really grand entrance to heron's head. it's completed a really critical gap in the san francisco bay trail which is a regional trail that circles the entire san francisco bay. it's about 300 miles of it are done of a planned 500-mile loop. for this project really fits perfectly with our vision to improve access to the san francisco bay and to the california coast, to restore wetland throughout the state and complete the trail in the bay area and i want to thank a few individuals. lara thompson and maureen gaffny at the san francisco bay trail. [applause] and anne buell at the coastal conservancy and those that work with the port of san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i mean as we have said there are a number of partners that were necessary to get together to make this happen. the bi-directional bike way as part of the blue green project as we mentioned and it's an important connection from the bay view community to the heron's head park, and to 3rd street and to the gateway park that we will be building next

a dog run, heron's head park with the landscape and wonderful access to it. we have the literacy for justice modernization here and of course we have the bi- directional lines for the bicycles and thanks for being here and congratulations to everybody. it has been a great part of this collaboration. this great team work and go giants and now

i'm a development director with the port and i want to welcome to heron park. it was built in the wetlands in the bay view community adjacent to the indian basin. it is approximately 22-acres and we are here to celebrate the expansion of the wetlands and also the creation of the first bidirectional bike way in the city and in this neighborhood. with that brief introduction -- the reason that we're here i wanted to introduce the mayor and have him speak to these two important projects for this bay view community. [applause] >> thank you brian. i know when you worked on redevelopment you have seen things and especially in the southeast sector and this is a great meet up with you and thank you very much. good morning everybody. so it's still team work. yes. and i'm still kind of dazed from all of the celebrations from yesterday, but i am still willing to go ahead and say go giants yet again, but i have to tell you with a story of how even the players i think with all the news broadcasts i think they were genuinely happy, and especially when i saw angel pag an and

the train also makes a stop at the blue heron coal-mining camp. >> blue heron was founded by stearns coal and lumber company back in 1937, but it stopped operating in 1962. now all that remains is a ghost camp. >> come on, leonard. let's check it out. >> you know, even when they're operating, you don't hear a lot of pleasant stories about a coal mine. and a ghost coal mine even has less appeal to me. adios. this is the train, and this is me grabbing on to the whole caboose of the train. >> the story of blue heron is told through each ghost structure in the camp. each of the buildings tells about a different aspect of life in the camp. audio programs explain the details of the community, like church and school. if you were ever curious about the life of a mine worker, you will find your answers at blue heron. >> hurry up, guys. this place gives me the creeps. i'm getting us out of here. >> oh, where's the engineer? >> he had to go to the bathroom. now, move it or you're getting left behind. >> i don't think you're allowed to just steal a train. >> oh, yeah? well, he gave me this hat,

in the bike network, provides a connection for the southeastern neighborhoods, the trail here at heron's head park, connects them with the 3rd street corridor and illinois street and it's also a great example, as has been mentioned, of a great partnership between mta and our partners at the port and rec and park and dpw. so i would like to close really by saying really that our experience here locally as well as a lot of research has been done both in the u.s. and throughout the world has shown that building bike facilities like this, ones that are connected and ones that are convenient and for people of all ages and abilities is important to increase bike mode share and that will help ensure the goal of having 20% trips by bike by the year 2020 so thank you very much. [applause] (train horn). >> the port manages the seven and a half miles of waterfront, and for planning purposes the area is divided into a number of subareas. we are in the southern waterfront sub area and within each subarea we have a number of stakeholders but we always have an advisory committee that we work closely wi

more like muddy holes, this swollen creek turned into a retreat for birds including the great blue heron. cal took photos and enjoyed the solitude on the bike path, a nice break from the storm's impact on his home. >> we live if campbell and we've had quite a bit of water on the property and trees coming down. not coming down. branches banging against the house, that kind of stuff. >> reporter: a reminder to prepare now while you are have a chance so you don't need emergency assistance this weekend. >> now let's check in with sheryl herd with the situation in the north bay. sheryl in. >> reporter: the north bay still has a lot ofoutages, but, wow, what a difference an hour makes. at 5:00, i was standing here, there was no rain. now it's starting to rain pretty hard and it's really windy. i talked to a pg&e worker earlier today and he says he's not getting a lot of sleep because this storm is pretty bad. heavy rain and wind brought people like steve sergeant to the hardware store in mill valley today. >> it's scary because we're way up on the hillside. there's been floods and slides. it g

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solitude in a bike path on los gatos, and take photos of birds nudged out of hiding, hike this great blue heron, a welcome break from the storm preps ahead. >> so we're doing a double-check of the generator and making sure that we have extra water supplies in the house, ironically, and so on. >> navigating the wild wonders, or worries the storm brings. and we do want to let you know that the tree lighting ceremony that was scheduled for tonight in downtown los gatos has been postponed because of the storm. it will now be held on december 7th. but the holiday parade, which is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. in downtown los gatos tomorrow is still on, rain or shine. in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> in san francisco, not exactly the wake-up call you want. a tree fell on to a woman's mercedes this morning. the large old acacia tree fell down overnight near pine and buchanan streets in san francisco. that's in the lower pac heights neighborhood. the tree landed right on top of her car. >> at 9:00 this morning, the police knocked on the door and said that my car had been in an accident wi

she and heron, partner, who did not want to be on tv, or the second couple to apply for a license inontgomery county. is notgeorge's county licenses just yet. she said she did not expect a rush. >> we knew that d.c. has had it quite a while. new license is different. it references party won an two. t take effect until january 1. it is still a contentious issue. a trolley operator has announced his wedding service "we are a his words notstian service and we are support to the o theage broke well gay marriage." right to stands up for his religious beliefs. >> they have every right everyone else has. she can tell you she has all of that before. matters to her is that the was given a license to legally marry her partner of three decades. >> i got nervous. it felt very true and real. is a good feeling. it is a big day for us. >> we mentioned in the story county ise george's not issuing marriage licenses. they're having computer problems. told they would be cany to go so that couples be married january 1. brad bell, abc7 news. >> coming up, a local university alert after an employee is a a

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