. >> reporter: 100-year-old roads throughout the golden gate national park marin headlands are being rebuilt. this parking lot near rodeo beach has got to go too. >> we are actually going to be able to rethis large dirt overflow parking area into the wetlands that it once was. >> reporter: it's nearly 3 acres of dirt. believe it or not, it has its own history too. during world war ii it was a commando training school and this is also where they assembled the big guns later installed in the hills. >> it's a very tight time frame. put it back to what is considered a natural state that probably was 100 years ago before, you know, people ever came out here in the civil war. >> reporter: special native plants are being carefully raised in this nursery for the project like spreading rush, california blackberry and seaside daisy. >> within a few years, the plants will for sure be filling in the space. it will be back to a tremendous green area. >> reporter: there are some signs that this was once a wetland. >> that certified wetlands, it's wet and it's land. >> reporter: he says building we

. >> visitors can see a model of a development planned for marin headlands before it became a national park. >> also plans to tear down ferry building and build macive world trade center there. >> the most odd this. this is a giant monument built at the foot of market street. >> that is why it's approved but later shot down. >> great to learn about that. >> and so a lot of fun to check it out. >> that is going to do it for us. >> from all of us here thanks for watching. connect with us on twitter. see you at 6:00. >>> this is "world news." tonight, tough sell. we asked president obama, would he still launch a military strike on syria if congress votes no. >> reporter: i haven't heard a direct response. >> you're not getting a direct response. >> reporter: it's a pretty basic question. >>> also tonight, confession. a man goes on camera to say his actions killed someone. >> i will plead guilty. i will take full responsibility for everything i've done. >> as prosecutors move in, he begs everyone watching not to make his mistake. >>> and arsenic in rice. a new report, a new caution. dr. ri

you can see the marin headlands as well. cooler overnight because we don't have the clouds.unny and mild day for monday, enjoy it. because a big cooldown is expected as we get into tuesday and wednesday. here's a look at our overnight lows. where the skies are the clearest, temperatures in the north bay, dipping into the mid-to-upper 40s. 49 in napa. the forecast models still want to put a little moisture to the north of cloverdale. they may be overdoing that. livermore, 53. a little patchy fog near the coast. san jose, 54 overnight. here's the setup. we had low pressure bringing us the rain system yesterday. this low is going to stay to the north. we don't have to worry about that. high pressure building in for at least one more day, 0 storm we look for temperatures to warm another four to five degrees, and then after that, this high is going to collapse to the south. a stronger storm system will move in, no moisture but you'll notice a cooler air mass tuesday and wednesday. in fact, here is the planning. oakland, the week ahead, tomorrow, 75 degrees, but check out by wedne

. >> reporter: 100-year-old roads throughout the golden gate national park marin headlands are being rebuilt. this parking lot near rodeo beach has to go, too. >> we are actually going to be able to restore this large dirt overflow parking area into the wetlands that it once was. >> reporter: it's nearly 3 acres of dirt. believe it or not, it has its own history too. during world war ii, it was the fort cronkite commando training school and this was also where they assembled the big guns that were later installed in the hills. >> it's a very tight time frame. >> reporter: gary's company is doing the construction work. >> put it back to what is considered a natural state that it was probably 100 years ago before, you know, people ever came out here in the civil war. >> reporter: special native plants are being raised in the nursery for the project, like spreading rush, california blackberry and seaside daisy. >> within a few years the plants will be filling in the space. it will be back to tremendous green area. >> reporter: there are some signs, however, that yes this was once a wetl

under the trees where the long ridge a fold of the skirt of the mountain runs down to the end of the headlanday after day we wake to the island the light runs through the drops on the leaves and we remember like birds where we are night after night we touch the dark island that one we set out for and lie still at last with the island in our arms hearing the leaves and the breathing shore there are no years anymore only the one mountain and on all sides the sea that brought us narration: unlike many of his friends and colleagues, merwin shunned the notion of an academic career and instead took intermittent jobs that allowed him to make his own writing the center of his life's work. it is perhaps his natural love of literature and languages that lead him to also become a prolific literary translator. his translations of spanish poetry resonated with his wife, paula, well beforehey actually met. they were married in a buddhist ceremony in 1983. paula merwin: because of his writing and his translating. i began with is translating, and i fell in love with the poems that he chose, which were the po

look at the gorgeous weather from our sutra tower toward the marin headlands. see up to the north thanks to clean air. mid to upper 60s san francisco, oakland. half moon bay, 61. how about other areas? as we look at how clean the air is, all the way down to ocean beach, almost like you could see half moon bay and pacifica from here today. it is so clear. santa rosa, 78. look at all those mid to upper 70s. napa, novato, livermore. what are the big three things we want to talk about over the next seven-day forecast? right now, tahoe, 49 today. that's an indication that things are definitely changing. windy over the hills tonight. keeping the fire danger up. warmer tomorrow. high pressure moves in. we'll have lighter winds and that warmer weather coming in. that chance of rain sunday night. all right. let's talk about what's happening with the winds. see the low pressure, too, up in montana? the high pressure come in behind it. tie pressure gradient there is bra bringing us dry, gusty winds. they compress, heat, dry, he some more. above 1,000 feet. all the areas y

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is live in the headlands to explain. jodi?>> reporter: janelle, members of the golden gate bridge district say this is one of the most important decisions they have ever made. they voted today to install a median barrier on the golden gate bridge late next year. it is a safety project that will require the bridge to close down for an entire weekend for the very first time. but those who've been impacted by head-on collisions on the bridge say it's every bit worth it. >> theoretically, it should have been preventable. and if there had been a barrier, it would have been prevented. >> reporter: grace knows all too well how dangerous driving across the golden gate bridge can be. the bay area doctor was critically injured in 2008 when another car driving in the opposite direction crossed over the plastic tubes dividing traffic. hitting the car she, her daughter, and her dog were in, head-on. >> i never drove in the middle lane. known as the suicide lane. for some reason that day, i drove in the middle lane. >> reporter: the acciden