. >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we started in 2011. our main goal i

. >>> happening today, san francisco international airport is reducing its carbon foot print as they em pose a new ban on plastic water bottles going from selling million plastic water bottles a year to zero. the airport ban on plastic water bottles begins today. you can buy water at sfo, it will be in recyclable aluminum bottles or cans, recyclable glass bottles or approved compostable packages. for now, sodas and flavored water s they are exempt from the new rule. all restaurants and food haven't directors have to provide compostable straws and to go containers, utensils and condiment packages. crews are starting a repavable project that will take a decade and resurfacing every street in san jose. repaved by the year 20. the crews will pave 280 miles of major and residential streets this fiscal year with the rest coming over time. >> this is probably a little bit of smoothing the frosting over the crumbling cake. on the other hand, if you don't do that, you lose the trust of the people and their government. >> the current repaving will continue until the rainy season starts in the

san francisco. romaine: i don't understand how pivotal and carbon black fit in together.of the concerns being raised are just about the amount of acquisitions and the money being spent on acquisitions. when you look at the current debt load and cash position, do you think the return on this investment is going to make up for some of those concerns? >> we are positive on that. we are spending a little less than $5 billion. if you look at multiples, this is a steel in comparison to what is being position with other companies. a billion dollars of revenue feels pretty good. we are also confident in our ability to accelerate these businesses and turn them profitable and they fit in our strategy now that we can build, run, manage, protect, and connect applications. turn thesewe can profitable and make it great for our customers and shareholders very rapidly. taylor: do these two deals sort of bring you up to speed with transition to the newer tech generation and give you the size and scale you need to take on competitors or do you feel like there are deals on the horizon that

san francisco has been reducing its reliance on pg&e, increasing our energy independence. that effort began in 1918 when we first started gathering electricity of our own, that is the carbon ee electricity reproduced on the hetch hetchy power system. and the associated transmission services. the system has expanded over time, since 1997, san francisco has assumed more responsibility for operating distribution services. first at stretch around boyne islands, then at the shipyard at hunters point and then the sales force transit center. as we build transmission and distribution to serve the improved southeast weight -- wastewater treatment facilities, new treatments along the southern waterfront. in 2016, we further reduce our reliance on pg&e, by launching our cleanpowersf to serve more clean energy to residents and businesses. as a result of these activities, san francisco is now the dominant supplier of electricity in san francisco. pg&e is the dominant provider of grid services, the delivery of that supply. san francisco is very dependent on pg&e for delivery. in that dependence, that reliance we encounter difficulties. these difficulties are reported to the board quarte

carbonized. >> we are -- >> laura: i would like to put that into baltimore, chicago, l.a., san francisco, i wouldse foreign wars, bernie and i agree on a lot of military intervention, i'm with him on a lot of that stuff. it is crazy. if you want a goal of having a better -- it's fine. but these are facts, these are things he says he can do. >> we have to give him credit. why this is plan cost more? he's the first candidate to say if we are going to d carbonized our economy, we have to do some expensive things. it's not 16 trillion, 2d-carbonized our society, i give them a lot of credit but it is looney tunes. every middle-class family that tries to fill their tank, rich people like the obama's and others. the 1%, the middle class better hold on to their umbrellas because it's going to rain on them. >> laura: they can always figure it out, it's the poor people in the middle class i'm concerned about. apparently the dnc committee on the debate tonight decided they aren't doing a debate on climate change dedicated to climate change. as popular as this is especially among young people, that is a big

carbon footprint. in >>> i am ken bastida at the live news desk. write your company lyft is pulling it electric bikes after two of them caught fire in san francisco. and apparently unrelated incidences. take a look at the images we have here. this is one that got cooked, you can see it burned near the handlebars. one of those is said to have caught fire from its battery. the company says no ti, lyft is making thousands of these bikes unavailable as of this afternoon here in tampa cisco. in a statement it said "we are temporarily making the e bike fleet unavailable to riders while we investigate and update our battery technology thanks to our riders for their patients, the company has not said when those e bikes will return to the streets. at the live news desk i am ken bastida. >>> we are getting our first look at a crash in florida that killed seven people including five kids on their way to disney world in january. in a warning, the video is difficult to watch. dashcam video shows the moment a semitruck crosses a median and slams into a van. allie, who was 31 weeks pregnant, was a chaperone in the church van headed for disney world. she learned

airport run by city of san francisco is in line with a 2014 city ordinance that bans the sale on property and the shift away from plastics is part of a plan to slash net carbon emission and eliminate most landfill waste by 2021. >> anything that we could do to save the planet and plastic straws to anything else. >> did you bring a water bottle today? >> i did not. >> are you thirsty? >> i'm going to find out. >> so how are we supposed to drink water. >> you go to a water fountain and bring your own container. >> to me that sounds kind of stupid but what is it supposed to cause -- >> it is for the environment. to help the environment. >> well if it helps the environment i'm all for it. >> many think it is the right thing to do. >> reporter: you could see in the video some shops here at sfo still selling plastic bottled water but to reiterate those are a liter and a half which are still allowed. anything under a liter that is plastic containing water not allowed to be sold. and this ban does not apply to anything -- other types of juices or soda or flavored water sold in plastic. it does not apply to those. live here at sfo, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> b

carbon emissions you're putting into the atmosphere. let's go into the rest of the day with temperatures hour by hour and around lunchtime 88 in antioch. 90 in livermore and in concord. in san francisco in the lower 70s. as we go throughout the day we're going to see some of the spots heating up in the valley, reaching 94 in livermore and antioch and fairfield. 90 in santa rosa and san jose at 92 degrees. so the heat comes this afternoon. but this will be the hottest day of the week. we're about to see the temperatures go down so i'll have a look at that and what else is ahead in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> looking forward to it. >>> well in the south bay cal fire is about to create a fire break several miles long. this is in order to protect the santa cruz mountains. bob redell is live in fremont where residents were reminded of fire danger there, bob. >> reporter: and so reminder, take a look behind me, you see this large patch of burned grass along highway 680 on the south side of the sunol grade where this fire burned early this morning. one of my colleagues shot this cell phone video on the way to work at around midnight as the wildfire burned two acres in the hi

carbon kai oxide. >> $200 million to help poor countries do their own primate stuff. i would like to put that into baltimore, chicago l.a., san franciscoi would like to not fight these foreign wars. bernie and i agree on a lot of military intervention, i'mon totally with him on a lotf that stuff.but this is i'm sorrt want to say it, with you it bu. if you want a goal of having a better -- it's fine.these bulle. these are things he says he can do. >> we have to give him credit. ayy this is plan cost more? he's the first candidate to say if we are going to decarbonized our economy, we have to do some expensive things. by the way, it's's not 16 trilln to decarbonized our society,whiy runs, fossil fuels, but i give him a lot of credit but it is looney tunes. every middle-class family that tries to fill their tank, rich people like the obama's and others.the 1%, in the end, wheny say they're going after the middle class, they better hold on to their umbrellas because it's going to rain on them. >> laura: they canth always figurethth it out, it's the poor people in the middle class i'm concerned about. apparently, the dnc committee on the de

of san francisco is in line with a 2014 city ordinance that bans the sale of plastic water bottles on city owned property. the shift away from plastics is also part of a broader plan to slash net carbonns and energy use to zero and eliminate most landfill waste by 2021. >> rather inconvenient when traveling to not be able to have water handy especially air travel, you're dehydrated in the plane. >> i think we live as human beings long before plastic was invented and hopefully we'll live long after it disappears. it's the bain of our existence as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: here is some video we shot inside the international terminal this morning. one shop is still selling plastic bottled water. the store employee tells me they are allowed to sell their remaining inventory. once it's gone, no more. by the way, this ban does not apply to flavored water sold in plastic bottles. you can still buy that in the airport. reporting live here at sfo, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> i remember my water bottle but forget to empty it for tsa they're like -- >> trying to drink it there. thank you, bob. >>> santa rosa police rescued a woman from a creek this is video they posted of that a

carbon monoxide into the air and ask can destroy entire ecosystems. >>> three environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in san francisco trying to stop a program under the u.s. department of agriculture killing predator animals to protect livestock operations. last year, the program killed nearly 1.5 million nationwide, including more than 25,000 in california. the animals killed included coyotes, bears, mountain lions, focus, beefers and birds. >> facebook is pushing out an alert system. the press democrat reports that facebook is working with 20 local government agencies nationwide, including the sonoma county office of emergency management. the county leaders posted flood warnings using the tool when the russian -- began rising in february. by the end of the year, any public agency will be able to use the public alert tool. >>> and time, i'm sorry, construction starts today on a water project to prevent flooding. the valley water directors and the army corps of engineers will break ground on that project in morgan hill. the upper yagas creek flooded several times recently. phase one of the projects expected to protect more than 1600 home an

and san francisco international airport is banning the sale of plastic water bottles to cut its carbonughly 4 million water bottles every year. former vice president joe biden may be leading in the polls but can democratic voters name one of his major accomplishments? check this out. >> are there any accomplishments that come to mind that can you point to for joe biden? >> no. >> anything? >> no. you know, i don't know if i have an answer for that. >> he served with very much distinction with obama. >> he is an honest and decent man and that to me speaks volumes. >> being vice president. i mean, he has been there a long time. he has staying power. >> i don't know of a specific accomplishment of his. jedediah: you just saw cabot phillips in that video. set media directors for campus reform.org. he joins us with more. welcome, cabot. >> thanks for having me on. jedediah: joe biden has been in politics for a really long time. shouldn't it be a little concerning with all that time that's passed no one can name his accomplishments? >> it's absolutely concerning joe biden is that guy in poli

san francisco court is paving the way for tougher immigration policies. >>, head of customs and border protection is responding. >>> plus, missing fire sprinklers, carbon monoxide detectors, and a broken fire alarm at a second community college campus, who is being hired to make sure fires do not break out on campus, more when we come back. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. taking a live look right now on highway 24 where that maintenance work on the bart crack continues. this will affect your travel through the lafayette area. you can see the cranes in place blocking a couple of lanes. they are also working on the tracks on the bart stations between walnut creek and orinda. we did see it backed up within the next couple of hours will we looked at this saturday morning. sunday morning, we are looking at the same thing. things don't get back to morning until 7 am. there is a look at the traffic map. you can see yellow and orange as it gets a little slower in that area. keep that in mind if you are making travel plans this morning. >>> 2 investigates and exposes broken fire alarms at a community college in oakland. they learned the community college dis

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