leads our world champion san francisco giants.nships' problem -- championship bling right there. i want to bring up to the stage now my boss, the man who leads your san francisco giants, and your biggest fan, mr. larry bvaer -- baer. >>thanks renel. tony's recording is a huge part of not just the city tradition but the san francisco giants tradition. since we have been in the new ball park, it has been played a total of 573 times after giants wins, including playoff wins and including world series wins. [applause] importantly, you know, we almost lost the giants. in 1993, we made some desperate calls to tony when the team was saved, and we asked tony -- there is only one person that could kick off the new generation, the new era of giants baseball on opening day in 1993, and that was tony bennett. he sang "god bless america" and "i left my heart in san francisco" on that date. it was an unbelievable day. it brought down the house, as did your performance at the all- star game. as did your performance at the world series. you are a

francisco school of the arts, the san francisco boys chorus, and the san francisco girls chorus, take it away. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ the loveliness of paris seems somehow sadly gay the glory that was rome is of another day i've been terribly alone and forgotten in manhattan i'm going home to my city by the bay i left my heart [applause] in san francisco high on a hill it calls to me to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars the morning fog may chilly air -- chill the air i don't care my love waits there in san francisco of of -- above the blue and windy sea when i come home to you san francisco your golden sun will shine for me ♪ [applause] >> that was great, right? fabulous performance by those young people. what an honor it must be for those children to perform for mr. tony bennett today, paying tribute to his great legacy. something they will never forget, i'm sure. we have many others who wanted to pay tribute to you, mr. bennett, an expression of their love for you and for san francisco. i like to read to you just such an expression. this is a letter inspired by you an

thank you for performing first in san francisco.ause] tony, you have helped us celebrate so many milestones in our city. you have helped us after earthquakes to come back and revive the spirit of our wonderful city. you have designed the wonderful art pieces to raise funds for those who need that service. you help us to reopen. after earthquakes, you have helped us climb -- not half way, you have helped us climb all the way to the stars with the -- a nation of our cable cars. you have just -- i in your career, you have generated more love and more nostalgic for our bay area -- more nostalgia for our bay area than all the songs and all the movies and all the television shows associated with us combine. for that reason -- it is really for that reason, tony, that it is my pleasure if you would please come up, to declare today, valentine's day, february 14, 2012, as tony bennett day in san francisco. [applause] and also, on behalf of all of us and with all of our love and with all of our hearts together, to present to you the key to the

woody allen comes to san francisco. we remember the movies he shot here and talk with the writer, director and actor about his life in film. plus it's one of the world's most famous locations, but you might not recognize san francisco when the movie makers get done with it. that's straight ahead on a second look. good evening i'm julie haener and this is a second look. recently woody allen was in the bay area shooting scenes for his latest movie. it doesn't have a title yet but alan was casting extras for a party scene. allen has a long history in the bay area. he appeared as a stand up comic at a hungry eye. then he starred in take the money and run. >> i want to thank you very much for making this donation of $5,000 toward the city's social causes. you made it out to the hunters point foundation each. >> thank you, you won't lose that now. >> no i won't lose that. i'll be very careful. there's people who think i'm not very responsible in fiscal matters or the handling of matters. some of the people around -- >> put th

seven by seven magazines, the bay citizens, san francisco business times, san francisco bay guardian, in the bay area reporter. let's get our sponsors and media sponsors a round of applause. [applause] >> we are here to solicit several small businesses tonight that have gone above and -- salute several small businesses denied that have gone above and beyond to open their stores, get on the phone, turn on their websites, and stand up as mentors for small businesses. this is not an easy time, and small businesses overall, many of them are struggling to stay afloat, including many in this room. so we would like to shine the spotlight for a little while tonight on some of these small businesses that have been able to push the envelope and continue to do very well. they have been beacons of hope, and we cannot have this event tonight to really give them the recognition that they deserve without recology. recology has long been the community sponsor of small business week and small business even said throughout this city. we're thrilled to have that consistency, to have the partner in recol

on san bruno avenue. investigators say the two victims were stand income front of the building when two men shot them. witnesses say the suspects left the scene in a white four-door car. terry mcsweeney will have more in 30 minutes. >> eric: we're affecting getting on first look at weapons they confiscated from a homeless man. 14 knives. a sawed off shotgun and 5,000 round of ammunition. they found the items in his jeep none of the guns are registered in his name. they arrested him ten days ago after receiving complaints he was harassing people. he remains in custody on weapons charges. >> katie: a senator pg&e engineer says they knew that gas line records were flawed and chose not to fix the problem prior to the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. engineer testified during a deposition which was filed yesterday in san mateo superior county court on some 350 wrongful death lawsuits. he warned his supervisors that pg&e's computer system for keeping track of the pipeline system was riddled with errors. ins

they embraced all san francisco had to offer. mark quinn and elizabeth, the mayor, san francisco. what they did was really smart. they looked at what was out there and took advantage. they were founded in 2010. they now have three employees in addition to two full-time right here. they were the best boutique in "sf weekly." they are women-owned gift shop. you can buy fabulous things. we are honored we will be giving an award to urban bazaar at the mixer/party, a great event, on friday night. please join us there. [applause] >> thank you. we do not want to take up much time but we want to sincerely thank all of the organizations and programs in san francisco, the offices at city hall that work with small businesses. we support a number of small businesses. it is the two of us and one employee. we're very tiny ourselves. we work with about 78 area artists and craftspeople along with others in developing countries. we're open because of the women's initiative, working solutions, and the guidance from different organizations around the city. we're helping much tinier entrepreneurs sta

towards downtown san jose.here's the slow spot westbound 205 out of tracy someone said i hate mondays minute ago, you can see why it gets heavy 34 miles an hour on westbound 205. slowing early this morning through the altamont pass, sluggish traffic you will find brake lights all the way into livermore then starts to pick up there we have a traffic spotter moving around 25 miles an hour as you make your way into live more, slow but sexy ride, i guess. >>> sexy one was on the -- [ talking over each other ] >>> next, the new warning for iphone users. >>> up, up, up. gas prices take another spike. how much you can expect to pay if you are filling up this morning. >>> setback in the battle to stop a west nile outbreak in texas. why there's extra urgency about aerial spraying this morning. >>> 57 days and thousands of dollars, the 8-year-old girl turning lemons [ male announcer ] the magic of nature blooms in every seed, in deep red apples and in each golden bead. it blends into a perfect crunch you'll savor, giving

they set foot in san francisco.eneration upon generation, of residence of san francisco had to endure the struggles and have made this city a very special place. i am very excited about the leadership that presides over san francisco today. mayor lee, supervisor chiu, mar, chu, and we had the treasurer. this ought to be a moment in which we celebrate the aspirations and the fact that we have risen to the governance of this country. the fact that we have changed the opportunity. last night, i have the opportunity to listen to an 86- year-old honoree at the gathering last night. she's had spoken about how her life was different and the opportunities that were denied because she was jewish. because of the efforts of norm and mike and your leade in, asiy are not denied opportunities because of where they come from. we are aspiring and we are leaving california and america in a new generation. -- leading california and america in a new generation. we have an obligation to lead in the 21st century. we are providing leader

we're at 54 to start in san francisco, 59 in sunnyvale and 56 in san jose.rmore and concord checking in with a comfortable 56 degrees start to the day. i wanted to show you futurecast because we're going to see an interesting setup. we stop the clock at 11:00 and you can see at that point most of the cloud cover will push back out to sea. however, looks like we're going to see the blanket of clouds hugging the coast all day long, the westerly flow will bring that natural ac off the pacific into your inland valleys. that's going to keep us a touch below average for today. so 86 degrees in places like livermore and forecasting 78 in san jose. 74 degrees bayside. 63 degrees at the coast. the micro climates are going to come into play when it comes to who is going to get the best weather for the weekend. we'll talk about that in my next report. first let's check your drive. it's friday. good morning, mike. >> good morning, folks. good friday to you. 580 westbound is your commute direction and we can never really deal without any slowing, that wouldn't be appropr

i would be happy to hear names of assassinated persons representing san francisco and the values of san francisco locals, including harvey milk, also a noted rights activist. yesterday -- i did not see this but i know people who had, they killed a man while handcuffed to was unknown contributor to the occupy movement, which i member of. although he was handcuffed after being shot twice in the chest, the witnesses -- a witness to and being shot after they handcuffed him. it may well prove out in six months that this man was assassinated. occupy sf has no leaders and this man's contribution represent us and his death. his name was pray, a lovely name which i feel embodies the current status of the equal rights. i doubt the city commission realizes how betrayed assam franciscans feel by the name of anti pelosi. how about someone who died in a secret prison. she knew about the secret prisons and covered up. as far as aids go, its sources in question. nancy pelosi did support the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, on the same day as obama brought this up, i believe it was cheney, enter poll re

mayor of san francisco. i would like to add our first chinese mayor in san francisco. the vice minister of the ministry of commerce from beijing. [applause] welcome. next to my former boss, the hon. gavin newsom, lieutenant governor of california. the hon. counsel general of the people's republic of china. [applause] the minister of the embassy of the people's republic of china and the united states, based in washington, d.c.. and charlotte schultz, mr. mike rossi, senior adviser on jobs for governor brown. also officials from the delegation. the director-general of the department of foreign investment and administration. mr. wong shi. and mr. -- the commercial counselor of the department of corporation. and the director-general of the investment promotion agency of the ministry of commerce in china. we have more. the chairman of the tschida chamber of commerce -- china chamber of commerce. and from the china contractors association. and the president of the foreign trade and economic relations commission. and the deputy director general, department of commerce of the

it will electrify caltrain from san francisco to stand the pain -- to san jose. this is a bold move with many elements that spell jobs and future prosperity. we will have a lot of investment right here in san francisco and along the coast. yes? >> it is still not funded yet. what do you say about getting that kind of -- >> i am working on that one right now. i am working on getting the started. getting through the fear of fearful men and getting it together. would get stuff going. we have stepped in middlebury. we have stuff in los angeles. let's start with the first phase and the second phase and rapid a lot. them to talk about how we get here. yes? >> governor, the real authority said passengers may have to change trains three times from l.a.? is that true? >> yes. i long ago stopped listening were taking his advice. it will be one train all the way. it will go all little slower in certain areas. >> governor brown, how concerned are you that californians will not support your tax measure -- >> high speed rail is more popular than i am right now. if i believe th

el nuevo arzobispo de la iglesia catolica en san francisco. take vo ---el mismo prelado, por medio de un comunicado, informo apenas hace poco mas de una hora, que fue detenido el sabado por la noche en un auto cuando, al llevar a su madre a casa, paso por un reten de la policia cerca a la universidad estatal de san diego. ---al aplicarle la prueba de sobriedad en el sitio, se determino que su nivel de alcohol en la sangre era mayor de lo permitido y fue arrestado. ---al pagar una fianza horas despues, salio en libertad. take fs 1 ---en el mismo comunicado de prensa, cordileone... hace apenas mas de una hora, el futuro arzobispo ofrece disculpas por tomar esa decision y dice sentir pena por la desgracia que ha traido a la iglesia y para si mismo. ---ademas, dice que pagara su deuda a la sociedad y que pide el perdon de su familia, amigos y compaÑeros de trabajo en la diocesis de oakland y en la arquidiocesis de san francisco. --agrega que reza para que dios con su sabiduria "inescrutable" hara que algo bueno salga de esto... " blanca ---y preci

all major airports on time as is san francisco, oakland and san jose.flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> here's a check of the bay bridge toll, things are starting to back up towards 880 for the fastrak lanes. more news, >>> we start at 6:30 with developing miss. you are looking at a live picture from the gulf coast, as tropical storm isaac moves closer to land. right now the storm is expected to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow this is new orleans in louisiana, also, we want to show you new video just in, this is bahama, -- this is alabama, how it looks this morning. strong waves pounding the coastline expected to get worse as the day goes on. good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. isaac is a tropical storm storm is expected to reach hurricane strength. let's check in with mike. >>> live doppler 7 hd, i think it could happen over the next six hours or so, we are looking at last three hours you can see convection starting to wrap around the eye, the eye a little more defined, when that happens the storm tends to deepen

near 80 san diego. >>> 6:45 now.erts is going on medical leave a day early so this will be her last morning on "good morning america" before she goes home to mississippi. roberts announced this morning she will leave after the show today with her ailing mother. next week, robin is scheduled to tart getting ready for her bone marrow transplant all while tropical storm isaac pass -- passes through her home state. we wish robin all the best. >> team roberts is trending in. if -- in san francisco right now. >> republican national convention culminated tonight when mitt romney takes center stage. he will try to win over voters by massaging his image and message. t.j. winick joins us live with more. >> reporter: good morning. it has all been building to this, tonight mitt romney will take the stage in tampa and he will make his case why he should lead this country over the next four years and how he will turn the economy around. last night it was his running mate's turn. america learned a little about paul ryan's wisconsin

and san mateo.ate you can see live doppler picking up showers in nevada utah and arizona moving from the state looks like it is going to be dry today no more thunderstorms over 100 fresno, palm springs warm san diego and l.a. low to upper 80s there. mid 90s chico and sacramento, 81 sun in tahoe. >>> right now on twitter in the bay area: tony scott and top gun we told you earlier police say the well-known director died after jumping off a bridge yesterday in los angeles. also trending, akin for missouri congressman after his controversial comments. starbucks on that list, just dropped off so i guess people wand their coffee now they've gotten their coffee. please follow us on twitter. >>> right now let's check in with josh elliot for a preview what is coming up on "good morning america" in 15 minutes. >>> good monday morning. coming up congressional skinny-dip, literally. wild night israel for a group of gop lawmakers one even skin think dipping in the sea of galilee. we'll have the latest there, nex

san mateo north mid to upper 70s.s along the coast today, near 70 downtown south san francisco, 75 sausalito, 80s to low 90s north bay valleys. 20, 25° cooler at beaches. monterey 69. upper 70s, low 80s most of the monterey bay. heading out to the game take sunscreen, 12:35, first pitch 69, last pitch 3:00, 75°. 60s around fairfield, antioch and live more 50s for rest of us like this morning most of the cloud cover at the coast tonight. triple digits thursday through saturday inland. mid 80s around the bay 70s popping up at the coast. monday and tuesday of next week temperatures will have dropped 8 to 14°. >>>çpé good morning. now out to antioch area eastbound highway 4 railroad accident on the right a little slowing westbound commute direction not affected by this at this hour. let's take a look at westbound, a little slow traffic, tip out of antioch drive past that towards 242 into concord still 10 minutes. it is flowing nicely past the antioch area. westbound 580 to eastbound 80 roadwork continues on that ramp. you

upper 60s to mid 70s. 75 redwood city. 61 in san francisco. 76 down into san jose. mid 80s morgan hill. some of the hotter spots like antioch as well as brentwood touching about 90 degrees. there is your extended forecast with your weekend in vie. the numbers continue to roll back be we do climb monday into tuesday but overall a very mild pattern for the second half of august. pam. >> thank you. >>> a grass fire along interstate 80 in vacaville is now contained. the fire started just before 8:00 last night on a hillside off of pleasant valley road. it burned 50 acres but firefighters managed to keep it away from the homes. the cause of that fire still under investigation. >>> an escalade ends up in the ocean. what we are learning about the driver and his connection to actor clint eastwood and his wife. >>> a shooting and a fight. the lawsuit now facing the 49ers over two incidents of violence. >>> westbound 24 traffic moving along nicely on the way between walnut creek and oakland. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. ?????b??? ???c??@?

the san jose police chief just wrapped up a press conference. we'll have much more on what he had to say at 6:00. i can tell you he said he just read the assemblywoman's letter but feels right now is not the point to make that request to the chp. he says so far they have it under control and as we feel like they need to, they will ask for mutual aid. >> a lot of concerned residents. >>> we have a billion-dollar question tonight, are there smartphones and tablets too similar? it's the questions jurors will will answer in the patent battle between apple and samsung. today before closing arguments began, the judge had some frank words. he said step one is to keep the jurors awake. there are 100 pages of instructions given to the jurors and the judge admits there are a lot of complex details to the case where both sides accuse the other of stealing their smartphone design details. the decision could ultimately have an impact on the future of nearly every smartphone on the market. >>> a fast food restaurant chain at the center of a culture clash is m

shot and killed in san jose. it comes as police plan to unvail a plan to crack down on the recent crime wave. tara moriarty is at the scene of the latest homicide. >> reporter: 33 homicides now. 13 of them gang related including this one where an 18- year-old was gunned down in the middle of the street. you can still see the evidence marker where is the casings dropped. that is pretty close to where the shooter was standing. the latest victim was on his scooter when he was approached by the gunman opinion it happened on south king road just before 11 crank last night-- 11:00 last night. police do believe the homicide is gang related. just hours before the shooting a prayer vigil was held outside the church. police chief crust moore spoke revealing some of the actions his department is taking. >> we have a lot of intervention as people working with gang members today out on the streets right now in addition to police officers that are rounding up people that are wanted for warrants or probation or patrol holds. >>

here we are in san francisco. if we look at any of the forecasts over the next 20 years, up to a half of the population, 3.5 billion people, will live in cities. they will live in an urban environment. it is already happening in asia and south america where there is a migration toward the great cities of the world. that will bring more and more congestion into those cities. as an industry, as a company, we can view this as a challenging in that congestion is going to increase. at the same time, or on the other hand, you will have many other developments. we know we are all connected to date. we know sustainability is not just a term people use. people believe in it and the environmental challenges that come with that means that as a company, as a city and a country we have to work together to find the solutions to this. as we look into the future, we could say that the current model of the car industry needs to change. at the same time, we believe that individual mobility is what people desire. that does not mean

the people's city hall, san francisco.ant you all to note that that was such a wonderful rendition of our national anthem. please give another applause to the millennium -- melanie and her daughter. i am so excited about all of you and seen so many of you from all over our state. come to city hall anin san francisco, welcome. i would like to welcome the former secretary of transportation. [applause] thank you for being here. thank you, john, thank you. our board of supervisors comment david chiu, thank you very much. david campos, thank you for being here. he is our adopted asian brother. we have so many of our state representatives here. so many of you are here. i have spent all night announcing your names, but they did not give me the full list. i will say thank you on behalf of our city. from sacramento, los angeles, from all the communities in between, thank you for coming to our fantastic city to celebrate our asian-pacific heritage month. it is my pleasure to also provide you with a warm welcome and thank you for som

we need to do a lot in san francisco to encourage young people and young families to stay in san francisco. i 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

high in san francisco 68. let's see the tropical clouds beginning to get close to the sierra nevada. travis, last hour 14 miles per hour and it is cut in half. southwest 7. that's not a good sign for a cooler pattern. west northwest 9 to 12 at sfo. 50s, 60s on the temps. 55 in san francisco. and big guy high pressure system rotating around that. tropical clouds. so a few of those may be off to the east and south for the sierra nevada. today and tomorrow tahoe, truckee mammoth a possibility of thundershowers. the high pressure system may budge on sunday. inland temperatures will be warm to hot. patchy fog and it's filling in on the coast. fog sun there. 60, 70s, 80s and 90s. middletown was i think 106 yesterday. there's real scorchers as you get inland. pittsburgh 100102 antioch. 99 pleasantton. 98 for morgan hill. 99 gilroy. there were 90 yesterday and 94 and 95 by hillview. 85 palo alto. 68 in the city. 72 san bruno and 60s on the coast. santa cruz supper 70s to near 80. fog sun warm to hot. cooler son, monda

to what makes san francisco -- what makes people want to come to san francisco and live in this city. it is important to what we do and many of the businesses that exist here on an ongoing basis. we have 16 million visitors a year. that is in no small part due to the activities associated with the night life and this city. that is not lost on all of us. one of the things that i think it's important to the mayor and myself as i sit here today, and i know that you guys are going to be focusing on, i looked out and i see so many pieces of the city family here engaged in this conversation. i think it is really a measurable thing that you have the chief of police introducing today's conversation and today's forum with you in addition to having the board of supervisors as civil the understand the work that you and why it is so important. having individuals like -- one of the board members spoke earlier about having oewd focusing on this. all this matters when you're trying to work collaborative late. part of the problem in the past has been people working in individual silos and not sharing