san hose's save our streets in the mission district by i-280. we have a lot of quality of life issues. we worked on a lot of traffic calming. one. things that came up as an easy thing to do required thing to do is a lot of greening. we worked on greening on san jose we have 9 blocks done south of caesar chavez and we are working to go north. the community challenge program has been retool indeed 2005 to encourage neighborhood involvement. that's me. >> this is david wincelow. >> i'man architect and urban planner and currently take into practice one. focuses of my research over the last 20 years is alleys. and i will talk about that as we get started. >> i'm director of kid serve an art program where we guide community and young people through the process of creating permanent permanent mosake art and transform a wall in the neighborhood. >> the panelists what were invieded here because they have received community challenge grants but they also have public processes in terms of for one thing, creating something oust nothing where nothing was pos

the incentives that have cabbies trying to beat the clock. hose receipts... c >>> they go speeding through the streets of san francisco trying to get there and back in 30 minutes or left much the incentives that have cabbies trying to beat the clock. >> those receipts in your wallet are rubbing cancer causing chemicals onto your cash. yes, it is dirty money. i'm kiet do. we will have that story coming up. ♪ imagine all the people >>> they were there with john lennon 30 years ago. they even talked to the man who would eventually kill him. tonight we bring you their story. good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm ken bastida. an incentive for cab drivers to go really, really fast on bay area freeways and city streets. if they pick up a fare and return to the spot in less than 30 minutes they get some nice perks. if they were just going a couple blocks that would be one thing. joe vazquez shows this is getting rides from the airport. >> reporter: they pick up a passenger at the airport. they race down here to union square. drop that person off. get back to the airport within half an hour. that's a program the airpor

san francisco bay. the problem and the solution. to run this on the side near this field is replacing this pipe. and running a hose along this bridge to a man hole on the other side. to divert that switch so it does not spill and the creek. also, this problem the same thing, the most problematic. they've had to install a third bypass with running a hose across a major intersection. and that has spent training into a manhole, over here. that has been a training, into a manhole, over here. that has been dreaming, to a man who, over here. that has been draining, to the manhole, over here. some residents are upset that they were not notified properly or in a timely manner. will be following up on that section soon. >> and through the sierras, we have just spoke with the c h p it is clear now. and if you're going to dry up? to drive up--today, because they're expecting heavy snowfall saturday, sunday. >> panel? >> to bring in the new year, the best bay area new year's eve live party. and it is the only local and new year's celebration locally. we've will be right back >> this just in to the kron 4 news room oakland pol

this is just a hose of moisture that is now over southern california. notice we're getting a little break in l.a. and san diego. just showers. heaviest rain up around santa barbara and bakersfield currently. mammoth mountain, the ski resort, reported 15 feet of snow. that's feet of snow. in the next 48 hours our computers are saying we could see another three to five inch, maybe even right in downtown l.a. very rare event for this region and it's going to continue, as i mentioned, until wednesi'm sure snow at high elevations. a little better in tahoe today. >>> lynn, we'll talk about the hawaii situation a little later in the show. honolulu yesterday, five inches of rain. >> that's unfortunate. all the folks who went throughout for the holidays. all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> well, also coming up a look ahead at the holiday shortened week on wall street and second spot on the world's most expensive christmas tree. >>> your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus it took 28 years but a sequel finally takes the top spot at the box office. >>> coming up, the lady huskies make his

hose is that a blocking traffic will go away. in marin county jonathan bloom kron 4 news. >> this san francisco forty- niners announcing a tentative deal with city of san francisco to keep the team playing in candlestick park for 2014. it settles a $60 million claim that the forty-niners have filed against the city over upkeep of the stadium. they it still has to be approved by a board of supervisors, the process will begin in january. the forty-niners are still planning to play in a new senate clear stadium in 2015. when the red back as the kron 4 morning news continues after the break. a program note to talk about were in the new year with kron 4 as well bringing one of the biggest and best part is in the bay area at 1130 and new year's eve. we have kron 4 new year's live and that's presented by elite nd and that's the only local new year's show in the bay area. will be right back. welcome back on christmas eve, an organization is allowing u.s. soldiers to become holiday list while serving overseas. here box stored is sending packages to the men and women in uniform. on here shows is how the troops are appreciating this help. >>

san francisco police discovered what they call a fairly sophisticated drug lab in an upscale neighborhood. the bust happened along manzanita avenue. linda yee shows us what was found. >> reporter: paint thinner, glass beakers, hoses and portable stoves were laid out on the sidewalk, packages of epinephrine were scattered among other chemicals. police say all the ingredients of a clandestine meth lab. a lab with a deadly mix that could have exploded anytime in this dense san francisco neighborhood. >> the precursor chemicals and heat use as a catalyst to make these drugs are toxic and volatile. >> reporter: neighbors can't believe it. >> yeah, this is laurel village, laurel heights. this isn't exactly like meth lab central. this isn't the tenderloin. >> reporter: police say it was a small to medium lab but efficient enough to produce a high volume of crystal meth and ghb, what's commonly known as the date rape drug. >> it's pretty shocking. we work a block down the street. it's a nice neighborhood. and it's pretty shocking. >> reporter: it's a neighborhood of families with young children, a daycare, a school, and shopping center all nearby. people push nearby. >> reporter: it's the last thing would you expect is a

we have got a fire hose pointing at the west coast of the united states and it's just going to spray moisture and cool air and windy conditions right through the middle of next week. sane tomorrow in the low 50s, mid-50s around the bay, 55 in san jose as i mentioned and then the five-day forecast, so, again, not to head for the hills. don't panic. we have seen these before. but definitely merits paying attention to and we will be here and walk you through it. if we get breaks, we will be fine, but if we don't, flooding issues. >> half a foot of rain? >> yes but over a bunch of days. >>> a holiday tradition could turn dangerous. how the season could end up in flames. >>> the ktvu channel 2 news stock report brought to you by kaiser permanente. >>> san francisco firefighters are teaming up with st. francis hospital's burn unit to encourage people to take extra care this holiday season to avoid holiday fires. and that's what happened when firefighters set a christmas tree on fire this morning to show us just how quickly dry branches and decorations can go up in flames. in fact, this tree was fully engulfed in flames in less than a minute. every holiday season more than 4

hoses that are blocking traffic will go way then. jonathan bloom, kron 4 news. >> the latest development on an error on line our web site www.kron4.com. the san francisco 49ers have announced a tentative deal is constructed city of san francisco if to keep the team planned to candlestick park for the 2014. the agreement was reached monday that settles a $60 million claim that the forty-niners had filed the beats the city over upkeep of the stadium. the agreement has to be approved by the parks commission import of supervisors, the forty- niners are still planning to play in a new santa clara stadium in 2015. coming up on the kron 4 morning news, if he avoided if unsure holiday shopping there's still plenty of time. if a lot of stores are open today. a live look at the toys rest in san or fell. you can ring in the new year with kron 4 news, will bring you the biggest and best part is of the bay area tune in and at 11:30 p.m. for kron 4 is new year's live presented by a lead elite md i's the only local year's eve show. [ mom ] my son only wanted one toy this year. i want a robosan 4000. [ mom ] the one no one could get. toy stores are reporting