"salesforce" will finally take the city above 1,000 feet.aller doesn't necessarily mean larger. >> funny thing about that building it has about 1.4 million square feet in it. the bank of america building has 1.8 million square feet in it. >> reporter: so we have a tower that is deliberately towering what you might call an emphatic statement in a discussion that goes back at least to the 1960s. >> the structure has been initiated this sort of height battle in san francisco. because they block views from russian hill. >> the san francisco skyline is changing once again. new high-rise buildings are going up at an unprecedented rate. >> throughout the '70s you had various initiatives to try and slow down downtown stop manhattannization. control the towers. the planning department down zoned the towers that were allowed. >> and people want to build to the height limit so you get the flat top buildings. >> reporter: the result was a skyline that a lot of people hated and it was frozen in time by the resistance to more growth and there wouldn't be

making up the salesforce campus. all anchoring san francisco's transbay redevelopment plan.ed lee/mayor- "salesforce has not only been a leader in supporting our schools, but also our families who are dealing with homelessness. our children's hospital." marc benioff says the top floor will be made available to the community to hold events on weeknights and weekends... free of charge. in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. (vicki) a missing u-p-s driver whose truck was found down an embankment - has been safely located. the crash happened just after five yesterday evening in lafayette... on hunsaker canyon road. when officers arrived they found the truck but were unable to locate the driver. police say the truck hit a tree and they believe the driver was thrown from the truck. a short time later he was located safely in concord. he has been idenitifed as dennis salazar right now it is still unclear how salazar got to concord or if he was injured in the crash. (grant) in the north bay... a dog who was presu

the "salesforce tower" is now considered the tallest building west of chicago.pix 5 reporter ann makovec was >>> a milestone today at a san francisco construction site. the "salesforce tower" is now considered the tallest building west of chicago. kpix 5's anne makovec was there the moment it happened. >> this is truly a great day for san francisco. >> reporter: the ceremonial topping off of the "salesforce tower," the 61-story tower occupies a full city block and is taking over the san francisco skyline. it's 1,070 feet tall, surpassing the transamerica pyramid by more than 200 feet. as part of this topping off celebration, people signed this beam that will be lifted to the top of the tower. and leaders from all faiths gathered to give blessings to the building and the city. >> it just seems fitting that the tallest building west of chicago literally a beacon has a ceremony representing such inclusion and openness of our diverse faiths. >> reporter: the "salesforce tower" is next to the city's new transbay transit center on mission and first, part of a new cent

can you see the "salesforce" tower above the bay bridge? it's over 1,000 feet tall and boy, it's 1.4 million square feet, 61 stories. it's really art in progress. it's already taken over the skyline as the tallest building in san francisco. redwood city right now 45. san francisco 51. 49 santa rosa. near the bay of water we have temperatures in the 50s. this right here an approaching area of low pressure these are the renegade clouds in advance of the front so we call it filtered sunshine today. sun clouds mixed. temperatures coming down a couple of notches. we'll be in the mid-60s in san francisco. mid-70s in san jose. 75 santa rosa. down from 80 to 78 in concord. we'll track that incoming system together and tell you when you should expect the rain but right now i have to give roqui a hug. >> got to do that right now. [ laughter ] >>> this afternoon a napa man accused of attacking a 13-year- old girl is due in court. 50-year-old timothy marble faces 8 felony counts. he was arrested saturday morning. sheriff's deputies say that he called 9

the final beam of that "salesforce tower" adorned with a traditional american flag was set into place during the topping off ceremony. company executives joined city leaders for the special event. the tower is going to rise 1,070 feet making it the tallest office building west of chicago. "salesforce" will occupy the bottom 30 floors and two more near the top but not the top floor. >> the top floor of this gorgeous building is going to be the ohana floor completely empty but it's where "salesforce" employees will collaborate and have meetings and they will have events during the workweek but then we'll be able to turn it over to the community, nonprofits, ngos and religious organizations, our schools, to be able to use it when we're not. >> marc benioff says there will be 10,000 "salesforce" employees in the tower and two nearby buildings. that's when the construction is complete next year. and we were the first to broadcast live and show you the view from the top yesterday. still, not the highest point in the city. that distinction belongs to sutro tower. >>> it's a selfie that every

it was named the "salesforce" tower in 2015. at the time crews were still just working on the foundation. >> you know, the transamerica pyramid now looks like this dainty little form on the far end of town over by coit tower. >> a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. this morning will mark the milestone >>> berkeley is the second city in america to impose a fur ban. they passed an ordinance last night prohibiting the local sale of fur products. ahead of the votes, the berkeley coalition says animals spend lives in cages. west hollywood pioneered this ban in 2013. >>> time now 5:10. cars are cashing in on one bay area highway connector. what's behind the problem that has drivers clinging to the wheel. >> and a judge has decided that new rent control measures can now take effect in one bay area city. >> sure, you already know that we have rain and wind coming but the impact it will have on your weekend, i'll have the complete forecast. >> and all is dry now across the span of the golden gate bridge. here's a live look at that. for the most part

directed to the mayor's office of housing where i was able to secure a below-market rate unit and salesforceranted me a subsidy which was important allowed me to not have my daughter suffer not be able to do the things and get the things she needed they were able to deliver the services with a human touch everything from school backpacks and presents and all that i really am grateful today, i'm in the same apartment have a permanent job and things are looking up my daughter will be in high school invocation and it is my dream to live in san francisco so this allowed me to stay here i'm from john rahaim. >> to the mayor and uber and the giants and i hope this story helps other families and please join us in 2017 to end family homelessness and honored to be the first one at the home opener this year to say go giants. >> (clapping.) >> all right. that's it let's score let's score for our families. >> >> good morning, everyone and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, april 18, 2017,

look at the "salesforce" tower. it's towering above the skyline of san francisco.w the tallest building in the city. another view this time to what was once the tallest structure the ac transit, we are looking due east towards those sparkling twinkling lights of the port of oakland. also towards alameda this morning. the estuary where we do have a thin layer of clouds. temperatures we are in the 40s and 50s. it is now 54 degrees in oakland back through piedmont into alameda. now, meanwhile, the winds have been fluctuating all over the place. west-southwest south-southwest, east-northeast. but all winds are under 10 miles per hour. winds will rotate today west and southwest about 5 to 10 miles per hour. now here's the deal. it's in advance of the front that promises to bring us rain showers beginning with thursday on the evening commute. so filtered sunshine today, bringing down the temperatures just a couple of notches. not bad at all. then tomorrow southwest wind really kicks in and ushers our temperatures up to about 80 again away from the bay. then the rain begi

the transbay tower became the "salesforce" tower in 2015 thanks to the largest lease ever signed in san francisco and at that point, crews were still just working on the foundation. by 2016 the building was pushing upwards about the same time another skyscraper grabbed our attention. >> in this particular characters we knew it was sinking except for our inspectors couldn't figure it out. >> reporter: so maybe it's because we looked away for a moment but this tower is now impossible to ignore. moving the skyline up to the south and decidedly away from the skyline we have known since about the early '80s. >> the transamerica pyramid now looks like this dainty little form on the far end of town over by coit tower. >> reporter: all right. we are going to give you a quick traffic report from 900 feet above the city. that is battery and market streets which as usual is completely clogged up. now, we have all been watching this building go up for the past couple of years now. i think really the last couple of months is when everyone has stopped and started to notice this thing. it peeks over h

the "salesforce tower" you can see it, the visibility right now is unlimited. we have had the passage of the front. again, up to two-tenths inch of rain has been reported around the bay area. about .13" in san francisco. here's the scene looking out from the transamerica pyramid towards the bay bridge. we see the bright lights of the estuary and the port of oakland where currently it's 59 degrees. yes! mild in oakland. 50 santa rosa. mid-50s san francisco. 54 in san jose. later today, the sun will shine. brightly. 60s beaches. 60s bay into the peninsula. low 70s away from the bay. outside number 71. it gets warmer tomorrow. we'll have full details coming up at 18 after the hour but let's send it over to jaclyn dunn. >> here's that "sig alert" i was just mentioning right now southbound 680 as you approach highway 4, that far right lane blocked due to a crash and we also have a lane that's blocked along that connector ramp to highway 4. so do expect some slowdowns. you can see those sensors in the yellow and speeds dropping below 35 miles per hour. we're also tra

they're going to place the final beam on the new salesforce tower. this press conference is taking place right now. we're going to show -- sorry about that. we have some -- a number of officials here. you see salesforce ceo over there, lieutenant governor, of course san francisco mayor ed lee. now, i show you some of those aerials we were able to get from our nbc sky ranger showing this historic event. this new office building, like you mention, will be the global headquarters for salesforce, first in san francisco. i had a chance to speak with one of the builders beforehand about the event. >> oh, it is hugely exciting. as we just talked about, this is a project that's been ten plus years in the making, so to see it come to fruition and have such a great client in salesforce to be a huge part of it, it is extremely exciting. >> reporter: now, here is video of that steel beam outside that will be raised, and pending weather it should be going up in the next 30 minutes. we will take you back out here live, the news conference underway. i want to point

a little everything's going to be all right because it's thursday. >> you can see salesforce tower way in the distance. >> it's a beautiful, brand new day. everything gonna be all right. >> because you're back. >> welcome back to mornings on two. thursday april 6th i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us on this friday eve. >> we'll be all right. >> yeah. >> rain's coming in now. in north county. >> not a lot but a little bit. but tonight will be the main show along with the wind. so rain and wind developing. your timeline for most of the morning will be all right. >>> rain and wind developing today. there's some light rain up in lake county. but as the day progresses and the rain will increase and certainly by tonight into early friday looks to be the main impact. how much rain? we haven't varied from that at all. santa cruz mountains three. four for the coastal hills. some parts you're looking at a half inch to maybe 3/4. wind advisory's out or a high wind warning is out. wind advisory favors the inland areas. first system is moving on shore righ

it was named the "salesforce tower" back in 2015 a topping off ceremony scheduled at 10:30 a.m.mark the milestone. it will be the second tallest building west of chicago. >>> got an extra $40 million lying around? who doesn't? you could be in the market if you do for san francisco's most expensive home. the spec house in pacific heights is up for sale. the developer bought it for $8 million seven years. he tore it down and built this new one from top to bottom. stunning. it's more than 11,000 square feet with just about everything you need in it including two wine rooms, a home theater, and a gym. $40million -- >> all you have to do is come up with something like "salesforce tower" and you will have enough money to buy something like that. >> or win the lottery whatever. >>> positive news on the job front this morning as a major retailer unveils plans plan to add thousands of workers. >> joining us now with that and more is kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. >> who doesn't need two wine rooms in their home? the stock market coming off a down day yesterday. we did get

have you ever driven by there the "salesforce" tower area? every day i have to go through there. it's a campus on both sides of front street first street as you head toward the bay bridge. it's just amazing how fast a structure -- >> millions and millions of dollars. >> and hard work. >> absolutely. >> morning, everybody. let's take a look outside right now. a veil of high, thin clouds across the bay area but we can still see the bright lights of oakland 54 degrees, 48 in santa rosa, mid-40s in redwood city. i wanted to share this with you. the clouds to the north are a veil of clouds drifting ahead of this system that's well poised to the north of the bay area. you know, the end run the is we are going to have hazy sunshine, some calling it mostly cloudy. temperatures coming down but still well above average. 70s in the area. full forecast featuring rain and blustery conditions. >>> 4:31. let's check traffic. northbound another 101 in burlingame. two right lanes closed until 6 a.m. good in the area. a lot of green in the area. moving now to a bridge check bay bridge toll plaza l

when will it demand it from salesforce? i cannot say.: is amazon getting a pass from wall street? steve: they are, because people believe powerfully enough in the future of earnings. but you can't tell me over the long run the earnings and market , cap are divorced. that runs fundamental to my basic view in capitalism and the way it works. emily: we can talk about twitter because you are still an investor in twitter, as i understand it. when you announced the stake, it was 4%. do you still own as many shares in twitter as you used to? steve: i think it's fair to say i remain a large investor in twitter. emily: what do you think about what they are going through now? steve: first of all, i think twitter is an irreproducible asset. i don't think there's any vehicle that let you speak broadly to a mass audience better than twitter. could the product be easier to use? of course the product could be , easier to use, and i think that is an important area. emily: do you see twitter having a future as an independent company? steve: i think twitt

have you ever driven by there the "salesforce" tower area? every day i have to go through there. a campus on both sides of front street first street as you head toward the bay bridge. it's just amazing how fast a structure -- >> millions and millions of dollars. >> and hard work. >> absolutely. >> morning, everybody. let's take a look outside right now. a veil of high, thin clouds across the bay area but we can still see the bright lights of oakland 54 degrees, 48 in santa rosa, mid-40s in redwood city. i wanted to share this with you. the clouds to the north are a veil of clouds drifting ahead of this system that's well poised to the north of the bay area. you know, the

here's a live look at the "salesforce" tower in san francisco. the tallest office building west of the mississippi. the permits for construction related traffic control have nearly doubled in the last decade. a separate analysis indicates the traffic is nearly 9 miles per hour slower during the morning commute on some streets. here's an example. this map shows a before and after along first street. the average travel speed in the afternoon drops from 11 miles an hour to just 4.7! it's crazy how long it can take to go just two blocks in downtown san francisco. every time one project finishes, another starts. >> let's check traffic with gianna. >> you're right. if it's not a new building, then it's a convention causing major delays. right now though that's not the case. good morning. let's jump to the freeways now and take a look at conditions on 80 if you are heading in and out of san francisco. westbound at harrison, we have word of a broken-down vehicle snuck lanes. a little bit of yellow there on our sensors but overall traffic is fairly quiet.

the final beam of the "salesforce tower" adorned with the traditional american flag set into place.ower will rise 1070 feet when it's finished next year. it will be the tallest office building west of chicago. ceo marc benioff told the dignitaries gathered -- >> i used to walk this street with my grandfather a supervisor here for 16 years and he used to tell me about the future of san francisco was rising up. >> "salesforce" will be on the bottom 30 floors and two more near the top. the top will be reserved for community access during nonwork hours. >>> some people including our very own anne makovec got to sign that last beam before it was hoisted to the top of the tower. their signatures will live on as long as it stands. >>> today california utility regulators meeting about the north bay's new smart train said they are concerned about the potential for accidents at grade crossings. now, "smart" currently finishing inspections of 63 grade crossings. along more than 40 miles of track from santa rosa to downtown san rafael. the head of the cpuc says that he is especially concerned a

yeah, the salesforce tower will mark a milestone.what is making it day so special. >> reporter: well pam, dave it's going to be a historic morning. we want to give you a live look now of the building from emeryville this is probably one of the last times we're going to see the building before that piece of steel is put into place. also we're going to give you another look now closer to san francisco. the building itself. and i'll tell you construction workers are already here this morning. they are busy working like clock work to get this thing started this morning. what's going to happen later today is a topping off ceremony. so once the steel spire is placed on top of the tower the construction manager says it's going to be the tallest building west of chicago. extensive work has also been done to make sure this building is earthquake safe. and the senior manager says it's taken 10 years to get to this point. >> it's 1,070 feet to the top and it's a tall building and the city wanted a tall building here to mark the location of the

of course salesforce is an icon and also the buildings were the clock tower, all the way on the rightl the way over there on the right. >> it was so gloomy yesterday. >> look how everything to this side of the city, it was the dogs. this was all the city and now there's a whole, a whole new part of the city. anyway, the forecasted highs tomorrow. you will see 60s and even some low 70s by tomorrow night, a few scattered showers. 8 am tomorrow morning, at 6 pm tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow night and then gone. thursday turns out to be a nice day. i bet that we will see a couple of 80s as we head into saturday. >> we are waiting for the warm weather. >> if you are a hayfever sufferer, as soon as the sun gets on this wet ground, everything will start coming down. >> the sharks are battling the owes. it's a crucial game. we will hear what they have to say about it coming up next in sports. you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? ch

so we wish josh all the best and we will stay in touch with salesforce as well. [inaudible / off mic] right around 20. 21. something like that. 22. >> what are you trying to get it to? >> [inaudible] so it will be sane just a plus so it will be sane just a +1. >> we are close. finishing up, investment committee meeting we have a big ic meeting on may 23. a lot of subjects will have to be very cogent yet robust in our meeting. we have three subject. absolute return, risk management, and asset allocation in each one of those is a big subject. absolute return you will see the program is off to a good start. it's returned 4.66%. solidly outperforming index by almost 2%. in just five months. regarding initiatives we are undertaking a couple of initiatives to increase our returns in public equity. one is do we do plan to an issue in rp units can be a pretty broad one for particularly emerging markets international equity, global equity but it's going to be pretty sweeping. we are also undertaking some in the final stages of researching some specialist or mixed strategi

bigger companies like "salesforce," pg&e and lyft are doing the same. >> at the end of the day, money speaks so we're going to be behind in progressing in so many other ways if we don't close the wage gap. >> reporter: all women could afford 78 more weeks of food with the wage gap closed, black women 155 more weeks, hispanic women 193 weeks more of food. in california women make 14% less than men so slightly better than the national average. but at this rate of progress, there won't be pay equality until 2061. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> there's some breaking news now. a woman shot and killed in a car in richmond and there were two children in the car. it happened about 9 a.m. at rheem avenue and 29th street. chopper 5 was over the scene just a short time ago as police were investigating. the woman was in her 30s, it was a targeted shooting, no description or suspects. >>> with an east bay community growing, there are increasing calls to build a new high school to accommodate new families. kpix 5's anne makovec reports from dublin. >> reporter: dublin's only high school

i see on social media when they talk about the salesforce tower. thank you for joining us.pam cook. >> i dave clark will get you ready to go outside. steve paulson has your forecast for friday. >>> it will be a nice friday with few high clouds. otherwise we are looking for it to be a little cool this morning. we have lost the cloud cover. the system came by and gave us rain. you can see some of those high clouds in the north. temperatures will be bumping up. this looks to be the warmest day over the next five or seven. get out and enjoy

"salesforce" tower keeps climbing higher and higher continues to build the tower in the city of san francisco>> 1070 feet tall now officially the second tallest building on the west coast. it surpassed the transamerica pyramid. >> they said no about sending you up there to to do the weather from there. >> wilson walker did a great story there. go to our kpix 5 facebook page where they posted the story or cbssf.com page and see the story about -- you know, it's the tallest now but it's not the widest as far as office capacity is concerne

the "salesforce tower" right smack in the middle. >> going to be a nice day but i heard a big sigh from roberta. ah! >> we couldn't do that yesterday because there was a big haze from 420 over the city. >> you don't want to breathe in too much. >> when you report outside mccovey cove. i always come back from doing my weather outside mccovey cove and i want to eat

waterfront says it is the height of buildings within certain corridors will be higher than the new salesforceuilding will that be the tall it building and other buildings of that scale that are coming down the pike and where if so. >> so the short answer the buildings of that scale are reilly concentrated around the transbay term that was adopted i the commission in 2012 and created enabled the salesforce tower and other like to call them super tall buildings where they should be around the transit center that was the idea you the other area are much less drastically but makes some taller buildings call the central soma program that is the plan that had been adopted and reflect the subway corridor and a plan that goes from second to 6 to two blocks either side of ford from townsend to market that will create higher project sites particularly the north side of that corridor near market and the south side towards side caltrans central station not a district of theses but makes 5 or 6 or 7 sites from 2 to three to four hundred feet so accommodate particularly to accommodate new office growth bec

this together many a thoughtful portfolio if you get a bond like a major supporting grant from salesforce which is bringing in agree and professional development and the work of the quality be teacher education act also there is a desire to see how this fits together the committee main focus is about the appropriateness of what is used and marisco that has been their main focus but we're trying to there has been a desire to see how this is use and ultimately to see there is an effective use of what is happening and getting staff trying to get better about the response to that and explain where this fits it is complicated and so the committee has limited time but it is looking towards that i'm sorry, i forgot our second question. >> oh, vacancies. >> i know there are probably vacancies more than. >> we have two vacancies. >> okay. >> on the committee. >> we actually have one speaker on this item susan solomon. >> susan come up for public comment you have two minutes. >> thank you. good evening commissioners and other people here tonight i'm susan the executive director of the united educat

salesforce famously through one with a $1 million first prize. thatntinued because they didn't get what they wanted. other ones have continued. hasbro. let's see, what else, procter and gamble through one. -- threw one. oliver: also in the technology section, taser wants to change what it is known for. >> taser has been around for 20 years. everyone knows it for the stun gun. e me. teasas exactly. a have been trying to come up with a second revenue stream. they finally hit their stride with police body cameras. particularly since the shootings in ferguson and other places. there has been much more public demand for a police body camera. e one of the first to have a product that could be rolled out. they have a division that makes police body cameras and all of the associated cloud computing software to manage the digital footage people have. that has been the fastest-growing part of the company. they see it as a way to expand. changed the company name. they see the future of the company, they are committed to the taser the weapon, but they see a

whereis another type large prices are at stake, salesforce famously through one in 2014, a $1 million prize. they discontinued that because they did not get out of that hackathon what they wanted to, but other ones have continued like hasbro, procter and gamble watson aigh one, ibm, x prize. was to also, taser change its name and what it is known for. around for 20een years. everybody knows the stun gun. for years, they have been trying to come up with a second revenue stream that could match that. they finally hit their stride with police body cameras. their husband public demand for police body cameras, and they were one of the first companies to have a viable product that could be rolled out at scale. the doj put money find this. they have a division that makes police body cameras and all the associated cloud computing software needed to manage the digital footage people have, so basically that has been the fastest growing part of the company and they see that as a way to expand, so they announce this plan to change their name from taser to axon. they really see the future of the c

sal salesforce will be the anchor of the building. the ceo says that means jobs. >> we have 10,000 employees at this tower campus. >> the developer says this tower won't settle or lean like the nearby millennium building because it's built into solid bedroom. thanks for sharing this new hi h high-rise building and you can see it at the #abc7now. >> next, see how technology could help get the word out faster. >> new ideas and new gadgets all vying for attention and investors. what's hot at the launch festival. abc7 news. >>> a woman gets a house pai painting deal on groupon but the painter never shows up. >>> coming up >>> doppler 7 shows you where the strongest storms are. they're in red and orange. you can access this any time. we have live doppler 7 app any time for you. >> triggering alerts on the south bay already vulnerable to mudslides. they're actively seeking more residents to sign up to save lives. live at the county's emergency operations center, this system could have been activated during the coyote creek flooding, david.

sal salesforce will be the anchor of the building. the ceo says that means jobs. >> we have 10,000 employees at this tower campus. >> the developer says this tower won't settle or lean like the nearby millennium building because it's built into solid bedroom. thanks for sharing this new hi h high-rise building and you can see it at the #abc7now. >> next, see how technology could help get the word out faster. >> new ideas and new gadgets all vying for attention and investors. what's hot at the launch festival. abc7 news. >>> a woman gets a house pai painting deal on groupon but the painter never shows up. >>> coming up, we ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. >>> doppler 7 shows you where the strongest storms are. they're in red and orange. you can access this any we have live doppler 7 app any time for you. >> triggering alerts on the south bay already vulnerable to mudslides. they're actively seeking more residents to sign up to save lives. live at the county's emergency operations cent

salesforce... the mega software giant...y revealed that it gave 3- million dollars to women employees ... after discovering pay inequalities. (pam) san jose is helping people who lost their cars to flooding --- get back on the road.(grant) today the city introduced a car replacement program... and it's calling on neighbors to donate used cars in exchange for tax deductions. the silicon valley auto dealers association is also helping... by significantly discounting used cars and offering to do car repairs. the city itself will donate twenty used cars from its fleet. (grant) in walnut creek... police are looking for three men who they say stole thousands of dollars worth of products from an apple store. it happened around 9 last night. police say the thieves entered the store - and then took off with three mac books and 18 i- phones. no one was injured - and police have yet to release suspect descriptions. (pam) wet weather is back in the forecast for the bay area.. (grant) chief meterologist britney shipp has the details.. dr

perhaps an oracle or a salesforce. nemies? friends -- frie are you working alongside them?oseph colon the products they the are very -- joseph: products they have are very case and ticket based. anything related to their service products, those are things we are typically competing with. they have core platforms, order management products. those are products to integrate with. it's more of a co-optation in those areas. caroline: where are you at the moment? can you give us a sense of who your clients are? can you name any by name or tell us which sectors or regions? joseph: we are an early stage company still. we are about 50 people in san francisco. our focus is on the mid to large enterprise. we are working with companies in the commerce and retail sector, travel and leisure, hotels, and an airline, actually. caroline: can you name that airline? joseph: it's not the one that you are probably thinking. we are building an enterprise class platform. it's for places that have hundreds to thousands of customer service agents. caroline: there's a lot of background -- is this an

i see on social media when they talk about the salesforce tower. thank you for joining us. i am pam cook. >> i dave clark will get you ready to go outside. steve paulson has your forecast for friday. >>> it will be a nice friday with few high clouds. otherwise we are looking for it to be a little cool this morning. we have lost the cloud cover. the system came by and gave us rain. you can see some of those high clouds in the north. temperatures will be bumping up. this looks to be the warmest day over the next five or seven. get out and enjoy it if you can. 40 from the attempts. 50s for some. santa clara is 46, 47 for socal santa cruz. near 84 santa cruz. campbell at 48. there are few high clouds on the way. this temperature will cool us down over the weekend but not today. 60s and 70s to a few 80s. >>> we have a decent commute out there. we have no major slowdowns. let's begin with the tracy super commute. and you will see some slowing on 580 westbound as you make your way through the tracy area and the oakmont pass. other than that it was good. 280 in san jose is looking

. >> i think the salesforce, combination of einstein with watts, a couple of bright guys could mattera lot of second half. what i think's interesting people say, you know what? i'm done with the second half. i'm not playing that game. i wish to some degree that the bank of america guy had thrown in the towel. you want everyone to throw in the towel and give up on this company and that's not there yet. >> stock was -- >> it was a disaster, they didn't execute. >> a year ago the stock was 144. despite what gross margins have done. >> very good point. is it still a focus the way it should be? it's interesting that we have companies that are trying to change their stripes in technology and really haven't been able to. >> it's hard. listen, what do they have 400,000 employees still? >> a lot of people. >> think of they're number of employees versus market cap versus facebook's number of employees divided by market cap. >> you make up the content. look, i was away, i was in oregon. okay? what's really incredible is this why do people take their pictures -- facebook facebook facebook. they c

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the "salesforce" tower is completely changing the skyline of san francisco. can you see it there?ing over the bay bridge. it stands at 1070 feet tall under construction in the south of market district of downtown san francisco just gorgeous. good morning, everybody. let's take a look now at our current temperatures. 45 degrees in santa rosa. 55 degrees in san jose. it's in the low 50s in san francisco and livermore. 54 apiece in redwood city. and also across to sfo. currently the winds are slight. san francisco at 3. winds under 10 everywhere this morning except in fairfield at 14 miles per hour. we'll say good morning to our weather watchers linda in fairfield, john, hi, john. haven't seen you in a while. he is in santa rosa. dave says it's overcast in napa at 49 degrees. thank you for banking up with us. did you see that huge highlighted area. we have a high wind watch. it goes into effect thursday night through friday morning. i wanted to give you heads up on that so you can plan accordingly because these winds are going to gust up to 45 miles per hour all associated with that

how did he get this shot of the "salesforce tower"? >> must be a drone. >> it's glorious.ad to share it. we still have rain showers around the bay area right there around the east bay. 580 making tracks out of san leandro towards hayward, also peninsula skipping showers from out of the el granada area to portola valley and around the santa cruz mountains. everything is glitchy this morning. we'll blame it on the weather. partly to mostly cloudy now over the golden gate bridge. temperatures in the 50s. we'll talk about more rain in the forecast and sunshine but let's send it over to gianna. >> i can't wait for the sun to start shining because this makes the roads a mess when it's raining. let's jump to a shot of our maps. not a ton of accidents. it's causing some slow-and-go conditions on roads. still stop-and-go as you work your way towards the bay bridge. give yourself at least 26 minutes from the carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze. and you're backed up into the maze with the metering lights on with a slow ride into san francisco. san mateo bridge, s

in the first month, ibm's salesforce managed to sell 3000. in the overall life of her, there were roughly 3000 of these machines sold. if i took a population study of all the machines in the world in 1965, roughly one out of two of these would be a 1400 class machine. it was a marvelous success as far as ibm was concerned. the 1401 lived on with emulators and the 360 processors. for all i know, there may be simulators running today with or onno one programs, running every impulse mainframe from their 360 architecture machines. james lick was a wealthy businessman in the san francisco bay area back in the 1800s. his fortune was over $300 million back in the 1860's, and he wanted to be remembered. george davidson, the president of the california academy of sciences, and george madeira, an astronomer who showed him what saturn look like through a small telescope were some of the factors that convinced him that a scientific monument that would make great discoveries was the right way to go, so he decided he wanted the greatest telescope, superior

salesforce famously through one back in 2014 with a $1 million first prize.y discontinue that because they really did not get out of wanted tothon with a do but others have continued, like hasbro, procter & gamble, the $5 millionh prize over a three-year period. oliver: taser wants to change its name and what it is known for. we talked to reporter karen wise. karen: everybody knows taser for the stun gun. oliver: don't tase me, bro. >karen: that is exactly right. they have been trying to come up with a second revenue stream that can match that of the stun gun, and they finally hit their stride with police body cameras, -- with the in public demand for police body cameras, and they were one of the first comedy to have a viable product that could be rolled out and such a scale. taser has a division called axon that makes police body cameras and the associated cloud computing software type of stuff needed to manage the digital footage that people have. thecally, that has been fastest-growing part of the company, and they see it as a way to expand. they announced