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re tom hill, at one time second street ended at howard. at that point, there was a large hill. the wealthy people of san francisco lived on top of the hill, and churches were built along howard. then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, i

next. >> hill: any public discussion >> hill: any public discussion about religion can quickly turn intod argument. tonight the "early show's" dave price takes us to a town that's become an example of how to get along despite your differences. >> reporter: far away from the religious strife of the middle east, and the simmering tensions of our post-9/11 world, there is this. an oasis of hope in the small community of teaneck, new jersey, a town where 30% of its residents are jewish and where their new mayor is a practicing muslim. >> welcome to tonight's meeting. >> reporter: working together to keep these communities not only intact but flourishing are mayor mohammed hameeduddin and deputy mayor adam gussen, an orthodox jew. what makes this community different? >> it's just an incubator for understanding. you want to live here-- you come in from the outside, you know it's not a homogeneous community and you want to live in a community where you're going to raise children who are going to meet all different types of people. >> the things that are most important are the things we share in

the mayor often talks about beacons on a hill. this is really a beacon on the hill that speaks to the world about the values san francisco has. one of those values is really preservation of things, making sure that when they're built, they're built to last, that they're beautiful, that their aesthetics are great. this is 75 years later and it's never looked this good. i really want to thank every single person today, i particularly want to thank rose dennis and her team. i want to thank the park rangers and the police department and the fire department and every single city employee who worked so hard over the last few days to make this work today. yesterday we were at the california academy of sciences unvietnamming an incredible sculpture by the artist maya ling. and to me, san francisco has this her i tange of art. we don't want to just put things up, we want them to be beautiful i go fishing with my kids every weekend. when we're out on the bay this is the symbol we look back to. it isn't the golden gealt bridge, it isn't the

i'm erica hill. also tonight: crossing the line. >> listen to a black comic and all you here is ( bleep ) ( bleep ) ( bleep ). >> hill: a radio comic sparks a new national debate over the "n" word. police using more eyes in the sky to catch criminals. but what about our right to privacy? plus, forget the salt and pepper... >> reporter: would you ever try this? >> hill: america's melting pot getting spicier. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> hill: good evening, katie is on assignment. there's almost no way to overstate the disaster unfolding in pakistan where monsoon rains have triggered the worst flooding in the country's history. every part of the nation is affected. the indus river has swelled now to 15 miles wide at some points. that's 25 times wider than normal. hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed along with a billion dollars worth of crops. the official death toll is 1,500, but that could

the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it wa

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it is throughout the city, most notably twin peaks, edge hill, telegraph hill. every once in awhile, you hear about those who make the news with a rock fall or landslide. usually occur in the telegraph and twin peaks. . above the rock are the soil deposits. the most common is dune sand. it is nothing but rocks that has been worn down from the sierras and deposited along the beaches. the wind blew that dune sand over most of the city. it is this mustard color. on the avenues, it is very thick. it can be up to 400 feet thick. as you moved south across slope boulevard, that is the tolar foundation. it was named after the first to score every in -- after the first discovery in the cemetery. the man was out there and noticed this material was unique. he started mapping it. he traced it all the way up to slope. the dune sand generally has the consistency of sugar. it is fine grained sand. it is usually loose. it is poorly graded. the colma foundation can be the same stand but it is denser. it may have to play in it. it is much stronger. it is an excellent supporting m

. >>> there's a color disparity shading the east bay hills. there are two colors for everyone hill. what is this guy talking about? we will explain tonight's good question. dude, you put my mom on the air. >> absolutely i did. ,,,,,,,,,, the most powerful half-ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. chevy silverado half-ton a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 months on 2010 silverado half-ton models with an average finance savings around $5,800. >>> for hill side -- all hip tops are not colored equally. why are the east bay hills brown on one side and green on the other? that's tonight's good question. you will see it from the -- clear down through fremont. hill sighs that are green on one side and brown on the other. >> when you start getting into the more extreme climate that's where you see these differences. >> reporter: he says it's all about moisture, sunlight, topography and north versus south. >> the sunrises and it just beats down on the south slope all day long and

the hill. you can see all of these photographs and find the link to send in your own pictures on our website, www.kron4.com. >>> we're following the forecast. >> we set a number of records out there this afternoon with the heat. it was intense. a lot of places over the triple digits. and, as a matter of fact, almost every location was over triple digits and about a dozen records were set. all these little are -- r's are records. 99 in oakland, nearly the triple digits there. 102 in san jose and that temperature of 98 degrees in san francisco, is the highest temperature ever recorded in san francisco in augus . 85 in pacifica was also on the warmer side, and we're keeping the warm conditions in the forecast. it's 11:00 at night, and we have temperatures in the 80s out there right now. 88 degrees in antioch, 88 in oakland. half moon bay is 63 degrees. and it looks like we're going to stay on the hot side for most of the bay area again tomorrow. i changed the temperatures, updated them, they're go

. >> a body found in morgan hill.eputies and just may go their way on to the scene. >> good morning. you know, it was the heavy fog that was holding back investators from safely searchg but now that the day here has turned clear, they are going in. we have just learned that the victim is a man but investigators are really remaining unclear about whether it's connected to any criminal activity up in those hills. >> it's nice. it's peaceful, quiet. never trouble except for teenagers partying at night. >> he was surprised to hear of a possible murder in the south santa clara hills arnd his home. his morning walk with hills dogs had to take a different path this morning blocked by sheriff's deputies and. >> about 1:40 this morning we received a call of a suspicio circumstances here in this area. the deputies and responded, and theyound a dead body up on the ridge. >> the body found is in a rural area just outside morgan hill city limits and just east of the resevoir. it's sti unclear whoalled for help. >> that reporting p

i'm live in the oakland hills and you have to remember, that oakland hills fire broke out in the month of october. so you still have a few more months to be on guard. reporting live, in the oakland hills, cheryl hurd, bay area news. >>> the triple digit weather is making things pretty uncomfortable in some bay area classrooms. schools that don't have air conditioning are using fans to try to cool off the kids. hogan high school in vallejo has a handful of classes without air conditioning. students are being encouraged to drink plenty of water and to fan themselves and they're doing that. even teachers say it's tough to concentrate. >> the bottom line is, it's extremely hot. you don't get as much productivity as i would like. i run out of energy. i think everybody does into but school is over for the day and a lot of kids are headsing to places like public fountains and swimming pools which are very, very popular in conditions like these, obviously. remember, you can get weather updates on our website at nbcbayarea.com. you can also have updates e-mailed to your in-box or receive a text

>> not really, i think that there was a rejectionist front on capitol hill. and i think that, look, i think obama clearly tried that with health care. they courted, you know, chuck grassley o limb mea snowe for a long, long time. they mr. perfectly prepared to incorporate their ideas. they held the house back from moving forward in order to try to get something going. but the republican leadership in the senate really, i think, said our political success is based on obama's fileure-- failure. and we're just going to shut that down. and he took, you know, he could have walked away. but instead i think he said well, if that's the way it's going to be. we need to get this done. we're going to get it done with democratic votes. >> rose: did he try to do too much? >> no, i-- you know, i think that if you look at the things that he worked on that he did accomplish, they were fundamentally necessary to build the long-term success in the future economy that was going to be won that-- one that was going to, again, have a sound financial system that could lead to inves

this is the second ethic's scandal to rock capitol hill. days ago, nierk representative, charles rangel was charged in a separate ethic's case and his trial is set to start in the fall. >>> the military's fighting role in iraq is scheduled to ends by august 31st. will it? critics have deep concerns about iraq's ability to govern itself. they had two bombingless just yesterday. today, the president is putting a positive spin on the still, unstable situation there, declaring his promise to withdrawal is right on target. >> but make no mistake, our commitment in iraq is changing from a military effort led by our troops to a civilian effort led by our diplomats. >> figures released by iraqi authority overs the weekend show july was the deadliest month for iraqi in more than two years. u.s. military officials dismissed the numbers as too high. >>> low fat versus low-carb diets. the key finding that puts one on top. >>> and i'm your chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. the fog makes a quick return to the coastline. across the golden gate bridge and

. >> a body found in morgan hill.eputies and just may go their way on to the scene. >> good morning. you know, it was the heavy fog that was holding back investigators from safely searching but now that the day here has turned clear, they are going in. we have just learned that the victim is a man but investigators are really remaining unclear about whether it's connected to any criminal activity up in those hills. >> it's nice. it's peaceful, quiet. never trouble except for teenagers partying at night. >> he was surprised to hear of a possible murder in the south santa clara hills around his home. his morning walk with hills dogs had to take a different path this morning blocked by sheriff's deputies and. >> about 1:40 this morning we received a call of a suspicious circumstances here in this area. the deputies and responded, and they found a dead body up on the ridge. >> the body found is in a rural area just outside morgan hill city limits and just east of the resevoir. it's still unclear who called for help. >> th

. >> reporter: roger hill runs silver lining tours. >> wow. never get tired of it. >> reporter: one of the growing number of tour companies bringing the full storm chaser experience to the masses. >> let's go! >> oh, my goodness. look at the storm. >> reporter: you try to get as close as you can to that event and enjoy it, photograph it, video it. but keep your distance and know if you make one mistake it can kill you. >> don't run off. stay really close. >> reporter: hill has been chasing storms for a quarter century, and was introduced at the tender age of 9. in 1966, a killer tornado decimated his hometown of topeka, kansas, including his family's house. >> some people it could have scared them away, but kind of really peaked my interest. >> reporter: hill invimented us along on his final tour of the year, a ten-day, multi-state adventure into nature's underbelly. >> most amazing storms i have ever seen in my entire life. >> reporter: we were joined by a motley crue of weather june k junkies. three came from europe. >> we don't get the oppo

towards morgan hill, two lanes are blocked for the next little bit.ss transit is all on time although we are hearing about some slight delays with ace train number 1. watch out for that. sounds like maybe 5 to 10 minutes behind schedule. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. we also have constant weather updates on kcbs radio. and here's a look outside towards the transamerica building and i'll give you an update: cloudy skies, fog moving into the bay again this morning and drizzle in the forecast for the coast and the bay. here's a look at our daily planner. this is what we're expecting. foggy conditions for the coast, the bay and inland for this morning as you head out the door. for this afternoon, more sunshine but not as warm today. what? temperatures continue to go down? yeah. yesterday topping off near 90 degrees. today in the mid-80s. mix of sun and clouds around the bay with a temperature near 70 degrees. and lingering clouds and areas of fog, co

it's moving up the hill that's why we're closing the park. and that's why we closed morgan territory road on both ends of morgan territory. so we don't want anybody on morgan territory at this time. >> mr. mcgeaver, when we talked to you at 5:00, you were saying there was hope that you might have it contained tonight. but now you are saying there's no word on this. >> basically, you know we hoped to contain the fires as quickly as we can. but you know we're dealing with a very rugged area. getting equipment into some of the areas, sometimes can be difficult. we hope to get it contained sometime tonight. but that doesn't mean that we will. we're making good progress on the fire at this time, but because of the area that it's in, it still has a lot of potential. >> any percentage at all as to how much of it has been contained so far? >> i have no reports on the percentage of containment. >> and you have multiple engines reporting to the fire, right. >> there's contra costa fire is on the fire. other local agencies that are joining us too. >> we

anyone with information e urged to cal pleasant hill police.heresa garcia, abc 7 news. >> theresa, thanks a lot. san francisco police an federal authorities are vestigating an attempted robbery on the wrong person. an irs agent while she was on duty. that agent ultimately sho and wounded one of the suspects. it happened around midnight on marlin court in the bayview district. robbers approached the irs agent. she opened fire and hit one in the torso. he's expected to be okay. a second person has not been arrested. >> this morning supporter of california same sex marriage ban have formally appealed a federal judge's ruling striking down proposition 8. yesterday judge vaughan walker ruled the voter-approved law violates federal equal protections. he's also expected to rule as early as tomorrow whher to lift a temporary stay which prohibits same sex couples from going ahead and getting married. supporters passed castro street in san francisco celebrating the judge's historic ruling. the arguments will outline what they think the federa judge shoul

low to mid-80s hollister, gilroy and morgan hill.and, sacramento 92 and with that push we'll have some scattered, highly scattered thunderstorms along the sierra from tahoe at 81 to the possibility of a scattered storm around palm springs and 104. accu-weather seven-day forecast, the temperatures just keep tumbling. another 10 to 14 degrees cooler around the bay and inland by saturday. morning drizzle is possible. temperatures though by monday will be 10 degrees warmer and then about another 6 degrees warmer by wednesday. good morning, megan. >> good morning. caltrain's hard at work this thursday morning. we're starting off at the bay bridge toll plaza. no problem here getting through the tolls and good work for that road work on the upper deck of the bay bridge should be cleared in five minutes. road work to be on the lookout for in pleasanton. two lanes blocked between hacienda drive and airway parkway. that should be cleared by about 6:00. also road work continues in solano county eastbound 80 between highway 12 and base parkway.

it happened late last night in pleasant hill. our paul chambers is live now at the pleasant hill police department with new details, paul? >> reporter: heather, the gunman impersonated police officers by having jackets with police insignia. >> my brother called me told me to lock the doors. >> reporter: that is because his neighbor was held up at gunpoint. officers say a man was waiting in a get away car while the other two tropical stormed away in the apartment on the patio. the man were armed with handguns and a stun gun and claim to be police officers. >> we believe they were targetd and that the victims or one of the victims was sought out or looked for by the suspects. >> reporter: pleasant hill police say they were familiar with the lay out of the apartment and the home invasion may have been drug-related. >> they hit a guy on his head right here and made a big garb and then they taeuzed another guy. >> reporter: some residents, that did not want to go on camera, told us they were moving out of the complex because of last n

with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the california line is mostly locals. the commuters in the morning, i see a lot of the same people. we don't have as tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles mon

anyone with information are urged to call pleasant hill police.resa garcia, abc 7 news. >> theresa, thanks a lot. san francisco police and federal authorities are investigating an attempted robbery on the wrong person. an irs agent while she was on duty. that agent ultimately shot and wounded one of the suspects. it happened around midnight on marlin court in the bayview district. robbers approached the irs agent. she opened fire and hit one in the torso. he's expected to be okay. a second person has not been arrested. >> this morning supporters of california same sex marriage ban have formally appealed a federal judge's ruling striking down proposition 8. yesterday judge vaughan walker ruled the voter-approved law violates federal equal protections. he's also expected to rule as early as tomorrow whether to lift a temporary stay which prohibits same sex couples from going ahead and getting married. supporters passed castro street in san francisco celebrating the judge's historic ruling. the arguments will outline what they think the federal judge