. >>> gene quan will attend a party tonight at the amtrak station. this is the first in a series of events to boost interest in a restoration project. the station attracted attention earlier this year and $200,000 in improvements when it was a back drop for a movie. today there will be food trucks and a speech by the mayor. >> dancers are looking for work, we will tell you where you can go if you want to be a warriors girl. . >>> all right. there is a look at your numbers, dow down 20 points. getting ready to vote on a bill to avoid a u.s. debt default. >>> new information about the police involved fatal shooting in the bay view neighborhood. police say they have found the gun that killed kenneth harding during a foot chase july 16.  investigators say someone in the neighborhood led them to the pistol which officers say someone picked up in the chaos after the gun battle. tests determined it is the 38 that fired the bullet that killed kenneth harding. police believe he shot himself. >>> little room for optimism. better than expected. the number of

here is what it looked like this morning at the amtrak station.he passengers waited to catch a train and avoid the holiday traffic. so many chose to brave the congestion and hit the road to get to their destination. there was a steady flow of traffic for much of the day on i-80 and highways all over the bay area. the amount of vehicle traffic is still down compared to last year, thanks to the price of gas. despite a drop in recent weeks, prices in california are still up significantly from last year. aaa says right now the average price for gallon of regular is $3.80. it was $3.15 this time last year. >>> with all those extra drivers on the road this weekend, police have extra patrols out as well. they are on maximum enforcement looking for drunk drivers. new at 10:00 -- one of many dui check points planned for this weekend. >> reporter: fireworks an barbecues are tradition on the fourth of july, so is this, police agency has set up a dui check point in order to make the streets and highways safer. >> what would you like? >> reporter: since 1990 w

here is what it looked like this morning at the amtrak station.assengers waited to catch a train and avoid the holiday traffic. so many chose to brave the congestion and hit the road to get to their destination. there was a steady flow of traffic for much of the day on i-80 and highways all over the bay area. the amount of vehicle traffic is still down compared to last year, thanks to the price of gas. despite a drop in recent weeks, prices in california are still up significantly from last year. aaa says right now the average price for gallon of regular is $3.80. it was $3.15 this time last year. >>> with all those extra drivers on the road this weekend, police have extra patrols out as well. they are on maximum enforcement looking for drunk drivers. new at 10:00 -- one of many dui check points planned for this weekend. >> reporter: fireworks an barbecues are tradition on the fourth of july, so is this, police agency has set up a dui check point in order to make the streets and highways safer. >> what would you like? >> reporter: since 1990 when

you can ride amtrak to the station or ride bart and get to the festival for free.bsolutely nothing. >> that's perfect. thank you very much, tom. we appreciate it. we'll have more coming up, of course, at 6:00 on the berkeley kite festival happening this weekend. let's get to the weather headlines. of course, it is breezy out here along the bay. winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. we're going to see that as we head throughout tonight with the fog that's already starting to roll back into the bay. and as we continue throughout the next 48 hours, what we're going to see is this region of high pressure building in from the southwest. that's going to be heating us up here as we head throughout the next couple of days. we're talking about temperatures that will be in the 80s for tomorrow, and then as we head throughout thursday, we'll get even a little bit more warming back into the forecast. as for tomorrow, we're going to see temperatures starting off with 50s. then by 11:00 a.m., 70s, and also a fewly eight for the east and -- few low eig80s for the e. and the best part of

station. eastern europeans coming here tla way and amtrak used this station until damaged in 1989 quake, we'reust blocks from where the freeway collapsed. but when the community demanded that a new freeway be built somewhere else well that meant the end of usefulness fr the station. there is hope old station l will be an inspiration. >> this was a city landmark. and we've been looking and thinking to find ways to reuse this building. >> when the property was for sale the community asked me to be sensitive to potential developer who's would make that building be a community resource. >> the station and land was purchased in 2005 by a housing developer. the organization promised to make it a center piece of the neighborhood of more than 200 homes. >> when they saw it it was an opportunity to preserve an as yet for the community. i think we're ready to move to the next step. >> that is including coming up with potential uses from the ground. people will be again allowed into parts of the building for limited use. and hbo used the site. the restoration association for improving the station is mind

station. you had earn area pine coming that way from the east coast. >>reporter: amtrakd the station until it was damaged in the 1989 earthquake where just a couple blocks away from where the cypress freeway collapsed. but when the community dedemand a new freeway built entirely somewhere else that meant the end of use if you feelness for this station. now there is a hope that an old station will be an inspiration for a new neighborhood. >> because it was a city landmark and listed on the national registrar we have been looking and thinking to feigned ways to reuse it. magnificent building. >> when the property was for sale the community asked me to really be sensitive to potential developers who would make that building be a coity resource in long-term. >>reporter: station and land around it was purchased in 2005 by a house developer. the organization has promised to make the old station the center piece of a neighborhood of more than 1200 homes it plans to build. >> i think that when we saw it was an opportunity to preserve an asset for the community so it's been awhil

in my district construction of the new amtrak station in anford, florida, employs 46 subcontractors, 45 of them from florida. does anyone want to call that a disaster? the real disaster is we didn't put enough money in the stimulus bill for transportation. this country gives a failing grade for the conditions of roads and bridges that we are going to have disaster after dis-- disaster like what occurred in minnesota. the collapsing of the bridge that killed people. mr. speaker, the stimulus bill put us on the road to recovery and i will continue to set record straight. let's not stop this recovery by reversing courses. the pending transportation re-authorization bill will take us back a decade and will kill the millions of jobs, that is what i call a disaster. and i am placing in the record the transportation and how much each state received and how many jobs it created. for example, in florida 782 projects, over 16,000 people put to work, and let me just mention one other state, pennsylvania. 384 projects, 13,000 jobs reported. you know, mr. speaker, people come to this floor and th

into this area, but you also had the japanese internees coming back through that station and eastern europeans. >> amtrakaged in an earthquake. we are a couple blocks away from where the cypress freeing collapsed. but when they had to build it somewhere else, that meant uselessness for this station. now there's hope it will be a new inspiration for a landmark. >> because it's on the historic registry, we were finding twice use the buildings. >> when the property was for sale the community asked me to really be sensitive to potential developers who would make that building be a community resource in the long-term. >> the station and the land around it was purchased in 2005 by a housing developer. the organization has promised to make the old station the center piece of a neighborhood of more than 1200 homes it plans to build. >> i think that when they saw it it was an opportunity to preserve an asset for the community. you know, it's been a while in the making but i think we are ready to move to the next step. >> that next step includes coming up with potential uses for the station and for the grounds. th

into this area, but you also had the japanese internees coming back through that station and eastern europeans. >> amtrakit until it was damaged in the 1989 earthquake. we are a couple blocks away from where the cypress freeway collapsed. but when they had to build it somewhere else, that meant uselessness for this station. now there's hope it will be a new inspiration for a landmark. and a new neighborhood. >> because it's a city landmark and listed on the historic register of historic places, we were finding situation to use the magnificent buildings. >> when the property was for sale the community asked me to really be sensitive to potential developers who would make that building be a community resource in the long-term. >> the station and the land around it was purchased in 2005 by a housing developer. the organization has promised to make the old station the center piece of a neighborhood of more than 1200 homes it plans to build. >> i think that when they saw it it was an opportunity to preserve an asset for the community. you know, it's been a while in the making but i think we are ready to move