from that green building policy, san francisco was awarded by the world green building counsel at a meeting in south africa as the best green building city in its policy in the world. i would also like to extend a tremendous thank you to the fellow commissioners and city administration, dbi staff, who have helped make these achievements achievable, and also to get into the category of not resting on our laurels, but to continue forward to carry the mantle that pass on -- that i pass on the baton to the commissioners and staff, that this is a great city, and that one of my objectives was to also help make this great city even better, but not rest on our laurels and continue to make this great city of san francisco even better. aside from that, are there other opinions or comments the other commissioners would like to do during my present statement here? commissioner murphy: i would like to make a few comments. i have had a wonderful six years on this commission. parting can be such a sweet sorrow. two years as president, and long before i was appointed as a dbi commissioner, my business took me to the building department very often, and i

as an example for other cities to execute and implement this green building policy. along with that, the accomplishment of caps that is now in the hands of the city, in respect of providing a more livable and safe city. the third is basically the category of bringing the department into the technology world that hopefully will be implemented, if not at least tried out in the future. also, the permit tracking system, which will provide a better and higher service of permitting to the citizens of san francisco, but not also to make the efforts of the staff, to even be more expeditious in a way that can also serve both public and staff in the same way. most of all, i would also like to thank vivian for all the service you have provided to date and the many conversations with how the department could be made better and along with that, john, who has always been available to help counsel me on how to best approach the way that things can be done in a way that protects the rights of both sides of the city and also those that are in play. ed sweeney, pamela leaven, tom -- ha

city. the empire state building all in green. when was the last time it was all green? >> blast say that today? >> wrong, last monday for the girl scouts 100th anniversary. it will turn red white and blue for the fourth of july and for election day. a pretty shocked. they have some fog they're dealing with up there. 75 degrees was the high at the reagan national airport. the average load is 38 degrees. it is still pretty cold around here this time of year. 61 degrees at this hour. the fog is just beginning to move in. it will be the worst to the east of us. 60 degrees at george washington university. 73 degrees for the high end takoma park. in manassas, 59 degrees with a high in the mid-70's. temperatures are a bit milder. when chester at 59 degrees. head off to ocean city with only 42 degrees at this hour appeared they had highs daily in the lower-50's. 70's in the mountains. temperatures are mild off to the west of us. lower-80's and chicago. there cooling down now to about 70 degrees. high-pressure off to the northeast and light southerly flow will diminish in the ov

the meeting starts at 8:00 tonight at the green belt city municipal building. >> she is back indoors.ere. >> leaving the cherry tree alone out there. >> you know, i had to come in. i want the guys in the weather center, if you can back it up and let's look at that wonderful picture because we've got an image sent in of the tidal basin. this is from jack northwe. a beautiful shot of the cherry blossoms last year. this year they are expected to peak a little earlier. that's right. a little earlier. march 24th to march 31st. and that's going to be close to the earliest. in fact, on record, which is march 15th from 1990. the reason for that? all the mild temperatures that we've had. the mild air that's been around us. 50s at night. 70s by day. so we expect to have during the peak 70% of the blossoms open for peak and it should last about 14 days. so there you go. starting on march 24th. go ahead and tell your friends and family. anybody that's coming to town to visit. right now we are in the 70s. 71 degrees at reagan national airport with a southwest wind at 18 miles per hour. so a mild b

green. israel is building new cities, universities, new theaters.ren are speaking the language of our prophets. hebrew literature is flourishing. from a disparaged people, we became a united democracy. no day of war ever interrupted a day of democracy. never. dear friends, permit me a personal moment. in the eye of the storm, i was 11 years old. he said only three words to me, "shimon, stay jewish." those were his last words to me. i never saw him again. when i arrived in his village, they forced him with the remaining jews into the wooden synagogues and set it on fire. but no one survived. no one. what remained of my grandfather was his legacy, his last words to me. "stay jewish." [applause] dear friends, i was privileged to work as the father of our nation. the unforgettable david. my grandfather's legacy became my compass which is comprised of four things -- our pursuit of peace and security, our quest for knowledge, and our alliance with the united states of america. [applause] we returned to the book and its values. it has helped the jewish peo

green. israel is building new cities, universities, new theaters. our children are speaking the language of our prophets. [applause] hebrew literature is flourishing. from a disparaged people, we became a united democracy. [applause] no day of war ever interrupted a day of democracy. never. [applause] dear friends, permit me a personal moment. in the eye of the storm, i was 11 years old. he said only three words to me, "shimon, stay jewish." those were his last words to me. i never saw him again. when i arrived in his village, they forced him with the remaining jews into the wooden synagogues and set it on fire. but no one survived. no one. what remained of my grandfather was his legacy, his last words to me. "stay jewish." [applause] dear friends, i was privileged to work as the father of our nation. the unforgettable david. my grandfather's legacy became my compass which is comprised of four things -- our pursuit of peace and security, our quest for knowledge, and our alliance with the united states of america. [applause] we returned to the book a

they are hours away from getting the green light to build a brand new stadium in santa clara. the cityuncil will have a final vote tonight. just last week, a judge shot down a lawsuit by stadium opponents who were trying to force another vote on this project. construction on the $850 million project could begin this spring or early summer. it should be ready for the 2014 season. >>> we know the a's are looking to move but there's no for sale sign on the team. a's managing partner says he has no knowledge of any ownership groups expressing interest in the team. that statement is in response to a story in the chronicle which claimed at least two groups contacted major league baseball to buy the team and keep it in oakland. one of the groups is reportedly based in los angeles and recently dropped out of the bidding to buy the dodgers. the other group is apparently led by a high-profile silicon valley company. >>> coming up, a crime wave leaving a trail of grime behind. how tide is turning into liquid gold for criminals. >>> and we give you a live look outside. speaking of liquid, marla, i

in the green room of the veterans building on van ness avenue, there will be sunshine and ethics training for city officials. while it may sound routine, it is an important issue, particularly for commissions like rec and park. i want to encourage senior staff and fellow commissioners to attend. with that, let's proceed with the agenda. i have a couple of commissioners want to comment. >> i just want to report to the commission one of our longtime patrons of our parks, member of the portsmouth board, louis passed away. i would request that when we adjourned, we do so in her memory. >> i am on the committee for the community opportunity fund. we have had our first meeting on that. for those of you that would like to apply for those funds, please contact our planning department. thank you. >> is there any public comment on the president's report? item 3 is general manager's report. >> good morning, managers. spring program registration begins on march 3. summer day camp registration begins on march 17. we ask everyone to log on to our website to browse our catalog of classes for the entire family. t

. >>> for talking about a new quality resale the majority this as a city council and the developer the green light to build a big destination shopping complex here call the almaden branch it's a combination of major retailers little shops and restaurants trees and a landscaped open space. there injustices' seigneuries helm examples such as exporting goods at the national sporting the place that isn't here in this area at once and as a and that's the type of tenants we're looking for the plan is in criticized by groups like the sierra club instead of thinking outside the box with the retail giant's already in the area like best buy and wal-mart to neighbors and activists say the plan should have been incorporated office and residential. did we its auto oriented party lines project. by whatever stuff you need and get out. >>> developers are pressured to build a bridge. in the ends up project won approval because it will produce more tax revenues that the city desperately needs. >>> about 20 percent of our sales tax is leaks so to other communities. some were trying to counteract those retail sales. the city'

building's lights will be shamrock green. when asked about this exception, the building's owner tells fox the empire state buildings lights annually in honor of the irish and their contributions to new york cityor everyone who feels a little bit irish on st. patrick's day. this is a regular, annual esb lighting. so this isn't the first time the building has been embroiled in controversy over its lights or lack thereof. in 2009 the building was batheed in red and goal low in tribute to the 60th anniversary of china's communist revolution, and in 2010 the owners came under fire for not ohioaning the 100 ash honoring the 100th anniversary of mother teresa's birthday. >> unfortunate because they light up for other causes, and cardinal dolan does a lot for the community, so it would have been nice. >> it's a private organization, they get to decide what they want to do. if they haven't done it for others in the past, then it makes sense that they are consistent, i guess. >> reporter: and the cardinal himself is taking this all in stride. if you know him, you know he jokes around a lot, and he jokes that while he appreciated the effort of those who made the request, he doesn't want this to swell hi

city, the empire state building. last night, the city will always light up the empire state building in different colors for different events. it was a bright greenor last night in honor of st. patrick's day, beautiful looking, and this is my weather headline board. beautiful looking stuff out there really. 80% of the country is warm today. 75% of the country has sunshine overhead, and really no rain, at least not on most parades. there will be a little bit of a problem out west. a low pressure system in the rockies. above 6,500 feet one to two feet of snow. the parade forecast looks like this, you have to go up to san diego, where we find some wet weather for the parade, about 58 degrees, all the other parades all over the country, denver, minneapolis, atlanta, new york city, the grand daddy of them all, 251st year the st. patrick's day in new york city, pretty decent skies for the big parade this afternoon. that's going to do it for the national picture. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekened. . >> and make it a great day, everybody. ben, over to you. >> 9 degrees in minnesota in march. >> what do you think? >>> up next, sex, alc

city family that helped deliver the separated green on market street. we've seen huge increases here on market street and we know this is what it will take. when we build it, they will come. we know we need to start at a younger and younger age. i'm proud of the safe roots program we're part of along with the city. we know that the appetite for bike suggest there when we're young. how do we cultivate that and keep it going and how do we make sure that our traffic jams in the future are bike parking log jams. we know we need to invest. the important bike routes along oak and fell streets, a key route from the bay to the beach, connecting a complete crosstown bike route so folks ages 8 to 80 will feel safe, comfortable, welcome riding. and it was thrilling to ride with the mayor a few months ago on oak street and as soon as we finished that few blocks on oak street he turned and said, why don't we have a bikeway there? it's a great idea. fantastic. let's work together for this. similarly, market street, we have huge opportunities as market street is going to be repaved and we look forward to working with the city agencies to make sure we take the opportu

city. starting tonight the empire state buildings iconic tower lights will be shamrock green to honor the peyton buildings owners told fox the empire state building lights annually lights in honor of the irish and their combinations to new york city. and for everyone who feels a little irish on st. patrick's day this is a regular annual esp lighting. this isn't the first time the building has been embroiled in controversy over the lights or lack thereof. it was baited in red and yellow for the 60th anniversary of of china's come admonition revolution. and in 20010 the owners came under fire for not honoring the 100 anniversary of mother ta rea's birth. reaction to the dolan controversy has varied. >> he's part of new york. new york should honor new yorkers who are tpaeupls. it's a no-brainer. >> i don't know why they won't want to do it. i'm sure they will offend a lot of people by not doing it. but that is their right. i just think that, you know, when it's a privately owned company, privately owned building they have a right to do whatever they want. >> reporter: well the private building owne

now up to 46, bombings in 8 cities across iraq targeted 8 builds and shiite pilgrims one of the deadliest blasts was in the holy shiite city bombings also hit near baghdad's greenur other top story this morning the sergeant accused of murdering 16 innocent civilians cannot remember much of the shootlings, staff sergeant robert bales talked to his lawyer for the first time yesterday, attorney john henry brown says his client has only a sketchy memory of the rampage. meanwhile the sergeant's wife put out a statement saying quote my family including mine and bob's extended families are all profoundly sad we extend our condolences to all the people of the district, our hearts go out to all of them especially the parents brothers, sisters and grandparents of the children who perished. she goes on to say news reports are quote completely out of characters of the man i know and admire. >>> later this morning on capital hill the top american general in afghanistan will answer questions from lawmakers on the house armed services committee about the war he is expected to say the u.s. is not changing the timeline for withdrawing troops, and will not pull out of afghanista

city council. this week, one by one, those buildings began running out. lawmakers finally decided to remove some items from the budget but greenighted the money for paper rolls, but they hit a road block. >> once you've bid and given a contract, you can't remove something from a bid. you have to pull it back. and you have to cancel it and you have to rebid it. >> well, the chrys on -- crisis on the hands, the town got a helping hand from peta, who donated six months of free toilet paper. there is a catch, however, every square is printed with an anti-meat message. >> you know that, is a real crisis. and thank you to peta. they get their message across at the same time. >> i guess so. >>> all right. well, we're running out of ways to describe this weather. >>> we will leave it up to bob. to get the first warning weather forecast next. ,,,,,,,,, >>> it's just unbelievable weather. this is may weather. it's dry, sunny. just fantastic. saw my first robin today. absolutely. i know people have seen them all winter long. i saw my first one. let's take a look at temps, which means it really is spring. right now, we're at 78 degrees. a

building will not be able to return but as far as the other buildings, well, not only does the fire department have to give the green light, the city safe for them to return. so that's why, right now, they are using the number 50 as far as the number of victims. hopefully we'll get a live interview from the public information officer from the berkeley fire department coming up at 9:00. back to you mark and dare ya. >> thanks for the update. nobody injured and 50 people were displaced. dare ya? in richmond a $50,000 reward is being offered for the west contra costa school board, they are matching the police department award for the arrest and conviction of whoever caused close to a million dollars of damage to the knee strom elementary school building that you see there. officials say the vandals ripped a piece of pipe from one of the rooms and that sent hundreds of gallons of water into the auditorium, library and computer lab. >> interview: what is so striking about this is first of all the sense less necessary of the act but also what this building once represented for those young people. the efforts that you have made to revital

city? we found these in the building. >> that is our parking lot right there. >> it's crazy out there. >> they are in the cities now because kudzu is not growing yet. when it turns greenthen they will fly to the kudzu and start eating that. but some farmers found that 40% yield was lost in soybean because of this little bug right here and they are not going away. if they have only been in america, all the way to florida, this is going to be a huge problem for many, many years. >> do they bite or when you squash them, are they like stink bugs? >> if you squish one, they sound like a can of old paint. if you squish one inside, it leaves a yellow residue. vacuum them away. do not try to scoop them away. the smell is overwhelming. >> okay. so they are kind of like stink bugs. we have amazingly warm weather here. >> yes. >> we're talking about 8 oh 0s here in atlanta. does that have anything 20 to do with the bugs that are kooming? >> yes. >> it does? >> yes. >> many of these guys didn't die. it never got cold enough to freeze. they will freeze if they die all the way through they are dead but that never happens. all of these happens because of a very warm winter, which me

now, the city wants to build a new stadium, new hotels, even a conference center on 750 acres around the coliseum and along hegenberger road towards the airport. these plans are getting the greene three home teams are considering moving. the as, for example, may be headed to san jose. the warriors are talking about building a new arena in san francisco near at&t park. the raters, well, that team could move back to los angeles or simply to santa clara. >> they voted to spend $3.5 million on the plans. an additional 1 point of million dollars on a development team to start talking with the teams and millions on an environmental impact statement. the city will be making an ah a formal announcement about the plans this morning at 10:30 at city hall. >> i think the beef is the venue. >> reporter: we haven't got any formal comments in the sports teams. for a long time some have complained they don't like playing in the same arena as another team. so they have been wanting their own arena now that they are threatening to move. now the city is finally giving in. >> it's a first step. you have to throw an olive branch, i guess. retirement costs for the city have more than tripled over

buildings, including city hall, are dangerously low because of a budget battle. >>> talk about tough love. after her 13-year-old daughter was caught shoplifting a louisiana mom made her wear a greenhide your money, hide your clothes, hide everything because i'm a thief. he wants her seventh grader to know the embarrassment she felt. i don't know, guys. what do you think? >> it's the second time this week that i've heard a story where a parent tries to do the public shame og of child for some kind of infraction like that. criminal infraction. >> i feel bad for the child but i so relate to the mom. you really embarrassed me, what do you do? >> i don't know where i fall on this one because i do think sometimes kids need tough love but i'm not sure about the shaming part. >> she was embarrassed about the shoplifting now even more people know about the shoplifting. make a private conversation. i don't know. >> there are a bunch of psychologists who would weigh in on this one. >> take away from a laptop. i've got 5-year-old and 4-year-old. >> i have a 13-year-old. >> all of these people say positive re-enforcement works on kids, not punishment. >> not mine. nothing works on mine. >> th