used for approval for 4.3 million for dolores park. 800 thousand for the playground and for the beach los angeles. supervisors i would note if you appropriate these funds today it would be strictly up to the department of recs to make the allocations. with regard to the dispositions being requested for the department manager 1 position and each in fiscal year 13-146789 for the additional annual salary $238,000 for both positions. the total on going salary and benefit cost is approximately $321,000. all the positions would be taken from bond funds and they current have eight project managers and 110 projects to manage which rpd indicates is not sufficient. however, as of our report, rpd does not provide enough information, existing staff assignments, comparison with other bond projects, staffing and the need for the requested two new positions to meet this work load. the bottom line is these position had not been justified. we are not negative on the positions but anytime the department requests positions we need the information to report to you to determine whether or not that has been justified.

in 1933 one of the worse quakes in the state's history hit the area around long beach in los angelesounty. at 6.4 it's magnitude was fairly moderate. but at the time many buildings were built on landfills landfills. the earthquake did $45 million in damage. many of the buildings that collapsed were schools. the destruction in long beach and compton led to the passage of the field act. the organization that leads construction standards. the structure collapses led to new structures. the concrete was not properly reenforced and when the loma prieta earthquake hit much of it collapsed. 42 people died. scientists say it was the lose soil below that led to its downfall. on the anniversary of the quake in 2007. david stevenson looked at how that collapse changed state building codes. >>> oakland fire department asis tapbtd chief mark hoffman was one of the first firefighters to arrive on the scene 18 years ago when the loma prieta quake collapsed a section of the freeway -- department assistant chief mark hoffman. >> reporter: but when he talks about it he rather talk about the kindness of

a surfinr trip at manhattan beach in los angeles over the weekend.ook at that right there in the waá-éçó now, the photographer is also the mother of one of the boys.r can you imagine? she said she didn't even realize thee1 creature was in the photo until she checked the camera in the car. i don't know if i'd go back into the water after t(w3that. she told the boys, by the way, it was a dolphin. she didn'ti] want to frighten them. as moms would. thank you for joining us. our next newscast is at 5:00. mom... yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. [ dad ] jan? ♪ [unlocking door] hey. (dennis) hi, babe. dennis, what are you doing? i'm gonna unt a tv on your wall. i just can't find a stud. so you made nine holes in my wall? no, those are for the shelves, dummy. the tv is gonna go right here. it's gonna be awesome. it's gonna be-- it's gonna be like a hospital. oh, dennis, i don't want a hospital . i don't want

. >> back waller beach is about eight miles from andre and marie's home. near los angeles international airport where flights leave daily for moscow and beijing. on tuesday, november 15, four days after marie disappeared, andre himself went there to post flyers. he had an encounter with a perfect stranger a and asked for help. and that's when this story took another strange turn. >> coming up-- >> i couldn't believe that i was seeing the car that this man was just looking for. >> a huge break in the case. and a heart breaking moment at home. >> we walk in the room and everybody's in there crying. everyone in >> narrator: tuesday november 15, 1994. marie singleton, wife, mother, and secret cia employee had been missing for four days. police were looking for her, so was the fbi. she might have been a run away, a crime victim. or a double agent. but tim kaniff didn't know any of that when he stopped by dock wiler beach near l.a.x. to take a short walk and unwind after work. >> i saw a man posting flyers for a missing person. >> the man was andre jackson. >> he actually mentio

take a close look at this picture from a los angeles beach. lurking in the wave guessed it was a shark, turns out it was only a dolphin. that's according to a shark expert. who says the tail is flat. indicating it's a either way, it was a shock to june emerson's son and his three friends who were in the water at the time. no one noticed the apparent photo was taken. >> catherine: still ahead. >> catherine: people behaving badly inand there's were a lot of them. for russia on the eve of the olympics as bombs rock the the olympics as bombs rock the sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99. sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99. >> catherine: another deadly blast has struck the southern russian city of volgograd. this time, it killed at least 14 people. and

i was living in los angeles and living on the beach.n a year of living here, i fell in love with it. >> and then there is this before we turn off lights. we hope to thaw things out. >> unexpected takes the viewer along for an experience they did not think they're going to get. >> i think it's a fire alarm. >> that is quite a day. >> there is no fire. never a fire here. >> but they go off. in just a moment a dude on the 50th floor will go hello? this is the fire warden. nothing real happened. there is a lady stuck in the toilet of the 31 is the floor. >> seriously now. hurricane katrina. >> yes. >> how did you stand in front that have camera looking into that black circle? and ask and try to help the country understand? >> i wasn't trying to help anyone except those people, there. >> do you return to that moment personally? is that -- >> i try not to return to many of those moments of moments i can't fix. >> three days, 12 people in an attic of a home. and for those three days they were flooded up, up to the second floor. more than 14 fe

beach. man: we've created a system to deal with flooding but inadvertently created a pathway for pollution to get into our waterways. narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk. that is one of the main reasons why we have to close the beaches after heavy rain. narrator: but even when it's not raining, water still enters the stormwater system, carrying pollutants. here on the west coast, a lot of our storm drain systems are separate from the sanitary sewer system, so if you dump something in the storm drain, it goes right to the ocean untreated. alamillo: we haven't had a major rainstorm

i liked los angeles i was live pg on the beach playing volleyball. it was spectacular.h it. >> get ready for "the fox report. >> then there is this before we turn off the unexpected is what the viewer along for an experience they didn't think they were going to get even with. i think of the fire alarm. >> that was quite a day. >> there is no fire. there's never a fire in here. but they go off. in just a minute some dude on the 50th floor will come on and say hello this is a fire warden. there's a lady stuck in the toilet in the 31st floor. >> katrina. >> how did you stand in front of that camera look into that black circle and try and help the country understand? >> i was trying to help anybody except the people there. >> you return to that moment personally? >> i try not to return to many of those moments that i can't fix. >> for three-days 12 people in an attic of a home and for those three-days they were flooded up to the second floor. more than 14 feet of water. >> the neighbor said they saw you carry out a big blue barrel. >> again that's not what we agreed to talk

los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball. i remember coming down here to christie field, when my dad was in the military, seeing how the beaches have transformed into but we have today. you cannot beat the views, of course. it just holds summoning memories and i can come here with our kids, our family. i ended up going to ireland to get a master's degree at the university college of dublin. i went back to the states and went to law school at university of pennsylvania. then i came back, and choosing to live in san francisco was natural to me. when you are a child, you do not realize what you had until you leave home. i had the opportunity to live in los angeles, abroad in ireland, and there is no place like home, when you are from san francisco. i have been a corporate attorney at palo -- in palo alto. i became an >> i worked in the finance industry about 5 1/2 years. in the summer of 2009 i joined a venture capital firm with two other partners. >> we are all excited about the americas cup here in district two but one thing if you think about it everyone knows what fleet week is like here in the marina. this is fleet week on s

cobertura desde los Ángeles hasta monterrey, vamos con luis sandoval quien se encuentra en los Ángeles. ( ♪ mÚsica♪). >>> besitos >>> gracias ana, muchachos, nos encontramos en long beach pasado estuvimos amigos y fanÁticos de jenni rivera, y justo detrÁs de mÍo estaba este Árbol donde muchos vinieron a dejar su pequeÑa ofrenda y ahora me estoy con que, este estÁ lle lleno de cosas lindas, mÁs adelante tendremos informaciÓn de lo que ha sucedido en este Último sin la diva de la banda. pero vamos a par sasar con mi compaÑero orlando quien estÁ en mon monterrey orlando. >>> gracias luis un saludo muy cordial a todos los televidentes y compaÑeros en el estudio. en una maratÓn titÁnica acabamos de llegar de iturbide donde fue la serenata del hermano de jenni rivera lupillo, tenemos en pri meza l primicia, irÍan los familiares al concierto les podemos decir que sÍ, tanto doÑa rosa comodÓn pedro estuvieron con lupillo, lupillo los invitÓ a la tarima y tambiÉn cuando le dieron las llaves de la ciudad a lupillo rivera tenemos las imÁgenes mas emocionante cuando lupillo el pe s el pe s el pe smpezÓ a llorar. >>> gracias orlando, a jenni lo que mÁs le gustaba era mantener a la f

los angeles. today the city council there voted unanimously to prohibit selling them to minors. >>> bay area headlines. the beach chalet soccer fields in golden gate park got the green light for the makeover. a superior court judge ruled in favor of the renovation. environmentalists sued over plans to install artificial turf. but their arguments were rejected. the $14 million project will take two years to complete. >>> firefighters in san jose looking for a person whose mobile home was destroyed in an overnight fire. the fire broke out in the casa alondra mobile home park on monterey road. neighbors say luckily the owner was not home at the time. >>> you have just a few more weeks to choose an insurance plan if you want it to take effect for the new year. we have just the folks to answer any of the questions you might have. let's go back out live to julie watts at our consumerwatch call center. a team of experts from "covered california" is there to take your calls. >> reporter: that's right. call now 888-5-helps-u. we have been fielding calls all day from people asking questions about the state's healthcare ex

across much of the los angeles area and had west ward we have a wide area under a red flag warning because of dry conditions and gusty wind. meanwhile, back up to the bay area we have a beachvisory in effect through friday evening for all our beaches because of rip currents and sneaker waves, meanwhile, here's a look at our conditions across the state. we'll have high temperatures mainly in the mid-60s across the entire bay area. the seven day forecast shows a mild pattern continuing right into new year's day. >> spencer's almanac. >>> if you've scored a new smartphone or tablet, you'll probably be spending some time downloading a bunch of new apps. we have one idea to keep you connected all year long. had. >> reporter: if you've been really good this year, santa might just leave you one of these under your tree, a shiny new ipad, ipad mini or iphone. and if the traffic is any indication, a lot of people will be getting one ofhe tthree. what are you going to do with your device? i have an idea. download the latest app and get your headlines. send us a photo when you see news. it's easy and built into the app. you can still sit back and watch the latest news on your tablet.

beach in miami and they'll be stuck at the cube farm. the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points dining out, with no annual fee. go to citi.com/thankyoucards >>> this just into cnn, los angelest this morning in a florida jail. he was charged with reckless driving after the state highway patrol clocked him doing 110 miles in a 70-mile-an-hour zone. it happened on interstate 75 near naples. he had three other people with him in the mercedes-benz at the time. he posted bond and was released. he finished second in rookie of the year voting this season. >>> more than a million americans who have been out of work for nearly a year have lost their emergency unemployment benefits. the federal program ended today because congress failed to pass an extension before the holidays. athena is traveling with the president in honolulu. the question is, will the cash strapped americans get them back? >> reporter: hi, rosa. we are talking 1.3 million people collecting long-term unemployment insurance. these are the federal benefits that kick in after the state benefits run out. in some states, it starts as early as 14 weeks. they are the folks that saw their benefits cut off today. the number

beach, california, had a record high of 82 yesterday. the mild air is going to stick with you if you're in san diego. 76. los angeles at 80.isco, 65. up to seattle, just a little warmer, 48. 64 for vegas. phoenix, 71. the mild air in the southwest, eventually slightly gets pushed to the east. look at us, getting up to 47. that will melt some things for folks that need it. a little higher north. chicago gets up to 37. they really have had such a struggle getting above freezing for the last month. and you look at dallas and raleigh, both. raleigh this morning with some freezing rain. >>> good morning. i'm mike nicco. near record high temperatures and poor air quality once again. we'll have low to mid-60s at the coast, mild to upper 60s around the bay. slightly cool we are a dry >> this weather report brought to you by folgers. josh, i'm going to tweet that to you. >> i miss you, pacific. see you soon. and look at anchorage getting up there to 8. >> balmy. >>> coming up, beyonce, making a little girl's dream come true. what it was like to be face-to-face on stage with her idol. >> magic. >>> and then, a mother-to-be's painful

los angeles. >> sounds like a plan. >> for christmas. >> look at that. wow. >> people are eating their christmas dinner outside, enjoying christmas on the boardwalk. >> in shorts. >> the beachi've got my long johns on. >> yeah. we're not doing so bad compared to so many places. been rough weather. >> really has. >>> here's a look at the rest of the christmas day weather for you. dry in the south and west. a few scattered showers are possible in florida and texas. >>> 70s in phoenix, 30s in salt lake city and billings. 40s in denver and kansas city. 78 in miami. >>> talk about a christmas miracle, a las vegas cab driver returned nearly $300,000. it is left in the backseat of his taxi. there were six bundles of cash. 50 grand a bundle. they were left in a brown paper bag by a passenger that had been gambling. >> wow. herrard oh gamboa took the cash to the cab company office and turned it over. he said he never considered, never even considered keeping the money. >> because i did the right thing for myself, for my family, for my company and for the city of las vegas. >> his bosses at checkered cab gave him a $1,000 reward and named him driver of the year. the unidentified man

>> they went to school in los angeles and there are not too many people like that. i went to junior high in long beach. and then moved to westwood. and went to university high school. and at both schools, i had great teachers. starting in 8th grade we had a special english and social studies. and i had a teacher, ms. lewis who taught the class like it were a college seminar. and i had teachers doing that in high school. so my education in the '60s in southern company, and i hope it is still true today, but wonderful teachers and curriculum. >> what kind of woorbg did your parents do? >> my father was a pharmacist. ... pharmacist who i lost a few years ago. at st. john's hospital in santa monica. he met elizabeth taylor and people like that. and he met richard burton and he was very excited about that. and my mother mostly stayed home and took care of us. but she was and is a passionate reader and a great lover of science and philosophy and i think that was an early influence. and they were all sorts of influences in the late 60s and i took latin and french and violin lessons and i think we had a fight