blum purchased a herd of bison in honor of his wife in 1984. i think three of whom the descendants of whom are out there today. >> reporter: once upon a time an estimated 60 million bison roamed north america. >> there was a survey in 1890 and there was only a thousand bison left on the great plains. >> reporter: though the numbers have greatly rebounded san francisco will be more than content with its ten all american buffalo gals. nbc bay area news. >> i love that part of the golden gate park. >>> did you see it? if you were up early enough this morning you might have been able to see the total lunar eclipse. this is the video in the bay area sky. people on the west coast and hawaii and far east witnessed the flight starting shortly after 6:00 this morning when the moon was completely engulfed in the earth's shadow. the eclipse lasted 51 minutes ending just before 7:00. you'll have to wait a while before the next one. the next full lunar eclipse will happen in a little more than two years in april of 2014. look at how beautiful that is. we've

that came from bison. >> reporter: through donations, rec and park bought seven new bison, all femaleain quarantined from the older ladies. >> they remain separated so everybody can become accustomed to each other. >> reporter: today the older females were busy sizing up the new girls. sarah king says there are no males on the horizon. >> for the safety of keepers, bison, we prefer to just have the girls. >> reporter: the bison's $7,000 price tag was paid by an assembly woman and dick blum. blum also kicked in $50,000 to pay for the new digs. >> in fact, i think the story goes that mr. blum purchased a herd of bison in honor of his wife in 1984. i think three of whom -- the descendants of whom are out there today. >> reporter: once upon a time an estimated 60 million bison roamed north america. >> was a survey done in 1890 there was only 1,000 bison left on the great plains. >> reporter: though the numbers have greatly rebounded, san francisco will be more than content with its ten all-american buffalo gals. >> just roaming so peacefully. >> i haven't seen them in a long time. i would

the bison -- are they all one sex, or are they mix? >> they are all females. >> thank you. >> wish to thank general manager -- we should thank general manager ginsburg for his help. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed and we are now on item 7, which is speedway matter of golden gate park, naming of war in h -- warren hellman meadow. commissioner buell: i would like to sit couple of things first. on tuesday november 6, the board of supervisors encouraged the recreation and park commission to rename speedway metal golden gate park in honor of f. warren hellman. it was unanimously approved. really what i disagree with a unanimous resolution of t

the cold snap has caught these bison off guard. they're still up in the high country and must head down to easier wintering grounds. all across yellowstone, animals travel the roads to save energy. and as the temperature drops, the crunch of snow rises to a rubbery squeak. a red fox, perfectly dressed for the weather, is already where he needs to be. just beneath the snow, insulated from low temperatures and high winds, is a vast network of tunnels, the winter quarters of mice and voles. the fox cannot see the mice under their white blanket. but he can hear them. the trick is not to let them hear him. winter reshapes the landscape by reshaping water. ice, snow, frost, and diamond dust -- it's all water in winter's grip. cold works the line between liquid and solid. molecules of water, captured by the cold, are stopped in their tracks. a river must keep on the move or be claimed by ice. this precarious edge is the favorite spot of the dipper. it's a songbird that hunts aquatic insects year-round. insulated with special down, it dive

the bison -- are they all one sex, or are they mix? >> they are all females. >> thank you. >> wish to thank general manager -- we should thank general manager ginsburg for his help. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed and we are now on item 7, which is speedway matter of golden gate park, naming of war in h -- warren hellman meadow. commissioner buell: i would like to sit couple of things first. on tuesday november 6, the board of supervisors encouraged the recreation and park commission to rename speedway metal golden gate park in honor of f. warren hellman. it was unanimously approved. really what i disagree with a unanimous resolution of the board, but i would like to suggest hellman's hollow as opposed to hellman's meadow, and i think this comes with the encouragement of family members who have weighed in on this, and i thinki think is the most appr. i cannot think of a citizen who has done more for the city and has the city as his highest priority on most everything he has done. i hav

bison lead 19-7 right now in the second half. >>> let's go to lorton, virginia. high school football play-offs. stallions playing hanover for a spot in the state championship. first drive of the game for south county. shane foley goes up top to his big receiver michael ferguson. makes a great catch. 7-0 stallions. later in the first, foley, pitches to anthony rector. breaks the tackle. he's in. 22-yard touchdown. 14-0 south county. second quarter, same score. foley hands it off to ryan taylor. he flips it to jake josephs. back to foley. and he airs it out to ferguson. makes another great grab. stallions down around the 10 yard line. they cap the drive with more trickeration. foley pitches to josephs. throws to ferguson. touchdown south county. right now they lead 38-22 in the fourth quarter. >>> hometown hockey, caps will try to snap a four-game losing streak at home against the senators tonight. hunter going for his first nhl victory as a head coach. you can see the game at 7:00 on comcast sports net. >>> former caps coach bruce beaudreau. ducks up 2-0, on the a

the marschall heights bison of dc got a special treat.y won the pop warner super bowl this weekend in orlando and they honored them with a pizza party. they became the peewee national football champs. the bison are 15-0 this season. congratulations to them. and i do want to give a shout out, though, to the beacon house falcons also of dc. they were the 2011 junior peewee national runner up champions. and they were 14-1. so two dc teams doing phenomenal. >> wow. >> at a young age. >> yes. hopefully they'll stay.

down by four, the bison. one of the 20 turnovers. porter finishes with the flush. hoya's up 6. under three to play, georgia up 9. hoya's on the break. he jams it home. porter finishes with a team high 13 points. georgetown wins its six in a row with the hoyas down the bison 62-48. >>> let's go to the nhl, while hats showered on the ice at the verizon center last night, capitals defenseman dennis wideman, he knew he didn't really deserve it. the league confirmed that feeling by crediting the caps' fourth and final goal of the night to brooks light. it was a big night regardless for dennis wideman. useless celebration. capitals taking on the maple leafs. deflects to wideman who scores. caps up 1-0. in the second period, caps on another power play. this is beautiful. wideman just rips it into the back of the net. caps up 2-0. late third period, caps up 1, on the power play again. this was the goal that was changed. wide marn wi wideman with the one-timer. you see the light right there in front of the net. it went right off his leg. now it's been credited to like. caps beat the lea

the marschall heights bison of dc got a special treat.e pop warner super bowl this weekend in orlando and they honored them with a pizza party. they became the peewee national football champs. the bison are 15-0 this season. congratulations to them. and i do want to give a shout out, though, to the beacon house falcons also of dc. they were the 2011 junior peewee national runner up champions. and they were 14-1. so two dc teams doing phenomenal. >> wow. >> at a young age. >> yes. hopefully they'll stay. maybe go to maryland. a local team. >> wouldn't be bad. we'll be right back. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in communities across the country, from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing industries that are creating jobs in boston or providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community and supporting training programs for tomorrow's workforce in los angeles. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can help make opportunity

how about the blonde bison?. you don't want people to know what you did but just look fresh. job well done. it will be open fully in 2012. check it out. these are pieces of art. i hope you enjoyed it, sam. >> no one likes yellow snow. >> how about the blonde bison? >> i'm going to take my family. >> thank you, george. any other comments from the audience? [ cheers ] [ alarm rings ] [ male announcer ] take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. fixodent denture adhesive challenges you to a 12 hour hold test. ♪ thanks to its time released formula, you apply fixodent once, and it holds all day. ♪ take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. guaranteed, or your money back. ♪ and for guaranteed freshness try fixodent cleanser, plus scope ingredients. >>> off to a great start. tomorrow, andrea bocelli. and tyra banks, too. >>> send in your videos. we want the best holiday lights across the country. my lights are better than your lights. we'll show the winner here on "gma." josh, give it a shot. >> emery, come here. hi. say

how about the blonde bison?don't want people to know what you did but just look fresh. job well done. it will be open fully in 2012. check it out. these are pieces of art. i hope you enjoyed it, sam. >> no one likes yellow snow. >> how about the blonde bison? >> i'm going to take my family. >> thank you, george. any other comments from the [ female announcer ] 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 stasdel. so delicious...so fun. pillsbury holiday star cookies start with pillsbury cookie dough easy. then add my own favorite frosting and sprinkles. just three ingredients to sweet memors. holiday ideas made easy. >>> off to a great start. tomorrow, andrea bocelli. and tyra banks, too. >>> send in your videos. we want the best holiday lights across the country. my lights are better than your lights. we'll show the winner here on "gma." josh, give

how about the blonde bison? don't want people to know what you did but just look fresh. job well done. it will be open fully in 2012. check it out. these are pieces of art. i hope you enjoyed it, sam. >> no one likes yellow snow. >> how about the blonde bison? >> i'm going to take my family. >> thank you, george. any other comments from the audience? [ cheers ] captain, we have to keep going! [ growling ] one step at a time. come on, snowy. look! did you ever see a more beautiful sight? captain! it's just a mirage. - snowy? what is it, boy? - [ barks ] what do you see? [ yipping ] [ woman announcing ] just like snowy, your dog's one of a kind. overactive imagination and all. [ barking ] long live your buddy. long live your dog. [ tintin ] snowy! purina dog chow. see the adventures of tintin, only in theaters. >>> off to a great start. tomorrow, andrea bocelli. and tyra banks, too. >>> send in your videos. we want the best holiday lights across the country. my lights are better than your lights. we'll show the wi

it's like bisons going across the mid west.re are so many dogs they are covering the ground cht it's a get together. all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day camp now, you will see 50 kids there. the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drought tolerant. one that stands the dry summers here. the whole park is under going quite a bit of reconstruction. they will renovate the trails around the lake. and the big project is the capital project for pine lake meadow. they are going to returf the dog run and the meadow by the day camp. we are looking for a very busy fall. by the spring of next year should have major renovations to the mark thal make it an outstanding park. i don't ever refer to it as my park. all the parks belong to all the people. this park belongs just as much to the families in the bay view sdrishth as it does to the gentlemen that lives across the street. i'm happy and proud to be the caretaker for them. i wak

. -- she asked me about bison. we have endangered species in the bay area. we have them on the bay. we have to ask how we will be able to a protect endangered species and make sure that we can offer the type of recreation that all this can enjoy in this city. we have great challenges about that. in fact, we have a budget deficit that is about $10 million, $11 million a year and at great risk to our ability to carry out programming. we have lowered a lot of programming in san francisco. we have cut staff and raised fees paid to we have made it difficult for people to get involved in our rec and park's department. one area that we have a great challenge is at sharp park which is in pacifica. the golf course happens to be the habitat for the california red legged frog as well as the san francisco order snake. these are two creatures that we don't know how well they were so but over the next many years. -- they will survive over the next many years. i believe that the city has been looking at options and the rec and parts department has done some due diligence on how to protect these sp

at yellowstone, i got to watch my children see their first bison. and then we came to glacier national park, and it was something of a sentimental return for diane and me because 13 years earlier when we were courting, we had gone there. and as we went up going to the sun highway, i took a picture of my daughter, about to become a beautiful woman in the same place that her beautiful mother had once sat for a photograph, and then we got to logan pass, and my son will and i decided to go on a buddy hike and headed up toward hidden lake. and we came around a corner, and coming toward us were these mountain goats. and i said, "shh. just be quiet. "don't do anything to disturb them, and maybe we'll get to "take a picture." well, we just stepped to the side, and this family of mountain goats came right down the trail within about 2 or 3 feet of us, and i don't know whose eyes re bigger, will's or mine. i had asked everybody to keep a diary during our trip and that night in his diary, will wrote, "this was the most "exciting day of my life." and so it was

facebook founder mark zuckerberg apparently went hunting, he killed a bison, nicknamed it billy, thenounted its head on a wall. then, zuckerberg was like, "anyone else want to complain about the new facebook timeline? okay, good." [ laughter ] that's right, mark zuckerberg killed a bison and mounted its head on the wall, which explains why today all my farmville animals migrated to friendster. [ laughter ] get this, guys. [ light laughter ] nothing like a good friendster joke, huh? >> steve: yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: according to a new survey, the most annoying word of 2011 was "whatever" -- [ laughter ] which is why i always go with the much less annoying option "whatevsies." in honor of christmas, a town in the uk held a reindeer race on friday night. and of course, it happened to be right when my grandma was crossing the street. [ laughter and ohs ] >> steve: where was this? where? >> jimmy: i didn't tell you? >> steve: no. what happened? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you know my grandma, right? >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: she -- got run over by a reindeer. [ laughter ] sorry about that.

the bison was just strolling by. and i looked up at the driver and i said "does this happen all the time?" and he looked at me and said "all the time." and i said to myself "i've arrived," and i can't imagine being in any other place and to be honest with you, once i stepped off that bus, i never got back on. [whistle blows] coyote: two weeks after leaving yellowstone, roosevelt's whirlwind tour brought him to arizona's grand canyon for a brief stop on the way from new mexico to southern california. roosevelt had never before seen the grand canyon and he was overwhelmed by the vista from the south rim. he longed to spend more time there, but his schedule permitted only this quick visit and a few remarks to the crowd that had gathered to greet him. man as theodore roosevelt: i want to ask you to do one thing in connection with it in your own interest and in the interest of the country. keep this great wonder of nature as it now is. leave it as it is. you cannot improve it. the ages have been at work on it and man can

seven 6-month-old female baby bison were trucked in from a ranch in redding, separated by a fence inerd until both groups feel more comfortable with each other. the baby bison were purchased with the help of senator diana feinstein's husband and fionna ma. >>> the warriors schedule out and it is packed. each nba team will squeeze 66 games into 124 days thanks to the lockout. the warriors tip-off at oracle arena on christmas day against the clippers. the next day they host the chicago bulls. over the course of the season the warriors will host teams with every marquis superstar. the phoenix suns, not so lucky. >>> voters are in for next year's rock 'n' roll hall of fame. big names are getting inducted. guns n roses, beastie boys an red hot chili peppers. guns n roses the only band to get in during the first year of eligibility. lead singer axl rose hasn't ruled out a tour. >> dust off the head bands. it's 6:58 right now. a new way to save $5.00 has stores very angry. >> amazon says if you go into a store and see something you like and scan the bar code with your cell phone to see how

after they bison at helmut hollow, it was kind of dry.st recommendation to -- is to sf the park a valuation data to determine effectiveness and park maintenance activities. that is a differentiation from past years, which is to merely use it, because of the stuff that and taken within the division to use our data and the institutional lineups. these different structures are being put in place and now is the assessment of a is there receptivity on the staff line. that's exciting new recommendations. the second recommendation is to determine the key drivers of the valuation scores of the parties to more effectively manage park maintenance. that speaks to our resources in happens at the parks. we don't know to what level -- if i put a custodian here, how does that affect things down the line? is there a key driver moving a score and if so, how can we best allocate those resources? the next is to revise or clarify standards and methodology entrain evaluators to improve the consistency of the violations. in general, we are seeing -- this is ou

facebook founder mark zuckerberg went hunting, killed a bison, nicknamed it billy and mounted it's head like anybody else want to complain about the new time line? that's right. which explains why today all my farmville animals migrated to friendster. a town in the uk held a reindeer race friday night. and of course it happened to be right when my grandma was crossing the street. that's right, there was a reindeer race on friday. the runners included dasher, dancer, prancer and the winner of the race, mutumbay. >> tonight he welcomes lewis c.k. and aretha franklin. that's late night with jimmy fallen week nights at 12:35, 11:35 central time on your local nbc station. >>> i'm for your first look at entertainment news. talk about biting the hand that feeds you. piers morgan sounded like anything but a fan of celebrities. he told england's inquiry into media ethics he never authorized phone-hacking and blasted celebrities who used the media for publicity and exposure and then whine about privacy. >>> gerard butler is recovering after a weekend surfing accident in which he was dragged over

peewee division, leading the marshall heights bison, also ahead of d.c., they're the national champs,he wildcats. love the hair. and in the junior midget division, thanks to three touchdowns from this kid, keith west. the white oak warriors are national champs, they take down virginia beach mustangs, 34-30. way to represent the d.c. area. those kids are ballin' out there. >>> to college hoops, in georgetown, visiting number three syracuse, the highest ranked owe poen engt the colonials have faced since losing to ucla back in 2007. unfortunately for gw, tonight's loss was more lopsided. jim boeheim's orange looking to get to a win over george washington. archbishop carroll product, bishop slows it down. second half, more of the same, mikech turns it over again. this time, deion waders finishes with the flush, the orange crush the colonials 85-50. also, georgetown wins today over howard. also, some big boxing action at the d.c. convention center tonight. lamont peterson is in action right now, his brother anthony is a winner in the light heavyweight division. and in the heavyweight boug

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so zimoff bought some land, shipped in herds of animals, horses, canadian bison and reindeer. with a four ton truck like a mammoth he knocked down trees that absorb heat and grasslands, as in ancient times, reappeared. the herds ate the grass and trampled the cold snow into the ground. temperatures fell and at least in this park the permafrost is now stable. science 101. >> at first, people say, it's unbelievable. next step, they say, why not? and third step, it's best idea. >> can the experiment be scaled up to stop the bomb? >> is it possible with proper investment? absolutely. >> reporter: zimoff admits he's a wilderness nut who never set out to save civilization but it might work out that way. jim maceda, nbc news, northeast siberia. >> when we come back it's lights-out this weekend for a household staple. >>> we learned today that a recipient of this nation's highest military honor has died. mike colaulillo was one of 85 living recipients of the medal of honor for actions in germany during world war ii. on april 7, 1945, he risked his own life, leading his company into en

they improve to 8-0 versus the bison. >>> well, we have talked about it all week long here on fox 5.mpionship boxing is back in our nation's capital and no one is happier than our own dave ross, right, mo? davis at the convention center. what's more exciting for you, dave, christmas morning or fight night? >> absolutely fight night. no offense, mom. fight night is like christmas all wrapped in one. our very own dave hunter is stuck in traffic. if you are coming here, come early. people are starting to know about it. we are right at the rink here. people are starting to file in. it's only 6:20. the main event won't begin for about four hours. there are nine fight, murph, on this card. just about every fight has a maryland or inia connection. the top two that we are looking for, seth mayhem mitchell, a friend of fox 5. 23-0-1. if he wins tonight against abramhoff, he will be in line against one the klitchko boys. and again, the main event is amir kahn against lamont peterson. amir a little bit more glib, ready to go, taking things in stride. lamont is tired of talking. look, he does no

a european bison is the symbol of the bill of asia forest the largest population of them in the world can be found here hunting them is prohibited however so leonid kravchuk proposed wild boars instead. of no way to get closer just to be certain. the boar stood there eating. but as we moved. walked away. it. didn't suit it on that day and killed nuffield. in one thousand nine hundred one step. was the morton of the viscously residence he was asked to accommodate russian and ukrainian officials in the government residence and meet boris yeltsin in person yeltsin was the last to arrive in viscously that day in the evening i met him at the entrance it was clear that yeltsin had just come from a social function. visit was carefully prepared for everyone realized that the outcome of the talks as a whole depended very much on his mood. i was standing at the front door to the residence and i held this part of them. came through i greeted him. and he was led to his. there he rested until it was supper time. the verdict on the soviet union was pronounced that same night during a joint supper o

meanwhile the marshal heights bison also from d.c. in white were victorious in the peewee division. from silver spring, maryland edging out virginia peach beach 34-30. good going to those young kiddies out there getting the win. >> number 9, you'll see the guy in the pros. >> spotting that talent. >> become a mentor to that kid. recap for us? >> cold tonight. we're talking below freezing pretty much everywhere. by early tomorrow morning, bundle up. temperatures in the low to mid- 40s tomorrow. >> thanks a lot. see you back here tomorrow. goodbye.