s caesar chavez is. leyland avenue is next and though the next mayor will take the credit 19th avenue is next and that is long overview. this is what this represents. we told these ideas from all across the country. portland was doing some of this. but we don't like being second place to portland. so, eat your heart out, portland. we took a little bit from bloomberg in new york and that was the idea of payment to park land but we don't like to be second place, we are now doing more on that and we took the ideas from chicago. and i will say if there is any father or mother of these ideas it is mayor daley in chicago who is on these things years and years ago. i went out there when i first became mayor, got so jealous going down michigan avenue i said we have to do something so we stole their greening director and brought her out here and tasked here with putting these plans together and i want to specifically acknowledge astrid and her hard work and collaborative effort with all of you as well. i'm excite

what come to mind is a project i worked on at caesar chavez and gererroro. this house was delomolished. it was concrete and now it's a dumping ground. because in the absence of any plantings it as a freeway connecter came tire land and encampment and the cattate a rat and -- it built. so we pulled it down and planted it. getting resources in the neighborhood. there was a little old lady across the street that lived there forever. when she sees anybody out there doing something she yells at them. we passed the plate around and got a hose and sprayer. she waters and when she's on vacation she talks to her neighbors on either side. it's not rocket science. i encourage to you walk around your neighborhood and look at where there is too much concrete. there are a lot of ridiculous concrete things that are crying out for something. you know planters or garden spaces. those are the things that make neighborhoods liveable and the process of doing something with them also what makes neighborhoods liveable. go ahead. >> well, i would, the question is, where do you sta

for this opportunity to make public comment, my name is mary anna ferris, ferris, i live at 3631 caesar chavez next to the proposed st. luke's hospital site. i am here representing a coalition of neighbors and neighborhood groups surrounding the hospital association, i represent lost flock, tiffany neighbors and the san jose guerrero coalition to save our streets. many of the families in our coalition live adjacent to the hospital campus and along the proposed truck routes that winds its way through our residential streets. all of our lives will be impacted both during construction and after the building is finished. we stand together before you to make our public comment. we are concerned with the accuracy of the alternatives analysis and several of the impact analyses, including traffic, noise, and air quality. we are particularly concerned, because there are very young, elderly, and infirm residents who live in the buildings bordering the proposed construction sites, truck routes and in the immediate neighborhood surrounding both. as a group, we are actively engaged in a productive dialogue

we worked on greening on san jose we have 9 blocks done south of caesar chavez and we are working to go north. the community challenge program has been retool indeed 2005 to encourage neighborhood involvement. that's me. >> this is david wincelow. >> i'man architect and urban planner and currently take into practice one. focuses of my research over the last 20 years is alleys. and i will talk about that as we get started. >> i'm director of kid serve an art program where we guide community and young people through the process of creating permanent permanent mosake art and transform a wall in the neighborhood. >> the panelists what were invieded here because they have received community challenge grants but they also have public processes in terms of for one thing, creating something oust nothing where nothing was possible previously but figuring out who the stake holders are in their community and involving them on going. hopefully with a view being able to channel that involvement into other issues. because that typically is the thing that sustained neighborhoods if you grow from a

avenue and then the significant work that will be disproportionately certed by harrington, down caesar chavez will be extraordinary. those will be the final three of those nine great streets projects. leland and sam bruno were among the last two. we're celebrating this -- this today, but we're also celebrating those that we completed in the past number of months and last few years. why does this matter? you'll hear in a second why this matters. creates a sense of place. a streetscape with the neighborhood and it com -- in a completely different way. it encourages and enlivens a pedstrone flow and -- pedestrian flow and sense of community. it slows people down. i have been here 300 times, if you think i'm exaggerating, i have not. i spent too much time. there's never too much time, but a lot of time at the sunny dale housing projects. the first few years i was mayor, i was down here for the wrong reasons, that was because of the struggles and frustration we had to deal with the issue of crime and violence and coming down back and forth, almost on a weekly basis to visit the families that were

caesar chavez plaza drew a crowd. the fountains were popular with children trying to cool down in the 99-degree heat. sandhya patel is here now. 99 in san jose, but you also have a lot of triple digit temperatures across the bay. >> absolutely. and this day will go down in the record books. we had 10 records. one was a tie out of the 10. santa rosa, 104 degrees. 99 in san rafael. sfo was 9 5. oakland international, 100. breaking it previous record of -- its previous record. the city of oakland, 92 degrees. that was the tie. richmond 97. moffett field, 96 degrees. look at livermore. it was scorching hot at 105 degrees. gilroy up there at 10 4. and san jose, 99 degrees. other parts of the bay area got up to 103 in concord and 101 in morgan hill. san francisco, 92 degrees. 100 in napa. you in the though half moon bay, 72 degrees. we are going to see considerably cooler weather as we head in toward your wednesday. especially at the coastline. inland areas will see a drop off as well. the full look at your accu-weather sev

back in 1975 brown marched with labor leader caesar chavez and helped the united farm workers pass arucial law that granted them the right to organize among other things. vfw leader says they want to remind voters of brown's history and what is at stake in november. the second goal was to garner more support for firefighter funding. dozens of san jose firefighters were laid off this summer because of the city's budget gap and firefighters' refusal to take a pay cut. >>> always wanted to be in the carpool lane on 680 over the grade? your opportunity is here, but it's for a price. >>> i stand before you today only one-third free. >> one family reunited while two others hold out hope. new information about the berkeley graduate just freed and her health. >>> and gimmick or genius? the result of a school program that pays children to bring home the a's. and you might be surprised. >>> and we have just a little bit of are inout there, about a tenth of an inch in some places. about a quarter incht. s helena. i'll have your forecast coming up in a bit. get any phone free only at verizon whe

the man crashed his motorcycle near the caesar chavez street exit. there is no word on the condition of the victim. >> u.c. berkeley graduate student shair ra shourd could be headed home for a price. iran says it wants half a million dollars in bail to free her. this comes after tehran would be released yesterday as a gesture of good faith to mark the end of the holy month of ramadan. her attorney says she will be released within two or three days. iran wants her to return at a later date to face trial. the three are accused of entering the country illegally over a year ago. >> let's get a preview of the accu-weather forecast. >> we do did have a bit more fog this morning although it is sunny in san jose at this hour. here is a picture, cooler temperatures. we'll have the complete accu seven-day forecast coming up. >> and next, we'll show you how the bay area observed the anniversary of the 9 9 9 9 9 9 >> the season premiere of "oprah." oprah: with john travolta. >> and -- oprah: i had no idea. >> ahh. >> plus, one of the biggest surprises in "oprah

that man crashed his motorcycle near the caesar chavez exit. there is no word on the condition of the victims. >> for the second time an iranian authority say they will release an imprisoned bay area woman. sarah shore's pending release with two other u.c. berkeley grads for more than a year. anger continues to boil over in anger continues to boil over in afghanistan even though a!% man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! how about a nice home for our tv? how about doors to hide that drive-in theater? how about a cowhide rug? yee-haw! and the snacks? get their own place. let the marathon begin! no one fights harder than jerry mcnerney. when some vets were forced to travel hours for care, mcnerney fought for a new v.a. medical facility, and won. mcnerney took on washington gridlock, to improve care for vets with traumatic brain injuries. his plan became law. that's why vfw state command

but in san francisco a new injury accident just reported north 101 past 280 near caesar chavez.ht-hand side but sending emergency crews. that tends to slow things down. sluggish is southbound 680 as you make your way towards the sunol grade and into that new expressway lane. so right now a backup to the new express lane but once you're in that stretch fremont looking pretty good. >> frances, thank you very much and thank you for joining us for the morning news. >> we'll be back are a local update for you at 7:22. joins for the midday news today joins for the midday news today at woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your check using the chase mobile app on your iphone, and hit send. it went through. this is so cool. this is so cool. you wanna try it? yea. ok. make a depositght. from anytime--make a det with your iphone. to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters.

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also this morning, san francisco northbound 101 some slowing from caesar can chavez up to the 80 splithe south bay traffic has been slow on 280 on 101 in downtown san jose. here's steve. >> thank you, sal. >>> a couple of notes here. everybody says calm on their 880 report. but when sfo, napa -- and you can even throw cordelia in there, calm. that's very unusual. at least somebody has a breeze. >> spare the air day is out. a little bit more on the unhealthy side. you get the inversion. you start to cool off. there is your inversion. that tracks the pollutants and that's why spare the air day today and tomorrow. but the fog is gone. a little northeasterly breeze took care of that. severe, clear, sunny and warmer across the board, 70s 80s and 90s. already 62 in san francisco. september we look for sunshine and warmer weather and we're starting -- that's exactly what we have today. 64 san jose, 64 oakland/berkeley. 66 sacramento. 90s there. 50s down in southern california. 60s because that's where the fog is. it's been pushed down south of point concepcion. there you go. that's it. that's

avenue and then the significant work that will be disproportionately certed by harrington, down caesar chavez will be extraordinary. those will be the final three of those nine great streets projects. leland and sam bruno were among the last two. we're celebrating this -- this today, but we're also celebrating those that we completed in the past number of months and last few years. why does this matter? you'll hear in a second why this matters. creates a sense of place. a streetscape with the neighborhood and it com -- in a completely different way. it encourages and enlivens a pedstrone flow and -- pedestrian flow and sense of community. it slows