animals of san francisco residents. we are largely able to exist due to the incredible kindness and gen rost of pet food express who provides all of the toys, treats and food for our animals. we are grateful to pet food express to our city's ages. thank you -- animals. president chiu: next speaker. >> i'm rebecca katz, director of san francisco animal and control. i've talk about how much pet food express has supported san francisco animal care and control in extraordinary ways. they've gone above and beyond in helping us with food and treats and toys for the animals in our care as well as by providing us with a space for adoptions when we've been in times of need. we recently were crunched with the number of cats we were holding and they came forward and offered to hold an adoption for us at their store on market street. but it's not just us. it's all of our rescue partners, all over san francisco, all over the bay area. other shelters throughout the bay area. they've given back in ways too many to count. and from an an

of cash, equipment, property, and services not to exceed $50,000. >> i am the director of san francisco animal care and control. this item came up when we received a request to the department -- a bequest to the department as part of the settlement of an estate. excepting it ended up a lot harder than i realized -- accepting it ended up a lot harder than i realized it would be. we were not properly designated for donations. we asked for a change to the fund designation, and while at it it was suggested perhaps it wanted to have this ability to accept gifts of either money or materials up to $50,000. it is rare that we get anything close to that, but it would help. we generally use those monies to pay for any kind of animal welfare needs that we have. in these tight budget times, we have seen a lot more animals coming in to the shelter with a lot more needs, especially veterinary needs. or materials and supplies have been running really high. we generally take money from those donations to offset the medical care of the animals. that is the background on how it came up. i am happy to answer any

of cash, equipment, property, and services not to exceed $50,000. >> i am the director of san francisco animal care and control. this item came up when we received a request to the department -- a bequest to the department as part of the settlement of an estate. excepting it ended up a lot harder than i realized -- accepting it ended up a lot harder than i realized it would be. we were not properly designated for donations. we asked for a change to the fund designation

. >> repter: san francisco animal care and control director says if challengeby a restaurant owner orlse, all that's legally required is to say it's a service animal. and it doesn't have toe a dog. >> i know there is a service chicken over on the east bay and i think someone in the city has a service snake because the way the federal w is written it's like serve animal. not a service dog. >> repter: san francisco has seen a marked increase in applications for service dog tags from 244 in 2004 to 783 last year. that worries cory, ceo of santa rosa based canine companions for independence who thinks some people might be buying the law. >> dogs can be dogs and if they're not hily trained like we have done, they can run it for the re of us. we think there might be backlash of i don't nt any dogs in here. i saw a dog two months ago. it peed on my rug. >> reporter: canine companions gives dogs lik this two years of training from instructors wi three to five years training themselves. bailey trained midnight himself. canine companions and othe service animal organizations are asking congress

i am director of san francisco animal care and control, and i was asked to weigh in on the issue of theildlife by stowe lake, and i must admit that i am not an expert on blue herons, so i did call some people with authority, and the audubon international weighed in already, but i will say that my understanding is that the major concern has to do with the potential new vendor's espresso machine and the noise -- how it would affect the blue heron colony. i do not believe the noise from the espresso machine would have any greater effect than the patrons or gardeners from rec and park or the traffic going by or anything else. however, i would recommend that some plan be in effect if an issue arises that affects the colony where we can get together and discuss any issues that may come up. i'm happy to be involved in that in whatever way i can. our bigger concern has to do with the affect on wildlife in terms of feeding, and i'm pleased to see that the proposal includes a waste factor in the so that the wildlife there do not ingest food that could affect them adversely. that is my piece on th

. >> i'm judy choi with the san francisco dcht animal care control. i am on the committee the disaster committee with our shelter. as well as 5 other partner organizations in san francisco. we meet regularly and we have been meeting for the past 10 years. i have been with animal care control for 15. what we talk about in a larger scale is what happens to our pets in san francisco when there is a disaster. in a smaller scale the agency our department responds to disasters. animal related emergencies. so if your apartment building has a fire and you happen to have pets on the property animal care control will respond and we will house your animal for a holding period. so that you can get yourself situated and find a permanent home situation for your pet. at least that-s you out in the short run. so when we look at the whole picture of when there is a disaster in san francisco, how are we going to have the amount of pets we have in the city? if we think that there are at least 2 pets in every household, where are all the animals going to go? the first thi

animals. i was particularly taken by the fact that there are only five businesses in san francisco that do so small animals, formula retail, and we asked some questions about some of the animals that show up at animal error -- care control better actually being purchased from life than the markets, an animal rescuers are buying them and then turning them into animal care and control, and that has been creating a problem. we may need to address this in the future, and i think that there certainly should be some sort of compromise that will work for both sides. the grandfathering the five businesses that are selling small animals and allowing that to continue, even if they sell their business, allowing that model to go forward but prohibiting new businesses in the city, so we are just going to keep a watch on where this goes. that concludes my report. president yee riley: thank you. next item, please. clerk: commissioners, item number 10, the permit a committee report, which allows the jered report and recent committee activities and make announcements. -- which allows the chair to report. >> i

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animals. san francisco, marin, sonoma and napa county have been free of west nile infestations this year. still you need to protect yourself just in case. to avoid mosquitoes, stay indoors at dawn and dusk. wear insect repellents containing deet. report any dead birds and drain any stagnant watertoo keep mosquitoes from spreading. >>> warning buoys in the ocean need to be upgraded to provide timely warnings to those in the past of the tsunami. >>> and now back to the weather center. i thought it was going to start raining today, it was overcast all day. >> we did call for sprinkles and drizzle and that's what we got. now we're ready for the next wave. look at the rain, the pacific northwest. this is the last weekend of summer and you don't expect to see this type of weather. real quick, pacifica still drizzle out there. san francisco out at ocean beach we've had reports of a little bit of drizzle as well. that's fog now, we have low clouds as well. we have a lot of fog in daily city. i suspect drizzle and rock away beach and in daily city and in san francisco for the next couple of hours.

this is video from san francisco's chrissy field this morning where people and animals are out enjoying outdoors. energy officials are asking us though to conserve power for another day. >> san jose's park is closed today because of extreme fire danger. today is a fourth spare the air day. meteorologist mike nicco joins us with more on our triple digit temperatures. hey, mike. >> hey, how are you today? hopefully staying cool. just how hot it's going to be around the bay. a lot like yesterday. look at all the triple digits. you may be wondering what the asterisk is for, that's where i think we could tie or set the record high temperatures. yesterday's record-setting 93. half moon bay, cool spot. mid to upper 90s throughout the bay into the south bay to 100 morgan hill. low 1 hundreds throughout the east bay valleys. napa 99 to 103 in santa rosa. i think the poorest air quality will develop is over in the east bay valleys and also down into the santa clara valley. this is the lowest threshold so those that are most susceptible to ground-based ozone, the elderly, the young, those with ast

this is video from san francisco's chrissy field this morning where people and animals are out enjoyinghe outdoors. energy officials are asking us though to conserve power for another day. >> san jose's park is closed today because of extreme fire danger. today is a fourth spare the air day. meteorologist mike nicco joins us with more on our triple digit temperatures. hey, mike. >> hey, how are you today? hopefully staying cool. just how hot it's going to be around the bay. a lot like yesterday. look at all the triple digits. you may be wondering what the asterisk is for, that's where i think we could tie or set the record high temperatures. yesterday's record-setting 93. half moon bay, cool spot. mid to upper 90s throughout the bay into the south bay to 100 morgan hill. low 1 hundreds throughout the east bay valleys. napa 99 to 103 in santa rosa. i think the poorest air quality will develop is over in the east bay valleys and also down into the santa clara valley. this is the lowest threshold so those that are most susceptible to ground-based ozone, the elderly, the young, those with a

animal fur. >> san francisco's trying to lure more hollywood movie productionings -- productions to the bay area. it is very expensive to film here. the chief is looking to partner for local businesses to offer discounts to film makers to bring productions to town. the idea is patterned after what new york city does which is offering discounts for hotels, restaurants, masseuses and other providers on its website to tinseltown producers. the commission is set to meet with business leaders to discuss the idea on friday. >> san francisco trying to get a little more money, as is the state. an investigation reveals that california is owed more than a billion dollars in back taxes. still ahead on the abc 7 morning news, who california's biggest debtors are. >> a new possible cause in the pg&e pipeline explosion. could a power outage be the culprit? the story coming up. >> and fall is still pushing through the upper midwest. chicago 65. could make it over to the east but it's not there yet. they got rain and a humid 79 in new york today. 84 d.c., 83 dallas. 79 portland, 79 seattle. wondering about flig

. >>> animal story. san francisco woman could hardly believe her good luck.hen her missing dog was found after seven years. tonight a twist in the luck. she can not believe that police and veteran committee gave the dog away to someone else. here's mark matthews. >> when my son found the dog. >> he found the dog. is he kenneth griffith. >> yes she history her 22-year-old son found this small dog but not want to return it to the woman who claims to be the rightful owner. >> she was a member of my family and i don't have any children and she was my little girl. >>reporter: mary says little girl was stolen from her home in san francisco 7 years ago on the night of august 24th kenneth griffin brought the dog to this all night clinic. and the vet scanned little girl for a micro chip. >> then there was a chip. so we called the chip committee and had them call the former owner. >>reporter: mary got the call. little girl has been found. need to go pick her up at the emergency hospital. >>reporter: rushed down to the clinic bringing her receipts. dog license. her thef

warning time in san francisco and it is dependent upon how far the nuke leagues of the earthquake and how far away from from san francisco it starts. if it starts up here like the animation at the beginning, we have more than a minute's worth of warning but if it starts closer, we have less warning. >> this grayed out area, this is what we call the blind zone. this is the region if we have an earthquake and it nique lates in this region we won't get a warning. it is important to point that out. not everybody will get warnings if all earthquakes but many people will get much warning for some. >> this is the earthquake we were talking about, it is on the 10 sked contour and we would expect 10 seconds in that leeks. and this was the other earthquake and that particular earthquake we would expect on the order of 20 seconds warning. that's significant. i don't want to remind this group, most fatal talts of that occurred in san francisco in oakland, about the same distance from the event and there doob about -- could be 20 seconds of warning in a repeat. so i want to show you examples of how early warning is being used. we have one example. we have one user group at the moment

animals. >>> san francisco police have arrested a daredevil climber who managed to scale a 58-story downtownwin, also known as skyscraper man, managed to climb up the city's millennium tower and unfurl an american flag at the top. it took goodwin about three hours to scale the 645-foot residential building. goodwin used suction cups, not ropes, for that big climb. >> nothing stopped him. >>> here's another impressive man. a southern california man is nursing some sore feet this morning after setting a new world record for running in the sand. >> christian burke began his trek in hermosa beach at noon on sunday and ran for 24 straight hours. his idea was to raise money for the town's cash-poor schools which face a nearly $700,000 budget shortfall. >> at about the 15-hour mark, burke had logged 62 miles, breaking the world record. he logged more than 80 miles total and raised about $5,000. it's one thing to just run long distances, then on sand on top of that, it's really impressive. >> i get winded walking to the bathroom. this guy's really impressive. >> more "world news now" right after thi

already used it on one aggressive animal to make the area safer. >> what a san francisco woman has too ififififififififififif ♪ >>> this morning police will resume their search for a body at a pittsburgh landfill. authorities fear 35-year-old frederick salas of hercules could be a fifth victim in the killing spree. the missing man's father is among four victims linked to suspect valdamoro fatally shot by police tuesday night. they searched the landfill yesterday and received trash from a business park where the suspect worked which is not far from where the suspect lived. last night in valaro, about 100 people turned out for a vigil remembering two of the victims that worked in a strip mall in vallejo. salas and cindy tran known as jenny to coworkers at the salon. >> let us all remember jenny and rick. not how they died but for how they lived. and ricardo. he was a wonderful man. he always had a smile. and he was just -- so gracious. we miss them both. >> ricardo salas worked as a security guard at a wells fargo branch. tran was a hairstylist and it appeared each left a lasting impres

animal to be sold as food. looking outside, mike, loving that sunshine in san francisco. >> a little warmer in some areas than yesterdaya cooling trend on the way just as fall arrives on the calendar. how cool it's going to get before the big-time heat this weekend. going to feel like summer in a lot of places. royally bizarre. prince charles comes clean about interesting habits that have some calling him looney. an open court admission. paris hilton cuts a deal. i spend three hours on my homework -- or at least that's what my mom thinks. with high speed internet from at&t, i get my homework done fast, leaving me time to download movies and music and chat with my fends. [ mom ] how's your studying? it's coming along! [ female announcer ] work faster, play more with the fastest internet for the price. call to get high speed for $14.95 a month with a one-year price guarantee. please, i know what he's up to. high speed internet from at&t is so fast that we get more done in less time, leaving me time to chat... watch movies... without teenage distractions. and it's affordable for our family. [ female announcer ] call to ge

the site is just not conducive for the well-being the animals >> 35-year-old frederick sales, a nursing aid at doctor's med sul center in san francisco has been missing since sunday. this is after his father was bludgeoned to death. chp officers say that vialdomoro kidnapped tran and led law enforcement on a high- speed chase before he was shot and killed by chp officers. tran was found strangled in the car. the same day, two more turned up in the vialdomoro house. alan's husband who plays say was living with two corpses, one in a bedroom, the or buried in his backyard for quite some time. rittenhouse did not act normally upon being questioned. he is set to be arraigned this afternoon in about an hour and a half on charges of poe he ising and making explosives. here is the connection he was spotted driving alan's escalade found in a business park here where vialdomoro once worked. the labry noted a strong odor coming from one of the dumpsters there but by the time police arrived on wednesday, that trash had been taken out. so that's the reason all of the crews are here in pittsburg this landfill. >> tara, thank you. >>> emergency cre

there are three cases of animals being infected in san mateo and solano counties. san francisco, marin and napa counties have been free of major west nile infestations this year. >>> the west coast remains ill- prepared from a tsunami. it says an offshore earthquake on the fault called the subduction zone could result in giant waves crashing into northern california shores. the report calls for more ocean sensors and public education campaigns. congress will question the study after the catastrophic indian tsunami killed more than 230,000 people in 2004. new figures, the western lumber industry had the worst in record. industry expert point to the continuing recession and the housing market. mills and oregon were the top producers in 2009 followed by washington state and california. the record keeping goes back to the 1940's. >>> black and orange were out early. fans and hall of fame broadcaster chime in for the giant's push for the play-offs. >>> how long or how far south will wet weather push this weekend. chief meteorologist, bill martin has the complete bay area forecast. u

there are three cases of animals being infected in san mateo and solano counties. san francisco marin and napa counties have been free of major west nile infestations this year. >>> the west coast remains ill- prepared from a tsunami. it says an offshore earthquake on the fault called the subduction zone could result in giant waves crashing into northern california shores. the report calls for more ocean sensors and public education campaigns. congress will question the study after the catastrophic indian tsunami killed more than 230,000 people in 2004. new figures, the western lumber industry had the worst in record. industry expert point to the continuing recession and the housing market. mills and oregon were the top producers in 2009 followed by washington state and california. the record keeping goes back to the 1940's. >>> black and orange were out early. fans and hall of fame broadcaster chime in for the giant's push for the play-offs. >>> how long or how far south will wet >>> governor schwarzenegger handed out awards to promote fitness in schools much winning students,

animals. >>> after those hospitalized by the explosion four victims are at st. francis memorial hospital in san franciscoree are in critical condition with life-threatening burns over 50% of their bodies and one is in serious but stable condition. san francisco general is also treating four patients suffering from burns and smoke inhalation, two are in critical condition, one is in serious, the other in fair. >>> three parishioners at a san bruno church are still among the missing. 50-year-old greg blue less his 16-year-old son william and his elderly mother lavon. a family member who wasn't at home at the time she does believe they were inside the house when it went up in flames. >> reporter: members of the church were among several congregations praying for the victims this sunday. elizabeth w on how one church is suffering over the loss of a young member and her mother. >> reporter: at st. cecelia catholic church in san francisco congregation gathered for sunday mass minus 2. >> we've been parishioners here for 15 years, and it's been a very difficult time for obviously the community and the children.

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animal fur. the governor veto the legislation in. he said would it mean excessive cost for clothing manufacturers and sellers. san francisco assembly william many introduced the legislation in an attempt to close a loop hole that requires labels only on product containing more than 150 dollars worth of fur. >>> oakland judge today ordered all 244 target stores in california to stop throwing out damage or defective items that qualify as hazardous waste. law saw it brought by the state and several cities claimed target routinely disposing of pwlech, pesticide paint and electronic directly into the trash. target issued a statement disputing the claim saying it has a comprehensive program for the handling and disposal of hazardous material. >> some of the bay area brightest now getting hundreds of thousands of dollars to follow their dream. local genius grant winners up next. >> also ahead. what san francisco want to make restaurants do if they want to give out those toys with children meals. then later. >> heads down stay down head down stay down the experts say this terrifying event brought out the perfect reaction. the inve

animal, ongoing operating costs and improvements. we look at things like vrt, real-time signal timing, the way finding, and other types of improvements within san francisco, and as well, transit improvements, capital or operating, to run the region, that would benefit people coming in. we also look at streetscape improvements and power washing, resurfacing. if you could fix the pot holes, i would gladly pay the money. that is the sort of thing that we hear. we have conducted a fair amount of outreach and will continue to do so over the course of the program. we will be launching a fourth round by the end of the month. we have also conducted business groups and will be looking for feedback from key stakeholders. a lot of people in the area are low income travelers. they see it could be a benefit to them. this is just a couple of quotations from our outreach. business impacts. businesses are concerned. one of the key concerns that we heard was, could we be doing a better job of enforcement today, managing the system? in terms of the design of the program, a recognition that there is congestion, and to the extent possible, they accept the cost of doing busi

animal, right. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies say they won't soon forget the victim of this crime. they're asking anyone with information to please call 510- 667-3636. in san leandro, rita williams. >>> san franciscor gavin newsom says he plans to sign a bill extending the ban of tobacco sales to big box and grocery stores that have pharmacies. walgreens challenged the law arguing the exception for larger stores made the bill unconstitutional. many contra costa county smokers soon will not be able to lit up inside their own homes. county supervisors passed a tough anti smoking law that goes into effect january 1st. it applies to new multi unithouses. the smoking ban includes not only tobacco but medical marijuana as well. residents also will be prohibited from smoking on balconies, patios, decks and in carports in new and existing multi unit housing. >>> temperatures are cooling down a bit. the fog is not there quite yet but it's making it's way into your neighborhood and the cooling will begin out in concord right now we have low 80s. san jose it's 77. out towards hayward in the upper 70s. a cool wind is coming in, you will notice it tomorrow morning. you will notice it tomorrow as well. not to s

animal, right. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies say they won't soon forget the victim of this crime. they're asking anyone with information to please call 510- 667-3636. in san leandro, rita williams. >>> san francisco gavin newsom says he plans to sign a bill extending the ban of tobacco sales to big box and grocery stores that have pharmacies. walgreens challenged the law arguing the exception for larger stores made the bill unconstitutional. many contra costa county smokers soon will not be able to light up inside their own homes. county supervisors passed a tough anti smoking law that goes into effect january 1st. it applies to new multi unithouses. the smoking ban includes not only tobacco but medical marijuana as well. residents also will be prohibited from smoking on balconies, patios, decks and in carports in new and existing multi unit housing. >>> temperatures are cooling down a bit. the fog is not there quite yet but it's making it's way into your neighborhood and the cooling will begin out in concord right now we have low 80s. san jose it's 77. out towards hayward in the upper 70s. a cool wind is coming in, you will notice it tomorrow morning. you will notice it tomorrow as well. not to

san francisco. temperatures heading to the afternoon with 70s and 80s inland. low clouds around 4:00 and now let's check in with mike. >> a little slowing on 680 northbound. reports of a deer or another large animal that has to be clear friday the lanes. stay over to the left. chp will roll the traffic break. if it's a quick fix, we will let you know if they have to close lanes. we know about surface streets. ash bury drive regarding an investigation of a shooting involving a police officer. that will be closed, but the access to the freeway is clear. no major slowing, but a blip out of antioch. we will watch for any other slowing that develops. back to the desk. >> profit for example people's pain. believe it or not, scammers are pretending to be victims and taking free food and aid from the people who really need it. bob redell, it's only been a week and police said they have suspected scammers under arrest. >> police have arrested people for pretending to be victims of the san bruno fire caught trying to apply for new driver's licenses with that id card and the driver's license. they could have been eligible for financial aid that is being handed out to the real victims. some of whom you can s

san francisco bay after these hours are slim. >> a protest today over the bart to oakland connector will take place today at 11:00 a.m.. this is an animationd transform says the $500 million in oakland connection project is not as convenient as other options. they want a ground level train station. they will shred $500 million in fake money at the protest. they will vote on the project tomorrow. >> possible closure of three schools they will vote tonight on whether to give the unified school district one-and-a-half million dollars that money will it allow the district to keep open kennedy high school and a grand an elementary. if they're not approve to those schools will close at the end of the year. 900 students will be forced to go to other >> schools> dozens of school children are being kicked out two weeks into the new year. 40 kids at nevada schools were sold friday they have to go to different schools. they say they were betting some of the students would not show up for school so they overbooked the schools. to ensure there would be 20 students in each class. now they find there is too many those students are going to have to go to

animal rescuer who was saving horses. we followed a homeless girl who was living on the streets of san francisco.se it on mtv. >> talking about that experience, living with a homeless girl, heavy d., or danielle. she's, as you mentioned, homeless in san francisco. you say that was one of the most challenging experiences. because, i mean, you really get to step away from the situation when you're done after a week with them, right? >> yeah, you know, that one was hard because i was on the streets with her for eight days there, and you know when i was walking away and i was dirty and smelly and, you know, i couldn't help but think, gosh, you know, i'm going to go get on a plane and be back in my apartment and she's still going to be homeless, and you know, she really lives that life. i'm only there for eight days. so you know, it's important for me to stay in touch with these people. i'm not trying to change their lives but i want to make sure they understand i care for them. there's a connection there. i gave her a cell phone. >> you talk to her? >> i talked to her last night actually at midnight.