. >> 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.

. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children

. >> 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.

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north korea say the suspension was person rare, but they blame park for bringing it to the bring of closurethis is the first time the north korean officials have criticized park by name since she took power. through the presidential office, she acknowledged that people are worried about the situation, but she said south korean leaders were handling the situation with a strong military deterrence and that citizens were calm. >> translator: i say with confidence that the south will remain a safe and stable place to make investments and do business. >> south korea's stock fell to the lowest level on tuesday partly because of the tension on the peninsula. they want to keep tourists coming, and they say the country is save. u.s. defense officials have suggested a budget for of than half a trillion dollars. they'll fund high priority programs including strategic hubs in the asia pacific. pentagon o fishes are asking for roughly the amount amount as they requested last year, about $526 billion. >> it makes new investments in the flexible platforms needed for the future. >> pentagon commanders want

we staged them on our north parking lot. there's a portable laboratory that was brought in. they came in and took possession of our letter, which is the justice court letter that was received on april 10th. that particular letter, content and envelope has been analyzed at the laboratory. it is not an official result that we have. we do have a result back preliminarily. what i can tell you about what we received, there are great consistencies between the content, the letter itself, the way the letter was written, the postmark of the letter, the way the letter was addressed, there are great consistencies and similarities to the two letters and the information that we received from the federal people that senator wicker and president obama received. with that being said, the letter that we received at justice court and the content has now, after this preliminary test, has been sent to the same laboratory group of people that are finalizing and analyzing the two letters that the federal people received. we will be waiting for official results. i cannot release those until i get

and now we invite you to join us in north light park for a fantastic of food and wine for you to enjoyyou all very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> the project all started from the brain child over here, noelexsavio of the city of san francisco code enforcement department. (applause). >> early 2007 gave me a call, he said, hey, i got this funding for a really cool project, can you help me out, i don't do theater. so we got together, we put together a script and we've been touring every since. we hope it's doing some good. we hope it's changing some lives. i could go on and on and on about this but i'm not. we'll have a little q and a session after this. can you hear me? i'm an actor, i don't need this. we'll answer questions about how it got going and what it's about. the way we start this out at the schools is i come out and introduce myself, introduce the guys a little bit, these are my students at sacramento city college then kick it off, hello, local celebrity, a guy from sacramento who does performances in poetry, he's an actor, he does rap music, all kinds of stuff, he doesn't juggle but he has

park. in phase two the primary sites would be grounded water as it is now. the north lake well facility would be located in the northwestern of golden gate park near 42 avenue. one important addition is the north lake facility would serve as a emergency drinking source and would have designed component to it to claachieve t. the project would normally operate like wells will pump detail and the average production will be up to 4 million gallon ones and 3 million gallons a day. we can shift the pumping around as needed to avoid adverse effects of pump. all 6 wells can products millions of gallons up to many days. they're truly emergency water emergency supply facilities and it would be furnished by a portable generate. just to wrap up the presentation i'd like to highlight the project operations. our project objectives that to provide a local drinking sources. the project facilities would be constructed in two phases includes 6 will well facilities and 5 miles of grounded pipes. the project operations would be under no more operations to pump up to 4 million gallons of

the north koreans are also responding to political change across the border. south koreans elected park geun-hye as president. instead of a candidate who takes a softer approach toward the north. plus, members of the u.n. security council toughened sanctions against the north to try to smother its nuclear and missile programs. china, north korean's longtime ally, voted in favor of the action. >> what is the jong-un regime trying to achieve? what's the end game here? >> yes, gene. the north koreans are trying to heighten the sense of crisis. direct talks with the u.s. kim reportedly told former star american basketball player that he wants to hear from president obama. here is what dennis rodman said in march after his visit to north korea. >> he want obama to do one thing -- call him. >> he wants a call from president obama? >> that's right, he told me that. he said if you can, dennis, i don't want to do war, i don't want to do war. he said that to me. >> north korean officials know president obama was reluctant to negotiate with them during his first term. now that he's started his sec

half moon bay tomorrow, 80 in menlo park. north bay, 83 santa rosa. oakland, 75. union city, 78 and mid-80s as you head out to brentwood and accu-weather forecast, there is possible record as we head into monday, lingering into tuesday with inland temperatures near 90 coast around 70 and clouds and fog on thursday and friday. >> katie: thank you. mike shumann with a look at sports. >> i know the warriors is your favorite team. haven't been to the playoffs in 2007. this is young team that found out it's lot more physical postseason and may get tougher as david lee was injured and his return is questionable. lee played 3577 games without a playoff appearance. here a double, double, 14 boards home state up by 4. seth curry, missed his first nine shots. wakes up in the second. warriors were up by 5 but nuggets get a run. fourth quarter. bad news for golden state, david lee injuries his right hip flex or. mri on sunday. they battle back. andre miller, huge game off the bench, nuggets up by 5, now they are up by three, curry ties the game. too much time left on the cloc

north korea is blocking south korean workers from entering a jointly run park. north korea closed the plant in 2007 destroying a cooling tower to show its commitment to a shattered deal with the u.s. >> if they restart their nuclear facility, that is in direct violation of their international obligatio obligations and would be a serious step. >> reactivating the reactor could take three months to a year. north korea's development of nuclear weapons is a growing threat. >>> a huge pot bust on the high seas. the u.s. coast guard intercepted three tons of marijuana off the california coast. a coast guard helicopter spotted the suspected drug smuggling boat on sunday 150 miles off the coast of l.a. the people on board started dumping bales of marijuana into the water as they sped away. a coast guard cutter recovered 6,000 pounds of pot. the smugglers are still on the loose. >>> cheryl sandburg says she is fighting for women in the workplace. >> women have held 14% of the top jobs in corporate america for ten years. ten years of exactly no progress. >> tonight the sec

. >> reporter: searchers from half a different agencies descended on this mobile home park off north first street. they used sand detecting dogs to try to find their suspect. curtain dean anderson sometimes stayed with friends in this area. >> he would huddle with his little beer, he would stair straight ahead. he would give you an ugly stair. >> reporter: people in this mobile home park say they would notice anderson easily because he used two canes to walk. neighbors say they did not know of anderson's past. he is a three strikes suspect having been convicted of kidnap and murder. >> reporter: he spent more than six years in san quentin after being convicted early in the 1990s. searches with dogs combed through this boardinghouse in san jose where anderson reportedly stayed on and off last year while working for this luggage retrieval service in santa clara. police say anderson stopped here yesterday and it was then that misday sanchez made her daring escape. >> she saw me, i saw her. she waved me down. i saw her right here. she came running to the truck saying, help me i've been k

north of the d.m.z., all ranged in on seoul. so, you're quite right. but what president parkaying, i think she is simply reiterating that position, and that position has held for some time and the north koreans have not engaged in that kind of provocation since the south korean government laid down this red line. so, the question, again, is in the next couple of weeks, are the north koreans going to slow this down or are they going to continue to go right up to the line here with a lot of nerves being frayed. certainly, the south koreans are just sick of this exercise -- sick of this approach by the north koreans. and so i think there is a real danger of serious retaliation and with the key question being, what would the north koreans do in retaliation of the retaliation. >> one final question to you, this april 15th, the anniversary of the birth of the founder, the leader of north korea, a lot of people are anticipating something dramatic could happen between now and then. this new young leader, the grandson, in effect, to go ahead and prove his credentials. are you fearful

are signals that attribute to a couple of deadlines that the north koreans have set for instance for businesses in the kaesong industrial parkhere there's 50,000 north korean workers along side about 1,000 workers from south korea. they say the missile is going to go up like an exclamation point behind all of these weeks of rhetoric, action to backup the words of pyongyang. meantime south korean officials are saying that what the north is really doing here is trying to rattle everyone with a policy that they call the headline strategy. let me show you an example. this is a video that was put out by the north koreans today showing dog trainers and an effigy of the defense minister here in south korea, one of those north koreans said that he deserved to be chewed up by dogs. an insult of course here. and the dogs indeed did attack him. this is the kind of thing that plays out on the news every day. the north koreans saw a video very much like this work last week and so they repeated it again today. there are some people that are hoping to tone things down. they looked on with favor at the u.s. canceling the launch of a u.s. ca

50,000 north korean people are employed there, and it would not help them achieve their state of desire to improve their economy and better the lives of their people. >>> south korean president park geun-hye have criticized them for pulling their workers out. >> translator: if north korea is going to do things like stop operations at the kaesong complex and disregard international rules and agreements, then no country or company in the world will invest in them. >> park urged the leadership of the north to reopen the facility for the sake of the korean people. representatives of small and medium size south korean companies operating in kaesong met to discuss what to do. they want the government to send a business delegation to north korea to discuss the matter. they said all measures should be taken to return to normal operations. >>> workers at fukushima daiichi have found another leak in a pool storing contaminated water. it's the third pool at the nuclear plant with the same problem. engineers for tokyo electric power company found a leak last week in the number two pool. they began transferring water from there to pool number one and then they found that two was leaking. >> n

north closed the border. about 500 south koreans remain at the kaesong industrial park. yesterday, the north korean government warned foreign diplomats will not be safe if war breaks out. leader kim jong-un announced earlier in the week he mobilized his military, moving midrange missiles into firing position on north korea's east coast. >>> traces of bird flu virus have been found in more markets in shanghai. six people have died in the area out of the 16 who fell ill. virus, a brand-new strain, was discovered in infected pigeons. so far, the virus has only spread from birds to people. buy area official are also taking notice. there are daily flights to shanghai out of sfo. but this doctor says it is not serious notch enough to cancel . >> do not go to a market and hang out with the live poultry. chickens, pigeons, and other birpds. because that is how it is transmitted. >> the cdc and the state department have not issued any travel warnings for now. state officials consider this to be a low risk as the virus is not being transmitted from person to person. >>> are san fra

americans this week, the minister of education a decade ago when north korea allowed to let south korean companies open a business park in the north. he insists doing nothing gives north korea more time to fine tune it's nuclear program. >> now is the time that united states has to exert efforts to desolve the issue through dialogue in the lab. >> he says he would be surprised if the north shut down the business park he helped to create. >> dozens of illinois children are recovering after their school bus flipped over this morning in a rural area near wadsworth. police say the driver apparently smashed into two suvs. the driver of one died. the windows on the bus were smashed from the impact but none of the school kids were seriously injured. authorities credit the high seat backs for shielding the children. >>> a nanny charged with stabbing two kids to death has been found fit to stand trial. yoselyn or the taiga has pleaded not guilty to murder. police say the two children were killed last year in the manhattan apartment. the family just moved to new york from san francisco's noe valley. the children's father worked

this is the landscaping between the sea wall and marina green north of the parking that absorbs some of the water runoff and it's extended for our project under the permit and then finally we're working very closely with partners and bcdc for quarters so we don't take over the space and we can still accommodate walkers and joggers and opportunities around the area so they can have enjoyment of the waterfront views and get through the site itself. with that i will turn it back over to ms. ketchum. dana and happy to answer any questions you have on ceqa. thanks. >> so i want to talk you through the main issues that we have identified and where we've come out on those issues. the first one is the explain the fees. the city and county of san francisco is a partner and cosponsor of this event and accordingly under the lease disposition agreement that was entered into by the city, approved by the board of supervisors and the mayor there are no facility fees payable. we are entitled to be reimbursed for the restoration cost so the america's cup and authority is required to pay any areas per

north korea to make more threats in the coming weeks. threquestedhe south that they be allowed to enter a business park in north korea. food and supplies are running low for those still inside. >> two weeks since north korea closed the border. it's over a week since they pulled the 53,000 north korean workers out of the plant, announcing there were temporarily shutting it down. the situation for the business leaders, the owners of the 123 factories based in the joint industrial complex, are getting increasingly worried and desperate about what to do next. on wednesday they tried to send three carloads full of supplies such as rice, beans, medical equipment, to the 200 or so people still stationed there. people ofo centennisend 10 their delegation for talks. the news came through that it had been officially rejected. those leaders held a news conference, saying they had built up these businesses over many years through their blood, sweat, and tears, and had been given guarantees by both governments that their company could operate for 50 years unfettered. now they are faced with this situation. but south korean governm

at sue beer man park north of embarcadero in the city. we have all the information on this for you at 7 news.com. find it under see it on tv. >> turning now to the latest on the tragedy in texas. that massive fertilizer plant explosion in the town of west about an hour south of dallas, tonight emergency responders have searched about 80 percent of the blast site and they say they have found 8 to continue bodies which is actually much smaller death toll than they initially feared. laura anthony is in west tonight. >>reporter: i am stand about half mail northwest of where the plant is located. tonight you can see emergency vehicle still on scene there. investigators combing through is what left of that plant. all day. still trying to figure out exactly why it exploded. >> i guess amoney why catching fire with the air that's about to blow. like something inside was saying go now you are about to die. >>reporter: the young family lived in the apartment building in west texas. that were blown to bits by wednesday night massive explosion. he kn

north and south. opened in 2004, the park is just a few kilometers inside north korea. it provides employment to over 50,000 workers from the north. all of the 120 companies are south korean owned. managers travel across the border every day. last year, the part produced goods with hundreds of billions of dollars. both sides benefit from the arrangement. companies from the south get a low-wage work force. the north gets a key source of hard currency. tensions have been rising on the korean peninsula for weeks. p'yongyang has pledged to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor, then threatened a tax on the u.s. military base in the region. washington again vowed to protect the south. >> let me be perfectly clear here today. the united states will defend and protect ourselves and our treaty ally, the republic of korea. >> north korea last stop south koreans entering the complex in 2009. that ban lasted just three days. workers are hoping the stoppage this time will also prove temporary. >> time now for some business news. the imf has now confirmed it will contribute around 1

at sue beer man park north of embarcadero in the city. we have all the information on this for you at 7 news.com. find it under see it on tv. >> turning now to the latest on the tragedy in texas. that massive fertilizer plant explosion in the town of west about an hour south of dallas, tonight emergency responders have searched about 80 percent of the blast site and they say they have found 8 to continue bodies which is actually much smaller death toll than they initially feared. laura anthony is in west tonight. >>reporter: i am stand about half mail northwest of where the plant is located. tonight you can see emergency vehicle still on scene there. investigators combing through is what left of that plant. all day. still trying to figure out exactly why it exploded. >> i guess amoney why catching fire with the air that's about to blow. like something inside was saying go now you are about to die. >>reporter: the young family lived in the apartment building in west texas. that were blown to bits by wednesday night massive explosion. he kn

jointly run factory near the fortified border between the two countries. 53,000 north koreans work at an industrial park on the north side of the border but today south korean officials say the north is not allowing south korean workers to go to work and will only let them leave. the industrial park has been an unusual point of cooperation in the hostile relationship between the two koreas. north korea is upset by sanctions over the nuclear test. >> 9-1-1 recordings from a deadly northern california race way crash reveals confusion over where the ambulance should respond after a sprint car want out of control hit a petaluma teen and a 68-year-old grass valley man. there were numerous desperate calls made to 911 but the dispatchers had a hard time marrowing down the location to one of three rayways in the area. >> ma'am, i immediate to find out where you, there are three locations where they race, okay, you are in the park, correct? >> we are one mile east of town. >> the sprint car driven bit high school senior chase johnson lost control in the first turn and the crash claimed the life of a 14-year-old

north korea. we haven't seen it for some time. park has to reflect that. n for office on trying to open up dialogue with the north koreans but she isn't talking like that right now. that's not what south koreans want. >> gordon, i would think it's in china's interest to have north korea be less bellicose. they certainly don't want the united states to have more excuse to put more troops in the region. they don't want strife in the region and yet you write, maybe not so fast. you write, the chinese by supplying the north koreans with weaponry, material support and diplomatic assistance have enabled their dangerous friends to destabilize the international community. and you say this even while some in beijing know this is not in china's long-term best interest. why are they doing this? >> well, china's going through a troubled leadership transition of its own. and in that, the chinese military's becoming more powerful. they have traditionally held pro-pyongyang views in the military. so you have many jens and admirals want to support the north koreans. it's a

today, south korea says the north is only allowing the workers to return home but not re-enter. the industrial park has been an unusual point of cooperation in an otherwise hostile relationship between the koreas. north korea is angry over ongoing military drills the united states is conducting with south korea and new u.n. sanctions following recent nuclear tests. >> coming up, chaos at a race track where a petaluma teenager is killed. we will hear the 9-1-1 tapes just made public and the confusion they caused. >> a bay area girl hit by an >> the battle to keep the kings in california heads to the big apple. groups will be in new york city to present the plan for the nba team to the league's board of governors. sacramento mayor will make his pitch to keep the team in the state capital. on the other side is a seattle based group of investors including microsoft c.e.o. and sacramento is offering to build a half billion dollar arena and seattle says it already has 44,000 fan whose have committed to tickets if the team moves there. >> and a former nba star is the mayor. >> 9-1-1 recordings from a dead

at sue beer man park north of ero in the city. we have all the information on this for you at 7 news.com. find it under see it on tv. >> turning now to the latest on the tragedy in texas. that massive fertilizer plant explosion in the town of west about an hour south of dallas, tonight emergency responders have searched about 80 percent of the blast site and they say they have found 8 to continue bodies which is actually much smaller death toll than they initially feared. laura anthony is in west tonight. >>reporter: i am stand about half mail northwest of where the plant is located. tonight you can see emergency vehicle still on scene there. investigators combing through is what left of that plant. all day. still trying to figure out exactly why it exploded. >> i guess amoney why catching fire with the air that's about to blow. like something inside was saying go now you are about to die. >>reporter: the young family lived in the apartment building in west texas. that were blown to bits by wednesday night massive explosion. he kn

announced on friday it was withdrawn all of its remaining factory workers from a joint industrial park with north korea. the move came after p'yongyang -- a deadline expired expire. itsh korea pulled out 50,000 workers from that site. >> germany's version of the oscars were handed out on friday. wasbig winner of the night a debut movie that picked up six prizes, including best picture, director, and screenplay. it's dark got best male lead for the wall. , "cloud atlas," won several awards, including maycock, and a veteran director was honored for his life's work. >> i was the only one who knew he was getting the award, and now, and the one who is overwhelmed. thank you very much. >> a total of 3 million euros in prize money was handed out, [captions made possible by kcet television] >> good evening, and thank you for coming tonight's program. i am the founder of writer's block, now in our 17th season. [applause] thank you. we are here at the launch of a new and energized women's movement. few women in america have flown to the top of corporate america with the speed of cheryl sandburg. her

north korean workers have been working at the kaesong industrial complex. state-run media said officials will temporarily halt activities at the industrial park. the official claim that they have been abusing the complex for what he called provocations. he said the north would halt all difficult at the park. the first such operation since 2004. he said officials will decide whether or not to keep the complex open. they have added to tensions between the two koreas. last week they started to refuse to allow south korean workers to enter. a spokes person for the ministry of unification now says officials have not seen any new signs that preparations have progress progressed. the unification minister said there were signed that preparations were under way. they were speaking to members of parliament. he did not elaborate. a spokes man said he was following up on remarks. >>> north korea threatened japan with a missile attack for their decision to extend sanctions. this came in response to the third nuclear test in february. the ruling worker's party paper criticized it on monday. they said japan is following the hostile policy of the u.s. toward n

, another sign of rising tensions on that korean peninsula, north korea denying hundreds of south korean workers access to a joint factory park in the north. and nearly 500 workers arriving at that border crossing. they were turn ed away. the industrial zone houses and employs 50,000 north korean worker as well. pyongyang, produced nearly $500 million worth of goods last year alone for the impoverished north. >>> the man who police say drove straight through the front of the san jose walmart. turns out he has had a run-in with police in the past. this is exclusive video from december 12th, barely missing two employees. haamid zaid was hiepd the wheel. shocked to hear that he wasn't already in jail. court documents show zaid told officers he had snorted meth earlier that day. he is due back in court tomorrow. >>> san francisco supervisors debating the roll of surveillance cameras in bars. more liquor licenses are being approved under the condition that bar owners record customers coming and going. now the goal here is said to be fighting crime. but supervisor scott weiner says it should only be used in fighting crime. >>> into

he criticized north korean officials' refusal to allow people from the south to enter the park. e said it will be the north's fault if workers can't continue production. still, he suggested south korean leaders are mindful of president park geun-hye's goal of building trust. >> translator: in principle, we should give humanitarian aid regardless of the political and military situation. >> he said the door to dialogue is always open. >>> the philippines is hosting a large-scale joint military drill with the u.s. that started friday. it has been an annually scheduled event for decades. the two nations seem to have new focus in recent years as china's military presence grows. the united states is promoting new policies focusing on the asia-pacific region. we report from manila with the details. charmaine deogracias has more. >> reporter: day one of the joint drill started on the island. a total of 8,000 troops are taking part. in addition to military exercises, japan was trailing singapore and three other asia-pacific nations in a maritime simulation. the philippines and china are l

for the second day, barred south korean workers from the north to punch in at the industrial park, the only joint venture. intelligence suggests the north moved a medium range missile toward a long sight, to the east of us. this kind of missile has yet to be tested. it could hit u.s. targets as far away as guam. in reaction, the u.s. is beefing up antimissile defenses on guam saying they are taking the threats very seriously. here in seoul, south korean students we have been talking to said they are more concerned about final exams than a war hearing these threats all their lives. kim is too weak and too broke to launch a war. they are worried and accident or miscalculation could trigger something. back to you. >> we will watch very closely. jim, thank you. >>> also, this morning new leads in the shooting death of the colorado prison chief. police are looking for two members of white supremacist member games. the spi-year-old thomas and james are not being called suspects. officials are saying their names surfaced during the investigation. both are members of the prison gang, 211 crew.