the first street, fremont street, and beale street bridges are for the general public, for the traffic to keep those streets open throughout the remainder of the construction. director kim: so members of the public will be able to continue using the streets? >> absolutely, with the example -- with the exception of the shutdowns. anything else? thank you very much. >> one other thing, directors, i did want to report that we are in the process of setting up our upjac meetings. i will be bringing the board the quarterly report, as promised, to let you know how we are doing. to date, we have been working closely with the carpenters on john o'connell. we are working on turner, and there's a donation as well for the school. we will be bringing a more full report after our first meeting in march next month. thank you. that concludes my report. director kim: thank you. could we please call item 6, public comment? >> yes, public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to address the authority on matters that are not on today's calendar. we do have a speaker card. director kim: thank

this is the replacement of the old beake street 0-- beal street bar and grill. mr. somers has been before you. he was involved in a club on broadway. this includes live entertainment and corporate events. planning is indicating this is an approval of these. it looks like the other conditions. staff recommends it reckoned--- recommends a conditional grant. -- the staff recommends a conditional grant. >> i am here representing the. we have with us, i apologize. gloria is the majority owner and is under the weather and is not with us tonight. george somers and tim carlos are owners and managers of the premises. from 1988 until a couple of years ago, the beale street bar and grill was ordered an institution in the southern financial district. is basically an american girl, a sports bar, and a live music venue. survey honkey tonk band -- soared of hockey top bands. -- sort of honky tonk bands. they forced her to move. they wanted her to go away. she put up a fight and got of money. this business is three blocks away near montgomery and minna. just a block from 111 minna

continuing excavation and implementation of the traffic bridges at first street, and then fremont and beale street to follow later in the year. we've had over 200,000 kraft hours on the project to date. there were no incidents or injuries. we are following a great safety record. this slide gives you some idea of what is going on right now. there is a little bit of existing transbay terminal demolition left to do along first street. they cannot take that out until they put in the traffic bridge and start the excavation at that end, but essentially, the underground foundations are completely gone now that were left over from the earlier transbay terminal, and we are well into the level of excavation. the buttress work continues. but you haven't -- to give you an idea of how the site has changed a little bit, it is hard each month to see a lot of noticeable change on the overhead from the buttress, but we are moving along. we have completed as of+ last week 40 buttress shafts. the work continues this week on new shafts with 167 remaining. some highlights of the buttress work -- in the picture

in san jose. >> beale is asking for an independent review of the city's finances. san jose's city council has until march to decide whether to take the reform measure off the june ballot. >>> mayor reed has enjoyed a five-year honeymoon. since taking over for the embattled ron gonzales in 2007, reed's straightforward approach has been popular in san jose. but in the wake of our report, things are changing in real-time. tonight, mayor reed in the spotlight like never before. george kiriyama joins us from downtown san jose. we saw something different tonight, didn't we? >> reporter: oh, yes. and mayor chuck reed tried to talk about the city's retirement benefits, there was union members listening to every word. we heard mayor reed use the $650 million figure often, referring to retirement cost projections. but not one time did he use that figure in tonight's speech. so, i asked him after the speech, i asked mayor chuck reed, if he's backing away from the $650 million figure. and i also asked h ioff the pension reform initiative should be taken off the june ballot. an

jonathan beale, bbc news. >> heading back to afghanistan for the second time. and excited to do so. and willing. you know, it does say a lot about him that he's willing

. >> for our two-parter, jennifer beals. >> jimmy: jennifer beals. >> i don't know about you.to me, jennifer beals is a really big deal. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. our age, growing up, that "flashdance" hits you right in the square of you know where. >> yeah. for me, it was three weeks of trying really hard not to be creepy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> and everybody's very excited about her getting there. and making all these "flashdance" references. >> jimmy: they are? oh, she must love that. >> i said, you know what, guys? i gathered everybody and said. i'm sure she gets this all the time. let's make "castle" a "flashdance" reference-free zone. was anybody planning on making a reference? almost everybody put up this their hand. no singing "what a feeling." half the hands went down. you can't call her a maniac. another third went down. was anybody planning on jogging on the spot? more hands go down? how about a big open-neck sweatshirt. all but one hand goes down. and i say, for god's sake, nobody throw a bucket of water on her. one hand goes up. bobby, yes. it's your job. you

. >> stephen: beal agree. >> that's right he's been taken advantage of. >> stephen: what should we doshould be paying the interns? >> anyone who works for someone else for their financial benefit should be paid for their work. [cheers and applause] as a matter of fact -- it's against the law. >> stephen: college athletes should be paid. >> yeah, probably. >> stephen: really? >> yeah, they -- >> stephen: college athletes should be paid. >> they take tremendous risks. they get hurt. >> stephen: everyone in the olympics should be paid. >> well, no. are they -- >> stephen: people are profiting, absolutely people are profiting off the olympics. i'm just saying being my intern is like being in the olympics in that i make you run everywhere you go. >> i believe they train very hard for this. >> stephen: you are like the abraham lincoln of interns you want to let my people go. >> think how much better their experience would be if you paid them. >> stephen: what about the love of the game. maybe there are college students who just really want to get me coffee. >> there probably are but you kno

. >> i have to wrap up and acknowledge commander beals, and others that have been heroic in morphings. the boat doesn't turn on a dime, but this thing happened quickly, came together quickly, and this twenty fourth street case that the capt. describes -- i know it doesn't come together as quickly as it came together and i don't know if it would have come together at all if it hadn't been for the efficiency of motion that went through the psa -- i mean the unit with the help of psa. >> thank you, captain. commander tong have a lot to do with this. this is better for the community, better for the officers that they get cross trained in different disciplines. it is incredible, we will have a better educated investigator. it is good. i want to thank you for commanding this. for you, psa, your father has a great legacy at the hall of justice, and if you have half the sense of humor, your welcome aboard. commissioner kingsley: a wonderful job putting together the svu, and thank you for the presentation. it is amazing how quickly this was pulled together. it makes a lot of sense. very impre

a group including the deputy chief from their fire department and a commander beale, myself on the importancestaying in high school graduation. a better chance for opportunities and better chance to go on to college. the reason we're going as we joined the police department and or the fire department when we had our high school diplomas and we are doing ok. the first time we went it was well received and we were asked back. we are hoping to grow the city wide on top of the grammar school visits we're doing, and biting the young ones into the station so they see what the police are all about. we demystify that. again i spoke to the visitors. we are close to the final product on the career development general order which will establish an addition -- in addition goals and guidelines on testing going forward. once we have an accord with the union, we have reached an agreement with the other employee groups within the police department. katie will take it forward and see what can be worked out on a permanent legal basis with a jar and -- hr and cfc because the testing schedule goes out many years

the first beale, the so-called personhood bill would in effect outlaw abortion by declaring that a person'snt of conception. the second bill requires that a woman have an invasive ultrasound before having an abortion. >> i don't think too many citizens want this. >> reporter: opponents of the two bills, both of which have now passed the virginia house of delegates say if enacted the bills would be a major step backwards for women's reproductive rights. chairperson of the reproductive health caucus said, quote, the personhood bill and the trans vaginal ultrasound bill represent an attack on women, the likes of which we have never seen in this modern era. >> the personhood bill says the unborn child is a person. i don't know why that should be considered extreme. >> reporter: but supporters of the two bills say the bills represent a major step forward for the rights of the unborn. >> we believe that the passage of legislation that gives information to women is very helpful and we support it. >> reporter: the two bills now go to the virginia state senate which is expected to approve both piece

. >> susie: in the movie >> susie: in the movie "flashdance," jennifer beals' character wielded a blow torch during the day and danced at night. but what seemed like a novelty in that 1983 film could become more of the norm today. skilled welders are in high demand and that's attracting more women to the trade. diane eastabrook takes us to a program in chicago that is arming women with the skills to complete in what has been a field for men only. >> it's going to be $9.20. >> reporter: on tuesday and thursday nights, jasmine lopez works the cash register and makes sandwiches at a subway restaurant on chicago's south side. but on monday and wednesday nights, she lets the sparks fly. the 21-year-old is in training to become a welder. >> my grandfather was a welder, and so it's in my blood. >> reporter: lopez is among a half dozen women learning the welding trade for free at the non-profit jane addams resource corporation. the eight-month program provides training on a shop floor and in the classroom >> this will be an intermittent weld. >> reporter: it's work that requires good math skil

continuing excavation and implementation of the traffic bridges at first street, and then fremont and beale street to follow later in the year. we've had over 200,000 kraft hour

jonathan beal, bbc news. >> heading back to afghanistan for the second time. and excited to do so. and willing. you know, it does say a lot about him that he's willing to do this because he certainly doesn't have to. >> he doesn't have to. one of many, many heroes in that conflict. >>> here's a look now at your weather on this friday. light snow in the central and northern rockies. six inches in chicago. rain changes over to snow in cincinnati, indianapolis, and louisville. some evening snow in detroit and pittsburgh. and showers from raleigh to miami. rain from memphis southward. >> a wet 61 degrees in new orleans. 49 here in new york and 48 in boston. 29 degrees in chicago. 16 in omaha. and 10 in minneapolis. phoenix 75 degrees. and sacramento 63. >>> well, it was a long and winding road to the hollywood walk of fame. but sir paul mccartney has finally arrived. the former beatle got a star on the hollywood walk of fame, joining the three other beatles whose stars were already there. >> mccartney paid tribute to the american rock and roll great buddy holly who he listened to as a

>>charles: along beale street, hundreds of carpoolers lineup every day waiting for wright's home. she commutes to fairfield five days apart. by sharing a car she saves a lot of money. >> to the $20 a week. that is a parking plus gas. >>charles: she says as long as gas prices keep going and she will keep doing this. >> i have four kids and i am a single mother. this is my everything. >>charles: marshall waits for her full ride home to sausalito. she works in this city three days a week. >>charles: how much she said the week? $100. >>charles: she does not miss the traffic, she also avoids parking fees and tolls fees. emily says she saves $80 a month by not writing a bus and $30 a day by not driving. she says trying to drive to work is not practical. >> it is not worth it. if you're a single passenger that is a joke in san francisco because of parking fees in the the plane cost of transportation to go across town. >>pam: republicans have been blaming the president for the sharp rise in gasoline prices. today, the president hit back telling the audience in miami that despite what his

beal did 67 in san jose.to-mid to upper 0s. >>> fairfield is close, not much of a breeze yet, so he expect that to turn more northerly and boy is it moving quick. we will have higher clouds and i think by noon and mostly sunny patchy fog and temperatures are coming up a little bit. mid-temperatures also in there, we will have mill valley and fairfield out to vacaville, redwood city 66 and even warmer by tomorrow. warmer weather will take us to thursday as well, low 70s and midst 70s if we get an easterly breeze tomorrow. then a cool down as we head to the weekend especially on sunday. pam? >>> marty craw has been going on for weeks. pretty quiet as cleaning crews are wrapping things up. the mayor handed the keys over to the city as king of carnival. now the first of several parades gets underway this morning and tomorrow is ash wednesday which is the first day of lent. festivities get underway in the fillimore district. there will be live music between eddie and farry. we have more stories and slight shows, j

at beale middle school. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> suspected in one of the largest leaks of classified information in u.s. history scheduled to be in court today. bradley manning will be arraigned at fort meade on 22 counts including aiding the enemy. prosecutors say that he gave thousands of documents to the wikileaks website. if convicted, he could face life in prison. 5:06 this morning 45 degrees in winchester this morning >> . still ahead, a look back at last night's republican presidential debate. how romney tried to stop santorum's momentum. >> summer legislators honored -- --- how >> thursday morning, time for looked at traffic and weather as we do every 10 minutes. >> let's start this time with lisa baden and a look at the roads. >> in good shape for the most part. geese and travel times on the beltway, 95 in baltimore 66 270 between father hurley boulevard, the dulles greenway. 95 near thornburg exit, a tractor-trailer on its side. only one to the left is getting by but northbound is open. in che

points it was the time when on the break away he could have taken it in himself and he dished it off to beals and let him have it to the basket. that was for me what jeremy lin stands for at this point. >> i get it, he's a great player. he's for real. 28 points. that was the shot you spoke about. but he's also like tim tebow, isn't he? isn't there an aspect of his faith that makes him especially peeli -- appealing to you? >> that's what i looked at in the piece. i am a christian as well, but when i wrote about was how there's something distinctive about jeremy lin asian american christian specifically. i sort of said that i think he's very different from tim tebow. i think it's being born out. he hasn't emerged -- his faith hasn't emerged as polarized as tebow's. that's partly the way he carries himself. but i think there is something december stinthive about him being an asian american christian specifically. >> well, he's a great player, or at least he's had a great run. michael, thank you. i love blake griffin and the la clippers, but this guy is really beginning up the garden the most fam

legal battle involves a historic farm and a prestigious maryland university n 1988, elizabeth bell beale gifted the 138-acre bell wood farm to johns hopkins university, she sold it for $5 million, even though it was worth much more and her family says she asked it not be heavily developed. recently, hopkins announced maps to turn that farm into a commercial science park. banks' family is suing, saying it violates her wishes. there was a hearing today on a motion by hopkins to dismiss the lawsuit. no word on when the judge will decide. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley laid out his vision for improving the economy today and it could cost taxpayers more money. in his state of the state address today, he gave several suggestions for building revenue, including shifting who pace for teacher pension bus everyone is not on board with this plan. chris gordon has mix reed action from annapolis. >> reporter: maryland governor martin o'malley says they have to continue to make choices in spending doubts remove an era of recession. maryland schools have been named number one four years in a row

available after the star's death nine days ago and be part of a long planned sale of hollywood memo more beallie chaplain's cane and clark gable's jacket from gone with the wind. before we go our team's top five things of the day. number five, nbc reports the troubled actress lindsay lohan will host "saturday night live" next month. still doing community service for dui conviction and series of parole violations. number four, 12-time all star manny ramirez reached a minor league deal with the eke land a's. before he can play he has to serve a 50 game suspension for testing drug. his second. inflatable backpack helped a pro-skier survive a avalanche in washington state. three others didn't make it number two, police in the caribbean say they have a person of interest in the robbery of the supreme court justice steven breyer in his reaction home there. and number one, oil prices hit a 9-month high after iran stopped exports to great britain and france. the national average in the united states for a gallon of regular unleaded is now 3.57. that's "the fox report's" top five. and on this day in 1

it's at the corner of beale and bryant streets.for adoption, advice from vets and trainers and free dog treats a silent auction was also held to raise operating funds for the park. it's going to be maintained by neighborhood volunteers. don't go away, 7 on your side is up next. >> my investigation into the pop har bumbo baby seat led to a recall. now years later more kids are getting hurt. i'm michael finney in an investigative update and a warning to parents. [ female ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. guys... [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls with cinnabon cinnamon are an irresistible sunday morning idea. noth

. >> reporter: also as a result of our investigation, state assembly member jim beale is calling for a delay of the city's planned pension reform measure expected to appear on the upcoming june ballot. >> i notice you have that report right there. were you surprise ted mayor's die fi yans today or was that business as usual? >> he spoke to us today when we tried to talk to him so it was a good conversation. >> okay. >> and this report is also online. >> yes, in fact, i was just going to get there like to read the full ethic complaint against mayor reed, go to our website at nbcbayarea.com and search pension. wreently built the largest investigative unit in the country and we want you to be a part of it. if off tip or us or just a comment, let us know, call us at 888-996-tips or e-mail us at the unit at nbcbayarea.com. mayor reed has enjoyed relatively positive reviews in his five years in office but that might be changing in the wake of our report. within the hour, he will step to the podium at san jose's civic center for his state of the city address. >> 2012 is a year for recovery