there's one down in san jose in kelly park. it's an old horse carrie stored that runs around on the weekend. -- car restored that runs around on the weekend. on the one hand, you're in this foggy neighborhood, there's not much insulation. on the other hand, you've got 30 windows, and the sunshine in the day could just make the place broiling. and at night all of those windows let in the cold. so they advised people to put up curtains. they'd have little oil lamps, coal stoves, little oil/coal stoves. but it was a challenge. it was sort of part of the romance i think. it's like camping. >> how long did the fad last? >> the height of it, this all really takes off around 1897, 1898. the height of it is really the turn of the century. 1900 we're talking about 200 cars. after the earthquake in 1906, that's when it starts declining a little bit because more conventional houses start taking over and more people live permanently year-around. they're not just using it as a party pad. so it's after the quake it starts declining a little

parks. let's begin with nbc's kelly o'donnell on capitol hill with the very latest. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the final hours of the budget mess have been filled with hints of optimism and lots of finger pointing. there had been some discussion that democrats believed they had a deal for somewhere around $38 billion in cuts this year. republicans rejected that and it's been several hours since we have seen the leaders come forward. at the washington monument, the last tourists have filed out and the first signs to arrived that it's not business as usual. while only a few have been in the negotiating room, the fight belonged to everyone with news conferences all over capitol hill. >> frankly, it's an embarrassing moment for the congress of the united states. an embarrassing moment i think for the american people. >> it's not fair for the american public to be held hostage to a senate that is unwilling to work with us. >> reporter: today, democrats framed the budget disagreement with two words, women's health. >> what is this over? it's over women

kelly space shuttle launch in florida. giffords was hotshot by a gunman in a tucson parking lot 15 weeks ago in arizona.t is the first time she has flown since she arrived in houston for rehab. doctors say they are very encouraged by the progress giffords is make, saying she is in the top 5% of recoveries for severe brain trauma. we're told she is able to walk with help. she is able to speak single words or short expressions. while giffords is doing exceptionally well by all accounts, it's still too early to tell whether she'll be able to resume her duties in congress. >>> in san francisco, thousands of homeless and low income people are celebrating this easter sunday with song and dinner thanks to glide memorial church. organizers and volunteers at glide in the tenderloin were busy handing out a full fried chicken dinner with those nowhere else to go today or those who just need a little extra help. >> the world, and most of america right now is enjoying easter. and this community, this neighborhood sometimes gets forgotten. but that's why we do it. that's why it's a special day. that's why we have fri

kelly switch changes are most likely. but caltran is struggling to keep the same. >> people that write these rules can expect a fare increase and parking right to take affect. raising the base fare by 255 and a dollar for the fis is $2.5 million in revenue. and $1 for parking-fees. stabbing of deeper cuts. they're hoping to find 3.5 min dollars to keep the same number of tracks running. the to not want to cut down 10 trains, slowed on the bullet express and requiring it to make more stops. in closing three stations. this map shows what is threatening to be closed. the san mateo hayward bart stop and the san jose capital station. another train station could lose weekend service. the caltrain will address this issue on april 21st. maureen kelly. >>pam: to get traffic. the camera is bouncing around because of the wind. jacqueline has been telling us all about it. southbound and the guadeloupe overpass. traffic is medium. northbound is moving well. we will be back with much more news after the break. but trying to grow grass from seed in tough areas like deep shade, along the driveway, and where the kids play can be a little intimidating..

kelly shows us what's damage. >>maureen: looking at to picnic tables stacked atop one another waiting to be repaired at the golden gate park main this year. you can see that somebody took assault and sought the seat on both of these tables right in half. it was here with live band list and took place and it wasn't just park benches that got hit. take a look over here you could see there are two trees they used to stand you could see the one red plum trees lange on the ground here. right down the hill you could see a third. take a look of this young sapling lange on the ground. if once again if you take a look you could see these trees were cut down with the sock. on the other side of the net of you could see another tree that was hit it's still standing but here you could see the cut mark. this is one of three redwood trees that were hit on this side of the park. all this vandalism was discovered monday morning. all the trees and fall for the young trees. there were planted just over a year ago. they believe will ever did this is a deranged individual will hopefully be caught soon. rain kelly kron 4 news. >>pam: there have

park for the amount of four hours. these meters that the green, the yellow, the redtops still have the same old kind restrictions in the still the same risk of a $55 fine. maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>pam: the pilot is designed to increase the number of spaces and the city will look and its findings on a " first. the gas pump, $3.77! compared that to $4.55 in california. it is even higher in the bay area. the higher prices is that more americans are cutting back on purchasing gasoline. the first week of april americans purchased 2.4 billion fewer gallons. that fell by 3.6%. taking a look outside. highway 1 0 1 at the south bay. the guadeloupe overpass california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes... combined. we have a lot more work to do. ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and w

kelly cobiella outside buckingham palace. thank you. >>> william and kate's wedding will be held less than half a mile east of buckingham palace at westminster abbey on the other side of st. james's park. but we're still waiting to hear many details about what life will be like for william and kate, and their newly merged families. and here to shed some light for us is cbs news royal contributor victoria arbiter. great to have you with us victoria. beautiful day there. >> it is. good morning, rebecca. >> so we do hear about these issues. kelly brought them to light, about the fact that, of course, you have kate middleton's family sort of being stalked by the paparazzi there in london. and now you have this international -- or rather the body there that handles this type of thing, the independent press complaints commission handling it and saying back away. but william is very protective of his future in-laws. why is the press being so mean to carol middleton? >> well, you're absolutely right that william's being protective. and it's important that he is. when william and kate got engaged, kate was immediately given police protection. but her family was not. and william is very conscio