hooking up with other regional fire departments among them, north county fire district headed by daily city. >> the city of daily city provides the chiefs fire marshal, training and back office, if you will. >> and under that option, all san carlos has to do is pay salaries of rank and file firefighters. next fall is a deadline when two cities will are to choose which options they want. currently, the fire department has four stations in about 40 firefighters. vic lee abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> the state of education in california came under attack today in a courtroom. the judge heard argue gums in a pair of lawsuits claimed the state is failing badly in the responsibility to provide california children with a quality education. california has a constitutional obligation to provide students a quote meaningful education. that is the core argument behind two lawsuits filed against the state by a coalition of groups including parents like sally heys. >> since we don't ask for parents to pave the roads in front of the schools, it seems fair to me that you shouldn't ask parents to pay for kbr

half moon bay on the coast, downtown san francisco, daily city in the -- daly city in the low 50s.bay, starting out dry, but it could become wet as we head toward friday early morning. 56 in santa rosa, 54 vallejo. east bay communities, low to mid50s for oakland, san leandro. head inland, concord, danville, 54 degrees. around the monterey bay, 55 in monterey. here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast -- morning frost giving way to a rawn knee friday. heaviest rain expected saturday and tuesday which is the start of winter at 3:38 p.m. sunday some showers. monday morning a brief break, more rain in the picture. you notice it just keeps going all the way through wednesday. so basically starting on friday and continuing until wednesday. >> okay, thanks, sand jaw. >>> well, coming up, they believe fast-food doesn't have to be fat food. >> the san francisco entrepreneurs honored for their eaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaea >>> research on overeating in the brain shows heavier people get lessen joy meant from rich foods. they find overweight or dimed response on tasty foods like milk shakes.

. >>> just getting word of new bart delays 10 minute delays daily city to east bay. all other trains are running on time including those running into san francisco. ace, muni, cal train running fine. altamonte pass eastbound westbound 580, 205 and north greenville road. speeds are moving along okay and no delay as you head out to dublin interchange. 15 minute drive time westbound 580 stretch. live look at san mateo bridge they cleared that earlier stalled car on westbound 82 now you are good to go delay free. back up to you. >>> thank you. 5:01 a.m. violence and vandalism at san francisco's largest park. the gates may be forced to be locked at night. ann makovec has more on the folden gate park proposal. >> reporter: good morning juliette. gorgeous things about golden gate park like the holiday tree behind me but a lot of ugly incidents have occurred and mayor newsom has indicated he will make some moves to change the rules that would make these things easier to enforce in the coming year. right now there are inconsistencies about rules in the park we found this sign

redwood city, palo alto, mountain view, daily city and down down san francisco is 63 degrees. you get up toward the north bay, and you will see the morning fog giving way to partly sunny skies. 64 in santa rosa. east bay, mid60s for castro valley, oakland. inland area 63 in pittsburgh. livermore, pleasanton, 65 degrees. around the monterey bay, 67 in santa cruz. close to 70 in hollister. 69 there. in case you are going to the game on sunday at candlestick as the 49ers take on the seattle seahawks it will be sunny and mild. low to mid60s for your highs. really just pleasant weather for the game. pleasant right through the weekend. rain becomes likely on tuesday and then chances of showers through the rest of the workweek. >> thanks, sandhya. >>> still to come, his cash was shredded, but not his confidence. >> banking on an expert with a [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew, hon. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. from 15

downtown, daily city, upper 50s, into the north bay green there. you'll need umbrellas. east bay, 59 in oakland. this is upper 50s and for the bay. 60 degrees inmont rai. here is the accu-weather forecast. a few showers saturday rainy on sunday. lingering showers for monday morning. and then, next possibility of rain is on wednesday. you'll notice temperatures running fairly mild heading towards next week. >> that is nice, thank you. >> are you tired of battling the bulge? weight loss surgery could be soon available to more american autos a young man hoping for a new start. at 6:00 past prime he's asking for a san francisco judge to throw out. find out why at 6:00. oprah: all new -- the family who had a 25-year relationship with michael jackson. oprah: how did you all keep this a secret? then best-selling phenomenon -- 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 throug

there is another wave moving into san francisco heading towards daily city. this continues to push inland overnight tonight. doi want to update the sierra. just got word 80 is open. no chain requirements there. there are chains on highway 50. we'll take a look at the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> very g thank you very much. and in oakland high speed police chase ended in a crash and gunfire with a deadly result. on the scene live tonight. leanne? >> this is what we know. there is a shooting last friday. so police were already looking for this red dodge. they spotted the car today near east oakland. a chase began. the car and police ended up in this neighborhood near highland hospital that. red car, as you said crashed into a fence and a house on 13th avenue on east 33. there were four men inside that car and they ran. >> four occupants ran from police. two of our officers were following one. people inside of the vehicle. that person did have a handgun. he was shot and pronounced dead on the scene. and there is police detained two men, they're looking fo

buy your tickets on line and at giants dugout stores in san francisco, daily city, palo alto and sanose. if you want to relive the giants championship run, there are two new highlight films available, one produced by the giants, covers the entire season beginning in spring training. the other is the world series video that major league baseball produced every year since 1943. the film's producer says there is something different about 2010. >> we got five extra cameras we didn't have in years past. nooks and crannies of the stadium that fans wouldn't normally be able to see. >> both of the dvd's will be in stores within the next two weeks. preorder on line. . it is 81:00. president obama just surprised everyone, we will have details in a minute. >>> plus what secretary of state hilary clinton is saying this morning it's about her future political plans. >>> why kids and how we look after them maybe the key to helping our local economy. >>> good friday morning time is 8:14. view of the south bay, san jose 46 degrees. the overcast in place beginning to send out a little bit with rays o

>>> san francisco and daily city. right there on the border there's a car that ran off the freeway southbound 280 at john daily. actually two cars went off the embankment. both went off the roadway. now they're bringing in the jaws of life to get at least one person out of a vehicle. southbound 280 at john daily boulevard. also this morning we're looking at the commute if you're driving on 101 northbound approaching the 80 split that traffic looks pretty good. getting up to the lower deck. and this morning's drive on westbound bay bridge that traffic is looking good so far crossing the bridge all the way into the city. 5:38. let's go to steve. >>> thank you very much. looks like the pattern is evolving now and the possibility for torrential rain has moved south. you lose that tropical section. we'll get some rain but it's probably not going to cause any kind of hydroissues as we like to say. and it will be a system right there tonight and tomorrow. one more system comes in on saturday. next week if one of our forecast

i do daily city, that was part of the lake. it was huge. >> the southern area [inaudible] but there is a different area. >> there was a creek that came down basically through west portal and said that particular lake. >> that was filled in when they develop west portal, and they had the brilliant idea when they dug but,, they needed a place to put it, so they build the creek in with the tunnel muck. >> you can see in 1910, we are talking about after the earthquake, but outer richmond is still pretty sparsely settled. >> or anyone who ever wondered what richmond is named after, it was a guy by the name of marsh, who was from richmond, england. >> australia? >> australia? >> george turner marsh. >> no trees at all. people see trees in the city and think they may have been made. sand and scrub. at some point, these are the lives were used recreational -- these outer lands were used recreational lly. . >> there is. we hoave -- what, the third? >> depends on it you are coming the addition. but they all burned down. that was around 1

daily city right now, you're getting wet. san francisco out at the airport, the avenue is very wet as well. we switch to san jose, it is very wet. it is soggy out there. and we're not true. when we come back i'll show you how much we have left. we're going to talk about the mountain, look at the computer model and yeah there's more rain. >>> the powerful storm tonight as we saw a moment ago has led to a host of problems, everything from stranded drives drivers to thousands of people without power. we go to amber lee, she is live in daley city. >> reporter: just a short while ago we got off the phone with pg & e they confirmed that 36,000 customers lost power at one point tonight as well. they include parts of daley city, south san francisco and san francis's richmond and sunset districts. mother nature is also wreaking havoc on the roadways. in the east bay in san leandro tonight, a tow truck driver told us he had been helping stranded motorists nonstop, half a dozen in a few hours. >> we're dealing with areas like this where

daily city right now, you're getting wet. san francisco out at the airport, the avenue is very wet as well. we switch to san jose, it is very wet. it is soggy out there. and we're not true. when we come back i'll show you how much we have left. we're going to talk about the mountain, look at the computer model and yeah there's more rain. >>> the powerful storm tonight as we saw a moment ago has led to a host of problems, everything from stranded drives drivers to thousands of people without power. we go to amber lee, she is live in daley city. >> reporter: just a short while ago we got off the phone with pg & e they confirmed that 36,000 customers lost power at one point tonight as well. they include parts of daley city, south san francisco and san francis's richmond and sunset districts. mother nature is also wreaking havoc on the roadways. in the east bay in san leandro tonight, a tow truck driver told us he had been helping stranded motorists nonstop, half a dozen in a few hours. >> we're dealing with areas like this where

ktvu's rob roth live in daily city tonight -- daly city tonight to see if bay area shoppers agree witht. >> reporter: right now many people getting off work and some stopping here at the mall. the parking lot is filling up just in the past half hour as folks are stopping to do some shopping. with christmas now 10 days away, the shopping season is entering the home stretch. some economists look at retail spending during the holidays to help gauge which way the economy is heading into the new year. some shoppers we spoke with say they are spending more this holiday than they did last year because for them the economy has improved. for some the job situation is much, much better. >> i guess i'm a little bit more relaxed this year. >> reporter: why is that? >> well, last year my husband didn't have a job, so it's a big difference. >> i'm a cocktail waitress so i'm living off tips that i make every night. >> reporter: and tips are better? >> oh, yes, definitely. spending a lot more on my brother and mom this year. >> reporter: recent figures show sales at general merchandise stores increase

. >>> getting words of bart delays. 10to 15 minute delays between dublin and daily city. that's this blue line here. sounds like there's an equipment problem on the track. all other trains we're told are all on time. all other trains are on time. 10to 15 minute delays. we've gotten a number of spinouts in the last 15 minutes. this one in the santa cruz mountains, northbound 17, before red wood estates road. solo car accident. the right lane is blocked. chp is heading to the scene there. also going to take you up towards fairfield. mostly green on our sensors. this is one in fairfield, westbound 80 before red top road. the question mark means it was cleared. noninjury crash. this is what we've been seeing, typical of this morning commute. solo car accidents, spinouts, due to standing water. cleared to the shoulder quickly. no hot spots, big backups, and nothing with serious injuries reported. traffic moving fine heading into martinez. traffic lighter this holiday week than we typically see. we have that high wind advisory in effect and puddling there in the middle lanes. e

rainfall pick up the bed over san francisco south san francisco getting heavier rain break through daily cityeral as well. pacific up picking up a few raindrops over to the san mateo bridge left over raindrops and over into hayward as well. current temperatures in the '50s this morning so we are on the warm side 567 francisco 59 through mountain view and 573 sanchez de your afternoon highs not fudging much for getting up to 60 in fairfield, concord upper 50s for san jose sorry open to san francisco. san jose 62614 mountain view. 7 day around bay we might see a raindrop or to mainly in the north bay and the most part we will be dry saturday, sunday to lots of sunshine out there not until about tuesday, wednesday more raindrops back into the picture. george. >> let's talk about the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza low was the show this picture and wanted to emphasize the fog because that is may be why it's more to lead than usual we've been incident free westbound but the middle and lights were activated early the fog advisory up for the bay bridge and the dense fog changeable message signs

and coastal areas pacifica not much change. 54 degrees, downtown san francisco, daily city going to be into mid-50s. north bay, a little more cloud cover here, perhaps light showers or sprinkles around ukiah. 58 in santa rosa and east bay. there is fremont, heading inland temperatures hover around mid to upper 50s. mobt ray bay, 62 in salinas. here is the accu-weather forecast. tomorrow is a spare the air. thursday afternoon through friday afternoon, you need umbrellas. there is a short break saturday morning. more rain for sunday is iffy. and this is weekend computer models still duking it out. >> we'll check back with you. >> we'll check back with you. >> just ahead a ["knock on wood" playing] every five minutes, chase pays for someone's eligible credit or debit card purchase. [beep] chase picks up the tab. it could be you. chase picks up the tab. it's another great reason to bank with chase. chase what matters. sign up at a branch today. >>> san francisco took a step forward in the bid to host america's cup. >> as abc 7 reports, city leaders working now to have a deal in place by th

the peninsula, a little bit of shower activity on the west side of the bay bridge over towards daily city. showers are winding down. there's a lot of stray showers and some moving in tomorrow that could impact the morning commute. i have the new computer model ready to go, i'll show it to you. >>> wet wednesday meant a sluggish commute with driver inching their way home. ktvu's lloyd live tonight in san jose with the story, lloyd? >> reporter: mike, i'm alongside interstate 880 where it's still somewhat wet, but traffic is speeding along, there's a lull in the traffic now, but earlier it was an absolute nightmare on most of the bay area freeways. the rain started falling heavily in the south bay, just about the time the afternoon commute was beginning. the highway patrol was swamped with calls for help as some cars began skidding and sliding into each other. >> typically you get a lot more drivers on the road, more congestion and the rain causes more problems. working through them one at a time getting people safely home. >> reporter: it wasn't any better on surface streets. this car was

daily city arrested two men on suspension of burglary. neighbors reported a break in at a home yesterday morning. 21-year-old simmons was air forced at the -- was arrested at the scene. the second suspect hid back in the yard for two hours and then took a bus to the shopping center where he was caught. >>> two officers in his department shot and killed 46- year-old man this week who police avenue police now say was mentally ill. last night the chief held a town hall meeting to answer questions about the incident. we have learned the two men involved were new. >> i can tell you one officer is having a really hard time dealing with this event. >> he said arming officers with tasers would give them another option. >>> that officer involved shooting was one of four. including one in hayward. that's when a man was shot by a police officer. investigators say the officer was responding to a repo of an argument between a tenant and a landlord. the officer was fronted by a man armed with a knife and opened fire. >>> it started around 12:30 yesterd

the peninsula, a little bit of shower activity on the west side of the bay bridge over towards daily city. showers are winding down. there's a lot of stray showers and some moving in tomorrow that could impact the morning commute. i have the new computer model ready to go, i'll show it to you. >>> wet wednesday meant a sluggish commute with driver inching their way home. ktvu's lloyd live tonight in san jose with the story, lloyd? >> reporter: mike, i'm alongside interstate 880 where it's still somewhat wet, but traffic is speeding along, there's a lull in the traffic now, but earlier it was an absolute nightmare on most of the bay area freeways. the rain started falling heavily in the south bay, just about the time the afternoon commute was beginning. the highway patrol was swamped with calls for help as some cars began skidding and sliding into each other. >> typically you get a lot more drivers on the road, more congestion and the rain causes more problems. working through them one at a time getting people safely home. >> reporter: it wasn't any better on surface streets. this car was

and a van crashed into a clinic in daily city this morning this, is the result. this is no one inside was hurt. and paramedics did take the driver to the hospital. and police are still investigating why this happened. >> changes are coming to marijuana laws starting january 1. and getting caught with an ounce or less of pot will be the same as speeding or littering. until now it was a misdemeanor. and this makes it an infraction. supporters chaim it will save money. and opponents insist the law does not discourage drug use. >> this is to help kids say we're not doing drug autos we don't think possession has been legalized and changing the titles from misdemeanor to infraction isn't legalizing it. >> democratic state senator mark leno introduced the bill. the governor signed it in the fall. >> after weeks of speculation the 49ers today pulled the trigger. >> and rick kwan is here with the story. >> and he had thought about making this move several weeks ago. today saying number one priority is to find the right general manager. and there is no timetable set. he ju

a few upper 50s in pacifica and daily city. tonight's overnight lows in the 50s even flirting with 50 degrees in san francisco. the rain is in the northern half of the state and snow in the high sierra. pinpoint forecast, there you have the rain for your morning commute tomorrow. north of the golden gate bridge. we'll see light scattered showers in the north bay on friday with only a slight chance of rain showers for the bulk. your day on friday. for the most part it will be on the dry side. so will your saturday. meanwhile, temperatures tomorrow in the 50s and a few low 60s. looking ahead towards the weekend the tree lighting and stroll in oakland, 57 degrees with a chance of showers. extended forecast, bulk of the day on friday dry. slight chance of rain saturday. more likely rain on sunday afternoon through sunday night. daily chances of rain through wednesday. we'll talk more about all of this coming up. >> thank you. >>> a whole smorgasbord of changes at golden gate park and toxic or what some call alien life found in cali

we have a fog advisory still for the bay bridge as well as stretches of highway 1 through daily city. the golden gate bridge foggy. 880/237 milpitas -- well, i can tell you that westbound 237 is moving across well towards silicon valley and san jose. mass transit with all the rain and the fog have several traffic alerts already this morning maybe a good day to use mass transit. bart, ace, muni and caltrain are all reporting no delays. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> let's take a quick check of today's top stories. a new bay bridge will be ready for drivers months ahead of schedule. caltrans says that the opening of the eastern span has been bumped up to the end of 2013. a third tower and two more pieces of the bridge deck are expected to arrive from china on sunday. >>> san jose is preparing to change its policy of impounding cars for 30 days when they catch unlicensed drivers. the new policy will allow a licensed driver to pick up the car without having to wait a month for it. >>> and the u.s. senate expecte

. >>> daily city leaders say they are poised to strike back if san francisco charges drivers a toll for entering the city. what the county says it's going to do and why commuters could be the hardest hit in this fight. >>> and the cooking spots that teenagers are using -- spice that teenagers are using to get high. , sea ro f t t.. ro fn-opooal..ko gr. i'a n ! ro fe ysexdo..ko gr. llev wt emo? >>> the fremont city council is scheduled to discuss the fate of the land surrounding the former nummi auto plant at its meeting tomorrow. there were three ideas for the site all aimed at attracting tech businesses that pay high wages. one focuses solely on industrial uses, the other two involve a mix of industrial use and as many as 2500 new homes. fremont is currently conducting studies of all three redevelopment plans. >>> a daly city councilman says he's ready to strike back. the plan calls for a $3 fee during peak commute hours for drivers crossing the city line to the south. councilman david ken pa says that could add up to hundreds of extra dollars a year for san mateo county residents. he

travel advisory has been issued for southbound highway 101 in daily city because of heavy fog. that's an official advisory by chp. so it's foggy on the peninsula and wet on the roads. bring in the weather expert. i think i need a little help here. >> you're doing very well, sal. >> thank you, steve. >> we have a lot of fog. and not only that going to be an issue today but as we go into the weekend it could be some very thick fog. it will be slow to burn off. by the coast though it's going to be gorgeous. sunny and warm. but today we're dealing with rain. most of that rain is about south over to oakland, concord, antioch north. this is not as strong as yesterday's system but it will continue to drape over us but it is inching northward. more rain for north bay. lesser amounts south. some of the totals yesterday not too shabby. sfo at .82. our observer john dublin-napa half inch. and san jose only .15. only 70% of normal for the year. you're behind yet the north bay is way above on the seasonal averages. foggy, cloudy, light rain moving north. a lot of clouds today. very mild. up

back in may two people suffered fatal drug overdoses after arafat the daily city venue.recently in october more than a dozen people attending a similar cal palace party fell ill because of suspected drug and alcohol use. >>> gavin may remain mayor of san francisco a few days longer than originally scheduled. he says he intends to delay his swearing in as lieutenant governor until he's confident san francisco has a strong successor to replace him as mayor. that could push back his swearing in date in sacramento from january 3rd to january 8th. that's because san francisco supervisors with four new members will meet january 4th to choose a mayor to fill the final year of his term. >>> well, a lot of white on the ground in the sierra will mean a lot of green for ski resorts this year. the snow has stopped at least for now, but there's more on the way by the weekend. and they have fresh powder to enjoy in the meantime. so far this storm has dropped more than six feet of snow on most of the ski resorts and local communities. roads to the sierra are open now, but the chp remin

and we can see some just off shore west of daily city. about to move on shore as well. rainfall totals one inch in and there is a quarter inch in santa rosa. and half an nimpblg st. helena. and there is wet around the bay area. there is parts of the sounl bay almost a tenth of an inch. and there is temperature readings into mid to upper 40s in san francisco up across the north bay into antioch and then from oakland south ward and eastward there are readings into 50s now. taking a look at highlights. heavy rain and gusty winds turning to showers saturday. more rain saturday night into sunday morning. before another little break. and shows us light to moderate to pockets of heavy rain now ahead of this. there is heavy rain behind the warm front. and this is going sweep through tonight. starting forecast and heavier rain by 1:00 in the morning pockets of very heavy rain and strong gusty winds pushing through the bay area. cold front sweeps through in the morning behind that front there is a little bit of a break. and then showers follow and they'll get better organized lat

all along 101 there as we make our way for their south south san francisco daily city and all that seeingmchale palo alto, have no bay, heavier showers in darker green to 80. like i said it will continue into the afternoon future cast set for 12:00 moderate showers to conceive pushing and off the coast center for all seeing some water char's as well. 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. chars breaking up a bit better chance of showers continuing through the evening scattered into the early morning hours on thursday. elected in high schooler them what we saw yesterday 54 san rosa 53 novato 54 richmond 55 in concord 57 oakland same story for redwood city value stop talking about 56 san with fremont and 56 as a high for livermore. a peek at your 7 day around the bay forecast radar forecast today continues with the chance of showers thursday showers friday and then we see a big change in store for saturday, sunday we will finally see sunshine and warming up it will be the low seventies for year high at that point the meantime our eyes are only going to be in the high fifties up to the mid-60s. let's go to geo

foggy conditions on our maps free ride three daily city along highway 1 and 35. dense fog advisor riposted there's well. watchers be the pecan. back to the bridge check no problems for san mateo. no problems across the span and no back up at the toll plaza. south won a one-year right here at the golden gate bridge to concede the roadways are slick cement one be mindful of that but not affecting the cars on the road. nevada to the city limits 23 minute trip. >> 18 year-old man is dead this morning after being shot in san francisco's laurel heights neighborhood. the officers say they found the teen inside a home suffering gunshot wounds he was declared dead at the scene. officers have no suspects they are looking for witnesses. meanwhile police of a schooler after a suspicious man in a van tried to make contact with then 9 year-old petaluma girl that girl and her brother were walking home one recent afternoon when they noticed a van parked across from their home not far from school. the kids and heard their homes gray- haired man drove the car into the driveway ran

picking up raindrops' all along the peninsula it looks like three daily city southward through half moon bay, also pacifica as heavy selling narrow right through san mateo. the dark shaded area here picking up heavier rain. in through dublin interchange we're picking up raindrops. also portions of livermore valley. 47 for san francisco, 45 interest and a rosa, 44 livermore. 7 day around the bay it shows you a wet weather pattern. wet and windy through the weekend and next week as well. it happens tuesday is the first day of winter. smack in the middle of all the days of rain. >> happy friday is wet weather's not causing back up or delays. a bridge check your approach to the bay bridge toll plaza which a pass that pay gates over night constructions. i checked the sensors not producing any slowing so easy conditions and to make your way to san francisco. san mateo bridge this morning no problem another direction of '92. all the space on the right-hand side that is traffic headed toward the peninsula, foster city 12 minutes between 88101. golden gate bridge ride nice and smooth 101 barely a

first went to let you know about slight delays between dublin and daily city. ontime. at the bridge toll plaza, no delay really as you approach the pay gates. the metering lights are on, but no back-up at all. bridge, we were dealing with a number of spinouts, but we have quieted down. right now, a good drive time, that's about 13 minutes to foster city. and to through oakland, nice ride to the airport or up into downtown oakland. that's the traffic. here's the forecast. >> thank you. >>> well, we have a few showers out there on our storm watch. but most of the latest storms have moved out of the bay area and back behind it, lingering showers. little if any activity moving through. forecast for today, plenty of clouds expected and showers are still possible, scattered showers, highs in the upper others. sunshine thursday and friday. and rain fall for the holiday weekend. saturday and sunday, more showers expected. ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, ♪ ♪ throw care away, christmas is here, bringing good cheer, ♪ ♪ to young and old, meek an

a wáe web site that offers daily bargains in dozens of cities.both companies are keeping quiet. >>> 5:19. starting today, california state parks will see a new round of cut-backs. they will range from complete park closures and shorter hours to fewer campgrounds and less maintenance. lawmakers slashed $15 million from the park system under the new state budget. that is on top of a $14 million reduction last year. >>> and money problems hitting a bay area grocery store chain. delano's markets will close five stores in san francisco and marin county within the next two weeks. the chain reportedly owes a million dollars in back rent on its san francisco locations alone. in the castro, neighbors are worried about losing their local market. but they are also worried about the jobs that will go along with it. >> we call him amigo. the kids call him amigo. i just asked him, what is going to happen? are you going to be moving? >> no, we have to find a new job. and it is going to be christmas. >> employees told us offcamera that the family has been, quote

will give tremendous potential for television revenue and spectators, for the world to watch our city on a daily basis for three months each year. and if larry is successful, we may have it again. the new york yacht club had it for almost 80 years. this thing could go on for a long time. i know that it could be expensive and the revenues that will be supported are going to be beneficial overall. good luck. >> thank you. >> good morning. i am representing two organizations today. the sports organizing committees established in 1987 that was at one. chaired by mr. buhel, who is an outstanding civic leader who without a doubt will bring the efforts of the america's cup organizing committee in to fulfil his part of the three legged stool. having successfully participated in hosting and bidding for the world cup, those are mentioned as examples of the kinds of international festivities and gallows with economic impact that has been mentioned several times. representing the bay area council, established in 1946, the members of the executive committee, [unintelligible] is the current chairman of the ba

tracks of our 15 minute delay is from fremont to all destinations heading out to sell even towards a daily cityemont line and all trans that ended from are likely to have delays on their return until they managed to get that train clear. >> thank you so much george, new this morning a transgender woman is says she received a personal letter at home condemning her sex change. san francisco resident amber yust says she received a letter four days after going to apply for a new driver's license in october. the letter called her gender change "a very evil decision" and identifies the writer as the person who processed yust's application. yust is now taking the first step in suing the dmv for invading her privacy and violating her civil rights. she see him $125,000 in damages. >> parents to children and not take part in the only the county are not warrantable to opt out of the anti it will lay curriculum. they voted to put contain the the media and but it has been in debate for wheat >> they're doing every call on relates, there are reports that they have found metal and wood parts and the it shoppe

is affecting all trains that run through the lake merritt station to dublin, pleasanton, fremont daily cityn that. we are a point to be looking at some passenger reactions through jackie house looking? a >> i lot people that i am talking to now say that the delays for them were not that bad. i did speak to a couple of passengers when they came in from the hayward and fremont area and they said that they experienced long, 45 minute delays. one gentleman expressed frustration as he was not warned about the delays and he sat on the train for half an hour before he was told to get on to another train said there is still frustration going on but for the most part the folks i am talking to say that the delays for them were not as bad as the 45 minutes-one hour i just explained. >> there was about one hour delay on the fremont and san for is as good trip >>. is that frustrating for you? >> yes, very frustrating, i had to work and i am one hour and a half late for work so it is very frustrating. >> is very terrible, it took about 20 minutes before they told us the train was not working. i asked the

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the mexican press, you know, it's knowing, years ago, the left of center and daily in mexico city would print stories the government bought with italics headlines. you know, that they would pay for probably again. yes. they say armed commandos. today it means the military. that kind of thing. a friend of mine, now refugee in united states, a reporter of the mexican army desire to kill, don't have to elaborate codes but they weren't elaborate enough so they came to kill him seeking political asylum here. i am trying to us down is a little murky reading in the press, but it's far more revealing than the american press. the american press is still going to juarez after 5000 corpses, most of them poor people, and probably announcing its a cartel war. the american press is still saying after 23,000 mexicans have been slaughtered, less than 100 soldiers, that it's a cartel war. they just don't care if there's any dead cartel people. >> what your opinion of the reporters you did run, the u.s. reporters you did run into in juarez and the work they were doing or the challenges are how prepared -

i interface daily with a local state and city governments and and the trustee with our defined benefit plans. in addition, my professional experience to the labor is in california. i have also had the pleasure to serve the city of san francisco's public utility commission since 2008, including the past year, as president of that commission. my involvement with the sfpuc has been enhanced with my understanding of municipal government and has deepened my respect and gratitude for the men and women who are executing the sfpuc's vision. as you know, the sfpuc launched a $6.4 billion water improvement system program to repair, replace, and seismically upgrade the systems aging pipelines, reservoirs, and dams. while president of this commission, we moved to construct 13 projects totaling $1.6 billion, creating significant numbers of jobs and making sidekick and safety operations to our vital water system. both the public utilities commission, port of san francisco share the distinction of an enterprise for the city and county. they both creates a vivid revenue but at times require commensura

city regarding water issues. this is the first outreach which was a supplement in new york times and daily news which i think is the most circulated paper in new york city. and getting bigger as time goes on we'll try to engage in some of this thinking where people are thinking of this early and not just presented with a plan to go, thumbs up or down on it. the idea of putting sustained conversation with consistent information is very important. this is new york city does not preclude the water utilities thinking about climate change and water and the things that go along with that and trying reach out nationally. one more. last one. >> i'm representing the endangered species coalition. made up of four hundred different groups. i guess my question from yesterday revolved the impacts of global warming like the, eco basis. >> i don't want to disappoint you but we're not going to be able to do questions. so i hope you can make this a comment. >> i would encourage water managers and people included in water matters try to preclude or include other species and in the process early on rather than late in the game which h

as we told you, san francisco city leaders want to roll out a $6 daily toll for commuters from the souththey come into the city. angry san mateo county leaders are threatening to create their own toll and charge $12 per day for people who leave san francisco to come back to the peninsula from the north. it's an effort to persuade city leaders to drop their plan. they will vote on whether to launch a study of the toll program tomorrow. you have to study that to figure out if it's good or bad. >> it's a big fee. let's study the morning commute with mike. you are taking a look. >> you go to the hot zone if either of those come into play as far as the tolls go. we are looking at snow problems. it's an easy drive and 101 at northbound san mateo and started slowing around 7:30. 101 and 92 really shows the bulk of the morning commute. that's why they are focusing there. that will send folks at least thinking about the bridge in the east bay as an option without having to transfer between the two areas. now coming off the peninsula with the headlights on the hayward side, westbound moves smoothl

daily believes he is the right leader with the experience to challenge what daily calls "the status quo at city." the assemblyman says he has no interest in the position. >> bad news for people out there looking for a job. jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange in the "moneyscope" report. >> good morning, jane. >> hello, eric, theresa. this job number out this morning surprising and disapointing. 39,000 jobs created in the u.s. last month. we were expecting 150,000.150,0 that was the average estimate. some people maybe 200,000 jobs created last month. falling way short of that. the unemployment rate inched up to 9.8%. that's the highest we've seen since april. we found government, manufacturing losing jobs during the month of november. here's how the markets are cree acting to this. the dow down about 9 or 10 points. s & p and nasdaq modestly lower. the silicon valley index trading a little higher. gaining is a safe play. this jobs report coming in very, very weak. so that's gonna pump more money into the economy. gold features trading 1400 dollars an ounce for the first time

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