san francisco county border. the bottom line is, they want your money. >> they definitely want your money. san francisco wants three dollars every time you enter san francisco from the south, from san mateo county and three dollars more when you leave san francisco into san mateo county. i guess you could probably figure out san mateo county officials the plan is, quote, ridiculous and vowed retaliation. they are reporting that the san francisco board of supervisors will be voting on a plan to study this toll idea. that vote is tomorrow. it would set up tollbooths on major streets and highways and collect three dollars each way. this would be during commute hours for drivers from san mateo county. for the city it would mean $80 million, for commuters it would mean $1500 per vehicle, per year. not surprisingly a couple folks out here this morning don't like it. >> now, they are trying to pay to go like a mile down the street. i mean, i don't know. i wouldn't do it. >> it doesn't make sense. it doesn't sense to pay more to go that distance. >> san mateo county is countering with a plan for w a six dollar toll for drivers entering or leaving its territory. if approved by the san francisco b

with our neighboring counties regarding san francisco's congestion pricing ideas, particularly san francisco. i think people forget where san francisco and san mateo begin and end. it sometimes feels like we are closer sisters with them than anyone. also, alameda and marin county, not quite as directly impacted perhaps. >> commissioner, i am a student of history, and i cannot help but remember that once we were all parts of the same county. it is the same people and the same lifestyle, and what we have is an imperative to have a wide-ranging conversation, which is why we are advocating for the necessary time to do that. we have done outreach meetings in san mateo county and sarah plant county and marin county, precisely for the purpose that you mentioned. we have also done webinars and the newfangled technology things, and i have to give credit for the staff because i would not be able to do that if you pressed me. as you know, we can do a 30-year plan and have all-day meetings here and people do not pay a huge amount of attention until you have a specific proposal to do a project. that is the challenge planning has all the time, and that is why w

san mateo county. terry mcsweeney is live on san francisco-san mateo border to tell you how beat up your wallet could beind of like a poker game, san francisco makes the first move, we're going to have a three dollar toll. san mateo says, yeah, we'll see a three dollar toll and we'll raise you three dollars. commuters say this as a bad debt. the board of supervisors is going to be voting on to tomorrow to study this plan which could lead to this border battle. it would sep set up tollbooths on major streets and collect three dollars each way during commute hours from drivers from san mateo county. that is $1500 per commuter as a full time commuter. san francisco would get $80 million over the course of a year. san mateo county says the idea is ridiculous, it is wrong and so wrong that they are retaliate weigh a $6 toll proposal for drivers entering or exiting its territory. it's not popular with elected officials. it hopes the whole thing would go away. if approved by city and state officials, it could go into effect as early as 2015. it's a long way between here and there. terry mcsweeney h, "abc 7 new

san rafael also picking up rain as well. the along the peninsula the rain based isolated showers your san francisco and san mateo up bin to the east is well. oakland bringing us rain drops this hour. your current temperatures sitting in the '50s in most locations 54 san francisco, 55 oakland, 56 mount, as we take you through the next few hours will continue with this weather pattern but we could actually gather strength by the afternoon by 2:00 p.m. all the yellow shows us where you can see cells embedded with moderate downpours discontinues 3:00 hour by your evening commute the best chance of heavier rain in the south bay. then it looks like a better chance

san francisco so be cautious and keep both hands on the steering wheel. quick look at this ban traffic moving well we have lots of space between cars as we approach fremont street san francisco san mateotive with no problems here and i see the conditions allow traffic beginning to build on the right-hand side of your screen headed into foster city tracking backup at the toll plaza 15 minutes between 881 01. taking a look ride a around highway 4 out of any act read on this green indicates speeds down to my 9 mi. an hour that long stretch of yellow clears up as to make your way toward spitzbergen we're completely in the green along will pass. if you're taking public transportation we have no problems to report a strange bird and me on time. >> registered offender being held on suspicion of sexually assaulting a two year-old girl. due back in court today eugene seeing here being held without bail with after being charged on friday assault with intent and attempt at inner cores and sodomy of a child under 10. he sexually assaulted a girl at a dollar tree store when his grandmother were shopping in exile he did not enter plea on friday. >> three suspected the trees the teen court case is e

francisco y san mateo murÓ esta maÑana en la junta de supervisores. supervisores.-----la idea era de cobrar 3 Ólares a todo veÍculo que entre y salga de sanpor el lado de san mateo en las horas pico.. pero por lo menos un concejal de san mateo amenaÓ con represalias con un peaje de 6 Ólares a la inversa.. -----el peaje le hubiera costado unos 1,500 Ólares anuales a alquien que viaja diario en carro al trabajo. trabajo. aparentemente se dice, son 3 dólares, es poco dinero, pero cuando necesito ir a daly city, palo alto a la universidad porque este enferma o algo, regresar a mi ciudad, y volver a pagar por entrar a ella, como que no se me hace buena idea. idea. no es lógico lo que están haciendo. todo caro. caro. no se trata de simplemente poner una valla alrededor de la ciudad y cobrale entrada a la gente, se trata de mejorar el sistema de transporte para t. todos.====el peaje pudo haber recaudado unos 80 millones de Ólares anuales para proyectos de transporte regionales, pero los supervisores lo rechazaron y optaron por estudiar cobrarle a veÍculos que entren al centro de san francisco durante horas pico. -----la junta de supervisores dec

san francisco san mateo bridge this morning good alternative you will not run into slowing their spirit conditions and good in 92 lots of space to twin cars. sit 15 minutes across the span but you may get slowing across 880 getting to the bridge. and accidents at about 101 the fourth lane from the left is blocked due to a stalled vehicle it is not producing any weight thing in the way of the back up walnut creek conditions could impose a correction of 680 no problems there the entire ride throughout the san in the clear westbound 24 looking good now delays as a major way toward lafayette and roundup. >> the board of supervisors is going to talk about a replacement for gabonese some as mayor of san francisco. one name circulating around city hall is assemblymen tom of me on all. he said yesterday there would be no way he would accept an interim >> myoneural >> that sea lion that was rescued after being stranded for the third time this year they we say they will euthanize the sea lion because it cannot survive in the dwyer ruled because of brain damage. he was found wandering near all elementary school officials say the five year-old sea lion have an acid poisoning which is caused by toxic >> keeping our and on wall street stocks are positive the dow was up 77 points and 11,00439 and checking meander industries that stick up 23 the big reason for this morning's rally is a last-minute deal announced by president barack obama to extend the bush era tax cuts in exchange jobless benefits will

san mateo county. those who drive to and from san francisco county. i'm here today to urge you to reject the southern gateway design and any congestion pricing option that charges motorists at the border -- commissioner mirkarimi: just a little trick of our process -- would you please tell me more about your thoughts of the southern gateway design? >> thoughts of the gateway design? certainly. a couple of items. it creates a problem related to neighboring communities. it also could create the border wars that we may see and hear from jurisdictions in the south who have already claimed that they are going to establish their own tolls and fees at the border. this is the last thing that we need right now, especially in this time of economic climate when we are adding $5,000 potentially to the cost of commuting and driving from our residents, so that is another issue. this is not the time, especially during this unemployment. if the southern gateway design option we hear today is approved and moves forward, i will be introducing legislation to prohibit lo

san francisco county transportation authority for this project. there is funding sources from the three counties that are participating in the organization. san francisco, san mateo, and alameda county. we have a number of funding sources. the two single largest funding of the program is a land sales and the error grant. you can see from the overall program, the total cost is $1.58 billion to date. that is the amount of money we have been able to get committed on the project. let me go through it two major funding sources which we received a $40 million grant. that was to complete the construction of the train box, the level of the transit facility. those costs are $728 million, so by no means did the error grant go to pay for the train box, but it was a major track -- contribution to make it a part of phase one. commissioner dufty: when the $400 million was asked, did you know that it was going to go up?

commissioner elsbernd: you mentioned that san francisco and san mateo county used to be one county. that is why we are the only county in the state of california that has 11 members of the board of supervisors. when san mateo county was created, there county was only given five, but we were allowed to keep 11. if we pursued it, assemblymen hill might pick that up and put us back like every other county in the state. but a couple of things -- i'm not usually one who likes to do things in san francisco simply because it has been successful in europe, but playing that the milan, london and stockholm, in those situations, where the entire cities put with holes around the entry, or was it just central corridor? >> it was the central corridor. >> there is no comparison to us, to san francisco putting tolls up on this entire border. is there any other city anywhere in the war that has put tolls up circling every entrance to the city? >> the stockholm case actually, even though the area that is quarter and that is the downtown area, on the -- i think west end, it involves the entire municip

from the peninsula looks like it's south san francisco as we head down to 80-1 01 as well picking up heavier rain drops as you head toward san mateo. san mateo bridge right now actually getting quite a bit of wet weather. up and his hand at san ramon we're put option hours as well. current temperatures in the '40's 45% rows of 463 napa we are actually picking up the degrees in the south bay. in this era for the weekend lots of snow falls the system that is moving through tapping into a lot of moisture. it will make for heavy snowfall. bill lowe late global small levels for today and then they will rise into the weekend. they will get up to 6,000 ft. dusty it could get up to 70 mi. an hour in terms of gust. 12-24 in. of lake level. for-6 ft. above 7,000 ft. here's a 7 day around bay is shows us a redundant pattern certainly opening the storm door and it won't shop for some time. through the weekend it will be wet, windy. temperatures in the '50s for your afternoon highs. it will stay cool as well until sunday and monday. keeping a rein in the picture and breezy time every night, in as well. the first day of winter through next week we w

to charge them extra forgetting there. >> reporter: if san francisco charges residents on the peninsula to go to san francisco do you think san mateoshould charge san francisco residents to come here? >> makes sense. >> i think they are trying to make this kind of raises on everybody is outrageous. it is impossible to afford it. >> reporter: leaders here say they hope their discussion of a counter proposal essentially bully san francisco into dropping its proposal but one thing both counties would face they would need approval from state legislature. how any of this would go over in sacramento would be down the road. just a debate but one that has people fired up. >> a lot of grumbling from commuters. mark sayer in mill bray. >>> 5:31 a.m. detectives in virginia learning more about a 12-year-old girl's time in san francisco as an alleged kidnapping victim detectives met with 12-year-old brittany smith and 32-year-old jeffrey scott easily for the first time yesterday they were first seen on a surveillance camera in virginia as they bought camping supplies saturday a shopper recognized the pair from pictures on tv and called police.

francisco and san mateo county. mark sayre is in millbrae n the toll wars... >>> driving north or south you could be hit with a new toll between sanisco and san mateo county. mark. >> reporter: good morning sydnie. tomorrow san francisco board of supervisors will meet to vote on whether to launch a full scale study of this toll program. the plan as it sounds now is for san francisco to charge drivers from the peninsula $3 either exiting or entering the city highways and major roads between 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. and then in the owning 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. but now some leaders in san mateo county are threatening a retaliatory toll $12 maximum per day for city drivers coming over to the peninsula. some commuters in mill bray said it is a bad time to consider such a plan leaders in san mateo county say they hope their counter proposal, one they are being public with, will perhaps get san francisco back off. both counties would need approval from the state legislature. we know at minimum a war of words between the two counties people upset about the prospect of tolls to cross the border. >> thank you mark sayier in mill bray. >>> 6

gate bridges wet, very, light showers along the peninsula from downtown san francisco all the way to south san francisco and san mateo. east bay, a few raindrops at this hour. temperatures in the '50s, 54 for san francisco, 55 oakland, hayward says bay 56, and your mind you. today, this is where we can expect scattered showers like we are seeing in the next couple of hours to the morning. it is really the afternoon where we see the intensity picked up. noon time, showers move in from the north-cells, to a clock you can see widespread chances for everybody, embedded in the spring water-heavy downpours. kind of some passing showers throughout the afternoon with some periods of heavier downpours. continuing to your evening commute. best chances of getting heavier rain down to the south bay by far clock. san jose heavy downpours. but by the evening it will improve. this is setting the stage getting our feet wet. for a big storm by this weekend a bit of a brick on wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday this is a big storm we're talking about heavy rain, wins. could even be talking about mudslides, rock slides. very

on san francisco's idea of charging drivers electronically to get in and out and the latest round of one upmanship. >> reporter: thousands of cars cross the border between san francisco and san mateo county every day. under san francisco's proposed plan, drivers would pay $3 in each direction, up to a maximum of $6 per day, but san mateo county leaders are crying foul. and at least one daly city councilman says he will work to charge san francisco residents who come south. >> i would propose a $12 tax, $6 coming in for san francisco residents, and $6 coming back. and i know it is a tit for tat and petty and silly but we need to take some sort of action. >> the association of government has sent this letter to san francisco supervisors, asking them to drop the plan. councilman kinepa says he hopes the counter-tax proposal will help get san francisco's attention. >> let's be clear. it is a retaliatory action that we are going to take. what i want them to do is not to do any toll or tax whatsoever. >> reporter: drivers who make the trip on a daily basis across san francisco's southern border have the most to lose. and they're none too happy about it. >> i don't think that is right. a

you have to go to work watch out for areas of low visibility, across the span heading into san francisco. san mateo okay, clear visibility traffic lighter than normal. only 13 minute drive time between hayward and foster city, mass transit running on time that is a check of traffic back to you. >>> all right thanks so much. 5:36 a.m. bay bridge construction project getting a lot less attention than the new span. work on a new toll plaza has been quietly under way for months the existing plaza was built in 1936 and seismically unsafe the new building will be located in what is now a parking lot, just east of the toll building it should be finished late 2012. >> one of the young men shot and killed in south san francisco last week has been identified the victim, 20-year- old hector flores. he is the third to be identified by san mateo county coroner he was found in critical condition last wednesday night at corner of 8th lane and linden avenue, two other men were pronounced dead at the scene. flores died at a hospital the next day the shooters have still not been caught. >>> a fire at a san francisco

drive times of 8 minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze toward san francisco. san mateoroblems, was spent in the span 92 in the shape of the were seeing a few more cars in the commute direction towards foster city. you may have a wait at the toll plaza drive times to 15 minutes. golden gate,, 101 no problems to report. traffic set a limit, slow spot we have is on our maps at a antioch, westbound, the red is beginning to build. 25 mi. per hour but then it clears up as you make your way to pittsburgh. great start for public transportation no problems to report still running on time. >> continue in weather and traffic team coverage this turn to one of our stroll reporters yoli is giving us this job. good morning , how are the roads? >> not so bad, i wouldn't say this week, is just kind of damage. looks like it once during this is not raining quite yet. let's bring those that stops. the rain hasn't quite hit here yet. prepares of we know it's coming. >> thank you, developing story at a san francisco where city officials are looking at ways that muni can restore the service t

but take a look at this from san francisco down to moss beach, san mateo over the san mateo bridge intoward and union city and up through morgan hill. all the wait down through the dublin area, the san ramon valley. so this will continue to push on to the east. you'll see rain throughout the morning hours but through the 8:00, 9:00 hour it becomes a little lighter. you'll notice here still yellows around the santa cruz mountains but the radar loop shows that the heaviest activity continues to press on to the east and that's when we'll see this move into the sierra nevada. we are seeing a rain/snow mix but l.a. airport it switched to light snow. if you have plans to go up there, you have to delay them because a heavy wet snow and winter storm warning through tomorrow. 55 mountain view so still pretty mild out there. the steady rain this morning, showers this afternoon, on and off rain all week long. an area of low pressure to the north continues to pump in this stream of moisture. the emphasis shifting a little further to the south. here's the low in the gulf of alaska and that's pulling

san francisco during peak hours. especially people who travel to the meeting from san mateo county just for the chance to be heard. >> we stand ready to work with you on this. but we honestly feel that san mateo county has been singled out. >> reporter: san francisco's southern neighbors saying the idea of including a southern gateway is unfair. and even punitive for commuters coming from san mateo county. some of the supervisors questioned the idea as well. >> what kind of outreach, what have we been doing with our neighboring counties regarding san francisco's congestion pricing ideas. >> reporter: he said he's kept san mateo representatives informed throughout the process. but others, including the city and county association of governments in san mateo county insist that wasn't the case. >> it hasn't been a conversation with san mateo county, it has been a monologue with san mateo county. and that has not produced anything of any significance that we can move forward with. >> i think that this specific proposal over the next several years of the study certainly needs to involve a conversation with folks in san mateo county. you know, but ultimately we're going to have no other choic

it as opportunity smrks as highway robbery. >> this ams to $1500 a year for san mateo county residents going into san francisco it's nonsense cal. >> the toll booths via plate-recognition technology. counsel member says this idea is unpop wlar businesses and elected officials in san mateo county who have written a letter to protest the proposal. if that is not enough to get attention, san mateo county officials say there will be a toll of their own. $6 each way for every vehicle coming into and out of their county. >> i hate to do this, but they left us no choice p approving this legislation. it's a tit for a tat and it's petty and silly. and arrogance needs to be controlled. >> we asked people what they thought of the proposed toll. >> i don't like it. it's a headache. yeah. you know? it's -- only freeway that is pretty much a short cut to costco. >> what impact would it have? on the way you drive? >> i won't go if i didn't have to. >> to san francisco? >> right. >> if they get around to approving the toll it would still have to be approved by the state legislature and the governor. in san francisco, abc 7 ne

san francisco with more on san mateo's counterattack and the whole situation, tracey. >> reporter: well, tom, this is the letter that the city and county association of governments of san mateo county sent to san francisco supervisor, ross, right here at city hall last month. it expresses a strong opposition to the concept of congestion pricing, and some elected leaders are saying that they might take a tit for tat approach. >> i wouldn't like that at all. >> reporter: he drives to san francisco and back almost every day. on top of all the money he spent on gas, he might have to start shelling out $6 more a day for tolls. if the san francisco county transportation authority manages to get elected officials to approve a congestion pricing proposal. jose, executive director of the transportation authority, believes that could be a deterrent for 10% to 15% of the drivers. >> just reducing a few of the drivers that are on the road will make a much better functioning road for everybody else. >> reporter: some elected officials throughout the cities in san mateo county said it's unfair to their residents and threatening to declare a toll war. jerry hill, whose district spans

--los habitantes de los condados de san francisco y san mateo, pueden recibir un nada despreciable incentivo parte de la empresa "pg&e".--esto es parte de un programa invernal que nacio para fomentar el ahorro de gas natural en la zona de la peninsula, debido a que las lineas de distribucion estan operando con capacidad reducida a raiz de la explosion en san bruno. --¿cómo funciona? ...si este mes usted utiliza en promedio menos gas que en los meses de diciembre del 2007, 2008 y 2009, recibira una tarjeta de debito con 25 dolares. manuel camarillo/portavoz de pg&e la empresa "pg&e" aclaro que este programa no reemplaza al que tradicionalmente se echa a andar en invierno, el cual estara disponible para toda el area de la bahia en enero y febrero. --11 millones de persianas estan siendo retiradas del mercado pues podrian representar un peligro mortal para los niÑos.--entre el lote riesgoso hay persianas romanas y enrollables que fueron vendidas entre 1999 y junio de este aÑo, principalmente en la tienda "lowe's".--la comision de seguridad de los productos al consumidor revelo que dos ninos se

san mateo bridge. daley city, south san francisco and san mateo watch out for winds. fatal accident overnight in livermore. they had all northbound lanes shut down near vazco road. they opened the roadway about 30 minutes ago. >> thank you. >>> well, the express may soon return to a gridlocked portion of almadon expressway in south san jose. here's a live look at where that work is set to begin. in march an $8 million project to widen and improve almadon between brandon lane and blossom hill road. it's been a major problem for years with the highway 85 interchange and major retail centers all within a one-mile stretch. the mercury news says the project is slated to be finished just before the next christmas shopping season begins. i'm sure it will come sooner than we think. >>> will a foreign group be allowed to design, build and maintain part of the new doyle drive in san francisco? that's actually the subject of a hearing today. an alameda county judge temporarily blocked the deal last week. the chronicle reports that caltrans thinks it could save millions of dollar

not everyone sees it as opportunity. >> this amounts to $1500 a year for san mateo county residents going into san francisco. >> it would be automatic plate recognition technology set up on 280, 101 and skyline boulevard. they say the idea intensely unpopular with elected officials in san mateo county who have written a letter to the san francisco board of supervisors to protest. if that is not to get enough their attention, san mateo will propose a toll of their own, $6 each way. >> i hate to do this but they left us no choice if the they approve this legislation. it's silly, but the arrogance of san francisco needs to be controlled and we're going to move forward. >> i really don't like it, man. it's a headache. the only freeway, shortcut to costco. >> what impact would it have on the way you drive? >> i wouldn't go if i had to. >> if supervisors get around to approving the tolls it would go into effect in 2015. the state legislature and the governor would have to go along. we called a supervisor to get his reaction to this because he is the one that wrote the legislation and he was unavailable for commen

new details, a border dispute between san francisco and san mateo county is heating up over and new local hiring mandate. the news sanrancisco measure requires 20% local high lading for city funded construction projects and his first year san mateo county believes the new law will drain jobs from its local economy because, san francisco plans and spending billions of dollars in capital projects in the coming years, some of which are taking place in san mateo county including at sfo. and going into effect could bring on line impersonator's heavy fines or even jail time. the governor signed a the bill into law late september, according to a lot anyone who assumes the identity of another person to intentionally harm, intimidate, threaten or defraud may be charged with a misdemeanor, they could face a fine of to $1,000 and up to a year in jail. the law also allows victims to sue for compensation in civil court, enforced by local law enforcement, the state attorney general's office could also get involved. coming up, a full weather update with louisa as well as the traffic situation as far as all of the bay area with eric

san francisco. san mateo bridge, no promise, nice, easy conditions the commute has officially wrapped up here no proms along westbound 92 as you make your way toward the peninsula and to foster city. mark. >> thank you, developing story of sanold temperatures so far velasco weeks that means dangerous conditions for the homeless. kron4 is will tran is like to tell us what is being done. >> what is being done is religious leaders are going around passing out dozens of blankets to the homeless encampment here at guadalupe river park. the homeless, with solemn this morning. since the sun is up and the city crews are of cleaning up this place they have moved around, we don't see them as often as we did a year earlier. what is going to happen is this saturday specifically there will be a police escort with off-duty officers joining city cruz to come down and clean up debris that is around this place because it's so beautiful. it's a tourist attraction. there are reports that perhaps the san jose police officers would your around harassing the homeless. i talked to the police department they say that's not true. they're giving the homeless a heads up that over the next couple of days they might want to take whatever belongings tha

in fact, it's filed four complaints in four counties including san francisco and san mateo.roup says hooters is hiding behind a restaurant license and that its workers are sexual entertainers, not food servers. while the restaurant claims to be family-friendly, group members disagree. >> it's the normalization of sexual harassment. and as a parent, i want all kids to know that's not normal. and we don't want them to grow up to be future hooters girls. >> the organization also claims hooters' marketing has gone too far because the restaurant sells kids t-shirts that say things like hooters girl in the making or hooters girls dig me. the general manager of hooters at fisherman's wharf refused comment on the complaint. >>> what do you think? is hooters going too far? well, eric on facebook says i have seen far worse on a shirt but whatever happened to a sense of humor? >> and damian says, they even advertise themselves as being a family restaurant. but if you don't feel it is such, then why take your family there? >>> i guess that's the real question, right? i mean, that's the

san francisco chronicle" reported today that an audit of pg&e pipelines performed four months before the september explosion suggests the utility took shortcuts during its inspection of the gas lines. >>> if san mateo county wants to build a new jail in oscar grant the board of supervisors may have to take action soon. the san francisco examiner says the cost of four properties off chemical way would cost $17.4 million now but further delays could add an estimated half million dollars to that cost. the county is trying to address jail overcrowding issues. the new facility would be a correction 23458 center with a focus on inmate rehabilitation. supervisors plan to hold a special meeting tomorrow. >>> and the america's cup regatta may not be a shoe-in for san francisco. newport, rhode island leaders say the bmw oracle team headed by larry ellison is interested in their city. san francisco put in its bid last week and is considered a favorite since ellison lives here and will decide the next venue. >>> it i 5:12. change in gas prices just in time for the holiday travel. >> shot by a pellet gun and length for dead. the encouraging news about this rescued sea lion's recovery. >>> and don't forget your chains heading up to the snow this morning. parts of 80, 50 and 88, details coming up. ,, lightning fast. light

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san francisco. let's get a check of other bridges. the san mateo bridge, traffic moving nicely.eadlights moving eastbound into hayward. taking mass transit this morning, no delays. everything running on schedule, ace, muni, bart and ferries. for the latest go to our website. it's abc7news.com. just click on the traffic link under abc 7 extras. theresa. >> megan, thank you. has nasa made a break-through in the search for extra tress tral life. that's the buzz as they wait for a scheduled nasa announcement to discuss an astro biology finding that will impact the extra tress tral life. researchers will unveil the discovery of a microbe at the bottom of a lake in yosemite national park. this is rich in arsenic, thought to be too poisonous to survive. it uses the arsenic as a way of surviving raising the prospect that similar life could exist on other planets. >> federal trade commission is considering a way to prevent marketers from tracking you on the internet or cellphone. it would be similar to the do not call registry for telemarketers. they often play a digital code called a co

including san francisco and san mateo. group says "hooters" is hiding behind a restaurant license... and that workers are sexual entertainers not food servers. the organization also claims "hooters" marketing has gone too far. the restaurant sells kid's t-shirts that say things like "hooters girl in the making", or "hooters girls dig me." "it's the normalization of sexual harassment, we don't want them to grow to be future hooters girls the general manager of hooters at fisherman's wharf refused to comment on the complaint. we're getting a lot of comments on facebook. heather from san jose says.. if you don't like the product they are selling then don't frequent their restaurants. but bong from concord says.. don't they have enough "adults" patronizing them? they're going too far trying to entice parents with young kids." the time: 6-- coming up: a grim diagnosis.. for a popular cancer drug. why the feds are changing their mind about it. and the founder of wiki-leaks - a free man this morning. what he's promising to do.. n

the original chaldea san francisco -- the original county of san francisco came from san mateo county. they decided it was too large a county, said the card off another county. at the time, the largest population in the state was in san francisco. l.a. barely made a presidio. they had, like, 50 or 60 people. 90% of the population was in san francisco, and everyone down the peninsula is saying if they are in the county, san francisco has this huge population, we are going to have to go along with them, so they can't get off -- they carved it off. >> it looks like it is the richmond district, but a kind of shows what was on the west side town. a great deal of it was sam, and for that reason, people thought that the weather and the san -- it was really not a place that people wanted to live, and it was going to be very typical for san francisco -- very difficult for san francisco to expand west. >> if you look at the early maps, it was 3 miles wide by about 6 miles long, this huge sand dunes that just moved around. >> here is an 1875 map of the laguna. says along the side of the map, hig

san francisco, but the most congested sort of travel core id orr. this would be a fee on crossings at the county line between san francisco and san mateo. in this case rather than investing program revenue for all the trip making in the downtown area to and from the downtown area it would really need to be concentrated in that southern corridor so that again travelers who are paying the fees see a direct benefit from the investment. so i won't talk too much about this scenario comparison bit numbers. it should be in your packet on page eight. but essentially what we wanted to demonstrate here was how the different scenarios compare on a couple of key metrics. you will note that the northeast is the best performer on multiple different scales. however, again you could see that the different scenarios, the pimet programs, could also deliver some benefit. for the southern gateway we would say if that is a scenario that advances, then it should be evaluated on a citywide performance as well as performance in the southern corridor, particularly because it focuses on the southern corridor. it does not have the same type of benefits and perform

moving on a border battle brewing between san francisco and san mateo over a proposed toll just for crossing the county line. and san francisco transportation authority will vote whether to launch a study of a toll program that could raise $80 million a year, charging drivers $6 round trip to come into the city during peak commute hours. and officials say they'll propose a similar toll if san francisco goes ahead with this plan. >> what they've left us no choice and it's a tit for a tat and it's petty and silly. but arrogance of san francisco feeds to be controlled and we're going move forward. >> and any toll plan could wo have to be approved by the state legislature and the governor and would not take affect until 2015. and after sem bli man will go before supervisors and ask them to vote down this idea. >> and you're waiting for a driver's license arrive you can be waiting longer. the dmv says it's taking up to six weeks. >> this is ridiculous. >> now word have you to wait as much as two months for the license or id cards and this is double what it used to take. >> stand around, waiting a

san rafael picking up a few raindrops. novato was well. down 101 and a richmond san rafael bridge. dry cells sitting offshore expected to move in toward san mateo portions of daly city so san francisco. napa and a few isolated raindrops. nothing heavy. just some very it light precipitation. karen temperatures, cooler today especially around the bay 49 degrees 48 san rafael, oakland, hayward 50 degrees. huge asset for noon, sharing is a continuous scattered showers. then it's really as we head towards evening that things start to change 9:00, a better chance of rain into the picture up to the north bay we could see some fairly heavy rain moving in in the overnight hours. wednesday, to give heavy rain, thunderstorms. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. another couple of days with the wet weather thursday, friday partly sunny. saturday, christmas, that's when the rain returns. continuing to the end of the weekend to the beginning of next week. erica. >> good morning, a quiet start around the bay area no accidents or incidents to tell you about, no delays of the approach, in no way that the big gates. california highway patrol has issued a high wind advisory your ride around th

san francisco. supervisors in san mateo county are lobbying to get it vetoed. they say the measure would hurt the bay area economy by discriminating against qualified workers who simply do not live in san francisco. >>> police were called to the dallas home of former president george w. bush overnight after an erratic driver crashed into his property. investigators say the driver got clearance to enter the gated community. that person was going to visit a neighbor of the former president when the crash happened. there was no damage to the home though and mr. and mrs. bush were never in harm's way. the driver was detained and the car involved in the accident was later towed away. >>> 6:19. time to go over to sal again and check in with highway 24. people coming in from the east bay. >> yes, they are. they are coming in and they're doing everything that they normally do except that it's just much lighter. so if you still have to go to work x a lot of people do, you can see people on 24 for example just about i would say maybe 30% down in volume, maybe 40%. if you

san francisco and san mateo. the group says hooters is hiding behind a restaurant license and workers are sexual entertainers and not waitresses. look at these shirts, the restaurant cells kids t-shirts that say hooters girl in the making or hooters girls dig pee. >> it's a normalization of sexual harassment, i want all kids to know that's not normal and we don't want them to grow up to be future hooters girls. >> the general manager refused to comment on the complaint. >>> a new announcement from coopertino apple is among a big business reports this week. >> it's more expensive to finance a home this week. the average rate on a 30 year fixed mortgage is up to 4.83%, according to freddie mac, that is the fifth straight weekly increase. a month ago the rate was at a 40 year low, 4.17%. on wall street stocks got a lift on news that home construction rose slightly last month and fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. the dow jones industrial average rose nearly 41 points. the nasdaq added 20. apple says it will launch it's new mac app store, it will feature paid and free apps for personal computers in education, games, graphics and design and lifestyles. 60% of companies plan to hand out year end bonuses despite the shaky economy, that's virtual lie unchanged from 2009. 16% of those company's say their bonuses will be smaller than last year. >>> and one-third of americans feel financially worse off this holiday season than last. the consumer reports survey showed holiday spending continues to decline as we move closer to christmas and the majority of shoppers who will spend on the last holiday shopping weekend plan to pay in cash. that's your money watch. for more head to cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> 4:45. facebook is changing face again. next week the site will roll out a new face recognition technology for photos. the software will be able to -- i should say the software will be able to recognize friends in your pictures and tag them. the surface will not be automatic. it will ask for confir racial and then you can click yes or no. all these changes may be too much for the site. facebook disabled the site for half an hour yesterday after some secret prototypes were accidentally exposed to users. people hoping to log on could only find a blank screen. >>> it is 4:46. a tv icon signs off with a star studded tribute. >>> plus you've heard of the do not fly list, how about the do not bored? how some passengers shouldn't be on a plane are putting public safety at risk. >>> in today's society you don't often get a chance to, you know, show your manhood. from business to boxing, why two bay area friends said goodbye to their day jobs and plan to duke it out in the ring. ,, "wikileaks" has not broken any laws in her country. australian federal police >>> australia's prime minister says the whistle blowing website wikileaks has not broken any laws in her country. australian federal police investigating whether wikileaks had done anything illegal in australia over the posting of u.s. documents. assange is living at a friend's home in england after release from a prison there on unrelated charges yesterday. >>> a federal do not board to block people with infectious diseases aboard planes has not been fully effective. the list failed at least three times this year. all three travelers had tuberculosis, none of them, no one else got sick. it's not clear how those people got through. transportation officials say loop holes have since been fixed. >>> larry king has signed off after 25 years on his nightly talk show. he hosted larry king live on cnn for the last time last night. president obama and former president clinton along with a number of celebrities and news anchored by him farewell on the show. the 77-year-old announced this summer that he would leave. over the years king has interviewed world leaders, stars and the subjects of news headlines. >> i don't know what to say except to you, my audience, thank you and instead of goodbye, how about so long. >> now king has agreed to host four specials a year at cnn. he has also talked about doing comedy or returning to radio work. >>> a winter storm in ohio has turned a historic lighthouse into an ice sculpture. this is the cleveland harbor west view lighthouse, covered in ice. that beacon has been standing on lake erie since 1911. a normal day the lighthouse guides ships into a nearby river. the coast guard issued a warning to boats who won't be able to see lights until the ice melts. >>> wow, looks like its teeth chattering cold over there. couldn't resist. >> forecast this morning, we have a lot of rainfall to talk about. we'll move around parts of the bay area and show you who is picking up what. moderate to heavy rainfall moving into the san francisco area as well as parts of hayworth, moving to the south bay, san jose looking at rainfall. a moderate to heavy band of rainfall moving into the morgan hill area. as we move to the east bay, rainfall moving in through danville, brentwood, livermore and stockton. plenty of rainfall in the north bay. moderate to heavy rainfall from middleton to santa rosa and san rafael area. and more rainfall moving in throughout the day. >> the satellite and radar shows plenty of clouds moving in. those clouds will contain rainfall. rain showers expected this morning. temperatures from the lower to lower 40s to the lower 50s, not much of a spread there. expect the showers to become more widespread in nature through the afternoon. winds will pick up in the mid to upper 50s for highs today. two to 4 inches in parts of the north bay, inch and a half to 2 inches in the east bay. down in the south bay a little more than 1 inch. two to two inches in the peninsula. four to 6 inches in the santa cruz