me, quest and bing crosby. >> jimmy: bing crosby. >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] > drove a white van. [ laughter ] he double parked that white van everywhere. it's like -- everybody -- he sold fish out of the back before he played for the cowboys. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: everyone knew that. [ laughter ] >> he had porgies, flounder -- [ laughter ] yeah, my grandfather bought a lot of fish from him. [ laughter ] cause on fridays, we always had fish and spaghetti. >> jimmy: yeah. that's the thing you have. >> he made some hot spaghetti. he put -- he put that tabasco, that hot stuff in there. >> jimmy: fra diavolo. >> yeah. >> jimmy: now, the big game's coming up. >> you don't like fish and spaghetti? [ laughter ] you changed that subject quick. >> jimmy: no, well i -- i do. >> the big game is coming up. >> jimmy: the big game is coming up sunday. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: you got tom brady in the house. have you -- you've met tom brady before. >> i grew up with tom brady. [ laughter ] we was both in special ed school together. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ]

it was a former burlesque venue, it was owned by bing crosby, and herb caen was a regular. i will be pursuing that. and also, another issue that i think relates directly to this, i plan to work with the planning department on that, it is a moratorium on converting non- retail uses in the current center downtown conservation district. this district was established in 1985 to protect and preserve established theater, retail restaurants, and other uses in this important section of downtown. over the years, local businesses and entertainment venues have been displaced by national retail chains. more are threatened today. the theater district comprises the section of the district that is west, 2 mason st.. it is one of the city's last live entertainment venues, to be replaced by an escalator for yet another non-local retailer with intent to occupy 301 gary. we are losing our downtown and cultural, social heritage. the 18 month moratorium will give us an opportunity for comparative analysis of this district against what we see before us today. intelligent choices can be made to p

they uncovered a photo of the girls on bing crosby's lap. >> it's more of seeing these artifacts of this incredible history. the millers, as i've come to know them, i think they were neat people. >> pattie and joan miller. they've got a lot of leads since releasing the photos but have yet to locate family members. >>> a man pled guilty to dui charges in the hit and run case. he hit ryan white and a woman with his truck last august in san francisco. white and his family were visiting from philadelphia. they had just left a giants-phillies game when the boy was hit. vargas fled the scene, drove to his apartment in hayward. police were waiting outside of the home and he tried to flee again. he'll get credit for time he's already served in jail and could be released as early as june. >> this has been hard for everybody. for them. for us. >> ryan white is now ten. he recently started going back to school. he is said to be better but is far from being 100% recovered. >>> jury selection in the trial is moving forward. but several major pretrial issues remain undecided. today the da's office res

bing crosby couldn't sing about -- ♪ pennies from heaven >> reporter: no penny loafers, no penny candythe sad truth? these days, a penny made is a penny wasted. as we discovered on a trip to the mint last year, a penny doesn't even buy a penny anymore. more than any other coin around here, they make pennies. and each one of these things costs about 1.8 cents to make. in other words, almost 2 cents to make a penny. and over the past year, it has gotten even more expensive. it now costs 2.4 cents to make a cent. and yet, just last year, the mint made 4.9 billion pennies. do the math. that's $118 million spent just to make $49 million worth of pennies. the only other coin we lose money by making is the nickel, which now costs 11 cents to make. but the penny has mighty defenders. there's a group called "americans for common cents," funded by the mining company with a monopoly on selling the zinc now used to make pennies. and honest abe. as the lincoln library told us, they'll fight for the lincoln penny, right down to the last cent. so, chances are, no matter how little it buys, or how muc

they mingled with the likes of bing crosby. and performed on the hoffman hayride. friends of the twins take comfort knowing they left this life together, just has they began it. >> they were always together. i never saw them by themselves, when i come to think about it. they were always, both of them, were -- it was clear that the two of them were quite close and enjoyed each other's company. and didn't feel like they needed anybody else in their world. >>> a federal judge wants injured giants fan bryan stow and the los angeles dodgers to settle. his attorneys want at least 50 million for stow's long-term care. and they filed a civil lawsuit and a suit in bankruptcy court against the dodgers, as well. the civil case is on hold now. but attorneys for the team are asking bankruptcy judge kevin gross to throw out the claims. he did not make a ruling today. he put off a decision until march 21st. >> this comes after nbc bay area's investigative unit revealed the mayor may have used an exaggerated number to sell his pension reform. this morning in sacramento, legislator

bing crosby's restaurant shut down on new year's eve. a restaurant called corners' tavern plans to open. >>> castle rock state park will be able to stay open because of a big donation. a group is giving $250,000 to keep it open for one year. it was one of 70 parks slate toddles save the state $22 million. >>> officials approved a shuttle service around north shore. they hope to have it running between tahoe city and king's beach. it will cost $22.50 a ride. enjoyed to try it out and if it works have a water taxi. backers think it could help their bid for the winter olympics. >>> we are on storm watch today. it has been a couple days. not a single person complained to me. >> we need the rain. this weather system today stalled out over the bay area. if this was last year, we would have a lot of flooding. but this year the ground hasn't reached saturation. the santa cruz mountains 9 inches of rain over the last couple of days. coastal hills, they have seen 8- 9 inches of rain in some places. the rest of us 2-3 inches. a very productive stor

they toured in the uso with bing crosby and other celebrities. >>> the effort today here in san franciscoo re-create an iconic movie scene, and when you can see the final product. >>> bill martin tracking freezing temperatures tonight. but what about the rest of the week? he's back with a complete bay area forecast in a moment. >>> in a story you'll see only on 2, we learned how the solar storm that will hit earth around 4:00 tomorrow morning is part of a more expensive problem than originally thought. over the next day or so energized particles from the sun will create auroras. the solar storm will likely contribute to expensive damage to our power grid. >> economic loss due to events like this, just normal events is about $5 billion a year. >> while solar storms rarely cause major power outages, they do cause numerous small power disruptions that add up over time. the sun is in an active 11 year cycle with more solar storms expected to come in years to come. >>> the fda has sent the makers of arrow shot caffeine inhalers a warning letter saying inhalable caffeine are false and misleadin

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bing crosby couldn't sing about. >> pennies from heaven. >>reporter: no penny loafer. no penny candy. sad truth these day aspeny made is a penny wasted. now cost 2.4 cents to make a cent. and yet just last year the mint made 4.9 billion pennies. do the math. that's 1 yaen million dollars spent just to make 49 million dollars worth of pe pennies. the only other coin we lose money by making is the nickel. which now costs 11 cents to make. but the penny has mighty defenner. there's a group called americans for common cents funded by the min mining company with monopoly on selling the sikh used to make pennies and honest abe. lincoln library told us they will fight for the lincoln penny right down to the last cent. so chances are no matter how little it buys or how much it costs, the u.s. penny is here to stay. jonathan karl, abc news washington. >> 2 bank of loot found on the edge of lake merit are in the police property room tonight. sixth gradeers from saint paul episcopal church uncovered the sunken treasure yesterday as reported. rings. bracelet and silver gold piece

twins raised in the bay area where they mingled with the likes of bing crosby and performed weekly on the bay area tv show "the hoffman hay ride." >> they did those shows. they did a lot of entertaining for the troops. >> reporter: later in life, the twins became reclusive. they moved -- no trace of next of kin. >> it's more just to give them these incredible artifacts, family history. and the millers have as i've come to know them if you will, i think they were pretty neat people. >> reporter: investigators are desperately searching for relatives so the miller twins can have a proper burial. friends say they, too, hope family can be found, but take comfort in knowing the miller twins left this life together, just as they began it. >> they were always together. i never saw them by themselves when you come to think of it. i never did. because they were always both of them or nobody. >> it was just very clear that the two of them were quite close and enjoyed each other's company and didn't feel they needed anybody else in their world. >> reporter: i got off the phone with a detective fr

they sang and danced for bing crosby back in the day.e as life went on. so reclusive was kind of gossiped about by the neighbors in their area. and the woman detective who investigated said their impression is one die and the other simply couldn't handle it. they only had each other, no kids, no pets, and they think they died in this house they had for 40 years just within hours of each other. kind of weird, though. but they say with siblings you get that bond and one doesn't last long after the other goes. that's not that old, 73. kind of sad to start off our "morning papers." but it's the power of siblings, i guess. >> are you an eatophile? i'll mute it here. basically a lover of wine. enophile. i don't know if you're able to detect the differences between an expensive bottle of wine and like two buck chuck. experts say some can taste things we fundamentally can't. they found the fundamental ability to taste of an expert, our ability to detect nuances in wine is affected by our physiology. ppts are 40% more sensitive. i'm not sensitive

shocking is when they went to mitt romney to ask him the same question, he tab danced around like bing crosbys special talking about how, well, it wasn't really official, they doint have to have it as an official language. so again, he tends to pander when he's in a particular crowd, especially when he was trying to get a vote. >> what does he mean as a condition though? i guess i'm trying to get -- listen, it's all about semantics. >> sure. >> you know that campaigns will take a word and make a 30-second bite over the meaning of that word. i've already heard at this time described as universal language, official language, principle language, main language. what does the senator think is the issue for pouerto rico if i wants to obtain statehood, what is the condition with regard to language? >> well, i don't know there's a condition as it relates to language. i mean, again, i think he was speaking in broader context that it would be important for the people of puerto rico to speak english so they could have more opportunities in america. i think that's what he was talking about. i'm not exact