collected data is used to provide services to homeless. >> i'm a san francisco resident and this is a way for the citycontinue to get funding to help the homeless. and i also work at san francisco general hospital so we help a lot of homeless patients and get medical care and back on their feet. >> last night's numbers will be added to the other counts done by city staff. hospitals and shelters. a final tally is expected in a few weeks. >>> we're getting closer to 5:00. let's check back in with sal. >> we will start in the south bay. it is a nice looking drive with no major problems if you are drive orange northbound 280 getting up -- driving northbound on 280 getting up to highway 17. here's a look at the toll plaza. we're off to a nice start. if you are driving across the bridge, the road work is not there. all the lanes are open. >>> and this morning across the san mateo and dumbarton bridge it has ban nice drive. some of the road work on the dumbarton bridge is being picked up but the traffic is very light. no road work at all on the san mateo bridge. that traffic is moving along very nicely. it's

here is a live look at san francisco city hall. it's all the lilt up in red and gold in honor of the niner's playoff run. joe fonzi is in atlanta, but we again with debora villalon live in san francisco. debora. >> reporter: ken, on the eve of this crucial game, fans are following their own playbooks and getting ready. we caught up with grace gonzalez at her neighborhood grocery store, no interference, shopping for her party tomorrow, hitting beers and sodas first a few dozen friends coming over. >> that is what we did last week. it's it's part 2. >> reporter: what to serve for a noon game? punt cake, a bunt cakes are popular. >> the first time we sold the cinnamon swirl and that is a great breakfast kind of cake. you can have cake at noon. it's allowed. >> we have napkins.

san francisco, a bit on the driver's side. union city and the peninsula.anton is starting to get more moderate showers. the satellite and radar showing there is more true to the south. it will continue to stream and. we could see some conditions to showers out the door. pinpointing the 11:00 hour shower activity for most of the bay area. as we take a look at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, 5:00 a.m., still portions of the bay area as to go towards 10:00 a.m. it is largely going to dry out. temperatures in the 40's and 50's it will stay my guilt. as we go towards tomorrow, the upper 50s and 60s. and breaks of sunshine toward 62 degrees and redwood city. for your extended forecast of lingering showers. dry for the afternoon. friday, also dry as we will see a chance of showers to drop the week and early during the week. >> pam: scientists continue to monitor a sliding hillside at the berkeley lab. this is video of what the hill looked like a few weeks ago kron four's philippe djegal tells us what's being done to prevent the hill from giving way. after these recen

regarding a few of those articles that you read about families leaving san francisco -- don't. stay in the city. this is what can happen to you if you stay. [laughter] in terms of my dedication, i think, san francisco has embraced me, has welcomed me, has allowed me to prosper, allow me to raise this incredible family. as a naturalized u.s. citizen, i tell you i have learned a great deal about compassion, public service, and it is time for me to give something back to a community that has embraced me and opened their arms to me. [applause] and that is what i intend to do as a new trustee. you may have heard that i have an unusual work schedule. i open my office every morning at 5:20 a.m. i have an open house for anyone that want to come to my office to talk to me, hopefully, about engineering, until it o'clock a.m. i have been doing that for the last 25 years. why? because i would dedicated and committed to establishing and creating a successful business. i will bring the same commitment to the community college. [applause] and to ensure it does not affect my private business, i will be opening

go dancing rocking san francisco city hall indian way. how about a big round of applause for all our dancers? all right. [applause] all right. once again let's hear it for your singers, our dancers from everywhere here in the san francisco bay area. [applause] all right. good singing. good dancing. posting the eagle staff at this time. be shout out to larry harrison for taking care of our eagle staff. you maybe seated. calling up to the podium at this time michael lupdtin and vice president of the marketing and branding for this station. >> hi everyone. can you hear me? hello everyone. i am from kqmd and i wanted to welcome you to this eighth annual indian heritage celebration. we are honored to be honoring four heroes from the community who have tirelessly worked throughout the year to provide the kind of service that admissible media is about and engaged community and robust heritage is about. nominated by community leaders they have worked at the grass-roots level and share the highest values we all share. as a public supported media o

whatever it does of the field is his business. >> let us take a look at the san francisco city hall. scarlet and gold lights shining on the faÇade city hall not the only landmark catching 49ers fever coit tower and the ferry building will also be lit up in red and gold lights and do any of our tax dollars go to the lighting? >> pam: sometimes the tax dollars is worth it. >> did you want at least to live in the glorious days. and i know that is bad but i him thinking about the non football fan. that perhaps they could use somebody else's time. but that is scary for the people in panama for big government -- and gary radnich for the people and >> pam: for big government! allahand also, the major league baseball announced that they're going to start testing for human growth hormone this right after they were denied the hall of fame and options. >> take a look at this sports guy. he this is on fox. and did you think you have problems, he is not going to get $3 million from have problems, he is not going to get $3 million from this tournament. have problems, he is not going to get $3 milli

san francisco brochure. we addressed audiences they university of california, berkeley law school. the universe of san francisco, the san francisco city academy and san francisco city college. our medation program also played an important part in our out reach and in 2012 we reached a community board peace keeping record for excellent and adr practice. we were acknowledged by california state senator mark leno and the san francisco board of supervisors. also in september of 2012, the coordinate and her long term, occ mediater, participated in the solute to the bay area volunteer mediators at at&t park. we are a unique oversight mod sxl we regularly attract interest both internationally and nationally, and from academic communities. during 2011, and 2012 we hosted representatives from other agencies such as the san diego police and review board. the office of the police monitor and the newly formed bart office of the police auditer. in addition to hosting members from other american civilian oversight agencies we also met with international representatives. we addressed the invitation of the police department, the dell delegation of th

the big game is now nine days away and san francisco city leaders are considering tough measures to keepine during the super bowl mayor ed lee is urging san francisco bars to hold off selling hard booze during the big game. police will also be out in full force. parents in antioch are being warned about a man who tried to lure a boy into his car. a man tried to lure a fifth grade boy near second degreer elementary school yesterday afternoon. >>> vice president joe biden is hosting a round table on gun violence. taking part in the round table are experts who worked on gun safety following the 2007 shooting at virginia tech. >>> the sound of cheering for gay couples in rhode island late last night. the rhode island house passed legislation that would allow same sex couples to get married. but it is not official yet. the bill has to go to the senate. right now rhode island is the only state in new england that does not allow same sex couples to get married. >>> optimistic state of the state speech governor jerry brown says california is back. thanks to budget cutting by legislatures and the

it's in part it reets, dear city attorney -- san francisco neighborhoods request the city of san francisco for ceqa violations as well as the vacant building ordinance for 1601 larkin street. goes on, the planninggv 8, commission, twice rejek plans for replacement and'jpt; directd owner toájj!tv secure and mainte building. dbi documented code violations or other illegal activity. we expect city attorney to planning department files, history of cads and 311 reports and detail accountsm=nnñ available from neighbors while looking at enforcement for this project through a long delay ultimately the responsibility of the city of san francisco city attorney to protect neighborhoods, uphold laws intended for secure community, and assist operations of city agencies such as our police, planning department, and department of building inspections. we would appreciate your follow-up on the history of violations as well as enforcement of our state and city laws at 1601 larkin street. your swift action is urgently needed. thank you for your diligence in supporting the community. yours truly judy berkowit

. >>> we have learned that tomorrow, the san francisco city attorney will announce a crackdown on whatcalls consumer fraud. restaurants that make customers pay surcharge for employee health care but then don't actually reimburse employees for health care bills. tonight julie watts introduces us to a woman who says she knows about this problem first hand. >> reporter: delicious deep- dish pizza, something that patrons have come to expect. and since 2009, a couple of dollars from each bill was supposed to go towards employee health expenses, according to city law. >> and we would just say it was for health care. >> reporter: but brandy says that's not what happened. the former server blew the whistle on the restaurant group after she was let go in 2011. she says she asked managers repeatedly about the health care. >> i was pretty persistent, but it wasn't the only issue. so i had this perception that i was, you know, a little bit of an annoyance. >> reporter: last week, the city attorney slapped the restaurant with a 200,000 fine. in response, the company issued this statement, saying th

help us bring more people into the economy, to the wonderful city of san francisco. * make sure that s are respected with dignity and with the prosperity this city has to offer. thank you for being here in this wonderful, wonderful city of san francisco. (applause) >> thank you, mayor lee. that was beautiful. it's now my pleasure to introduce mayor willie brown who is an iconic figure in our city. and as mayor lee said, the first african-american mayor of san francisco. it is such an -- and a very close friend of mayor moscone. so, it's my pleasure to introduce mayor brown. (applause) >> ann, thank you very much. mr. mayor, members of the boards of supervisors, assemblyman ammiano, [speaker not understood], moscone family, gay men's course, and all of you who are assembled herein, as i look around, i absolutely know that i had probably the greatest pleasure, other than the moscone children, of literally living with george moscone for so many years. mr. mayor, it was when we were in law school together, we were fellow janitors at hastings college of law. george moscone was amazing. he

. >>> san francisco's city attorney is cracking down on dozens of restaurants, he wants to know where the money intended for health care, where that money is going. >> and we're real close to your bay area weekend. we have some wind out there. as you look to the north we have clouds increasing and a chance of some sprinkles for your bay area weekend. i'll tell you which day. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. only $29 a month for six months. rethink possible. >>> san francisco city attorney says that dozens of restaurants are committing fraud taking money in from customers in the form of a surcharge by not using that money the way they're supposed to. rob roth live in the city where rob, you asked the restaurant association to

cities, neighborhoods every day. all of the award recipients share one common goal. and that is to ensure that san francisco continues to be the best place to live, visit, and do business. i am proud to be the mayor of a city where residents and civic leaders are partners and work together to tackle challenges and find innovative solutions to keep our neighborhoods world class. thank you for attending this important event, and thank you to the neighborhood empowerment network for your dedication and commitment to our neighborhoods. keep up the great work and have a wonderful evening here at the nen awards. (applause) >> the first award we're going to be presenting tonight is an award that for many people is an award that is one of the top highlights of the event, and that is an opportunity to induct someone into the nen hall of fame. the hall of fame is an opportunity to take a moment and celebrate the lifetime of the contribution that an individual has made to our city and perhaps just seize the opportunity perhaps if they haven't been highlight and had elevated for that contribution here in city hall in t

it is so closely tied to what makes san francisco such a beautiful city, and so closely site -- tied to what makes san francisco -- what makes people want to come to san francisco and live in this city. it is important to what we do and many of the businesses that exist here on an ongoing basis. we have 16 million visitors a year. that is in no small part due to the activities associated with the night life and this city. that is not lost on all of us. one of the things that i think it's important to the mayor and myself as i sit here today, and i know that you guys are going to be focusing on, i looked out and i see so many pieces of the city family here engaged in this conversation. i think it is really a measurable thing that you have the chief of police introducing today's conversation and today's forum with you in addition to having the board of supervisors as civil the understand the work that you and why it is so important. having individuals like -- one of the board members spoke earlier about having oewd focusing on this. all this matters when you're trying to work collaborat

call 1-800-progressive. >>> don't be dumb. >> san francisco city leaders worry about fans going wild nt the city to be celebratory and safe for everyone. >> and calls around to bartenders to keep it under control. >> often they are the first line of defense against mayhem. >> the 9ers will the loose before the big game. >> a lot of doors that open when you're a quarterback. >> not about keeping bad guns out of the hands of good people. >> vice president joe biden will head out on the road today to rally support for president obama's gun control proposal. >> i was the one that found supervisor milk's body, and i was the one that put a finger in a bullet hole trying to get a pulse. >> senator feinstein gets personal in her push for a federal assault weapons ban. >> california's back, its budget is balanced and we're on the move. >> an upbeat jerry brown lays out an optimistic vision for california. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "eyewitness news this morning." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: lind

san francisco, the council general of japan and his name is... wait a minute, i have it. his name is heroshi, imamata. >> happy holidays everyone, welcome to the great city of san francisco, that dress, donna will make santa claus stay up all night. any way, i want to welcome everybody again to city hall, and to view our wonderful, wonderful tree of hope. it is something that i enjoy every year that it has been here and i tell you when it was announced that this was the tallest, largest tree of hope in the united states, if not in the world, i also wanted to say my very first thought was san francisco has always the biggest hearts in the world, thanks to all of you. thank you, donna, for your wonderful mc work here every year. and your beautiful presence. jeff carter, thank you very much, congratulations and thank you on behalf of everyone in the city, we are so proud of your work. karin that i have known for 30 years, thank you for you and all of the volunteers from the rainbow fund to put this together to place all of these 10,000 ornaments on the tree to give us the kind of attention that we would like not just because we have a great tree or city hal

of san francisco or working with the city of san francisco close to 2-1/2 years ago after our initial concept. we realized about two years ago we discovered the innovation office. we discovered sf data sets, and we were absolutely delighted to have the resources available to us through these offices. and they really were the driving factor behind our development moving forward. obviously they weren't exactly where we needed them to be at that time, and we had worked with multiple departments now on cleaning up the data sets obviously. and then putting that back out there. one of our biggest pin points or struggles has been with the legislation and the old models of the [inaudible] the regulations and laws which are being slowly worked on through the legal departments and the san francisco's legal department. but essentially we found the experience through innovation office has been driving the initiatives through and helping us develop and the data sets have bon become cleaner. they have become easier for us to use and the pr

san francisco. that is why we're working so hard to make sure our central marketplace is welcoming of all these technology companies, making sure that we can work with other cities. i am very lucky to be part of the u.s. conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent san francisco as the innovative center for all the rest of the cities across the country. so we get to compare information and there. what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in san francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use the virtual hiring practice called hiresf.org and share the technology to hire online send franciscans. we're doing the right here in our great city. i have a chief innovation officer, jane, who is working in my office. he keeps a good connection for both me and them members

this is why the city of san francisco has focused its efforts solely on recovery. m them today about that. it is why we have a strong record of partnership with the mayor of the city who i am pleased to introduce to you today who is a champion of recovery. his city is a model for the rest of the united states to emulate. the honorable edwin lee. [applause] ç>> thank you. next time i see mayor willie brown, i will remind him it was fema. [laughter] we will have to name a doorway in addition to the staircase. thank you, everyone, for coming to san francisco. it is a pleasure to receive new and open up our house and to have you discuss, plan, and create relationships perhaps you do not have today among the federal and local police -- agencies working together on recovery. our city has been working hard. we have seen the future. the future is that if we're not prepared, it will not be our future. i got a glimpse of that some years ago when staff and i went down to new orleans. we have begun to realize the devastation was the result of things that could have been done t