finally, one california city is becoming the first to shed sales of one luxury item. tuesday west hollywood city council approved a ban on any apparel made of fur. coming up, a classic pitcher's duel in a classic rivalry. the braves and cardinals stay wild. and how players amuse themselves when they're out of the pennant race. >>> back and forth battle between boston and baltimore ends with the red sox collapse. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> many locations searching for some sunshine while dodging showers. a look at your regional weather forecast still to come. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, there is no joy this morning in red sox nation as boston continues to find new ways of losing down the stretch. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. are the red sox trying to give away the a.l. wild card? if so, they're doing a traffic job. had the lead against in the orioles and blew it away. andino cleared the bases wi

finally, one california city is becoming the first to shed sales of one luxury item.day west hollywood city council approved a ban on any apparel made of fur. >>> coming up, a classic pitcher's duel in a classic rivalry. the braves and cardinals stay wild. and how players amuse themselves when they're out of the pennant race. >>> back and forth battle between boston and baltimore ends with the red sox collapse. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ hush, little baby ♪ don't you cry ♪ soon the sun ♪ is going to shine ♪ [ male announcer ] toyota presents the prius family. ♪ walk if i want, talk if i want ♪ [ male announcer ] there's the original one... the bigger one... the smaller one... and the one that plugs in. they're all a little different, just like us. they're all a little different, a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time

it could be reality in one california city. >> and capitalism at its finest. the tough to get discount items now showing up twice at price online. iñ >>> huge rush at target stores where they snapped up low prices for designer merchandise. now hundreds of items showed up on ebay. many people can't resist to make a buck. on tuesday and wednesday, target's website crashed after a huge rush for merchandise. everything from clothing to bicycles sold for a fraction of some of the sweaters and dresses and blankets are up for ebay for triple the retail cost. limited edition of bikes were for $1600 that is four times the retail price. >> the city of stock con considered the epicenter of the nation's housing crisis, it's home to the cheapest house in northern california. two bedroom home was listed as a figureser upper with a sales price of $9,000. a retired general contractor just closed escrow on the house. he plans to spend $6,000 to fix it up for his son. >> two for one deal this way. >> the weather is free. >> i got more capitalism for you. cruise ship comes int

city to make the lights brighter. oakland is one of several california cities who has energy efficient street lights. they are not bright. the special caps on lampposts reduce light as l. the city had 85 homicides this year, a 25% income from this time last year. >> and this year, the giant pumpkin contest in half moon bay may look look the squash version of the biggest loser. the cold weather pushed the growing season about three weeks behind scheduled schedule and most the pumpkins are green there and small, rather than orange and big. half moon bay growers say it's the latest crop they have seen in 40 years. >>> bring your appetite to oakland's gas lemon square. the third annual eat real festival is underway. it feet ours a variety -- features a variety of street food and other events. it's free to attend and organizers sea all the vendors use locally grown ingredients. >>> "all of my children" aired the final episode today or did it? itent out with a bank -- it went out with a bag. it cut the curtain on the daytime drama which first appeared on abc in 1970. it was cancelled because of low ratings.

one bay area city >>> i'm dane dana king. a flood of inmates about to be released from california prisons. ne bay area city is doing to get ready. that and more at 6:00. >> "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com g the possibility of >> pelley: tonight, a prescription for disaster. a shortage of drugs for life- threatening illnesses, including cancer. dr. jon lapook is covering. michelle miller reports disaster aid for american homeowners is caught up in ano b

. >> and little animals causing huge concerns in one northern california city. >> the woman that berkeley police is behind the biggest vandalism attack they have ever seen. >> personal information for tens of thousands of patients ended up online. how did it get there? how did it stay up for a year before anybody noticed? what was it doing on that website of all places? >>> welcome back. 6:44 and it was hot in the central valley. nearly 100 and big sur, 72. eureka cooler at 63. sierra, thunderstorm threat today but throughout the weekend and high fire danger because of that. if you are heading to southern california, looks like it will be dry but cooling trend in l.a. and san diego. >>> the f.b.i. is saying little this morning about a raid at the us headquarters of solyndra. agents searched their records yesterday and carried away a truck full of boxes. it came a week after the company declared bankruptcy and they are scrutinizing a $3535 million federal loan to the -- $535 million loan. there is word that the company may be sold and be moved out of the country. the department of energy i

a related protest is going on in wall street in new york city. >>> the league of california cities called on governor brown to veto a bill that would make it harder to build new wal- marts or over superstores. the bill would require big box stores to prepare an economic impact report as part of the process. the league says the bill was too restrictive making it difficult to open stores and create new jobs. but supporters of the bill argue requiring an economic impact report will help keep mom and pop stores from being overrun by those superstores. >>> bay area is having its second straight spare the air day. we'll give you a live look at the foothills east, you can see how dry it is out there. it's hot and there's not much wind and that's propertied air quality officials to declare another spare the air day tomorrow. ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin joins us with a look at the current conditions. >> we have a little bit of wind out there right now, three spare the air days in a low. that's when you know you have yourself a little bit of mini heat wave as well. we have temperatures i

. >> it's one of the most diverse cities in california. we have created one of the largest prides in northern california next to san francisco. we are hoping to keep that energy up >> they are hoping to double attendance from last year. 50,000 people showed up to celebrate gay pride and with so many people coming out, not surprisingly it dumps a lot of money back into the local economy. organizers say $1.1 million will be put back into oakland's econo economy bay area news. >> thank you, elise. still to come at 5:00, pg&e is under fire for failures in last year's san bruno explosion and now we are learning of another incident in the bay area with a history of failure and lawsuits. >>> a behind the scenes look at the war on terror. never before seen evidence from the september 11 attacks. plus, the fight over gay marriage heads back to court >>> taking a look at oakland, we have a good strong sea breeze and cool temperatures, 61 degrees and kind of chilly in san francisco. in terms of the temperatures, i think we hit the coolest day of the w

on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> san francisco and the league of california cities 113th annual conference. i'm mike casperzack, vice mayor of the city of mountain view and your league's first vice president. your league president, jim rightenour, mayor of modesto, who we see on the screen here, could not be with us today. so they called in the second string. jim had some recent health issues, but by all accounts he's doing very well. he's back at home and i'm waiting for him to pick up his blackberry so we can start texting again. let's keep him in our thoughts and prayers, though, as we work together during the next three days. now, won't you please join me again in thanking today's opening ceremony's participants including the san francisco police department color guard and byron pope from beverly hills. we have a great city clerk from mountain view but she doesn't sing like birom. let's give it up for them both. your annual conference is a critical time for our entire league to come together, learn, and celebrate this year's accomplishments as we plan ahead for

focused on protecting important development projects that are working to create jobs, invest in our infrastructure and affordable housing and rebuild our communities. the league of california cities has played a leadership role in the fight against the unwise elimination of redevelopment, and i want to thank all of you for that. in san francisco, we are focused on transformational projects which will have a major impact on san francisco, as well as the entire region, projects that will connect our communities, connect our cities, connect our regions, and connect our states, projects like the transbay terminal which will be the northern terminus of our california high-speed rail, or the central subway project, which will help san franciscans create a world class 21st century transportation system that realizes our transit first policy, or projects like treasure island, a base reuse project that will create thousands of new housing units and an entirely new neighborhood in san francisco, or projects like our hunters point shipyard project that will be transforming communities, revitalizing neighborhoods, keeping our families in our cities with thousands of units of housing, parklan

drivers there have a one of the 7 percent chance of getting into an accident every five years. none of the california cities made the top 10 on the best drivers list however salinas came in at no. 33. >> we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. here is a live look outside over san francisco. everyone is driving pretty well. >> , gardner pitched a good game. eight innings, to his. giants 4 op one- nothing. paul holds that all had a big hit to heft of a wall. the giants 1/4-nothing although the giants are still six cans behind arizona. they have what it nine straight. they have a three game series against one another starting tomorrow. where, the giants made the gloves yesterday. men --the giants made big moves yesterday. two players on the pop quiz for assignment. >> people cannot believe it. we have gotten mixed responses. take a look . >> if you would like to figure on comments, like us on n.y. www.facebook.com/kron4. >> a heartbreaking loss for the oakland a's. suzuki tags the runner out but he is called safe. check that out again. japathe oakland a's lost a heartbreaker in 16 innings.

on this scale so quickly. >> new at 6:00 a flood of inmates about to be released from california prisons what one bay area city get ready. >> i felt if i was there i could have prevented this from occurring. >> a deadly medical mistake being blamed on a feud. the bay area patient who died when nurses went on strike >>> i think it's creative but it's kind of moderately offensive. >> a firestorm over a college bake sale. pay by race. an exclusive cbs 5 poll reveals what voters really think about diversity on campus. good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. >>> overcrowding in california prisons has gotten so bad, federal authorities have had to step in. >> now there is a plan to shift thousands of inmates back into local communities. christin ayers is in oakland with details of how that controversial proposal would work. >> reporter: they are call it realignment shuffling low level prisoners from state prisons to county jails and then eventually back to society. right now alameda society

sound of a taser were captured on cell phone video as 37-year- old kelly thomas was aggressively subdued by fullerton, california, police. eyewitness accounts were captured on city bus surveillance video. >> really? >> yeah. >> reporter: thomas was homeless and suffered from schizophrenia. this was him before his encounter with police. this was him after. this photo, taken by his father, evidence of the savagery of the beating. thomas died from his injuries five days later. the beating and death of the mentally ill man ignited outrage across orange county on city streets... >> justice! >> reporter: ...and in city chambers, where thomas' father, ron, told councilors he'd never forget what he heard and saw on that videotape. >> the last words of his life, "dad!" "dad!" i want you to hear that the rest of your life like i will. >> reporter: the two officers charged with thomas' death were corporal jay cicinelli, charged with manslaughter, and officer manual ramos, charged with second-degree murder. district attorney tony reckauckes called ramos the lead assailant. >> these actions were reckless and create a high risk of death or great bodily injury. >> reporter: in

cities in california. the payroll tax, as you know, we are the only city in the state of california that primarily relies on our -- on that as our form of asking businesses to provide services. i look forward to working with the mayor and my colleagues to determine the best thing to do and hopefully place something on the 2012 ballot to moved toward a business tax that would ensure growth in our economy. [inaudible question] >> well, last year the city controller actually studied our payroll tax. now we are going to bring in outside economists and consultants to look at this. i do want to mention one thing given the question. while mayor lee and i are competitors on the trail, we are certainly colleagues together at city hall. we are going to work together to move our city forward. >> i can add, too, that part of the conversation with businesses is his also going to be about what the city can do more of that promotes the headquarters of global companies that are locating here in san francisco. at the one end, it is about the tax policies, but it also is, too, as a global city, do we understand that all of t

on "links and numbers." >>> the bay area needs to clean up its act when it comes to our freeways. still ahead what's being blamed for the increase in litter. >> plus, of all the cities in california,ne in the bay area is deemed the safest of them all. we'll tell you which one. >>> we have been waiting for it. here comes the fall sunshine and the warm temperatures. just how warm in your neighborhood? we'll tell you coming up next. i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about cold and flu remedies. so i just started wearing this helmet instead... which, you know, it's... to me it makes sense. i mean, it can get awkward sure, when you're meeting new people but i just explain to them that i wear it because i dropped my insurance plan, and they're like wow, this is a smart guy. i mean they don't say that out loud, but... [ male announcer ] we know it can be tough out there. that's why we offer a wide range of plans for a wide range of budgets. blue shield. a bake sale at the center of te at u-c berkeley i >>> let's look at the morning's top stories. a bake

on the corner of california highway one. whether or not the project moves forward and if it does, how the city and region grapple with the growth is probably the biggest challenge of the district. >> how will you balance the needs of the city against the needs of your district? >> that is the biggest challenge for any representative, whether it is a local supervisor, assemblyperson, or congressional representative. it is important that i keep in the back of my head that i sit on the city and county board of supervisors. there is a responsibility to the city as a whole. there is no easy way to balance it. you deal with those issued by issue. >> the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including where to make cuts and whether to raise taxes and fees. how will you approach the difficult choices? >> i think the biggest challenge in the budget is the cost associated a city employee pensions and benefits. those are the single biggest driver to our expenses, far exceeding our revenues. i have a single-minded focus dealing with that. for the last few months. we have been sitting down with our various public employee unions trying

on california street. their objective -- to augment the city's resurgent cultural life by establishing a professional orchestra. >> for years people had been thinking, "we must have an orchestra here. we must have an orchestra," and there had been some tries before. there had been earlier attempts. >> there had been a number of different symphonies in and around san francisco, but this was now the moment to put this totally on the map. >> narrator: by august 1911, the musical association raised $220,000 through the contributions of 2,400 san franciscans. it was ready for the next step -- hiring a conductor. [ richard wagner's "pilgrim's chorus" plays ] among the candidates were two renowned europeans and one american, henry hadley, the music director of the fledgling seattle symphony. >> so that was most significant, that the symphony would choose as its first conductor an american and also a composer, someone associated with what was then contemporary music. all these things were very forward in their thinking. >> he wasn't a big-name conductor, but he was very, very good. i think he was a perfect choice to g

i would like to thank the members of the california league of cities that came to our tun -- town for their annual conference. i served on the california director and i was appointed by mayor ed lee. i want to congratulate our treasurer for being elected second vice president of the california league of cities which means in two years he will be the president of the organization. he will do was proud in the city and i want to -- to do was proud in the city and i want to congratulate him. we have one in memoriam, a beloved and long term president. he was born in 1922 in colorado, he was a proud u.s. navy combat veteran of world war ii and served from north africa to or canola. he was featured in the "san francisco chronicle." the library of congress was making an effort to get their recollections of veterans to the collection. he is quoted as saying, "we were a part of history/ . it is not neat and clean like in the movies. it is long periods of boredom followed by short periods of actual terror. people did not understand what a horrible experience work can be." he wrote on his computer which is now part of the project. h

california revenue and taxation code section 7056. item #3. resolution authorizing muniservices, llc, to examine sales or transactions and use tax records of the state board of equalization on behalf of the city and county of san francisco pursuant to california revenue and taxation code section 7056. supervisor chu: thank you. we have our controller. >> good morning, supervisors. benjamin rosenfield. consistent with practices of most other cities and counties in the state, we routinely worked to audit with the state board. a standard practice. we were contacted for this service. it has been more than 10 years. state law requires the board of supervisors approval in cases where officers and contractors with the government are required to examine confidential taxpayer information. that is what we are here asking today, access for the comptroller's office. someone in this case needed access to this confidential information. i will be happy to answer any questions that the committee has. supervisor chu: thank you. let's go to the budget analysts report on these items. >> madam chair, members of the committee, on page 5 of our report, under file 110961, between the comptroller contractor, munis s

one of the big thing that we offer. we also have a pretty city. that attracts a lot of businesses. we have certain parts of the city that have really great thinking going on. you see california, as of state. our hospitals attract a lot of minds and attention. -- uc california, sf state. >> it looks like we are just about of time. thank you for being on your district supervisor. we have been talking to supervisor at a loss from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our 11 mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our patty: hello? cathy: patty! i've decided to follow your lead and file for social security benefits online. patty: but cath, aren't you back in zanzibar? cathy: i just got on my laptop and went to socialsecurity.gov. it took less than 15 minutes! patty: wow! you are a miracle worker. cathy: well, cheers, patty. i'm off to film a baby rhino. ♪ when cousins are two of a kind! ♪ patty: a baby rhino. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it's seems like we have plenty of people to the back of the room. you may notice th

cities have one or the other. but san francisco is an exception in california. wendy wang in san francisco wants to know why does san francisco have both a police chief and a sheriff? that's tonight's good question. >> the city of san francisco is unique in many ways. for one thing, it's the only city in the entire state that is both a city and a county. and by law, it has both a chief of police and a sheriff. >> in the california constitution, it requires every county to is an elected sheriff but it doesn't say anything about having a chief of police. >> reporter: mike hennessey has been the elected sheriff for the past 32 years. he's the longest continually serving sheriff in the united states and he says his department was here first. >> before there was a police department, there was a sheriff in san francisco and that was in 1846. the first elections that took place and the first incorporation of san francisco was in 1850 and at that time we had a police department of four people and an elected sheriff who also had about four or five staff. >> reporter: as t

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one of the big thing that we offer. we also have a pretty city. that attracts a lot of businesses. we have certain parts of the city that have really great thinking going on. you see california, as of state. our hospitals attract a lot of minds and attention. -- uc california, sf state. >> it looks like we are just about of time. thank you for being on your district supervisor. we have been talking to supervisor at a loss from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our 11 mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> san francisco is home to a renowned civic art collection that includes a comic works -- iconic works by local and national artists integrated into our public buildings and six basis. the arts commission has struggled to take care of the priceless collection because of limited resources. in an effort to gather more funding for the maintenance of the collection, the art commission has joined forces with the san francisco art dealers association to establish art care, a new initiative that provides a way for the public to get involved. the direc

one hells angels member was arrested. >>> marine county city has the distinction of being the safest city in california. beleveder's population is 2050. the violate crime rate there was 50. belevedre's last crime was in 2007. >>> last year's dead lie pipe explosion in san bruno was placed on pn -- pg and n. the report included dozens of recommendations and the installation of automatic shut off valves. >> a lot of this death and destruction could have been avoided if pg and e had done his job in keeping people safe. >>> a controversial bake sell at uc berkley is said to carry on as planned. the republicans group is planning to continue on with their bake sale but the price you pay will depend on your gender and ethnicity. >>> the america's cup racer are expected to create thousands of jobs. it's estimated the 2013 cat 2013 -- yacht races could create thousands of jobs. other job opportunities will be in areas such of food and beverage, hospital and transportation. >>> leeland lee -- yee wants what he calls management -- all of the agencies deny any wrong doing and say the project is now a political issue

california so you can choose one that's right for you. blue shield. . >>> san francisco labor leaders are calling on the city to hire local union workers forobs the america's cup will bring. it is expected to create 8,000 jobs. much of the work will be done when the city remakes the water front between the bay bridge and the warf. >>> mark ibanez is here. >> the 99ers back. they -- the 99ers back. and the raiders game in oakland thrilling, down to the end. this is the game over the last couple of years they lose but the jets gave up 32 yards on the ground. darren mcfadden had 171. this is the most yards surrended on the ground by a jets team ever. the offensive line was excellent. allowed only one sack. no turnovers by the raiders offense. great to watch. darren mcfadden and jason campbell exstattic about the play of the offensive line. >> having the right attitude and i think they take pride in working together and protecting the quarterback and the run game. >> just one of those things, we want to build a bully. that's what we do. doesn't matter who we are playing against. >> nice to see. mean time, it is time to let the people speak. so

california back to work. >> well, having all of these ministers here to see this wonderful city and what's going on in the state and to hear yesterday from the governor what his priorities are for the environment, for the economy, for putting people to work i think is an exchange that can only help lead to an awareness of what other countries are doing, and an opportunity to maybe replicate some of these programs, some of these ideas, some of these opportunities. >> outside of raising consciousness, do you see any short term benefits from conferences like this to create jobs in california? >> of course. i think that the way other economies have created jobs and also taken care of the environment and also taken care of the people that are out of work, this sharing of ideas is not just that. it's an opportunity to take those ideas and implement them. i think yesterday's meeting was a very, very good exchange of what each country is doing with respect to creating jobs. creating green jobs. >> do you think the goal has gone off green jobs? even the president has pulled back a bit. >> i don't think it's gone for peo

on sexual assault charges. police say marshals arrested tracy slocum last friday after a month long investigation. police say tracy slocum operated as a pimp in several california cities. tracy slocum was a running back from cal. >>> prosecutors say they will not retry barry bonds on perjury charges. a jury failed to reach a verdict during his testimony. baric baric was convicted of obstruction of justice. >> reporter: a bill to improve worker safety at napa is now on the governor's desk. it would make it a -- the bill comes after several attacks this year and the murder of a technician there last year. patients use contrabans to induce other patients to commit crimes. >>> bart faces controversies in the recent past and today they have a new general manager. >> apointe grace crunican as the district's general manager. >> grace crunican last headed seattle's public transit system where she was criticized. only one bart board member voted against her siting concerns about her salary. >> you have got to sacrifice and take a lore salary. it should be an honor to work for the government and the people. >> all of the other directors think she is a great choice. she will mak

one of the big thing that we offer. we also have a pretty city. that attracts a lot of businesses. we have certain parts of the city that have really great thinking going on. you see california, as of state. our hospitals attract a lot of minds and attention. -- uc california, sf state. >> it looks like we are just about of time. thank you for being on your district supervisor. we have been talking to supervisor at a loss from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our 11 mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up

among california cities, salinas number one for lowest frequency of crashes with residents going ten years before automobile accidents. fresno, 3. santa rosa at 5. san jose, 2. sunnyvale, 33rd. >>> angry confrontation between act vigs ivists at a san franci bank. they joined a homeowner on the brink of foreclosure and support her demand for loan modification. she claims after she was steered into an interest only mortgage, when the bank wouldn't help her with a modification sunny was victimized by two scam orgs organizations. homeowners across the state joined the group vowing to resist unlawful action by banks. part neshg with community groups and looking to build a nationwide movement. >>> in the city today, tank tops, short sleeve shirts. shorts. hello, september 1. jeff ranieri is with us now. >> jeff in his flip-flops. >> yes on the way back from the gi gym. a few minutes. warming of in san francisco. wind out of the northwest. a dry wind. increase fire danger. notably, a little blast of summer weather that has been short-lived here across the bay area. the past month or so. see

. >> how many cities in california in your estimation and you are an expert on fiscal issues in the state of california -- how many cities do you think if the fiscal path continues and the kinds of wages and benefits that are provided to public employee unions continue, how many cities would you think in the next 10 or 20 years might have to declare bankruptcy because of these union contracts? >> i don't know the number that are going to declare bankruptcy but there was just a business insider the 14 were cities that are being plundered -- i love that term -- by the public employee unions and five of them san diego officials have used the b word and l.a. officials have used the b wear. valeo went bankrupt. when you pay police captains $300,000 a year. >> say that again. >> their police captain turned $300,000 a year. their average firefighter salary is $175,000 a year. we have lifeguards in orange county earning well over $100,000 a year. >> mr. greenhut. >> m-i doing a diatribe? >> have you taken evidence and law school? because i haven't heard any objections and you may want to raise a

they credit neighborhood watch groups for the decline but one reason is because crime is under reported in the city. a new california of justice says crime is at its low since 1968. >>> they are trying to come up with ways to keep a popular skate park open but they may have to close because of the $61,000 budget deficit. one says they want to either privatize it or take away the park all or provide supervision for it. >>> there is a spot or a couple of spots now where there are some troubled spots one of them in particular is in alameda. you see several lanes of 80 westbound are shut down for construction and it looks like they are picking it up but that's a traffic troubled spot. westbound 80 all of a sudden will have to slow down at university avenue so just be careful there. the morning commute looks good but if you are driving from oakland to alameda, it looks good but there is an accident on the other side. they are trying to figure out how serious this crash it but you should think about using the park street bridges a an alternate. 441, let's go to -- 4:41 let's go to steve. >>> today should be a decrease in

california. it's in danger of closing three years after it opened. len ramirez on the problem and what the city is doing to keep it open. >> reporter: it is the largest most radical skateboard park in california, some would say. and at 1 years old harrison murphy -- at 12 years old, harrison murphy has it mastered. >> people say it's hard to skate but i don't think so. >> reporter: this man made mavericks of the skateboard world is fighting for survival. only 40,000 people visited the lake cunningham regional skate park last year and just three years after opening the city- run facility faces a $61,000 deficit and may be forced to close by next july. >> this is the largest whole pipe in the world. >> reporter: city council member rose herrera says san jose could and should do better. >> we do have a budget deficit. but the good thing about this park is, there's tremendous opportunity. we talk about let's build it and they will come? well, we built it. it's here. it's the largest park. and so we need to think bigger, not smaller. >> reporter: she says she has been in talks with a major soda comp

on patients. . >>> why thousands of nurses will walk the picket lines all over central and northern california today. >>> plus hanging up on 911, it happens thousands of times a year just here in the cityf vallejo and we will tell you how much and why. >>> miraculous news from bryan stow that has doctors and his family very happy. . >>> good morning thank you for waking up with us, i am pam ok