city of los angeles port is one of the busiest in the -- it is the busiest in the united states and with la long beach harbor one of the busiest in the world. the port is in the midst of a serious re-evaluation of its infrastructure needs based on the effects of global climate change which again we can anticipate and which are going to require major infrastructure improvements. there's a bridge between areas of the port that's only a few feet above sea level. obviously that bridge will not be functional for much longer into the future. so we are in a mode of looking at prevention but we are also looking at adaptation. because we have no choice. we have to be doing both at the same time. we also, i think, need to be looking not only at the quantity of supplies of things but also of quality when it comes to our water supply the aqua duct that supplies southern california, the state water project owned aqua duct is also vulnerable to small levels of -- small amounts of sea level rise which could breach the levies in the san francisco sacramento bay delta region. so we are intimately tied to

city of los angeles port is one of the busiest in the -- it is the busiest in the united states and

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tomorrow it will head to the port of los angeles. the ship has been in san francisco since being towed here for repairs in january. an engine fire damaged the ship and left 4500 people stranded off the coast of san diego for three days. >>> ymca chinese new year run kicks off in a little while. the organizers say safety guidelines are being closely examined and copies will be available to all participants. this comes after last week's sudden collapse and death of a 36-year-old man at the finish lan of a marathon at golden gate park. it will begin at the chinatown wmca and finished between sacramento and clay. there are some small hills but is mostly flat. >>> that race may have an effect on traffic later on, but now you are taking a live look outside and the traffic is running smoothly on the bay area freeways early this morning. >>> gorling to you, giving you a look at what is going on to you. the haze and fog is back. not as dry as yesterday. this is a prelude of what is to come. big major change expected by tomorrow. temperatures

the ship spent the weekend lading up supplies and scheduled to sail tomorrow to the port of los angeles. it's set to reenter service to the mexican riviera in sunday. the engine fire left all 4500 people strand off the coast of san diego for three days. >> environmentalist efforts to protect a rare woodpecker may halt logging at lake tahoe. two environmental groups are sawing the us forest service claiming that the logging will do little to reduce fire threats and will ruin about 70% of the last suitable habitat fort black backed wood pecker. the forest service insists it will help forest fires. >>> straight ahead, is she in or is she out. the future of bart's general manager is up in the air after a controversial vote. >>> tomorrow a rose by any other name would be a volunteer. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, romancing the economy, . >>> is in the end of lane for bart's controversial general manager? the board recently voted for her resignation, but then rescinded that vote. ktvu's claudine wong talk today about a board member and what is next. >> reporter: fallout continues from a clos

rapidly, and export them at 20% less than it would cost you to send them out of the port of philadelphia, los angeles, houston, what have you. we are woefully behind the rest of the world. it is more than steel and concrete. it is also about making high- speed internet available to every single person at every recess in this country. we rank in the teens in terms of being wired. we invented it. [laughter] i realize the joke that al gore did not. but we did it. [laughter] it became known as the internet that 1.7 billion people use a day, generating trillions of dollars in economic growth. it is above vehicles of the future, renewable fuels that will power them so that we can literally began to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. let me raise see what happens? if the worst happens in the transition in the gulf states, what happens if, all of a sudden, the access of oil is cut off? how much longer can we rely, put our future, our fate in the hands of the changing times, whether it is the middle east, nigeria, or venezuela? that is why we have the goal of being the first country in the world of having

port soon with no passengers. its first cruise since the repair begins sunday from los angeles. >> you certainly get an idea of whathe weather is like out there from those pictures and it sounds like it will be quite a week here. >> yeah, it will be. we'll see rain all week and winds and rain and surf along the coast and more snow in the mountain and the whole week looks wet. the radar lit up right now. live storm tracker two shows where the showers are now and where they are not. we had the heaviest rain move through with the wind. the rainfall accumulations light. quarter of an inch, tenth of an inch, less than that. you've got light scattered showers and go to san francisco and on the west side of the bay bridge here downtown san francisco south of market, you're getting light showers. we head towards briz bain and san francisco airport. all of this is enough to slow your afternoon commute. in redwood city, check it out. menlo park, the 101 going northbound and southbound. it's wet and slow. in san jose not so much activity but if you head north, the freeway travel is not a rainstorm but enough to slow your afte

petrochemical facilities and of course the challenges and opportunities of two ports, of both the port of los angeles and long beach. these centralized major business economic engines thrive, but we also have problems sometimes. and that's would you we need the appropriate support of fire and communications to protect them. this republican bill seeks to destroy jobs, to end operation centers, all of the things we've learned from the past. i can't support depriving first responders the equipment that they need to do their jobs. i can't support this bill and hurt our firefighters, our police officers and those who choose to serve us. so, mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to h.r. 1 and i urge my colleagues to really look at this bill closely and make sure that our communities aren't paying but the real abuses that got us here, that's where the cuts should begin. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samoa, mr. faleomavaega, for five minutes. without objection, the gentleman's recognized. mr. faleomavaeg

rapidly, and export them at 20% less than it would cost you to send them out of the port of philadelphia, los angeles, houston, what have you. we are woefully behind the rest of the world. it is more than steel and concrete. it is also about making high- speed internet available to every single person at every recess in this country. we rank in the teens in terms of being wired. we invented it. [laughter] i realize the joke that al gore did not. but we did it. [laughter] it became known as the internet that 1.7 billion people use a day, generating trillions of dollars in economic growth. it is above vehicles of the future, renewable fuels that will power them so that we can literally began to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. let me raise see what happens? if the worst happens in the transition in the gulf states, what happens if, all of a sudden, the access of oil is cut off? how much longer can we rely, put our future, our fate in the hands of the changing times, whether it is the middle east, nigeria, or venezuela? that is why we have the goal of being the first country in the world of having

rapidly, and export them at 20% less than it would cost you to send them out of the port of philadelphia, los angeles, houston, what have you. we are woefully behind the rt of the world. it is more than steel and concrete. is also about makingigh- speed internet available to every single person at every recess in this country. we rank in t teens in terms of being wired. we invented it. [laughter] i realize the joke that al gore did not. but we did it. [laughter] it became known as the internet that 1.7 billion people use a day, generating trillions of dollars in economic growth. it is above vehicles of the future, renewable fuels that will power them so that we can literally began to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. let me raise see what happens? if the worst happens in the transition in the gulf states, what happens if, all of a sudden, the access of oil is cut off? how much longer can we rely, put our future, our fate in the hands of the changing times, whether it is the middle east, nigeria, or venezuela? that is why we have the goal of being the first country in the world of having 1 million