for example, styrofoam, it can crack or break. there are lots of other opportunities that you can use. >> unlike the styrofoam and the change where there wasn't a charge to the consumer, what we have heard from businesses is the fact that they don't want to be in the position of educating the consumer at the register on what this new regulation is. i know that there has been a lot of discussion about the outreach to small businesses and those that will be impacted by the legislation. can you speak to the department's plans on education for the consumer? so that when this is enacted, the consumer is informed and the business is not. >> part of the approach that we are taking with consumers is working with the small business owners so that they can comply with the legislation, ultimately, we don't expect them to have to interpret on behalf of the city, every single requirement that the city has for them at a point of sale. anywhere from if you purchase -- our department is really looking at working with businesses to try to identify

>> the plane survives, it's styrofoam. comes, the coolest part is that the camera is pointing at him. >> he saw how he launched the plane. you ever wonder how the plane lands when it doesn't crash into the water like that? >> how does it land? >> watch this. >> he catches it. >> he catches it. >> that makes me want to become a hobbyist. >> doesn't it? >> me, too. >>> everybody knows that when you fall down in front of other people, it's funny. >> it's funny, but you're also supposed to go, i'm fine. i'm fine, it's cool. walk away, like nothing's wrong. i guess dogs do it, too. >> he's like what? what? i'm going to go back where i came from. this dog runs in from the other room, totally bites it and he's like, what? what's so funny? this is boring in here. i'm going to go back where i came from. >> it's really funny. >> you can hear the owner totally crack up at him. >> that dog came in hot, too. once he slipped he was like, oh no, the couch is there. >> if you pause it, he is airborne, he has no paws on the ground. but, he

we are not using paper plates or styrofoam cups much minimal paper towels. so if you look in the cabinets, we have lots of bowels and plates and regular flat wear. we run the dish washer because that's part for the environment. >> this is david green, senior electrical inspector. >> i just had a question on the flooring, i noticed linoleum is starting to come back. i just was wondering how this relates to linoleum. we does use this in lieu of laminant >> linoleum is a linseed based >> pressed linseed. on a jute backing. it's a double whammy. >> the photo luminescent signs, we didn't have to put in electric signs. we are using the daylight to charge the photo luminescent. >> the building code allows you to use is that. there are 2 sides to it all. this is a very toxic waste. you have to deal with it in a toxic waste manner. when we recently changed from arsenic treated woods, it's corroding, we saved something, but we have to look at the unintended consequences >> part of the learning about green was dealing with things like these exit signs. we made a field

styrofoam cups, chess pieces. anything that doesn't burn complete.what soot is, unburned carbon. put it underneath a desk or in your locker box or something. >> then you put that in your body. >> oh, yeah. >> does it pose any health risks? >> yeah, of course. of course. but so does homosexual activity and they not trying to stop that. >> he told me that he learned how to tattoo in prison, and then when he went back out on the streets, he learned more technique, and i guess he brought those back in with him when he was incarcerated again. like using multiple needles to do tattoos. >> that's done with ten needles. some of it's missing. some of it is kind of patchy. you can see the difference between -- you can see how smooth, you know what i mean, almost solid black that is. single needle would be like this, where it's kind of gray and you know broke up. i'm trying to get it where the work we're doing in here can compare with the work they're doing on the street. that's my goal. >> raising the level of prison ink work prompted sampson to create a numbe

see this styrofoam cup? you guys can all see this. see this little bb right here, little bb in my hand. i got a whole bunch up in there, see them, i spill them on the table. see those little bbs, you guys can't see those bbs, 'cause you're too far away from them, okay? but can you picture this? can you picture the styrofoam cup on the table and all these bbs, all moving around haphazardly, chaotically and every once in a while the bbs and more bbs hit one side of the cup than the other, what will the cup do? wouldn't the cup start to jiggle? and you guys can see the cup, but you can't see what's making the cup jiggle. you know there's something smaller than you can see is making the cup jiggle. and that's what robert brown saw in his microscope. he saw little particles, big enough to see, jiggle. why jiggling? small enough, there could be more atoms on one side than the other. little bit more neck force on one side of the atom... that thing will jiggle around. so in response to the jiggling atoms, boom, the visible observation: micros

litter tossed consists of plastic material, such as candy bags and chip bags, paper, grocery bags, styrofoam, cans, bottles. >>> environmentists worry cutbacks will worry the lives of beachgoers. the environmental protection agency just announced it will cut $10 million in water testing. california receives about $500,000 an uply. the state -- annually. swimming in polluted water can cause illnesses, and staph infections. >>> plenty of sunshine across the entire bay area after a cool start this morning, temperatures recovering nicely now. as a today will be the warmest day of the workweek. taking a live look outside, as you can see here, just a little bit of some haze. after the chilly start with those reads in the 30s, it's pleasant this afternoon -- readings in the 30s, it's pleasant this afternoon. we still have a breeze of wind speeds around 10 to 20 miles an hour. here's a look at the current wind observations, right around fairfield, wind out of the north-northeast around 15 miles an hour. as far as current numbers, 60s showing up. san jose checking in at 62. fair feefld, 61. santa ros

. >>> we will start discussions on a plastic bag and styrofoam container ban again.ey are trying to discourage them from using this and require a 5-cent charge but that ban was put on hold when they sued marin county for a similar ban. there is no information on whether they will resume that next month. >>> they are bringing a blue and yellow tent to san jose. we want to show you video of crus in october da -- crews in october about a big tent and they will be putting it up in the south bay. it is where a show will run through april 15th. >>> very nice. coming up on 7:00, we want to check in with sal for traffic. >>> we are doing well around the bay but it is slow in some spots. but i just got a tweet which says this looks normal for her. it didn't look normal but today it does. let's look at the commute in san francisco. that looks nice on northbound 101. in san jose, there goes cal trans, and they are on time. except for a few high clouds, sunny warm day record highs, i can't find any, a couple of puffs, changes on the week condition and we will have more on that a

. >>> san rafael will start discussions on plastic bag and styrofoam containers again.o keep them from using these bags and require a 5-cent charge. they sued marin county for a similar ban. they will resume work on their proposal next month. >>> let's bring ken salazar back, he will help you get to where you want to go. >>> the last few days we have not had a stellar commute and we are hoping to turn it around. it looks pretty good and as we check with chp, we do have a lot of stop-and-go traffic believe it or not on highway 4 with the construction zone antioch pittsburgh, moving along to the 880 freeway, 880 looks good in both directions here in front of the coliseum. and if you drive to the bay bridge toll plaza, yesterday there were mixed results, 580 was slow but 880 was not bad. 880 took about 17 minutes but the 580 commute took more than a half hour so there was a disparity there and we are trying to figure out what is going on. steve? >>> it was warm and san francisco 79 and santa rosa mountain view livermore they were all 70s. as long as we keep that northeast

he rented out a huge stadium, he got some of those styrofoam in greek columns and had two giant tv screensn denver, he made some even bigger promises. he said the democrats had a different measure of what constitutes progress. he said under his definition, progress would be measured by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage. that was his definition. what has happened? more americans have lost their jobs during his term than any other president in modern history and more americans have lost their homes during his term than during any other in modern history. under his own definition, president obama has failed. we will succeed [applause] in that same speech, he went on defining progress. he said progress would be determined by whether the average american family saw his income go up instead of down. during the last four years, the median income in this country has fallen by about 10%. by his own definition, president obama has failed and we will succeed. [applause] candidate and obama went on to say that we could measure progress by determining whether someone with a good ide

fire officials say something caught fire among the construction materials perhaps styrofoam. it quickly placed out of control. >> the fire started on a rooftop filled with construction materials. it was a wing of the school not occupied by students. the school was a immediately ordered evacuated. all got out to safety. the streets filled with smoke construction workers, and kids. >> we were in the cafeteria. they just started lunch. >> the said it is an emergency. everybody has to get out of the building. we got out of there. >> my body called me and said the building is on fire. we have to get out of there. >> they did not appear to have life-threatening injuries. we need to check on them to make sure they are ok. >> school officials assessed the situation. >> it is a long weekend. we will have time to get in here and see what we can do. we have not made a decision about tuesday yet. >> the fire was not in the area occupied by students, but parents said a construction zone is no place for a school. they once had to evacuate because of hazardous fumes. now, a fire. >> i am as

the trick, spray your hands with cooking spray, attach a styrofoam ball as an anchor and place it ine's o box. >> chocolate ships, fill in. >> now build your edible valentine sweet treats. mallory staley at 1789, thank you so much. can we take a bite? >> absolutely. happy valentine's day. >> i think i'm all about the cinnamon roll for breakfast. thanks again to the 1789 and pastry shaef mallory staley. you can find her recipes at our website, nbcwashington.com, just search valentine's sweets. >> those are works of art. >> you said the home made marshmallow is amazing. >> doesn't taste anything like that bag you tear open. >> thank you, liz. >>> coming up, kate middleton steps out and does something she's never done before. >> in sports, the basketball shot that put paul desix high school people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield free checking at capital one bank. why earn bupkis, when your checking could earn five times the national average!! and free atms anywhere. five times the national average!!! that's

. >> bans on plastic bags and styrofoam have helped reduce the problem. cities will have to do more to meet new state goals for reducing trash. >> the goal is 20% by 2014, with a longer term of 70% by 2017. and ideally it's still a goal, all trash by 2022. >> reporter: cities like oakland are taking steps to try to reign in their garbage, including installing barriers around storm drains. >> we have boones that collect about 17,000 gallons of trash per year, so that prevents the trash from getting into the lake and out into the bay. >> reporter: it will take big changes in human behavior to stem the bay area's litter problem to leave nature without the human touch. joe rosato, jr., bay area news. >>> a sneak peak from apple. scott bud man shows you how apple plans to step up its game. >>> teaming up for technology. how south bay students managed to win a high-tech grant for their school, and how it relates to a sports bar. >>> and crews find a northern california couple stranded in the snow for days. what happened and how they managed to survive. >>> and

and he brought out a huge stadium got some of those styrofoam greek columns, two giant tv screens that the mood. he made some bigger promises. he said that the democrats had a different measure of what constitutes progress. then, he went on to define it and said under his definition it would be measured by how many people can find a job that pays a mortgage. now what happened? more americans have lost their jobs during president obama's tirm than any other president in modern history and more have lost their homes during president obama's term than during any other in modern history under his own definition, president obama has failed, we will succeed. and that same speech he went on to define prog gres and he said progress will be determined by again, quote, whether the average american family saw income go up instead of down. and during last four years, the median income in this country has fallen by 10%. again... by his own definition. president obama failed and we'll succeed. candidate obama went on to say we can measure progress by determining whether someone was a good idea can t

he got some of those styrofoam greek columns and two giant tv screens that set the mood. and on this big stage here in denver, he mead made even bigger promises. he said that the democrats had a different measure of what constitutes progress. then he went on to define it. he said, look, under his definition, progress would be measured by how many people can find a job that pays a mortgage. that was his definition. now, what's happend? more americans have lost their jobs during president obama's term than during any other president in modern history and more americans have lost their homes during president obam's term than any other in modern history, under his own definition, president ork 'bama has failed. we will succeed! [cheers and applause] >> governor mitt romney tonight in colorado, before he ended up losing that state to rick santorum. giving a speech to a crowd there in colorado, focuses as he has in many of his speeches on these election nights on president obama. not talking that much about his republican opponents, but saying he will be the nominee. we are bac

we used rubber cement and glued the little bricks to the plates and the plates got glued to the styrofoam made up the giant boulder. >> it was people coming in on the week friend our office and from lucas and just sat around and ate pizza and built this huge ball. and threw it on the back of a flat bed truck. and a couple days later took it to location. >> and on location, catching the scene on camera, it turns out to be kind of like a movie shoot. >> we actually shot it over and over again. we actually had a big moving truck with pads on it. >> ball would kind of roll into the mattress and collide and stop. and we ended up doing that about four or five times down the rest of the length of the road. and then, kind of cut those pieces together to make it look like one fluid roll. >> there is one part of the video where you see the road flattens out a bit. we actually today push the ball because there wasn't enough momentum to get over the flash segment so we were then pushing the boulder and we took the people out in post. >> it is also suspicious that all those lego brooks stay in place f

he got some of those styrofoam greek columns and two giant tv screens that set the mood.nd on this big stage here in denver, he mead made even bigger promises. he said that the democrats had a different measure of what constitutes progress. then he went on to define it. he said, look, under his definition, progress would be measured by how many people can find a job that pays a mortgage. that was his definition. now, what's happend? more americans have lost their jobs during president obama's term than during any other president in modern history and more americans have lost their homes during president obam's term than any other in modern history, under his own definition, president ork 'bama has failed. we will succeed! [cheers and applause] >> governor mitt romney tonight in colorado, before he ended up losing that state to rick santorum. giving a speech to a crowd there in colorado, focuses as he has in many of his speeches on these election nights on president obama. not talking that much about his republican opponents, but saying he will be the nominee. we are back

he got some of those styrofoam greek columns and two giant tv screens that set the mood.nd on this big stage here in denver, he mead made even bigger promises. he said that the democrats had a different measure of what constitutes progress. then he went on to define it. he said, look, under his definition, progress would be measured by how many people can find a job that pays a mortgage. that was his definition. now, what's happend? more americans have lost their jobs during president obama's term than during any other president in modern history and more americans have lost their homes during president obam's term than any other in modern history, under his own definition, president ork 'bama has failed. we will succeed! [cheers and applause] >> governor mitt romney tonight in colorado, before he ended up losing that state to rick santorum. giving a speech to a crowd there in colorado, focuses as he has in many of his speeches on these election nights on president obama. not talking that much about his republican opponents, but saying he will be the nominee. we are back

he got some of those styrofoam greek columns and had two tv screens that set the mood, and on that big stage, he made even bigger promises. he said that the democrats had a different measure of what constitutes progress. and then he went on to define it. under his definition, progress would be measured by how many people can find a job that pays a mortgage. that was his definition. what has happened? more americans have lost their jobs during president obama's term than during any other president in modern history and more americans have lost their homes during president obama's term than during any other in modern history. under his own definition, president obama has failed. we will succeed. again, in that same speech, he went on defining progress. he went on and he said progress will be determined by, again, quote, whether the average american family saw its income go up instead of down. and during the last four years, the median income in this country has fallen by about 10%. again, by his own definition, president obama has failed. we will succeed. candidate obama went on to say t

and there was a styrofoam 30 foot-high version of the statute of liberty. somehow the image was there but it got there. those are positive images to print images of a racist nation, certainly well founded on slavery and jim crow. we have an image of imperialism, an image of arrogance, all sorts of images that are there by the thousands. so i've been looking at imagery that you can't stop there. that's the beginning of the issue, the beginning of the issue in "american avatar." the real question then becomes how in the world do people decide which image to invoke, which image to articulate? if you come and walking on asking people their opinion, and then they give you more than opinion, favorable or unfavorable. they may tell you things, here is a pakistani journalist writing, the wave of anti-americanism is writing about the fans and pakistan even among many who once admired the united states and the short reason for that is plain, that, presume it is american plans to bring peace to afghanistan for. the killing is to going on and excuse that they of americ