and his writing of the alcatraz 11 and the p.o.w.s of vietnam and their families. but this is interesting could be a great start. and so i called mr. townley and instantly i felt like i was sitting at the kitchen table is miles away on the phone, but i felt like i was sitting at the kitchen table, a conversation with him and. i knew right then it was the right person to bring to a venue like where we're having conversations. and so i as i talked to him over the next several months, i felt the same way, like i was sitting the kitchen table, having a conversation. so that's why mr. towne here today to talk to us and have a conversation about leadership through the stories of the p.o.w.s, vietnam and and their families and how that conversation, like you all just did with that. mr. townley. right. okay, celeste, thank you. that was a wonderful i've gotten a lot of introductions and that was top shelf phone. so thank you very much, everyone, thank you for coming today. i know everyone has a lot of things that they are doing. and a midshipmen study little bit. yeah, som

over to alcatraz to visit the island and learn about its history 50 years ago today is when alcatraz and other sites became part of the golden gate national recreation area in 1972 , the golden gate national recreation area, including alcatraz became the first urban national park in the u. s. a living history is a living site that continues to tell stories. bill baker is part of that living history. good morning welcome. tram. he was prisoner, 12 59 and at 89 years old now he's one of the last surviving former prisoners of alcatraz, 18. solar car up in oregon. get in jail escape from jail. he put me in prison when he escaped from that prison. they transferred him to alcatraz his first impression when he arrived and saw inmates playing cards. it didn't seem dangerous. these guys aren't so tough after all. that was my first thought. perception wrong. very wrong. yeah. very, very wrong. more than 60 years later, with permission from the national park service, he wrote a book about his experiences it sold more than 200,000 copies of a house, a car, a wife and a dog, and i earned it legal

i've never been to alcatraz. so there's that that's true. you and mark tamayo, right?not surprised about that. you know, when you live with it someplace at home, you're just like it's always there. i can go tomorrow tomorrow, but it is fun, though. i love going to those places. i've been there a few times. i still taking friends, so it's great. speaking of which 50 years ago today, some of san francisco and warren counties, most famous tourist spots, became a national park to mark the occasion. there are volunteer events planned today and throughout the weekend and places like ultra alcatraz and the presidio ktvu early. rasmus joins us live with the details. ali sal. i heard you mentioned that they have never been to alcatraz. well, now is your chance. guess what it's not peak season right now. so even though it is super busy out here, and you can see from the long line of people waiting to get in, it's there's still tickets available. it's not like it is in the summer when it is very, very packed. but during peak single season in the summer alcatraz as as many as 4000

over to alcatraz to visit the island and learn about its history 50 years ago today is when alcatraz and other sites became part of the golden gate national recreation area in 1972, the golden gate national recreation area, including alcatraz became the first urban national park in the u. s was the living history is a living site that continues to tell stories. bill baker is part of that living history. good morning. welcome. he was prisoner, 12 59 and at 89 years old now he's one of the last surviving former prisoners of alcatraz, 18. solar car up in oregon. jail escape from jail. put me in prison when he escaped from that prison. they transferred him to alcatraz his first impression when he arrived and saw inmates playing cards. it didn't seem dangerous, so tough after all. that was my first thought. perception wrong. and very wrong. yeah. very, very wrong. more than 60. years later , with permission from the national park service, he wrote a book about his experiences it sold more than 200,000 copies of a house, a car, a wife and a dog , and i earned it legally, and i'm proud of i

and then turn around alcatraz and passed by again. when you and i fly on these planes as passengers, there's typically around 300 people on board. but during the fleet week week air show, they will be three pilots, and that is it. >> >> reporter: the thrust to weight ratio is better. you are getting a more responsive performance. >> the diamond name are not different from what you would fly when you are on the plane as as a passenger. it just happens to be lower. you have the fixedt of the bay, alcatraz, and it los , and it looks amazing. >> he hopes the show will amazing this fire future generation of pilots. >> there is a pilot shortage inl pilot shortage in commercial aviation. we hope, like so many young men and women that look up up and say, i want to do that, you can do that. >> reporter: the united 777 will be flying in the the air show twice a day througt the weekend. max darrow, kpix 5. 5. >> in addition to the big boeing 777, we got fighter jets buzzing around the bay. if you want to feel what it's like to be flying upside d

really including alcatraz are behind us.ndreds of people who board the ferries already in line heading over to alcatraz to check it out. it is part of the golden gate national recreation area, of course, which was created and established 50 years ago today, back in 1972. making it the first urban national park in the country. now, back then, the nra was just 34,000 acres of decommissioned military land. now the gm hra has grown to more than 80,000 acres, and it includes alcatraz, presidio, crissy field, the marin headlands and many other sites, people here and around the world come to enjoy. well yesterday there was a commemoration ceremony with that included a woman named amy mayer. she is san francisco resident and she is credited as being the mother of the g. honore because it was her advocacy in the work of other regular citizens that led to congress passing legislation to create this national park now more than 15 million people a year visit the golden gate national recreation area. and to mark the occasion. there are s

. >> her activism began when she became part of the native american occupation of alcatraz in 1969.you want to know more, you can watch our documentary escape to alcatraz online at abc7news.com. >> we're looking forward to our treat wall street forecast. >> spencer is here with the latest. >> off to a nice start, don't you think? winds indicate how different conditions can be from one microclimate to the other around the bay area. many locations have calm winds now. fairfield and rai vista around 21 miles per hour. it is two, three, four degrees cooler in most locations especially near the bayshoreline. seven degrees warmer at half-moon bay. this this is looking back at san francisco. you can see clouds building. 58 degrees in the city. 56 in palo alto. 66 san jose. nice true the camera looking westward across the bay. enough n the distance you can see a thin layer of clouds developing. temperatures are in the mid 50's at santa rose our final live view from the rooftop camera, these are the forecast headlines. clouds return to the coast and bay overnight. maybe a patch or two of iso

. >> her activism began when she became part of the native american occupation of alcatraz in 1969. if you want to know more, you can watch our documentary escape to alcatraz online at abc7news.com. >> we're looking forward to our treat wall street forecast. >> spencer is here with the latest. >> off to a nice start, don't you think? winds indicate how different conditions can be from one microclimate to the other around the bay area. many locations have calm winds now. fairfield and rai vista around 21 miles per hour. it is two, three, four degrees cooler in most locations especially near the bayshoreline. seven degrees warmer at half-moon bay. this this is looking back at san francisco. you can see clouds building. 58 degrees in the city. 56 in palo alto. 66 san jose. nice true the camera looking westward across the bay. enough n the distance you can see a thin layer of clouds developing. temperatures are in the mid 50's at santa rose our final live view from the rooftop camera, these aheorecetto the c a ove.rd drizzle. mostly sunny and warming trend begins midweek. little spots o

we mentioned the one here at alcatraz. there's also some cleanup events planned today and throughout the weekend of places like the presidio and fort mason as well live in san francisco. ali rasmus ktvu, fox two news, all right, thank you, ali some of my favorite areas for sure. people living in the lake tahoe area are getting a warning about bears breaking into their homes. wildlife experts say. this is the time of year that bears are gearing up for hibernation and they need some extra food. oftentimes they end up breaking into homes in their search for food. some people in the sierra say they've already been hit by the bear burglars before and they are taking preventative measures. like adding electric boards with nails near the windows. you can see the bear walked around the house because there was flowerpot prints everywhere. i went upstairs into my bedroom. um didn't spend a whole lot of time up there but left me a nice present beside the bed. and some more down here behind that we get it. wildlife experts say they be

very first urban national park here in the us and mark the occasion and celebration was held on alcatraz . the popular tourist destination is one of the 37 distinct park sites within the g n. r a. as part of the anniversary festivities, alcatraz has featuring one of its last surviving former prisoners. 89 year old bill baker was placed at alcatraz after he was recaptured following his escape from another prison where he was serving time for auto theft. now when he arrived, he saw inmates hanging out and playing cards. how these guys aren't so tough after all. that was my first thought. perception wrong. it was very wrong. yeah. very, very wrong. yeah. the gm. nra has planned a series of anniversary events through the weekend with special activities and volunteer opportunities, including a park wide clean up alright beer lovers can help protect the national recreation area while enjoying their favorite bruce, that's right. headlands brewing company has released a new ipa as part of a year long series that will mark the 50th anniversary of the park. for every four pack sold. $1 will go to

a celebration was held on alcatraz .rist destination is one of the 37 distinct park sites within the gm. nra as part of the anniversary festivities, alcatraz is featuring one of its last surviving former prisoners. 89 year old bill baker was placed at alcatraz after he was recaptured following his escape from another prison where he was serving time for auto theft. when he arrived, he saw inmates hanging out and playing cards. these guys aren't so tough after all. that was my first thought perception was wrong. it was very wrong. yeah. very, very wrong. yeah. g n r a has planned a series of anniversary events through the weekend with special activities in volunteer opportunities, including a park wide clean up. a pair of invasive mosquitoes known to carry a variety of deadly viruses have been discovered in santa clara concerns about the dangerous species of mosquito potentially populating more of the bay area. for more on this, we're joined now by edgar in alaska, the director of santa clara county's consumer and environ

there's also alcatraz, perhaps the world's most famous prison.untings and escapes continue to draw thousands every year. >> when they opened the door, they found he had bruises all over his body and had been strangled. >> there's so much more to learn when it comes to alcatraz, historic figures in our cemeteries and all of the bone chilling films shot here in the area some may surprise you. you can watch it all on our special streaming on the bay area app. dan: will. whether it is a haunted house, movie or creepy costume, there is a science behind the idea that we like being scared. researchers call it the paradox of horror. the idea that being scared under the right circumstances can be fun. they say recreational fear can help us learn about our responses to fear and how to regulate them. the recreational fear lab in denmark said half the people surveyed field better after visiting a haunted house which the post because -- calls a post hot hi. i am not crazy about those. kristen: i am with you. taking on affirmative action. the supreme court hea

sort of primitive tunnel out and if anybody's been to alcatraz, it's in the middle. the bay around san francisco, water is cold, rough, shark infested. they were never heard of again. did they make it or not? we still don't know. so those are some great prison escapes in history. we're going here to talk about prisons. and prisoners of war in, the civil war. so, first off, some of vitals, the textbook number always given is that hundred and 20,000 americans perished in the civil war. that's a shocking number. recent scholarship. most civil war historians today are now pushing that number up around 700,000. so this is, if anything, a conservative estimate which accounts for about 2% of the population. if we extrapolate that today. that would mean millions of people dying in a war today just to give some comparative sense of that single battles gettysburg over 50,000 casual these in just three days and that small farming community and and southern pennsylvania over 50,000 casualties and just three days also for comparative purposes three southern states and four union

the blue angels will be taking part in an air show thisd flying between alcatraz and the golden gate bridge. the brass band will play tonight. >> they will need a shoulder toy on. >> fans are sounding confident d of the 49ers match-up against te super bowl champs. the 49ers are are a slight favorite despite a 1-2 record. we are in the bottom bottom third of the league. i le the california match-up. >> it will be a toasty one for , talking about the game, not necy the forecast. we are sitting pretty much around average for the set up. we can see the golden gate bridge. that means the marine layer is not existent. it will make a debut in the evening hours. it's a sunny set up throughout the bayt out there and get fresh air. if you are heading to the game, suy conditions and temperatures in the 60s and lower 70s. we are in in the upper 60s. 80s in the eat inland hills. we will warm up a bit more as we head into the forecast. what is going on? high on? high pressure is ridging in from the south and it will warm us up into the weekend. micro climates will experience somethg different. the

alcatraz is down ther. is down there somewhere. we >> we have your friday first alert weather with paul heggen. you had the best heat in the hoe heat in the house, up on our ro. >> we listened to brian. i didn't have any duties during our 3:00 news half-hour. i went to the roof and put them on ins. put them on instagram. >> are you looking at it from as point of view? mckay i tried ton off that part of my brain. all the rooftops around us, we are in the north end of the financil district. there was anthe ese e perfect spot to watch. >> people will be working on our door tomorrow. and we go on your roof? >> people who work here can. take a look at the big picture pattern. we are not in for any r changes. the dry weather patter. high pressure in the upper leves of the atmosphere pressing down. down. that is why we have a shallow layer of fog. this is more of a june kind of weather . cell area of high pressure will kick any by early next week. it is going to boost the fire threat a little bit. it will also bring in cooler air. about d

so, you have the fixed objects of te bay, alcatraz, and it looks amazing. we are standing inside of a general election 90-turbo fan engine. now, you can get the the size of this incredible mac. of this incredible machine. >> that is the coolest shot witx coolest shot with max inside. max darrow also got an up close look at the engines that power the plane. scott tells us he hopes the air show will encourage people to become pilots because there is a shortage in commercial aviation. aviation. you can join meteorologist and pilot jessicah jessica burch virtually. if you have virtual reality goggles, you will be in the cockpit with her. go to our cbs news bay area news bay area youtube channel. we have also posted the link on. > >> no one can stay away from fleet week, and that includes our pal, carl the fog. how you t the name cole with a k? >> it's the fog. we had a littlt today. >> similar tomorrow. made for al effect they were trying to operate above it. let's take a k at what things look like right . look like right now. while the r show was starting, it

tonight, the blue angels will be taking part in the flick week air show this weekend flying between alcatraz and the golden gate bridge. it is a homecoming for one of the pilots. lieutenant scott was born in new york but raised in san francisco. graduating from e a college. he flies the left wing of the blue angels formation and he currently lives lives in the central valley. our our special coverage continues throughout the week on air and online. we also posted a link to to the events scheduled on www.kpix.com. > >> the overlook at the golden gate bridge. planning on hiking? hiking? if you want to go with me just will will do it. >> just like a beatles fan, love love that kind of invitation. >> >> i want to show you how the marine layer took over the plane plane this morning. this is the view from mount diablo this morning. you can see the shadow from mount diablo just a sunrise, you see the pyramid shape their as the sunshine got higher, the shadow disappeared but that was such a cool effect. effect. of course it was all about how widespread the marine layer was. that is looking out towar

did in the bay area early this morning, and native prayer service was held on alcatraz island at sunrise, followed by a cultural festival in downtown san francisco. ktvu is jana katsuyama joins us now live , telling us about the event that drew people from around the world to the city today, janna julie, organizers say they had about 2000 people gathered there today representing native people from here in the bay area. two cultures from south america europe. and asia. from the earth to the skies. san francisco buena gardens were filled with the celebration of indigenous cultures and sound. on monday, the city marked indigenous peoples day a recognition of the native people who inhabited the americas before the arrival of christopher columbus from spain. it's been 530 years of resistance since he touched on these lines here, so we're celebrating resistance. we're honoring our ancestors. first path i think to honoring indigenous peoples is acknowledging truth in history divers with the international indian treaty council, which helped organize the event and the prayer ceremony at sunrise m

the area encompasses alcatraz, fort mason, crissy field, muir woods, yosemite, and many other parks. so many folkspersons talked out the importance of the mobilization, the people that came together to celebrate this anniversary, to celebrate something so grand, so grand. >> the presidio tunnel park added 14 acres to that area. >>> also new at 11:00, in san francisco, art is coming with a powerful lesson for students. we have video just in from sanchez elementary school in the mission district. the school unveiled a new 800 square foot tile mosaic that shows a group of kids climbing up a mountain, supporting each other on the journey. leaders explained to us over 300 students from kindergarten through fifth grade helped assemble the mosaic tiles in partnership with the create peace project. >> the theme of the mural is together we rise. it's also the total. and symbolic to the times, coming out of covid and being back to school in sort of a first year where consistently all the kids are back at school. >> funding for the project came from ripple, that's a san francisco-based crypto s

they made their way before the light of day to alcatraz island for their annual sunrise ceremony. it's an emotional time to celebrate all indigenous people, no matter the tribe, they do so around the fire and both with song and dance during tobacco prayers into the pit. if your pastor golden gate park in san francisco, you might notice a new addition to that scenery. a massive mural was recently painted and it reads, we are on native land to highlight that california. it's home to more than 150 tribal nations who are not people of the past. but of the president show. re us who's the executive director of the american indian cultural district explains that it was done in partnership with local groups in the spirit that everyone is indigenous to somewhere and that san francisco is still home to an existing native american community who originally called the city by the name yellow. >> this mural really just creates that visibility in a large scale way to just honor the original stewards. i think it really hopefully gives people a sense of pride and gives people a sense of respect an

gray whales go farther in, even pass alcatraz island. >> the number of visits by certain species hasntly. although it is difficult to isolate a single cause, researchers success -- suspect the pressure on their food source from climate change is having an impact. they are often following anchovy closer to shore, a phenomenon sometimes known as habitat compression. while gray whales, which migrate between mexico and alaska may be facing similar pressures. >> some of them were starving. they were so hungry, they were coming into the bay and looking for food. there is not much for them. normally they feed up north in alaska. >> a recent study found the overall population along the coast dropping significantly. in the last decade, research has have documented a variety of threats to whales, died from food migration to human behavior. in response, agencies like noah have made it a priority to keep visiting whales safer. especially in the busy shipping sandals across our coastline. >> she's a research coordinator with noah. the group has been monitoring whale populations with the help of a

by the time to get to alcatraz, they vaporize. i put the cooler temperature near the coast because that is where many people like to be. if you're deeper in the city, temperatures could be around 70 saturday and sunday. it will be much breezier sunday, especially on the water. julian: it sounds almost perfect. you saw the blue angels and the pilots up close in oakland? we have video of this. look at this. it is like, oh, hello. did the guys just get out of the planes? mike: get that. still in uniform. mike: yes, they were very kind. it was neat to seek our own natives drive-by. kristen: they waived hi. nice. mike: it was kind of a fan boy moment. i love planes and would love to go up in one but i don't know that i have the stomach to pull that many g's. they were super nice to us. they were very precise in everything they do. we had to be in a certain place. they have it down to a t. the planes come in staggered. kristen: look at that. it is not just the blue angels. i know they have a lot of different planes. there are dogfightin

at oakland airport today and they will be part of the air show this weekend flying flying between alcatraz and the golden gate bridge. he for they had the sky, the blue angels got got a chance to play tourist today, they toward the aquarium of the bay as part of the kickoff to their stay. the aquarium president is inviting visitors to watch the action this weekend from there, since they do get panoramic views of it all. this is actually a homecoming for one of the blue angels, the lieutenant was born in new york but raised in san francisco, he graduated from saint ignatius college prep school in 2006 and he flies the left wing of the blue angels formation and now lives in the central valley, so we will look for him. > >> as the planes and ships arrive we are looking back at a very unique tradition that they area sailors used to enjoy before they shipped out, toasting the golden gate bridge from the top of the mark, with a a drink board from the squadron bottle. it was a tradition, it disappeared decades ago until a young bay area naval officer brought it back. >> i had no idea. >> a specia

signature where you just get that little streamer that comes into the golden gate and shoots over alcatraz and goes to the hills of the east bay and that's that's exactly where the planes wanted to fly today and that's why it didn't happen. a little more impressive than yesterday. if that's where it is now, it's coming back tonight for everybody and we will wake up tomorrow just like we have for the last several days, it will be bay area wide and then it goes all back to the beach in the immediate golden gate through most of the day tomorrow tomorrow so more sunshine than anything else for the overwhelming majority of us unless you live on the west side side of the city or coast where you are going to be looking at all of that likely again tomorrow. 81 in concord, livermore at 80, 69 san jose, santa rosa at 73 with morning low stoic starting in the upper 50s but as the clouds retreat, we warm right back up into the mid 80s and there's an important important point here, even though it may not necessarily be be the kind of typical long desired for october weather in the city, it is below ave

look, at san francisco, you can see the fog peaking on through towards treasure island, towards alcatraz as well. this will be the pattern that we are in tomo. in tomorrow. there is a chance the fog is more thin, maybe compact fog, but it would likely likely still be out there, and we are seeing a behind downtown. downtown, only 61. we reached into the mid-60s briefly earlier earlier this afternoon, but now cooling off with that marine influence refusing to budge. near 70 degrees in oakland, but further inland it's warm, even hot, 78 in san jose, 92 right now in livermore. let's take a look at futurecast disabilities will be reduced for most of the bay area as we head into early tomorrow morning. to 10:00 a.m., a.m., and while they have improved, there's quite a bit of of it hanging out at the bay we will see improvement to this visibility is, even bayside into into the afternoon. just before 3:00 before the air show. 50s across the board, close to normal, close to where we spent every night so far this week with the warmest spots around 60. the coolest spots in the north bay valley drop

night, and they will be a big part of the fleet week airshow this weekend, you'll see them between alcatraz the beautiful and historic gate bridge, as part of their kickoff kickoff to their stay. the aquarium president is inviting visitors to watch the action this weekend since they will get get panoramic views of all of it, and he says, fleet week proud roots in our community. >> >> fleet week started in 1981 in in san francisco, and since then, that has become the standard across the country. >> lieutenant scott goossen, we thank you for your service, we know you were born in new york but raised in san francisco. he graduated from saint ignatius college prep in 2006 and flies the left wing of the blue angel formation, and now lives in the central valley. we got a look at at one of the u.s. navy warships warships arriving for fleet week, look at that, which is coming under the bridge right there, uss princeton pulling into the bay. it's a ticonderoga ticonderoga class guided missile missile cruiser used to take on everything from submarines to aircraft. looking good. > >> are special fleet

was a nice spot for them to be able to see them and you can see them all the way from basically alcatraz all the way through to the golden gate bridge. >> what an amazing history that the city has in terms of the military and it just makes fleet fleet week means so much more given what san francisco has seen. >> it's fun to see the ships come in. we were at the giants game with our seats and we could could see over the bay and see the first one come in and it was was completely distracting from the game. > >> and the weather is looking good for the rest of his fleet . fleet week. >> even the fog we see tonight isn't going to be as much of a factor later on this week which is good news for the blue angel show on friday. the reason for the cold weather, high-pressure building in the upper levels of the atmosphere overhead meaning not only we will be calm but we will also be warm. inland will be trending toward hot by late this week well it will be pleasant around the bay. beautiful weather right now, blue skies overhead keeping temperatures in the mid 60s in san francisco in the upper 60s

, coming together as an communityt was amazing to see the first flight of the blue angels cominr alcatraz. our very own reed cown joins us with a close look at the big air so through the eyes of a father and son. >> reporter: hello, my friends.i really enjoyed this day because i got the reminder that it's not not always about the planes, the the ships, the jets. it's aboute people inside who make them flot and fly. through the eyes of a father and son, i was reminded y i was reminded today of the value of what this is all about, about, to remind us that we, as a community, we come together th past all of our limitations. wa. of our limitations. watch. lifted 60 plus in the air. justin is having a with his dad. >> it is the blue jet. >> reporter: you might think you are here to see everything that floats and flies. but as with all things, s deeper meaning in the moment. >> >> my grandfather was basically my dad. my parents split up at an early age. my grandfather took on that role. >> reporter: amari is here to embed in justin's limit that -- >> the sky is the limit. the ble angels are a s

little alcatraz. there actually, is that two cruise ships from no, that's alcatraz. my eyes are failing me , that's treasurer andres it two or one who ships there and then i can see t i in the middle there, so it is going to be weather wise, a little less fog than there was yesterday. don't check this out lifestyle changes such as working or redug cell phone usage, reported the last lesson. two months. researchers in the uk survey 2000 adults they found the average person keeps up with their new habits for about seven weeks before just giving it up. the top three habits that people tried in the past year or exercising more often going to bed earlier and hitting 10,000 steps each day. welcome to the nine and here is the thing as someone who has tried and honestly, you know, gone back on my ways. so what? it's a step back. just do it again. like you know, you stopped drinking. ah i had a big weekend. i kind of fell off the wagon. just get back on. i read the advice recently. don't look at it. as in my case, i ate the whole pizza completely failed. think you know what t

little ribbon of the marine layer getting pulled in through the golden gate and dragged over over alcatraz and the east bay shoreline. that is classic. this classic. this is what the marine marine layer does when it is getting driven through on the on on shore winds. you get that conveyer belt of clouds. just so so happens for fleet week that is where the show happens. this is tomorrow, 2:30 in the afternoon. we are using the high high resolution forecast because because the does a pretty good job of depicting what the marine marine layer will look like. we have gotten a lot better with the high resolution forecast. bg able to visualize what it will look like. it is not perfect. it perfect. it doesn't mean it absolutely goes this way. but, here's the best information we have. we are doing the same thing all over again tomorrow. e is your marine layer. right in the same place. this is where the planes want to go. and, we'll probably have a similar kind of setup. keep your fingers fingers crossed if you want a better view. but use today as your example. we know where to position yourself, yo

it includes alcatraz island crissy field. the marin headlands.o san francisco's presidio, the national park service along with bay area. lawmakers. they were all out today to mark that occasion. and then just soon as i got here, theeowners said they were going to leave the presidio. so ahead, their sponsor ability to make sure that we that it was not developed. and then it turned into that. so pretty soon had my own responsibilities. >> that statue of the ceremony was held by the statue of phillip burton, the u.s. representative from california who vouched for the creation of the recreation area. he wrote the bill that made it all happen today. park officials also revealed a new flag dedicated to the 50 years. the forty-niners back on the field preparing for their pivotal game with the rams on sunday next. in sports. >> kyle shanahan explains what needs to change of the forty-niners are to once again beat the reigning super bowl champions. also protecting players on and off the field will take a closer look at the danger signs for concussion foll

larry: more than 15 million people year visit the area which includes alcatraz. london breed celebrated the 75th anniversary of saving the cable cars. back in 1947, some city leaders wanted to tear out the system. there was a woman who founded the citizens committee to save the cable cars. they demonstrated the value was greater than costs, and the rest is history. thank you. kristen: coming up. a backlog of complaints, has san francisco unified is trying to address nine months of teacher and payroll issues. in your report explains why a tech company is not interested in bay area job candidates. new food to try at sharks games. okay care coalition, alaska airlines is still frontrunner for most caring airline. funshine bear, you did some of your own research, right? i sure did. ♪ according to the web, their program's number one, ♪ ♪ earning alaska miles is quicker and more fun! ♪ cute! ooh, that was wonderful, sweetie! oh, oh, oh, i have a song about their cheese plates. ♪ cheese please! cheese please! cheese please! cheese please! ♪ uh- it's time for lunch. aw...

some of the most popular sites of the bay area are a part of the gigi entering like alcatraz island crissy field, the presidio of san francisco, the marin headlands stinson beach just to name a few more than 15 million people visit the park in a year that offers a variety of sites like redwood forests. lighthouse is and former prisons. and then just soon as i got here, he already said they were going to leave the presidio. so ahead, their sponsor ability to make sure that we knew that it was not developed and then it turned into that. so pretty soon had my own responsibilities. but it's a very emotional day because though it was a pioneer, he was a visionary. >> and he would join me in saying that without amy meyer and doctor wayburn, none of possible. pelosi also credited amy meyer. >> gigi nra began as a small community projects spearheaded by meyer in the 70's myers worked to preserve the lands at the golden gate instead of having it be developed. park officials revealed a new flag that is now dedicated to the 50 years of work of the golden gate. national recreation area. >> the park or

the g n r a includes alcatraz. crissy field , the procedure e o. the marin headlands and stinson beach. think of this place the golden gate national recreation area. every single word of it so important when our children come to the park. this is what they want them to take pride in. more than 15 million people a year visit the g n raise 82,000 acres north and south of the golden gate bridge area brewery, turning off the taps for good the primary reason for closing the doors in san francisco's mission bay. also ahead. tonight, a new supermarket is up and running, and one san francisco neighborhood. the impact this will have on all residents in the area. rain back in the forecast will affect your halloween plans. we've got the details as a news continues. is right here. we'll be right back. okay care coalition, alaska airlines is still frontrunner for most caring airline. funshine bear, you did some of your own research, right? i sure did. ♪ according to the web, their program's number one, ♪ ♪ earning alaska miles is quicker and more fun! ♪ cute! o

indian treaty council, which helped organize the event and the prayer ceremony at sunrise, monday on alcatrazisland. is it absolutely beautiful morning in little cold, little chilly, lots of fog. but the spirit and the prayers were all there. which one of us comes from the earth? we all have traditions. we all have dances. we all have stories , and that's where the medicine is. lydia dhoni's of san jose is with the t o cali, aztec dancers. cali me now what language means house of creation and we're representing the machine or aztec people. i am daughter of a sabot tech indigenous oaxaca man from mexico. and our mother over here is she is inca incarnated from ecuador. many vendors included families showcasing indigenous from nayarit, mexico. this is a all the other. and this is a vendors that we're here today. things are handmade with lots of love, and they have a lot of heritage and history. it helps remind us of, um of the people who to have stewarded this land from time immemorial. it helps us remember our own history so that we can go forward in a better way away to our cultures across the

the best place to watches from the marina green performers fly between the golden gate bridge and alcatraz. with our ticket sales. we can see where folks are coming from, and there's not just a regional draw or a national drop, but an international drive. in san francisco. i'm elissa harrington ktvu, fox two news. if you want to be a part of fleet week, you can go to ktvu dot com. there we have the schedule of all of the events happening this weekend. tomorrow marks five years since the deadly north bay firestorm. the devastating tubbs fire began along tubbs lane in calistoga about 9 45 at night on sunday, october 8th of 2017. that was one of several fires that started that night across sonoma , napa, solano, mendocino and yuba counties. all told those fires killed 44 people and destroyed more than 8900 homes and businesses. tomorrow the city of santa rosa and sonoma county will hold a ceremony to recognize the progress that's been made to rebuild and the strength of that community. the ongoing search for a serial killer has many people in the stockton community asking for new steps to be

anywayay that is where he went after he got out of alcatraz pretty back to miami beach and died there thank 19th 88 repeal had become a famous issue of the campaign. around the mid- 1920s the public opinion really startedll changing. the episcopalians, and i am one, reluctantly gone wonky that that is, the baptists and the presbyterians to support prohibition. they said we are out of it, or going back to work cocktail parties of what had happened with ther crime, the murder rate is twice what it is today in new york and chicago. so alex smith, the governor of new york was nominated for president. fdr put the nominationan and. it became a very ugly race focus on his catholicism, his strong position as a wet. and people suggested accused him of being a puppet of the big tammany hall party machine in new york. when he lost in a landslide to herbert hoover. so herbert hoover wins in 19208. that february on st. valentine's day was when the happened brittle and spectacular murder that the country had seen. all capone was largely thought that would have been the cause of it. he said no, no,

and alcatraz.els of navy and coast guard vessels. i should say and that happens throughout the day. good take time now. 8 28. san francisco's real estate market, reportedly slowing down a bit data at a redfin shows prices are decreasing inventory increasing back in june, the median sale price of the home in this city was close to 1.6 million bucks in august now 1.4 million. meanwhile closed sales are down more than 6% compared to this time last year. some high tech drones could soon revolutionized the entire construction industry tests are now being conducted on drones that can spray precise layers of cement as they fly similar to the way beeves make hives. engineers say these drones would be especially useful in repairing skyscrapers. the drones would do all the dangerous work on the upper floors of those damaged high rises. construction crews remain safely on the ground. we need to rethink how robots can build. because roberts might have different morphology. they can fly. they can approach they

the ones who swim from alcatraz too. to, um um alcatraz. san francisco. and i was like, okay, complain about having across the living room. sometimes i'll get my kid to get stuff for me. could you bring me remote control, buddy? yeah so brave young man accomplished this at eight. i know. right? what's he going to do next? pretty high? yes good morning. good morning. to both of you. we are looking at a beautiful forecast for your afternoon. today we'll call for mostly sunny skies away from the coastline. not the case at this hour giving you a live look here from ktvu across the oakland estuary, the low clouds the fog with us this morning, some of that low lying fog impacting our valley locations as well as the coast. we have our eye on a storm over areas of washington. you can see the wet weather and a little bit further north into canada. this is going to sink into california. although it's going to hold off, we're not going to have to deal with it for halloween. we will get some beneficial rain out of it, though the future cast into your sunday afternoon

place we called saint john's alcatraz. i was taught by the sisters of mercy and then i went.god was having fun with me from the very beginning. i have to give credit to my wife, she's the webmaster and developed a t great tool that yu can sort by state, city, anything you want, classical christian.org. it will get you there fast. every school has its own page that you end up at because an association of like-minded independent schools. they know how and why it was created. we take that down in the book as well. the b work that rebecca has done focuses on that. unions used to be conservative teacher associations taken over by the movement and the union movement turned around and endorsed its first ever presidential candidate in 76. the teachers unions had half the delegates when they endorsed jimmy carter. when jimmy carter was elected president he turned around and gave a gift to the same that was the creation to the federal department of education and the nea openly bragged at that moment that there would be no department of education without thewo teachers unions so from te

wool was good material for a bathing suit, but anyway, but that's where he it after he got out of alcatraz. he went back to miami beach and died there. or by 1928 repeal had become a major issue of the campaign around the mid-1920s public opinion really started changing the episcopalians and i'm one had reluctantly gone along with the methodist and the baptist and the president and the presbyterians to support prohibition. they said we're out of it. this is we're going back to our cocktail parties because of what had happened with the crime. the murder rate was twice what it is today in in new york and chicago. so al smith, the governor of new york was nominated for president fdr put the nomination in. and it became a very ugly race that focused on his catholicism his strong position as a wet and being a people suggested or accused him of being just a puppet of the the big tammany hall party machine in new york and he lost in a landslide to herbert hoover. so herbert hoover wins in 1928 that february on saint valentine's day was when the valentine's day massacre happened in chicago, and it

john's miniature alcatraz. [laughter] and brought up by the sisters of mercy.er] and the jesuits. so god had fun with me from the very beginning. >> classical christian it will get you there fast and we are in association of like-minded independent schools. >> and one reason your dad is so adamant in getting rid of it he knew how and why it was created we break that down in the book as well the work rebecca has done t focuses on that. is to be conservative teacher association that the union movement turned around to endorse its first-ever presidential candidate 1976 the teacher union had half the delegates of the 76 convention endorsing jimmy carter. and jimmy carter was elected president he turned around and gave a gift to the same powerful teachers unions and they openly bragged at that moment there would be no department of education without the teachers union. so from the very beginning it has been a creation of the teachers unions. politicallyen they tried to make it impossible foror people to understand that because then you are anti- education which is w

but that's where he went after he got out of alcatraz. he went back to miami beach and died there.by 1928 repeal had become a a major issue of the campaign. around the mid 1920s public opinion started changing. the episcopalians and i am one had reluctantly gone along withb the methodists and the baptists and the presbyterians to support prohibition. basin where out of it, we're going back to our cocktail parties. because of what it happen with the crime. murder rate was twice what it is today in new york and chicago. so i'll smith the governor of new york was nominated for president. fdr put the nomination in. it became a very ugly race that focus on his catholicism, his strong position as a wet and peopleim suggested her accused m of being just a puppet of the big tammany hall party machine in new york. he lost in a landslide to herbert hoover. herbert hoover wins in 1928. that february on st. valentine's day was when the valentine's day massacre happened in chicago. it was the most brutal and spectacular murder that the country had seen. al capone was largely thought to have bee

our latest abc7 original special highlight some of the spookiest including alcatraz island. >> in 1867s built. -- brick jailhouse was built. rumors of spirits did not go away. >> americans would hear a lot of drumming. i mean, as if the native americans, at that time, there were no native americans. they would hear that and could never figure it out. >> for more creepy bay area on-demand, open up the streaming tv app. >> what are we looking at outside now over santa cruz? works -- >> 45 now. a high of 68. for late october, pretty nice at the shoreline. 60 up this way by ocean beach endpoint race. we will get warmer 70's in the inland valleys today and tomorrow. the heat fades monday, halloween. stay tuned for my accuweather seven day forecast with the details. >> next, why the 49ers will have to take on okay care coalition, alaska airlines is still frontrunner for most caring airline. funshine bear, you did some of your own research, right? i sure did. ♪ according to the web, their program's number one, ♪ ♪ earning alaska miles is quicker and more fun! ♪ cute! ooh, that was wonderful,