83% voted yes in favor of the $425 million seawall bond. san francisco loves its waterfront. it recognizes the incredible value and identity is brings to the city every day, and the important role it must play when an earthquake strikes. they've overwhelmingly tasked us to act quickly and make the embarcadero waterfront safer and more resilient. acting quickly requires that we engage the community and all stakeholders in the process. under the guidance of kirsten southey, and with the assistance of civic edge consulting, the seawall team has been executing on the strategy to engage san francisco, all of san francisco to educate, inform, and begin to seek feedback as we advance the program toward decisions. engagement has taken many forms, such as attending a neighborhood community meeting in the sunset, a family night at the california academy of sciences, twitter chats with b.a.r.t. and muni, seawall walking tours, and even a meet the engineer happy hour, which i encourage you to come to the next one of those. we've also been rolling up ou

you are taking a life look at the pacific ocean rolling in off the coast of pacific, at the seawall, at the peer right now, we have seen plenty of waves that are skirting the bottom of that peer right now, we've seen several come over the seawall, our photographer has the camera inside the, just in case. back to you.avrain and high win made for challenging driving conditions in the santa cruz mountains, warnings when out for motorists to use caution on all of the mountain roads including highway 17 peer quickly there are no reports of any major accidents. >>> snowing heavily in the sierras, ski resorts are expecting several feet of fresh powder overnight, so great time for winter sports particular problem is getting there. of live look at the camera at donner summit, you can see the snow keeps coming down. mark thompson reports from kindle. >> reporter: the snow is still coming down and the roads are dicey but it did not stop those who were in search of fun from making their way up. with the snow line 4000 feet, i have 80 was slick and slow going all day. chp and caltrans shut it dow

so you see the seawall cost go down because seawall work will have been completed from the prior two plans to the time we reach this plan, so that leaves us with a $3.5 billion total need. now we turn to looking at the funding sources that we have projected in the continue-year period. we're -- ten-year period. we're forecasting $4.7 billion funding needed. if you look at the blue, you'll see port sources, which go primarily to state of good repair, and in green, we see the external sources, which while significant push goes to enhancement, they also play a significant role in our ability to perform state of good repair. breaking thousands down further, we see they're made up of port capital as well as the tenant improvements. on the external sources, ten t tenant -- public improvements, and mixed in with grants. putting all of those together, how close do we come to being able to fund that? we anticipate funding 48% of that total need in a ten-year period, and then a portion of that funding, which is really only a potential need, which leaves us with a $1.2 billion need unfunded in

item 13-a, update on the san francisco seawall earthquake disaster program, the seawall program. >> good afternoon, commission president brandon, commission vice president adams, commissioner makras, director forbes, and members of the public. steven weil. this is an informational update on the sea bawall program. i'll provide a brief update since our previous presentation in july, and then bring up mark to provide an update on the general investigation to date. so what have we been up to? in the spring of 2017, you know this, but i have to say it again. only 9% of san franciscans were familiar with the embarcadero seawall, and just over one year later, 83% voted yes in favor of the $425 million seawall bond. san francisco loves its waterfront. it recognizes the incredible value and identity is brings to the city every day, and the important role it must play when an earthquake

>> reporter: now we're standing here on the seawall. the waves are known to jump up over the seawall where my photographer and i are standing right now. just for some context of what exactly is coming at this point, what we know is that there's a buoy about 20 miles offshore from where i'm standing right now. that buoy was already recording wind speeds of 40 miles an hour. this storm, as paul said, is coming in. >> paul mentioned all the snow on the way with the storm. interstate 80 is clear now, but officials say expect chain controls, slick roads and dangerous driving conditions through tuesday. storm clouds could bring more problems in the santa cruz mountains. two weeks ago a portion of this hillside above highway 35 washed out in the last storm. it's open right now, but a heavy downpour and gusty winds could cause similar issues. >>> of course, the evening commute in full swing on this friday with a look from some of our bay area bridges. we've got raindrops on the lens, people trying to get home before the brunt of the next storm

>> reporter: we haven't seen any waves crash over the seawall yet, though. they are throwing up some spectacular flares at this point. as paul said, we are expecting the winds to kick up. it is very calm here right now, but there's a buoy about 20 miles offshore that is recording wind gusts of 40 miles per hour. that is pretty significant. that indicates exactly what paul says is coming our way. back to you. >> something about an angry ocean that just entices people to get a little closer but very dangerous. >> reporter: a little bit. >> thank you. >>> if you're planning to head to the sierra this weekend, you should probably leave now. the roads are clear at the moment. by tomorrow it will be a much different situation. they will be buried in snow. chains will be required. stay with kpix5 and www.kpix.com for storm watch coverage through the night. join julie watts tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. for the very latest. >>> right now a presidential hopeful taking his book tour to san francisco the kpix5's emily turner is live at the jewish community center ahead of

so notably, we're working on fortified resiliency for our waterfront of which the seawall earthquake safety program is a piece of that effort. we have a desired a complete the multi hazard risk assessment and select our projects for construction in 2023. the goals and objectives for this program but it's safety project and we know it's urgent. developing that port-wide resiliency framework to address seismic and flood risk port wide. and emergency preparedness to ensure we can work with city departments to prepare when incidents occur. when the city is hit with a major earthquake, the waterfront will be a critical asset and we need to help the city recover. engagement. increase the public awareness of the purpose and benefit of port functions and activities. this is about our communitien gainment and having events and tours, the digital outreach social media and work with the media. we talked a lot about this arena in recognizing and honoring renee. equity, which was formally live ability. we have clarified that with equity what we're really trying to do is advance equity and public

bond for improvement along the embarcadero seawall. also, we're reviewing the cash flow needs, but initially, it's looking like based on their planning and design needs for that program, they'll need about $25 million this summer or the end of the fiscal year. so those are the ones we currently see on the tape able we'll continue to see what their needs are. >> mark, can you make sure this is updated with all the bonds that have been approved by the voters. this stops in 2016. >> sorry? >> my version stops in 2016, i think we've had bonds approved since then -- unless i'm missing a page. >> awesome. any questions? comments? see no public, so obviously, no public comments. i think we'll be adjourned. thank you for your time today. >> i lived in the mission neighborhood for seven years and before that the excel see your district. 20 years a resident of the city and county of san francisco. i am the executive director of a local art space nonprofit that showcases work that relate to the latino community and i have been in this building fo

pacifica...the closed roads signs .ready to be deployed.....if and when the tides come up and over the seawall....which happens so often on this stretch .....that the residents who live across the street from the waves have stacked sandbags high and in some cases even backed them up with boards to protect their homes. the residence in this area know that the surf will come over and will take out the garage doors so they do understand it could happen and every other year something new e being comingpacifica public works has been out clearing the sand away from the outflow pipes.... and plan to have crews on the ready tonight....as wet weather moves in.will be manning the pumps and manning storm drains and greats and the highwinds might come in and so will have at least a couple tree crews call me l be here and will monitor and will see what kind of damage we have in the wins.. out on skyline blvd in la honda a crew working for caltrans is taking advantage of the dry weather to do what they can today to repair the road...half of which was washed out a week ago sunday. shutting it down in both di

in pacifica...close d roads signs are ready to be deployed.....if the tides come up and over the seawall some residents have stacked sandbags high and in some cases even backed them up with boards to protect their homes. pacifica public works has been out clearing the sand away from the outflow pipes.... a cal trans crew in la honda took adantage of the yesterday's dry weather to repair skyline boulevard after it was washed out last week. officials say this storm will make it difficult for crews to finish the job. ( james )caltrans was hoping to have the southbound sid reopened in about two weeks, but that timeline will likely be pushed back because of the storm. ( darya ) water managers across the region are monitoring reservoir levels and the rivers and creeks that fe

pacifica...the closed roads signs .ready to be deployed.....if and when the tides come up and over the seawall....which happens so often on this stretch .....that the residents who live across the street from the waves have stacked sandbags high and in some cases even backed them up with boards to protect their homes. pacifica public works has been out clearing the sand away from the outflow pipes....and plan to have crews on the ready tonight....as wet weather moves in... so the tree trucks are ready, the saws are ready the pumps are ready the sandbags are ready the cruiser gonna be ready the trucks are empty and we take it as it comesout on skyline blvd in la honda a crew working for caltrans is taking advantage of the dry weather to do what they can today to repair the road...half of which was washed out a week ago sunday. shutting it down in both directons. if the storm is as bad as predicted....they will likely will have to pause this job.....a caltrans spokesperson told me via facetime how crews try and get the most urgent part of the job done first in advance of a place where it looks l

one of them is called "seawall."d e other one is called "the life."" is that the first part that the second part? >> it's the second part. >> jimmy: fans of yours -- you can st skip the first half and just come see you. [ laughter ] i'm nosaying you're telling them to do that -- >> i think you'll get to be a wa new fan of tom sturrid does the first monologue. >> jimmy: oh, really? >>in yvoealvh,ed h ie's thfaisn. >> so anyway, i did two other shows with this writer, nick payne. and they're beautiful shows, and then, he gave me this monologue because he wrote it for himself actually. and it was about -- >> jimmy: i know what it's about. >> yeah, it's out the passing away of his father initially. and then -- and i asked him for four years if i could do this piece. and he said, "no." because it's too phisonal to and then, he had his daughter about a year and aalf ago. and i asked him again. and i think he's been through a a lot. utt then, then we thought maybe we would make it aoth the passing of his father and the birth of his daughter. and that's actua

reporter: he says the airport is completing environmental permitting and drawing up plans to build new seawalls to mitigate rising sea levels and sinking land. >> our hope is about five years time to begin physical construction activity such that in about ten years the mid century protection is already in place. >> what's the risk here? >> very little risk that the plan would be impacted. the biggest risk is that you have increased delays because of increased maintenance. >> reporter: when we tracked the work orders for runway repairs back to 2016 we found an average of about two dozen repairs every year. and the total cost of nearly a half million dollars. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >>> if you have a source for stephen, me or anyone give us a call at 888-996-tips. visit nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> some of the biggest names in football history coming into the bay area for pushing for reform. >> what they are hoping to change is next. >>> and right now watching increasing clouds in san jose. 54 degrees in around this time tomorrow our storm ranger mobile doppler radar will be p

severity of an incoming storm by how high the waves are breaking on the pier pilings...and even the seawall. 00.00.16 i seen em break over here lots of times. ive watched stupid people. we'd almost have a little betting pool over who was going to get nailed by the waves or not. and the swells can get big...big enough to move concrete...and erode the coastline. john jeff young\storm watcher 01.19.12.12 the biggest day i ever saw was when it actually lifted the pier up so that was exciting....maybe you don't want to do that again. i ran off, but the people ran on, because they wanted to go for a ride i guess. andria looklive tag: a buoy 20 miles off the coast of the peninsula is registering wind speeds of 40 miles an hour...as this storm system rolls in from the pacific to land. in half moon bay - andria borba - kpix5. and snow is gonna dump on the sierra over the next 4 days.. gonna dump on the sierra over the next 4 days.. the roads were pretty clear in nyack tonight.. but that's gonna change. tow truck drivers there are getting ready to work overtime.. pulling people out of the snow. some

severity of an incoming storm by how high the waves are breaking on the pier pilings and even on the seawall. >> i seen them break over here lots of times. i've been sitting in there and watch stupid people sit here, stand here and we almost have like a little betting pool in there, are they going to get nailed by the waves or not? >> reporter: the swells can get big, big enough to move concrete and erode the coastline. >> the biggest wave i saw was when it actually lifted the pier up about 3 inches because the waves were hitting underneath and i was on it, so that was exciting. >> reporter: maybe you don't want to do that again? >> i ran off and the other group ran on because they wanted to go for a ride, i guess. >> reporter: now a beauty a buoy 20 miles off the coast here is recording wind gusts of 40 miles an hour. andria borba, kpix5. >>> we'll get snow dumped in the sierra the next four days. roads were pretty clear this evening in nyack, but that will change if it hasn't already, tow truck drivers getting ready to work overtime. the plows are pulling people out of the snow. some areas

reporter: he said the airport is completing environmental permitting and drawing up plans to build new seawalls to mitigate both rising sea levels and sinking land. >> our hope is maybe in about five years' time, to actually begin physical construction activity, such that about ten years from now that mid century protection is already in place. >> reporter: what's the risk here? >> there is very little risk a plane would be impacted. the biggest risk is that you'd have increased delays because you have increased maintenance. >> now, it bears repeating that closing run ways for repairs is part of the normal process at all major airports, but our sources and the data confirms that this is a problem at sfo, and it's a problem that has become more apparent lately in the last two years. we look at the data back to 2016 and found 66 work orders with a total repair cost of nearly a half million dollars. that's two dozen a year, and they are growing. there are more and more work orders because of this shifting land. >> that's a lot. and it's not just the fog causing these delays now. >> it's not the fo

what if they don't a big seawall? a big beautiful seawall at mar-a-lago, without do any good in the ocean? >> the challenge in south florida is a lot of it is limestone. that means that the ocean water is not just coming from the side, it is coming from underneath. it's hard to protect south florida only with seawalls. >> kind of like el chapo. he came from underneath, came from over, so the walls would not do any good either. the gentleman talked about the cost about all of this. there are tremendous costs if we don't do anything. the air-conditioning bill at mar-a-lago would have to go up as it gets hotter and hotter and hotter. does anybody done a study on the dollar cost, the fiscal cost to business if we don't take action? >> so, we are part of a collaboration called the climate impact lab. together with the university of chicago, berkeley. those of the sort of questions we are working on. we still working towards some of that but the approach we use to look at things like how different years in the past have led

what it has done over the past twenty four hours or say this is huge ice tumbling over the top of a seawall actually went to great lengths and this is thanks to the wind is just pushing that ice against the wall and making it lift up and fall over that wall that gives you an idea of the strength of these winds and it's still very windy at the moment. strongest gusts that i've heard over one hundred forty three kilometers per hour so incredibly strong but currently the winds are generally topping it around eighty or ninety kilometers per hour so still very windy easily windy enough to bring down some trees and some power lines as well so we are seeing power outages and a lot of travel disruption as well and it's all thanks to this swirling mass of cloud here and as we head through the day today this is going to pull away towards the north and behind it the winds will begin to ease so finally things will begin to come down here but you can already see what's happening out towards the west here we've got yet more wintry weather making its way in from the pacific this is giving some of us a som

the first phase of work to protect the seawall began november of last year with repairs to breakwaters, part of the 50 million pounds weight of investment to make the railway more resilient to extreme weather and top-quality engineers have carried out detailed ground investigations to develop a long-term solution to protect the railway and minimize disruption for passengers. >> last year my constituents talked about 55 pounds per week and she was diagnosed as having fibromyalgia a severe disability and condition, summoned from the assessment and the government chooses to meet to say she is healthy and stocks benefits, leaving her 2000 votes per year than she was before punishing my constituents, how could the government justify such a thing? >> the honorable gentlemen raised a particular constituency case. i don't know the extent to which he relayed that to the house, that i will ask to talk to him to talk about details in this case in greater depth. >> the house already had indicative votes that the house didn't like the agreement as it stands and would prefer not to leave without a w

she communicated the seawall to our public stakeholders in new and very creative ways. the numbers she reached was just staggering, and she used easy words to communicate a complicated strategy to the community. thank you so much and congratulations on your win. in the maintenance division, the award went to tim felton. tim is our superintendent in the maintenance division, and he is known really department wide as a doer and problem solver. he is also very funny, but regardless of administrative hurdles, he gets everything done timely, and he's also very dedicated to safety. he has an annual safety training that trains more than 100 employees, and he's helped delivered numerous safety projects. so congratulations to tim. also in the min rodriguez,ur o laborer. he won the award because esease the hardest working laborer at the port, he does what he's as does it with a smile. so for all of our laborers at the port, they go unsung often, but really make a huge difference in the public's experience of our waterfront. in the maritime division, the award went to denise lum.

you can see here, near the seawall, the chop is about two feet high. really it looks intense. but it is nothing to write home about. when it comes to ferry service. you follow me this is the ferry terminal to alameda. the companies tell me for the most part, nothing is disrupting service. however i know they're on watch. service to and from later tonight and 8:00 or later. that maybe disrupted they have buses prepared to take passengers just in case. that is the latest now. >> sprinkling and the winds are about 6 miles per hour. >> it's like a vacation until later. >> there are concerns though that the heavy rain in surgeon california could trigger mud slides and rock slides and floods. evacuation orders are in effect for the burn scar areas. people near the thomas, whittier and burn zones must leave by 8:00 p.m. debris flow. killing two dozen people. >> it maybe too late to head to tahoe. snow and big crowds will make for rough going of 80 and 50. you can see the clouds there building up already. this is our live tahoe cam. expect snow there this weekend. if you haven't alrea

and what we receive in the media on some of the projects we have, the whole campaign against the seawall, how that was orchestrated actually getting more and more professional at the port with our marketing agencies and all of the marketing media that we've done in addition to all the events. and so, you have managed that beautifully. you have grown in this period. i would say even though you've been with the port 20 years, you've grown tremendously and kept up with the times. which is not easy. sometimes when you are used to doing things a certain way, you have managed it very adeptly and you've brought in staff to help you. i've been most impressed. you always have that smile. so that's something that i will always remember. you are always smiling and there's nothing that you can say that will get you upset and that is the greatest part of you renee. we'll miss you, very much. thank you. [applause] >> congratulations on your retirement! [applause] >> commission adams. >> renee, as frank sinatra said, i did it my way. you are doing it your way. you are leaving at the top of your game. i

reporter: he says the airport is completing environmental permitting and drawing up plans to build new seawallso mitigate rising sea levels and sinking land. >> our hope is maybe in five years' time to begin physical construction activity such that about ten years from now, that mid century protection is already in place. >> reporter: what's the risk here? >> there's very little risk that the plane would be impacted. the biggest risk is that you have increased delays because you have increased maintenance. >> reporter: when we tracked the work orders for runway repairs back to 2016 we found an average of about two dozen repairs every year at a total cost of nearly a half million dollars. i'm stephen stock, "nbc bay area news." >> if you have a story for our investigative unit call 888-996-tips or visit our website nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> at 7:51 still ahead on "today in the bay," we'll take you to the massive lunar new year celebration on the streets of san francisco. >>> it is a cloudy start, 48 degrees, if you're sitting at home watching us, you won't need to break out your umbrell

pacifica...the closed roads signs .ready to be deployed.....if and when the tides come up and over the seawall....which happens so often on this stretch .....that the residents who live across the street from the waves have stacked sandbags high and in some cases even backed them up with boards to protect their homes. the residence in this area know that the surf will will take out the they do understand it every other year something new happens so they're being prepared and comingpacifica public works has been out clearing the sand away from the outflow pipes.... (ken)(ken) water managers across the region are keeping close tabs on reservoir levels and on the rivers and creeks that feed into them. in morgan hill -- crews at anderson reservoir are releasing water from the dam to make room for more. water has been pouring out of the pipe at the base of the dam for the past week. about 179-thousand gallons per minute is flowing into coyote creek and making it's way downstream, through san jose and out to the bay. <"we reduce the chances we will exceed the seismic restrictions on that reservoir b

currently it's already got high tides and battering waves they're actually building a barrier they have a seawall against quite possibly what can be rather nasty conditions there is a hazardous surf warning already for this part of australia and you can possibly see why from the forecast. rob thank you very much indeed still to come here on the al-jazeera news hour a new app which is literally providing life in war torn yemen we'll meet the man who created it. displace him britain's governing body three m.p.'s defect to a new independent group. and coming up in sports practice makes perfect in the form of a one mile chanting gets a grip that is me miss a day's. a face can tell a story without uttering a single word. and now england. can guide us. a simple touch inform us. the unconventionality of life witness through the lens of the human eye. is what inspires us. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. examining the headlines setting the discussions a warning from air boss over the risks of a no deal brags sharing personal stories with a global audience you have your own intelligence network on the

in new york have approved a new plan that will surround part of staten island with a 5.3 mile long seawalltect it from flooding. and to protect the rest of new york from staten island. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] and finally, a designer at london fashion week last week showcased a collection of t-shirts, scarves and sweaters featuring images of sperm. it's available at semen marcus. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight. her incredible, incredible new series, "russian doll" is streaming now on netflix. natasha lyonne is back tonight. [ cheers and applause ] he's a regular on msnbc's "morning joe," donny deutsch is joining us again. happy to have him back. [ cheers and applause ] and they are the stars of the very funny, new comedy central show, "the other two." drew tarver and helÉne yorke are here. [ cheers and applause ] so it's a great night. we're happy to have you, but before we get to that, president trump and his allies are freaking out about a democratic plan to fight climate change. for more on this, it's time for

francis yacht club where the stone seawall was taking most of the beating. boats inside the st. francis and other protected marina seemed to be weathering the brisk winds without any real significant problems. >> it's intense out there today, but nice. we need all this rain. it's good stuff. >> it is fun to run in the cold, windy weather. i love watching other people do it. >> much better that way. >> we love watching you do it, spencer. >> i do it on the treadmill, where it's warm. here is a look at live doppler 7. it's anything but warm around the bay area right now. in fact, as you can see in the bay areas, with the white and pink coloring, we have snow and mixed precipitation in many of the elevations in the bay area and pockets of rain showers moving through as well. in fact, we've dwt very active weather right now south of san francisco down into the peninsula. in the santa cruz mountains, many locations showing snow right now. over in mt. hamilton area, it's been snowing for the last several hours above 2,000 feet. let me move back out and give you view offer stuff going

according to the new york times, president trump wanted to in seawall a loyalest to oversees an expansiony federal prosecutors in new yorknt asked whitaker and trump ally to be in charge of the cohen case. >> berman had recused himself from the investigation and therefore could not headed. earlier this month, whitaker told congress the president did not ask for any commitment involving any investigations. raising in the minds of democrats questions of possible perjury. questions about obstruction of justice had been denied by this white house in every forum whether it is on twitter or action, the president is accused of taking. >>> march jurojor, thank you. the trump administration faces new challenges to pay for the wall of the u.s. over a border. a group of 16 states filed a separate suit on monday called the emergency declaration unconstitutional. several lan h proyre no risk. >> repiser pd be built. landowners started to receive notices of surveys and some of them have letters of the government wanting to buy their property. there are some people vowing to fight the government and sui

it is sort of hard to protect south florida only with seawalls. >> that's kind of like el chapo.came from under, from over. the walls wouldn't do any good there either. people have talked, the children from south carolina talked about the cost of all this and there are costs to doing things with industry, but there are tremendous cost if we don't do anything. the air-conditioned billet mar-a-lago would have to go up as a gets hotter and hotter and hotter. does, has anybody done a study on the dollar cost, physical cost to business if we don't take action? >> we are part of a collaboration called climate impact lab, together with university chicago, berkeley and others and those are the sort of questions we are working on. were still working toward some of that. the approach we use is to look at things like, for instance, how different years in the past have led to different air-conditioned expenditure. take the energy sector as an example. she had that varies based on the hotter dishes usually and how wealthy people are in use to project forward. this is a cutting edge area in cl

a big beautiful shining seawall. was willing to shut down the government and inflicting enormous pain to redeem that pledge after right wing talking heads on fox and friends criticized him. that's no way to proceed and we're not going to pander to that. >> before i let you go, i want to ask you about your colleagues on the ways and means committee. you say thursday they'll start talking about the president's tax returns. how important is it for the public to see the president's tax returns and do you think there's an appetite for it? >> i think there is an appetite for it. i think most americans believe that as part of your interview for the presidency, as a candidate, you have an obligation to reveal your tax returns, as most candidates have historically. the fact that trump didn't do that has raised a lot of questions. i think it's caused trouble for him. because it allows anyone to speculate about anything without being disproved by having the tax return in hand. did russia money play a role in his rise to success

san francisco itself, you know, built a seawall in the late 1800s to protect itself and this new land that had been created. you know, right now, san francisco is looking at spending $5 billion to repair and reinforce that seawall for another century. scholl: the areas that have been the leleast developed historicay are the marginal lands around tthe bay, some of which are salt flats. others are abandoned piers, and they're being rehabilitated because there's basically no place else in the bay area to build, and they're being built upon as quickly as possssible by moststly megacorporations that are trying to maximize their value by building very expensive developments. to me, it feels like sort of climate denial light. we found in 2015 that about $21 billion's worth of development was happening right in that coastal zone. there is a tremendous amount of money to be made to develop in those areas. by the year 2100, we found, there's a threat that sea level rise could, on a really bad day, flood land all around the bay exactly where most of the waterfront development is happening, and t