he loves to play frisbee and catch bugs with his friends.nd when it comes to learning, marcus is quite advanced in history and science, but tends to struggle a bit with language arts and needs extra help in math. but that's ok because like every kid, marcus is one of a kind. which is why marcus is in an online, tuition-free public school that uses the k12 program. one thing that makes the k12 program work so well for all kinds of students is the individualized learning plan built around the specific needs of every student. each year, marcus' teacher works with marcus and his parents to create the plan and to keep it on track. here's how it works. every school morning, marcus and his mom log into the online school to see what's on his daily plan. with k12, marcus' mom can actually move his schedule around to fit the way marcus learns best. marcus starts his day with math, where he gets some one-on-one help from his teacher. next it's language arts. because only his teacher can see his answers, marcus feels free to try a really hard spelling w

frisbee-based competitions. are you kidding?risbee golf club at cornell where i went to college. i live to frolf. lead off with that. okay. she loves hunting. she also loves those ads for six flags with the old guy. [humming six flags commercial jingle] got it. also...do you speak pig latin? hey, martin. how's it going? good. getting settled, you know. ah, good, good. good. just a second. everybody, may i have your attention please? i realize that a lot of you have already heard that martin here has had some trouble with the law. but i just want to declare publicly that i trust him completely. and that anybody who doesn't is an ignorant, dumb person, okay? as a matter of fact, you show me a white man you trust, and i will show you a black man that i trust even more. pam, tell me a white person you trust. my dad. danny glover. yeah? jonas salk. who? justin timberlake. oh, please. colin powell. (karen) hey, i got one. yeah? jesus. apollo creed. close your eyes. picture a convict. what's he wearing? nothing special. baseball cap on

. >> justin: little frisbee breaking ball.very least for parker, the streak will run to 16 without a loss. >> mitch: yeah, and he threw the ball exceptionally well today, both starters did. >> justin: three balls and no strikes. >> mitch: it's backing up on him. it's curious to me. i wonder if coco went up here with the mind he's going to take a strike. o'day gets you out getting you to chase balls. >> justin: there's a strike on the outside corner. crisp thought he had ball four. and jed lowrie, i saw him speaking to bob melvin, so you've got to think that if crisp does get on, look for a bunt from lowrie. >> mitch: no question. as good as ball four has been for the a's this year closing, he's going to do everything he can to generate that one run. >> justin: crisp to deep right field. 2-1, oakland leads! >> mitch: that's what happens when you put yourself in a hitter's count. you get a guy that allows him to go up there now, he changes his mind frame from i am going to walk, now i'm going to look to jump out of here. >> just

guys are tossing around a frisbee. wide open right now, one guy even pulled out a bike for a quick ride. of course, you can keep it right with kpix5 all week long, weekend long. we'll have the very latest for you. our website, kpix.com/bridge. >> the giants used their glove to win a pitcher's dual in the desert and curt looks right at home. back in the coliseum. the minute is next. ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, an opportunity this weekendo take the lead in wild card with a series win over tampa >>> the a's are busy chasing down the rangers, they do have an opportunity this weekend to take the lead in the wild card race for the series win over tampa bay. tough day for rays pitcher, the $200 cab ride and a loss? maybe. 1-0 rays in the 5th, welcome back. he gives oakland the lead with a 3-run shot. 3-1a's. tampa down 3-2 in the 8th. james lines one into center field, but chris young can't come up with it and the ball gets away. scores, bottom half of the inning. lauri lines a double down the right field line, scoring cocoa crisp and

plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy ♪ of life. in the name of god the father, amen. >> thank you. now i would like you to welcome the mayor of san francisco, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, good afternoon, everybody. it's my pleasure to be here to join former mayor willie brown, and supervisor scott wiener and david campos, and the commission of the police department, and friends and staff and friends and family here to witness the promotion of 56 officers of our police department. you know many of you have heard me say in the city that we are the world passage, and rightly so. we are doing things that no other city is doing to lead the way. not just for economic recovery but job creation. showing the way. and our mission bay and biotech, the latest discovers and drugs, the cure of cancer with residents of san francisco working there. we host the biggest an

there are plenty of areas for football, frisbee, and picnics. it is very much a couple's part and there are a multitude of experiences you can have together. bring your dog and watch the mean go with the community or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all of the park has to offer. many couples find this is the perfect place to put down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place you can share with someone you cherish. it is located along the 1 and 10 buses and is accessed from the 47 and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. for more information about reserving one of these locations, call 831-5500. this number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the county fair building. for any athletic fields and neighborhood parks, 831-5510. you can also write us. or walking in and say hello at old lock cabin, golden gate park. and of course you can find more information and reach us at sfrecpark.org. >> the san francisco parks alliance is to inspire and promote civic engagement and philanthropy to protect the city and enrich

plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy within our population there are people who simply do not have access to the internet, who do not have the means to access information the way that others have, and i think that it's really imperative for government to make sure that we play a role in closing that technological divide. so you have to strike that balance between maintaining that character, but also welcoming in the new people who bring their own -- >> absolutely. >> so i love that. i love that mix, that balance that comes with it. it's hard to strike the right balance, but -- >> it really is. >> but it's there. >> i was born in guatemala and came to this country as a kid. i was brought here by my parents. and essentially grew up in l.a. and then moved up to the bay area, where i went to college. i went to stanford. my background for the first few years out of scho

the contractors who helped build the new bridge have their cell phones out today taking video as a frisbee was getting tossed around. the old eastern span wide open now. one guy pulled out a bike for a quick ride. i'm not sure if his boss wanted him to do that but he got away with it but while they are obviously enjoying the moment they are well aware that they had a hand in building lift. >> you know, day to day, it is another job. you know? you're in here, you got your head down and you're working. but every once in a while you pick up head up and look around and just say, you know what? i'm lucky to be here. this is pretty magnificent. >> reporter: stories they will be able to tell their children and grandchildren. when she showed up a couple of chp were standing here because they saw our view and they really wanted a photograph something to remember the moment by so we accommodated them with that. we'll have a lot more thoughts from other people coming up later in the show who actually helped build the bridge and what it means to be part of this. >> never going to look like that again.

some of the contractors who helped build the new bridge their cell phones out - takg video as a frisbeew - one guy pu out a bike for a quick ride. time for us to call it a morning. thank you for watc k-p-i-x 5 news this morning. we'll be back,,,,,,,,,,,, [thecaptioning on this program is provided as an independent service of the national captioning institute, inc., which is solely responsible for the accurate and complete transcription of program

of the contractors who helped build the new bridge took their cell phones and took video tossing a frisbeeday with the old eastern span wide open right now one guy pulling out a bike took a quick ride. can't do that every day. >> why not? >> chief meteorologist paul deanno joins us from treasure island tonight with our forecast. paul. >> reporter: i'll tell you what, as beautiful as it is outside today and tonight with this clear sky and temperatures 80 on treasure island, this is a very harsh environment to maintain a bridge. i spoke with some engineers a couple of weeks ago for a piece we did. they told me they wanted to see how harsh things were when it comes to the salt and the humidity, the water in the air which is corrosive. they scraped off some of the paint off of the old eastern span of the bay bridge to see how quickly rust would form. guess how quickly it formed? one day! 24 hours was all it took for new rust to form and rust can be corrosive and actually make the steel not as strong. they not only used the top- notch resin and paint to make sure the new bay bridge doesn't begi

. >> we think of dog people as being the guy at the beach with the labrador and throwing the frisbee who sits in her apartment alone with her cats. >> reporter: but the science also shows that the stereotypes are often dead wrong. this is a subject near and dear to my heart because i am a cat guy. i was raised with felines, this is a picture practicing interview skills on a cat named moe and my wife and i have cats, all rescues. my affinity for cats have been a source of verbal abuse from my colleagues who say i'm violating man love. i will say i'm not especially tough but i never thought of myself as unmanly. i mean i cover wars and my wife is hot. what's more, there are plenty of very macho men who love cats. winston churchill, bill clinton, don corleone and dr. evil. for more support, i turn to this guy, jackson galaxy, 6'2", 275-pound bearded, heavily tattooed guitar-play iing convertible-driving dude with a weakness for cats. i have a bunch of male colleagues who say, in no uncertain terms, that having cats is a sign i'm insufficiently masculine. how do you respond to that? >> l

throw the frisbees at the noodles. are we ready to begin?>> peter: let's go. >> three, two, one. they've got two already. >> peter: oh, my god! >> they're cheating. show them how it's done. >> steve: he's putting it on the top! >> i have long arms! >> peter: what do you think this is here! >> quick! grab more! >> peter: we're going to win this thing big, big, big! >> steve: oh, peter! >> look at him go. we're down to ten. nine seconds. grab them quickly. >> peter: one more, steve! yes! yes! >> three, two, one. (buzzer). >> gretchen: i got all of them on. >> we have to count them. two, three, four, five. six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 -- >> gretchen: you might get to top 40. >> they win! >> 28, 29. >> peter: big shout for shadow steves! >> steve: 40? oh, my gosh! shocking at best. >> steve: thanks for doing it. >> gretchen: thanks, shadow. >> steve: straight ahead, there is a world wide terror alert and the president goes on late night television to talk to jay leno about it. is that the right place? michelle mal

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