my name is christine brown. i have lived in north beach for over 25 years. i am going to hit some of the points of th people have mentioned before. we all recognize the importance of communication and connectivity. growth is exponential. growth is great in this area, as commissioner antonini has noted. but this growth is not unpredictable. it is not something that cannot be scientifically mapped and planned for, as commissioner miguel has noted. we have over 1000 micro and tennis -- antennas in the city currently. we do not know how many hundreds are in the future. the planning commission can be forced to deal with each of these one at a time, or a comprehensive plan approach can be adapted so that people will know where they are without a one-by-one or six-by-six examination of these towers. it is not as though three more towers are going to be enough connectivity. as mr. bruno pointed out, there is profit in putting up these towers, even if they do not add to the communication ease in any way. there is a separation between profit on these towers and the ne

christine mornes, megan escher, cordelia brown, and sharon tobar. >> hello. my name is christine morris. my husband and i live in the inner richmond with our two sons, who are four and 1.5 years old. we live eight minutes away from stretch. we are so glad it is available to us. preschool can be extremely daunting and stressful. we realized early on that there are very few options for this program. stretch is one of them. our son has an april birthday and was not able to go to school until he was almost three and a half. as people who have children know, once they are two or 2.5, it is hard to keep them stimulated and socialized with just the family. they need to be in some type of school program. my son enjoyed the program and is currently in preschool at stretch. we hope our second son, trevor, will start in the fall. it is a wonderful program that michelle eloquently explained, a small, home-like environment with caring, nurturing teachers. it is really wonderful. we hope that with the expansion, more children will be able to experience stretch. thank you. p

christine mornes, megan escher, cordelia brown, and sharon tobar. >> hello. my name is christine morris. my husband and i live in the inner richmond with our two sons,

still, if brown tracks rihanna's movements, he would be found inç violation of probation. >>> finally, tea party candidate christinenell says she's been invited to on "dancing with the stars." o'donnell has been asking what supporters think about it on her facebook page. only many america you can go from senate candidate to "dancing with the stars." >> what are the odds that there's going to be one dance that she'll be dressed in a witch costume and rip it off and have some sequinsy outfit on. >> i don't know about visual. let's move on. >>> this comes to us from memphis, tennessee, where one pizza lover's pension for pepperoni not only satisfied her taste buds, it saved her life. susan, the delivery driver was worried when gene didn't call in her daily pepperoni pizza order for the first time in thee -- three years. she knew something was wrong. after three days, susan checked, got no answer and called police. they found gene had fallen and was unable to move. gene was rescued hanks to a delivery driver who was right on time. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on y

christin ayers live for thus morning in san francisco, thank you. >>> governor jerry brown says california is facing a real and unprecedented crisis with a $25 billion budget deficit. he wants to ask state voters to weigh in on what to do about it. >> at this moment of extreme difficulty, it behooves us to turn to the people and get a clear mandate on how to proceed, to extend taxes or to cut deeply into the programs from which under federal law we can still extract the sums required. >> the governor is calling for a special election in june to consider extending temporary tax for five more years. that would take some support from republicans to put issue on the ballot. >> republicans stand united as the only line of defense for california taxpayers. we believe that the best solution to help close our deficit is not by raising taxes but by creating private sector jobs. that is done by lifting regulations and by reducing frivolous lawsuits. for far too long, the legislature has strangled our economy by imposing mandates, regulations and taxes. >> connie conway says california voters have al

brown's proposal. the sheriff says it could increase the jail population here by 40% and it's already overcrowded. he is calling on the governor to send money to countys to deal with the issue. christineonnelly, kron 4 news. >> reporter: the price of a gallon of gas will hit $4 before summer. and the summer is normally the time when you see increased demand. it will not get as bad as 2008, where prices were over $4.50. the reason? a better economy so investors are buying more oil and what is going on in the middle east and egypt. kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> it was a showery day today, tomorrow heavy rain. the storm is up to the north. up and down the west coast. bringing cold air to the west coast and we will get that too once the tail end pushes through into the bay area. let's look on future cast for tomorrow morning. 5:00, scattered showers. as we move into the later morning hours, notice the rain to the north, the heavier band of rain pushing in to the north bay. we will see heavy rain for several hours. in the north bay. notice how it's moving slowly down to the south. 4:00, pushing south. but at 6:00 heavy rain over the north bay. 10:00 hour, once it makes that push, it move

that governor brown's plan to fix the $25 billion deficit could force and to release prisoners early. he's suggesting thinning the prison system. into county jails. as converts christineconnolly shares as many jill's like the one in san mateo do not have the space release extra prisoners. >> reporter: this is a look inside of san mateo is our the overcrowded. you can see where is not enough space to store prisoners prolonging spirit there's barely enough jumpsuits for prisoners. the shares as the governor's proposal could increase their population by 40 percent, or hundred additional prisoners.as many asl prisoners. this room was not designed to blunt prisoners with much about co-ed elektra " zero lives. they put as many as eight prisoners in this room. if the governor's proposal goes through that could put them 100% above the capacity of this city was built for. >> james: gas prices have been rising quickly in the bay area. let's take a look at how bad things are expected to get. >> reporter: $3.55 at one station, $3.67 just down the street. experts say things will get more expensive. they predict gas in the bay area will hit and go north of $4 and gallant by memoria