today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptu

union work, at recology in san mateo -- workers at recology in san mateo may go on trike.es are scheduled to meet today. two of their three contracts expired october 23rd and another one is due to expire at the end of the month. now, although the collective bargaining agreements contain a no-strike provision. the agreement does not apply to workers whose contracts expired. the company says it will continue hiring subcontract workers if the union workers walk off the job. >>> 8:39. a new arena plan for the golden state warriors is set to be unveiled today. pam cook will be here to tell us how the arena is creating controversy on both sides of the bay. >>> and support coming in all over the world from the victims of the typhoon. the basic items survivors say they desperately need and where you can drop off some of them right here in the bay area. >>> right now, it's not doing well. we're seeing some signs of improvement around the bay. look at highway 24. it's moderately heavy which is better than it was. >>> well, a lot of cloud cover and not much else. very, very light rai

. >> when you are talking about recology, do you have the only sculpture garden at the top? >> it is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. it is the only kind of structured, artist program. weit is beautiful. a lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. the pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. we talk about recycling and conservation. they can meet the artists. >> fantastic. let's go meet some of your current artists. here we are with lauren. can you tell us how long have been here so far and what you're working on? >> we started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. i am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand- embroidered objects from our day-to-day life. >> can you describe some of the things you have been making here? this is amazing. >> i think i started a lot of my work about the qualities