love and care for your old san francisco belling. this is a topic of interest to us who care about our city and the way it looks. it's the reason we came here was the image of the city. we have wonderful guests chris who does architectural restoration contracts around the city and my good buddy tools. and james, they do a lot of high epd construction and restoration work. we will talk about the various issues that effect preservation holder buildings and what you can do to make renovation work friendly. it fits into the quality and character of the original work in san francisco. i thought we might start about talking about what are our goals when we try to pay attention to older buildings in san francisco. we can generally discuss it. there are issueses weing talk about. one focuses on sustainability of resources and green building. reusing older materials allows us not to fill the waste stream up with old valuable materials and news older materials that have a life cycle cost that's higher than the repair of the old materials. and

san francisco neighborhoods together by performing on the trolley lines. this year they'll be core i can't graph -- choreographing dances on the church line. let's welcome the san francisco trolley dancers. >> hi, there. [bells ringing] [bells and chimes ringing] [music continues] ♪ ♪ [singing in italian] ♪ santa lucia ♪ santa lucia ♪ santa lucia >> fantastic! wow! let's hear it for them. ladies and gentlemen, epiphany productions sonic dance theater, san franciscoance theater, san francisco trolley dancers. you will see them on muni jay church line. they'll be there all year. fantastic. nice work. well done. and now while we're still tallying our scores, our band today is called the slot blades but i bet you didn't even know what a slot blade is, do you? it's a piece of machinery the cable car operator uses to stop the cable car. it's a very important piece of metal. it's the official emergency brake that drives a metal wedge into the ground and pushes the blade and imbeds itself for a quick stop. but these slot blades keep us going. ladies and gentlemen, once more, the slot blades! [applause] ♪ ♪ oh, go bop ♪ go bop, bop, go bop, bop, go , go bop ♪ ♪ go jingle bop ♪ go bop >> the slot blades, ladies and ge

san francisco native. i'd like to welcome you to the annual cable car bell ringing contest. i would like to introduce mr. ford. >> welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation -- competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they're great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i'd like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. >> matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have professionals competing for a number of prizes in the coveted title of world champion bell ringer. for the amateur portion we have executives from some of our local media outlets competi

jewelers, a san francisco original. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ opening bell ] >> here's a live look at the new york stock exchange as morning bell goes off. now, it's a new day and possibly new hope as investors looking for a turnaround after yesterday's losses as the new trading day starts. future markets are down for the fourth day in a row. investors are worried that debt problems in greece, portugal and ireland will spread to larger european economies. that includes italy and spain. >>> good morning, it's tuesday, july 12. i'm grace lee. frank is off this morning. hopefully enjoying some warmer temperatures than we are here in the bay area. let's get a check of traffic and weather starting with kristy. >> it's not hard to beat the temperatures we have here in terms of warmth. cool in the bay area only 60 today in san francisco, a few degrees warmer in oakland and san jose topping out at 72. 73 the high in concord. we'll have the extended forecast coming up. but first let's go to gianna with a check on traffic. >> thank you, kristy. our morning commute is in full swing. we are seeing delays

bell. >>> a landmark san francisco theater is showing its final movie today.eater on 8th street is closing 31 years to the day after it opened. the owner say it's an era of streaming video and ondemand movies and they could no longer attract movie goers. two weeks ago, fans lined up to buy old movie posters. >>> a new study shows the silicon valley has the highest rent in the country. the research shows the average price for an apartment is more than $1,700 a month. experts say high demand is pushing rent higher. the demand is growing as people are forced out of their homes by foreclosure or decide to move away from parents or roommates. >> we've renewed the lease once and it went up 10 or 12%. >> what we have right now is a perfect imbalance of supply and demand. more renters looking for housing than available units. >> analysts say the trend is likely to continue until at least 2,000 units are built or more people are able to buy a house. >>> now 4:49. a mysterious cold case that dates back ten years. we're about to learn new informing about the disappearanc

and anna alvarez, the chair of the san francisco department of recreation and parks, karen kidwell at the san francisco parks, casey allen at s.f. landscapes. victoria bell, the neighborhood parks council, john bella at rebar, that's a big committee, the unified school district's schoolyard alliance, jeffrey boettcher at gardens initiative, peter at nature in the city and dan flanagan at doug wildman at friends of the urban forest. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, two more to go. economic prosperity and environmental -- [applause] >> hello, mayor lee, thank you for being here very much. i'm with the center on race poverty and the environment. today i am representing the economic pros period of time jobs and environmental justice -- prosperity jobs and environmental justice program. the city and county of san francisco recognizes that poor neighborhoods have been burdened by the pollution generated by the fossil fuel-dependent economy and continues to suffer from high unemployment rates. as such, the san francisco department of the environment climate program recently convened two meetings of the economic prosperity jobs and environmental justice panel

also.... [ bell ringing ] >> an ancient tradition in san francisco to honor victims of the march disaster

bell. >>> passengers on a flight from san francisco to honolulu got a taste of hawaii before the plane evenouched down. >> they were treated to a flash mob. 20 dancers from a san francisco dance troupe suddenly got up and did a hula dance, yep, right there in the middle of the plane. >> how fun. >> shockingly the airline didn't even charge for it. >> a free ride after that. >>> up next, the young shark attack victim who thought she would die. >>> and on top of that, we'll update the morning's developing story. extreme flooding and even rescues now under way in south korea. stay with us. we'll be right back. back. it follows you wherever you go. it's a cloud of depression. and although you've been on antidepressant for at least six weeks, you're frustrated that your depressive symptoms are still with you. seroquel xr, when added to an antidepressant, is approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder. for many, taking seroquel xr with an antidepressant was proven more effective for treating unresolved symptoms of depression than an antidepressant alone. call your doctor if you have u

san francisco. nothing on this fee schedule is affected by the bell at schedule. -- ballot schedule. there is nothing to do with leases. it is these leases that the ballot measure seeks to address, not the permits in the schedule. the march of urbanization -- of privatization in once public places cannot continue. the public pays for upkeep while the benefit goes to a few entities. let the voters decide. right now before the supervisors, you are going to see a budget that has a $1 million increase in subsidies for the rec and park department. $127 million is what they had last year. i do not want to hear anything more about these layoffs. it is not true. the intent of this is to tell you we do not like the direction that philip ginsberg is taking this department. that is why we are up behind this measure. we want you to tell everyone. >> thank you, supervisors, for sponsoring this measure. i am a long-term resident of the city. a previous speaker mentioned shareholders. wait a minute. we paid for those parks. we, the residents, for 150 years, have been supporting these things. now re

bell. take a look outside here in san francisco. looks unreal compared to the shots we saw last week when we saw plenty of clouds and all gray. not the case today. plenty of blue and temperatures inland warming up to the mid- 90s. around the bay seeing temperatures as high as the 80s and coastline seeing temperatures flirting with 70. tonight pretty pleasant as well, temperatures in the 50s even close to the mid-60s. clear in those inland locations, around the bay seeing temperatures a little cooler there and 50s and 60s. a little bit of low clouds and fog at the coastline. so that area of high pressure that's been bringing that really hot weather to the rest of the country, that's bringing us the pleasantly hot weather here in the bay area. once again warmest day of the week today still pleasant for the next couple of days but we are going to cool off a little bit. rest of the bay area -- excuse me, northern california today seeing nice temperatures, 96 in fresno, 92 sacramento. yosemite 88. 66 eureka. only place on the board with

san francisco, has shrouded the answers. but now we know. the film is a time traveler's glimpse of a joyous city on the brink of disaster. ( bell rings ) our trip francisco streetcar built in 1895. >> rick laubscher: it still comes out once in awhile and carries passengers down the main street. it looks just like a cable car because it was built by the people who built the cable cars. >> safer: our tour guide is rick laubscher of the market street railway, a non-profit group that keeps the city's vintage trolleys rolling. >> laubscher: this is the main artery of san francisco and always has been. >> safer: market street is three miles long, 120 feet wide-- the beating heart of the city since the days of the gold rush. >> laubscher: this is where the original film started, right here, about 8th street. >> safer: right here is where the past comes alive, thanks to a camera mounted on the front of a cable car a century ago, catching glimpses of fashion, faces, and the helter-skelter of city traffic-- horses, trolley cars, and that new devil's own invention, the motor car. >> laubscher: you can see when people turn to look at the camera, it was rea

abundance of 90s later on this afternoon. 73 degrees in san francisco. 90s in redwood city tender is warmer in the san ramon valley or in south belland '90s. we can see those in temperature is clipping off a few degrees each day this is look of your seven day forecast. >> 5:34 a.m. they have found the body of a santa rosa man that had drowned in the russian river. he was discovered in the middle of the river in 14 ft. of water. they have been swimming in the river and he helped her to get rescued and then he went under what he was crews were searching for a.m. to other rescues are card including this one we see right here it is dangerous because of the current changes the level drops from 2 ft. to 1550 and feed in a short distance. . red >> spheres of of the mexican coast are not giving up on the seven american tourists this happened two days ago in the gulf of california this is video of people that were rescued they looked very tired and sunburn 16 crew members were picked up and 19 doors they spent 16 hours in a water the people that are missing could still be alive as the water is still warm. >> this is alive all le look at a

bell, nbc news, london. >>> nearly 25,000 people took part in san francisco's 25th annual aids walk this morning. for some more numbers, more than $74 million has been raised for bay area hiv/aids service organization since the first aids walk back in 1987. opening ceremony speakers included san francisco mayor ed lee. organizers say without the funding the programs could not operate. >> now of course it's a manageable disease. but it's still a very serious one. and with two new infections a day in san francisco, our prevention programs, our outreach programs, our awareness programs are very, very important. and the support from aids walk is what allows us to make those programs happen. >> organizers say they hope to raise about $3 million today. >>> and it was a gorgeous day outside, perhaps for that walk, or to have watched some soccer. let's check in with rob mayeda. i'm hoping this is a trend? >> to get to warmer temperatures. >> yes. >> by the end of the week next weekend, i think we'll finally feel a lot more like july. today not so much. we've got the sunshine out there. but the temperatur

bell report. >> and still ahead this afternoon, san francisco officials taking at how america's cup race could hurt city's water front. >> and michael finney, you want to give pets the best care possible, but that doesn't mean most expensive care. i'll have tips to help you take excellent care of your animals without busting the budget. >> and salt livers -- lovers >> and salt livers -- lovers may no longer need to skip the go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> do you remember the song "how much is that doggy in the window"? >> spencer confirms, 1952, patty page recorded it. and it could cost $14,000 over the dog's 15 year life span. >> i was thinking you were going to sing for use and of occurs one of the biggest expenses is medical care z now there are ways to safe. >> part of the family? >> they are. >> it's a different deal than it was back in the day. for most people when our animals get hurt we're likely t

bell and chili's. at the travelers hungry as a place to san francisco with the same accustomed menu as a place in st louis or charleston toronto or by. the last hundred years there have been very major changes in our food supply and true of the most important one of them being their large amounts of refined carbohydrates and sugar in our food supply and secondly the partial hydrogenation of liquid vegetable oils in our metabolic machinery is just not capable of dealing with those severe changes that have occurred in our food supply and then of course you add on war activity levels that are also changed a lot in the last hundred years and we really have a perfect storm of all that disaster. in order to better understand heart disease we went to the mount sinai hospital in new york city to meet with the world's leading cardiologist valentyn to start was bad the past present of both the american heart association and the world heart federation. is a behavior problem. or what time is late the world is fighting with you and one of the leading causes of heart disease is poor dietary choices is what we called th

bell has rung on wall street. >> here is a live look from the roof camera in san francisco. blue skies out there. what is happening weather was? >> today is going to be beautiful. sunshine this morning. let's walk you through the weather for today. mild temperatures this morning. or the absence of any available cloud cover and fog. sunny and nice this afternoon. here is a quick look at the temperature chart. here is where temperatures are at the moment. >> we are in front of the richmond police department at this time, no arrests have been made and there is no motive behind the shooting. the shooting took place at 10:00 p.m., this was a second shooting on bissell evidence. a man and woman describes to be in their 30's were standing in front of an apartment complex when they were shot. at this point we do not know if they knew one another. there was also another woman on the scene who was shot and rushed to a hospital in critical condition. fothe for this shooting there ws a shooting on gertrude avenue it. 23 year-old was standing in front of his building. police believe that somehow maybe these s

. >>> wedding bells ringing in new york but some people in san francisco say there is a good reason not to get married on the east coast. >>> americans wonder what will happen to my financial security, i am tom vacar, that story still ahead. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. . >>> complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> they waited and fought for years to get married, now they can but they are not. with same-sex marriage now legal in new york you might expect couples to make the trek to tie the not. david, many are saying they rather stay single? >> reporter: that's right. even as many people here applaud new york's entry into the market, few are heading to the east coast to get hitched. >> we had no idea how much went into getting married. >> reporter

you start -- i love christmas but when you start hearing jingle bells in early october -- it's july. stop it. >>> it is 4:55. san francisco may be in the red when it comes to the budget. >> but when it comes to its city hall buildings the color is blue for now. the color scheme is to honor the new smurf movie. >> really? >> yes. it's opening in theaters today. >> haven't seen the movie but i saw it in the movie posters. it looked like the smurfs are trying to get on a bart train. [ laughter ] >> there you go. >> it looks like it. sony pictures apparently paid for this publicity stunt. there was supposed to be, frank, a smurf party there, as well. the idea was dropped. we don't know why. >> come on. they went blue. they might as well fill the full boat. >> many they didn't want the song to go through their head. >>> they are making it dramatic in dc. >> four days until the debt limit deadline the countdown is on. what lawmakers have planned today to cut a deal. >>> and a man is shot in the chest last night in oakland. so far, this morning, police have no suspects and no motive. take a look at some of the crime fighting cha

bell up again. bases loaded. drives it the opposite way. that could be the game winner. san francisco with a big win at home. 5-3. >>> tigers and athletics. this one at home plate. the fourth inning, the ball bounces off the first base bag into foul territory. martinez on first tries to get all the way to the plate. the relay throw beats him bia mile and martinez dodges the tag, but he calls him safe. look at that. he had all the time in the world. can't make the tag. you saw it. martinez gets his hand in before he could put the governlove on . tigers win. >>> rangers against the angels. ninth inning, josh hamilton crushes it. a monster shot to center. his 13th of the season. adrian beltre, the angels get sha sla shellacked at home. after eight seasons in the nba, yao ming says it's official, i'm retiring at 30 years young. injuries have taken a toll on him this poor guy who i met has to bend down in the elevator because even the elevator for the players isn't big enough for him. at 7'6", he was taken at number one by the rockets in 2002. >>> finally, check this out. this is kung fu a

san francisco foundation and has been working with the a lot. [unintelligible] spoke earlier, the district 10 supervisor rep. where is steven bell that is steven, who is an engineer. they continue to bring a level of expertise on a variety of different issues and i hope that we will be able to continue working with them to move forward proposals to you that have a broad level of support. a few things that we have already worked dawn, i think that folks can take a look at that. >> excuse me. please keep it down in the back. thank you. >> a few items on the agenda over the next several months, obviously we will continue to follow the waste water master plan with a particular emphasis on green infrastructure and making sure that these investments are seen in neighborhoods like this. that is actually going to be the infrastructure in the model program within the redevelopment agency. that is the type of stuff we want to see in other neighborhoods as to implement the sesc. programs with the power side and the water side, they will obviously continue to follow for the next few weeks, of rolling out some of the work going on with a cyc