that's why this city is poised to become the first city in north american history with a demonstration, a commercial project, to place, in essence, a large green power plant underneath the mouth of our golden gate bridge or the mouth of the bay below the golden gate bridge that could conceivably provide enough power for 12 1/2 percent of all the households in san francisco. 100 percent green, 100 percent renewable. they are doing smaller projects around the world from israel, just over in england, we've seen these demonstration projects. we've now got to make them more commercially viable and san francisco wants to take the lead. my great hope and expectation as a californian is to see those gas oil rigs off the coast of california completely replaced with wave energy systems which again exist around the world but aren't being taken advantage of here in the state of california as they could or should be. we have done a lot on solar. in fact, we're very proud to have taken the leadership on our solar initiative a number of years ago the public passed a $100 solar bond in san francisco.

later today, the first meeting will take place here at city hall. applicants will get orientation pacts and so will ktvu. we're going to obtain one and give you a first-hand look. >> all right. , thank you, craig. >>> still ahead, oakland made a national list that people will not be celebrating. >>> the airports are already filling up with holiday travelers. we'll tell you if the weather will be an issue. >>> a shooting late last night in oakland left three dead and one injured. by the time police got to the scene, the victims had already been taken to the hospital by car. one was pronounced dead. another is in critical condition. police say they don't have a motive and haven't made any arrests. >>> a study places oakland and richmond among the most dangerous cities in the united states. the rankings found st. louis is the most dangerous city. that's based on more than 2,000 violent crimes in 2009 per 100,000 residents. these rankings are by cq press and based on fbi crime numbers. >>> well, we just checked in with some of the airports. they're all r

oakland is the first city in the nation to license wholesale pot cultivation. they will pay an annual fee of $200,000 for the permit and $5,000 in application fees. >>> tobacco retailers plan to rally this afternoon against two propose license fees in silicon valley. tomorrow supervisors in santa clara county will consider a $425 annual fee for businesses to sell tobacco products. san jose is already moving forward with a $450 annual fee. city council members could vote on that as soon as next month. >>> and this morning, the head of the tsa appears to be changing his stand on those invasive new patdowns. meantime, as mark sayre reports, outrage over the new screening procedures might cause an even bigger jam at airports this week. it's never ending. and there's a nice couple behind you embracing. that's kind of cute. [ laughter ] >> go ahead, mark. >> reporter: i'll take your word for that. >> no patdown but go ahead. >>> reporter: the tsa in damage control mode this morning after yesterday flatly saying there would be no changes at all to the patdowns that ar

cities, perhaps could get it right. that is when the sisters to the movement began. hear, it began with our first sister city in the osaka in 1957, 1st diplomatic relations between the u.s. and japan. we had the privilege of being there is a couple of years back to celebrate the 50th anniversary. if you walk into the international room, you will see that the mayor from a sock and had not been enlarged robot celebrating the 50th anniversary. since then, 17 others have been established. this is number 18. we recently celebrated some significant milestones. 38th anniversary of our shanghai sister city. that was a significant moment, in terms of the relationship, again not just our two cities, but both countries. the first formal relations between the two countries were formed through that sister city bond. we had the opportunity to go to bed alarm as our first trip back there. we established a sister region between bangalore and the san francisco area. there was a delegation of leaders who went back there. obviously connected to china and asia. we felt like it needed to incorporate india. that bring

. >> even though we are a transit first city our roads are not safe for bicyclives or pedestrians. we need to work on the potholes. continue to build bike lanes. we are doing better at building bike lanes, certainly, i think where we fall short in part is we don't educate the drivers within the city. i continualy hear from people who don't understand how bike lanes work. bicyclists are always on the defensive. i wish i could say i felt like it was a safe city for bicyclists. which could say go to work on your bicycle and you will be fine. i don't think i know one bicyclist who has not been hit by a car door. >> a large number of san francisco homes don't own vehicles. i think that's a good thing. people don't need cars in the city. a lot of people don't need cars in the city. >> i think to a certain extent the saying is true, if you build it they will come. the more parking spaces you build the more cars you attract. i would like to see district 8 particularly along the transit corridors and on market and where muni is effective i would like to see less parking. >> i felt like mun

last summer oakland became the first city in the nation to license large scale pot cultivation. >>> a black bear has been seen roaming around marin county. the staff out of the point rays national seashore received a half dozen reports about it. the bear was last spotted a week ago. more than a mile from the bear valley trail near seashore headquarters. it's also been spotted at toe malice -- tomalis bay park. >> wow. we go to a lot of those places. a bear comes around and it's surprising. >> yeah a little bit. >>> good morning to you. good morning to everyone. we had some earlier problems on the roads out there, but they have been cleared up rather nicely as soon as they popped up on the screen they left. that is good. they are starting off pretty well on 80 as you can see coming from richmond and east shore freeway. bay bridge toll plaza is light with no problems. they didn't do in the construction problems over the bridge. all the lanes are open and in san jose northbound 280 traffic moves well. a little bit wet out there still. that could mean fender benders as people may not be c

bloomberg and american express ceo kenneth chenault announced this week that new york would be the first city to designate the first saturday after thanksgiving as small business saturday, i was thrilled. large retailers have counted on black friday to boost year-end sales for decades. more recently, as the popularity of online shopping continues to grow, many of those same retailers have also been major beneficiaries of cyber monday. it makes sense on so many levels to launch an effort specifically aimed at encouraging consumers to spend with small, independent businesses, a key source of new jobs in an economy still in recovery mode. but if we really want it to succeed, and help the businesses and communit be willing to nd services, but do not accept credit cards. one of the fundamentals of our mission at black enterprise is to champion entrepreneurship. i applaud the creation of small business saturday and urge the entire nation to join new york in making it an annual holiday shopping tradition at least as impactful to our economy as black friday and cyber monday. i'm alfred edmond jr. >>

if we are ever going to be a transit first city, we need to have this first access in the northeast neighborhoods i would like to thank my colleagues, the mayor, and federal officials for their strong support of this. i look forward to continuing that work. supervisor campos: supervisor chu? supervisor chu: thank you for coming out here today. i know that you have been working on this for quite some time. i am pleased to see that there is a pathway for word. i know that there are a number of things that need to be bought and, but this has been a good update for this committee. i want to address some of the things i heard in public comments. central subway is also a project that i am very supportive of. it is important to chinatown and the regional area. we heard public comments about funding, like how this is robbing peter to pay paul. this is not the case. when we spoke to the departments, it was clear that the project and moneys that we were relying on, it does not take away from a previous project. it is the priority of the mta and the city to make sure that the central subway is built and tha

and so, in the 1980's i have the honor of serving in the first city council and i want to say that the basic position is that we support the first draft documents. we would like to be able to project that -- some additional supply for us, because we inherited a toxic environment. and we have a lot of work to thrive as a city. we're actually doing well and we are in the planning right now. we are building a in a healthy community, perspective. we are unconscious -- we are very conscious of the environmental issues. but we are stranded by the previous history before we were able to take destiny into our own hands. we're one of the later customers and we feel that we are disadvantaged. i hope that you will take into consideration these concerns. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i am the director of water resources, and you see this as part of your package. we complement the outreach efforts by the staff to present this draft and respond with comments. we recognize that this is the choice that will be made but there has a distinction between individuals with the guarantee and the su

last summer oakland became the first city in the nation to license large scale pot cultivation. >>> a black bear has been seen roaming around marin county. the bear was last spotted a week ago more than a mile from the bear valley trail near seashore headquarters. it has also been spotted at tomales bay point. for now they are going to leave the animal alone. >> you know those areas as well. >> yes, i do. >>> 6:04. sal, i know you are keeping an eye on antioch what is happening there? >> there is a crash on westbound 4 it's on the shoulder. that is a wide part of the freeway as you know. it gets narrow again and then gets wide here at bay point. and people always ask me when is the widening going to be done and it will be a few more years i'm afraid for that stretch of highway 4. that is why traffic is always bad. right now that accident son the shoulder westbound 4 at eighth street. let's move along and take a look at westbound 80. not a big delay but we are seeing a bit of a back up here at the toll plaza. at 6:15 they turn the metering lights on. and if you are driving in the south

oakland will be the first city in the nation to allow them to use the city issued nation identification card that doubles as a debit card. is a decision to put money is on the card and use them like bank issue debit cards. oakland city leaders say this will let people without bank accounts to avoid cashing it feast with checking accounts and avoid caring cash on them. dozens i'm gay rights activists mark the anniversary of the assassination of more than 30 years ago. a vigil was held in honor of several politicians were they spoken and they talked about what to damien's about the l g b t committee. >> every year they gather to commemorate what supervisor harvey it meant for the clear committee across the country and the world. he is our martin luther king jr.. >> after the march day it went to the media station where the camera shop is located. >> still ahead but the protest between north and south korea. of foiled bomb plot at a christmas tree lighting and stamford it fights to hold onto its high spot and it beat c.s. football rankings. these are just a few of the story still ahead on

the city passed a similar law in the summer making it the first city to do such a thing. live here in palo alto, today in the bay. >> thanks for the update. >> dale city legislation would allow the city to take over some control of the venue. the state department of food and agriculture operates the cow palace. it comes after 16 people attending a cop frens had to be rushed to the hospital. it head to the senate. >> the city cannot pay $110 million worth of new construction at the airport. officials are trying to find ways to raise that money. the shortfall happened when they tried to extend $450 million in credit. four banks agreed to provide $340 million worth of that and some say they may increase credit lines with the city. a firth did no longer help because they are ending business in the united states and that's where the short call comes from. they may ask for an extension trying to buy more time as they try to negotiate a permanent solution. >>> an msnbc anchor and commentator might soon be back to work. keith olbermann was suspended. >> not for long. he was caught

the city council approved the plan in july, making oakland the first city in the nation to license wholesale pot cultivation. >>> the father of a northern california soldier killed in afghanistan last week is demanding to find out how his son died. he was killed november 15th in canada -- his father says his son's body was found inside an suv and he died of a single gunshot to the head inside in the security fences. his father says the army told him his son's death is still under investigation. >>> iran has set a new trial date for the uc berkeley grads charged we spying. the trial has been push back to february 6th. it was supposed to start earlier this month, but iranian authorities say shourd had not been summoned to return to the done there toy appear in court. she bass -- was released in september and has no plans to return to iran. >>> president obama is back from europe where he received strong support from foreign leaders who are backing the new start treaty. that treaty limits nuclear weapons between the u.s. and russia. now there's another nuclear threat from the other side of the

. >>> last summer, the city of oakland became the first city in e whole country to license large-scale pot cultivation. >>> b.a.r.t. officials say two weekend incidents are reminders to watch where you step when you get off the train. one man got his leg stuck in the gap between the train and the platform saturday night at the walnut creek station. fortunately the train opquickly an's leg was freed in 20 m inutes. no word op extent of the injuries but the incident caused some delays. and in la fayette, a woman did the same thing but she pulled her foot out quickly and was uninjured. >>> some incredible pictures of the bay bridge hit by lightning over the weekend. this is 5:52 saturday evening. keep watching the towers. two towers were actually hit simultaneously right there by those bolts of lightning. this roof was -- shot was taken from the roof camera at our bank of america building in san francisco. caltrans said the lightning didn't cause any problems on the bay area's busiest bridge. >> those towers are all steel and they act like a lightning rod. >> caltrans says it's not unusua

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less than two years ago, san francisco was the first city in the u.s. to have a mandatory commuter benefit. requiring the private sector to compensate those who travel to work. at the time, congress was contemplating those who took their bicycles but that was stopped. maybe if there was an ability to update that, that might instruct us in the added purpose of moving toward the real demand of our streets by bicyclists, a huge volume of those traveling to work by bicycle. >> in the comments i made, i mentioned there reauthorization of the surface transportation act. [unintelligible] and i know that several people in congress have been grappling with this. prominently [unintelligible] a very strong bicycle activists. when there is a prospect for real action there will be a type that you are talking about. for municipalities to look for cheaper municipal transportation systems. which is what everyone has said today about bicycle investments. this would seem like one of those logical steps that can be taken by the federal or other governments to incentivize

and so, in the 1980's i have the honor of serving in the first city council and i want to say that the basic position is that we support the first draft documents. we would like to be able to project that -- some additional supply for us, because we inherited a toxic environment. and we have a lot of work to thrive as a city. we're actually doing well and we are in the planning right now. we are building a in a healthy community, perspective.

and so, in the 1980's i have the honor of serving in the first city council and i want to say that the basic position is that we support the first draft documents. we would like to be able to project that -- some additional supply for us, because we inherited a toxic environment. and we have a lot of work to thrive as a city. we're actually doing well and we are in the planning right now. we are building a in a healthy community, perspective. we are unconscious -- we are very conscious of the environmental issues. but we are stranded by the previous history before we were able to take destiny into our own hands. we're one of

get your first full prescription free and save on refills. the city's board of supervisors is considering >>> bring your own bag or pay more. that's the idea in san francisco. the board of supervisors is considering a 10-cent fee on paper or reusable grocery bags. at the grocery stores. the supporters say that they want to encourage customers to be more eco-friendsly. but critics say it would hurt businesses. if approved the measure would take effect in july. now, if you started your thanksgiving shopping, you may have noticed prices a little bit higher this year. julie watts shows us there are some tricks that can save you some money at the store. >> that's right, and according to the consumer price index, the price of thanksgiving has gone up 3% this year and we all like to splurge but not so much when it comes to spending our money, right? so we went comparison shopping and got the thanksgiving list and went out to try to save you a little bit of money. >> on thanksgiving, a day most of us look forward to for the food. not the price tag. >> probably

and so, in the 1980's i have the honor of serving in the first city council and i want to say that the basic position is that we support the first draft documents. we would like to be able to project

we will be the first big city in the nation to have an electric fleet.t will leverage roughly $30 million of local money, including the partnership's we are announcing today, with companies like mastercard. all these things today are taking shape in real time, and i just think it is exciting. again, we are in the house business. we are proving how we can get this done. we are proving we can get it done in a business better and create a new opportunity to build the economy in this more sustainable future that we tried to build. i know we are here to announce this partnership, but i am here to celebrate that vision and celebrate that resolve and collective wisdom through our bay area bay quality district, our partners at the pork, -- port, the work of ed lee, the border supervisors, and through these public-private partnerships that we are now developing. this federal stimulus grant provides 4600 of these charge points by october 2011. $37 million from the fed to do this. and they are doing it in cities that have demonstrated leadership first, and that is

blinded me with science become one of the first to charge for paper >>> well san francisco was the first citytry to ban plastic shopping bags. now it could become one of the first to charge for paper and reusable bags. los angeles county recently passed a 10-cent surcharge for paper bags. san jose is considering a similar measure. now san francisco board of supervisors has proposed a charge for each recyclable or reusable bag. the idea is to change the behavior of customers. if supervisors approve the plan it would take place in july, the charge would be 10 cents a bag. >>> we don't hear this very often, a man was stranded on a deserted island for five days, an island in suisun bay. his raft began leaking east of the better niche a martinez bridge on wednesday. he managed to reach row island but he didn't use his cell phone to call for help. he said he was embarrassed and he didn't want taxpayers to have to pay for the coast guard to come and "rescue some stupid guy" so he spent the next five days trying to fix his raft living off native plants until he had to give up and call for help. >>> p

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. >> oakland took a step closer to becoming the first city in the nation to cultivate whole sale medicalmayor what is your profession. potential farmer showed up at city hall want assurance that their vehement will be protected from federal drug agents. allen is live in oakland with the story for us. allen? >>reporter: the 4 selected pot farmers have to pay a permit fee of 2 11,000 dollar a year but they stand to make millions for themselves and the city. however they are navigating uncharted water and most trech the us threat out there could be the federal government. pb 75 applicant attended this meeting to learn how to apply for the coveted 4 permit allowing the cult vague of medical marijuana on an industrial scale. it will be a blind selection process. >> i think it's going to be fair. there are a number of different criteria that the city council has factored in on this. >>reporter: the 4 pot farm will have to meet labor and employment standard as well as stringent environmental and safety regulations. >> just need to know state law and local law as relate to medical cannabis. >>re

san francisco is now the first city in the nation to ban toy giveaways with meals which have high amounts of sodium, fat or calories. mcdonald's and other restaurants have until december of 2011 to make their kids' meals healthier if they want to keep offering the plastic figurines. it reflects concerns over studies that shows child obesity is at epidemic levels. >>> teens and texting. the two go together like peas and carrots these days. too much texting can be associated with risky behavior. nbc bay area's chris sanchez has the 411 on so-called hypertexting. >> reporter: smoking, drinking and other risky behaviors appear to be more common among teenagers who text and use social networking sites excessively. they receive more than 100 text messages every day. >> these are kids who are getting less sleep. who are less physically active. who are smoking more cigarettes, drinking more alcohol, using more marijuana. >> reporter: dr. scott frank from the case western reserve university surveyed more than 4,000 high school students, along with smoking and drug and alcohol use, hypertexting was

last year 94 people were arrested for drunk driving oakland will be the first city in the nation to allow residents to use city issued identification cards that double as debit cards. this week they are awarded a contract and they would be allowed to put money on the cards and used them like bank issue debit cards. city leaders say that this will let people without banking accounts to avoid check cashing fees and to avoid carrying it too much cash. everybody got in the spirit to see at house we can live in it for gingerbread. it is located in the fairmont hotel. it is 22 ft. tall and made up of 5500 pieces of gingerbread, 425 candied and 8 gal. of chocolate. it features our roof with kids to write letters to stand up and it was visiting time and the lobby today with the christmas display. will it lead door it for the holiday season. >> still ahead, protest and military drills and a foil of bomb plot at a christmas tree lighting, and be as seat football rankings and otter goes on the defensive. to turkeys from california have the courage life ahead of them. these are just a few of the stor

. >>> san francisco is about to become one of the first cities to ban toys in fast-food meals. this is after an ordinance was set for nutrition requirements. the board voted to ban those that have not enough fruits and vegetables or too much sugar. >>> prop 23 is on its way to defeat which means california's landmark global warming law will me main in effect. about 60% of voters rejected the measure which sought to reduce gas missions. the group says the measure was designed to kill the state's fight against global warming. supporters say it was needed to save jobs. >>> 7:24. let's rush right back to sal. breaking news at the caldecott tunnel. what's going on? >> well, it was a construction accident that aped less -- which happened less than an hour ago. the new bore, there was some sort of an accident where a couple of workers have been injured. and they are looking looking for a rescue team to get up to them. someone may, indeed, be trapped in the new caldecott tunnel. so far, westbound traffic a not affected all that -- traffic not affected all that much. this is going on in