>> high schooly wood is in san francisco, shooting its -- hollywood's supreme ruling on proposition 8, the rule promises to do good for the city >> san francisco's union square, we stopped to see what was going on. on one side you have the tourists, on the other, a little hollywood >> kind of exciting. a new hbo series set in san francisco was being filmed in the city for the next two months. >> the i think it's important to be true to life and to show what, you know, the vibe here is in san francisco >> the drama is called looking and resolved around the lives of three gay friends >> it's probably past its time, supervisor scott wiener represents district 8 encompassing castro and beyond >> i think in the mission, lgbt people live throughout san francisco. it's showing realistic trials throughout the state >> one of the reasons it's being shot here is because of the actors they want wanted to breed what is real time san francisco >> the actors really felt the vibe of the city >> san francisco film commission susan a robbins says the estate's program is enticing production companies to choose san francisco. the program gives rent credits for office and produ

. >> some syrian americans also rallied over the weekend in san francisco's union square. they say u.s. action is desperately needed to end president bashar assad's regime. >> he says he's resigning at the end of the year so he can spend more time with the family. he was just 35 years old when he became president of the naacp. that made him the youngest president ever in the civil rights organization 104 history. the group's membership climbed dramatically during his years as president. >>> a street sign in queens, new york bares the name of a six-year-old boy killed in the sandy hook elementary school shooting. one of his favorite things was the number seven train. over the weekend the street across from that train was named benjamin wheeler street. his -- >> he didn't serve in the second world war or help liberate. ben was session. he had just learned how to tie his shoes. that was his major accomplishment. in fact, he hadn't really perfected that either. >> the family thanked the city for the gesture saying it's things like that that help them through this very tough ti

> authorities are asking for your help to identify an injured man found unconscious in san francisco's union square early yesterday morning. he's being treated at san francisco general hospital where he remains unconscious and in critical condition. the hospital released these photos of the man and hopes someone will recognize him. he's between 30 and 40 years old. about 5'10" tall and weighs 165 pounds. officials say he suffered a severe head injury likely from some kind of a fall. he was carrying a jeep key and a silver house key. >>> we have late details on a deadly shooting in berkeley tonight. >>> plus -- >> this roller skate rink near antioch become as crime scene after someone opens fire at a parking lot inside leaving one woman dead. what investigators say happened inside the place before the shooting. >> more live pictures from news chopper 2 flying over that out of control wildfire. 75 homes evacuated we're staying on top of the story. we'll keep you posted. >> in weather, another round of hot temperatures. coming up the neighborhood that will hit 101 degrees once again. and the timing of

. >> san francisco union square. >> we stopped to see what's going on. >> on one side the tourist. >>he other, hollywood. >> a new series, set in san francisco is being filmed in the city for the next two months. >> it's important to be true to life and show what the vibe is in san francisco. >> the drama is called looking and reinvolves around the lives of three gay friends. >> it's past it time. someone should have done it's a few years ago. scott wiener represents the area. >> in the show living in the mission, lbgt live throughout san francisco. >> looking is being shot here in the city by the bay is because of the actors, they wanted to breathe realtime san francisco. >> the actors felt the vibe of the city. >> a san francisco film commissioner susana roberts says the rebate program is enticing. it gives rent credit. she estimates a spend of $2 million on this shoot in the next two months. >> between groceries they are buying, gas, rent, locations, salaries, it's a lot of money they are putting into economy. this is set to air early 2014. >>> now at 6:00. s.w.a.t. teams storm a h

. >>> a man discovered unconscious in san francisco's union square over the weekend has died. abc news aired this picture of the man yesterday. a spokesperson for san francisco general hospital said because of the media's help, the relative came and identified him. he is manuel gallegos, who they believe got hurt when he fell. the hospital says his organs will be donated. >>> and there is growing momentum tonight to prevent another tragedy like last week in the san francisco city park. this woman, christie vonamere was run over by the city truck while she was lying in the sun with her baby and dog. as vic lee explains, some people believe it was bound to happen. >> days after, i'm still in shock how it happened. >> reporter: mayor ed lee is demanding a thorough investigation of what happened at the park. christie vonemere was run over by a department maintenance truck wednesday afternoon as she sun bathed on the grass with her baby and dog. police identified the city work as 57-year-old tom bernaske, witnesses told police he drove off without stopping. police tracked him down b

i went straight to the apple store in san francisco's union square to find some iphone officiandos.ot on the heels of the apple's announcement. >> reporter:here's reaction. >> reporter:and while many seemed excited. this apple fan also wanted to see more than just color. and while apple customers will have to wait to get their hands on the next generation iphones. this guy is sticking with the competition. for everybody else.both the iphone 5c and 5s will be on sale, both online and at stores on the september 20 >> reporter: so this iphone 5 s is really a new height and iphone made out of a star be somebody. silver, gold, and gray. the iphone 5 as had a lot has a much better camera. it will also offer a bull elk b.p. flashy greatly improve the quality of pictures. five s will sell for $200 with a two year contract hitting the market on september 20th at the paren. gabe slate kron 4 ne >> reporter: i only have they 4 s i would ditch that and purchase an iphone 5 c. more colorful. that is what i am all about. >> i like the gold or silver. i have the five right now i'm not sure from go

>> reporter: san francisco's union square. >> we just stopped to see what was going on. >> reporter:n one side, you have the tourists. >> and background, action. >> reporter: on the other, a little hollywood. >> kind of exciting. >> reporter: a new hbo series set in san francisco is being filmed in the city for the next two months. >> i think it's important to be true to life and to show what the vibe here is in san francisco. >> reporter: the drama is called looking, and revolving around the lives of three gay friends. >> i think it's probably past its time. >> reporter: supervisor scott wiener. >> i think the show, they're living in the mission. and lgbt people throughout san francisco. showing realistic portrayals of gay people is great. >> reporter: one of the reasons it's shot by the bay, is because of the actors, they want today breathe what is realtime san francisco. >> the actors really felt the vibe of the city. >> reporter: the san francisco film commission, susan robin says the city's rebate program is enticing companies to shoot in the city. she estimates a local spend of

jana katsuyama is live from san francisco's union square, which is a melting pot of people with equally diverse reactions. >> reporter: that's right, on any given day, you can find people from around the bay area, around the world even. tonight, people certainly didn't hold back, when we asked them for their opinion. ♪ [ music ] tonight, the band played and dancers swayed to salsa music in union square. people trying to judge when to step in, and when to step back. a delicate balance that faces the nation now as washington debates president obama's call for military intervention in syria's civil war. >> i say stay out of it, unfortunately. >> reporter: tonight, some people say the u.s. needs to step away. >> we should not get involved. we're always basically starting stuff with other people. >> let the united nations do it. that's their job. we have so much problems at home first. >> reporter: others say the u.s. must step in against the syrian government's suspected use of chemical weapons in a civil war that's already claimed 10s of thousands of lives. >> people who gas other people,

>> reporter: san francisco's union square. >> we just stopped to see what was going on. >> reporter:you have the tourists. >> and background, action. >> reporter: on the other, a little hollywood. >> kind of exciting. >> reporter: a new hbo series set in san francisco is being filmed in the city for the next two months. >> i think it's important to be true to life and to show what the vibe here is in san francisco. >> reporter: the drama is called looking, and revolving around the lives of three gay friends. >> i think it's probably past its time. >> reporter: supervisor scott wiener. >> i think the show, they're living in the mission. and lgbt people throughout san francisco. showing realistic portrayals of gay people is great. >> reporter: one of the reasons it's shot by the bay, is because of the actors, they want today breathe what is realtime san francisco. >> the actors really felt the vibe of the city. >> reporter: the san francisco film commission, susan robin says the city's rebate program is enticing companies to shoot in the city. she estimates a local spend of $2 million

jackson is the brother of course of lit michael jackson at the hotel steve nens san francisco union squareame in cement on the sidewalk just few hours ago. jackson visit was in support of san ramone base vaet 0water pledge to build fwhels communities around the world that lack clean drinking water. something we take very much for granted here but real desperate need in so many parts of the world. >> one last check on the weather. sand why is here talking rape. >> indeed. if you are going to committees tall clean up day tomorrow you want to make sure you have the slicker and umbrella. won't ruin the whole clean up of the beachesth as you look at live doppler 7hd atmosphere just moisture engine up. few sprinkle lit return on live doppler 7hd more organized showers expected for your saturday. temperatures will be much cooler looking to the low 70's and really cooler weather for this time of year. heading to the niners game by then showers long gone. sunny afternoon take on the colts at candlestick park. low mid 60's for the sunday afternoon game so looking good. of course we have all the deta

jana katsuyama is live from san francisco's union square, which is a melting pot of people with equally diverse reactions. >> reporter: that's right, on any given day, you can find people from around the bay area, around the world even. tonight, people certainly didn't hold back, when we asked them for their opinion. ♪ [ music ] tonight, the band played and dancers swayed to salsa music in union square. people trying to judge when to step in, and when to step back. a delicate balance that faces the nation now as washington debates president obama's call for military intervention in syria's civil war. >> i say stay out of it, unfortunately. >> reporter: tonight, some people say the u.s. needs to step away. >> we should not get involved. we're always basically starting stuff with other people. >> let the united nations do it. that's their job. we have so much problems at home first. >> reporter: others say the u.s. must step in against the syrian government's suspected use of chemical weapons in a civil war that's already claimed 10s of thousands of lives. >> people who gas other people,

customers lined up at apple's flagship store in san francisco's union square yesterday to get their handsn the new iphone 5c. we didn't see or hear of any fights. the cellular device features a better camera than the old model and people seem to be drawn to the new design of the phone. >> the actual look and feel of it is just cool. it's modern, it's new. >> one big difference, you unlock the phone with your fingerprint instead of a four- digit password. apple says it's a security improvement, but at least one u.s. lawmaker is worried that hackers could steal that information and impersonate you. >>> well, a very active 98- year-old shares the key to her longevity. meet this week's jefferson award winner, a san francisco woman honored for doing what she loves. >>> and we've got the high definition doppler up and running this morning. there's rain on its way to the bay area. we'll have the timing and the forecast coming up. ,, there are so many things that we do on a daily basis. we run errands. we run to the grocery store. in fact, the average american drives fewer than 29 miles a day. th

. >> san francisco street near union square is open after a dangling scaffold forced miss to close it. you can see the scaffold swaying in the wind several storyies above with firefighters standing by in case it felt. no one was hurt. repair crew arrived to secure the scaffold on the building. >> the america's cup resumes tomorrow with team usa hoping to build on a momentum after sweeting head of team new zealand by eight seconds yesterday. thousands lined san francisco bay to watch it. oracle is the defending cup champion and trails new zealand. kiwis have three victories and only knee six more. oracle needs to win ten. >> to the folks watching over the weekend, not even cold in san francisco. forget the jackets. >> the cool weather is on the way. you see it today at the coast and in san francisco like yesterday where temperatures were close to average and not so warm as saturday. the cooling will slowly spread inland and take the better part of 24 to 36 hours for the east bay to feel it. a lost cloud cover along the coast and that is spilling into the lower elevations along the coas

san francisco on saturday. people supporting military action will be having their own rally at union square, also on saturday. reporting live in san francisco, jean elle. >>> getting through airport security lines is about to get faster. the tsa expanding its expedited screening program around the country. those allow passengers to leave their shoes and belts on and keep the laptops and liquids in the bags. the more people in the fast lanes, the fewer people in the security lines. they are expecting to get more people free checks. >>> tonight, aldon smith, the team's general manager and the head coach are reacting swiftly to a story we broke last night. >> accusations of a shoot-out at aldon smith's home. the lawsuit alleges he was drunk and used illegal weapons to break up a house party. >> reporter: all three acknowledged the lawsuit today. but their comments provided very little substance. the first response came this morning from 49ers general manager trent balke. we will continue to monitor the situation closely. but will have no further comment at this time as this is an ongoing legal matter. in a surpri

san francisco. you want to go down into union square? you can see the data changes dramatically when we change the neighborhood. and just illustrates how different every neighborhood in san francisco really is. we're announcing today that we're providing some of this data to the city as a kind of public service to help the citizens here figure out how many people walk around their neighborhood. but mostly it's to help public service, like the fire department, the police department, the mta know more about how people move around. so, we're providing crowd data. so, if a thousand people pass one of our sensors in an hour, that data will be available publicly. every month. so, chris, do you want to go a little deeper? >> you can see we have a lot of blocks around union square covered. when you show this data to property owners and real estate agents and to retailers, they want to know more about how much -- how many people walk in front of their store every day, kind of the story -- the way i thought of the idea was standing in my balcony lo

consulting with san francisco nonprofits in particularly the last 4 years i've been the manager in the finance district. i'm a avid san francisco walker and, of course, work with the union square where the office is on gary street. i have not owned a vehicle since 2003, i'm a transit rider. i'd like to give a voice to small businesses. i believe in participating in local government and hope you'll consider my application >> can i ask a question. >> supervisor kim. i apologize i didn't ask this from the other candidates at any time important how you get on and off the bus and i get off at the 38 and get on at gary and fillmore and get off at farrell. >> commissioner breed. >> the time period oournl. >> late morning and coming home i get back or 5 or 6:00 p.m. >> can you i ask wore more question. what do you think in terms of which the vision for the gary corridor do you have a specific vision and can you attribute to making a difference on this committee and i think i have a broad understanding of government and how it works and committees and structures. i like to hear the voice of everyone i believe in reaching out to everyone. in terms of a vision you know safety is a priori

. >> syrian american council is planning a rally this saturday at union square in san francisco. they are also urging all people to contact their lawmakers to ask them to support those u.s. military strikes. >> thank you. >>> still ahead here at 5:00, we are done with california, the county trying to leave the golden state. >>> and neighbor versus neighbor. the issue that has two peninsula towns sparring and one mayor taking some responsibility. >>> plus i'm scott budman. tens of thousands of school meals are being made today. coming up inside the bay area company taking its healthy foods beyond schools and into stores nationwide. >>> and good afternoon i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. magnificent day across the bay. right now clear blue skies at the golden gate bridge. we'll talk more about this major warmup and how hot the temperatures will get coming up in just a few minutes. >>> same-sex military veterans are the latest beneficiary to strike coin the defense of marriage act. the obama administration announced those spouses can collect benefits regardless o

. >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed por

. >> the san francisco sheriff's department need your heap to identify man found unconscious in union square. he has brown hair and brown eyes, between 30 and 40 years old, 165 pounds. no taoos or distinguishing marks. the map was discovered at 5:00 this morning wit head injuries that suggest a fall. he is in critical condion and authorities are trying to locate his relativ. >>> a man diedoday outside candlestick park. a man in his 30ness was walking on a pedestrian weak away when he fell. he was rushed to the hospital but depend survive. witnesses sayhe man was intoxicated. >>any fans had a safe and fun day cheering the niners. some fans said it was a bittersweet day. cornell bernard is live from candlestick park. reporter: niner fan are heading home but ty got a niners ctory over green grebe, but a bittersweet day, though, knowing this is the last season tier he beloved 'stick. touchdown! >> t 49ers are back, playing and winning a close game against green bay. for the fans, emotions were running high, knowing it's the last season for the team at the 'stick. steven grew up here. >> my grand

recently her san francisco fountain in front of the hyatt hotel in union square brought her life and work back into the news and we also have the beautiful fountains in japantown, large keep tour on the embarcadaro both based on ruth's work and research and complex paper folding, the mermaid fountain at the square, [speaker not understood] san francisco state and murals in several san francisco schools that were done part of the workshop. a memorial service for ruth will be held on tuesday, august 27th, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the band show on the museum concourse at golden gate park across from the de young museum. donations in ruth's honor can be made to the ruth [speaker not understood] fund and sent to 111 6 castro street, san francisco, 94 114. 11 16 castro street. the board of education and the san francisco unified school district administration expresses its sympathies to the lanier family. her surviving children, 10 grandchildren and four great grandsons. we pledge our continued commitment to our promises to ruth that with you her family, we will be the keepers of ru

san francisco police need your help to identify a man who was on unconscious in union square. >> gun permits are now being issued to the blind. we will tell you where that is being allowed. >> a new poll out this morning shows that waning support for u.s. military intervention in syria. cut! i have no idea whats's going on. maybe you're the original really big chicken com, with curly fries and a drink for just $3.99. why the cowboyat? you're the barbecue chicken combo with two chicken patties, bacon, cheese, and barbecue sauc you also come with curly fries and a drink for $39. bubbles! i have no idea what's going on. >> welcome back. we have video and coming in from a fight in syria. the president's bashar assad is a morning that there will be retaliation against the u.s. for any military strike that is launched. in an interview broadcast today, he said that the u.s. would " pay the price if they are not wise with the dealing with terrorist. " >> and washington, president obama is hitting the airwaves to try to convince war-weariness americans the strikes against assad are needed for

. >> the san francisco sheriff's department need your heap to identify man found unconscious in union square. he has brown hair and brown eyes, between 30 and 40 years old, 165 pounds. no tattoos or distinguishing marks. the map was discovered at 5:00 this morning with head injuries that suggest a fall. he is in critical condition and authorities are trying to locate his relatives. >>> a man died today outside candlestick park. a man in his 30ness was walking on a pedestrian weak away when he fell. he was rushed to the hospital but depend survive. witnesses say the man was intoxicated. >> many fans had a safe and fun day cheering on the niners. some fans said it was a bittersweet day. cornell bernard is live from candlestick park. reporter: niner fan are heading home but they got a niners victory over green grebe, but a bittersweet day, though, knowing this is the last season tier he beloved 'stick. touchdown! >> the 49ers are back, playing and winning a close game against green bay. for the fans, emotions were running high, knowing it's the last season for the team at the 'stick. steven gre

day we'll all come back and enjoy the great work payroll thank you union square and everyone and let's have ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san franciscoround's history dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the center was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities, including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong, and arts and crafts. >> use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16th, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly di

san francisco sheriff's department needs your help tonight to identify a man found unconscious in union square. he has brown hair and brown eyes. between 30 and 40 years old and about 155 pounds with no tattoos or distinguishing marks. the man was found early saturday morning with head injuries that suggest a fall. he is in critical condition. authorities are trying to locate his relatives. >>> a man died today outside candlestick park just after the niners game began. police say a man in his 30s was walking on the pedestrian walk way above jamestown avenue when he fell. witnesses say the man appeared to be intoxicated. many fans had a safe and fun day cheering on the niners. though some fans told us it was a bitter sweet day. cornell bernard was the candlestick park for his final season opener with the niners. >> oh, touchdown! >> 49ers are back. playing and winning a close game against green bay. for the fans, emotions were running high. knowing it is the last season for the team at the stick. steven grew up here. >> my grandfather bought season tickets to stadium when they built it. he used

union square. that man is being treated at san francisco general where he's unconsideration -- unconscious. he's 20 to 30-year-old. 5'10" and weighing 165. he suffered a head injury likely from a fall. he was carrying a jeep key and silver house key. >>> a chaotic scene near a roller skating ring, someone opened fire near a parking lot killing a woman. >> sheriff investigators snapped photos and collected bags of evidence in the parking lot of the paradise skate rink. someone opened fire outside the place around 1:30 this morning. a 31-year-old woman was killed and two men wounded. >> it's scary, frightening. >> he was one of more than 100 people inside the roller rink at the time. he saw two groups arguing and a man pulled a gun. i seen the hand go up with the gun, it was like put it back in. that's when everybody starting scattering. the dispute spilled outside. it's unclear if the shooting victims were the intended targets. >> it was an adult only late night jam. it was supposed to go to 3: 30 in the morning. we saw several people who appeared to be employees driving out of the crime sce

twitter's massive office space has grabbed the headlines, a short walk from union square to van ness reveals a larger story. san francisco's is driving astronomical demand for real estate. so the central part of town despite its represent to facing for tilt and decay was just waiting to explode despite its reputation for filth and decay. >> this is the hotel a recent acquisition. there is a big demand from investors for well located real estate in the city and i think it's tough to beat market street. >> reporter: there are still vacant storefronts but for every one of them, the writing is on the wall. usually in the form of a construction perm

san francisco right now. $3.90 in oakland. $3.91 in san jose . problems with refineries are contributing to the high prices. >> 4:37. this morning we're learning the identity of a man found unconscious in union square who later died. a relative came forward to identify the man as 43-year-old manual gallegos. he had severe head injuries saturday morning. he had no identification on him. just keys. he may have been injured after some sort of fall. >>> meantime, we are learning the identity of a woman killed outside a skating rink in antioch. amber abergain was shot out the paradise skate roller rink after a fight broke out. two men were also shot and expected to survive. police have not made any arrests. >> talks between bart and unions are scheduled to get underway today with four weeks left to avert another strike. the two sides sat down together for the first time since the judge ordered a cooling off period. bart and unions are still far apart on pay, pensions and healthcare costs. those issues won't even be discussed until next week. >> the mediator set the schedule and they felt they weren't quite ready to negotiate. >> unions say they will call a strike if no deal is reached by october 10th wh

we are just four days away from the big press event i am in downtown san francisco outside of their flagship store. near union squareown here to see what people would hope for. and i would wonder if people were going to purchase an iphone 5. however, everybody knows about the press event and nobody is purchasing an iphone today. let us take a look at the latest rumors. there could be a possible 6 in. screen so that would be a huge difference and there is a market for these plus size smart phones phablets also, that there could be more evidence that finger print rig recognition technology would be used to unlock your phone. that is tight security. this shows a much more complicated design than the current design. and here is what is getting attention is this attention is this square. it is rumored to be the new finger sensor. these parts that are inside of the phone can be sure to follow me on twitter, facebook. i will be posting updates from the event on tuesday in cupertino. this will be the quickest way to see what apple will feature. >> there is much more coming up with janu and the forecast and right now, this l

. >> officials in san francisco need your help in identifying a man found unconscious in union square. the man has brown hair and brown eyes and between 30 and 40 years of able and weighs 155 pounds with no tattoos and found with head injuries that suggests a fall. he is in critical condition and authorities are trying to find his relatives. >> transportation officials will look for ways to bring relief to traffic congestion on highway 101. our media partner reports that officials will use cameras to document the northbound evening commute. traffic is so bad between the richardson bay bridge to the green bay interchange that the car pool lanes are backed up. is going on mt. diablo one of the more quiet spots on the mountain with a 1,500 acre wildfire continues to burn. >> the winds are going to be the big issue that far up on the mountain the winds will gust up to 25 miles per hour. we will have a temperature around 80 to 90. we will have humidity at 10 percent to 20 percent. wins from the northwest means they are blowing toward the southeast where the fire is from the east side to th

san francisco travel. as joe mentioned, i kind of wear three hats but i'm standing in the middle of my world. union square improvement districts and tremendous work that they are doing down here, joe dell sandero with travel and of course due to mayor lee's efforts it's a time for tourism and general manager in this city. thank you. visitors information center. it was a freudian slip because it improved tremendously and it couldn't be in greater location. so all the visitors that come to san francisco from the airport stop right there and come here for information on things to do in the city. it's tremendous for me to be the general manager because i have concierge but the volunteers and the people here are an extension of concierge and giving information for all the visitors that come in and make this a world class city and really visit all the areas, the restaurants, the attractions and everything else this city has to offer. i want to thank again san francisco travel because they are the ones who market tourism, no. 1 industry in san francisco and again i want to thank you. i want to thank the voluntee

. >> the san francisco sheriff needs your help in identifying a man found unconscious in union square. look at the photo of man with brown hair and brown eyes between 30 and 40 years of able and weighs 165 pounds with no tattoos or distinguishing marks. he was found on saturday morning with head injuries that suggest a fall. he is in critical condition. he had nothing on him that would identify him. >> morgan hill pre-school teacher charged with trying to give drinks laced with sleeping pills to toddlers will be sentenced today. authorities say someone at the academy day care in morning were hill saw her spiking children's drink cups with an over-the-counter adult sloping aid and was fired immediately. no child drank from the cups. >> plan to name the western span after former san francisco mayor willie brown could get the green light today. the senate vote on a resolution renaming the span. the reasonnal has been contentious with supporters and were on points very vocal about it. if the senate approves the resolution the span could be called the willie l. brown jr. bridge, the suspen

twitter's massive office space has grabbed the headlines, a short walk from union square to van ness reveals a larger story. san francisco's booming economy is driving astronomical demand for real estate. so the central part of town despite its represent to facing for tilt and decay was just waiting to explode despite its reputation for filth and decay. >> this is the hotel a recent acquisition. there is a big demand from investors for well located real estate in the city and i think it's tough to beat market street. >> reporter: there are still vacant storefronts but for every one of them, the writing is on the wall. usually in the form of a construction permit or a real estate advertisement. >> i think ultimately midmarket will possibly be a little more attractive place to be than lower market because of its proximity to residential, proximity to night life. >> reporter: and that's something else you'll notice in the midmarket sidewalks. >> instead of getting older getting younger. >> they said the hippies are coming, the hippies are coming. now the technos are coming. >> whole lot of change going on and change is always

union square. there are no benefits from the t e p instead we add 2 hundred and 25 metric tons of greenhouse gas. it's a negative impact on san francisco's goal for a green city. will they're there be a cost savings. the number 3 is not the most under used lines. thirty to 35 have lower use and 20 of the lines have lower use in the night time hours. the eir plans to expand buses on the number 2 and 22 and 34. if 50 percent of our riders go over to their buses they would have to add considerable 76 percent of the eliminated buses would have to add and that's a case of robbing he peter to help paul. we'll be hurting those who cannot afford cars and the elderly and hurt those people who can't afford to hire taxis and sealed it will push those people who are doing the right thing for the environment by taking the bus thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners i live on jackson street. isn't there a positive fix to this? rather than cutting service and forcing more use of private transportation can't we work to take muni in and out of our neighborhood. there are 7 schools in our neighborhood. this would possibly reduce the congest

san francisco. a local syrian american advocacy group held a pro-u.s. intervention rally in union square. the president of the local chapter of the syrian-american council said the u.s. must take a stand against the assad regime. good without any action by the u.s., it will result in more death and destruction and increase threats to our national security and also the security of our allies. decisive action is our only true anti-war strategy. >> the group says this is the only option to end the cycle of violence and destruction in syria and they have been encouraging americans to call their lawmakers and encourage them to say yes to the military strikes. we'll have more on the crisis in syria coming up later in the news cast. political analyst larry gerston will join us with more insight on what we can expect president obama to say to the american people on tuesday and what will happen if congress does not authorize that military strike. that's coming up in about 30 minutes. >>> still ahead on today in the bay, kicking the habit. it could work better than nick ateen patches, according to

taxpayer money and union square and fisherman's wharf hires additional foot beats to supplement our beats. ♪ ♪ okay. when tony bennett was singing he left his heart in san franciscoleft if in the central district and when he was talking about cable cars he was talking about a gentleman who spent 29 years at metropolitan and annoy finishing his 22 year in the police department. so officers of the central district they have big hearts. here's steward and our former chinatown beat officers. constituting just retired after 35 years he wants to come back as a reserve and volunteer his time in the community. leon just retired about two months ago after 40 years of service and we decided to come back and organizes the senior give away. both officers have volunteered and they are coming into the central. tom is in the union beat he's a tough irish cop. he taught at the academy. our next officer here is north beach man fred. (clapping) >> let me tell you about fred. during last christmas there's a guy named roy. he's not a model citizen but he's been around here for decades sometimes he didn't act well, but roy needed a new set of technicality and we pass the hat and took

san francisco. on one side of crowd marched down market street to protest the military strike. in union square cerium americans of the counter rally. they say the massacres of civilians cannot be allowed to continue. this weekend secretary of state john kerry is trying to rally support overseas for our military strike. >> but he's running into resistance. as margaret brennan tells us, he said it was a mistake to wait. >> reporter: john kerry, the obama administration's most vocal advocate for demonstrations. a us-led strike on syria. they did not. instead, they told secretary carry to slow down. the eu will not respond until the u.n. issues a report on the chemical weapons attack last month in damascus that killed over 1400 people. that report is expected to take at least another week. but the secretary said waiting for the u.n. is a mistake. >> if we don't confront this now, i promise the people of france and europe and americans, we are going to see this issue world and it will be required that we confronted him some other place at some other time where there may be a greater miscalculation.