yesterday bart board directors voted 8-1. right now we are in the 'em bar koa bart station. it looks pretty much like any other bart station in the system. there is a lot of empty space and the only place you can buy stuff is at the bart ticket stands an occasional flower shop or newsstand downstairs. but bart is going to begin talks with a company called transmart. according to transmart proposal here are the types of stores and services they want to start offering. convenient stores. local farmers markets. beauty centers. a place where you can get salon services cosmetics and jewelry. along with health and wellness centers. but this plan is in its early stages as we mention the next step is for bart and transmart to start studying passenger flow at 8-10 of the busiest bart stations and take the study from there. reporting live in san francisco ali. >> once again cal tran is shutting down a freeway off ramp. tonight the eastbound i-80 off ramp between crockett will be closed. a detour will be in place there. >>> hopefully that will help traffic in the long-run. 5:07 is the

is bart running on time? bart's running on time.ne of the tweets said bart needs to sell ear plugs. those trains are loud. let's take a look at the commute. by the way, bart, we've been watching it. these are live pictures. our camera man panned over from the airport terminal to a plane landing, like a continental flight. these planes have trouble coming in. i think that plane is taking off. pardon me. that's a plane taking off on run way right. it's pretty foggy. check with your airplane. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up for a 10-minute wait. if you're driving on 101, you can see delays later on because of the thick cloud cover. let's go to steve. >>> what doesn't look good are areas of fog. we have a combination of low clouds, fog on the coast and the inland fog. those two have merged over the bay, an east wind and a west wind. it does signal a change for cooler weather for those of you who have been basking in the sunshine, coast, peninsula, very foggy. there are a few high clouds, cooler,

this could be a problem for bart. bart passengers are not allowed to eat or drink foods on the train. it's a concern that one bart director expressed after yesterday's vote how do you promote food sales and tell people they are not allowed to eat the food they just bought on the train. this plan is still in the very early stages. the next step is for bart and transmart to study passenger flow at 8-10 of the busiest stations and then go from there. reporting live allie rasmus. >>> time now 6:50. westbound highway 4 will be shut down early tomorrow morning as the work continues to widen that very busy freeway. the highway will be shut down from midnight to 4:00 a.m.. to love ridge road in pittsburgh. traffic will be detoured off the highway to love ridge via autocenter drive and the pittsburgh antioch highway. just a heads up for you. >> good to remind people. sal has been watching highway 4 as well. >> it has been foggy out there. it will be thick. for this entire week weapon have not been able to see our highway 4 cam

so use bart instead. that's your best bet. right now we have 46 trains running on time for bart.n, everything on time for the guadalupe parkway and 101 and 280 no troubles. back to you. >> thank you. >>> one cute chick but it isn't ready for prime time yet apparently. the monterey aquarium has removed this three-week-old penguin chick from the exhibit to protect it until it get a little older. instead, that bird will be hand raised behind the scenes, which means lots and lots of fish. and private swimming lessons. this is the aquarium's first african black footed penguin chick. don't know if it's male or female. they hope it will raise awareness about threats to penguins. >> when they're still curious about it, other penguins investigate by biting so they had to remove the chick. >> not good. >> no. >>> it is 5:56. coming up in our next half hour, why watching the super bowl could be bad for your health. >> plus, the state of the state. all eyes on governor jerry brown. what is expected to be topic number one at today's address. >>> how a souvenir stand became a murder scene near

bart service was disrupted during the search. the dog's owner said max had rut of the house, and whoever shot the dog will face felony charges. >>>richmond police took action to stop people from firing weapons indiscriminately. that is the sound of gun fire captured on new year's eve. it logged 56 instances of people ringing in the new year by firing their weapons into the air. today they went door to door where the shots were recorded to tell people exactly how dangerous that can be. >> what goes up has to come down, and it does sometimes strike a person. it often strikes some piece of property causing damage, and this is a big concern for us. >> the officers did not arrest anyone, but handed out flyers and encouraged people to call police when they hear gun fire. >>>a student reported seeing a mountain lion during p.e. class. they were not able to locate the animal. last month a deer car cuss was d on the school's athletic field. power has been restored to thous in alameda after a high voltage line came loose and caught fire. n

that is near the south hayward bart station.olice held bart service to question people but there are no suspects named. >>> there is a series of mountain lion sightings around the bay area. the body of a deer apparently killed by a mountain lion was found near an elementary school in hillsborough wednesday. sis january 1, there have been at least four sightings around the bay area, three of them on the peninsula. >> that's scary because we walk to school all the time. >> we'll just be aware, i think. pay attention. >> mountain lion sightings were every are normally rare. many have been during the daylight hours when the animals are normally sleeping since they are nocturnal. if you see one, contact police. >>> another round of bad weather aiming right at new york city this morning. airlines expect delays and cancellations today. they are waiving the usual fees for changing flights. they are expecting several inches of new snow in new york. mayor bloomberg has new ideas after he was blasted over the clean-up from last month's bli

police found max dead near the south bart hayward bart station. they also found a gun under a car.hey took one man into custody in the parking lot and held bart service for nearly half hour when they took another man into custody on a train. family said max was not aggressive and ran out the front door tonight when he was about to be walked. >> captain possibly have been anything to them but people are heart leads. >>reporter: police are questioning the 2 men they took into kiss custody but not yet named suspects. >> night club in san jose could be forced to shut down because of repeated violence including an incident on new year's eve. police have been called to club wet on south first street 100 times for disturbans in just the past 9 months. on new year's eva woman was stabbed in her face with a stiletto heel while in the bathroom. according to the police report the victim asked police and paramedic be called to help. those calls were never made. city attorney richard doyle is determined to shut the place down. >> this is the last straw and it's clear to us at this point the bus

would reduce the cost of bart because bart is not inexpensive from the east bay. it's extremely expensive. that, again, i'm a little concerned about this option going forward at this point when i believe our existing infrastructure is what really needs to be studied and not a new one imposed on top of it. >> so we would agree with you on that front. we would simply say that the reason there is a consideration for additional study is the long period of time that it might take and that we want to evaluate how the sort of long-term growth can be achieved and what the long-term growth impacts might be. we -- on page 15 of your presentation packet, one of the things that we talk about is a need to evaluate those existing mechanisms. is s.f. park and the evaluation will be available next fall from what i understand. that is something that we do strongly believe needs to happen so we understand what are the potential impacts for parking availability, for congestion management, the peak period toll on the bay bridge is something we are tracking closely to see what are the

offices libraries, schools, banks closed cal train, muni, san trans operating on a regular schedule bart on saturday schedule and ac transit on sunday schedule. >>> time 6:07 a.m. we are learning more about the san bruno explosion what pg&e admits doing to the ruptured pipeline. >> devils in the details grim future for dozens of businesses when americas cup comes to town. >> secrets are not over yet sensitive information wikileaks plans to leak about celebrities, business leaders, lawmakers ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] dry, cracked hands? gold bond ultimate concentrated cream heals and protects like lotion can't. gold bond concentrated therapy. real medicine, ultimate healing. >>> a lot of fog, very dense, warming up into the 60s. many parts inside the bay the rest of the forecast coming up. >> thank you lawrence the gang rape case against several members of the college baseball team will move back to court the alleged victim is bringing civil charges against the defendants since the former santa clara county da refused to prosecute the 2007 case. the new da will watch proce

also bart recovering from an earlier track problem.ut they're still reporting ten-minute delays for trains from the orinda station in both directions. other mass transit systems reporting no delays. the only slow spot with the typical slowdowns that you find in antioch westbound 4, lone tree to summersville. eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you. it's 6:08. >> the new bill that aims to take away one of the most sweeping powers that california's governor has. >> plus a san francisco institution that's now closing its doors despite booming business. what's to blame for the sudden closure. >> and did they make the grade? what san mateo county is now saying about its initial response t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t

bart directors approved a plan to bring more retail into bart stations.ls are worked out, a san francisco company called transmart will bring stores like produce stands, drug stores and computer kiosks into some of bart's 43 stations. the retailers would pay bart to be there. chicago and boston similar moves have brought in $2 million a year to transit lines. transmart is going to conduct studies to see where to put the first stores. u.c. berkeley shown to be the greenest university been indonesia university. the list considers each school's environmental policies on renewable energy and water uses among other things. they're trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions business 2014. >> dallas is putting out the help wanted sign for strippers. a north texas strip joint manager says he needs to hire at least 100 more strippers to fill what he calls a shortage in the dallas/fort worth area because of the upcoming super bowl. he said 60 other clubs combine for a total shortage of 10,000 exotic dancerses. the tours to stripper ratio if you do the math, 30-1. >>

smoke is in the tunnel and again, delays on bart and 6:45 is expected to be back on.ork city on tuesday. a rise in is the biggest wireless carrier in the united states verizon. analysts estimate that it could sell 12 million iphone this year. the boost for apple and a rise it will test the reliability of the network. and verizon. >> verizon did not seem to be worried, that there are reports that it will offer unlimited data use plants. this could set it apart from at&t with unleaded data- plants. >> verizon is known for its network plan and quality. and it is also offering of limited data plans. unlimited data plans. which is not offered by at&t. currently teresa estacio. >> governor jerry brown is only a couple of days in office but is pushing for major changes to the state budget. $25.4 billion debt over the next 18 months. today, the $12.5 billion spending cuts. the extension of income and sales tax and vehicle license fees for five years. and dan kerman is in sacramento. dan? >> that is correct, it is not anything that he is happy about but it is time that califor

la policia arresto a dos sospechosos de balear a un pero cerca de la estacion "south hayward" del "bartes, el perro fue baleado en la esquina de las calles "tennison" y "dixon", y los agentes persiguieron a los sospechosos de disparar hasta la estacion del "bart", donde los capturaron.---el servicio de trenes se vio interrumpido brevemente mientras la policia registro el estacionamiento de la estacion para buscar el arma utilizada en el tiroteo. --un cateo realizado en una casa de oakland, ubicada muy cerca del sitio donde recientemente ocurrieron dos tiroteos dejo dos personas arrestadas.--la vivienda est ubicada en la cuadra 9400 de la calle "e".--ahi se decomisaron dos armas de fuego y una cantidad no especificada de droga.--el operativo se realizo a tan unas calles de la zona donde seis personas resultaron heridas en una balacera registrada la noche del martes.--muy cerca tambien de la escena de un tiroteo, ocurrido anoche, en el que un padre de familia y su pequeÑo hijo por poco y son blanco de los proyectiles.--la policia no dio detalles sobre las detenciones, pero buscan a mas so

day, bart will be operating on a saturday schedule.ies, there's no service on the alameda harbor bay ferry, plus the golden gate ferry will be running on a holiday schedule but regular service for the alameda oakland ferry and the vallejo bay link ferry. get traffic whenever you want abc7news.com. it's under the bay area traffic link. eric? >> it is indeed, frances. thank you very much. it's 5:53. cost to care for cancer patients continues to rise and big names reports their earnings this coming week. here's bloomberg's courtny with the morning "moneyscope" report. >> good morning. the new york stock exchange is closed today in remembrance of dr. martin luther king jr. but even though the markets are closed, still heading for a short trading week ahead. how many new building projects have begun. the housing market is the focus because the industry is still struggling to recover after the expiration of the $8,000 home buyer tax credit. plus we're in the thick of earning season. companies expected to report their progress. wells fargo an

bart, transportation. we'll talk about that. hospitals. city hall. these are possible target areas. as we mentioned, civilian safety is the most important. point to yourself. your safety is the most important. when you are sizing up what are the dangers, what are your capabilities, what are your limitations. terrorism is no different from a natural disaster. you are going to respond the same way. be nice is not nice. b stands for biological. n is nuclear, i is incendiary and c is chemical. on the bottom scale, we have a likelihood it's going to take place and this scale here is the impact. so nuclear device, think of a nuclear bomb taking place, impact will affect a lot of people, yeah. high impact, what's the probability that a nuclear attack will take place? not that great. as you move on, as the season progresses, then add a chemical release, over here, likelihood gets higher that would take place, less impact biological and explosive incendiaries. once every two weeks on the average and sometimes 2 -- i have a two in one night my last watch, incendiary incidents happened in the

. >> bart directors approved a plan to bring more retail into bart stations.company called transsmart will bring stores like produce stands, drug stores and computer kiosks into some of the bart stations. the retailers would pay bart to be there. chicago and boston similar moves brought in $2 million a year to transit lines. transmart is going to have institutes to see where to put the first stores. >> just ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00. thanks for suing us. combatting claims about taco bell's beef. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at the golden gate bridge toll plaza where today the board of directors, looks like they're voting to do away with toll takers next year. a couple minutes you're going to meet one of the toll taker that is spent 3q with the money you invest in clothes, why risk they'll end up faded or stretched ? try woolite. woolite isn't just for your delicates. it's for all your clothes. with woolite complete you can wash everything because it has the right balance of cleaning and care. and say goodbye to fading, shrinking and stretching. woolite comple

uni rb free and mees are asking people to take bart, muni or other public transportation. drivers may get frustrated. and there is a demonstration. police say security will be tight and tlb zero toller yens. >> we have officers on patrol. and we're going to have high visibility, and present. >> port o potty are ready for crowds, barriers and no parking signs are posted everywhere. everything is ready for partsies. triple a is offering members a tow for free. muni is free from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and use public transportation if you can. happy new year. abc 7 news. >> and and bart has a plan freeft bay tonight so you don't use the same station. and there is the fremont line. and your train will not stop at the montgomery street station. for tips from bay point or richmond line, your train will skip the embarcadero station. and coming up on the minute anyone sla will make stops and there is a lot of information on abc 7 news.com. and will the weather told until midnight? >> spencer is watching radar security. >> it's looking around midnight. you can see live doppler 7. an

the muni again bart ace caltrain all checking in problem-free, as well. this major trouble spot southbound 880 at marina. everything now in the left lane. you can see we're seeing some delays along 880 as a result. also debris reported in lanes through that area so avoid 880 if you can. next time around we'll get you an alternate to get around the mess on 880. lots of fog so use caution. back to you. >> thank you. 5:31. oakland police call a baby girl's death an accident after she was hit by a truck. police say the driver backed over that 1-year-old in the driveway on 78th avenue last night. she was taken to children's hospital oakland and we are told that her organs are being donated. >>> a sacramento man accused of killing a woman in san francisco will be arraigned today. almon johnson is facing charges of murder and arson. the body of 23-year-old vanessa herrera was found in a burning car in the lower haight monday morning. police think that johnson killed herrera in sacramento and then set her car on fire in san francisco. >>> state senator leland yee

no problem on doyle drive or on rom bart street. this mornings commute looks good if you are on 880 north and southbound here. and the morning drive on westbound 92 the san mateo bridge also looks good. dumbarton bridge traffic checking in okay. 5:48 let's go to steve. >> all right thank you very much. some of the hirer clouds come down. that is about it. any change maybe monday. sunday and monday. i doubt it will amount to too much. patchy fog. that does show up for a couple hours. and like that it's gone. sunday and monday clouds cooler. a weak system tries to punch through high pressure. forecast model say there is is a hint of rain. i doubt it happens. 35 kenwood. wood side in there. 39 in brentwood. we have some 30s. 37 fairfield. concord upper 30s now. santa rosa patchy fog. 40s for many. there are areas hayward being one with an easterly breeze that keeps the temperatures up. napa also into fairfield. coming back in from the delta possibility of light fog. the storm track jet stream stays so far to the north it's not moving i

. >>> plus, a makeover in the works for bart stations. the revamped look adding everything from bookstores to even health clubs. >>> and you might want to use bart to avoid delays on the bay bridge. we have an accident. i'll have details in less than five minutes. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, stories: >>> good morning. it's friday. you finally made it! all in all it was not a bad week. we are seeing a cooldown as we start friday with the fog inland. 44 degrees the warmest temperatures. 35 and chilly in some areas. fog advisory interior valleys as well as at the coast. be cautious. mild at the coast and the bay but everything is about to change, warmest areas 66 degrees as a daytime high. yesterday in the low 70s particularly inside the bay. we'll only get to 62 today. yesterday 69. all because high pressure has finally broken down. the fog is moving as a result of the onshore flow. this system behind it this low pressure system is bringing some rain with it. we don't see copious amounts of rain but 50% chance of showers late day saturday and the

and better news for bart commuters.e actually had some delays, brief delays, 10 to 15 minutes at orinda due to an equipment problem. but everything is on time now no problems. ace trains 1 and 3 looking good. muni and caltrain all checking in problem-free. now, over to the bay bridge we go. one of our trouble spots this morning. still no metering lights. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. so your approaches to the bay bridge are looking good but we have a fog advisory in effect so that will affect your drive as you cross the span on the upper and lower decks. give yourself some extra time. so far speeds are friday light. but you can see we are seeing some slight delays just there in the cash lanes so heads up. over to 880 we go, not a bad ride through oakland. northbound clear. southbound 880 not too bad. you are going to see slight delays in hayward. we have a trouble spot on 880. the marina boulevard ramp to northbound 880 possible lane blockages there for an accident but overall looks like a minor prob

also changes may be coming to bart stations but some people have mixed feelings about that. ♪[ music> night has fallen in egypt after a day of violent protests. there are reports that five protesters are dead, more than 700 injured in cairo. a nighttime curfew has been ordered and military vehicles are replacing police on street. as you can see that curfew is being jig nor being ignored and most cell phone service and internet access has been cut off. >> we urge the egyptian authorities to allow peaceful otest and to reverse the unprecedented steps it has taken to cut off communications. >> an obama administration official says the u.s. will review it's aid to egypt in a delicate balance between trying to maintain regional stability and americans are being warned to avoid non-essential travel to egypt or to remain in homes or hotels if they are already there. >>> an art auction is being held tomorrow to benefit the two uc berkeley graduates still in iran. they were detained in 2009 on spying charges. she was the only one to be released on compassionat grounds last fall. she is expect

dpw has put in curb ramps between the bart station and san jose, and that will make it easier for many residents, whether they are in a wheelchair or in a stroller. balboa park. we do not have next bus there. we have others that go there, and we have no indication as to when these buses will arrive, because we do not have next bus. everyone is crossing their fingers in different directions. nobody wants to admit what their responsibility is. it is an untenable situation and very unfair for people in my district. i have been fighting it, for years, in mudslide. it wasn't until recently that i came to realize about balboa park -- i will be fighting it, for years, it appears. pedestrians are constrained to use the balboa park station. we need to have a different approach to it. i am hoping we can have that happen. last year, we approved the better neighborhoods plan for balboa park. ocean avenue. just past city college on ocean avenue, also inclusive of balboa park, and the station itself. we actually zoned it for housing, but the mta does not want to look that pretty housing in trans in-

this is the bart ventilation shaft and the ferry. the average water depth isz about 40 feet, and that is about right. on this side of the bay, we have average depths better 35, 40, 50 feet. the east side of the bay is very shallow. then the larger ships that come through need to have at least 40 feet. they actually have to dredge up some of it. there is a very limited channel through the bed. in a sailboat, you cannot turn and get out of the way. next, we're going to walk across the plaza and into the ferry building. we will have over and stop at this store, and we have not all of these phenomenal mushrooms. -- and we have all of these phenomena mushrooms. >> they have an official title and placard. he is one of our tenants. ihe started out as a beat cop in san francisco, helping out at the farmers' market. he had grown up at a farm. he started getting interested in mushrooms, and it has grown into this incredible business. >> are any of these local? >> their family farm is at moth landing. they also going to the forest, and they did

bart, ace, muni all on time. ace train number one, left with no problems, also if you are in the south bay everything looking pretty good. highway 87, 85, no delays, 101 and 280 clear, 11 minutes, 101 to highway 85, check out our radio partners, kcbs that is a look at traffic back up to you. >> thanks very much. >>> new this morning congress woman jackie spear will fight for hundreds of thousands of filipinos who served our country she is introducing a bill that makes filipino veterans of world war ii eligible for the same benefits received by other u.s. veterans they were promised those veterans by president roosevelt but in 1946 congress stripped them of benefits. >>> there is at least a temporary fix to the problem that caused some guests to get sick at san francisco hotel thursday night. a water heater at a neighboring restaurant leaked carbon monoxide into the walls of marriott hotel 4th and mission it made four flight attendants sick the restaurant has a new water heater. >>> new studies show closely spaced

i remember bart's story, that when we did go back to washington, the irish group. and we walked right back out. it told me that democracy is alive and well. after the kennedy-mccain bill failed, it disappointed me because i thought we were really close. we didn't just have an immigration problem, but we also had a public relations problem, and he talked about that this evening. you have touched on it so many times. that is our strongest ammunition here in our arsenal. we have to get our own lou dobbs on the air, and we have to get him educating the people on the pluses and how immigrants are the backbone of this country. i am going to close out the hearing. this concludes tonight's symposium. on behalf of my fellow commissioners, we thank you for coming here. i would like to thank our assemblyman, the staff, the san francisco board of supervisors, david chew, our speaker and our panelists, our partners and collaborators, and most of all to the members of the audience and immigrant communities who are represented for which we exist, thank you for coming here this ev

they call for building a 12 mile bart path beneath the bart tracks between oakland and hayward.the so-called east bay greenway would offer a landscape corridor completely free from cars. the project has received $1 million in funding from the county's half cent transportation sales tax. another $1.5 million in federal stimulus money has also been approved but it's far short of the estimated $30 million needed to build the project. >> drugstores like cvs and walgreens have been selling groceries for years but aisles have been getting bigger and bigger. sales have been good. a survey found some significant savings, especially sales items. sales are designed to woo you into the store. they send to be higher than traditional grocery stores. >> getting a good night sleep could be key to helping the kids keep the weight off. a study in the june of pediatrics say most average 8 hours of sleep during the week but weekends most had 20 minutes less for various reasons. it's associated with chance in cholesterol. they believe getting catchup sleep will heap ease rising obesity rates. >> a

the majority of them are all long bart -- along bart or caltrain lines. sort of along the corridor. the entire -- well, not the entire. a good portion of the eastern half of san francisco, where you would expect to see it, all of downtown, south of market, and the majority of eastern neighborhoods are within the pda. now, a new one has been proposed for 19th avenue adjoining right along the m line corridor. supervisor cohen: i am processing this -- i just want to make sure i'm processing this information correctly. it includes the -- >> southeast quadrant. the entire candlestick area as well as most of the bayview is within the pda. supervisor cohen: can you tell me what makes a neighborhood attractive to attract a foreign ifd? >> i should clarify -- the state law does not have as many restrictions as we are proposing. it essentially says it has to be essentially a partially undeveloped area, and that is left undefined, but we believe that means lacking in infrastructure. that is about it. the moneys have to be directed towards public facilities, and, of course, you have to have a v

give yourself extra times the a holiday mass transit bart running on a holiday schedule ace muni and cal train. that is a look at traffic back up to you ladies. >> foggy freeways, thank you. >>> sergeant shriver is in a hospital outside washington dc no information being released about his condition or why he was admitted yesterday. the 95-year-old shriver announced he was suffering from alzheimers in 2003 he is the former peace corp. director and vice presidential nominee and brother-in-law of john f kennedy his wife special olympics founder eunice died in 2009 no word from the shriver family including his daughter maria. >>> as lawmakers get ready to battle health care reform this week more americans are easing their opposition against the the new law. >>> a new poll finds 30% are strongly opposed that is the lowest level since september 2009. >>> 43% of people want the laws changed so it does more to overhaul the system but 60% oppose the mandate that requires everyone to have insurance with more on the day's health news here is terrell brown >> it only takes minutes for smoking t

no delays for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:39. more trouble for toyota. the new fallout over those acceleration crashes. >> you're under arrest. on your back. >> neighbors went to jail to keep them out. now a bay area city makes a decision today in the war over smartmeters. >>> plus while facebook is growing, myspace is in need of friends more than ever. the huge cuts coming to the troubled social networking site when we come back. ,,,,,,,, complex in rah ey.. >>> welcome back. 4:41. we have breaking news. these are live pictures of a massive fire at a condominium complex in new jersey t broke out early this morning at a three-story building. firefighters are having difficulty attack the flames. you can see the top of the structure completely engulfed. the fire closed part of route 27. no injuries record but calls of the smoke smell were coming as far as manhattan. again, this is in new jersey. a huge condominium fire right there. >>> 4:42. controversial smartmeters are on the agenda today for the marin county board of supervisors

joining us now from apopo's african headquarters in tanzania is bart vitiens. thank you very much for joining us today. now, we've seen how your rats find land mines. what's the benefit of using these animals? >> they are small, easy to maintain, they don't require a lot of medical care. you can support many rats in a small space for a low price. and basically, you find rats on every continent. but the most important is actually, and that's something which people don't really know, is that rats are actually very sociable, intelligent animals, easy to train, and they love to perform repetitive tasks. >> i see. how did you come up with the idea of using rats in the first place? >> well, as a child i had all kinds of rodents. i bred rats, mice, hamsters, squirrels, you name it, i bred those and sold them to pet shops as a small business. >> i see. can you tell us of the group's achievements? >> the mine detection rats have now cleared already more than 2 million square meters in the gaza province, which is the most southern province in mozambique. most heavily min

bart is running on a saturday schedule. and, also, a. c.ransit is running on a sunday schedule plus there's no service on the alameda harbor day ferry, but the alameda/oakland ferry are running on a regular service day and other ferries are running on a holiday schedule. eric? >> all right, frances. thank you very much. it's 4:41 now. the america's cup yacht race could be a big bust for dozens of san francisco businesses. still ahead on the abc 7 morning news, why they may be forced to leave their waterfront locations. and former raider's coach tom cable files a grievance against his former boss. why he says medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay... some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save... thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. call now for this free information kit and medicare guide. if you'r

soon might be able to pink your lunch or get your nails done while you wait for your bart train. the transit agency is negotiating with a private company to bring shops and businesses to 10 of the system's busiest stations including all four in downtown san francisco. some stations already sell flowers, coffee and newspapers. but the developer wants to add take-out food, bookstores and technology centers, even hair salons or health clubs. >>> looks like the first major initial public offering in silicon valley this year. mountain view-based in linked in announced its plans to start selling stock to the public. the online professional networking site is worth an estimated $2.5 billion. it has 90 million members worldwide. no date for the ipo has been set so far. >> maybe this is a good sign for companies in silicon valley. everybody is waiting for facebook, too. >> i know. >>> 4:46. hot or cold? it could mean the difference when it comes to losing weight. >> plus, where's the beef? you no longer have to wonder. taco bell fesses up to what's really in that taco. >>> plus, it disapp

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two dental offices, two optical offices, across the street clinical latina, two community starts, bart station four blocks way and two garages. it's the right location. these are right people. has my endorsement. thank you very much fpblet >> thank you. tina, michael dane. >> good evening. my name is tina and i'm a professional dancer and teaching artist in the mission district. i taught for last ten years multiple thousands of children and i have submitted a letter and i'm also here to read a letter on behalf of ricardo garcia accostia. esteemed commissioners, i'm writing in support of the placement of a new healing center and medical marijuana dispensary in the mission district. my name is ricardo garcia acosta, program director for the northwest region of the community response network of san francisco, a 501-c3 nonprofit collaborative program serving the san francisco mission district. specializing in gang intervention and crisis response services. the following correspondence is not being submitted on behalf of my agency but on behalf of my own personal experience working the last

bay, walk over to union square, get some bikes, and bike over to golden gate park, hop over to get bart back to the city. if we can provide that option, which the park-wide bike system will help do so, i think we can move forward. lastly, to talk about the traffic hazards that will be coming from the central subway. you know, that's going to be there whether this parkway bike system is or not. i think it's the job of the m.t.a. and the central subway project team to ensure safety for every mode of transportation that's going to be traveling in this area. and i think -- i would hope that the park-wide bike system would modify their routing systems based on my diversion that would happen for for a one, two, 10-month period. based on what i've seen of their track record, they have a great safety record and really, truly do want their customers to travel safely by bike. so thank you very much. president buell: thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, park and rec. i'm walter paulson. ♪ ain't no mountain bike place low ain't no valley bike place low ain't no parkway wide enough can sto