>> iowa occurred at the marine bases and the marine -- i have heard at the marine bases in marine and put it has been profoundly negative. but i do not know that for a fact. i have not seen that. >> thank you. as you well know, later today, the senate will act without having -- knowing whether the survey is a valid or not, completed -- the service chiefs will not be required to sign off on any decision which is made. those that are given direct responsibility for the morrell ale and battle effectiveness of their respective services. unfortunately, this is all being done in light of the november 2 elections. i have never seen anything quite like it in my years that i have served here, because, obviously, there will be a different composition of this committee and the united states senate after november the second. i am a little concerned about the response to the chairman's commentsdivided byquestions about afghanistan. i visited with my friend, senator lieberman, senator graham, many times afghanistan. i get the opposite impression from people ranging from a police chief outside kanda

>> iowa occurred at the marine bases and the marine -- i have heard at the marine bases in marine andput it has been profoundly negative. but i do not know that for a fact. i have not seen that. >> thank you. as you well know, later today, the senate will act without having -- knowing whether the survey is a valid or not, completed -- the service chiefs will not be required to sign off on any decision which is made. those that are given direct responsibility for the morrell ale and battle effectiveness of their respective services. unfortunately, this is all being done in light of the november 2 elections. i have never seen anything quite like it in my years that i have served here, because, obviously, there will be a different composition of this committee and the united states senate after november the second. i am a little concerned about the response to the chairman's commentsdivided byquestions about afghanistan. i visited with my friend, senator lieberman, senator graham, many times afghanistan. i get the opposite impression from people ranging from a police chief outside kandah

>> iowa occurred at the marine bases and the marine -- i have heard at the marine bases in marine andt has been profoundly negative. but i do not know that for a fact. i have not seen that. >> thank you. as you well know, later today, the senate will act without having -- knowing whether the survey is a valid or not, completed -- the service chiefs will not be required to sign off on any decision which is made. those that are given direct responsibility for the morrell ale and battle effectiveness of their respective services. unfortunately, this is all being done in light of the november 2 elections. i have never seen anything quite like it in my years that i have served here, because, obviously, there will be a different composition of this committee and the united states senate after november the second. i am a little concerned about the response to the chairman's commentsdivided byquestions about afghanistan. i visited with my friend, senator lieberman, senator graham, many times afghanistan. i get the opposite impression from people ranging from a police chief outside kandahar to

you do not call marine and ex- marine. he said, once a marine, always a marine. >> sir, you're absolutely correct. you are always simmering. campaign to get that word out of the lexicon. you are marine forever. >> i heard general webb question you. i know you cannot comment on that, but given the fact that you are first in battle, that you're ready for the call as you stated, you are ready to go. at the ines are th point that should be the department of the navy and marine. gentleman, keep in mind that we need to have the best in the broadest and opportunity always to serve not. i know that you will follow the policy in the law that this change. there is no question about that. maybe we will have a chance to talk about this privately. for a person who's understood what racism and sexism as an. i fought this in my state for those persons or different persuasions and sexual orientation. they need the same opportunities, the same commitment to serve as anyone else. >> sir, thank you for your high regard for the marine corps.

so stay tuned. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we met marine band known as the president's own. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ now, meet the marinee zone was established in 1934 to supplement the marine band at the ceremonies here at the barracks. it became so good that he decided he would have his own musical unit and the president would have marine musical unit of his own. he had his own as well. ♪ >> and we play only drums an only bugles. they play every other kind of instrument but they are i would say ten times as loud as they are. ♪ ♪ ♪ all the marines are fully qualified to go to war. we are marines first and musicians second. >> once they acquire a position in the unit they come here in the marine barracks in washington d.c. they are the best of the best of marine musicians who try out recruiters. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the parade deck, there is a bit of friendly rivery between the zone and the president's zone. >> one tries to outflash the other as they play their songs across the parade deck. >> not all the music played that evening is instrumental. the marine bnd's rendation of "proud to be an american" brought the audience to their

. -- i served as a chairman of the marin energy authority. we are and 8 member agency consisting of several of the smaller cities. we are a joint power agency. i will move over to the over microphone so i can provide a power point. i will fast forward to a couple of the slides because i know commissioners have them and we are tight on time. i want to focus on some slides. i will go to slide numberfour. that includes the title. the energy authority is primarily focused on clean energy programs there are other things that we are working on as well. right now, we call ours the seed program. we intend to use the legal authority to provide a solar financing district route marin county. we have been very aggressive in seeking grant money from the department of energy and the california energy commission to implement a smart grid technology and command side programs. we are working on some software tools that will facilitate smart grid methodology. those programs are off and launching right now. as the chairman indicated, my main purpose is to updat

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and the marine mammals are here.d it's really an area of complete wilderness relative to anything we have in the bay area. >> reporter: volunteers are often fascinated by the history of the island. a mostly dark history of human greed. california sea-lions and elephant seals are safe on the island now. but there is a species rarely seen these days, the northern fur seal. that's because hunters in the 1800s came to the island and slaughtered them by the hundreds of thousands, selling the pellets for $2 apiece. in gold rush days, the mirs of the islands had a tough time reproducing because egg gatherers climbed over the rocks stealing their eggs. there were few chickens in california those days and the gold miner would pay $1 for an egg. >> even these labourers climbed the cliffs and flushed outline of the mirs, broke all of the eggs. and so then they would know that when they came back in two days, there would be fresh eggs. and then they would clean out the eggs, battling on the cliffs with the seagulls for the eggs.

it has a crew of 360 sailors and can carry up to 700 marines. it sailed up to new york for the commissioning ceremony. as it passed the site of ground zero, the warship fired a 21 gun salute. when we return, we'll learn more about this very special ship. >>> and now our fox in the classroom update. >> i have an announcement. a new plan. for rebuilding and modernizing america's roads and rails and runways for the long term. >> call it stimulus 2.0. president obama unveiling a $50 billion plan to improve our struggling economy by upgrading the nation's infrastructure, rebuilding roads, maintaining railways and restoring runways. according to the president, the money will be doled out over six years at no cost to taxpayers. and will create what many americans are looking for -- jobs. >> this will not only create jobs immediately, it's also going to make our economy hum over the long haul. it's a plan that history tells us can and should attract bipartisan support. >> but republicans are already voicing their opposition, saying americans cannot affo

pg&e is funded by an organization called common sense marin. there is a website that went on line in september. it went out to businesses which were attacking the program. the mailer was targeted to san francisco businesses. there is a cap headline that said that businesses be where;h bebeware. -- beware. 'v[ -- had to make explicit that utilities are barred from making misleading p >> , there is not an effective track record on behalf of municipalities that are bullied by the private utility companies. what if they cannot respond favorably or dragged their heels in this particular case? >> that would be a business decision that he did have to make -- that we would have to make. >> and a legal decision? >> we have to consider whatever options are available. >> based on part of the lonaw, that is a pretty stark description of what one can and cannot do. how would one not interpreted in our favor based on what history we have experienced on interference so far? >> we think there's very strong legislation language that says that they shall cooper

. >> item 5, update on the marin cca program. >> just wanted to give you a very quick update on what has been going on. unfortunately, their staff could not make it down here today, but i did talk to the person in charge of their program, and she gave me some quick updates to relate to you. they have completed the first phase. their model was 20% top-out, and that was pretty close to their modeling, so they had a very good model put in place and are running their program very smoothly. the second phase will be starting in january of 2012, so we potentially at least could beat them to have all their customers served before serving all of there's so we can get our program up and running quickly enough. just as a side note, they are going to be going on with an rfp/rfo process to start building in northern california as part of the process. one thing they are actually doing is they have with their power provided the ability to switch out any power that they want to as they bring their own power online, so they will be going to bid on a different process for solar. they are also looking

chris and matthew are among dozens of young men in the phoenix project of marin. it's been so successful that a preliminary report shows crime statistics decreased 42% here in the first six months after the program started. >> when the sheriff's deputy was sitting in his vehicle and he was shot at and it was like oh, no, that was my call to action then. >> reporter: her call to action quickly resulted in the creation of this community connection center created in the heart of the housing project. >> what can the phoenix project do for you? do you have your driver's license, social security card? do you have birth certificate? all the necessary documents that you need in order to proceed in life. >> reporter: outreach workers help young men 13 to 25 sign up for services, including mentoring, counseling, computer training, college courses, support navigating through the court system, and most importantly, jobs and housing. >> we were surprised to learn that about 25% of these 30 to 40 kids we're working with are truly homeless. >> reporter: dan is the executive dire

in the pacific in world war ii, and a lot of those sailors and marines who left from here, this was the last time they saw america, and they made the ultimate sacrifice for us. as we transfer this treasure, this island, from the navy back to the city, i hope that all of us will remember the service and sacrifice of every sailor, every marine, living and dead. [applause] and the people who left from here and the people who serve today, risking everything, so that we can celebrate today. that legacy lives on in the young men and women who wear the cloth of this country and who are deployed around the world as we meet here today. when the famous or infamous bates 3 aligning closure process started in 1988, a final result of any individual base closure and transfer could not have hoped for a better ultimate outcome than what has been achieved in treasure island. the navy's charge is to dispose of property in a manner that promotes economic development. that has been done. the transfer of treasure island is a win for san francisco. it is a win for the state of california, a win for the u

supervisor mirkarimi: hal is shell being received in a forward thinking area like marin? >> - understanding, based on discussions, there were some folks that were very upset that shell was there provider because there are things they do internationally and outside of their area, but for the most part, obviously, they have 80% of the folks still in a program, so most people are willing to accept that shell locally is willing to do what pg&e is not, which is give us a better energy mix. >> leading up to the campaign in the june election, separate of proposition 16, there has been a review by the california public interfering with marin. what is the status of that? >> my understanding, they have not done anything outside of the big rules as far as people try to opt out, probably because the cop-out time has now ended. not aware any new faces of that, but like a said, the customer service center does not always have the correct service information. that is something they are constantly monitoring and reporting back. supervisor mirkarimi: mr. campbell, and have a question for

requalify licenses to mariners who sail them. we employ -- one of the questions was do we need new authorities? i do not think so. we have authorities that allow us to accomplish our mission. >> we have five minutes left. >> some people understand that we have a worldwide road with the coast guard. you're doing your thing here in the country. tell us a little bit about what you have to do? >> it is almost a misnomer, coast guard, because we are literally on the oceans of the world. we have six patrol boats in the northern arabian gulf that have provided security for the offshore oil platforms to allow iraq to get its economy going again and provide security. we have international port inspectors who go to foreign ports to make sure they are maintaining security standards in order to trade with us. do we have to push it out to ports and other countries for reasons of security and safety before it gets here? we talked about stationing small armed missiles at the entrance of the sports to provide useful sentinels of the law. you pro

this trough to the north is sagging to the south, as it does so, it is enhancing that marine layer. then you have this pool of cooler air rushing on shore as well. tomorrow morning, sun up is at 6:43, nobody is going to see it. clouds gradually retreat back to the coast. hang out all day, is no sunshine at the beaches. temperatures unseasonably cool for the september day tomorrow. anywhere by 10 to 16 degrees below average. in fact we're going to go ahead and pinpoint your neighborhood forecast. san jose 68, average high is 84 degrees. 50s, 60s, line the sea shore, 60s, good as it gets around the

marine influence this afternoon. you can see the marine layer quite evident there. the marine layer was 1400 feet deep this afternoon. look at the change. this this was about an hour ago showing you the view of the fog. the marine layer compressing down to a thousand feet. you can see market street there. low cloudiness and the fog is not advancing very far. if you look at the night tight satellite imagery, you will see what is going on. because it is so shallow, it is compressed. it will not get very far. matter of fact, you can see market street and the clouds and the fog over the area. half moon bay is reporting visibility down to a mile and a half. so tomorrow morning during the commute you may run into some areas of fog and low cloudiness. 48 degrees in novato. 60s in the far inland east bay and 50s for the rest of the bay area. mild around the bay, extra clouds on friday. and then comes cooler weather and a chance of rain this weekend. we are talking about the possibility of some real rain. september you say rain? we will look at cly ma following. san francisc

the marine layer is getting chewed up. when the fog goes away and the winds kick around and go offshore, we'll find temperatures back in the 90s in the bay area. clear and mild tonight. clear, for most locations, along the coast now, pacifica and half moon bay, you may have a little fog. but nothing like we've seen. we're going into our summer -- or our fall time weather. this is the best weather we get. we're gonna have four days days with winds going offshore, warmer daytime highs getting into the 90s at time -- at some point. and we'll watch the air quality. the extended forecast, it's gonna get hot around here especially as we head toward the weekend, the early part of the week. forecast highs, the computer model puts it at 67. i have it at about 73. i just wanted you tophet the goal for the increase of the temperatures -- i just wanted you to get the feel for the increase of the temperatures. this is at 3:00, 4:00, probably around 80. here is the key component. you get the picture. here is the key, warms will be comin

north bay, marin county, san francisco and parts of the peninsula.es, wide ranging this morning, 1800 feet. it's cool in the 50s in the north bay but responding to a warm atmosphere, 65 in oakland, 64 in livermore. 73 in antioch. so here is the deal -- lower levels of the atmosphere has cooled off significantly. 20 degrees cooler in half moon bay. san francisco and novato and fremont, everybody is cooler. well inland a little bit warmer. we will be looking at another spare the air day today due to yesterday's heat. santa clara valley, you will be hot once again today. you won't feel much of a change but we will look for cooler conditions at the coast and heat rebuilds tomorrow. high pressure is weakening just a little about it, that is why we have the shallow marine layer. you can see it banksd up along the shoreline all the way from the north coast down through monterey bay. it's going to burn back enough to bring sunshine to our beaches and not much change around the bay with warm to hot conditions once again. here is another look at pacific satell

tonight we will notice the return of a pretty deep marine layer. it will limit visibility here right there at that coast down tie quarter mile but that's not happening until after midnight. now, if you have any plans out and about this evening, currently, right now, it is 105 in gilroy, humidity dry. santa rosa to the north, so far, today 102 degrees. it's now 99. san francisco in noe valley you know it's hot. it's extremely dry conditions. triple digits inland. bayside 90s. official sunset at 6:58. tonight overnight we'll drop down between 51 degrees in santa rosa to 61 degrees in san jose. here's the setup for you. we do have a storm. it's located well to the north of the bay area bouncing off that huge ridge of high pressure that is well established from the desert southwest all the way into the eastern pacific. record highs throughout the state of california. 113 degrees in downtown los angeles. tomorrow, hot inland, temperatures going up to 105 degrees. 70s to low 90s bay and coast so because of that we'll be the recipient of that marine layer

we have benefited from two updates from marin energy. we thought it would be constructive to have puc commissioners be here as well. they have been very attuned to the challenges that they have been confronted by. there are some experiences that they aren't in facing. this is for instructive. we have been trying to exchange information. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is a pleasure to be heard today. i served as the chairman of the marin and anti authority. weme

marin county is now paying $345,000 for two beds at napa state, which if they had laura's law intact and implemented, the county could be canceled. we also have a $500,000 a year county with a chance for the mentally ill offenders out of the jail to get treatment at a psychiatric facility in santa clara. that is $500,000 right there. you have the money together that could be saved, and these people could have their lives back. i plead with you to implement laura's law. it is a win-win situation all the way around. thank you. >> i had been at these meetings since 2003 when it was first brought to the board, and in the head of the advocacy committee. i want to give you some statistics that come from the treatment advocacy center. i think this is from last year, that the ratio of the incarcerated mentally ill in new york, per person in a hospital or care bed, is 1.2 to 1. the ratio in california is 3.8 to 1, and i imagine in the -- in san francisco, that number in jail compared to in a hospital or residential treatment facility is 3.8 to 1 and in san francisco might be higher. i want to

the marine layer will be laying on thick. bring a jacket, keep it war. let's go, oakland. >> let's go as! dallas is spot on because take a look at in a right there the marine layer in the form of some low clouds and fog. looking out toward the city of san francisco where currently the temperature has jumped up from 57 to 60 degrees. if you are out and about tonight anywhere near the bay of water or the seashore you require a jacket plus we have some stiff winds now out of the west at 22 miles per hour. southwest winds 10 to 20 miles per hour from the coast to inland with temperatures in the 50s. we had a huge drop today down to 22 degrees cooler than yesterday all due to the return of that right there, low clouds and the fog. it's the marine layer. it's being enhanced by this. this is a weak trough. has a lot of colder air associated with it. it's taking a nosedive in a southerly direction and as it does so this marine layer will continue to deepen in the overnight hours. so tomorrow morning, when we have sun-up at 6:43, nobody is going to see it. in fac

gina is here today, a veteran reporter for military times who is embedded with the army and marine corps in iraq and afghanistan. welcome to the show! >> thank you for inviting they. >> it's a great book. have iraq and afghanistan really changed the role of snipers in the u.s. military? >> well, i think in talking to the snipers, i talk to about 30 snipers in the conventional army and special operations community, as well as the marine corps, and as best i can tell there's still the capability for the long shot from one ridge to another, and an afghanistan setting. but what has emerged in this war is a capability and urban set that amounts to something called a sniper assaulter, which is where a sniper would place himself on a rooftop or on a number of rooftops, a team maybe, couple teams, and provide covering fire, multiple ranges, for an assault package on the ground. >> which has proven critical in counter-insurgency and urban operations. >> absolutely. and it keeps the ground force safer, to have those guys up there. because you can put infantry men up there too, but these guys are p

a marine unit. we do need to find some resolution of this issue. i think you correctly described it. that location in there is a preferred location. after analyzing government land and some other options. ten yen is probably appropriate for some training but not close enough for the small arms training we're talking of here. we're much more interesting in a training range on guam. we're continuing to understand the cultural concerns and the site that's there. we're continuing to work, work those issues and we're hoping that we can find a resolution that allows the marines to conduct their training on guam without compromising the cultural site and we're going to continue to work with you on that and i agree it's a critical issue going forward. >> that ca i want it on the re that you're seriously looking at alternatives. general cartwright, i guess i'm following up on congressman wilson's question. i - the recommendation put forth are a good start on some of these to a maximum efficiencies, but as i

this trough to the north is sagging to the south, as it does so, it is enhancing that marine layer.hen you have this pool of cooler air rushing on shore as well. tomorrow morning, sun up is at 6:43, nobody is going to see it. clouds gradually retreat back to the coast. hang out all day, is no sunshine at the beaches. temperatures unseasonably cool for the september day tomorrow. anywhere by 10 to 16 degrees below average. in fact we're going to go ahead and pinpoint your neighborhood forecast. san jose 68, average high is 84 degrees. 50s, 60s, line the sea shore, 60s, good as it gets around the peninsula. 57 in richmond and only 68 degrees in livermore. outside number will be 74 degrees in brentwood, otherwise you can count on temperatures in the 50s, at the beaches, and again dillon beach with some drizzle. 72 degrees, with partly sunny skies, in sonoma. there is the extent of the forecast. once the trough passes through thursday, the temperature gradually rebounds but you notice from friday all the way through tuesday it's a pretty stagnant weather pattern. this is interesting kim

>> really good question. >> as far as we know, the marine layer we think is still going to be with us. one of the interesting facets with this potential change of temperature gradient, the warmer - more warming inland than warming over the coastal ocean is actually the sea breeze circulation, which is - is tied up with the marine layer development and probably the thing or thk big size. there maybe more because of that increase in circulation but i would say this is an area that a waits more of this regional model development that, brad eluded to, that is still kind of on the fringe of our science right now. that's my answer to that one. i think that you can count on still having a marine layer, but i don't know if it will be stronger than it is today. >> yes, doctor and dan, you both mentioned we have models now but that's not a problem, we have the regional models now. it seems one of the key areas to implement is in the california environmental quality act. the planning and conservation league is hosting series of workshops across the state helping planners and community leaders in

county with moderate air quality in northern marin and sonoma county.s going on. we have the fog right at the coast. it will burn back but the sea breeze will keep temperatures in a few selected beaches in the upper 60s, more like 70s downtown with a few 80s the further away you get. it is shallow and not going to reach very far and still going to be warm to hot for most of the day. reason being, high pressure is in control but a trough of low pressure in the gulf of alaska that is beginning to nudge this high out of the way. for today, in response to that, we're looking at the sea breeze and then tomorrow the high reestablishes itself and still we're talking the warmest day of the week will be on monday but with the sea breeze, cooling locally along the coast and our beaches. south bay, not much of a change. we'll see 90 santa clara and san jose with 94 in los gatos. changes here on the peninsula with some lower to mid-80s in spots but still hot around palo alto. few patches of fog for pacifica and half moon bay with upper 60s. in daly city, sunset dis

with the ride to the golden gate bridge very light traffic this morning across this band and through marin county 1 01 south is moving without delay so does a good start to southbound ride. part on time this morning is the transit no delays or problems reported ace train looks good and cal trend is clear on the peninsula so far. but go to the weather center here's lisa. >> get out your bathing suit in your sunscreen you need it this weekend and this next week as well warmup kicking and today you will feel the temperature is really starting to warm up today continuing through the weekend in fact we could see triple digits by next week. here's a look right now we will take a look at our next graphic to give you an idea of how warm it will get today we will break into the '90s the low 90s continuing to jump into the upper 90s through the weekend monday could bring this temperatures of 101 keeping it in the '80s around the bay the coast temperature in the '60s today '70s for the weekend and into next week. definitely beach weather out there for this weekend. warming up quick today by 10:00 not

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marine ma mall researchers -- mammal researchers took tissue samples. they moved it above the high tide line and buried it today. >>> twitter targeted by hackers. sending users to some unseemly websites. >> if new list is out of the bay area's most polluted waterways it carries a caveat some cities cannot afford. >> cooler but things are heating up. which day is in the five day forecast will be the hottest >>> ac transit riders sounded off downtown oakland to oppose further cuts to bus service. they marched to headquarters to express views. it will leave students unable to get to classes and strand senior and disabled riders. the av transit board is expected to vote tomorrow to slash service and increase fairs to offset the budget deficit. >> bed bug infestations are becoming an increasing problem at hotels, apartments and homes in the bay area, and across the nation. in the south bay, control experts say the tiny insect numbers have jumped this year. in response, a computer programmer created a website enabling people to report bed bug encounters in sp

that special marine warning in effect until 9:45. the possibility of waterspouts is a very real possibility this morning. and we should mention the special marine warning from drum point to smith point, virginia has been canceled. we want to show you the tornado watch and show you that the entire -- well most of the area is under a tornado watch. from d.c. and the close-in counties to all points eastward until 1:00 this afternoon and it does include fairfax county, arlington county and prince george's, anne arundel, as far as the counties in eastern maryland. tornado watch until 1:00 p.m. wind advisory. winds could gust up to 45-50 miles per hour around the chesapeake bay. tucker, i understand you have new informations that just come in. >> back to hd radar, we have a county and warning issues for eastern st. mary's counting, including st. mary's city, lexington park. st. leonard creek and lusby until 9:45 this morning. so again a tornado warning just issued for southeastern calvert county and eastern st. mary's county until 9:45. we

-- the marine industry has felt a bit short changed because of our focus on security. we have a marine safety improvement program that we have been diverting resources to. we are showing improvements there and we have been supported by both the administration and the congress. if we are in good shape. >> u.f. commanded your share of cutters in the day. there is always the question the about the aging fleet. what are we going to do to replace the older covers of a of? where will that money come from? >> first, we have replaced a major portion of our tour boat -- our patrol boat fleet. we have 80% that are out there that aren't more venerable -- that are more vulnerable. if the 110 foot cutters, called the fast response cutters, are being built down in louisiana. we will probably build four to six per year for the next three years. we have reformed our acquisition programs. but we have built up capacity and now we have just chris in our third national security cover -- we have just christendom our third national security cutter. we're hopeful to build that portion of the