sequoya audubon urges you to support the ordinance. it is one of the most important restoration projects in our area. it can proceed and move quickly forward. thank you. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. to those of you disagree with the legislation, please be patient. eventually, you will get your turn to speak. we have some gamesmanship right now with the speaking. you will get your chance to speak. please hold on. [applause] [laughter] supervisor elsber-- >> characterizing this as gamesmanship when we have people speaking on both sides is unnecessary. thank you, supervisor elsbernd . i am sure we will get more characterization's of the hearing as we proceed. i hope not. i will call some more cards. i have gone through the whole list of speakers. this includes people who will be of the opposite position that i have. i welcome them to speak. janet braeger,. >> i live in pacifica and have for 34 years. i support restoration of the wetlands and beach under national park management. of the winner of a 2004 environmental award, i h

he named the group the audubon society. and when grinnell published a mildly critical review of theodore roosevelt's book chronicling his own western adventures, the young author burst into grinnell's office to confront him. the two men turned the awkward moment into the beginning of a lasting friendship and together formed the boone and crockett club to promote what they called "the manly "sport of hunting." duncan: but grinnell had other, larger issues in mind that he wanted to steer teddy roosevelt toward, and i think over time he became something of a mentor to roosevelt of taking this energetic guy this guy who was a political star, a rising political star, and gradually pointing him in directions that were clearly in roosevelt's heart but needed that little tilt from george bird grinnell to bring them to fruition. coyote: as president of the new club, theodore roosevelt was increasingly drawn into grinnell's battles, including the longstanding crusade to keep yellowstone as pristine as possible. it was a constant figh

i represent golden gate audubon and its 10,000 members. i have been active at lake merced, back into the 1970's. the golden gate audubon society agrees there is an urgent need for a new mou between the prc and rec and park. however, the mou before you does not meet your needs. it is far too vague. it leads to specifically identify the puc. the that should be the agency in charge of stewardship and management. the recreation and park department should continue to manage harding golf course and provide habitat restoration work done to the natural areas program. there seems little else, in terms of recreation abatements, that is in need of day to day management, or that the puc could not do. in the future, recreation activities that may require expertise could be identified, planned between the agencies and the public, and delegated as appropriate. otherwise, there is nothing that warrants and mou between the agencies. the puc should assume responsibility for all infrastructure, including docs, restrooms, and future buildings. it is your resp

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have a little star moving to the north of us but it is off to the southwest where we are seeing an audubon settled weather which will eventually be in our direction by the middle of the week. getting off the close to christmas there. a little bit of a cold spot right now here in the mid- atlantic and northeastern part of the country. the center part has a more southern breeze so temperatures more mild there down this time of year. tonight, mostly clear skies on the crisper side. upper 20's to around freezing or so. here is the insta-weather futurecast. flurries disappointing -- i dissipating. bashar chances coming in with slightly warmer air and is the leading echelon of the rain at troops coming in for the developing storm out west. partly cloudy skies, more cloudy by the end of the day, chile and a little bit above average for the season. southwest when that 5-10 miles per hour. statewide forecast putting us in the 40's around 50. plenty of sunshine, at least to start the day, cooler in the mountains out west. here is the rest of the week as the storm develops. it looks like this will be

. >> it marks the 29th annual christmas bird count for the golden gate audubon society.ast year observers counted 177 different species and more than 57,000 individual birds. >> i keep wondering if they are counting the same bird twice. >> imagine waking up and seeing this. a utah family found a five foot buck in their home on christmas eve. >> he fell into the wind well broke the window and ended up in the basement. family closed the door so the deer couldn't get out, a controversial move. the kids thought this was the coolest christmas gift ever. >> until they opened the presents. >>> frances dinglasan has final check of the weather. >> that is pretty cool and it is cool outside so grab a jacket if you are heading out. mid 50s for most of the bay area, 55 in san francisco, 57 in oakland. 57 in san jose. slightly warmer afternoon monterey bay. >>> from all of us here at abc7 news thank you for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> to keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and. >> and you can talk about it on facebook. >> have a fab

. >> it marks the 29th annual christmas bird count for the golden gate audubon society. last year observers counted 177 different species and more than 57,000 individual birds. >> i keep wondering if they are counting the same bird twice. >> imagine waking up and seeing this. a utah family found a five foot buck in their home on christmas eve. >> he fell into the wind well broke the window and ended up in the basement. family closed the door so the deer couldn't get out, a controversial move. the kids thought this was the coolest christmas gift ever. >> until they opened the presents. >>> frances dinglasan has final check of the weather. >> that is pretty cool and it is cool outside so grab a jacket if you are heading out. mid 50s for most of the bay area, 55 in san francisco, 57 in oakland. 57 in san jose. slightly warmer afternoon monterey bay. >>> from all of us here at abc7 news thank you for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> to keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and. >> and you can talk about it on facebook. on facebook. >> have

. >> reporter: the golden gate audubon society's 29th annual christmas bird count starts today. there are a lot of birds in the bay area and thank goodness i don't have to count them. but i've met someone who does. >> there it is. >> reporter: dan murphy is leading a group of dedicated bird watchers on pine lake and stern grove. they are identifying and counting every bird they see. think of it as a census for birds. >> by putting data together from a number of counts, we find out trends and populations. >> did you see it? >> reporter: it's a lot harder than you think. even the experts need help once in a while. the slightest sound or movement commands their attention. and every bird is carefully logged. >> put down one robin. >> reporter: after a while i too started to recognize what was flying around. this is a mallard. this is a red-tailed hawk. and this is united airlines. is this social or scientific? >> in my group it's both. [ laughter ] >> reporter: an avian researcher, this is her first christmas count. >> the young birds were my childhood friend in the woods in michiga

the sequoia audubon mission is to educate the community whenever possible into the wonders of nature. we feel that is important to take a stand in this situation. supporting turning this into a watershed area. -- we support turning this into a watershed area, returning it to its original configuration. thank you so much. >> my name is laurie. i lived in south san francisco. it means nothing in regards to this. i am a bird watcher. i have seen the restoration have a positive affect on bird life and animal life. many people do not know that the california thrasher is breeding there after four years. i think that a lot of people are ignoring the fact that the sea wall is pretty much unsustainable in the future. i do not see why we cannot do something right now to restore the park before it becomes necessary. i wanted to mention, an instructor at the city college of san francisco cannot be here today. the park has been home to numerous migratory bird species, such as [reads a list of birds] an endangered species that was on the golf course for at least two weeks, as seen by myself and oth

i am here on behalf of the golden gate audubon society. we have been working to protect the interests of bay area bird'' habitats and the people care about them. all those issues come here. we do support a project that meets the needs of recreational users but we want to respect the cultural and biological the values. i will talk about the deir now. it is incomplete and family flawed. it does not assess all the impacts, especially the impact to biological resources. it does not propose measures and fails to consider all reasonable alternatives. first and foremost it fails to assess impacts of the biological, aesthetic, and other impacts. they detected use of the soccer fields by myriad species. during the breeding season, even a species that is rare. there will suffer impact because of the conversion of the area at to what is ecologically the equivalent of a parking lot. there's no doubt. that is what that is. you might as well paved over. that is what astroturf is like. even worse given quality concerns. it states conclusions without supp

i am a pacifica resident and a sequoia a member, a sequoia audubon member. i am also a volunteer with the clover program. let's not forget the overall reasons to safeguard the policy of protecting endangered plants and animals. assuming long-term management for biodiversity those in sooner, the sooner we can give it needed petition. i urge you to let them manage and maintain sharp park as a natural area for all citizens. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you, next speaker, please. >> my name is still in smith. kinesics generation san franciscan -- my name is still in smith region dyland-- my name is dillon smith. i am a sixth generation san franciscan. i grew up playing golf in sharp park. everybody there wants to support kids and help them in their lives and have a place to go. i saw this happen for the last five is six years of my life. i saw kids being touched by the people at sharp park. because of that, their lives and injuries for ever. because of the people at sharp park, they have a chance and go confident about themselves to do well in the future.

the safest place to be, it seems, is the audubon. >> statistics show that the numbers of crashes and death continue to fall. the only piece of good news in this otherwise gloomy report. it says that the number of road traffic fatalities will rise for the first time in 20 years. increased 7% to an estimated 3100 deaths by the end of this year. much of the rise comes from germany's cities. it is the most vulnerable road users who are affected. cyclists and pedestrians. >> we have the problem in urban areas with a disproportionately high number of urban road users are killed in accidents. there is a growing trend for people to get around on bikes and on foot. a good thing, of course, but it means that german streets are getting more crowded. >> many experts say that the situation would improve if towns and cities impose a speed limit in built up areas. without that, they warned, the number people killed on germany's roads could rise next year. >> in a few days it will be 100 years since the norwegian export -- a norwegian explorer became the first group to meet -- to reach the south pol

the survey marks the 29th annual christmas bird count for the audubon society.eams of watchers will be out looking for birds at 17 locations from dawn until dusk if you see folks in the city they are looking for birds like that one. >> and well timed because they waited until the freeze warning was lifted. >> yeah no freeze warnings, there should have been one yesterday temperatures in the 20s. today we are not seeing that. we are seeing a lot of low clouds and fog. here's a live picture from emeryville looking south you see the maze and low clouds. it is going to be possibly a tough commute in some areas this morning. lynn will have that in a little bit. wasn't to take you to temperatures now. it is way more comfortable compared to yesterday. there were some 20s that's gone. we are still hanging on to 30s this morning. 36 santa rosa, 37 novato. that's the cool spot. locally dense fog in some areas that going to make driving difficult. visibility is down to 4th of a mile in parts of the north bay, napa, novato and we may see visibility drop as well through parts

. >>> 100 bird watchers will be scanning the skies for the auburn christmas -- audubon christmas bird count meant to assess the bay area's bird life. they are looking in 17 different bay area locations including a bird that will span the bay last year 177 different species of birds were counted. >>> a rare venomous lizard was discovered in san diego county. a homeowner found it while gardening at a home in rancho bernardo. it is called a monster and is estimated to be 24 inches long. rare experts will try to determine what species the lizard is and the monster is native to the southwestern united states in arizona as well as nevada. >> he and i both are familiar with the rancho bernardo neighborhood and i would not want to find that guy in my garden, tara? >> i am just going to be honest. i love reptiles, but not so much. >>> i want to tell you about lanes in the off bound ramp, the meadow is right near the metering light so a crew is on the way to remove it. no backups to report and through fremont it has been slow going southbound so give yourself some extra time. let's head back to

. >>> it is the golden gate audubon christmas bird count and it is meant to assess the bay area's bird life. they will count birds in 17 different bay area locations including spanning the bay. last year 1,700 different species were counted. >>> and many are celebrating a holiday, the week long holiday began yesterday. the celebration begins at noon at san francisco city hall. >>> 6:48 we go back to tara moriarty in forecast cast. tara? >>> in marin napa fairfield, you can see we have heavy fog being reported at highway 4 eastbound railroad avenue, all the way to the antioch bridge so be aware of that if you live in that area and definitely take it slowly. in the bay bridge toll plaza, we have not seen the metering lights and we passed that hour so you have a pretty good commute into san francisco this morning. finally 880 near the oakland coliseum, traffic is looking good and we did have an accident earlier on 880. this is south of dixon landing road, we had a three car crash so we will keep you updated on that. 6:43 let's head over to rosemary orozco. rosemary? >>> tara mentioned we

the survey parks -- marks the 29th annual christmas bird count for the audubon society.ill be out looking for the birds at 17 locations throughout the city from dusk until dawn. >>> 5:50 right now. fog and darkness out there, right there. >> one of those will clear for sure. >> don't go to sleep, stay and watch us. >> oh, sorry about that. that was bad add . -- bad advice. >> we'll take you outside to show you what you don't need to miss, low clouds and fog. here's a live shot from our roof camera looks towards the bay bridge. cloud -- cloud ceilings out there cloud cover over most of the bay area. pretty cool conditions once again this morning just not quite as cold as yesterday. we'll check out temperatures as you head out the door or stay in and these are things you don't want to miss, fairfield 30° right now, cold in santa rosa, napa in the 30s as well. if you are in the north bay and traveling soon look out for fog, temperatures are cold you might want to look out for black ice. lynn gold has more on that in a little bit. visibility down to half a mile in novato and

. >>> more than 100 bird watchers were out scanning the skies today all for the golden gate audubon societyms will count birds in 17 different low kaeugs including from a boat that will span the bay -- locations including from a boat that will span the bay. last year 117 species of birds were counted. >>> what we need is a big old downpour. you mentioned sprinkles, when might that happen. >> reporter: sprinkles headed our way possibly as we head into thursday and friday. but not a big deal, mainly north of santa rosa. the reason it's important is because it's starting to break the pattern. this dry pattern. there's some indications out there that things are starting to change around so that next week we could get significant rainfall and snowfall. i know it's a little late for the ski resort. they depend on this time of year. one of the indications are these west-northwest winds gusting to 22. that's the direction that the on shore winds blow, letting us know that the high pressure is beginning to weaken at this point. 62 in santa rosa, 58 in morgan hill and 60 in mountain view. another mil

today members of the golden gate audubon society will work from dawn to dusk counting the number of bird that spend their winters in the bay area. it's the 29th year for the annual event of counters will be at 17 different locations. last year, they saw 177 different bird species including the ever popular tennessee warbler. >> i like the belted kingfisher. >>> same-sex spouses face higher tax bills compared to heterosexual married couples as much as $6,000 a year. the reason the federal government does not recognize gay marriage. some say same-sex speaker of the they can't file joint taxes. >>> an honest man is feeling good about letting $10,000 slip through his hands. it wasn't his money but it could have been. mitch gilbert is his name. he was heading home to colorado after winning money in las vegas. he had quite a shock at the airport. two envelopes with money from caesar's palace inside. each one contained $5,000. gilbert kept calling caesar's trying to get the money back to the rightful other than and after more than two weeks he was finally told a texas man had lost all that cash

today members of the golden gate audubon society will work from dawn to dusk counting the number of birdspecies that spend winters until the bay area. it's the 29th year in a row they have done this. counters will be at 17 locations. last year they saw 177 different birds species including the ever popular tennessee warbler and the black leaded kitty walk. >> that was the belted kingfisher i mentioned before. >> we're all familiar with that. >>> google is ruffling feathers in the online travel industry. kcbs radio's matt bigler joins us to explain why some giants in the industry are a little ticked off. he joins with us more. >> reporter: good morning. we're talking about google's new fare finder which the search giant unveiled this month. say you wanted to find a fare from san francisco to new york. a lot of people have been going to online travel sites like expedia, travelocity, orbitz to book the fares and to find the cheapest flights. now they can simply type into google's search function san francisco to new york and then you will see results that include the lowest fares and the air

it's for the 29th annual golden gate audubon society christmas bird count. census-like collection that's meant to assess the bay area pea bird life. they will count the birds and last year 177 different species of birds were counted. >>> tara moriarty has been assessing the situation for us. >> we have a new fog advisory that was just issued. we not only have -- it's -- here is a live look at -- just south of where the accident is, the cars on the right-hand side headed to the airport. no delays. in san francisco, look at this. it's been foggy all morning. we had some reports as well of huge plumes of white smoke coming from 101 just south of here in south san francisco but the fire department checked it out near the railroad tracks. didn't find anything. so that's good news. let's head to rosemary. >>> okay. widespread clouds out there this morning, we are seeing some sunshine if you are one of the lucky ones sitting over parts of the east bay. oakland clearing out pretty good. . a little bit of a haze. yesterday it took oakland to about -- to about 11:00 b

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. >>> and today the golden gate audubon society is counting the number of bird species that spend theirecies including the tennessee warbler and the black legged kitty walk. >>> all right and we'll get a check of the traffic and weather, that's all coming up. howdy folks! jack box here, with my new outlaw burger. other places have bbq burgers, but not with the kick this one has- outlaw means it's loaded with hickory-smoked bacon, onion rings and topped with my bourbon barbecue sauce. and i'll tell you somethin' else they don't have- -my outlaw spicy chicken sandwich. yehaw! whoa! whoa whoa whoa whoa.. ride that spicy chicken! >>> good morning from the traffic center, we've dot some mass transit delays. b. a. r. t., mcarthur station 10 to 15 minutes behind schedule. so do plan for that. the rest of mass transit on time. downtown san jose northbound 280 not too bad. 101 clear through san jose as well. we do have some foggy spots so foggy along bridges. the parts of the golden gate bridge. use caution and the san mateo bridge one of the big spots. elizabeth? >>> some areas of clearing now.

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