. >> i've just heard that it's pretty recreational use around here. it's around most colleges too. >> it's getting more and more popular i think and especially at a concert where it was sort of trippy music and a festival so i think people are getting more and more hooked on it because of the effects. >> a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner said autopsy results were inconclusive and further testing and toxicology is needed to

there's a lot of strife between recreational and medical use. and the key is talking with lawmakers. law makers have to understand the industry in order to under stand what it truly means. bottom line they have to understand how you cultivate marijuana, how you get it to market with a safe way with a clear chain of distribution. all this begins with communication. >> what are your thoughts on synthetic marijuana? it's very disappointinging that people have turned to synthetic marijuana to try to garner the same type of high or the same type of th enuberation. >> what's next step in legalizing marijuana? where do we go from here? the next step is these state agencies like colorado and washington have to make good choices. they need to show the federal government that states have rights. they can easily implement these programs without too much scrutiny and we will not all parrish in a couple states and it's up to the states to show the will of the people no show. >>> we know that russia's president met with the president of the ioc and ask him to

it was recreational use, not my drug. i didn't like it. cocaine made my nosebleed right away.will make you real nervous and talk really fast. my true addiction is reading. loaded, i remember what i just read. i was never bored because i had a book. that is why you were so -- >> the guys in my band were readers, too. highly literate and well- educated. we had a pretty nice atmosphere. tavis: reading is one thing and writing is another. how did you find the notion of writing? >> i had never written anything in my whole life but a thank you note. crowe, when he was a kid, trying to make his bones as a reporter, he went to jackson .rowne's house to interview him jackson left the room for a while and he went and found a bunch of lyrics that jackson had written and he printed them. and i was so shocked. you never read anybody else's mail or diaries. anything downting because cameron crowe might find it at my house. i never wrote anything down. i wrote one letter home about the doors that i used as reference for the book. but that was it. i was sitting next to this guy who wrote the

required for land and water funds must be for perpetuity and not be converted to non-outdoor recreational use. to better administer this program, the california state department of parks and recreation now requires that grantees record a grant agreement against the property records. in the case of buena vista park. the property agreement has been in placed in fiscal year 70-71 when the city first accepted a land water preservation. i asking the board commend to the board of supervisors to approve. any questions? >> colleagues, any questions? thank you very much. we don't have the budget annual report on this item. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is close. colleagues, can we move this forward without opposition? so moved. clerk, please call no. 5. >> the clerk: item 5: 130826: [accept and expend grant - mclaren park connector trail project - $186,746]1308265.sponsor: avalosresolution retroactively authorizing the recreation and park department to accept and expend a land and water conservation fund grant from the california department of parks and recreation in the amount of $1

last november, colorado and washington state approved ballot measures allowing recreational use of the drug. ten days ago, the obama strags said, as long as strict regulations are in place, it would not challenge marijuana laws in those states, a decision that chuck grassley said send the wrong message to both law enforcement and violators of the law. sounds like a good subject for a constitutional law class but some aren't taking the issue too seriously. a "washington post" reporter said the issue was creating a buzz and that the president wasn't high on the idea of ending the federal ban on the drug. thousands attending the recent festival in seattle didn't examine the nuances of the law even though they smoked outside but didn't have to hide from police. instead of issuing tickets, the cops handed out bags of doritos. the police say they weren't trying to treat the munchies. they detailed what the washington state law allows and does not allow. seattle authority working hard to weed out fact from fiction. >>> on pbs "newshour weekend" tomorrow, jeffrey brown profiles broadway legend

after the states' voters defied federal law and approved the recreational use of marijuana last novemberstice department finally said it would not sue to stop it, nor will it make enforcing marijuana laws a priority in states that legalize and regulate it. recreational sales in colorado are scheduled to begin january 1, 2014. >> go to 60minutesovertime.com for more on medical marijuana and for john miller's interview with the briefer. uh-oh! guess what day it is?? guess what day it is! huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is?? ah come on, i know you can hear me. mike mike mike mike mike... what day is it mike? ha ha ha ha ha ha! leslie, guess what today is? it's hump day. whoot whoot! ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? i'd say happier than a camel on wednesday. hump day!!! yay!! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. [ bell dings ] [ bell dings ] ♪ [ buzzer ] [ buzzer ] [ female announcer ] check it out. [ bell dings ] subway is the first restaurant with meals to earn the american heart associations

use inside the building and little marina green. and it's that the open space around the palace of fine arts is a designated -- it's a nonstructured recreation area. since we are a group use, we do not interfere with public access. we actually go across. so, that's why we have a protocol, but that's why we choose -- that's r why we're going to those recreation areas. >> got it. commissioner moore. >> i just wanted to express my full support for the project. i think it is a very wonderful continuation of the application for the expansion of the school on jackson street. i think it's very serendipitous that we find an appropriate interim user for a facility which needs to be occupied and needs to stay within the active public eye of san francisco given its somewhat peripheral location and accessibility. i believe that the low-key hardly noticeable reuse of the building is not really an issue. i think the school understands living in density and living with care, so, i am in full support. i believe that the question i had about accessibility impact on neighborhood was partially because they use the rear of the building rather than the more tigh

the common sense reason it's superior is because it doesn't reduce recreational use of san francisco parks. it doesn't close trails. it doesn't impose logging activities. it doesn't require herbicides for native plant restoration. it doesn't require expensive gardening for native plant restoration, which is as the lady from west portal pointed out, a detraction from other park budgets. so, the maintenance alternative is economically superior and it's environmentally superior as the draft e-i-r found on page 5 25. it can be adapted. the maintenance alternative can be adapted on mount davidson we have two areas, a tree urban forest on the west side, a grass side on the right side. as you maintain or replace trees, you can do what you need to do with the grass land without having logging trucks coming in and tearing out half an acre of trees over how many years in closing public access. the draft e-i-r, the 5 62-page e-i-r that's already been produced, unnecessarily combines the park and laguna salada with mount davidson and public access in san francisco. so, it's a poorly drafted e-i-

. >> i've just heard that it's pretty recreational use around here.nd most colleges too. >> it's getting more and more popular i think and especially at a concert where it was sort of trippy music and a festival so i think people are getting more and more hooked on it because of the effects. >> a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner said autopsy results were inconclusive and further testing and toxicology is needed to determine the exact cause of death. later on "good morning america" a closer look at molly, the dangerous drug gaining popularity from teenagers to adults and even celebrities. >>> michael jackson's mother is speaking out about the pain of losing her son and how his death devastated his children. in an interview on australian television, katherine jackson said michael's three kids went to visit his body at the morgue ten times. she said his daughter paris was most traumatized and admitted the teen tried to commit suicide. jackson also said that michael was not a molester. >>> now, some simply stunning video. it comes to us from taiw

at some point, these are the lives were used recreational -- these outer lands were used recreational lly. . >> there is. we hoave -- what, the third? >> depends on it you are coming the addition. but they all burned down. that was around 1900, so if you are ever stuck in traffic in the six-lane boulevard in 19th avenue, imagine what it was like back then. >> [inaudible] i would say this is after they began to develop some homesteading entries. >> it was a large chicken ranch out there. lawson chicken ranch was along 19th ave. >> [inaudible] >> not exactly. he donated the land later to the city, though. sort of the farm house feeling of the richmond. >> there is a water tower with a windmill in the back. >> right, get your water from wells. that was the early boathouses. looking at that map, sporting men would come out in the horses, have little races with their horses and carriages and the sea horse races, maybe get in a card game, have a drink of the way to the beach. >> but this was when there was county land, so there was no gambling. the move people out to county for the race tra

in arizona and recent polls show that more than half of the people want to make it legal for recreational uses well. >>> e-mail giant yahoo! has issued a report about government requests for data silicon valley company says from january through june of this year, the u.s. government asked for data from more than 40,000 accounts. yahoo! supplied user content for 37% of requests and for 55% it supplied what it called "non- content." >>, such as who is listed in the to-line of an e-mail. the company added it fits requests for data that sup lawful to give out. >>> national customer's league brought the same goods at walgrens. the most expensive purchases at the flagship store in manhattan. the consumer as league says there wasn't any rhyme or reason to the pricing. >> demolition crews getting an awful lo of attention for targe down a house after they tore down the wrong home. it happened in pontiac michigan. investigators that i that the owner of the house slated for demolition may have changed the address nubs to save his outbound home. well, the owner of the house that was mistakenly de mollice

. >> one of two states to legalize recreational use of marijuana, colorado, has now just tossed out two state lawmakers who played prominent roles in passing new gun restrictions. the two losers of yesterday's recall elections both are democrats. they include the man here, this is john morse, a former police officer. and up until yesterday, this guy was the head of the state senate. he is proud, he says, of the stand he's taken. >> if passing gun safety legislation in colorado cost me my political career, that's such a small price to pay. because the families of gun violence victims pay a huge price every single day. >> the new gun restrictions expand background checks on buyers and limit the number of bullets and ammunition clips. they remain in effect, but this defeat, these recall of these two lawmakers could blunt gun control efforts in other states. joe johns is working this for us today. as i understand it, you have the nra and its gun lobby supporters. they were actually outspent in these races which makes this, you know, outcome pretty remarkable. as does the fact that you had t

steps out of the way and allows colorado and washington to police but when it becomes legal for recreation use. dan riffles of the american policy project joins us with the next step. tracy: a fire under the jargon corp. today, here is a clue. it smells pretty good. adam: we will do you where you can get gold. tracy: every 15 minutes to check of the markets, nicole petallides on the floor of the exchange with hot deals for us. nicole: a lot of deals going on today, today is tuesday, first trading day of the weekend watching several deals including one with the yankee candle, you may not know jargon that well but they have under their umbrella some really popular names, mr. coffee, sporting gear, baseball gear and they are acquiring the scented candles co. yankee llion in cash, going to the private equity owners and this is a plan they have been working on since earlier this year but obviously some big news, up 7.5% on this news. back to you. tracy: cu in 15 minutes. dennis: time to make a little money, charles taking a look at a major player in china's social media world and charles, why? char

several states have legalized recreational use and others allowed it for m for madicimal purposes. >>> in california, cannabis is king. marijuana farming is a lucrative business here. even a growers association. >>> to be a responsible tkpwroer really take pride in what they're doing. they want to have their homestead. they are in a loving environment. >> reporter: the u.s. federal government out lawed cannabis but california allows it for madicimal purposes. that contributes to satellite problems. satellite imagery shows marijuana growing. it uses a large amount of water for energy. there's increascreasing concernt the impact has on the land, the water and the rare creatures that live in this delicate e ecosystem. these are the final moments of a fisher. a shy animal dieing an agoneizing death ^py ra by rat n spread by marijuana poison. the crop is not fuelly legal, growers don't bother to seek permits or follow land use rules. scientist for the immigration of marijuana growers. >> these are hundreds. >> there's 500. >> reporter: the most severe impact is on streams. some of which ha

. >> kayne recreation. he used the exact trance script for the interview but had kids recreate him. the rapper blasted him on twitter saying, quote, he was out of line. first piece of honest media in years. >> he said he's the number one rock star on the planet. >> he said kayne called him and he didn't apologize. kimmel's respond, finally. >> i don't think we heard the last of that. >>> breaking bad may be coming to an end. that doesn't mean the creator will be out of work. vince gilligan has inked a deal to create another tv show. this time it's for cbs. he's going to join forces with the house create to on battle creek. it's set to debut during the 2014/2015 season and he's working on a breaking bad spin off. so we'll have to wait and see if that charm from breaking bad continues on the small screen. here a check of weather. >>> we're looking outside. we can see clouds out there finally. we've been talking about them all morning. as we go through the rest of today we will have the clouds but we'll have also some sunshine moving in here. in terms of temperatures, we'll be seasonab

increase is due in part to the legalisation of the drug in several states for meddise nal and recreational use california the big demand is having a negative effect on the environment. rod reynolds explains. >> in this county in california cannabis is king. marijuana farming is a lucrative business and there's more than 4,000 spot farms, gardens and greenhouses and a growers' association. >> the responsible grower - they take pride in what they are doing. they want to see - they are living on their homestead, loving the environment. >> the u.s. federal government outlaws cannabis, but california allows marijuana for meddise nal purposes. the legal cop viewings contributes to -- confusion contributes to problems. forest land has been bulldozed. industrial-scaled operations use vast amounts of water and energy. as the demand for cannabis is growing there's concern about the impact that unregulated marijuana cultivation has on the land, water and rare creatures who live in this delicate eco system. >> these are the final moments of a fisher a slow easel like animal dying an ag nicing death spread

. >> a new poll reveals a big shift in california's attitude to the recreational use of marijuana withs may have at the polls. >> new technology aimed at preventing vehicle accidents is put to the crash test for the >> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> huge flames lit you the night sky in beverly hills. this fire broke out in a multimillion dollar mansion at 9:00. crews kept the flames from spreading to other homes nearby. no one was hurt. it appears the large home is a total loss. >> a new voter initiative to legalize marijuana has been cleared for signature-gathering by california secretary of state. supporters have until near the end of next february to collect a little more than 500,000 signatures to place the measure on the november 2014 ballot instrutting the state legislature to pass laws licensing and taxing commercial sales of marijuana. a president by the public policy institute of california shows that 60 percent of likely voters support legalizing pot. voters aprove using it for medal purposes in 1996. >> the 49ers have

due in part to the legislation -- legalization of the drug in several states for medicinal and recreational use. however, in california the bigger dmant has a negative effect on the environment. this is from rob reynolds. >>> in humboldt county california, cannabis is king. there are more than 4,000 pot parms and gardens and greenhouses and even a growers association. >> i think the responsible grower, they really take pride in what they're doing. they want to see they've living on their homestead and loving the environment. >> reporter: the u.s. federal government outlaws cannabis, but california allows major juan that for medicinal purposes. satellite images show forest land bulldozed for marijuana growing. as the demand for cannabis keeps growing, there's increasing concern about the impact that unregulated marijuana cultivation has on the land, the water the and rare creatures who live in this delicate eco-system. these are the final moments of a fisher a shy weasel-like animal dying an agonizing death from rat poison spread by marijuana growers. poisoned animals are one impact on this land

with legalization for recreation use, it challenges to protect youth will increase, and get understand that under certain circumstances the rules in colorado will allow for marijuana advertising on television or radio. the rules will permit marijuana businesses to maintain websites that could be accessible by children, and rules will permit marijuana themed magazines to be sold in stores within the reach of children. my question is, if i'm right on those things i just cited, won't all these rules all effectively allow marijuana advertising to children? and then, why do you believe that colorado can successfully protect children from marijuana? >> senator grassley committee raise some really important issues that we have been grappling. even the constitutional amendment authorizing marijuana specifically says that advertising directed at children can be prohibited. the new rules also do the same. we tried to develop rules that are narrowly focused on making sure that whether its print or television, radio, web advertising, that he will not be targeted at young people. cartoon characters

washington voters legalized recreational use of marijuana last november. >>> a county in northern california out of the state. supervisors in sis key you county voted to secede from california and create their own state. the name of that state would be jefferson. county supervisors say they're fed up with bureaucrats in sacramento who don't consider the needs of rural counties. it needs the approval of the state and ultimately congress before it could become the 51st state. >>> 6:26. an update to breaking news in the peninsula. a gun battle on the streets of san mateo. we're live with the latest as police find one gunshot victim and expand their search for more. >>> a 100-car pileup ties up traffic for miles and miles. new details about the trail of twisted metal and debris next. >>> we take you live to the golden gate bridge. a zoomed-in shot. >> artsy. >> christina is taking a look at your friday even forecast. it's 6:27. stay with us. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live

so the issue of drugs is not all about recreation use.they have reduced some of these crops to a nightmare scenario of your children will become a drug addict. actually many of them are capable of producing medicines our everyday products, you know, that is not able to enter the market, not because some agenda necessarily, but there is a global war. so that's one reason to understand the drug thing. second of courses in the united states, which is a different story where, you know, my argument is one she produce a potential masses of people are going to be employed meaningfully, then you get bill clinton. because bill clinton was the ideal manager of the transformation of the american compact. so you then say, no social welfare. you have to go out and find a job. we will give you som something n the training. at the same time as they very wonder that less and less jobs at the level recorded to be provided, and then you create the crime bill. so you militarized cities. you throw people in prison. so yourself which population is not a threa

commission because they along with working with olsen and our recreational hud office and working with the talent that secretary habitation assigned to us we've got talent coming out of chicago and d.c. out of our recreational office to help us with utilizing the newest programs that hud is doing in order to get us up and started and running. and we want every site that we visit in to become investments to the private sectors as well as and join our community based orchestras that we, only succeed to put private monies in and their campaigner. our biggest environment is when people want their families to come to san francisco. that's the biggest investment. in order to do that you've got to have schools and a community partnerships and the rest of city government engaged. that's why we have over 1 hundred people engaged in this vision for our groups. we have reenvisioned how we can be more innovative & welcoming. so i want to take the opportunity to thank the secretary and thank president obama for gufz this up to this point for reenforcing the president's view we're about creating lards of opportunity for the community. i can't stress

. >> there is a big shift in california attitude to the recreation am use of marijuana. next, the final say voters may have at the polls. >> pilots of a packed jetliner both falling aslope -- asleep in mid-flight. >> new technology to prevent car accidents is put to the crash test. >> good morning, in america's money, stocks break the losing streak and traders secretary all averages higher yesterday, with jobs in the retail industry. >> toyota is recalling hundreds of thousands of minivan because of a defect with 615,000 vans from toyota could shift out of park without pressing the brake pedal after reports of 21 accidents. mcdonald's will retire the signature styrofoam coffee copes and relays them with paper which more environmentally friendly and the change over at the 14,000 restaurants will take several years. that is a >> covering santa close, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> look at this. the huge flames lit up the night sky in beverly hills. the fire broke out in a multimillion dollar mansion at 9:00 last night. crews contempt the fl

. >>> the state of washington is unveiling new rules this week aimed at recreational marijuana use, including when and how people can smoke pot. they announced more than 300 stores will open up across the state where people can buy the drug for pleasure. >>> u.s. birth rates were at an all-time high in 2007 at 4.3 million. after falling four years in a row, they might level off. a new study by the cdc reports the number of babies born last year, roughly 3.9 million, is only a few hundred less than in 2011. researchers say the study suggests couples may not be concerned about having children in this economic climate. the birth rate for women in the 30s as risen slightly since 2007 and birth rates for teen moms is half what it was in 1970. >>> spies in the u.s. and britain have cracked codes designed to protect online information. newspapers say they got the story from nsa whistleblower edward snowden. rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: the u.s. cyber spy agency has cracked many of the codes meant to keep sensitive internet communications private. according to new documents released by former n

football, the allegations are that oklahoma state made payment and gave no show to players, recreational drug use and sex was used to recruit players. how often are we going to see this, in college players? we just went there some like there in university of florida. what is the ncaa going to do? >> i don't know what the ncaa is going to do but the most important part of the story is the way the collective media ya ansports fans have responded. that's something very interesting to analyze. we have reached a point of such profound cynicism, in a context of a college football world where the ncaa just signed a $6 billion contract with espn for college playoff. >> but the fact that everybody is reacting with a shrug is unbelievable. >> that's the story. >> barry bonds conviction, has been upheld by an appeals court but his whole penalty if it stands, he's appealing it further, two years of probation, 200 hours of community service monitoring by home confinement for a month. i got literally 15 seconds. is there any hope for any of these sports, a-rod is still playing although he has been charged with

the onset of the legalization for recreational use in the case of colorado and washington and thirdly, a position that i admire and applaud by the obama fightingation of not not to allow it or condone it but not to fight it or resisted. i think this is a very wise and bold position. at from the mexican border on our side, what is the sending our soldiers to burn the fields of marijuana if the marijuana that makes to the u.s. can be purchased at a 7-11? some of the cartels have told me a routey are looking at from tijuana to denver directly. what is the logic behind that? there is no logic. it is absurd. i would like to finish by paraphrasing someone who i think was going to be a speaker here -- could not attend what can we tell to the last u.s. soldier that dies in sineloa fighting drugs before he does? to be the last one because we will legalize it. who is going to say that? i was talking about secretary kerry speaking about the vietnam war. [applause] thank you very much. i think we have half an hour. i have a comment from everyone. i think this topic is interesting. everyone here w

fargo says it's seen a 40% increase in its home equity lending and many are using that money for recreational usesthan refinancing because borrowers can use the money when they want and are easy to get if the home's value has increased. >>> sal, it's been looking pretty good out there. we haven't -- one of the things we haven't seen this morning. we haven't seen a crash or a stalled vehicle on the bridge and -- not that i'm hoping for. when it does happen, we'll see how the chp and caltrans handles it. they are ready for it. westbound. there's a shoulder on the bridge. the toll plaza delay is only 5 to 10 minutes. it's not to the 880 overcrossing for most people now. it's pretty crowded. we've seen some improvement. getting into the valley has been slow. it's been slow in the last half- hour from 45 minutes from all of the approaches. southbound 280 in the south bay at saratoga avenue. we do have a -- we have a crash. northbound traffic may be affected. at 8:46. let's go to rosemary. >>> the muggy weather moving on. we're left with mostly clear skies. we have a bit of patchy fog over san francisco

like native plant restoration and things like that at the expense of funds being used for people who are enjoying recreation at the park. i'm just hoping that the budget will be targeted mostly for people using that park and not for -- not for native plant restoration. >> thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? >> i entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? >> aye. >> so moved. >> thank you. as a reminder, item 8 is off calendar and we will now hear items 9 and 10 together. 9 is the open space contingency reserve fund, funding for the environmental review of the significant natural resource areas management plan. and 10 is the open space contingency reserve plan funding for [speaker not understood] restoration and investigative sampling at shark park. as a reminder, as they are being heard as one item, you will have three minutes for public comment as a combination of those item. go ahead. >> commissioners, [speaker not understood], planning and capital director.

it is not a lot of money ♪ but she can't work >> probably my favorite moment, and gail is recreating it for usthat story. it was so ridiculous. ♪ on monday we're giving away >> i am glad that joanne sent some of the less embarrassing bloopers. we have some good stuff in the file. >> and the blooper reel is about four hours' deep. this is a minute. >> big thank you to daniel bryant for take time to put it together, because it made all of us smile, and hopefully everybody at home smile, too. ♪ you know it is coming out of the eye socket ♪ >>> you know you are pretty awesome when you break your own world record and that is how the dude at world ridiculous is up to. they hold the record for highest basketball shot ever and they say 68.7 meters and 219 feet. let's break it. why not? so they went to rotterdam in the netherlands to the euro math, and 321 feet down, and into the hoop it goes. what is cool about the video is that we are getting to see the misses. >>> a couple of times they got so close. >> ooh! boom. there's the winning shot. we got it from all sorts of angles like the angle of the hoo