it was headlined by phish, arctic fire, and muse. it was a complete sellout.ews from the media, with everyone from the huffington's post to " rolling stone." this was the first appearance by a sitting mayor, showing how much outsidelands has become such a part of the city of fabric. it has become a celebration san francisco's san food culture. more than 3000 local vineyards were featured in the winelands tent. almost 14,000 people were from the four zip codes that bordered the park, showing the appeal is not only for out-of-towners, but for our part neighbors. the economic impact on the city has grown. this year the event created an estimated 4500 jobs with 75% of all attendees from outside of the city, hotels and other businesses saw an uptick from the event. recreation and parks department staff, and the mayor's department, and many other agencies worked extremely close together. this work began immediately after last year's event and continued through the day yesterday as crews finish clearing the field. with all but the last few pieces of equipment removed

. >>> the band phish will hold a benefit concert in vermont to raise money for flood victims in the wake of hurricane irene. >>> on this day in 1814 francis scott key was inspired to write a poem during the battle of baltimore which later became the lyrics to "the star spangled banner. " >>> tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. ann curry reports live from iran as the families of those american hikers await word on their release. and matt lauer talks to dr. phil about his revealing interview with casey anthony's parents. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm vinita nair. thanks for watching "early today," just your stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

this year we had phish, muse, john fogarty from credence clearwater revival, and badu. we also celebrate san francisco's food culture. we are probably one of the only festivals in the country and maybe the world that all of the food vendors except for one our local restaurants. it is really showing the diversity and the excellence of our food culture here in san francisco. in addition, we have over 30 wineries from northern california. wine is an integral part of the fabric of northern california and we celebrate that with our linwine lands. we added mclaren pass this year, where we had food trucks. we added a whole area with chocolate confections. i'm not sure how to say that. we just want to say thank you very much to the city and to rec and park. we are thrilled and we are honored to be able to give $1.4 million to san francisco's rec and park this year. thank you. commissioner buell: thank you. commissioner lee? commissioner lee: i have a question. i have heard from a number of members from the advisory board and i have made our general manager aware of some of the

a number of the meadows and i can't wait to see phish, john fogarty, some of the awesome bands, so many different bands will be performing and i should say another planet entertainment promoters have been awesome to work with and they have a model of leading golden gate park even better than when they set up. they are modeled that rec and park is looking at to make the park better than when the events come in. hopefully there will be tremendous bicycle parking and use of alternative transportation and people around the richmond, sunset have any difficulties, there is a hot line they can call to report called -- to report cars parked in driveways. if there is a problem with noise, there is a simple to call a hot line. lastly, i have been working on the issue of good jobs and green jobs and job equity over the past two years with a coalition of labor community-based organizations and advocates. one of the charges we face is some of our initiatives have gone into uncharted territory and which trade unions will perform the jobs and which ones will perform the jobs we create as we build a ne

and i to phish shows over the she will occur in shanghai next month. and let's talk trial from now where a pair of russians managed to claim two of the three podium spots and all four of the latest well championship series event in yokohama alexander. and by lansky second and third respectively in japan the race postponed for four months because of last spring's south quake and tsunami ending with a first ever portuguese triumph draw a silver completing the swim bike and draw distance in just under one hour and fifteen fifteen minutes but you can call finishing fourteen seconds behind with a further half minute back. in the meantime diving is only gaining appreciation worldwide although we base classic diving in terms of popularity however the question of whether it has to be included in the olympic program is raising a lot of controversy about it but a ban on explains. it's almost three thousand years since the first lympics were held in athens although the spirit of the games has hardly changed since then the greatest examples of physical ability and

phish was back in their home state last night.ands of people turned out for the show. >>> find a parking space with the help of social media. so far more than 500 people have signed a. >>> from mission viejo, california, the store was just remodeled last week may need a little more updating now. >>> sheriff departments across the southwest got a flood of calls overnight from people wondering exactly what was that bright light they saw hurdling through the sky. rob marciano. aliens. >> everyone has a camera phone. we get so much stuff that 10, 20 years ago we would just say, we got reports, there were calls. so at least now we can look at it and analyze a little bit better. let's show it to you. these pictures out of arizona. i believe this is at a football game near phoenix around 7:30, 7:45 p.m. this fireball just streaked across the sky. so, most people there saw it. obviously, some folks had their video cameras handy. at the point you could see it could be green or purplish and then we also have some stills shot in chandler sho

. >> and there is a risk including phishing attacks. >> you can get links from people that will takeo you sites that purport to be one thing and they'll steal your information. >> seth from c net recommends securing iphones with trend micro smart surfing. and abc mobileation. all three apps are free. >> this will block the link say weg think this is a site don't go here. >> there is a study found 7 a% of apps tested failed to adequately secure user account names and nearly 70% of personal financial information was left on the device. >> this is not encrypted. it's plain text. >> john fox suggests things to do to protect yourself. pass word protect your phone, don't use the same pass word for different accounts, and use only authorized apps from your bank, down load only popular apps that have been used by many and keep close tabs on your bills and finally, avoid unsecured wi-fi hot spots. >> when you log into any wi-fi that doesn't have a pass word that means it's insecure. we recommend people try to avoid those. and use private wi-fi spots. >> i think as long as people take steps to

. >> reporter: the phish reportedly warned that soft targets like crowded malls could be attempting terroristt. there have been several active shooter episodes. in 2007, for instance, eight died and four were wounded when a gunman opened fire in a omaha, nebraska, shopping center. it was school shootings in russia and columbine, minnesota that led to preaching proactively for an emergency. he says lockdown drills cost next to nothing. >> it is the life we live right now. we can prepare. and if you can do it at the mall of america, it can be donny where. >> reporter: jeanne meserve, cnn washington. >>> it's been eight months since she was shot in head. now congresswoman gabrielle giffords is ready to share her story. >>> large parts of the northeast under water. thousands forced to evacuate. we'll go there life. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." run more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, you can rest assured we help your engine run more smoothly while leaving behind cleaner emissions. it's how we mak

the band phish. helping those devastated by irene's floodwaters.f roads washed out, dozens of towns cut off by that storm. >>> that's the news you need to know to start your day. "american morning" back right after this. >>> were back to "american morning." 52 minutes past the hour. >>> fewer pat-down for kids at airport security checkpoints. the tsa changing the way children are screened before they get on airplanes. videos like this added fuel to the fire over physical body checks. the tsa now says kids under 12 years old will be allowed to keep their shoes on and get several passes through metal detectors and screeners. if they keep going off, the pat-downs will only be a last resort. >>> hope there's good stuff on the dvr. dish network suffered a major outage mostly effecting hd service. problems from denver to indianapolis to savannah, georgia. the company blamed "satellite anomaly" and hopes it will be fixed by this morning. >> i'm sure it will be. >>> we asked you to "talk back" on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning

cybercriminals also continue to engage in phishing attacks, denial of service attacks, and web applicationatags. cybercriminals are smart and they learn from their mistakes. they learn from evaluating other cyberattacks and they learn from successful prosecution of their peers. cybercriminals designed relentless newer -- new computer viruses and malware as they attempt to stay one step ahead of the anti-virus programs. all of these attacks are serious and dangerous to our nation. however, i fear that the threats we haven't heard about, or even thought about, are likely to even be more dangerous and devastating. so we must take these cyberattacks seriously and ensure that our critical system infrastructure is well protected from cybercriminals. accordingly, the federal government must take every single breach of our computer system or potential vulnerability seriously. for example, i have asked the department of defense inspector general to properly investigate serious allegations that department of defense employees purchased child pornography online and were never adequately investigated

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