there was a diagram in our packet that shows a section terre of union square plaza alonrkgey be duration of the project, which mta is currently estimating to be 66 months. mta anticipates that they will issue a notice to proceed to their contractor for the union square station at the beginning of june. construction as i said will have a direction impact on the parking garage, with approximately 21,500-square-feet of parking spaces to be fenced during the project. under the mou, mta has 12 months to complete the construction in the parking garage. work in the garage will include installation of a temporary construction wall, demolition of an existing circulation ramp in the garage, and the temporary loss of 129 parking spaces. at the end of construction in the garage, mta will replace the ramp and they are going to restripe a portion of the garage to restore approximately 20 spaces. but all told, union square garage will permanently lose 109 parking spaces as a result of the construction of the subway station. using funding from the federal transit administration, mta is going to compensa

. >> i just wanted to mention how pleased i was to hear that 52 union plaza is going to be occupied by gsa again about 625 federal employees will be moving back into that building which has been refurbished from what i understand, and i think they will be activating that part of the street in a very significant way. >> commissioner antonini. >> couple items. first, i just want to report that the subcommittee on secretary search has been meeting and is considering the candidate pool that we have received, and we'll be trying to narrow it down to a number that -- for which we can make a decision and that's basically what we've been doing. much of this is in closed session because it is employment issues. i did have another item. last week i went to pick up my car which had to have some work done on it at larkin and sutter street. in fact, the fellow there has the only chrysler servicing place in san francisco for cheap chrysler products. regardless, the big issue is not about the car. he said, can you help me? and apparently he's been tagged every single night. in the past maybe once, ev

the mayor will be here at union station today to help celebrate the completion of columbus plaza. it's the park in front of union station. crews spent the last 18 months making it safer and less confusing for drivers and pedestrians. it's that roundabout there as you approach union station. it does get confusing. >> i don't know if it's less confusing. i drive there quite a bit. >>> coming up on 4:31. tom kierein is here to tell us what he can expect this morning. >> it's a persistent east wind keeping it chilly this morning. it's down into the 40s just about the entire region. that includes most of virginia, west virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, northern neck and all of around the beltway too and district of columbia too. it's just down to the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. we are going to stay chilly here at least through 8:00, 9:00 this morning but by 10:00 mid 50s. we'll have a few clouds coming and going here through the morning hours. sunrise is at 6:09. then by noontime for your lunch hour ought to be in the low 60s with easterly breeze but more sunshine breaking out. h

union labor? you have the events for the [inaudible] plaza and you also have a lot of gearmen here. i'd like to know if there will be steady hires [inaudible] and then the events the same. will thereby local hires out of iow? >> thank you. >> good afternoon madam president and fellow commissioners. my name is patrick kim and i'm a proud member of the iowu for the local 75 for the past 20 years. i represent the work force that works at security and does the screening of all the cruise terminals in san francisco. iow has been in /kpeuls /tapbs since 1979. i reached out before i came here and i was told [inaudible]. local 75 has been the metro's work force for many years. also san francisco is the only port in the usa that employs us as /skrao*epblers of the passengers at the cruise terminal. we look forward to working at the james r her man terminal, pier 27 when it opens in the summer of 2014 and forever. also for the cruise aspect and the special events. >> thank you. after david hill, stan. >> my name is david hill and i am the vice president of local 34. i'd like to ask the commis

after ten years of picketing, the union representing workers at the congress plaza hotel in chicago has decided it is time to move on. a hotel attorney says any workers that want to return have to do so under terms of their expired contract, which is now about half the city's standard pay raise. >>> the ceo of mcdonald's claims that he has lost 20 pounds this year even though he still eats at the golden arches every single day. don thompson admits that he has started working out, which may have to do something with his weight loss. when we tried to find out exactly what he orders from the menu each day, the company wouldn't tell us. >> two fries. no. i don't know. >>> when we come back, a surprising benefit of taking calcium that has nothing to do with stronger bones. >>> and the boston bombing suspect called his parents. what he told them about his role in the attacks. we'll be right back. ♪ ten hut! you up for the challenge suds-maker? i'm gonna need more than that to get through the rest of these dishes! i want more suds! dawn? you won't last. [ female announcer ] a drop of dawn has

columbus plaza is the park in front of union station. crews have spent the last 18 months making it safer and less confusing for drivers and pedestrians. >>> we're learning more about three of the boston marathon bombing suspect's friends facing charges themselves. two in custody for more than a week now. they violated their student visas by not going to classes regularly at umass dartmouth. they hit and destroyed evidence when they saw their friend's picture on television after the attack. a third friend is also charged with lying to federal investigators. the fbi does not believe any of them had anything to do with the bombing itself. >>> a brand new video is stirring up rhetoric in virginia's race for governor. >> the video into our news room showing the police response after a rally was out of control. >> how a return of wintry weather is giving one region problems today. >> power outages, work zones, problem spots in your commute next i enough about the book, i want to hear about your date. well, he showed up in a van. [ women ] oh-

francisco mayor lie did not realize the plans for apple for a store at union square included removing a popular fountain. he says the plaza along stockton where the 40-year-old fountain stands was not part of the city's discussions with apple. preservationists say the fountain created by the artist is popular for the depiction of local sites. work is scheduled to begin soon to transform the old levi's building. >> we are on top of the abc news broadcast center in the mid-60's. to get the flavor of the negative of a worldly city, we could be in the 80's and 90's this weekend. >> and the travel company that leaves some high school graduates out over $100,000! you can still help them make their trip of a >> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a black bear seen hanging around morris town, new jersey, since him day was finally caught by authorities this morning. here he was on a tree in a condo complex. crews darted the bear. still, he kept police and onalongers at bay if four hours before he finally fell to the ground. he landed in a safety net. the 350-pound animal belie

. >>> unionized workers are ending their strike against a chicago hotel after ten years. the walkout at the congress plazael may be the longest in u.s. history. it began over wage cuts and other issues. the union says any workers who return will come back to wages that are half the city standard. >>> and you might call it the mcdiet. mcdonald's ceo don thompson says he lost about 20 pounds last year even though he eats at his restaurant every day. he says he keeps the weight off by working out every day. salads make up about 2% of mcdonald's sales. thompson said, though, they are not big money makers. i would believe that. it's pretty hard to walk into mcdonald's and order a salad. >> i know. >> i don't have that willpower. >> not just a salad anyway. you know there are fries on the side here. ashley morrison in new york. thank you, ashley. >>> straight ahead, we'll see how the job market has changed for them. >>> plus, we'll meet the student who had one tough job beating out all the other competitors at the national spelling bee. this is the "cbs morning news." so do tire swings! this is our ocean spray

after ten years of picketing, the union representing workers at chicago's congress plaza has decidedeir last contract expired. >>> finally, will it be finders keepers, 10-year-old tyler schafer staying at a hilton with his father, young tyler came across money neatly stacked in the drawer. turned out it was $10,000 neatly stacked in that drawer. the schafers turned the entire pile of cash over to police. missouri law says, if no one claims that cash in the next seven months, it will be tyler's to keep. there will be a followup in the next seven months. >> there will definitely be a followup to that. thank you for that, josh. i like it out here. i feel so official, pop news coming up. >> indeed, robin. this just in, everybody. happy friday to you all. and good morning to you. wipe that frown off your face, grumpy cat. because you're going to hollywood. remember when grumpy came to see us on gma. she's come a long way, signing a deal with broken road production to star in a garfield like full length feature film, we aren't talking cartoons. this will be live action. so grumpy will have

after ten years of picketing union representing workers at congress plaza hotel in chicago have decideded contract. those wages are now said to be half the city's standard. the union said the strike dramatically reduced the hotel's business. >>> big find at kansas city hotel. tyler schafer staying at the hilton when he came across money stacked in a drawer. $10,000 in cash. they turned the stash over to police and headed home to rapid city, south dakota empty-handed. no one claimed the cash. could evetch ventually go back to the family. >> wow. >>> another kid with a whole lot of cash in his hands. an eighth grader from queens, new york, is $30,000 richer this morning. but he earned every penny of it. >> sure did. 13-year-old, arvind mahankali. mahankali. say that ten times fast. the new spelling bee champion, clinched the scripps on his fourth trip to the competition. lana zach, good morning. >> reporter: with $30,000 on the line, best spellers, age 8 to 14 took to the stage nervous and confident tackling words most of us have never even heard. d-e-l, knaidel. with that one word there

the east bay hills from the bay bridge toll plaza you can see plenty of cloud cover with oakland at 52. pleasanton and correct crack -- walnut creek at 54. union city is vacation. the south bay looks at 87 or h.p. pavilion, and san jose at 57. milpitas 53 and gilroy at 51. the north bay at 51 and petaluma is 50 and upper 40's in this area here. the we low pressure is spinning off and it will wrap the moisture back but it will be lifted by the sierra and dropped on the sierra and into the central valley. well just be in the stubborn cloud cover. temperatures inland are in the upper 60's to low 70's, and around the bay the middle 60's to 70 and at the coast, stuck if the low 50's. we will see sunshine faster tomorrow but the warming begins on friday and look at saturday, sunday, and monday, mid-80's inland, and mid-to-upper 70's around the pay and low 60's at the coast. have a great day. are there hotspots for the cork mute? >> not too many but we have construction which could get some people hot under the collar as we look at san jose, the drive on 87 as you come past the julian off-ramp is clear into downtown san jose by help pavilion, we have

. >> workers at rana plaza earned as little as $40 a month, had no union, didn't even have a power to say i am not going to work today because i don't feel safe. a man that had all the power is the building's owner, an untouchable, mafia don. he happened to be a local leader of the ruling political party's youth wing. when it became clear i was responsible for the conditions at rana plaza, he was nabbed by police. if these details outrage you, you are not alone. today, thousands of bangladeshis took to the streets demanding better safety standards for their neighbors, brothers, sisters, themselves, because bangladesh right now as a society is saying what other societies have said at moments, enough, this cannot stand. it is a stark reminder on this day when we think about what it means for working people to band together and assert their power, it literally is a matter of life and death. all of us have some type of understanding that the clothes we wear on our backs were made somewhere. that might have been made in one of the factories inside rana plaza. the future we should be headin

union pacific railroad will share the cost of the cleanup. >>> drivers can also expect delays this week at the dumbarton bridge toll plazas workers install aautomated toll collection system. a single lane at the toll plaza will be closed each day from 9:30 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. the very next day, almost 24 hours p that will happen from now through may 22nd. toll number six is closed now. >>> coming up stunning video from lake county north of the bay area where more than two dozen homes are at risk of being swallowed up. the homes in lake port, 100 miles north of san francisco. eight homes in the lake heights housing development have already been abandoned because they started to crumble as the earth literally began to sink. people living in 10 other homes, they have been warned they could soon have to evacuate at any moment. things are so bad the u.s.!pmñ postal service no longer delivering mail to that area. home owners, asked jerry brown to declare an emergency so they can get funding to determine the exact cause of the ground collapse. >> so we have home owners that have their house totally ruined. no home owner's insurance, excluded fro

tourists go to union square, and they go to a public place where they can belong without knowing anybody. every city needs space like that. we realized at our scale, we needed a civic plaza. we thought about bands, but as soon as you put them up on stage, you have these consuming crowds listening to the band. the longer they stood there the more beer bottle they drop on the ground. that did not seem attractive at all. we do not leave a trace after the event. we do not want a stage. if you want your own, build it, which people did. so we turned to copy. it affords you a social place. you can stay there all day, we do not care. we are not doing it to make money. we lose money. we do it for the sake of public interaction. to create a civic environment that led to communal feelings. that seems like an exception to the dogma, but what did emerson say? a speech of consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. >> i was just thinking that. [laughter] going the other direction, as fast as possible, one of the things -- a pattern that has arisen over the years -- a lot of the leading engineers in the technology industry tend to meet with each other at an burning man, recognize kin

union city. quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza it's backed up through the mcarthur maze that's traffic for thepatch of fog outside as we speak but that could break away to the coast. and temperatures now in the 50s by the afternoon and he think we are seeing some of thenumbers up in the 60s and 70s breezy at times a low to mid-80s inland and 60s towards the coast next couple days cooler temperatures warming up for the weekend. ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. ♪ >>> good morning, gayle good morning, charlie. good morning, everybody. it is 8:00 a.m. in the west. and welcome back to "cbs this morning." angelina jolie reveals she had a double mastectomy. even though she doesn't have cancer. so we'll look at the genetic testing that drove her decision. >>> the irs admits it targeted conservative groups. the head of the agency says we should have done a better job. >>> and powerball keeps getting bigger now that california is part

plaza, it's backed up for about a 20-minute delay. we're looking at the nimitz freeway between 238 and union city. ave a little bit of slow traffic and also some slow traffic approach egg the toll plaza. let's go to -- approaching the toll plaza. >>> there can be a ten-degree difference in areas that are not that far apart today. the fog is halfway up the san mateo coast. you would have thought by now, it would get blown out. for some, it will be a cool, cold, foggy day. you don't have to worry about any high or mid-level clouds. they will out of the picture. wind advisory goes until 11:00. warm to hot for most, for most. generally above a thousand feet. all morning long we've been watching claudine sea report. her hair has been going in the wind or nothing at all. there's still gusts of 74 at mt. diablo. anywhere from 50s 60s to almost 70. san jose airport, 62. san jose state's meteorology department is 68 degrees. oakland downtown, 57. the airport is 65. big difference in those temperatures. a whopper of a system in the rockies producing snow. it was 70 degrees in boulder yesterday. it's snowing

. >>> toll plaza, we have a backup of about 25 minutes and there is no big delay, south bay between unionand other areas, let's go to steve. >>> there is fog for some, and warm and windy for others, we will have more coming up on mornings on 2. >>> we have a lot of problems in sonoma county, claudine wong has the very latest. >>> they are getting ready for a day of marches, we will be right back. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. >> reporter: we're coming to you live from the fireline here in sonoma county. t

in oakland, students, labor unions and community groups marched to mi pueblo market this afternoon after rallying at the fruitvale plaza. these demonstrations have become a may day tradition. mobile5 and ken bastida at the site of another may day rally. ken. >> reporter: yeah. that's right, allen. we are outside the courtyard here at san jose city hall. and several hundred people have gathered for a big rally tonight. they are going to talk about immigration reform. talk about workers rights. they walked today from the -- our lady of guadalupe catholic church all the way to san jose city hall. meanwhile, in san francisco, we have another may day rally that's going on right now. we have a picture from keep that shows you the crowd there and as you mentioned earlier, allen, there are also may day rallies going on in oakland as well today. all over the country in fact. here as i mentioned, the real big issue for local people in this part of northern california is immigration reform this year. and claudia flores tells us why. >> we need comprehensive immigration reform for our families especially because a bill is being di

union city, moving off toward the san mateo bridge. no surprises. a little slowdown preaching the toll plaza. 680 kicked in pretty strongly.ling south from 580 through sunol. earlier crash in livermore has cleared from isabelle. better news. your commute was slow. down toward val asee tas. the earlier fire has cleared out of the area around greenville. looks like things are moving smoothly. more folks coming out of richmond passing the racetrack. down toward the bay bridge toll plaza. driving is okay. mass transit, b.a.r.t., no delays. caltrans, south bay, all reporting a clear drive. a quick look at san rafael, 101 through the north bay, no major delays. lucas valley road, around lucas animation, reports of an earlier car crash. traffic control. just be careful. that is not affecting 101. back to you. >>> 6:36. funeral services will be held for south bay soldier killed in action. the body of specialist, nelson santos, arrived at moffett fields on friday and was taken to oak hill funeral home in san jose. fire trucks lined overpasses as the soldier's procession made its way south. services will be held at noon today and fl

union city, that will be okay. let's move along to the toll plaza. it's been about 20 minutes. it has not become any deeper than that. it should start clearing up by 8:00 unless there's a crash on the bridge. i also do want to mention that southbound 680 coming out of pleasanton today will be slow. let me move the maps here. you can see the road sensors yourself. pleasanton has been slow. i think a lot of people are avoiding castro valley which is very slow because of an earlier crash approaching 238. now, let's go to steve. >> sal? >> yes, sir. >> i know you had your book club meeting. i couldn't make it. i was gardening. >> look at that, steve! very nice! >> it was amazing. it was a lot of fun. i know the first half some of those calls were a little dicey, especially my buddy mike. worst calls ever. nelson, ready? that's not yours. cassie jean said yes, i can confirm drizzle. there's local drizzle. inland, it will still be sunny and warm. not as hot. there will be a few locations that will probably be upper 80s to near 90. clearlake weeing one. 46 in clearlake. drizzle is her

unions including fdiu. >> at issue was a bill on n.committee that could overhaul immigration laws. and we're looking at video. you can see a lot of people gathering here in san francisco civic center plazaf what we saw just hours ago. after the march from 24th and mission streets made rits l.res

plaza. it's really slow before the macarthur bart station. between hayward and union city is a mess.- look at the road sensors here. i think a lot of people are in their cars. bart may never start up again. that's what they were thinking anyway. it is a huge mess. let's go to steve . >> thank you, sal. cloudy skies and temperature s cool. rain picking up for some. monterey on the peninsula. and there's a lot of fog over on highway 92. really foggy and misty. you can see our system is sliding through. cloudy skies, cooler pattern. thick fog. do you have any good news? well, it's cooler. if you don't like the heat, those couple days are to your liking. our system will be a morning event. and cloudy, breezy light rain. thick morning fog. most of this sprinkles are light steady rain. cool and breezy on friday. chilly saturday morning and sunny and does look warmer. everything looks nice sunday/monday. >> a bay area youth pastor busted in a florida police sting. who he is and what investigators say he was doing. >> reporter: investigators are investigating san jose's 16th homicide of the

unions including fdiu. >> at issue was a bill on n.committee that could overhaul immigration laws. and we're looking at video. you can see a lot of people gathering here in san francisco civic center plaza it's a fraction of what we saw just hours ago. after the march from 24th and mission streets made rits l.res -- it's way up here to city hall. it's been very, very nice weather here this afternoon in part contributed to a huge turnout. somewhere between 1,000 to 2,000 people. slowly gaining steam as it made its way up mission street and here to city hall. those people all peaceful, no problems here in san francisco. some people say while it will provide better protections for my grant workers it will affect tech workers. including tech being replaced by more inexpensive workers. >> study after study, academic studies have shown we don't have a shortage on stem workers. we zront a shortage this, bill is predicated on having a shortage. >> and here in san francisco there are are folks carrying butterfly signs the symbol of peaceful and dignified migration. something they wish for here in california who have struggled with working conditions and pay. this may day is starting to become a

unions including fdiu. >> at issue was a bill on n.committee that could overhaul immigration laws. and we're looking at video. you can see a lot of people gathering here in san francisco civic center plaza it's a fraction of what we saw just hours ago. after the march from 24th and mission streets made rits l.res -- it's way up here to city hall. it's been very, very nice weather here this afternoon in part contributed to a huge turnout. somewhere between 1,000 to 2,000 people. slowly gaining steam as it made its way up mission street and here to city hall. those people all peaceful, no problems here in san francisco. some people say while it will provide better protections for my grant workers it will affect tech workers. including tech being replaced by more inexpensive workers. >> study after study, academic studies have shown we don't have a shortage on stem workers. we zront a shortage this, bill is predicated on having a shortage. >> and here in san francisco there are are folks carrying butterfly signs the symbol of peaceful and dignified migration. something they wish for here in california who have struggled with working conditions and pay. this may day is starting to become a

the city of san jose caltrans and union pacific railroad will share the cost of the cleanup. >>> drivers can expect delays on the dumbarton bridge toll plazasm now through may 22nd. toll lane number six will be closed today. >>> if you like yesterday's temperatures, you're going to like today. lets look at the forecast with christina loren. >> a good looking day shaping up. temperatures are going to be pretty comfortable, just as warm as yesterday. that means 85 on the way to livermore, 77 for fremont, right here in san jose we'll have 79 degrees. high pressure starts to break down and move to the east as we head throughout the next 48 hours. for us an area of low pressure arrives. that's going to drop off temps. look at the difference as we head wednesday to thursday. temperatures fall into the low 70s. we'll stay cool through friday then warm back up just in time for the upcoming weekend. lets check that drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. getting back to the workweek, thinking about weekend weather and looking at the drive 880. the camera froze. maybe it will move. moving southbound with slowing 880 and 680 out of sunol and into

union city into hayward on 880 southbound. >> live skies as you it set out and wait at the bay bridge toll plaza.nger in the 40's with most of us heading out in the low 50s. mostly sunny skies with some sprinkles the out some of our east bay and south bay spots. breezy weather sticks around for later tonight. and tomorrow, temperatures will be even cooler than today. a full look at your forecast and your seven day coming up at 8:45 a.m.. >> we want to show you some of these images or damage estimates and moore, oklahoma could top $2 billion. residents are picking up was left of their homes and businesses after monday's tornado ripped through the community killing at least 24 people ranging in age from four months to 65 years old. entire neighbor as were flat in by the twister that stretched more than a mile wide. it packed winds of 200 mi. per hour. this is the fourth tornado to hit moore, oklahoma since 1998. the head of the federal emergency management agency says u.s. officials are going neighborhood to neighborhood to make sure obama gets to help it needs. >> about 10,000 people were directly

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