and looking at the plaza, the jumbotron there, or over at the parker, the jumbotron could actually be put on land, and we feel the that perhaps could be the best solution of all of them, or perhaps, do we really need the jumbotron approved because this large object obscures' the venue from which these sailboats are performing, and perhaps people could just watch it on television at home. perhaps that is the simplest and most economic approach, our purpose here today is to support in general the plan for the america's cup but ask that the jumbotron be sent back for review. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> this afternoon, your honors. my name is kenneth. i am the vice president of the dolphins club. i speak today as a is member of 30 years at occoquan park rove and a supporter of the america's cup races. my problem with the jumbotron is that it presents an easy, when a ball it winnable. it will delay the races. it is not a brick wall. it is a sail. it is two stories by four stories. when you take the course of the wind on an object, and you double the speed of the

have you looked into land alternatives with respect to the jumbotron? >> that is a question to the project sponsor. it was actually the water side barge that was the idea of the national park service. they are looking at options for land. president chiu: ok, i guess i could probably address this with the project sponsor when it is the appropriate time. and then, one last question, i know there is an a lot of discussion about analysis. you are stating here on the record that for future long-term development plans that it would be required to go through separate environmental reviews to comply with ceqa, right? that is the claim that planning is making at this time? >> yes. i guess what needs to be clarified is we are doing a project-level clearance on two things, the america's cup event and the cruise ship terminal. there is not product-level clearance of anything else. the appellants have tried to make a big deal about the conceptual level, and i think what we are trying to illustrate there is the word programmatic coverage in ceqa can be a lot of diffe

as earlier stated by the gentleman in support of the appeal, if the jumbotron goes in, people should not be swimming at aquatic park. i echo my fellow members' request that they approve the eir without the jumbotron or put it back for analysis about the potential impacts as well as considering realistic alternatives. there has been no consideration whatsoever of alternatives, and that is also called for. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, president chiu and members of the board. i live in the richmond district. as a sailor myself, i am looking forward to watching others navigate the sometimes treacherous currents of the bay. i also swim in the bay, in the dead of winter, without a wetsuit, of my own free will. i love it more than anything in the world, and so do hundreds of others people. every day, we swim in the cove, to bits and exercise and even cavort with our see friends. -- sea friends. it is a longstanding san francisco tradition. i am concerned about the toxic sludge by dropping huge tankers, and i am worried about the threat of a diesel f

i just wanted to acknowledge the flexibility of exploring other options for the jumbotron. it it just shows how they want to work with the city to have these projects to move forward. we support the planning department's recommendation and urged the certification. thank you very much. >> good evening, president chiu. i am the business director for the san francisco pilots. we support this event. we believe it will be great for the city and the surrounding area. for the cruise ship terminal, that will be helpful to get started as soon as we can. the city has waited many, many years for a new cruise ship terminal. we would like to see you reject the appeal tonight and approve the eir. >> good evening, samuel manning. we would like you to deny the appeal and support the america's cup. you'll be supporting businesses. thank you. >> i work for a report supply. thank you for all your hard work. i call on all the marine businesses, and i have been for 20 years, it has been depressing. sing closures, layoffs, people struggling to keep businesses alive, since this summer, i have not

supervisor campos: i appreciate the change with the jumbotron. going back to the question president chiu asked about what would happen as you make decisions about some of the a specific projects, there may be a need for additional eirs. i was wondering if you could provide clarity on that. will the -- will there be a position that would, because of what this contained, no further environmental review will be provided. >> we agree with what has been said that the law provides that when we come forward with a proposal and a development plan that the city charged with doing the analysis will look at that and subjected to review. that is our understanding. that is reflected in the materials before you today. that is our anticipation. we understand that review could include supplemental eirs. we expect that further review will be required. supervisor campos: that is important because there is a difference between a supplemental eir as opposed to what you just said, further review will be required. that is an important clarification. the second point,

i was going to address one of the questions about evidence with respect to the jumbotron, mike -- clients appreciate the removal of that. the spectator numbers, i miss spoke as well. i believe i said the number of boats and spectators were going to go down. that is not true. the number of spectators are going to go down. in fact, the spectator numbers are going down as well. if you go to page 1179 of the -- i'm sorry, 1117, it gives the exact numbers by which the projections have decreased. for instance, in the event, boats are down from 2000 to 800. the water-based spectators from 18,000 to 10,000. i just wanted to clarify that fact. with respect to the air quality, it has been indicated that he bay area quality accepted de shoreside at pier 70 as inadequate subsidy. that is true but the air district was clear that the planning department's own memo that was prepared said it was not certain in terms of feasibility. what it does is throw a spotlight on the environmental analysis we talked about in our comment on the draft. if you go to that, you find at page 28 of my original letter, that

tankers, and i am worried about the threat of a diesel fuel spill from the generator powering the jumbotron, but my main concern is the outer -- the utter lack of safety measures. what is designated as swimmer used during the cup. dezelan, which resembled a doughnut, a thin doughnuts, mind you, includes rocky shoals and things that are exposed at low tide. the plan does not have boat egress or ingress corridors. there is a very good chance that a swimmer will come face- to-face with a giant catamaran. other cities my blalock these concerns because they affect a small percentage of the city population in light of the millions of dollars that developers a promise to bring in this city. san francisco is different. we take care of our citizens no matter how ludicrous their lifestyles or recreational activities are. move the jumbotron to dry land where it belongs and make sure rules are in place to make sure that sea lions and sell both its members can peacefully exists. i urge you to reverse the certification of eir and urged a planning staff to make its critical changes. thank you. president c

the category of communications on a jumbotron has other options. the last category is we are in support, but our biggest concern is the safety of themselve environment. the details have not been explained, but we do not want our water activity diminished more than it is now, and i invite you to either come for a swim, come to test the waters. we also have this sunday, and i invite you and the rest of the crowwd to the new year's eve alcatraz swim. you will see the category of 4000 per month. it is something you cannot sit nine or diminish. -- cannot deny or diminish. >> we have 6000 members in san francisco and 30,000 in the bay area. i represent those members on the environmental council. we have been working for the last 10 months. we share some of the concerns about the pollution to the aquatic park area, also concerns about the golden gate park conservancy, the concerns of the national park service. it is important for our park lands to be protected. we have supported the america's cup since the beginning, and we continue to do so. we wanted to

with the jumbotron issue, they are flexible and there will be more solutions reached. the economic benefit through hosting the america's cup will help all san francisco and the city overall. in fact, our union staffed club is already seeing substantial economic impact and the jobs creation through the many new members joining our club. president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> ahoy, supervisors. i spent years sailing on the bay. my wife and i have lived in the sunset district. we are happy to see some attention being paid to the bay, which is a major commercial and recreational asset. please, support the americas cup and deny the appeal which was unanimously approved by the planning commission. one aspect i did not hear much about is the future after the races. the golden gate yacht club is not putting in all this effort to lose the cup. what if they win? i do not think they will take the cup to santa clara. [applause] the want to stay here and have another race here. you can rest assured they will do everything they can to make sure this comes off properly

the jumbotron in aqua -- in aquatic park we have assigned that so that the jumbotron will be 100 feet offshore from the swimming lane and we're working closely with staff to avoid any destruction of aquatic park during the event. and also the city has also committed to continued coordination with the environmental groups to refine the mitigation efforts and the imply mentation plans. and for impacts of surrounding neighborhoods, we did do across the board the draft e.i.r. looked at and analyzed secondary impacts throughout. we did find some significant, unavoidable impacts with transportation and secondary impacts at secondary sights. so, in sum, these recent comments are largely similar to those already addressed in the documents. the comments we received through today do not change the contend and conclusions identified in the final e.i.r. the e.i.r. discloses a number of impacts including those that will not create significant environment effects and those that could create an environmental impact would be precluded or reduced to a less than significant level with implementation of

i do want to emphasize the jumbotron and just say that that have got to go, and you got to come up with mitigation. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, president chiu, supervisors, and city and port staff. i am a director with sea turtles dot org. i have been engaged in the review of the america's cup from the beginning and a provided a lot of comments, and i am encouraged by the progress that has been made today, but i would like to urge the supervisors to work closely with the appellants to work of the final concerns related to the environment. i think that, it seems to me that most of the environmental concerns can be addressed. i am also very appreciative of the supervisors who are in the district to raise the issue in support for the air quality concerns related to a shoreside power on pure 70 and pier 27, and it looks like there has been some very the progress which we may hear about later today which may make the pier 70 project more of a done deal. i think there is some uncertainty, and i think if we can hear more about the certainty of the pro

. -- jumbotron. there are concerns about whether it would disturb toxic sediments, or cause other safety hazards. the planning department has taken the position that they have fully analyzed these issues and determined the impact will not be significant. >> this eir is project-level for the races and everything associated with the races and the cruise terminal. the jumbotron -- we are done with environmental review. the only way to change what the planning department said about it is for somebody to file a lawsuit and a judge to agree that issue was not analyzed properly, and have to go back to the planning department. from the standpoint of what we were talking about, that is the final word, absent a lawsuit, following a protest-level eir in this document. it is clear that that issue has not been studied enough. it is one of many issues that did not get enough attention. that are going to drop these concrete piers and tell you that is not going to stir up sediment. they will not tell you how long it

. >> spectators will pay $25 to watch a live feed of the contest on a jumbotron in the parking lot. >> this april marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic and for the first time, items from the ocean liner will be sold at auction. manuel shows us what is up for grabs. >> from the legendary ocean liner, a diamond studded bracelet. a cup from the ship's cafe. a vest from a third class passenger. >> was in a suitcase that was fully packed with william henry allen clothes for his new life in america. >> 5500 items have been recovered. all from the debris field. a silver mesh purse, the white star line china, a luggage tag. the ship considered sacred has not been touched. recovered many of the items himself, his favorite, a souvenir. >> i don't know what it was, but it's nice. i like it. >> on april 11, exactly 100 years to the day of titanic, all of the items will be auctioned off. there's a catch. everything must be sold to one buyer. a judge ordered the collection be kept together to preserve its historic value for the public. >> it's a remarkable collection, and you re

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then a proposal that could turn the district into the next times square with huge jumbotrons. winter cold is here but is it here to stay? >>> rick pair write dropped out of the race for president. the texas governor has seen his support dwindle in recent polls. fairfax county police are warning parents about a us is patient man lingering near claremont elementary school in alexandria. the man was seen waving and calling at students from his red pickup truck as recently as this week. so far there have been no reports of children being touched or injured. >>> the national park service released new video of repairs being made to the washington monument. this crew was fixing cracks inside the monument and comes on the same day local billionaire david rubenstein contributed $7.5 million to help pay for those repairs. >>> canadian company that want to build an oil pipeline across north america plans to reapply for a permit that president obama turned down. the proposed keystone pipeline would run from canada to the gulf coast. transcanada's ceo says he was not surprised the permit w

reporter: meanwhile, some students wore white to memorialize paterno, whose face remains on the jumbotron. and this after the candlelight vigil that brew thousands last night. now plants are made, two days of viewing at the memorial center. and a huge public service at the 17,000-seat jordan center on thursday. >> bless for this moment, let's think of the positives. >> reporter: meanwhile, the legendary penn state broadcaster age 91. >> people have rushed to judgment. >> reporter: is among those now calling on the same administrative officials for firing joe paterno for not going enough to follow his example during public mourning. >> i think they owe that to the community and to the football letterman. and to joe too, as predictable as he would have been to put that aside. it is almost certain that they did not put disappointment in sadness aside. i think he has a broken heart. i think he's hurt. >> reporter: there are a lot of people here tonight that think for any comments for the board of trustees or the acting president would badly taint the memorial service. the university has not a

fans can see the contest on a jumbotron in the parking lot of the hotel at princeton by the sea. >>> look no further than the city by the bay, the daily west beast out with new list of best cities to find a date in 2012, san francisco ranking 8th, including the percentage of people who are dating age, salary, cost of living, physical and mental health. who do you think was number one? atlanta and san jose was 25th, out of 25 cities. >> i have girlfriends who would strongly disagree that. -- disagree with that i think further study required. >>> honoring the memory of a civil rights giant through deeds. we are live in oakland with the major event planned there today. >> reporter: 9ers' tickets anyone? i'm katie marzullo live at candlestick park. the big game is going to be here this weekend. but the tickets are not coming up, i'll tell you how and when you can get yours. >>> a crime police cezanne the rise. what you need to -- police say is on the rise. what you need avoid being ripped off.

reporter: that's what tourists and locals who dine here say about the new jumbotron, but some folks in chinatown who live and work here don't think it's such a bright idea. >> this is a bad deal for the community. reporter: martin ditto is trying to put lights out on verizon's plan. >> adding additional signage and billboards to make it more like times square is not what they bought into. >> we're looking for three signs. it's not going to be times scamp. reporter: the executive vice president that owns verizon center says there's been a lot of misinformation about their plan. >> we'd like to replace these with signs about half the size that are digital video of. reporter: including this one here. >> this one here and that one there. we would eliminate this marquis right here that's been there for a long time and then we would like to place one on the fourth floor of our space wrapping around from the corner of seventh street on to f street. >> it's bad for the community because it brings down property values and because it is dangerous for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic and it'

also, last night, the stadium lit all night long with an image of paterno on the jumbotrons projected to hundreds of thousands of empty seats. joe's son, jay, tweeted about seeing the glow of the stadium on the horizon saying i will never lose joe's light in my life. also on campus today, lots of students are wearing white in honor of joe paterno, a penn state tradition called white- out. the governor here in pennsylvania has ordered flags at half staff. quite a display for a man who only two months ago was vilified for not doing enough to stop the sex abuse scandal that ended his career here at penn state. meanwhile, j.c., as you reported, the biggest question remains exactly how will this university, which severed its ties and fired joe paterno, how will that very same university memorialize him? we're told there are major plans in the works but the university is staying quiet. everybody awaiting paterno's family to take the lead. announce their funeral arrangements which have not been announced and at that point, the university and many thousands of others will begin to take their

surf fans will be directed to downtown to a festival, a jumbotron with streaming video will be set upin the hotel and spa's parking lot. local businesses couldn't be happier. especially since there was no mavericks in 2011. not everyone is happy. cars with special permits will be able to drive through town on that day, otherwise everyone else will have to park at the nearby airport and walk here. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> interesting we tell people not to get too close to the water when there's big sur of but you can only have the contest when there's a big surf. >> good luck with that. >>> it is now 4:45. >>> some illegal immigrants are about to get a break. the rule change that will let thousands stay in the u.s. with their families. >>> iowa caucus take as unexpected twist. a man says there has been a miscount and mitt romney is not the winner. >>> one county's plastic bag hey, your high speed internet here, at home... ...and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. woo-hoo! [

a jumbotron is the last place you want to pop the question. >> that can be hard even if it's just the of you. imagine all those people reacting. >> you think it's fake? >> i think so. >> she doesn't look like she is really shocked. >> upset, and here's the thing. if a guy proposes, you think he has a good chance. she would deal with it later in private. >> all right, we have windchills in the teens. it's going to move out. i want to show you radar. i just zoomed into this snow shower out to the west. pretty impressive if you are headed out 66 right now. this is going to continue to move across 66 and will look impressive for a while and will accumulate because temperatures are now in the upper 20s. so keep that in mind. if you know somebody heading out f 6 or out 50, it's showing up clearly on radar. and here's why it's going to stick. well, windchills in the teens and temperatures in the 20s. feels like it's 13 in gaithersburg and 14 downtown. so, winds diminish tonight. although not until after midnight. early flurries are ending. even colder tonight temperature wise. and still cold

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>>> there's a new video online where a guy proposes to his girlfriend at a jumbotron at a basketball says no. the worst part is afterwards when marv albert is like, rejected. he didn't have to do that. >> tonight jimmy welcomes actor mark wahlberg. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm lori wilson. stork paid a visit to beyonce and jay-z in new york city. heavy security for that stork ruffled lots of feathers. they are proud parents of a new baby girl named blue ivy. >> what? >> blue ivy. i said it. beyonce checked in under the name ingrid jackson renting out the entire fourth floor for more than a million dollars. doctors, staffers and even a father of prematurely born twins complained that security restricted movement in the hospital like an exclusive nightclub. >>> keefer sutherland says a movie based on his "24" series will begin moving this spring. >>> the mystery of brat pd pitt limping this weekend has been solved. he picked up a top prize. he hurt himself protecting his 3-year-old daughter vivian from a fall while skiing on a family vacation. >>> finally, the fright flick "th

. >>> and what starts off as something so romantic turns into a jumbotron embarrassment. see what happens after he pops the question. >>> okay. so now in the movies the action heroes always making those dramatic escapes in the nick of time? well, police say the star of a real-life cliffhanger in san francisco is actually more of a villain. the suggestion respect is perched on a cliff in the telegraph enabled of san francisco and it's going on for nearly 24 hours now. mike sugerman shows us he is in no hurry to come down. mike? >> reporter: allen, the shadow of san francisco's iconic coit tower, rests a man who thought he was making a quick getaway but it was anything but quick. started about 5:30 last night and since then apparently he has just been hanging around. police say last evening, a man named dan burgled one of these condos and bungled his escape. >> the hillside is unbelievable. it's beautiful. it's a craggly cliff and i can't believe anyone is on the face of the hill. >> reporter: apparently after taking some jewelry from one of the condos, the manager of the b

they have considered proposing on a jumbotron and now they might not do it. >> how would you feel if that woman was one of your -- is it three or four i will legitimate daughters? >> that was one of them. that was david. i was very upset with her. and very strange to see david that sober. she is usually out of it by half time. >> so are you back in touch with her? >> i tried to call her, and then i realized it is a different phone. i haven't spoke with her in a couple years. >> is this improve? >> it is hard to believe. >> i looked at all of my notes and there was nothing about your i will legitimate children. >> he has a weird, sad, life. >> you knew that. >>> we will close things out with the post game wrap up from jesse joyce. and to see clips of recent shows go to fox news .com/red eye. >>> coming up tomorrow on the next "red eye" arizona congressman david schwicker will be here. and return appearances from diane macedo and comedian paul mccurio. boo. and time to go back to jesse joyce for the post game wrap up. >> what am i doing this weekend? saturday night got them comedy -- g

reporter: meanwhile, some students wore white to memorialize paterno whose face remains on the jumbotrons overlooking 100,000 empty seats in the stadium. this after a candlelight vigil that drew thousands last night. now plans are made. two days of viewings for paterno. and a huge public service at the 17,000 seat rice jordan center thursday. >> let's, for this moment, think of the positive. >> reporter: meanwhile broadcaster fran fisher age 91, is among those now calling on the same university administration that fired joe paterno for not doing enough to stop the child sex abuse scandal to follow his example, during public mourning. >> i think they owe that to the community, and to the football letterman. and to joe and sue. it is predictable he would put bitterness aside. it is almost certain he didn't put disappointment and sadness aside. i think he's got a broken heart. i think he's hurt. >> reporter: back live now at beaver stadium and looking at the joe paterno stap statue, which has become a defacto shrine. a lot of comments for the university regents and the acting president. woul

council is considering a bill that would allow up to nine jumbotrons around the verizon center. could be any size, and that has at least one neighboring business upset. not everyone is okay with the proposal. vida fitness says it is worried the billboards would wrap around the entire arena ruining the natural light and driving down property values. they say the bright lights would be viewable from the treasury building nearly a mile away. the d.c. council will hold a hearing on the issue next monday. >>> the past is getting a lot more colorful thanks to a swedish artist. she is transforming some of the world's most famous black and white photos. sana dellaway is adding high resolution color to the photographs. the photographs include the victory in japan day celebration, featuring the famous sailor kiss in times square. then the shocking picture of a prisoner being shot by an army general during the vietnam war. and she is also planning to ve so-called american dream photograph that portrayed the success of mostly whites in america. the artist hopes to sell her work online. very

fans will be directed to downtown to a first of is kind festival, a jumbotron with streaming video of competition will be set up in the hotel and spa parking lot. local businesses couldn't be happier since there was no mavericks in 2011. not everyone is happy about the change in tradition. cars with special permits will be able to drive through town on that day otherwise everyone else will have to park at the nearby airport and then walk here. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> 5:45 now. apple is targeting a big expansion. the bloomberg business report ahead. >>> iowa caucuses take an unexpected twist. a man says there has been a miscount. and mitt romney is not the real winner. >>> one local county's plastic bag ban how restaurants could prevent it from being implemented.abab confused by all the nutritional information out there? then visit new nutritionpossible.com... from centrum. it puts you in the center of everything that's good for you. its unique self-assessment tool helps identify the multivitamin and supplement combination that's right for you and your lifestyle. so visit ne

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spectators will not be allowed in those areas, fans can see the contest on a jumbotron in the parkingcean -- 0 she anna hotel. >>> the best cities to fan a date, the city by the bay, daily beast out with its new list of best cities to find a date in 2012. san francisco ranked 8th, based on four factors, including the percentage of people who are of dating age, salary and cost of living and physical and mental health. number one on the list, atlanta, san jose was 25th out of 25. >> the markets are close today for the martin luther king holiday. more details on the next generation of apple products. >> here's cali carolyn with the bloomberg business report. >> the market is closed -- in observance of the martin luther king holiday, back to business as issue. many of you may have taken the weekend to hit the slopes that might not be enough for resources. the nation's voters are struggling from a record lack of snow scrambling to make enough on their own. under see son able warmth which may end up killing -- under see son able warmth which may end up killing profits. apple will launch a s

council is considering a bill that would allow um to nine jumbotrons around the verizon center. signs could be any size and that has one neighboring business upset. vida fitness says it is worried the billboards would wrap around the entire arena ruining the natural light and driving down property values. they say the bright lights would be viewable from the treasury building nearly a mile away. the d.c. council will hold a hearing next monday. >>> mark wahlberg is apologizing for comments he made about the september 11th terrorist attacks. the actor told mens journal he would have stopped terrorists from flying a plane into the world trade center if he was on the plane. wahlberg was scheduled to be on one of the planes that crashed into the world trade center, but changed his ticket to attend a film festival. one of the widows of a 9/11 victim called the comments disrespectful. in his apology, wahlberg said he did not mean to be disrespectful. >>> a federal probe is investigating if the obama administration leaked classified information about the osama bin laden raid to hollywo

. >> instead, spectators will for a $25 ticket get to watch a live feed of the contest on a jumbotron in the back parking lot of the oceana hotel. the area will become a surf festival complete with an award stage with the crowning of the mavericks winner. >> i think it's the energy and the size of the waves. >> reporter: russell hutchison comes to the contest every year and plans to come again. he doesn't mind the new rules. >> i think it's safety first and enjoy the show. >> reporter: enjoy the show is right. you know, tomorrow will be the opening ceremonies. surfers from all over california will be able to attend, go out on the water. there have been people killed here at mavericks, so they will remember this type of thing. this is a dangerous sport. but once the contest is called, surfers around the world, talking about big wave surfers from places like hawaii and south africa, will then have 24 hours to get to the bay area to begin that contest. waves are spectacular. should be exciting. >> they are getting big. thank you, len ramirez. >>> they say loose lips sink shims but big wa

there's a new video online where a guy proposes to his girlfriend on the jumbotron at a basketball gamend she actually says no. [ laughter ] the worst part is afterwards when marv albert was like "rejected." [ laughter ] he didn't have to do that -- uncalled for. i just read about this. wildlife officials in australia are apparently putting a 300 pound snake on a special diet. it's really paying off. take a look at this photo. [ laughter ] -- can't even hold it out. check this out -- a new study found that women become more sexually satisfied as they get older. [ cheers ] that's actually pretty interesting until your grandmother is like, "that's true, you know?" [ laughter ] >> steve: how is your grandma, by the way? >> jimmy: what's that? [ laughter ] >> steve: how is your grandma? how was christmas? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it was awful. >> steve: what do you mean? >> jimmy: you didn't hear this? >> steve: hear what? >> jimmy: my grandmother got run over by a reindeer. [ laughter ] >> steve: when? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: she was walking home from our house. she lives like three blocks aw

at least you will get the jumbotron to check out the surfers. >> that will wake you up pretty quick. dangerous, to >>> 49ers have been waiting for years for play-off tickets going on sale today online. there's only a limited number available. season ticketholders got their tickets yesterday and had priority. there's some left. tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. they are only available through ticketmaster.com and there's a limit of four per order. some season ticketholders have already posted their tickets for sale online at big-time inflated prices so if you want to go deep you can but you can still buy them online beginning at 10:00. we'll have a live report. anser hassan is down at candlestick. he is going to talk about the 49ers' big play-off run coming up in a few minutes. >>> it is 5:51 now. detoxing from all that holiday drinking. >> why going cold turkey could actually do you more harm than good. >> this little girl survived a vicious kangaroo attack. the close call for her family when grace and i come back. ,, gunman. the body of 24- year-old iraq war vetera