monumental art, the people that are in this emancipated state of mind, how does it stack up to the average city, as far as number of injuries and such, in that window of time? >> it is a remarkably safe place, actually. there is no pavement. [laughter] and you cannot drive your car. that eliminates most injuries right there. it may feel like the world is coming to an end when the dust rises and the colts the world, but it is not. it is true, your habitation could blow away if you do not secure it. but that is not the end of the world. [laughter] in terms of public safety, it is very -- and we have emergency response times that would be the envy of any city that size. we are very well organized. you are more likely to fall in your bathtub and break your hip. there are some typical injuries, but mild. we have had a couple of deaths, but from natural causes, one from an accident at the event site. of course, what city hasn't? we used to scare people with that. in the old days, just to let people know, this required hardihood. we put down that people had died here. well, they have died everywhere.

and that is 18 to 36 times the average city pend on th dependie literature. >> ithe soil had been condam tam contaminated. and it confirms through d dna testing 1-6. the poise onnin poisoning is at. these confirm the poisoning put forward last year they found that his blood and urine stains were contam contaminated with pm 210. they were livedded from the clothes he wore in his final days. but the latest test was on arafat's flesh and bones. the samples were taken latest year three teams took 20 samples 50e6. each. the r a al jazeera has relesiond the swiss results. the rushianrussians results havn made public of the and there was a team in fractio frank. th -- plans. france and the we is whether they shift the case to the international criminal court. and perhaps mrs. arafat and her daughter will see suspects brought to trial. and learn once and for all not whwhat killed yasser arafat, but 00 'who. >> why is are arafat was -- yat was a man of contra decisions. h contradictions. >> for four decades yasser arafat embodied the cause. some saw him as a free free domm fighters. >> yasser ara

average talent level. local government. according to government office last year the city's average salary with the three thousand seven hundred u n force six hundred us dollars. eighteen fifty two dollars lower than expected tally of graduate for those willing to get their hands dirty the migrant workers keep driving. gillies dollars for plumbers and carpenters have already increased to three hundred yuan for fifty us dollars per day. many migrant workers helping to blow while in college graduate from left the migrant workers are probably many cold too and related factors the obvious point that the supply of workers as well as china weekly report the cost of getting into college and grad who become unaffordable for bro family it does mean that four years of college study what i write it down he ran for thirteen thousand us dollars for the country's rowe family this is not a small number what's more significant job or college graduate each year the delicate getting full one commonly held belief that job market went there to many aren't even bothering to try it out. especially the competition is one sheet which are connected. i

cities, are we ahead of the curve or what? because i think it's important for us to understand that if we are indeed below average in terms of building enough affordable housing then we really need to refocus on our approach of how city planning is going to accept the type of development that we see in the city. >> thank you, supervisor yee, and let me say i think all of those questions are excellent questions and our hope was that this report would provide an initial view of what's happening but clearly we need to delve into the why and i think that we have to be careful in making sure that we don't, you know, cast a wide net that doesn't recognize that there are also, you know, within the land lord community many responsible players and i know that the san francisco apartment association has been helpful in assisting some individual families. i think the speculators that supervisor mar is talking about in many respects are making everyone look bad and i think we have to figure out, you know, what the real reason for this is. i will also point out that relative to where we are compared to other parts of the country, if you look at t

some of the other indicators we looked at average wage and city revenues and expertise were all up as well in 2012. building activity is measured by the number of permits filed and the estimated spends on construction were up by 7 and a half percent respectively. so the inventory covers data through calendar year 2012 which is the period we have the most complete data but some insight we have the states latest estimate of unemployment 5.6 percent as of august 13th. the transit impact development fee for the data fiscal year 2013 is up to 6.4 million up from 7 from the previous fiscal year. the report is available on our website and the law tables as well as sf.org. with that, i'm happy to take any questions >> commissioner. >> yeah. last year's employment is that an all-time high or did we have other times that with data. >> i'll have to get back with you but it's the highest it's been in the last decade. >> the horrify everything was positive. the so-called fire of jones that being finance insurance and real estate actually over the last decade had been falling it came up last year b

and-in-the-a bad day and showing us cooler than average. the citydegrees cooler than average and mid-60s for much of the bay area and 65 at san mateo, liver moore, 68; 59 for livermoore and 69 for pleasanton. pleasant hill 69 and 67, napa. nice wine country. 66 at roanoke park and 67 degrees at bodega bay. far north, looks nice and some sunshine and mid-60s. >> and thursday, friday, and saturday and looks like there is not a drop of rain in site. >> it's going to continue to stay that way. >> a new contract approved by hundreds of b.a.r.t. workers gave a 15% raise over four years. they have to contribute to -- contribute to the healthcare cost yes and this morning -- morning, sat with zachary. is this deal good for the transit agency itself? >> it's a big improvement from last negotiations. and a turn of the votes and we -- it's an improvement and it's less than we could have got. >> and what do you see as lacking in this contract? >> i think the negotiations strategy resulted to us and it resulted in us putting forth a sweeter deal than we needed t

the temperatures today actually nudging up above seasonal averages in some cities so that means the mid 70s and a warmer day as we head throughout wednesday. 70 in fremont and 70 degrees in san francisco. i want to spend extra time on your seven-day forecast because we've got changes. i want to make sure you're aware. wednesday into thursday look at the difference. 78 wednesday, down to 73 by thursday, we're also going to cloud up late thursday into friday. that's when our first system comes through. this can produce light showers up to the north. we have a better chance as we head through sunday into monday. i think everybody is going to see a little bit of shower activity sunday night into monday morning. that will tumble our temperatures down to winter-like levels. you want to keep that in mind if you're looking for the warmth today and tomorrow are the days to get out there. back to you, john and laura. >> thank you. it's 4:51. today the san jose council talking about letting people fire weapons in city limits to try to take care of those feral pig problems out there. last week we t

reviewed payroll data and found that in 2012 taxpayers paid an average of just more than $186,000 per officer. that ranks fifth out of 79 bay area cities, but the average officer's gross salary is just over $111,000, which ranks in the middle and near the bottom in silicon valley. the difference goes toward benefits. san jose has lost about 300 officers to other cities over the last three years. >>> a gas leak forced people from their homes in a san francisco neighborhood. pg&e says a third party construction crew broke the line at york street and holiday avenue around 10:00 this morning. three homes were evacuated, and crews shut down part of the street until the line could be capped. no injuries were reported. >>> president obama returns to san francisco tomorrow for his ninth bay area visit in the last 2.5 years. he landed in seattle less than an hour ago where he is scheduled to attend two fundraisers for the democratic party. tomorrow he'll visit the betty anung center to push for immigration reform and will attend an event at the jazz center. stay with us for complete coverage of the visit tomorrow and get updates any time on twi

percent of the population are seniors in the outer richmond it's about 18.5 percent, way above the city's averages, so i know there are a high number of seniors that are renters in our district. currently the

percent of the population are seniors in the outer richmond it's about 18.5 percent, way above the city's averages, so i know there are a high number of seniors that are renters in our district. currently there's a building at 15 ogt and anza that's a renter's building. i want to thank mat for a story he broke, a story of ellis act evictions from an investor who admits to real estate conspiracy. in this 4-unit building michael winter and others include a single parent with child and two seniors under threat of an ellis act eviction. if the tenants are forced out like the we family in upton and many families like them, they will have no viable options, or very limited ones as mr. russo's report identifies in san francisco and they would likely be pushed out of the city. these stories are not unique to the mission, to russian hill, to the castro, but the richmond district has huge stories as well of people displaced by the ellis act and other no-fault evictions and in fear of their residence in our city. i did want to say from the sf appeal article it's very clear who the culprits are as well in who

we learned that in south market the kids go to the hospital, two and a half times more than the city average for asthma. >> get the department of public health involved, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> and next speaker please? >> 30-32 and i am in support of the project and specific to today's question at land, the scoping of the water front, transportation assessment and what i am requesting is that we look at this through the lens of public transit and too often when we are evaluating the transit options and we give a great rate to autos first. and i think that we can be successful and i think that we can solve some of the problems just addressed, by changing people's behavior. and we can do that by improving the public transit systems so long as we evaluate each and every one of these options. we give, we give priority to those, that are involved, public transit and non-auto and bikes and etc. and, have one of the greatest opportunities coming before and yous a greatest challenge as well. and with all of these projects along the water front, and just as the example of the warrior an

they call baltimore charles city, but the water system is c cursed. >> reporter: stephanie blake is the mayor. >> we had huge brokes. intersections are gone. >> reporter: on average, three breaks a day. >> every day in the city, somebody you know is dealing with a water main break. >> reporter: in this 284-year-old city, the typical water main break like this is more than 70 years old. replacing them costs around $2 million a mile and baltimore has 4,000 miles. then there is the other end of the system. >> the water is 99.9% water. >> reporter: environmental regulations keep piling up he says but the money to pay for them does not. so you're striking a balance. >> yeah, you want to make sure that the water is as pure as it can be and we want to be as economical as we can be. >> reporter: every improvement the feds and state demand like this billion-dollar facility is covered by rate payers, this in a city with short issues, blight, crime, the budget. >> everybody wants clean water. everyone wants the environment to be pristine but we're not growing money trees down in the basement of city hall. >> reporter: baltimore budgeted $3 billion for capital improvement, w

city. the average is 16 1/2 inches. the record driest year had nearly 9 inches of rainfall.would have to double the amount of rain this year and add another inch to get close to the record driest year. there is rain coming. tomorrow morning dry, cloudy, 39 for santa rosa. oakland 49. let's talk about this change. a big storm to the north and west. it won't be windy. but a decent amount of moisture. rather than all the moisture up to seattle, some will make it down here. we had a huge flocking ridge of high pressure -- blocking. this ridge will sag south away from us to allow the rain into northern california and down to santa barbara. it will be slow to move out. all of tuesday and wednesday has a rain chance. what the clouds or rainfall will be tomorrow morning. by tomorrow evening the rainfall. and look at the rain scattered throughout the bay area to the south bay. that's you gilroy, you will see shower, what to expect. it will be wet. the rain moves in monday night. on tuesday looking soggy. wednesday showers will continue. the most rain in two months. half an inch of ra

the average city fellow up to now has automatically voted against every farm bill."go from using food stamps as leverage to add votes to the farm bill to a place where everyone, republicans and democrats, want to cut food assistance to the poor? so congresswoman, i love this story, in part because we tend to think of things like earmarks or log rolling or favors as bad government policy. but, in fact, the farm bill is emblematic of how sometimes you've got to put things together in order to get things passed. is something like this even possible in our current congress, in the 113th? >> i've never seen us so divided, as we are now. not only on nutrition. you think you would be united on nutrition, you think you would be united on keeping the government open. >> yeah, raising the debt ceiling. >> you think you would be united in so many areas, but it's the worst i've ever seen it. and 80 tea party republicans signed a letter that they would not vote for any budget, unless it totally defunded obama care, providing health care to 30 million people who need health care.

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we are looking at you will see the city active per member cost increased about 7.5 percent from 2008-2013. the drug cost alone increased 100 percent where as the average drug increase is about 15-17 percent and the city plan at about 22 percent -- annual increase of 37 percent or higher. the heche population cost for inpatient and outpatient. that will be if you are looking at your colored chart, the orange and tangerine. i'm not good at colors. art is not one of my fortes. their inpatient and outpatient cost are only 248 versus 727 for all. so, again they are not only younger, they are not utilizeers. moving on to page 6. what you will see here is looking at the admits per thousand. there has been a decrease in the rate of admits moving from 83.2 percent to 65.2 percent. i'm sure doctor will agree, 83.2 percent is a high average. given it's a ppo model, you watch it. however, one of the things that is noted is that because of the low membership, you have a lot of variability in the rates from year to year. and that's why you see some variability between reporting periods. one of the things again drawing out . heche just to add to the discussion had n

at the beginning of the year multiple city government have been on average to control growth rate. the goal to have a growth rate lower than the rate that the city are increasing. that hadn't worked on them yet though housing prices and fifteen cities have already detailed increase of over ten percent to make it impossible for them to achieve that goal with only two months left in the year of the defendant that the government intended to be trying to implement tougher housing restrictions to control housing prices the local government has announced the increase the minimum for how the down payment to seventy percent are multiple homeowners market insiders question is can actually make a difference. finally from the beijing is polluted air didn't lead to increased sales for air cleaners. in the winter northern cities like beijing after due to worsening air pollution keyboard for the inflated home turn on their heaters here's one more energy needs of the year. the pollution resulting from the change in content. i screamed and opportunities for those looking to combat pollution recentl

average. and scherzer wins it for the tigers. nba oklahoma city will be at oracle to take on the warriors.risson welcoming okc to l.a. not the best of friends and here comes the exwarrior. they both get ejected and clippers win the game 111-103. matt barnes has not changed since his warrior days. abc7 sports brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> still a hair trigger. >> thanks very much. >> next on abc7 news, check out the big moves from this little guy. >> the must see video of a 5-year-old drum mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. i don't mind, i mean it's orange crème. and when mom said bobby was too edgy... 'sup girl. i just swapped him out for tyler. 'sup girl. mom never questioned bobby again. two can play at this game. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. and everybody wins. yoplait. it is so good. weather. the fog is going to be dense during the morning. chilly in spots and misty. 40s, 50s to start off. mike nico will be here 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. tracking the fog. >> thank you. >>> well a 5-year-old boy in florida made a big impression at a big game serving

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today, no "spare the air" day temperatures are two to six degrees warmer-than-average from 71 at san jose and redwood city and two our three degrees warmer and oakland is 72 and napa is 75 today and six degrees warmer-than-average. the reason the two areas of high pressure are pushing the storm track to the north and the other is to our northeast bringing us the mild offshore flow that will push up in the upper 60's to low 70's for most of the south bay and los gatos is warmest at 73. everyone else on the peninsula upper 60's. mid-70's through the north bay with novato at 76, the warm spot, and ten degrees cooler at the coast and low 70 throughout the east bay shore to mid-70's as you head for the east bay inland neighborhood. tonight, the temperatures are cooler than this morning with the breeze dropping down a little bit so, low-to-mid 40's inland and upper 50's for the rest of us. on sunday, watch the little finger of rain move across the north by on sunday afternoon, the rest of us are possibly getting rain on monday. temperatures are much cooler in the 50's to barely 60. it heats up tomorrow and you

that's twice the new york city average. nearly one out of three is obese.he primary cause of premature death here is heart disease. over the past ten years, hospitalization for the condition has increased by 35%. so food here can be a simple matter of life and death, and people like claudina williams need the market for food that won't make them sick. >> you have to find it. it doesn't matter how much it costs because that's your health. >> claudina uses coupons to help ease the expense of eating right. a number of states, including new york, encourage low-income people to shop at farmers markets by accepting food stamps and distributing free food vouchers to senior citizens and moms. >> people in low-income communities, people everywhere deserve the same quality of life, a great quality of life. >>> we now continue with "moyers & company." >> this is you. "no amount of fiddling with capitalism to regulate and humanize it can for long disguise its failure" to conserve the wealth and health of nature. "eroded, wasted, or degraded soils. damaged or destroyed

average price of regular is $3.22 a gallon. sanfrancisco though, has the highest prices out of the city's surveyed at $3.67. statewide an average of $3.59. >>> a bay area company recalls products at trader joes. what is causing people to get sick in three states. >>> motorcyclists lead off the veteran's day parade in san francisco. why vets say they are drawn to that mode of transportation. >>> remember the rain we were talking about? well, you can almost forget it. we will have the forecast coming up after we take a break. ,,,,,,,,,,,, sandwich wraps that are now being recalled. it's because of a possi >>> take a look at some of the brands of ready to eat salad and sandwich wraps that are now being recalled. it is because of a possible e.coli outbreak. glass onion catering out of richmond is pulling products produced between september 23rd and november 6th. dozens of people in three states gotten sick. we will have more on this recall tonight at 6:30. >>> and a bay area organic baby food manufacturer is recalling some of its products. sun organics says they are voluntarily recalling part of their tots mishm

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travel os city says the average round trip is $415, up almost 7%, mainly because planes will be packed airlines have few if any seats they need to discount. >> you may see fewer people in the concourses, but the planes are still going to be filled because the airlines have really got the supply and demand and pretty well can figure it out. >> adding to the hassle this long holiday weekend is a winter storm moving across the country and bringing with it delays and cancellations. meaning those who actually got where they wanted to be for thanksgiving on time truly had something to be thankful for. phil lebeau, "nightly business report." >>> the box office is typically busy the last few weeks of the year with a slew of high-profile movies. so what is hitting the silver screen and how will ticket sales stack up? julia boorstin breaks down the expectation for the box office and studios. >> reporter: this holiday season box office could be bigger than ever thanks to lines gate "hunger games" with the biggest november opening weekend ever and a range of other promising slicks in the pipeline

it was a good night for the democrats in your city and state averages. the first time in two decades the big apple has a democrat had just made her. it was only a slightly in twenty oh two blocks you who pledged to bring the rich and more together to ensure that our brightest days are ahead of us. we must commit ourselves to progressive ideas that will lift us all the critical presidential swing state. also third attempt at dawn he plans to march. tearing the college yet conservatives can teach an alley and the virginia governor's race. nato bases but a hard fought race. part of that is you know is the nature of politics. and trevor was that the attorney general and i had some very big differences and some very important issue. the campaign call it an ally of her accent and very strongly on its rival support for the tea party a move that analysts say fault and if he was smiling. any jersey. it was a republican and discovered that chris christie holding on to win seats. many more than sixty percent of the events the greatest honor and privilege that being

around the state, temperature range is just about that 30, that's pretty much the average, 28 in ocean city. and 36 in washington, d.c. and then 34 in anap sis. and westminster coming in at 34 degrees as we take a look at the numbers. not really moving too much. as soon as the sun comes up, the winds will pick up as well. we have been looking at breezy days. yesterday, certainly breezy and temperatures reflecting a northwest wind. a bit of a northwest component now. we will see a bit of a shift to the south. and that's going to start bringing in warmer air today and tomorrow. but today, we stay in the 50s. all of the neighbor, everybody from detroit over to chicago to caps cancer city and down toward atlanta and boston, warmer than right now. they're in the 30s and 40s. and we are closer to about freezing. several things going on over the next few days. a disturbance moving across the great lakes and that's going to be associated with a front that sweeps through and keep us in the cold range. and allowing the air to settle in over us. and then high pressure build in for a few days into mond

city, please continue. >> if you look at the number of animals in the shelter, they have on average, 400 animals on any given day and there is a course in the seasonalty and the number of animals in the shelter and it ranges from 200 in the middle of winter, and up to about, 600, 500 animals, in the busier parts of the year and you will notice that there are 100 dogs on average in the shelter. a large number of wild and small animal and these include,, rabbit and reptiles and hamsters and birds, etc.. >> and to provide the other activities that they do, and the animal care and control, the dog licensing and they are approximately 20,000 dogs that are currently licensed in the city and they are available for purchase through many different venues, and including acc itself, and you can go on-line, through the treasure and tax collector and some other partnering organizations and the animal care, officers also provide, education and enforcement in the field. and for dog walker permits, currently we have about 140 and that have been issued today and today, this morning, we are doing a number of inspections of ve