pacific gas and electric company is in route unclear of this storm related. and no estimate on the time for restoration. this return to where weather has been a headache for a lot of people left in the dark. jonathan bloom has a rundown on which part suffer the most. >> reporter: 280 pouring rain have made a lot of work for pacific gas and electric company, like this 21,000 v power line that snapped him on the creek as picking crew had to drive in for martinez to repair the damage. it took several hours to get the car back on. the utility says it types of vegetation your around, trent keeps records close to where they're needed. when an hour this does happen they stressed the need to fix it safely. in walnut creek, jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >> james: 70 before she caught off guard, and what bay area cities are doing to prepare. >> reporter: a storm dumped or have san francisco without warning late wednesday night. some did not have an umbrella, this man was fortunate enough to have a large towed to cover himself. at this ticket slow as they try to avoid wal

new year but lunar new year was actually celebrated by many ethnic groups within the asian american pacificamilies, including vietnamese-americans, caribbean-americans, and others. in san francisco, we celebrated with our parade. -- korean-americans, and others. we celebrated the whole month to welcome everybody. it is supposed to be a year of good luck, a year of prosperity and good health so on behalf of mayor edwin lee, i want to welcome you here this evening. [speaking chinese] so we have the celebration in san francisco welcome the community to celebrate the chinese new year for many years now but this year we are particularly excited and very happy because this is an historic year where we are hosted by our first chinese- american mayor. [applause] this is another historic occasion. [speaking chinese] at this time, without further ado, i want to bring up our mayor, mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> thank you, claudine. good evening, everybody. happy new year. i am very honored to join supervisor chu, a supervisor carmen chu, eric mar, and jane kim, and supervisor campos, supervisor mirka

night, we have the chair of the treasure island board of directors and chairman of the asian american pacific celebration committee c laudine chang. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. thank you so much for celebrating -- joining us on this joyous occasion. welcoming and celebrating lunar new year. i am delighted to be your mistress of ceremonies this evening. this year, the chinese new year started on thursday, february 3. lunar new year, 4709, symbolized by the year of the hare. we all know it as a chinese new year but lunar new year was actually celebrated by many ethnic groups within the asian american pacific families, including vietnamese-americans, caribbean-americans, and others. in san francisco, we celebrated with our parade. -- korean-americans, and others. we celebrated the whole month to welcome everybody. it is supposed to be a year of good luck, a year of prosperity and good health so on behalf of mayor edwin lee, i want to welcome you here this evening. [speaking chinese] so we have the celebration in san francisco welcome the community to celebrate the chinese new year for

new report sheds light on the safety of pacific gas and electric company pipelines. investigators from the california public utilities commission say pacific gas and electric company part of critical inspections. jonathan bloom has further details. >> reporter: it has been five months since flames erupted out of the streets of san bruno killing eight people destroying 45 homes. now a new report shows pacific gas and electric company delayed pipeline extractions' for more than two years. state auditors road pacific gas and electric company was not devoting enough company resources to ensuring its gas lines were safe. in a statement they responded that runs the probe because it helps the company find out where it's falling short. >> will: the latest news involving the uprising in egypt the government has made it clear it believes a chief culprit stoking the protest is the broadcaster al-jazeera bus drivers and transit workers during state employees on strike thursday spreading a labor unrest that has propped further strength and momentum into the wave of anti-governmen

pacific cool air. it's not the arctic air from canada. it's the pacific cool air.he mornings will be cool, and the afternoons will be sunny and nice. look at this forecast. sunshine across the board. we'll see temperatures near 50 in the northwest and 50s, 60 bakersfield at 56 and çsunny. no complaints. a little cool this morning. bring the coat with you. carry it home. fresno, seam for you. a great wednesday. lynn, will thursday be as nice? is that possible? >> we can all dream of it here on the east coast. thanks so much. >>> well, the toyota verdict is in, and i pad update is in the works, and the catholic church sakes an app to deal with your sins. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, she's in trouble again, and this time it's more serious than any legal problems she's had before. >> coming up, a record setting night for kevin love. lebron turns up the heat, and a frosty celebration for the super bowl champs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of the your

in advance of a weather system over the pacific. it will bring and the chance of rain, it's something we have not seen for quite awhile. we have a wet week to follow. today is the last day of the nice weather. high of 60s. 66 oakland, i will let you know more about the rain coming up in just a few minutes. >> reporter: the search for man suspected of kidnapping a 4 year-old. he matched the description of jose retrogress. is the same place the four year olds body was found. an autopsy can lovely scheduled for tuesday. the mother now says she has closure. >> reporter: tabitha says her family at the paterson community can heal. since the body of jose rodriguez can put an end to this tragic objection. >> a big relief. >> reporter: the question is why. tabitha says now she will never know why her son was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend. >> i want a believe it was an accident. >> reporter: the sheriff's department believes jose rodriguez may have been so angry over the breakup, that the kidnap the little boy in january. it was not his biolo

it's actually the pacific plate that also sends jolts here in throughout california. so that pacific plate and the australian plate combines in their forces today to produce this deadly and international tragedy here as we now know at least 60 people have been confirmed dead from this quake. let's take you to some video. and what you're going to see is actually a big problem of what they're facing out there. that's when the solid ground loses any ability to carry any kind of weight. you're also seeing some video there of some pipes that have burst and water that's going into the streets. but it's that liquefaction that's undermined some of the buildings that have been hard hit by had quake. we're going to zoom into the bay area. and we are also under this extreme danger of what's called liquefaction. in fact, 5% of the bay area is threatened by liquefaction, if we do have a moderate to strong earthquake and it's coincidentally our largest urban areas under the highest threat. as we zoom in, what i've done is i've highlighted the regions, if we were to see an earthquak

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. today we begin with egyptian furry. around the world yesterday, it was widely expected that egypt's president would resign following two weeks of unrest. instead, a defiant hosni mubarak announced he would remain in his richard engel has the latest from the capital. >> reporter: today we're seeing a new development from the egyptian army. the army gave a statement saying that it will act to guarantee the democratic reforms in this country take place. a second military statement was issued this morning saying that soon after this crisis is resolved, emergency law will be lifted. that the army will guarantee to make sure that free and fair elections take place. that the people's demands will be met and that the security services will not act in retribution and carry out any kind of crackdown or arrest campaign against the people who organize these demonstrations. clearly the people on the street want more. they want to send them into exile, but the army at this stage does not appear to

we'll go to a zonal flow where we'll see the jet stream off the pacific.hat means we're going to see an increase of wet weather on the west coast about five to eight days from now. so enjoy the great weather while it lasts because this weather pattern change for the middle of the country will warm up, on the west coast, probably an increase of rain storms. temperature wise this morning, a little colder in portland and seattle than it's been the last couple morning. 40 vegas. today's forecast not bad. we'll see temperatures in the 50s. it's going to be sunny today and much of nevada, arizona looking good today and sunny. l.a., one of the warmest forecasts in the country, call it partly cloudy in the northwest. that's a look at your thursday salem, oregon, 50 and partly cloudy. lynn, the good times in the west coast roll right into the weekend for the forecast coming you. >> i'm sure they're going to love that. thanks so much. >>> also coming up, cisco slides, big ben speaks, a lawsuit against the nfl over the super bowl skeet scandal. your early morning bus

why don't we have it there in pacific heights? you know why, the billionaires who are going to develop all of this live in pacific heights and they would oppose it. thank you. >> thank you. >> and you don't know any of us so you make a lot of assumptions. >> good afternoon. i'm byron kutz, small business own here and raise my family in the city. in terms of the environmental report, i want to stand here in support of it. i think it's comprehensive in the assessment of what this development represents. i think it goes to some of the key issues which is transit-based community. i think that's important. i think it's consistent with the citywide mandate. it also represents a diversity in housing, which was particularly important for this neighborhood. and another note on the historic aspect of the buildings, i want to say relative to what i was saying earlier, these current buildings are designed for an automobile culture. and they're based around land use and water use that's inconsistent with what the city is trying to move forward

we are here with supervisor farrell from district2, which includes the marina, pacific heights, st. cliff, and the neighborhoods surrounding the presidio. supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. tell us about your background -- where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. >> i am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. very proud of that. i am also a born and raised district 2 residents. i grew up close to the palace of fine arts. my parents still live in the same set of flats i grew up in. i went to grammar school at stuart hall in district 2. i went to high school in st. ignatius. i'm a very proud wildcat. i went to college at loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university college dublin. came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania.

in california we've dropped about 10 degrees, but at least we're dry in the pacific northwest.'re dry, too, in the 40s. that's a look at yourcalifornia cooler with that breeze out there. yuma, one of the warm spots, 73. wednesday forecast coming up, lynn. >> thanks so much. also coming up, mergers makes a mood. the president makes his pitch, and the clear sign yet the economy is improving. maybe. early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, mark zuckerburg has a serious friend problem on facebook. >> the packers return home to a hero's welcome. carm elo anthony scores 50, but was it enough? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. authorities in mexico say at least two of three teenage boys shot to death in the border city over the weekend were u.s. citizens and high school students in texas. the boys were killed while they were looking at cars in a dealership. >>> the astronaut husband of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is back at the nasa spa

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific team zone. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with going down with a fight. after more than a week of upheaval in libya, a defiant moammar gadhafi has vowed to fight until his, quote, last drop of blood. yesterday qadhafi also called anti-government protesters rats who deserved the death penalty. although he still has some backing in tripoli, qadhafi continues to see support slipping away. one of his closest associates, his interior minister, announced he was defecting, encouraging the armed forces there to join the revolt. meanwhile, the american government has chartered a ferry for today to help evacuate u.s. citizens who want to leave to malta. >>> and one of the hot spots of this up rising is eastern libya. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engle is there taking a first hand look at the still unfolding rebellion. >> reporter: at the border crossing itself, there is no one on the libyan side. we drove about 100 miles in eastern libya. we didn't see a single gadhafi loyalist.ç we saw military barracks t

fought away in the pacific the tiny atoll of bikini in the marshall doesn't spot the i'm basing of mankind's most credible false lagoon will be the graveyard of many ships a ghost a navy man down there by goats pigs and white rats awaiting the atomic blast i mean maybe if personnel come ashore to carry out that. deal with the island those who lived on the japanese mandate for twenty. now did jamie the. united states now wants to turn its great. our interest something for the benefit. and. europe. are the first. rick. i think it's generally the case that the greater and more durable impacts come from preparation for war rather than combat itself. form to support the men who march and say oh. but the magnetation ridge is still part of the river the life of the nation actors must bring in the forests and trees must fall for the sawmills wait for law and builders right for lumber states feel the need to be militarily prepared and in the modern world that has meant building a military industrial complex building a pollution intensive industry to generate military goods one of the best examples of

thering forecast in the pacific northwest the mechanics couple of days.eratures will come crashing down. storm systems still around with some moisture. we're talking snow, even m city. today it's fine down in the southwest. just rainshowers, seattle and portland. cold front will go through. temperatures will drop. then the snow elevations will too. rain changing to snow. especially wednesday night into thursday. may even be muff to have to shovel a little bit. especially many seattle. >>> if are you bauching us on kt uh-huh tv channel 2 in anchorage, alaska, learn about the state through local historical treasures through living our cull tug, sharing our shartage at the anchorage museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. we're not sure how his agent, recording executives and other handlers feel about it, but justin bieber lost his trademark hair style and likes his look. jay demarcus of rascal flats tweeted a picture of bieber. bieber himself tweeted that he saved the hair to auction

navy's experiences in the pacific with japanese kamikaze aircraft. and for that people tell me there are no world war ii veterans around, well, you could fool me because i talked to 300 of them in doing that book. you know, just snippets here and there, but forming a narrative out of that. so -- >> this isn't a question, it's just a comment, but i just recently visited the united states air force museum in dayton, ohio, and if nobody's -- if you haven't visited, you really should go. and they're going to be doing the korean, the korean war? they're going to redo that whole, all the aircraft there. they're working on it now. i don't know if it's open yet. but if anyone wants to really see a lot of airplanes, that's where to go. [laughter] >> great, great. i believe, you know, there's some talk of a korean war museum being -- >> illinois. >> in illinois, okay. >> i'd just like to ask everybody if you had a great time at the pritzker military library in chicago. [applause] our 290th program, and you can see them every week on the internet or on televisi

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in the pacific northwest that's where the exception is.he jet stream starting to dip down, that's why we have rain back in the forecast around seattle. it's mild, at least. temperatures are in the upper 40s. even with sunshine today, we're only going to be 49 in phoenix. very rare for this time of year for that to happen. that's a quick look at your thursday forecast. one of the best forecasts in the country, 71 and sunny. friday forecast, lynn, is coming up and let's turn up the heat a little bit. >> why not? thanks, bill. >>> also coming up jobs rise, earnings shine, but wall street is flat. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus on the alleged lindsay lohan jewelry heist. >>> coming up -- one celebrity brings a fan to tears at the knicks game. i have two words for you, goalie fight. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the most powerful storm to hit australia ripped across the coast leaving several thou

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including those in the pacific time zone. libya is now the flash point in the middle east, and the outcome of demonstrations there has reportedly been the most violent since of beginning of what seems like a rebellion across the entire region several weeks ago. yesterday reports say security forces again opened fire on anti-government protesters who want libyan leader moammar gadhafi out of power. because of lybia's tight restrictions on reporting, it is difficult to know exactly how many have died. the associated press says more than 200 have been killed. however, moammar gadhafi's son claims the death toll is only 84. he warned if his father is removed from power, the country would fall in to a civil war. he claimed his father remains in charge with the army's backing, although the whereabouts of colonel gadhafi himself aren't unclear. some reports say protesters have taken over a local army barracks with the military's blessing. >>> although libya has seen the most violent unrest, a wave of protests continues to shake ç o

proclaimed may as asian american pacific heritage month in a ceremony.any communicate organizations host events and programs to celebrate and educate. the theme of this year's celebration is celebrate heritage, celebrate unity. immigrants arrived during the gold rush of 1949. we will highlight events in san francisco history that galvanized and united the asian pacific community. the fight for bilingual nejz the schools. the student strikes the workshop system and one unforgettable struggle that captured the attention of the nation the fight against e visions at the international hotel. >> it was horrifying experience where it was bloody and violent. >> [inaudible] on kaerny street a 10 block community where many filipinos lived. in the 1910th and the 20's and 30's. there were night clubs and restaurants and small businesses. it was a lot of the [inaudible] many of them who came in the earlier time they called it home. at the time and the international hotel struggle happened, it was right on kerny and jackson. that was the last building, the last block

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welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with a matter of time. libya's rebel forces show no signs of giving up despite a increasingly brutal crackdown from an increasingly incoherent muammar qadhafi. meanwhile, freedom can't come soon enough for more than 100 americans stuck on a ferry waiting to make way for malta, hoping calmer seas will allow them to escape the embattled country today. msnbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has our report. >> reporter: in the town of zswiyah today, 40 miles east of tripoli, at least 10 people were reportedly killed in fighting. but some of the worst violence has been here in benghati where hospitals are filled with wounded. >> i tend many, more than 300, more than 300 and injured more than 3,000. >> reporter: doctors say the victims were shot with bullets and anti-aircraft rounds. many were executed at close range. but colonel moammar gadhafi downplayed the violence and offered a radically different explanation in a bizarre and revealing radio address. we were

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there are nearly four thousand world war two ship wrecks in the south pacific right now and over three hundred of those are oil tankers. if no measures are taken on the us these ships will collapse they will release their oil one side oil answers them or in a virus will be very difficult to remove it. the pacific's highest concentration of world war two wrecks can be found in the federated states of micronesia. goon service forward to anchorage for the japanese imperial fleet until an air attack by american forces sank sixty ships and more than two hundred planes the way that the reefs are struggling around the world due to coral bleaching global warming overfishing and dynamite fishery added to those stresses a massive oil spill would just be the last nail in the coffin for these rivers there would not be able to regenerate and. to think that a war that we have been. in the last century could still be destroying our future is really pretty shocking. and it's this tracking things that current warfare is set by our base just met suppress mclay not two percent of the victims of wolf a co

and e-mail was received by the -- from the pacific heights residents' association. they are requesting the commission consider continuing this item. they feel it would be a practice of serial permitting, and moving it would remove any obligations to develop housing on the slot. we would like you to approve the draft ordinance so we can send it to the board of supervisors for their permission. president olague: archbishop gregory richardson followed by suzanne gamble. >> i am a resident of this particular building. this is housing site. as we know throughout america, many of these sites exist because of dr. martin luther king jr., creating hud. this particular parcels are called projects, projects that need to be developed. that is the bottom line. the incentive for america to get it right is in this particular type of opportunities you are able to do more with federal land than city or state land. funds are more able to be achieved because it is more possible to help children, youth, and their families. this particular site is a senior disabled building. once again,