. >> in between those family dinners, mike growing an began spending time down the road in san diegot a bar called harbor nights. the bar's owner remembers him very well. >> he told me he was the brother of steve growing an from the new england patriots and he said he also played with the patriots himself and played in the super bowl. >> he had the super bowl ring to prove it and certainly looked the part. about six feet tall and over 200 pounds. but mike growing an said it is what he did after the nfl that was really interest. >> he said he went to work for a small company for a small salary, stock options. he said after a couple of years he accumulated over 1.5 million shares of stock in this company and he said that company was microsoft. >> yes. that microsoft. which meant mike growing an was rolling in money which sounded great to the baroner. >> he said he wanted to remod tell restaurant and make it a model for a chain of restaurants he was about to open. >> growing an got to work getting the restaurant ready to open as grogan's irish steakhouse. he became a fixture at that tim

. >> to san diego where labor leaders are lashing out.ge refusing the union's request. the plan would swap guaranteed pensions for new city hires for a 401k. a san diego city council member is behind this overhaul. now we did reach out to the democratic candidate, he was not available. carl, welcome to the program. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> pension reform is topic number one in state and municipal governments nationwide. what you're doing is trying to change the pension plans for san diego city workers for new hires to put them on 401ks. i put it to you, karl, that will not do anything to fix the problem with existing retirees who have the old-fashioned pension plan. >> that's right and that's why our measure impacts existing employees. we figured out that you could actually change the calculation on pensions by ending pension spiking and using only the base salary of city employee compensation. we also freeze -- impose a hard freeze on city employee pensionable compensation for five years, and that has a major impact o

we're sending you to san diego for three nights at paradise point, san diego's island resort. >> awesome. >> dinner for two, two spa treatments, surf lessons at the surf academy, roundtrip air fare for two provided by the san diego convention and visitors bureau. >> that's great. san diego. have you been? >> i've been. >> one of the greatest cities in our country. best weather. nicest people. can we start doing the show maybe all winter long from san diego? >> dream on. >> coming up next, a reality check with our girl bethenny frankel. >> and if you knew what your man was thinking. >> our guys are going to tell you all. who knows better than they do? everybody! but first, these messages. >>> bethenny frankel's reality tv show "bethenny ever after" is back. it caused a stir long before it hit the air. >> surely did. the best-selling author, reality tv star, and entrepreneur provides us with a window into her crazy world where the cameras almost are always rolling. let's look. >> what i'm supposed to do. there might be rules. this is just the beginning. we're going to have a whole blah, bl

it's not often we show the radar in san diego.oks like at batch of showers are coming onshore. if you're traveling interstate 8, if you keep going up here to the mountains to the north of you, looks like a little snow being reported on the radar. the forecast today, again, it's cold enough at the high elevations. even areas of utah will get some snow. vegas, just rain showers. temperatures this morning are cool. everyone in the 40s. definitely wear your winter clothes. that's a look at your national temperatures are not bad in california. sacramento at 59. cool but nothing unseasonable. not a bad valentine's day. i think we'd like more sunshine in the northwest. seems like that's always the case. >> if they have a special someone, i'm sure it will be fine. >>> coming up, apple hits a milestone, ipad upgrade rumors, and how your valentines get to the arctic. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >> plus, she's the lucky win chosen to be "sports illustrated's" swim suit covergirl. coming up, we'll show you the co

and san diego where it is going to hang around during the afternoon.clearing sky and fast wind behind the system northwest flow at 10 to 20 throughout the daytime today. 37 in napa, a lot of low to mid 40s inland with mid to upper 40s around the bay shore and out to the coast. around the monterey bay, mid to upper 40s inland 44 gilroy and 50 in salinas. today, mostly sunny and breezy, not as fast as those breezes were on monday. calmer and warmer the next two nights, next two days calmer and cooler the next two nights chance of rain not until sunday into monday a chance but very light hopefully light enough that it won't affect the bay bridge closure this weekend. upper 50s along the coast san mateo, san francisco richmond clear lake 54, ukiah 58 everybody else low to mid 60s this afternoon. monterey bay mostly sunny sky, breezy, 56 in money raeurbg the cool spot everybody else around the bay and inland upper 50s to low 60s. showers will be decreasing snow showers around tahoe 30, yosemite 41 rain in higher elevation snow around san diego and l.a. that

snow in the rockies and showers from san diego to san francisco. >>> and finally from us this morningourns the loss of whitney houston, condolences continue to pour in. >> she's being remembered by fellow singers and celebs for her unparalleled talent. a powerhouse like none other. more from linsey davis. ♪ i will always love you ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it was at his pre-grammy party in 1982 were when clive davis first introduced whitney houston to the music world. and it was the same event last night when the legendary producer celebrated her life. >> and she had a talent beyond compare. >> reporter: oprah winfrey tweeted "to me whitney was the voice. we got to hear a part of god every time she sang." >> whitney houston! >> reporter: dolly parton offered this. mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of whitney houston." more than a voice, she was the inspiration of a new generation. >> and i would be like "oh i will dance with somebody." >> reporter: and from mariah carey who joined forces with houston after once rivaling her on the pop charts, she tweeted "she will

. >>> we have rain from san francisco down to san diego. heavy snow in the mountains of southern california, nevada, and the rockies. winds and hail on the gulf coast from houston to new orleans, jackson, mississippi, showers and thunderstorms around little rock, memphis, kansas. snow in northern minnesota. >> a spring-like 54 here in new york. 40s from minneapolis to indianapolis. and just shy of 50 in seattle. 41 in salt lake city. 63 in phoenix. >>> after the break, new questions about whitney houston's fortune. was she really almost broke? >>> and fresh concerns about makeup and your health. 400 shades of lipstick found to contain lead. what you need to know. >>> and starbucks hits the slopes. not a drive through. this one is a ski-through. >>> welcome back, everyone. last year was a good one for the airline industry. the nation's biggest carriers did well in on-time performance. the record in particular for this year was the best in 17 years. the ratio of bumped passengers was at an all-time low. the baggage performance was the best on

we have jennifer waiting on line in san diego. go ahead. >> hi. i'll be very quick and say, you know, i think nominating lee is one of the worst kind of revisionist history and it's one of the more insidious. he might have had a moment, and lee was called traitor by grant by being such a good general and prolonging the war. i'm a descendant from slaves. so he -- i mean, it really is comparable to nominatie ining ma in israel. he can't be man of the year because we still have history. we are not at 2011. i think lee's body should be mixed with road tar. >> isn't that a little harsh, jennifer? >> it's a little harsh, i think. the assumption is anybody associated with slavery, anyone remotely associated with that and who favors it in any way should be disinterred and mixed with ashes. would that apply to people living in the united states at the time of abu ghraib? we were war criminals. all of us. if that be the logic. in his time, he transformed the war and even as you describe him as some kind of devilish fiend, he's the most influential person in

headed ford san diego higher elevations -- headed for san diego, it is a cold car system. low to mid 50s now almost total sunshine monterey bay the same. we'll keep to mostly sunny, breezes also once the sunsets the atmosphere while decouple that means it will get calmer allowing it to be colder during the night and warmer during next couple of afternoons. chance of rain sunday into monday now possibly scattered showers friday night also. first let's talk about today upper 50s to low 60s with our breezes fastest over the ocean where they could get up to 30, 35 higher elevations right now around 20, 30 in most of our neighborhoods. monterey bay same situation 56 monterey everybody else inland upper 50s to low 60s. wind advisories throughout the central valley. advisories lake tahoe, 30, snow starting to taper. we'll see all that wet weather and mountain snow around southern california 64 in palm springs. back home, lack of clouds and winds means frost is possible in the north bay valleys mid to upper 30s east bay, fremont, palo alto south around san francisco, oakland richm

this craft beer movement is strong in cities such as portland and san diego, and it is becoming larger and the rest of the country. san francisco is in a region surrounded by small craft breweries, and we see this as they focused focal point for that emerging movement in san francisco. the place will be approximately 2,000 square feet, large windows looking out onto the new transbay center and the park across the street. it will have large community tables. and what this neighborhood is going -- there is a number of large residential projects going into the neighborhood in the next 10 years, already built in fende tower, millennium tower, and what the neighborhood unfortunately lacks is any neighborhood focus or any casual environments that serve as a neighborhood meeting place for a community hub. that is exactly what my client intends to do with this location. basically, my client is here for any questions. my letter to the board on october 14 lays it out a little better. but i would like to just summarize that we think this will be a great asset to the greater san francisco communit

la planta estÁ ubicada a 45 millas al norte de san diego y la preocupaciÓn bÁsicamente es que en losn diego quedÓ momentÁneamente cerrada luego de que una de sus dos unidades fue descartada ayer en la tarde por una fuga de vapor radiactivo y hoy por motivo de mantenimiento previamente programado se cerrÓ la segunda unidad. >> gill alexander vocero de la empresa que provee electricidad a mÁs de 700.000 hogares del Área informÓ que por ahora se estÁ usando las reservas previstas para estos casos. indicÓ ademÁs que la fuga es tan mÍnima que la comunidad y los trabajadores estÁn fuera de peligro pero ante una informaciÓn tan sensible, los vecinos reaccionaron. >> la planta nuclear que estÁ adelante es horrible, es muy peligroso para toda la gente. >> la comisiÓn reguladora nuclear investigarÁ la causa del desperfecto, en los tubos generadores de vapor, cambiados en el 2010 y de fabricaciÓn japonesa. esta planta es una de las mÁs de 100 que quede estados unidos y ha sido cuestionadas luego de la crisis en japÓn a raÍz del maremoto del aÑo pasado por su ubicaciÓn en un estado altamente sÍs

he was transer frommed in san diego to a plane.he 7,000-pound orca was lowered into the water in a sling. sea world says they rotate the whales among parks to encourage their social interakts. >>> the latest thing in the battle against flab is machine that promises to do the work for you in just ten minutes a day. it's called the zazz. it's hebrew for movement. it's supposed to shake 90% of your muscle groups. >> it's very popular. as you might imagine, here's the big line. doctors say this is not a substitute for real exercise. you still have to do the work right? >> duh. >>> up next, "the pulse." 2 buss is groaning online. who will be selected for the new season of "dancing with the stars"? >> is it you? >> oh, right. >>> and later, angelina jolie and her leg at the oscars inspiring a new internet sensation. sarah... will you marry me? i think we should see other people. in fact, i'm already seeing your best friend, justin. ♪ i would've appreciated a proactive update on the status of our relationship. who do you think i am, tim?

, a few sprinkles around san diego.tahoe, clearing trend 42 this afternoon. tule fog in the central valley tonight8i fog throughout the by special -- especially into the north bay valleys. most of us will be in the 40s toe -- tonight still mild this is our last year of -- last disturbance that will bring the chance of showers the next couple of hours. look how quickly they dissipate by noon increasing sun in the afternoon nice afternoon to be outside, as we head overnight, some clouds fill in our lower elevations by tomorrow afternoon, a lot of the sun, temperatures tomorrow eight degrees warmer than today. that will put us in the low 60s at the coast, mid to upper 60s elsewhere, run of 70s, wednesday, thursday, friday coast mid to upper 60s we'll be back in the 60s saturday and sunday but it looks dry now. hope you have a great holiday. is it light out there? >> it is holiday light now. beautiful shot of traffic moving westbound across the bay bridge everything reopened last night. city streets were quiet this weekend

this san diego attendant says drivers pelt him with expletives all day long. >> are you [ bleep ] kidding me about the gas prices? >> reporter: and that's not even the worst of it. >> a few weeks ago, i was changing the prices out there, and you know, a customer tried to run over the sign. >> reporter: that's not the only bad behavior. near tampa, thieves went after the actual station in the middle of the night. >> the suspects parked a van over the underground tanks and started to pump out gas. >> reporter: and in fresno, california, thieves popped off neighbors' gas caps and siphoned the hot commodity right out of the tank. >> it would be nice to use the gas instead of somebody taking it. >> reporter: who is to gain for these prices? every $50 you spend at the pump, most of it goes to oil companies. $7 goes to refineries that turn that oil into gas. the government gets a chunk in taxes. the people who deliver the gas and the credit card companies get a small portion of it. and that leaves just about $1 in profit for the gas stations. and, diane, take a look at this. it's almost too unbe

headed ford san diego higher elevations -- headed for san diego, it is a cold car system.ow to mid 50s now almost total sunshine monterey bay the same. we'll keep to mostly sunny, breezes also once the sunsets the atmosphere while decouple that means it will get calmer allowing it to be colder during the night and warmer during next couple of afternoons. chance of rain sunday into monday now possibly scattered showers friday night also. first let's talk about today upper 50s to low 60s with our breezes fastest over the ocean where they could get up to 30, 35 higher elevations right now around 20, 30 in most of our neighborhoods. monterey bay same situation 56 monterey everybody else inland upper 50s to low 60s. wind advisories throughout the central valley. advisories lake tahoe, 30, snow starting to taper. we'll see all that wet weather and mountain snow around southern california 64 in palm springs. back home, lack of clouds and winds means frost is possible in the north bay valleys mid to upper 30s east bay, fremont, palo alto south around san francisco, oakland richmon

and san diego. more than 2 feet of snow across parts of the rockies. anwhile, showers and thunderstorms in dallas, san antonio, houston and miami. wet in jacksonville and the carolinas. detroit is 41, omaha, 46, kansas city, 47. just 15 in fargo. mostly 40s from seattle to colorado springs. 58 in albuquerque, 76 in phoenix. maybe if you were in phoenix and warmer weather, you would get your voice back. >> although it's dry in phoenix. i need to go to miami. >>> our oscar show continues with the oscar moments you'll be talking about today coming up later in "the pulse." >>> plus, a disturbing travel alert. cruise passengers threatened and robbed and back in the u.s. last night. >>> also funny stuff here, the video of oprah winfrey bound go viral today, doing things we have never seen the queen of daytime talk do before. stay with us. >>> well, the latest numbers are in showing little relief for drivers. gas line prices keep heading up, even though there's no shortage. that's because crude oil prices are high with worries iran might shut down or withhold

we've only been in business for two years and we're still a small company in san diego. much of this needs to be spread and i'm hoping that our business model may be another veteran out there sees us and may be attracted to clean energy. i'm hoping there are other veterans that would like to even start their own clean tech, clean energy job and something in an entrepreneurship or other companies that want to hire veterans and don't know how. contact me. i have a lot of veterans we've trained statewide here in california from eureka to san diego in energy efficiency. and if you need a veteran that is in the green field i can provide you with one. i just think you know not just on the training realm, dollars need to be provided there. we're also working with san diego state on their green certificate program. the kaufman foundation. and, you know, there are folks involved to help us with the training but we need the jobs. we need the projects. i call for the government to help us out and make that more of a conduit for us. as a veteran business to be able to do that. >> an

beach transportation along the coast at woodies at the san diego automotive museum.hat's your pacific event of the day. in college, i had a station wagon with the wood panelling. >> did you? >> i did. very proud. >> we did growing up as well too. that was a classic around that time period. thank you so much. >>> well, now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. there's no doubt the music industry and their night was darkened by the death of whitney houston, but the show definitely did go on. saying we've had a death in our family, host ll cool j led the audience in a prayer for houston. later accompanied only by piano, jennifer hudson sang houston's trademark hit "i will always love you." she received a standing ovation. >>> as for the awards themselves, the foo fighters won five grammys for rock. another singer, the late amy winehouse, won with tony bennett for best pop duo. last year's it girl taylor swift was a big country winner. she took two awards. but this year the night belonged to 23-year-old english soul singer adele. she matched

we'll be fighting like heck out here in san diego. on it and you come back and report to us. thank you very much. it's a tough job, but someone has to do it. i'm talking to "sports illustrated" cover girl kate upton next. first, let's check in with bill hemmer for what's up at the top of the hour. >> how are you doing? nice to see you this morning. a lot of breaking news on the economy that you were just talking about. also, news on your neighborhood and the price of your home. how the foreclosure rate is going in the wrong direction. we'll explain why. think arizona needs a militia to guard its own border? our guest will argue in favor of that. and the nuclear arms consideration that has republicans up in arms. martha and i will see you in ten minutes here on "america's newsroom" >> juliet: it's so weird, all of the crew guys are staring at the television for some reason. she's only 19 years old. she's taking the modeling world by storm. kate upton just named "sports illustrated" new swim suit cover girl. she's joining us right now.

usually the border is what got through a metropolis, and a megalopolis like san diego or juarez el paso. i wanted to look at the border from another perspective and calexico in many respects reverses expectations. mexicali on the mexico side is the metropolis. mexicali has the symphony. mexicali has the all-night nightclubs and a terrific restaurants and there are 1.5 million people. is the capital of the estate of baja california. calexico has about 50,000 people. is an agricultural crossroads and it is in the shadow of mexicali. they create together a community and have ever since calexico was founded which is only a couple of years of over 100 years ago. it was founded because colorado river water was diverted into the imperial valley creating this extraordinary -- extraordinarily productive zone of agriculture and that order community was borderless essentially, pretty much up until the events of september 11, 2001. and the community has been rapped by the attempts of the u.s. government or the seeming attempts of the u.s. government to seal the border and to keep people from coming

san diego is a strong natural backdrop. relying on our natural charm and existing tourism industry is not going to deliver the benefits promised as part of this program. we need to bring people to the waterfront. those people need to stay here and come to our neighborhoods. we have been talking in the arts community for the past year about how we can partner to deliver those benefits in economic development the way the arts have done for generations. but today there is nothing in this agreement or in any america's cup plan to do such a thing. we ask you -- keep this agreement here until it does. it does not even attempt to deliver the economic benefits that have been promised for a year and a half. keep this here in committee until it is ready to move forward. >> andrew would. san francisco arts festival. we have been working this -- we have been working on this for a year. there are nearly 200 artists and arts organizations who have participated in putting together an arts program. the have engaged the arts, but they canno

well it be like san diego? we do not have a crystal ball, from your experience and accordance with activities. what are your thoughts about spectators? >> if you do not have an opportunity to get down to the waterfront on a saturday, i would encourage you to do so. as one of most activated places because we have that promenade which acts as an ongoing street fair. as we continue to populate the peers -- before the events in 2013 we do have more that festival field. whenever there is something, some activity on the bay, whether it is the more grandiose queen mary ii coming in in 2006 and the population turned out in droves to see that or whether it is one of the ships coming out of dry dog -- dock. people are engaged with what is going on. different from san diego, they do not have a kind of promenade or viewing platform and spectacle that expands the links of the embarcadero. as we -- one of our mandates has been to supervise public access around the perimeter. we're one of the only waterfronts we can get that

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to san diego. seattle to portland.southern texas, especially i-35 from san antonio to laredo. slick highways this evening from d.c. to new york. >>> if you're flying, the skies are pretty clear. possible delays in miami. >> it's 80 degrees. they're okay in miami. they'll make it through. >>> moving on to more news this morning. police in washington state have released the first 911 calls about josh powell. he killed himself and his two little boys. >> the calls were made by the case worker who had taken the boys to powell's house only to be left outside. >> the parent, the biological parent, whose name is josh powell, will not let me in the door. what should i do? >> reporter: the social worker in charge of the visit is trying to remain calm with a dispatcher. >> i think i need help right way. he's -- he's on a very short leach with dshs and cps has been involved. and this is the craziest thing. he looked at me and closed the door. i could hear one of the kids crying. >> reporter: he hads been a person of interest in t

mysteries at the san diego natural history museum. that's your pacific event of the day. t-rex. >> looked like it, didn't it. >>> now a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the navy s.e.a.l.s film "act of valor" pulled an upset at the box office this weekend. with the help of young moviegoers it made $24.7 million. beating out new films from tyler perry and jennifer aniston. >>> in case you missed it, "the artist" was the big winner at last night's academy awards. it won best picture, best actor and best director, while best actress went to meryl streep for her portrayal of margaret thatcher in "the iron lady." >>> and finally everyone is talking about this. comedian sacha baron cohen made good on his threat of showing up on the red carpet in character from his new movie "the dictator." and he made a splash, but not a good way, when he spilled what he said were the ashes of north korean dictator kim jong-il on "e!" host ryan seacrest. >> he's a nice guy. it wasn't funny. >> not a nice thing to do. >> should have dumped i

. >>> california democrats are meeting in san diego this weekend.arty celebrated nancy pelosi's 25 years in congress. she was among the speakers along with jerry brown. another california elected official. pelosi said california congressional races could help democrats win back control of the house. >> time to send a clear message across our state and to the rest of the country that california stands with the democrats, we have the party of medicare, medicaid, and healthcare as a right, not a privilege. >> an optimistic agenda saying his administration is getting things done. >> the year of the dragon roared into san francisco tonight. don knapp attended one of the oldest and biggest lunar new year parades in the world. >> fire crackers by the tens and thousands brighten evil spirits near the climax of the chinese new year parade. there were dragons of plenty to mark the year of the dragon and among dragons, this is a big one. a 250-footer carried by 100 men and women of martial arts group, white train . earlier, dearnses moved down market street on