we do have seven of our nine bay area counties and cities, at least cities, represented in this grant, and over a dozen nonprofit organizations from san francisco, the south bay and north bay. this is truly a bay area program. we look forward to working with staff. abag has been doing the heavy living -- heavy lifting. have i said abag five times it? he will not put me on his christmas list for this year but at this point, i would like to introduce mayor lee. mayor lee spoke at our abag general assembly in san francisco in october. i am sure that was critical to his reelection success. [laughter] mayor lee -- [applause] >> yak yak, i think we're going to try to announce the banning of plastic bags peter thank you, everybody, for coming today. leader pelosi and i just finished a wonderful visit to the roof garden, and if you can actually feel prosperity, you should have been with us, because this is a wonderful project, and it is a partnership with so many people. later on when you have an opportunity to ask her, asked about the private financing that went into this. it is very remarka

seems to be one where peep feel they can at least city keep -- have a decent income and move forward with that. that is one thing. and i think the lanyard idea is a great idea or some kind of i.d., only because i am a dog owner and i'm out a lot. i just think it will protect those who are involved with the program in a really -- doing all of this from having the rogue dog walkers out there, which, you know, i don't know which ones are which, but i can kind of guess. i just think some kind of i.d., button, anything, just so that you don't have to ask. it would make it easier for enforcement and also for those of us who are out and about with our own dogs. i think identifying is a great idea. the last thing is i'd really like to encourage "the apprentice" schip program. i've been reading that there's only at this point one dog-walking training program, which seems like we're kind of handing them a little bit of a monopoly at that point. so, you know, i would really urge you to get in touch with the professional dog walkers associations and try to get a program up and running that would

. >>> finally this morning, a new survey shows one of the least vain cities in the country. >> that's the good side. sacramento also ranking the nation's least handsome. that's right. living social website polled cities across the country. 23% considered local men handsome. >> ouch. >> less plastic surgery and poorer personal hygiene than others on that survey. they also reported fewer people spray tanning. >> the vainest cities, chicago, atlanta, philadelphia, phoenix and miami number one on the list. i've never been to miami. >> bringing the heat.

there's a new survey that shows our state's capital is one of the least vein cities in the country. >> on the flip side, also ranked the nation's least handsome city. that's right. the website living social polled locals in the country, only 23% of locals in sacramento say men in the city are actually handsome. i wonder how they feel about that. sacramento also has less plastic surgery and worse personal hygiene according to other cities in the survey. the city also reported less spray tans. >> interesting. 6:59 right now. let's sweech gears and check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> personally nothing hotter than a man who is more in love with himself than you. 35 degrees out there. i'm heading to sacramento right after this. 50 at noon, up to 57 by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow morning we will be tracking showers on the radar. let's check your drive one more time with mike inouye. >> new issue for the eastbound, southbound 880 at a street. that's a mouthful. we have a handful of cars, five to seven of them on the shoulder, metal debris on the roadway. watch as you're heading towards

at least the cities of denver and salt lake city at 27. 30s on our doorstep and we've got some strongwinds. look at the national picture here. we've got one new storm rolling in to the pacific northwest. a little disturbance in the plains and our old storm with this same old track pushing its way on into eastern canada. a little bubble in the jet stream, a push of cold air and we're followed by another push of cold air. the pattern will eventually change. it may try to start doing so may not lock into that mode but it may start doing so as we head into materially part of 2012. that's next week. this storm may do that as we crank across eastern canada. we've got some snow showers back to our west this morning and we've got those clouds mixed in, strong gusty winds that will all ease up tonight but we'll have waves of sclouds with that storm to our north, maybe some rain showers on and off into the weekend. today we're close to 43. a brief slip and then trying to work our way back with strong gusty winds that could reach 30 to 40 miles per hour this afternoon. partly cloudy sky at some

phoenix, arizona, very chilly by your standards but at least you're sunny. oklahoma city, same story for you. chicago, no snow today. so, looks like we have some areas can, lynn, still crossing their fingers and hoping for a white christmas. we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> also coming up, techs tumble. another aaa warning. and something new to go along with your belly-buster. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> suddenly the kardashians are involved in something of an international incident. >>> a world champion headed to jail. a late rally in the poinsettia bowl and christmas miracle on the ice. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. . a series of coordinated attacks in the iraqi capital have left at least 57 people dead and nearly 200 wounded. iraqi officials say at least a dozen bombs went out in neighborhoods around the city. >>> a russian soyuz rocket took off from a snowy launch pad in kazakhstan with a three-man crew, including a 56-year-old american chemical engineer. th

with the protesters it's been revealed that undercover police officers infiltrated occupy at least ten city last month to find out how the protesters plans to resist and eviction and also to spy on people and this one is interesting suspected of stockpiling human weights by the way police spying on people of wired dimensions in the u.s. it says it's unrelated to the occupy protests but so very interesting police here have made the first known arrests of u.s. citizens with help from a predator drone those drone that they use in in afghanistan and in pakistan now it seems to spy on u.s. citizens privacy advocates say giving police that much power to specially spy on anyone in the u.s. without a warrant could be dangerous. reporting there another riot clad crackdown on the occupy protests or protests through the u.s. has led to questions about how things became so violent that's woman riding fellow of the national institute believes we are seeing a blur in the line between protester and terrorist. during the late seventy's congress passed legislation called posse comitatus barring the military

with the protesters it's been revealed that undercover police officers infiltrated argue by at least ten city last month to find out how the protesters plans to resist then addiction and also to spy on people and this one is interesting suspected of stockpiling human weights by the way police spying on people is acquiring new dimensions in the u.s. it's unrelated to the occupy protests but still very interesting police here have made the first known arrests of u.s. citizens with help from a predator drone those five drone that they use in in afghanistan and in pakistan now it used to spy on u.s. citizens privacy advocates say giving police that much power to specially spy on anyone in the u.s. without a warrant could be dangerous. that is going extra can report. one of the main demands from occupiers is the closure of the gap between those living the high life than those who are struggling in a tough economy as a full time job the latest forecasts are not optimistic though because the gap appears to be widening to use an associate reports from new york. diamonds worth millions of dollars apie

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the california city council approved guidelines of a public network of electrical vehicle charging stations and they recommended keeping the charging stations free, at least at first. city leaders are projecting between 3,000 and 10,000 electric cars will be cruising the streets of palo alto by the year 2020. >>> speaking of green cars, you will see a new hybrid hit bay area streets soon, a vehicle that boasts 83.3 miles per gallon. toyota is unveiling its new aqua hybrid to car buy eers in tokyo the fuel efficient car is being marketed as the 2013 prius c in the united states and be debuting during the detroit auto show january 14th. the starting price, just under $22,000. >>> you can get around the bay area for free this new year's eve. muni and caltran will beoering free rides. b.a.r.t. will not be free but extend hours to 3:00. you can go to our ebbs to get the complete list of services and times for new year's eve. >>> women who suffer from extreme stress in their second and third month of pregnancy are more likely to have babies born free maturely and it turns out baby boys are the most affected by the stress. a study annualized birth certificates o

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phoenix, arizona, very chilly by your standards but at least you're sunny. oklahoma city, same story for you. chicago, no snow today. so, looks like we have some areas can, lynn, still crossing their fingers and hoping for a white christmas. we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> also coming up, techs tumble. another aaa warning. and something new to go along with your belly-buster. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> suddenly the kardashians are involved in something of an international incident. >>> a world champion headed to jail. a late rally in the poinsettia bowl and christmas miracle on the ice. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. . a series of coordinated attacks in the iraqi capital have left at least 57 people dead and nearly 200 wounded. iraqi officials say at least a dozen bombs went out in neighborhoods around the city. >>> a russian soyuz rocket took off from a snowy launch pad in kazakhstan with a three-man crew, including a 56-year-old american chemical engineer. th

. >> reporter: why is why there are performances in at least 121 american cities this season alone.eans they're competing with each other. and that means "the nutcracker" gets tweaked. salt lake city's ballet west does two different productions. the classic one and its nutty "nutcracker," with a battle scene featuring light sabres and the marx brothers as the russian dancers. also a nutty "nutcracker" in orlando. check the hair on the sugar plum fairy. and positive therapy put up a canine version last year. pacific northwest ballet premiered this production in 1983 with sets, costumes, new characters like the peacock. ♪ and the chinese tiger, by maurice sendak, "wild things," indeed. >> one, two, three and a four. >> reporter: and back in boston, there is the urban "nutcracker." whose choreographer tony williams danced in the boston ballet's first production of "the nutcracker" in 1965. his version here incorporates hip hop -- ♪ tap. ♪ and jazz. >> i wanted to do something that included different dance styles and also reflected the children that were coming to my school and the comm

city. at least you know your or three people at work. so please, give us the opportunity to buy this medallion, to purchase it, to build our american dream. god bless america. thank you very much. secretary boomer: [reading names] chairman nolan: good afternoon. >> objective. -- how to do it. how to make its a people can do it. there are people who want to do this to make the industry better. to buy a medallion we currently have in place. i am ready. let's make it possible to transfer medallions from disengaged owners. from those not interested to concerts -- to contribute any more, in order to expedite this process, let's openness for those 16 and above. let's make another step towards a healthy system of medallion ownership, for the taxi service of san francisco. secretary boomer: richard fogel, followed by it -- [reading names] i cannot hand them out at this point. >> some of you have seen the letter i sent by email. for those of you have not seen it, it is just 1.5 pages, and i think he will understand it. with the documents i have h

from sunday morning.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, & >> osgood: you may have heard that shoppers in at least a dozen cities scuffled with each other and with police on friday in a frenzy over the latest model of $180 a pair air jordan basketball shoes. the shopping season is ending not a moment too soon. time for retailers and marketers to begin taking stock. our cover story is reported now by rebecca jarvis. ♪ >> reporter: it was so simple and peaceful back then. three wise men bringing gifts to the manger. how could they have known it would lead to this? the frenzy of the holiday shopping season. the epic battles in the marketplace this year. between customer and retailer, between the on-line and the in- line world. we asked two experts to play santa's helpers and sort out the naughty and the nice this christmas day. adam camp is in branding and advertising. >> the christmas season has become the retail super bowl. >> reporter: and collin gillis is an analyst. how have sales been this holiday season? >> rebecca, the good news is americans love to spend. the bad news is they all want discounts. >> reporte

a deadly attack in belgium a man throws hand grenades and opens fire on crowds in the city killing at least three and injuring dozens more officials say the attacker who died in the incident had served time in jail and was on his way for police questioning when people launched the assault. sanctions on syria and one sided pressure will not work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups so you have god said the gangs want to create a humanitarian catastrophe and pave the way for foreign intervention in the country . and supporters of the former ukrainian prime minister stormed the court building where her conviction is being appealed to you to machine who was sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuse of power while in office. what is part america's military withdrawal from iraq washington is still preparing plans to control the country's rich all reserves that's according to ranjit singh color he is india's former ambassador to iraq and that interview with him is coming up next here on r.t. . president obama has announced the unit

they're hoping they will be at least as cooperative for letting them see what is happening in the city. >> jim give us more details about how much access and independence the monitors are likely to have. >> in theory, they will have full independence but in practice, they have to cooperate with the syrian authorities because they need security. they will need to coordinate with the syrians but they will only let them of the last minute or the same day when they want to go to a particular location. it will be quite difficult if there is combat or hostilities going on at the moment. in a way, what the regime wants to show them is that it is not one-sided. they're fighting armed terrorist gangs. it is fairly clear that there is some shooting or some armed resistance from the anti- government side. that is the challenge they face, seeing why so many people are dying. if the government is bombarding civilian areas of a lot of the youtube footage suggests. >> whole drug-orthodox jews have clashed with police near jerusalem as tensions mount over the call for public segregation of men and wom

we attended, where families came to us, up to 5000 homeless children and parents in the city, identifying at least 22 under children this year that are homeless or need housing services from the city, so it is a major crisis before us. i want to see a win-win for the neighborhood, and i really appreciated in the land use committee not only supervisor wiener, trying to find a win-win for everyone. neighbors have been wonderful and try to identify open space and talking about creating a community garden, and they seem like a great people to do that, but it puts us in a policy dilemma about how to deal with policies that have been transferred to the mayor's office on housing, so there was the transfer. i know that you have analyzed this property. supportive housing for homeless people, if it is not, is in developable by a developer? -- is it developable by a developer? >> mayor's office on housing. yes. when the site was transferred in 2003 or 2004, staff did a side suitability analysis, and we determined that the site could be developed. however, because of the slope, additional costs related to put

attack in belgium as of several men throw hand grenades and open fire on crowds in the city of should say killed at least two people and injured dozens more. sanctions on syria and one sided pressure just don't work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups who he says aim to create a humanitarian catastrophe in the country. and crowds of the former ukrainian prime ministers of supporters have stormed the court building where yulia timoshenko seven year jail term for power abuse is being appealed. now just after seven pm here in moscow you're watching with me rule received shite president dmitri medvedev has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with the leaders of the parties elected to the state duma. small from central moscow. they oversee made mention to the concerns a violation of violations he said once again that all these claims are going to be fully investigated and he will say stake if the role of the opposition again he has to play in the need