playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1. [applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas. one for the preschool set, another for older children, and a sand area designed for kids of all ages. unlike the old playground, the new one is accessible to people with disabilities. this brand-new playground has several unique and exciting features. two slides, including one 45- foot super slide with an elevation change of nearly 30 feet. climbing ropes and walls, including one made of granite. 88 suspension bridge. recycling, traditional swing, plus a therapeutics win for children with disabilities, and even a sand garden with chines and drums. >> it is a visi

this brand-new playground has several unique and exciting features. two slides, including one 45- foot super slide with an elevation change of nearly 30 feet. climbing ropes and walls, including one made of granite. 88 suspension bridge. recycling, traditional swing, plus a therapeutics win for children with disabilities, and even a sand garden with chines and drums. >> it is a visionary $3.5 million world class playground in the heart of san francisco. this is just really a big, community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test okay i'd like to call this meeting to order. hello. good afternoon, everyone thank you so much for coming to disaster council but i did want to welcome a few new members we have today. so we have jean who's the gov. of the area red cross. welcome. we have mark who's our brand new city c i o (clapping) >> bob ceo of the chamber of commerce replacing steve not here yet and barbara smith interim for ho

we decided to build a new playground. linkin park was born. we work side-by-side for three years as well as a fiscal sponsor, parks alliance we needed an architect, -- jackson at premium national architect the strong presence in san francisco and the lead architect is a neighbor of the playground; they stepped forward to be a partner. we have been working together for over two years. it is located in special site in san francisco, one of the only freshwater lakes in the area. it is in fact where many native american tribes live and settled, on the journey up from what is known as mexico. it was where the original presidio was devised and afterwards the san francisco mission. our playground will be a beautiful, enjoyable place for all the families in the neighborhood and beyond for many years to come. we have a budget of 3 million dollars. with the assistance of supervisors mark farrell and -- we are grateful recipients of two million from the safe and clean neighborhood park bond. our architect is given as close to 300,000 in in-kind services.

we dot a brand-new playground in dolores park and this is right in the same claytionthv. so, it's a new generation of active recreation for our kids. ~ got and i just want to say thank you to the voters of san francisco for repeatedly investing in our parks in an off the charts way. and you know, last year we had another parks bond and there were some people who got a little grump pi about it ask started campaigning against it. guess what? we got a higher percentage of the vote in 2012 than in 2008. [cheering and applauding] ~ grump py >> that's because this parks department is like the little engine that could. over the years city hall has cut and cut and cut from the budget of this department and the department keeps finding new ways to move our park system forward. and now the voters, you've done your job. it is now our turn to do our job and make sure that we're investing in the maintenance of our parks, so that we have enough gardeners and park patrol officers and rec directors and making sure we're doing our part of the job. and, so, i look forward to working with s

today, volunteers in the town of stratford nearby began building a new playground in memory of teacheria soto. it will be filled with the fir trees and the pink flamingos she loved. a 24-year-old parlimpian fulfilled his dream today of pushing his way across the country. ryan chalmers cycled into new york 71 grueling days after leaving los angeles. chalmers was born with spina bifida air, disorder of the spinal cord, and used only his arms to complete the 3300-mile distance. still ahead, he's still in high school, but the programs he's create read helping kids all over the world. it was very painful situation. i'm very athletic and i swim in the ocean. shingles forced me out of the water. the doctor asked me "did you have chickenpox when you were a child?" the pain level was so high, it became unbearable. ♪ hands, for holding. ♪ feet, kicking. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra f

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and we also would take you out to dolores park, and the beautiful new helen dillard playground open a year ago between public and private partnership between the city and us, through the bond funding, and private philanthropy, one of the most beautiful playground in the country and yet we are having trouble there with vandalism and damage caused in part because we don't have park patrol officers out there monitoring our parks; same thing is the case all across the city. in a study that was done recently by spur, they identified about a 30 million dollar gap, between the level of funding that we are currently putting in and what a park system of that size and scope and complexity really needs, 30 million dollar gap. growing because we have been cutting the budget to parks instead of growing it. this leads me to a twofold question to you mr. mayor, and to you supervisors. in the budgeting process, how can we begin to turn that around and address the budget shortfall? the second half of the question is, beyond the budget, what is the long-term fix to close the 30 million dollar gap? does

so, to carina jones who led the fund-raising for the playground and lynn new house seigel who led the fund-raising for the friends of the park, and folks at dpw mohammed nuru, phil, your team. it's a thrill to be with my colleagues on the board of supervisors who lead the charge every day to make san francisco a better place. i've got proclamations for all the folks i just mentioned. thanks again for being here and celebrate this beautiful day here at lafayette park. (applause) >> so, mark, we have a little parting gift for you to commemorate this great day. and to encourage you to get out here and take this and play with us. we have a lafayette playground sign and a rec and park picnic blanket for you to enjoy. congratulations. (applause) >> thank you. next time we need a park bond. while you go to the voters, i'm going to call sean parker. [laughter] >> thank you, mark. all right. i mentioned there are a variety of city departments here. i want to give a shout ought to battalion chief williams from station 38. where are you, chief? there she is. (applause) >> and i think we have som

. >> volunteers also gave the playground some new lines so that the children can play games like hopscotch and four- square. >>> a long time breast cancer fund racer is about to wrap up in the bay area for the last time. day 2 of the susan g. komen walk to raise mp for breast cancer research is underway in san francisco. next year's walk has been canceled in san francisco and six other cities. you may remember support for that foundation plummeted after a controversial decision last year to stop giving money to planned parenthood for breast cancer screenings and education. >>> bay area families took advantage of today's sunny weather by learning about one of the regional east bay many park taking part in the healthy parks/healthy people event at quarry park. booths were set up with rangers telling about the wildlife in the area and they said the idea is to get kids outside and moving. >> parks are a great place to get kids and their families outdoors and exercising and having fun and that is what this event is all about. >> well, the national healthy parks/healthy people campaign aims to r

the playgrounds are being built by a new jersey firefighters union. >>> the man who says he blew the whistle on the nsa surveillance program offering new information this morning. edward snowden says the u.s. is also involved in extensive hacking operations against both china and hong kong n. an interview with the south china morning post, snowden says the agency ran tens of thousands of hacking operations against hundreds of targets. these are the first public comments from snowden since he checked out of a hong kong hotel on monday. he's telling the paper he plans to fight expedition and will try to stay in hong kong as long as possible. >>> the white house all set to welcome members of the lgbt community this morning in honor of pride month. president obama will be there to meet the guests. this is video from last year's event when the president stressed the importance of repealing the don't ask don't tell policy. you may remember raiders punter chris kluwe was invited to that event because of his support for same-sex marriage and equal rights. kluwe respectfully declined, said he

mascony playground, after 14 years of struggle, we will soon renovate the joe dimaggio playground next to the brand-new neighborhood library and we don't have a gardener to take care of it. district 3 needs additional rpd and dpw resources, more staff or quake tower, transportation. we've got heavy needs for transportation. the t line is underway but the t line will not be finished until he continues to north beach and fishermen swarf. we need to look at how the t line can be connected to them. drug and alcohol abuse. the effects of homeless and substance abusers is great. we need more b cops, and beginning to hear from both the officers and homeless advocates the same story; the officers call it the drug tank. the homeless calls it the detox center. more and more i hear call for a place where people can be taken especially during the day, cared for and given access to city services and not endangering the families and the children and the tourists who come to north beach. polk street, and broadway, are old, hallowed traditional corridors for the city; they are not in the spotlight right now like a mis

and right now, the internet is either helping to inform parents about a new stranger danger in northern virginia parks and playgrounds or it is feeding right into parental paranoia. some parents have been flooding their accounts of a man trying to approach kids in places like arlington and mcclane. their concerns are real, but left the police trying to separate fact from fiction. >> there have been some reports that a person fitting this description smiled and waved and certainly why that may make someone uncomfortable, it's not illegal. >> it is tough for the police to do something, do too much about this, it's more important to get the information out. i have two daughters, and yes, i would feel very uncomfortable if anyone was staring at my daughters and approaching them any sort of way. >> and they will continue to stay vigilant. >> u.s. and russian -- president obama met with russia's president, vladimir putin today. syria remains a sticking point between the two. mr. obama recently signed off on military aid to the rebels while russia backs the regime. >> you do have differing perspectives on problems, but we s

new jersey firefighters have built three playgrounds honoring the victims of the shooting.ly members and firefighters spoke at the ground breaking for a playground honoring six-year-old catherine hubbard. >> our job is to keep children safe. when bad things happen to kids, it's a failure of the system. this is a way of us trying to heal and ourselves and make some sense of it. >> and the playground you see here features catherine's favorite colors, pink and purple. the playgrounds are also scheduled to open this month honoring six-year-old dillon hawkly and teacher victoria soto who died trying to protect her students. a memorial service will be held today in new hampshire for the mother of the sandy hook gunmen. police say adam lanza shot and killed his mother at their home before carrying out the december rampage at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. private funeral for nancy lanza was held a few days after the shootings. >>> air woman falsely jailed on drug charges in mexico is grateful to be back home. >> it feels great. i'm so happy to be back home and bein

playground. skiing in colorado. street races including the new york city and boston marathons.est test of them all, the tough mark. >> it's about 10 to 12 miles, one obstacle after another. that's kind of like what happened with me with my accident. it was just one obstacle after another. >> the bottom line is michael can do every single thing you and i can do except walk. >> and he's more than made up for that. >> love his spirit. >>> there may be a medical reason why you can't stay away from starbucks. coming up, the change that may explain why it's so hard to kick that caffeine habit. and she's hoping to save lives by sharing her story. a local woman explains why she held off on seeking treatment for breast cancer. >>> in news 4 your health, this may explain why some people have a tougher time kicking a coffee habit than others. caffeine withdrawal is classified as a mental illness. especially in people who quit cold turkey. the "wall street journal" reports that the disorder appears in two psychiatric updated manuals. the goal is to help people deal with headaches and menta

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more from the marina. >> here is the playground. it is very popular. it opens at 11. police are keeping a close eye on it. look what this boy did. this is where you play. the bathroom is over this hill, easy for parents to say go to the bathroom but it is out of e. >> become with police officers made themselves visible at the marina after the attack on a child would said he was inappropriately touched by a man inside the bathroom. the attack was on a mother's mind preparing for a program for kids that relies on the bathrooms. >> not everyone likes the portables. if we have an countyist we might use that bathroom. >> the incident will change how she handles breaks. >> i wouldn't do that now, no, no way. >> police checked every car yesterday afternoon after the assault looking for a black man with blond air with green streaks. police are following up on leads. mid-morning, we sent one. carla thinks she saw the man in downtown berkeley. >> i walked across the crosswalk and he what in the crosswalk with me and it was the exact descripti

whistleblower edward snowden he's leaked new documents showing that the g twenty summit in two thousand and nine was a surveillance playground with u.k. and u.s. agents attending to bug senior figures like the russian president at the time dimitri. told me why the timing is a worry. the new g eight summit the latest one is just about start again in the united kingdom in great britain and well obviously this is going to create some additional tension and some questions will have to be answered this happened at the summit back in two thousand and nine there we can see the pictures of the leaders going for the photo op and well according to the report of that former cia agent the delegations from all these three countries that we could see the leaders of these countries on screen now including president of russia dmitry medvedev we were allegedly under the full surveillance package other forms were listened to even connections going occasions going through embassies e-mails basically the what. it is blanket surveillance isn't it that's how broad it was to me to be there is no escaping it even a fake internet cafe i mean it is e

tuesday afternoon at apple seeds, a children's play space in new york city, toddlers were playing soccer, climbing through an indoor playground, and singing songs. on that same day across the world in dubai, children were doing the same exact thing. and over in mumbai, india, there was another very similar scene. in 2007 two couples, allison and craig and allison and bobby opened up apple seeds in manhattan as an answer to their own problem. the two alisons had met in a baby music class. >> we realized this was the kind of class that was. giving us what we thought we could give for our kids, a place to play after tit was over. clean carpet space. they got their husbands to quit their jobs and opened the kind of destination they wanted for their kids. it was an immediate hit the very first day. >> there were people standing outside to come in. it was super exciting to see that. >> she knew right from the start that the apple seeds founders were on to something. she grew up in dubai and had started a business bringing american companies there. >> my partner out there came and visited here and she said this place needs to be in

playgrounds. minneapolis took the top spot. new york slid into second place.ton, sacramento and san francisco tied for third. >>> today purple and gold will be the color of choice at the white house. the super bowl champion baltimore ravens will take a trip down i-95 to be honored by president obama at noon today. this is video from march when torrey smith presented the vince lombardi trophy to maryland lawmakers in annapolis. three players who left the team in the off-season won't make the trip, though. including anquan boldin who plays for the team the ravens beat in the super bowl, the 49ers. >>> "4 things to know," working to get reaction from the white house after the first lady was heckled at a private fund-raiser in d.c. the first lady threatened to walk out after a gay rights protester interrupted here. >>> at least 20 major league baseball players could be suspended. they are linked to a performance-enhancing drug scandal. >>> president obama's poll numbers haven't changed much in recent weeks despite the recent scandals at the irs and the justice dep

playgrounds. minneapolis took the top spot, new york in second place, boston, sacramento and san francisco tied for third. >>> cooler attempts can affect mosquitos and the ability to fight off infectious diseases that can be passed on to humans. they found mosquito eggs hatched in cooler temperatures, they found they carry more diseases. that warmer weather last week, i've seen the mosquitos, they're out and biting. >>> 5:51 right now. tom kierein is here. we're going to see if we see more of that warmer weather today. >> we want another yesterday. there's that sunrise behind us. absolutely gorgeous start to this wednesday but a chill in the air. there's the view from space. and we just have a few high clouds drifting over the region now. and the temperatures are only in the 50s to just near 50 degrees throughout much of the region. here is your temperature scale. there is the time scale, so lots of sun this morning. a few high clouds. we'll stay in the upper 50s and low 60s through about 8:00. by 9:00 into the upper 60s. by noontime, mid-70s. then we had to make it up to around 80 degrees and a pa

a crippled boat is stuck on shore near a city park and playgrounds week after running aground and they are more angry about who owns it. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is near the wreck. >> there a chance this boat could be out of here in a couple of weeks but it is not looking good. a couple of reasons people are upset. look at this view, the boat being here is an eyesore. they are upset about who owns the boat. he is a convicted sex offender. and over this hill, here, at this marina, there is a children's playground so parents are uneasy the fact the owner is a convicted sex offender. he was convicted of a misdemeanor and police say they cannot tell us the crime because what he did was minor enough he is not banned from public places. he also is not around here. police arrested him because he did not register. he is gone and he is not living on the boat and police are watching to make sure that remains the case. he is not allowed to live here. it has a hole in it and friends will try and move it. police will have the authority to tow it june 24 in a week, but that is not soon enough for some people. marina base is very beau

that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> a man is under arrest after antagonizing children on an elementary school playgroundm rochelle ritchie, what one little boy remembers, coming up next. >>> plus tropical storm andrea comes ashore in florida and is now making its way north. the first warning weather team tracking its path and potential impact on maryland. >>> checking for these stories and all the days breaking news. wjz news at 6 starts now. it's complete coverage, wjz. maryland's news station. >>> hello everyone, i'm denise koch r. here's what people are talking about tonight, tropical storm andrea is flooding florida's gulf coast this evening. covering roadways, making traveling dangerous and many residents braving the weather walking through water nearly knee deep. some people floating out into the streets on

new york? >> it's very hard. john: there was this one moment this weekend i was walking past a playground. what do you call those in america? >> a playground. john: potato, potato. and there were these two little girl standing outside one of them was dressed up in their dress with a nice handbag and little braids in her hair. she turned to the one next to her and looked really angry and said you told me this was going to be dressy. at a playground. that's a lot of pressure for a child. >> well, my daughter back stage is wearing a shirt that said brave men run in my family. >> john: you have an awesome daughter. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you john: i really appreciate it. white house down. >> go see white house down. [ cheers and applause ] ladiesn: maggie gyllenhaal,

new york? >> it's very hard. john: there was this one moment this weekend i was walking past a playground. what do you call those in america? >> a playground. john: potato, potato. and there were these two little girl standing outside one of them was dressed up in their dress with a nice handbag and little braids in her hair. she turned to the one next to her and looked really angry and said you told me this was going to be dressy. at a playground. that's a lot of pressure for a child. >> well, my daughter back stage is wearing a shirt that said brave men run in my family. >> john: you have an awesome daughter. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you john: i really appreciate it. white house down. >> go see white house down. [ cheers and applause ] ladiladi maggie gyllenhaal, >> john: that's our show. please join us tomorrow night at 11:00. here it is your moment of zen. >> a sweet return announcing that twinkies will be back. >> get out your straws and put them in there and suck out all that creamy stuff. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioning sponsored by comedy central

whistleblower edward snowden he's leaked new documents showing the g twenty summit in two thousand and nine was a surveillance playground with u.k. and u.s. agents attempting to bug senior figures like the russian president at the time dimitri medvedev r.t. contributor afshin rattansi says he's not surprised. i think that kind of blanket surveillance we're talking about fake internet cafe's are julie being set up blackberries routinely monitored that surveillance is being used and of course with their on the rage and presuming they were trying to make those talks amenable to washington and british interests these kinds of revelations show that when governments such as britain and the united states come close to worrying they will use this to try and persuade different officials of different governments to sway them for many years written knew or some british people realised that the national security agency was basically using the united kingdom and the largest spying outfit of the united states is here in britain but who runs the spying who or where is the sovereignty perhaps british people will realize that they are l

whistleblower edward snowden he has leaked a new documents showing that the g twenty summit in two thousand and nine was a surveillance playground with u.k. and u.s. agents attempting to bug senior figures like russian president at the time of dmitri medvedev that's now talk to go to peace can off who is with us and has more on this now ego in most countries they actually indulge in some sort of espionage but these revelations come at a very inopportune time don't they well the importance of the timing of this report really can't be underestimated because the new g eight summit is taking place again in the u.k. and while this latest report is definitely going to qui some interesting discussions the questions which are high. will need to be answered it all happened back in two thousand and nine illegibly according to the former agent of the cia who claims that least delegations from at least three countries we could see the leaders of these countries at the time on this picture there on the screen right now and well these delegations according to this man were under the complete surveillance including the president of russia at t

new clubhouse. it's going to be a much more welcoming spot for a neighborhood that really needs it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground'sates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the center was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities, including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong, and arts and crafts. >> use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16th, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the

whistleblower edward snowden he's a new document showing that the g twenty summit in two thousand and nine was a surveillance playground with u.k. and u.s. agents attempting to bug senior figures like the russian president at the time dmitri medvedev let's bring in our piece going off now because he knows more about this story. the timing of this expose is not a coincidence is it that is. i'm are also hearing about this story exactly it's really hard to underestimate the significance of the timing of this report since. the new. the latest wall is just about to start again in the united kingdom in great britain and well obviously this is going to create a. additional tension and some questions will have to be answered this happened at the summit back in two thousand and nine there we can see the pictures of the leaders going for the photo op and well according to the we who are that former cia agent the delegations from at least three countries that we could see the leaders of these countries on screen now including president of russia dmitry medvedev. allegedly under the full surveillance package of their forms were li

whistleblower edward snowden he's leaked a new document showing that the g twenty summit in two thousand and nine was a surveillance playground with u.k. and u.s. agents attempting to bug senior figures like the russian president at the time dimitri medvedev let's bring in r.t. as you go piece of for this story what is being read into the timing of this expose well it's i mean it is a very significant because right now well another g eight summit is stored in the u.k. so obviously the story is going to create some additional tension perhaps obviously some people are going to need some explaining about this whole story since back in two thousand and nine well there. all of this is according to this former cia agent . who claims that he claims that three out of the g eight leaders were under the full package of surveillance we're talking about phone conversations connections through embassies particularly in the russian president's case basically the lot and so there's also speculation that while. all of them may have been under this. surveillance well maybe. besides the u.s. president and british prime minister but while this