the plans are also from around the area, so they will do well, low maintenance, but with the newcomb avenue residents, they will help to make sure that they do well. this is a victory. i want to thank the staff from dpw, the project manager, and all the landscape architects who worked hard to make this a huge success. i am from the neighborhood, so i am looking forward to seeing many of these streets become more sustainable and enjoyable. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. the sfpuc is a leader in environmental stewardship, at the forefront of environmental practices, pushing us to adopt stormwater management guidelines, clean energy. this street is a physical manifestation of the hard work from the residence and a great partnership with city departments, including sfpuc general manager ed harrington. >> [applause] it is a wonderful day touk% here. when we do these kinds of programs, we have to have folks that will take care of them. the neighborhood taking care of it is important to us. stunning to see all of this cooperation. as we rebuild our water system in san francisco, we can

. >> reporter: from his perch on newcomb avenue, kevin riles sat watching the world go by. >> all the gunslinging, nah, that's behind us. >> reporter: in the past seven months, the view has changed dramatically. >> you could walk down the street and look at the flowers. it's quiet now. >> reporter: the words quiet and relaxing around ones you'd normally hear in describing the bay view, but that's before the city's model block program gave the 1700 block of newcomb a radical makeover. >> we had three trees out here prior to this project, and now as you see, 26 trees, new trees, were planted. >> reporter: where michael lived for 25 years got new light poles, a new drainage system, revamped sidewalks and lots of plants. the city's calling it one of the greenest streets in town. she says for the first time she sees kidding riding bikes and neighbors hanging out together. >> we're a community that works together. we are not strangers. >> we pick up trash now. like you're walking down the street, you see some trash, you know. >> reporter: the friends for the project came from a variety of a

mayor lee cut the ribbon to commemorate the newcomb avenue sceet escape model block im practice.roject. say that three times fast. 1.7 million dollar project feature as host of safety and green features among them more trees and plantar bo boxes new storm drain and raised crosswalk to promote pedestrians safety. >> if santa l has a choice for what street he's going to visit first, i think he's going to come right to newcomb avenue first. >>reporter: this is the latest of 16 such block improvement projects city is mrachblingt 8 already completed 4 others under way. begest is the market street project. which is now under way in terms of the planning stage. >>> all right. more to come when 7 news at 9:00 continues here tonight. congress still can not agree on how much in taxes we'll be paying next year. on the hill it's all or nothing as the houses no to senate compromise. >> plus giving gone viral. how bay area man ignited world largest secret santa gift skhachblingt really cool. stay with us for that. fedex delivery that turned that a door stop disaster. wait until you see this. a

as juan indicated, this newcomb greeting project shows how community involvement and empowerment go hand-in-hand. there are a large number of redevelop the staff who are here. perhaps it show your hand if you were involved in this. the project manager, along with many others. as well as the staff of other departments, thank you very much. we appreciate it. [applause] with that, let us get to the ribbon-cutting. >> ready? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> thank you all for coming. please stick around for some sweets. >> let me start out by saying, from the get go, last night, i was talking personally with pg&e. we continued the discussion this morning. before coming here, i had a chance to speak to the ceo. we agreed, all the engineers, from his division, with the city's public utilities commission, rec and park, as well as the california public utilities commission, are all coming together to review the outages that occurred last night. there were two outages. the first one appeared. we are going to get the confirmation this afternoon. it appears from this morning's conversation, it resulted from a d

>>pam: in san francisco, a special ceremony, the mayor stopped by newcomb avenue for a new project transformed the neighborhood and it made it the most ego friendly in the city. >> this project built this block as 88--as a very tight never heard. we walked into thick up litter to get several legal into each other's homestead to eat dinner, we drank, we have a great time. we have now become a family. of dan, thank you for those who were able to see this come through. >>pam: the $1.6 million project was the for the combination of federal and local money. >>kimberlee: facebook has moved into its new headquarters in menlo park. now, we're getting a first look at the new home on the inside. let's take a look. they purchased the 57 a. property earlier this year. inside, the company tore down existing walls to make it in open office and the walls are lined with top ford paid. each employee was given a chalk board--each employee was given a box of chocolates. there are free treats for employees and meals including breakfast, lunch and dinner. the campus houses some 2000 employees but does have the pot

mayor ed lee was on hand and he stopped by newcomb avenue that is where a new project transform the neighborhood and make it the most equal friendly and the city. >> this project built this block as a very tight neighborhood now, we not only walk and pick litter up together, but we going to each other homes, we eat dinner, we drink and we have a great time. we have now become a family. thank you again for those that were able to see this to be able to come through. >>james: the $1.6 million project was paid for with federal and local money. >>justine: lorain county is to enact a strict enforcement of smoking. it will limit how many apartments in a building can allow smoking it will allow a ban on flavored cigarette such as menthol and require vendors to get a special county license and pay a fee. not all marin county residents are too happy about this. >> i feel that this is discrimination. what if there is a live view from my living room but i cannot have that apartment because i smoke. it feels like a separate camp and i am not even welcome there. >>justine: the new ordinance will be voted on

mayor ed lee stopped by newcomb avenue that is where a new project transform the neighborhood and madehe most ego from the in the city. >>reporter: -- >> this project built this lot at the tight neighborhood. we not only walked and pick up things together but we going to each other homes, we each, we drink we have a great time we have now become a family. thank you again for those who have been able to see this come through. [music] >>jacqueline: temperatures are cooler out there this afternoon especially in places like concord, antioch in fairfield. the temperatures are sliding into the 40's, 45 in fairfield, 46 in concord, 46 and navato and half moon bay. 51 degrees in oakland, 56 degrees in san jose 53 in los gatos. we are in for a very cold night tonight. this they shot earlier from the golden gate bridge. we have crystal clear skies, light winds and the cool air over us. we have upper 20's and low '30's for the most part. we have widespread frost expected to the bay area into the afternoon conditions will rebound into the upper 50s and low 60s. very similar to what we saw today bu