>> they are definitely not the actual lanterns.y are lanterns we use for our annual birthday celebration, which is on april 18th. >> reporter: this was a special side trip. the actual hunt for clues continued downstairs. >> well, this plaque here in the washington courtyard is one of two that are out here that tell us one of the sides of the story. this particular one was placed here by the daughters of the american revolution, and tells us that it was mr. newman who hung the lanterns in the old north steeple. this is the second of the two plaques that are out here in the washington courtyard that tells us anything about the hanging of the lanterns. this particular one, which was placed here by pulling descendants, is the only one of the plaques here outside or inside of the church that actually puts both newman and pulling on site together on that night. the last place we go is right up the street here to the copshill burial ground, which has the tombstones of both captain john pulling and robert newman, and we look at some of the

let me talk about those that carry bright lights, that pass those lanterns on to others. many of them you will hear in just a moment, because they are appropriately on stage and will be recognized for their own work. one is the former mayor, willie gramm, who deserves a tremendous amount of credit for envisioning the bonds that brought us here. i want to thank in particular the leadership of the city attorney, who in some ways is responsible for us being here because she created that impetus to initiate a federal lawsuit against a tobacco company back when few people thought there was any hope and that there should not be much expectation of success. she carried that torch. she succeeded in that effort. she moved on, but she did not move away. she not only created the framework that allowed us to generate, all told, $141 million that contributed to this project today because of that tobacco settlement, but she said it is one thing to have a bond and another thing to have a settlement. minutes and equipment. we need new things to provide dignity that this building's physic

lanterns that use lamp oil, candles. you know, anything that can keep your house lit and going. >> city and county agencies and other water management agencies across the bay area have been preparing for these storms all week, clearing storm drains, making sure there aren't any blockages, that can increase the risk of flooding. the san lorenzo river is moving along swiftly and is on the rise. residents say it's been a while since they've had any problems with flooding with that river. there have been some reports of downed power lines, falling trees. a couple small accidents here in the santa cruz accidents. so far, no major incidents. high 17 moving very slowly despite this heavy rain and wind. live in the santa cruz mountains, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >> heavy rain is also hitting the sacramento area leading to lots of water on the road. there's a flooding advisory in effect for the area. let's bring in nick o'kelly. everyone wants to know right now just how much we're going to get and how long it's going to

street were members of the filipino cultural center's youth program, carrying traditional core role lanterns. on the side of the resort hotel is a projection titled "storylines." working with students from the art commission writer's corps program, paul organized a series of images with text captions. they will change every evening until a different -- and tell a different story. one block away, theodore watson has created an interactive installation that crosses over six street. spaces' begins with a photo capture station on the north side of the street that projects your face on to a building on the south side of the street. on opening night, the installation was an immediate hit with the crowd. we talked with the or what said about his remarkable installation. >> what inspired you to create this interactive piece? >> the work i typically do is kind of interactive installations or both indoor and also outdoor and public space. for me, what i'm most interested in is how we can use technology to make the city, which is typically quite a static environment architecturally speaking -- how can

this is one of the unfinished efforts of that goes backs and those with lanterns will pass by, and the legend has been passed by and i do not remember the order that they were in. brown, myself, mayor daily or -- daly or whoever is next. you are very interesting. i just want to remember this moment. this is a great moment in the revitalization of the city, in the heart of the city, with this 60 blocks that surround us. this is where the values are represented and the challenges are quite evident and visible. i am incredibly enthusiastic. congratulations on the day. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. on behalf of gsa, a coin for the recovery act. you can't spend it, but you can have it. >> ladies and gentlemen. [laughter] [applause] >> i knew that. [laughter] >> that is a hard one to follow. we also have other people with us. i introduced dan, the speaker- director for pelosi for five years. her support for the recovery act has made it possible for gsa to undertake this project. with her assistants, this will pay huge dividends for many generations to come. please welcome dan

how not to light a jack-o-lantern. or inflate your air bag. oh, and when blowing up building? idea is for the structure to actually fall down. >> oh, there it goes. >> reporter: that doesn't always happen. if it even happens at all. last week, one team managed to knock down a chimney and knock out the whole neighborhood's electrical grid. today's events in escondido obviously are no laughing matter. the suspect appears to have been not just a bombers but a would be domestic terrorist. the alleged builder of this kit, an unemployed soft wear engineer from serbia, who is also, allegedly, a bank robber. his estranged wife told reporters he's crazy. >> he's crazy. i think he lost his mind. >> reporter: the scene today sure was a spectacle. the cast of characters worthy of a building detonation reality tv show. authorities literally stumbled on the bomb factory three weeks ago after the gardner tripped on a home-made land mine. so, today, they evacuated the neighbors, closed off the interstate, erected 15-foot blast walls around the site and set about as carefully as possible burni

we're getting lanterns that use lamp oil, candles, you know, anything that can keep your house lit and going. if there is a power outage, it can last for several days. >> the rain has been steady. there's been a lot. we've had a couple of inches so far. it's been spread out nicely over the last 36 hours or so. and the mountains can hold a lot. you never know when it's going to change. at night it comes down big time. >> residents can pick up sandbags to use in the off chance there are issues with flooding. while tease storms lead to preps for homeowners, snowboarders are looking forward to the dumping of snow in the mown tas. >> the sun valley customers are taking advantage of the time until the roads clear to this get ready for the first run of the season. >> he's little so he needs something small. we have equipment to pick up. >> it's awesome. we can't wait. they wan you to avoid distractions like talking on your cell phone or texting while driving on these roads. kimberly terry, nbc. bay area news. >> good advice all the time. when it rains in the bay area in sacramento, you know w

street were members of the filipino cultural center's youth program, carrying traditional core role lanterns the side of the resort hotel is a projection titled "storylines." working with students from the art commission writer's corps program, paul organized a series of images with text captions. they will change every evening until a different -- and tell a different story. one block away, theodore watson has created an interactive installation that crosses over six street. spaces' begins with a photo capture station on the north side of the street that projects your face on to a building on the south side of the street. on opening night, the installation was an immediate hit with the crowd.

. >> we sell a lot of fire firewood and propane and lanterns. we have things that will help when the power goes out. >> the expectation is the power will go out. they say though that's the least of their problems. >> there is a combination of wind coming in with the rain. and then we will have downed trees and power lines and roads closed. >> as a result, the entire volunteer firefighter department is on call. >> we have our pagers and once it goes off we respond to the station. when ever it is raining and we have heavy weather we are dispatched and ready to go. >> the worst of the storm is from now until sunrise. i spoke to chp officers awhile ago and they do say that if you have to be out driving tonight, take it slow. live in the santa cruz mountains, lisa amin gulezian, abc news. >> thank you, lisa. >>> now amy is live in san francisco. the rain is already a nuisance for people trying to finish ut their holiday errands and it is only going to get worse. >> reporter: but macy's is still open and people are still shopping. the storm was not bi

earlier on here there were crowds of people who were releasing chinese balloons into the air chinese lanterns of a coupon into the blazon bridge the russian flag we're seeing cars driving around the capital with russian flags people melons and celebration to come. and aussies everyone going to chicago was at one of the schools bars to see the celebrations. well indeed it is warm and very exciting here is better in fact for a while it seemed like everything was winding down and people were starting to leave but then the second wave came in they were fresh out of a football match and that just only goes to show that football is in fact at the moment russia's top sports right now and of course because of that the decision of the committee to allow russia to hold the world cup championship in the country is very important and we did talk to some fans who did explain why this is a major event not just for russia bought for russian football this was a moment but i think this will help the country's infrastructure i play football myself and love the game no you see i think it's good for russia and i

earlier on here there were crowds of people who were releasing chinese balloons into the chinese lanterns of a cuban into the blaze in which the russian flag were seeing cars driving around the capital with russian flags people in their horns in celebration of this come but it's not just here in marshall in moscow those celebrations have been going on across russia here paint as you're saying their face first put more thought of confidence and russia with this vote. what were the reasons what swung it in the end do you think. i'm sorry kevin it is the let me know if you are so i can hear i'm saying what swung it in the end do you think for russia has put a lot of confidence in the country but what really clinched it at the end of the day. well it went right down to the line the whole selection process of who was going to get it seemed to be changing who was the front runner seemed to change hour by hour it seemed a votes about lunch around lunch time on thursday that england with the front runners and the bit there was a very impassioned speech by for england captain david beckham that ap

they say the winning of these finals no just where i'm stood people are assessing least chinese lanterns bearing the flag of russia are in celebration also seen cars driving around the city with flags hanging out of the windows beeping their horns scenes quite reminiscent of when russia were playing some of their best football in recent memory at the last european championships hoping that they can try and recreate some of that form a twenty eight team stages for the not third place finish they had then but the main celebrations of course in zurich at the moment and the man who is behind the successful bid says that russia will follow through with a great tournament. mr president. all the members of the keeper executive committee dearest friends and colleagues and everybody who is here you have any chance to us with. people world cup for twenty eight thousand. and i just can't promise we all can draw means you will never regret let us make history and together. i. just hearing there from the man behind you must a minute if you will that successful bits of bring the twenty eighteen fifo w

host the final in twenty eighteen we've seen people gathering here there were releasing chinese lanterns into the sky in place and with the russian flag in celebration also cause driving around the city a remote scope russian flags waving horns only horns blasting seems reminiscent to when russia was playing some of their best football in recent memory at the last european championships that we're looking to try and get some of that form back ahead of the the world championships in twenty eight same perhaps gokey stages further but it's not just a remorse go to celebrations of being heard all across russia people joyous at the news that the twenty eighteen world cup finals will be coming to russia. rules got off of the group and it's a great thing that such a big event will take place here but the downside is that there will be too many fans of torch russian football has a lot of fans you will all be in the city you will provoke fights this isn't cool for russian. high the city will long at all it's a great incentive for russia to develop i think we'll see what a stimulus to two thousand

earlier on here they were gangs of children schoolchildren around here setting off hundreds of chinese lanterns setting them off into the cold winter night here in moscow some of them bearing the russian flag in celebration of the news that that result coming see that russia will host those finals also see many cars driving around with russian flags out of the windows beeping their horns seems somewhat reminiscent of when russia was playing in the best football of recent memory at the european championships last time out they'll be hoping the team can put forward a similar kind of display in eight years time when the world cup finals are held here but the celebrations say remotes go cause not be able to tell those that we've seen in zurich. twenty eight hundred feet from both ladies and gentlemen to be organize. a great scenes there in syria come sure that party going on along into the night a job well done by the russian bidding to exactly ok well thanks but actually the second pay to sarah let's bring you in now learn some pages by a construction of course already underway there on the senate

. >> reporter: at a neurology clinic, a doctor used a lantern to check on her business.she says pg & e keeps changes the time on when they will come out. as the tree trimmers finished their job, they say they'll try to get a little rest before they have to come back out to another call. marin county says it's reservoirs are now 94.8% of capacity, and after tonight's rain pass, no doubt they'll be at their capacity. >>> you see the live radar sweep there. we'll come in a little bit closer, here' san francisco. kenney wayne was standing right around here. you see the shower, you see a little bit of activity increasing out there. here's lahonda and pescadero. this system has been all about the hills. there's mipedas right now. that's heavy rain as well. no reports of thunder and lightning. that is a possibility. this system moving over the care in just a few hours. when i come back, i have the computer model that will take us right into the holiday week end. we'll see you back here then. >>> arnold schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency in six counties, san luis obi

. >> reporter: at a neurology clinic, a doctor used a lantern to check on her business.she says pg & e keeps changes the time on when they will come out. as the tree trimmers finished their job, they say they'll try to get a little rest before they have to come back out to another call. marin county says it's reservoirs are now 94.8% of capacity, and after tonight's rain pass, no doubt they'll be at their capacity. >>> you see the live radar sweep there. we'll come in a little bit closer, here' san francisco. kenney wayne was standing right around here. you see the shower, you see a little bit of activity increasing out there. here's lahonda and pescadero. this system has been all about the hills. there's mipedas right now. that's heavy rain as well. no reports of thunder and lightning. that is a possibility. this system moving over the care in just a few hours. when i come back, i have the computer model that will take us right into the holiday week end. we'll see you back here then. >>> arnold schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency in six counties, san luis obi

. >> we have a lot of firewood, propane lanterns other things that will help with the power goes out. >> the expectation is the power will go out. that according to the boulder creek fire chief is the least of the problems. >> they are more concerned with the combination of the wind coming in with the rain and downed trees. >> as a result, the entire volunteer fire department is on call. >> we have our pagers right here. once it goes off we respond to the station. whenever it's raining, we stock the station and we're ready to go. >> the worst will be over by sunrise and officers say if you do have to be out driving, take it slow. >> in san francisco, there were a few problems on the roadways but downtown wasn't too bad driving in to celebrate the holidays. amy hollyfield has more. >> out west, city crews closed down the great highway between lincoln and sloat because a small amount of flooding. the rain didn't seem that severe but they will investigate once the water subsides. aside from this they reported a quiet night because the breaks in the rain made all the difference. the rainy

propane lanterns and other things that helps when the power goes out. >> the expectation that the power will go out over the next few days. that is according to the boulder creek fire chief is the least of their problems. >> they are more concerned with combination of the wind coming in with the rain. then we'll have downed trees. >> as a result. the entire volunteer fire department is on call. >> we have our pagers and once they go off we respond to the station. whenever it's raining and we have heavy weather, we stock the station so we ready to go. >> that was lisa amin gulezian reporting from the santa cruz mountains. >> in san francisco, there a few problems but it wasn't too bad. rain was just more of a nuisance. amy hollyfield has more. >> city crews closed down the great highway between lincoln and sloat because of a small amount of flooding. they don't know why it collected on the road. aside from this public work crews reported a quiet night because a break in the rain made all the difference. rainy weather is hitting during a busy weekend of shopping and partying. >> we're jus

building supply store in the valley there have been dozens of people coming in to buy tarps and lanterns. >> sometimes they are a spur of the moment purchase. they hear bat weather and see other people grabbing and, oh, i would better have one, too. >> reporter: in the city of ross they are keeping an eye on the creek. it swelled several years ago and flooded. this homeowner raised him home to prevent that again. >> we are in a wet year and we are concerned about it. and we are watching very carefully. but so far, we're okay. >> all right. three more. >> reporter: earlier in the day several residents in oakland picked up sandbags in preparation for the next wave of wet weather. >> i need these bags desperately. >> reporter: howard broom grabbed 20 bags from the city program after an unnerving night of rain. >> to save me from foundation erosion and my house sliding down the hill. >> reporter: and we drove through several areas in the east bay and the north bay and we really didn't see a lot of foot traffic on the roads. even though we are experiencing a break in the weather right now, a

evan wadongo is lighting the way to prosperity for rural kenyans with his solar powered lanterns. dan wallwrath, who builds custom homes for wounded veterans returning from service. congratulations, the top ten cnn heroes of 2010. which one inspires you the most? go to cnnheroes.com to vote for cnn hero of the year. >> larry: okay, jer, follow that. >> yeah, thanks, larry. let's throw up the zapruder film also. >> larry: you like our heroes segment. >> i love heroes. that's nice. >> larry: everyday people. >> that is the classiest thing on cnn. i love it. don't you think? that's really classy. >> larry: do it every thanksgiving, i think. >> that's great. that's great. no jokes. >> larry: have you done heroic things ever? >> what was this? >> larry: this is a heroic thing? >> this is like a medevac. yeah, i mean i come on -- you're on a show here as a comedian with no audience? that's, you know. >> larry: but there's people here. >> yeah, i guess. but what's funny about this show is that there's no audience but you can still bomb. you could still go right down the tubes. >> larry:

. >> this is a lantern because the power went out in our house. >> reporter: early this morning, the storm brought down yet another tree near point red. in mill valley, the heavy rain flooded this parking lot turning the simple lack of driving into nautical navigation. coming back out here to our live shot in oakland, neighbors say there are a lot of mature trees that are overdue for trimming. some neighbors have told us that what happened today, they are planning on trimming those trees themselves. we're live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the storm uprooted another tree, this one in peninsula community of hillsborough. the tree fell and hit a nearby house, blocked the road for sometime. it happened on crystal spring road. one person was inside the house at the time, but was not injured. >>> the stormy, windy weather left thousands of bay area customers without power tonight. at this hour, pg&e says about 3,100 customers are affected across the nine bay area counties. the majority of the outages are on the peninsula and in the south bay. both those areas have about 1,000 custo

that because people are bringing the pumpkins home and carving them up and using them as jack-o'-lanternsa so, you know, some people, surem are going to use the seeds orema maybe make a pie out of it, but. a lot of people don't.ee so in terms of ornamental gourds of all shapes and sizes -- never thought i'd be saying that kind of thing -- but in terms of ornamental gourds i would say they're serving their purpose, and it's not really to be consumed as food. so i can't get too worked up about it. yes. >> from a global perspective, what are some l of the countries that are really taking the lead on this issue that you've come across in your research? >> >> sure. well, the country that i have had the most experience in outside of the u.s. is greatry britain, and i took a trip there.ex and one of the chapters is kind of holding up the u.k. as an example of where we can go. they have recognized that food waste has environmental implications, and they're reall dead set against wasting so mucl food. that said, they have a long way to go.ti they waste about a third of all the food that comes into

. >> we do firewood and propane lanterns and other things that will help when the power goes out. >> reporter: the expect taking the power will go out the next few days. according to the boulder creek fire chief, it's the least of the problems? >> they are concerned with the combination of the wind and the rain and downed trees power linings. >> as a result, loma prieta's entire fire department is on call. >> we have pagers and when it goes off we respond to the station. >> the worst of the storm will be over by sunrise and if you do have to be out driving take it slow. >>> in san francisco there were a few problems on the roadways. the rain was more of nuisance to people. amy hollyfield has more. >> out west city crews closed the great highway because of a small. a flooding. they'll investigate once the water subsides. aside from this work crews reported a quiet night because the breaks in the rain made all the difference giving time for the water to drain. rainy weather is hitting a busy weekend of shopping and partying. it's not stopping anybody from coming to union square. >> loo

how not to light a jack-o-lantern. or inflate your air bag.s for the structure to actually fall down. that doesn't always happen. if it even happens at all. one team managed to knock down a chimney, and knock out the whole neighborhood's electrical grid. events in escondido obviously are no laughing matter. the suspect appears to have been not just a mad bomber, but a would-be domestic terrorist with the means to cause serious carnage. the alleged builder of this acme home bomb-making kit, an unemployed software engineer from serbia who's also allegedly a bank robber. george jakubec's estranged wife told reporters he's crazy. >> he is crazy, i think he lost his mind. >> reporter: the scene sure was a spectacle. the cast of characters worthy of a building detonation reality tv show. authorities literally stumbled on the bomb factory three weeks ago after the gardener tripped on a homemade land mine. so they evacuated the neighbors, closed off the interstate, erected 15-foot blast walls around the site, and set about, as carefully as possible bu

he yelled and his kerosene lantern broke and this big coup of flame. he fired the gun but it went toward his own cabin. there were flames in there. we were. hellbent four-letter up the hill. and he came up the only exit bill was available to him. he came leaking out and there was the hole waiting for him. he knew it was there but he slid right down into it. nobody would ever do this today. [laughter] we could discuss why. it is an interesting question. i do not know why. people are not nicer now. but there are so many out house is now, i expect. he would yell at us and threaten us and told us he was going to find us if it took him the route -- the rest of his life. but he had a pretty good idea of who he -- who we were and he settled down and realize that this was simply part of a game. we had come after him because of this high rescission -- position. it was a tribute in a way. [laughter] you do not pull practical jokes on week are vulnerable people. it is not done. it is not funny. you go after the powerful. and the mighty. and so he was able to acce

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he yelled andis kerosene lantern broke and this big coup of flame. he fired the gun but it went toward his own cabin. there were flames in there. e were. hellbent four-letter up the hill. and he came up the only exit bill was available to m. he came leaking out and there was the hole waiting for him. he knew it was there but he slid right down into it. nobody would ever do this today. [laughter] we could discuss why. it is an interesting question. i do not know why. people are not nicer now. but there are so many out house is now, i expect. he would yell at us and threaten us and told us he was going to find us if it took him the route -- the rest of his life. but he had a pretty good ide of who he -- who we were and he settled down and realize that this was simply part of a game. we had come after him because of this high rescission -- position. it was a tribute in a way. [laughter] you do not pull practical jokes on week are vulnerable people. it is not done. it is not funny. you go after the powerful. and the mighty. and so he was able to accept t