jim vargas explains in this report. >> reporter: the group save the bay today announced a list of 225 so called trash hot spots. state and regional water quality agencies are mandating cities permanently cut trash in these locations. 40% by 2014 and they have to totally eliminate garbage within 12 years. >> comes in through the different storm drains, out falls, that are along the different creeks. >> reporter: save the bay says much of the trash like plastic and styrofoam is toxic. >> we know visually it is bad but since cities identified 225 hot spots, that is indicative how big a problem it is. >> reporter: no one will argue the bay should be clean but the newman date could be expensive for cities such as south san francesco. >> all the floatables, trash, end up down in these stretches. >> reporter: public works director terry white says the clean up bill for his city could be more than $400,000 a year to get started. >> cities do not have that kind of money to try to control all of that, and that money is the same money that you use for recreation programs, and libraries and polic

jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the united nations say it will miss many of its goal is to improve the lives of impoverished people around the world. they addressed the development summer at which samples one decade ago to reduce infant mortality and improve sanitation and reverse the spread of hiv by the year 2015. the global recession should not be an excuse for member nations to pull back support for the world's poorest people. >>> actress lindsay lohan has been ordered to appear in court friday or face arrest after violating probation by failing a drug test. the 24-year-old actress confirmed on her twitter page confirmed that she failed court ordered screening and is working hard on her drug problem. she spent two weeks in jail earlier this year from her stunning dui conviction. the judge that in 30 days in jail if she violated parole against him at paris hilton was sentenced to a year of probation and pay the 29-year- old hotel heiress was arrested last month when a bank of cocaine fell from her purse. she admitted lying to police and claimed that the purse and drugs were not

jim vargas was there when the first shovelful of earth was raised. >> reporter: the first scoop of earthand mud came up between what will be a five-mile tunnel from the north to the tunnel to the hetch hetchy system. it will run anywhere from 70 feet underneath. >> we want a system that we believe will be back in service at a regular winter time level we call it within 24 hours and will be fully operational within 30 days. >> reporter: 2.5 million in the bay area depend on the hedge hetchy system. laying the pipe in the only underthe bay tunnel is to be delivered next spring. >> as we're progressing with the tunneling, there are major -- very significant panels that get laid in the ton toll prevent the ground from collapsing essentially as we are moving the machine. >> reporter: there were a lot of hard hats worn today. hundreds more will be hired to complete the $350 million tunnel. >> we have members right now on the bench ready to go to work. >> reporter: this is just one of the projects san francisco voters approved in a 4.5 billion bond issue years ago, all aimed at making the water

jim vargas was there when the first shovelful of earth was raised. >> reporter: the first scoop of earth and mud came up between what will be a five-mile tunnel from the north to the tunnel to the hetch hetchy system. it will run anywhere from 70 feet underneath. >> we want a system that we believe will be back in service at a regular winter time level we call it within 24 hours and will be fully operational within 30 days. >> reporter: 2.5 million in the bay area depend on the hedge hetchy system. laying the pipe in the only underthe bay tunnel is to be delivered next spring. >> as we're progressing with the tunneling, there are major -- very significant panels that get laid in the ton toll prevent the ground from collapsing essentially as we are moving the machine. >> reporter: there were a lot of hard hats worn today. hundreds more will be hired to complete the $350 million tunnel. >> we have members right now on the bench ready to go to work. >> reporter: this is just one of the projects san francisco voters approved in a 4.5 billion bond issue years ago, all aimed at making the wate

jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> coming up next at 6:00, four people dead, three young drivers allcing very serious charges. continuing coverage on this tragic string of accidents that all appear to have one thing in common. julie haener is in the newsroom tonight with a look at some of the other stories we're working on. >> also at 6:00, a new look tonight at the new execution chamber in san quentin. >> we have new information tonight on who could be the first to die there and when that could happen. plus day 83 of the budget impasse and it appears we are nowhere near a solution. voters will have the power to change that. tonight some are questioning whether they should. >> also at 6:00, the new list of hot bay area restaurants is out. find out which restaurant is the most popular in the bay area and also who has the best food and best service. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> we talked about some changes in weather yesterday and bill martin we are certainly feeling them today. >> big drop off in temperatures today gasia. temperatures are trending down over the next couple of days then

live in minlow park, jim vargas. >>> mondave, b era nger and now twitter.the company getting into the wine business and the reason why may surprise you. >>> police have a new plan for dangerous drugs and they want you to dig into your medicine cabinet. i'll tell you why still ahead. >>> and a weekend is here, it's going to get hot. i'll show you which days on the weekend are going to be really, really warm. >>> stock investors decided to emphasize the positive during a day of economic reports. they brushed off more bad news about home sales and instead focused on encouraging news of sales. the nasdaq was up 54. >>> tomorrow bay area police are hosting the first ever drug take back day. the goal is to get prescription drugs out of the hands of teenagers and out of our water ways. >> reporter: police now have an idea, a solution. >> having unused drugs in their house, even prescription drugs can be a very big safety concerns for their children. >> reporter: prescription vicadin, oxycotin are the new drugs of choice for young people. >> it's easier than alcoho

jim vargas has more. >> frank, the recession may have ended 15 months ago, but for those we spoke to who are out of work is laughable. contrary to today's report, people, such as elliott wise, who has been looking for a job since april, say the recession is far from over for them. >> where is it? where's the jobs? [ laughter ] >> to people looking for work, unemployment is no laughing matter. 6-year-old keith falk said he was -- 63-year-old keith faulk said he was laid off from kraft 15 months ago. his unemployment is gonna run out. >> we're not far from the streets. >> reporter: some job seekers say they've spent hundreds of job applications and still come up dry. now, elliott weiss has been looking for work since april. it's been maybe ten interviews, maybe eight interviews, it's been a very frustrating situation. >> reporter: a single mother sums it up like this -- >> it's an employers market. if you don't have all of the experience they want, there's a million other people that can go get that. >> reporter: economists say the job growth always lags behind economic growth in a rec

here's jim vargas with more. >> in almost every big political race you can find half-truthing but meg whitman is being accused of outright lies by her democratic opponent, attorney general, jerry brown. the whitman campaign dragged out a 1992 presidential debate between jerry brown and then governor bill clinton to show brown as a tax raise -- tax razor. >> "jerry brown took credit for the fact that people out there voted for tax 123 which lowered taxes which he opposed." >> reporter: today, brown emphasized he did oppose 13 but when -- -- >> what jarvis said is he helped implement and make it work. >> reporter: the democrat also produced a statement from a cnn report clinton quoted that was inaccurate. and saying that prop -- >> as a billionaire she things she can makes things up and lie in a political campaign. her track record of not telling the truth is growing and it gets longer every day. >> reporter: whitman told randy shandobil she's sticking by her ad. >> californians really do need to understand jerry brown's record. >> brown's record shows a pretty bad joke considering the

jim dolan. he is in kill devil hills, north carolina. >> was that trash-talking? >> hurricane earl, battering the shore and pounding waves. fierce storm. i'm george stephanopoulos. >> i'm elizabeth vargasrning. a lot of people saying, we sort of dodged a bullet. there's severe conditions up and down the east coast and yet to come. >> you never know if it will shift course. >>> we also have quite a story of a gruesome crime. a devastating injury and no reason why. a stranger threw acid into this young woman's face. walked up to her on the street. >> and despite her injury, she says it could have been much worse. we're going to hear from her in a moment. >>> first, to sam champion, on virginia beach, as earl works its way up the east coast. good morning, sam. >> good morning, elizabeth. good morning, george. just on that jim dolan trash-talking, it's fine, when the storm is pulling away from you. we have 120, 125 miles straight off virginia beach. let me show you the waves. they're breaking about 15 feet. but look at the curl and the spray. you can see how strong the winds are, because it picks up the spray and blows it another 10 or 15 feet. we have strong wave action. and good winds as