the difference between san mateo county and san francisco is san mateo county pays for it. i'm saying san francisco should not. it is time that corporate responsibility be compelled and everything we possibly can in order to alleviate from the burden of having to refer to our general fund. i have also tried to work with both this administration and merely -- tried to work with both the newsom and lee administrations. unless the city is willing to stand up with the forecast as probable legislation if we enact this legislation, that makes people a little concerned that this is not something we can support. i get that. so i just e-mailed the office of the mayor. i appreciate the conversation i have had with him and his staff. we agreed together that what we will do is create a trial program for one year. it will be considerably more robust than the one that has been expressed before. there has been a miniature trial program in san francisco with 10 independent pharmacies that are willing to set up a disposal receptacle program. the reason why it is independent pharmacies is bec

recoaling is the new trash company facing problems here in san mateo county. the issue stems from a trash company switch over. previously allied waste provided it was for san mateo county. the new provider has had a rough couple of days. in the first three days of the takeover, complaints have poured in from more than 8,000 customers and the calls keep coming. the calls have gone straight to the company's customer service line according to to the san jose mercury. customers report service stinks. they serve 440,000 people between burling game and east palo alto. redwood city residents are even more frustrated since they're bracing themselves for an 18% hike in garbage services. the biggest complaint is missed pick up and yesterday a 50,000 gallon diesel fuel leaked into a storm drain which dumps water into the san francisco bay. a truck drove over a large rock puncturing the gas tank. they signed a more than $50 million per year contract to provide service to san mateo county customers through 2020. now we've tried contacting the company but have yet to reach a

i said okay. >> carey finley is now 2xecutive director of sustainable san mateo county. it that attracted you to sustainable san mateo county? >> my husband and i moved to the bay area in september of '08 when the economy and the jobs were just terrible. and so i really wanted to make a career change and so i wanted to learn more ab'jt the whole c)een economy and what sustainability wasall about. and i volunteered at sustainable san mateo county so i could learn about sustainability in general and make connections. >> what were y'jr doing as a volunteer? >> i was on the communications committee, the marketing arm of the organization. programs here. can you give us an overview? >> sustainability is about the 3 e's. >> environment, sociú& equity, and the economlw you can't make the environment beer at the cost of the economy or the cost of the .ople who live in the community. and vice versa. you can't fúke the economlgrow without considering the environment. so it's th"triple bottom line that we're really focused on. so we illuminate, educate, on issues here in san mateo co

we were having a conversation that has not been a conversation with san mateo county. has been a monologue, and that has not produced anything of any significance we could move forward with. unfortunately, one of the components in the final draft of the study is the southern gateway design, which would create an arbitrary told for residents in the district that i represent in san mateo county. those who drive to and from san francisco county. i'm here today to urge you to reject the southern gateway design and any congestion pricing option that charges motorists at the border -- commissioner mirkarimi: just a little trick of our process -- would you please tell me more about your thoughts of the southern gateway design? >> thoughts of the gateway design? certainly. a couple of items. it creates a problem related to neighboring communities. it also could create the border wars that we may see and hear from jurisdictions in the south who have already claimed that they are going to establish their own tolls and fees at the border. this is the last thing that we need right

we have done outreach meetings in san mateo county and sarah plant county and marin county, precisely for the purpose that you mentioned. we have also done webinars and the newfangled technology things, and i have to give credit for the staff because i would not be able to do that if you pressed me. as you know, we can do a 30-year plan and have all-day meetings here and people do not pay a huge amount of attention until you have a specific proposal to do a project. that is the challenge planning has all the time, and that is why we believe the education process is very important. to have that discussion, mutually educate each other, and get to the point several years down the line when there is a more robust body of information that can inform and actual decision. what i can tell you is that we have received three letters that are included in the record. one is the letter from the university of california supporting the continuation of the analysis. one is from the bay area air quality management district strongly urging the analysis, and we also have a letter from the san mateo coun

we have a brand-new trouble spot to report in san mateo county.t was first reported as debris in lanes. looks like someone had lost a christmas tree. it was blocking the right lane. a vehicle then hit the tree and rolled down the embankment. no word of injuries. lanes are not blocked. again, this is northbound 280 at 92. and according to our sensors, speeds are actually moving okay through that area. we do have chp on the scene. you can see southbound 280 seeing some slight delays though through that area. this is a pretty foggy area this morning, as well. so that vehicle may not have seen that tree that was stuck in lanes so give yourself some extra time. also in the san mateo area, here's live look at the san mateo bridge where traffic is moving along fine. in fact, friday light between hayward and foster city. no delays to report through there. everything is clear right now in the east bay as far as accidents go. we are seeing some nice speeds overall this morning on 880, 24. if you have you're take the eastshore freeway, your approach to the b

assistance of mark church, and whereas in june 2010, mark church was elected by the voters of san mateo county to serve as county clerk recorder and chief elections officer and he will be relieving his position as director of the board, therefore be it resolved that the trend a power authority expresses its most sincere appreciation for the work of mark church as a member of the board of directors and be it further resolved that the director of the authority which is mark church continued success and happiness in all his future endeavors. if you could convey to director church our sincere appreciation, thank him on our behalf. certainly when he was most needed, he certainly was there for us, and we appreciated his support and always making himself available to staff to meet with him and seek his guidance on many critical issues, so please, thank him on our behalf. >> i will. and mark asked me to express his gratitude for this award yesterday at our board meeting, we recognize them also because his new position will require his not being on or not allow us to be on these various boards. mark al

in the chair of the city government of san mateo county. first thing i would like to say is that we acknowledge and agree that congestion is a regional issue. it does not start at the border of san francisco and is not confined to downtown san francisco. if you want to go to the airport around commuter hours, you will see some of our congestion. want to get to silicon valley during those same hours? you will be in congestion. the city county association of governments is the management agency for the county. we also understand that this is a study. but honestly of felt like solutions were already being crawford before the study was conducted. san mateo county feels singled out on this and we wonder if we understand the underlying causes and current impact, regional patterns and income levels of the people impacted, the timing of the traffic and what leads to the ingestion. a good study will identify alternatives, looking at potential results from each alternative, studying the impact and most importantly, which is where we are not sure it ha

. >> san mateo county officials are warning residents to be on alert after the third mountain lion sightinghis week. in the latest incident yesterday, a mountain lion is believed to have killed a deer in broad daylight. terry mcsweeney is live in hillsborough with a cause for more concern, terry. >> that broad daylight aspect of this attack and mountain lion killing a deer right here on robin wood lane yesterday 9:45 in the morning. that is not the way healthy, normal mountain lions behave. take a look at the video of robin wood lane and you're going to notice a lot of rural areas of trees, brush out here, a lot of places for a big cat to hide. this is where the deer was found yesterday. state fish and game saying it was killed in the daylight hours. that says that the mountain lion is either injured or it is sick. either way, it's more dangerous than usual. and the warning is keep an eye on small children and pets in the backyard, especially near trees. if you see a mountain lion, call 9-1-1. now, with a warning like that you can understand the fear among some parents in belmont when mount

commissioner elsbernd: you mentioned that san francisco and san mateo county used to be one county. that is why we are the only county in the state of california that has 11 members of the board of supervisors. when san mateo county was created, there county was only given five, but we were allowed to keep 11. if we pursued it, assemblymen hill might pick that up and put us back like every other county in the state. but a couple of things -- i'm not usually one who likes to do things in san francisco simply because it has been successful in europe, but playing that the milan, london and stockholm, in those situations, where the entire cities put with holes around the entry, or was it just central corridor? >> it was the central corridor. >> there is no comparison to us, to san francisco putting tolls up on this entire border. is there any other city anywhere in the war that has put tolls up circling every entrance to the city? >> the stockholm case actually, even though the area that is quarter and that is the downtown area, on the -- i think west end, it involves the entire municipa

. >> peninsula residents in ten cities and parts of unincorporated san mateo county should brace themselvesor a higher garbage rate this year. it will be the regents' first new one in decades. quarterly rates for some customers are expected to increase 9% to more than 38%. the biggest change and major reason for the higher cost is a new schedule to pick up recycling and composting bins every week along with the regular garbage. the cycling had been picked up every other week under the previous collector. >> if you have blue shield of california for your health insurance, you could be paying a lot more starting in march. the san francisco-based company wants to raise rates for nearly 200,000 policyholders pending state approval. blue shield increased rates october and again january 1st. the march increase would amount to a 30% rate hike in just six months. blue shield blames the hikes on rising healthcare costs. >> oracle's larry ellison is denying a forbes.com that he wants to buy the new orleans hornets and move the team to san jose. now the hornets are up for grabs. the nba bought the hor

>>reporter: some neighbors stayed with their homes and called san mateo county fire for help. others ran for their lives. >> i live very close to the fire too. we just ran out with what we had on. >> where the hell is the fair department. we are on clairemont and san bruno. i have been out here 15 minutes there is no fire department here. >>reporter: fire crew scramble to respond3w san mateo county dispatch tries to verify reports of plane crash. but all aircraft out of sfo are accounted for. some calls from the public point to a gas main explosion. >> i don't think anyone has picked up on the fact that could very well be high pressure gas main involved. >> i think it's fuel from the aircraft but i will let them know that, okay. thank i. >> okay. >> is what on fire there? >> gas pichlt it's a serious fire. house across the street from me. the flames are about 150 feet in the air. >> okay. >>. >>reporter: emergency officials somehow conclude item a plane crash. >> we have alarm aircraft down. multiple patients. multiple rescue. multiple occupied residences on fire. >>reporter:

san mateo county officials are warning people to be careful. the third time in a week there's evidence of a mountain lion on the prowl. terry mcsweeney is live in hillsborough. terry, the latest incident occurred during daylight hours. that's kind of worrisome. >> absolutely. and that is the big concern. that's not when mountain lions are doing their feeding. they are nocturnal animals. the fact something happened right here on robin hood lane at 9:45, that has state fish and game very concerned. take a look at video we shot a short time ago out here on robin wood lane. it's a good place for an animal to hide, not be able to be scene and then make a move, as it did yesterday out here on robin wood lane. a mountain lion attacked a deer. the deer was found dead on the street. sightings of mountain lions are rare around here and they're still going to issue this warning: don't leave small children and pets unattended in backyards, especially in wooded areas. robin wood lane there's a lot of wooded areas. call 9-1-1 if you do see one. now, take a l

>>reporter: some neighbors stayed with their home and called san mateo county fair for help. others ran for their lives. >> i live very cholesterol to the fire too. we just ran out with what we had on. >> where the hell is the fire department. we are on clairemont and san bruno. out here for 15 minute no fire department here. >>reporter: while fire crew scramble to respond san mateo county dispatch trays to if a verify reports of a plane cras crash. but all aircraft out of sfo are accounted for. some calls from the public point to a gas main explosion. >> i don't think anyone has picked up on the fact that there could be a high pressure gas main involved. >> it is fuel from the aircraft but i will let them know that okay. thank you. >> okay. >> what is on fire there? >> gas pichlt item a serious fire. house across the street from me. flames are 150 feet in the air. it is scary. >>reporter: still emergency officials somehow conclude it's a plane crash. >> we have a large aircraft down. multiple patient multiple rescue multiple occupied residences on fire. >>reporter: reports r

san mateo bridge. it's 15 minutes out of hayward. 280 from san mateo county up into hillsborough, foggy. but fortunately there are no official fog advisories issued right now by chp. let's go to our maps. yesterday there were fog advisories for this area as you cross the carquinez bridge and the benicia bridge. but again not the case so far this morning. we'll let you know if that changes. right now the drive on highway 4 through antioch actually looks good, as well. no changing color on our sensors all the way out towards pittsburg and concord. of course we are still following this water main break, as well. it is on castro valley boulevard just west of villareal drive. it's been there since about 2:30 this morning. we know county road crews are heading out to the scene now. about 3 to 4 inches of water are in the roads because of the water main break as well as rocks and sediment. it will take a while to clean up. there are some flares in the road which are visible from 580 so kind of a visual distraction as well if you are crossing on the 580 freeway even though the water main break i

san mateo bridge heading west. at 5:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> sal, thank you. we're beginning now with a very tense situation on the san mateo county coast. right now the coast guard is closely watching a 65-foot fishing boat. it's filled with thousands of gallons of diesel fuel. just hours ago it capsized in the rough waters of half-moon bay state beach near kelly avenue. they're concerned some of the fuel could leak into the ocean waters. early this morning the coast guard came to the rescue of three crab fishermen on board the boat who may have fallen asleep after several days at sea. ktvu's jade hernandez is in half-moon bay right now talking to the emergency crews. jade will have a live report for us coming up in a couple minutes. >>> we are also following breaking news out of new jersey this morning where a large condominium complex is engulfed in flamed right now. take a look. we want to show you live pictures where you can see the smoke and flames. this is from rawway. the fire appears to be burning on the top floor and the roof of the four story complex. according to the media in the area, the building is still under const

. >> and some called san mateo county fire for help. others ran for their lives. >> i live close to the fire. we just ran out with what we had on. >> where is the fire department? and i've been out here 15 and san mateo county dispatch tries to verify reports of a plane crash. but all aircraft are kted for sm. calls point tie gas main explosion. >> i don't think anyone could pick up the fact there could be a high pressure gas main exain vofl itd could be fuel from the aircraft. i will let them know that. >> what is on fire? >> it's a gas pipe. it's a serious fire across the street. flames are 150 feet in the air. >> okay. >> and it's -- big. >> and officials conclude it's a plane crash. >> a large aircraft down. multiple patients and rescues. and occupied residences on fire. >> and reports of missing and injured. >> a 85-year-old female burned. she's burned. her house is wuchbt ones and her mother is missing though. >> local hospitals seeing a surge of burn patients. >> and we have received five and we don't have any idea of how many mo

section 4.02 of the water supply agreement between a sitting cabinet san francisco and also customers and how many county, san mateo county, and santa clara county. -- al-hashimi the county -- alameda county. the >> we have progressed to this issue over the past several months. first, the supply limitations itself provides for deliveries from the watersheds limited to only 265 million gallons a day. the projected demand for the wholesale customers but this was adopted as part of the position in october, 2008. the point was to allow the pc and customers to focus first on the recycle water, ground water, while minimizing additional diversity on the river. the purpose was to see what we could do. coupled with that is the environmental enhancement surcharge. this establishment's -- establishes the the imitations and what the commission is obligated to do is to break this up into individual supply allocations. beginning with next year, the wholesale water rates need to include a surcharge to enforce the surcharge. this would be levied only if the wholesale customers exceeded the limitation. what we have been working at

previously, allied waste p rovided service for san mateo county. the new provider started this week. the calls have gone straight to the company's service line that are coming in. rekoloj serves 430,,000 between burlingame and east palo alto. the issues bother residents even more since they are bracing themselves for an 18% hike and the problem for many customers is missed pickup or late pickup. >> last company, take the garbage, no problem. they come into the apartment every everything -- everything is clean. but now i put outside on the street, the garbage, because the company say, sorry. we don't do that. and-- and for me it's a p roblem. >> reporter: an even bigger problem rose yesterday for rekol o.j. one the drivers drove over a rock and that had fuel dumping into the san francisco bay. we tried to contact recol o.j. we were were unable to get ahold of the person to speak with. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> okay, jade. thank you. 8:07. well, san bruno city frills are grappling with a tough decision, how do they dispurse $00,000 don

crews around san mateo county congress verged on this quiet neighborhood. they were investigating a suspicious container. hazmat teams found out it was not a danger after three hour investigation. >>> police evacuated ten homes on maria avenue. they found some powerful military explosives. the bomb squad finally determined there was no danger of an explosion. >>> in egypt today massive antigovernment demonstrations are continuing. police were firing water cannons, rubber bullets, and tear gas. >>> indonesia is dealing with two disasters this morning. hundreds of people were hurt and 16 people were killed after two passenger trains collided and then a crowded fairy burst into flames. panicked passengers jumped into the water. rescue ships rushed to the scene. it took more than 400 survivors to safety. >>> former south african president nelson mandela was released from the hospital this morning. the 92-year-old checked in and he has been there since wednesday creating worldwide concern about his health. we now know he was being traited for a respiratory inspe

and with high with lights on 101 in san mateo county. and how we 580, and san mateo county. highway 5 a 0. >> state cutbacks! university of california campuses and that could mean fewer students getting into college. dan kerman has other impacts. >> uc-berkeley, they're already bracing. >> everybody is just struggling to get through as the it and if it gets worse? more people are going to try and other evidence of have college because it is not going to be possible. uc berkeley says that the $500 million budget cut will be felt on all campuses. and the possible impact will be if you were admissions, reduction faculty, light off, and less financial aid and less courses, offered. - layoffs. students are already feeling the last round of cuts. >> class is, in general are getting cut. we used to have discussions but we do not have them anymore. not enough funds. >> this campus seems to get more privatized. and we seem more international and out- of-state students. the entire california " feel " is going away. >> there are gone to a streamlined operation to save $75 million per y

if you live in san francisco, san mateo or marin county, it's specific to you. it's all about park preservation. right now golden gate national recreation area, dogs can run free in open spaces. but that might change. park leaders want to require leashes. they also want to ban dogs altogether for areas to protect native plants and wildlife. the proposed changes include national park areas for marin county down to san mateo county. it has many dog owners angry, but many others say it's an important step in preserving parks. golden gate park is currently the only national park that allows dogs off-leash. >>> you try and eat healthy, but what happens when those foods you thought were helping are actually hurting. what to look for the next time you go shopping. >>> the unbelievable dash cam video we're just seeing for the first time. a state trooper hits a woman pter repeliatedly. repeatedly. we're back in a moment. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting enough whole grain. but actually, it's easier than you think, because general mills big g line of

the woman may be linked to a different kind of crime in san mateo county. >>> a bone chilling cold snap is sweeping the bay area. to date the highway patrol put a black ice warnings. managers at nurseries warrant gardeners to -- worn gardeners to cover up their plans. >> we bundle up during our scarves and hats and his nice warm boots. >> the weather was welcome at san jose's downtown ice rink. >>> intel has agreed to pay $1.5 billion about a key computer technology payday agreed to pay the money over five years to santa clara-based invidia when intel filed suit that invidia was not licensed to make the chip processor. both sides have agreed to drop the lawsuit. >>> a sunnyvale-based advanced micro devices amd announced today that ceo dirk meyers has resigned and their cfo will now serve as interim ceo. >>> verizon is preparing for a major announcement tomorrow morning to the wall street journal reports that the iphone could be offered as soon as the end of the month and would and exclusive deals that apple had with at&t since 2007. >>> now to wall street, the dow lost 37 points amidst

one possible option is to join cal fire's existing partnership with san mateo county. the other, to join in a plan being led by redwood city to create a regional mid-peninsula fire service. in this letter to san carlos redwood city saying such an approach would create economies of scale and cost savings. >> oftentimes if you team up with a bigger organization they have the resources and scale to deliver the service at a more cost effective way than, say, a stand alone city fire department. >> reporter: under the plan they could join with san carlos, belmont and foster city and some say they would be comfortable with regionalized fire service. >> if the fire chief in redwood city is contracted to the city of san carlos, they will do their job. >> reporter: but others want fire service to stay the way it is. >> i don't believe in it at all. i think that all the departments should stay local to keep the jobs local. >> reporter: as for san carlos it already has experience with outsourcing. just last year the san mateo sheriff's office office absorbed the police department.

san mateo county is the last of the bay area counties to join. >>> 6:35 right now, a bay area position wants an apology from radio host rush limbaugh. we'll tell you what made leland yes so angry. >>> how is california doing in its efforts to get smokers to quit? we'll look at the new report coming up. >>> plus, an update on the search for a missing boy. a live report is coming up. >>> grab your shades on the way out the door this morning. abundant sunshine for the bay area today. and you may need the short sleeves as well. we'll have your complete forecast on the way. hand sanitizers are essential, but the alcohol's drying. [ female announcer ] gold bond hand sanitizer kills germs without alcohol, then moisturizes. kills germs. loves your hands. >>> the sunrise is just one hour away. you can fly out of san francisco or san jose, a lot of sunshine and snow. right now we are working with a ton of sunshine. we have some dry down-sloping winds. as a result this morning, we are starting out with temperatures in the 50s. and the warm air is going to continue to pump through the bay area as

san mateo county sheriff says this building doesn't have any room. >> we're over our maximum capacity. if we were to see a large influx of state inmates, we would have to release some inmates. the problem is the current inmates we have now, we've deemed we need to keep in custody to protect our community. >>> here in san jose, the bankruptcy court is seeing a record number of filings. more than 13,000 businesses filing in 2010, a 16% jump over 2009. experts say it's because of the mortgage crisis coupled with people losing their jobs. they see no end in sight. >>> here's the view looking over the city, the wind blowing the camera around a little bit. clear skies for much of the bay area, but the fog is beginning to develop for tonight, especially north bay valleys. we are still in the low 50s for san jose at 53 degrees. so a really nice night out there. all the bad weather, the clouds and the rain to the north of the bay area. this is where the weather is going to stay, at least the stormy weather into the pacific for the -- pacific northwest. we are going to remain fairly dry and sun

. >> san mateo county's district attorney say state regulators are moving too slowly turning over documents in the san bruno explosion. it's a wednesday, 4:31. thank you for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. our top story, freeway message boards across the bay area are lit up this morning with information police hope will lead to a young kidnap victim. the four-year-old boy was taken from his home last night. amy is live in san francisco with more on the search for the kidnapper and, amy, they may be headed for the bay area? >> yeah, they could be headed to san jose. the amber alert signs are still on so the boy is still missing. no sign of him yet but the signs should get a lot of exposure in the next few hours with the morning commute coming on. detectives hope someone will see their car or the boy or abductor and call the police. here's a good shot of the little boy, four-year-old julianna abducted in patterson south of tracy late yesterday afternoon. the suspect is the mother's ex-boyfriend. he's identified as 27-year-old josÉ he is van rodriguez. he has a criminal histor

things we are doing is related to your core mission of our founding partners at mtc and ta in san mateo county to get our acquisitions through. we are also discussing the possibility of looking into the state's grants for parks which might be applicable to the rooftop park or other small parts in the area. those are due in the spring. we are looking at whether or not that seemed to fit our needs. >> now i would like to have sarah present our financial quarterly reports. she will also give a presentation on small business participation. chairman ford: good morning. >> good morning. you have before your standard quarterly financial reports. they show budget to actual status of contract and our investment. today's report goes through september 30. all of our expenditures and revenues are within budget. procurement activities are included in these plans. i wanted to note, on the contract status report, you see our cbe goal for fiscal year it 2009, 2010 was 24.5%. we actually awarded 25.3%. 36% for sbde. i also wanted to address director ford's inquiries. we are at 20% both awarded and paid to dbe'

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alpine ranch is on more than 300 acres in san mateo county hills. >> the ranch house was built in 1870s was the original parlor and everything was redwood on the property. >> it was built by a lawyer as a wedding gift for a young woman from the paige family but she rejected the proposal and never moved in. it became a cattle ranch and still filled of relics from the past. >> this is the old wedgewood stove that came th the house. >> there are steps worn down by 130 years of family. >> this is the wear and tear but i kind of like it. >> it's not easy to give up history likehis. she had the ranch on the market but the time we got here to see it, she changed her mind >> i just came up here and sat on the porch, listened to the trees and decided, this is my www.abc7.com. look under the news links on the left side for assignment 7. that is all for this edition of assignment 7. i'm kristen e. thank you much for joining us. we'll see you back here next we'll see you back here next time. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my intert cord. oh, ll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movie

but if daly city's ban is approved, it would be the first for san mateo county. >>> shoppers and drivers are going to find san francisco's busy union square area even busier starting tomorrow. and it's going to continue that way for a while. don knapp explains what's going on and how it may eventually relieve the traffic problems. don? >> reporter: ann, folks have been hearing about this crosstown subway for quite a while. now the digging is set to begin and it's becoming real. folks like shoppers and merchants are bracing for who knows what's likely to happen over the next eight years. one day some of this congestion on stockton at union square will be out of sight. underground if the city's $1.5 billion crosstown subway is completed as planned. >> most of the traffic will be on stockton between sutter and market. expect delays, expect detours. we're recommending people go around that area to make for a smoother ride to work or home. >> reporter: monday morning, the digging begins in front of neiman marcus, heading down stockton to market, then back out towards china town. it will take

however san mateo county sheriff says it may also mean their early release of inmates here because he says this facility just does not have the room. >> were actually overcrowded here. the building was built for 688 inmates today have over 900 inmates at assigned to 1100 in this facility. >> amazing cal jill inmates would have an impact on public safety perry had >> to promise the inmates we have now we have deemed it that we need to keep us need to protect the community. >> however share said the governor's ideas are not without merit carry >> in theory it's actually pretty good putting inmates back close to the community, getting the plug into community-based resources and treatment alternatives before they get out store not just kicked about the door expecting that to be successful. the concept is a good one periods from is our system of the cash levels not built for the capacity pair >> at the mcgwire correctional facility kron 4 news. >> responsibility for fighting wildfires such as the 2008 summit fire in santa cruz mountains could be shifted to local firefighters as part of the

>>> concerns about a possible fuel leak after a boat capsizes on -- on the san mateo county coast. >>> a narrow escape for a police officer when his car is hit by a big truck. more at noon. >> reporter: emergency road repair has made a mess of the morning commute on interstate 880 and the worst may not be over. >> reporter: before the sun came up, the mayor of oakland went inside the oakland police department to go one on one with the rank and file. we'll tell you why and have reaction. >> reporter: what to do with a capsized boat in half moon bay? fuel leak concerns remain. that story's live. >>> good afternoon. we begin with developing news involving another twist in the legal battle over gay mare average. the 9th circuit court of appeals cannot make a decision on whether california's gay marriage ban is constitutional until the state's highest court weighs in. a brief was filed asking the california supreme court to decide if the backers of ballot prop sixes can step in to defend voter-approved -- prop sixes can step in to defend voter-approved measures in court. that question is i

required for various water system improvement program projects within the peninsula region, san mateo countypursuant to charter section 9.118, and adopting findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act. supervisor avalos: welcome. >> thank-you, chairman. supervisors. my name is michael campbell. i am not prepared to speak on item #9, the release of reserve for continuing being cca program. i know the to have a full agenda. my office did provide a report as described and requested by the budget analyst to your office yesterday to discuss that. if you do not wish to have that discussion, maybe i can move on to item 10 or 11. supervisor avalos: please provide a brief summary of this item and we will go on to mr. rose, it will be handled separately. >> very good. what has been requested is the remaining balance of 1,873,500 for the moving forward of the program in 2011. as supervisors low -- most likely no we issued an rfp this year and we did receive responses and was asked to affect the bids in the questions that we thought were more important. those responses were due on septe

district are joined by their regional partners, the santa clara valley transit authorityvalleyvta, san mateo county, and met with city -- santa clara valley transit authority, vta. it will provide 100,000 bicycles and several hundred kiosk, including 500 bicycles and 50 kiosks in san francisco. the remainder of these vehicles will be located in redwood city, mountain view, palo alto, and san jose. total project cost is approximately $7 million with $1.4 million in funding provided by the air district and $1.3 million in matching funds from our local partner. the demonstration showed this will provide us with useful information as we begin to develop our request for proposals this spring. as you recall, the old transbay terminal was closed in august to make way for construction of a new terminal. at that time, operators moved to the temporary terminal. operating locations and stop for the facility were temporary, and this allows for demolition of the freeway ramps. that demolition was completed, and on december 11, transit operators began moving to stocks that they will serve brought construction of

that's in san mateo county. $39 million for in marin county. a big portion of the bond was approved by voters in 2006. >>> berkeley's humane society will remain open after last year's devastating fire. several animals were killed. the 80-year-old building still not completely rebuilt, but part of the building is being use d. shelter administrators are celebrating with an open house today. >> so at the moment we are just using one small portion of the facility for adoptions on the weekends, which we'll be doing every saturday and sunday. and then we are also fully operational in our hospital and are providing all the medical services we were before. >>> the berkeley humane society also reopening its weekly spay and neuter clinic for low-income pet owners. >>> all kinds of good news on hov lanes, et cetera. mike, those aren't coming for a while, but that will help traffic quite a bit. >> yes, it gives us something to look forward to. we can also look forward to a friday light commute. we are looking at construction near hyatt street getting onto

the report covers 21 areas of the park including parts of san mateo, san francisco and marin countiesalked about choice of the five alternatives has dogs being kept out of parts of crissy field, ocean beach and fort funston. they could be banned entirely at muir beach in marin county and all of this is to the dismay of a lot of dog owners, including martha, she is the executive director of the crissy field dog walkers. thanks for joining us this morning. tell me about your main beefs on this proposal? >> we think that for -- that the park service who has put together this eis dog management plan really doesn't understand basically that there's a coexist fantastic here between -- coexistence between off leash and -- >> reporter: you have your two dogs here, grace and space, how important is it for them to run off leash? >> absolutely critical that they are here all the time and be able do that. we believe that an exercised dog is a happy dog, a healthy dog. >> reporter: wonderful, martha. thanks for joining us, grace and space thanks for joining us as well and this report is expected t

a problem that's creating quite a stink for many residents in san mateo county. the garbage collection issues stem from a switch in companies from allied waste to rekolojy this week. in the first three days since r ecolojy started the job, complains have poured in, most for late or missed pickup. just yesterday, a driver drove over a rock that punctured his gas tank and 50 gallons of diesel leaked into a nearby storm drain. residents are frustrated. >> it's so much different for u s. i don't know it it's better for us or not, a new company. >> the company serves 40,000 people between burlingame and alpo alto. swee a -- and palo alto. we'll have more on this tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> the only democrat on the california supreme court announced his retirement. justice carlos moreno submitted race resignation saying he will step down on the 28th. he was the only one to strike down proposition 8 that bans gay marriage. one of the candidates that governor brown is expected to consider as a replacement, martin jenkins. >>> ed lee is not san f rancisco's interim mayo