i'm doug price, the general manager of the sir francis drake hotel. i'd like to introduce you to our chief executive officer, mike tabati. [applause] >> thank you, john. welcome, everybody, it's great to be here today. the mayor is apparently on his way. will make a grand entrance in just a moment. i want to thank everybody for coming. as many of you know, kempton has a very long history as a leader and a pioneer in the hospitality industry for our earth care program and practices. really started back years ago when bill kempton in his first hotel here in san francisco nearly 30 years ago. and since that time over the last 30 years, we've been able to add a lot of hotels to our system. we now have 10 hotels here in san francisco. actually one in coopertino. 54 fine dining restaurants. during that time, since our first hotel, we've been amassing

we are talking about this area right here southbound 101 just as you approach sir francis drake.utes but earlier the fire was reported just after 4:00. it was threatening homes. but now it's mostly out, just a little smoke visible from the freeway. off-ramp closed in san jose northbound 280 approaching bird avenue where a car took out about 10 sand barrels so debris was scattered all over the roadway. never caused a huge delay. bay bridge toll plaza quiet. a lot of people going back to work today after a long holiday weekend. so so far, so good for your commute into the city. lawrence has your forecast. >> we have major changes in the weather around the bay area today, elizabeth. of course, yesterday just spectacular all the way to the coastline. today though temperatures taking a dive. warmest spots only in the low 80s inland even in pleasanton about 78 degrees. plenty of sunshine in the valleys. you notice the winds kicking up and the fog gathering at the coast and beaches. highs there near 70 yesterday. only in the 60s with that patchy fog. now, the next couple of days the tem

just behind the sound wall near sir francis drake boulevard. we got off the phone with the chief of the fire department and the fire is out. fire crews are off to the shoulder but no longer blocking any lanes. out to the san mateo bridge, everything looks great. 14 minutes in the commute direction of westbound 92 towards the peninsula. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> temperatures really cooling down outside around the bay area, elizabeth. good old low clouds and fog starting to make its way back onshore. you see some of those patches sneaking inside the bay now but all along the coastline more of that throughout the day today. and looks like the coming days ahead as those temperatures will continue to cool down a bit. clear start though in some of the interior valleys. partly cloudy with patches of fog inside the bay. mostly cloudy at the coastline with the fog. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. today we'll struggle to get into the low 80s in the warmest spots. lots of sunshine. more of a sea breeze inside the bay wil

he is rid of of highway 101 near san francis drake boulevard their personnel learned and seen what is the latest? >> i can tell you it's a very small grass fire quickly asserted to spread. in just a matter of minutes drybrush started to really pick up. brouwer reason video that i shot about a minute ago. you can see those trees really starting to take off. there are houses for livermore hundred yards away from where this fire is. it is directly above where this fire is a long 101. fire personnel quickly gone on to the scene. you can see, what kind of issue they had. not only was the flames' regencies sparks flying. through the air. all love dry tinder around this area. but does it come alive, you can see that looks like they've got this thing for a while knockdown quickly. it is a real hilly area over here. as they attacked it from the top, bottom. obviously the big concern now is hot spots. with all those embers flying around, they do know i see this thing reignite. >> would is to receive a lotus 6 of those trees. he just give us a little perspective is kind of hard to make out with

and the san francisco icon and door man of the francis drake hotel fore the last 800 years. it's only been really 32. pillar from the newspaper, david from uncle vito's pizza, maggie baxter from abc channel 7. i must turn the page. deputy chief antonio para, san francisco police department, lynn bruney, director of consumer marketting for the san francisco convention and visitors bureau and wes tyler, general manager, chancellor hotel on union square and president of the union square association. let's hear it for all those judges, ladies and gentlemen. now, these judges have a very, very difficult job. they have to rate the competitors. each bell ringer will be judged on rhythm, originality, and style. today we're going to find out who has the it factor and before the amateur competition stuff starts, i'd like to bring up a former bell-ringing champion, mr. carl payne, ladies and gentlemen. not one, not two, not three, 10-time bell-ringing champion. the only bell-ringing champion who is even close to this would be mr. byron cobb, who has five wins. and buddy, my second husb

that include the sir francis drake, the prescott hotel, the serano, the monaco, and the tuscan inn. to reward people for doing this, we're making a nice offer available from our restaurants in the city as well. little cards right there. pick one up. with that, i'd like to thank car are of kara's cupcakes who's helping us celebrate today by taking her caravan around to all of our certified hotels in the city and giving out free cupcakes. you might catch her before she leaves for the next destination, which i think is the prescott hotel on post street. so just chatting with kara and want to acknowledge the earth care commitment, the commitment to the environment that kara's cupcakes has made also is pretty substantial. now i'd like to introduce you michelle perrault, who is with us today. michelle served on the better of drook or thes for green seal in san francisco and we're very happy to have her here. thank you so so much, michelle. [applause] >> i'm very pleased to be here representing green seal and also say that green seal is so proud to be able to be working with the kempton ho

it started a couple of course ago off sir francis draking parks spur.ws kept the fire away from homes. that fire is no longer causing traffic problems. >>> the pastor of a church in florida says he will go ahead with plans to burn the koran this saturday, the anniversary of the september 11th attacks, despite warnings from the top u.s. commander in afghanistan that doing that could endanger american troops. >>> in just a couple of hours police, volunteers and others will go back to pittsburgh's keller canyon landfill, they will start day 5 of that painstaking search for frederick salas, the 35-year- old nursing aid from hercules has been missing for almost two weeks. >> the chronicle is reporting that several locations on the system can have noise level loud enough to cause hearing damage. kraig debro has the details. >> reporter: good morning, pam. the paper says it sent reporters out along the 208 miles of track and measured desbell levels some parts were quiet. some parts were loud. the quietest parts hayward to south hayward, the loudest parts the t

francis drake hotel, commonly referred to as 450 cult street. situation is different in that again, we are looking at a high and wide and spirit shop -- 450 paul -- 450 powell street. the situation is different in that we're looking at a high-end wine and spirits shop. there are six protests, and we're recommending approval, and i would like to share the conditions. first, sales of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. each day of the week, and the next condition is where we go in a different direction -- from the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., engines and exit's shall be secured and only used in the event of emergency -- entrances and exits on to powell street. what we are saying is from 10:00 on, all sales will be going through the lobby, so if somebody off the street wanted to shop at this store, they would have to enter through the lobby of the hotel, and again, with the spirit of allowing the business plan to continue but not impact the community on the outside. next, we also have the price

a lot of flashing lights southbound 101 at sir francis drake.he fire was put out some time ago, but that slow lane is blocked. watching for hot spots, a lot of dry brush in the area. watching that carefully. the maze moving smoothly. we are seeing east bay slow spots, i'll show that to you in a few moments. >> big changes in the weather compared to yesterday. yesterday, lots of sun, lots of heat, the temperature going down. >> isn't that okay, when you go back to work or school, you don't feel quite as bad? >> yeah. >> still beautiful weather. right now in the mid 50s. by 8:00, it's not going to be much higher. 57 in san francisco. 60 in san jose. as noontime and lunch time approaches, a little bit warmer, 70 or so. we will not be getting much higher than the mid 70s, even in the inland areas. looking at 4:00, not nearly as warm as yesterday. today's dro will be 12 to 17 degrees. looking at the seven-day forecast, not only is today cooler, but tomorrow getting even cooler. numbers turning around and warming up a bit. >> thanks. >>> 5:40 is the t

talking about warming up, right now on the roadside there on 101, sir francis drake, reports of a small brush fire. clearly visible from the highway. there may be a need for that slow lane to be shut down over the next few minutes. i'll let you know, right now no major impact to that commute. heading over the richmond bridge, you should be fine. taking you further south, folks travel through this area, continuing down through the city, no problems from the north bay or the peninsula. a light volume heading into the city right now. no back-ups on the bay bridge or the toll plaza. there is a live shot past the coliseum, no problems. look at the light volume. spacing you nice between the cars northbound with the taillights, southbound with the headlights. give it another half hour or so, things will get more active on this side. we'll be watching this, get on the roadways now if you can. you have a nice flow throughout the east bay and the south bay. nice, easy drive except here, race street, on-ramp to 280, an accident and debris reported. should be cleared quickly. the rest of the northb

i'm doug price, the general manager of the sir francis drake hotel. i'd like to introduce you to our chief executive officer, mike tabati. [applause] >> thank you, john. welcome, everybody, it's great to be here today. the mayor is apparently on his way. will make a grand entrance in just a moment. i want to thank everybody for coming. as many of you know, kempton has a very long history as a leader and a pioneer in the hospitality industry for our earth care program and practices. really

it started a few hours ago just off highway 101 near sir francis drake boulevard in larkspur. crews were able to keep the flames away from nearby homes. the fire is no longer causing traffic problems. >>> the plans to burn the koran has caused an international uproar. in afghanistan, hundreds of people staged a protest chanting "death to america." even throwing stones at a passing convoy. alison burns is in our washington, d.c. bureau with more. >> reporter: good morning, dave. this is new information. the head of that small church in gainesville, florida seems to be dismissing the appeal of the top commander in afghanistan. the church called the -- called the outreach center is planning to burn korans on 9/11. the paster says they want -- the pastor says they want to draw attention. general david petraeus and other officials say it will undermine the mission of u.s. troops and even put them in danger. the pastor went on tv this morning. here's some of what we're hearing. >> overseas we see they have no problem burning our flag. they have no problem calling for the death of am

the back up a solid back to highway one but slow all the way back to sir francis drake boulevard.an unusual delay here. not so unusual to see heavy traffic into hayward but the black upper reaches all the way into the oakland soak the oakland for the ride down to 92. there's an early morning sun alert at clinton. potential for new problems on the peninsula with the reports that all lanes are affected by a southbound accident i university ave. in palo alto emergency vehicles had the roadways completely blocked the traffic is backed up pass the bayfront expressway. bay bridge the westbound ride the bus back of building be on the 880 over crossing but not into the macarthur maze. are recovering from early morning delays they're saying now is just residual delays. it was an equipment problem on that track said daly city that slow the ride to and from sfo. kron 4 will be right back. [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're talking about. if you just tell me what happened... [ ding ] [ man ] 35th and archer. next stop

this guy right here, jim nugent, the executive pastry chef at the sir francis drake.atulations for getting on the show. >> thank you. >> so it is 12 of you. you live together in a town like survivor and you are voted off. >> it's a reality show, yes. >> what was it like? did you enjoy it? >> it was fun, yeah. it is it was a little more than i expected. i don't mind working. i can work 15 hours a day. i am like, we will get up, go to the kitchen, we will fight, we will compete and we will go to bed. well, that's not how it works. it is a call. if there is a delay or stall, you can be in the middle of the night with a challenge. that's the part i didn't get. i was like, oh, okay. >> wednesday was -- >> wednesday was my dfrmts d"d" where i have gotten good feedback where they didn't want me to go home. >> you had to come up with a recipe based on a cocktail. what was the recipe or is that why you got voted off or something else? >> i think that was it. i guess i didn't stand up for myself enough but i did make a cocktail called the plantation. it was a basil custard with

he graduated from sir francis drake high school in 1981. >>> two email people are under arrest for lastght's home invasion in san francisco which left a man dead and his friend tied up and beaten. police reports that they caught the suspect in the act. >> reporter: dennis wayne dixon held his two young sons in this picture taken a few months ago. next to him his nose and her son. this morning swarming outside the apartment police investigators. news of the home invasion and shooting here traveled fast to sacramento. >> she just banged on the door and said "dad, wake up, wake up, your brother was murdered," i ran, with my boxers on and i ran to the door and said"oh lord, please dole tell me that" they said "oh yes." >> he was shot after an argument with several men, he tried to get the men to leave. san francisco police say dixon was protecting his 22-year-old stepson deajon, his nose, and her son inside the home. but police say the men forced their way inside, beat up the stepson and shot the elder dixon. when word of her son's death struck his mother she could barely understand the bea

no homes have been threatened but francis drake boulevard, it looks like the fire crews will block theight lane as they clean up and continue to contain this fire. so right now they're saying there's really no slowing and we do see traffic maybe moving a few miles slower than 68 mph so slowing down right to 63 as you approach the scene. we'll also head to the south bay and san jose northbound 280 at byrd, the on-ramp is blocked because of an accident. here's a live shot right now of the golden gate bridge. so elsewhere traffic is light at this point. eric, kristen. >> frances, welcome back from vacation. we missed ya! >> we'll update a wildfire in california that has already dells troyed dozens of homes. >> and los angeles police clash with protestors angered by the shooting deaths of an immigrant by an officer. >> the latest move by chevron to get around environmental restrictions at the richmond refinery. now i can stop pain from any angle-- with no mess. (announcer) new icy hot spray. relief that's icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. and no mess. new icy hot spray. don't mess ar

. >> all lanes now open in the north bay southbound 101 sir francis drake boulevard.o delays for your back to school tuesday. >> we welcome frances back on this back to work tuesday. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. back to school, the school year's just getting started and one bay area school district is talking closure. the fate of three richmond schools will be decided oddly enough by the city council. terry mcsweeney is live at kennedy high school which is on the chopping block. terry? >> yes. three schools, 900 students, dozens of faculty members will all be impacted by tonight's decision. the city council is being asked to provide $1.5 million to keep kennedy high, grant and the elementary school open. the school district like so many others have been hit hard by state budget cuts, turning to the city for money now, also declining enrollment. the city of richmond does have money, money coming in from the next ten years from a utility tax settlement. >> i feel a small part of that money be allocated towards keeping schools open. >> i

we are outside union square inside the sir francis drake where they opened up early to serve us sweetsfamiliar with bravo, the cable channel where they get chefs together and compete to make different entrees. just this past month, they premiered a show about pastry chefs competing and trying to come up with killer desserts. they have a dozen of these guys and present desserts and they are judged and each episode, someone gets voted off that brings us to this gentlemen right here. good morning. you got quite the gig here. you made it on the show. i didn't want to let people know what happened yet. i know last wednesday was a big night. how did you get on the show? >> it's a huge application. you have to fill out -- i was spoiled because i have executive chefs from season 4 here in the building. i got a little heads up from her. >> we have desserts here we will be -- i'm going to be trying out coming up in a bit. looks like something we have to prepare. what is this? >> this is an apple tart. people think it's complicated, but i will show you how easy it is. >> beautiful. we will see th

. >> a close call for some home bought a high one rainier sir francis drake, is to give kron430 a.m.he freeway as this fire broken out and down powerful could be the brain. crews are able to knock down the polls this date on the scene and mopped up hot spots for about 155 hours. >> we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. asl of stew. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer my mercury moment happend right after our wedding, when i realized that along with all the gifts that i'd be getting a lot my husband's old stuff. fortunately, i got his mercury insurance too. mercury had better coverage, better service and and we saved hundreds of dollars by combining our home and auto insurance policies. and he got miss pookie. see, everyone wins. insure your auto and home (together) and save up to 15%. get a quote and see for yourself at mercuryinsurance.com. welcome back to the kron 4 morning news as we continue to drive multiple hotspots here's a look at 101, take a look of a speech to form