we're under the influence of the north pacific high. what's happening in these climate simulations is those subtropical highs, more or less, are strengthening, on the other hand if you live in seattle you might be more encouraged because it looks like there's a tendency for latitudes to get wetter and that wet goes further north. next one. well, here we have in this case just one scenario and he's imposed the warming on a hydraulic model and this is the remain of the watershed, this is the sierra nevada and this is the infraction of april first and period surrounding 2060 and that around 2090, and you can see we're eroding the lower elevations of snow and by the time we reach 2090 in this case warmed by 2 degrees celsius, we lose 50 percent of the california snow pact. it's not in the snow. next one. that changes the hydro graph as you heard this morning. so this is october through september the aggravateded sierra run off. more in the winter period, and less in the spring and summer by a bit. this is a recent flood. not a big one. but

this is the site that is from jackson street north to pacific. we recommend, as i just mentioned, that jackson st. be returned as a public right of way and that from st. the -- the pathway be widened to it's full public right of way, allowing for a series of three new open spaces. for the site just north of broadway, we recommend the valejo be connected, and the front street be extended north of to the embarcadero as well, creating two new public spaces. additionally, we recommend that the sale, mid law, to maintain a pedestrian involvement. -- midway between. finally, for the size between green and union street, a similar set of recommendations. we would have a more formal extension commerce east to the waterfront, and extending the treatment across in elevated crosswalk. similarly, front street would also be extended up to the embarcadero, and union street would be extended as a pedestrian right of way east to the waterfront -- east of the waterfront. the next set of recommendations deal with the quality of building design, and on this, we did

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about 1,000 miles off the coast of california, they create a slow, swirling vortex known as the north pacifice. as the currents come together, they carry with them trash from around the world. on an expedition through the gyre in 1997 sea captain charles moore of long beach was alarmed by the amount of trash, mostly plastic, that he found spread out over hundreds of miles. >> this debris rides the currents of japan. we see markings of japanese and chinese characters. every single day for that week that we cross these doldrums we saw trash every time we came on deck. bottle caps, shards of plastic, soap bottles. things that just didn't belong there. more trash than life. >> reporter: since that voyage moore has dedicated his life to studying the problem of marine debris and to bringing it to the world's attention. today the pacific gyre is often referred to as the great pacific garbage patch. >> jimmy hoffa's head. >> reporter: with most of the plastic broken into tiny pieces, the garbage patch can't be seen from the air. much of the debris floats a few feet below the surface. scientists don't

just to refresh you on the location, urban side on the west side of town with outfall on the pacific ocean, north of the city and southeast here, we cannot forget treasure island. i think you have a better copy in front of you. talking about treatment plans and out fall. the problem we are solving when we are looking at treatments, we want to make sure that we maintain permit compliance. meaning that all of our equipment has to be able to be fully operable during wet weather, we have to be able to turn everything on and operate at max. we can also not have any dry weather violations. remember we talked before about the wet weather season being effectively october through april? have i given you too many pieces of paper? do you need a replacement? >> [unintelligible]

just to refresh you on the location, urban side on the west side of town with outfall on the pacific ocean, north of the city and southeast here, we cannot forget treasure island. i think you have a better copy in front of you. talking about treatment plans and out fall. the problem we are solving when we are looking at treatments, we want to make sure that we maintain permit compliance. meaning that all of our equipment has to be able to be fully operable during wet weather, we have to be able to turn everything on and operate at max. we can also not have any dry weather violations. remember we talked before about the wet weather season being effectively october through april? have i given you too many pieces of paper? do you need a replacement? >> [unintelligible] >> as the commissioner pointed out, the permit also requires placing equipment on a regular basis with a capital program so that it works well. replacing the inefficient and undependable processes that are breaking or troublesome, we need to upgrade the order control an institution to electrical. everything is in service, 24/7, consta

his work is understanding climate variability and changes particularly as they apply to the pacific ocean and north america. his specific work concerns impacts of climate changes on water resources and other sectors in west europe north america and he also worked on large scale exchange of heat and water between the ocean and the atmosphere. dan is also a director of the california climate change center a center that works to improve and forecast for decision makers in the california region and i'm sure it's information we can take throughout the united states. dan recieved a bachelor of science in meterologist and oceanographer and received in 1971 from university that makes us about the same age dan, but i'm just a broken down lawyer and economists. he received a, ph.d., in ee in san diego. his speech today will focus on climate change and it's challenge to our water supply. please welcome doctor dan cohan. >> thank you susan, well, it's a privilege to be here. i'm really impressed with the gathering that you've all assembled here in and the quality of the discussion. so i know that i don't want

it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asia, the pacificands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 years. that is exactly why it is so important that we have strong, stable government that lasts. a strong, stable government, which has the support of the public to take the difficult decisions that are needed if we are going to put this country back on the right track for a stronger future. there is one further point i want to make. i believe that it is not just important for this country to have strong and stable government. it is importa

pacific northwest. we'll be on drier north site of that and west side morrow. conditions will improve. for today, still very comfortable, central valley 80s and 104 in palm springs. lake tahoe, 83 degrees. plenty of sunshine east bay locations, 78 in dubl. 80 in livermore and 64 in oakland, cloudy most of the day. 67 union city. we've seen the sun in san jose and forecast high of 76. cold along the coast, mid 50s. downtown san francisco topping out in the low 60's maybe even upper 50s. north bay looks like a pretty day. sonoma and napa seeg a little bit of sunshine. here is theeven-day outlook, we'rgoing to return to a little bit warmer temperures, that would be nice. still fog in the ovnight, cloud cover and sunshine with summer like weather will perst all the way through the weekend. >>> re news right now. federa health officials say a current study of the controversl pill avandia needs to stop enrolling paents. it appea to increase heart risks but they also recommending leaving the dr on the market for now. fda is deciding what action to take. >> fais back is going to court to fight

pacific northwest. we'll be on drier north site of that and west side tomorrow. conditions will improve. for today, still very comfortable, central valley 80s and 104 in palm springs. lake tahoe, 83 degrees. plenty of sunshine east bay locations, 78 in dublin. 80 in livermore and 64 in oakland, cloudy most of the day. 67 union city. we've seen the sun in san jose and forecast high of 76. cold along the coast, mid 50s. downtown san francisco topping out in the low 60's maybe even upper 50s. north bay looks like a pretty day. sonoma and napa seeing a little bit of sunshine. here is the seven-day outlook, we're going to return to a little bit warmer temperatures, that would be nice. still fog in the overnight, cloud cover and sunshine with summer like weather will persist all the way through the weekend. >>> more news right now. federal health officials say a current study of the controversial pill avandia needs to stop enrolling patients. it appears to increase heart risks but they also recommending leaving the drug on the market for now. fda is deciding what action to take. >> fais back i

pacific. all of this this time of the year should be ridging well to the north. 've got cooler air associated with this cloud cover that's sitting well out into the pacific. that's combining in with this lower level cooling wind that produces the fog at the coastline. it's that one, two combination. we've been talking about for days now that's helping keep temperatures below average. so for tomorrow, a few 80s back into the mix for thursday. and for friday, again, nudging the temperatures just a few degrees. as for tomorrow morning, we'll see the lowest conditions here in santa rosa with 48. 49 in napa. 52 in gilroy and 54 in san jose. the warm spot will be the south bay from gilroy to morgan hill with low 80s and a few isolated mid-80s expected around the valley. otherwise 82 evergreen. 76 dublin. also mid to upper 70s near livermore. for the peninsula, 72 san mateo. 74 redwood city. and here for the east bay hills, conditions near 80 degrees. you can see to our extreme inland spots, a few more 80s tomorrow than we have seen in the past several days. all right. m

north. nice cooler 70s as we get the cool pacific air pushing further inland.ct, we will be talking about a cooling trend, as well. out to oakland, 68 degrees for you. fremont, 75 degrees. if you are heading out to the east, nice conditions, not bad at all, 80s in livermore to a hot 92 in brentwood. garlic festival continues today, looks like fun out there yesterday. a little cooler, about 894 degrees, yesterday you were close to 90. some of the marine air working further inland. seven-day forecast will show the cooling trend the next few days, nothing dramatic, but looks pretty good at least for today. clouds in the morning, a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon that assault summertime in the bay area. definitely a cool out there yesterday and need the coat as you head out the door. >> today is the warmest day of the week. >> a little bit of a trend. >>> this year's tour de france is wrapping up this morning. lance armstrong will finish far off the lead and as he goes into retirement he is facing a new storm of controversy with allegations of systemic and

north bay 82 said rosa 81. petaluma at 80 mill valley along peninsula '60s through san francisco and pacific 76 in san mateo as into the afternoon along the spate of verse '60s for richmond, '70s throughout alameda over to walnut creek 85, upper 80s for san ramon and pleasanton headed down to the south bay temperatures '70s and '80s for the most part we will see '90s out there for morgan hill, consistent everyday we are starting to warm it up thursday night's conditions all around. morning commute with george >> i think you just said it nice conditions all way around describes the morning commute. no hot spots will star with a bridge check you consider ride looks good westbound leading to the bay bridge toll plaza we are about the time 1 m lights are being activated last week when we had similar volumes it is likely they could of been activated for the west bound ride but it's not having an impact. there was word of a stall on the bridge as telephone caller told us but it was some moving well. from here to the san mateo bridge ride on 92 that looks good volume continues to build been no delays across the span

north bay to the south bay and it won't budge over the next two days. while we don't have a major storm system we've got energy coming into the pacific northwest and with that, cooler air associated with it. that's also what's going to help to keep temperatures down. this little kink in the jet stream right here that's helping to get this unseasonably cool air just close enough to the bay area to make an impact. we're going to call it "mild" as we head throughout tuesday, wednesday and thursday meaning widespread 70s inland and a few 80s and for wednesday, the cool air stays in place. so, enjoy. we have lots of sunshine. not like we're getting rainfall with this. heading to 11:00 a.m., low 70s and sunshine for the inland spots. tomorrow, temperatures for the south bay, in the 80s. also, a mix of 70s coming back here into the forecast with temperatures in the low to mid 70s from the peninsula to the north bay. i apologize. actually what's been playing on our temperature forecast is somewhat of a previous version. coming up at 6:00 p.m. i'll have that fixed. seems like we have a hiccup in our computer. obviously it's not sunday, it's monday. >> if it is

warm waters in the pacific, called an el nino, is blamed for getting 2010 off to the hottest start ever around the world. june was a record breaker in new jersey, delaware and north carolina, and in all 31 states were above average in june and some scientists believe that could become a trend. >> temperatures of 105 degrees in the northeast, those type of events are expected to occur much more frequently in the future. >> we've been getting august weather in june. >> reporter: hot weather this spring put tomatoes and corn on the market several weeks early in new jersey and put stress on the produce. >> this is a sun spot. that's created from just no water and too much heat. the other thing that it does is, it causes dry tips. if it continues like this, it will continue to cause problems. >> reporter: business is booming today at this lighthouse on new jersey shore, but when it gets too hot, people just stay inside. >> too hot is no good. last week we had 103 degrees. it was like a ghost town out here actually. >> it's cold, right? >> reporter: oh, thank you. can i have some? and business certainly is hot here as feverish beachgoers cooled off from the inside out.

pacific. that spells cooler for us. 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s. a cool pattern inland. 60s and 70s in the north bay. that fog up there just doesn't want to burn off. probably a repeat today. more of the same into thursday then it does look warmer with the sooner burnoff on friday and saturday, pam and dave. >> well, in less than an hour the conference board will release the latest consumer confidence report. the number is expected to drop from last month, which has already been the lowest level in four months. experts say they are up likely to gain reconfidence in the economy until the pace of job growth picks up. >>> the consumer product safety commission is investigating a complaint about a mcdonald's happy meal toy. a mother says her boy almost strangled himself with this, the character from the last air bender. the mom says he put the bracelet like ring around his neck and appeared to pass out. she says she took it off of him and he recovered. mcdonalds says it meets all safety standards. >> later today famed movie director frances ford cop a las winery opens to the public described as a winery

warm water in the pacific called an el nino is blamed for getting 2010 off to the hottest start ever around the world. june was a record-breaker in new jersey, delaware and north carolina. and in all 31 states were above average in june, and some scientists believe that could be a trend. >> some temperatures of 105 degrees in the northeast, those type of events are expected to occur much more frequently in the future. >> we've been getting august weather in june. >> reporter: hot weather this spring put tomatoes and corn on the market several weeks early in new jersey and put stress on the produce. >> this is a sun spot. that's created from no water and too much heat. the other thing it does is cause dry tips. if it continues like this, it will continue to cause problems. >> reporter: business is booming at the lighthouse on the jersey shore. when it gets too hot, people just stay inside. >> too hot is to good. last week 103 degrees. it was like a ghost town out here, actually. it's cold, right? >> reporter: oh, thank you. can i have some? and business here is certainly hot, as feverish beachgoers cool off from the inside-out. a fitting end to national ice cre

places like southeast asia, the philippines, the islands of the southwest and central pacific, the deserts of north africa, across great stretches of the atlantic ocean and from the beaches of western europe to the icy russian tundra. not only did americans serve in uniform, americans from all walks of life contributed to making the american home front the arsenal of democracy. it was the united efforts of everyone, every last citizen that resulted in try ump. ultimately, over 405,000 service members lost their lives in world war ii. to them, their spouses, their children, we as american citizens will be eternally indebted and we say thank you. before i reserve the balance of my time, i'd also like to take a moment to acknowledge the service of our brave men and women in uniform serving in our ongoing conflicts today. in some ways the war we find ourselves today is like world war ii. our american homeland was attacked, unprovoked and our uniformed service members are fighting to keep us free and safe from a war that has reached our shores. our nation has been blessed with generation after generatio

pacific region. look at what happened to bo months ago. north korea sank south korea's ship, and also, we do not forget that only last year, the country has fired at a typo dong -- a taepodong missile at the country, and also, there was nuclear testing as well. so the situation is far from stable. china is our important partner. i have to say, those of us in japan to not know why they have to continue their military revitalization the budget has increased annually for the last 20 years. in japan, it is 0.9% annually. that is a huge difference. against such background, some academics would say that japan has three choices. one, to increase defense spending and increase the terrance -- t he deterrence capability. second, tried to depend on the goodwill of the neighbors. third, to continue on with the security alliance with the united states. in any school -- any pool -- newspaper reporters here, or television -- people choose this third option, to continue with the alliance with the united states, first because japanese still remember the world wa

further north as you are getting towards the bay bridge, ninth street pacific center.p. no make are slowing there. giants play at 4:05. visibility is great. >> we are seeing at least underneath the cloud layer from san francisco northward to san jose still cloudy and another half hour before the clouds break up. we have the onshore flow coming into the bay area. now meet coastal eddie sitting offshore. >> you can see something in the low clouds this morning. as we head towards the weekend, temperatures are going to try to climb up. mid to upper 80s inland. 60s along the seashore. >> thanks. major new piece in the bay bridge goes into place today. crews are putting the signature feature on the new eastern span and a 525-foot tower into place. the first segment of the tower will be installed early this afternoon. construction crews will slide in a 1,000-ton beam just one of four 150-foot is ports that will eventually connect to the foundation. the new span scheduled to open to traffic by 2014. bay area commuters may soon have to pay a bridge toll and toll to drive on cit

stanko cool at the coast in the '70s we will be topping out north bay 77 sonoma 74 novato in the peninsula cool temperatures on the close 61 pacificside of the bay '60s and '70s here squeezing out 170 in richmond otherwise 68 in castro valley inland spots few warm factors here we will make it tick 80 pittsburgh in the three antioch. south bay 70 degree readings here 77 in milpitas not making it quite to the 80 degrees for los gatos. 7 day around the bay fog and drizzle today than cooling trend for the next couple of days we will will see warming come thursday when we will make it mid-80s mid-70s around the bay and mid-60s that the coast. this could george for traffic. >> things have cooled you're no longer tracking hot spots looking at the bay bridge the first leg of the bridge check and the westbound ride even with the second wave coming in at 10:00 still nothing to speak of metering lights were only on for about two hours this morning. in never really created a back up its been like this all morning long. san mateo bridge caring some heavy traffic in the westbound direction to our right now looks good no back up on the approach

some events in the north sea as well that has dealt with the uk and the same thing with nor way that those are probably the countries that you see. some of the other countries in the pacific, they will go out and adopt very stringent rules and we'll find ourselves in a country like indonesia modifying our heliport to deal with north sea wind conditions that don't exist. so there is some of that that does go on there. mr. collins, do you have anything to add? you thought you would be able to leave without answering a question, but i'm going to try to remedy that. you mentioned the vessel calms it down. can you elaborate on that? how far down? you said you can't pinpoint the exact cause, but do you think there is a connection? i do think there is a connection although it is very hard to quantify. i know two weeks ago through the statistic report and on the mississippi river there were 157 vessel calls for that time of year compared to 2009. i also know that the port director or a suftant port director at the port of mobile estimated they were down by about 25%. those were the only two numbers that we have a handle on. i have seen things that i'm always careful and would ass

same as it were yesterday '70s and '80s and the north bay 79 said rosa, 77 in petaluma, down to the peninsula 60 degree readings at the coast , 61 pacific3 san mateo, 65 richmond, 74 hayward, 69 castro valley. inland 80 degree readings will mccready, a danville 80, antioch 83. 77 in milpitas, 78 in san jose now for 7 day around the bay forecast continued to see that you fog tomorrow but that comes with a warm-up we will see high 80s inland i '70s that the bay and '60s that the coast plenty of sunshine for your weekend and beginning of your work week. >> the some 48 years around the bay a judge has denied use of a the fourth his request to represent himself against real estate fraud charges when making his decision he considered allegations that he had tried to have witnesses killed so you can see himself even any special privileges. the real estate fraud case is one of the cases pending against bay who is also of ordering murders of two men. >> these two men start a fire outside. this was one of three small fires that were sent over nine the other two were near homes close to the uc-berkeley campus one of the fires burned a scooter and

some events in the north sea as well that has dealt with the uk and the same thing with nor way that those are probably the countries thatou see. some of the other countries in the pacific, they will go out and adopt very stringent rules and we'll find ourselves in a country like indonesia modifying our heliport to deal with north sea nd conditions that don't exist. so there is some of that that does go on there. mr. collins, do you have anything to add? you thought you would be able to leave without answering a question, but i'm going to try to remedy that. you mentioned the vessel calms it down. can you elaborate on that? how far down? you said you can't pinpoint the exact cause, but do you think there is a onnection? i do think there is a connection although it is very hard to quantify. i know two weeks ago through the statistic report and on the mississippi river there were 157 vessel calls for that time of year compared to 2009. i also know that the port director or a suftant port director at the port of mobile estimated they were down by about 25%. those were the only two numbers that we have a handle on. i have seen things that i'm always careful and would assume

pacific region. maybe this is an understatement. unpredictability has increased. look at what has happened only two months ago. north korea has sunk a south korean ship. and also, we do not forget that only last year, the country -- that country sent a long-range missile over our country, and there was nuclear testing as well. so, the situation as far from stable. -- is far from stable. china is our important part of a rigid partner. i have to say a lot of us in japan do not know why. -- china is our important partner. as analysis has increased, a 15% for the last 20 years -- whereas in japan it is a 0.9% annually. that is a huge difference. against such background, some academics would say japan has three choices. one, to increase defense spending and increase military capability itself. second, try to depend on the good will -- good will of the neighbors. third, to continue on with the alliance with the united states. in any poll -- there are a lot of newspaper reporters here, television people -- in any poll in japan, the major part of people choose the third option, to continue the alliance with the united state

pacific rim. china is an opportunity that we ought to take advantage of. gm sells more cars to china than they do here in north america. as gm realigns itself, as ford realigns itself, with the design and engineering talent right here in michigan, i see a day where chinese and indian -- east indian, as well as indonesian's, brazilians -- they will want to buy great american cars, designed and built here in michigan. i will tell you that, if we -- i do plead guilty to being a tax- cutter. we will become more competitive. we will be a great place to do business. >> congressman hoekstra. >> i may have an interest of -- interesting perspective being on the intelligence committee. china cheats on national security and a cheat on economic security issues. until we told china accountable to live by the agreements that they make with us, whether our national security or trade, they are a threat. they need to live by the agreements. they need to be held accountable. when we hold them accountable, they become an opportunity. that is how we treat with china. on our side, we need to make sure we put in place the right pol

pacific rim. that being said, china is an opportunity be ought to take advantage of. gm sells more cars to china than they do in north america. as a gm realize itself, as ford realigns itself, we have design and engineering talent in michigan. i see 10 years from now, when china, india, indonesia, and brazil want to buy great american cars designed right here in michigan. but i will tell you that i do plead guilty to being a tax cutter. my tax cuts would make us more competitive. >> i may be have an interesting perspective, being on the intelligence committee. today, china is a threat. china cheats. they cheat on national-security issues and they cheat on economic security issues. until we hold chunmei accountable to the agreements to make with us, whether it is national security or trade, there are a threat. they need to live by the agreements and we need to hold them accountable. when they hold accountable, they become an opportunity. on our side, we need to make sure we put in place the right policies that enable michigan and american workers to compete on a global basis, if we put in bad tax policies and a bad bu