hanson is committed to fulfilling its business obligations to the puc. we intend to pursue a reasonable resolution as quickly as possible. as i mentioned, these were signed between 1978 answed 2003 and the revenue generated was $6.8 million. during this audit, which took to your sense -- took two years, they have come up with money they claim and we owe them through the water at. research region we owe them through the audit your your -- they have come up with money they claim we owe them. they think somehow but we should pay done royalties on our own land as well, so we have 400,000 out of the 634, but the reality is that 154,000 is probably a legitimate. we have to say there could be issues here. we have had three ownerships during this of it, so there is a lot of people moving in and out, so we came up and paid 70,000 of the 154,000 remaining. and we are still waiting for the audit to department to get back to us so we can pay them. and real estate is doing a wonderful job. we will take appropriate steps to protect the good names during your -- good n

item 10a, request approval of the executive director's nomination of gary hoy, sagiv weiss-ishai, hanson tom, joy navarrete, and brad wilson to the port building code review board. >> the building code requires the building code board to hear public appeals related to interpretations made by the chief harbor engineer. sectiona 105 of the code defines the process and selection and appointment of the review board members. five members are required on the board. the members must be recommended by the ford executive director, and the recommended individuals must be approved and appointed by the port commission. the requirements for membership are split into two categories -- technical and non-technical. technical members are required to be certified building officials or registered as structural, architectural utility or fire protection engineers. non-technical members are required to have either technical skills or work experience related to construction. both technical and non-technical members must be employed by the city and county of san francisco. three members, including a minimum of

nascar will name a race after marine sergeant hanson and his brother daniel. he was killed in a roadside bomb attack in san francisco in 2009. a 400-mile car race in virginia will now be called the hanson brother's 400. >>> time now 5:51. let's check in with sal. >> all right dave and pam traffic is moving along realtively well if you are driving around the bay area it should be a nice start for you. there is one problem southbound 101 near whipple avenue. the traffic is light. it's not causing a huge delay. this is a look at westbound bay bridge the traffic has not reached critical mass just yet. it usually gets that way around 6:15 when they turn the metering lights on. the morning commute on westbound 92 the san mateo bridge looks pretty good. let's go to steve. >> all right, sal, we are expecting a beautiful day but not until we have cold numbers out there. lake port 21 degrees. felton 32. menlo park 35. a lot of 30s around and 40s. san rafael starting off 35 degrees. so it's a cold beginning. sunny and 50 at noon. so temperatures even though they will be

and wash it and tip it over to the concrete producers, bodhi, central, and others, rose and jensen, hanson, and the sand is coming down the sacramento river to mix with the aggregate to make concrete. the other thing that happens down in this area of san francisco, we are becoming more and more green at society. we are taking the asphalt and recycling it, and then we take concrete and put it through -- they will put it through a grinder and grind it to different rock sizes and use that as the aggregate for asphalt or concrete. i am not sure if this is a sand pile for the concrete or if this is a recycle plant. but it is one of them. the city has opened up the large piers that unfortunately are not being used. we don't have the commerce we had in the old days. it has gone to oakland. we don't have the real site on the side of the bay. >> south of market has very unusual conditions, settlement. >> south of market, that particular fixture is at sixth street, which is right in the heart of this. some of the largest magnitudes of movement during the 1906 earthquake occurred in this area of what

and i have deputy carrie hanson, who is in the passenger seat with me behind the wheel.u notified your next of kin yet? >> yes, i have. >> reporter: here's the demonstration of what not to do if you lose control of your car. and you use this course to train your colleagues as well, right? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: i'm going to take a hard turn. i didn't get it to spin out. maybe i should -- okay. what did i do wrong there? >> well, basically when you started to lose control, you stayed on the accelerator. and you steered away from the skid. you want to turn into the way that the rear-end is going on the car. >> reporter: let's see if i can do it the right way. i'm going to take the turn. >> get off the accelerator and slowly apply pressure on the accelerator to get yourself moving. >> reporter: what do you find that people have a tendency to do, put their foot on the brake or put on the gas? >> when people lose control of the car, they slam the brakes on or stay on the accelerator. you are going to become out of control. >> reporter: you are saying it doesn't take much

marines matthew and daniel hanson were nominated by their god mother for the contest to rename a racefter a military hero. daniel, seen there on the right, was killed in afghanistan in 2009 by a roadside bomb. his brother, matthew, says if he wins the race will be called the hanson brothers 400. >>> a tent city on the northern edge of downtown sacramento would become a ghost town in a few days. county supervisors have given the homeless men and women camped out near the american river until monday to find shelter elsewhere. park rangers will begin handing out fliers today telling them it's time to pack up. several charity groups and business groups have donated $35,000 to help them find a new place to live. >>> time now 6:27. a 14-year-old boy has been arrested now accused of aiming a green laser light at pilots. now the young man's accused of shining the pointer at the pilot of a plane trying to land last night at los angeles international airport. police say he is also suspected of aiming the laser at the pilot of a police helicopter. >>> the vacation rental company home away is pul

john hanson, a ridiculous up and under move and north carolina led by 14 at the half.ut the blue devils and ranked number five in the conry for nothing. smith sparked a comeback. career high 34. duke survived, 79-73. >>> classic big east matchup number 11 georgetown, 13th ranked syracuse. thompson tied it with a three. off the turnover, chris wright found freeman for the lead. georgetown won, 64-56. >>> rutgers pulled off the win against number 10 villanova. final seconds down three. >> john nan mitchell fouled with less than a second to play. then a free throw for the win and rutgers stunned nova, 77-76. >>> to the guys who get paid to play, knickers and clippers, new york's down 20 and rallied in the fourth. stoudamire cut the lead to three. that's as close as they would get. randy foi caught fire late, scored 17 of 24 in the quarter. clippers with a rare road win, 116-108. >>> now to new jersey where the nets beat the hornets in overtime. a game to remember, career high 25, including five three-pointers. nets won it 103-101 in o.t. another record. >>> finally, the c

class doesn't resume until tuesday, but grief counselors were on hand to help them comb of the hanson was in a class with gavin who he says was liked by everybody. >> all of my friends were friends with him. he is a good kid. nobody hated him or anything. >> it was two guys trying to have fun. >> michael pope was also a senior. he was in cal -- calculus. >> he was a really good student. you could go to him with anything you want. the teacher would call on him if anybody else would answer a question or something like that. >> and students can expect grief counselors again on tuesday. live in concord, lilian kim, abc7 news. >> thank you, lilian. >>> last april a car with three people inside went into that same creek. two people died in the rain-swollen waters, but a 56-year-old woman was rescued there. she crashed and landed upside down in the creek. >>> a popular place for dog walkers and hang gliders had to be closed after a suspicious item washed up on the beach. as a precaution, they were closed while the bomb squad technicians detonated the device just before 2:00 this afternoon. i

gap had weak holiday sales and hanson was behind a fumbled change in the gap logo in the fall. >> there is a warning about the future of california's biomedical industry. these are the research firms making cutting edge drugs. some are worried they can start leaving the state. and why they might pack up eight research firms say they're getting overtours to move their labs and people. two trade groups are urging lawmakers to do something about them. and chief scientists in a company working on antibody research to treat cancer. >> delays are because of under staffing or because they're they're under appreciation on certain products. and it can have an impact on our time line autos another concern having a well trained work force. and this program is trying to change that. one fourth of the students here take this course. and in this program it's about developing higher skills so they're working like research associates in the lab regularly. and what that mean autos the industry says this is how california can keep them here this, 16-year-old says it will give her a leg up. >> boy know mo

matthew says if he wins, the race will be called a hanson brothers 400. >>> tent city on the northern edge of downtown sacramento will become a ghost town in just a couple of days. county supervisors have given the homeless men and women who camped out there near the american river, they've got until monday to find some place else as shelter. rangers will hand out fliers today telling them they have to pack up. several charity groups and business groups have donated $35,000 to help them find a new place to live. >>> a 14-year-old boy is in custody this morning on suspicion of aiming a laser at pilots. the boy is accused of shining the laser pointer at the pilot of a plane attempting to land at los angeles international airport. police say he's also accused of aiming a laser at the pilot of a police helicopter. both incidents happened last night. >>> all right. time now 5:48. the vacation rental company home away is removing an ad from its website that shows a baby smashing into a glass wall. yeah. that commercial aired during the super bowl. i shows what happens when a family doesn't

curtis hanson, who's films include 8-mile is set to direct. >>> florida's governor today scrapped plansspeed rail there, which could be a good thing for california. some experts say that decision could bring a windfall to california and boost this state's plan for a bullet train. florida's system was supposed to connect tampa, and orlando. >> the truth is this project would be far too costly to taxpayers, and i believes the risks far outway the benefits. >> reporter: florida's decision leaves $2.2 billion in federal rail money up for grabs. >>> we have progress to report tonight that will be welcome news for commuters who use the caldecot tunnel. digging has been going on for about a year. the project is expected to cost $400 million, and be completed by late 2013. >>> the carnival cruise ship splendor sailed from san francisco shortly before 6:00 tonight. it had undergone repairs. the city has the only dry dock on the west coast big enough for the huge ship. back in november, an engine room fire damaged the ship while at sea. it is now heading to long beach, where it will pick up its f

curtis hanson, who's films include 8-mile is set to direct. >>> florida's governor today scrapped plansspeed rail there, which could be a good thing for california. some experts say that decision could bring a windfall to california and boost this state's plan for a bullet train. florida's system was supposed to connect tampa, and orlando. >> the truth is this project would be far too costly to taxpayers, and i believes the risks far outway the benefits. >> reporter: florida's decision leaves $2.2 billion in federal rail money up for grabs. >>> we have progress to report tonight that will be welcome news for commuters who use the caldecot tunnel. digging has been going on for about a year. the project is expected to cost $400 million, and be completed by late 2013. >>> the carnival cruise ship splendor sailed from san francisco shortly before 6:00 tonight. it had undergone repairs. the city has the only dry dock on the west coast big enough for the huge ship. back in november, an engine room fire damaged the ship while at sea. it is now heading to long beach, where it will pick up its f

scar lott jo hanson. emily blunt. jess is a ka alba. sofia vergara, jessica bale. eva longoria and many many more in the hotty body hump club with music of cee lo green. ♪ "jimmy kimmel live" ♪ >> dicky: and now, lights camera, action. here is jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? thank you very much. welcome to the -- our sixth annual after the academy awards special in hollywood. across the street from the oscar on one side. you can say glamour and glitz? colin firth couldn't and he got an oscar for it. it wasn't a sus spenceful oscar this year, except for kirk douglas. was he behind me? he was funny, tormenting the nominees. he waited and waited and waited to name the winner. it combined the suspense of ryan seacrest with dick clark. it may have been the highlight of the show. colin firth won best act internally portman, best actress. and nicole kidman was upset. hard to tell through the botox. and christian bale in the speech forget his wife's name. he got choked up and emotional because someone moved a light. this is a -- 83rd oscar. thi

gap says they will name hanson's successor later today.tocks right now are gaining off of those strong earnings reports. right now the dow is up by 54 points. nasdaq is gaining 21. the s&p up by 10. after a couple of huge days for oil, it is up slightly this morning. but that is really an indicator of the egyptian unrest because of the suez canal being a major shipping point for oil coming out of the middle east. we have seen oil rise about $6 in the past couple of sessions. it's now at its highest point since early october of 2008. >> thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> it is 6:50. so who is number one in the world among smart phones? google's android if you ask consumers. more than 33 million of those phones were shipped during the fourth quarter last year. nokia symbian came in second followed by apple's iphone. >>> intel says it will cost about $1 billion to replace a defective computer chip that is in some of its computers. the company found the design flaw in its core i-5 and core i- 7. it shipped 8 million d

it had been directed by kurtis hanson who has directed big films like "the 8 mile." it will feature surf iing acciden accidents. no word on when or where the movie will be shot. >>> 6:27. the title of spring training starts today. final out which giants will report to spring training today. >>> and $4 gas has you looking for an alternative to get to work, but one of the options has budget troubles of its own. >>> members are stumped over a rash of robberies. we are live with a report on that coming up next. >>> and the beautiful bay bridge is waiting for the sun to come up. how wet will you get and where? christina will bri up up-to-date. it is 6:27 right now. cars that park themselves. an unmanned car driven by a search engine company. we've seen that movie. it ends with robots harvesting our bodies for energy. [ engine revs ] this is the all new 2011 dodge charger. leader of the human resistance. >>> five robberies in one bay area city since january and police are stuck. we'll find out how you can help coming up in a live report. >>> and gas prices continue to go w

the question is whether lehigh hanson quarry will be allowed to build a new live quarry for its cement plant and to continue dumping piping waste off its property. according to the environmental protection agency, the plant is the fourth largest emitter of mercury in the country. it has been operating without a valid epa clean air permit for 15 years. local environmental groups and residents will speak at a hearing today set for 1:30. then the east santa clara board of supervisors will make a decision on what happens there. >>> 6:09. time to check on the forecast with christina. pretty windy in some parts. >> yes, the places windiest right now are the warmest. 53 degrees in hayward. we have a strong northwesterly wind in hayward sustained at 13 miles per hour. it is really windy wherever you head this morning. you'll find windy conditions at times. take it easy out there. 51 degrees in oakland. 51 in san francisco. the winds of change are blowing in. we have a really cool air mass starting to aim towards the bay area. now, this will arrive later on today and temperatures will start to

wave deputy carrie hanson here.oing to give us some demonstrations on what not to do and what to do when you get yourself in a bad situation, especially now with the rain on the roads. this is a wet road training course. you can see the water flowing on it. we have bald tires. right now you are going to show us what happens to a lot of people when they skid out of control. what should they do that is not the right thing? >> usually they will panic and slam on the brakes and you are losing control. you lose all friction from your tires and lose steering control. >> reporter: you were saying going in a straight line, once you go off the line by a certain amount of degrees there's no way to get back in control. >> approximately 20%. if you are off 20% you'll lose control of the car. >> reporter: okay. can you take us through this again and show us what to do. what are you doing right now? >> so what i was doing was steering around. once i lose control of the car and the rear end gets out from under me, i steer in the d

climate scientist jim hanson has said that if we burn all available fossil fuels, which we show everyign of doing, it will create a dead senate like phoenix, although not as hot as this room now. the powers that be are dedicated to having thus ignored that and not address it. what can we do to take appropriate action to say, well, everyone and everything. >> well, i wrote a book before this called "empire of illusions" which is about the retreat in to these electronic hallucinations, the kind of magical thinking that is fed to us by the corporate machine, reality is never an impediment to what we want. of course that is tossed to us by oprah and the christian right and self-help gurus and hollywood. magical thinking. it is what all, the twilight of all dying civilizations engage in bitter read cicero complaining about the arena and how the spectacle in the arena has poisoned political and civil discourse in the declining days of ancient rome. joseph roth wrote about it with the collapse of the austrian hungarian empire. that is precisely what has happened because all of the evidence i

san francisco-based gap hanson is stepping down. chosen an internal successor whose identity will be announced within the day. i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> thank you, jane. it's 6:47. >> it is. the dallas fort worth airport is open again after being closed due to icy conditions this morning. this is video from abilene texas, where blizzard conditions are closing roads west of the dallas fort worth area. severe thunderstorms have also forced the closure of houston's george bush airport. in oklahoma city there's enough snow on the roads to cause a fire truck to get stuck. weather warnings are posted from the rockies all the way to the atlantic coast with heavy snow that's expected to be followed by another round of subzero temperatures. wow! and we have a little fog here and it's bothering us other weary in the northeast from all of that snow. the midwest today oklahoma through chicago and then the northeast. >> go ahead. >> that's all right. >> you got folks in buffalo. >> buffalo hasn't been so bad. it's really been boston and

and kirt hanson, >> mysterious and unusual. >> yes, like a puma it a almost looks like you have a dance >> i was and hair spray. but i would say that i can move. >> yes! >> and it is a mystery. and,emma this tool is a with mental illness and usually not part of musicals. it deals-with mental illness. >> yes, and very emotional and my character is the doctoof the woman going through bipolar disorder. -by wo character is the daughter. and with using age and when you are trying to decide if you your mother is your best friend or your worst enemy. >> modern. >> yes. >> it is as it if it is happening right now. >> michael kamen last night for a brush up. to play it like an independent film. it is a plea with awesome music. >> it is like a rock opera. they play. >> and not too much dialogue. >> and everybody can relate. great therapy stuff. about how she can view her therapist and role of her sister, and even talking about electoral shock therapy. >> and in the second act i do not think that there is ever a time that it gets golf.... >> and that the end. -0--, and when you are seeing that it

by day, hanson clark is a busy new congressman. >> i did this so i could be the best member of congress so i could spend all of my time here working. >> reporter: by nightfall in his office -- how do you make it work? >> it's a tight fit. i have to move this table back. >> reporter: the michigan democrat does a quick change. he's one of dozens of congressmen -- and it is all men -- who sleep in their offices. >> it focuses me on my job which is to work with people. >> reporter: critics say this house should not be a home. >> it turns the house office buildings into frats or dorm rooms and that's unseemly. >> reporter: does rent-free bunking at work take unfair advantage? >> look at that. a perfect fit. there we go. that will work. >> reporter: a watchdog group filed an ethics complaint kplaming the sleepovers cheat taxpayers because government officers are not for personal use. >> if this is lodging then members of congress have to pay taxes on the fair market value of the lodging and right now they are not doing that. >> reporter: members are paid $174,000 a year. some say it's too exp

about surfing the maverick's break at half moon bay would be called mavericks, directed by curtis hansonaround jay moriarty who died in a diving accident in 2001. butler will pay the man who lives in santa cruz now and he and moriarty trained together to surf mavericks. no word on when or where that movie will be shot. "today" continues coming up next. >>> nationwide, states are debating the pros and kons of teerp ten you're and so should we. i'm suzanne shaw. in california public teachers become permanent after just two years of work and though most teachers do an admirable job those who underperform are pr texted by tenure, low student achievement is no grounds for dismisal. so, low performing teachers often stay on the job. public education needs reform at all levels. we believe that including tenure reform. the guaranteed job regardless of performance must go. there has to be accountability. students deserve the most inspiring teachers we can find. nbc bay area has advocated holding administrators and parents accountable, so let us also evaluate teachers. at least in part by whether