in a statement, san francisco based craig's list says it supports efforts to fight exploitation. in may of 2009, craig's list began screening each ad before it's published in the adult services section. >>> a new ucla study indicates the percentage of californiaens without health care insurance is rising sharply. researchers say, with the bad economy and more californians losing their jobs, more and more are losing their health coverage. the study indicates that while all counties saw an increase in the percentage of uninsured last year, the bay area fared better than most. but still in 37 of california's 58 counties, at least one resident in four had no health insurance for some period last year. >>> the signals that count down the seconds to make it easier for pedestrians to get across a busy street safely are in question. the question is how much time does a pedestrian need there or at any traffic light. new standards are changing things, and the changes could act motorists. our mary nailer reports. >> reporter: the next time you hit a crosswalk button, you could be getting mo

. >> reporter: the fake bills promote the latest facebook game from san francisco based zinger. but it has back fired. >> i will never look at the website just for the fact that they put it there. >> reporter: the city attorney's office considers the branded bills vandalism. >> this isn't something that we tolerate, whether it's just teenage kids doing it or a major corporation doing it. it is just something we shouldn't stand for. >> reporter: the angry letter they fired off about its gorilla marketing campaign. department of public works have tried to remove the sticky bills but time consuming and expensive. each sticker takes 45 minutes to scrub loose with a $65 per hour power washer. >> it's illegal. so it's not just a question of paying to clean it up. we're going to ask that there be some sort of, you know, penalty or fine associated with it. >> reporter: blue bottle coffee have removed some of the 30 stickers glued outside its doors. >> we have to go through an extra half hour scrubbing away in front of the sidewalk, it's not cool. >> reporter: at the headquarters no one

. >> reporter: the fake bills promote the latest facebook game from san francisco based zinger.ut it has back fired. >> i will never look at the website just for the fact that they put it there. >> reporter: the city attorney's office considers the branded bills vandalism. >> this isn't something that we tolerate, whether it's just teenage kids doing it or a major corporation doing it. it is just something we shouldn't stand for. >> reporter: the angry letter they fired off about its gorilla marketing campaign. department of public works have tried to remove the sticky bills but time consuming and expensive. each sticker takes 45 minutes to scrub loose with a $65 per hour power washer. >> it's illegal. so it's not just a question of paying to clean it up. we're going to ask that there be some sort of, you know, penalty or fine associated with it. >> reporter: blue bottle coffee have removed some of the 30 stickers glued outside its doors. >> we have to go through an extra half hour scrubbing away in front of the sidewalk, it's not cool. >> reporter: at the headquarters no one wa

san francisco with our report. >> reporter: talk for example groupon.com. people sign up and they e-mail out different discounts and coupons for company. they have 15 million subscribers worldwide. san francisco-based company want to get in on the game. yelp.com is launching their owner mail deal of the week program for bay area subscribers to compete with groupon. it starts tomorrow. >> we looked at the model over the years. we want to test it. >> reporter: they are not the only once. open table.com started a dally deal pilot program where subscribers are e-mailed half off coupons in restaurants in boston and new york. bay area diners say they love e- mail promotions and use them often. >> usually you save up to 50% off. there is no catch. >> reporter: this restaurant owner will tell you there is a catch just not for consumers. restaurants and businesses can loose money on these deals and have to eat the cost of the 50% discount. on top of that pay groupon or yelp a commission. >> they need to handle it in a way to work for the consumer and the businesses. >> reporter: this san francisco restaurant took part in black board.com. he says he'll still evaluating how beneficial it was. >> it will take

. >> san francisco-based ch systems which finds bs for people in the tech sector says the second halff the year is typically a good one for his industry. >> you have a lot of people coming availabl looking for jobs, companies getting budgets approv for 2011. anticipate a lot of growth for that. it's not crazy growth. i think we're just gonna see stable, continued solid growth. >> no new numbers out for hope. those who lost it, those who never will. that latter category is represented by people like jose, a man with a criminal record at the statemployment office hoping. >> i have a couple. i'm not letting it kind of psych me because i know there's jobs out the and there's people like the offices to hel you search for tse type of jobs. so tt's what's good about it. >> nationwide it seems that a large number of the newly unemploymented come from the government. here in cafornia there w a large hi in the service industry. experts say in the month of august they do not expect improvement. live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney. >> take a look at the big board. live, the dow is down 189 at

. >>> over a dozen states are going after san francisco-based craigslist. demanding craigslist removes the adult services section. they say the website cannot block ads. letters were being sent saying the company is not filtering out those adds that promote prostitution and child trafficking. >>> coming up -- the out of control car that injured several people in san francisco. more >>> stocks falling again today after another disappointing report on the housing market. we'll have more on that in a moment. that's renewed worries bts economy. now, the dow did briefly dip below 10,000 earlier this morning. that happened for the first time in seven weeks. it's down by much -- by as much as 183 points. investors are seeking refuge, sending interest rates lower. right now the dow is down 91 at 10,082. now, the numbers released this morning by the national association of realtors show the sale of existing homes plummeted last month. july's sales fell by more than 27% to the lowest level in 15 years. one reason the market is hurting, buyers and sellers appear to be

. >>> today a san francisco-based construction company agreed to pay $52 million to victims in a deadly minneapolis bridge collapse. thirteen people died and another 145 were injured when the interstate 35-w bridge collapsed into the mississippi river three years ago. the lawsuit claims the firm missed warning signs about a design flaw that led to the collapse. >>> fire crews put up quite a fight to control a house fire in alameda. the fire caused severe damage to a home on clinton avenue and minor damage to a home next door. it began at 2:00 a.m. when the mother and her child were sleeping inside. the mother said she woke up to noises from a one-year-old refrigerator. firefighters worked to put out the flames going up and down the walls. firefighters do not believe the fire was suspicious and they say no one was hurt. >> yes. there's smoke detectors. the family moved into the house about a year ago. so it was all up to code and the refrigerator was new. the owner said she seen fire coming from behind the refrigerator, so that kind of focuses in on where to start the investigation. the

. >> san francisco-based tech systems which finds jobs for people in the tech sector says the secondalf of the year is typically a good one for his industry. >> you have a lot of people coming available looking for jobs, companies getting budgets approved for 2011. anticipate a lot of growth for that. it's not crazy growth. i think we're just gonna see stable, continued, solid growth. >> no new numbers out for hope. those who lost it, those who never will. that latter category is represented by people like jose, a man with a criminal record at the state employment office hoping. >> i have a couple. i'm not letting it kind of psych me because i know there's jobs out there and there's people like the offices to help you search for those type of jobs. so that's what's good about it. >> nationwide it seems that a large number of the newly unemploymented come from the government. here in california there was a large hit in the service industry. experts say in the month of august they do not expect improvement. live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney. >> take a look at the big board. live,

san francisco attorney to be the next u.s. attorney for northern california. president obama nominated hague to the post earlier this year to replace the current u.s. attorney. she currently works for the san francisco based firm. haag must still be confirmed by the full senate. >>> tonight more than 200 young musicians will honor the memory of a 14-year-old alameda county girl whose murder remains unsolved. she played in the castro valley orchestra. she was found stabbed to death in her home 16 years ago sending relatives, teachers and friends organize the summer music program to provide other school age performers a chance to practice and perform together. the concert tonight starts at 7:00. it's going to be held at the redwood chapel community church on redwood road in castro valley. seating come is first come first seated and the concert is free. >>> there's a new plan to increase safety on some of muni's most dangerous lines and involves so-called community ambassadors. we take a look at what type of protection those ambassadors will provide. >> reporter: the role of the community ambassador is to serve as a liaison. they will ride from the third street t line and the brown know during the early morn

and san francisco based wilhelm sonoma is recalling baby bottle warmers called biba, they apparentlyk too well, getting hot enough to cause burns. return it to the store for a refund. here's something i thought you might like. what do to technology and sumo wrestlers have in common, and what kind of technology do they like best? they like the ipad. why? because they have so much trouble using the iphone. reuters says the wrestlers' officiating body in japan will distribute ipads to athlete there is, because they can't text message and use the buttons on the iphone very well. the ipad -- >> because it's bigger? >> it's like an iphone for them. >> they hold it up to their -- >> i have little potato fingers myself and i'm not even a sumo wrestler and i have trouble hitting those little keys. >> he just wants an ipad. >>> let's talk about frank, tropical storm frank, joining strength along the mexican pacific coast, dumping heavy rain on some of the country's most popular resort destinations. at least one river overflowing so far. so far, at least 50,000 people are affected by this storm

the san francisco-based group "save the redwoods" is funding the work. >>> homeless veterans across northern california are gathering for an east bay stand down. the group is set up at the alameda fairgrounds. the name of the event referred to an opportunity to retreat to a safe to a place of safety. well, the event assists homeless veterans with food, clothing, health care and employment assistance. >>> this year the stand down always is offering help for the veteran's animal companions. they teamed up with try valley animal rescue. they are provides the pets with grooming and shelter. the event runs through sunday and organizers expect to help as many as 500 veterans. >>> well, some heated exchange marked a special meeting today of california's high speed rail authority. with the funding now falling in place. supporters want to start building the 120 mile line connecting northern and southern california some people that live among the routes say not so fast. >> reporter: the high speed rail authority wants to build the line along the corridor that means a segment from san jose to san franc

san francisco. it's 66 right now. we'll tell you about even more cooling for the week ahead in my seven-day forecast. >>> in case you were wondering, twitter enthusiasts, they can tweet again. the san francisco-based microblogging site was out of service this morning affecting nearly 100 million users around the world. the usual screen that allows people to send a tweet said the site was down for a plans maintenance but it was expected to be back in a few hours. it was done to remedy what they called an elevated rate of errors. >>> starting today, comcast is raising rates for most of its south bay customers. it affects internet tv and cable customers. but we did find one way you could actually save yourself $10 a month. first, though, those increases. as you can see, prices are up on everything from limited basic service to digital premiere, even the cost of movie channels. comcast says the increase amounts to roughly 3.8% each bill. now the good news. comcast digital economy tv package is actually going down in price from $39.95 to $29.95 a month. today's rate hikes will not affect anyone who is locked in to any kind prove motional deal. >>> beer and wine all part of a fund-raiser for fido, next.

this is a san francisco-based company with offices anin shanghai and around the world. this project and the impact on the city appealed to them. thank you for your great gift. they went to work and quickly brought in victor. victor flew in from hawaii. provided the shipping free from shanghai along with a lot of the management and paperwork. stand up, victor. they did an excellent job. [sirens] the torso was too big to fit in the container. they put it at the top of the ship. it was wrapped in red. i like to think of the buddha guarding the journey of this ship across the pacific. thank you so much, victor. [applause] i also want to thank the hus for giving us the expertise of their staff. scott. they didn't say ok, we will do this for you for free, but they actually had their staff work with us on a daly basis and help us really project manage the details and logistics and the complications of exporting a work of this scale and complexity. would you please stand as well diana, leslie and scott? i couldn't have done it without your expertise and guidance. we are total n

. >>> a san francisco based construction company agreed to pay $52 million to the victims of a deadly bridge collapse in minneapolis three years ago. 13 people died in 145 were injured when the bridge collapsed into the mississippi river in august of 2007. the lawsuit claims the firm urs corporation missed warning signs about a design flaw that led to that collapse. urs says it only settled in order to avoid a lengthy trial. >>> coming up more on the breaking news, that fire burning in the east bay and tiger woods' personal life moves on to the next round. droiiiid. what this droid does will change how you do web connections. this creates a mobile 3g hotspot, powerful enough to fuel multiple devices at will. putting you at the center of your own world wide web. introducing the new droid x. the next generation of does. >>> it is official. tiger woods and his swedish born wife were divorced today by a florida court. a joint statement released by their lawyer said woods and elin in order glenn wished each other the very best for their future. no terms of the divorce were announced other

the san francisco-based bank lost a class action lawsuit yesterday. they say the federal judge got his facts wrong. he ruled wells fargo uses unfair manipulation to get more overdraft fees. it is accused of posting the largest debit card purchases first to increase chances of a customer overdraft. many banks reportedly post smaller transactions first. >>> a new list is out designating nearly two dozen bay area waterways as polluted and state water experts say the biggest problem is trash. ktvu's maureen is live tonight in downtown san jose with more on what waterways made the list and also what's being done to solve the problem. maureen? >> reporter: frank, this is the first time the state has used garbage to determine the status after waterway and this river is one of several in the bay area deemed polluted because of trash. water is still flowing and wildlife frolicking in the guadalupe river, one of 24 bay area waterways added to the state water resources list of polluted waterways. >> i was just looking down at the creek right by the water works,

, it is from a website, home remodeling magazine, there is a long list of things supposedly san francisco-based, adjusted for local conditions, and how much of the cost you can expect to recoup for the work you're doing in the building. if you're doing work because you want to live there and you want to appreciate the improvement, that is different. if you're doing work with a clear eye to how much you can get back, i am shocked to see under the column that says "cost recouped," there's not a single one of these things that says you can get back all of your cost, not one. some of them you get back a lot. most of them you do not do too well. is there anything where you recoup your full cost? golden gate bridge. >> there you go. >> in terms of immediate value, part of this is a function of our limited housing supply, really. that affects the value, of course. if you do a bathroom remodels, they are saying the job cost $18,000, you might recoup $15,000. the hard part in determining that, to compare apples and apples, is to look at a house in the sunset district with a single-family home with one b

>> reporter: since 2007, she has received two loans of $10,000 each from opportunity fund a san francisco based nonprofit lender. for the past 15 years, it's been practicing micro financing, providing small business loans for low income people. the everyday workers strive to go get ahead. >> we're making loans in the flea market, we're making loans to food vendors. >> reporter: eric weaver, ceo of opportunity funds, says loans range from 500 to $10,000. it provided money to entrepreneurs who did not equal fly through a bank. >> we have a 90% repayment rate and 85% business survival rate. the data shows that it's the small businesses that create the lion share of net new jobs in the economy. so it's a very worthwhile endeavor. >> reporter: new case study highlights the positive economic ripple effects of micro lending in the bay area. data shows that for every dollar lent, opportunity fund loans are generate ago two to one financial return as it flows through the regiona creating new wage, new spending and new tax revenue. loans to shining star went into update in the kitchen with new appliances

reporter: in this old growth grove south of eureka and a dozen other sites, researchers funded by san francisco based save the redwoods are now putting realtime instruments in the trees. they'll place these special sap measuring probes next week. high tech analysis can discover whether water in the sap is from fog or rainwater. >> that maybe a key sticking point to determine whether we have redwoods in the future. >> reporter: one idea is to plant new trees well north of the current range in redwoods and let the climate change catch up to them. one curious findings, redwoods are getting bigger, possibly because of more co2 in the air. this project will help redwoods. >>> an infectious fungus disease is spreading rapidly. it causes bats to become restless. instead of sleeping, the bats burn off their fat reserve and die off. scientists say the bats could disappear in the northeast within two decades. >>> a vote today in washington, d.c. could put teachers and police officers back on the job here in the bay area. >>> and candidate for governor jerry brown is coming under fire tonight for something he's

the report also mentions a project by san francisco based pacific voirn.n-profit group is receiving almost $200,000 to assist siberian communities in working with russian policymakers on issues. a white house spokesman calls it not credible and said their spokesman said it prevented a worse downturn. >> traffic is busy approaching the bridge and this is 880. not bad. light so far. now here is steve. >> we had more fog, also local mist out there coast and bay. once that burns off a little later today. cooler, breezy, then much cooler inland thursday and friday. >> it does. >> thanks, steve. that is going to do it for us open the morning news but we have much more news ahead coming up on mornings on 2. you are taking a live look at the federal building right now. we are waiting that huge ruling on prop 8 that is expected later today. >> we are also live from phoenix arizona with this, a small plane just crashed into a building in phoenix. stay exactly where you are, mornings on 2 comes your way next. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by

san francisco. originally, applied directly at the retail level. i have concerns about that based on the experience of recent -- recent fees like the tobacco fee that was enacted last year. the paper works through the remission of building in the treasurer's office. to me it made sense all so it to be able to apply and directly as part of the responsibility that we were able to apply. i believe that we should be subject to the feed, not so much the ones that are subject directly to the city and county of san francisco. the intention behind this is that every year the department of public health is forced to, with our budget crisis, is forced to make cuts to services, cuts that the board tries to restore but never entirely. they go through the cut and reverse of cuts every year. losing services. important services for treatment on demand. services that san franciscans need to maintain sobriety and make changes in their lives. because we have continuously been fighting this fight to restore services, there was an effort to hear from the voters in their treatment on demand services a

they've discovered bedbugs in office buildings in downtown san francisco and in the financial district, but won't tell us which ones. san francisco-basedst tech uses specially trained bedbug sniffing dogs, including this beagle to find the bugs. the office says the number of infestations has doubled the past few years. >> we've seen an increase in people's homes. so i think there are reservoirs of bedbugs going untreated. as that's building there are more chances for them to be taken from place to place. >> reporter: this is what a serious infestation what looks like although this was from a san francisco motel room. one property manager told us by phone the stigma of bedbugs in an office, building owners tend to handle the problem discretely. >> this information will hurt your business, hurt tenants wanting to be in your building. it will stress out the tenants in your building. >> reporter: in fact, the property manager asked us not to use her name, because she said she recently handled an office infestation for a client in san francisco and was concerned that revealing her name would reveal the building with the problem. but she sai

san francisco based truli a.com follows home prices nationwide. >> when 5.5 or six months of inventoryis what we would like to see. >> reporter: even though interest rates are at record lows. >> interest rates will be zero and people will not buy homes if they don't have jobs. they will not buy homes if they don't feel their job is stable and secure. >> reporter: cancellation of the home buyers tax credit ended the boom. nelson says there's a bigger problem. >> high unemployment levels and unemployment levels that just don't seem to be changing very much as the months go on really have pressed pause on the real estate market recovery. >> reporter: now as bad as these numbers are, they don't really begin to touch what the banks are mostly silent about. that is the vast inventory, a vast inventory of repossessed homes that they hold and simply refuse to put on the mark. that could depress the market for a long long time to come. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. >>> we'll be back after a short break. >>> great for pedestrians, not so great for motorists. >>> also at 6:00, we're f

san francisco-based gap. that's one we're watching. trading a little higher.ams sonoma, keeping an eye on them as well. j.c. penneys under pressure. last minute for back to school shopping season. one reason why its earnings expectations are going to fall short. here's how the markets look overall. a bit lower. dow trading down 35 points and the s & p and nasdaq lower as well. the bloomberg silicon valley index actually up. a little flash with yesterday's numbers. down about 2 points at the moment. one thing going this morning, weak prices. this is the sexiest market in the world. up more than 8%. it's up 80% since june. there are a lot of supply concerns because of drought and also the wild fires. russia announcing it is banning exports on wheat and other grain until the ends of the year to evaluate this drought and damage due to the prices. apple's newest i-phone has a security flaw. according to the german government, the flaw can be exploited by users who will install unwanted applications and then get personal information. they basically can have access a

now executives at the san francisco based bank believe there will be a resurgence of mortgage backedurities. already added more than 20 bankers and support personnel during the last three months to increase loan originations which will be bundled and sold. >>> starting in december it will be a lot easier to get to yosemite. united airlines is starting nonstop service between sfo and mammoth yosemite regional airport. daily flights on united express. round trip tickets on sale for $200. >>> and toyota is going to add a new safety feature to its prius that it sold in japan. it will offer a $148 speaker system that will broadcast a humming sound so pedestrians can hear approaching cars. now a recent u.s. government study found hybrids are twice as likely as other vehicles to be involved in low speed crashes with pedestrians. researchers blame the lack of noise for the difference. toyota says at least for now it has no plans to offer the system on cars sold here in the u.s. >>> all right. our time now 5:50. he is heading for courted to blamed for a horrifying and deadly crash. the police

the san francisco based company has about 100 million users around the world. >>> the movie about -- >> -- big money at the box office again. inception held on to the top spot, bringing its three week total receipts to $193 million. that did put it ahead of -- [ inaudible ] >> -- so for the third -- [ inaudible ] >> -- revenge of kitty galor rounding out the top 5. >> 5:50. still ahead there are plenty of them in your house and in min but are they dangerous, we will have to tell you about a new study about spray bottles. why they may be more of a health hazard than you think. >> plus this could be a big day for american idol and it is all about the future of that show. ♪ [ music ] our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise.

the report also mentions a project by san francisco based pacific environment.non-profit group is getting almost $200,000 to assist indigenous siberian communities working with russian policymakers on environmental issues. >>> now a white house spokesman called the coburn-mccain report not credible. that spokesman also pointed out that an advice other of mccain's on presidential campaign recently said it prevented a fa more severe downturn. >>> some of the members of the national association of black journalists are not happy about a $20,000 donation. it came from a charitable foundation created and controlled by barry bonds. and since barry bonds is still in the middle of the controversy over the steroid allegations some members say journal efforts should keep their distance from him. the association board says the money bill be used for an annual award promoting in tray per nurl spirit. >> all right. time now 5:fore. let's head right back out to sal. sal is checking the traffic for us out in the south bay. good morning, sal. >> you are very good at knowing wha

san francisco-based crowd cloud linking job seekers that have work to be done.eople paid as little as a penny per task such as validating links on a website or $10 per page for writing a video script. they credit area paypal account the next day for completed projects. >> we are available to the stay at home mother, the retired professor, the precocious teenager. there's a lot of people that in any economy are really kind of locked out of traditional employment because they just can't fit it into their lives. >> cloud crowd has 35,000 registered workers. 80% of them in the u.s. >> the slowing economy has many consumers staying on the couch and getting their entertainment fix from home. >> here's jane king with the "moneyscope" report. >> good morning. the slowing economy has prompted many of us to cut back on eating out and buying name brand goods. so what are we spending money on when it comes to interat the same time? people are putting that money into home entertainment like cable tv. cable bills climbed about 8% on average in the second quarter to $123 a mon

the san francisco based clothing maker's new line is for young consumers in emerging markets startingith china, south korea and singapore. the brand already has a large following in chna, some prices top $100 a pair, the new jeans will sell for less than $60 a pair. >>> here is a live look at the big board, the dow jones down 64 points to 10,341. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also down a little bit that followed good gains yesterday though and some dips overnight in asia and this morning in your. decent numbers coming in though this morning. target's second quarter profit up. deer third quarter profit up. so we do have earnings reports coming in helping things out a bit but as you can see dow down almost 74 points now. >>> if you are planning on doing a lot of traveling you might want to consider jet blue's travel special. >>> tickets must be purchased by friday and the any flight tickets are valid only between september 7th and october 6th. >> got it. time now 6:51. the kids love them and you can find a lot of them here in the bay area but find out more about those bounce houses that were f

watch san francisco-based wells fargo. that company lost a court case and pay owe a lot of money.est level in 20 years, but this fed move on wednesday pushes the dollar really low against other currencies, particularly the yen. that's going to make products like sony and toyota much more expensive. that could help the trade deficit, but it will also make oil more expensive, so expect a jump in gas prices. >> thanks a lot, scott. >>> meantime, we've been talking about cleanup efforts and recovery efforts in the gulf. some of that could be hampered because of the bad weather that's moving in. this morning, philippe cousteau joins us live from new orleans. he's the grandson of the explorer, you might know him, jacques cousteau. he joins us live. good morning, how are you doing? >> i'm doing all right. >> how is the weather there? what are you hearing about trying to clean things up in light of these new storms coming through? >> it's a little stormy, if you can't tell behind me, it's a little overcast, we've had some rain this morning, so actually they've stopped drilling the relief

san francisco. our best estimate based on the fee proposed originally is that this is worth about $20 million overall, which would exceed the allowable costs a detailed in the study. in terms of the overall impact on consumer spending based on the original fee, with bars and restaurants by $2 million for year, liquor stores by about $4 million per year. the reduction in consumer spending and the rest of the economy by about $14 million each year. the economy wide impact is a reduction in employment associated with a reduction detail here. the total private sector job loss is between 60 and 80 each year without changing much from year to year over the next 20 years. there is an equivalent job gains associated with the expansion of city spending. therefore the net economic impact is measured in jobs and gross city product as very small and effectively negligible given the size of the economy and sensitivity of the economic model. looking forward this is based on a 3% escalation in costs of services in fee revenue. there is nothing magic in that 3%. vic could be higher or lower. but the finding of a neu

the company based in san francisco has about 100 million users around the world.s weekend, two special units with the vallejo police department were officially put on hold. the s.w.a.t. and k-9 units became the it laest casualties in the crisis. the city says the k-9 costs about $100,000 a year to operate and that doesn't include time off for a trolls for trading. but supporters say one dog can do the job of one or two human officers when it come to searching for suspects. >> ned already has seven arrests under his belt. he's only been working the street for a month and a half. >> there's ho word on the fate. but they are hoping to bring the k-9 unit back in october but for now the dogs will stay their with handlers santa ana we're just getting word of a -- handlers. >>> we're just getting word of a stabbing. >>> and lindsay lohan begins her rehabilitation. this morning we'll tell you where a judge has ordered her to go. droiiiid. what this droid does will change how you do web connections. this creates a mobile 3g hotspot, powerful enough to fuel multiple devices

san francisco. for sfgtv, . >> my name is mark tieman and i'm senior councilor at pet camp, san francisco, california. we dispose of a lot of carbon-based material here, dog poop, and the more we can turn that into something viable, the better off we are. in san francisco there's more dogs than children. finding a viable use for dog poop. >> proenvironmental policies, that's a way to win hearts and that's a way to win hearts and minds. [horns honking] [siren wails] announcer: big dreams and goodrades aren't enough to get into college. there are actual steps you need to take. finding someone who can help is the first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. >> with my artists, eight of them are working in tehran, iran, the capital city, and one is an iranian american based in san francisco. the problem is really a collective exploration in the day and the life in tehran. it is the largest city in the middle east. for the gallery, one of the first pieces you see is one piece which is a laser-cut peace, it taken directly from the map of the city itself -- a laser-cut piece. it represents the geography of the city. it i

. >>> also -- a san francisco- based bank owes its customers some big money. we'll tell you why. >>> less bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're following -- let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're following for you now. oakland police released the only suspect arrested for the murder of a german tourist. investigators say there just wasn't enough evidence to hold the young man, suspected of killing the woman sunday night. >>> a suspect who was on fremont's most wanted list for almost ten years has finally been caught in mexico. 36-year-old kaloyanoff is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl eight years ago at a fremont jim where he used to live. >>> and -- gym where he used to live. >>> and the survivors on the plane crash in alaska may have held on because of the q they were wearing. >>> the labor department says job openings fell from 2.6 million in may. to 2.5 million in june. that could be a sign -- june's totals are system below the low point of 2.3 billion. that's in july of the last year. >>> california in

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basically we had changed based on the economists' report that there is a higher level of consumption of alcohol in san francisco and alcoholic sales in san francisco, therefore the fee would not need to be as high to obtain cost recovery. we have lowered the amount by about 25%. the amendments included where we had originally had a fee based on 7.5 cents per ounce and now that the fee is applied three ways for beer, wine, and spirits, beer would be 35 cents per gallon. why would be $1. spirits would be $3.20 per gallon. this would make a bottle of beer about 3 cents, i believe. the reason why we put three different types of alcohol, it would be easier for us to apply that fee without taking into account the different ways that alcohol can be manufactured and make it easier for the tax collector to do the work and businesses to report on their sales. the amendments, we allowed this hearing to consider the amendments and are facing a timeline based on prop. 26, which is on the november ballot. prop 26, if it were to pass, would prevent the municipalities and state government from creating any fees in the future u

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. >>> the san francisco city attorney is taking aim at a company that designs social networking games. zinga, the san francisco basedpany, is in hot water over a marketing stunt. it pasted fake 25,000 dollar bills all over the sidewalks of hay street. the city attorney says that is illegal and taking public works crews about 45 minutes to clean up each bill. now the city is going after zinga to pay the clean-up costs. >>> one of the talented young singers who wants to become the next american idol already has an absolutely amazing tale of survival. carmina salcido was the victim of a massacre, carried out by her own father. he killed six of his family members and another person. he cut the throats of his three young daughters and left them in a county dump. carmina, who was only 2 years old at the time, was the only one who survived. >> i'm not living my life only for myself, but in representation of those six family members that can't live here anymore, can't be here with us right now. >> she was one of the 9,000 people who auditioned yesterday for american idol at at&t park. it looks like the judges liked her voic

san francisco, california. we dispose of a lot of carbon-based material here, dog poop, and the more we can turn that into something viable, the better off we are. in san francisco there's more dogs than children. finding a viable use for dog poop. >> proenvironmental policies, that's a way to win hearts and minds. supervisor chu: good morning. welcome to the regular meeting of the city operations and neighborhood services committee. i'm joined by supervisors avalos and dufty. are there any announcements, victor? >> yes, please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and turn them in to myself. if you are presenting documents, please provide a copy to the clerk for inclusion in the file. items acted upon today will appear before the board of supervisors again on september 7, 2010, unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you. item one, please. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the transfer of a tight 21 off-sale general license from 605 kearny street for david's food store will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county

. >>> a san francisco based corporation is being sued for the use of the mafia wars name on social networking mateo company called digital chocolate is suing them for the trademark infringement claiming it coin the name first for an unpopular cell phone game. they are quoted as saying they will defend the use of that name investigate door russly. >> watsonville and navato are the latest citys to approve moratoriums on smart meters but it is not clear if that will stop them from being installed. pg&e started rotting them out in santa cruz county last month but critics say they are unsafe and unreliable. this morning a group of residents are staging a protest outside an energy company in cap atalla hired a hired to install those meters. >>> they are looking to build a warehouse to storage large items customer could purchase based on the floor models. >>> but not everyone is happy about that plan, dozens of new residents say that new warehouse would bring a lot of unwanted traffic and noise to the neighborhood. >> let's go back to sal. i know you are still watching the south bay. is that right.

> as has been expressed by many, they are concerned about the cumulative factor based on city initiatives in san francisco. i'm hearing various information or disinformation regarding impact. what would you say that? -- say to that? up >> the cumulative impact? we are simply trying to show the impact of this legislation. it is true that over the past several years and number of pieces of legislation have been passed, either our office has showed there is a negative economic impact on certain sections of the economy, but i have not tried to add them all together. which i would need to do to answer your question by any meaningful way. i understand that point in terms of the straw breaking the camel's back, but all that we can tell you is what is the difference if you pass this or do not pass this? not the cumulative effect. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you for your work on the report. we can open it up to public comments. i have a few cards that i will be used up -- that i will read, please, in that order. [reid's namads names] >> my name is kevin murphy. i am a high-school history teacher in daly city. we h