what this city is doing that earned it the new title of greenest city in the united states. >>> and what people are paying for food in the united states and where one bay area city stacks up when it comes to the cost of food. >>> could las vegas become the hot destination for same-sex honey moons? the city is considering marketing the city as that. what they won't be marketing is same-sex marriage. >>> san francisco has been honored as the greenest city in the united states. a study ranks san francisco number one in come posting and recycling, public transportation, low pollution levels, green building codes and energy efficiency. new york, seattle, denver and boston ranked just below the city by the bay. >>> the lawrence livermore lab donated a new computer center for private industry and universities to use. the interim high performance commuting invasion center will give business the same computer power that are used for computer problems like simulating nuclear weapons. >>> people in the bay pay the highest income percentages for food. boston residents pay the most. while atlantans p

with this-rating >>stanley: about what i show you and let you decide if san francisco is the greenest citynation. coming up in the next edition of people behaving badly at kron 4 news it 8:00 p.m. >>pam: the city of oakland wants to make sure that everybody remains safe especially when it comes to fire works. fireworks of any kind are illegal in oakland including sparklers. they have an anonymous multi- lingual hot line. that phone number is available www.kron4.com when koch? even chill possible when caught--one caught. >> jail time even possible. >> every time every year, we find some we tried them in advance to get them off the street but we wanted to make a concerted effort to be the eyes, the years because we cannot be everywhere. >>pam: the police officer are making and working together for crowd control and illegal fire works. wheat will be right back. we will be right back. >>catherine: that wild fire in new mexico is one of the biggest in history reaching native americans sacred sites. pre-dawn with the dawn fires eating away at canyons. 145 square miles sense sunday. firefighters

san francisco got top honors as the greenest city in north america. a study commissioned by siemens corporation ranked 27 major cities on their environmental policies. san francisco launched a mandatory recycling program in 2009, keeping 77% of discarded materials o'out of landfills. the city was also the first major u.s. city to ban plastic grocery bags and as a result about 100 million plastic bags each year do not end up in landfills. so san francisco, number one. here's some other cities on the list. two, vancouver followed by new york, seattle and denver. of the 27 major cities that were studied, who came in dead last? detroit, michigan. >> that's it for us this

bethesda. ú >> ranking our city number 1 in environmental governance and number 8 as one of the greenest citiesin north america. >> it is a big honor for the district on the green front the city is one of just three east coast cities in the top 10 of the new study commissionedded. cities were assessed in nine categories including how much energy they consumed and transportation. >>> well, bit of an about-face for dc's mayor speaking out about the plans to extend metro out to dulles airport. so the mayor says he no longer supports an underground station at the airport and he is urging the three members of the airport board from the district to switch their votes as well. mayor gray saying it will be too expensive. >>> gridlock is being predicted in alexandria this fall but tomorrow metro will start to discuss plans to create bus lines between them. talking about service between the springfield station and fort bellvoir. once that base realignment is complete more than 20,000 people will work at fort bellvoir and another 6000 at mark center. >>> bethesda is going to have to say goodbye to a parki

mayor newsom made it a point to be the so-called greenest city in our country. that comes to the cost. i think people should realize that with that added requirement of composting and throw waste hauling and diversion that is massed together that gives us that 77% diversion right, that is something we are going to have to stand tall to, realizing this does not come for free. san francisco likes to boast of green credentials. those credentials mean we are going to have to also figure out what the most cost effective delivery system is so we can rest on those laurels, knowing we are doing so in the most thorough and effective way possible. i just don't think that should be lost. in the spectrum of the next seven to 10 years, our diversion rates are now being challenged by our ability to reach 100% diversion. there is no way we can arrive at that goal unless that partnership is retained with recology, and/or there would have to be an impressive alternative proposal by someone else that would be able to answer the question on cost and meet the high standards that we

. >> you have this 15, 20 second blurb to say that oakland is one of the greenest cities in the nation, the diverse, have the best weather, and the hottest restaurant scene in northern california. >> reporter: and the national media looks at you like? >> are you crazy? >> reporter: she says she's not crazy but determined to transfer oakland's reputation into something positive. there is a drop in overall crime but a rise in killings on the street and she says she was caught off guard when the police chief was a finalist for the chief's job in san jose. although she didn't get hired. >> he's a rising star, so i won't be surprised if he's not the chief of new york or los angeles. >> reporter: in the short time, there's been some successes. the city's first baby college designed after a program in harlem to help parents in the cities toughest neighborhoods. oakland has a crime hotline where people can call in anonymously with tips. and the mayor has a lotf support here and abroad. >> having asian investors look at oakland again because we are a port city, we are the only port in the natio

new survey by the siemens corporation and the economist intelligence unit san francisco is the greenest city in north america survey explored consumption habits recent attitudes toward renewable living as well as water and energy efficiency and hoover and new york followed san francisco in the ratings course this is just another reason for the right wingers to eight san francisco which must mean the bay city is doing something right the back rush limbaugh on his radio show yesterday lynne paul's weighed in on president obama's demands on the debt ceiling debate he had this to say in reference to closing tax loopholes loopholes for millionaires like him and billionaires like you'd like to be but we want obama to stop stealing from our children and he refuses as you would expect he's a burglar all liberals are glitters. all liberals are thieves that's what they do it is who they are you know what i'll give lynn pols the benefit of the doubt here after all if i made four hundred million bucks like him then i might you know actually i don't even think them i think the way he does but just olympo

san francisco is the no. 1 in the greenest city. but plastic bag ban is getting recognition for its work. .when it comes to buildings it praise sampras's go for the energy efficient buildings. it also earned a major kudos for the waste because of the composting and recycling laws. sampras's go rose to the top of delaye the list >> does because said cisco is green doesn't mean it's actually clean and gary pines out about people behaving badly >> in sandra cisco we up recycle everything that's probably why it's called a green the city in the nation for is a pit city that is supposed to be so great why is it so dirty and get this most of this stuff is recyclable like this mattress and this mattress could have been recycled instead it is dumped on the street. the full-scale cut out of the trend the building could have been recycled and we still leave our oil containers full boil and everyone. look and outdoor toilet and couches are left on the side of the hill i can say we're cutting admissions especially for this car or what is left ho

one of the greenest developments that you might see. the city continues to be excited because of the work you are doing, to be environmentally friendly, to have a residence that the city can be ground up route -- proud of. [applause] sf ++ my partners, we want to say thank-you to the city family. on this happy occasion, i just want to recall how we began so many years ago with the discussion in this building that at treasure island we could not only create a new neighborhood for san francisco that set a national standard in and sustainability, but that we could do it in a new and different way than land use had been practiced in the city, and that we could come together and craft a plan together. the happiest part of the situation today is we stand with a terrific plan that was not our plan. it was a collective plan that was crafted together and in public. that long process, thanks to the leadership of supervisor kim, supervisor chiu, in this 11-0 vote. it think it to the staff and everyone who participated -- thank you to the staff and everyone

for the record of the city would be more cream and of some people would stop trashing our streets. that begs the question of san francisco is the greenest is the other cities? in san francisco, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >>pam: if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, you can email us at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m coming up, new questions tonight about airline security. after a man aboard a flight using an expired boarding pass and a somebody else's name that story is next. . than comcast can give, now's a great time to switch to at&t u-verse tv. make the switch! [ female announcer ] call to get at&t u-verse -- now with free hd -- for only 29 a month for six months. or get 300 back via promotion card with a qualifying u-verse bundle. [ male announcer ] u-verse tv lets you record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. and you can record and play back your shows from any room. plus get an hd-ready dvr receiver included at no extra charge. [ female announcer ] call to get at&t u-verse -- now with free hd -- for only 29 a month for six months. or get 300 back via promotion card with a qualifying u-verse bundle. [ male anno

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