in addition, we have over 30 wineries from northern california.ern california and we celebrate that with our linwine lands. we added mclaren pass this year, where we had food trucks. we added a whole area with chocolate confections. i'm not sure how to say that. we just want to say thank you very much to the city and to rec and park. we are thrilled and we are honored to be able to give $1.4 million to san francisco's rec and park this year. thank you. commissioner buell: thank you. commissioner lee? commissioner lee: i have a question. i have heard from a number of members from the advisory board and i have made our general manager aware of some of the e- mails and phone calls i've received. with regards to the hot line that you have set up, a number of members complained about calling the hot line and not getting through, or talking with a representative of the hot line and not getting any kind of response in terms of the noise level. i'm just wondering. when you receive calls to the hot line, how are those calls recorded? how do you respond to

those clouds are getting thicker as we head up into northern california.at is where we have the storms. let's take a look at irene. there you go. slide on down to the tropics. you can see it's definitely developing, very impressive looking storm and ang ghrar lar momentum. winds of 115, first major hurricane we've had in this th season in the atlantic basin. by saturday evening, clipping cape hatteras and then possibly by sunday evening, running into boston. that would be interesting. category one hurricane there. >> talking about what is going on at home. low to mid 50s around the coast. rest of us in oft's. monterey bay, inland we have clouds and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. it will be mostly sunny, not quite as hot. billing change in the forecast from yesterday. more clouds tonight and cooler sleeping weather. warmer afternoons, 24-hour temperature change, everybody going down, concord 90. six degrees cooler than yesterday. fremont 7, oakland 9 and santa rosa, biggest drop, ten degrees cooler than today. east bay valleys, outside san ramon vall

tag along with us as we go on a produce pursuit in northern california. then, meet a farmer who is surrounded by his favorite things--his berries and his brothers. finally, think starting a vegetable garden is hard? our expert has advice to get you started and on your way to a homegrown meal in no time. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> so we all know that california is king when it comes to growing citrus. and when it comes to growing lemons, no one is bigger than this ventura county farm. and with over 7,000 acres of lush lemon trees, limoneira isn't just the biggest lemon grower in california, but in all of north america. based in santa paula, the farm is a testament to what hard work and determination can do. founding fathers nathan blanchard and wallace hardison first bought the land way back in 1893 and named the ranch limoneira, which means "lemon lands" in portuguese. >> and at the time, they wanted to bring about the first full-scale commercial operation citrus ranch in the u.s.

please welcome the 2011 northern california cherry blossom court. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you once again. the 2011 cherry blossom court. a beautiful performance. and now the special moment we've all been waiting for. the asian pacific american heritage awards honoring individuals and organizations who have made a distinct impact in their contributions to the city's a.p.a. community. this year the awards are being presented in three categories. for individuals, awards for emerging leadership and lifetime achievement. and for organizations, we have the community impact award. more than 30 nominations were received in the top finalists in each category were submitted to a panel of three distinguished judges to make the final selection. now, the three judges are dafney quack, chair of the president's advisory commission on pacific americans and pacific islanders and those with disabilities of california, the president and c.e.o. of yanza media group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islander

i'm frank and president-elect of criminal trial lawyers association of northern california. ctla is a proud co-sponsor of the justice summit here today. i've been asked to say a few words about ctla to both inform and entertain you for about the next two minutes. it's a professional association of criminal defense lawyers in the bay area. our membership list includes about 400 lawyers and private investigators, expert witnesses and even some professors and law students. our members are -- how do i say this -- luminaries in the field. today, the justice conference honors a past ctla honoree, one of our own, tony serra. ctla has featured the likes of not only tony serra at a feature presenter at our programs but those that include jim bross that has who defends cases most of the time but was the special prosecutor in the cat wineberger case. john was responsible for ollie north. chris argatis, who i don't think has prosecuted anyone but defends everyone. and other greats like patrick and nancy. our programs have historically been more a mix of social and educational gatherings

nevada/red bluff, northern california, top of the first. wesley clausen, drives one to the gain right. austin youngblood comes into score. 1-0, northern california. they're going nuts. bottom of the sixth. northern california one out away. lane pritchard, game-ending groundout. and northern california, they play the winner, and in the west final tomorrow. sports can bring a community together. the joy of the kids, brings it all home. we watched the giants in a battle for maybe another world series. beginning of the nfl preseason they're just playing the kids' game. aren't they? >> yeah, shthey sure are, thank you, jim. >> for a full half-hour of bay area sports coverage, watch comcast sports central tonight at 10:30. >> we're back in a stay with us. >>> the bay area prides itself on leading the green revolution. two nonprofit is partnering with pg & e to harness the sun. habitat for humanity and volunteers working with grid alternatives to outfit affordable homes at a former dennis tr site. it provides solar panels and job training for inst

we go in closer to central and northern california with a few showers going on. but if you're traveling to the east, interportions of ohio and extending down to southeast missouri with showers headed into memphis. at least across the west, you do see that one area of low pressure tracking northward along the coastline. that's providing a few showers across the four corners again today. chance for some monsoonal showers but nothing overwhelming extending back through southern california. northern california the better chance for intermittent thunderstorm activity possible. there's a look at temperatures this morning. by later this afternoon medford getting in on some of the showers and clouds and fog to start off in and around the bay area. w >> so at least a few spots there in the west that might see a chance for showers today. we'll talk about what we can two into tomorrow and coming up. >> thanks so much, todd. >>> bad news is good news on wall street. sort of. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, she's out to gain weight and rid

. >>> and we're talking about big thunderstorms in northern california, flood advisory for west of ounty justcc1: redding. that system affecting our area too. cc1: >>> people in california are kicking the smoking habit like never before. a new report shows that the number of adult smokers in the state has hit an all-time low. in 2010, just under 12% of californian adults smoked. that's down 1% since 200. california is one of only two states to reach the target for reducing the smoking rate. experts say the aggressive tobacco controlled campaigns by state and local governments is a big part of the record low. >>> it's august, and that means college students are getting ready to crack open those books again again. do bay area universities crack forbes list of top colleges in the country? if they're enrolled at stanford, the answer is yes. as for my alma matter, uc berkeley, it came in at number 70, which is five spots down from last year's list. here's the more unexpected part. santa clara university is ranked above cal. 67th in the nation this year, ucla is climbing the ranks, it came ahe

and there is unrivalled line up of musicians and a great example of a taste of northern california.nd smart people have taken public transportation to get here to experience something like this. that is fun of 90 bands that have drawn people from around the country. headliners like phish and newcomer christina perry another example of diversity here. >> this is exciting to have that discovery element. >> 5% of the people are from out of the bay area, many people and so many ages. this is a return trip for the family. >> we came in 2008. he was still too young. so... he's opened up now. we came from jersey. >> i have a game plan. he's going to follow me. >> what is the game plan? >> enjoy, and that is a must today. definitely. >> and visitors pouring noo money into the economy this, is bigger than an all star game. hotels and cab companies feel benefit, so does a neighborhood school. there is a playground opened to cars, $25 to pta. outside lands is more than a music festival. it's a food and wine festival. and there is a 54 restaurants and popular food trucks in the forest. a celebr

one of the reasons i love northern california. coming up, scarlet and gold goes to zinfandel and bordeaux. the look at the 4 niners new stadium. unsportsmanlike conduct. a youth football team sidelined before their first kickoff getting slammed by their sponsors. >> and yesterday 580 through livermore and dublin had a horrible commute for much of the late morning. right now it's very clear. what shapes up as this morning tinues. >> welcome back to you as we look at our control room there. an east bay youth football team getting sacked before they get to play their first down. >> good job. there you go. >> the two started the oakland program to get neighborhood kids involved. now they are crying foul after two sponsors pulled out leaving them to come up with $18,000 for equipment and uniforms. >> to back out at the last minute, you backed out on the kids. >> i was looking forward to having a uniform for the team. and to hear that is like disi pointing. >> the oakland pirates are looking for a hail mary, they need the gear by septem

. >> the rare photos of amelia earhardt that could change a northern california woman's life. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the suit alleges latinos en fewer >>> the feds are suing a san josi panda express for racial discrimination. the lawsuit alleges latino employees were given fewer hours but tougher jobs assignments, like taking out the trash and cleaning the rest rooms, while asian employees stood by and watched. regular customers to the restaurant tell us they noticed that pattern. >> i see the latinos taking the trash out. the asians are usually, you know, charging the register or helping out people for their orders and stuff like that, but they are not doing anything like heavy work. >> well the manager at the time no longer works there. as for panda express the company says that it doesn't comment on pending litigation. >>> if you have been meeting to clean out that garage or attic here is a little incentive. a northern california woman found an nfl among her late mother's belongings which sat in storage for 40 years. >> and as maryanne mcclairey shows us, that could turn out to be qu

temperatures for the rest of northern california on the cooler side, as well. 88 in sacramento, 97 asin redding. 79 in lake tahoe and partly cloudy there. slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in yosemite today. 79 for sunnyvale today, 75 in redwood city and union city, morgan hill 85. brentwood 85. 81 san ramon, 71 san leandro, richmond cooler at 65 today. you san rafael 74. fairfield 83. benicia 75. city 65. so gradual warming trend for tuesday and wednesday which will probably be the warmest day of the workweek and then we'll cool down a bit for thursday and friday. lots of sunshine inland all week long and then more clouds building in for your weeken busy in marin. they have roadwork on and off both direction until 6:00. slow and go for an ongoing project that won't wrap up until september. give yourself some extra time. golden gate bridge looking good towards san francisco, 14 minutes south 101 from 37 to 580. 101 on the opposite side we have some slow and go conditions on surface streets but not on the main lines due to an accident on the mathilda off-ramp off the south 101

taken here from up and down the northern california coast. treated and released.al center one of only seven facilities in california that is allowed to treat marine mammals. milestone, number 10,000. also,10,001 is zodiac girl. reported acting strangely listless off the coast. they had a life-threatening bacteria. they were taken here, treated and today they are going to be released at the point reyes national seashore park at chimney rock. 10,000 sea lions alone. this is not talking about the thousands of other creatures, the sea otters. even a whale has been taken care of. not taken here and treated obviously. but you might remember humphrey the humpback whale in 1985 stuck up in the delta. the marine mammal center called in turned it around and got humphrey back out to sea. today, the focus is on sea lions and number 10,000 and 10,001 are going to be released. not here but taken from here where they had been rehabilitated. taken up to point reyes national seashore park and released. farewell to milestone and it is a milestone. live in the marin headlands, terry

[applause] bruce pickering, executive director of the asia society of northern california, who has helped us with the forum. the executive director of the chinese historical society. and then the libyans in the audience. if i could ask you to stand -- then, the olympians in the audience. if i could ask you to stand. [applause] thank you. willie is the president of the united states olympic alumni association, and our future olympian, who was just out here. where are you? wait to everybody -- waived everybody. [applause] we have watched her grow up, and we are so proud of her. representative of the international table tennis federation and headed junior development. now, it is my great honor to introduce our mayor, mayor lee. we are so grateful for his support. when we found out the delegation was coming, asked for his help, and what a big help he has been. we also found out that he plays a big pingpong himself, so we look forward to seeing that. mayor lee, the show is all yours. [applause] mayor lee: thank you, everyone. welcome to city hall, and welcome to our celebration of the 40th ann

will double the one in town the given some locations the hope is to bring the same system to northern california. >> you may see a 12 to 15 months, maybe 24. we're working as fast as we can right now. >> until the second to sign a regional community level in northern california however it will be unveiled in southern california, the palm springs area and that haven't the next 12,. >> and californian used a seven month old baby boy that was thrown from a parking garage and the city of orange has died. the baby's mother has been charged in the crime and prosecutors say that she removed a protective helmet that her baby war for a medical condition and then tossed the child off of the structure, no motive has been determined that the police tape is not enacted in if convicted she faces life in prison. nine propane tank is still burned him. the in lincoln, specialist had been flown in to help extinguish flames. face it holds nearly 30,000 gal. a propane that means mandatory evacuations in the area will continue to released thursday. they said that it is the possibility of explosion. >> we had cooler