there are similar to what we are looking at now on the embarcadero.ook at your 7 day around the bay my note. and we will take a look at increasing fog and starting next week but warm and beautiful. wednesday, thursday, beautiful. . we have beautiful, perfect clear conditions for fleet week >> but this was off the coast of half moon bay on wednesday the sailors and officers for keeping a close eye on everything from the bridge. in the meantime, three different helicopters for on the tarmac waiting for local gusts. they lifted off and bound for the ship that was waiting 20 mi. off the coast. it took us past san francisco with the same a famous landmarks. at&t park, the city skyline, the bay bridge, the golden gate bridge. we were flying and a tight formation and one by one, the helicopters touched down. the landing and crew were getting ready for a visit to san francisco. polishing, preparations, and the helicopter we are robin was folded up like a transformer. the helicopter that will ride again was folded up like a transformer. this is where the hover

justin herman plaza, along the embarcadero. tonight, protesters there have been told they will be cleared out by police, in some time within the next few hours. we'll continue to monitor the situation. you can check for updates with our morning show, beginning at 4:30. >>> thanks for tuning in tomorrow. >> announcer: it's "the tonight featuring rickey minor from "a very harold & kumar 3d [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by

to create the embarcadero, they had all of this exposed rock. they decided to mine telegraph hill for the rock and build a levee and bill in behind the levee. they blasted the rock. it was illegal but they did it anyway. they took the rock and built a rock dike all along here. beneath the fill the latem are of this mud with the consistency of jello. that layer may be as thick as 110 feet. >> is bad dyke founded on the mud -- is the dike founded on the mud? >> it is. when they dumped the rock into the bay mud, it was like dumping rock into jello. it went down into the mud so that they could build off of that. it then took the angle of repose. it is stable. san francisco came and built piers on piles over the top into the water. >> the piers are built up over the water. >> refusal is when you cannot advance the pile anymore. this is under the bay mud over there. they meet refusal. they gain support and bearing on top. saltwater attacks concrete. in the old days, they did not understand the effects of salt water, chloride on concrete and steel. a l

it turns out the trains are not stopping at the embarcadero station at this hour. i did talk to several people here tonight, and some say they are willing to do whatever it takes to support this cause. others say if police do show up, that's their cue to go home. lisa amin gulezian. >> thank you, lisa. we will keep an eye on this for you. >>> moving along, changes could be ahead for california state workers. governor jerry brown is expected to new pension plan cuts. the plan includes raising the retirement age to 67 for new state employees and a less generous pension for state workers which would have an option with a 401k-style benefit. and it would have the purchase of service credit for existing employees. and the governor is expected to call for a ballot measure to reshape the california employee rez tire meant system. the plan has to be approved by lawmakers. >>> a lot more to get to this evening. help for americans drowning in debt. the new plan that will help americans payoff their student loans. >> and protesters on the move. you can see a police line right

it turns out the trains are not stopping at the embarcadero station at this hour. i did talk to several people here tonight, and some say they are willing to do whatever it takes to support this cause. others say if police do show up, that's their cue to go home. lisa amin gulezian. >> thank you, lisa. we will keep an eye on this for you. >>> moving along, changes could be ahead for california state workers. governor jerry brown is expected to announce his new pension plan cuts. the plan includes raising the retirement age to 67 for new state employees and a less generous pension for state workers which would have an option with a 401k-style benefit. and it would have the purchase of service credit for existing employees. and the governor is expected to call for a ballot measure to reshape the california employee rez tire meant system. the plan has to be approved by lawmakers. >>> a lot more to get to this evening. help for americans drowning in debt. the new plan that will help americans payoff their student loans. >> and protesters on the move. you can see a poli

here nine is located on the northeast waterfront of the embarcadero. it was previously occupied by signature diming. the site has been vacant since 2009. the majority of office space, formerly occupied by signature dining out, has been containing 1200 square feet of shed space, apron space, and 23,000 square feet of submerged land, to allow for a maritime retail opportunity. maritime retail opportunities of up to 10 years are exempted from the public bidding process. however, in this case, in order to thoroughly that the interests of the pier 9 site and make sure that there is an open and transparent process, the court look for -- prospective tenants in a public process. way of 2010, the port issued a request for proposals for excursion vessel operations. we are f p had clear specifications posted on the report website forest -- excursion operators. the port held a conference in june of 2010. it received only one qualified response, which came from the hornblower yacht group. they reached mutually acceptable terms and conditions for the proposed lease,

my to disappointments are the fact that the earthquake that took down the central freeway and embarcadero freeway did not deal with san jose avenue. i consider it the same as the freeway. it has delighted those communities for years and we see what happens when they have gone from the embarcadero and when the central came around and what hayes valley is now. i can envision a resurgence, not necessarily in the same manner, one is more grand than the other, and this could be a third one down the line, but the concept of connecting the communities is there and i realize you are working on it. there's nothing that can be done now. my big disappointment, however, is nine years in the making and bart is still sitting on its ass. i can do nothing but criticize them for not joining in a cooperative planning process. the comments i have heard from part individuals have been it's up to the city to rezone it and then we will figure out, not that we will work cooperatively. that really gets me aggravated. i appreciate the fact you and your partner have had to struggle through this without being able

primarily north beach along the old waterfront or embarcadero, the tenderloin, and lower market, bothorth and south. until the 1960's, gaze out the market was mostly the southern parts of the gay waterfront and lower market. all that changed in 1962, when a gay leather bar colorado the tool box opens. that site is now the produce in bulk food session of the whole foods market. >> [laughter] >> in 1990 -- 1966, two gay bars opened on folsom st.. the stud quickly became a kind of hit the dance bar and is now located elsewhere, night and harrison. in 1968, the ramrod opened for the down folsom streets. then the place opened up called the in between, because it was in between the other two. that are was many incarnations, now powerhouse. in the late 1960's and through the 1970's, gay and other places started to multiplying in the area. much of this happen because the neighborhood, once san francisco is a desk drawer power house and primary working residential district has been undergoing changes brought about by de industrialization to dr. oz work, ii, many facilities lead -- during world

of the southern side of the financial district from market street down to folsom street from the embarcadero to second and third streets. it overlaps with the transbay redevelopment area, and covers almost the entirety of the area, but the plan will not be affecting any of the land use and development proposals for a zone 1, which the redevelopment agency has jurisdiction over and is overseeing the redevelopment of. zone two, the jurisdiction of which was transferred or delegated, i should say, to the city, back to the planning department, and is subject to the control of the city's planning code, and as such, that is subject to this rezoning. the plan will be rezoning essentially all of zone two as well as surrounding areas that are not part of it. this plan has several core objectives, the first of which is a land use objective to recapitalize on the major investment that is transit center and really look at the south side of the downtown now that we are 25 years out from the adoption of the downtown plan in the mid-1980's and look at how the city should respond to the major public transit

people lined the embarcadero and along rooftops to catch the air show. an annual event that draws tens of thousands. >> it's a lot of fun. i think it's great. it shows what san francisco is like. it's a very pedestrian city especially here along the embarcadero. >> reporter: the blue angels may be done for this year, but several ships will be open for tours. >>> rebels battling for control of gadhafi's hometown. they detail their plans for what happens should they capture that city. >>> and one place where size does matter in half-moon bay. we'll take a look at what's on tap for the annual championship pumpkin weigh off. >>> i'm currently tracking rainfall to our north. coming up the detailed weather and the one place parts of the bay area could be flirting with 90 degrees heat. tempur-pedic for everybody? tempur-pedic beds now come in soft, firm and everything in between. ask me how i can finally sleep all night. to learn more or to find an authorized retailer near you visit tempurpedic.com. tempur-pedic, the most highly recommended bed in america. [peo

so watch out for more possible delays along the embarcadero for your evening commute home. westbound 237 looks good this morning out towards san jose. this is the silicon valley ride. this is a live look through milpitas near the 880/237 interchange. no delay there across the rest of the south bay starting to get busier in the northbound lanes of 280. overall no big delays to your drive times anywhere you go. that is traffic. back to you. >> okay, elizabeth. thank you much. it is 5:45 now. let's take a look at some of the top stories in the bay area on this friday. round 2 for "occupy oakland" protestors. they have rebuilt their tents. oakland mayor jean quan says she is ready to talk with the protestors if they would like to hear from her. she apologized for the violence during raids closing the camps near city hall. >>> a search in cupertino for a suspect who attacked a student at de anza college. the victim was choked until she passed out. they hope this sketch will bring tips from the public. >>> rescuers in turkey pulled a 13-year-old boy to safety trapped in the rubbl

but that's where you want to be from noon embarcadero. okay. next up, fall fest. if you love your food and your wine, you will love this festival. it is in san francisco justin herman plaza san francisco magazine's big fall food and wine event. i'll be hosting an after party after laffite in san francisco on as sunday afternoon. finally my book choice this week, the eagles, taking it to the limit a celebration in words and pictures of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. it is an insider's look, great photographs inside this book. it was written by my neighbor and friend mr. ben fong-torres. rolling stone founding editor. he gives us an inside look at the band that's been around for 40 years. >> you're not going to get the book back. [ laughter ] >> but to recap, ladies and gentlemen, the movie, toast, a film festival in mill valley, the main events, it is the blue angels flyover, if you love your food and wine fall fest in san francisco. and your book choice this week of course the eagles by ben fong-torres. the full list always at cbssf.com. fiu. >> a lot

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police shut down a southbound embarcadero from midnight-1:00 a.m..hen police told protesters that their belongings had to be moved, that is when the problems began. in all, there were five arrests made. that was the scene a few hours ago. let's take a live look at the area. jackie sissel is light on the scene. >>jackie: the protesters are back out here near the embarcadero plaza. protesters chargeback out here. they started sending things back up after police left last night. if we have more video to show you of the truck with its tires slashed. five arrests were made. according to protesters this morning, they say all five protesters have been released and they are back out here this morning. they said that they will remain out here for the time being. as long as they are out here, they say that they will continue protesting. >>mark: thank you. today marks and one month since this movement began on wall street. protesters across the country in cities large and small are protesting. the protests continue to grow. so far, three not thousand dollars ha

people lined the embarcadero and along rooftops to catch the air show. an annual event that draws tens of thousands. >> it's a lot of fun. i think it's great. it shows what san francisco is like. it's a very pedestrian city especially here along the embarcadero. >> reporter: the blue angels may be done for this year, but several ships will be open for tours. >>> rebels battling for control of gadhafi's hometown. they detail their plans for what happens should they capture that city. >>> and one place where size does matter in half-moon bay. we'll take a look at what's on tap for the annual championship pumpkin weigh off. >>> i'm currently nope, just having some tender chicken and some tasty noodles. let's see...south western vegetables...60 calories. ya' know those jeans look nice. they do? yup. so you were checking me yup. out? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. >>> could this be the

police shut down southbound embarcadero between midnight and 1:00 a.m.. if the police told protesters that they could stay in the plaza but their belongings needed to be moved. that is one trouble started. police started putting tents inside the back of a work truck, protesters surrounded the truck and would not let it leave. jackie sissel is live of a seed. >>jackie: as quickly as the tents were taken down, protesters have rebuilt this tent city. protesters from occupy san francisco have a bit out here for a better part of the three weeks. they were told by police that they could not remain here. at one point, the tire of 8 department of public works drop was slashed. all five protesters arrested last night have been released. according to them, they will stay out here for the foreseeable future. >> we have a rebuilt. we will stay here. we are calling for engineers for structure and energy supply, we are calling for people that know how to organize a donation campaigns. for anyone who could help us. > >>george: 101 still looks good around highway 92. you

embarcadero where it is slowly drying.we have -- we had healthy rain around concord, 2/10 of an inch, quarter of an inch around livermore san jose redwood city half an inch around oakland san francisco and santa rosa near an inch half moon bay fairfield 3/4 of an inch, inch and 2/3 st. helene know almost two inches in ben lomond. you can see the storms over the last few hours slying southeast. organized areas of wet weather over for now. santa rosa 51. 50 to in napa. the rest -- 52 in nap pavement -- we have showers, storms today and tomorrow, the snow storm continues in the sierra through this evening all of us will have calmer, brighter and warmer conditions this weekend. today upper 50s to low 60s. scattered norm in the forecast. same in the forecast for the monterey bay and inland low to mid 60s also. tonight, 40s morgan hill, livermore, fremont, half moon bay everybody else in the low to mid 50s with lingering shower. there goes the cold front and all the wet weather with it. that is going to move on. look at this coo

we took pictures this morning of navy ships docked along the embarcadero, you will be able to tour them monday before they leave tuesday. of course, the blue angels are here performing tomorrow and sunday in air shows. tens of thousands are expected near the water front. >>> also ten young cancer patients got a special ride on the bay this morning. u.s. coast guard took them and their families out on the cutter ashton, the children 8- 18 are patients at the children's hospital in palo alto. >> the kids love it. the parents love it. the kids go through these challenges on a daily basis with their health and have health issues so for them to get out and enjoy the sun and have fun and take them away from that environment is great. >> this is the third time since 2007 the coast guard has taken young cancer patients from there on a ride around the bay. >>> well ski buffs take heart, the season is not far away. boyle resort plans to start snow making operations early this morning on top of the storms which deposited 20 inches of snow in that part of the sierra, right now they plan to open oct

your best bet would be to use the embarcadero and stock 10.ve sd kearney is another street to avoid. public transportation is also avoiding these districts. muni, cable cars, and public buses are all included in avoiding that area. >>mark: the markets are rising. s. investors are watching european debt crisis as investors sa slovakia might actually change its mind and help with the european bail out efforts on to the bay area weather.. >>louisa: good morning a beautiful day with lots of sunshine. as we notice those temperatures warming up today. and warm and sunny for the rest of the week. with the 62 degrees in san francisco. 66 in antioch and still be upper 50s through santa rosa. by the next hour, we will still see 60s and 70's by noon. the high temperatures today will be topping out in the east. here are your numbers. 85 degrees in los gatos. 80 in redwood city. 80 in mountain view. 69 in half moon bay. san francisco, low 70's. we will also see 70's in richmond with 8 degrees and san rafael. with 80 degrees in san rafael. a look at your 7

when officials heard that they closed down the embarcadero bart station due to what they call a civildisturbance. they've since reopened that. it was a busy night protesters say they were up and down all night several false alarms he police were on their way. now they say they are digging in. they feel like they've gained supporters overnight. again they say they are not going anywhere until police move them out. they are guessing it going to be quiet the next couple of weeks because the election is coming up. they figure this is too hot a political issue for any politician to touch, until after the election. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> :349. across the bay in oakland -- tension has built up with protesters retaking frank ogawa plaza where police forcibly removed them two days ago. this morning one tent is back in the plaza. the protesters' massive demonstration last night forced bart to shutdown briefly. at a press conference yesterday police chief jordan said there would be a smaller police presence unless things got out of hand. mayor quan was apologetic for evicting the camp. >

stall in oakland big rig at embarcadero northbound 880.live look at san rafael moving at the limit southbound 101 towards the civic center and toll plaza looking good. a little bit of slowing that looks like the fast track and car pool lanes still the best bet through the toll plaza. >>> 6:10 now. >>> hot seller, it may be too hot. the popular car that may have a very dangerous flaw. >>> proposal that could put more than 200 more officers on oakland's streets and what residents will have to do to make that happen. >>> why commuters in one bay area city will have to do something different to ♪ [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies with hershey's chocolate chips. for a moment of warm, gooey, togetherness. chocolate chip cookies... from pillsbury. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredients you have an easy dinner... pillsbury crescent dogs... school night ideas made easy. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>>:14. national highway traffic sa

. >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can a licensed street artist go to? >> they can go to the fishe

sunday night police tore down tents and tarps at the embarcadero camp citing city rules. police have been hands-off ever since. >>> if a tax is approved next month the council says some of the money will be used to hire more police officers. the parcel tax is on the ballot as measure-i generating 12 million dollars a year for five years there. was concern the measure tailed to spell out where the money would got. the -- the council voted last night to allocate six million to hire 30 more officers of the remainder would be earmarked for road repair, improving streetlighting and park maintenance. the measure would impose an $80 a year parcel tax on single family homes and different amounts for other structures. >>> the city of oakland will pay the family of a man who died after being arrested by police in 2000. the council unanimously agreed to award 1.7 million dollars to the family. he was arrested on suspicion of trying to;éó buy drugs from undercover officers in east oakland. during the arrest several officers broke several of his ribs and lacerated his left lung. he di

the bulk of the system, on the embarcadero no rain falling now in downtown san francisco.ave 61 mountain view mid to upper 50s for everybody else. monterey bay upper 50s, clouds and the same lingering moisture in your neighborhoods. today pretty quiet, mostly cloudy even a peek of sun or two briefly dry because the next system comes in this evening and blasts us during overnight hours with heavier rain, faster breezes. looks like the possibility of minor flooding, dry, sunny, warmer, very quiet friday, saturday, sunday and monday. today well below average mid to upper 60s in most neighborhoods low to mid 70s east bay valleys and south bay montgomery bay mostly cloudy maybe more sun -- mid to upper 60s around the bay and salinas low to me 70s inland. tonight -- to mid 70s inland. 24 hours from now dealing with the same as we are this morning damp air mass behind the cold front 50s to in cloverdale. while you were sleeping system swept into south bay opening the door for the next system riding on a 165 mile per hour jet stream, a lot of energy that's why i think the next sys

the neat thing about this project is that after that part is completed, all of the way from the embarcadero, bike lanes will be done by the summer of 2012. finally, the sf mta has requested 1200 for a bike way on jfk drive. in april they allocated additional funds for planning and design work on the project after learning of further coordination necessary for support for a specific project. there remain if you design details to work out and a final number for the parking lot. to outfit the parking lot, as 78 will take it out to the finance authority on october 25. because of the required approvals not yet being met, they are recommending conditioning the allocation for jfk with expenses for construction and those bodies being met for the final design of the project. the project should take between six weeks to eight weeks to complete. with that, folks, staff members from all project can come back up. supervisor avalos: any early indication on how the concourse authority would stand? on the controversy? >> not unless someone from the sf mta wants to come up. we did receive a letter of suppor

at one point officials shutdown the embarcadero bart station in an effort to try and control the crowds. it has been a very active night. a lot of zigging and zagging. are they coming? yes they are. no they are aren't. at this point it is late, the ferry building will be opened soon this place will be filled with people rushing to work. some police have been released who were on standby for what appeared to be some large enforcement. this crowd announced they've heard the activity has been called off. that police will not be coming out here. occupy sf looks like it is going to remain at justin herman plaza. protesters vowed they are not going anywhere unless police force them out umar abdulmutallab h, abc7 news. >> thank you. -- protesters are back in frank ogawa plaza after they were chased out by tear gas firing police yesterday they came back and officers made no effort to stop them. then, as you mentioned many moved to san francisco in anticipation of some action there. katie marzullo is near oakland city hall with a barren camp there. >> reporter: good morning. if occupy sf is ener

>> potential institutions, people have come to the boma meetings, and people like the embarcadero center, the pyramid, buildings like that are the potential ones that might be marketed to or considered. the federal reserve, i think, was approached with a government program. the federal government is looking at installing these in indoor airports and subways. those are the ones that they have sort of sponsored and validated. supervisor mirkarimi: but in terms of the private sector, the private sector who would feel the need to install these devices would feel, for some reason, under potential threat or risk. >> think would happen with new york city, there was a large finance firm, and i believe there are other multiple ones in new york city that installed the speed up and they had false alarms. that is when it new york city look at proposing this legislation. supervisor mirkarimi: but that was also in response to the fever at the time because of what had happened in washington when there had been the mailing of anthrax, supposedly, and other concerns i think that had been raised are aroun

debris southbound 80 16th and embarcadero two left lanes, bricks scattered in lanes there.hat is not good for drivers. some of your drive times this morning highway 4 is beginning to slow towards concord. 580 a bit of a grind out of central valley. 880 from the coliseum towards the maze 15 minute drive no problems toll plaza metering lights on traffic backed to the west grand overcrossing. >>> 6:42. >> we'll be right back as we continue our coverage of the breaking developments as the occupy oakland demonstrations. [ female announcer ] from the very first moment we arrive... we're on the move. ♪ and we don't want anything, ever, to slow us down. so it's surprising that most women aren't getting enough calcium. but thankfully, with over 25 great flavors, like strawberry cheesecake and blackberry harvest, only yoplait original gives you 50% of the daily value of calcium and vitamin d in every cup. yoplait. it is so good. >>> welcome back. 6:46. president obama will arrive less than six hours from now he will be here only three hours but will get a lot of bang for his buck lit

accidente ocurrio cerca a la estacion jack london square, en la interseccion de las calles webster y embarcadero de la ciudad de oakland alrededor de las 10 de la noche y se informa que al menos hay 18 personas con diferentes heridas. ---uno de los trenes provenia de los angeles, mientras que el otro de bakersfield, y segun algunos testigos, ambos trenes circulaban a baja velocidad cuando ocurrio el choque; ninguno de los trenes se descarril. ---varios vehiculos de emergencia se encuentran en este momento en el lugar del accidente, atendiendo a las victimas que presentan raspones, y golpes. ---por supuesto que estamos siguiendo de cerca esta informacion. rdr ---un fuerte terremoto ha estremecido hace un par de horas la costa de oregon. ---el sismo de 5, 9 de maginitud ocurrio frente a las costas de "coos bay". ---el servicio de sismologia informa que no hay reporte de daÑos y que el sismo ocurrio varias millas mar adentro... ---no se han reportado replicas del terremoto y no se ha emitido ninguna advertencia de maremoto... cu ---al menos 8 personas han muerto y una result herida en un tiroteo qu

it happened at embarcadero and webster streets.er just arrived on the scene. >> reporter: julie, let me tell you, this is a calming scene now. there are still a lot of people who are injured. i've been down to the impact point. one car on the front of one of these trains, and we've seen some of the wheels off of the track. so this impact involving two amtrak trains. one of them heading from bakersfield, the other from the l.a. area was pretty significant. i did speak with a woman named rhonda from hayward. she was actually taking her 29- year-old daughter do the hospital when i got her. she suffered a broken arm. she actually said that at impact, her daughter went flying from one end of the cart all the way to the other. that's when she injured her broken arm. now if i can ask my photographer, i'm joined here by alton smith. he boarded this from oklahoma. tell us what you felt and heard. >> it felt like two trains hit. i was on car 11, on the last car back. there was a woman that works on the train and said, she's, i don't know wha

it happened at embarcadero and webster streets.eather just arrived on the scene. >> reporter: julie, let me tell you, this is a calming scene now. there are still a lot of people who are injured. i've been down to the impact point. one car on the front of one of these trains, and we've seen some of the wheels off of the track. so this impact involving two amtrak trains. one of them heading from bakersfield, the other from the l.a. area was pretty significant. i did speak with a woman named rhonda from hayward. she was actually taking her 29- year-old daughter do the hospital when i got her. she suffered a broken arm. she actually said that at impact, her daughter went flying from one end of the cart all the way to the other. that's when she injured her broken arm. now if i can ask my photographer, i'm joined here by alton smith. he boarded this from oklahoma. tell us what you felt and heard. >> it felt like two trains hit. i was on car 11, on the last car back. there was a woman that works on the train and said, she's, i don't know

doesn't look like it is hitting the embarcadero yet. j but it is close. if you are -- >>> but it is close. you can see the thicker clouds from the north bay some from the south. going to get flanked by light rain as it is pretty much on schedule with what we walked about this morning. good morning. here's another look. you can see as we look from south beach towards the east bay hills, east bay valleys and south bay probably the last to receive rain, very light by the time it gets to you late this afternoon, early evening. around san francisco, daly city to moss beach, the green is the rain reaching the ground. the blue probably evaporating. up to the north, healthy rain on 101 sonoma, marin county, getting ready to head into napa soon. all of this moving slowly to the east. temperatures right now for some reason that didn't update in the low to me 60s under the cloud cover -- mild win. cooler temperatures than yesterday and the rain rolling in this afternoon. sunny, break tomorrow afternoon during the daylight hours, dry and cool once again and the stron

with all the names that she read off in the embarcadero area, we did have a mission to advance preparations in the event of a catastrophic disaster. we have actually achieved so much, just because of the relationships in the form. i believe that the relationships, just within the san francisco bay area, are better today than they were two years ago for a year ago. that is all positive. the relationships that we have with the military and naval services are outstanding. liam has turned into one of our volunteers, interviewing a lot of sailors and marines. they were so taken with not just the beauty of the city, but the friendliness. we owe a lot to these inferences films in the greater bay area of -- san franciscans in the greater bay area. it was a success. as much as we can, adding a luster to the fort of san francisco. -- port of san francisco. i have gotten letters and messages from the pentagon, telling me what a great show. even new york understands that this is the largest fleet week in the united states. and it has a purpose.

to remark on the incident that happened on the embarcadero. my sense is the collision happened with someone at random and red light and ran into a pedestrian. i do not think that will be your typical bicycle sharing user. a phenomenon that we have seen worldwide, definitely in this country, again, counter intuitively come as the number of cyclists on city streets increase, safety also increases, and definitely in terms of the collision right. what we're also seeing in other cities is the number of overall collisions also go down in places where you have high bicycle youuse. by inviting more bicycles, you may think that we are inviting more trouble, but time and again, research out there has proved what we call safety in numbers. >> my second question was, is it a first-come first-served or do you reserve? when you go to that station, when you punch whatever do at 80 am station, you have a code or something. how do you actually get the bite? >> i am sure technology exists to reserve the bikes, but my sense is a first-come, first- served basis.

piers 15 and 17 is along the san francisco embarcadero. >> this gives us the new opportunity to givebay and the outdoors. we really can't do in our location. >> the pier buildings are barn like structures that stretch 800 feet over the bay. pier 15 will be developed first. re-created as state of the art science museum with exhibits that can grow and change overtime. but that is just the start. >> part of the gift to the city is provide roughly 2 acres of civic space for the public to enjoy the area. to that end they are expanding the deck and recreation area for the public. >> space used to be a parking lot. that what it looked like in february. now it's being removed little by little. >> we are standing where the public will be. >> this is view looking back toward the city where the parking lot was. and this is a rendering of when it's finished. >> so when the public gets here they will get a new jewel in the exploratorium and be able to see the magnificent view of the bay. >> absolutely. remember it's practically here. >> the front of the buildings will keep the staple historic loo

so just a heads up if you are driving later on this evening along the embarcadero. get a little bit hectic. elsewhere, hayward union city, 880 looking okay this morning and highway 92 san mateo bridge no issues at all. they wrapped up some earlier roadwork across th dumbarton bridge. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:20. bernie madoff says he has remorse and nightmares about his ponzi scheme but that he feels a whole lot happier in prison than he has felt in 20 years. he talked with barbara walters for two hours in jail where no cameras were allowed and according to her, he said, quote, i feel safer here than outside. i have people to talk to and no decision to make. separately, madoff's wife will appear on "60 minutes" this coming sunday. >>> safety questions this morning about one of the most popular birth control pills in america. >> that's right. an fda study found that pills like yaz carry a 75% greater risk for blood clots. this and other drugs contain a synthetic hormone that increases potassium levels in the blood. the fda also found higher rates of complicat