and we completed the main demo on the bus ramps by completing the harrison overpass in the first week of may, so that is the end of our long closures and street closures there for the demolition. now it's just a lot of clean-up and processing of that material. with utility relocation package, good progress continues to be made with those. the natomis street sewer installation between free mount and first is completed, and the tie-in to the main sewer is in progress. water line snalmings is completed. -- installation is completed. and we anticipate that work, the natomis street utility relocation work being completed by the end of july. one of the other packages, 4.3 also good progress. we're working with sfwd on all the tie-ins and coronations of the water system there, anticipate completion at the end of august. 4.4 is water and sewer lines are in progress on natomis street between first and second. those water tie-ins will be done this week or next depending on scheduling with sfwd, and anticipated completion also in the end of august. 4.4 is natomis between first and second streets

harrison street -- a lot of residents live along harrison street. there are about 300 children that live between fulsome and the bay bridge. with the use of second street. and in increasing population of elderly folks. people moved into my building in 1991 and are retiring. any help that you can give for pedestrian safety. if there are any funds you are saving from bids that are lower than what was budgeted, if you could help us with painting in the stripes on the crosswalk, that will be great. harrison street is a little bit out of your purview, but the drivers -- once they get through some of the delays in construction traffic, they are shoving the gas pedal down, on their way up to the bay bridge. anything we can do to make the streets in my neighborhood, residential neighborhood, look a little less like freeways and more like residential streets would be appreciated. again, great job on the demolition, and thank you. >> that includes members of the public that wanted to address you on that item. director ford: ok. let's close public, and moving

drivers who took the freemont exit were surprised to find harrison street closed and even more surprised to see they would be forced back onto the bay bridge. >> i can't. i need to get to my job. kind of ridiculous that they can't figure out traffic for a morning. >> i think they should put a little more signs because everybody is getting confused right now. >> harrison street is back open so drivers will not be forced back onto the bridge this afternoon. neighbors stay the drivers car jump had the sidewalk, pinned the woman to the home and took off, the victim a 79-year-old, who later died at a hospital. the woman's grandson was in the front yard moments before the crash. a victim in another crash followed and called police after a hit-and-run. police say alcohol was involved. >>> arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is back in a houston hospital. she had traveled to florida to see the space shuttle leave on its final mission. her husband is a shuttle commander for the flight. last friday's blast off was delayed due it a faulty fusebox and nasa say sunday is the earliest endeavor co

. >>> drivers along harrison street used their car horns to express frustration this morning. some were forced onto the bay bridge because of the structure work. harrison street will be closed through wednesday morning as demolition work continues on the overpass. officers do their best to keep traffic flowing. a lack of signs made a bad situation even more confusing. >>> a company in this san francisco ability quite literally brought hundreds of millions of people together yesterday. the twitter effect, still ahead. >> plus, news of a wider security breach at sony. >> sunny skies this afternoon but most of us saw a dramatic cool down. i will tell you what you can expect tomorrow and when we will hit 90 degrees by midweek wednesday. >> last week's clusters of deadly tornadoes set a record. there were more tornadoes and one day last week than any other day in u.s. history. 362 tornadoes devastated towns in seven states in 124 hour period alone. 344 people died. >>> a doctor in the trial for michael jackson's dad will face trial. jury selection was to begin last week. >>> bay ar

." >> hi, everyone, i'm barbara harrison. we're going to show you some of the more interesting stories making news this week. among them, sweet success. the women behind georgetown cupcake have become an international hit with their frosting recipe. and they're going to show us how to make it. >>> time to slim counsel down for the summer with the warmer months coming. but is your diet helping or hurting you? the popular tricks that may actually pack on the pounds. >>> and it's not your typical presidential race. an inside look at what it takes to become one of d.c.'s most popular mascots. >>> first, though, saving lives is in their job description, but some firefighters in fredricksburg, virginia say they have never seen so many patients brought back from the brink in three consecutive days. julie carey explains the simple action that helped these heroes save lives. >> reporter: at this fair station in downtown fredricksburg, months can go by without an opportunity for what they call a sa, reviving a patient on the edge of de

. >> aunque paresca sorprendente, este plato lo han disfrutado ya muchos famosos cómo harrison ford quetas evite beber. >> ya se lanzó esta información. >> hay veinte rotulados que estan siendo retirados del mercado. >> por poder tener salmonela. >> por ahora no se han reportado enfermos. >> más adelante, el nuevo parte médico de un jugador. >> 7v4ucz --en el deporte local, hoy los gigantes de san francisco blanquearon a los mets de nueva york, dos carreras a cero.---entre tanto, al otro lado del puente "david de en el deporte local san francisco ganó alos medt. >> hola la información deportiva. >> la chiva recibiendo a tigres tigres:el gol de omar arellano. >> antonio molina emparejaba para los felinos y mario de luna despues el 3 por 1 definitivo. >> golazo de jean carlo maldonado. >> uno por uno en el primer tiempo. >> y el segundo final termina ganando cruz azul 2 por 1. >> los flippers >> la liga de campeones de europa europa:el manchester united pasa a la final para esperar al barcelona. >> continuamos con más. >> un aficionado de los gigantes de san francisco continua sin mostrar

and bad to make arrests in the present president of the corporation for public broadcasting pat harrison is a public minded public spirited republican and i think she is really trying to fulfill public broadcasting's mission of greater diversity more service of. public interest trying to protect the independence of public broadcasting her predecessor of thomas that was a raw wing operative he was a lady a logical kindred spirit of karl rove and i never will forget the day that one of the trustees of the corporation for public broadcasting called me on the phone and said i just heard kenneth thomas and he was there in the chairman of the corporation for public broadcasting say i'm here to get rid of bill moyers that's that's not what pat harrison would we would do it i don't know or i just happen to have not sure a track record in playing she is doing a good job but but tom this is an old story in the ninety's early nine hundred seventy s. president nixon and his his his a propagandist pat buchanan tried to undermine public broadcasting try. to get me off the air tried to get robin make m

they said it's a national safety board investigation. >> reporter: harrison told me a few of the fellow passengers on that plane did have a few bumps and bruises from the landing but officials tell us no major injuries. >> good to hear. thanks for the report. we're also following breaking news out of north carolina this evening. a highway shut down, homes, businesses evacuated there. all because of a big fire and explosion at a chemical plant. tanika smith with our affiliate is on the scene in caldwell county, 70 miles north of charlotte. are they still trying to get this under control? >> reporter: the good news is the fire is under control. they brought it under control right at about 6:00 but it did burn for three hours. this is at the chemical coatings plant here in hudson. they make finishing solutions like lacquers and deputies believe no one was inside. so far there are no reports of injuries at that plant or complaints from residents about feeling sick from the smoke. i can tell you that there'll were a series of explosions heard at about 3:00 at the plant. officials are not sur

over as many years so is there really any point to this whole debate earlier i spoke with edward harrison founder of credit right counts dot com here's part of our conversation. but you could sort of enter in this whole been there republican we have these ridiculous debates about potentially defaulting on debt that we will have to default upon you know for ideological reasons it's really it's a it's a farce it's a sideshow and it really should at what price i'm so curious you know timothy geithner is going to meet with chinese officials on monday needs to ask them to let their currency raise an increase allowing the dollar to it would essentially lower the value of the dollar and make us tax sports and u.s. trade more competitive how insulting is it to ask chinese officials to do to something ok can still continue to do it's been a hot topic for a while when chinese officials who are the largest creditor to the united states they don't even have complete confidence that the united states is going to raise the debt ceiling well the chinese they really have to worry about their own problems

over the last ten years so is there really any point to the whole debate joining me now is edward harrison founder of credit write downs dot com very smart man to help us assess that thank you so much for being with us so really what is the point of this debate if history shows that the debt ceiling and raising it is pretty much a protocol is just an ideological debate preparing people for the two thousand and twelve elections you know it's you could say that america's sort of entering this whole been there republicans do we have these ridiculous debates about potentially defaulting on that that will have to default upon you know for ideological reasons it's really it's a it's a force it's a sideshow and. at what price i'm so curious you know timothy geithner is going to meet with chinese officials on monday need to ask them to let their currency raise an increase allowing the dollar to it would essentially lower the value of the dollar and make us exports u.s. trade more competitive how insulting is it to ask chinese officials to do this something that they can still continue to do it's b

. >> hearing to consider the transfer of a type 20 off-sale beer and wine license from 953 harrison street to 320 fell street, will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor avalos: very good. we have a presentation. specter, welcome. >> good morning. -- in spector, welcome. >> good morning. before us today is an application for a tight 20 license. it will allow the applicant to sell off sale beer and wine. -- a type 20 license. their business plan as they will be doing a lot of actual creating of organic pates, sausages, and cured meats. part of their business plan includes craft beers and specialty wines. i would point out is located in an area of high crime and also under concentration. we are recommending this application for approval with the following conditions -- sale of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted to 20 hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily. no more than 10% of square footage of the premises will be used for display of alcoholic beverages. again, the primary business is delicatessen. the sale of beer and malt beverages in q

january 2 of 2011, my brother charles harrison was murdered in the tenderloin in san francisco. today, i would like to speak on something that was stated in the chronicle, i believe by a spokesperson from the san francisco police department. i was told two weeks ago when i come before the public that i should have my information as accurate as possible so that when i say something, you know, it reflects accuracy. so i believe, since i am being asked to be held to that standard, that the police department should also be held to that standard. when you have somebody who says something more makes a statement to the public in "the chronicle ," they should make sure they have all their facts together so they are not painting an ugly picture out there about, you know, somebody's family. something else i wanted to talk about is that i have been watching the news lately and there has been a murder between a latino person and an asian person. they are using this person's tattoo. they have been advertising this on the news. they're using it to identify the person who was responsible. the

in towson, don harrison for abc2 news. >> the memorial at the providence fire company will be dedicatedn september 11th exactly 10 years after the deadly attacks. it's 9:33. let's go back to the hot topic for today. your two cents on the official wmar facebook fan page, your thoughts should the u.s. government release a confirmed photograph of the body of so amia-- osama bin laden as proof that he is in fact dead? michelle writes in saying absolutely. don't think he should have been buried at sea. islamic law or not who are about our dead soldiers as they hung their bodies up from the bridges and janet writes releasing the photos may allow a sense of closure but those murdered at hands of thismadman if you want to continue to weigh in, your two cents is always appreciated here at abc2. weigh in on this or other hot topics in discussion topics at the official wmar facebook fan page abc2news.com/facebook. we will continue to share the thoughts throughout the course of the day. >>> well may 1st through the 7th is a great opportunity for you to get out and enjoy wonderful food in the baltim

former oriole harrison, he will make a great grab too.lay offs, joe kimnoa and the chicago bulls upset at home in game one of their series with the atlanta hawks. josh smith will spot up for a jumper over noah. atlanta rolls over chicago. takes game one rather easily 103-95. college news, a new home for coach paul hewitt. hewitt was at georgia tech for 11 seasons. >>> you probably heard of a cook off or bake off. >> but what about a paint off. artists from the >>> participating in the annual art battle. they had three hours to complete a painting then the crowd decided the winner, the home canvas advantage helped to brush away home team usa and i'm done with all these lists. and dring all over town. i want one list. for one store. [ female announcer ] at safeway, you get it all. great quality and great prices. so you just need a safeway list. [ male announcer ] with thousands of everyday low prices you'll save all over the store. [ female announcer ] plus we have great club card specials like refreshe water, 24 packs are only $2.99 each.

harrison street was closed friday night.t's when all of the jack hammers and heavy machines went to work, picking apart the concrete. the work will continue through the end of the month. >>> we have some breaking news right now that -- i want to let everyone know -- two obama administration officials are saying that the dna evidence says 99% that osama bin laden was killed by a u.s. asset. >>> let's check 0 in with -- check in with sal. >> it's busy. i think the commute is late this morning just my theory, as people stay home a little bit later to maybe watch some news. right now toll plaza is backed up. it's about a half-hour delayed. westbound traffic, backed up for about a 15-minute delay the morning commute is not all that bad in san francisco. along northbound 101 or for that matter, 280 getting down to the south of market area. and this morning's commute is gonna be okay if you are drive on the 87 -- driving on the 37. >>> it will be subny today. not as warm as sunday. but some 70s. there's plenty of fog. it's shallow.

. >>> barbara harrison introduces us to due jor, who hoped he might run into one of his heroes in theaster egg roll this week. >> big doings at the white house. one little guy really looking forward to being there. >> barack obama. >> you're looking for barack obama? he's here somewhere, i bet. maybe he'll be outside. let's go see if we can find him. >> outside 7-year-old dajor was keeping his eye out for the pt. you really want to find barack obama, huh? why? >> because he's my hero. >> while hunting for a glimpse of mr. obama, dajor spotted a few of his other heroes. here he comes. look. he said one of his favorite storybook heroes is none other than cat in the hat. dajor asked for thing one and thing two, but the cat was mum about their whereabouts. we continued on our journey in search of the president. we didn't find him at the white house basketball court, but dajor proved to be a hero there. >> put it up there. >> oh, give me five. give me five. >> dajor came to us as a result of abuse and neglect. he's been in our care since 2006. and since that time, we've been looking to fin

fantastic apple guy, expert on opera, he was an alpha romantic figure, flew a plane, looked like harrison ford, many lady friends, wine lover connoisseur. why did i think of him as this difficult person and why did he see me as this is his perception, which of course, i am perfectly willing to say that is me, put the mirror up. miss know it all, expert, his perception was that little sister always trying to get attention. this is pathetic, we'd get together and fight over everything. it was like we were back fighting in the backseat of the car. first time i went to the apple orchards, we had a huge fight about how to pick his fruit. i was bruising the apple. you are bruising my fruit. it was pathetic. you get stuck in that role playing because you are stamped with children with the roles. >> the character we see in this thing most of the time is pretty objectively difficult, not just somebody who is always irritated at his sister, but somebody mean, who has made his mother sad and angry and reaction to most things is sour and hostile. how much of that did you end up feeling was you and th

don harrison has the story of one student who faced many challenges and overcame them all. >> reporter: marie jean has faced struggles in her life. >> i ended up going out when i was very young. >> reporter: 17 different foster homes. she was in a car accident and ended up having 38 surgeries. she had to relearn how the read and write evidently she learned well. >> she's a remarkable woman. >> reporter: a remarkable woman and model student. >> she is the most enthusiastic student i've ever met. she is very, very bright, and bit by bit she's shared pieces of her life with me which have made me realize how remarkable she really is to be here. >> reporter: and soon marie jean accomplished a goal so big she couldn't even dream it. she'll be graduating from howard community college why not one, not two, but 3 degrees. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> reporter: this is just the beginning of the celebration. today marie received an award for outstanding academic achievement and now a degree in sociology criminal justice and conflict resolution days away, she reveals her secret to success.

. >> barbara harrison takes us to meet michelle. >> reporter: picking a prom dress is not easy, especiallythere is no mom there whose taste you can argue with, but usually depend on for being the best for you. >> hi. >> how are you? >> good. >> good to see you all grown up. >> thank you. >> looking for a prom dress? >> yes. >> well, let's look together. >> michelle is still waiting for the family she told us she was wishing for, at 9 years old when she first appeared with us as a wednesday's child. back then she wanted to be a chef. today she has some new ideas. >> well, i want to be an artist, and i want to go to school to be a doctor. >> how are you doing in school? >> i'm doing good. >> that's great to hear. >> reporter: at 16 now michelle is still waiting and hoping for that family. right now she's living in a group home. >> what's it like living in a group home? >> horrible. all my life i've never had a family to care for me, so i always wanted to be adopted by a family that would care for me. >> reporter: someone to care about the things she cares about like what dress to wear to the

. >> reporter: cat reason harrison was one of 4 3 passengers on-board. >> the pilot got the plane tobut then there was a burning smell and the right side of the plane caught on fire. >> reporter: harrison says it was bumpy landing. passengers were evacuated on the taxiway and bussed to a terminal. it will be examined at a maintenance facility. >> i'm lucky, i'm going home. but people were fly to paris and other places and it is going to be a long time until they get their luggage. they say it is a national safety board investigation. >> actually, took around two hours for the luggage to make it to the terminal. investigators will check out the plane to find out what caused the problem. >>> we're going from the food pyramid to the plate. the government is trying a new shape to illustrate what we should be eating. the pyramid has been the standard for around 20 years. the new shape is part of a new initiative to promote healthy eating and good choices. here's cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> the pyramid, to put it gently, is not considered a great public health su

the gunfire forced the evacuation of the building on harrison street. now police say the gunman opened fire inside a hallway following a heated argument with the building manager. the bullets came dangerously close to the manager and another man but no one was hit. the gunman then hid inside one of the rooms. police ordered everyone out of the building as they conducted a door to door search. >> security sweep for everyone's safety inside the apartment building. while we were doing that we recovered the firearm in the grass outside. >> we spoke to oakland police just a short timing a and they tell us that gunman is still on the loose. >>> time now 5:03. well, the white house now correcting earlier statements about the deadly attack on osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. a white house spokesman now says osama bin laden did not have a gun at the time he was killed. members of the navy seals team burst in on bin laden on the upper floor of his compound following a gun battle downstairs. the white house says bin laden's wife rushed at the navy seals. th

the gunfire forced the evacuation of the building on harrison street. police say the gunman opened fire inside of a hallway after a heated argument with the building manager. those bullets came dangerously close to the manager and another man, but neither was hit. the gunman then hid inside one of the rooms. police ordered everybody out of the building as they went door to door searching for him. >> security sweep for everyone's safety. while we were doing that we recovered the firearm in the grass outside. >> we just checked in with oakland police a short time ago. they tell us that gunman is still on the loose. >>> a violent home invasion in san mateo has left neighbors on edge. it happened near the hillsdale shopping center. ktvu's kraig debro is out there this morning with what police are saying about the suspects who attacked an older woman. kraig. >> reporter: pam, they said two men entered the home in the middle of the day, beat this woman and then burglarized her home. it happened here in the 400 block of portola in the middle of the day. i talk

. > applauds harrison's efforts but didn't assume responsibility to help. >> i believe that the local government deserves moving in the right direction. >> maybe not. press secretary says it's all about the line. the island relocation cemetery sits on the line between sacramento and eldorado county and he believes the graves are over sacramento county line, so over the line of responsibility. what is more, the army corps of engineers accepted responsibility for authorizing the creation of the grave marker, but responsibility is no longer theirs. >> well the line is a holdover from white and black in america. that's the line. >> things may be changing. eldorado county supervisor office tells me tonight, inmates saw our original story and even convicted criminals are outraged. angry that these tombstones lie not far from their prison walls. so the prisoners have now offered to make the 36 replacement stones, remove the old ones, and install the new ones at no cost to the county of eldorado. so supervisor knight is fast tracking the prisoner proposal. recommending approval of the plan at

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so one thing i want to talk to you about tonight, my brother, charles harrison, he was membered on january 2 the beginning of this year in the tenderloin district. we are trying to overcome different things. nobody's perfect. always good to see growth and evolution where you see things start at one level and they grow and become something that is better and that's good. that's what we see with you becoming the chief. but my brother, you know, he's dead. he has two children that's young and they need -- they needed his fatherly protection which they don't have. there is a man or an individual who was caught on tape murdering my brother, you know. and i can see if it was something where, you know, there was no tape or no witnesses, but when you got a man on tape that can shoot somebody, wasn't in broad daylight, but shoot somebody on video and he's getting away with it. my brother was trying to overcome poverty and there's an individual in the tenderloin who is taking advantage and he is a poverty pimp because he is taking advantage of people in the do you understand situation. and something

market street to catch a metro train to this hearing, i observed a mother walking her stroller across harrison street at main street legally and a car lurged around from main street and laid on the horn and was honking at this mother walking her baby stroller across the street. we have a horrible traffic congestion problem right now. and i hope that we're right that we can set a congestion charge on the island so that the noolings have the one vehicle -- folks that have the one vehicle per one unit choose public transits but i'm doubtful. in my neighborhood, the rincon area plan has a one parking space for every two units unless there is some mechanical parking. some buildings have a valet because they are built for fwolings lots of money and they can afford to pay for those services to go get their car. in my building, ookt half of the 288 units -- about half of the 288 residentses do not own cars. they walk. i want to put on the overhead why it is so important that folks use public transit. there is a lot of folks that get hurt in district 6 and we can't afford to lose for -- thank you. >> t

in the 5th rick ankiel with a diving grab and in the next inning harrison with the sliding catch. scoreless top 7. nats bat break through, two out, two on for michael morris. wilson scores. nats win 2-0 and start a nine- game road trip in philly tomorrow. >>> orioles fall to the white sox 6-2. >>> paul hewitt introdud today as the new men's basketball coach at george mason replacing jim larranaga who left april 22nd to coach at miami. hewitt spent the last 11 years as head coach at georgia tech, led them to the national championship game in 2004 before being fired last month. >> we had no intentions of getting back in and this is probably the only place i would have done it this fast because i don't mind saying i'll go beat up after my last run, but it's part of the game. it happens. no hard feelings, but this was just too good to turn down. >>> media day today, get to play the same blue course at congressional and i'd like to apologize for the members for two diets on no. 3 and the tree on no.-- two divets on no. 3 and the tree on no. 9. the real deal is june 16th through 19th at