san francisco. >> reporter: transportation for america chose this spot in san francisco to he will straight its conclusion that -- to illustrate its conclusion that one in five bridges or overpasses are structurally deficient. they say all you have to do is look up. you can see the cracks on the side of the northbound 101 freeway this is only 200 yards from where amy was standing talking the crash that closed 101 earlier today. this overpass one of the struures identified in the record. the richmond san rafael bridge with 380 plus bridges andoverpasses in four north and east bay area counties are according to the federal highway administration, structurally deficient. that they need work, maybe just paving or perhaps reinspection. they are just getting old. according to the group -- >> even when money is hard, it is important to realize where you are going to spend your dollars. transportation fixing up making sure our bridges are safe is where smart dollars should be spent. >> reporter: talking about federal dollars there. senator er -- senator boxer is helping write the new transportation funding bill.

san francisco. one thing we created was an initiative called back on track, which we created when i was d.a. of san francisco. we chose to focus on the 18-24-year-old he is, first time, low-level, non-violent drug sales offenders. why that group. when i was in college, i was in that group, and we were all called college kid. but when you turn 18 and in the system, you are considered an adult, period, without any with regard that that is the very phase of life where we have invested billions of dollars in colleges and universities, knowing that is a prime phase of life during which we mold and shape human beings to become a productive adult. we focused on that age population, and essentially it was a public-private partnership, and again with diminishing resources, public-private partnerships are the way to seeing our way for a more improved criminal justice system. it is going to be calling on leaders of business who consider themselves not only leaders in business, but leaders in the community. what we did is we brot together job skills development, parenting classes and a number of other resources. over the course o

san francisco. >> reporter: transportation for america chose this spot in san francisco to he will straight its conclusion that -- to illustrate its conclusion that one in five bridges or overpasses are structurally deficient. they say all you have to do is look up. you can see the cracks on the side of the northbound 101 freeway this is only 200 yards from where amy was standing talking the crash that closed 101 earlier today. this overpass one of the structures identified in the record. the richmond san rafael bridge with 380 plus bridges andoverpasses in four north and east bay area counties are according to the federal highway administration, structurally deficient. that means they need work, maybe just paving or perhaps reinspection. they are just getting old. according to the group -- >> even when money is hard, it is important to realize where you are going to spend your dollars. transportation fixing up making sure our bridges are safe is where smart dollars should be spent. >> reporter: talking about federal dollars there. senator er -- senator boxer is helping write the new transportation fundin

san francisco in the first 10 years. we might need your help to get that all happening. we chose san francisco because it's widely recognized as the greenest city in the world and it's right in silicon valley which is the hart of starting companies and we want to work to make san francisco the center of gravity for clean energy companies. that translates to making a difference in the world. it translates to job creation and economic activity. we want to do that all right here. there's four companies in first program. we're super excited that they're here. we're joking that it's harder to get into greenstart than into stanford or harvard. we had 130 applications and through a rigorous process, we narrowed it down to four. we're going to invite them up to say a few words. this formally kicks off today. it's a 12-week program. it's going to be high intensity and keep an eye out for these companies because they're going to be out there changing the world. thanks for being here, guys. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, mitch. and now i've got the great honor to introduce mayor lee, w

penal code to visit all of the detention facilities in san francisco, including the san francisco jails and juvenile detention facilities. we chose, as part of our work, to also visit the log cabin branch, located inlah la honda in the hills above redwood city. we were thrilled that what we saw at the log cabin ranch. in 2004-2005, the civil grand jury wrote a scathing report about what they saw at log cabin ranch. we are pleased to bring to you this new report which shows a tremendous amount of improvement in that area, so this report is an extremely positive one. are there problems still? yes, there are. there is hardly a city department at the un have problems, but we wanted to commend this department about the strives they have made at log cabin wreckage. with an introduction, i want to introduce the juror who chaired the committee that wrote the report. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. mr. smith, good morning. welcome to the government audit and oversight committee. thank you to you and your members of the -- and the members of your committee for your work. the 10 findings and 11 recommendations you may with respect

san francisco as the most popular destination for travel. >> for the past 18 years, readers of this magazine have chose san francisco as their favorite destinationn this survey, the city has been bought no. 2. this is behind troughs in south carolina. apparently san francisco boasts amazing restaurants and tourist attractions the magazine readers think that frost and is a friendlier city. and this is the president of the san francisco travel association. >> i think a lot of it has to do with the aggressive scene that we have liked the panhandlers. if someone leaves their hotel at 8:00 p.m. and is going out to dinner and they get aggressively panhandling on every street corner there was nothing is a very friendly environment. >> to result in san francisco is big business. they sent the city is going to reclaim the no. 1 spots and protect its biggest industries it will take a team effort. >> we may want to reach out to people more if we see them walking on the street with a map he may want to reach out and ask them if they need any help. >>james: we will take a break it is 24 minutes after 4:00 a.m. we have a live look at what a creep. your ride a

have a chance to promote and appoint people into powerful positions, i chose her for the redistricting committee for san francisco. [cheers and applause] she is going to do a great job, you know that? that is a powerful committee, because they are going to redistrict san francisco to determine where the equity is for people, where the immigrants are, where the needs are, and to reshape our political boundaries. with her and with hydra working in the school district, i got pinay power all over the place. [cheers and applause] but i think there will be a lot more opportunities as well. i will be looking for those opportunities, because i want you to succeed. i need everybody to work at their best, to be in the leadership positions. a lot more women are going to be appointed in my administration. it just happens to be, they seem to always be the smarter one. [laughter] we have three women on the board of supervisors, and there were the first three people that told me i should reconsider and run for mayor of san francisco. so i consider them as being the people that forecast was should happen. but i also want to let

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have a chance to promote and appoint people into powerful positions, i chose her for the redistricting committee for san francisco. [cheers and applause] she is going to do a great job, you know that? that is a powerful committee, because they are going to redistrict san francisco to determine where the equity is for people, where the immigrants are, where the needs are, and to reshape our political boundaries

from a transportation watchdog reports about the bridges and san francisco had the highest number to be structurally deficient as jeff bush chosehows this to the problem and what is being done about it. >>reporter: according to the inventory, san francisco has 40 branches can't qualify structurally deficient the 1 01 is listed several times a different problem reported highway is more than 65 years old and many of the, things like hot coals or broken and damage guard rails. one of the worst bridges in san francisco is one that most of the not even notice that they're on this is a short bridge that goes over jfk drive. you can see major cracking in a concrete along the top really and below the roadway. check it out, the greed is cracked and so badly damaged that i could move this peace with my hand. in the potential danger of the piece falling on the jfk drive is quite dangerous. the other bridges in the report are leaving fix construction of the doral drive overpasses on the way and you no doubt have noticed the construction of the new section of the bay bridge that has been going on for years. in san francisco i'm jeff bush wi

san francisco at this location. we have just recently completed an investigation for the expansion of cathedral school, and they chose to go down 20 feet below the surface of the street, and it was incredibly hard. it was harder than the concrete that was placed as a foundation. the rock beneath the concrete was 10 times stronger than the concrete that is used to support the building. >> okay, moving to another part of the city, this is the eastern side. >> this is on army street? >> yes, this is army st., se. look at all that stuff. it is an active city. >> a lot of the old industrial, the american can co., goodman lumber. all that good stuff. >> wow. >> and this building is one of the examples of remaining 1906 earthquake damage. it has been repaired above, and that is where they repaired the damage. what did they found these buildings on, back in the early days? >> those days, remember i mentioned early on, it would use of redwood grillage and they would extend the grillage up far enough so it would spread out the load. today, one would know when to evaluate a building like this, we say to ourselves, there is no w

san francisco voters to pick their top three choices in a race. if no candidate collects a first place ballots the person that comes in last is eliminated and those that chose that candidate had their votes transferred to their second choice or third until someone wins. a recent poll found voert confusion. steven hill the architect of the system, other veas indicate that voters understand. >> that doesn't mean necessarily they could sit down and count the ballots for you, but they understand what they have to do as a voter. that is to rank one, two, three and they feel comfortable doing that. >> ron is trying to outdo rank choice. he was sun unsuccessful candidate for supervisor in 2006. >> i don't believe its constitutional system because votes don't know who the final three candidates are. >> what they are complaining out at the end of the day that not all the votes go into winning candidates column. >> those monitoring the legal challenge are aware that san francisco is gearing up for the first competitor mayor's race and everybody is talking about what happened in oakland, jean qan had fewer votes this than don perata but pulled off a victory by gatheri

chose not to air the video. so incorrect there. >>> the blue angels are done. fleet week events continue in san francisco. later today more than half a dozen navy ships are open for tours on the san francisco waterfront. 27 and 35 piers from 8 a.m. to 4:00 this afternoon. and at piers 30 and 32 from 8 a.m. to noon. >> hopefully you got to see them on saturday. by sunday the fog rolled in and they flew in made a loop and disappeared into the clouds. >>> check out these gigantic gourds. the 38th annual safeway world championship pumpkin weighiot is this morning in half moon bay -- weigh-off is this morning in half moon bay. there is $20,000 in prize money up for grabs. last year's winner was 1,535 pounds. the competition kicks off at 7 a.m. on main street. >> that's what i call a good time. [ laughter ] >> big pumpkins. >>> he posed in the buff years ago and now is accused of a wisecrack. coming up what a u.s. senator that's getting a harsh reaction from nancy pelosi. >>> and the protest against wall street is still going strong. today occupy sf will be joined by a new group of supporters. expand efforts, c

san francisco unified public schoolteacher. my husband sam ball is the director at the non-profit citizen film. we purchased the building together with my inlaws because we wanted to live together as an extended family. we chose the location of our house so we can be deeply involved in the community we serve. our kids ava and jacob attend our neighborhood spanish school. we purchased a severely dilapidated home because that was the kind of building we could afford. before beginning the renovation, we let the city and our neighbors know our intention for our house. three unanimous decisions on the same project. yet despite all the support, our project to rehabilitate a severely dilapidated house and make it livable for our family has already been delayed for many months as a result of the previous rejected appeals by the d.r. applicant. all told, this extraordinarily long process has cost my husband and me the equivalent of my salary this year and it's cost my inlaws more than a year of time with their grandchildren. thank you. >> i'm anne's husband sam and i'd like to read a statement from my parents david and nicole ball, who own this house with us. for four decades, we taught high school and college in west

san francisco at this hour. hundreds of people in front of wells fargo headquarters on california. why several people chose get earnings it from alcoa and alcoa fell. it looks like the news from europe and that slovakia is on board with the financial bailout plan is on board -- plan is helping. >>> breaking news. a school bus is on its side after crashing into a tractor. the wreck happened in dixon in northern solano county. these are live pictures for you. officials say the bus was full of students headed to school. investigator students suffered minor injuries while the bus driver's injuries are considered to be more serious. >>> the state department has issued a worldwide travel worst to americans. this is after u.s. officials uncovered a plot by iran to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. >>> and about 20 minutes ago. >> san francisco police started to make arrests at -- of protesters. kraig debro is live in the middle of it all. kraig? >> reporter: thanks, mike. there's a lot of noise out here. we're actually along california outside of wells fargo. this police officer is tr

pretty chose to average with 70s everywhere except for mid to upper 60s around san francisco, richmondt mid 60s there. still warmest this weekend. >>> problem with the "sig alert" northbound 101 freeway shutdown northbound due to accident and diesel spill alternate 116 to the expressway back to northbound 101. >> the news continues now ♪ changes ♪ ch-ch-ch-anges time to face the change ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> a big crowd with us here in times square. enjoying the fall-like weather. from super fit to packing on the pounds, this is what personal trainer drew manning looked like just six months ago. and that's him now. why he says he's going to extremes to help everyone get healthy. >> we're going to learn a lot from that. >>> and kelsey grammer. there he is right now. across the studio. looking forward to talking to him. great new role on starz. playing the chicago mayor. very powerful mayor of chicago. we'll talk to him in a little bit. >> and we have this contest. we're going to the dogs. my dog is better than your dog. i'll take it. k.j. can take it. only one can win. the my dog

charles clifford in san francisco and for the first time in 18 years the city has been bumped from the top of an annual survey of the most wanted travel surveys in the u.s.. they chosearolina--south--people chose charleston south carolina because they said it was a friendlier city. >> the last two weeks for me have been the saddest of my life so far. >>pam: that is tim cook, the new ceo of apple speaking at the company's private memorial held for steve jobs last week. apple just released a video of this event. our tech reporter gabe slate gives us the highlights and a look at the memorial and the musicians who paid tribute. >>gabe: hundreds of apple employees gathered in this area. in the audience was steve jobs wife. tim cook now the ceo of apple open this ceremony sharing the last thing that steve told him. >> he said he saw disney paralyzed after what disney is passing everyone spent all their time thinking and talking about what walt would want, and he did not what this to occur with apple. >> steve asked me a couple of the nine questions and then he says are you a man or are you a woman? [laughter] >> they came back and said they have not assigned a be a gender

with only one week remaining until san francisco choses a new mayor the race took another turn. the video that has come out in the middle of allegations, that story is coming up in seven minutes. >> a jury ruled against an administration in her discrimination lawsuit. she was fired in 2008 saying they had stopped talking with one another. she filed a lawsuit saying she was fired because she was a woman. it took the jury 40 minutes to reach its decision. today. >> pg&e said a one mile section of a huge natural gas failed today after a pipeline pressure test. happened about 9:00 a.m. many a remote area of bakersfield. they are removing a section of the pipe and will retest it once it's repaired. they said the pipe that failed is more than 60 years old. they have been doing tests on hundreds of miles of pipeline in california in the wake of that disaster in san bruno. >> new at ten a decision tonight on what to do with the fishing boat that ran aground in the surf at stinson beach. where officials described what is going to happen next. >> reporter: as you can see the fishing boat

with only one week remaining until san francisco choses a new mayor the race took another turn. the video that has come out in the middle of allegations, that story is coming up in seven minutes. >> a jury ruled against an administration in her discrimination lawsuit. she was fired in 2008 saying they had stopped talking with one another. she filed a lawsuit saying she was fired because she was a woman. it took the jury 40 minutes to reach its decision. today. >> pg&e said a one mile section of a huge natural gas failed today after a pipeline pressure test. happened about 9:00 a.m. many a remote area of bakersfield. they are removing a section of the pipe and will retest it once it's repaired. they said the pipe that failed is more than 60 years old. they have been doing tests on hundreds of miles of pipeline in california in the wake of that disaster in san bruno. >> new at ten a decision tonight on what to do with the fishing boat that ran aground in the surf at stinson beach. where officials described what is going to happen next. >> reporter: as you can see the fishing boat