the pacific is big. that's a quarter of the circumference of the earth.t of area to change the water in. that's a big disruption in the temperature -- the thermal-boundary condition that the atmosphere sees. narrator: in 1982, conditions were building toward an el niÑo of unprecedented proportions. but the warning signs went unheeded. the conrad a research vessel from columbia's lamont-doherty earth observatory, noticed dramatic increases in sea-surface temperature as it steamed east along the equator. the temperatures were so high that computers in washington d.c., rejected the data because it was too much of an anomaly. cane: i was in a meeting in the fall in 1982 and the prevailing sense of things was, "there's no el niÑo going on. there won't be an el niÑo," and so on. now, this was, say something like september if i remember right, and we were already well into what would be the largest el niÑo in 100 years, okay? and i thought, "what a great prediction problem to go after. "if i understand something "then i should be able to turn it into a set of eq

that is until the builders of the pan pacific expo filled it with sand. sand made up about 70% of the material dredge from the bottom of the bay and used it as fill. that part of the project took more than three months. and then on top of the fill, workers constructed the exhibition halls in courtyards that would cover the exposition grounds. when the fair closed 10 months and 18 million visitors later, the city simply tore it down. >> it was not made to last. and the city didn't own most of the land on which it was built. they had to lease it. in fact, very few parcels actually belonged to the city. and so it was always meant to be temporary. >> unfortunately because all of the buildings were built of lath and covered with a plaster called jute, it was basically burlap that was impregnated with plaster. >> reporter: houses went up here. a lot of them built right over sandy fill and the rubble of the pam pacific expo. it was a seismic time bomb that would not go off until 1989. >>> when the loma prieta earthquake hit. many of the buildings in the marina d

russia has been using it as a support site for bomber flights over the asia pacific.r teague uh-huhs more from ma nil 5678 a show of strength far from home. accord to this u.s. military, russian planes including nuclear bombers have been increasing patrols not just over the atlantic and the north sea but also the asia pacific region. close to the u.s. territory of game. the u.s. says the russian patrols are being refueled by tankers taking off from an old u.s. base in vietnam and flying over a region already rife with its own tensions. >> we have under the vietnamese official to his insure that russia is not able to use its access to conduct activities that could raise tensions in the region. obviously we have done that privately with vietnamese government officials and certainly our presence is that they would not. >> reporter: the u.s. has itself been trying to gain more access to the bay. it's refocusing troops to the asia pacific region as china's influence in the area is growing growing. china has been expanding and engaging in territorial disputes with smaller c

she studied the history of the panama pacific international exposition. she has a personal connection to it. her grandparents got engaged that fair and she came up with the $88,000 needed to light up the ferry building. we asked what they hope people will appreciate once they see the new lights. >> i hope they think about how far we come and take the time to look up 1915, find out what it means and find out the spirit san francisco had. >> the history is important. it is our past. what our grandparents were doing. what the time was. what it was like. >> reporter: the panama pacific international exposition put san francisco on the world's stage. 20million people came to see it and because of that the the new lights will remain on from now till december 4 of this year. back out here live. there is a thousand people who have gathered here for the lighting ceremony. i can hear mayor ed lee's voice. he is doing introduction. 6:15 p.m. is -- well, 6:16 p.m. now, anymore they should be -- any minute they should be turning on the switch and we will see the ferry

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the south pacific area is bracing for winds of 165 kilometers per hour.long with torrential rain, that's likely to cause flooding and landslides. while the seas will be wild and dangerous. >> drop tropical cyclone pam is a category five. at the moment we have winds of 220 kilometers now at the center. what we're really worried about is that wind can do extreme damage, rip roofs off, pulls trees out, power lines down and there's the storm surge that can come in. >> reporter: the australian foreign minister urged citizens to reconsider traveling to the island. the tropical storm has already caused damage elsewhere in the south pacific. charity work as the weather is getting wilder by the minute as cyclone pam moves closer. >> right now the situation is incredibly dangerous. there's incredibly strong winds racing around the capitol here which is the city of about 45,000 people. the trees are blowing, all foil i can't imagine is going everywhere, and you know i'm in a strong hotel, concrete block hotel, i'm on the third floor and even this was shaking. >> rep

gas and electric 24th pacific and gas and electrical and 25 existing rehabilitation for pacific gas and electrical and 28th existing litigation for pacific gas and electrical 26 will not be heard any public comment on closed session. >> mia any motion to assert. >> all in favor, say i.. >> move no did inform disclose. >> all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries. >> other new business for the commission. >> seeing none this meeting is adjourned at. >> i want to welcomed everyone today, we have a wonderful set the of speakers i'm sure everyone is incredibly that i have i didn't in their remarks you won't have be here longer a half hour and lunch break with tour 90 wonderful affordable housing for seniors and here to celebrate an unbelievable partnership are the st. anthony's foundation we've had the privilege to partner with them and this was their idea we are that lucky enough to be invited along for the ride it's been a fantastic trip we're happy with the outcome so i'm sure you're aware of the downstairs of this building has the new st. anthony's dining room and he associat

trade representative's upcoming trade agenda, specifically the trans-pacific partnership. the way we pass trade agreements and it's important colleagues understand this, stands in a class by itself. no other legislation do we do this. it's hidden from public view but even from -- not just from public view but even from those in this body had whose constitutional duty we've stood here in the well of that senate raised our right hand, senator casey and i were honored to come in at the same time in january of 2007 and again in january of 2013, we raised our right hand, we took an oath to -- to understanding our constitutional duty to approve or reject trade agreements. article 1 section 8 of the constitution entrusts to congress the authority to regulate commerce with foreign policy nations but the current t.p.p. language is being guarded as though it were a state secret. members of this body are permitted to view the language only with u.s. trade representative staff there not with their personal staff. nor -- norah todd who has great skills and expertise worked on trade iss

the cyclone wreaked havoc in other pacific islands. as it makes its way south across the pacific its forecast to pass close to new zealand in the coming hours. richard martin, al jazeera. >> more news out of libya now. there have been clashes between isil-affiliated fighters there and the militia group backed by the tripoli-based government. one man is reported to have been killed and two others hurt. it's not the militia came under attack in the coastline east of sirte. about 150 isil affiliated fighters are reported to have been involved in that fighting. >> yemen's houthi group which took control of the capital last year strengthened economic ties with iran in a move that's causing alarm among some regional countries. tehran has pledged $1 billion a year to support yemen. houthi militia's have formed a new national alliance. >> there's a power vacuum in yemen, and iran appears to be capitalizing on it. since the shia houthi's forced the president to flee the capitol, iran has found a willing partner. a houthi delegation has just ret

gas and electric 24th pacific and gas and electrical and 25 existing rehabilitation for pacific gas and electrical and 28th existing litigation for pacific gas and electrical 26 will not be heard any public comment on closed session. >> mia any motion to assert. >> all in favor, say i.. >> move no did inform disclose. >> all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries. >> other new business for the commissi this meeting is adjourned at. >> dpjdz to the regular meeting of san francisco ethics commission we'll begin by taking the roll call sxhaerp commissioner hayon all members obey present first is public comment on the appearing or not appearing on the agenda with the simplification. >> i came to talk about a need for responding to complaint both filed with you as well as those referred to the suspect ordinance task force because i'm involved in would both aspects of complainant an incident in december of 2013 when i complained about nearly a year ago i've never heard a response nothing not to say we're looking at it it self-come within our jurisdiction silence that's a problem bec

i know the snowfall outlook shows 60 centimeters along the pacific coast. the mountains are going to stop most of this. if you are a skier, it looks like one of the last major systems of the year to put snow in the mountains up here upwards of 80 centimeters expected. sunny skies through the rest of the wednesday in tokyo. back toward the west, high pressure dominating northwestern portions of china. showers toward the southeast. let's change gears, take a look at this image here four systems on this map. we have this tropical depression, if you're in guam in the northwest pacific, watch this one very closely, then down toward the south, it's the heart of tropical season. a tropical low here off of western australia. this is cyclone nathan now and let's talk about pam here. this is definitely going to be the most intense storm system of these four. right now, a category three cyclone moving down here toward the south, trending further toward the west though if you are in this area watch this very closely, it could be bringing some damaging winds. as we look

the cel pacific had linked to form the first transcontinental railway. he joined hayden's party in montana. they proceeded to fort ellis and soon entered the fabled region of yellowstone. moran worked closely with the expedition photographer, william henry jackson. together they selected the most impressive views. moran made drawings and watercolor sketches, blocking in forms and contours quickly noting the colors of the terrain and the sulfurous deposits for which yellowstone is named. back in newark, new jersey moran began what he termed his "big picture," "the grand canyon of the yellowstone." for moran, the spiritual natural and aesthetic realms should blend to create a great impression. to that end, he combined different points of view into one dramatic panorama. moran explained, the precipitous rocks on the right were really at my back when i stood at that point. yet in their present position, they are strictly true to pictorial nature. my aim was to brinbefore the public the character of that region. narrator: reporting to congress, hayden suggest

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amy: about half the population of the south pacific island nation of vanuatu has been left homeless by cyclone pam, a category 5 storm. vanuatu's president directly linked the storm to climate change. we will get an update from 350.org's bill mckibben who also talk about how a nasa scientist estimates california has about one year of water left. and how the united nations body responsible for global climate change negotiations is backing the campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. then, as wikileaks founder julian assange marks is 1000th day seeking silent -- a salem swedish prosecutors have agreed for the first time to come to london to question him. >> we see this as a victory for julian assange and as an evidence that we were right all the time, that the prosecutor was wrong all the time, and we will cooperate fully to get this interrogation made as soon as possible. but it may take some time. but that will not be up to us. amy: we would get an update from wikileaks and julian assange's lawyer michael ratner. all that and more, coming up. welcome to demo

is lashing the pacific island chain. heavy rain and strong wind are already hitting the island chain. eight agencies say many people living in primitive housing in that country are particularly at risk. >> 50% of those people are living on less than one u.s. dollar per day. you can imagine the infrastructure across this area is not able to cope with an equivalent to a category five hurricane. here's the latest. 260 kilometer per hour wind gust with this monster of a storm that is running due south, parallel along with this island nation or this ark pell go of about 85 separate islands across this separate region. there are major risks and major factors that people need to consider. this is a very vulnerable coastline specially the east and south facing parts of these islands. here's why. remember in this part of the world we have a clock-wise rotation around tropical cyclones just like this. tropical cyclone pam. that means it's going to push up the strongest winds bringing a compounding effect with that ocean tide or a

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the cyclone has already destroyed homes and damaged other pacific islands.he weather channel tweeted this satellite photo of pam's massive eye. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with more on that tropical storm. >> it's weird to know right now this devastation is taking place in the island. 60,000 people on the main even land in venewatu. port villa is the biggest city and the eye of the storm is almost over the top of it now. there's 60 people in their homes and shelters praying and hoping for their lives at this point. 160-mile-per-hour winds. this could maybe end up being one of the strongest landfalling and most devastating storms we see throughout the spire tropical season, atlantic pacific, and typhoons. port that villa, you can see the eye of the storm. it's meeting a beeline straight to the south. in the southern hemisphere the storms spin in the opposite direction, clockwise. the winds are like this and smack right into the island right now. going through the strongest portion of the storm too. so we'll have those pictures for you tomorrow or ma

the warriors win the pacific crown 122-108. here is the star of the show. my 6th year and we haven't done it and that is a big accomplishment. we have a lot more to accomplish this year and goals in mind. this is a chance to win a division and keep it moving. >> the next step is win the west. college ball and stanford women is out supporting the men's ball. moves into second place on the all time scoring list anthony brown accidently elbowed him of the an instant concussion. he was able to leave the floor on his own and did not return. shook-up there. brown lead the cardinals with 26 points. stanford holds on 78-75. they are headed to the big apple and the nit semifinals next week. ray mcdonald has a new home and a new team. he will sign with the bears who did an extensive background check. they felt, you know what worth the risk. mac done thald was cut -- macdonald was cut and he hillary unite with the -- he will reunite with another player in the same position with the bears. the a's sign billy butler in the off season to do this. it is a two-run blast. t

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a category 4 cyclone hitting the south pacific.ht there are floods evacuation orders, widespread fear of destruction. kevin corriveau is here with more. kevin. >> that's right john. we have been watching the progression of cyclone pam increasing in intensity making its way towards vanuatu. this was a picture from nasa before it made landfall. it increased to a categories 5 storm when it made landfall over the ocean. we didn't think it was going to make landfall but going over to the east. take a look at video from the region. we have seen a catastrophic destruction across the region, the death toll is estimated right now over 40, but they expect that to go up as the system begins to move away and they can go into those more remote areas of those islands especially down here towards the south. i want to take you over here and show you what we expect to see. the storm over here to the northeast of the correlate coral sea it is moving to new caledonia. new caledonia over the next 12 hours to 24 hours you will also be seeing some very

it's not the only storm in the pacific ocean, though. what's the latest? >> yes, keikichi a very rare event is taking place across the pacific ocean. we have four tropical systems, davi is located in northern hemisphere and three others in the southern hemisphere. pam is the strongest one among the four. and two others are located near northern australia. now i want to first talk about pam. take a look at the satellite imagery. you can see a symmetrical shape with very clear eye in the center. it indicates that it's very powerful system. and clouds are already envufling van u at u we're hearing reports of flooding as well as wind damage from these islands. this is a category 5 system. the strongest category packing winds of over 240 kilometers an hour. it is expected to maintain as a category 5 system and slide over vanuatu over the weekend, veer towards the southeast and pass north of new zealand by early next week. because of the stormy conditions one of the worst -- one of the world's biggest boating events will be delayed across new see bnd. now take a

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across the south pacific, this storm has already caused flash floods and strong winds. you can see right there, the red is the center of it. you can see the strength of it there. causing significant damage. i've been speaking to alex clemons from unicef. >> right now the situation is dangerous. there is incredibly strong winds racing around the capitol here. which is the city of about 45,000 people. the trees are blowing, all foliage is going everywhere and i'm in a very strong hotel, but even this is getting shakes when the wind gusts are coming through. i'm in a very concrete block hotel, i'm on the third floor of a big hotel and even this is shaking. any preparations should have been completed by now because we're in the middle of it. the national office has done a great job of trying to get everyone ready. 82 islands and the y-shaped chain. communication is difficult. there's many islands that don't is telecommunications or weak telecommunications. the national development office from the government has been doing a telephone replay for those very remote islands. re

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from steph curry the warriors clinched the pacific division title for the first time in 39 years with-108 win in portland over the blazers last night the last warrior team to do it was in 1976 at 58 wins they are also one win away for equaling the franchise record for that mark also held by that 1975-76 team with 11 games left they will surely accomplish that as well after the game they donned t- shirts saying "pacific claimed" the celebration was muted though as they obviously have bigger fish to fry in the postseason here's curry on clinching the pafific so the last time the warriors won a division title 1976 the top movie at the box office was "rocky" the year's #1 song was "silly love songs" by paul mccartney & wings steph's father dell curry was 11-years-old and the defending nba champions were the golden state warriors the warriors also a little closer to wrapping up the number-one seed in the western conference. nba - cavs at memphis lebron james and the cavs in memphis against the grizzlies james throws down the emphatic two-handed dunk 15-11 cavsearly 3rd quarter jamesthe lob

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the warriors win the pacific crown 122-108. here is the star of the show. a lot more to accomplish this year and goals in mind. this is a chance to win a division and keep it moving. >> the next step is win the west. college ball and stanford women is out supporting the men's ball. moves into second place on the all time scoring list anthony brown accidently elbowed him of the an instant concussion. he was able to leave the floor on his own and did not return. shook-up there. brown lead the cardinals with 26 points. stanford holds on 78-75. they are headed to the big apple and the nit semifinals next week. ray mcdonald has a new home and a new team. he will sign with the bears who did an extensive background check. they felt, you know what worth the risk. mac done thald was cut -- macdonald was cut and he hillary unite with the -- he will reunite with another player in the same position with the bears. the a's sign billy butler in the off season to do this. it is a two-run blast. three homers so far this spring. the barry zito project continues to amaze. fo

i'm proud of it. >> proud for doing their part in keeping pacific grove as beautiful below the water as it is above. >> from diving under water to creating under water works of art all in the spirit of paying it forward. now in the true spirit of paying it forward darren greenwood doesn't know the name of the person who did something nice for him nor will he know the names of countless people he's helping. if they look in just the right place, they can find his. somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 kwarcars drive past the water treatment plant every single day. most of them probably think the city paid a professional artist to paint the murals they say standing in one corner of the property. very few would guess it was really the guy in the corner office. >> yeah, i do get that a lot. people come out to tour the plant and say nice. i say thank you, i painted those. they say no, you had an artist. i say no it was me. darren liver more is the public director. while water has been darren's profession many years, art has been his hobby even longer. >> you know nice out let to relax. >

>> yeah, i just want to say that the pan pacific fine arts was really great. i was pleased to see the throngs attending that. the historical events. the work that went into that is phenomenal. we are going to be seeing more of that. i wanted to thank commissioner matsuda for reminding us all to check into that. the history expo was great. it was well attended. so i was pleased with that. very exciting. i want to say thank you for the staff time to put this together. >> fantastic. seeing no other comments. we'll move on. >> commissioners, this puts you on items proposed for continuance. item 6. 20140655 a proposed to continue. item 7. 20141383 cultural landscape inventory is also proposed continuance to april 15, 2015. i have no speaker cards. >> commissioners, any comments? seeing none, any member of the public wish to comment on the continuance. i will close public comment. >> i wish to move. >> thank you. >> on that motion to continue both items as proposed, commissioner johnck, matsuda, wolfram and john, /tphaoul that places you to item 7. consent calendar.

it's my distinct honor to welcome you to the panama pacific centennial epa 100. [ applause ] .at chs are deeply honored to help lead this historical pivotal moment in san francisco and the state's past so together we can learn and inspire to create a more vibrant and equitable future. my gratitude to mr. mayor ed lee and ms. huggins, and stewards of this powerful place of fine arts and from at & t, our exhibition sponsor the hertz corporation, fred is here. centennial sponsors, wells fargo, ecology, town school and so many people have sponsored this organization. the may beck foundation, richard pet ler is here right over there in that lovely blue shirt and truly a genius and you will hear from dan shine, the ceo and curator of innovation and an additional sponsor is scott of sterling bank. there he is, thank you, sir. i also want to extend a very special welcome to the job corps, two incredible women of esteemed presses kristin shine and mary and all of you who braved the elements in joining us. we are bring together p pa 100.org. this went live a couple minutes ago look on yo

three of them are in the southern pacific. from november to april is your tropical storm season for the south. take a look at this. we have a tropical storm in the northern hemisphere. it is heading to the south and two more near northern australia. i want to talk about this one. this is bringing winds with a category two system. it is likely to increase to a category three and it will make landfall in australia by friday morning local time and move along the coast as we go into the weekend. it will produce destructive waves and strong winds across western australia. then the flip side of australia, we have nathan. nathan is a category two. it is expected to move forward the west. it will make a u-turn to the east. it will not make landfall. it is near the coast. it will provide ongoing heavy rainfall and stormy conditions for the next several days. this area was hit by tropical storm maria three weeks ago. people are recovering from the damage from the storm. across the east we have another system. this is very strong system.

also cyclone pam crashes into the pacific il of nation vanuatu. eight are killed. >>> four years after the start of hostilities towards president bashar al-assad, we look at how the war in syria led to the rise of i.s.i.l. >>> healing relations narendra modi visits jaffna to meet the displaced from sri lanka's long civil war. first, iraqi forces battling i.s.i.l. say the city of tikrit will be freed within 72 hours. control of tikrit which is the home town of former president saddam hussein is seen as crucial in the fight against the armed group. people, at least 13 kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed in i.s.i.l.'s shelling. this incident took place south of the oil-rich city of kirkuk. let's talk to our correspondent jane arraf, in the iraqi capital. first of all, tikrit how credible is the optimism from the iraqi forces that they could liberate this important town within three days. >> well liberate is a sweeping word. what they are saying is they believe that they are confident in eradicating the i.s.i.l. preps in tikrit. the major pock

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horses we welcome the ram and then mayor ed lee also former mayor willie brown and jeffrey asian pacificn chinese. >> thank you doris. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and everyone in mandarin. >> all right. right. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> first of all, everybody welcome to the kickoff of our wonderful chinese new year the year of the ram i'm so happy to joined by former mayor willie brown give willie a hand (clapping.) supervisor christensen is here thank you julie for being here and sxhaifshg thank you for being here did i miss any other supervisors or rams here gosh what a wonderful kickoff this just gets more eloquent every year i want to say thank you to the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce for their leadership we're going to have a wonderful two weeks of celebration actual very much to the asian presiding officer's you saw their display along with the chinatown youth center the youth fair with their we have displays you'll be seeing repeated and more eloquent during the parade how about those the rams for the chinatown community children's center weren't the

earlier most major benchmarks in the asia pacific region ended the day lower. in tokyo investors continued to book profits in the wake of the nikkei's 15-year highs. the index closed down at a one-week low. in india, shares there rallied after the central bank's surprise announcement of a rate cut. the bench mark sensex briefly hit 30,000 for the first time ever. it did end up finishing the day lower, though on profit taking. moving on to currencies now, traders are holding their positions ahead of u.s. private sector jobs figures which are due out later today. we've got dollar/yen at 119.66. now the focus is also on thursday's european central bank policy meeting. so euro/dollar is now trading at roughly 1.1117. market players are pretty much waiting on details about the bank's bond buying program. >>> all right. that is going to wrap it up for biz tonight. let's get a check of the markets. >>> some snow sleet, and even possible freezing rain are headed into the southern plains of the united states. our meteorologist jonathan oh is here with the latest. jonath