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

. >> rocket cliffs along the north pacific coast shown on russian state television, form the background for vladimir putin's latest image campaign, accompanied by environmentalists, the prime minister went looking for rare gray whales. the message -- another location, another photo opportunity. at the black sea, president of that yet met with bono from the bonou2. they chatted about -- from teh he band u2. they chatted about hard rock, and the president promised aid for his latest aids campaign. in moscow, citizens a eoying thsumm ter eks of smog. they tend to play down the devastating fires of the past week. criticism of the country's leadership is also waning. >> yes, maybe help came too late, and yes, maybe we all suffered because of that. but they did battle the fires as much as they could. it is difficult toht the forces of nature. and i you know, you should not criticize the leadership. they want to relax, that is okay. ybutn regions dtroyed by the fire, locals see things differently. people who lost everything can only hope that the government will fulfil its promise, that by win

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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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

hotting up just a while ago that your ass in south korea had joint military exercises in the pacific something north korea was strongly opposed to was china's stance on north korea is the only official ally of china change you support and career in the korean. more than one hundred fifty if you consider the last one million people and of course they treasure those relations they want to. give to state allies of north korea at the same time they do understand that north korean economy doesn't work well they encourage north koreans to promote reforms to make the economy more market oriented they try to encourage north korea to be more open to the world and they're very much against north korea nuclear weapons but they do say cheney is that the reason most korea wants to have nuclear weapons is because america doesn't profit most most korea puts pressure on north korea and the bush for example was very warlike against north korea the chinese way or dealing with this issue is to see to the table and try to solve the issues in a peaceful way and chain you say that america should recognize north korea as

now that derailment happened around 4:00 yesterday afternoon when the train was moving north bound. union pacific says two empty rail cars tipped over, blocking the tracks, those tracks are the same tracks used by amtrak's capitol corridor. >> i just said a freight train derailed. >> -- pretty tired. we want to get home. >> no, i am not mad right now. >> -- rail man -- >> -- do -- >> -- do -- >> -- still under investigation. >> we should know in a few hours if ac transit drivers will be back on the job in full force today. riders are hoping to finally -- [ inaudible ] >> -- district 1 50 drivers or 15% of its work force called in sick yesterday. the district said that it had the same problem every day for the past two weeks, ever since the district imposed a new contract on its drivers. a judge tossed out that contract on monday but both sides remain at odds about the contract and the sick calls. >> they make $100,000 plus in wages and benefits. they owe it to the riders and the taxpayers to come back. >> there are 15 operators at 10:00 this morning called in out of 1100 sick today. >> ac transit

as you move north, you come to the southern pacific building or the embarcadero centers or the trans america towers. there, the rock is 40, 60 feet deep. but the decision was made that we need parking. so they elected to dig down to the dents supporting soil and build a foundation on the dance material below the bay mud. so that is a rock site, rock expedite -- rock excavation. this is part of the temporary shoring system that retains the walls of the excavation and prevents the building, other buildings from falling into the hole. >> where were we? >> we were driving around in the marina. we were looking over the perfectly flat marina green, at the whole marine area, which is also perfectly flat because it was artificial filled from the 1915 exposition. >> that is correct. it was hydraulics and pumped in from the bay. same principle, they built a dike on the outside it, and then pumped in the sand. and as we all know, in 1989, a lot of damage. lawrence can speak to the concept of soft story problems with the buildings, and the look of viable soil. in perfect concert with each other,

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

system driving down from the pacific north west is going to usher in a rather significant cooling trend over the next few days. then sunny and cooler. windy at times. some might think it's perfect and others might think it's too cool. temperatures inland low 80s. 50s, 60s around the bay and low 70s for many in the north bay. sunny, cool, take that into the weekend. no sign of any big warm up. >>> ac transit riders might have an easier time getting around on sunday. that's when the transit agency switches back to old work rules and schedules. ever since a new contract and new work schedules were imposed on the drivers, many drivers did call in sick. and commuters have suffered through frustrating delays on several bus routes. on monday a judge ordered ac transit to restore the old contract as arbitration begins in the continuing labor dispute. >>> all right. time now 5:08. the senate is set to take a big step today as elena kagan moves even closer to a spot on the u.s. supreme court. >>> plus what oakland mayor now says about a possible run for re-election. >>> and one city takes action

in the lower and mid-mississippi river valley and plains, and the heat wave continues for the pacific northst. that is a look at the weste >>> good morning to you. craig herrera here. no heat for the bay area. it's been such a cool summer. we continue with that today. the fog is 2,000 feet deep. waking up 50s and cloud cover and fog. highs today, 60, 70s and only a few 80s out there yet again of the we have a nice sea breeze borrowing blowing a lot of that cooler fog in. it will take a while to burn off. tomorrow the fog burns off a little earlier and we get a little warmer for one day. >>> all right. this is the wedding corner over here. we have the one-year anniversary, the trotters just got engage and they are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. for more weather log on 24 hours a day to weather.com. jenna? >> scott, thank you so much. so, there is a giraffe at the topeka zoo living up to her name. she was born a month ago with rear leg deformities and baby hope is actually beating the odds now after groundbreaking medical procedure with the help of the zoo staff who have made a s