san francisco >>> it's something we don't see every day in san francisco, a more not found on potrero hill has been caught, marmot. the squirrel like critter should be up in the sierra. john ramos reports on how it may have gotten here a how it's going to get home. >> reporter: a home invasion happened on this block of san francisco's potrero hill. the intruder was still on the loose. but neighbors had an unusual reaction when they saw a picture of the suspect. >> it's adorable! >> reporter: not that guy. this guy. the yellow-bellied marmot normally lives in the sierra above 4,000 feet and looks remarkably like -- >> large unhappy gopher. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but a neighbor on this block snapped some pictures of one hanging out near her backyard deck. so they called in duane titus with wildlife emergency services. >> this is like i said the sixth one in four years. so we have become the de facto go to folks for wayward marmots! [ laughter ] >> reporter: duane says marmots are notorious for stowing away in the engine compartments of cars parked overnight in the mountains. >> nice warm

. >>> marmot on the loose in san francisco's potrero hill area has been caught.e in the sierra. kpix 5's john ramos reports on how it got here and how it's getting home. >> reporter: a home invasion happened on this block of san francisco's potrero hill. the intruder was still on the loose. but neighbors had an unusual reaction when they saw a picture of the suspect. >> it's adorable! i want to hug it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: no, no, no. not that guy. this guy. the yellow bellied marmot normally lives in the sierra above 4,000 feet and looks remarkably like -- >> large unhappy gopher. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but a neighbor on this block snapped some pictures of one hanging out near her backyard deck. so they called in duane titus with wildlife emergency services. >> this is like i said the 6th one in four years. so i -- we have become the de facto go to folks for wayward marmots. [ laughter ] >> reporter: duane says marmots are notorious for stowing away in the engine compartments of cars in the mountains. >> folks leave and they hitch a right and get out the

neighborhood; and potrero view to be the neighborhood outreach knew paper of the city and county for the potrero hill, dogpatch, bayview, soma, mission bay neighborhoods to provide outreach advertising for fiscal year 2014-2015. >> okay, thanks. we have our office of contract administration here. thank you. >> good afternoon, chairman farrell and supervisor mar. thank you for hearing me. my name is deirdre darling. i'm representing the office of contract administration and i'm here requesting your recommendation and approval for a resolution designating certain periodicals of the city's outreach periodical for the upcoming fiscal year. outreach advertising is intended to meet the public information needs of those communities and neighborhoods which may not be adequately served by the official newspapers. the contract term would start august 1 and go through june 30 of 2015. the estimated contract value is $18,000 to be divided between the awarded periodicals. the admin code requires the purchaser each year to invite bids for outreach advertising for the next fiscal year. the code specifies certain mi

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potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver the

a wildlife rescue group set a trap for the marmot last week in potrero hill where he's been vacationingot on purpose. he followed some cookie crumbs and got back in the cage. wildlife experts say marmots are known for sneaking into cars' engines. that's how he ended up in the city. he arrived from a lake near yosemite national park, and that's where this marmot will be returned. >>> nbc "nightly news" is next. see you back at 6:00. this sunday night, the road ahead. we take you to the beginning of a long and dangerous journey many undocumented immigrants are making into the u.s. >>> tapped out. thousands of families are without running water tonight in a major american city. we show you why. >>> under threat. the majestic redwoods of california have thrived for centuries. so why are they in trouble now? >>> and baby boom. we introduce you to some of the newest additions at our nation's zoos. >>> and spoiler alert. they're adorable. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is ""nbc nightly news"" with lester holt. >> good evening.

i live in potrero hill. i'm speaking the dissent of my neighbors throughout the southeast side of the city who have been threatened by foreclosures and in support of s.f. cares. for enclosures have been a dee bill dating disease in our part of town, five, six years. ~ debilitating [speaker not understood] when that happens today. it's a very slow disease. if there was an epidemic, if there was a disease targeting one portion of the city, one population of the city, we would put resource he into it. we would treat it as an emergency. we would invest in it by any means necessary. that is what we need to do today. it's what we do. it should have happened years ago. walking through the [speaker not understood] scene, the lives in the real estate maps of home prices, bayview is not immune to that. we see the increasing home values, but we also have the highest unemployment rate in the city. that is the outmigration, ladies and gentlemen. that is the outmigration staring you in the face we need to take action on t

these are pictures taken by a potrero hill resident who spotted it. their natural habitat is the sierra. emergency services set several traps in backyards and were able to catch it late this afternoon and they want to send it home soon. >> it needs to be up in its home territory. it needs to be collecting its food for winter. the longer it's here, the less time it has to do that. >> wildlife experts think it hid inside a car that traveled to tahoe or yosemite. it will be checked out at the silicon valley wildlife center before it's taken back to the sierra. >>> the famously short memory span of gold fish may actually we a myth. canadian scientists have debunked the popular belief that fish have a three-second memory span. they trained a popular aquarium fish to eat in a particular part of their tank. the fish returned to the same place to be fed after a 12-daybreak, a lot more than three seconds. the research was inspired by reports of the intelligence from aquarium owners. the findings were presented to the society for experimental biology in the uni

a rescue group says a marmont is on the loose in san francisco's potrero hill. it was spotted today hiding under a deck at a home near 25th and rhode island streets. this is a picture of the marmont taken today by the own over the home. wildlife emergency service are asking for the public's help with any information on how the critter got to san francisco. once captured, the rodent will be returned to its native habitat in the sierra. a little road trip. >>> we're back in a moment. geraud moncure and lincecum imagine at at&t park. stay with us. >>> good evening. i'm geraud moncure in the comcast sportsnet studios. even before the giants took the field to right the ship against st. louis, bad news on the return of angel pagan. the lead-off man now suffering from a bulging disc in his lower back. he'll fly to l.a. tomorrow to see a specialist. >>> they lost 12 of their last 14 at at&t park. bottom fourth, giants up 1-0. marco gonzalez facing pablo sandoval. and there it goes. panda's 100-career home run. 3-0 game. yep, the batman t-shirt responsible for the blast.

a wildlife rescue group set a trap for this marmot today in the potrero hill neighborhood. he followed a trail of figure newman crumbs into the cage. sheer another shot from yesterday. wildlife experts believe he came from a lake near yosemite national park. and he will be taken back there after he has a brief health check to make sure he is okay. >>> up next, a tough night for the first place a's and giants. >>> also, the best golfers in the world are coming to the bay area. geraud moncure joins us. >>> good evening. i'm geraud moncure in the comcast sportsnet studios. after a great start to july, giants swinging to keep that momentum rolling against adam wainwright. the orange and black dominated on may 30th. but since then, the st. louis ace has surrendered just four earned runs total. g-men with a chance to win their first home series in almost a month. top third. runners on the corners. matt carpenter singles to center off ryan vogelsong. oscar tavares scores. 1-0 cards. wainwright brought his a game to the yard this evening. bottom 6. hunter pence, the best he can do

>>a marmot spotted in san francisco's potrero hill neighborhood tuesday was captured today >> reporterepair it original idea to trap and kill the creditors did not go down well with residents. creditors critters >> reporter: may be tempting to feed the score rose but with a fine or prison time that is for the birds. >> pam: the mayor of san francisco cult parking illegally and what does he have to say for himself? among >> jacqueline: making a push for our bay shores i will have the answer coming up for for >> pam: we've showed you how oakland's mayor, jean quan was caught looking at her cellphone while driving. now it appears san franciso's mayor.has his own parking problems. pictures show ed lee's city car stopped in a cross-walk and parked in a bus stop. kron 4's justine waldman got an explaination for the mayor misbehaving. >> reporter:this sliver car stopped in a muni bus stop should absolutely not be here. the photo of the illegally parked car is from the glen park on friday. turns out this car drives san francisco mayor ed lee all around the city. >> reporter:it's blocking the m

one was spotted today on potrero hill near 23rd and rhode island street. officers are asking neighbors to look on the look out for the animal so it can be taken back to the mountains. at marmot was seen last year it managed to stay out of the wild for a year. >>> what do i mean when i say run as a girl. >> it means run as fast as you can. >> the new campaign that's trying to challenge stereo types. >> and we sit down with oakland's superintendent of schools his two goals and the question of closing campuses. >> we take no options off the table. >>> today marks the first day on the job for a superintendent of the oakland public schools. he's taking over a district which is struggling in a number of levels. gasia mikaelian sat down with him for a one on one interview and learned why he said there are tough choices ahead. >> reporter: antwon wilson says he knows the days of being applauded won't last. >> i guarantee you i will never be as popular as i am right now. >>> the new head of the oakland unified school district says he will do whatever it takes to su

last month water rushed downhill in potrero hill. it broke during pressure testing. a spokesman for the san francisco public utilities commission says some pipelines in the bay area date to the 1920s. >> so the any sort of major shock to it could cause a separation and a break. >> reporter: utility crews are on track to repair 15 miles of aging pipeline each year. one of the biggest jobs, the bay tunnel project. tunnels will pump water to the peninsula and san francisco and replace this old, leaky pipe that has already dumped up to 65 million gallons of fresh water into the bay. >> it's unfortunate because you never want to have a leak, especially during a drought. but in this case we're waiting for the bigger fix to take place. >> reporter: yesterday's scene in los angeles was dramatic. water raging for three hours. there's no quick off switch. >> you can't close the valve right away because you get a water hammer effect. a water hammer effect is, you snap off the flow of water immediately, the water hits an immovable object and reverberates back through the system

one was spotted yesterday beneath the deck of a home near 25th and rhode island streets in the potrero hillildlife officials will give it a health exam and release it back in to the wild. i'm sure he'll be much happier. >> cute lil guy. >>> let's talk sports here with mark. what a bummer for both the giants and the as. >> not used to this but we can't get them both winning on the same night. unfortunately the opposite happened. i guess the giants fell in to a really weird pattern right now. seems they only win when tim lincecum pitches. in their last nine games, san francisco's only two victories in that stretch come with tim on the mound. 5-0 with the cardinals. smith checking the menu tonight and it's all about the cardinals. matt carpenter, can't get this guy out. vogelsong gives up the rbi single there. 1-0 in the 3rd. nement up matt -- next up matt holliday had a couple rbi singles himself. only two runs of the game as the cards' ace adam wainwright 7 and 2/3rds with some help. nice play by that man carpenter again and there's your cute kid of the night as the giants lick their wounds

we told you about the uproa potrero hill last week aftea resident found the animal or deck. >>> big news. back in yosemite valley. we told you about the uproar last week after a resident found the little critter on her back deck. well, wild life workers returned the rodent yesterday. >> aww. >>> water levels are uncovering interesting art facts at one northern california lake. the problem is people are taking them home. cbs reporter shannon brenies tells us that souvenir could land you in jail. >> the department of water resources jana frasier is happy to show off tribal art facts at the visitors center. what she worries about are the artifacts found here. >> when we have hikers go out, they sometimes find things that they shouldn't take. >> looting is becoming a problem as the draught drops the water line revealing more historic and prehistoric sites. >> i know there is a loot of under water treasures in this stuff. >> jim aarons has been boat here for 10 years but hadn't heard about the looting problem. >> i don't think that's a good idea. i know there's some indian grounds, i believe,

. >>> san francisco's potrero hill not the usual place to hunt for wildlife.ood was in an uproar after a yellow-bellied marmot was photographed on a back deck belonging to somebody. the culprit finally caged after an all-day search by a wildlife rescue worker. marmots are similar to gophers. don't they, like, them? they live in yosemite apparently unlike john muir hitched a ride to the city. >> nice warm engine. they hop in and find a cozy spot and i guess the next morning folks must leave and they hitch a ride, you know, and get out, the next evening they are in san francisco! [ laughter ] >> next thing you know, a little marmot varmint. most resident didn't know what it was but kind of love at first sight when some saw pictures. >> so cute. >> kind of cute until they bite you. >> you weren't hating on the marmot? >> no, kind of cute as long as he is in yosemite. [ laughter ] >> not in my pantry! [ laughter ] >>> still ahead, making sure no one is forgotten or left out. >> it's the norm for our students to reach out to their peers and that's what's different

it was spotted yesterday under the deck of a home near 25th and rhode island streets in potrero hill.ife officials are hoping to capture it soon to return it to the native in sierra. last june, another was spotted in the bernal heights neighborhood and managed to stay on the loose for almost two months before it was captured. >>> 7:38. we continue our live coverage of that huge wildfire in napa county. the new information that came in from the fire lines just one hour ago. >>> a parking lot filled with cars and broken glass. the crime problem at one particular amtrak parking lot and why one victim tells ktvu getting help is not easy. >>> well, plenty of low clouds around. it will be cooler today. we'll show you how much cooler and what's in store for the holiday weekend. >>> it is 7:41. the accused mastermind of the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya two years ago is scheduled to appear in a federal court in washington, d.c. today. the u.s. attorney's office says he was motivated by his extremist ideology. he's accused of directing the assault on the u.s. consulate