i appreciated its nice weather and eureka valley. the freels have been generously making extensive changes. . yoim asking that the commission not take the dissnigsary -- discretionary plan. >> are there any more speakers? you can step to the mike. >> i live at 704 castro street and evidence the pleasure of knowing myra for over 20 years and i have also known the freel family and 20 years that i have known myra, one or more of the freel and i believe that myra lived there 16 years. my point is that the freels are long-term residents and in renovating their home, they intend on staying long-term. i have been very impressed with the freels' willingness to address concerns with their neighbors. i have had lunch with myra and she mentioned meeting with neighbors to address concerns on the plans to renovate 309-311. they are wonderful people and neighbors. finally, i believe renovation to 309-311 would help improve the neighborhood and only raids property values for the surrounding homes. i hope the planning commission will support the fre

was not able to -- the team partnered with the eureka valley recreation center and golden gate wrestling club and went from doing really poorly to be invoiced to when the city championship. so we are really proud of the wrestling team. [applause] this is going to be a really simple format tonight. i'm going to turn it over to the mayor, and he is going to speak. as well as greg wagner, the mayor's budget director, to talk about the mayor's budget to talk about the budget situation. you will hear briefly from a number of department heads, and after that, we will have questions from members of the audience and whoever is the appropriate person to answer the question. that said, why don't we grabbed the microphone here. turn it over to mayor lee. mayor lee: thank you. good evening, everybody. i am not too prone to give long speeches, so that is probably good for you and me. anyway, i want to thank supervisor wiener for hosting this tonight. and for all the department heads that are here. i know there is probably commissioners here as well and other friends. by the way, i am a resident of di

i have lived in san francisco for the last 20 years and eureka valley for the last seven. this -- i appreciate the neighborhood and the surrounding community. and i believe this project will not only be a beautiful new building but enhance the surrounding neighborhood that i love. claire and i have chosen to live in the lower unit so we would be able to enjoy the yard and have easy access for our two large dogs. any reduction in the size of the yard is proposed by one of the d.r. plakets would diminish one of the most important features. i ask you that approve the project as submitted. thank you very much for your time. >> i'm in support of the project. i have 10 years experience in the construction field as it relates to finance as well as project costs for new homes, multi tenant homes and remodels. as part of the project preparation, we went over the costs several times. financial impact, retired senior on a fixed income, job-related costs. they do not want to ex cavity as has been proposed by the d.r. applicant, the effect would be significant job cost increases that w

you remember this as the eureka valley and large irish families lived here. 40 years ago came the gay wave. and now people are talking about a new chapter. san francisco's castro district, it doesn't get any gayer than this. at least that's the world's image. the reason gay people, young and old, have flocked here for two generations. >> when i came here first in 1970, a big incentive for staying here was not to grow up in cleveland, ohio anymore. not a great place to live on be gay. >> oh, but this was. and at the time one of the few such places in the country. that's why jim dial came and so did thousands of others. >> the gay population in this neighborhood is no longer being replenished by refugees from other parts of the country because they don't have to come here. live a nice life in st. louis. >> reporter: the issue is up for discussion now because over the weekend the bay citizen ran a provocative argument pointing out the changes, primarily in businesses that had catered to gay tastes. bookstores have closed. record stores, too. all up and down the castro and the surrounding

meanwhile, lots of sunshine in throughout the central valley for your getaway friday. rain in eureka, cloudy in ukaih and dry in lake tahoe. tomorrow's numbers warmer than today. 50s and 60s, a few low 70s in our inland areas. otherwise, we do call for partly cloudy conditions on saturday and sunday. memorial day at this particular time looks like it will be dry albeit still cool for this time of the year. allen, elizabeth? >> thank you. >>> banishing belly fat without the surgery. >> i lost an inch and three- quarters. >> next, a technique that melts away the pounds. doctors weigh in on whether it's worth it. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] well, now doctors say they've found a new way to get rid of l joins >>> love handles, muffin top, a lot of names for the stubborn belly fat. doctors say they found a way to get rid of it. dr. kim has more. >> reporter: last year, we told but a fat freezing procedure,

eureka. we have upper 70s through central valley. l.a. is 71. the warm spot is palm springs at 93. kristen? >> thank you. president obama got a royal welcome at buckingham palace in london. the queen led the president on a private tour of the balis. the president's two-day visit will include visit to westminster abbey, meeting with the prime minister and formal royal dinner at the palace tonight. they will meet unofficially with prince william and princess kate back from the honeymoon. then the first family makes stops in france and poland. [ applause [ applause ] >> did you see this? the motorcade experienced travel delay of sorts in the travel to ireland. it bottomed out at the top of the driveway at the embassy in dublin and got wedged on a steep incline. the obamas were not in the limo which goes by the name "the beast." the secret service says those in the limo were put in other cars and departed without any other problem. >> they're heavy because they're armor plated. you can see how it would happen. >>> 6:46. california is investigating possible crimes in the mortgage business. >> bl

in every major city of california, and, in fact, we are now in the central valley, up in your rica, other areas -- up in eureka. there was deployment about three years ago, and we had issues before the board. we withdraw the application and continued to build in other cities. we have statewide ceqa laws, as you all know. most of the cities, over 260 cities, have not required any ceqa at all. as the total vacations kroatian, a utility. there are four or five cities that have required a ceqa review, and they have given us an exemption. supervisor elsbernd: you have not had to do an eir? >> we have not. supervisor elsbernd: thank you, ken. if you can complete your analysis? >> sure. in fact, i do not think i got to the cumulative impact, but to get to it, there is an evidence standards, which i think i sort of mentioned, but the only punitive impact that has been addressed brings us back to what i was going to talk about in the context of unusual circumstances, because the same set of case law applies about the aesthetics or cumulative aesthetics. aesthetics is judged according to the immediate surroundings. all

eureka. bakersfield, fresno, all of these very hot communities all throughout the valley. well, those folks have air conditioning. and they were in the third and fourth tier. they were paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars a month. pg&e said, this is unfair to them because the cost of delivering this service to them is way less than what they're actually paying and it's really working on fairness. so the great number of people that are paying these higher rates are not the larry ellisons and the steve jobs. so as a result, pb and e said, let's make this more fair. let's cut the price at the top and raise it a little bit at the bottom and essentially what will happen is people at the bottom who pay a little bit more, new year's so many of them, will make up for the number of people. then they threw in this proposal that everybody should have kind of like a hookup fee, a special service fee, $2.40 for low-income people a month, $3 a month for the rest of us. that was uniformly rejected by the cpuc. they did adopt this system whereby there will be a reduction in costs, abou

degrees san francisco, san jose, 51 and partly cloudy skies, liver more valley, as we head around the state, showers, up towards eureka degrees, mid-70s fresno. 52 for a high lake tahoe. yep we just can't get that big ridge of high pressure building in until we do no end to the rain season and another storm beginning to drop south, gulf of alaska that will bring a chance for rain in the bay area as early as tomorrow today, partly cloudy skies, comfortable temperatures as we head in toward the afternoon numbers breaking down like this, cool numbers toward the coast, 50s there. lots of 60s almost 70 degrees morgan hill. east bay numbers, 70s. 60s walnut creek also pleasant hill and also see 62 degrees berkeley. north bay numbers running up as high as mid-60s. sonoma, 64 degrees, next few days, chance of shower bay area tomorrow, wednesday a brief break thursday could very well see another storm system drop in to see more rainfall friday and beginning of next weekend. that doesn't seem right for the first unofficial week of summer. >> at least you don't have to water the plants. >> that's right. we always think positive.

mid to upper 60s in in east bay valleys. 70 in antioch. 58 back in mopt layer. cool along the coast. showers up around eureka. sunny and 51 in tahoe and 71 in l.a. quick look at the giants forecast, diamondbacks in town, 54 degrees. breezy conditions and dropping down to 52. tomorrow we'll be about four degrees warmer and then we'll see more clouds and friday that sea breeze will make it cool once again like today. cold front will drop our temperatures more over the weekend and showers, thunderstorms will be thrown in sunday and possibly monday with another chance of rain on tuesday. >>> thank you. >> las vegas man who survived a metal pipe cutting through his head is sharing his story. we want to warn you some of these images may be disturbing. this x-ray of andrew was taken after he arrived at the hospital. a two inch thick ran through his fence and drove into a fence last november. he still has scars and missing teeth. he is thankful for the work of his doctors. >> went through a yard and a pipe on chain link fence came through the windshield, went through my face and came out of the back side of my head.

mid to upper 60s in in east bay valleys. 70 in antioch. 58 back in mopt layer. cool along the coast. showers up around eurekay and 51 in tahoe and 71 in l.a. quick look at the giants forecast, diamondbacks in town, 54 degrees. breezy conditions and dropping down to 52. tomorrow we'll be about four degrees warmer and then we'll see more clouds and friday that sea breeze will make it cool once again like today. cold front will drop our temperatures more over the weekend and showers, thunderstorms will be thrown in sunday and possibly monday with another chance of rain on tuesday. >>> thank you. >> las vegas man who survived a metal pipe cutting through his head is sharing his story. we want to warn you some of these images may be disturbing. this x-ray of andrew was taken after he arrived at the hospital. a two inch thick ran through his fence and drove into a fence last november. he still has scars and missing teeth. he is thankful for the work of his doctors. >> went through a yard and a pipe on chain link fence came through the windshield, went through my face and came out of the back side of my head. it's

eureka at 57. it looks like through the central valley, we have low to mid-70s.nd we'll have upper 70s around l.a. to mid-and lower to mid-90s around palm springs. eric? >> mike, thank you very much. >> this memorial day we honor service men and women who made sacrifices but not all of the sacrifices are physical. imagine having to relearn how to drive, not because you haven't driven in a while. but because where you have been driving was a war zone. >> before going off to war, he took driving for granted. >> i have'm always looking for rooftop and over bridges. i don't think i'd go away. hyper vigilance wherever i'm at. >> in iraq it was the difference between life and debt. humvee were taught to scan for snipers, roadside bomb and avoid being boxed in. if there was a threat, don't stop. >> we just kept going. >> not stop. >> victor came back to san jose with post dramatic stress syndrome and demands from his fiancee he control the temper behind the wheel. that led him to this program. >> they're coming to see me because the family member, loved one has been in

valley. tahoe at 52. no of rain today a eureka and look at palm springs, l.a.nd san diego, no low 90s today. >>> taking a look at the stories we're following this morning. white house is talking seriously release one of the photos of the dead osama bin laden to give the world proof that many are asking for that he is dead. but it understands it's a sensitive matter and wants to make sure it doesn't spark retaliation. >> for the first time pg&e is admitting problems with the smart meters. they overcharged customers. pg&e is calling customers who were affected by the broken meters and offering a $25 credit for the inconvenience. >> it's been one year since a 17-year-old hayward boy was shot and killed at mission boulevard. samuel nava's mother and friends will hold a candlelight vigil. we'll have the latest on these stories coming up at 6:00 a.m. >> hackers haven't wasted any time using the death of osama bin laden to scam unsuspecting computer users. ceo of v-scaler a cloud based security company, he says internet thieves, people would be online looking for info

eureka. then it looks like mild temperatures in the 70s as you make your way into the central valley.ut we've got a broad trough sitting on the coast. no ridge building in. that keeps temperatures below average. they will continue to stay that way. temperatures running a good five to seven degrees below normal this time of year. 50s out toward the immediate coastline. you will see not as much wind which will allow temperatures to heat up. blowing pretty good in alameda and berkeley. winds will be kicking up. you will see 60s and 70s showing up in the valley. you get the idea. it's going to be a similar day around the bay area today. not quite as windy. by tuesday, those winds calm down, those temperatures continue to warm up. on wednesday, the cloud -- skies, there's a chance we should see some showers. it could get wet and dry out. maybe, just maybe some more rain as we head toward the holiday weekend. there's a look at the weather. sports is next. >>> weather was good enough for extra innings at the ballpark and sharks and canucks get physical. ,,,,,,,, i know you're worried about m

eureka 57. tahoe 55. we have cooler weather in central valley. low to mid-60s in big sur and san diego. los angeles, 68. is warmest at 83. eric has more news. >> thank you. >>> if you ever wondered what it's like to come home from war, you are about to meet a marine corps veteran who went to the first gulf war in 1991 and brought inescapable memories back home with him. since then he put memories good and bad down so he can remember them. not on paper, but on ceramics. >> i'm going to throw some cups. >> this is artist aaron tool. this is what he calls "throwing cups." in the home studio he fashions a blob of clay to the beverage cups with a message. >> for me, having been in the marine corps and served in 1991 gulf war, i feel, you know, i have to talk about issues of war and violence. >> every cup features a design somehow related to war or weapons, violence and the military. but he doesn't sell them. he gives them away. more than 10,000 so far. >> my wife calls me work "war awareness art." >> aaron was a military policeman with the first marine division in operation desert storm where he saw the fear

eureka. we have low to mid-70s through central valley. 62 at big sur.ound san diego and los angeles. if you want any time for warmth you have to go to palm springs where it's sunny and 83 today. eric has more news. >> thank you very much. you are about to meet a marine corps vet who went to the first gulf war in 1991 and brought back inescapable memories of it. since then he put memories down, good and bad, not on paper but ceramics. this is artist aaron toole and what he calls throwing cups. in his home studio he fashions blob of clay to beverage cup with a message. for me being in war i have to talk about the violence. >> every cup has a design related to war or weapons, violence and the military. but he doesn't sell them. he gives them away. more than 10,000 so far. >> my wife calls the art war awareness art. >> he was in operation desert storm and where he saw the fear, violence and kay yas of combat -- chaos of combat and decided it's where american public should see what it's like before sending young men and women to war. >> i don't care so much

be a sun-filled day in most areas with mid-to-lower lower to mid-80s through central valley. 66 at big sur. 66 in eurekahe sierra where scattered showers are possible in tahoe and yosemite on saturday. rain on sunday. mid-to-upper 50s in tea -- tahoe. you can see sunshine before the clouds break off. mid-to-upper 60s. 70 here and there. kristen? >> thank you mike. in a few hours, president obama will begin what could be a tense meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house. he did not react well when obama announced they are endorsing palestinian demand on where the border of the future state should be drawn. >> we believe the orders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. >> netanyahu called those borders "indefensible." several republican presidential hopefuls blasted the proposal. mitt romney said the president, "threw israel under the bus." former house speaker newt gingrich called it, "the most dangerous speech ever made by american president for surviv

eureka and 52 in tahoe. then you see the low to mid-80s in the central valley and 90s around san diego and l.a.. >>> talkinghoe where the snow pack measurement confirms what we already know. this will not be a drought year. near record snow pack water content is 144% of the season average. readings will help them forecast the runoff. >>> san francisco private e-mails made public in a lawsuit over the stone lake concession agreement is raising more concern from critics. they report the e-mails show employees of the parks department worked with a lobbyist to win the contract for a new mexico company. attorneys for bruce mcclellan who has run the concession for more than a half a century say the process was corrupt. a lobbyist says ortega enterprises was selected because they promised to fix up the old boat house and improve food rentals. >> and caltrain ridership has increased but, ridership increased 4% in march, but trains arrived as scheduled only 93% of the time that will s less than 96% goal. they say mechanical and signal problems were to blame. >> first full commercial salmon season is getting off to a

eureka. low to mid-60s around chico, sacramento, big sur. rain and mountain snow around tahoe. valleyountain snow. tahoe, 53. if you want heat, go to palm springs. sunny 93 today. kristen? >> thanks a lot. >>> 5:48. look at the stories we're following tuesday morning. bicycles and pedestrians will have to be sharing the east side of the golden gate bridge from now through september. the west sidewalk is closing for seismic work. bikes have to access the east side 24 hours a day but pedestrians are only allowed sunrise to sunset. alameda officials are expected to review the policy on land-based water rescues. police and firefighters at crown beach had to watch a suicidal man stand in the frigid surf for more than an hour before he succumb to the cold and drowned. officials say budget constraints prevent them from recertified firefighters in land-base water rescue. and without it they're open to liability. contra costa county sheriff department is investigating a fatal shooting in the city of rodeo that happened after 10:00 last night on teleabi road near california and mariposa street.

valley and palm springs. upper 60s to low 70s. san diego and los angeles. 66 at big sur. eurekahe cool spots at 66 degrees. take you to the high country. tahoe looks like a scattered shower saturday with more rain on sunday. same with yosemite. temperatures in the mid-50s tahoe to 70 in yosemite. eric has more news. >> thank you. >>> former chief of international monetary fund is expected to be released from jail later today. a judge in new york sent bail for dominique strauss-kahn at $1 million in connection with sexual assault charges. between freed he will be restricted to apartment under armed guard. john hendrin has the latest. >> for strauss-kahn, this is prison. d.s.k., as he is known, begins detention as manhattan building. rented for up to $14,000 a month. >> i have decided i will grant a bail under the following conditions. >> those conditions strauss-kahn will sur render his passport and wear electronic monitoring bracelet. this is a far cry from riker's island jail where he is used to luxury hotel suite spent four nights. in a rare moment, he blew kisses to his famil

valley. breezy 50 in tahoe. mid to upper 80s around palm springs and san diego. clouds, maybe drizzle around eurekand 59 degrees. >>> we're following developing news out of unincorporated san leandro where right now firefighters are investigating an early morning firing at medical marijuana club. it started around 1:00 this morning at grower's choice on east 14th street. they managed to knock the fire before it can spread to nearby businesses. >>> police are hoping security camera video will help them find two suspects that vandalized a medical marijuana dispensary. two suspects threw a molotov cocktail inside the store. one suspect used a hammer to break the door and the other threw the molotov cocktail inside. >> we changed the market for medical marijuana. when we opened they charged 65 and we charged 54, no tax and everyone had to adopted their prices after us. >> capitola healing association says they serve about 1200 patients. the owner hopes to have it open again by friday. >>> investors are reacting positively over news to osama bin laden's death. >> good morning. we are going to be higher

eureka, ron in crescent city. ecue ya about .10 -- ukiah, .10. drizzle down to mill valley. it's not showing up on radar, not south of that. there's a drizzle on the way, but mainly to north. i would think that drizzle would end in the next couple of hours. but the light rain is possible. forethose of you heading up to the move mountains, shasta/lassen, tahoe, truckee. maybe snow down to 4,000 feet on sunday. see, it doesn't show up. but really chilly, 49. it's cool. 5, though, oakland, 58 concord. 58 mountain view and some sunshine in san jose. we do have a lot of cloud cover streaming over. it will continue to do so today and tomorrow. that's where we're banking on giving us wet weather. it will be windy. no doubt about that. saturday a low comes in and goes right over the sierra and that could give them interesting weather along with the sacramento valley. maybe close to us. i will lean on this being mostly cloudy, breezy, cool. light rain today and tomorrow. otherwise, partly sunny, the farther south you go. below-average temperatures, can't change that -- change that. h

valley. 73 in fresno. morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine around san diego and los angeles. 81 in palm springs. 53 and sunshine in tahoe. clouds around eureka at 66. >>> navy is drawing up plans to let chaplains perform same sex civil marriages. they would begin training this summer if the pentagon lifts the don't ask, don't tell ban in the military. it would be allowed in states that already recognize same sex unions. same sex partners would not be entitled to health, housing or other benefits that straight couples get. >> wall street is reporting that calpers is expected to lose millions in bankruptcy court due on to their investment in lehman brothers. john paulson is expected to make nearly $726 million, while calpers is due to lose $68 million and san mateo county would lose $115 million on the same bonds they bought before lehman failed. >> bank of america wants to text you but the message woent may not be friendly. >> bloomberg reporter joins us live from the stock exchange. >> good morning to you. bank of america has a new plan because of customer complaints about nasty overdraft fees. they are texting some customers when they don't

eureka in the overnight hours. 59 there. we'll be near 60 in tahoe, mid-to-upper 60s around san diego and big sur. how about the upper 70s throughout the central valleygs. kristen and eric with more news. >> one out of two ain't bad. the housekeeper who had an out-of-wedlock child with former governor schwarzenegger is hiring a law firm. mildred patricia baena of bakersfield is represented by the law firm jacobson russell, salt and fingerman. the firm says there are no plans to take anyone to court at this time. but the website radar online says it received a letter from the law firm challenging what it called unflattering reports about baena. >>> the crew aboard the international space station is installing a new filter inside the oxygen generation system. two astronauts from the space shuttle "endeavor" will review procedures for tomorrow's second spacewalk of the mission. "endeavor" docked with a space station high above earth. abc7's dan ashley spoke by satellite last night with two of the crew members. >> are you planning anything special because this is the final mission for "endeavor"? >> right now, we are enjoying and embracing the adventure