cities this report of pier cities? >> sure >> some of these are very, very different in terms of population size and economic conditions as well. >> sure we have a methodology we use to select pier cities for our studies you can imagine we use different pier studies for the ones that are offered in this case we looked at daytime and resident population we looked at staffing levels we didn't want anybody too low or low and we looked at crime levels we tried to get piers in a number range from us we also add more california cities san jose and oakland not in that immediate range compared to local piers and in chicago that doesn't normally in the range but we were curious to compare against chicago. >> it's curious one of the pier cities is boston if i can think of one of the cities that would be about the same size and density and even diversity economically of san francisco boston would be one of them. and they're like lower down on the list you will see on the chart you shared with us they're kind of slightly to the ri

this evening we take a look at pier 70. the longest continuously operating shipyard any where in the country. but now, much of that land is slated for redevelopment. pier 70 sits on san francisco's eastern waterfront. the 65-acre site has fallen into disrepair although one portion remains a working shipyard. how are it was once the largest shipbuilding operation any where on the west coast. since the gold rush. ships have been built in the waters near potrero hill. working conditions were tough and in 1917 workers at the shipyard went on strike. their demands, a pay raise and eight hour workday. thousands of men once walked through the bay every day, but now only a small work force remains doing repairs. san francisco plans to develop portions for parks and offices. ken wayne took a look at the history and the possible future of san francisco's former shipyards. >> it's the kind of place postindustrial art lovers might find picture picturesque but not the type of place people are allowed to visit. six years ago a dry dock b

>> yes, so to my knowledge we do not do dredging at pier 31 and a half, is that correct? that is dredging done by horn fwlouer >> there isn't pier dredging there in the past several years. it isn't required to do for the activities there this contract covers dredging the port pays for at port facilities and may dredge at facilities paid by tenet and that is not covered in this contract. >> just for clarification for everyone this is just for the remainder of the 2015 year and then as i understand it there will be a new rfp put out for dredging for us after that date? >> correct, the increase in the contract amount is to cover the jobs that are scheduled for this year at 27 and 35. this will then conclude the contract period and we'll nishiate a new one in the next contract cycle. >> thank you. all in favor? >> on average how much does it cost to draej a year, is it like 4.4 million? >> the total dredging is right around 4 million dollars. it is about 2.3 to 2.4 is for the digging cost deutrudoes. there is cost for scientific sampling and testing and preptory work to do a

cities this report of pier cities? >> sure >> some of these are very, very different in terms of population size and economic conditions as well. >> sure we have a methodology we use to select pier cities for our studies you can imagine we use different pier studies for the ones that are offered in this case we looked at daytime and resident population we looked at staffing levels we didn't want anybody too low or low and we looked at crime levels we tried to get piers in a number range from us we also add more california cities san jose and oakland not in that immediate range compared to local piers and in chicago that doesn't normally in the range but we

pier 48 is a hub of activity.sheriff's bringing ballots lineup outside waiting to deliver inside the pier. it's a long night for these election employees. staff unpack and sort all the ballot bags and account for all the rosters for those dropped off at polling places. the inside ballots are counted by a machine and there is still more to do with these ballots. we'll get back to them a little later. meanwhile at city hall, the department of elections sets up a one night only uploading center. staff and city employees ready to handle delivery and processing. >> on election night we set up the loading center here at city hall so we can process the votes as quickly and accurately as possible. first the election bag is placed on the reader to record it. next the cartridges and transfer papers are checked by our staff. then the cartridges with the votes for each precinct are fed into readers which are fed in the dominion software. these are results directly to the department computer for tabulating. >> back at the poll

when you get off the ship and go through custom at pier twaevl it is like a airport. in the ort days you do customs on the ship. initially the lines were long and delayed the disembark which delayed the embark which caused traffic so the port and pcst staff met with u.s. custom and boarder protection to discuss the issue and find other way tooz speed up the process. the good news is that u.s. customs is very helpful in streamlining the procedures for disembarking guests. it is well received by the guest and save enormous amount of time and our [inaudible] increased mpt customs cannot help is wrong tharks have been a ally and stake holder. secondly the biggest issue is the trafic on the embarcadero. the first several calls were a learning experience and there was back up on the embark dairy. we have since then worked with the san francisco public work squz the san francisco metropolitan transportation authority to streamline vehicle ingress and egress. we hired sfpd officers for traffic control at the entrance to keep down traffic and insure pedestrian and bike safety

this evening we take a look at pier 70. the longest continuously operating shipyard any where in the country. but now, much of that land is slated for redevelopment. pier 70 sits on san francisco's eastern waterfront. the 65-acre site has fallen into disrepair although one portion remains a working shipyard. how are it was once the largest shipbuilding operation any where on the west coast. since the gold rush. ships have been built in the waters near potrero hill.

if you compare per capita to all pier cities and average per capita just the average of those cities we're way below if you just take us to the average that gets us to over 2,200 officers so any way you measure it we're under staffed and 2200 is reasonable indeed our projected growth in the future as a conservative starting point for police staffing so this goal is not going to happen over night it's only going to happen when per severance consistency in our budget process but it's a good goal to have. i want to mention two things madame chair and turn over to colleagues we're in agreement we need strong accountability from our police department we have the office of citizens complaints i'm very happy that the mayor has proposed additional funding for occ occ needs to be able to do it job i have seen in this roll and as deputy city attorney occ doesn't have the resources it needs it needs those resources i'm pleased the mayor has included funding for body cameras for police officers we want strong accountability but strong accountability doesn't mean having too few officers we need t

the nob nub on what pier 27 has that is 12 decks high. having pier 27 as far as a event venue and what it can offer the silicon vamy business sales force, hp, once they get out and hold a conference like this they will be-i feel comfortable with them bringing more ships in for hotel useage and think it is a great thing. >> commissioner, it is a real shot in the arm, we need to be cognisant of torism in san francisco leading industry and we need to be working with the hotel counsel and sf travel and other local organizations to make sure ever adis on board. not everybody likes it because it is caump titian bit if it is done correctly everyone can benefit. if there are no hotels available we can take advantage of this opportunity >> i think i talked to director more that the san francisco labor counsel had a problem and i just talked with you this morning of that, they thought it was cutting down on the hotel room jz worried about the crew not being paid well, not being treated so you may hear something. i talked to tim pullson and directed

families here are now starting to point fingers at fishermen along the nearby piers, saying that the fishing is attracting the sharks. >> should we be doing this? >> reporter: what you're seeing here isn't encouraged at all. a fishing family reeling in a shark near other families on the beach. and then letting it go. the fishermen on the piers say don't blame them, they've been here year after year and only use shrimp and artificial lures. >> people fishing on the pier ss is not going to make any difference at all. >> reporter: they point to restrictions on commercial shark fishing allowing shark populations to grow. the scientists believe there are simply more people at the beach, and the shark was here first. they're telling families here to avoid swimming near the piers, and get out of the water if they see schools of fish, which are magnets for sharks. amy. >> important advice steve, thank you. >>> well tonight breaking news on donald trump. famous for that catchphrase, you're fired. well tonight the tables have turned and trump essentially fired by nbc over his controversial com

count on the smaller scale other rehabilitation the good example you've approved forever the historic pier1 it was red-tagged and unable to be used we're spending $6 million to open that up for pdr and are shortage use avoiding more significant investment needs this will generate $750 million for the port. >> and when you see us back in the fall with the supplemental appropriation bill you'll see more and more those kinds of projects the port is in dialog with the waterfront use plan it is not updated in 17 years we completed a review in 2014 where i showed showed you the steps we're beginning to discuss with the public the view and the visions to the next way to use the piers not yet development the plan we adopted previously looked at many of the issues but we have any challenges we didn't address and importantly sea levels and it is complicating the facility conditions their aging and more and more expensive to rehabilitate. >> regarding the seawall we at the port combined with our integration of capital planning committee are aware the seismic risk and vulnerability of our sea level th

an existing building that retro fitted the building to collect water for toilet and urinal flushing pier 27 harvests water for irrigation -- in the city is collecting rainwater store and gray water for toilet and urinal flushing as well as irrigation. transbay transit center one of the original proponents in collecting and treating alternative water sources for gray water systems for urinal and toilet flushing as well as irrigation 31 fre mont -- i think you will hear a presentation on this is you aren't construction to intall a system for collecting rainwater for toilet and irrigation. the last examples are examples of scale operations maconi is looking at expanding the center there say lot of drainage at masconi center we're looking to capture at the convention center as well as the possibility of installing a truck fill station to provide water for street sweeping purposes in downtown san francisco. we have another project. project. puc has been working with the department of public works to install a treatment system at un plaza the truck fill station the purpose of the water would b

i don't know many have gotten the pleasure of meeting mike but he has been a tenant at pier 50 diamond freight for a long time for about 17 years. mike was a native of san francisco and born in 1952 here and the family had a long history in the trucking business and he took over the trucking company when his dad passed away. mike has been a very engaged tenant over the years. i know when i bexha port director he called me regular all most every night to see how everything was going with a very frndly voice and then became a very critical voice and a good friends. mike was a advd san francisco fan and season ticket olderidating back to had days of [inaudible] he was a good father and grand father and it is very sad to lose him before fathers day. he is survived by shannon posh and shannon has many children that he just adored. he will be missed. there will be a mass this coming saturday at saint [inaudible] which is 19th street. the mass is this std at 10 a.m. at saibt theresa so anyone that would like to attend and honor mike, hope to see you there. i know there are a number of us in t

. >> it's a fishing pier. people fishing around it here on the coast of north carolina ocean crest fishing pier, a very treacherous and dangerous place this weekend. a frightening scene at a north carolina beach. two swimmers losing an arm each in separate attacks a short time apart. a 13-year-old girl attacked then less than 90 minutes later, a 16-year-old boy suffers another attack. officials are not certain if both attacks were by the same shark. >> coming over with the whitewash. coherent took it clean off. i saw what was left of what he had. >> reporter: helicopters air lifting both victims to the hospital both critical. >> they sustained life-threatening injuries. >> each having an arm amputated. >> the girl sustaining damage to her leg. they are in fair condition. >> i have been here 16 years. this is the first time something as major as this happened. >> both happening at high tide near ocean crest pier a popular destination. officials say the beaches will be open today with the sheriff's department mo

pier 1 reiterated its 2016 $.83-80 seven cents.ald trump should not expect a campaign contribution from rock icon neil young. here is why. ♪ that is his 1989 classic, "rocking in the free world there go his manager said it was not doldrumsd for use in campaign. a spokesman said the billionaire paid the appropriate licensing the for use of the song. those are your top stories. bloomberg businessweek released a special issue on code and programming. the title, if you can't read this, you better read this. >> the thing i really enjoy about programming is just the fact that you really can tell the computer exactly what to do and it will do what you tell it and nothing more. i don't know, maybe i'm autistic or borderline, but that doesn't happen in normal life. i am mainly known for being the guy who started and still x.intains linu the personal computer i used was .y grandfather's commodore i think i was 11 or 12. the computer used a very traditional language called basic. my sister says that the first thing i showed her was the one th

pier 1 reestimate of its forecast -- reiterated its estimated forecast.onald trump should not expect a campaign contribution from rock icon neil young. here is why. ♪ alix: that is young's 1989 in'in the free world" and he is a canadian citizen who says he supports bernie sanders. but trump sell -- tells a different story and that he paid the appropriate licensing fees to play the song. bloomberg releases a special issue on code and title. linus tour of old, who is known for developing the linux code's book recently about -- spoke recently about his first line of code. linus: the thing i really enjoy is that you can tell the computer exactly what to do and it will do what you tell it and nothing more. i don't know. maybe i'm autistic or something, or borderline. but that doesn't happen in normal life. for being theown guy who started and still maintains lead -- lennox. the first computer i used was my grandfather's. 12.ink i was 11 or the computer used a very traditional language called basic. my sister says that the first thing i showed her was the one t

we had five years ago we have lost officers as our city has gotten bigger when you compare us with pier cities like washington d.c. or chicago other cities evaluated by the controller we are dramatically under staffed when you look at the number of police officers per capita this is not about saying we have a huge police department but with you want to make it bigger any way you look at it it's not just a little bit under staffed but severely under staffed we need to update and modernize how we determine staffing levels in san francisco to make sure we have enough officers having too few police officers have profound impacts on sub safety with too few officers we don't have enough to walk beats not just in some but all of your neighborhoods if i had a dime every time i'm at a community meeting and somebody says to the captain we want a beat officer here or here the captain said i agree with you i don't have an officer to assign here i would be a wealth withe man i'm not a wealthy man. we want strong community policing in san francisco. that is something i think we have unanimity across

to another site we've not been able to find another site the core has indicated a chance to move to pier 31 but that site needs to have rehabilitation on the roof a timing issue now not a replacement to move with the $2.5 million in reserve we hope to have by the time 2017 arrives in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 we're able to main maintain an operation he did costs are increasing so the course of funding the major driver of changes the number of elections as you can see in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 the proposition of revenues are coming equally from fees and files fatiguing 2014-2015 the ratios were offset or skewed a little bit we had so many arguments submitted it's the highest in the history in the revenue recoveries the driver of change is again the number of district for special elections as you can see 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 the ratios are constant but 2015-2016 normally we wouldn't have the district elections but for the you mean elections we'll hold the vacancy election for the community college district and other elections will be barred as far as special elections are concerned langu

. >> don't swim around piers.on't swim where people are fishing. >> reporter: several of the recent attacks have occurred in close to piers. and now, calls to ban fishing on north carolina beaches, a move already taken by several vacation spots along the east coast. tom? >> thank you. >>> this week the lgbt community is celebrating pride. this year celebrateing the supreme court's same-sex marriage ruling. >> reporter: an eruption of love pulsing through the streets of minneapolis, san francisco and new york city. at the stonewall inn, where the gay rights movement began, a marriage of two men performed by new york's governor. >> kiss please! >> reporter: on the presidential campaign trail, social conservatives aren't cheering the supreme court's decision. >> it was marriage re-definition. >> reporter: former arkansas governor mike huckabee telling abc's "this week" the fight is not over. >> what about county clerks? should they issue same-sex marriage licenses? >> if they have a conscientious objection, i think t

we will be down at the aquarium steel pier, karen hepp will be there as well. water main break in millville at second and main, and then tonight, stadium jams, we have got new kids on the block and which i think it is not and and coming through south philadelphia along with the folks heading to the shore so this afternoon and this evening's rush hour could be a little crazy, going through south philadelphia. tomorrow in center city, they are moving some big equipment around area of city hall here, they will have 13th 15th broad and market closed all day tomorrow and there is about a dozen septa bus routes that will be detoured as well around city hall, and hammered part of the midwest and southern planes: the two-year old boy and fast moving ardmore, oak a. >> one of the relatives is a 15th police with the child and at some point they got swept away by water. >> officials say waters now receding and they are starting to assess damage. meanwhile heavy rain continues to pound neighboring missouri, missouri governor declared a state of emergency. the river has cre

>> yes so pier 27 was collecting rainwater they were also complying with the city storm water ordinance as a way of complying with that ordinance and installing harvesting system to reuse the water for those purposes and uses >> these would require these large development projects would reuse rainwater gray water and drainage is it all three or either/or >> it doesn't require any particular -- they have to do a water budget then try to meet as many of the water needs as possible. with those various sources >> one of the concerns i had about rainwater we haven't had a lot of rainwater. so in a year like this year i imagine could of these sites would convert to potable water instead. >> we have designed our program to cover all types of water sources so it's not just rainwater in case it doesn't rain there is also the opportunity to look at other sources that are more reliable and readily available and produced on a more ongoing basis. >> i know this is beyond the scope of ordinance supervisor weiner talked about sites on the east and west side. on the west side for irrigation and east no

pichlt piers ackerman, joining us from australia. we know that tony abbt, the prime minister said there were so many other important issues. and doesn't want to go forward on this. but we can expect in the next few months this bill will go to a vote. as the it stand along lines, the labor party would not pass this. have to go to the conscience vote to allow them to vote on this as a free vote. >> centered around. all almost let them vote. let people decide if this is something they agree with. >> opinion polls in australia people are behind this. they want an opportunity to follow the 20 or so, 20 plus countries who have gone along with this. awe heard there from piers ackerman. the irish referendum the catalyst for this. we'll see what happens. watching it very closely. >> all right. still to come here on "cnn newsroom" -- bad weather, forces a solar powered plane to make an unplanned stop. that after this. >>> bad weather conditions are forcing the solar impulse ii plane to land in japan. the experimental aircraft is attempting to

it takes the place of the old pier shops at caesar's. the first level will be home to t street with theme clubs and live music acts on multiple stages. philadelphia she have jose garces has been tapped to lead the dining experience. he has four restaurants in limbo inside the former revel casino. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight an apology and a resignation. two pennsylvania politician plead guilty after an undercover sting. >>> plus, one company is selling sacred souvenirs to remember philadelphia's upcoming visit by pope francis. >>> ducis rodgers with the sports news tonight. the phillies finally get a day off and they could use it. "action news" continues in just a moment. >> ♪♪ life begins with a howl, we scream, shout shriek with joy. until, inhibition creeps in, our world gets smaller quieter, but life should be loud. sing loud, play loud, love loud. dentures shouldn't keep you quiet life should be ringing in your ears. live loud, super poligrip. >> cooler conditions coming this week are welcome at this montgomery county ret

it's the former site of the pier shops. the main focus of the project will be the seven music venues. it'll also feature dining and drink options. that's iron chef jose garcis' company. >>> eyes on the radar. lots of rain. not going to end for hours to come. let's get the latest from the first alert meteorologist sheena parveen who has been working hard this afternoon. >> yeah. we've had a lot of storms heavy rain, slow-moving storms which is a concern because they're causing localized flash flooding. right now, we are still watching the same one in salem county slowly moving into cumberland county, deerfield, even middletown in parts of new castle county seeing heavy rain still, and this is all causing flooding concerns up near washington downship. this moving to the east around 10 to 20 miles per hour. fair fairtown can expect by 6:26. vineland, 6:39 and millville by 6:52. heavy rain and lightning in that storm. from philadelphia across the major interstates, much of montgomery county. lower bucks county moving into the t

. >>> if you don't have plans today, you may want to head to the steel pier in atlantic city.g there today including the atlantic city grand prix powerboat race, the bass pro shops outlet is hosting a family fishing tournament of sorts on the pier this afternoon and all the rides there. all dads ride for free from noon until 5:00. >>> leah still has some good news she wants to share with everyone. >> i'm going home. i'm going home! >> why she is singing a very happy tune. >>> plus a no-hitter for the nationals. max sherzer was almost perfect. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad hab

play ground for adults, just hours before the former pier shops at caesar's re-opens, we have a lookhore's newest entertainment destination. >>> happening this weekend, you can check out atlantic city's newest hot spot. the play ground opens to the public today. nbc 10 got a sneak peek of tea street at the playground last night. it's a music row with live entertainment at several restaurants. the playground replaces the former pier shops at caesar's. ♪ for the ups and downs ♪ >> the big barrel country music festival begins in dover today. people camped out to be there when the event starts at 12:30 this afternoon. the headliner is "the voice" captain blake shelton. miranda lambert performs tomorrow and carrie underwood finishes out the festival sunday night. >>> this year's event is packed with fun from beginning to end. the festival gets going tomorrow afternoon with family day at the shops at liberty place at center city. kids of all ages can celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first reading of "alice in wonderland." there will also be arts and crafts interactive activities and