linda yee is in san francis, where there was backup bothn and out of the city at the golden gate bridge. linda. { traffic traffic traffic} { nat sot} negotiating the >> this would lead to the golden gate bridge. traffic here is fairly moving. negotiating the streets of san francisco is not and has not been easy. it's been one big traffic jam. >> it's been about 20 minutes, and 30 minutes almost. >> and yoou got about five blocks. >> yes, thank you, yes. >> reporter: only one direction of the bay bridge was shut down, but that forced motorists to cross the other bridges. traffic was backed up on the richmond san rafel bridge, feeder lanes to there were clogged. weekend traffic is traditionally heavy on the golden gate bridge, but this holiday, the numbers showed up. >> typically on saturday, we get about 20,000 cars on a usual cycle and we had about 70,000 cars, and the traffic was bad from about 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., the point at which people were waiting for as much as an hour or more. >> public transportation wasn't easy either. regular bart commuters complained there weren't enoug

i ask supervisors and sentences against to perk -- san francis cans to create a long-term housing strategy where diversity is upheld. i am translating for her. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i am a memory -- member of the united collaborative. thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak before you and talk about affordable housing. why your having this discussion, you might also consider the needs of long-term residents such as myself. it is hard to find a place to rent. it is important to protect exist -- existing housing stock units. and not allow apartments to convert without a plan. >> speaki[speaking foreign lang] >> of allowing conversions, condo conversions without restrictions on not only means the loss of existing units which affects middle class and lower class folks, it might have an increase on evictions. usually the ones being evicted are the long-term tenants. >> [speaking foreign language] >> actually, my family and i live in a single occupancy hotel unit. we have applied for affordable housing so many years. we have not been lucky enough to get into any one of th

i ask supervisors and sentences against to perk -- san francis cans to create a long-term housing strategy where diversity is upheld. i am translating for her. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i am a memory -- member of the united collaborative. thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak before you and talk about affordable housing. why your having this discussion, you might also consider the needs of long-term residents such as myself. it is hard to find a place to rent. it is important to protect exist -- existing housing stock units. and not allow apartments to convert without a plan. >> speaki[speaking foreign lang]

parking restrictions will be in place on east san francisco boulevard and east san francis drake boulevard. >> hopefully there's going to be a another place where we can park so we can come in and out. >> reporter: extra officers will be in place. protesters will have to walk underneath the interstate two and from prison gates. as for the neighbors many will be stuck on a closed door and spend the holiday at home. >> it's okay i have home work. >> reporter: when we see protests around a scheduled institution, the county and local taxpayers will flip the bill. >>> for the past week, occupy protesters have set up tents overnight. >> we have an institution and international house has supported. the police have expresses they don't want more conflicts with us. >> reporter: the group hosted several speakers including cindy sheehan and daniel elsbburg. the man credited with leak pentagon papers during the gulf war. >>> daniels has died after decades in law enforcement. he began his career in vallejo in 1975 and also worked in concord and lodite. the lodite police department reported his death on

gotten so bad in san franci, no gang fights, shootings, the night life problem has gotten so bad in san francisco that some bars and clubs have come up with a high tech way to keep problem customers out. elizabeth cook with how how. >> reporter: it's 11:00 p.m. on a friday night and for these girls the evening is just starting. it's katelyn's 22nd birthday. >> really nice inside. >> we have heard a lot of good things. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> reporter: first they need to make it past this machine. >> makes us feel safe. we know that everybody has been scanned. we are like okay, we don't have to worry. >> like a credit check. >> reporter: it's called a serve all. it checks the person's identity and records their picture, name, age, and history of bad bar behavior the places using the scanner. the president of serve all. >> assaults, fake identity, fight. the key isn't to keep people from going, the key is to make them more responsible. >> reporter: when you walk into a bar your identity is scanned on the seven all. a live image pops up on the screen for one to make sure that the identity mat

nbc bay area's monty francis is in san francisco to explain. hello. >> reporter: good evening, this program has the support of public health officials and it's partially funded with federal money. it's opened to young people between the ages of 12 and 19. and young people in alameda county and here in san francisco are eligible to receive the free condoms. a non-profit group called california family health council is making contraception available free of charge to young people who request it on the group's website. the young person would make the request then receive a nondescript envelope containing ten condoms in the mail as well as information about teen pregnancy. critics say the program sends a message encouraging young people to have sex. >> leaves all the responsibility on the children and the young adults and responsibility for children should be on the parents. >> kids are going to have sex regardless and i would rather see them doing it with condoms than recklessly without any protection whatsoever. >> reporter: the california family

monty francis is in san francisco to explain.ple in alameda county and san francisco are eligible to receive free condoms. the program has the support of public health officials and partially funded with federal money. with just a click of the mouse, young people between the ages of 12 and 19 can place an order and have condoms mailed to them free of charge. it is thanks to a non-profit group called the california family health council and its condom access program or c. a p. it comes in an envelope containing ten condoms along with information on sexually transmit diseases and teen pregnancy. supporters of the program say that young adults have the highest rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in all age groups. >> children will have sex regardless and i would rather see them doing it with condoms than without protection whatever so ever. >> reporter: critics say it encourage cans children as young as 12 years old to have sex and it doesn't sit well with some parents 12-year-old is a child. it's not even a young adult. cannot even de

monty the francis is in san francisco with more on that for us. >> good evening. young people in alameda county and here in the san francisco are eligible to receive free condom thes and they are available to those 12 to 19. a non-profit group called the california cam family health council is making contraception available free of charge to young people who request it on the website. they would receive a nondript envelope containing ten condoms in the mail along with information about sexually transmitted disease thes and teen pregnancy. supporters say the reality is that young adults have the highest rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in all groups in california. >> if you give kids preventative measures for pregnancy or stds then you are endorsing sex. it is actually preventing pregnancy and stds instead. >> 12-year-old is a child. it's not even a young adult. they cannot even decide what to eat or what not to eat, much less about reproduction. shouldn't be in their heads yet. >> reporter: the program has the support of the department of public health std control

san francisco. let's talk about the closer which happened at 8:00 last night. for the latest here's francis in the traffic center. >> take a look at this live shot. it's kind of unusual just to see that whole incline section filled with construction crews and trucks out there. now of course the eastbound direction will remain open. i want to show you another live shot. this is from san francisco so it does look eerie. you might see some cars once in a while coming from pressure island into san francisco. traffic is flowing well east from oakland. to get around the closer, right now traffic is light around the bay area. there is a great abc7s exclusive traffic tool that will help you get around it. it's something that you can download for free and i'm going to show what you it does. by turning on the app you basically share your speeds with other compute commuters. here we have touch less car wash moving along actually a little slowly but they were heading down the richmond-san rafael bridge. they are heading down 101 right now. you can track traffic wherever others have turned on the app. y

traffic is also expected to be congested on the francis boulevard between san quentin in the 101. >> is expected to be heavier than normal in these locations. but if it should not be anything in the bay iran the we cannot handle. >>dan: there is no guarantee that these will be free-flowing. however, previous closures have indicated that these could be a problem areas. this is a westbound closure. >> ericka:you could encounter more income fell cars than usual. as we take it over a two hour traffic maps just a little bit of a slowdown. that toll plaza speed is below 25 m.p.h. with just 13 minutes from one end to the other. if you are going down to the golden gate bridge? remember that your going to pay double the pole. half towards the san mateo bridge, a little bit of a heavy back up. on the right side of this is after the bridge. most people will be taking this towards the peninsula. we are not seeing any delays with that green indicating speeds over 15 m.p.h. for those of you living in the fremont area. it could to be your best bet with using the dunbarton and. bart will be doing it

san mateo. look for congestion in all three locations. next, expect congestion on southbound 83 oakland. traffic experts also expect congestion on sir francis drake boulevard between san quentin and 101. >> there are no guarantees that any roadways will be congested but they are basing their predictions on the previous week and closers. it is important to mention that this is the first time that just the westbound portion of the bay bridge has been closed. >>pam: here is another live look at the bay bridge. you can see the approach of westbound is pretty heavy. in just over two hours or so this will all look very different. we will be right back. ebla heth with >>pam: and the manhattan mean someone with earning a rebel will continue to to pay for it, along terminable the benefits will be cut back. the government will raise tens of billions of dollars by auctioning off under used parts of the broadcast spectrum. it will be used to improve wireless internet access for first responders into the general public. their results will eventually be faster connections for smart phone, ipad and other data hundred mobile devices. both california senato

san francisco. let's find out how it's going exactly. here's francise shot of the oakland area. you can see traffic is detoured away from the bay bridge. and we've shown you some live cameras. it's pretty light all around the bay area right now. but i do want to show you abc7s exclusive waze traffic app. it's a great way to get traffic information when you need it when you are on the road. basically you turn the app on and it's like having free gps and traffic information on your phone. in fact, we have this abc7 traffic spotter right there. c70w moving at 40 miles an hour. i think they are headed to the richmond-san rafael bridge as an alternate. it's a great way to check out alternate routes this morning. we have another traffic spotter moving along the san mateo bridge, sassa and she's moving well, over 40 miles an hour. you can get the free app by going to our website, download it to your smartphone or i-phone. terry. >> all right, francis. thanks a lot. great to have you here on a saturday morning. if you plan on heading out on the road this holid

san francisco. and that is some of the bluegrass music he loved. a portion of franciesreat highway will be closed today -- san francisco's great highway will be closed. it starts in an area between john f. kennedy drive and lincoln avenue. he was the founder of the harley bluegrass festival. >>> whitney houston will be buried today next to her father in westfield, new jersey. swayed to the music of stevie that was sounds from the funeral yesterday. bobby brown came to the fun really briefly and left because of a -- funeral and then left because of a dispute about seating arrangements. people were kept several blocks away to their dismay. actor kevin costner spoke of houston's self-confidence and success. >> whitney houston still wondered was i good enough. it it was burn den that made her great, and the part that caused her to stumble in the end. >> that is from her signature song, i will always love you. she will be buried this morning in new jersey. >>> happy ending this weekend for a girl kidnapped at the age of 14 and held for nine months. there she is, elizabeth sm

on the richmond san rafael we do not see any major problems. cassettes are francis drake, minor backups in that area. zahara there are no problems to speak up at the golden gate bridge ride see. the san mateo bridge is another alternate route for those of the coming down or up the nimitz. no delays at the toll plaza. traffic is moving pretty well in the northbound direction. you can take public transit to get into san francisco. bark is running extended service, it looks like this series will be providing extended service as well. >>ysabel: our team coverage continues this morning, terisa estacio will talk about how the closure affects the other bay area bridges. >> >>terisa: >> this is what it was like at the san ramon richmond bridge on saturday evening. as you can see, it was very slow going. drivers moved along at a snail's pace. this was the scene about 5 mi. back from the tall club agreed heavy traffic. kron 101 north headed to san francisco, a steady stream of the brake lights as the driver's face a rough loaded to the golden gate. on this ban, a lot of traff

the rules state that we do not ordinarily engage the audience in san francisco with a long history of immigration, the city of st. francis, we have always said officers to translates. now it is the influx of the hispanic community and the asian community. it is our goal and our world that we will have somebody available to translate, to make this a safe city, to make people feel comfortable being here, to make it able for people to report crimes. it is unanimous policy of the commission and the police department. we will not discriminate against anybody because they do not speak the language. that is absolutely wrong and has been happening for years. next item, please. clerk: item 9, adjournment. president mazzucco: before we adjourn, we'll just learned that the mayor and the supervisors will honor our own commissioner turman, who will be honored with 10 other black san franciscans for living the legacy, the human rights commission, the san francisco police commission, and he has been chosen. he will be honored on valentine's day, february 14. [applause] so we now move to adjourn. all in favor? >> this is one of the muse

john francis, he was a big fund-raiser in the san francisco bay area for nixon and many elections between 1952 and 1968. he told his own employer william randolph hearse, that governor fdr, who he met in '33 did not understand fundamentals of the national economy or the u.s. stock market. "when the two of us got to economics, he seemed to think that all industry consisted of stock market operations." earl c. adams, a local guy, helped fund the 1950 run. "the new deal, the fair deal, the new frontier, all that is hog wash. it's a lot of rhetoric. builds up the pie in the sky for people and people get up hopes and ambitions and i mean their goals never get met." these are some of the people that nixon surrounded himself with in the phase of his career. steve. ambrose calls, at least in terms of the committee of 100, rotarians, lawyers, realtors, insurance men, auto dealers, here in the old 12th district. south pasadena, el monty and whittier. by 1938 nixon registered as a republican. up to that time, melvin small claims nixon was a nonideological centrist. in 1936 or in retrospect, one of h

san quentin prison. main street along with parts of east sir francis drake boulevard and east francisco boulevard will be temporarily no parking zones, due to the demonstration. the occupy for prisoners protest, part of a national day of solidarity with prison hunger strikes. the protesters will be out there from noon to 3:00 this afternoon. >>> $200 million transit plan will boost ridership but take away hundreds of parking spaces in the east bay. according to abenvironmental impact report, ac transit's plan for a rapid transit bus line would also cause traffic congestion at six intersections between oakland and san leandro. buses would ai'rrive every five minutes on the 14-mile line and new bus only lanes with loading platforms would be built along telegraph avenue and east 14th street. ac transit's board will make a final decision on the project this spring. >>> and this morning a bay bridge back open to commuters. a full day ahead of schedule. here's a live look at the upper deck of the bay bridge which was supposed to be shut down until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. but mild, dry weather letting cal trans cru

we may see more as more cars hit the roadway around sir francis drake likely through 101. live look at the san mateo bridge, camera shaking. wind advisory issued by chp for the san mateo bridge as well as bay bridge. lower speeds because again when you talk about wet roadways, slick conditions, there will be a lot of spin-outs. >>> we start out this morning with breaking news out of the south bay. >> firefighters at the scene of a huge fire in san jose. "today in the bay's" bob redell live there with the very latest. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura and jon. a fire that unfortunately has destroyed a duplex here. you can see that the fire itself is knocked down. that knock-down took place in the last half-hour. right now san jose fire department is inside trying to knock down any hotspots, keeping an eye on anything in there making sure nothing flares back up. to give you a sense of how fast this fire spread, the fire department tells us they arrived within seven minutes of the 911 call. as they pull up on the scene, you can see that this duplex was already fully involved. th

francis, time stood still as the historical accounts of african americans in america and in san francisco were acknowledged for their contributions that helped to build the nation and the city. as we allow this invitation to lend itself to truth, i pray that there can be an understanding, that there can be no history that does not weaved into the fabric of its record the true, undistorted account of the slaves, the negros, black folks, and african americans, calling forth the truth of our journey today. and truth be told, while our babies were being sold, our men were still call boys, and our women were referenced as dell's and girls. black people, my people, our people even then, were daring to make differences and contributions to american history. you can say amen. from harriet tubman to slave porters in the underground railroad, to michelle obama and today's white house. the footprints on history from african-americans cannot be washed away. and the bells of greatness, ingenious, artistic talent, philanthropy, and leadership cannot be on rum -- cannot be unrung. we have come this far

the rules state that we do not ordinarily engage the audience in san francisco with a long history of immigration, the city of st. francis, we have always said officers to translates. now it is the influx of the hispanic community and the asian community. it is our goal and our world that we will have somebody available to translate, to make this a safe city, to make people feel comfortable being here, to make it able for people to report crimes. it is unanimous policy of the commission and the police department. we will not discriminate against anybody because they do not speak the language. that is absolutely wrong and has been happening for years. next item, please. clerk: item 9, adjournment. president mazzucco:

john francis nyland he was a big fund-raiser in the san francisco bay area for richard nixon in many of the elections between 1952 and 1968. he told his own employer william randolph hearst that governor fdr who he had met in late 1932 or early 1933 did not understand the fundamentals of the national economy or the u.s. stock market, quote, when the two of us got to economics, he seemed to think that all industry consisted of stock market operations, end quote. earl c. adams, a san marino lawyer, he said, quote, the new deal, the fair deal, the new frontier, all that's just hogwa hogwash. it's a lot of rhetoric, builds up a pie in the sky for people. people get up their hopes and ambitions, and i mean their goals never get that. so, these are some of the people that nixon surrounded himself with in this phase of his career. steven ambrose calls, at least in terms of the committee of 100, rotarians, lawyers, realtors, insurance men, auto dealers in the old 12th district. south pasadena, el monte, whittier. by 1938 richard nixon had registered as a republican. up to that time melvin sm

evening, i'm deann dwyer, a million people have gathered in san francisco for the annual new year's chinese parade. nbc bay area's monty francis is along the parade route with more. >> the parade is scheduled to get under way in 15 minutes. you can see people have already lined market street. the barriers have up. the folks here are among an estimated one million poem who have come to see this colorful parade to mark the year of the dragon. right now participants are getting ready, lining up for the parade there are about 5,000 people taking part in the parade this year, about 100 parade floats. the parade starts on market street, proceeds up geary to union square and heads to powell to kerrny. the parade should last about two hours. since it's the year of the dragon, there's no shortage of large, colorful dragons this year. >> probably have about eight dragons in this parade. many of them from the line dance groups and our dragon is coming. and i think it measures 268 feet long. over 200 people will be carrying it through the street as a finale. with 600,000 firecrackers. >> many of the floats include light displays and organ

san quentin event. main street will be closed to traffic and parts of sir francis drake boulevard will be no parking signs. this event is scheduled for noon and will go on until 3:00 p.m. outside of san quentin's east gate as a part of the demonstration and a national occupy day in support of prisoners. >>justine: in syria, the red cross says they are negotiating with all parties to broker a net but ceasefire. rebels say they will fight until the last person. >>mark: the first phase of a fuel removal from a capsized cruise ship off the coast of italy is done. the concordia had around a half-million gallons of fuel and capsized near the tuscan islands in january. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues after the break. a live look outside on this gloomy morning. >>mark: we're getting word that rule a tariff -- military officials have said a u.s. recognizance plane has crashed in africa killing four. the crash occurred saturday evening. the initial indication was that the plane did not crashed because of hostile fire. they were conducting or intelligence surveillance and recognizance. >>da