this is one of the more complicated revenue streams statewide, with different components laird on by different levels of government, flowing to the benefit of different people. if you look at our current 8.5% sales tax rate, as mr. wagner noted, down from 9.5% on june 30 -- almost 2/3 of that flows to the state itself. a small piece is then reallocated back out to local governments. about 1% of it, in a sense, flows directly to the city's general fund, and that rate fluctuates in different jurisdictions, based on choices voters have made. in san francisco, we have about 1.25% of the 8.25% that flows to in part, the transportation authority, and our schools. in effect, this proposal would create a new 0.5% that would be dedicated within the local category to support current the general fund supported expenditures -- currently general fund supported expenditures. as we discussed in the report itself, our sales tax rate in san francisco is comparatively higher than most other jurisdictions in the state. with this change, we would have the highest sales tax rate of the largest tent citie

. >> reporter: getting suited up for a mission is familiar territory for commander dean, diz-laird. being in the air is like second nature. except for one thing. >> you know, i've been flying since 1940. and i've never had to jump out. although i was very close during the war a couple times when i was badly damaged by anti aircraft fire. i never had to jump out or eject. and i decided, gee, that's something i have never done, and i would just like to go do it. >> reporter: a decision that put him in the doghouse with his favorite co pilot, his wife. >> and she decided to come and watch it, and i'm glad to get her out of the house. she's pretty much house-bound the last cup he years. and i would do anything, jump out of an airplane, to get her out of the house. >> reporter: the woman he still calls the prettiest girl in town took a front row seat to watch him walk down a grassy runway towards his adventure. minutes later, he took her breath away. something he has done for 68 years. >> here he is, here he is. >> yay! >> yeah! >>. >> reporter: a picture-perfect finish, worthy of the ki

. >>> dean laird is a veteran navy pilot from california. i mean real veteran.ted flying back in 1940. he just turned 90 years old, and to celebrate, he went skydiving. laird says he realized recently that despite flying combat missions in three wars, and getting shot at a lot, he never had to jump out of a plane. besides, he says, he wanted to do something to impress his wife. they have been married 68 years. her health has been failing. dean says he knew if he jumped out of an airplane, it would get her out of the house, and it did. dean

good ride around the bay area we started the 5:00 hour without hotspot but that is completely care laird. now we'll look at the bridges the bay bridge that you conceive the volume building up within the last our we will see the metering lights activated in the next 15 minutes. we have been monitoring it very closely for the past week in an act as they tried it tweet the system. last week we saw great conditions and your ride to the san mateo bridge is a light any ride no problems much lighter than usual christmas commute for the golden gate bridge it is fog you can see the cars emerging from you might even see some drizzle in their coming out of the fog >> time now 6 03 a.m. we have a grass fire did tell you about the bay. area. how much as a bird >> several acres and burned for a jelly it is out it was put out several hours ago allowed all the damage that was done this place was just waiting to go up it started about 930 last night there were three fires last night this is video of the fire from last night. perhaps the fire of was started by fireworks. the arson investigators and fire m

noah laird was next. >> the scream i could hear from my friends and the growls from the bear, which wered deep, and then the screamings wsh just helpless screaming. i can still her it in my head. >> reporter: the grizzly pounced, clawed four of the teens before retreating. >> just the chaos, disbelief, the confusion that was going on really was overwhelming to handle. >> reporter: the attack was roughly seven minutes long, but the rescue took over seven hours. the group was in the middle of nowhere. >> the aftermath and the wait were scarier than the attack itself, even though that seems like hard to fathom. >> with their emergency beacon calling for help, the teens used anything they could, even garbage bags, to slow the bleeding. working as a team, they survived. >> the fast that we all made it out alive is a testament to the bravery of my group. >> reporter: the injuries were severe. this el included punctured ribs, broken bones, and certainly, chris, believe it or not, the two teenagers that are hospitalized, they're in good and fair condition. >> wow, unbelievable story, miguel, tha

yet the history of dry rivers that drain down into a deposit of finely laird materials, which probably represents an ancient river system. you have an incredibly detailed system of iron rich and aluminum rich clay is better layard and occur in a regional setting that represent a long history of water interaction. it is probably the oldest of the four sites. these are sort of like different flavors of ice cream. all fantastic, but slightly different twist on the take. let me give you different examples of what we might have gone to look at with the next graphic. i mentioned the best built on mars, you can see on the left, and all the steel bars are in lometers. the craters reprented -- the colors represent low is purple and blue. big yellow box that you see represents a potential science target outside the ellipse. all four sites represent a variety of high-valued science targets. all side of the ellipse, you can see this roles that are the produce and the drainage system came down and deposited in the bill tush, much like we see on earth. -- and deposited into the delta of, much like w