he has shown a particular interest in golden gate park. for 11 years, he has funded and performed at hartley's strictly bluegrass festival. the festival brings 750,000 people from around the bay area, the country, and even the world, to golden gate park for those days of free music. i want to emphasize, free music. he buses 3000 public school kids to golden gate park for a special festival concert. this year and last, he made a significant gift to improve the irrigation and maintenance equipment in golden gate park. and he has led the effort. i always called it warren's garage, but he led the effort for the golden gate garage to reduce the number of cars on the surface roads. there has been an outpouring of support for this resolution that the board of supervisors passed. we have had over 100 letters come to us in that short time span, and it is it covers the weight -- a rate of san franciscans. many of them will never know, but they felt compelled to send a letter supporting this. many of them are people whose names you would recognize, a

to. >> and i'm sure that the 20-year-old bill gates would look at the 43-year-old bill gates and say,not hard-core." you know, "you're just not tough." >> go home earlier than you used to? >> i do. >> home is one of the most extravagant residences ever built, but it is also one of the most private. he doesn't let anyone film there. some say it's worth--it cost you $75 million. >> [laughs] >> too low? >> no, you know, i suppose if you include all the furniture and art and everything, you could get a pretty big number, but we didn't--it's not $75 million. >> as we look off to our left, we see the famous home of bill gates. >> the 40,000-square-foot mansion on lake washington is the subject of intense public curiosity from tour boats to websites. the house reportedly contains computer-generated artwork, a trampoline room, and an indoor pool that plays music under water. >> i feel a little bit guilty about those things. they're not necessary for a family house. >> why do you feel guilty? >> but i have all these resources that, in a sense, are society's resources, and so for any bit that i

gates were located. and people ask why two sets of gates? so if we had a malfunction in one set of gates, we could use the other set. also, if we had small boats coming in, we would use the internal set of gates, and that decreases the amount of water we had to put in the lock chamber. located way down at the bottom is a set of gates, very short gates, and they were not operated by hydraulic water pressure. we had to use what they call chain hoists, or some kind of mechanism to pull the gates closed. the only way they would use is when they de-watered the locks. why did they de-water the locks? to repair the seals down at the bottom. >> how large is this structure? >> this structure is 547 feet long, 55 feet wide and 50 feet deep. actually the total lift would have been about 30 feet, which was the largest lift in the country when it was built. this site was closed in 1961 after a new lock system was built in port allen which is about ten miles from plaquemine. the reason why is barges and tug boats were

surely there is no greater friend and hero for golden gate park. thank you.ssioner buell: thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning qr i am nancy hellman bectal, i am here to speak in favor of this, obviously. i am is slightly prejudice, as you noticed my middle name. everything that has been said before, i would really ago. i think there is nobody who has done more for san francisco than my brother. also, he has got as much back to -- from san francisco is to get to the city. he is a tremendous philanthropist. he loves the city. he was the people. as you heard from a number of people along the way, he was never afraid to tackle controversy, whether it was the garage or whether it was when he was the head of mills college, and he ended out on saturday night live, being kind of a blocked by people, but he was never afraid of that. he got things done in a collaborative way. he loves hellman hollow, formally known as speedway meadow. thank you. and look forward to hearing your vote. commissioner buell: thank you, nancy. >> hello, i am the production ma

bill gates is a big fan and donated seed money.ery level of math. >> you only have a hypotonus when you have a right triangle. it is the side opposite the right angle and it is the longest side of a right triangle. >> plus many other topics. >> that's really just saying, hey, we've had enough of you, great britain. >> they're conversational and fun, but still very thorough. >> if this does not blow your mind, then you have no emotion. >> i'm sometimes a little bit eccentric in the videos. and i think, you know, students enjoy that. this guy's, you know, kind of -- he's himself. >> the problem with our approach to math education, says khan, is that students carry on gaps in their knowledge throughout their math careers. making it hard to get the more advanced concepts. the key to overcoming that problem is to let students learn at their own pace. khan academy offers students a quiz after each video, and they can't pass a level until they get ten out of ten questions right. >> let everyone learn at their own pace. only move on to a c

clear conditions south of the golden gate. in places like mountain view and redwood city, crystal clear conditions. as the focus in on the visibility charge, 2.5 mi. of visibility in santa rosa. we are below freezing in santa rosa. 38 for those of you in san jose. future cast 4 shows by 8:00 a.m. a mixture of thirties and forties around the bay area. the upper 50s for half moon bay. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows a lot of '60s. mostly sunny skies as we head into the weekend. mild conditions as we continue the next work week. >>george: we have some slow traffic on the james lick. there is a stall northbound at vermont street. none of these lanes are blocked. there is nothing southbound. is the northbound stall that has created the delay. we have not tracked in the hot spots. the best ride of the week so far today. we have green on the road with sensors. there are no problems for the highways. in the south bay, a little bit of slowing 101 northbound. a little bit of slowing and to 80 northbound. that is just congestion

one set of gates on the east side and one set of gates on the west side. so if a boat wanted to enter, the locks got ready to let the boat enter from the mississippi river by allowing water to flow from the mississippi river into the lock chamber until both levels were equal, and once both levels were equal, the locks would open the gates to allow the boat and barges to enter. once they enters, the gates were closes and the valves on the west side would open and allow the water to drain out of the lock chamber into plaquemine to that same level. once that level was achieved, the gates would open on the plaquemine side and the boat was allowed to exit. this is the lock house building located on plaquemine locks. this building here is responsible for all of the machinery that would operate the gates. two guys, one on the other side of the lock chamber and one on this side of the lock chamber, had to go out to get the hydraulic water pressure to open gates and these gates were made out of steel and iron and they were all riveted. the hydraulic water pressure

the majority of our members are not residents of the golden gate way. supervisor mar: i think i mentioned to you before that my daughter learn to swim at the golden gate way. there are families i know that our swimming there. i know in the report, there are references to some other seawall lots, and one of the four principles, one, planning with people and neighborhoods, two, an ethnically diverse waterfront, 3, enhance and preserve the community's recreation opportunities, which i think is extremely important, and the fourth point is planning for the waterfront as a whole, so can i just ask you what the vision was for the other seawall lots that were identified, not just this one? >> i have to be honest with you, i am not the expert on that other than having worked with them. there are plans and suggestions for retail, for housing, four other open space areas in a general way. that is probably the best i can do there. there are others that i am sure can give you more specific information, but it is a total plan. thank you very much for your time. presi

bill gates stirred controversy with his new plan to save the world. america's richest man on what's more important than money. and what steve jobs taught him in his final days. >>> from the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," january 24th, 2012. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. well, tonight, facing a country that is hungry for jobs and preparing to hold a referendum on his leadership, president obama sought to make the case that america is coming back in his fourth state of the union address. it was a stirring election year speech. he struck themes of patriotism and american unity. calling for a renewed commitment to economic fairness, as well as growth. and it was all pegged to the president's signal foreign policy accomplishment, the killing of osama bin laden. in an election year, this is how the challengers get to address a national tv audience. >> your allowed -- >> speaker, you had -- >> will you please wait. >> what's your excuse for that? >>

microsoft founder and philanthropist, bill gates. but first, there are two nations in which students consistently rank on top. south korea and finland. what is their secret? we'll take you there and show you how they get their impressive results with completely opposite approaches. let's get started. ♪ >> welcome to seoul, south korea. capital city of one of the world's fastest growing economies. there are many reasons to be impressed with this ancient tiger that rose from the ashes of the civil war. but south korea's crown jewel is its education system. thanks to a militant drive for success, this nation's students have outperformed the rest of the world for the better part of a decade. on the most recent exam, the benchmark international test, south korea ranked first in reading and second in math among all nations. >> in south korea, teachers are known as nation builders. >> president obama has noticed, singing korea's praises on a regular basis. on a visit to seoul in 2009 he asked south korean president lee myung-bak what his bi

south of the golden gate bridge we have a good mix of 40's. we are contending with low 40's in places like san jose and los gatos. 39 in livermore. into the afternoon we will see widespread '60s. 64 expected for oakland, the same goes for half moon bay. your satellite and radar shows or wet weather activity to the north with clear and dry conditions. the 7 day around the bay forecast highlights a mix of sun and clouds for the next couple of days. mostly sunny skies and temperatures trend in the '60s periods >>george: without any stalls or fall on the bay bridge like yesterday, we have a much better ride. we are near the time with the metering lights would be activated. we are not tracking any hot spots around the bay area. on the san mateo bridge, a good ride eastbound and westbound. a good commute as well for the golden gate in both directions. most of the traffic on the southbound side. in the east bay we're showing green on the roadways sensors. on the lower east shore free where we're starting to pick up a little bit of thoughtful slowing.

the metal gates had been in place since mid november. >>darya: new details revealing their was leaked information in moments leading up to the police raid on the occupy san francisco will the last month. kate thompson explains the information was leaked by the san francisco police. kate >> san francisco police blew their own cover. officers using social media sites let the cat out of the bat with the release details about a surprise, what was supposed to be is a prize rate of occupy san francisco back in december. the department now says that they will hold back details from the rank and file until about an hour or so before the launch of an operation. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. back in two minutes. a live look as we're watching wall street this morning it waiting for the opening bell. right now, traffic is moving slowly. we will take you live to the nyse-listed for the opening bell which will be ringing in a few moments. >>mark: opening bell on wall street. the dow is up 70 points. dow futures are down 19

the majority of our members are not residents of the golden gate way. supervisor mar: i think i mentioned to you before that my daughter learn to swim at the golden gate way. there are families i know that our swimming there. i know in the report, there are references to some other seawall lots, and one of the four principles, one, planning with people and neighborhoods, two, an ethnically diverse waterfront, 3, enhance and preserve the community's recreation opportunities, which i think is extremely important, and the fourth point is planning for the waterfront as a whole, so can i just ask you what the vision was for the other seawall lots that were identified, not justhi

from the golden gate, downfall. maranta need is now up from 22 minutes to 32 f from a lot to fill half the fifth >>james: off the dow has been a father leave half of all morning long 50 f 4454 via e.f. european fall far fallen in from 50 off manufacturing the u.s. has expanded at a faster pace in the last fifth month. construction spending in the u.s. has climbed 1.2%. we are starting the new year on a positive note. not just the dow, but the s&p and nasdaq are also ceiling height. >>darya: to different chances to land last night and both field goals sealed widely--wildly to the left. the missed field goals in overtime open doors for the cowboys to win with a field goal of their own. not quite the ending that andrew lloyd had in mind or hope for when he decided not to follow hard ball into the nfl off. he says that he has no regrets. he is favored to be a topic in the nfl draft. he will leave stanford as a loss leader in almost everything category with all sense, touchdowns and by all indications adoboli headed for

you will see it approaching the pay gates. you will see it on the san francisco and the oakland side. span this morning. be extra careful particularly on the "s" curve towards treasure island. mass transit is on time including bart if you want to skip the roads and use that instead. we'll have much more traffic coming up. in the meantime, let's check the weather conditions with lawrence. >> already beginning to change a bit. offshore wind is kicking in, north wind in santa rosa with clear skies. we are going to clear out around the bay area today. dense fog over the city of san francisco beginning it break up already. so that trend will continue over the next couple of hours and eventually we're talking mostly sunny skies. so right now thick fog, visibility down to an eighth of a mile at oakland airport. they are at 52 as well as san francisco. 49 san jose and 42 degrees clear skies in santa rosa. by the afternoon, temperatures in the 60s. lots of sunshine into san jose, plenty of sun in the east bay up into the 60s and even a

it is being diverted onto golden gate ave. and >>justine: we are still monitoring the live pictures were republican presidential hopeful mitt romney will hold eight rebuttal to the state of the union address. these are live pictures out of tampa, florida. we do plan to bring some of his comments coming up later on. we will take a break and be right back. across the road >>gary: of these guys are not worried about it seeds are going up or a beer is good to cost more, they want more money. that is repeated as. >>darya: maybe it is not about the money. i think some giants fans are taking it personally. >>darya: maybe he just wants to go elsewhere. >>gary: i do not think so. this is a great deal that says, if you can afford to pay this guy, you could afford to pay me, i am one of the best pitchers in the game. >>darya: the giants have 13 cases of arbitration, it is the most of any team. >>gary: i look at this and say, what is enough? but in the world they are living in, >>darya: i get the feeling that lincecum wants to go to the y

as he take over to the golden gate bridge south bound 101. we do not have any access to report for your ride coming out of the north bay clearly north bound 101 is a smooth and easy ride. all that green indicates leads over 50 miles per hour. and the state to aid the road accidents to report. now we do have an area of yellow that indicates speed averaging just 30 mi. per hour. >>james: moore we have some new deals and a shooting involving a nine year old man that fired his gun and a brief suspect that broke into his house. police say on wednesday morning he was alone when a brief suspect tried to enter his home. >>reporter: family members tell us he the man shown here from his facebook page his head is rolling, he is bleeding in cannot hear out of one year but that said, they're very happy they he is alive. chrises just said- she is not surprised about how her brother took charge when the robber broke into his home and took him hostage. listen in on how the 90 year-old broke free. >> he said i'm so nervous i have to go to the bathroom or i wi

haley trapped by the gate, which is difficult to open from the inside. >> when weep opened the gate, i saw -- when we opened the gate, saw her first and she was real brittle and i didn't want to hurt her by rushing her out. i told her to grab my arm. >> she's not too well. and i'm really surprised that she got -- could move that quick. >> reporter: with the men's help, which seemed to come from nowhere, haley and his wife made it safely to a neighbor's house. >> i hereby recognize and commend you for your extraordinary heroic efforts. >> reporter: today the 25-year- old heroes were recognized for their efforts. >> going to be with me the rest of my life, just looking back on how i helped somebody, you can say. i'm just glad they made it out safe and i was glad we could help, you know, that's all we wanted to do was help. >> reporter: and while most of the haleys' property was lost -- >> there is no use to cry. tomorrow is another day. we'll survive. we'll survive. >> reporter: in union city, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> coming up, ford announcing a major recall. >> the potential danger p

most of it will be north of the golden gate.e will hold onto a slight chance, a 10% to 20 percent chance for a call tomorrow morning. be on the morning things dry out nicely. this weekend looks fantastic with plenty of sunshine, upper 60s near 70 degrees for the weekend. >>george: a good ride around the bay area. we are not tracking any problems, hot spots or slow spots. the bridges look good. the south bay freeways look good with green showing which means speeds above 50 mi. for our and the commute on 85 as you head out for the west valley is also a smooth one with no delays for your drive through mountain view into the connection with 101 northbound. >>darya: a developing story in east palo alto, a shooting injured a teenager, it happened yesterday afternoon in the 100 block of a verbena drive. there were reports of the shooting. when police got there they found an 18 year-old man who had been shot in his foot. the identified the suspect's vehicle as a green 1996 pontiac grand am with 20 and chrome wheels. it may have taken so

>>darya: here is a live look at the golden gate. in santa rosa right now is 43 and will be 61 for the high this afternoon. we are back with gary radnich in a couple of minutes talking about some amazing slam dunks, the raiders new head coach and demanding brothers. we will be right back. with >>gary: let's start with a slam dunk. can we compare and contrast? >>darya: everyone seems to like blake griffin and that it is more remarkable than on broad james. >>darya: all of my boys. i had to look at it over and over. >>gary: that was nasty! >>darya: the one in blue was in the air. that was not a foul? >>gary: now. --no >>gary: there are so many highlight shows on. you take for granted how great these moves are. these guys are just fantastic. really good! what made griffin stand out is the way he threw it down. while abroad does that all the time. these guys are really incredible. if you look at a beautiful woman 20 times, it gets old. >>darya: we put them side by side just to compare. third >>gary: third if you are judging, i would have

for the golden gate, 101, there are no delays on the wall so great. it's the maps tell the same stories. xi 680, interstate 80, there are no problems. seeds are running absolutely at the limit. the north bay ride from iran, we haven't talked about 22 minute drive times the >>darya: of 12 fires have broken out in seven california. there is a person of interest in custody. as these are all new fires. as many as eight fires were set this morning, within an hour of each other. most fires were set in parked cars and then jumped to nearby structures. there is a $60,000 reward. they do have a person of interest in custody. >>darya: in developing story out of san francisco. investigators are on the scene. >>will: extensive damage. we do not know if it is told. investigators are going through here. two of the homes are badly damaged. the third home was mentally damaged. look at how close the homes are to return there. that woman is grateful because she said she was not home at the time. as she thought that her house was on fire. what >>nichole: this is a big d

let's take a live look at conditions on the golden gate bridge. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge. that camera is now stabilizing a little bit. they just got a big down for their. >>james: most of the moisture is in the north bay. that is where we are getting hit the hardest. we will close in and give you a closer look. in the east bay, a line of rain stretching down from a fairfield straight down over the delta and towards livermore and tracy. the south bay has been nice and dry. in the north bay, take a look, a lot of pockets of moderate-heavy rain near sonoma. for people in vallejo, fairfield and the vacaville, you just got done with a round of rain but you have more on the way in the next hour or so. the rain should dissipate by 10:00 a.m. and then we will start getting on the man with temperatures in the mid-upper 50s. and my next uptick, a second date-- another look at the 7 day around the bay. >>yoli: it seems like there are some delays happening because of the weather. it is really some of the arrival flights that it is from a near

supervisor avalos: is that allocation going for building gate -- for golden gate and this other one? >> we do not know that completely, it is pending completion appeared before we could appropriate funds for the construction of those projects, we need to complete the ceqa analysis associated with those specific projects. that is kind of a separate process in decision making from the 2008 bond, which sets aside the $8.5 million for the play fields program. we received a categorical exemption 19,007 for that program. in the bond report, it specifies, i believe, around 15 potential sites which could be funded with the playing fields money. this mirrors the same structure we set up for the restrooms program and the trails program, in particular. supervisor avalos: so it does not necessarily apply to golden gate park? >> it is not. it applies to the plate field portion of the bond. that is why we can issue a bond dollars for the playing fields program before having fully completed the ceqa for those two parks. supervisor avalos: what do you see -- do you expect this $8.5 million will go t

because of a gate that was locked. then the two 25-year-old men who saw the smoke from the whipple road rushed to their aid. >> as i understand it, though, they were trapped behind the gate because the gate opens from this side so the gentleman let them out and got them away from the house and then had called 911 already. >> two rescuers were on their way to make a recycling pickup in sant clues in almeda county, and they hollered into the smoke-filled house and eventually held the elderly couple in the side yard, and opened the gate and then led them out to safety. >> amazing. >>> 4:49. let's look at elizabeth and the roads. >> still early. an accident in oakland. a slight location change actually. northbound highway 13, right before park boulevard. there was an accident there. and it sounds like it is an overturned accident. a couple of chp units are on the scene. as well as toe tow crews. slight delays and it is very early and not causing big problems. what could be causing problems is eastbound 80 before blue canyo

>>darya: we have a little bit of fog of the golden gate. it doesn't seem like the fog is a widespread. >>erica: it is mostly contained in the north bay. for everyone south of the golden gate, clear conditions and no flight delays at sfo. as we take a look at conditions from the mt. tam cam partly cloudy conditions into the overnight hours. heavy fog on entire stretches of highway 101. check out the livermore valley. along with the fall we are contending with for the chilly temperatures. 30 degrees for those of you in santa rosa. oakland is already at 48. 50 for those of you and half moon bay. a good mix of upper 50s and low 60s, slightly cooler than yesterday. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows a lot of sunshine as we head into the weekend. pretty mild weather with temperatures in the '60s. we're looking at a pretty dry weather pattern into the middle of january. >>george: we are looking at a pretty good traffic pattern cents before the holiday. we are still dealing with somewhat lighter the usual conditions around the bay area. this

south of the golden gate we have widespread '40's.uick look at the visibility chart. 4 mi. of visibility in a bottle. that is the most compromised spot. future cast 4 shows by 8:00 a.m. a mixture of 40's and '50's. by its call them our the green indicates temperatures and low 60s. as we advance closer to the afternoon, 2:00 p.m. we will continue to seek '60s around the bay area. you're you're expected highs. the 7 day around the bay forecast highlights a warming trend. 60s across the board to the next several days during if cloth and >>george: a better start to the commute today than yesterday. there are no problems on the freeways or fog advisories or visibility issues. on the bay bridge, we still have pretty like traffic headed westward. we hope that we start the morning without any stalls or incidents. your ride to the san mateo bridge, we concede to the high-rise. there are no problems reported as the head west towards san mateo and foster city. 680 southbound is a clear shot into the san ramon valley. there was a report of an acc

the golden gate grey drive looks good to and from marin county. we'll hold of interstate 80 westbound. looking at the dublin and to change, in a little bit of slowing on west 580. there's no slow traffic, right through marin county. it is still an easy one a one southbound right. cost >>mark: the dow is of 90 points. we will have more economic news coming up after the break. here is a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza as the that that is starting to grow clear it cost hough is tough >>justine: a hopeful sign of the economy after a year of weak wage gains. incomes rose 0.5%, this was the strongest increase since a similar game last march. >>mark: european leaders to be meeting in brussels today hopefully signing off on a bailout fund for brussels. there is a lot of concern as to whether or not a full rescue package will be pushed through. >>mark: facebook, their highly anticipated stock market launch could get underway this week. the wall street journal reports that facebook could file initial paperwork as early as this wednesday with