i am all about asia/pacific. it is so important to me. i know it is to all of you. to start us off right away, i want to say please welcome a wonderful performer. she will give up her heart and soul. she is going to sing our national anthem. would you please give a warm welcome. [applause] >> ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last g leaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous nighfight o'er the ramparts we watched waere so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursing in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] >> that was beautiful. beautiful. wasn't that beautiful? by the way, she gives her talents and many community organizations around the bay area. she is with the sand francisco friends of samoa. that is her heritage. her family came from samoa. she gives her time and voice to a lot of community groups across the bay area. thank yo

reese of pacific school of religion. >> pacific school of religion has seen itself as a progressive voiceristianity for a long period of time. you could trace the roots of that back, the first tenured female faculty member the first seminary -- >> georgia harkness. >> right the first seminary to train an openly gay man, for ministry bill johnson who was ordained 1971 : so a lot of firsts and there are many many conservative seminaries and conservative christian seminaries all over the country but psr is one of those that has really groomed itself and developed programs that are innovative and progressive. a few years about a decade ago we established center for lesbian and gay studies in religion and ministry. that has become a major national center now, that provides all sorts of education and preparation not only for gay lesbian bisexual, transgendered persons but also for the churches in which these people live and work and carry out ministry. >> at our last trustee board meeting we did a video of faculty, the trustees, the students, on it will get better. >> yeah, it gets better. this

the asian and pacific islander wellness center.applause] founded in 1987 as a grass-roots response to the hiv/aids crisis in the asian and pacific islander community, whose center is a health services and education, research and policy organization, his mission is to educate, support, and power and advocate for asian and pacific islander communities, and particularly, for those living with or at risk for hiv/aids, as the oldest american not as profit that focuses on api communities are and how and a teddy services, the organization has been effective in putting innovative and holistic and effective programs and services in place and programs that benefit all communities. in addition to help and counseling services, the organization has lost numerous innovative initiatives to fight stigma as well as from a generational understanding of issues facing the asian-pacific american families and communities. congratulations. [applause] >> the good evening. thank you so much. of i and the executive director of asian and pacific islander wel

pacific school of religion >> >> i think one of the strengths of pacific school of religion it is nondenominational. i want the president to address that particularly his own denomination. >> well, ron, i was ordained in the united church of christ. raised in a congregational church in wisconsin and 1957 my denomination was formed from four streams that came together amid-united church. >> was that not the first church to ordain women? >> yes, 1951. >> we are 1956 united methodist. >> yes. >> earlier than some churches. >> this wasn't a flood of women but congregationalists were very much in the anti slavery movement. >> that's right. >> after the civil war, very involved in creating colleges for newly freed slaves in the south and have done a lots of things like that over the years to sort of make up for some of the most heinous actions. >> first african american was ordained in your church as well >> i think so >> i mention nondenominational how many are there? >> usually 25 different denominations represented we see ourselves as a big tent so that we have people who id owe logically are differen

more survey flights quickly connected the dots across the pacific. honolulu to midway, and then to wake island, on to go. uam. from there they would play to man although and hong kong to complete the pacific route, a total of 9,000 miles. it took six days compared to the three weeks the same journey took by boat. this trek across the pacific wasn't an astounding feat and the world struggles through the depression, teetering on the brink of world war had suddenly become a much smaller place. the first two transpacific sea planes were the sakorski 132 and the martin 180. they were both great airplanes but pan america thought they were too old and too slow. they asked boeing to build the boeing 315. it was delivered to pan am in january of 1939 and kristened the yankee clipper. a new fabulous era had begun. in 1939 at the world's fair treasure island, this was known as treasure coffee. cove but not for long. the name was soon changed to clipper cove to honor pan am's giant flying boats, the prestigious air ships that literally opened the pacific ocean t

welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz, and today we begin with testing the waters. the senate will get its first crack at the president's controversial plan to temporarily extend tax cuts for all americans today. the test vote paves the way for a final vote later in the week, and then it's on to the house where critics say the real battle will begin. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington with details. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. good morning, everyone. this tax vote will tell us have democrats and republicans have enough support to get this passed and whether they can do it without major changes. they expect a final vote tuesday or wednesday. dick durbin, the number two democrat in the senate, is now also urging his colleagues in the house, the democrats there, to get this done, because he said to them, look, after the beginning of the year when republicans take over the house, you're not going to have nearly enough ability to try to get this passed

expect a wet day in many areas of the pacific northwest. even san francisco and northern california you'll need the umbrella. dry and beautiful, some of the best weather in the nation found from l.a. to san diego into phoenix. thursday's forecast, keeping it nice in the desert southwest and start to clear out in san francisco, but the moisture continues with a chance of showers on and off, thursday, friday, right into the weekend in the northwest. >>> if you're watching us on kget, nbc 17 bakersfield, california, tour the world at christmas. the nutcracker, gingerbread houses and nativity items from over 40 countries at "christmas around the world 2010" at the timeless design center. that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. i think it's fun to see the different customs. some do the stockings, stuffing shoes under the bed. >> bill, thank you. yeah. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. johnny depp is looking back to his roots, but he may not want to hold his breath. depp tells mtv news he would love to do a c

>> three storms coming off the pacific. they don't look terrible right now. one tonight and tomorrow. probably more of a miss than a hit. probably something around christmas, too. >> thank you for coming. >> thank you all for watching. >> the "today show" is next. >> eight people have been injured from carbon morks i'd and fire. the stories are heartbreaking. immigrants wanting to capitalize on the american dream. the other, two families living under the same roof. each springing forward with daylight savings time, we are reminded to change the batteries. fire chiefs come out and urge people to make their detectors work. something inexpensive remains off the priority list for owners, landlords, and renters. this time of year fm we spend hups on gifts for families. when you are standing around to make last-minute purchases, take a moment to gather batteries for yourself and a few for the yourself and a few for the people you love.

entire villages and killed at least four people. >> here we are in pacific cut in the pacific ocean and the winds are really pulling out there tonight. the wind advisory is in effect and also some showers around the bay area right now. here we are storm tracker for was some light rain falling and san francisco, is moving to the northeast and some light rain in nevada and the showers are moving into now but in the next half an hour. the snow in the higher elevations is at about 5,000 ft. for tonight with the weather advisory in effect. future casting showing us know she didn't believe that will continue for tonight and into the morning hours for tomorrow. before things began to wind down and you can see by the afternoon hours the snow will begin to taper off and some of the higher elevations will pick up of five or more with winter it advisory is in effect until 10:00 a.m. to mark. here is feature cast in the bay area. we're looking and rain. light and scattered showers and they're expected it to have stable air moving in with a few thunderstorms in the late hours. we up pockets of heavy

what's going on in the pacific northwest, all this flooding? how much more flood canning folks there expect? >> well, we're going to get a repeat of the pattern. if we look up in the pacific northwest, we see a storm coming ashore now. that's been causing a lot of heavy rain in the pacific northwest. this will move inland. they'll get break tomorrow. then another one comes in tuesday into tuesday night. and then that transfers to the central part of the united states where all this cold air is. >> let's talking about the huge midwest storm, a big, record-breaking storm in the midwest. where is that off to? >> well, certainly the arctic hound is howling. its bite is as bad as it's bark out there. that will be moving slowly east over the next couple days. you can see all the snow swirls around here and the big news now will be lake-effect snow behind this, one, two, three feet of snow in some places downwind from the great lakes over next few days and the very cold air coming in behind that, too. >> the arctic hound. how cold will it get? >> well

all this clear in the pacific batts whatever way clear for tomorrow, friday.another chance by the weekend. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay.. it does show once the showers and, the sun comes out those overnight temperatures will plummet. dipping down into the thirties. near freezing as we head into some of the inland spots continue to see a chance of showers into next weekend. the aircraft. >> high winds, what order is to contend with be extra cautious especially here westbound 80. traffic is moving well from all three perches once you make your way up the incline and upper deck high wind advisory issued so, they are asking the reduce your speeds, keep both hands on the steering wheel. san mateo, a good, high wind advisory issued in affect for your ride along 92, traffic nice, light really hasn't been a factor taillights headed towards foster city, the bright lights coming towards you the start to hayward, i guess the winds san mateo bridge, no promise to report for golden gate sub bound 101 traffic is moving well barely any cars on the road approac

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by 8:00 there's that shower band just offshore in the pacific. by midnight, look what happens, this specific shower model coming in. those rain showers could be lasting into saturday especially in the morning. then by 3:00 mostly cloudy, 49 to 52-degree. pretty chilly for afternoon highs, you can see san francisco 51. san jose 52. morgan hill 52 degrees. here's our forecast for tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies, the chance of a few showers and temperatures mainly in the mid- 40s for your new year's eve. especially by midnight, shower chances boosted pushing across the bay. your five day forecast, showers likely into saturday. especially for the morning hours. sunday we have to hold on to the slight chance of a sprinkle. that could be favoring the southern half of the bay area. monday mostly cloudy skies and maybe just patchy morning fog on tuesday. but once again another cold night across the region and you thought this morning was cold, tomorrow morning even a little cooler. >> thanks, mark. >>> people in southern california just can't seem to get a

storm tracker 4 worldwide and in and out all the moisture sitting off the pacific just waiting to moving to the bay area. continuing seeing what whether for good portion of the morning in fact keeping chances around for a good portion of the day you can see how bad the system as a center to the north of us bringing cloud stretching all the way to the pacific this is lit funnels all the moisture written to the bay area. as we take into morning hours we expect heavy stuff to the north about same goes for the 8:00 hour by 9:00 it looks like the peninsula and the south bay and cajeput of a break up by the time we hit the afternoon these cells rolling again rain through the peninsula through san rafael,. by the afternoon, under shade of green indicates the letter rain. we will start senior rain taper off as we head into the afternoon and into the evening. 7 day around bay shores continue for the next few days but the weekend looking nice temperatures in the '70s. >> good morning it is a wet and sammy trekkers start for the commute this wednesday morning. we're not getting any reports of serio

wet weather that's moving to the pacific northwest.efore i forget, the hawaiian islands had flash flooding overnight and yesterday also there you'll see more wet weather this weekend. today, medford, portland and seattle, going to deal with wet conditions. l.a. to phoenix, you are dry and you'll be looking okay. call it partly cloud any l.a. today. tomorrow looks nice from vegas to l.a. to phoenix to tucson. notice a split forecast. that plume of moisture continuing into sunday in northwest while much of southern california, nevada and ars will look nice. >>> if you're watching us on kgw news channel 8, portland, oregon, make this holiday season merry an musical. a cappella quartet, the dickens carollers performs at pioneer place. that's your pick event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. at the box office this weekend, a new release will be the sure fire number one. the chronicles of narnia, "the voyage of the dawn treader" is the third film adapted from the fa

five of the largest standing armies are in the asian pacific the asia-pacific region. china, india, pakistan, north korea and south korea in no particular order. in many ways, china said benefactions will help determine whether the region's future holds continued stability and growth or deeper discord and uncertainty. the u.s. welcomes a strong was awful and prosperous china that plays a constructive role in the world stage. we see opportunities to cooperate with china to solve some of the world's toughest problems such as countering terrorism and weapons proliferation, developing new, man-made time a change in helping the spread of pandemic disease. as president obama said of the u.s.-china relationship, our ability to partner is a prerequisite for progress by many of the most pressing global challenges. china hasn't he shown in the number of occasions its willingness to cooperate on regional and global issues. for example, china has increased the deployment of peacekeepers contributing to u.n. mission and is getting more actively involved in humanitarian distance and

especially northern california and all wait up to the pacific northwest. quick radar tour, the white shows snow in the cascades. definitely rain in portland. seattle a tiny break currently, but your morning drive down into state 5 especially from eugene southward to medford as a front comes on to you, you'll see heavier rain. south of san francisco, you have increasing clouds. at least it will be sunny and still warm. the best weather in the country still is l.a. into phoenix. tahoe, mixture of rain and snow. ski resorts, tops of the mountains, all snow. >>> wednesday forecast coming up, lynn. >> all right, bill. thanks. >>> also coming up, acquisition teed up on the street. a tax deal you may not have heard of and the airlines made how much this jeer your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus it was supposed to be gwyneth paltrow's special day, but lindsay lohan and her mom had to get involved and get snarly. >>> coming up -- .orts spor . >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm ly

the story begins in the pacific ocean. i was driving on the road in southern chile to the torah stovepipe national part in their two or more at their word they are. but rough gravel road with very few habitations and it's not a very pleasant road to drive on. and it was fairly late in the evening and the serious rainstorm on that dreadful night. and i needed hotel because clearly wasn't going to progress much further to the north. and they weren't any like that. ice on the left-hand inside a wooden sign that said costa rica del rio, which didn't sound terribly promising. so i turned left and sometimes even more dreadful road. eventually us confront it by this huge space with one or two lights burning. i'm not in the door and was greeted by the functionary. he said yes, we are indeed a hotel. we have had cats for about six months, but we're more than happy if you come and stay the night. he told me a little at the history which indeed had been built by a scotsman inserted a sheep farm in the 1860s. and it was now -- i was g

that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> all right, bill.ks. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. earlier this year, a federal judge refused to hear a wrongful death lawsuit regarding michael jackson saying it belonged in a state court. yesterday, that's exactly where jackson's father refiled it. joe jackson's lawsuit seeks unspecified damages against dr. conrad murray and added a defendant. the las vegas pharmacy that records show sold the physician a powerful anesthetic blamed for the singer's june 2009 death. murray has pleaded not guilty in a separate case for involuntary manslaughter. >>> ryan seacrest extended his contract with a radio channel for another three years. the report is he got $60 million on top of his current contract, which sdss 35 million. not bad, ryan. >>> finally, blogs are abuzz that justin timberlake wants to be a regular on "saturday night live." timberlake is currently busy campaigning for a best supporting actor nomination for his role in "the social network" but he did tell "usa we

you can see what is out here in the pacific not much. here is our forecast tomorrow 8:00 in the morning showing you the movement of the rain showers. still fairly good. parts of the east bay and south bay. and we will take this into the afternoon hours by 12:00. not a lot to show you but still a chance. once again the focus will be for this morning and the short- term. that is all reflected in today's forecast. the 7:00 todays showers. by 12:00 a chance of a shower. low 50s at 53. by 3:00 a sun cloud mix. most areas this morning starting out the day in the low 50s and not a big change for this afternoon. mainly 55, 56, 57, and if you're lucky 58 degrees. here is your look ahead. we are advertising two days. we're talking about another system with rainfall developing saturday afternoon rainfall likely. >>> time now 5:10. they are asking who could have done it. a search is on for whoever shot a dog in the east bay. >>> and the reason the federal government is now looking into the suicide of a 13-year-old boy here in california. >>> and in

see the flow across the pacific.is a wet weather patter that sticks with us through the weekend and into next week. rain showers tonight, last through tomorrow and into sunday, then more storms as we go through time. of course, you knew that. the long-range forecast. here we are saturday morning. what i want you to notice, notice the mountains and notice where we are. the mountains keep going. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., here we stop tomorrow night at 5:00 p.m. still snow in the mountains, winter storm warning still in effect, sunday at 7:00 a.m., more rain showers. then as we go into sunday afternoon, more showers. mountains, it never lets up. now you're into sunday afternoon. wet flow continues. remember the satellite image i showed you. that moisture funneling up against the west coast of the united states against the central california, actually south of point conception. we go into monday night, 5:00, more showers there. you get the picture. a wet flow. lots of things are going to change. what won't change ov

see the flow across the pacific.is a wet weather patter that sticks with us through the weekend and into next week. rain showers tonight, last through tomorrow and into sunday, then more storms as we go through time. of course, you knew that. the long-range forecast. here we are saturday morning. what i want you to notice, notice the mountains and notice where we are. the mountains keep going. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., here we stop tomorrow night at 5:00 p.m. still snow in the mountains, winter storm warning still in effect, sunday at 7:00 a.m., more rain showers. then as we go into sunday afternoon, more showers. mountains, it never lets up. now you're into sunday afternoon. wet flow continues. remember the satellite image i showed you. that moisture funneling up against the west coast of the united states against the central california, actually south of point conception. we go into monday night, 5:00, more showers there. you get the picture. a wet flow. lots of things are going to change. what won't change ov

elsewhere the grocery store chain great atlantic pacif pacific & tea company filed for bankruptcy.erica's larger grocer they plan to keep stores open with no interruption of business during reorganization. >>> today starts the last full week of trading before christmas. that's where the s&p 500 stands at its highest level since 2008. november's inflation numbers will dominate the week's economic data with a producer price index due tuesday. in the nation's capital, the federal reserve's open markets committee gathers tuesday for its last meeting of the year. recent stronger economic data can spark a fed debate over continuing the central bank's $600 billion stimulus plan. >>> also in washington, wall street will eye the battle over tax cuts although extending them heads for passage traders launch for bumps in the road. >>> reporting quarterly earnings, best buy, fedex, general mill, research in motion and home builder hovnanian. >> heightweight carves known as snoods favored by players from warm weather countries and not used to damp england's chill but manchester united put the fa

pacific northwest, another damp day.avy rain going through on interstate 5 all of the way from central oregon northwards from portland through the puget sound. some of the best weather in the countrys will be found here in arizona and los angeles, san diego. some of the warmest temperatures, too. compared to the rest of the nation, you're about the only ones that will be in the 70s. the northwest, unfortunately you don't get a taste of that. if you're watching us on kc-24 news in fresno, california. see the classic cyst mall film "it's a wonderful life" performed as a live radio play by cal state fresno students at the john wright theater. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's an early look at the morning headlines in entertainment. beverly hills police believe they have solved the killing of hollywood publicist chason. police now believe chason was gunned down in a robbery gone wrong, shot by the two-time convicted felon who killed himself last week when approached by police investigating the police. actress selma hya

we could see showers form as moisture comes in off the pacific. as for highs today, looking at 5 in beijing. getting cooler across japan. tokyo's highs remain 14. likely feeling a lot cooler this afternoon. 9 degrees in shanghai. looking at 19 for taipei. over towards north america, looking at a new disturbance off the pacific. pacific northwest, british columbia looking at rain that will move in toward the coastline. a disturbance working its way across the rockies. especially for central sections, looking at snow possible tonight. out east, still looking quite stormy here in eastern can ta. the new england states, well-developed systems bringing in snow. ample amounts of snow possible. locally heavy snow amounts will be likely in the overnight hours. do stay on the watch for that. it does stay cold out east also. 3 in atlanta. the same for d.c. snow flurries are possible in new york with a high remaining at 2. over towards europe, meanwhile. let's start off with an update on the conditions across the balkans. a lot of rain in the region. we are

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with for better or worse, finally, a done deal. house lawmakers cleared the final hurdle last night, sending a sweeping, bipartisan bill to extend bush-era tax cuts to the president's desk before they expire january 1st. tracie potts joins us from washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. the house voted late last night 277-148 in favor of the deal, both democrats and republicans supporting it. so now it goes to the president's disc. here's what it does for you, keeps the current tax rate until january 1st, more unemployment for people who run out, a payroll tax cut that will put more money in your pocket next year. and if you own a business, be on the lookout for tax credits that could benefit your business as well. also here on capitol hill, don't ask, don't tell, the repeal of that policy. it's been passed by the house. the senate expected to take that up with a vote tomorrow it needs 51 votes to pass, a simple majority. they are looking f

the story begins, really, in the pacific ocean. and i was driving on the road in southern chile to the national park, and i dare say one or two of you, maybe more, have been there. it's a fairly rough gravel road with very few habitations along it, and it's not a very pleasant road to drive on. and it was certainly late in the evening, and there was a furious rainstorm. it was just the most appallingly dreadful night. and i needed a hotel because, clearly, i wasn't going to progress much further to the north. and there weren't any villages or anything like that. but i saw on the left-hand side a little wooden sign which said hasta ria which didn't look terribly promising. [laughter] but i thought, well, i'll give it a bash anyway. so i turned left and bumped down this even more dreadful road and eventually was confronted by this enormous scottish-looking castle. i mean, a huge place with one or two lights, rather dim lights burning. and i knocked on the door, and i was greeted by this elderly sort of functionary. he said, yes, we a

this stretches up to the canadian border and more than 280 miles west into the pacific ocean. this shows training going on there for decades. now, the navy wants more exercises involving aircraft and new advanced weapons underwater mine fields and missle autos it's critical and to be ready to do that at any time. >> while they're doing that training many believe the navy should be doing more to protect the ocean. from chemicals and sonar its a big range the navy is operating. roughly the size of the state of california they're not proposing to set aside even a square inch for important habitats. >> the natural resources council is concerned about the national marine sanctuary. there is including a pod of endangered killer whales. i spoke with with the environment program manager. >> why can't the navy stay out that have area? and based on proximity they're based out of puget sound. it doesn't make it practical. >> the navy statement says the increased training could affect up to 130,000 marine mammals per year and they might be injured but the naify does not believe any will b

>> yeah, a lot of activity in the pacific.s about a pacific eastern and western anytime of year. that's what we are forecasting for real wet weather coming up. not one big story but a bunch ask that's usually what will do it especially when you go on for a week. let's take a look outside. it's mostly clear, we got a lot of fog this morning, mild outside, lots of 50s, got 54 right now in concord, let's take a peek at what we got going on the computer here. we have got temperatures outside tonight that are going to be cooler than they have been for a while so that's going to set up your patchy valley fog. we had some this morning, we are going to see more tomorrow morning and so be prepared for that. tomorrow not a bad day. that's the day that you may want to scoop the gutters, get things ready because we will get rain, we could see half a foot of rain in some places, more than that, a foot of rain up towards jenner and those areas, easy. partly sunny tomorrow. we've seen these before, we had something sort of similar to this la

in the inland valleys and then, pat-thames, with a storm rolling in from the pacific. temperatures. and the chance of rain fall writer ron bit night. as rankine the new year right around midnight as we bring in the new year. with 10-20 m.p.h. and will be clear tonight. creek chilly, with temperatures in the 40's. pretty chilly, and then fit50s and land. with an and frost, and then mostly sunny to start your day tomorrow. increasing clouds today. the chance of rain later. and then new year's day will be wet. showers will continue for sunday as we go towards the first couple of days of 2011. monday, still a chance for showers. wet weather on the weight and more about that with your kron 4 7 day around the bay coming up. >> thank you, brian. these and chilly bay temperatures were problematic for morning drivers with black police. columbus parkway in vallejo,-clack-vice black- ice. >> in pacifica, these of park abuilding skating. pa close to the edge, and pacifica, a live picture. and kron 4 daniel villareal capt. of the storm the pace througthe bay area, is not helpg these itebuildings

metrodome, his colleague patrick covering flooding in the pacific northwest, and rob marciano has the big picture from coast to coast. let's start our coverage in minneapolis with chris. metrodome officials downplaying the roof failure, is that right? >> reporter: well, you know, this is quite a thing to be seeing video. the director says it looks like something that's very serious. but it's actually easier to fix, i think. >> actually, i think i'll say it looks worse than what it is. in some respects. because the repair as i understand it will be basically to unclamp the old fabric and clamp new fabric in its place and then blow the roof back up. >> looks like we lost our live connection inside the metrodome

elderly man killed in that house fire was a world war ii veteran who served in both europe and the pacific. the fire broke out this afternoon in walnut creek on draden court. that's where ken wayne is live tonight with more on the victim and also what may have caused the fire, ken. >> reporter: frank, when fire fighters arrived they say there were no flames visible but there was so much smoke in the house they had to cut a hole in the roof to get that smoke out. but by then it was already too late to save 85-year-old keith brooks who may have died from smoke inhalation. >> when we opened up the front door, smoke down to the floor. thick black smoke all the way down. they initiated a quick search, located the victim upstairs in the room of origin. we put the fire out relatively

mason and pacific, portions of mr. and pacific avenue -- mason and pacific avenue mcd. taking it all back to c2 is a problem. it is a crusty and old section of the code. you ought to have a look at it. it for the most part was written in the '60s and has mostly been superseded by mc controls in most of the city. we feel it takes you back three decades or more. the planning department have said they will take a look at that. there was an ordinance by supervisor mirkarimi that changes it to an nct3 district. that allows a lot more uses than most nc districts but has things like formula retail control and size limits. there is some question as to what applies. we are hopefully getting that started. would ask that you not forward the second half of the amendment read it here in committee. you get a staff report. we do not think it is ready to go. one little tweak does not do it and will not deal with the use. thank you. chairperson maxwell: all right. any further public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor, john malmot is here and can go o

scattered showers activity tonight and tomorrow, a stronger storm over the pacific. it is right here in this is making tracks towards the bay area for tomorrow. look for periods of steady rain fall to more and it could be heavy at times. gusting winds, over 40 mph especially along the coast. a wind advisory in effect for and a chance for scattered shower activity. in another system with unstable air. that grain could stick around for monday morning, that rainfall--heaviest to the north bay, one-inch to the valley, and what have test three-quarters closer to the bay. more wet weather for next week. >> congress is going to vote on the dream act on documented young people a chance to obtain legal status with higher education pursuit. or enlist and that the armed services. after a candlelight vigil, for a student. >> we are here to urge congress to vote in favor of the dream act. and it is a special bill that can help so many people with the process of immigration it is very important. >> and stephen lee is a san francisco and nursing student about to be deported to peru

here's this frontal system in the pacific. this will be our next storm heading into christmas day especially for the afternoon hours. for today we have patchy morning fog and increase in the high clouds. look what happens. take this into friday. not enough to show you partly to mostly cloudy skies. a chance of a light rainfall but it will pick up into the afternoon packing heavy rain, some gusty winds. there's a possibility we could have a wind advisory and we could have some isolated thunderstorms as well for saturday showers lingering into sunday and then into next week we're still tracking multiple potential storms that could impact the bay area about a week from now. be watching out for that. heading to lake tahoe tomorrow looks fine for driving with mostly cloudy skies. the chance of some rain and snow for saturday. especially saturday night. and snowfall will be likely into sunday. for the bay area for this morning 38 to 48 degrees. patchy fog out there. as we take this into the afternoon hours by 12:00 partly sunny, low

with that pacific moisture away from us. we'll start to see clearing skies cupping our way for saturday. tomorrow a transition day. farther south snep sunnier. we have sunshine in store for the weekend. especially heading to the football gay. -- especially heading to the football game. the forecast highs they are getting warmer as our forecast includes more sunshine. >> all right, thank you, jen. >> well, just ahead, san jose officers help students in need. a shopping spree and lesson in giving, coming up. >> then alowo t bay gwo tayht r advocates in the fight to appeal don't ask/don't tell. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. ♪ i'm go♪ i can't wait now i'm gonna get it. ♪ ♪ every little step, brings me closer to the gift. can't be late. ♪ ♪ rip it open in a second and it's time to play. ♪ ♪ i was up all night in anticipation feeling electric jewels of jubilation. ♪ ♪ yule tide carols from the local congregation. ♪ ♪ make it tough to hold my patience in check. ♪ ♪ is it time yet, is

will hold together and should arrive into pulp sold at about 45- 50 minutes, doing to sunnyvale and pacific and have main day moving toward san francisco in the next 10 minutes. continue to see scattered showers in the north bay manly on the the it light side. the main band from a rain it is alongside and up into this year by we are dealing with tonight is scattered showers with some unsettled air still moving into the bay area and cool their as a result where it could produce some heavy rain and the chance for the thunderstorms as well. this is going to be with us tonight and into tomorrow morning so scattered showers at are forecast to remain in place tomorrow morning but eventually will end by late morning and clearing into late afternoon with a nicer day. will you know more about it later on. >> the battle of the same sex marriage continues at ninth court of appeals. maureen kelly takes a look of the legal issues the judges have before them. >> you're inside list the federal courthouse and they are glad to hear two hours of legal wrangling. at the august ruling was overturned and propos

take into consideration the hotel between post and geery has closed because the california pacific medical center is going to take that over in a few years as a medical facility. if you have a medical facility there and a bus rapid transit on the curb, it will be impossible for the ambulance to get to the facility if there are accidents other than those in the california pacific center with curbside boarding. it will be impossible for the medical people and the emergency people to respond to any accidents. if there is a central thing, a central subway, a central boarding it will be impossible for those of us that block, as well as people with strollers. the way that the times are, you cannot really cross the street in time to make the connection. the lesson is to do your homework. think about the people. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> walter paulson. ♪ i hope that you fix van ness and fix the rest. by what the best from you and i want you to fix van ness and make it the best we have seen ♪ supervisor mirkarimi: and the other public comments? seeing no one, public

the cots set against it from a pacific storm system that is getting closer. in into law in the 60s, it said bay as well. winds are starting to pick up. the winds are getting up to over 20 mi. per hour and is going to be more of an issue especially tomorrow. is possibly 40 of miles points as the storm system makes its way through the area. it will bring so to this year this weekend. the good news is most of that snow is going to fall saturday night into early sunday morning. increasing clouds tomorrow and the the time is wrapped up look for more snow at the highest elevations. a winter storm watch is in effect for saturday night. disyllables are starting a relatively high at 6,500 ft. falling to 4,000 ft. by sunday morning. here's the trick as. the storm at 7:00 p.m. tonight is up but the tracks into the bay area towards the night time tonight. by tomorrow morning the rain begins here in the bay area at around 8:00 a.m. and is moving on shore for the sonoma and marin county coast and is pushing from the west to the easter the morning. by 10:00 a.m. those place

that's moisture ahead of the system that is stacked up ahead of the pacific.hat's past the date line. a couple of 2,000 to 3,000 miles from here. tomorrow morning, light showers on the morning commute. then as we get to lunchtime it's raining. in the afternoon commute, it's raining too. so it's going to be a wet afternoon commute. that's sort of the headline here. especially being friday and the get away. computer model ready to go. 1:00 on friday. here we are at 6:00. that's our afternoon commute you see it's wet. the aerial distributions, it's a lot of water. a lot of moisture moving on shore. here we are friday night just after the 10:00 news it's raining. and that winter storm warning needed. still scattered showers, a little bit of a break. this is the big hit here. i think saturday night into sunday morning. wind, rain, some heavy wind at times, heavy rain. and then sunday morning it breaks off a little bit. look it just keeps coming. there we are sunday afternoon. you bet that winter storm warning will be warranted in the mountains. it's above 1,700 fee

in the pacific you can see the dry weather. we will stay dry through tomorrow, the popcorn clouds shows cold air moving into our area. the next couple of nights will be chilly out there. tanager right now in the '40's and 50's as we head through the next couple of mornings we seen the lows dipping down into the 30's. getting down to a freezing friday night, a slight chance of showers late friday in here saturday. >> looking at a lot of women the bay area this morning so advisory's for bay area bridges like the richmond san rafael bridge. here the traffic at the toll plaza for vehicles like this it will be a special consideration. there's a box back truck right there. i wonder advisory for this richmond san rafael bridge also the bay bridge this morning. now producing delays but it creates difficult driving conditions for high-profile vehicles. windy advisory for the san mateo bridge. but again we are looking at lighter than usual traffic loads on all of the bay area burgess. on the freeways we don't see slow traffic on highway

however the ship carrying the gold received for the sale of alaska had sunk in the pacific. my grandfather passed away a couple of decades ago. most of. right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the sea shore all of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the u.s. government one of the older buildings is right down below us doesn't have a window in it and built in the old log dovetail design with the dovetail corners there are several other buildings that are. throughout here including sheds that were used for fishing the older ones were built as as old as the late eighteenth hundreds all the residents of new chick are related to each other one way or another they are the houses irene she died in one thousand nine hundred five one of the most successful people born in india is that lehman who is a distant relative of gary a school called four years ago he was the lieutenant governor of alaska. he's only passing through today and has decided to stay with his uncle and aunt their a

we he also, as was said, help establish the asian-pacific american heritage week and asian-pacific american heritage month which rightly recognizes the role of japanese immigrants and chinese laborers in our country. it was through his leadership along with others, including senator inoueye, that the civil b liberties act was passed offering appropriate apology for the actions taken against japanese americans in world war ii. mr. speaker, i was proud to serve as vice chairman of that commission. it was at the urging of mr. mineta and bob matsui that i agreed to serve on that commission. i remember with great pride that while the issue was somber and tragic the pursuit of truth and justice was something we all shared guided by the leadership of norm mineta. in 2000, sec are retear mineta became the first asian american to hold a post in a presidential cabinet as he served as secretary of commerce under president clinton and wame the first asian american to serve as sec are retear of transportation. awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2006, the highest civilian award given in the uni

several thousand miles out in the pacific.ind of flow around this trough of low pressure in the pacific and the key thing here, the jet stream is going to ride right over northern california and that's going to help to amplify the storm pattern and give us uplift and provide instability from friday to monday period. as we look thursday we'll look at clouds increasing and by friday that wet pattern returns across the bay area. 6:00 p.m. on thursday we deal with cloud cover and as we head into 11:00 p.m. rain gets closer and as we transition into 5:00 a.m. on friday, the rain will begin and likely on and off periods once again from friday to monday where we could see 2 to 4 inches for the valleys. these are early highlights. also windy at times. 20 to 40-mile-per-hour gusts and that could even lead to isolated flooding issues across the bay area. as for tomorrow morning, nothing in the way of rainfall. 37 starting off cold with patchy fog in the east bay and still sunshine expected throughout 11:00 a.m. and we're also looking at

we're under the influence of the north pacific high. what's happening in these climate simulations is those subtropical highs, more or less, are strengthening, on the other hand if you live in seattle you might be more encouraged because it looks like there's a tendency for latitudes to get wetter and that wet goes further north. next one. well, here we have in this case just one scenario and he's imposed the warming on a hydraulic model and this is the remain of the watershed, this is the sierra nevada and this is the infraction of april first and period surrounding 2060 and that around 2090, and you can see we're eroding the lower elevations of snow and by the time we reach 2090 in this case warmed by 2 degrees celsius, we lose 50 percent of the california snow pact. it's not in the snow. next one. that changes the hydro graph as you heard this morning. so this is october through september the aggravateded sierra run off. more in the winter period, and less in the spring and summer by a bit. this is a recent flood. not a big one. but

similar ships regularly sailed the length of the north pacific. as a symbol the russian american company was in dire straits. at the beginning of the eight hundred sixty s. the company reached the edge of bankruptcy that caused a debate on whether alaska could be sold the vast territory was inhabited by eight hundred. that those factors led to a serious discussion about a potential sale they were held in an atmosphere of secrecy laws only a handful of fishel sort of knew about them the league. america was not particularly keen on buying the faraway territory a russian envoy to washington eduardo steckel was told to do his best to convince the u.s. government that it would gain norma's benefits by acquiring alaska. steckel had the support of u.s. state secretary william seward who was in favor of the u.s. territorial expansion. finally in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven after lengthy negotiations alaska was sold to the united states for the price of seven point two million dollars. on october the eighteenth eight hundred sixty seven the russ

welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry, and today we begin with a western washout. with the east coast still reeling from a blizzard earlier this week, now it's the western states' turn. a storm pummeled states from washington to arizona with fierce winds, heavy rain and more than two feet of snow. as nbc's kurt grerg grerg grego reports, in some cases, deadly outcomes. >> reporter: for two days, search teams braved near whiteout conditions looking for a missing snowboarder near lake tahoe. the search came to a tragic end when the body of shawnte willis was discovered in a tree well. >> the weather did not cooperate with us at all. it fought us every step of the way. >> reporter: heavy winds the big problem in southern california. gusts up to 60 miles per hour toppled trees and power lines. >> we heard the wind blowing real, real hard. all of a sudden, crash. >> reporter: the storm dumped heavy snow in arizona. 1 0 miles of i-40 closed. and would you believe snow in phoenix? seeing is believing. in utah, ice