arrival and launching a brand new sea lion center and as part of the celebration, the sea lion's center will be giving guided tours over the next couple of days which will be on fridays through monday. and so effectively the long weekend, and in the afternoons on the hour, from 12 to four. the tours will take place on the west side of the pier 39 entrance which is over near the water front grow, i believe. and they are out and there will be a new sea lion center and so the center is going to be hosted by crane of the bay and pier 39. the sea lion center is a new educational center on level two of pier 39 and the center is a hub for all things sea lion including interactive dis plays and educational video and presentations by the naturalist and so if you have a moment to go and celebrate the 300 or so sea lions that make their residence at pier 39 that is a great week to do so and that concludes my report. thank you. >> is there any public comment? >> seeing none, call the next item. >> item 6 c, request approval of the port commission and travel authorization and reimbursement policy. >

now, because they do strap gofers on to the sea lion, we get to see the perspective of the sea lion whenhey're swimming under water. here's one of those shots. >> i think it's kind of amazing that these sea lions wear the go cart. you try to put something on a dog sometimes, get off, get off. like a wild animal wearing a ha harness. before he went off to work, kissed him good-bye. this is the most awesome job on the planet. he's swimming around the sea lions, getting kisses, getting to study them in their natural habitat. it looks like the sea lion is smiling for the camera. >> and after a hard day's work, having all that fun, get back on the dock and go home. >> a fireworks show goes off with quite the bang when -- that was the fireworks detonating on the ground and that set everything else off. why there were no oohs and aahs here. and it's called project last photo. >> to go out to the streets and ask people who was the last photo on your phone. >> we asked you to share yours and the photos came pouring in. >> i like really random ones. >>> lots of videos being uploaded of people surp

about 650 sea lions can be seen and heard during the year and the aquarium also opening its new sea lion center today. >>> ski resorts in lake tahoe are catching 49er fever as well. what they did this weekend to support the team. >>>some folks joined local and state officials to celebrate 150 years of rail service between san francisco and san jose. cal train is the oldest passenger railway in the west, and so, today, a special train made stops at each of the historic stations along the way. the trains picked up riders at every station. cal train serves about 54,000 riders every weekday. dressed up in costume there as well. lake tahoe is rooting for the san francisco 49ers. check out this at north star today. a monster sized seahawks logo. all part of two rallies. support of their team by crushing the logo. this snow cat came in a couple of different times and there was a similar scene at heavenly. see you later, seahawks. >> i'm loving that. destroyed a seahawks. take them down and get them to the super bowl. we've got a very entertaining sports segment coming up. we'll have basketball

. >>> also honoring sea lions in san francisco. the new center that is set to open today. ó@ó >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. the mother of a young man gunned down for his backpack new calling for justice. brandon clemens was shot and killed in east oakland wednesday night while walking home with a friend. that friend says two men came from a nearby porch to rob them and shot clemens when he refused to hand over his backpack. the family says police made little effort top track down the suspects. >> it is obvious what they do. that is not right. that is not fair. >> clemens was the oldest of three boys. his mother says there were only textbooks in his backpack. the friend that was with clemens at the time of the shooting says police need to look more closely at the residents. >>> a drug task portion has announced one of the biggest drug bust in county history. officers say operation crystal lens resulted in the seizure of $18 million in narcotics. they also confiscated $950,000 in cash. and several vehicles alle

. >>> the aquarium of the bay has a new sea lion center. it offers exhibits on the sea lions. they number in the hundreds. this quake end the awareium, aquarium has three guided tours. >>> i believe we need a new approach. >> president obama promises reforms to the government surveillance programs. why critics say his proposal barely scratches the surface. >>> the 49ers head to seattle. the red and gold at sfo is heading north. >>> another day of record warmth. the temperature change you can expect this weekend. we're looking long range with the forecast model. . >>> the niners are closer to the next step in the quest for six. the fans cheered the buses heading out of headquarters. jim harbaugh said the players are all business. >> i feel our team is ready, excited to go play this game, prepared to play this game, and unless i have misread our team, we're ready to play. >> the niner plane is expected to arrive any minute. seattle is a short hop the team leaves a day before the game but this time the players asked to leave two days early. 49er fans are arriving in seattle and t

. >> it's this amazing opportunity to take world famous california sea lions here at all times of the year and tell a story of how they're connected to the eco system. what history is. >> there will be special presentations and walking tours all weekend long to celebrate the opening of the center. >> yes. sea lions seem very excited about this new center. >> 24 years. >> yes. >> i think so. >> yes. >> world news with diane sawyer is next. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time. one look live from san jose international airport, 49ers all aboard bound for seattle. after a win this weekend we hope, >>> welcome to "world news." >>> tonight, state of emergency. california running low on water, asking for help, as firefighters beat back that wildfire, and what these two men allegedly did in their careless campfire that started it all. >>> tough talk. george stephanopoulos with the russian president, his new comments about terrorists, security and gay athletes coming to russia for the olympics. >>> woman overboard. the woman who fell off the deck of this cruise

it's called the sea lion center.as educational displays, real pellets visitors can touch and a full-size sea lion skeleton. >> it's an amazing opportunity to take the world famous california sea lions that are here at all times of the year, but really tell the story how they are connected to the ecosystem, what their history is at pier 39. >> special presentations are held today through monday from noon to four to celebrate the opening of the center. >> 6:27. up next the skies may be clear but the snow is coming down in the sear yeah. see how the snow making process has evolved into a high stakes, high-tech operation. and the birth after dolphin at six flags animal >> good morning. we will start with a quick first look at the weather with lisa argen. >> we are beginning to see the morning light. it is chilly with dry air in place. a hazy morning. with the pollutants we get a nice sunrise. the pollutants gather near the surface. the longer wave lengths making it for a pretty start to the day. but we are looking at a s

that raises the level of the sea lion experience up a level. tours are hourly from noon to 4:00.s is video from their field camp. there's no odd crow but there's also no fragrance. it's sunday out there and there's a ton of things to do. so go niners. >>> this week governor brown declared a drought emergency after the driest year for which california has records. nbc area political analyst larry gerston joins us. thank you for being in this morning, nice to see you. >> sure. >> so what does this official declaration mean? usually it means that there are resources that can be freed up. >> there are resources. for example, the governor is hiring more people to fight fires. he's allowed local water districts more latitude in determining when and how they want to restrict the use of water. and finally there's this whole question of federal resources. once you do this, the federal government frees up resources, whether it's aid, material, money for firefighting, you name it. so the state moves into an area the governor would not like to have done because it does create a sense of urge

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it's called the sea lion center. 's located near the dock that the sea mammals invaded 24 years ago and now call home. the naturalist center has educational displays, real pellets visitors can touch and a full-size sea lion skeleton. >> it's an amazing opportunity to take the world famous california sea lions that are here at all times of the year, but to really tell the story how they are connected to the ecosystem, what their history is at pier 39. >> special presentations are held today through monday from noon to four to celebrate the opening of the center. 8:26 now. up next, the birth of a dolphin at six flags animal kingdom. what researchers hope to learn from its mother's communication skills. the skies are clear but the snow is actually coming down in the sierra. sierra. oh wow. you look incredible! right?! is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. this is so much more... what's different? oh, it's my chicken and cheese enchilada diet. well ke

. >> well, thousands of people flock to san francisco pier 39 every week to see sea lions.you can learn about them. pier 39 opened a new center next to the dock. the animals invaded 24 years ago this month. including educational displays but also has real pelts and a full-sized skeleton. pier 39 holding the anniversary celebration this weekend that includes walking tours of the docks. 24 years, wow. >> weather for the tour for sea lions and people? >> weather without end clear skies right now. of course.s you know. state wide, sunny skies and warm from top to bottom down in the southland, low 80s in los angeles and palm springs here in the bay area, sunny, warm day with a couple degrees lower, the highs than today, highs into upper 60s to around 706789 maybe 71 tomorrow. we don't expect records tomorrow. it's possible. now, let's shift focus to seattle. kick off time, 3:30. partly to mostly cloudy skies. chance of showers there diminished. it will be cool with temperatures low to mid-40s here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll see high temperatures over the weekend into lo

we're celebrating the arrival of the sea lions in san francisco tomorrow. let's check your drive and say good morning to mike inouye. >> happy anniversary t 24th for the sea lions all weekend long. smell vision doesn't do it justice. we see the backup after my last report. metering lights were turned on. now coming off the east shore freeway you are slowing along as you head to the straight away. the maps show you how far this backup goes to the berkeley curve but down through berkeley westbound 80 the east shore freeway shows you a it the limit for speed, the volume building but gently this thursday. smooth through the maze, the slowest section ashby avenue. that's an orange and red section through the major city street past the university of california. here toward the peninsula, a smooth drive. across the dumbarton bridge and the volume starts to build but nothing of major concern, the earlier stall looks like it's not paying a big issue for the toll plaza for the san mateo bridge. get awe live look and see how things are shaping up. i made a mistake and

. >> well, thousands of people flock to san francisco pier 39 every week to see sea lions.u can learn about them. pier 39 opened a new center next to the dock. the animals invaded 24 years ago this month. including educational displays but also has real pelts and a full-sized skeleton. pier 39 holding the anniversary celebration this weekend that includes walking tours of the docks. 24 years, wow. >> weather for the tour for sea lions and people? >> weather without end clear skies right now. of course.s you know. state wide, sunny skies and warm from top to bottom down in the southland, low 80s in los angeles and palm springs here in the bay area, sunny, warm day with a couple degrees lower, the highs than today, highs into upper 60s to around 706789 maybe 71 tomorrow. we don't expect records tomorrow. it's possible. now, let's shift focus to seattle. kick off time, 3:30. partly to mostly cloudy skies. chance of showers there diminished. it will be cool with temperatures low to mid-40s here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll see high temperatures over the weekend into low

tours began every hour, they should meet at the sea lion statute. it's managed by the aquarium at the bay. they can learn about the sea lyons who made their home at fear 39. >>> why residents call it a hazard and the city's excuse for not removing this p. >>> the weather, we'll have the forecast for your weekend at this hour growthed by a winter chill. we'll take a look at what's happening at your door this morning and what you can expect for the afternoon coming up. >>> oakland officials had to deal with a hugy cliptous tree. it was knocked down from a deadly windstorm. local residents say it's a tourist attractions and others say it's a danger and needs to be removed. >> it's negligence on the city's part. >> if they could put a fence around it and people can come around and look at it it should be okay, there was a fence around the tree. >> removing the tree would be expensive so they're hooking for other possibilities. >>> the san francisco public utilities plans on replacing 18,000 sodium street lights with l.e.d. lights. it's estimated to save

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pier 39, 24th anniversary of the sea lions on friday. free tours.heck that out. love those sea lions. mike, it's fun to go out and watch them if you wanted to do so for friday. of 69 at 2:00 p.m. have you taken the kids to see them? >> it's awesome to see them, smelling them, they have a webcam as well. you want to explore that. our camera, looking at north 101, slowing. let me show you the south bay in general. north bound routes moving nicely. the speed sensors are show good slowing. from capital expressway past the seen. volume of traffic kicking in. north 87 tough drive since a crash at curtner. blocking lanes, moved to the shoulder, slow from capitol expressway toward alma. volume continuing to build for the south bay. peninsula, not a lot of problems. i'll show you the live look of the san mateo. notice the speed sensors and the dumbarton bridge moves nicely. north 101, slowing, starting to move smoothly. earlier school bus stalled at vermont cleared. chp did not say there were kids on board. no injuries reported. whatever happened is gone. sm

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the sea lions arriving back at the pier.here is also a new see lion center so you can learn a little more about these pinnipeds. we are going to be looking at things to be very warm tomorrow. 73 at redwood city. and caramel valley. still, 83 degrees at the home of john steinback, 82 in salinas. we will be in the upper 60s inland and along the coastline. game time, 46 degrees and partly cloudy skies. kickoff at 3:30. what were potent systems by the time they hit this ridge of high pressure, they have the breath knocked out of them. you can pick this up looking at the satellite. way out here, that looks powerful. as you get closer t system doesn't look as powerful and another trough that came through, there is nothing left of it but that. so by the time the systems hit the high pressure, they are done. that means we are going to look at more warm dry weather at least for the next week or so. so sunny through midweek. near record highs persist and no showers in sight. there is just none coming in. pinpoint forecast if you are h

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the sea lion. these are endangered species and need protection. >> so the endangered species act seems like a good idlism want those animals protected. but the bureaucrats always take a good idea and run too far with it. >> it's our job as ambassadors of the l to prote our nation's speaks for future generations. >> and so the government wants to use land in louisiana to protect one typ of frog. >> we're haunted by kasper the frag. >> actually the mississippi gopher frog. he calls him kaspar the ghost because none of these frogs live anywhere near ed's property. >> i looked it up on their web site, and found out that by their own publications, the frog has not been seen the state of louisiana because r land is not suitable for it. >> this frog doesn't exist in this area. >> it doesn't right now. it has historically. >> why ills it fair to impose this on this poor guy? that's a good question. right now there are less than 100 of these frogs in the wild. previously thousands. they used to be in louisi

the sea lion. these are endangered species and need protection. >> so the endangered species act seems like a good idealism want those animals protected. but the bureaucrats always take a good idea and run too far with it. >> it's our job as ambassadors of the law to protect our nation's speaks for future generations. >> and so the government wants to use land in louisiana to protect one type of frog. >> we're haunted by kasper the frag. >> actually the mississippi gopher frog. he calls him kaspar the ghost because none of these frogs live anywhere near ed's property. >> i looked it up on their web site, and found out tha by their own publications, the frog has not been seen in the state of louisiana because our land is not suitable for it. >> this frog doesn't exist in thisrea. >> it doesn't right now. it has historically. >> why is it fair to impose this on this poor guy? >> that's a good question. right now there are less than 100 of these frogs in the wild. previously thousands. they used to be

our seals and sea lions love playing outside. some of the tropical animals, gorillas and orangutans have no interest in going outside. they want to stay inside, be warm and relax. >> are any animals actually dying in this? has it been that dangerous for them? >> not at the zoo. so the animals here, we take care of them. they have 100% access to the temperatures that they need. so all of our animals are well cared for. a lot of them we give the opportunity to go outside if they want to. so our giant pandas can choose if they want to go outside or stay inside. but any animal that needs heat gets it. >> for people watching who have got cats and dogs and so on, normal family pets, what is the best advice for what you do in this kind of situation if this deep freeze continues? >> if you have animals that are outdoors, the best thing you can do is bring those animals inside. so if they're regularly outdoors, bring them inside when it's as cold outside. make sure that their food isn't frozen, that their water isn't frozen, that they alw

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and i haven't heard that in quite some time as well as the sea lions -- can you hear it? all right. morning, a little light drizzle out here this morning. what a difference a day makes in comparison to yesterday. but nearly not as much condensation as we did have yesterday. north of the golden gate bridge around northern marin and sonoma counties for the first time this winter season officials are asking residents for volunteer water rationing. if you can save up to 20 gallons of water a week that's going to take us a long way during the dry months of the winter season. we have a little wet system that's going to try to move this way. let's call in futurecast. this is for saturday. if you take a look to the north we have an area of low pressure is that wants to breeze through the bay area over the weekend. if we see anything at all, it will be less than .10" of rain in precipitation totals. again that's on saturday. i just wanted to let you have a little heads up on that because i know you do make outdoor weekend plans here in the bay area. again, we are live atop telegraph hill rig

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lions. moving by sea, assembling to hear their orders, building fortifications, raiding an enemy town, and crossing the danube in small boats, the army is shown to be an awesome fighting machine. but there is no glorification of war itself, which is necessarily brutal and remorseless. the victory column and the triumphal arch through which the retuturning army marched, dragging slaves and spoils of war, were forceful forms of propaganda for the righteousness of imperial power, guided by the emperor, the senate, and the people of rome. it was the arch that was the basis of a revolutionary new architecture. the post and lintel system of the ancient world was limited in the space it could span and the weight it could bear. the romans soon recognized the arch's strength and versatility and elaborated it into an art form of grandeur and utility. roman stone arches, like the one supporting this bridge built across the tiber in 62 b.c., were constructed of wedge-shaped blocks. the blocks, wider at the top than at the bottom, are locked into place by a central keystone. the weight of the structure compress

scientists in japan are trying to rein in each ear and see if lions had the snow blankets areas along the sea of japan coast in winter. sometimes it really does and says they kill an inch or so the scientists experimenting with a technology that produces rain and snow couldn't use it to any scale is such a city that shows us how it works. in the scenery. japanese scientists conducting and screaming. this is the view from three point five km above the scene at sitka this crowd looked up a lot of snow lately just leave it me being the quick carbon dioxide. it's to be released to the crowd to control itself up. the searchers have long been studied in using this technology to produce rain and snow. aiming to solve water shortages professor keith around town the name is a leading japanese researcher in this field. japan suffered minor strategies. in recent years a record amount of rain and snow has fallen. so mean and has been working on ways to apply this technology to current precipitation on land and the resulting natural disasters. be nice to you you can make the clothes and eight depending on

lion, cnn los angeles. >>> blackberry is suing a company founded by ryan sea crest, hoping to latch on the smart phone businessrd meaning it uses real keys rather than touch screens that snaps onto iphone, but blackberries says it's too familiar. they are calling the new design a blatant copy of blackberry's keyboard. typo has been taking preorders of the o new keyboard since they debuted last month. they plan to officially release it later on this month. >>> a look at a major movie coming out this week and the latest chapter of what's now showing and how the san jose sharks held up against the colorado avalanche. we'll be right back. >>> the holiday movie season is winding down with one major new release this week. it's the latest chapter in the par normal activity series. we have this week's now showing. >> paranormal activity continues the popular hollow franchise. it temperatures -- tells the story of jesse who finds a mysterious mark on his arm after entering the home of the murdered woman. he wakes up with mysterious powers and meanwhile his family and friends try to save him from whatever it is that's a