. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is jessica acker man with the san francisco sierra club. we are here to support mr. moran to the puc for the last two 2 years. we have seen him be a representative of the people and would like to continue seeing him do so. >>supervisor norman yee: thank you. any other comments c'mon up. >> i saw these people's face. i intention for job or business. because fovr everyone, inform -- for the money they earn, the business -- working schedule, they want a way of destiny of job or business. not because being famous, so wealthy, it's because of good determination and aim objective in life. and i see people to have a joint academy, organization that can create san francisco everywhere, cover professional individual, anybody but in order to have that happen, must have a complete, well a way of law. the earth way of law that can jab a human soul everybody. 10,000 everybody everybody san francisco and being part of the non-profit organization, that means in touch or without touch. >> any other public comment? >> good afternoon supervisors, eric brooks

. >> but good afternoon eric brooks representing san francisco local grassroots organization in our city also open the san francisco bay sierra club water committee i want to say i kind of want to reiterate what you lead with supervisor wiener at the beginning of this that et al those departments are doing cool city to make things better there are aorta cities like los angeles that are rocketing way ahead unof us on kr50i8gd water and san diego might going for portable use we know the climate crisis is going to make water a big deal we need to make the capital investment and 3w4r0i68dz to change it one good example this is something not done that needs to be tested a furg i got the enterprise to study compost in toilets you think this is a worthwhile or inner thing the new ones are very useful and to give you an example of how much water if we switched every toilet in the city to a non-flush or n indoor compost toilet saved 5 billion gallons of water a year this is totally making unnecessary the one thing that the puc had on their list of options we oppose that is putting diesel nation out it requires higher amazes of the ene

the first time i went from san francisco to sierra leone, i thought i was jumping off a cliff. >> reporter: doctors are afraid to work and patients afraid to get help. >> they don't see the ebola wards as any other place than a place to go and die. >> reporter: so things need to change. change the way doctors approach patients and how patients feel about the centers. >> we need to provide people with hope and give them a reason to go to the ebola treatment units. >> reporter: not only that, make it safe for others to want to go and help. cate caugurian, kpix5. >>> last night we told you about the american camera man who caught ebola in africa. he will be flown back to the united states this weekend. mukbo will be treated in a hospital in nebraska. he was working for nbc news when he got sick. his mother believes he may have gotten infected when he was decontaminating a car and something slashed on him. >>> isis terrorists made good on their threat. this time the victim was a british aid worker. allan herring was the father of two daughters and worked with a charity to delive aid to syrians

if you showed up in san francisco from sierra leone, where would you go. in this case they feel like they might be having the symptoms. i think that can be done. >> and interethe director of tc nod recommended any screening. the costs won't really pay off. and san francisco actually doesn't have direct flights to the continent of africa so that is one reason they think we're okay. >> just quickly, the cdc, the white house all saying hey we got this. no problem. we're going to stop ebola in its tracks. do you think that is misplaced confidence? or is it the right message? >> i think it is the right message. in that one of the key indicators we can can keep an eye on is how do we know we are on the right path? is in order for this to be contained is one of the key treatments is being able to provide treatment to 70% of infected. within sierra leone it is estimated of course the numbers and how they are tracked and sufficient. we can roughly say we think about 25% of the people infected are currently treated and we need to get to 70% before we can say this is

former mayor agnes, supervisors avalos and campos, assemblyman ammiano, san francisco rising, the harvey milk democratic club, sierraotrero club, s.f. latino democratic club and neighborhood leaders throughout district 10 and san francisco. to learn more about me and my campaign, please visit my website, tony kelly 2014.com. thank you for your time and i would appreciate your vote this november. ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm marlene tran, i'm running for supervisor in district 10. if you are a resident in our neighborhoods, you may recognize me sharing information with neighbors, attending neighborhood community meetings or translating for folks. this election marks a great opportunity for the people to elect a true grassroots leader and i'm ready to earn your vote. district 10 is the fastest growing district in san francisco with the most available land for potential housing developments and large capital investments such a the new candlestick park. we have diverse merchant corridors and thriving minority communities ranging from the asian pacific islander, african-american, and hispanic communities. in essence, we are a working

sierra. san francisco firefighters stood along the runway as a precaution while the jet landed as they do whenever a plane has a potential problem. the good news here, no one was hurt. i talked to the duty manager here at san francisco international a short time ago. they say another plane is en route. passengers will have to wait until tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. to board that flight to dallas. live at sfo, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> just nervewracking. thanks very much. >>> sick passengers aboard an overseas flight triggered worries about ebola in boston this afternoon. a medical team dressed in protective suits before boarding the emirates airlines jet at logan international airport. five passengers developed flu-like symptoms during their 13-hour flight from dubai to boston. an airport spokesman says none of them had visited west africa but they were isolated and evacuated as a precaution. >>> president obama today getting briefed on ebola after a texas nurse contracts the disease. 26-year-old nina sam is the first person known to contract the virus on u.s. soil. she cared for thomas er

sierra mountain where are they located? >> up in hetch hetchy in that area. >> so they're a sonoma firm? >> they're sonoma i don't know their expect address but they're not a san francisco based firm. they are more regional. >> okay. >> sierra mountains -- >> names are cheap. >> they're in sonora. you said sonoma. >> oh i meant sonora. i really hate one bidder contracts. i mean we don't have many ways of really -- >> [inaudible] >> -- fine tuning and making sure that we get the best bang for the buck. competition is one of the things that we have and when we don't have it it gives me real concern. we could do several things. we could continue it. we could reduce it to a one year contract at a lesser amount. we could have a more general discussion about how we get a more robust bidding pool for up country work for a variety of things we could do, and i guess i'm not wedded to any one of them. >> what you didn't mention is what was mentioned earlier and there is a separate criteria for these contracts that may be sole source that requires competitive pricing. did i hear you correctly? >> yeah. for example we can maybe -- well, i guess i am trying to think of what the best

former mayor agnes, supervisors avalos and campos, assemblyman ammiano, san francisco rising, the harvey milk democratic club, sierrab, potrero club, s.f. latino democratic club and neighborhood leaders throughout district 10 and san francisco. to learn more about me and my campaign, please visit my website, tony kelly 2014.com. thank you for your time and i would appreciate your vote this november. ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm marlene tran, i'm running for supervisor in district 10. if you are a resident in our neighborhoods, you may recognize me sharing information with neighbors, attending neighborhood community meetings or translating for folks. this election marks a great opportunity for the people to elect a true grassroots leader and i'm ready to earn your vote. district 10 is the fastest growing district in san francisco with the most available land for potential housing developments and large capital investments such a the new candlestick park. we have diverse merchant corridors and thriving minority communities ranging from the asian pacific islander, african-american, and hispanic communities. in essence, we are a work

san jose a tenth of an inch. closing in on an inch of rain. about 2 inches of snow in the sierra. the showers right now moving away from san francisco and out towards the tri-valley. we've been watching some of that down towards hayward right now. a good sell there. another shower there leaving san mateo heading towards union city. the next band will cross over the top of the santa cruz mountains and give san jose another opportunity to see a little bit of light rain. snow levels dropping close to 6,000 feet this evening. the moisture will decrease as we go through tonight. still a chance of an isolated shower or two. the trend for sunday afternoon, the showers shut down. winds pick up. northwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. breezy and a cool day around the bay area. decreasing overnight to some areas of clouds, cool temperatures for your morning heading into the afternoon with the winds out of the northwest. that'll be kwocooler, drier air. upper 60s to near 70 in san jose. mid 60s closer to the coastline. tri-valley, low 70s. north bay, upper 60s to low 70s. notice the clouds there towards the end of the week. more on that coming

sierra. san francisco firefighters stood along the runway as a precaution while the jet landed as they do wheneverblem. the good news here, no one was hurt. i talked to the duty manager here at san francisco international a short time ago. they say another plane is en route. passengers will have to wait until tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. to board that flight to dallas. live at sfo, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> just nervewracking. thanks very much. >>> sick passengers aboard an overseas flight triggered worries about ebola in boston this afternoon. a medical team dressed in protective suits before boarding the emirates airlines jet at logan international airport. five passengers developed flu-like sym

going to nevada city, the sierra foothil foothills, and lodi before san francisco. the east bay and mt. diablo won't have a major role. it marks the expansion of the women's race to a four-day event. >> we had the women did their finals last year around the downtown. it was one of the most exciting aspects of the entire date. >> the men's race concludes in pasadena on may 17th. >> so it's not going to the east bay. it is a great cycling race to watch. >> i've never been in person but people love it. >>> we have the world series. just our regular forecast this week. >> i know, it could get interesting for the world series as we head throughout this week. we'll have more coming up. you can see right now cloud cover in san jose. the forecast for tomorrow after rain this morning will be drier. napa 75 degrees, sunny skies. walnut creek mid-70s. and you're going to be able to see for the world series forecast the first two games, clear skies in kansas city and 60s. by friday, a slight chance of showers. >> perfect baseball weather. >>> on our broadcast tonight, critical

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sierra. here's how things look right now from sutro tower cam are out over san francisco under mainly clear skies. 62 degrees right now san francisco. 63 in oakland san carlos. san jose 60 agrees. 58 morgan hill. 54 half machine bay. getting cool out there in some spots. emeryville under clear skies looking west ward across the bay. 57 right now in santa rose, napa and petaluma 55 united fairfield 61 a niece concord livermore and how about this view of the embarcadero center from the roof top camera giants colors atop the buildings there. forecast feature clearing cooler overnight. mostly sunny next three days. rain arrives near the end of the week. satellite image shows the weak cold front that brought us a little bit of appetizing rainfall. pretty much over now. front is falling apart but triggering rain over the sierra cool air tonight then the next storm is not the one that will brings our next rainfall it will remain mainly to our north and forecast animation starting 11:00 o'clock tonight few passing high cloud overnight into the daytime tomorrow so tomorrow we call it high clouds and sun f

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funding million dollars million dollars to san francisco again, it is one thing to talk and one thing to actually do something but the point the reason why the sierra club and the legal conservation leader are explorer me, i'm the only candidate with the endorsements i'm the best advocate for transportation in the state of california if you true transportation vote for supervisor campos and (clapping.) one more question supervisor campos since i started with supervisor chiu what about high speed rail what are euyour thoughts. >> i do support high speed rail we actually have worked in specifically pushed at the mta to make sure we have the downtown extension a reality in san francisco we need to make sure the system doesn't end another figured out and king by going to downtown i'm proud i was one of the people at the m t c to push to organize itself to actually benefit from the million dollars that the state a allocating to high speed rail what happens the bulk of money goes to central and southern california the kind of work tells me when i'm in sacramento i mean, i'll be able to deliver for san francisco and our entire region (clapping.) part of t

times as we wrap it up in san francisco an shifts to kansas city, looks like dry weather in game six and perhaps even game seven. we'll let you know how much rain is left and the sierra snow in a few minutes. >> sierra snow? stay with us as they push for another world title. complete coverage. news at 11:00, a security guard is hospitalized after a shooting at a san jose bar last night and neighbors are saying enough is enough. they're demanding the bar be shut down. mary ann say they live in hell with bloodcurdling screams in their neighborhood. they've had it. >> they have. they are searching for the man that shot a security guard in point-blank range and neighbors say because of that bar they live in fear. this is the chaotic scene after a shooting on 13th street in san jose. police say a security guard was shot four times. he was wearing a protective vest and is expected to survive. >> i'll never forget the bloodcurdling screen that resonated from the ji-man who had been shot. resonated into our home. >> reporter: the says shootings are not uncommon and shot this video as to the impact it is having on his neighborhood. >> it's been hell. we've seen multiple peopl

get lost in the high sierra wilderness camp mather is waiting and we look forward to city manager's office you here soon ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning. welcome to the san franciscoy's october 7, 2014, go giants yeah. >> embolism caller. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos president chiu

sierra. today water will run from a new tunnel into crystal springs reservoir in san mateo county. it's the first water tunnel under san francisco bay. it will deliver water from the hetch hetchy system to customers on the peninsula and in san francisco. >>> an overturned truck made a mess of the morning commute. south bay this morning, the truck used to clean porta- potties flipped over on southbound 280 near 11th street. it took crews an hour and a half to re-open the road. >>> defense attorney for northern california man accused of starting last year's "rim" fire says prosecutors are hiding evidence in the case. federal public defenders are filing a motion seeking more evidence in the case against keith emerald, the 32-year-old accused of losing control of an illegal campfire last august, which turned into the 400 square mile fire. the prosecutors said they provided defense with the evidence. >>> will-"i"-am of the band the black eyed pea also highlight the dream conference today. sales for the puts the event on each year -- "salesforce" puts the event on each year. hillary clinton spoke yesterday. will-"i"-am will talk about

san francisco over an inch of rain. heavier amounts to the north. everybody is in on this. and also for the sierraain this isn't really going to get its act together until late, late friday, early on saturday. kirkwood, usual suspects, i think two feet is not out of the question. lots of clouds. it will be a powdery snow, by the way. 70s on the temps here. today we transition from what was a warm wednesday, colder, off and on rain will take us into saturday and then set your clocks back saturday night. sleep in sunday. bundle up because it will be cold. >> this is fun stuff for you? >> we are getting there. ten months of nothing. >> finally getting a little action. >> thanks, steve. >>> nine minutes boyfriend 9:00. lava from hawaii's kilauea volcano is 100 feet from reaching and burning a hope. the lava has been moving towards the pahoa community on the big island for weeks and will soon shut down the town's main road. the lava has moved as fast as 30 feet an hour. so far it's burned a garden shed, some metal and tires. and people living there have had a chance to pack up everything and move out.

san francisco over an inch of rain. so that area south looks to be the best. again that is just one forecast model. winter storm warning out to the sierra. here comes our system. let me get out of the way so you can see the timeline. that is noon. and then by tonight we will get a break. and then we will see the choreictivity pop up. cloudy, rain, cooler for all. a little breezy at times. not too bad. the south breeze is picking up. 60s on these temps. if you are heading out tonight it could be cooler. it might be rink on your house but not your neighbors. that is the kind of pattern tonight. this morning it rains on everybody's house. colder with showers into saturday. early part of next week looks okay. >>> 4:52 is the time. three people were stabbed outside a home in san jose. coming up in 19 minutes, the reason the type of home is playing a part in this investigation. >> also next we know why that rocket exploded over virginia. who is to blame and the reason it was done on purpose. >>> welcome back. time is 4:54. the man accused in the deadly shooting of an oakland mother of four could be charged in her murder today. he is suspected

san francisco into a boom town. >> this is the coin that's called the million dollars coin. one of the gold coins found in the sierraese days all eyes are expected to be on this rock now on sell for a price higher than a world series ticket. >>> increasing high clouds throughout the day. they will produce rain showers to the north of the bay area. right now you can see the live sweep with the current rain pattern. organized rain for this part of the state. here's a closer look, you can see the coverage approaching ukiah and part of the north bay, nothing widespread. the main focal point with the shower activity will remain north of the bay area. shower chances here. we have 62-degrees in san jose. fran right now 60. santa rosa checking in 60 degrees and livermore reporting 63. fairly mild for the 10:00 hour. we have scattered high clouds. here's the live camera. beautiful orange city hall tonight. for tomorrow more cloud cover and the chance of a few showers. the latest forecast model is backing off. the weekend we're thinking rain drops for saturday. they will be dry. overnight lows in the 50s to start out thursday

sierra nevada. that's the latest from here, guys. back to you. >>> today's parade in san franciscos some current and former giants. >> roberta gonzales is on the parade route with more on who is going to be there. hi, roberta. >> hi there. who isn't going to be here in that's the topic today. good morning, everybody. okay, i have my rain gear on. i am literally on the streets of san francisco this morning. this is the route for the victory parade celebration and guess what! people are already here. we have alex, marcia, darrell and michelle and they are all from pleasanton. i came from pleasanton too! like we're neighbors! >> all right! >> reporter: what brought you out here so early, alex? >> so we can be in the front and i can see the players up close. >> reporter: what's this all about? >> pablo sandoval. >> reporter: of course. it's panda. is he your favorite player? >> no. joe panik is. >> reporter: oh, yeah, joe baseball, right? >> so cute. [ laughter ] >> reporter: okay. you got that one right. okay, and what brings you out here this morning, marcia? >> big pan. >> for how m

sierra leone. in major league baseball, the world series is tied 3-3. the kansas city royals escaped elimination by crushing the san francisco giants 10-0 on tuesday nighteen a long time for the royals, 29 year sense their last championship. while the giants are looking for their third title in five seasons. game seven is wednesday nigh. well, the rocket that blew up over virginia was valued at $200 million the explosion happened in just a matter of seconds. but the investigation will take weeks, maybe months. cnn's tom forman has more. >> reporter: the destruction of the rocket tookless than 20 seconds. at launch, everything looked fine. but within a matter of moment, it was clear something was going wrong. the company that built this under a contract with nasa, orbital sciences said, that they saw the vehicle stop. there was some disassembly of it, and then it fell to earth, blowing to pieces like that. that's really all they know at this point. they have to collect all these bits of debris and put it all back together. it's important for them for a lot of reasons, safety being one of them. also because they have a $1.8 billion contract with nasa for

how he plans to making a trip across the sierra despite not being able to walk for more than 20 years. . >>> san franciscokay. it is looking okay now but there was an earlier crash and even though it looks good here it is slow getting into the city. we'll tell you more about what happened here. >>> lots of sunshine, not a cloud in the sky and temperatures warming up fast here even if it was rather cool this morning it will be hot for many. we'll have the numbers coming up. . >>> hundreds of people gathered in downtown san jose for an emotional memorial service to remember a visionary police chief. the service was held yesterday for former san jose police chief joseph macnamara. he died of cancer. he served as chief from 198 19 -- 1976 to. >>> two sex offend yefrs from southern california could face the death penalty after authorities raped and killed four women all while wearing gps tracking monitors. frank cano and steven gordon were indicted yesterday in santa anna. investigators linked the pairs earlier this year after the 4th body was found at a trash sorting plant. both were wearing tracking devices

sierra took a deadly turn. the crash involving a cal fire air tanker now under investigation. >> we are still looking at the commute that is getting busier by the moment. driving to san francisco will have more waiting in it. >> still a big fog bank out there. unfortunately it's running into too much resistance. temperatures are coming down a little bit. we'll see if this trend continues. decay. it's the opposite of evolution. the absence of improvement. and the enemy of perfection. which is why you can never stop moving forward. never stop inventing. introducing the mercedes-benz gla. a breakthrough in design, aerodynamics and engineering. because the only way to triumph over decay... is to leave it in its own dust. ♪ it's a fresh approach on education-- superintendent of public instruction tom torlakson's blueprint for great schools. torlakson's blueprint outlines how investing in our schools will reduce class sizes, bring back music and art, and provide a well-rounded education. and torlakson's plan calls for more parental involvement. spending decisions about our education dollars should be made by parents and teachers, not by politicians. tell tom torlakson to keep fighti

san francisco have receive add checklist to screen for potential ebola cases. the new protocols that the dispatchers would ask callers if they visited guinea, liberia, or sierra leoneoon be leaving your wallets at home as the new system launches on monday, which will pay with your phone and instead of that credit card that they have already signed onto accept that payment system and that the list includes the whole foods, macy's, walgreens, and this morning they are reporting that chevron is hoping to add 3,000 jobs. apple pay only available on the iphone 6 and the iphone 6 plus. >>> the store at market street in san francisco and that they announced last week that they would hire more than 63,000 holiday workers at the gap of banana republic with the hiring event in san francisco that will be held from noon until 3:00. >>> and hosting the open house for you, today's event will be the first public open house since 1997. the officials say that roughly 120,000 visitors with reserved tickets would visit them in that field as they kicked off just a few minutes ago with a speech from the u.s. congresswoman. there saw panel discussion that would go on throughout the day.

sierra to people in the bay area. this morning, water will flow from a new tunnel into crystal springs reservoir in san mateo county. it's the first water tunnel under san franciscoit will deliver water from hetch hetchy to customers on the peninsula and in san francisco. >>> fifth graders in walnut creek are sent home after an outbreak of head lice. it's been going on for the past three weeks. at the bancroft elementary school. affected kids in one-fifth grade class are being sent home. parents of other children are angry saying they were never told about the outbreak. >> they said oh, well we have had it, too. no note went home. >> why not notify the entire school? >> because the outbreak hasn't occurred in any other classroom except one grade level. >> district says fifth grade classrooms will get a deep cleaning tonight including the carpets. >>> 6:40. the giants victorious yesterday. but for many fans what they encountered outside the stadium put a damper on the celebration. >> reporter: and the perks for high-tech workers in silicon valley just keep on getting better. now facebook and apple are paying female employees to have their eggs frozen. i'm kiet do

sierra to people in the bay area. this morning water will flow from a brand-new tunnel into the crystal springs reservoir in san mateo county. it's the first water tunnel under san francisco bay. it will deliver water from the hetch hetchy system to customers on the peninsula down here to san francisco. >>> speaking of water, i think i need water. >> michelle at the anchor desk. >> we are getting word of a bad accident in the last minute on our chp reports. we noticed there was an accident involving a tanker and it's blocking all lanes coming into downtown san jose northbound 280 approaching near 10th street exit. so again i'm just getting first reports coming in. i know chp is heading to the scene. all lanes reportedly blocked. we'll get more information on that and keep you updated. here's a live look outside. san mateo bridge traffic looks good so far on the flat section. a little earlier we saw a few raindrops on the camera but overall, the drive time is clear. i mentioned that object that was partially blocking the road at hesperian. no longer an issue. golden gate bridge trying to get four southbound lanes open in the commute direction. obviously traffic very light

sierra nevada and goes through saturday. the cold air has a ways to go, swinging in it is going to eventually, big chunk is going to move south of san franciscond getting reports of heavy rain, some of the rain, if you're getting rain tweet me sp weather or something like that, e-mail me or facebook, let me know if you're getting rain. there were some heavy rain, south looks like cloverdale had a couple of reports around windsor. and now again, not all of that is moderate or heavy, some of that might will light. here's one line forming in advance. right along the san mateo coast. we have a ways to go before this comes in, but it is all lining up. 50s, 60s, the lows are up, up, up, but the breeze turning southeast for everybody, it is going to be a breezy, blustery day. until noon, 2:00, get a break until later in evening and all of this swings in. cloudy morning, rain is on the way if you don't have it already. it will get here. may take until noon, thunderstorms are possible tonight into saturday. some of the rainfall projections is wrong here, but spot on areas south. especially san francisco, down to santa cruz. and higher elevations enoug