san francisco. not just for the residents in western san francisco. when some of the people came who were soccer players and others and they said it will benefit us to. we have to remember because you live close and you may have more direct impact does not mean you are the only decision maker in what is done. also there was a question about non-sporting events. this does not analyze non- sporting events. analysis is for sporting events. people brought up the waste treatment plant. i don't think it is right to analyze them together because that might not pan out. it should be considered. it is the possibility. we will have to make that decision independently. one project is not dependent upon the other. those are my main comments so far. it was a well done report from what i have read so far. your comments to make it a better report. i am sure that you will have more so we will have a good er when it is completed -- eir what is completed. commissioner sugaya: i appreciate the comments. i am supportive of an extension. i will not ask the commissioners b

this area, again, this is golden gate shut down all directions between steiner and scott in san francisco's western addition. so we'll continue to follow the traffic situation and these winds northeast winds in san francisco not helping the firefighters out there trying to get this thing under control. >> the smoke is blowing away from the building and you can see just how strong that is and it looks like almost like it's stoking up the flames. >> it is. i mean, winds obviously not good when you're trying to battle a huge structure fire like. this and again, the good news is they are expected to slowly die down over the course of the afternoon but for right now, obviously this is a major issue. >> it's not soon enough for the firefighters fighting these flames right now. what you are looking at are live pictures from chopper 5. this is 1015 pierce. we had a two-alarm call to the fire department at 11:53 a.m. for this fire. wilson walker one of our producers is on the ground. wilson, are you with the crowds there? have you heard anything else? >> reporter: i'm still in the same spot. i'm trying to t

san francisco. look at this fire in the western addition of san francisco, 120 firefighters are involved.ment structures, on elm street, shortly before twelve noon a fire broke out, four alarm, and so far no reported injuries. the double structure is still ablaze. and then this before we wrap it up on "studio b," just about every red blooded american male would love do get a brand new lamborghini. well, look at that puppy, a utah man got the chance for six hours to drive that, winning the $380,000 car in a promotion this month. he gets the keys on december twelfth, right, and he takes the car out for a spin, all right? everything is going well. well he spins out-of-control on a corner and strikes fence posts. no one was injured but the car was badly damaged enough that he had to call a tow truck to haul it away and he says it is at a body shop but as he put it "that's what insurance is for." david, what do you bet your premiums will go up, pal? and

the cause of a five- alarm fire in san francisco's western addition. dozens of residents >>> 66:16. in the headlines, investigators are looking for the cause of a five-alarm fire in san francisco's western addition. dozens of residents were displayed but only two minor injuries, one to a firefighter and one to a resident. >>> and we now know the cause of that second power outage at candlestick on monday. it was a malfunctioning switch on the backup power system. work to replace the switch starts today. >>> and it's a big day for planes, trains and automobiles as the christmas travel season kicks off. aaa says more people in the u.s. are expected to travel this year as compared to last year. so it's going to be busy out there. also going to be cold, elizabeth. >> it is. it's going to be very cold. it is going to be dry if you do have to head somewhere out of town for christmas. but the big weather story are the chilly temperatures. we are under a freeze warning across much of the bay area. check out fairfield, napa, these temperatures continue to drop as we get closer towards sunrise.

san francisco, haze, 57 degrees, calm winds. tomorrow, we have the full total lunar eclipse. look towards the western horizon in san francisco towards the ocean. it begins at 4:45 a.m. and it will conclude by 6:57. conditions will be favorable with lots of clear skies. current air temperatures into the 50s san jose currently at 55 degrees. your weather headlines, clear tonight, a little bit of a chill in the air. hazy sunshine with the fourth straight "spare the air" day. we have a chance of rain returning to the bay area on sunday and it's about time. we haven't seen any kind of precipitation since thanksgiving day. another threat of rain on wednesday. our percentage of normal stats lowering day by day. in fact, santa rosa at 50% of where we should be for for had time of the year. last year we were at 135% so we're falling behind very rapidly. nothing really going on right now. low to the east, high pressure encompassing the western states now. not much of a pressure gradient so therefore stagnation is considering. this is the area of low pressure that promises to bring at least a chance of rain cle

american in his music at san francisco state and three-year recipient of the council artist in residence grant. as a dancer and educator he has performed throughout the western united states, including the san francisco ethnic dance festival , the olympic games, and in powwows across the nation. as a playwright and film maker, his works have been presented on stage at such venues us the center for the arts and this brought the theater. -- and the brava theater. i am also proud to say as president of the board of friendship house, eddie has been a faithful and dedicated board member since the year 2000. he is a local treasurer and respected treasurer in the community. i think you. -- i thank you. [applause] eddie. >> just like you, i am hoping it is for the latter also. for those of you that know me really well, like my family, you will know because of my voice i will not be talking very long. [applause] there is my family. [laughter] it is an honor and pleasure to be nominated and receive this award. i want to say thank-you to the people that nominated and the people that chose to have this come through. but like we are talking about, we would recognize the

american in his music at san francisco state and three-year recipient of the council artist in residence grant. as a dancer and educator he has performed throughout the western united states, including the san francisco ethnic dance festival , the olympic games, and in powwows across the nation. as a playwright and film maker, his works have been presented on stage at such venues us the center for the arts and this brought the theater. -- and the brava theater. i am also proud to say as

investigators are looking fr the cause of a five- alarm e in san francisco's western >>> welcome back. 5:15. in the headlines, investigators are looking for the cause of this five-alarm fire in san francisco's western addition. it was massive and left dozens of residents homeless. but there are only two minor injuries. >>> two suicide car bombs have ripped through damascus, syria, today. local authorities say at least 40 people were killed. the explosions happened just a day after arab league observers arrived in the country. >>> back here closer to home, it's a huge day for planes, trains and automobiles as the christmas and new year's travel seasons kick in. more people in the u.s. are expected to travel compared with last year. >>> there is a new rebate program for people who install solar systems in marin county. [ echo in the background ] >> the marin energy authority is offering the rebates to its customers. [ laughter ] >> they can get $500 for putting in portable systems in their homes. rebates are offered by marin county and the state of california. if you heard that, i have

. >>> i'll use the big board to show you exactly where this fire started am it was in san francisco's western edition neighborhood here at the corner of golden gate avenue and pierce street near alamo square. the fire starting at 11:53 this morning, and the building located at 1502 golden gate. it spread over the next two hours fuelled by windy conditions. five alarms were called to the scene. 140 firefighters corking to cob -- working to contain the flames. several minor injuries were reported, including one to a firefighter. ed lee made a visit to the scene. >> we needed temporary shelter, of course, that's the expertise of the red cross. and we're going to find that shelter close by. we identified a few sites where we're clearing those for use. then for the weeks coming, we'll have to have shelters. many others may not have an alternative. during the holiday times, it's hard for people to have a lot of alternatives out there. upon so we're going to definitely help them in every way we can. this is a horrible time to be victims of fire at this time. >> and stay with kron4 news for continuin

is no money in place to add a bike way way cross the western span to san francisco. still caltran drew up alternative plans to be discussed in the boardroom of the san francisco transportation authority, that is tuesday evening at 5:00. >> this is a live look outside with the big developing story of the morning. a total lunar eclipse began a few minutes ago. a shadow started to go across the moon about 4:40 this morning and you see the moon totally engulfed in red dish light. it it will last for about 45 more minutes until just before the moon sets. a lunar eclipse occurs when the entire moon is in the earth's shadow. the earth moving between the sun and the moon. there won't be another tolling eclipse for three years so enjoy it for the next 40 minutes or so. coming up next, a christmas wish answered. a five-year-old with cancer has a good reason to smile this morning. and a tradition in san jose coming to an end. -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is i

approved on occasion never wanted power enterprise-funded contract hh-940 san francisco /pencil lead/east bay with western allied mechanical. and power enterprise-funded contract hh-941, san francisco/peninsula's/east bay with johnson controls inc. commissioner vietor: does anyone would disagree the item from the consent calendar? >> double move the calendar. >> i have one question on 8a. what is the impact of cca on that program? >> the program right now combined our money with the utility company money when somebody buys a high efficiency washing machine. they get the money from the state for efficient the kinds of things. on day one of cca, it had no impact. we are arguing to be about to get that kind of efficiency money that goes to pg&e and be able to use it with our customers better should that happen, we would combine this money and offer it. it is a four-year contract that allows us to get out every year as part of our planning for the next year. if we take it over, we would cancel -- cancel it with pg&e. commissioner vietor: either way, cca customers should be able to take advantage of that progr

western spot by the bay bridge. going from oakland to the island. the toll authority has been working with cal tran and san francisco to include to extend past the western. >>> it will be for tomorrow and it will be especially for the north bay communities where we will be a little more unhealthy, especially our sensitive group who suffers from asthma. spare the air for tomorrow means unless it is your primary heating source, it is illegal to burn wood. high pressure will be in place for tomorrow. you can see it moving over north baja. it will be dropping thursday morning and looks like for the thursday morning drive, it will be wet weather. we'll wake up tomorrow morning and it will be chilly and some fog. back into the 30s. sitting into the 40s. a lot like yesterday. as we look at thursday morning, we start to see changes. wednesday it will be dry. the thursday morning commute could be a little wet. it could happen fairly fast. 5:00 in the afternoon on thursday and it will be dry. breezy conditions develop behind it but it will be a quick moving system with a little bit of rain. we could definitely use it but it c

tonight firefighters are still at the scene of that major fire in san francisco's western edition. fanned by strong winds the five alarm fire tore through three buildings this afternoon destroying homes and possessions. it took more than three hours for 150 firefighters to finally control the flames. four people including two firefighters were injured but remarkably no one seriously. the fire broke out just before noon at the corner of pierce street and golden gate avenue. that's where eric rasmussen is tonight. >> reporter: more than one person who lives here told us those flames moved quickly. firefighters are still here. they've been on the look out for hot spots. if you take a look, there's still a hose draped from the building there. both of these buildings have been declare uninhabilitatable and many people don't know if they'll be able to call this home again. >> reporter: tru crabbed suri, that's all she had time to get. >> someone knocked the door at our place and yelled fire. >> reporter: flames started moving through his building and two others. >> the fire alarm went of

by then winds had whipped up the flames that tore through these two buildings in san francisco's westernedition district. >> the wind conditions were extraordinary for that time of day. normally we start to get that wind condition later in the afternoon. by noon yesterday we had gusts of up to 30 miles per hour. >> reporter: it was believed the fire started at this edwardian. but police say it actually began next door in this 27 unit building. >> the area of origin was at the rear of 1014, at the bottom of a garbage shoot. >> reporter: investigators say the high wind whipped the fire. three residential buildings and a school district facility suffered more than $8 million in damages. that doesn't include the possessions lost by the 38 adults and three children that are now out of their homes this holiday weekend. >> you okay? >> hell, no. >> reporter: some of them were allowed inside to salvage what they could. >> those areas are relatively safe, they have limited access just to retrieve their most valuable, most valuable and precious items. >> reporter: the two residential building were

by then winds had whipped up the flames that tore through these two buildings in san francisco's westernedition district. >> the wind conditions were extraordinary for that time of day. normally we start to get that wind condition later in the afternoon. by noon yesterday we had gusts of up to 30 miles per hour. >> reporter: it was believed the fire started at this edwardian. but police say it actually began next door in this 27 unit building. >> the area of origin was at the rear of 1014, at the bottom of a garbage shoot. >> reporter: investigators say the high wind whipped the fire. three residential buildings and a school district facility suffered more than $8 million in damages. that doesn't include the possessions lost by the 38 adults and three children that are now out of their homes this holiday weekend. >> you okay? >> hell, no. >> reporter: some of them were allowed inside to salvage what they could. >> those areas are relatively safe, they have limited access just to retrieve their most valuable, most valuable and precious items. >> reporter: the two residential building were

tonight firefighters are still at the scene of that major fire in san francisco's western edition. fanned by strong winds the five alarm fire tore through three buildings this afternoon destroying homes and possessions. it took more than three hours for 150 firefighters to finally control the flames. four people including two firefighters were injured but remarkably no one seriously. the fire broke out just before noon at the corner of pierce street and golden gate avenue. that's where eric rasmussen is tonight. >> reporter: more than one person who lives here told us those flames moved quickly. firefighters are still here. they've been on the look out for hot spots. if you take a look, there's still a hose draped from the building there. both of these buildings have been declare uninhabilitatable and many people don't know if they'll be able to call this home again. >> reporter: tru crabbed suri, that's all she had time to get. >> someone knocked the door at our place and yelled fire. >> reporter: flames started moving through his building and two others. >> the fire alarm went of

congratulations to the san francisco 49ers, nfc western division champions! . >>> a second shooting in is it hours rocks richmond. what police are saying tonight about the people involved. >>> holiday shopping at union square, those shoppers have company, why police are going undercover through the holidays. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news. >>> good evening, i'm ken pritch in for ken wayne. >> hello again everyone, i'm heather holmes and welcome to a special late edition of the ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> richmond police are have r- investigating two shootings that happen within 12 hours of eth. this weekend one person was killed and lorrain blanc reports. >> reporter: devotion candles sit where a 46- year-old man was gunned down. richmond police arrestedded 26- year-old gil turner for the deadly shooting and 12 hours later, a man shot a security guard at a hooka bar and took off. henry stinson who lived in richmond for decades says when he was younger he didn't have time of to get in trouble. >> the youn

. >> item four, ordinance approving a contradiction in the city and county of san francisco and the western renewable energy generation information system. supervisor chu: thank you. i believe we have bart and the puc on this item. >> good morning, government affairs manager with the sfpuc. i am here today to talk about an ordinance regarding agreements for the tracking of environmental attributes. environmental attributes are things like renewable energy credits that are generated when it renewable electricity is created. it includes things like cap and trade emissions of said, which are created when you undergo an activity that actually reduces greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as the planting of trees, emissions allowances, which are actually impacting the environment but it loud and emitter of greenhouse gases to actually do that. and then, low carbon fuel credits, which are part of the air resources's board effort to reduce transportation and fuel and backs in terms of climate change in greenhouse gases. the ordinance before you does three primary things. first, it authorizes ag

this four-alarm fire in the western edition neighborhood of san francisco.ire clo fear clearly on the scene. >>> meantime, trashy gossip magazines detail all the lives of celebrities. if you want to see the real garbage, here is a san francisco artist who takes trash from celebrities and gives them a whole new look. this is today's "solutions." jason redefines a celebrity junky. >> i make celebrity portraits out of their actual trash and garbage. >> jason matches the celebrity with material that reflects them. >> like florence henderson sent me her junk to do her portrait. then i used like bottles for the background. i try to represent the person as best i can with the objects. >> it can take jason up to 50 hours to finish a piece. >> i try to map it out. i guess the best way to describe it is like a jigsaw puzzle. i'll try a little piece and i'll just see where it will fit. >> choosing subjects is easy. >> my favorite is more like people who are like cartoon-time people. phyllis diler. i like more cartoony people. >> his dream portrait? >> i would say lake

san francisco. >> good evening. i am the arch representative on the western soma citizens task force. it has been a long process. i have learned a tremendous amount of how the city works. i would like to credit jim meko. his committment is how the legislation came about. we have an ongoing lack of consensus on issues related to entertainment. it has not been at -- adequately represented. it is my humble opinion this issue is not going to be resolved on the task force. it will be up to the entertainment commission and the board to put forward what i hope is a better, more comprehensive solution. some -- we have done some excellent things. there is a huge improvement over the greatly flawed plan from 1990. if you look at the tapes were see the map about where entertainment is it is not allowed there. this is allowed for a large amount of uses. we have had the chance to rectify that. it is an ideal an appropriate location. the focus currently seems to be on 11th street. it looks like this may be the only way to resolve this. this district goes up to south of 11th street. it does not make a great deal of sense why c

fire inspectors are still looking for the cause of a huge fire that consumed 4 buildings in san francisco westernddition. 60 people are homeless because of it. it took 3 hours to control the flames using almost half of the city's fighting force. huge response. in north vallejo big fir burned roughly 30 acres near the delta meadow subdivision. as in the san francisco case strong winds made fighting the flames even more difficult job but firefighters were successful. kept the flames away from the homes. in pittsburgh public transit bus lost cell and crashed through a fence at bart pittsburgh station. the bus was driving through the station bus zone when it careened into the fence and into the field. not sure exactly why it happen. 6 people taken to the hospita hospital. >> head lanes tonight. >>> well in washington. today the house finally agreed to pass the senate's 2 month extension of payroll taxes and unemployment benefits. as wayne reports, for speed limit people those unemployment extensions mean the difference between having a roof over their heads or living out on the street. >> it's a gove

san mateo supervisors. we said that we were the host club for the western state inaugural championship held at sharp park in 1954. sharp park is a part of san francisco tradition in providing great, classical architecture in public places. our members and all of those who play golf at sharp park know that is an alistair mckinsey heritage. the tradition of the african american golf community continues at sharp park. it has for over 20 years hosted a home for an annual senior swingers tournament. [tone!] the organizer is in the audience today. the bay area golf club think you should take this ordinance under advisement before you make a vote on it. we respectfully ask you to look at the possibilities of keeping people of color from utilizing all the facilities in the city. thank you. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> i am a native san franciscan in the bernal heights area. alastair mckinsey was a scottish doctor and architect. he said that the goal is to imitate the beauties of nature and presumably also the hazards so as to make a work in distinguishable from nature itself. sharp park golf course reflects this principle. it is a special plac

san francisco. chronically before i came into office, the western addition for 20 years previously ranked either second or third highest in the homicide rate. i made sure when a homicide, murder had happened, the police department would dispatch me any time of the day. i had attended over 50 murders and i wanted to make it clear to the community i wasn't going to let this happen without some response. the duration of tending those public safety challenges, i wanted to spotlight the fact that in this city, not just my neighborhood at the time, there is no practice of community policing. there's not a practice where i think police effectively engage in community, barring from the examples of new york, boston and chicago. i used my district as an example to show what community policing would mean, a bit of a lavatory. now i had the greatest drop in violent crimes city wide in my district holding three years. in japan town nearby, their struggles for land use. two-thirds of the commercial property had been purchased by venture capital from los angeles. because of the economic downturn, the certainty of whe

san francisco. you can see l.a., palm springs, san diego mid to upper 60s. several areas of high pressure dominating the eastern pacific westernunited states pushing the jet stream into the arctic circle and dumping it intohe southeast that's why they had several inches of snow in arkansas and mississippi yesterday. for us this pattern is holding. that's why temperatures don't fluctuate much nor does our sky condition hazy through tomorrow into saturday. sunday, monday if we get any air movement we'll be able to take out the spare the air. tuesday, wednesday that's when the hint of rain is there so minimal now. hopefully, it will change. we need the rain. >> thanks mike. >>> the u.s. court of appeals in san francisco is set to hear arguments in two remaining issues in the legal showdown over california's ban on same-sex marriage. they've asked the court to set aside the ruling by judge walker claim he should not had been allowed to rule because walker was in a long term same-sex relationship. the appeals court will hear whether video and audio recordings of the trial should be made public. >>> ballet with fun and unique holida

san francisco. you can see l.a., palm springs, san diego mid to upper 60s. several areas of high pressure dominating the eastern pacific western united states pushing the jet stream into the arctic circle and dumping it into the southeast that's why they had several inches of snow in arkansas and mississippi yesterday. for us this pattern is holding. that's why temperatures don't fluctuate much nor does our sky condition hazy through tomorrow into saturday. sunday, monday if we get any air movement we'll be able to take out the spare the air. tuesday, wednesday that's when the hint of rain is there so minimal now. hopefully, it will change. we need the rain. >> thanks mike. >>> the u.s. court of appeals in san francisco is set to hear arguments in two remaining issues in the legal showdown over california's ban on same-sex marriage. they've asked the court to set aside the ruling by judge walker claim he should not had been allowed to rule because walker was in a long term same-sex relationship. the appeals court will hear whether video and audio recordings of the trial should be made public. >>> ballet with fun and unique hol

san francisco. i have a 48-year resident of san francisco and i have lived here since 2000. we wanted to enjoy the western edge of golden gate park after noting that golden gate park master plan would remain -- i was shocked to see the proposal to install a sports complex. i thought rec and park would be protecting the park of for us, of forcing us to fight for what we thought was already agreed upon. my concern is also on the artificial turf. not allowing a landmark work, it would just lead to all of those hazardous chemicals. the lights would also be an encouragement to nature, and it would make it undesirable for nesting birds and nesting birds and resting birds as it is on the pacific flyway. if you alter the nature of the park and to encroach on the beaches area as well as the neighborhood. thank you for your consideration. >> my name is robert clayton, -- rupert clayton. i am commenting to oppose the project as it is currently planned. specifically the artificial turf and night light elements. i would draw your attention to an important alternative approach that i believe should be analyzed within t