city officials have severed ties with the event organizers, baltimore racing development. we are live at city hall with what this means for baltimore. >> as a result of this termination, the city can work with other groups to put on motorsports events in the city. this past labor day weekend, baltimore was in the spotlight for its inaugural grand prix. businesses were grateful for the increased foot traffic. >> i have been here for nine years. prior years, 10% business. we were 150% business. >> financial questions swirled around a race and its organizer. the city has decided to terminate the contract because the organization failed to honor the terms of the agreement. they owe the city $1.5 million. the mayor declined our request for an interview, but released the following statement. it is of great discipline that we announced the termination of the city's agreement with baltimore racing development. brd's corporate officers have failed to take the appropriate steps to but the company on a sustainable path forward. " >> one thing i think the american and -- the mayor and

i want to thank our department representatives, city official family, elected officials.lso want to let you know, i came here last year. we saw painted on the side of this train, the world series chickenshit emblem. this year, we have our san francisco fire engine. -- championship emblem. a wonderful tribute to our fire department. i want to thank the chief for coming here tonight, for helping us with the toy drive, and for bringing a special guest. santa is here tonight, a special guest from our fire department. he is coming. i also want to let you know, in addition to tonight, on the weekend of december 17, 18, rec and park, city hall, all of our city officials, want to welcome you to the civic center. we are going to have a snow village, snow for all of you to play in. come in on saturday and sunday, the 17th and 18th. then on the 18th, we will open city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us for the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand

so we owe a great thanks to the efficacy effort for bringing this july, to the attention of city officials, and also to this family as well for their commitment to the families. i believe we have much more to do. as a city, not looking at -- and no, fixes in the last 18 months, we're looking at long-term, how we can put our services in place and how we can support struggling families. i know we are greatly challenged in doing that with our recession and the number of jobs out there for people, as well as our city revenues and programming, but i think that is the work we can do, working together, community, city, and private foundation folks to be able to come up with solutions that can really work. i am pleased to see the story that came out today. i know we have folks from the mayor's office, as well as hsa and the housing authority who are here to explain some of the solutions we have currently. we will be asking questions about that. we'll also hear from advocates as well, about their experience, either being homeless or what solutions they can pose to us, as well as the city. first up,

but today, city officials canceled the vote. wjz is live. adam may explains what this means for the future of the program. adam? >> reporter: city officials say they are moving forward. but organizer says they need more time to get support. >> reporter: just weeks ago, protestors expressed outrage over plans to close rec centers. part of the mayor's plan calls for turning over a handful to priority operators. that also triggered community backlash. >> you can't keep cutting the children short. >> reporter: now, city officials delay a contract vote on that privatization plan. >> we want to make sure that this is done right, with the amount of community support and community engagement, make sure that it's accepted. >> reporter: some people say rec centers are being eliminated. what's your response? >> my response is that we are expanding. >> reporter: city officials say the public doesn't fully understand the plan, while the number of rec centers will drop from 55 to 30, the city will also build four brand-new, large regional rec centers. they

we -- the entire city or certainly the official city bodies have been pushing for this for some time. maybe it takes a while, but maybe that will happen. the only specific comment i want to mention was someone said that there was no public process for the original installation of the antennas in 1997. i have personally spoken to someone who was on the board of the jewish education at that time and there was a great deal of interaction between the two institutions and the board before that was allowed. so there was a lot of public reaction at that time. i think that katherine who basically is head of school put it very succinctly and many of the other speakers said the same thing. what we're talking to here is not a planning issue that is what should be before this board, but a revenue issue and that is not within our -- that is not what we are part here today and i'm not going to make any comment on it as i have no idea where that is going to go and i don't think anyone else does either. i greatly appreciate at&t's involvement in the discussions in this one. i think it was proven that

>> i spoke to city officials. they confirm that the original of which was a failure of their line, what they call a splice failure. that was evidenced by the recorded arching. we thought it was a transformer explosion. it was not. it was up main feeding circuit line that pg&e owns that somehow failed. they confirmed for us this morning that the original outage was due to that splice failure. how the outage occurred is under investigation. pg&e, our own puc, sfpuc, along with others, are going to confirm that as well, by our own engineers working coope>> [inau] >> i have faith in everyone doing the best job they can. i have faith, going forward, that we are going to work in a deliberate fashion to make sure that this does not happen. our city has systems that have been here for a long time. i was sad and embarrassed to have this happen on the night of our only monday night football game. everything was on the line. i am very glad we won. i am going to support the 49ers by doing the best job i can as mayor to make s

that there is no response to the e-mails, no call backs from city officials. that's why they decided to do it today. but we talked to one protestor this morning here from the beginning and says he feels betrayed by city official. >> i personally have been working really hard with dpw for one, mohammed, working with the board of supervisors and you know, we had an agreement to try to work together and this when these kind of things got to a point they would come to us and tell us and we would do what we could to fix it. and there was no communication, just a full raid. >> reporter: a live look again here at justin herman plaza. earlier when we got here around 3:30, they had broken off or they had blocked market street from justin herman plaza to drum street where the hyatt hotel is. it looked like they may have taken the yellow tape away from justin herman plaza but i'm told we are not allowed to go into that campsite just now but a lot of action here over 50 people arrested. chief suhr said that he expected that many arrests but he did ask him whether he was vi

>>> several retailers threatening to take their business away interest the port of oakland if city officialsions. >> the city council has delayed action on a plan to call on police to use every legal means possible to stop those disruptions. >> amy hollyfield is live at the port with the latest. >> reporter: the port is putting it to the city council. do you want protesters or profit? some major companies are threat thing to go through the port of l.a.. police stood back and watched last week as protesters marched to the port and shutdown business here. officials say it the port four million dollars. now some city council members are considering a resolution to require that police aggressively prevent another shutdown. the council raise thed the -- raised the issue last night which resulted in shouting, some speakers were interrupted, many were frustrated. those who oppose the resolution say protesters have the right to picket at the port and shouldn't be harassed by police. waits a long night last night. in the end, the city officials decided not to take a vote on the resolution, they table

city officials say they are ending -- baltimore grand prix. the city is calls for baltimore racing development to pay its debts. city officials announced last month that the group had not paid the $5.1 million it owes the city. the inaugural grand prix had a $47 million impact on the economy, and now the city says

protestors weren't even answering city official voicemails or e-mails, weren't getting back to them in person. so negotiated broke down so city officials moved in. more than 100 tents were at this site when they raided and more than 100 people were still at the campsite when the raid happened. [ signal breakup ] five minutes to get their belongings before some of them were arrested. [ signal breakup ] there were three different groups arrested. the ones who were still lingering when they were warned to get away and they didn't. those people were arrested. another group who had come back to the scene also arrested because they became a little unruly and violent, throwing chairs at police officers. and also, a third group who are just here and not going anywhere so they moved in on that. now, other than protestors arrested a couple of officers have been hurt and here's how they got hurt. >> they're okay. one officer luckily they were helmeted for protection and when the chair was -- it was a metal folding chair thrown at the if, it hit him in the face and broke his shield but he's okay.

residents shaken by the two violent sexual teaks complained to city officials -- attacks campaigned to city officials that the lack of lighting was a safety concern. their cry for help has been answered but the new street lights are just part of the solution. >> people are putting lights up, keeping the lights on at night. >> reporter: businesses like this hair salon have installed their own lighting in hopes of making the area saver. fer. >> it lights up pretty good, the sidewalk, and the stairs and over here. arch the incident in our neighborhood -- after the incident, we stalled these above the garage, which provides more light on the sidewalk. >> reporter: near every building has some sort of lightning, including motion sensor lights. residents say the improvements have helped settle frazzled nerves. >> it was a real clink in the armor of the safety that you think you have. it was frightening for a while. >> the suspect in this case described as a black man in his mid-30s. you're looking at a shot from a surveillance camera. about five-foot nine to six feet tall. >> >> a walnut cre

. >> you're parking your official city vehicle blocking a fire pump? you ought to be ashamed of yourself. you're supposed to enforce the law, not violate the law. are you allowed to park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant in new york city? >> yes. >> you are? so you don't even know the laws. >> get out of my face, please. >> jimmy's not surprised he catches these agents with his camera, twice. first at a fire hydrant and then at a bus stop. but when they pull their official vehicle up to another hydrant -- >> ooh, it's a fire hydrant. oh, my. >> a third violation? he's seen enough. >> she's in there writing a summons to someone else when she commits a violation with her own official city vehicle. what a shame. shame on you! it just shows the systematic abuse of authority. that's why i do what i do. that's why i make these videos, because i'm trying to change the system. >>> coming up -- >> get out of my face, man. >> danger ahead. a department of education employee tries to teach jimmy justice a lesson. >> stop. >> and playing with fire. >> you ought to

mayor of san francisco, the president of the board of supervisors, former mayor brown, and other city officialsiends. in celebrating -- this is the second year that we celebrate the filipino-american history month. it is also quite appropriate to announce perhaps that the u.s. senate has passed a senator solution proclaiming october 2011 as philippine-american history month as well. i think it is also appropriate to announce that govern merck -- governor edwin brown announced that he had signed ab 199, school curriculum, social sciences, filipinos in world war ii. i think that all of these events show that the filipino- americans are really coming out of the woodwork and showing themselves as a group that needs to be recognized. as we, this evening, a well recognized quite a number of them. we welcome you tonight. may i also ask you to welcome the honorable mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> well, welcome. welcome to city hall, everyone. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here to the seventh annual philippine-american celebration heritage month. counsel general, thank you. mayer brown, thank y

officials say other cities including fremont adopted that policy and did not see a jump in burglaries. but the key issue, san jose officials responded to more than 18,000 home alarms, more than 28% have been false alarms. >> we have been to homes where helium balloons or cats have set off alarms. >> reporter: business owners are concerned but understand the dilemma. one sam's downtown feed is aware that several things set off their alarms. >> the vibrations from the trains, kids will throw rocks up in the on the roof. and the neighbors asked us to tune down our alarm because it was being a nuisance. >>> live in san jose, robert handa, channel 2 news. >>> we are learning more tonight about the 7-year-old skier who died after falling out of a chair lift at sugar bowl ski resort. john henderson was from davis. his family says he was an active and rambuntious child who dreamed of being an astronaut or inventor. >>> a man who was shot by police near hilltop mall in richmond is now in stable condition. they weren't responded to a report of -- they were responding to a report of a man carryi

prix.she's terminated the city's agreementwith officials ho put on the race this year. john rydell is in downtownnbaltimore and he says its because they failedto pay baltimore 1.5-million dollars in back taxes.... (rydell) "the grand prix was hailed as a big success at the time and if you were here on labor day you saw the cars speeding along pratt and light, but two monthslater it was revealed that grand prix officials owed millions of dollars not o nly to the city and state but to private vendors."mayor stephanie raalings-blake had imposed a december 31st deedline for the grand prix to repay its debt. but that didn't happen.and in a statement released a shor tiie ago, the mayor says it's with great disappointment that we announce the termination of the city's agreement with

now new york city officials are suggesting the same for iraq war veterans in the big apple. for now, they say now is not the time. our nation has a longstanding tradition of welcoming home the men and women who served in sacrifice. nine new york city officials want to post a ticker-tape parade for iraq war veterans, just like after the second world war. >> 4 million people have lined the sidewalks. >> and after the gulf war. >> the pictures we see now are well below was, down broadway. >> but officials said that conducting a parade while we have troops in harm's way sends the wrong message. about an hour later, we seek a second statement. >> when you wait. all of the wars are over that you decide you're fighting bennett is ok to party? i think we should do what is right. >> some disagree and others agree with the pentagon. >> i think we should wait until we pull out of afghanistan for the safety of our country. >> washington, d.c. also posted a parade for gulf war vets. they are waiting for formal request from the federal government. if something can be worked out and they c

the number of murders in baltimore city is on the decline according to city officials who say we're looking at the lowest rate in 20 years. kate amara has more. >> here we are on 2011 on the eve that no one felt possible any time soon. >> baltimore city is on pace to record the fewest number of murders in decades hovering at 196 with days left in the year compared to 226 homicide at this time last year. the strategy is not complex. >> i think the people of the city have gotten behind the notion of attacking violent crime in a much more structured way. my side is focusing on bad guys with guns. >> the police commissioner credits the murder decline to a holistic approach teaming up with city agencies across the board and improved working relationships with parole and probation and the department of juvenile services. >> to make baltimore safe, there has to be a lot of people involved. we're refining it, mast erring it, and honing our skills to do it better, better, better each successive year. >> moving forward, the plan to focus on illegal guns in the city. >> the number one state for supply

is why some say, to pay for the increase, they may have to reduce the number of employees. >> city officials say san francisco is one of three cities in the nation to have its own a minimum wage. the other two are santa fe new mexico and albuquerque mexico however san francisco has the highest. >>jaqueline: it'll be very cold overnight. we have a freeze a warning in effect. a frost advisory in effect for the east bay hills. we will talk about the cold temperatures coming up. >>gabe: microsoft is making a huge loaf towards your living room television. they are rolling out a new interface for the x box game consoles that will allow you to navigate through music, music, television shows and games with your voice or the wave of your hand. i am gabe slate, that is coming up. >>catherine: the mayor's office understands the san francisco is plenty for the new stadium. the mayor says he is willing to work out a plan to keep the team in san francisco in case the deal with santa clara does not work out. >>catherine: customers at lucky supermarkets may have had their information stolen. several check o

i implore you, city officials, look past the benefits of a few minority interest groups. the city is broke. the state is broke, the country is broke. for the good of the vast majority of population in this city, for the welfare of this country, for god's sake, do the right thing and approve this project. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. thank you, president chiu and supervisors for staying here late to the hear us out. my name is emily o'rourke. i'm a business representative with the international brotherhood of electrical workers local 6, journeyman, wireman, san franciscan and fortunate to be working but i wasn't for 21 months and i remember hearing about this job for a long time thinking it would get started and it kept a lot of us hopeful and still has a lot of us hopeful, not just people who are working now and hope the job will start soon so they don't become unemployed but hundreds of our members who sit on our out-of-work list. so i'm able to represent my local, an organization that has been representing electrical workers in thi

baltimore city officials say they are lowering the temperature needed for the city to offer additional services for the homeless during the winter. it will activate when the wind chill is reading 13 degrees. last year it was higher at 20 degrees. under the program officials distribute information on shelters and respond to calls regarding people at risk for extreme cold exposure. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with john collins. >> some clouds have drifted in this evening. they are thin. as you can see here, the bill and is quite visible tonight. this is a live picture of the moon. it is a full moon. we also have an eclipse coming up. is not in effect right now. by around daybreak, a slight shadow will appear on the part of the moon. the mood will be setting at that point. it will be low in the western sky. at the same time, the sun will be rising. the shadow that will appear will be rather obscure. it will not be a clear-cut shadow. man not be visible and it just depends on how many clubs we have any of the sky is bright. a partial lunar eclipse. the eclipse will occur before tha

the other part that is not in an official city document is that we think we can leverage volunteerism from our court -- corporate partners. we have had discussions with the family about the sales force donation and using employees and volunteers to step up and help provide some of the move-in support. we are exploring an adopt-a- family approach. it is a good way to galvanize san francisco's companies employ using guinta stubhub. -- and get them to step up. the next steps on how the program will be expanded and the mechanics of the contract and that sort of thing the less i believe that the salesforce foundation reps will be meeting with our nonprofit partners. we can learn how to move forward as quickly as we can. the goal is to get as many families into permanent housing to the authority or subsidies before christmas. it is a very aggressive time line. we recognize that. we have referred -- we will refer 25 to 30 families today to the hamilton subsidy program. that is already in motion. with the 51 families processing on tuesday and the 25 to 30 that we are referring to the subsidy

fire union officials explained the process of how the department fights fires and claims that right now the process is not operating at its full potential. city and fire officials have consistently reported that response times have stayed in line with or even beat the national standard. firefighters have continuously voiced concerns about rotating firehouse closures. they were first implemented nearly three years ago and are affecting three of the city's 38 firehouses a day. union leaders are afraid there will be more cuts in the future. >> the preliminary numbers are -- there may be up to five to eight more cuts and that is why we're out now. we've got to take the offensive on it and get the word out that we -- we can barely hang on now. >> in a statement, a city fire spokesperson said, "providing optimum fire service is a top priority for the city. in the midst of a very challenging fiscal cycle, we're fortunate to be able to continue that high level of service." fire union leaders say that community members need to talk to their city officials about this issue. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> in michigan music teacher hits a sour note when

. >> city officials reveal a new plan to make the inner harbor healthier. how they plan to make it swimmable and fishable in less than 10 years. >> and something they have not seen in the month, and it is good news. we will tell you more. >> warmer air is moving into the mid-atlantic region. the forecast is coming out. the forecast is coming out. >> six weeks after a massive two-alarm fire ripped through this tavern, but repairs are underway. the owners have vowed to reopen. investigators say they may never know what sparked the flames that destroyed this historic building, but damage topped $2.5 million. the tavern is expected to reopen next fall. >> city officials said they have a new plan to unveil to make the inner harbor healthier. the goal is to make the harbor swimmable and fishable by the year 2020. a goal they say is attainable. >> it is a huge bowl, and if 2020 -- a huge bowl, but if 2020 sounds ambitious, it is. no plan is a good plan without a deadline. we will clean up the harbor by 2020. >> the plan addresses major problems facing the harbor,

city officials call it a devastating loss in a historic neighborhood. >> this was the area that was the epicenter of one of the best victorians in san francisco. >> reporter: you can see some of the water still being sprayed on the scene. the victorian and apartment building are likely to be complete losses and we've learned that firefighters are expected to remain on the scene here at least for the 6:00 hour. for a look at how some of the victims of the fire are coping right now, let's go ton the sce as well. sal-- >> reporter: david we're just down the street from where you are. we're right here on golden gate avenue which is usually a very busy street. you see the red cross van in front of the church there. the evacuation center, as you can see a lot of people are coming in, some people haven't even realized that their building has been burned up yet. they are coming in to receive help. now the owner of 1015 pierce said the building had 25 units, we spoke to one man that ran out of the building but first tried to alert people. >> grabbed my cat, and ran down the hall way banging on d