it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in this 317 acres. the park, as a general rule, is heavily used in the mornings and the evenings. one of the favorite places is up by the upper reservoir because dogs get to go swim. it's extremely popular. many fights in the city, as you know, about dogs in park

grove and johnson exchanged gunfire police say grove stopped johnson's pickup truck for suspected game law violations the last time a officer was killed in the line of duty was 1915. >>> baltimore city officer are not apologizing to reject for the proposal. in the bid for make up for the city's projected shortfall. last night union members rejected the one year contract by a margin of 20-1. officers cited increases in their pension contributions and healthcare costs as signs they are already giving enough. >>> the outgoing county executive in prince george's county and his wife are facing serious federal charges. christian schaffer is working the story. >> reporter: jack johnson has served as the county executive in pg county for the past 8 years before that he was the county's top prosecutor. tonight he needs a good defense attorney. this affidavit released by the fbi indicates the investigation has been going on since 2006. they were arrested today in what this document describes as a frantic effort to hide evidence and thousands of dollars in cash while fbi agents waited at the fron

it is harvest time at this olive grove but how much fruit can be picked this year.ow clearing out a london home produced this $70 million chinese vase. ♪ hello to you thousands of supporters of burma's main opposition leader. ching has been gathering outside her home. she's been under house arrest for almost 20 years. what brought people there now is the possibility that the burma rulers may release her. so for security reasons we're not naming our correspondent there. >> rumor fed on rumor all day and ching's followers gran to gather outside the opposition headquarters. they expected the leader to be released over the weekend but heard from somewhere she might be freed tonight. they made her -- their way to her home where she been under house arrest for much of the last two decades. no official announcement came and a senior party member told the crowd to go home and come back in the morning. no one know what is she'll do when she's free. she refused to back down on her demands for democracy. elections a week ago wonners lili by the ruling elite have been condemned

this is stern grove. this is a little known

that's stern grove behind it. they are using wheel barrels. for this reason, many projects were well built. there are no cw a plot. this was one in berkeley placed there and the tennis court at coat niecis park. i was showing a montessory class there. this is an amphitheatre. it's a wonderful amphitheatre. there was from the sidewalks and they just reused it to create other things. down in menlow park. they built into a caretakers house. the wpa is must more famous. it came after the cw a. it did everything. they put eight and a half million people to work. they built roads. they sewed clothes. they built roads is in san francisco. this one, i have seen them on sidewalks in san francisco. this is on a retains wall in crocket. they are very seldom markers. cw a doesn't. pw a, almost never. not nearly commiserate with what they were doing. that's one of the restrooms in golden gate park. that's a plaque, carefully hidden. the gardeners prune the vine so you can have a chance of finding it. here's one at park and mont clar. they are using a facil

grove pulled over a truck after he saw a person inside poaching a deer. christopher johnson got out and that's when the shoot out erupted. it's unclear who shot first. neighbors heard the whole thing. >> my wife taylor was putting our daughter to bed and she heard two sequence of gunshots. >> reporter: a driver found johnson wounded and asking for help. the driver took him to a camp site where state police just happened to be. >> i can assure you that here in adam's county, if an individual intentionally kills a law enforcement officer in the line of duty we will seek the death penalty. >> probably just about every incident, he's dealing with individuals that are armed. that's just the nature of work they face every single day. >> reporter: the passenger in that vehicle ran but later turned himself into police and is cooperating with the investigation. this is the first game warden killed on the line of duty in 95 years. >>> somber officers in hickory north carolina say they found human remains about 5 miles from where they earlier found a bone. the girl'

downers grove had 170, hinz dale 166. we had one line go through this morning and another line develop this afternoon. that storm that went through caldonnia hit just around 3:00. spotters were on it the whole way watching the thing proceed. they reported it was a half a mile wide at some points, which would make it an extremely huge tornado and this is where the heavy rains have come down. we had flood warnings in effect there, the tornadoes are little red triangles right there. the watches are done, and wintery weather to the west of us. there's a new storm developing and this will have an impact on the midwest later in the week and we'll tell you about that and the crash in temperatures that will follow all of this is coming up as well. >> a lot of activity, tom skilling, thank you. >>> a federal judge will rule soon, possibly days, on a bid to free the imprisoned former governor george ryan. lugging oxygen, his wife laura lynn says he's ailing, after a two hour hearing in court, the legal team moved to the honest serv

no old grove trees will be removed but what certains environmentalists is the plan to cut and disturb the sensitive roots of ancient redwoods. carol dire is with the environmental protection information center. >> caltrans cannot guarantee the owe jekt won't arm the old growth. they're going to go in and cut through old roots of around 60 old growth redwood trees. we don't have enough old growth redwood to risk that. >> caltrans promises to take all possible precautions. >> we won'ting cutting roots larger than two inches and aren't going work in the whole roots. >> a group says there is no evidence to support the ledge periods so they're suing. caltrans won't coming up on that. >> in congregs we've reached with our arborist is that the way we're proposing to do this work will not have a significant long-term impact to the tree. >> businesses near the grove that depend on the redwoods to bring in tourists of worried. dan operates a gift shop one log house. a home built into a single hallowed out redwood it was hand houstoned out. >> he believes nine to 12 months of construction will j

thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000 people. and the meadow next to the concert

thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000 people. and the meadow next to the concert meadow is full of people even though they can't see the music they hear it. i walked into the meadow several times and they don't even care. we do have literally events going on day and night. the concert association has kids days during the week. the performers come out for hundred 200 kids. now, the truckadero truck house gets rented out for weddings and retirement. the croquet clubs and horse shoes. 2 play grounds, tennis courts. we have from 25 to a hundred dogs here. it's like bisons going across the mid west. there are so many dogs they are covering the ground cht it's a get together. all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day camp now, you will see 50 kids there. the

coming up later for you, it is harvest time in this palestinian olive grove.ut how much fruit can be picked this year? and how clearing out in london suburban home produce this $17 million chinese vase. ♪ >> hello to you. thousands of supporters of burma's main opposition leader aung san suu kyi have been gathering at her home in rangoon. the nobel peace prize winner has been under house arrest for most of the past 20 years. what brought so many people there now is the possibility that burma's leaders are about to release her. for security reasons, i am not given the name of our correspondent there. >> aung san suu kyi followers began to gather outside of headquarters. they expected that she might be freed over the weekend, but heard from somewhere that she might be freed friday. she has been under house arrest in her home in rangoon for must -- much of the past two decades. with no official announcement made, the senior party member told the crowd to go home and come back in the month -- in the morning. no one knows what aung san suu kyi will do when she is f

steve grove has spent most of his career in the new media world. he is director of news and political programming at youtube, the phenomenally popular video-sharing web site owned by google. welcome to you both. different perspectives, same general place, certainly the same conversation. let me start by asking you both this. we have spent a lot of time talking about the possible demise of print journalism. 5 years from now, are we gonna be talking about the possible demise of television journalism because of guys like this from youtube? >> i would say absolutely and emphatically not in my view. do we have some learning to do, do we have some changing to do because of technology, because of the competition and choice in the marketplace? absolutely, but is there a thirst for information that tv news can help satisfy? i believe so without a doubt. >> steve, what about people going off and wanting to do it on their own? they don't need john king on cnn. they can find him on youtube or anywhere they want. >> well, i think tv journalism is definitely cha

over two inches at latin school here in chicago, downers grove.western springs and wilmette all had an inch and a half of rain and now in the gusty winds. we plot the gusts right there for you and show your the temperatures. note the temp and then the windchill. feels like 26 in gary. like 23 in joliet. where they actual thermtser reading is 32. like 16 in south elgin and in the low 20s in schaumburg. this will be the coldest day since march 2. way back last spring. and the coldest day of autumn. with 32 right now at o'hare and a 36 high predicted. 33 at midway airport. 31 at hinsdale and here are the temperatures across the metro area. with some of the lows here. look at the lows this morning in monroe, is with wirs, kenosha, algonquin and windfield. chilly and the same thing tonight. the winds will turn off the lake and will start warming us up. the view from buffalo grove and here is where winter is. livingten, montana. look at the snows coming down there. where the latest snowstorm and storm system to come into that region of the country. that

. >> the community in walnut grove came together to find a venue, a pastor, a cake and a cruise. >>> the stars and stripes causing a controversy at a northern california school. a young boy put a flag on the back of his bike to support veterans. he was told to take it down. students who brought mexican flags on cinco de mayo. >> he has the flag because he is proud where he comes from. >> cody's family hopes they can work things out. >> first plastic bags, then happy meal toys. what will san francisco vote next? voters could have a chance to ban circumcision on young boys. if there are enough signatures san francisco can decide whether it is a crime. the punishment dictated by his proposed amendment, $1,000 fine and up to a year in prison. >>> how far would you go to save your home from foreclosure? would you break the law? one san francisco lawyer is advising his clients to do that. >> reporter: controversy it seems follows michael t. pines wherever he goes these days. this week following the southern california lawyer all the way to the mill valley home of this man. >> this is the h

. >> i did actually forget to mention scare growth -- grove, so thank you for mentioning that. it seems like a long time ago. i also really want to thank our recreation staff. they poured their hearts and souls -- we now do a quarterly family event, so every fall, we have scare grove right around halloween. we have our tree lighting in december, and in the spring, we have eggstravaganza, and in the summer, we have marina played on the green where we bring kids in the city for a day of rights and activities and conable fair, so that has become now a part of tradition to do these quarterly family events. i wanted to turn back to the prop c scores, and i want to thank the controller's office for their support. i really do want to extend our thanks to the staff for all their great work, and the last person down there i want to thank the deserves an incredible amount of credit is our director of operations. he has overseen the program since its inception, and this has really professionalized -- denny's involvement has professionalize our department and staff and made it more account

. >> in other words, develop men like mansion grove apartments across from don callejon will be zoned out. >> i live here and my new school is not in the area. >> those living at mansion grove and two other complexes were originally supposed to attend the elementary school that is one mile away with plenty of room. >> we feel we can provide a great experience which is just across the road there. >> i would like to stay in the same school. >> if the lines are redrawn, more than 150 children would move. some parents accuse the district of signing with property owners versus renters. >> i do feel that they are being pretty much, you know, taking the side of the people who have homes rather than rentals. >> some homeowners insist that don callejon was built for new, planned communities and the district should stick with the original game plan. >> you are hurting all of the students at the school in order to avoid a decision that will put other students at another well performing school. >> the plan is to bus the first and second graders in the fall. it will cause major traffic problems. l

this is stern grove. this is a little known park above candle stick. here's my friend jake, standing by a wall. this was rosy play ground. they turned it into a park and it was also restored by wpa. i believe they torn down the house, which was unforgivable and the zoo is wpa. and here's the murals inside the mother's building. the marina sea walls and great aquatic park. the palace of fine arts. we woul't have and a little further in, lake merit, this pier. alva rado park and then, some of you my recognize this. the berkeley rose garden. did it have to be this beautiful. finally, i'm going to wrap up. san francisco is rich in the various kinds of arts projects. we have a fabulous collection of stuff here. there were four components. there was visual arts, federal theater, federal musics and federal writers. they employed many people. this is excellent to show the work. the visual arts project. it was especially important in san francisco because of dieggo rivera and radicalizing it. this is the coit towers. this was done under cw a. 1934. the wpa wasn

ancient over a thousand-year-old redwood trees. >> all took off their clothes to protect richardson grovee park in humboldt county considered the gateway to northern california's tallest redwoods. the park is known for its tranquil beauty with one big exception. a narrow stretch of highway 101 cuts right through the middle. a lot is a wide four lane road. the only major highway into humboldt county but the section through richardson road does not meet federal standards. >> there is very few roads in the u.s., major highways that have the length restrictions and most of the trucking companies have newer equipment that don't even have the shorter trailers. >> reporter: rob mcbeth says he is losing business because the biggest trucks can't get to his steel fab by by kateing plant. cal trans plans a project to realign the road. cal trans wants to widen the shoulders and move the curves to help trucks stay in their lanes. the project manager showed us the spot where the most change would happen. >> trees on that cut slope will be remove. >> in total, about 50 trees would be cut including five

here in rockville, if you are traveling westbound shady grove road in the direction of shady grove hospitalt activity on the northbound side of key west avenue. northbound stretch at key west, you can see in the distance there, police activity tying up the right side of the road. coming southbound, all lanes are open. you will find traffic flowing slowly as you approach 109. in virginia, northbound i-95 crash in newington gone. lane are open. traffic will slow in dale city. across the occoquan, headed up towards route one, newington to springfield. now, authorities are checking for the crash along 123 near i- 95. eastbound 66 crash at 28-cent areville now on the shuled we are a backup leaving business 234 out of manassas -- on the shoulder with a backup leaving business 234 out ofmanassas. >>> a teenager learned his fate for killing a popular school principal. 18-year-old alante saunders has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. he admitted he chatted with betts online and went to his home intending to rob him. saunders was later seen using betts' credit card. three other teens are implicat

. >>> voters in buffalo grove made history on election day. they are the first to recall an elected official in the state of illinois. 70% of buffalo grove voters ousted lisa stone as village trusty. stone is accused of -- not accused of any illegal wrong doing but they urged her recall because she was difficult to work with. refused to follow the rules and wouldn't stop talking. >>> mayor daley will not waste time finding a new person to head chicago public schools. daley says he plans to name a replacement for ron huberman within the next month. huberman announced he will step down at the end of this month. chicago teachers union says it's more important or more concerned about finding a quality replacement rather than a speedy one. huberman was head of cps for two years and now plans to go into private sector. >>> chicago public school officials plan to make it easier for some kids to get into magnet schools. a new policy increases the chances for students in neighborhoods with low performing schools. new plan would accept fewer top scoring

florida, officials are investigating an emergency landing that left a small plane belly up in an orange grove. the pilot lost an engine shortly after takeoff and flipped over as he hit the ground. no passengers were on board and the pilot seems to be fine. now for a look at your national and regional weather. here's bill karins. good morning. >> be happy you don't have to head outdoors in the next hour or two. >> bad? >> it's not just rain and wind but even severe thunderstorms are now rolling through areas of new jersey. they just exited philadelphia now heading for new york city. this line goes right through the heart of new jersey at the current time. there are severe thunderstorm warnings all along this line for 60-mile-per-hour winds. that's going to wake a lot of people up and should be heading through new york within the next hour and should be gone by the heart of the morning rush hour. by then it should be up here in connecticut and massachusetts. the line of storms goes from albany down through southern new york and through new jersey. swing and pivot through new england this mornin

shady grove and key west area. an accident is taking away the right lane. police are on the scene.older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents? with cinnabon cinnamon have such a sweet and delicious aroma that my family can't wait to get their hands on them. enjoy cinnabon cinnamon... now in all pillsbury cinnamon rolls. >>> welcome back. there's the overson memorial. traffic is moving as we start the day here in washington. it will be a good day. it is comfortable right now. although i think jacket and gloves with temperatures in the 40s in the northwest. and the day planner for today, some readings with upper 40s by 9:00. upper 50s at 9:00 and 5:00 p.m. sunset 4:59. we have the moon with a couple of clouds. we will see highs in the low 60s. and the breeze will continue because that storm is still spinning off the new england coast and that will ta

expect delays on the busy routes, the red line from shady grove to twinbrook and on the orange line fromto west falls church. >>> let's look at the weather. a beautiful day it was. >> sunday will look really nice, lots of sunshine, but the cloud cover roles in the late in the day. no rain, but for the football game, a lot of people looking forward to that, could be looking at showers. outside right now, it is dry, clear skies. we look for the wind to continue to remain calm the next several hours. three stops on the weatherbug, annandale 43 degrees. 43 annapolis. the final stop, children's hospital, 50 degrees. warmer, closer to downtown. the high-temperature on saturday, 68 degrees at reagan national airport, 10 degrees above average. the record, not even close, 80, way back in 1879. the temperatures cooling off quickly. 33 degrees martinsburg, hagerstown 42. 45 in the district. temperatures continue to tumble overnight into the low 30's. looking for a milder air in detroit, 55 degrees, charleston at 46. the satellite radar is quiet and dry. we have a cold front of to the west. low pres

friday night in the 1500 block of poplar grove street. one man was shot in the chest. he died from his injuries on his way to the local hospital. there is no word on the possible motive. mta police are investigating an early-morning crash that killed a man. it happened shortly after 5:30 a.m. on rte. 40 and just past the hatem bridge. traffic was redirected for about four hours. the victim's name has not been released. in tonight's project economy report, the u.s. district court has temporary leaving -- has temporarily shut down mortgages, after allegations of fraud. the company and its subsidiaries are accused of skimming, honors out of thousands of dollars. >> the defendant charged in the case all practice under the umbrella of "residential relief foundation." is a bogus mortgage relief from posing as a government assistance program and making deceptive promises to consumers facing foreclosure. >> if consumers purchase their services, they will get their loans modified so that their monthly payments will be substantially reduced. >> according to court documents, the

it will be a star-shaped reflecting pool framed by a granite wall and groves of trees. >>> meanwhile, some engaged military personnel are getting the dresses of their dreams for free. the bride's across america project in northwest is happening today. brides to be are picking up their gowns at chevy chase bridle. >> [unintelligible] >> as you can imagine, appointments are booked solid for today and tomorrow. the evan, we are told, will return to dc in july. so sign up now. coming up on the news at noon, we will tell you why it celebrating is going to be easier. and the queen of comedy talks about her big break. and today on "oprah," talk-show legends all in one place at one time. that is today at 4:00. time. that is today at 4:00. is a bird in the hand worth 2 in the bush? appraiser: well you rarely see them in this good of shape. appraiser: for example the fingers are perfect. appraiser: the bird is in mint condition. appraiser: and i would say if this were to go to auction today, appraiser: conservatively it would be worth 2 in the bush. woman: really? appraiser: it's just beautiful

they were allegedly being held captive in three different locations, downers grove, lansing and hazelir families. >>> a follow-up to a story we mentioned on friday. air pollution in metro stations and inside some of the train cars the senator is now getting involved calling the epa. i talked to senator durbin during the wgn evening news at 5:00 today. they were asking for investigations at the rail hubs of union station. what is most alarming about the investigation is the air inside the passenger cars which can contain levels, it said, of diesel up to 75 times outside. they are are fact asking for funds in mass transit systems. >> the first thing we need is a thorough investigation. let's find out how serious this problem is and where it's concentrated. michael hawthorne has pointed us in the right direction and given us fair warning. >> metra is holding a meeting on this problem tomorrow. >>> jobs and law enforcement at stake in several suburbs. there is more at stake than work. it's about safety. >>> and speaking of, don't think of taking a box of ink car trijs to yourehñ?ñ?ñ mom's

this 14-acre orange grove is one of the last of its kind in the santa clara valley but 400 tons of fruit are at the mercy of mother nature. subfreezing temperatures could wipe out the crop just as it should be ripening. it's just one of many cash crops that could be ruined. >> there is an arctic freeze coming down from canada and it's supposed to get pretty frosty. >> reporter: wanda runs this san jose nursery. she says there are some pricey popular plants that need to be protected. the most vulnerable are also some of the most colorful, although native to warmer climates. >> your banana, hibiscus and bougainvilla is most common. but anything that's generally tropical. some of the palm trees like the pygmy date palms can sustain some damage and young plans that -- and young plants that are newly planted that haven't had time to establish like citrus trees. >> reporter: she says customers have also been coming in for products to protect plants like frost cloth. an old sheet will also do. there is also a product called cloud cover that you can spray directly on plant leaves to prevent fros

expect maj delays on the red line between shady grove and twin brook, between new york avenue and rhode island avenue. on the orange lineetween vienna and west falls church and on the blue and yellow lines between bradd road and pentagon city and green line between prince george's plaza and college park. >> i'm going buy a map. >> even at this hour of the morning it slowed you down? closed. run into the roadblock. i get confused on what i think is independence and what i think is ohio. >> you can't just cross the mall. it's 6:10 right now. a local high school finds itself at the center of a nationwide controversy. the school play is the thing. we'll let you know what it is all about. >> would you pay >>> a group known for protesting it homosexuality is now rgeting high school students in maryland. westboro baptist church is planni a demonstration tonight. membersre angry over play at the school. >> reporter: more than 12 years after matthew spherd was murdered, his legacy still lives on today at richard montgomery high school in rockville, maryland, students are in final rehearsals to p

she says crews have isolated the break on detroit and another one on oak grove and apple and repairs are underway. about 30 homes and apartments are without water because of the break. >>> police are still looking for a suspect that noontime involved in a deadly shooting in san francisco's marina district. it happened just before midnight at the gravity room night room. officers found a 22-year-old man who had been shot multiple times. he died a short time later at san francisco general hospital. police are hoping to review surveillance tapes for clues and officers are still interviewing witnesses. >>> now back to the san francisco giants and their big world series wins. the celebrations spilled out onto the streets all over the city. sf police put every available officer on the street with reinforcements from the chp and sheriff's office. jade hernandez takes us back to show us how officers handled unruly crowds. >> reporter: scene was much the same everywhere you turned. revelers and fireworks. hey! hold the line! get back here! >> reporter: san francisco held firm law and order as