. >> neighbors raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a special playground at lafayette park but tonight renovations are on hold. don ford tells us where the voter approved plan went south. >> a battle is brewing over the $10 million renovation of lafayette park in san francisco. on one side hundreds of neighbors, who, like the products so much that they have even raised an additional half million dollars. work is already underway. but on the other side, one woman who lives across the street as filed a complaint. suddenly delaying the project. >> i would like to see the people's money spent in a way that makes sense. >> among several items he wants fewer trees cut down, additional seismic studies just to name a few. issues of the city says have already been addressed after four years of planning. shannon says that she has a petition. >> hundreds of people signed the petition and hundreds came out today just to talk about this. >> there is a petition and i would like to know where those people were doing during community meetings. >> he is not surprise but alas >> that the del

it is currently the site of a major renovation undertaking at lafayette park.y understanding is this was founded after the 2007 initiative and the following bonds and over $10 million has been allocated for this project. good questions have come in terms of see " proprietary -- in terms of ceqa, a certain things for renovation as well as violation of the charter and violation of the current road as well as the draft road. at this time the plan is for an 11-acre park to be closed for 10 months. two small areas have been cordoned off for dog walkers to use. during this time there seems to be no plan whatsoever for watering the young trees that were planted over the last decade. they do require special protection, and a sensitive habitat will be lost. it has been noted by the city that is likely does qualify as a national historic treasure property, that is certainly qualifies under state guidelines for historic places, and right death of pinnacle -- right at the pinnacle where he fought for 70 years about whether he could keep his mansion with a million-dollar vi

are parliament afterp demonstration that weavedat through the city iostreets befoe ending at lafayette parkagner is here with theith story. paul? >> reporter: the 12 used redred ribbon to tie dollar bills and condoms and prescriptionpr medication to the fence,fenc circling the white house. whi a symbolic action that caught the attention of the police the protestors converged on the par from five different directions today, in hopes of bringing attention to a multitude of issues involving aids.aids >> it's no longer a pipe dream,. >> reporter: after listening tor speakers with an assortment of message, hundreds left the park and headed for the white house. >> some began tieing ribbons to the fence, before u.s. faculties called in the horses and forced as many as they could backback across the street.ac ones who stayed behind were the ones willing to be arrested, and police left them alone before the warnings began.ni within a few minutes, with all warnings exhausted. park police began star make arrests. activists who organized the demonstration the civilcivi disobedience was to drawbe attent

12 are part of a large demonstration that will weave through the city streets before ending in lafayette park. fox 5's paul wagner has their story. >> reporter: protesters converged on the park from five different directions today in hopes of bringing attention to a multitude of issues involving aids. >> a cure is no longer a pipe dream. it's actually on the horizon. >> after listening to speakers with an assortment of messages hundreds in the demonstration left the park and headed for the white house. >> we can! we can end aids! >> some began tying ribbons to the fence before u.s. park police called in the horses and forced as many as they could back across the street. the ones who stayed behind were the ones willing to be arrested and police left them alone before the warnings began. within a few minutes with all warnings exhausted park police began making arrests. activists who organized the demonstration said the civil disobedience was designed to draw attention to what they called a finding that with only moderate increases in funding and appropriate policies the world could see an end t

today's marches will start at lafayette park and snake through the district. >>> 6:36 now.y" show is coming up next at 7:00. let's check in with savannah guthrie to see what they're working on for "today" this morning. savannah, good morning to you. nice to see you. >> you, too, eun. nice to see you. coming up on a tuesday morning on "today," that bizarre court appearance by the suspect in the colorado movie shootings. could it set the stage for an insanity defense? we're going to ask the experts and also hear from two survivors with a story so moving, it touched president obama. >>> also ahead, more drama for the jackson family. sheriff's deputies called to the home of michael's mother, days after she was reported missing. we'll try to get to the bottom of this story. >>> then, we'll take a big turn with matt already in london as we count down to the olympic games. this morning, we'll catch up with american swimmer ryan lochte, who could be headed for an epic showdown in the pool with michael phelps. and meredith vieira is back with why this year's games could be the year

we are live at our regional park in lafayette. >> it could be a rattlesnake baby-boom. with more of the snakes out here in these open spaces that you see in the bay area, and more green spaces looking for food. >>> morgan mckay says he saw a rattlesnake off of the trail. >> yes, it was a rattlesnake. >> his brother said he has dealt a rattlesnake bite firsthand. >> is swelled up in a matter of 15 minutes. my hand looked like a baseball glove and it was the worst thing i've ever had. >> the state poison control system received 184 reports between april and june. >> as those in the wildlife busy and in walnut creek, a expert devin dombrowski showed a rattlesnake indigenous to california. >> he says the wet winter two years ago provided a good habitat for snakes, and this year's mild winter, lovato snake prey is more abundant. >> they most likely traded a better habitat for more road babies and following in that food chain, there is a good possibility that there are more snakes. >> experts say you should avoid grassy areas and stay on trails instead. be sure to wear boots

the only substantial park is lafayette up a big hill the other way. there is no place to sit on polk street. i do agree with paul warmer that this is something to pay attention to. >> thank you. any further public comment on this item? >> leave them there and start talking. >> [unintelligible] >> [inaudible] >> sir, we can take that. >> go ahead. >> please begin. >> sorry about that. my name is patrick kennedy. i am the developer of student housing and housing for single people as well as low income individuals. i am glad supervisor elagi brought up the issue. i have done extensive study of this issue and have built prototypes of small units like this and am confident 8220 square foot in it can be comfortable and pleasant and a significant improvement on a lot of the housing stock in san francisco today. there are about 50,000 students now fighting housing on craigslist. there are about 8000 new techies coming to san francisco every year. this small kind of efficiency and it is the ideal -- efficiency unit is the ideal kind of unit to provide for them

another one at lafayette and poplar grove did another one at moravia park betw.s in the intersection, could be closed at bonview in the city. middle river road, and in howard county, several situations related to this storm. downed pole at union chapel between men walk road. jennings chapel in florence, that remains closed for a downed tree. this the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike. 83 and york road, harrisburg expressway. >> we had some thunderstorms go through again last night, but they are moving off the coast, and the rest of the day should be fairly quiet. the dew points are in the low- to-mid-60's. that will make it feel a little bit better. high temperatures in the low 90s ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. who could forget that in 2005. tom cruise jumped for joy over his relationship with katie holmes. now after five years of marriage, holmes has filed for divorce. she's reportedl

86, 78 walnut creek to lafayette, there's 79 pleasant, 64 alameda, very low 80s for the santa clara valley. burling game, foster city very close to that, daily city 59, men low parkiday, saturday a little rebound in those temps, at least are away from the coast, we'll continue that sunday and monday. >>> time is 8:09, devastating floods in china, the chinese government raised the death toll from 37 up to 77. the government officials have been accused of underreporting the casualty toll so they don't appear weak while china east leadership,. >>> beijing had the highest amount in one day in more than 50 years. >>> the city of san jose is fighting prostitution one hotel at a time, leaders there say the hotel elan is a hot spot for prostitution. ktvu reporters were propositioned as they covered this story last night, believe it or not. the city is suing the owners of the hotel. testimonies the hotel to -- it wants the hotel to close for a year or at least put up a fence and increase their security and surveillance. >> there have been a number of convictions for prostitution, pimping, pandering, but those have not resulted in any action by the property owners. >> now,