. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinginggliding, 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 '

. >> 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

on district 9, we did put it north of the park in district 9. mr. mcdonnell: that is a point of fact. >> you're talking about district considerations. >> it is in the 11 write-up. are we putting them in twice? >> across all of them, we had -- >> my point is there is a bunch of redundancy. everything should show up in five. if it is stated once, the point is captured. are you satisfied -- >> it even says mclaren park south. it would make sense for the reader that mclaren park north would be included in the section. mr. mcdonnell: ok. sure. >> the web would resolve that is to put the text in the district where it ended up. that is just the way i would do it. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. we are resolved. ok. with that intro the city attorney just offered, what follows is -- how would you say it in court? >> exhibit a. mr. mcdonnell: recognized neighborhoods. that goes tehre as -- there as a replacement. the intro to those sections is correct. district 1 and the deviation. district to come a deviation. that is probably a break. >> you're suggesting that? t

injuries..olicee ay anthony keyser was shot in his backyarddon north linwood avenue near patteeson parkd 4 pm yeeterday. witnesses say he'd been sitting on his back steps when suspect r mmtive. o word on a baltimore city's new police start on the job.the poliie department tweeted this photo of anthony batts being sworn in today,,even though he wasn't ssheduled to start unnil thurssay. the department announceddyesterday hat pctiig police commissioner anthony barksdale is taking medical leavv indefinitely. batts wassthe mayor's pick for police commissioner, and even though he's signed the contract, he still has to be confirred by city council. thht heaaing is set for next month. poolcc want more answers in the weekend disturbance in towson that left one man shot ... and eight others arrested. arrested. first on ox tonight john rydell sppaks ith the ooner of the recher theater..... where an overflow crowd.....got out of hand.. . "i was out here trying to ccear the stteet for an hour onna megaphone."briaa reeher...reealls he chaotic scene outside his theater...aa crowds of young people quic

she was working on the sidewalk at the time them crash happened near north first street and park side drive near 680 in walnut creek. another woman and the driver were rushed to the hospital. kimberly tere is at the scene with the latest for us. >> reporter: the fact that it happened at 6:30 this evening, witnesses tell us they saw a group of people who appeared to be a family. they were walking on north main street at park side near the marriott hotel when they say a speeding pickup truck ran in to them. walnut creek police will confirm one woman has died and another adult female take on the the hospital in grave condition. the driver of the pickup truck, they say, had to be extricated from his vehicle which was wedged against a retaining wall. he was taken to the hospital and later arrested for vehicle manslaughter. >> the young girl was lying down. she was all bloody. >> reporter: that's what i heard. >> she was conscious and the guy was looking and then another lady came to me and said that the mom is dead. >> reporter: police say they are looking in to how fast the driver was goi

park. and of course a wonderful windfall from that was the protection of pre-columbian conditions. all the species and all the wonderful habitats that are not represented in other areas of northmerica were protected by the original creation of yellowstone national park. go back up and see more of the active fires. narrator: however pristine the park may appear, in fact, human efforts to manage the park have had dramatic effects on the health of its plants and animals. dr. crabtree: in managing and protecting this park, many things had to happen. and actually, when it was made a park, there was already some big impacts to the park. fur trapping had occurred. elk and deer were being poached. and the park actually formed by bringing in the military to help protect it. and then soon after that, they moved into a phase of trying to manipulate it to get it back to a healthy state, which included the removal and eradication of predators. they were thought to have been bad at that point. narrator: ironically, while striving to preserve the animals and landscape, humans implemented changes that affected the health of the ecosystem. in 1926, park rangers exterminated the wolf populatio

when the official north korean news agency announced the opening of the amusement park, everyone in north korea said the same thing-- "what's amusement?" by the way, "fun park" is also the name of the guy who owns the place.

very heavy, 395, north, parking lot.>> hi. >> back now with more of "today" on a monday morning. it's the 10th of september, 2012. a terrific late summer morning here in new york city. it's beautiful out. >> gorgeous. >> temperatures in the 70s today. perfect blue sky, and a nice crowd. i forgot to mention, and a nice crowd of people gathered here as well. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. savannah has been acting as our guest deejay all morning. >> yes. >> and listening to some songs off her play list, and tomorrow, by the way, it's your time. >> that's right. i can't remember any of my songs. >> how did you do it in. >> used the most frequently played. >> i think we're listening to one of them. >> oh, no, this is mine. >> sorry. the smiths, you guys a big smith fan? >> my mer's maiden name is smith. >> i had every single record back in the '80s. nothing about me. >> meanwhile, kids are back in school. that means your lives are probably more hectic than ever. could also mean that you need to find

the signers live in the financial district, pacific heights, his russian hill, north waterfront, glen park, bernal heights, and bayview. they believe, as i do, that such a spot zoning height increase is the beginning of the end of our beautiful waterfront. so, today, his you have a chance to do what san franciscans want you to do. they want to preserve the waterfront. we ask you to do this by repealing the eight washington waterfront increase ordinance. thank you. >> president chiu: next speaker. >> mr. president, members of the board of supervisors, my name is lee radner, friends of golden gateway. you heard the first speakers talk about 31,000 plus voters who signed the petition to put the referendum on the ballot. you're looking at -- you're looking at the wall on the waterfront. this is not our concoction. this is the developer's. right along the embarcadero. you have the opportunity, today, to stop this kind of construction along the waterfront, where we will have to go to the ballot, which i don't think many of us would like to see happen. we'd like to have you change your mind today

head north, to someplace pristine like acadia national park. there is nothing like the parks this time of year. the falling leaves, the crisp air, the perfect inspiration for air wick's fall collection. yeah, when i smell all those things, i know fall is in the air. the fall collection brought to you by air wick and the national park foundation. something in the air wick. >>> good friday morning to you. the hot temperatures that los angeles has been experience is, they have had a big heatwave. but too much for one bear to tape thursday night he wandered into this neighborhood and took a dip into the pool. the police officers were chasing the bear to scare it off and hoping it would go back into the hills. but you could see that he took a little pool time before he eventually got out and on his own. but did he have a margarita and sat on the floaties for a little while. >>> in the afternoon, the kids can put their jacket away. the temperature will be up to 83 degrees. a stray shower is possible. but mainly as we head into the evening time frame.

head north, to someplace pristine like acadia national park. there is nothing like the parks this time of year. the falling leaves, the crisp air, the perfect inspiration for air wick's fall collection. yeah, when i smell all those things, i know fall is in the air. the fall collection brought to you by air wick and the national park foundation. something in the air wick. >>> all right. heavy thunderstorms turned las vegas streets into rivers. this is tuesday. this is what it looked like in the middle of the busy intersection right there in sin city. firefighters and helicopter crews rescued more than 20 people stuck in the cars because of the rising flood waters. water levels were several feet high in some areas. the storm knocked out power to thousands of customers for nearly two hours yesterday. it's hard to get in trouble in vegas when the streets look like that. >> exactly. but they got in trouble of their own driving through the flooded roadways. luckily for today, things will dry out and they will get a chance for cleanup and have anothe

that hiker enable to move after falling 25 feet into a gorge at a state park north of atlanta.opter slowly lifting him out. he's, oh, so close to that rocky cliff just feet away, but they got him to the hospital. no word yet on the extent of his injuries. kentucky. squad car out of control slams into a louisville home. the whole thing caught on the patrol car's dashcam. the officer loses control after trying to go around a pickup truck. he was responding to a 9-1-1 call at the time. his injuries minor. no one inside the home was hurt. california. thousands of annoying cyclists in san francisco. it's the traditional event called critical mass. their goal, to take over the city's streets and make drivers angry enough they'll want to ditch their cars. >> definitely frustrating. i mean, i got to get going. i'm on the clock right now. >> heavy presence by san francisco police making sure no cyclists or drivers got out of hand. washington. >> ♪ a woman caught off-guard ♪ you do ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies

at north main street and park side drive near the marriott hotel witnesses say a 53 rolled man was speeding southbound on main street when his pickup truck jumped the curb smashing into a group of people on the sidewalk. 52 year-old sherry hicks of santa barbara died at the st. another woman was rushed to hospital with severe injuries the man was extricated from the truck and taken to hospital. >>> she was lying down between the curb and the car she was all bloody what a terrible experience. >>> he was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter details of his injuries and non but still in custody the other woman in critical condition birthday celebration took a turn for the worst three young people killed and a crash in studio city this morning. the driver lost control and struck three trees and collided into a pizzeria schering ag gas line. friends of the victims said they had been celebrating a friends 21st birthday. investigation still underway police believe speeding played a role. munis efforts to stop those catching a free ride is working, more than 100 citations handed out in a

north beach. at the aquatic park, telegraph hill. serving our city, serving our seniors, the partnerships with self-help for the elderly -- everything is giving, the chief serves up meals at the center and for those too physically cannot attend, we drive them, we drive the meals to them. this is done on our own time. we partner with self-help walkathon and i started a new program called monthly lunch with the captain. once a month, we visit a senior center and serve food we talk about the issues relating to senior crime and prevention. beets are a big part of central station to to the high traffic ingestion and the population density and support from the community. we have beets in north beach, chinatown, union square and fisherman's wharf. the embarcadero wants it so bad, they pay for it. no taxpayer money there. also at central, we speak 40 languages. russian, spanish, swedish and of course english. not only do we practice community policing, but we practice global policing at central station. recently, a cultural exchange with the

teachers in north suburban highland park could hit the picket lines by mid-october. the teachers union says talks have reached an impasse. the school board is proposing to freeze teachers pay for two years. other issues include raises teachers receive for completing coursework and pre-retirement pay incentives. teachers have already agreed to health insurance changes which include higher premiums and co- pays. the average teacher pay in the district was reported at more than $70,000 last year. a teenager from hillside will appear in federal court this afternoon- charged with plotting to set off a car bomb outside a downtown bar. wgn's marcella raymond has details from the south loop: federal up authorities say that this site was chosen because it was a bar of liquor store and a headbandhad bands performing for large groups ... that fake bomb that was built by the fbi was placed in a jeep outside the bar at van buren friday night at 8:00 the suspect walked to the alley and pressed a fake button to blow up that keep ... there were many people attending events here on f

head north, to someplace pristine like acadia national park. there is nothing like the parks this time of year. the falling leaves, the crisp air, the perfect inspiration for air wick's fall collection. yeah, when i smell all those things, i know fall is in the air. the fall collection brought to you by air wick and the national park foundation. something in the air wick. >>> all right, we're talking about the cool temperatures once again this morning. we can see arnold good morning to you, at 57 degrees. 53234 barnsville -- 53 in barnsville. the winds are calm and we're going to pick those up a bit through the rest of the day out of the south at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. we're also watching a thunderstorm or showers rather that are going to be working their way towards us as a cold front. that's going to be pushing through as we head into tomorrow. but in the meantime, we are nice and clear right now. nice and dry. we are going to take you to the tropics and talk about tropical storm nadine. close to a hurricane, i'll break that down for yo

injuries..olice say anthhnn keyser was shot in his baakyard on north linwood avenue near patterson park aroond 4 pm yesterday. witnesses ay he'ddbeen siiting on his back steps when stood up to open the gate, ann suspect or motivv. p man shot and kiiled by a baltimore county police offiicr has been identified as a 22-year-old from tteas who was serving in the navy.joshua lopez was shot early sunday morning aftee pooice resppoded to calls for a suspicious questioning lopez, when he lunged for an offfcer'' gun.... and another ccp opened fireethat officer has been during the investigatiin.he's identified only as officer heins.... an 11 year veteran of the force. paltimore city's new police commissioner gets an early start on the job. &pjob.the olice department tweeted this photo of anthooy phursday. the department acting police commissioner anttony barksdale is taking medical leave indefinittey. batts was the mayor's pick for police commissioner, and even though he's signed the contract, he still has to be confirmmd by city council. that hearing is set or next &pmonth. 55... break- ins... i

as you can see, almost all the parks were north of market street. there wasn't much of any open space south of market street and wasn't a vision of how growth and south of market might add space to the open space network, so there was a heavy focus on the north of market area. since 1989 there have been 25 projects that have been approved by the commissions that would add shadow to the parks. as part of the actions, the joint commission has revised these budgets on nine occasions on six different parks. some of those have been changed multiple times, such as bodecker park. bringing back * to this plan, here is a map of -- you can see of the downtown area. the plan area is outlined in red. all the open spaces shown on the map are recreational and park. open spaces. not showing non reck and open spaces because they are not the subject of section 295. the plan doesn't have open reck or by any public agency. the different colorations of the parks on the map, darker green, are parks that might have new shadow from planned buildings and light green ones d

roanoke park area north 101 roadwork from the expressway should be picked up by -- >> san mateo police,1> parents and school administrators will meet to discuss student safety after a 9-year-old girl was abducted last week. the girl escaped and the suspect is in custody. terry mcsweeney is live at parkside elementary. >> reporter: parents have been promised more fences, more gates, more locks here at parkside elementary. this morning they are going to get a chance to talk to district officials and police about what happened out here on this campus last friday afternoon. take a look at video of the campus where according to police 25-year-old bradley mrozek followed a 9-year-old girl in the bathroom he groped her, put his hanover her mouth and carried her off campus. she kicked him, threw rocks at him and ran back to campus. police say he had been at other campuses friday offering vodka to some students two boys did take a sip. he foaled two girls who did not take vodka. he followed them, they were freaked out, ran home, told parents, parents called 911. after that mrozek was at anothe

head north, to someplace pristine like acadia national park. there is nothing like the parks this time of year. the falling leaves, the crisp air, the perfect inspiration for air wick's fall collection. yeah, when i smell all those things, i know fall is in the air. the fall collection brought to you by air wick and the national park foundation. something in the air wick. >>> thanks for joining thans tuesday -- joining us on this tuesday morning. mosquito patrol will spray the area. we are talking about the area because of west nile virus. you can you can -- if you see the crews, head indoors. the spray is meant to kill mosquitoes carrying west nile virus. there have been 14 human cases of the disease in the state so they want to get this under control. several more sprays are scheduled for the rest of the month. check out your screen. tomorrow they will spray millford mill baltimore county, and then on the 18th which is next tuesday, they will be back in anne arundel county spraying the same area they were today to try to get this under contro