with that meeting >> if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encoura >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we a

narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but i

war, and there have been many videos hitting the web, including this one that was posted by the local city council in syria. and you see a tank just blasting the buildings around it. >> oh, my gosh. this guy is in the building that's being shot at. >> but as soon as the dust clears up, you also notice that the tank is reaiming. it's setting up a new angle, and it looks like it's in the exact direction of the person recording this video, and then you see the shot. the area fills up with dust. amazingly, this person is still shooting this video. >> at what point do you drop the camera and say, i'm outta here? >> i mean what can you do? do you go hide somewhere in your building? because if they're shooting at your building, the whole thing could come down. >> this is one of those perspective videos for sure. you think you're having a bad day? this guy has tanks outside his window shooting at his building. >>> far and away the coolest do-it-yourself home improvement project you will ever see. the time lapse video, a project taking place in a home just outside of chicago. and you will soon see

. >> well, some local cities have even higher taxes. you see them here in the bay area, taxes in el cerrito and union city alone are at 9.5%. >>> it turns out that the health of the economy could actually influence whether a child picks up unhealthy habits. scientists at the state university of new york found children who grow up when unemployment rates are high are more likely to drink, smoke and use marijuana in their teens. researchers want doctors to consider their study when dealing with children born during this most recent recession. >>> and if you partied too hard last night you might want to buy some asparagus. we have sign it is in korea who apparently analyzed the vegetable's chemical compounds and believe that the amino acids and minerals in asparagus can replenish the body to relieve a hangover. the study also found it helps protect the liver from toxins and that includes alcohol. >> lawrence just left. [ laughter ] >> probably to go buy some asparagus. >> just saying. >>> ringing in the new year means you have to come up wi

i've never been involved in anything that involves local city government before. and i went started going to the meetings, because i was interested. i'm not a renter, i'm not an owner, i have nothing to lose except looking at this project as somebody who might be impacted because there might be more cars in the neighborhood, circling for parking. but i did write a letter because when i started to attend the meetings, i started to hear things like oh, we don't have to do that, we don't have to do that, sf mta can govern itself and we don't have to do, and it actually concerned me as a policy for the city and as a resident of the city that there are agencies that are self-governing and don't feel like they have to comply with statutes that other businesses have had to, like filleti plaza being an example. they had to do an environmental impact study on something that was a smaller area within the neighborhood. so i just wanted to make the case that i think that it is a good idea to evaluate this as a precedent for a city where there are -- there isn't a beltway. the

the problem. 15 years later, water quality is on the agenda of every city council person in that local city, and that's completely a result of activists forcing the issue, surfrider and other local groups, saying, "hey, these water quality issues are real and you need to address them." and only until the public sort of creates that will will the politicians respond. narrator: while some cities deal with infrastructure issues, others have concerns about the sustainability of water supplies. allbee: it's not just about the sustainability of the assets, it's about the sustainability of our water resources. parts of this country that thought of themselves as water rich 20, 30 years ago, now are discovering that they really are not water rich, they have source supply issues, they have serious questions about how they're going to accommodate additional growth in their communities. melosi: if we can find alternatives, we can preserve a water supply. conservation of water is a way of generating more water. allbee: we think that a household can actually reduce its water usage by about 30%. and that'

>> there is no upper limit at the local city level. i don't believe there is an upper limit on the federal level either. it's a transaction that is between the borrower and the lender. and, so, as you mentioned, the resolution merely approves the financing to proceed on a tax exempt basis. >> okay. so, there's no kind of limit to the number or the amount of tax exempt bonds that are let out i guess in the general market. that's just a general question. if you don't have the answer, if you can find out that would be great. >> sure. and again the resolution is for not to exceed 32 million for this project. >> right. will the san francisco friends of school, do you think that you might be able to come up and speak briefly to what this would go towards? just for the benefit of the public. >> thank you, supervisor kim. my name is paul galvin. i'm the director of finance and operations for san francisco friends school. in november 2007, the city and abag approved $24 million in a credit enhanced variable rate bond financing to fund a renovat

i don't know how many local cities have ordnances in their own cities or tried to develop or push ordnances that would address high capacity magazines, that would address background checks. and i think what would help our congressional leaders and our president move forward if mayors, as i am doing with my own city attorney, are drafting a local ard announce that would make -- ordnance that would make those kinds of things illegal in my own city. i think more and more mayors if they pass local ordnances, that would send a message to congressional leaders, and they would know they have the support on the local level. i don't know, and i'm asking the question how many mayors in their own cities have ordnances that address those issues. >> let me -- i can't speak for -- >> california. >> [inaudible] have all passed laws which preempt local governments. so, again, this is why west virginia got to support -- we've got to the support the administration. in setting the vision and the tone and making the resources available which would then -- if we had the resources, we would not have to pass, if

city. the locals give us a lesson on how to say their city's name properly. >> whoo! the officer worker anthem kicks of this super bowl ad >>> i hate mondays. >> yeah. those are the worst. >> no worries, man. everything will be all right. >> the super bowl ad volkswagen. the punch line only one of the cubicle warriors has a sun disposition. then ks to his 2013 beetle. "usa today" reports the german auto company may be spending up to $10 million on a 30-second spot and $4 million for the 30 seconds, including producing, promoting it and trying to make it go viral on social media. >>> good morning. it is 4:43 here in the bay area. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego live in new orleans. we're in jackson square where this city is gearing up to welcome 150 to 200,000 people in for the super bowl. you know that i'm in the a huge fan of seafood. i tried shrimp gumbo. it was about two bites. our photographer rickville villaroman. i haven't tried the beignets yet. residents are picky on how you say their city's name. how do you say the name? >> new or-lans. >> not naw

a plan already in the works in one local city. arturo santiago joins us with a system that has departments calling on sunnyvale. >> it is having. if you're hired as a police officer, you can expect that you'll also be a firefighter, and a paramedic. it's a creative and cost effective way of protecting residents and the city's been doing it since 1950. but now as public safety budgets are shrinking just about everywhere, it's suddenly getting attention nationwide. >> i'm sure it's clear i'm ready to put it in my vehicle, slide the bolt forward. insert my magazine. >> they can anld an ar-15 assault rifle as skillfully as a hose on a fire apparatus. >> grab my turnouts. take them out, the boots, of course, we wear for protection our jacket and then my helmet. >> the officers of sunnyvale public safety function as law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians. it's been a cost-saving measure for the city pore more than six decades. >> when we compare ourselves to nearby municipalities, because of our smaller

. >>> red light cameras having an impact in one local city. that's coming up. >>> she made history. today she was pulled out of a burning home. we are live in prince george's county with the latest on her condition sgl also the silver line, purple, now metro has another long-term idea. >>> coming up in sports, the capitals still trying to get that elusive first win. in tennis, an american phenom finally meets her match. >>> plus the ravens get ready for super bowl xlvi. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the big hot pastrami melt. we've perfected the pastrami sandwich -- filled with juicy pastrami, pickles, yellow mustard and melted cheese. all piled-high on freshly baked bread. taste one at your local subway today! subway. eat fresh. >>> a new report claims that d.c. police handled several z scores -- this is a story you saw first on news4. >> the report is under fair, the police chief says it's misleading and off the mark. she's already called for outside oversight of cases being questioned. meanwhile, a former nursing director said she witnessed mistreatment of v

eric brook representing san francisco green party and the local organization our city. first a technical point on all of this. i was under the impression and check with dhr on this that the executive position still exists but filled on an interim basis. maybe i am wrong on that but good to make sure you're correct on that from the staff's perspective. i agree bringing it back in house because the next year is going to be really big for clean power sf and some other things and we need somebody that can be available five days a week, 50 weeks a year. i mean that's really going to be important, but the main thing i want to focus on is that the advocates for clean power sf have had some concerns with the way that lafco -- when we originally set set up lafco to work on clean power sf and especially get at the beginning of 2007 and what we needed from lafco and i believe the intention we needed somebody on task for clean power sf itself that could approach the sf puc on many occasions the sf puc wasn't thinking outside of the box on this to put it politely, and we need someon

i don't know how many local cities have ordinances in their own cities that would address the high-capacity magazines and background checks. and i think would help it would help our congressional leaders and president ford is it the mayors, that they would make those kinds of things easier in our own cities. local ordinances have been passed that would then send a message to congressional leaders and they would like to have this port on the local level. i'm asking about addressing those kinds of issues. >> would sooner you come? >> california. they have all passed laws to preempt local government. this is why the administration in making the resources available, if we have the resources, we would not have to enforce the laws to get folks off the street. i wouldn't need any more laws passed. there are people who are opposed to this. there are people post more cops on the street. this is why do we will come up with an approach that is based on the auction if you don't know what they're offering, that's your business. but even with resources away are, we can make a big dent in get around all o

. >> some local cities have even higher taxes around the bay area. , union city are now at a whopping 9.5%. >>> one of the biggest bans to come out of the bay area is ending its hiatus and the band is going back on the road, green day. the band halted its tour a few months ago after front man billie joe armstrong's bizarre behavior during a last vagus. he was treated for substance abuse. he posted a message thanking fans for their support. the tour begins in march in chicago. dates on the west cost have yet to be announced. >>> lady gaga is planning to offer a therapist to her fans before concerts this in her next leg of her born this way tour. she will have food, games, music and counseling available to tailgaters to her concert. she says on facebook, most kids actually don't get help because they feel embarrassed so she is trying to make it easier to seek counseling. >>> if you partied too hard last night you may want to go down the veggie aisle at your supermarket and get asparagus. scientists in korea analyzed the vegetable's chemical compounds. t

i bring experience from having been a local city council member and a courtroom prosecutor, i think, especially when we talk about reasonable gun safety measures, i have been a big supporter of that. i have been working with my freshmen colleagues to take measures to protect the second amendment, but reduce gun violence in america. >> gun violence, obviously, a very hot topic right now in congress. >> yeah. >> what is it like to walk in to something like that? a debate that is going for a long time being the new kid on the block? >> well, for me, all i am asking in congress, and what i am supporting is a bill that asks the rest of the country to follow what california bans already, assault weapons and magazines with capacity beyond 10 rounds. so people in california will not be affected. we think the rest of the country should have to have that same type of law. >> is it difficult to get get criedability, though, walking in as a new guy and trying to pass something like that? >> any four new numbers -- members of congress. 34 on the left is democrats and 39 republicans. what we want

this event, again, was organized by a republican member of the local city council. now, no matter how contested the overall issue of guns and gun policy is in this country, this is the definition of low-hanging fruit, right? totally voluntary thing. i mean who could be opposed to this? the nra is opposed to this. the nra is wildly opposed to this. in tucson top, anniversary of the massacre there, the nra has come outraging against the tucson gun buyback program. they're trying to stop it. an nra board member is threatening that the nra will sue to stop tucson from destroying the guns that they handed over. the guns, regardless what their owners wanted, done with them, those guns must be sold to the highest bidder and put back into circulation. the nra says the state must not destroy the weapons that people handed over specifically so the weapons could be destroyed. instead, the nra says the state has to sell them, keep them in circulation, and thereby become a gun dealer itself. when your response to the political cliche of low-hanging fruit is something so cartooni

wonderful if we can figure out how do that however local power just keeps saying use prop h bonds for build out despite the fact that repeatedly. city attorney came to l.a. s c o and explained why it's not probably and they are not saying it today but that is the proposal for local build out and the city attorney has explained that it's for private use. and prop h is public bonds. public funds. second, the co general facility proposal the combined power is not only is that a continued investment in fossil fuels and it's private, local power has been saying for years now that it doesn't identify and know the sites that those cogent facilities would be located on but they don't think there would be any problem with seek away because it [spelling?] aught to be extent and they don't think there are any citing or permitting issues and they are still saying this at the done annoy where those location are and they are still talking about hetch hetchy power and i trust your staff with i know it's the same issue for all of these times and as a permitting environmental lawyer, i hear the proposal for local build-out would you tell any underst

. >> the city council votes tonight on the proclamation of local emergency. city officials in the state say if the state comes through with the funds, the repairs will be done right away. >>> 4:35. now what it means when lawrence wears the mock turtleneck. >> are we getting explain it. >> it's cold! [ laughter ] >> it's cold out there. it is chilly again, of course, we have had a lot of frost, again today we are going to see widespread frost around the bay area. the temperatures it's chilly out there. 28 degrees right now in santa rosa. 32 and freezing in napa. 32 in livermore. 30 in concord. 29 degrees in fairfield. so you get the idea we are working on another cold start to the day. [ high pressure giving way a little bit. this system encroaching toward the bay area a few high clouds drifting on overhead. otherwise, we're going to be staying dry for today and tomorrow. but things could change as we look toward the weekend. temperatures this afternoon after we thaw out about 58 degrees in san jose. 57 in santa clara. and 58 degrees in morgan hill. east bay te

i bring experience from having been a local city council member and also a courtroom prosecutor and ink especially when we talk about reasonable gun safety measures, i have been a big supporter of that and i've already been working with my freshmen colleagues to take measures to protect the sacred amendment but -- second amendment but reduce gun violence in america. >> gun violence obviously a very hot topic in congress. what is it like to just walk into something like that, a debate that's already been going on for a long time being the new kid on the block? >> well, for me all i'm asking in congress and what i'm supporting is a bill that asks the rest of the country to follow what california already bans which is assault weapons and magazines with capacity beyond 10 rounds. so people in california will not be affected. we just think that the rest of the country should have to have that same type of law. >> is it difficult to get credibility, though, walking in as the new guy and trying to, you know, pass something like that? >> there's 84 new members of congress, about 45 on the lef

right now what they're really wanting to do is bail out the local cities going bankrupt. ever go back to california? >> for vacation. stuart: well said. thank you for joining us. an extremely high number of young people, about a third actually say they are not affiliated with any religion. what does that mean for the future of the country? what does that mean for the future of organized religion? father maurice wil morris will n that subject at 10:45. rim said to release the blackberry 10 tomorrow i want to know where the stock is today. how about today, nicole. nicole: it is down about 5% today. not a good start tacking onto yesterdays losses. this stock has been running hot year to date. research in motion is a winner year to date. up 115%, so this stock has been running hot ahead of the blackberry 10. tomorrow is a big day. stuart: the day traders dream. nicole: i cannot wait to see how it is received. will they have the apps, the corporate customers, what everybody dreamed of, security, the greatest keyboard, their rocksolid e-mail. this is what blackberry is known fo

the city's program has had a great deal of success in helping local businesses bid city contracts. bid bonds have been obtained on more than $200 million during the life of the program. unfortunately we can't tap in the program for federal-funded projects. costs associated with establishing the program are relatively small. including obtaining a letter of credit and consultant to administer the program. i want to emphasize that the bond fund reserve monies are only actually expended in the event of a default. the city has an excellent track record in that regard. only one default has occurred in the course of the 15-year program and costing approximately $125,000. this effort is particularly important to the small business community at this time as we have the central subways station contract and attempting to remove as many barriers apossible to ensure successful sbe participation. we ask the board to authorize the program that mirrors the city's program. i would be happy to answer questions >> thank you, miss harmon. any members of the board? any members of the public? >> no memb