. >> and the publisher of the independent is paper in livermore in eastern alameda county, and i urge the rejection of the contract before you. i think the process used to arrive at the contract was flawed, and up for a re- evaluation of all the options was precluded. an alternative bid is superior and is available in alameda county. there may be others. in alameda, over 1,500 acres of open space have been preserved with the help of these from the dumps. i believe the recommendation of the budget and legislative analyst makes sense. asking san francisco voters to repeal the present monopoly and put all phases of refuse collection, recycling, and disposal up for bids could lead to a waste solution beneficial to the whole bay area. i hope you will follow the lead of your analyst. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i oppose this contract. this has been really interesting listening to this for all these hours, but there are many questions i do not feel have been answered, and i do not think you should rush into doing this. one of the options is to extend th

probably the eastern section of alameda county west of dublin where the hills are green and a lot ofres out there for the cows to roam around. actually very beautiful this time of year. thank you sandy for sending in this beautiful picture. if you have whether video or photos you'd like to share, we'd love to see them. just upload them or e-mail us. here's frances with a check of your morning commute. >> hi, mike. we'll start in the north bay this time where things are slow south 101 to san rafael. here's activity off to the right-hand shoulder never reported to the chp so it never came in. even though it's on the shoulder, traffic is slow as you make your way southbound towards the central san rafael exit. the real hot spot westbound 80 in richmond just approaching because of this injury crash. traffic is slow on westbound 80 from hercules and apparently the left lane is still blocked and 5 mph, very slow getting there. also west bound 580 has been a real headache as well because of an earlier accident in the eastbound direction. there's a wind advisory through the altamont pass and

live doppler 7 hd, you can see the steadier rain now in the eastern most sections of contra costa, alamedand the santa clara valley. scattered showers behind it and high surf until 2:00 tomorrow morning all along our coast. temperatures pretty mild but starting to drop now that the cold front is to the south. monterey bay and inland upper 40s to low 50s. all right. our three weather headlines: showers today and tomorrow; isolated thunder, small hail possible; brief heavy rain that could cause flash flooding. rain possible on friday, especially south and it looks like it will be drier for saturday and sunday but still pretty cool for this time of year. area of low pressure, wave of energy along the front. that's why it slowed down and the rain was more intense during the overnight hours. when you get cold air over warm ground, those showers start to develop. you can see them developing by noon. mount hamilton will get wintry mix more like snow tonight. by 6:00 still dealing with showers. if you were lucky to get practice in yesterday, probably not lucky this evening. pretty heavy, the yello