the most economically sound communities are those with ample and healthy park -- public park and recreational facilities. in fact, a key factor in business expansion and business location is the quality of life for employees. th a premium placed on accessible to public parks and open space. they foster a variety of activities and contributes to healthier society. people use public parks and open spaces, three times more physical chieve activity. they have lower rates of obesity. recreational programs and public parks provide children with a safe place to play, access to healthy foods, opportunities to be physically active and enrichment facilities that prevent at-risk behavior such as drug abuse and gang involvement. mr. speaker, as our nation celebrates independence day next week, scores of americans will visit public parks and recreational facilities to spend time outdoors with family, friends and neighbors. we're blessed with beautiful outdoor facilities and i wish everyone a safe and happy fourth of july. get out and enjoy the parks in your area. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back t

succeeded in my life is parks and recreation which you did not i stumbled here like mr bean. it is mean we should not rights i did not write parks their car parks and recreation. i think when people look back on it will be one of the best writing staffs of all time i truly believe the writers on the show were some of the most special group of human beings you'll ever meet because writing do you watch parks and rec what's what you show what you do you watch right now not sports and not sports related what do you watch t.v. or t.v. a lot i watch seinfeld holds course you can't say that all my years on the air never got to watch or seinfeld because i was on nine o'clock live so i never saw seinfeld ok i admit it has only the v.h.s. player i don't know how to work oh i've a great question for you what is the last time you typed on a computer answer honestly one that i'm never tired of it this is true right this is true you've never typed on a computer before i've never sent a text that's crystal settlement back to me as you feel like i don't hear i don't have an i phone what do yo

parks and recreation. we have over 50 aquatic facilities whether 19 outdoor pools, the spray park or indoor pools. so, we are doing lots of fun activities and events throughout the summer. >> and i guess also, too, if you don't live in d.c., you can still use the pools. you pay a small fee, but they are open to use as well. >> one thing unique to the district of columbia if you are a district resident you get to utilize the pool for how much? for free. free for district residents to c that's why we have such huge numbers. if you are a visitor to the district of columbia, you can come and visit the pool and get into the pool. as you say, there is a nominal fee for nondistrict residents. >> and, councilmember white, i just wanted to touch on that, in that teachers say they see the drop-off in learning over the summer. the d.c. police department looks at the spike in violence over the summer. how important is it to fill that time in june, july and august? >> it's incredibly important. i met with a few students

33-36 136-149 some good news - just as the summer heat returns to our the d-c department of parks and recreation says starting tomorrow - all city spray parks will be open every day. they had run seemingly sporadically throughout the week. the new hours will be nine-30 a-m through eight-30 p-m daily. time now for weather 5 year anniversary of the derecho today - much warmer today; humidity a touch higher - hot & humid tomorrow through the weekend - storm chances increasing this weekend - hot 4th of july today: partly cloudy and warmer. a touch more humid. highs: 87-93 winds: s 5-15 mph tonight: clear to partly cloudy. warm and muggy. lows: 67-72 winds: s 5-10 mph friday: partly cloudy. still warm. more humid. highs: 89-93 winds: sw 5-15 mph julie toss to break julie toss to break would eventually change how the world communicates. abc's kendis gibson and diane macedo have the details in this morning's techbytes. powerful storms drench our nations midsection and tornadoes touch down across several states. good morning i'm larry smith. and i'm autria godfrey. let's send it over to adrianna hopkins

then the department of parks and recreation kept it closed off to improve certain areas around the artuseum but now you can get your pick taken with rocky again. >> testing. >> ment. >> testing. >> testing. >> testing. >>> different sight on the steps of the philadelphia museum of art tonight. pictures of smiling faces. they all have one thing in common. it's heartbreaking for those who knew them and loved them. all of those people had their lives cut far too short by gun violent. our shawnette wilson is live outside the art museum tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: lucy, dozens of people as you mentioned lined the steps behind me holding pictures of their loved ones who lost their lives to gun violence and the hope is city officials will see them because many feel they're not being heard when it comes to gun violence in our city. >> my name marie larkin. i'm here for stephanie who was killed july 30th, 2015. she was 20 years old. >> dozens of heart broken families and friendships torn apart by gun violence gathered on the art museum steps to stand in solidarity with one another. after 1

goes towards citywide pre-k, and parks and recreation. >>> reaction pouring into the republican health plan. even republicans scratching their heads. >> national correspondent tracie potts has story from capitol hill. lawmakers have less than a week to decide whether to support it. >> reporter: day one of the republican health plan revealed demonstrators in wheelchairs arrested. >> the president said the senate bill needed heart the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. >> the plan would get rid of requirement to buy insurance, keep protections for people with preexisting conditions. provide less money for fewer people buying insurance on their own and slow the growth of medicaid starting in three years, leaving fewer low income american americans. with insurance companies quickly pulling out of obamacare, republicans insist they must act fast. >> more americans are going to get hurt unless we do something. >> democrats are crying foul. >> it's intellectually and practically bankrupt. >> cuts taxes on manufacturers and people making over $200,000 a year. >> all those juicy tax c

special guest ben schwartz the emmy award winning actor writer director you know him from parks and recreation house of lies this is where i leave you and funny or die is the earliest show then stuff. and then stars in the revival of duck tales as do we and has a new book in the war it's called things you should already know about dating you yes yes i don't. know only on the show ok never ever occurred ever in my free life and you know what about in personal life never or yeah first of all i was with on the end ever still hard to say about do you feel like you chris maher when you're jubilant or when you're upset of asking me questions there's going to be a ton of i have a ton of questions for larry i'm going to help you a bit tell me when i'm allowed can you point to me when i want to ask ok good.

department park and recreation says starting friday the city's spray parks will be open. njoy. alison: well, there is nothing like a dip in the pool to cool off on a summer day but too often at this time of year we hear stories of children drowning in backyard pools. "7 on your side" with josh knight tonight. live in potomac. with a look at ways to stay safe. this is so important, josh. josh: it really is. the numbers are scary. when you think about how many kids we are talking about. i'll introduce you to a mother who almost lost her son from a drowning incident six years ago. she is one of the lucky ones. she gave me a book of a lot of kids from o several years who weren't as lucky as her son. all the families are getting together and they want to make sure that everybody knows how real of a situation this can be for your family. gates that close. and latch on their own are just one of many layers of protection between kids and swimming pools. laura knows how important the layers can be. her son was 3 when he almost died. >> my friend was shrieking. we ran in and we saw

. >> and, it is parks and recreational summer fun and give you summer information to contact those centersind out if there is a waiting list or opening is that starts next week. >> on the fifth, yeah. >> you guys said thaw might want to even call some of the specialty camps because what if someone backs out, right? what if someone made other plans where there might be one or two spots opened. >> maybe a chance. most people hold waiting list so would i recommend people getting on one. >> you are getting ready for camp. i see little guys out there, waiting for this. >> yes, i know. >> they are ready for to it happen. not only good swim location but a camp as we mentioned. >> they have regular day camp here, swim for life camp here and we have swim philly as well here. >> it is cool. you said one of the camps you like is performing arts camp. >> yes, perform arts and visual arts. there are eight locations throughout the city. if you into theater and drama that is camp for you. >> i love it. thank you so much. thank you. by the way if you are keeping score, we still have not heard from mayor j

that is twice what the city spends on libraries and 90 million more than the city spent on parks and recreation. but mayor lee knows it will take more than money. >> we need facilities, lets not do this false librism and let people do what they want, have judges and the criminal justice system change a little so we can get people that can't make a decision. >> reporter: somebody shooting up on the sidewalk, and there is a cop there and that cop is not doing anything. that is the message. >> we have to help people get in the right situations, i am never going to call in enforcement but i will-- apparent enforcement but it is our willingness to be compassionate and help people make the right decision. >> reporter: what does that mean on the street? >> i called for homeless out reach teams, they would go up to folk s, say can we offer services? they say no, then they walk away. people are still on the street. >> reporter: there in lies the rug for programs to work, we treat homelessness as a health issue, mental health issue, it is not criminal to sleep thon sidewalks or otherwise break laws, it i

well if you live in philly you've got brands flew place to roller skate today, philadelphia parks and recreationa ribbon cutting, as you can see there, for a roller skating rink at the shepherd rec center. that's in southwest philadelphia. the ring was created on abandoned tennis court, and there is also a new track that goes around the ring from running and walking. looks like fun. >> five year old are expected to play in sands boxes and run around and have fun, not have a care in the world. well, bryn connoisseur is five years -- connor is is five years old, prevent her from doing things little girls like to do. >> yes, but her big sister has a powerful message, and it is picking upstream. fox 29's shawnette wilson explains. >> eight year old tar inch connor lights up talking about her five year old sister, bryn, who has rhett syndrome. rare newer lodge cast disorder caused by genetic mutation on the x chromosome. mostly affect girls. >> she really doesn't care at times. she is just acting like a normal kid. and she doesn't have it. >> tar inch's caring spirit and busy little minds one night c

community schools, and parks and recreation. this morning taking a closer look. >> it would replace president obama's affordable care act. medicaid reductions, defunds planned parenthood, eliminates the obamacare mandate requiring individuals to purchase insurance and offers tax credits to help people afford their insurance while cutting taxes for the wealthy. meanwhile, here in philadelphia, demonstrators who oppose the plan are in the middle of 24 hour vigil. demonstrators outside the office of pat toomey. had a special message for the senator. plane carrying the banner reading health careless not weal >> the spectacular failure of this plan that was predicted has in fact come to pass in pennsylvania. we have premiums that have gone up 120%. 40% of pa yennsylvanians have a grand total of one choice. >> doesn't completely strip away obamacare. can't deny based on preexisting conditions and kids can stay on insurance until they're 26. >>> new from overnight. north korea denied it crewly treated or tortured. held captive for nearl

i did ask the parks and recreation department, okay, can you move them to another building? they said that's not possible. they don't have another place to move them to. we're live in san jose rick boon, nbc. >> thank you. >>> chp officers may be able to recognize drivers impaired by marijuana. governor brown's budget sets aside $3 million for training and 400 officer as year will spend two weeks learning detection techniques. >> drugs affect everyone differently. so we want our officers to be able to articulate impairment and why they pull that person over and why they are making the decision to arrest, not based merely on the presence of a drug. >> a new hand held device is tested that would detect drugs in a matter of minutes through a saliva sample. the task force will be formed to evaluate and develop new technologies. >>> fireworks, as always, a concern heading into the 4th of july holiday. today the city of dublin launching the safe and sane fireworks program. about a dozen booths open for business around the city. dublin is is one of the few places in the bay area th

in that time, we got another season of "parks and recreation." a half order of 13 episodes and that was unexpected. we had that time to marinade on what the show is. we went through some versions that were probably little more standard versions of the show and we kind of pushed ourselves to come up with stuff a little more ambitious. is it easier because you are drawing from your own life experiences to write it? aziz: it is but at a certain point, what i hit now is i'm kind of tapped. a single guy living in new york. there is only so much i can write about that. thingsason, we did some that were interesting where there was an f -- an episode called thanksgiving where it was a lot about one of the other actors who plays one of my friends, denise, and it was about her experience dealing with her sexuality and coming out to her mother and it was do someone else besides myself. another episode where i am not really in it and one person is a taxi driver and one person is a deaf woman who is a cashier and the third person is a doorman. we spent a long

make the space full of lighting, landscaping and public arc n chestnut hill the philadelphia parks and recreationckle ball court. this ribbon cutting ceremony took place atwater town rec center. officials say the game is grateful for all ages. it combines many elements of tennis, bat minute ton and ping-pong and it is played with a paddle and a plastic ball with some holes in it. >>> well, a whole new group of dancers will have a chance to woo the judges on the fox hit coat "so you think you can dance". the show begins its 14th season on monday and fox's adam housely has a preview of it. ♪ >> you are a star. >> reporter: fox's so you think you can dance kicks off its 14th season with host cat dealey and judges nigel, vanessa and the return of mary murphy. >> i'm back! >> wahoo! >> dell more fusions than i think fusions are happening mainly as a result of so you think you can dance. >> the standard again is raced. the bar has been raced yet aga again. even in the hiphop styles. >> i've been dancing since i was three years old, and i was the girl in the dance class who actually new the choreography

park. it's the playground near the carousel. those with san francisco recreation and parks described what happened as terrible acts of vandalism. in this video you can see the yellow tape that has been put up. behind that yellow tape you can see melted sections of the playground. within the last hour we learned that this firecaused more than one million dollars worth ((justine)) the heat is now behind us.. (jr) and cooler temperatures... are on the way. meteorologist lawrence karnow is back with your complete forecast. stay out front with tempur-pedic. our proprietary material automatically adjusts to your weight, shape and temperature. so you sleep deeply, and wake up feeling powerful. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com (justine) tongiht - the nation's largest active wildfire is scorching more land in utah. the brian head fire burned two-thousand more acres saturday night, reaching the total of about 42-thousand acres. nearly one-thousand fire crews and at least 10-helicopters are battling the blaze. it's currently eight-percent contained. the fire has b

park. the city's recreation and parks department tweeted this photo showing the damage at the playground.ark officials say it could cost a million dollar to replace the damaged equipment. arson investigators and san francisco police have not yet identified any suspects. >>> developing news, out of the central valley, a flood warning for the kings river will be in place until tomorrow. tulare county has flooding. 90 homes are under mandatory evacuation order which is affecting about 300 people. in a matter of 15 minutes, neighbors say a golf course turned into a virtual lake friday night. the sheriff's office claims increased snow melt runoff flowed into reservoirs and inflated control releases. the right up administration spoke out in you support of the latest health care reform bill. abc news reporter david wright has the latest. >> reporter: as the senate begins the final push to repeal and replace obamacare. >> it is ridiculous to suggest all these people that have been getting benefits from added medicare don't need it. >> reporter: health care debate is taking center stage this weeke

. >>> some good news just as the summer heat returns to our area, the dc department of parks and recreation be open every day. they had run spore rad -- and yu may need a spray park to beat te heat that's coming back. here's veronica. >> big difference from yesterday's 80s, and where it was quite comfortable across our area, today we're going to get some humidity and even a little bit of heat. upper 80s your afternoon to around 90 degrees, but at least we're going to have sunshine. humidity on the rise for friday, for saturday, especially it will fee value, and then back at 95 for the fourth of july, so maybe yor travels will take you to the beach. the heat continues into early next week before cooling off. >> expect to have your delays today and tomorrow. some folks prepping for the travel for the holiday weekend and monday and tuesday off. right now we're seeing volume delays left over from the mornig rush. 66 the crash near glebe road, it's been moved to the shoulder. >> slow and stop and employ most of the way before i-95 and that volume takes you most of the way to connecticut avenue.

starting tomorrow, the department of parks and recreation is extending the hours for its spray parks.hroughout the city. >>> your forecast in the meantime if you want to cool off here if you need to know how hot it's going to be. coming up in just a mere ten seconds. >> see, that's not fair. >> there's ten. i see. >> okay. >>> all right. the other place to go to cool off the beach. if you're lucky enough to go going down to the beach this weekend weather conditions are going to be pretty ideal down there. mid 80s for daytime highs. water temperature now 67. looks like our best chance for some thunderstorm activity this will be this weekend. late saturday early sunday as we got a frontal system coming through we may get some evening thunderstorms there down in ocean city. really the whole eastern shore there that's our best chance for storms. all right. today 70 now in washington. lots of 70s starting to break out. 70 in man nass. 72 up in west minster leonardtown 70 degrees. warmer than yesterday. 10 degrees warmer than we were at 24 hours ago and we'll boost these numbers. these afte

we're talking about rick offerman, who appeared for seven seasons on "parks and recreation," as the directorstonishing garden gardener. and the message of the film and what i want to get across to people is, if you plan on eating food going forward, you should take an interest in this subject matter because we, as an industrial society, have sort of gone very deep into the world of the wrong turns. we've lost touch with our farmers and who is making our food and how we're treating our land and our resources. he's well known for this phrase, wendell berry, eating is an agricultural act. you think about that. >> that's him, right? >> that is, yeah. he also loves to laugh. >> i like that. >> it's important to farming. if you can't laugh, you won't last long. >> i love that. >> eating is an agriculture act. he's well known for. but he says, i didn't write all of the words to become known for a bumper sticker. that's a good way to think about it. we're a short attention span society. and i really invite everyone to look into this work, see this movie, read this guy's stuff because, in all of our

of course, we're talking about nick offerman who appeared for seven glorious seasons on "parks and recreationry about my favorite writer who lives in kentucky and happens to be a shakespeare level writer as well. so he writes fiction and poetry and essays. and i grew up in a similar family, you know? my dad is still an astonishing gardner and really the message of the film and what i want to get across to people is if you plan on eating food going forward you should take an interest in the subject matter because we as an industrial society have sort of gone very deep into the world of wrong turns. and we have lost touch with our farmers and who's making our food and how we're treating our land and our resources. and so he's well known for this phrase wendell berry. eating is an agricultural act. when you think about that. but as he said -- >> that's him, right? >> that is, yeah. he also loves to >> i like that. >> an important -- it's important to farming. if you can't laugh you won't last long. >> i love that. >> but eating is an agricultural act. he said i didn't write all of these words to

and no one was injured. >> we generally see things like broken bottles, graffiti. this is a pretty rare occurrence. >> reporter: the san francisco recreation and parks department has no idea who is responsible and the last time any of the parks were set on fire was in 2005. >> i think it is weird that someone things to do that at a playground, of all places. where the small kids come to be safe and play with other kids. >> officials say it will need to be replaced. >> reporter: based on their experience they estimate it will cost $1 million. it was originally opened in 1888 and the children's playground reopened in 2007 after a $3 million renovation. >> $1 million, that is an expensive playground. >> reporter: despite the high cost of replacing it the visitors are hoping it will happen soon. >> this is one of those things that does not need to happen. hopefully we can find the funds to do it because it is a wonderful gathering place for the children. >> reporter: there will be extra patrols in light of what happened in in one with information is being asked -- anyone with information is being asked to contact the police. >>> wanted to weekends biggest pride celebr

governor, that bill would form all forms of tobacco at state beaches and state parks and ban e-cigarettes and recreationalana. >>> it is 6:58. one day your seasonal flu shot vaccination may look like a bandage than a big needle. researchers developed this patch. it has dissolvable microscopic needles that puncture the top layer of your skin instead of the way that a traditional needle goes right into the muscle. people who tried it say there is no pain. the creators believe it will increase the number of people who get vaccinated. >> our vision for this really is that some day we hope in the near future, people will be able to go to the store, pick up patches for themselves and the family and bring them home and put them on and it will be much more accessible for people to get vaccinations. >> they are developing them for vaccines for measles, rubella and polio. they are headed for another round of testing. >>> bart will install working surveillance cameras on board all of the train cars. we will tell you about the public backlash over decoy cameras that prompted this project. >>> the plan of action by re

conditions are endangering the lake merced tunnel as well as the restrooms and parking lot along south ocean beach. san francisco's recreation parks department doesn't expect construction to begin until late next year. >> let's go to bill in the weather center. we've been talking about those eroding areas for years. >> when i was a kid that land went out another 100 feet. >> that's what i was wondering, how far it went out. >> you look and the same thing is happening in pacifica where the houses on those streets, they used to be big sweeping view, and now the cliff is right next to their home. >> and with sea level recognizes, with climate change, you are just getting more erosion on those cliffs, and those cliffs are basically just sandstone. they really erode quickly. it's funny, how many years i've been watching that, 35, 40 years, and how much coastal property has gone away. we call it second lot. that's what the surfers call it. screw but as we go outside let's take a look at some of the rainfall. mark put these in for me so these are fresh. these are the heaviest rain locations in the north bay. temperatures were in th

park overnight saturday. it's the playground near the carousel. those with san francisco recreation and parks described what happened as terrible acts of vandalism. we talked with one parent whose daughter saw the damage and didn't understand what happened. ( james ) the playground was built in 18-88 and is considered to be the nation's first public playground. the koret foundation made major renovations back in 2007. (james) coming up.. a twist in the case of a missing five-year-old california boy. we'll tell you who police have arrested in connection and what he's denying this morning. later. stunning video of a teen falling off an amusement park ride. what quick thinking bystanders did that may have saved the young girl's life. and next. members of the g-o-p are divided over the senate's new health care bill. we'll hear reaction a

this one, there's the south park activation that's out side, and it basically captured 14 seminal moment from the history of south park. >> and then we also have a recreation of jerry seinfeld's apartment from the show and a lot of food that's related to that show as well. >> what are the highlights this weekend? >> there's an incredible mix of both standup comedian from really established stars, you know, like jerry seinfeld and kevin hart, sarah silverman and it's a mix of people that you would be aware of, but also sort of emerging tall lenlts and we have a mix not just standup but different genres. so we have sketch comedy, improve, pod casting here and we also have music as well. >> comedy has been tackling controversial issues for a long time. what do you think is the role of comedy today in tackling racism and challenging people's stereo types or perceptions. >> a good comedy has been an essential part of society and it's one of the most pure unfiltserred ways that society has to reflect back on itself so i think comedy has served a very important purpose in our society through the ages and it goes all the way back to, you know, the court jester who

. >> that is not what he is feeling from the recreation and parks department after they rejected the plan to produce a free 50th anniversary concert in the golden gate park, this week it announced that it will be running a free concert all its own. >> i feel like they just hold the rug from out underneath us. they say it is there is but it is hours. >> the tribute kicks off june 21st and features jefferson airplane and other hits from the late 60s and the city will eliminate the conservatory of flowers with special light installations. >> flowers and lights. than the added the stage and higher the bands and color - - than they called it the summer of love celebration and i felt it was wrong. >> there were concerns over safety and consumer - - there were concerns over planning efforts. he was offered a late august date for a scaled-down free concert, but that was off the table after the city announced the events to the public. the parks department says there is no person who owns the summer of love and the larger concert planned by houston is just one among 57,000 applications to use

our first guest tonight is an emmy and golden globe-winning actress who you know from the hit comedy "parks & recreation house", which is theaters june 30th. let's take a look. >> i'm gonna get me a chunk of flesh. >> yeah! >> i'm so scared. >> you're looking at a bad man. >> ooh. >> yep, this axe is burning a hole in my pocket. >> what are we doing? >> yeah, what are we -- >> can we just conference on what we're doing? >> just you wait. >> hold on. >> we need to focus up and figure out what we we're going to do. >> just -- just to be clear, we're pretending. >> we have to send a message, okay? we have to send a message. >> yeah! >> you're bluffing. >> he's a jerk. >> he's making it easy. >> you know what? i'm going to do this. >> i'm going to do this. >> wait, i'm gonna -- >> hey, hold on! >> no, listen to me. >> hey, hey, hey! >> don't play around with the axe! [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] >> seth: please welcome back to the show, the one, the only, the amy poehler, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: hi, buddy, how are you? >> i'm good. thank you. >> seth: so good to have you here. >> so

park. it's the playground near the carousel. those with san francisco recreation and parks described what happened as terrible acts of vandalism. in this video you can see the yellow tape that has been put up. behind that yellow tape you can see melted sections of the playground. we talked with one parent whose daughter saw the damage and didn't understand what happened. she had a lot of questions about what happened to it and why and who did this and if it was an accident. what did you tell her? i told her someone probably did this on purpose that's what it looks like and i don't really know how to explain that fully but.(jr stone)the oritional playground at this location was built in 1888 and is considered to be the nation's first public playground. the koret foundation made major renovations back in 2007. much of that burned overnight. (justine) firefighters in vallejo had to deal with angry bees as they battled a fire in vallejo this morning. this video was taken just before noon on the south side of mare island. you can see the smoke and flames. about half an acr

and graffiti. this is a rare occurrence. >> reporter: the san francisco recreation and parks department has no idea who is responsible and the last time any of the parks were set on fire was in 2005. >> i think it is weird that someone would even think to do it at a playground of all places. where the small kids come to feast safe -- be safe and to play with other kids.>> reporter: park officials say will need to be replaced and based on their experience rehabbing playgrounds they estimate it will cost $1 million and the children's playground reopened in 2007 after a $3 million renovation. >> $1 million, that is an expensive playground.>> reporter: despite the high cost to replace it visitors are hoping it will happen soon. >> a lot of things happen that don't need to happen, and this is one of those things that does not need to happen. i hope they find the funds to do it because this is a bondable place for the children. >> reporter: there will be extra patrols and cameras in the area in light of what happened and anyone with information is being asked to contact the san francisco fire department. >>> it is 5:06 am. >>> one

park. it's the playground near the carousel. those with san francisco recreation andarks described what happened as terrible acts of vandalism. in this video you can see the yellow tape that has been put up. behind that yellow tape you can see melted sections of the playground. we talked with one parent whose daughter saw the damage and didn't understand what happened.(jrs) the oritional playground at this location was built in 1888 and is considered to be the nation's first public playground. the koret foundation made major renovations back in 2007... much of that burned overnight. (justine) new at ten: two possible hate crimes have rocked the muslim community in the sacrmento area. in one case -- a burned koran was found outside a mosque. reporter kay recede has reaction to the crimes -- as the muslim communities

and immediately put it out. no one is injured. >> on an annual basis, we see things like broken glass, graffiti. but this is a pretty rare occurrence. >> reporter: the san francisco recreation and park's department has no idea who is responsible. the last time any of their parks was set on fire was in 2005. >> i think it's award someone could even think to do it -- it's weird someone could think to do it as a play ground of all places where small kids come to be safe and play with other kids. >> reporter: officials say it will need to be replaced based on their experience of rehabbing play grounds, they estimate it will cost $1 million. originally opened in 1988, the play ground reopened in 2007 after a $3 million renovation. >> a million dollars, that's an expensive playground. >> reporter: despite the high cost to replace it, visitors hope it will happen soon. >> a lot of things happen that don't need to happen. this is one of those things. i hope we can find the funds it's a wonderful place for children. >> reporter: there will be extra patrols in light of what happened. anyone with information is asked to contact the san francisco fair -- the fire department. >>> in the east bay,

. >> reporter: word quickly spread at her department of recreation, parks, and cultural activities wher years. balloons, flowers, and a sign, all decorating her office. wendy wanted to keep it quiet, but her co-workers told us what she did. >> things like this go unnoticed and i thought it was important to share that it's not all bad. there are still genuinely good people out here with concern and compassion for complete strangers. >> reporter: despite how traumatic, wendy was determined to return to work the next day. >> and then you find yourself telling the story a hundred times. >> reporter: we're 101. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> reporter: thankful she did share her story. a fire spokesperson telling me, the victim is still recovering in a nearby hospital tonight. as far as the details surrounding this bizarre incident, police are still looking into that. back to you, jim. >> what a great story and what a hero, david, thanks so much. >>> after the pain, she persevered and now she's taking part in the pomp and circumstance of graduation. news4's tracee wilkins shows story. it's a story

park. after twice rejecting a plan to hold a concert to honor the 50th anniversary of the summer of love the city recreation and parks department has decide today have its own concert june 21. that's date in 1967 when crowds of people gathered in golden gate park during the summer of love. it will be called it grand lighting and suffer real summer solstice. it is expected to feature members of jefferson, quick silver and the chambers brothers as well as more than 40 legendary musician. >> oakland a's are traveling to tampa one day after a tough extra inning loss at the coliseum. they got on the board first scoring early but the jays took the lead in second inning. trevor hit a solo homer in oakland's come back, the fourth of the year. the a's tieed it game and took it into extra innings but then josh donaldson got the best of his exteammate. he hit what would be a two--- they win by 7-5: . >> they're in hill walk key hoping to even out the brewers. they were behind at miller park but after edwardo newnaz, they tied game with a double. that scored newnaz. bust epo see followed that with a big home run to center

and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. no one was injured.>> we usually see things like broken glass, graffiti. this is a pretty rare occurrence. >> reporter: the san francisco recreation and parkstment has no idea who is responsible and the last time any of the parks were set on fire it was at a playground in 2005. >> i think it is weird that someone would even think to do it at a playground. of all places, that is where small kids come to to be safe and play with other kids.>> reporter: park officials say will need to be replaced based on their expense and rehabbing playgrounds they estimate it will cost $1 million. it was originally opened in 1888. the playground reopened in 2007 at three $3 million renovation at koret children's playground . >> $1 million is an expense playground. >> reporter: despite the high cost of replacing investors hope it will happen soon expect a lot of things happen that don't need to happen and this is one thing that does not need to happen. hopefully we can find the funds to do it because this is a wonderful gathering place for the children. >> reporter: we are told there will be extra patrols in light of what happened and anyone with information

so if you go to youroc recreation centers, yr ca parks and rec, they're g t have very accessible presn camp and also on those dail activities for the pools, r the performances. they're going to be a rlllow price point. >> what have you found yr research are some of the m unusual standout activitie available this summer for parents and kids? >> i really love live si i love introducing thato m children. and in the summertime theyav so many outdoor live music options that are fami friendly. so strasmore has liveus o the lawn program. normally a ticket caberi but here all you've got tori is your blanket, your piic and expose your children cl new muc >> you seem very organid t me. i'm sure you are. you sit down at night a pn out what you're going tdoith the children the next y? or for the next week? what's your process? >> you know, it depends -we have kind of some blank me we know we have swim team in on, we have people in tn, have family in town. when i see some of those bnk days in the calendar, ieay don't want to just be stucat home with all the kids, i'll start planning for those. i pl

the san francisco recreation and parks department denied a permit for the promoter to throw a celebration at golden gate park for a second time. this week, houston received a denial letter from the department saying the event was larger than previously discussed. he didn't have a proper event coordinator or infrastructure plan and this hand drawn map of the area was not up to standard. meteorologist lisa argen joins us now. you are tracking some delays over at sfo? >> that's due to a construction d. windss will really pick up at the coast. they will be increasing to 30 miles an hour, right now, check this out at mount tam, a beautiful view. we got our typical low cloud deck and the sun coming up between the high clouds. 5:48 was the sun advise i rise. we got 50s in the north bay yesterday, plenty of '80s. today, it will be cooler, i'll explain next. >> lisa, thank you. >>> also ahead, this weekend marks six months since the deadly fire in oakland t. iteam is checking for possible criminal and civil charges and what might happen next. >>> also the east bay store intra celebrating m welcome

the recreation and parks 20 rejected permits.r mayor willie brown is behind the free concert, which will take place june 21st in golden state park. tickets are sold out no matter which way the cookie crumbles, why everyone is sweet on the cookie lady in cleveland, including steph curry and draymond green. first the time is 6:38. we are taking a live look outside. off to a full start throughout the bye area. lisa argen will have your at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. in an affordable dream kitchen that works as hard as you do. save up to 15% at the ikea kitchen event. where a walk down main street... there's a place like no other... where a walk down main street... blah blah blah .. hey! the name's rocket and i need your help! the collector has trapped my friends, the guardians of the galaxy in this weird...freakshow... check it out...this is the joint we're in... and we need you to help us break out! got it?...good...now move it!...i gotta go! ...here there is magic for days! ♪ ♪ ♪ at ikea, we b

the san francisco recreation and parks department provided a permit for them to throw a celebration in golden gate park. for a second time, this week, houston received a denial letter from the department saying the event was larger than previously discussed. he didn't have a proper event coordinator or infrastructure planned and this hand-drawn map of the area was not up to standards. >>> 5:08 is the time. lisa argen is here with the accuweather forecast. >> it's cloudy. the weak weather system will cool us down a bit today. it's 57 in san jose, 52 up in santa rosa. so you can see the camera shaking a little bit. it will be breezy at the coast. but it should be a pretty nice afternoon, pretty decent weekend. i'll explain next. >> lisa, thanks,. >>> also next, this weekend marks six months since the deadly gosha fire in oakland. we discuss the possible civil and criminal charges in this tragedy did and what might happen next. >>> the east bay score is handballer 1: you know what i scrambled eggs and pancakes. crave van! jack: hey, guys. try my jumbo breakfast platter with sausage or bac

. >> reporter: the san francisco recreation and parks department has no idea who is responsible. the last time any of the parks were monitored. >>> i just think it's weird someone would think to do it at a playground of all places, you know? this is where small kids come to be safe and play with other kids. >> reporter: park officials say it will need to be replaced based on their experience of rehabbing playgrounds. they estimate it will cost $1 million originally opened in 1888. the playground reopened in 2007 after $3 million renovations. >> well, $1 million, that's not an expensive thing. >> reporter: despite the high cost to replace it, visitors hope it will happen soon. >> a lot of things happen that they don't need to have it happen and it does not need to happen. >> and also you need to do it because it had is a wonderful gathering place for children. >> reporter: we are told there are no security cameras in this area. anyone with information is asked to contact the san francisco fire department. they also have extra patrols in this area in light of what happened. frank,

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park system, on backlog of maintenance. that drop of 15 would have paid backlog of maintenance and $3 billion investment in the park system, 4th of july, recreationamerican energy is all part of paying the bills. stuart: what is the difference between energy independence, that is something we've been talking about a long time, and this new word, energy dominance? what's the difference? >> dominance allows us to export, it is better to produce energy here unreasonable regulation than watch it get produced overseas with none. national security, you look at iran. we should be concerned that iran is launching nuclear weapons or nuclear missiles, potentially, you look at our play in energy, you know, we can sub plant every drop of crude and put economic pressure on iran, never going to war, same thing with russia, liquid natural gas. it requires infrastructure. we have assets. we are the gold standard in safety, environmental conscious energy. this is a opportunity. stuart: i am told we're about to experience a bonanza of energy exports, specifically liquified natural gas. >> huge opportunity. stuart: it is an opportunity. are we going to see this? >>