poison has been used all over glen canyon. nap is a misguided plan that diverts our tax dollars to a wasteful agenda. >> ♪ city country roads take me home with a song for those bonds make it safe make it pretty make it better, won't you? you make a blue-green city. make it better in the city night city was ous -- ours and i still can see blue-green city in my dreams wo-wo-won't you president chiu love the parks, do some park to love someone like you the trees and plants oh, how they grew love, won't you do we need a better better from you love you do ♪ thank you, mr. paulson. next speaker? >> honorable supervisors. supervisor chiu:. your district, our district? district three. i support the bond majors as -- measures as written. i'm a volunteer in the natural areas program. and i'm a forest-loving person and i would like to commend the city and county of san francisco and in familiar the board of supervisors over the last 20, 30 years for having pulled off what at one time looked to be impossible, a broad agreement by various

and the dogs that come through the canyon. and it's a very popular area to take pets because it's a beautiful walking area. so my ongoing concern has to do with the use of herbicides in the canyon, and when families send their children to a preschool in the canyon or they send their children to a camp there or you even think about going to the park, you think you're going to a healthy place and i think that's becoming less of a truth. believe it or not there's actually a sign posted below the community garden on the trails that there is a spring of herbicides between the 13th and 18th of june and there's winds in the canyon and it's an organic garden and we're all growing fooled so what stops the wind from blowing the herbicides up into our community gardens which, is only feet away? i'd really like to focus on the herbicides going forward and the use of them in the bond issue. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> my name is jerry risk and i was a teacher in san francisco for many years and i live in miraloma pa

that would have delivered a message down into the canyon. i imagined people all over the four corners all facing the same direction at the same moment, maybe this didn't happen. everything is conjecture out there, but you know something was going on. how much do you want to know? when i saw that granary up in the cliff, i wanted to know what was inside of it. i thought i could easily break the seal around this stone. i had a good knife with me. it would be very easy to cut a square around it and just pop that stone out and i would see what's inside of a granary, what these people left behind. it was something for their survival, something that they could return to, something very important. i spent years going through museum collections and opening up drawers in the basement of the peabody and the american museum of natural history where you are going through masses of artifacts, the striking black on white pottery of the anastazi, what is in this place? but the granary was not mine to open, it was left by other people, a stockpile waiting f

and the arch leads down into a canyon that opens up and you go up a side canyon into this little alcove where a piece of the ceiling has fallen just slightly. and i found this place. the first time i found this was on the 27th day of a back pack and i got up to this spot and i took my hat off and i stuck my head in the crack, which is something that i do frequently out there, because i know every once in a while you're going it see something back inside one of these cracks. and back in this crack there was a basket about 1500 years old that had been turned upside down so it wouldn't collect anything and it was way back down in the crack so that no light or wind would touch it. and it was in perfect condition. you could put it on your kitchen table. you could put apples in it. and as far as i know, it's still there except for that piece which we went on this trip to collect a piece for radio carbon dating, a federal archeologist in southern utah had asked us to pick up one piece of it to bring out. so that part of the basket is missing. there are artifacts everywhere. they stand out. thi

the waldo canyon fire doubled in size just in the last 24 hours. there are six wildfires burning out of control in colorado tonight. high winds continue to fan the flames which have burned hundreds of homes and coming up in about ten minutes we'll go live to colorado for the latest on fire fighting efforts. >>> quick action in the east bay today as firefighters run rushed to put out two separate grass fires burning almost simultaneously near crockett. the fire started just before noon today. pg&e confirms one of them was started by a bird who flew into electrical equipment spashging the flames and a brief power outage. >>> high winds and hot weather is obviously a horrible combination when it comes to battling any type of wildfire. >> let's check in with rob mayeda to see if there's any relief. >> what we're seeing in colorado continues to be triple digit temperatures for a week and canyons and passes accelerating the winds. the map behind me is showing you the temperatures which have been through the 90s and the bright white cloud tops from thunde

once you get to the grand canyon. south rim which is epien 365 days a year, and it's busy, lots of crowds there, but you can see the great views and there's a village you can explore. great for families, too. >> you have inspired me. the best time in which to go? >> yes, as i said, it's open, the south rim is open 365 tidaya year, but it can get crowded in the summer time. the best time is the spring and fall when temperatures will be lower as well. if you want to go in the summer, it's still a great time to go. it's hot, put the best time to show up is before 10:00 and after 2:00 p.m. when the temperatures aren't quite as high. >> fantastic. thanks so much. jetsetter.com. great ideas, and hey, i'm grand canyon bound now. >> great. thank you. >> you want to get more information about grand canyon adventures like rafting trips and more, head to jetsetter.com/cnn. >> beautiful and bald, the new kind of doll that is giving barbie a run for her money. so we invented a warning.. you can feel. introducing the all new cadill

. >> and later tonight grand canyon of the pacific. the dramatic ups and downs of the ocean floor just off the golden gate. stay >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the district attorney called seven witnesses in the high profile priest beating case in san jose. abc 7 brings us up to date on developments. >> this woman mary eden is a key prosecution witness. she testified today that she saw will lynch strike father lindner twice on may 10, 2010 but under cross examination admitted the story changed from what she told authorities. >> i don't think she saw anything. i think she told police the truth when they got there. she was interviewed and said the only thing she was will walking out. she didn't see the beating. >> this district attorney is having to try the case without hearing from the father himself because the judge struck his testimony from the record after he took the fifth as protection against self incrimination. abc 7 news says the prosecution will relie on photos taken after the assault. >> if a j

we just told you about the waldo canyon fire. that's the most dangerous one because of its proximity to colorado springs, population 400,000 there. but this one up near fort collins is even bigger. it has burned more than 87,000 akers, destroy -- acres, destroyed 200,000 home, and firefighters are working to put that out there. winds are shifting tonight, and that makes fighting these fires even more difficult. >> and fire season has arrive leader in the bay area. and that means that firefighters are on high-alert. cal fire is holding a week of training exercises in the santa cruz mountains. this group spent the day clearing brush and cutting fire breaks on a hilltop in ben lowman. while not quite as dry as things in colorado, firefighters are still concerned that the threat is still very real here too. >>> taking a live look outside this evening, you start to see a little bit of cloud coverage rolling in, those low clouds. we saw pretty nice temperatures out there today. of right now, fairly mild, especially away from the coastl

it looks like he's going into the canyon. >> and though he failed to carry the snake river canyon, it was a blazing moment in pop culture. mtv's jack ass and the go procamera has given rise to a new generation of do it yourself daredevils with new technology, helping to push man's limits beyond any reasonable sanity. but we can't look away. and tonight, was another example. as nic reached the soaking center of the falls. >> you know that mist was thick. it was hard to see at times. >> his wife an eighth generation acrobat, rooting on the man she's known all her life. despite the blinding mist and roaring falls and screaming crowds, and self proclaimed king of the high wire, completed it. >> he entered his 26th man of the walk. >> greets. >> he breaks the tape. nic wallenda, walking his way into history. >> and after clearing customs -- >> let me see your passport, please. >> it was time to celebrate. >> at the middle of wire, i started thinking about my great grandfather, paying tribute to him and all the walks that he did and was successful on. that's what this is all about. paying t

american canyon a possible alternate.slow westbound 80 -- also slow westbound 80 through richmond accident reported a while ago traffic moving slowly about 25 miles an hour in fact, heavy traffic now starting to back up towards hilltop on westbound 80 that one looks like a slow spot. earlier accident north 101 in san jose, on the shoulder, you see the yellow that's where traffic is a little slow under the speed limit from alum rock or up towards 87. the bay bridge toll minor back up beyond the end of the parking lot. >>> 6:53. the cost of a bart ticket is going up. starting july 1st, fares increase 1.4% an extra nickel or dime for most trips. the board approved the increase yesterday. >>> bay area entrepreneur elon musk will deliver the commencement at the california institute of technology today. he's the founder of spacex the privately funded start-up made history may 31st, when it launched an unmanned capsule to the international space station that carried supplies. the 40-year-old musk is expected to talk about innova

a charred body discovered in a home destroyed by the waldo canyon fire. 36,000 people out of colorado springs. >>> president obama is traveling to colorado today to survey the damage. meantime, firefighters are hoping calming winds will help battle that blaze. >>> the gop is vowing to take the health care fight to november now. after the supreme court upheld president obama's health care law. president obama declaring victory, not only for himself but for all americans. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is russia for talks with the foreign minister, the russian foreign minister on the crisis in syria. the u.s. is seeking support for regime change, something russia is against. clinton will attend an emergency meeting on syria tomorrow led by u.n. envoy anone. george zimmerman is hoping to convince a judge to grant him new bond after his first bail was revoked. he admitted to his representing his finances at the first bond hearing. but his attorneys say he's not a flight risk. he is being held on murder trials in the death of trayvon martin. >> nike st

what is the latest information on waldo canyon? at last word we understood it spanned 17,000 acres. >> well, that's correct. it's a little over 17,000 acres now. the crews made good progress on it yesterday. they are at 25% of the fires now contained. >> what kind of help are you getting? how much of the nation's firefighting air fleet is in colorado right now? >> we have close to almost 1300 people on this fire. we've been using the air fleet we need, air tankers, helicopter to support the firefighters on the ground. we've also brought in the military planes, c-130s working on this fire for the last few days. >> let's talk about some of the firefighting technology. you have talked recently in the news about the need to update air tankers and other firefighting equipment. what exactly is the problem? >> we've been bringing on additional air tankers this year. we current have 25 air tankers available. this also includes eight military planes and also one dc 10 we also use. in addition to that, we also have 34 large helicopters. thos

>> and later tonight grand canyon of the pacific. the dramatic ups and downs of the ocean floor just off the golden gate. stay

when it goes out, it blows down the canyons and we had fires in the canyons. fires were a big bellow last night and got worse and worse all night long. >> as you look at your weather map, beyond those thunderstorms you pointed out, which could mean more danger because of the winds that they're going to carry, is there anything out there that says to you a couple days they might get some help? >> not a couple days. i think maybe the el nino pattern trying to develop in the pacific over a month maybe be able to put down enough rain to at least alleviate the drought. we've had like 30% of what we need for rainfall to be average over the past two years. this entire area is just parched. trees are dying because there's not enough rain. trees are dying because of what's called the rocky mountain pine beetle. it's just waiting to happen. and with the lightning here, i suspect we could have five or ten more fires by tomorrow. >> wow. chad myers, thank you very much. i know you'll keep an eye on it for us. thanks so much. >> i will. >>> right now, thousands of colorado

she was hiking along aiding canyon. the rescuer to occur by a nearby hospital. within the year, rescuers say that to about 60 people had to be rescued from that canyon. >>> they came to the barrier to get a firsthand look of the full scale version. he build a replica on his farm near wichita. >>> the one and only previous time marry saw the bridge was when he was 19 years old. san francisco heard about the story and paid for a complementary chip to come out and see it. disney will announce today that all products advertised today on his child tv will comply with its new standards. michelle obama will take part. it's an effort to reduce the childhood obesity. the queen's husband, prince philip, is hospitalized with a bladder infection. he will not take part of the jubilee festivities because he is hospitalized. >>> the party continues today. dozens of members of the royal family packed into the st. paul's cathedral. >>> i've watched the carnation, i've watched her through everything. i think she is amazing. >>> a four day diamond jubilee celebration marks the que

the waldo canyon fire west of colorado springs has grown to more than 5,000 acres in a few days. meanwhile the high park fire has burned more than 80,000 acres. we have the latest now from denver. >> reporter: dry and windy conditions are not helping containment efforts of colorado's most recent wildfire that ignited over the weekend. >> firefighters look for the best place to make a stand, roads, rivers, ridges and kind of connect the dots so we can put some containment line in and stop the forward spread. >> reporter: thousands remain evacuated, although some were given a police escort back in for an additional precious 30 minutes. >> originally they said 72 hours. now it's past 72 hours. so we'll go back and get a few more things. >> reporter: while no homes have been destroyed in this fast moving brays, colorado's $5 billion -- blaze, colorado's $5 billion tourist industry is expected to take a hit. garden of the gods and pike's peak highway remain closed. the waldo canyon fire is burning just miles from the air force academy in colorado springs. >> between all the forest fir

now it is the grand canyon. >> i love the last sprint across. hurry up. there. >> i would have been doing that from the first step, not just the last, but we wish him well. we had our brush with him at the inner harbor two months ago. not even two months ago. we wish him well. >> a nice guy. >>> now, if you go to the inner harbor, not anything quite so drastic and death defying. now, there were two ships now three there, that is pier 6. okay. i cannot tell what is on the other end of that. >> they are pulling out to get a better view. >> there is so many of them around. it is hard to tell from a small square cut out where they are all. >> that is -- >> no. it is not. it is on the wrong side. okay. someone is yelling -- >> it is by mccormick. >> okay. there is the tip at the bottom of your screen, the tip of the national aquarium, the glass. >> okay. now we know where we are. there are more than 40 around. so, that gives you an idea. if you get down there, you will have more than enough to pick from. celebration is a great event. you have to deal with the

waldo canyon fire is 25% contained right now. more than 30,000 people have been evacuated. two are dead. some evacuees have been allowed back home where the red cross is feeding them. a volunteer from the peninsula is leading the operation. we talked to him by phone. >> cleaning them during the day so they don't have to stop and get lunch or anything, we will be going around with mobile and giving them ability to get on back and get the job done. >>. >> firefighters are getting help. governor brown have order twod aircraft to colorado. >>> wildfire that has grown to 40 acres is burning out of control in the town of harriman in central auto out. this is rose canyon area. fire officials are warning people to stay off the roads in the fire zone. in many cases they are impassable anyway. >> dan: this tahoe, they are banning smoking this summer in an attempt to keep forest fires from breaking out. they announced the ban citing extreme fire conditions. and open flames and fireworks are banned. >> day two this n ross mirkarimi misconduct hearing. he denied one of key charges that

this is franklin canyon golf course and franklin canyon is still operational right now.though these power lines have come down with 12,000-volts of electricity and the power lines do supply the power to the golf course. so, a lot of things out here very much affected but business still happening here at the golf course. this kind of thing has happened quite a bit. not necessarily on this power line or this power pole but a couple of poles up have been taken out by cars quiet frequently in past years and there's been measures put in place to make sure that doesn't happen in the future. guardrails around one of them to alleviate that problem with one power pole down. this one is another one. now you can see the pg & e the phone crews are out here working on the line. sometime out here this evening, unclear when but they'll be able to put those power lines put back up on a new pole and reopen. all the traffic on i4. live by franklin canyon i'm john sasaki. >>> our coverage continues online at ktvu.com. you can click on the traffic tab on the top of the page. >>> the u.s. op

also, the fire and the smoafnlgt the waldo canyon fire is only about 5% contained. >> any complaints? no. look at this. unbelievable beautiful day, but we may be turning it up a notch or two on the thermometer or three. >> not four, but three. they're coming, jamie. we typically always expect it in july and early aug gust we'll get a -- august. we'll get a surge. take a look outside. a gorgeous view of the sail boats on the severn river. right now you can see the setup is a nice one with a few passing clouds. 85 degrees. winds west, northwest at 15. humidity just under 30%. bright and sunny over bel air. just a few passing clouds in the heart of harford county. no chance for rain. it's dry. we could use some rain around here, not the excessive heat bubble, maybe a pop-up storm. d.c. included as we go toward friday, saturday, sunday, monday. again, the main focus will be this building heat scenario that will take awhile to develop but we always have that heat watch for philly, baltimore, d.c., into northern virginia. we're not mid-80s, upper vest -- we're in the mid-80s, upper 70s. one

waldo canyon fire is 25% contained right now. more than 30,000 people have been evacuated. two are dead. some evacuees have been allowed back home where the red cross is feeding them. a volunteer from the peninsula is leading the operation. we talked to him by phone. >> cleaning them during the day so they don't have to stop and get lunch or anything, we will be going around with mobile and giving them ability to get on back and get the job done. >>. >> firefighters are getting help. governor brown have order twod aircraft to colorado. >>> wildfire that has grown to 40 acres is burning out of control in the town of harriman in central auto out. this is rose canyon area. fire officials are warning people to stay off the roads in the fire zone. in many cases they are impassable anyway. >> dan: this tahoe, they are banning smoking this summer in an attempt to keep forest fires from breaking out. they announced the ban citing extreme fire conditions. and open flames and fireworks are banned. >> day two this n ross mirkarimi misconduct hearing. he denied one of key charges that

the worst area appears to be the waldo connion fire -- canyon fire. it's in colorado springs. we have more. it looks pretty bad. >> reporter: kelly, this is -- kelly, as you can see, this wind has really picked up. it brought with it a dry thunderstorm. lightning, wind, very little rain. the devastation and destruction continues to grow in cooling col as mullet -- colorado as multiple fires burn across the state. firefighters are now focusing on a massive blaze on the outskirts of colorado spring. the raging inferno doubled in skies, now burning more than 24 square miles. >> it's not close to being contained. >> reporter: it's threatening colorado's second largest city. they don't know how many homes have burned. the conditions are too dangerous. more than 32,000 people fled to safety when this jumped to the canyon. >> we saw fire coming down the road. >> reporter: showers of ash fell from the sky as drivers tried to escape the gridlock of traffic. >> it's just the scariest thing i've ever seen. >> reporter: forecasters say there will be no break for mother nature. it can brin

this is rose canyon area.e stay off people to stay off the roads in the fire zone. in many cases they are impassable anyway. >> dan: this tahoe, they are banning smoking this summer in an attempt to keep forest fires from breaking out. they announced the ban citing extreme fire conditions. and open flames and fireworks are banned. >> day two this n ross mirkarimi misconduct hearing. he denied one of key charges that led to his suspension but he tried to convince witnesses . he is accused of bruising his wife's arm during an argument. >> at any time, did you dissuade anyone from any law enforcement investigation? >> never. >> at any time did you ever ask anyone to destroy any evidence? >> never. >> after the bomb scare, the mayor said suspended him because the actions had direct consequences. also mirkarimi's wife's attorney that she will testify either in person or by video. >>> on the eve of the tour de france, a defending champion will be defending himself against charges that he used performance enhance 89

he's giving advice. >> steve: you went to the grand canyon? >> jimmy: he went to the grand canyon.: then he says, "weak sauce." >> steve: all caps, "weak sauce." >> jimmy: probably an echo when he said it in the grand canyon. [ imitates echo ] "weak sauce -- weak sauce -- weak sauce --" >> steve: "it's just a hole!" because it's samuel l. paxton. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "it's just a mother f-in' hole!" [ laughter ] >> steve: "weak sauce!" >> jimmy: "weak mother f-in' sauce!" this is from @emtmarine. he says, "my mom got hit in the face by bird crap when she put her head out the window like the family dog." [ laughter ] >> steve: "this vacation is -- now i've got feces in my mouth." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this from @myherodocbrown. she says, "my family made me sleep in what they called 'the nest' -- blankets in a pile on the floor of a hotel room." [ laughter ] "billy, you're lucky. you get to sleep on -- uh, the nest." [ laughter ] >> steve: "it's adventure sleeping." >> jimmy: "put a bunch of clothes on the ground." this one's from @jlike, she says, "my sister was taking pictures w

. >> the company that operates the smoky canyon mines. >> have you shown simplot these mute ant fishtures? >> those pictures came from simplot's own reports that they commissioned in order to get around the current selenium standards. >> you see, with six of simplot's six idahos to mate-- phosphate mines cited for grossly exceeding federal selenium limits simplot 250k action and issued a report saying the federal limits needed to be higher. i went to simplot to talk it over with a company spokesman. >> you can tell me about this exciting two headed fish that you guys are developing? >> we really would appreciate it if you leave the premises. thank you very much. >> are you-- who are you calling? >>. >> hi, this is david at the simplot headquarters. we have some pesky reporters here who won't leave and i would appreciate it if you would send an officer to escort them out. >> sure, simplot can bully me but wait until the epa gets their hands on the report. >> all of the federal and state regulatory agencies reviewed the report. >> wait, wait, wait, wait. you are saying the epa saw this

the waldo canyon fire has destroyed some 346 homes in colorado springs, made it the most destructivefire in that state history. so far, the remains of one person have been found in one of theç destroyed homs. jinah kim has more. >> reporter: after waiting in ago any for much of the week, hundreds of evacuated families in colorado springs learned they no longer have homes. residents that have been 346 destro incredibly aggressive on this fire. we have the first break in the weather that we've had since we've been here. >> reporter: fire crews now numbering near 1500. >> seven officers with crews ready to go. >> reporter: switched from defense to offense for the first time in four days. >> as far as what's happening up in the forest or the areas we can't get to, it is going to be difficult. it is going to take time. there is going to be smoke and fire for quite some time. >> reporter: for evacuees like stephanie kaufman, this has been an emotional and physical roller coaster. >> we evacuated a couple of days ago due to the smoke. we came back and had to mandatory evac again, came to m

a distraction because we follow the earlier one for the edone canyon that cleared from 580 and this is off northbound 880 getting off of there. let's get a live picture and see how the work continues as the big rig tow truck is on the scene here. we see the rig behind it and the burned-out shell and this it lane is blocked leaving one of two -- leaving only two or three lanes left at the market street offramp. a light volume so far. 880 not a problem. we track this and the problem. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much for the update there. >>> a judge blocking all sales of samsung's galaxy tablet in the united states. the junction is temporary but in effect right now while the court tries to decide if the tablet is a complete ripoff of the ipad design. the judge points out that apple has built a very strong case. he goes to say the companies' two tablets virtually indistinguishable. samsung says it's disappointed with the court's decision. why wouldn't they be? that ruling is a small part of a larger patent battle between two tech giants scheduled to go to trial next month in san

mandatory evac again, came to monument, and now monument's on pre- evacuation. >> reporter: the waldo canyon fire is just one of nine major wildfires burning throughout colorado. there are dozens of other fires burning in other western states. jinah kim, nbc news, colorado springs. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in new york city, police have released dramatic video of a gunman opening fire in what's being described as a random act. investigators say the man walked up to two people and just started shooting. the victims were wounded but are now in the hospital recovering. the gunman is still on the lose. >>> in texas, tragedy at a construction site. a worker was killed after becoming trapped in the collapse of a crane north of houston. the crane was hoisting the wall of a new store when the accident happened. the cause is under investigation. >>> and, finally, in ohio it's okay to envy these kids. who wouldn't. they were able to beat the sweltering heat and have a great time doing it after the mayor of columbus ordered a small group of fire

the waldo canyon fire destroyed an estimated 346 homes and tens of thousands have been evacuated. >> officials are hopeful calm winds will help them get more containment on the fire. drew levinson has more. >> reporter: the now deadly waldo fire continues to burn. a body was found in a home where two people were reported missing. jeff lucas shot this video showing a wall of flames racing into his neighborhood. his childhood home is one of nearly 350 destroyed in the blaze. >> it is just material things we lost. the house itself is replaceable. >> reporter: the weather is finally corroborating, a-- cooperating, allowing firefighters to finally get the upper hand. president obama will be here in colorado springs today to get a firsthand look at the damage. but there are some, including the former governor, who are concerned the president's visit will drain valuable resources. >> his visit will be counterproductive. when he thanks the firefighters, which is his purpose in coming, they will have several hundred of them massed in an area when they would probably be doing something else. >