with the money we save don that parking, we will buy bikes form rom mike's bikes for dedicated bikes for people that don't have any to ride. keep it up. [applause] >> thank you. i want to welcome mason from air b and b. >> the employees really depend on the bike-friendly nature of this city. half of them ride to work each day. we are located in the design district and we only have five parking spots of our own. not many people drive to work and there is not a lot of working in the neighborhood. biking is good for the employees, good for the neighborhood, reduces congestion. myself, i have been biking to work for four years, it is part of my everyday routine. i lived in palo alto, i would put it on the train and then bike to work. i would like to thank the mayor, everyone in the city that has supported by culture -- bike culture. and everyone that participates in it, it is only through participation that we create this culture. thank you for being here. >> thank you, and a thin, and thank you, companies, for being an example. -- thank you, nathan, and thank you, companies, for being a

the bike to work numbers. we had a record number of bikes at van ness, nearly 1100 bikes just between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m., and during that period of time, even more exciting is of the eastbound traffic, 73% were people on bikes, said that intersection during that period of time, we had that much room share with bicycles. the number of people arriving on the bike to work day increase in the last five years. 54% more bikes at that intersection then at our peak hour counter the previous month, so it was not just the kind of heavy ridership. and as you know, one of the ideas on bike to work day is to get more people converted to the idea of the pleasures of writings -- writing one's bike to work. -- riding one's bike to work. some of the 54% will make the jump, at least once or twice a week. moving on, we have been reporting on the progress on the church project, and we have been kind of gearing up for the shutdown that is part of that project. they will start on memorial day weekend. at that intersection. we will

last year, bike to work, my partner, whom i have been trying to get to bike for years, and never was able to build up the courage to get her to come through, we got her to do it. she gets herself for not having done it sooner, because it saves herself easily 30 minutes from the time that she used to muni. everyone get out there and bike to work. >> thank you. next item, please. >> i do not see mr. murphy here. so, public comment. an opportunity for the members of the public to address the board on matters within the jurisdiction but not on the calendar. james bolden, thomas coleman, leonard lynch are our first speakers. mr. bolden? >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, board. thank you for hearing me. what i see in front of me are some duly elected public servants? that being said, i know that you guys are trying to balance a budget with $312 million projected for the fiscal year 13-14. yet we are making an attempt to enforce and bring in parking on sunday, which everyone comes out to to shop. going back and forth, going to communities is going to interrupt that. someone could m

they swam, they biked, they ran. all of them beginner athletes with one audacious goal, to race the nautica malibu triathlon with me in september. >> get across the finish line? >> no doubt. >> to see them is to know they each have their own obstacles. >> i had my right leg amp uitated below the leg. >> they have been transforming them schblgs. their workouts and their diets, one day at a time. with just four months to go, there's still plenty of time to train. and we're joined now by one of our athletes, rick morris, whose video we watched. you're a veteran, and you wanted to quit smoking, two of the lie lites i remember from the video. you put the cigarette out last time we met. and how has that been going? have you been able to not go back? >> i have. no relapses at all. i will never go back to smoking. >> i talk about switches going off for people, a lot of people say, look, i have kids. i want to live a long time, but i still smoke or i do things that are unhealthy. what made it possible for you? >> i think just

>> i went for a bike ride yesterday, and i felt like i just became this different person on this bikee, and i felt like i could ride forever, and i road in, and someone said to me, nancy, that was great. i guess my response was that wasn't nancy. it's hard to explain, but it's just -- i'm a different person now. >> i think we've just heard the description of transformation. that was what it is. that's what we've been trying to do. we're going to have many more stories of people overcoming these obstacles, doing the training, and hopefully you at home learning something along the way. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein. twist my lid. that's three times more than me! twenty-one vitamins and minerals and zero fat! h

danny lesh found his stolen bike on craigslist, met the alleged thief and stole his bike back during test ride this, after failed attempts to get d.c. metro police involved. >> i had served them up a criminal on a platter and for whatever reason she weren't able to do it. >> reporter: jones -- they weren't able too do it. >> reporter: jones posted her craigslist ad just like lesh did to warn other bike owners and victims, but she hit a roadblock with the d.c. metro police. >> they told me nothing they can do first because i'm an arlington resident and second, the woman said we can't just go to this guy's house. >> reporter: to worsen her day, jones tells us the night her bike got snatched her bad luck continued during her walk home. >> i got mugged at knifepoint on the way home. >> chef has had a tough road. -- she has had a tough road. after she filed a report with arlington police, a detective followed up with her today. meanwhile d.c. metro police said jones should not have been told they can't help her because she's from arlington but that she should contact metro transit police.

right by the cal train station in san francisco where they have a free bike doctor for those bikes that have not seen the light of day for a few months. they have one of several energizer stations where they are signing people up and passing out refreshments. a lot of people are not used to getting those. we just got to count from the city, they do this at market and van ness between 8-9:00 a.m., they counted 1031 bicycles going through that intersection. that is 17 bikes permit and that accounts for about 73 percent of all vehicle trips through that intersection. we ran into one woman this afternoon and she had quite and debenture >> i started off for a livid and bike downhill as normal and and i turned off of market and then my tire exploded and it was really loud. a poor lady was on her cell phone and got really freaked out. the tire just exploded but it didn't fall off or anything. then i had to wait for the bus to come. there was one behind me that did not stop so i had to wait for the next one. i brought it down here in the fixed my tire and now i'm all set for tomorrow >> a flat

it's bike to workday. they will be watching the weather very carefully. >> let's get you out the door with cooler conditions this morning but by the afternoon hours, it will be warmer everywhere except for inland valleys. it's comfortable now, it may not be so if you are biking back home. three degrees warmer in antioch, everybody else about one to five degrees cooler. antioch at 65. mid to upper 40s around santa rosa and redwood city and half moon bay and los gatos. talk about that warm weekend and here is frances with your traffic. >> live shot of bay bridge toll plaza. pretty light. there haven't been many accidents this morning, if you want to bike to work, not a bad choice because the weather is nice. i did want to tell you there was some heavy traffic due to road work. in fact northbound 17 complete standstill was reported about seven minutes ago. that is being cleared. westbound 205 out of tracy, road work being cleared but traffic moving at 38 miles per hour as you head towards the altamont pass. >

of course it is a bike to work day so you may see more bikes on the roadways today so be careful as you cruise around the bay area this morning but still a nice ride it as you work your way from 582 the golden gate bridge toll plaza. here's a look at conditions for mass transit. always a good choice to avoid delays on the freeways. everything is looking very good. let's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is still very light. not a bad ride as you work your way to the bay bridge toll plaza. so, easy and breezy right now. >> thank you. right now members of the fda are meeting at the nation's capital. they are expected to decide whether to give the green light to until for the purpose of preventing hiv. the pill has long been used to treat people with hiv. but it could become the first drug to prevent healthy people from becoming infected. >> attending mother is back in the news and is no longer welcome at the salon that inadvertently made her very famous. >> they ordered the workers to keep her out. officers arrested her last month for allegedly taking her five year-ol

bike to workday is friday and hopefully the weather will cooperate. this was bike to school. then it's bike to work. >> looks like they dodged the raindrops. >> friday will be fantastic, jacket a good idea. it's going to be kind of chilly, bright but brisk, refreshing as we've billed it. we're looking at more showers and thunderstorms through the evening commute. that will be a slow go and then drier air moves in. cooler air is already here. let's start with a live look outside. this is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. temperatures, well, 72 downtown. the high of 75. temperatures off to the north and west are in the 60s and in some indications the upper 50s already. winds out -- cases the upper 50s already. winds out of north at 5. here's a look at radar. heaviest by far in terms of thunderstorm activity south of leonardtown into southern maryland, northern neck and also just south of fredericksburg. we'll zoom in. we have some areas north and west of town that have some pockets of heavy rain, nothing severe. remember, your windshield wipers are on, you

it is a whole festival of biking. we have bike races and bike recreational ride going on here. lots of fun stuff for the family. >> you don't have to be an expert rider. enjoy the demonstrations. there is food, beer. you name it. >> lots of great stuff for the kids. >> they are going to be giving away free 500 helmet and promoting bike safety for the kids and the care first and festival area. there is moon bounces uple hill and art decorating activities for the kids. >> then the bike race. it will be super exciting to watch. >> it is a gorgeous day to be out here too. >> the weather is perfect. >> sun is out. nice breeze going. and you can watch the whole race going from up here. >> you encourage people to bring their bikes and ride around here. >> there is a kid's race at 2:30 today. where they can get out on the race course and try their hand at it. >> it runs from 8:00 a.m. to five. >> we are live at patterson park and great thing to leave with, a free bike helmets for kids. >> it is fantastic. >> good deal. they need it. >> thank you, sharon. >> sharon gibala reporting live

ads listed from that same guy who was selling his stolen bike.olice have not commented on the case except to say it is under investigation. >> i'm 8 years old, somebody went on my porch and stole my bike in that very same neighborhood. >> really? >> it might have been that guy. >> could have been, maybe his grandfather. >> oh. >> okay, maybe his dad. >> let's make it his dad. >> we're looking at some showers, a couple thunderstorms around the metro area, but the real key will be cooler weather. grab a jacket if you head out. here's a live look outside, live live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. we still have clouds and light rain, temps down to 61, high 75 about an hour and a half ago. winds out of the north, northwest at 13, first front is through and the pressure 29.69 and rising, also an indication the front is through. here's a look at live doppler 9000, pretty covered up across the entire metro. heaviest activity is still south into southern maryland down toward leonardtown in st. mary's county and into the northern neck. we'll

instead of locking up the bike, lele is known for having its paws on the bike and not letting anybodyit. >> it just stays there? >> with the paws? >> with the paws up, yep. this video was shot last year but only recently posted. what i love about the video, not just how the dog keeps its paws on the bike so everybody keeps their paws off. check out what happens when the owner shows up. >> he is going to get on there. >> no way. this is unreal. are you kidding me? that dog is huge for that little seat. he crawled right up like he stepped on the tire spokes and hopped up. >> this makes me believe in reincarnation. i feel like this dog was once a bmx rider in a previous life. >> or a messenger. >> or a bike messenger. >> do you think if somebody comes over there to steal the bike, does the dog bite them? i feel like i can steel that bike from the do >> becse it is golden retriever and it is friendly to everybody. >> i am going to go with what the people of nan ning says. he does a good job. >> that's the owner of the bike. >>> guys, this next video will sort of make your head hurt due to

. >> today is bike to work day and people aren't courage to commute on their bike >> elizabeth joins us near the golden gate bridge to explain how organizers are promoting the event. do you have your bike out there? >> no. we came here in a truck this morning but it is a pretty cool view. we're near the north tower and this is supposed to be one of the largest bike to work days ever. we are at one of 200 energizer stations around the bay area. they have ginger ale, later on this morning they will have coffee and bagels to support of the bike riders that they expect to come through. earlier this week we caught up with a group of bike commuters who often ride together called the commuter convoy and this is video that one rider took on his iphone. a lot of them right several days per week from san francisco to their jobs in silicon valley and it started with a small number of google employees seven years ago. the group has grown to thousands of members who work at many different companies. they say the 40 mi. trek takes a couple of hours and they're always looking for more people to joi

it takes me 35 minutes to bike. why wouldn't you bike to work? it's cheap and it's free. >> reporter: it's a gorgeous day to be biking across the golden gate bridge from marin county into san francisco. a couple of hundred thousand people expected to take place in bike to work day in the counties. 200 of these energizer stations are up and running. so along your biking commute route this morning, look for one of these stayings and the friendly folks there will get you refreshments and a snacks and you will head off to work and be refreshed. it's bike to work across the bay area. i'm gonna stop pedaling. i'm tired. we'll send it back to you. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> 7:06. this morning caltrans will outline details of an upcoming closure of the dumbarton bridge. construction crews need to have access to all parts of the bridge when they replace a major seismic bridge. so the bridge is set to be closed the memorial day weekend. all of the work on the bridge is expected to be work by early next year. >>> sal, do you

first thing in the morning we have bike md m putting on a ride. anybody who is interested in doing a fun ride around the city, sign up, come out and do it. we have care first giving away free helmets to kids. lots of good kids activities. there's a kids bike race, kids bounce stuff going on, art activities, select benefits and university of maryland medical system is running the area with live music, food, beer and great pro-am bike racing. >> reporter: very good. we have jason here. they call him swinny. >> i'm doing good. >> >> reporter: you got into biking and that's your name. >> i getsz god had -- i guess god had a plan when he made me. >> reporter: how long have you been bike riding? >> 15 to 17 years. i'm 36. i'm getting back into it. it's crazy. we're going to have some fun this weekend. fx studios and i are going to be giving away some free personal training situations. that's where i work and train. we're going to be getting crazy on the box, hitting the ramp. >> reporter: do a little for us. very good. he's going to be doing his thing.

from >>> it appears a local bike thief has been at it again stealing a bike and then trying to sell it on craigslist. a second bike theft victim has come forward, merriam jones, and her bike was stolen outside the boston metro in arlington and sure enough she spotted it on craigslist. >> i can't really imagine there are too many people around here who have that particular make and model of bike with studded tires on. >> the phone number listed in the ad is the very same one 9 news now saw for another stolen bike featured on craigslist last week. that bike's owner called the number, met the alleged thief and then stole his bike back by asking to take it on a test drive. as for miriam jones and her bike, police are investigating. >>> graduation day, most students walk away with a handshake and diploma, but yesterday an american university student walked away with a diamond ring, kristin fisher with more on the proposal gone viral. >> reporter: this is the moment that sam miller on the left has been waiting four years for. >> it's such a big decision that you're sweating bullets. >> re

to get your bike back you must have a report or proof the bike is yours. >>> a top women's biking tale scoring big in a race this week. the huge hurdle they overcame. >> the iowa battleship will leave the bay area tomorrow on it's final trip. it'll be taken in the port of richmond down to loss, it's scheduled to pass under the golden gate bridge. one final time between two and three. once the ship reaches la the navy plans to turn it no a floating museum. the iowa saw action during world war ii and the korean war and hosted more presidents than any other ship in the fleet. >> apple ceo tim cook plans to forego up to $75 million in stock dividends. he was eligible to receive them after apple announced in march it would begin handing out quarterly dividends to all share holders in the 4th quarter. cook made a filing yesterday that requests he not receive the money. it's not unprecedented but turning down millions in dividends is rare among ceo's. >>> fresh worries about the debt crisis caused a cell off on wall street. this time it was -- one of the banks asking for $24 billion in suppor

it will be a nice day to bike to work. >> it will be a perfect day to bike to work.tures nice and cool. >> but no moonlight. >> we did a little investigating and it is a new moon in about two days. so it doesn't even rise until 5:52. so will is seeing something else. we'll have to investigate that. there are your highs yesterday. 77 the official high at reagan national. that is just about where we should be for this time of year. dulles was a little cooler and bwi marshall, 75 degrees. a nice start to your day looking at temperatures right now back in the 50s, even some 40s across the area. 5 # right now in washington at reagan national. look at the 40s. 47 out at dulles. cull ander, 46. this feels fan taft being. 45 for you out in martinsburg. leonardtown, 50 degrees. nice, cool start to the day. we'll see the temperatures rebound. just like yesterday, bright sunshine. just a few clouds. some of that high, kind of thin cloudiness, kind of see it there. that milky white you see across portions of central virginia. that will be about it. got and yard of low pressure d

and we are updating the bike maintenance as we speak. we plan to have that done in a month or so. >> i would also like to acknowledge that our office received numerous females thanking us for the bike lanes on cesar chavez. since you are close by, i wanted to pass that on. kudos. you can continue. >> ms. lombardo? >> one of the project that we alerted the supervisor to was a signal upgrade. it is funded by a highway safety improvement program grant. they got the paperwork in, but a day before the deadline. which is fine. we think the funds will stay there, but it is kind of like filing your taxes late. that means you have to enter the queue for caltrans to process it. and caltrans will do their best, but we are just keeping an eye on it. and died to also understand mta will become a year in july for a matching -- i also understand mta will be coming here in july for a matching funds the transition. this is another project we have flag here. this is the car anyway -- harney way project improvement. this particular scope is funded by an ol

there were 23 miles of bike lanes added along with more than one dozen bike corals to park bikes. >>> perfect weather for a bike ride today. plenty of sunshine, temperatures in fact on the comfortable side after somewhat of a cool start this morning. you see the live camera looking toward san francisco bay, and no fog here with mostly clear skies across most of the bay area. as far as the fog, it is just to our south as you can see. the cloud bank concentrated toward central and southern california. a lingering patch around monterey bay and pacific grove that will gradually clear out in the short term as well. the forecast headlines for today, plenty of sunshine out there. we'll call it just nice. tomorrow more sunshine, temperatures coming up a few degrees. the weekend, patchy morning fog, primarily coast side. tracking 80s inland. as far as current numbers just updated and beginning to warm up. downtown san francisco right now 71 degrees. san jose 72, and fairfield in the upper 70s right around 78. here's a big picture in the pacific. we have been tracking this very weak cold front

bike back. came out of an alley and met him, but instead of paying the listed price, lesh took the bike for a test ride and never came back. >> this guy finally started calling me and left a message saying he was about to call the police. >> but when lesh got his bike back, that was not the end of it. then he went on craigslist and he put up his own post. >> reporter: the posting is a warning about stolen bikes for sale. the high-end bicycles selling for $150 or best offer. >> i was disgusted, honestly, and i couldn't help, you know, feeling bad for all of the other people who he had stolen bikes from. >> reporter: d.c. police advise against trying to recover stolen property on your own, but lesh is glad to rip off the crook he says got him first. >> real poetic justice. >> reporter: in northwest justice, richard jordan, news 4. >>> thomas jefferson high school in alexandria has been named the second best in the country. "u.s. news & world report" put together the list of the top 100 schools nat

i got on the bike. i looked at the taxi driver and said all right, i'm going to take it for a test ride and i took off. >> reporter: they agreed to meet here at fifth and longfellow streets in northwest d.c. on monday afternoon. now the taxi driver had been a victim of theft himself, so he wanted to help out and he was waiting for loesch just down the street. >> i got about 4 blocks away. i had the taxi pull up behind me. i got the bike into the trunk of the taxi and we were on the other side of town when the thief called my cell phone asking me where it was and didn't answer. so he left a message threatening to call the police on me. >> reporter: after filing a police report loesch did call d.c. metro police asking for a plainclothes officer to assist and possibly make an arrest. after several phone calls he was told an officer wasn't available. >> i had served them a criminal up on a platter and for whatever reason they weren't able to do it. >> just two days after he got his bike back today loesch fo

their bikes to work.here are 730,000 people bike to work every day. one fourth of them are women. >> and some cities are much more bicycle friendly than others. here in new york, we've had a big ongoing thing about mayor bloomberg who wants us to be much more bikers and that sort of thing. but there doesn't seem to be a particular set of rules that cyclists use in new york city. i would be all for them if there was like a set of rules that everybody -- >> but also, when you're biking, people open car doors and you can smack right into -- >> because we're not expecting them to be on the wrong side of the road. so be careful, people. >> here are the five bike friendliest cities in the u.s. number five, eugene, oregon, number four, seattle, washington, three is boulder, colorado. 95% of boulder's streets are bike friendly. >> yes. number two is portland, oregon. boy, they're all over there! and the number one is minneapolis, minnesota. it has 120 miles of bike paths and many buildings provide indoor bike par

last week, i was involved with bike to work day. 10 of us met on naples and geneva street. we talked about reaching our goals on 20% transit by the year 2020. i looked at all the cars that were swirling around us and just talk suggested the streets were around there, and i was like, i do not know if we can reach that goal. we're not putting any investments in any part of san francisco that is going to need greater investment in transit, if we even want to meet our transit goals as well. while i am is supportive of these projects and i see the need to be able to make sure that we are incentivizing bicycle riding and putting together the bike share program and leaking cyclist to greater transit and transportation hubs in the area, we're not doing the work we need to do in order to build our network city-wide, and we're doing it at the easiest spots to do it in. when we actually do our -- next year when we call for applicants, can we try and make sure that we actually can really put forward a sense of equity. and we're going to make sure that we get some applicants that come f

eight of the bike was found here. police have posted pictures of all of the bikes on line. they're hoping that their rightful owners will come forward to identify and clean the property. the keeping one of the bikes might be yours, be prepared to prove it. you'll need a case number from a theft report or solid evidence that the bike is your property. >>jaqueline: here is a look from the golden gate. a few clouds a meeting with a little bit of light rain of the north bay. this is this our activity as it has tapered off. we have also seen snow showers over lake tahoe. flick your headed to the sierra, we do not think it was too much of a problem earlier. take some extra time if you're headed that way. a look at current budgets, rather cool and half moon bay. come temperatures are cool now but we will be warming up as we headed to tomorrow. mild temperatures into the afternoon with sunny skies. it will be windy but warm. >>gabe: this is one of the most fascinating things. a real earthquake simulator. first, they take you to the 1989 earthquake and the the 1906 earthquake. the u

they think the bike was placed there. there's limited damage to the bike.oes this mean she was hit by a car? they seem to think that is likely. was it intentional? or wasn't it? meaning, was someone trying to push her off the road so they could grab her? or did someone accidentally hit her and then, whatever happened? >> then, the surveillance tape becomes key, of course, because you want to figure out if one of those cars hit the bike. >> or witnesses. that's a wealth of information right there. the fact you have three identifiable cars there, to go after. to try to find the people who were driving them. that's really important in the context of this. >> even though the bike was under water, they can try to connect -- >> they can still try to get evidence. the bike was not there for years. so, there's still fingerprints, other things that can be gotten off of that bike, even though it was underwater for a period of time, that they're hoping can help answer a lot of the questions. >> and police say even though they're calling off the intensive search, that'