finance this deal without public money, you are asking for permission to build a condo tower across the street and a hotel. and use that money to help pay for the arena and the work. some people suggested knocking those off the project knocking those off the project in order pass easier. are you thinking of eliminating the hotel and condos? >> this is across the street
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from the market. they are not on the piers themselves. >> this is the path the city gave us to absolutely have the ability to invest $180 million of warriors money in the city's infrastructure in rehabilitating the piers. there has to be some value derived from that. exactly what it will be we are not hundred percent committed to. >> it is an interesting interview. it is tough to tag you down. yes or no you are still studying and looking. i'm going to ask an easy question. broncos or seahawks? >> i'm rooting for the 49ers to be back in the superbowl next year. >> this arena will definitely be the centerpiece of san francisco and bay area talk this coming year. bay area weather watchers
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have something to celebrate on this groundhog's day. punxsatawney phil saw his shadow this morning. if today's bay area rainfall is any indication, yes, there will be six more weeks of winter. while we don't have punxsatawney phil we have our own doppler radar to look at the rain. >> it has been falling for the past several hours. be aware if you have outdoor plans, the rain has been falling for the past couple of hours. we have arrival delays at san francisco. if you have anybody coming in or out check your flights. we'll see the rain continue and breezy weather in some spots in the bay area. a chance of thunderstorms. we have seen lightning strikes off the coast. the rain will be ending late tonight. we are only going to make it up into the 50s. it is going to be a cool and breezy day. we'll dry it out for next
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couple of days. the chance of rain returns on wednesday and thursday. with any luck, we could be out of our dry pattern. it will take a lot to make up for the trouble we have already seen. but we'll keep you posted. in college basketball upset of epic porportions. cal bears stunned arizona with nine seconds left in the game last night. justin cobb did back jumping lead over the wild cats, 60-58. it is arizona's first loss of the season. highlights coming up in sports. superbowl sunday. it is here. here we got a live look over met life stadium in new jersey where denver broncos will take on seattle seahawks at 3:30 today. loss the seattle still stings. one phrase is top of mind for 49er fans. anybody be the seahawks. >> here's one bay area woman
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turning it into a rallying cry and a money maker. >> reporter: it is a question 49 fans will have to answer come sunday. what to wear to the superbowl party. whatever you decide at the least make it red and gold. business owner mary the answer came after watching richard sherman's post game interview. >> i looked at my boys and my husband and i said anybody but the seahawks. that's what came out of my mouth. anybody with the seahawks. i didn't want his behavior to be validated. >> reporter: the catch phrase was born in seconds. the niners-esque design took three hours. printing took two days. rivally will go on for years. at first they had go broncos on the bottom but her son convinced her to take it off to
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niner fans can wear it all year- long. >> would you say it is passive aggressive? >> you can say that. >> they are selling 250 t- shirts a day, out of her store and out of the envelope and online at anybody but the seahawks.com. for this mother of seven kids the t-shirts are a way of getting pay back. >> when you have 7 kids, six boys and some were bullied, it really affected me and when this hit me on sunday after the game, it took me back to when my kids were younger. i said not okay. not okay. not okay. >> t-shirts are $15. 10% of proceeds going to anti- bullying charities. >> if you are interesting in ordering a shirt we posted a link at kpix.com. reporters seen it all in the field. this carjacking takes the cake. stay with us. we'll be right back. ,, ,,
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check this out: a confrontation led to a car theft for a t-v reporter the rain continues to fall. we are in the trivalley. light to moderate rain in some spots. that will continue through the rest of the day. we'll monitor the weather through the rest of our newscast. confrontation leading to a car theft of a tv reporter of
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florida. josh taylor was looking into a claim that a home available for rent in serres was falsely advertised. he is setting up a camera when the woman began yelling at him to leave. then she took his tripod and put it in the car and took off in his vehicle. >> you are going to leave. >> ma'am, settle down. >> you are going to leave! >> ma'am settle down. >> she did settle down into the driver's seat. state attorney now considering a charge of grand theft auto against that woman. michelle obama swung through san francisco to fundraise earlier this week. >> her trip follows announced retirement of henry waxman and george miller, two men known for raking in money for democrats. >> we sat down to talk about what these losses mean on a state and policy level.
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>> two things for the state. we lost two powerful figures and great voices on subjects matters that affects the lives of people in this state, particularly on the liberal side of the aisle. george miller was big on the environment and labor issues. mr. waxman is big on health care. >> and imparticular hiv and aids. the two of them represent a form mittable force on the policy side. equally as important, if not more, each represent tremendous fundraising availables for redistribution for democrats in need. >> how does somebody in los angeles and somebody in concorde represent a huge wealth of campaign contributions? >> you raise money based upon our status and your positions and titles and the influence we have been able to develop with the people who donate the money. each of those persons for 40 years have been at the top of
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the crest for nancy pelosi. >> they would raise money and funnel it to nancy and she would spread it to contested races where they needed money. >> or in the alternative go through the campaign committee. in each category, candidates in states without resources get help. >> what affect does this have on her as someone trying to reclaim the house? >> it makes it far more difficult for her to garner all the resources she needs. that's why you see michelle obama in town now. >> because she is trying to pick up the slack for these men? >> absolutely. let's say those two guys were responsible for half a million each or a million each per year, suddenly that's got to come from somebody else. you are not going to get it from just barbara lee or two or three others. >> people replacing these two congressman, they won't be able
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to raise that money? >> from the political standpoint the two people replacing them will be on welfare. >> it are take years to get the clout they had. >> exactly. you work your way up the seniority system so you are a chair or vice chair of the committee. all the bills come through you. showing up tomorrow in washington will not bring you half the clout these guys have. stay with us. we'll be right back. a queen-size sealy gel memory foam mattress for just $497? mattress discounters has the largest selection of memory foam mattresses under one roof! comforpedic, icomfort, optimum... and wow! four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection. [yawns] don't miss the presidents day sale. ♪ mattress discounters
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i'm anne makovec. a lot to k about in the next half-hour. (anne teases convict employ welcome back. it is superbowl sunday. >> it is groundhog day. >> good morning. it is 9:00. a lot to talk about in the next half hour. we'll get you up-to-date with how much more rain we are expecting. if you have not noticed it is falling as we speak. also talking about a new proposal that would basically allow convicts to not call themselves out when they are trying to get housing or apply for a job. it is called ban the box. it is that little box on an application. >> it is not just convicts. it could be anybody with a conviction. we'll talk about the housing crunch here in san francisco. middle class values and middle class economics were keynote in the president's speech. we want to talk about how it
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might affect the bay area. we'll talk with a congressman about the president's speech and its affect here. and the latest on the drought. we got bad news yesterday that the trivalley will be one of the hardest-hit areas in california. we'll tell you why and look at those conditions. our top story this morning is the rain. >> we want to look at the showers out there now and through the bay area. here's doppler look. this is from the last two hours. we got light and moderate rain. it is breezy and cool. we could see possible thunderstorms along the coast, which is interesting. here is a live look at san francisco. cool and in the 40s. down on the peninsula oakland 46. santa rosa 43. headlines heading out for superbowl sunday today to celebrate the game carry an umbrella. watch on the roads. it is slick. rainy day all in all. cool and breezy.
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we could have more rain ahead later on in the work week. stay tuned for that. developing news in the north bay. police in napa are investigating the murder of a 4- year-old girl and they are looking for this couple. sarah krueger is the victim's mother. ryan warner is krueger's boyfriend. themselves last seen leaving an apartment on wilkins avenue yesterday while carrying luggage. three hours later police found the girl dead inside the same apartment. there are signs of foul play. krueger and warner are wanted for questioning. call napa police if you know where they are. street. shots rang out at ad 10- forty-five last night. police have few leads at th point. it's unclear if the victims are adults or teens. there is no information abo possible suspects. those are a look at your top stories. now for weather. developing news. a violent night in west oakland. two people are dead. police are looking for clues this morning. the shooting happened on 24th and market street. shots rang out at 10:45.
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please are unclear if victims are adult or teens. california department of water resources is getting stingy with the water supply. turns out the state won't be funneling a drop from its reservoir to local directs. that includes the bay area's trivalley. it really needs more. >> community is thirsty for every last drop. >> reporter: irrigation water continues to flow in the dublin office park. drought reality about sunk in yet. residents are about to feel drought pain. 80% of the trivalley's water normally comes from the state. that's been cut to zero. >> it is drastic. it will be severe hardship to the communities that we serve. >> reporter: jill is the general manager of zone seven, a special water district that contracts with the state to bring water here.
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they have been saving water for a year, recharging aquafers and conserving. >> from last year we tried to conserve what water we could. that water is currently be transfer today the extent possible into the lake. they are pumping into the lake and then it will be available locally if they have to stop pumping through the delta. >> reporter: what's happening with the trivalley's drought and loss of state water is being repeated in districts across california. >> we have 17 water agencies across the state in danger of running at of drinking water in the next 60 to 100 days. >> reporter: even though water agencies like zone seven may have unused allocations due them, the drought may cut that short if delta water gets too salty to drink. >> impacts will be on the landscape this summer. we have enough well capacity to serve all public health and safety needs of the community. >> reporter: trivalley residents will be asked to cut
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back water use 20%. maybe more if rain or snow doesn't arrive in the sierra any time soon. population increase in the trivalley strained the water supply. you can see it in the number of people in dublin. it has more than tripled since 1980. next door pleasanton doubled its population. one bay area county is doing okay with the water supply. officials expect cities and farms to get the water they need. a few cities may have to buy water from other sources to avoid a shortage. while they may be in good shape now, officials are urging people to conserve water. at what point does a convict deserve a fresh start? >> san francisco is mowing over a proposal to prohibit employers and landlords from asking applicants if they were ever arrested or convicted of a felony. it is part of a nationwide movement called ban the box.
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supporters say housing and jobs are so difficult for ex-con's to find, having them check that box may turn them back on the wrong path feeling defeated before they get a chance to return to society. >> here are details about the proposal. no up front inquiry about criminal history. you could ask after the first interview or after offering someone a job. some things would be off limits like erased convictions or older than seven years. this is something people have an emotional reaction to initially. you like to see people get a second chance. then again, a lot of people are leery about people who made very bad mistakes in the past. living next to them, working next to them. >> right. this would not make that mandatory. what it would to, say when you are filling out that application you don't have to check the box. you get to at least explain yourself. the idea is explain yourself to the employer, the landlord. they say too many times people just feel after checking that
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box their application goes in the can and they never get a shot. it is just where do you start? where do you try to get back? >> we'll see what san francisco does when it comes before the board. tesla making the drive east where they are planning to set up shop coming up next. it is the day of the superbowl. raiders are in the news. they are partying in burkeley. we'll tell you why. sports is coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,
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will open a 3- thousand sque foot showroom in walnut cre. the electric car company aly has several dealerships in e bay area. this is the first in contra costa county. you'll be able to test driva new a new exhibit at san francisco's museum honors the bay bridge as a masterpiece celebrated when it was built in the great depression. bay bridge, work in progress features images of the span in the 1930's. exhibit, which is a good one to check out, runs through june 8th. in honor of black history month a new stamp to remember the first african-american woman elected to congress. it is the shirley chisham stamp. it is raining outside.
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it is very good news for the bay area. you can see showers all across the area. these are going to continue through the rest of the day into the evening hours. we are also expecting windy conditions to continue. it is going to be one of those chilly, rainy days that we have not seen in a very long time. also a chance of thunderstorms and lightning strikes off the coast. the rain ending very late tonight. it will be cool. temperatures only in the 50s. 53 san francisco. 54 trivalley. we are going to dry out for monday and tuesday. then that chance of rain will come back on wednesday and thursday. hopefully you can get a little bit of a measurable amount to put a dent in this drought. president obama declared 2014 will be a year of action in his state of the union on tuesday. access to education.... and increasing the minimum wage today "triple a" is offering
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what it calls a "tipsy tow" for anye who's been drinking while watching the calls a "tipsy tow" for anye who's been drinking while watching the >> reporter: what will we see in immigration reform? >> the road map to citizenship, republicans are accepting legal status for people here illegally. >> they are ready to give legal status but what about citizenship? >> we have to get on the same team and same play book. for me, i don't want to have a second-class citizenship in our country. i think we have the votes in the congress to have a road map
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to citizenship. i think that can pass. i think the speaker has to throw a few bones to the most extreme members of his caucus. if he puts it up for up or down vote it will pass for democratic or republicans to have citizenship. >> unemployment extending? yes or no? >> i hope we can bring it to a vote. it will have to come up in the senate first. they weren't able to get it passed. if they do there is more momentum in the house. >> that doesn't look too good. >> we need to keep pressure up. >> minimum wage? >> $7.25 for federal minimum wage. that is not living wage. that's $15,000 a year. we are pushing to raise it to $10.10. it is not looking too good. we have to keep the pressure up so people know housing and medical costs are going up. minimum wage is staying flat. >> i want to change gears. henry waxman and george miller
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announced they were retiring. in part i suspect it seems like it is a tough job. it is wearing on them. we just had a statistic that shows over 50% of congressional representatives are millionaire. what is so tough about being in congress. >> most were millionaires before they went to congress. i'm 415 out of 435. i worked as a prosecutor before i went to congress. i'm at the bottom end. george miller and henry waxman, two lions of the house. we'll miss them both. if congressman miller has a vacancy in the house he rents out, i would like to apply for the vacancy. >> he rents his house and has four roommates that live with him. >> chuck schummer and dick durbin. >> where do you live in washington? >> rent a room ten minutes away from the house. i fly back and forth. >> so you don't get living expenses?
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>> no parking or living expenses where i live. i have to pay to go to and from work just like everyone else. my father will get these crazy spam e-mails that say congress gets free pensions for life. you don't pay social security. you get free health care. all not true. but you have to to all the research and send it back to my dad and say these misconceptions are not true. we have to pay for all living in washington. >> you have great job satisfaction when things don't happen. >> thank you for joining us this morning. we'll have you back as you bounce back and forth. i don't know how you guys or why you guys do it, but somebody has to do it. thank you for joining us. back to you. the last time cal bears beat a top ranked team in the country jason kidd was on the squad in 19194. they had a chance to hand the
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wild cats the first loss of the season. final seconds fade away jumper is good. cal takes out the number one team in the country in the arizona wild cats and hands them their first loss of the year. 60-58 is final. brian joined usf and gonzaga. fall 75-65. peyton manning got 49 out of 50 first place votes named nfl mvp for fifth time in his career. temperature for kickoff superbowl is 43 degrees. raiders guy becomes first punter in nfl history elect today the hall of fame. three time superbowl champ is going to canton. black hawk fans making presence felt at the tank. it came down to a shootout.
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incredible move to beat corey crawford. they beat defending stanley cup champs 2-1. that's it for sports. today aaa is offering a tipsy tow for anyone who has been drinking while watching the superbowl. >> drivers, bartenders and restaurant managers can say i need a tipsy toe. it starts tonight at 6:00 and continues 12 hours. a truck will take a car and as many people that can safely fit in the cab for a distance up to ten miles. still ahead, why baseball and not football is on the minds of these giants fans this early. stay with us. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, ,,
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the next few months. today is about football. giants fans are looking ahead to baseball season, too. i was at at&t park yesterday as thousands poured in and around the ballpark for giant's annual fan fest. >> reporter: at&t park taken over. baseball fans lined up for hours on the famous field to see their heros for a moment. they are not a bit shy about who they like. >> posey. he is my man. what do you like about him? >> he is wonderful and beautiful. >> how long would you wait in line to see hunter penn? >> two hours. i think i would wait two hours. >> reporter: many did just that to snatch up an autograph or pose for a picture at the plate. others wanted just a moment to test ride his favorite seat in the house the dugout. >> i got to stand where bruce stands during the game at the corner. this is a very cool day.
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>> it is fun to interact with the fans. it is a feeling of getting back into baseball. >> reporter: when it comes to being into baseball, the hernandez family certainly steals the show. at the very least, they take home the award for createtivity. >> i want romo to sign my ring. >> reporter: fan fest feels different than a home game. no opposing team, no score board, no hanging on the edge of your seat. just pure giants pride and a gut prediction or two about how the new season will play out. >> i think they are going to do very well. they have kept a lot of key people. >> we picked up hudson and we picked up morris. we are going to do great. >> reporter: at at&t park mark kelly. >> i know you were at this last year. incredible turnout. before the gates opened this was a line to the bridge of people waiting to get autographs. >> people camp out the night before. >> they rotate who sits down and signs autographs. you are not sure if you are
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going to get your guy or not. >> it is fun for everybody regardless. mayor lee was washington for the state of the union speech where a big theme was how to help the middle class. >> back home one of the biggest challenges is mayor faces is skyrocketing rents and housing prices that are forcing middle class out of cities. >> we sat down with the mayor after the speech to find out how he plans to handle the problem. >> what is your topic driving you this year? >> housing, jobs, transportation, all those are important to residents of the city. i'm going to keep working on them. we'll open them up. they are under construction. we are only 49 squares miles. unless we build more housing, pressure on the existing housing will be higher and more because people want to live here. >> not just people around here. you are dealing with globalization. when we see high-rises
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downtown, a lot of people see apartments. but if you are a foreign investor, you see basically a safety deposit box where you can park $500,000 to $1 in real value. it is safer than keeping money in india, china and indonesia. we are competing with that market as well. >> the city of san francisco can't act just alone. i have to talk to counter parts to build enough housing around the transportation corridors we have been building the last couple decades. >> your problem is while oakland becomes the brooklyn to your manhattan, or san jose becomes the connecticut to your new york, the people in the city feel like they are getting priced out. >> if we don't build more housing, by the way to change ways evictions happen to protect long term tenants. if we don't build more housing that pressure will be there and get worse. there are more people coming to
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the bay area region. >> when you say affordable to a lot of people that's a combined income of under $70,000. in san francisco to be middle class it is $90,000. middle class doesn't qualify for affordable housing and can't afford market housing. >> middle class in san francisco ranges more between $75,000 to $50,000. they are being priced out of two or three bedroom apartments and housing. that's the kind of housing we want to build. that's what we are building in hunter's point shipyard and treasure island. these are the types of housing want to to build. when we are doing that people are saying we like what's happening in the public school system. those two things are the most important things for all of residents including the middle class to stay here and grow here. foreign investment is an
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interesting part of all of this. is there anything good about it? it is driving up the price. >> it gets the projects off the ground and provides seed money and guarantee for somebody out there thinking of building that they'll get a return. on the overall is it good for people living here? that's the big question. people say no because it makes it too high priced for locals. >> a lot of other cities in this country would be craving the investment san francisco has. >> they don't have a tight squeeze on affordable housing for the rest of the city where everything is impacted because we are small. ,,
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mvp broncos peyton manning won his record fifth player of the year distinction. woody allen faces allegations of sexual abuse from his adopted daughter. on "saturday night live" weekend update seth myers is leaving the cast to host late night. punxsatawney phil saw his shadow in pennsylvania. which means there will be six more weeks of winter. you can follow us on twitter at cbssf. >> let's take a look at the weather forecast. it is raining out there. our live doppler you can see it coming down everywhere in the bay area. we'll see that continue through the rest of the day. until the evening hours. you'll want your umbrella and here's the stats for you. it has rained more in the last four hours than it did in the entire month of january for the city of san francisco. that's good news. we have another chance of rain coming on wednesday and thursday. >> thank you for joining us. see you next week.
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