mountain view, 60. 61 in san jose. 63 in antioch. 80 in san jose. mid-to-up every 60s around san francisco and richmond. pockets of sunshine, upper 50s to near 60 degrees along the coast. sunshine a little less likely around santa cruz today. 72 for you. clouds and 65 in monterey. more sunshine inland. hollister is 82. to morgan hill at 87. the accuweather seven-day forecast -- stronger sea breeze. and more clouds in the morning friday and saturday. temperatures will be four to six degrees cooler than today. probably coolest of all seven days. good morning, sue. >> good morning, mike. good morning, everyone. the best news we have is 580 and san rafael, the freeway is reopened this morning. surface streets in san rafael continue to remain closed at francisco boulevard due to police activity. more on that with terry mcsweeney. 580 is open. the richmond-san rafael bridge is open. the san mateo bridge is looking good. no problems as you head over to foster city in westbound direction. eastbound toward hayward moving at the limit as well. you've got very

there is a huge back up in san rafael. it's the richmond-san rafael bridge. the bridge has been shut down for hours. it is now open but there are serious delays because the chp is detouring traffic around the area of the stand off. again, if you have plans to be in the san rafael area tonight and going to rely on the richmond-san rafael bridge, you may want to make other plans. take the bay bridge, it's a longer way to go but you may get there sooner depending on when the situation clears up. we will stay on top of the situation. we will have continuing coverage on our website, log on to www.ktvu.com. there you will get the detours around the stand off and we will give you traffic information and we will have updates here on ktvu channel 2 news. >> hackers posting the names and addresses of police officers. how those officers are responding. >> reporter: there is a huge concern about safety this afternoon after a hacker published this list, personal information on 100 bart police officers. it includes names, home addresses and e-mail passwords and now the fbi

for the benefit of all san franciscans. i hope to move us past the labels that have pigeonholed us at city hall or at least to not be bound by them. because if you're a so-called moderate, then i'm a moderate. i've spent the past two decades trying to make this city work, to work for all of us. for its entire history, people have flocked to san francisco with their hopes and with their dreams. they've invested in this city, not only with their money but with their sweat and with their blood. i understand that not only do people need to flourish here, but business needs to flourish here. i understand what is at stake. what is invested here in all senses of that word. it's our responsibility to see that this investment isn't squandered. but with all due respect to the talent of many leaders with whom i share this responsibility, i was a progressive before progressive was a political faction in this town. [applause] years ago, years ago, i fought the establishment to make this city function better, to make our communities more

we need to do a lot in san francisco to encourage young people and young families to stay in san franciscoi think we are missing out on a lot of our diversity when young families leave our city. we need to do all we can to be mindful of the needs of young families in the city. we mentioned housing. schools are a big deal. but also being able to be flexible with transportation and children. >> what is happening with crime in your district? give me your thoughts on how you think the police are doing with respect to crime in your district? >> i think we are very fortunate in district two. we have a number of great police captains that oversee the stations that touched district two. richmond and northern are the two major police stations that touched the district. we do have a lot of crime in district 2. both crimes against individuals but also against merchants along our merchant corridors. chestnut. union in particular has been hit. fillmore and sacramento. it is a big deal. we also have the break-ins. we need to be very mindful that people keep their iphones and laptops out of sight. but it

that's shut down 580 in san rafael. right now we're looking at some traffic heading in the eastbound direction heading across the richmond san rafael bridge but authoritying have still shut down the westbound direction from the richmond toll plaza to 101, the westbound direction of 580 is still closed. this is after the alleged gunman fired at the highway. the eastbound direction at 580 reopened minutes ago. the westbound direction is still shut -- is still shut down. we'll have more coming up at -- we'll have more coming up as well. >>> that will do it for us. thanks for watching. have a good day. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling]

and all the way into san rafael.going road work. in those southbound lanes. so watch out for that. and the visibility is obviously an issue there as well. and antioch bridge, the bridge itself looks great, like we typically seen and not seen the slowing that we see through antioch. and right now a pretty smooth ride on highway 4 all the way out to pittsburgh and on into concord. and same thing for the drive out of the altamont pass. a few brake lights here but overall your drive time is still holding steady at 17 minutes. from the altamont pass out towards 680 and the dublin interchange. i mentioned the earlier accident in pleasanton. that is completely cleared and 280 traffic looks great in san jose. that is your traffic. back to you. >> elizabeth, thank you. >>> nearly 5:48 now. let's take a peek at some of the top stories on this monday. ed lee is expected to announce this morning that he will run for mayor of san francisco. lee of course appointed to the position last year after gavin newsom was elected state lie

because san francisco is so young. -- because san francisco is so young, it is riddled by faults. i have a map that shows the faults across the bay area and san francisco. the granddaddy of all of these is the san andreas fault. it is the longest. it can generate the greatest earthquakes. >> it is just south of san francisco. it goes offshore down here. >> from my house to the fault is about 3 miles on average. >> the closest area in san francisco to the fault is this area here in the southwest part of the city. people said that the closer you are, there are conditions that exacerbate issues. >> the fault's effect on development depends on the fault type and soil component. the san andreas is the main fault. there is the hayward fault. the difference between the two is that the san andreas is predominantly offshore. the hayward fault actually crosses beneath populated areas and poses a larger threat. as we speak, there is a 67% probability of a major earthquake on one of these faults in the next 30 years. it is of major -- high probability. it is a magnitude 6.5. the 1906 was 7.9.

a mild one but cooler. 72 san mateo. 66 san bruno. 64degrees in the city, san francisco. 60s low 50s for the coastline and the coolest day looks to be tomorrow although we'll hold on pretty steady through wednesday. thursday, we do begin to build back in and for the weekend widespread 60s along the coastline. temperatures cooling into sunday. upper 70s low and mid 50s for your labor day weekend. >> all right, sounds good. thank you. >>> firefighters are gaining control of a wildfire near yosemite national park. they say it's now 60% contained and they expect full containment this friday morning. the fire has burned more than 5,000 acres since it began last thursday and forced evacuations which were listed late last night and the closure of highway 104 which reopened early this morning. investigators believe a motor home fire was the cause. >>> we are getting our first look at what the new eastern span of the bay bridge looks like all lit up. last night caltran flipped the flitch to construction lights along the 1,000 foot long orange cat walk. the lights allow crews to wo

and whereas the san francisco carnaval is produced by the san francisco cultural arts tradition, a nonprofit that strives to make multiculturalism a -- tangible reality by uniting people in celebration with music, dance, artistry and food and these endeavors continue to be a significant contribution to the vitality of our communities. whereas the theme of this year's san francisco carnaval, live your fantasy, i think that's what i'm doing, celebrates the magic of life in the san francisco bay area and our city's legacy of acceptance, tolerance and equality for all people. and whereas california's largest annual multicultural celebration, the san francisco carnaval, will take place in the historic mission district for its 33rd year to showcase the very best of latin america and the caribbean cultures and traditions. now therefore be it resolved that i, ed win lee, along with the board of supervisors, in recognition of the celebration of our diversity, proclaim may 28 to 29, 2011, as carnaval weekend in san francisco! >> so, greetings. i would get to follow the mayor. well, of course let me st

is san francisco and s.p.a. in support of cdfi's being established in san francisco? >> yes, we are. we were founded in 1999 with a small business loan. that is how we started our tenderloin office. >> opportunity fund is a certified cdfi, so we are providing a benefit to low and moderate-income communities. he is the city establishing support for new cdfi's? >> mark wanted to address that, in support of cdfi's in the city. >> we have a wealth of partners in the city. s.p.a. is just now rolling out a program for r -- will be the case by the summer. let me get one last point and on the question about relationships to lenders. the question was, do have to have an account with a bank in order to get a loan? may answer is no, but the real answer to it is certainly want to do that. one of the things we see as an important thing for you, as a small-business person to establish a relationship with a lender on a variety of levels before you look for funding. part of that is opening an account with them, letting a lender know about your business, understand your business, talk

however, san francisco and also san jose, anywhere from 60 to 78 degrees. we'll have details on a cooling pe wee up >>> we're back and this is a live picture of the standoff going now into its 15th hour in san rafael happening at the extended stay hotel. police have surrounded this hotel. a man is holed up inside it, an armed man. for most of the day, basically the entire day, the 580 connecter between 101 and the richmond bridge has been shut down as police make sure the place is secure because the man is armed. his girlfriend is with him inside the hotel room. we don't know if it's by force or her own free will. we will follow this into the morning and how this is going to affect the commute. police right now say they will probably wait it out. stay with nbc bay area news for the latest on the standoff. >>> he says they answered his online ad for kinky sex at a san francisco apartment. they say he raped them after meeting through craigslist. tonight, a san francisco attorney specializing in sexual harassment faces charges involveling three women. cheryl h

there between the richmond/san rafael bridge and 101 through downtown san rafael.he major freeways look great. the police standoff again continues at this hour so there are some surface streets and city streets in san rafael still blocked off around the hotel including francisco boulevard. shut down in both directions between bellam and main street. the major commute arteries at 580, 101, everything is back to normal since overnight. very good news. golden gate bridge, looking good so far all the way into san francisco. coming up we will check the bay bridge where they just turned the metering lights on and mass transit. in the meantime let's check your forecast. here's lawrence. >> all right, elizabeth. we have low clouds out there again this morning and more sunshine this afternoon. monsoonal moisture in the skies. it will clear up nicely today and temperatures similar to yesterday. we are starting out almost the same. 50s and 60s. looks like toward the afternoon we'll see plenty of 80s even low 90s well inland into the east bay today. 89 degrees in livermore. 88

it is -- san francisco fire department. it is our great honor to introduce to you the chief of the san francisco fires department, miss joanne h air. kwhite. >> thank you and -- haiswhite. >> thank you and good afternoon. i would like to say thanks for the great coordination effort. rosie did a great job and the director plinlal. -- blumenthal. it's a great honor to be standing here before you,, a native daughter. what did you think of the 65-foot ladder race? pretty incredible. i would be certainly remiss if i didn't introduce personally each member. most of them are not working today and they volunteered their time to come here. just like the sheriff's department and police department that play a large role in the city, we're part of this -- the fabric of this great estimate so engine company 41, operating a rig under the direction of o'neill, and i would like to introduce each and every one of the members. it's a 10-person lift that made the demonstration. first, ramon simone. kevin walsh. julio delucchi, dave cites. dou

livermore one degree short. 3 in san francisco and san jose. napa and redwood city 35 degrees cooler than average. sun comes up at 6:31. it sets at 7:53. as far as the clouds go, you can see the extent, farther to the east before 9:00. back to the bay, just around san francisco and oakland, alameda and emeryville and berkeley. coast will stay mainly cloudy with 50s four. 70s and 80s for the rest of us. down in the south bay, a few 80s around san jose, saratoga and los gatos. everybody else in the upper 70s. 78 in palo alto, 73 in san mateo down to 68 in millbrae. heading over to the coast. see the clouds, low to mid-60s for you. 56 in downtown downtown san francisco, sausalito near 70 degrees. we'll have mid to upper 70s, san rafael, petaluma and napa. coast it will be cooler low to mid-50s. 67 and 70-degree temperatures for most of the east bayshore with fremont the warm spot, 78 degrees. here we are looking at temperatures in the low to mid-80s through most of the east bay valleys. brentwood around 88 degrees. 57 in monterey. low to mid-80s a

slow to burn off, sunshine in the valleys, 75 san jose, 64 partly cloudy in san francisco. let's check the roads with gianna. >> live to the bay bridge toll plaza, not a bad drive at all. in fact, we are tuesday light. i'm going to make that up so no accidents. we'll have a full look at your freeways coming up. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> bullet casings all over this morning. kristy seifkin is in richmond where police are trying to figure out what happened. >> reporter: good morning. a lot questions out there still this morning. we know that pg&e crews left just about a half hour ago after working all night on a ruptured pipeline that had been hit by a white chevy tahoe. that car accident happened because of a two-car shootout about 11:00 last night here at the 76 in richmond. apparently that car was hit by an assault rifle and we heard reports that as many as 50 casings were found here at the scene. we are told that the men inside that tahoe tried to flee the scene during the shooting and in doing so that's when they crashed into what's called a gas service. that's

it was 80 in san jose today. temperatures mainly down but down towards the south bay it was actually a little bit warmer. it was 2 degrees warmer in san jose, 2 degrees warmer in freemont. no change in san francisco, 3 degrees cooler in oakland and 7 degrees cooler in concord. fog will be the story in the morning, patchy to dense fog for our bay shares. in the north bay our inland valleys, that fog is going to clear back tomorrow and we should be a lot more sun, especially for the coastline. as we head lawsuit rest of the week, the fog is really going to peel back and we have a big warmup in store. details on that coming up in a bit. >>> coming up on kron4 news at 11:00. >> more and more people are reporting prostitution in san jose. police say there is an increase. coming up, we'll tell you how they're tackling the problem. >>> do you like grilled cheese sandwiches and technology? the founder and creator of the really popular flip video camera has opened a high-tech restaurant in the bay area. stay tuned. that's

for today, one degree warmer in oakland and san francisco. four in concord and san jose. six at fremont. santa rosa sees the biggest jump. seven degrees. get about 14 hours and three-and-a-half minutes of sunshine during the day. a look at the cloud cover. you see how quickly it is going to come back to the coast. and even break up along the coast as we head to the afternoon hours. maybe not as much sunshine as yesterday but you will have pockets of it. 60 along the coast. 70s and 80s for the rest of us. 90s getting close. but they will probably stay just out of the reach of the east bay valley. let's start down in south bay. where we have the upper 70s to low 80s. 77 in sunnyvale. san jose, 79. 82 in los gatos. on the peninsula, low to mid-70s until you head to south bay. los altos, 78 degrees. low to mid-60s around the coast. downtown, south san francisco. saucelito, mid-to-upper 60s. low 60s at the north bay beaches with the upper 70s to low 80s in your valleys. along the east bay shore. we have berkeley in upper 60s. low to mid-70s, most neighborhood. fremont warmer a

then i came back, and choosing to live in san francisco was natural to me.n you are a child, you do not realize what you had until you leave home. i had the opportunity to live in los angeles, abroad in ireland, and there is no place like home, when you are from san francisco. i have been a corporate attorney at palo -- in palo alto. i became an >> i worked in the finance industry about 5 1/2 years. in the summer of 2009 i joined a venture capital firm with two other partners. >> we are all excited about the americas cup here in district two but one thing if you think about it everyone knows what fleet week is like here in the marina. this is fleet week on steroids. think about fort mason, these will be the most brings taken places to watch the americas cup. what we're working on and working to continue to work on and want your input on, how do we make it a positive experience for the people that live here. >> i'm happily married and my life and -- wife and i live around laurel village. we have two children, five around they. we are proud parents and now jus

san skwroesa, 76. san francisco, 64 degrees. here is a look ahead. your extended forecast with the weekend in view. the temperatures cool off slightly on sunday and monday. minor warming for next week. heather? >>> president barack obama today swallowed some pride and welcomed the latest super bowl champions to the white house. >> i am just going to and out and say it. [ laughter ] this hurts a little bit. [ laughter ] >> the green bay packers spent the day with the president who makes no bones about being a big fan of the chicago bears. not only are the bears and packers bitter rivals but last year the packers beat the bears in the nfc championship game to advance to the super bowl. the team precentsed him with a jersey today and one share of the only publicly owned team. >>> stick around, tmzs next here on tv36. !á yn@ vp ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ ♪ she was waiting up around the bend ♪ ♪ smile at me and then you take my hand ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, where delicious in

so far, so good in the san rafael area. big thing is that the 580 freeway is open now in both directions between the area of sir pran analysis drake boulevard. the surface street in front of the extented stay -- extended stay he sell the francisco boulevard. it will remain closed until the situation resolves itself. that's a stretch of francisco from bellham to main street. the surface street will remain closed most of the morning or until the situation is resolved. the 580 freeway is open for your commute this morning both directions in san rafael. kristen? >> thank you. >>> 4:35. in other news, the u.s. coast guard, they're continuing their search for a man who went missing after his canoe overturned near treasure island. three people were in the boat. two of them were able to safely swim to shore. but they couldn't locate the third boater or the canoe. they called for help at 6:15. the coast guard dispatched a helicopter and two boats. other agencies are helping in the search. our amy hollyfield will have a live report i

to 74 in san diego. spot, palm springs, 114. >>> at this hour, nato officials are reporting forces loyal to libyan leader moammar khadafy are severely degraded and losing strength. nobody seems to know where she at this hour but his son has turned up free and gathering his supporters. >>> jubilation in tripoli has turned to fear and uncertainty after a blistering week of assault, rebel forces in control of most of libyan capital. it's clear that moammar khadafy 42 year grip on power is close to an end but where is the dictator? that is still unclear. u.s. officials still believe he is in the country potentially hiding in tripoli. earlier this year, in an interview with christiane ammanpour he stopped at the notion he would flee. >> to step down to leave your position of power. would you do that. [ laughter ] >> who would leave his homeland? >> yesterday, rebel forces claimed they captured his son but early today he reappeared in tripoli defiant. >> this is our country. these are our people. we live here.

high as 85 in morgan hill. 73 san mateo. 81 san ramon. 68 oakland. it will become mostly sunny in many spots inland as you head toward the north bay. plan on 77 in san rafael, about 80 in novato, and about 85 degrees in fairfield. out toward the coastline, temperatures in the 60s. warmer sunday, normal temperatures in the bay area on monday and tuesday. highs in the 90s by the afternoon. >> this week's jefferson award winner is a big example for people for those who made bad choices in the past. kate kelly reports. >> what about you? what you rourking on. >> reporter: shirley lamarr's life has come full circle. 22 years ago she would have been wearing an orange jumpsuit at the county jail. >> you want to bring it up so you can resolve it. >> reporter: instead, she comes to work here at the maguire correctional facility in san mateo to help run an in-custody recovery program called "choices." >> every day i walk through that door with the thing on here, i prove to them you don't have to be in orange. so you want to tell me a little bit about what you

concord, san francisco. san jose, fremont and oakland, all one to three degrees warmer than yesterday afternoon. compared to afternoon, close in a lot of areas. san francisco and redwood city, two degrees cooler than average. sun sets at 8:00 this evening. east bay valley, warmer weather here. upper 80s. danville, pleasanton. low to mid-90s for everyone else. richmond at 70. fremont, 80. coldest spot is the south bay. 80 at sunnyvale and milpitas. 84 in campbell. 86 in los gatos. mid-to-upper 70s along the peninsula. san mateo is 76. that is as warm as it get ace long the coast. everyone else below that. upper 60s downtown south san francisco. low to mid-80s through the north bay valleys. 68 at monterey. near 90 in morgan hill. day game at the coliseum. 12:35 first pitch. sunny. temperature is 69. warming up to 74 by the time the game ends. the accuweather seven-day forecast -- more of the same for tomorrow. then you can see theal cooing trend. faster sea breeze that will drop temperatures four to six degree

same for san ramon and san leandro will make it to 74 today. rafael topping out at 79. 76 for vallejo and 80 for benicia. the city a little warmer today at 68 degrees. so warm temperatures for today, pretty similar tomorrow then big changes in store dropping down into the low 80s in our warmest spots for thursday, drizzle and cloud cover back in the forecast. and then we see a modest warming for friday, saturday and sunday. back to you guys. >> drizzle? wow. thank you. >>> 6:20 now. oakland's police force is about to get stronger. the department is rehiring 24 recently laid off officers. this is thanks to funding set aside in the new budget. they could be back on the streets by this weekend. a total of 80 officers lost their jobs last year. the city has seen a significant bump in serious crimes so far. >>> millions of americans will get together with their neighbors tonight and they are doing it to help fight crime. "national night out" plans are all over the bay area. in oakland more than 500 block parties are planned for tonight. the police c

concord and san jose the same. oakland and san francisco, one to two.puts the temperatures close to average. even warmer than average in livermore by three degrees. napa and oakland average. one degree cooler in san francisco, san jose and three in redwood city. sunset is 8:03. talk about the other areas. upper 60s in walnut creek, dublin, pleasanton. near 90 for the rest of the east bay valley. 80 in fremont. east bay shore. sunshine and 70-degree weather for you. low to mid-80s throughout the south bay. 82 at san jose and cupertino. mid-to-upper 70s millbrae, san mateo. you can see the sea breeze through the san bruno gap. 80-degree temperatures for the rest of the peninsula. low to mid-60s with sunshine along the coast. 72 in saucelito. farther north, 93. ukiah. upper 60s to low 70s for most of the monterey bay. 74 at watsonville. upper 80s to near 90s heading inland. around the state today, warm weather. 98 at fresno. 109 in palm springs. some of our weather will come from this week. tonight, 705 first pitch at the coliseum. clear skies. temperature

we drop down to the mid to upper 70s in san rafael and san mateo and 67 in san francisco. 68 in monterey but mid to upper 70s, santa cruz, watsonville and salinas. accu-weather seven-day forecast, couple more degrees of cooling tomorrow, we will hold steady through friday and then warmer weather for saturday and sunday after afternoon. >> we've got a stall southbound 101 at 280 that is blocking the right lane. no significant slowing by the scene. we've got construction around the coast in pacifica, if you are coming down on 101 they are doing road repair between 7:00 to 3:00 just sound of lindamar. public transit, train number one is scheduled on time coming out of stockton. no other problems so far, servicing reported on schedule and thick fog on golden gate bridge, southbound 101 you will need windshield wipers and it's very slick coming in from marin county. >> a lot of fog on the golden gate bridge. >> watch your step in san jose park. budget cuts force the city to deal away with a necessity for pet owners. >> facebook users give you more privacy protection. >> a woman scores a legal

and san jose, fremont 6. concord, 7. santa rosa 11 degrees warmer than yesterday. pretty sfef cloud cover will make a push until 8:00 or 9:00 and how rapidly it comes back. a little fog around san francisco heading over towards berkeley, oakland, richmond and emeryville and that has finally faded. 60s along the coast and 70s and 80s will dominate most of our inland neighborhoods. it will start in the east bay valleys, 82 in brentwood. richmond 67 degrees and 70 in berkeley and warm to 76 in union city to 78 in fremont. down in the south bay, high clouds and sunshine. upper 70s to near 80 in san jose. los gatos at 83 degrees. 68 in millbrae. mid to upper 70s for everybody else on the peninsula. low to mid off's on the coast today. 66 in downtown. 70s for sausalito. 75 in vallejo and everybody else in the 70s to low 80s. ukiah, on the and 92 in clearlake. inland hit low to mid 80s. if you are traveling today, low to mid 90s through central valley. sunshine and 79 in tahoe. afternoon sunshine, 110 in palm spring

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what an exciting day for san francisco. reminded of our traditions and the courage of our first responders. i'm so excited to be here with the fire chief. he's been remembering how the fire department helped us out of the earthquake some few years before coit tower was built and also of course with our fire chief remembering the important role that the first responders play. telegraph hill has always been a place that our citizens gather in san francisco, the beautiful vantage points over which christopher column buss looks out. as an italian american i take special pride in the fact that columbus is here. and over the years i took my children and more recently visitors and members of the congress to telegraph hill to see this incredible monument to love of san francisco. to see the murals inside which are a tribute to the working man. some find that controversial. i don't and i think it's time to remind ourselves of that at this time and to remember that those were projects of the w.p.a. but they were also projects of the

it's backing up out of san's tre -- san leandro.move along and take a look at the bay bridge. we have a big backup there. it's backed up for about a 15- minute mit -- 15-minute wait. 280 is slow, so is 85, basic from -- basically from highway 87 all the way up to cupertino. so, again, almost everywhere you look, we have slow traffic. let's go to rosemary. you know what? i almost forgot, you -- you can follow us on our facebook page. ktvu channel 2 morning news face book -- facebook page. go to the facebook page and i think we have more than 1,000 followers now if i'm -- no, not yet? oh. we need to get up at least 1,000. please follow us. 8:0 the -- 8:09. hello, rosemary. are you following us? >> all over the place. we have gray skies over the bay area. partly sunny skies over san jose. partly sunny to mostly sunny skies over parts of sfo this morning. a light offshore breeze in some cases. san jose reporting a northeasterly breeze. we have a anotherler they breeze blowing through parts of the peninsula on the east side and then brea

i am a resident of san francisco. a recreational swimmer and a san franciscan. i value the presence of the america's cup here. however, there are aspects that are concerning. one is aquatic park. it is a venue for kayaking, family outings, picnics, other things. is the only swimming and waiting beach in san francisco that is safe for children and is home to a vital senior citizen'' center, a maritime museum, and boating clubs, all of which are used by the local community. the draft eir does not take any of this into consideration. primarily in the area of the bay between the golden gate and the bridges -- the swimmers are important to many of the area of residence. -- residents. provisions for traffic and parking are vague at best. de -- they lack sufficient -- they are not specific. [laughter] last week, a giants game was letting out. there were no traffic cops. stoplights were not coordinated. it was a time and gas-consuming nightmare. is this a harbinger of the america's cup? the power system for cruise ships is deeply disturbing. what are we doing? the bette

at noon 69 in san jose. not a huge spread especially in san francisco at noon 599.. the weekend looks comfortable. we hold on to the good air quality. good weekend for a giants game. two of those at home. 7:15 as the clients take on the phillies. balm garner taking the mound. 60 degrees. so the story bring a jacket if you want to stay comfortable. 82 by saturday. not much change for the weekend. good news if you have triplets and you want to get them outdoors this weekend. >> always. 6:48. once home to the music of the grateful dead and santana, san francisco takes a major step toward reviving its musical heritage. >> it's not changing. we'll take a look. >> your commute just getting started. northbound 101 past 680 there is slowing. i'll show you other slow spots as this thursday morning commute continues to bui c ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the cam

he says san jose can get around the studies like san francisco did.an francisco lowered its speed limits at 200 schools. another study shows that one third of all traffic fatalities are children and often those are children on bikes or on foot near schools. terry mcsweeney, abc7news.com "abc 7 news." >>> final check on weather and traffic. >>> let's talk about what is going to happen today. we'll have a pretty south sea breeze and a cool sea breeze that will keep our temperatures well below average. you are looking at highs here from the mid to upper 50s around half moon bay, san francisco and richmond, low to mid-70s around the bayshore. mid to upper 70s around the south bay. 80s in the north bay valleys. east bay valleys, low to mid-80s. accu weather seven-day forecast, holiday weekend, getting closer and so is the heat. check out tomorrow's temperatures, above average everywhere even at the coast. >>> still have a sig alert past stephenson, accident blocking the right lane there. petaluma, better news, southbound 101 at petaluma boulevard that acci

the san rafael p.d. spokesman that man they are not identifying fired a gun about 10:30 and why a one-mile stretch of 580 was closed. that was closed from 101 to the richmond san rafael entrance. it reopened at midnight when the crane was called in. complicating matters the gunman says he has his girlfriend with him. >> all we know is that he told us he has his girlfriend in the room with him. we have not spoken to her. she has not come out or contacted us. we have to operate under the premise she is in the room and not allowed to leave and held against her will. >> this started on sunday when the suspect according to the san rafael police was in the united market in san rafael. shoplifted and caught by store employees but when they tried to a rehend him, he pulled out a knife and cut two before getting to a stolen car and fleeing. he came here and has been here for the past two xa -- two days. at 10:30 when they tried to go get him, a shot was fired. we're right next to 580. that is why the police shut

and san jose. lower gas prices could lease to cheaper food prices as well, and transportation costs could go down for everyone. >>> a wildfire season is going on now in southern california. the latest fire trapped drivers on the freeway. the river side county fire, burning 450 acres yesterday. it jumped a highway between moreno valley and beaumont. forcing the chp to actually move the commuters off the road. the highway is open this morning, and the fire is about 35% contained. >>> overnight, riots in london, sending one police officer to the hospital, plus seven others, two squad cars and a double decker bus were torched as protesters clashed with police many the northern part of the city. shop windows were smashed, as officers in riot gear pushed up against the demonstrators. 300 people gathered to protest the fatal shooting of a 29-year- old father of four by police officers earlier this week. >>> all right. is your priest holy enough? there is a new german website, it allows the faithful to act

san jose 79. gilroy 86. sunnyvale 76. 50s and 60s for much of the coast and again again in san francisco. more of the same. cooler pattern inland friday and saturday. with your weekend in view it will be warmer on sunday. >>> thank you, steve. u.s. stock market opened 15 minutes ago. already there is action on wall street. economic news coming in this morning. the producer price index prices are actually up companies are paying higher prices for raw materials. so a little bit of a wait on the -- a little bit of a weight on the economy. good reports coming in. target, abercrombie to name a couple. dow jones up 86 points to 11, 492. facebook and google are at odds for a link to google plus. a link that allows recipients to sign up for google plus does not always work when sent from facebook. it is designed to block spam and in some places it cow be getting filtered. facebook says it's not intentional. >>> 6:52. a two-time olympic gold metalist has -- medalist has a new home resort. >>> a lawsuit to fight the g

in downtown san rafael. that could have been a huge mess for the morning commute. in fact it was a big mess yesterday during the evening commute. some cars were stuck in traffic for about 2 hours we heard reports from our radio partners kcbs that people were stuck in such hong delays they were running out of gas -- such long delays that they were running out of gas and were getting calls on the bridge. the good news, as of about 1:00 this morning all the major freeways throughout the area are re-opened. what is shut down is that area right there surrounding the hotel where police are still on scene. so francisco boulevard is still closed between bellam and main. but again that shouldn't be a huge tie-up. just avoid that area. in the meantime if you are commuting 101 at 580, both directions of 101 so far, so good. towards the golden gate bridge light across the span. they should have just done the lane change a short while ago. elsewhere checking the south bay, looking good this morning through downtown san j

i want to make sure that san francisco has a working class population. i want to make sure we do not take for granted because we are seen as more cosmopolitan, that that excuses us from not tackling issues of poverty, which there are still substantial pockets of it in san francisco. just by what others may argue. that to me obligates our requirement to make sure this city, being in its reputation of being forward thinking and progressive, learn to -- learn to make sure that that translates into economics so that this isn't a city just for those who could afford it. >> what do you feel like are some of the biggest issues facing your district? >> well, when i came into office in january 2005, a number of areas of our district, as you outlined in your opening statement, really confronted different neighborhoods in different ways. district five is by far one of the most interesting drawn districts of the whole city. my western border goes almost into the sunset. my eastern border is goss street, my northern border is california street, our southern border is

cars in san francisco. we really need to have safer streets when this many people get hit by cars, that's just not okay. >> ironically, police say the bus would have not normally been taking this turn on hartford. >> it was taken out of service to supplement the "f" line trolleys. there was a higher than usual passenger riding so they took the bus out of service to supplement the lines. and the driver was on his way to the bus stop at 17th and castro to begin that route. >> edward reskin, the representative put out a statement this evening. i express my deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the pedestrian killed in the tragic accident this afternoon, involving a muni bus. now, so far this year, there have been nine pedestrian fatalities. by october of last year, there were only six. according to transportation for america, president advocacy group, they say that san francisco ranks first in california for pedestrian fatalities. this accident will be investigated by san francisco police departments h

i think it is what's san franciscans deserve. i do want to a acknowledge both mayors lee and newsom for giving me the opportunity to come to the government on in the first place. it has been tremendously rewarding for me. i want to particularly thank the npw family, many of whom are here today. is tumbling and honoring to see you -- it is humbling and honoring to see you here today. it is incredibly motivated, confident, passionate group of men and women that come to work every day to try to make san francisco a better place. and if i was successful as the director of public works, it is because of the men and women of the department working together with me as a team with the strategic direction focused on delivering the best service they could to the people of san francisco. my success is, there, that's the spirit. i look forward to working under the direction of the mta board, with the men and women of the mta, the labor organizations and leadership that represents them come with the rest of the elected family of the city, wit

san francisco, 55. 57 san san jose. and fairfield, 55 degrees. upper level low will move southwest of the bay area. and this high is responsible for that incredible heat wave through texas and the midwest. we're not expecting temperatures in the 100-degree range, but as this high does migrate back towards the bay area, temperatures, especially inland, will warm up, back into the 90s as we head into tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, where you should be this time of year. highs for monday, a few more degrees warmer. less fog and low cloud through the day. los gatos, 83. 80 for san jose. 63, half moon bay. upper 70s for palo alto. the peninsula, 66 expected tomorrow for san francisco and the north bay. 82, santa rosa. sonoma, 80 degrees. east bay, 70s. 72 for oakland. 78 for fremont. east bay, in the 90s on tuesday. 88 brentwood. 84 for concord, and 72 degrees for santa cruz tomorrow afternoon. here a look at the seven-day forecast. the heat, rather warm. moves in tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, we're also going to bring in a few high and mid-leve

nick rause, san francisco native, saxophonist, who's requesting to perform "i left my heart in san francisco." ♪ ♪ [applause] >> i am not a big speech-maker, but i relish the idea of coming here today to share with you a very special graduation. i want to begin by saying it has been a wonderful, exciting time being the mayor of san francisco for these first seven months. i have had the privilege of working with the chief and his wonderful staff and the fire commissioners. i know they're here to celebrate this unique opportunity. we're joined by supervisor carmen chiu. the last time there was a firefighters graduation class was 2005. it has been a long time. i understand that over 5000 people applied for these positions. those 5000 people along with you know that these jobs are precious, meaningful to our city, and hard-bofought jobs. i am here to congratulate those of you who have been part of this class. i want to recognize and thank the trainers. each and everyone of you have now departed and in printed -- imprinted on these recruits, skill, attitude, commitment. i want to thank you for th

san francisco has been doing all it can. i have been the head of recovery planning since the last mayor. it takes a lot of partnerships and good planning and a focus on the vulnerable aspects. like we are focusing on our soft story buildings in the bay area. we will continue to also have a healthy city. a healthy city is one that is not as vulnerable. and economically healthy city. the have to invest in our infrastructure. that is not only a debate in the bay area. is also a debate nationally. how do we make sure of our infrastructure, whether it is bridges or roads. >> [unintelligible] >> you will find it takes a lot longer to rebuild a city? what's it generally does take a lot longer -- >> is generally does take a lot longer to rebuild. you can expedite recovery. you can literally cut it in half. that is what we're trying to also instill in other cities that we talk with, exchanging information. recovery is about preparation. it is a mind-set that right now, i am actually educating residents of san francisco to think about