stories that would soar in the cloud and renewed the entire bill and lackluster high-rise of the san francisco skyline. a few years later, the great plan for sentences go has now changed grammatically, and by many who see san francisco's planning, planners characteristically reducing change its old ways. the tower have shrunken down to 1,070 feet, 61 stories from 1,200 feet 80 stories, which makes it look short and squat in style -- instead of paul. gone are the with germans and the crowd that would make it light up and give it the look of a giant white house. that would be so beautiful to behold on the skyline. gone are the trams to give you a lift to the park above. gone are the retail all its on the ground floor. gone is the public rest from an observation level on the upper floors of the tower so the public could enjoy the breathtaking views. what has happened to the city that once knew how to impress the world? mr. clarke should revert back to the original plan for the transbay terminal, which was so impressive to begin with. concerning the shadows studies for the tower, but 1,200 foot height is

call caw from >>pam: the san francisco skyline will soon be changing. what >>pam: and this is a picture of the current skyline in the the new skyline to come. >>stanley: if you are going to hit a strip club in the middle of the day and drink, you might want to take your best of that has the company logo. this is interstate 880, speeding. when stopped, the officers smelled the strong odor of alcohol. he was given a series of tests including a breathalyzer. guess what? he passed. >> this driver was cruising along wearing tool your buds. as i have said before, that is a big no-no. >> we're doing maximum enforcement right now. that is illegal. >> this driver told the officer he never does this. what are the odds that the very first time in your entire life you pick up yourself on, you get caught? stay off of yourself on, even if your name is >>stanley: . this driver was stopped because the rear passenger was not wearing their seat belts. in california every passenger is required to wear a seatbelt. the passengers claimed they were from new york and it is no

>>jacqueline: you can see the san francisco skyline, warm enough for shorts. ight next to me the san francisco skyline from our roof cam. you can still see how clear if it is. jacqueline bennett? >>jacqueline: pamela, it is certainly warm today and even hot even in some areas. if you were away from the coast 93 degrees in pleasanton. 90's in livermore. 89 degrees in napa. hot pretty much everywhere. along the coast a bit cooler. 70 degrees in san francisco. 63 degrees in half moon bay. the sea breeze winds and temperatures are going on the coast. still, what are hot on the inland valleys. let me tell you about a cool down mid-week. >>pam: investigators have a new lead on the investigation of missing teenager, sierra lamar. deputies are looking for a core of interest. this is similar to a late 1990's volkswagen jetta with a black offhood it has been spotted and several surveillance video near her disappearance two months ago. the mother, marlene lamar says that this is significant:on the public. >> i know that everybody out there is doing everything possible to

if you look at our skyline and its relationship to the typography, i believe san francisco skyline is unique in terms of its being a mound of white towers on that hill that is quite distinctive. it accentuate that form by raising the height and the center of that amount -- mound to aid the state -- a position that is more distinctive than it is today. finally, we are creating a much improved and much-needed street scape environment. it is far more firmly to pedestrians, and 11 acres of new open space. in this part of town, that has not kept pace with development. the sidewalks are inadequate, there is no public open space in this part of town. this has been a big part of the discussion and plan for this area is to make sure we are widening sidewalks, creating the connections, and making sure the open spaces and the streetscapes reflect the importance of this district. the sheer number of people will be walking on the streets. i do believe this is the right place and right time for this plan. we have struck the right balance between the benefits of creating a new district with some of

the san francisco skyline will soon be changing after the city approved a plan to create a new neighborhood of skyscrapers of the heart of downtown. here is a picture of the current skyline. it will include as many as six new towers. no more than 61 stories in a 1,070 ft. tall transit tower. the office and residential state it's in the new transit tower is expected to help finance the new transit hub. >>darya: a legal battle may be brewing over a plan to replace some of the fields in one area of golden gate park ifs last by the commission tentatively approved a project. the stadium stylites would be installed as well as artificial grass. opponents are worried about the artificial turf saying that it will be hazardous and disrupt the natural habitat of the park. this is not yet a done deal. the board of supervisors still has to approve the plan. if so the soccer field would be ready to go by 2014. schools and fairfield will no longer have any sports programs. officials for the fairfield unified school district say eliminating sports is a necessity. they say that the district has to cut $34 m

serving as a backdrop is a mural featuring images of local birds and san francisco's famous skyline. >> in the line between that is so natural, you can see birds and be in complete wilderness. i really like that about this. you could maybe get a little snapshot of what they are expecting. >> it is an interactive, keck sculpture that is interacted with by the visitor. >> they are a lot about and they fall down the belt. it moves the belt up, and if you turn that faster, the butterflies fall in the move of words. >> the art reflect the commission's commitment to acquiring the best work from the bay area and beyond. in addition to the five new commissions, 20 artworks that were already in the airport collection were reinstalled. some of which were historically cited in the terminal. it includes major sculptures by the international artists. as a collection, these art works tell the story of the vibrant arts scene in the early 1960's through the mid-1980s's. the illustrate san francisco's cultural center and a place of innovation that is recognized and the love throughout the world. one

look at that live picture of the san francisco skyline. brian van aken is here it has the details on what to expect for the weekend. >>brian: lee have a nice weekend coming up. a lot of sunshine on the way and warm temperatures, a lot like what we have today. low-mid '80s are the warmest spots inland. 70's by the bay for oakland in the cemetery with a high of 71. " sunday looks good for bay to breakers. cut low 60s for oakland and hayward. for the and all their wealth look for patchy fog. this sunshine today in breezing wins for the afternoon. 20-30 mi. an hour. as a going to sunday, mostly sunny conditions, warmer temperatures inland >>pam: tonight, the caldera is on until this year's data breakers race. last year's race was the fourth largest in the country. set up for the al has under way this evening. there are still is live and to hell with the latest details. >>j.r.: beautiful weather, the stick this is whipping around. it is less than 48 hours for the bay to breakers race. this is where the finish line will be. i do want to show you

>>pam: the san francisco skyline will soon be changing. this city has approved a plan to create a new neighborhood of skyscrapers in the heart of downtown. the all and residential space amended transit tower is expected to help finance the new transit hub >> markets ended friday on a negative note. the dow dropped 75 quiz. >> we are seeing some cloud cover, this is a portion of the thunderstorm that have already dissipated. have a thunderstorm is trying to develop but did not quite make it. let's take a close look at the rate we're seeing in nevada and petaluma. as we drop down towards the south bay, heavy sells over the diablo range. let's take a look at the forecast for the oakland a's. things will stay dry for the first of the three games series. there is a 20 percent chance of a spotty showers. i think that things will taper off from here. the chilly and breezy conditions. it's xi house foggy conditions tomorrow but sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures will warm up quite dramatically and sunday. here's a look at the fog for tomorrow

and big-time changes could be coming to san francisco's skyline after five years of discussions, the city's planning commission has approved plans for a new high-rise neighborhood. that includes the 1,070 foot tall transit tower at first and mission streets which would ultimately become the tallest building in san francisco. the commission also paving the way for six additional towers up to 850 feet tall in the new 145-acre transit center district. >> no doubt, gorgeous views from there, but i'm good on the ground. >> you and me both. >>> coming up, lawmakers could cut millions of dollars in aid to pakistan today. and tensions rise, a live report from washington next. >>> and this historic structure right there, the golden gate bridge getting ready for sunday's big bash, they're going to have a party, fireworks, music, a good time hopefully by >>> welcome back at 6:25. this morning, more fallout from pakistan's controversial decision to jail the doctor who helped track down osama bin laden. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning where lawmakers could deci

>>darya: the san francisco skyline was to be changing.ndering of the current and new skylights. there will a clear it is much as six new towers. a 1,070 ft traffic tower. a legal battle may be growing. last night based cities planning commission said it they would replace that the soccer field with artificial graf grass. that people that oppose say that it disrupts the natural habitat of the park and the artist and artificial turf is hazardous. >>darya: schools and fair fail will not have any sports at all. they say that a half a eliminate sports. they have no choice. there is nothing else to cut. >> i don't really want to do this. we have to. >> the sports have helped me stay off the streets. >> school officials say that cutting support is there a 10 to close a budget gap. >>mark: the union local 1021 which include four cloaks -- courtship clark's are going on strike. >>darya: a lower offer flowing trash cans and hazardous waste are among the the problems that had been found on forces sillies. the medical violations ken some of these vio

can disguise itself to look like an infection >> what you see when you take a look at the skyline of san francisco? you see some pretty clear skies but that will differ from tomorrow at this time. ,, >> tonight, sports fans are mourning the apparent suicide of nfl legend junior seau. police say his girlfriend found the former linebacker in his home he had a gunshot wound to the chest and the gun was found nearby. junior seau was only 43 years old. >> a california couple says that dog treats almost killed their dog. hundreds of others have complained to the fda get the treats are still for sale. >> when penelopes along here douala became unresponsive the vet said her kidneys were failing due to its ingestion of jerky treats. they had been feeding her bentley's brand chicken and turkey for months. made in china is sold at pet smart. the fda has received more than 500 complaints since november from dog's getting sick or dying from several board brands of jerky treats imported from china. >> the fda has done a fairly poor job of notifying the consumers >> the veterinarian says the fda has never named

airport and gusty winds and 20 miles per hour at the airport and the tallest building on the skyline of san francisco the transamerica pyramid. the house that went up when that was built. look for low clouds to return by tomorrow morning and then temperatures cool tomorrow and warm up on tuesday. not big time about 10-15 degrees distinctly warmer on tuesday at low pressure off shore be down the high pressure that was setting off the pacific, the clouds come with that we look for a chilly monday in. temperatures about the same as today. more sun along the coastline will have a few low clouds and then the clouds go away and we get the sun is temperatures in the low '70's. the sfo become sunny after low clouds. a high of 61 degrees, los angeles denver and chicago and all sunday. rain in new york city. for future cast clouts off shore we send in the clouds and then watch, they dissipate, we go with usual low clouds in the morning clearing in afternoon temperatures on my outside. not bad at all. it looks nice for fairfield 60 at pacific, mountain view at 70 santa rosa 68 degrees, 69 at marin civic center,

san francisco. we are talking about the landscaping, the height of the building, the skyline change, but i also want to point out this might be reinforcing job generation for san francisco, reenforcing office space, living space, dining space, activity, and so that is huge for us to make an investment city-wide for the city, and i think building this kind of concentration, as this project and this plan does, really emphasizes that need that i think we will enjoy down the road for years to come. unsupportive and happy you were able to come today and give an update, and a look forward to hearing more. speaking more, commissioner moore. commissioner moore: i wanted to support and echoed the concerns expressed by not only commissioner wu and commissioner borden, but also by the public regarding equal access to the transit center and to the park from all sides. i do think it cannot just be loaded primarily from one direction, where your son not a believer in bridges from other buildings, which i hope the city will be greatly stay away from. there are many other ways of how to get people through buildings

. >>> continuing coverage now of a move that will change the skyline of san francisco's waterfront. a plan was announced to build a basketball arena along the embarcadero right next to the bay bridge. david stevenson tells us how soon until we might see the golden state warriors playing just down the road from the san francisco giants. >> reporter: on the edge of the city's waterfront just south of the bay bridge, san francisco today officially welcomed the warriors back. >> it's been 41 years since the warriors played here in san francisco and in my humble opinion, it's time to welcome them home. >> reporter: the team and top city leaders announced they will work together to build an arena in time for the 2017nba season. >> we intend to build the most spectacular arena in the country. >> reporter: in exchange for a long term lease and possible rent credits, the warriors say they will raise the hundreds of millions of the dollars in public funds needed for construction. >> we felt the right thing to do was if we could get the right deal on a parcel of land, we will come here and bui

. >>> continuing coverage now of a move that will change the skyline of san francisco's waterfront. a plan was announced to build a basketball arena along the embarcadero right next to the bay bridge. david stevenson tells us how soon until we might see the golden state warriors playing just down the road from the san francisco giants. >> reporter: on the edge of the city's waterfront just south of the bay bridge, san francisco today officially welcomed the warriors back. >> it's been 41 years since the warriors played here in san francisco and in my humble opinion, it's time to welcome them home. >> reporter: the team and top city leaders announced they will work together to build an arena in time for the 2017nba season. >> we intend to build the most spectacular arena in the country. >> reporter: in exchange for a long term lease and possible rent credits, the warriors say they will raise the hundreds of millions of the dollars in public funds needed for construction. >> we felt the right thing to do was if we could get the right deal on a parcel of land, we will come here and bui

san francisco's coit tower is one of the reports from the skyline. but the recreation and parks department, shows the years have taken their tolls of. the building has maintenance needs. most of them relate to some issues. the report detailed roof work that needs to be done. today, the board of supervisors david chu announced that the city has about $1.4 million to pay for the work. >> we fortunately were able to pay for it through some savings in part because we anticipated a certain bucket and were able to come in slightly under budget. recreation and park doesn't have a time line in place. >> we're really, really excited. the report is really substantive. >> reporter: $250,000 is earmarked for immediate repairs to the 1980s mural pointed in-- painted inside the muir a as for the ongoing sources -- >> 1% of all revenue will care for the ongoing maintenance. >> reporter: the san francisco voters will be deciding on proposition b on the june ballot. this new funding should not affect that bal measure which supervisor chu and the recreation and parks

san francisco by the wind. the department of public works says the northbound lanes and southbound lanes from skyline are closedto traffic. public works crews have to wait unill the winds die down and then police have to deem the roads safe. the highway will be closed until at least tomorrow possibly longer. san francisco representative nancy polo see says high speed rail is if future and she doesn't want california to be left behind. >> she say hydrogen sulfide leaders projects. she says the project linking san francisco and los angeles would create 100,000 jobs in the next five years. >> several million dollars to the president's war chest and reports less admirers. >> local law enforcement and secret service on hand as president obama took part in a business round table inside a fund-raising event with asian american supporters. the president important voting block this november. >> we're all behind him. >> onlookers gathered at a park across the hotel as the president's motor kid drove past, wealthy donors paid $35,000 each to get in. >> paid a lot of money. a lot of it -- it's a good place to get money for

san francisco great highway this afternoon. and and traffic is closed between float and skyline boulevards and and this continues day after day. here is spencer christian with the latest on these. >> you're right. we've had strong gusty winds throughout the week. right now gale warnings in affect over the san francisco bay until 9:00 tonight and waves have been brisk all day long and picked up into afternoon hours. several days. these are current wind gusts 31 miles per hour gusts in the bay and other location wez have gusts at 25 miles per hour or greater up to 31 miles per hour at fairfield z we also have showers moving into our direction which i'll tell you about later, first let me give you a look at what's happening in lake tahoe now. this is from our heavenly camera. temperatures into 50s now, into sierra, rain we're getting tomorrow, if we get it will maybe translate into snow. and it could be accumulating snow into higher elevations. >> and oakland city leaders announced their new budget this afternoon. the news coming the week the warriors made a high profile announcement they plan to move so-to-san francisco in five

along the coast in san francisco high winds pushed beach sand up and over the great highway that roadway remains closed in both directions from lincoln to sloot southbound to skylineclosed due to high winds and sand. the winds may have knocked down this tree in redwood city it is lying across part of the sidewalk on brewsster avenue. outside of sequoia children's center across from the high school no reports of anyone being hurt h >> a lot of crews out there clearing away branches. >> the weak ones are going to get knocked over and the tree limbs will come out if they haven't already because of the winds one of the stories this holiday weekend. up in tahoe we had snow earlier it was sticking now that the sun is up, it is melting you can see a few flakes flying around more snow on the way. here at home to the northeast from our camera on mount tamalpais you can see clouds, doppler picking up showers moving through solano county near vacaville, fairfield, vallejo, about to cross over the delta into the northern second shbs of -- section of contra costa county, antioch, pittsburg towards martinez, concord down to sara money valley could get wet over the next hour. he

along the coast in san francisco high winds pushed beach sand up and over the great highway that roadway remains closed in both directions from lincoln to sloot southbound to skyline due to high winds and sand. the winds may have knocked down this tree in redwood city it is lying across part of the sidewalk on brewsster avenue. outside of sequoia children's center across from the high school no reports of anyone being hurt h >> a lot of crews out there clearing away branches. >> the weak ones are going to get knocked over and the tree limbs will come out if they haven't already because of the winds one of the stories this holiday weekend. up in tahoe we had snow earlier it was sticking now that the sun is up, it is melting you can see a few flakes flying around more snow on the way. here at home to the northeast from our camera on mount tamalpais you can see clouds, doppler picking up showers moving through solano county near vacaville, fairfield, vallejo, about to cross over the delta into the northern second shbs of -- section of contra costa county antioch, pittsburg towards martinez, concord down to sara money valley could get wet over the next hour. here's th

san francisco's great highway remains close. on thursday the public works department closed stretch between lincoln and sloat boulevard because of drifting sands and between sloat and skylineboulevard. the windy area often fills the road with sand from the beach. >>> memorial day may be the unofficial start of summer, but there was nothing summery about the weather conditions as vacationers hit the sierras. >>> there were showers in the bay area. ktvu meteorologist max mark tamayo is next. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? we had to watch basketball in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so good. ok. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver only from at&t. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with free hd for six months. at&t. . >>> it was a picture-perfect saturday at the beach along the atlantic coast in florida, but there are already signs of th

skyline outside, we will be right back after this break. >>justine: police say car thief tried to run down a san francisco sheriff's deputy yesterday morningnd that led police on a wild pursuit through a crowded city streets. as maureen kelly shows us, there was quite a bit of damage. >>maureen: here is one of the seven cars that was smashed during the pursuit. this one have a bumper merely turn off. there were three other cars damaged as the suspect took off. this one is dented canned scripts with shards of plastic now littering the ground. witnesses who saw the jeep say they felt like they were extras and an action movie. they watched the suspect blow through stop signs. >> about 20 police cars and motorcycles, it was like a high-speed chase. >> of the car was doing at least over 80 mi. per hour easily. he had no concern for what was ahead of him. >> the suspect hit two parked cars. police called off the pursuit because of the risk to public safety. a short time later the vehicle was found in the driveway of a home. the suspect was last seen hopping a fence. delft outfox >>erica: temperatures are sitting in the low 50s. here is a live lo

san francisco's great highway remains close. on thursday the public works department closed stretch between lincoln and sloat boulevard because of drifting sands and between sloat and skyline. the windy area often fills the road with sand from the beach. >>> memorial may be the unofficial start of summe . >>> it was a picture-perfect saturday at the beach along the atlantic coast in florida, but there are already signs of the approach of subtropical beryl. red-flag warnings were posted to seep people from going more than dee index deep in the water because of dangerous rip currents there. the storm is expected to reach the u.s. late tomorrow. >>> well last weekend of may and we're talking about a few rain showers. rain showers in the bay area and snow showers in the sierra. activities as you can see here, backing off quite a bit and that trend will continue. as the showers move out, we a few pop ups in parts of the north bay and a few into the east bay, but like now you can pick out the coverage of this. low clouds and fog developing offshore and quite a bit of overcast already heading into the bay. if you thought it was cool today, your observation was right on. you can s

san francisco, it has a very nice drive so far. also looking good, highway 101 and 280, a two car crash, watch for that and it is good from upper skylineo to steve. >> i would be up at the tunnel by now. that would go over well. >>> and on the santa cruz coastline it will be a cool morning and high clouds in the north and no big deal but a wholely morning, 60s and 70s mainly lower 80s and forecast 60s by the coast, sunset district downtown, 65 for a high today and actually this forecast model's projections i don't usually show this but i do exactly that as well for oakland. as you get over the coastal hills, upper 70s and very lower 80s by mt. diablo. and oakly and brentwood i see 86. this will be right in the ballpark. it is producing a few high clouds and when inland temperatures start to drop you loose support for the fog and it was there last two mornings. i did see it up to 18 and it has decreased it. napa is in there even san jose is 53 and concord 51, we have a better look at that system and once it moves by it will be breezy at times and nice to warm, a cooler pattern continues to working its way inland and mid-80s and santa ro