some people have confused san francisco with sacramento. it is a big difference. budgets, pensions, retirements. nonetheless, this is an important body and board. we have two great people who are willing to serve. i know he is very enthusiastic. he was very concerned that we appoint people of high integrity, high skills, that tended to be above a lot of the politics in this town. we have two great people there. i imagine he wanted to be with all of you. he wanted to be with his wife in particular. wendy paskin-jordan is here as one of the new appointees to the retirement board. she will join victor makras, who is very familiar to us. i kind of try to convince you. i was not sure victor was so excited about this. i asked him. hi needed somebody of his character. i am very pleased. i think those are two great appointees, wendy and victor. this will continue to elevate what is already a model retirement board for the rest of the state. the two remaining divisions, the small business commission, jamie, thank you for your willingness to serve. as a small businesswoman,

marisa lagos, sacramento reporter with the "san francisco chronicle."nd randy shandobil, political editor for ktvu channel 2 news. and we will start with you, randy. we just mentioned that secretary clinton is in town. her husband will be here on the weekend. sarah palin has been here. the obamas, both of them will be here before the month's out. do we expect big name endorsements to have an impact in this election? >> well, it depends what you mean by impact. if you mean by impact will they change any minds, almost certainly not. it's hard to imagine republicans or independents deciding, wow, bill clinton's here, barack obama's here, i'm going to change my mind and vote for jerry brown or barbara boxer. what they are hoping to do is motivate the base. there's a concern this year amongst democrats that there is an enthusiasm gap, that they're not as excited about coming out to vote as republicans are. so the big names on the democratic side are here to kind of prod democrats, show up on election day, please. that's what they're here for. sarah palin, on

of '90s east bay, north bay with eighties neared the bay, san francisco possibly eighties for tuesday. by wednesday the wind shift, where the winds will go from the sacramento valley to the ocean, we will begin to see the sea breeze trickle back in. it looks like much of this week is a boy to remain on the warm to hot side. that is certainly the case for two more. eighties and 90's for the north bait. the coast will be beautiful with the offshore winds. sunshine and temperatures reaching the los '70s 77% francisco, a sunny day each store, with winds started to pick up especially towards the evening hours. fire weather watch for two more night into tuesday. a beautiful day for the south bay, san declare will reach 8494 morgan here. here is the seventh day at around the bay. a heat wave here. nineties in land for the next three days with eighties near the bay, and we will start to see those temperatures clock just a bit for thursday call is still warm for october standard. previous close going into closer to average by fried saturday and sunday. >> police are looking for a gunman who shot a kill two people at an east bay golf course rostock. this happened dur

san carlos. 28 up in tahoe. that's cold. look at eureka and ukiah at 43 with sacramento, 49. there is definitely a little chill. the weekend will bring light rain, especially by san francisco, oakland north. the real changes are out here and then out there yonder. the low in southern california will get ejected out as the next system approaches us. areas of fog, late clearing for parts of the coast. 50s, 60s there. 60s, low to mid-70s around the bay. because it's 4:57 instead of a day game. be cooler and it will be all right. as we start to move along it will start to chill. a little bit of fog, sun, and drizzle on the increase on thursday, a little bit of rain friday. look like rain on sunday and monday. >> thank you, steve. >>> this in morning -- new this morning, indianapolis police have arrested colts punter pat mcafee on public intoxication. police say the 23-year-old athlete had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit. his arresting officers say they asked him how he got wet. he reportedly told them it was raining and it wasn't. >>> apology request, 19 years later. anita hill's response to a voice mail message from the wife of supreme court justice clarenc

2006, 2007, i traveled twice to sacramento to meet with governor schwarzenegger's team on the department of corrections and reentry, lobbying for grant funding for san francisco for the creation of reentry courts. we are now benefiting from the prospect of creating two pilot reentry courts, one that would be supervised by our superior court system, the other by our adult probation system, which is exciting for san francisco because these are things that have not been undertaken yet by the city and county. the direct motivation for this is the fact that, like the rest of california, this city has an extraordinary problem of recidivism. we have been tried to get our hands around this problem. we started a reentry consol. we sponsored legislation to get all of the partners together to really understand the strategies of reentry services, the ways that they are well used, where they are not, because many departments were not connecting with each other. the outcome of this effort is a concerted effort to focus on the us creating the court system and service system that is zeroing in on those coming out of the prison system and on probation. the parolee population

sacramento river to mix with the aggregate to make concrete. the other thing that happens down in this area of san francisco, we are becoming more and more green at society. we are taking the asphalt and recycling it, and then we take concrete and put it through -- they will put it through a grinder and grind it to different rock sizes and use that as the aggregate for asphalt or concrete. i am not sure if this is a sand pile for the concrete or if this is a recycle plant. but it is one of them. the city has opened up the large piers that unfortunately are not being used. we don't have the commerce we had in the old days. it has gone to oakland. we don't have the real site on the side of the bay. >> south of market has very unusual conditions, settlement. >> south of market, that particular fixture is at sixth street, which is right in the heart of this. some of the largest magnitudes of movement during the 1906 earthquake occurred in this area of what is called sullivans march, which it sullivans march, just south of market. not only did it solidify and saddle, but when the ground slopes, and actually flows and moves latterly. some areas of m

san francisco sacramento bay delta region. so we are intimately tied to and connected to that overall city. our plan is simply to work with everybody we can find, every partner we can find, to try to find ways to address these issues, to help with funding and to make sure that we are aware of the science to be doing some proactive planning on our own system, and of course to be supporting legislation that will lead to the kinds of dramatic reductions in emissions which will, we hope and trust, help to avert some of the worst impacts of climate change in the future. but the fact is that climate change is not only real, it is in fact happening and so we are dealing with it right now. the three speakers that are on my panel are all people who are coping in various ways and helping to be part of the solution. i'm going to just briefly introduce all three of them in order you have their biographies in your booklets so i won't read them to you. i will simply point out if you can't read the name tags that to the left of where i'm sitting on the panel or to your right is will travis, executive director of san francisco bay conser

san francisco will potentially set up a plan to impose some sort of feed? if every city and county has their own plan and feet, where does it end? should the responsibility not live perhaps with legislature in sacramento to make uniformity in the state? or perhaps washington, d.c., where we can have uniformity across the country? it is said -- >> it is a cumulative response. north carolina launched a safe kids program where they looked at the models and how they could be introduced in the most consistent and across the board met that. i think that this ordinance, which i do not take a specific position on, is certainly causing us to think about this issue in our community. what can we do to make it a consistent, mainstream practice? i would urge a commonality for these, but i do not think we have the best model sorted out yet. supervisor mirkarimi: curious, on that note, in the absence of the state government from being able to take a comment and effective action, should cities just sit back and wait? >> no, as we do in our work every day we should try to educate the public about the hazards of medication. we all do what we can to educate and inform people when they should be doing something about the

san francisco. i think i saw 18 at truckee. they are now 46. ukiah was down to 35. sacramento, 62. sacramento was down to 41 this morning. here's our system it's going to be with us not only later today but probably saturday. when you see a system like that, that's the low wrapping up and that will play into our weather. the clouds are in advance of it and eventually it will get bumped inland. today we have morning sun giving way to higher clouds, more clouds to the north. on thursday we'll keep the rain to the north. the question is will it make it past marin county? we'll just ease in to that, fine-tune it tomorrow. it will be fair today. high irclouds, mild to worm. we're looking for 60s for some and up ir60s to low 70s for others. partly cloudy. increasing clouds. but we're okay for game one. even if they get light rain, it won't matter. it won't impact the rain. tomorrow, though, that's the one we're concerned about. a lot of clouds come in. there will be rain to the north and we'll see if it slides south. a break on friday and then the system goes through on saturday. >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> carly fiorina is scheduled to leave the hospital to

san francisco with 55 minute delays on arriving flights. mist and drizzle on both bridges and look for that to linger. temps continue to drop and temperatures inland warm from fres no sacramento. we'll look for partly cloudy sky in san francisco. cool breeze and highs in the upper 50s and in the coast mid-80s inland. look for clear breeze to continue with numbers in the 60s and dropping to the upper 50s. look ahead shows the coolest day of the weekend sunday and then we will warm up on tuesday with an off shore flo. >> good morning, lisa and everyone. we brought this to you our assignment desk manager called in to tell us about an accident near the bay bridge tollplas a. injuries are reported now and it is blocking a couple of lanes. here is a live shot. let's check out the tollplasa and see what it is doing to traffic right now. there is a minor back up. i did hear that some of the accident may have been moved to the east lot right there and hopefully no lanes will be blocked at this point. we'll be keeping an eye on the bay area bridge tollplasa . couple of accidents reported in the area and may be the same one. >> thank you very much. it is now 6:08. what do an apple and s

san francisco tickets for the giants. let's go to sacramento a live look. they worked over night to hopefully come up withat&t parker up popular place if you are headed to the giants' game this evening clear conditions. temperatures for first patch in the '60s by seventh inning stretch six days, ninth inning 58 degrees but clear. >> if you had a chance to watched the giants play and he bought tickets at the last- minute chances are you paid a pretty penny. jonathan blum found out if you want to find the games you probably have to show more >> business is booming for scalpers who are at the sidewalks. many buy their tickets online than come here to sell them off at a profit. >> which purchased tickets and come out here and get >> $104 for each ticket it turns out that was a good deal of an hour before game there was more demand. >> i'm selling these 400 each for standing room only. these are the cheapest you can get. >> 200 each. >> if you want to set lower box seats behind home plate $400 each. >> seller says at that price stable last long. >> buyers it pays to be patient >>> closer to game time people dr

sacramento" meg whitman's hometown newspaper and newspapers across the state have endorsed jerry brown for governor. >>> cities all over the barrier are struggling with rising unemployment. san francisco thinks it has an answer to some residents, that is to change a decades' old hiring policy in one key industry, from good faith to mandatory. >> it's estimated that over the next ten years, the city of san francisco could invest more than $25 billion of taxpayer money in construction projects. the question is, how many local residents will benefit. >> millions of dollars in contracts in my own neighborhood in the bay view and we're not included in that. >> the city's current policy encourages contractors to hire 50% local but a recent study shows the average is 20%. a supervisor introduced legislation that will make it mandatory to publicly fund projects to ensure half the workers are san franciscans. >> local money and local tax dollars, local residents should have first shot at jobs. >> it would be phased in over three years but one industry expert the time frame is unrealistic. >> they are creating better than a thousand workers out of thin air in the next two years. >> he believes

with rob. san francisco 62 and low of 66. danville is 64. >>> and this news just in. a big announcement for california workers. 200 jobs coming to sacramento semens got a contract to build 70 electric trains for amtrak. the 466 million dollar deal calls for the first train to hit the tracks in 2013. >> a mother's decision to eat a president obama poppy seed bagel led to getting her newborn taken away. the baby was taken from her three days after she was born because the pennsylvania hospital reported she tested positive for drugs. it turns out the test results were wrong all because of a poppy seed bagel she had eaten just before she gave birth. the aclu is filing suit against children's services and the hospital. >>> this morning an american cement company is admitting they skipped a critical test. the halliburton company changed the amount of a critical ingredient mixed at the last minute. that means the contractor never did a stability test on the new blend. faulty cement that failed to seal the well was found to be one of the causes of the april 20th disaster. >>> a scare in the skies. federal investigators are looking into what caused

with california one of the hardest hit states. in sacramento, nanette miranda, abc 7 news. >> a pension and healthcare reform measure on the november ballot would change how much san franciscoity workers contribute to their plans. if it passes, it could pave the way for similar measures across the state. >> san francisco voters will be asked to weigh in on proposition b. if passed, it would make city workers pay more for their healthcare and pensions. >> we're spending a billion dollars on city employees pension and healthcare costs when we have a half a billion deficit. >> he wrote the initiative and got it on the november ballot. >> doesn't take away anyone's pension. doesn't cut anyone's healthcare. it just requires city employees to contribute towards these generous pensions, guaranteed pensions that they get and free healthcare. >> providing healthcare for san francisco employees and their families will cost taxpayers about $169 million this year. according to the city controller, san francisco pays between $481 and $660 per employee per month for healthcare insurance. plus another $132 for dental. under prop b, the city would pay no more than half the cost of medical

dan newman with yes on prop 19 live from san francisco, roger salazar, no on prop 19, live from sacramentok to you again. >> thank you. >>> mind your own business, usually that's a teenage comeback not a career goal. we'll meet a student entrepreneur who is taking her plan to the oval office. >>> with jobs in short supply folks are having to get creative. getting into the entrepreneurial mind-set early could be invaluable. how early is too early? well, you'll find out. there's something -- this is something that the network for teaching entrepreneurship short form nifty has been pushing for over 20 years bringing entrepreneurship education into u.s. schools with a focus on lower income communities. a brilliant idea. some of those students really blossom and they take part in an annual challenge that nifty co-sponsors. this year's finalists are about to present their business plans to president obama in the oval office. they are about to present them to the president. joining us from the white house north lawn right now, nia froom winner of the nifty national youth entrepreneurship challeng

sacramento" meg whitman's hotown newspaper and newspapers across the state have endorsejerry brown for governor. >> every bay area restaurant wants success and star from the michelin guy. 2011 san francisco edition is out today withnewcomers joining familiar favorites. arts and entertainmen reporter don sanchez takes a look. >> creativity of chef. northern california restaurant reputation. recognition in the michelin guide means you have arrived. >> we are looking at the produce. consistent and how the chef prefers and technique. >>reporter: this highlight 5 19 restaurant. anonymous inspectors award culinary chiefment. highest ranking 3 stars belongs to 2 napa valley restaurants. french laundry in unitville wins again with new addition with meadow wood moves up to 3 stars. >> moving from very good restaurant to an excellent restaurant is a lot of work. >> there are just 91 restaurants worldwide that have 3 stars. if these 3 hear got 2 stars again. francis in the casts to is one of 39 restaurants that earn one star. it has been open less than a year and has generated a lot of buzz. owner chef melissa named it after her grand mother. >> like a family and i think that's conveyed in the entire dining experience here

with five groups have now filed suit in sacramento county superior court. the suit against the high-speed rail authority seeks to halt the proposed line between san francisco and los angeles. the suit claims environmental studies inflated ridership figures. a similar suit was dismissed two years ago. >>> we have b.a.r.t. delays this morning. sal, what's the latest? >> well, we had b.a.r.t. delays. we're gonna bring in jim allison who is joining us on the phone. >> yes. the good news is we're back on time. >> what was the problem? >> at 6:12 this morning we had had a pg&e power outage in berkeley that casscated a number of problems and the biggest was that we couldn't get trains out of our richmond maintenance yard. from about 6:30 -- actually, 6:12 to 7:00 we had had major delays on richmond lines. >> right now cure saying all of the trains are back on line? >> are they residual delays? >> we were able to get the trains out and we're back to full speed. >> viewers are very happy to hear that. jim said that b.a.r.t. delays are over and things are getting back to being on time. >>> at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is backed up. it's backed up from the macart

with the state budget is being hashed out we'll pass a deadline in sacramento. protesters said they hope to be heard by decision makers will looking at cuts and higher education >> and san franciscooblems for the new clipper card system seem to be piling up the cards are being used by most mass transit agencies in the bay area at this point. for muni the problems range from as the gates to the buses on monday the gates underground were not reading the correct amount of money on people's cards of the entire system had to be shut down and every bloated trade also problems with the muni on power and the clipper card reader because muni overhead buses take electricity from the overhead wires and sometimes are not enough juice to the card readers are turning off. reporting in san francisco kate thompson kron 4 news. >> cal train riders will soon be paying more for less service. as expected cal train is approved fare increases of 25¢ per zone for a maximum of a $25 for the four right between san francisco and san jose. in addition for midday trains will be eliminated between 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. so the be a train every hour instead of every half-hour during the time to read effective

sacramento. i'm on a mission to create more jobs, stop wasteful spending, and improve our schools. let's get to work. ♪ fleet week continues in san francisco with parade of ships kicking off this morning 10:00. the big attraction of the blue angels and they take to the sky this afternoon. as jeff bush shows us there was another plane that's just as important to the team. >> this is a play is called fat albert it's a c-130 the blue angels it's a tough fight for counted on. everyone from the team flies on display and use it to also transport all their tools and all their spare parts to get around to do the shows. to conceal it is on the upside but check out the inside it has a big cargo bay in the back which is a good thing because the team needs a lot of space to put all this stuff. these blue boxes contain everything the team needs to keep the jets in perfect working order. the tools and parts to cut more than half of the plane's cargo bay. for adult is flow membranes and as you can hear the very enthusiastic about their jobs. despite its size that on it is renewable and found that out what we took off from sfo the plane with a steep climb and

with fire. to see right through to the air. >> the galleria has 9 million shoppers per year. that is more than any other sacramento area shopping mall. >> the south bay, and the san francisco policfather. and the uniformed officer is talking to the teenager in the d.a.'s office says the officer was allowed to take the boy into temporary custody because it reason to believe that the teenager was engaged in unlawful sexual intercourse. and however, there still deciding if he violated department policies. >> taking a live look outside, your full forecast, coming up. >> our first significant storm of the season pushes through this weekend. lighter rain yesterday, storm continues to push through. a strong storm on tap for tomorrow with our satellite, a very well- defined. the tail and pushed in, overnight so this will continue to stream in bringing all this moisture with it. light showers mainly in the north bay. if we could see some the south of the golden gate with a stronger storm behind it with significant rainfall tomorrow. first, by 1:00 p.m., we will see through the coastline, the santa cruz mountains and not a lot of the heavy stuff. heavier, up to the north and weather cells will

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