lincoln way and sloat closed through friday afternoon. commuters being asked to use sunset boulevard as an alternate route. every year this happens, crews removing sand which has piled up on the walking path between the highway and ocean beach. >>> it's 5:06 right now. and it is a rare cosmic event of treats this week. the space spectacular began this morning with a partial lunar eclipse. it'll be followed tomorrow with the transit of venus across the sun. good morning, bob. >> reporter: it was a nice little overnight party here at the observation deck. about 30 to 40 people were here, they were looking through the video screen that's attacked to the telescope set up by this astronomer right here. let's talk about the lunar eclipse tonight. that is not a terribly unusual event. anything significant, though, about this? i guess more of a run of the mill celestial event? >> well, for lunar eclipses, this is probably the last lunar eclipse we'll get to see the earth's shadow cover the moon until 2014. >> so the last one for a while, and it's

the stretch between lincoln way and sloat closed today through friday. use sunset boulevard as an alternate route. every year, crews remove sand that piled up on walking paths between the highway and ocean beach. >>> call this an investment in your future. a bidding war of sorts is under way for a lunch date with billionaire, warren buffet. you have to put up a minimum of $25,000 to get into it, and be prestreend to whip that date. you have until friday to place high dollar bids. proceeds benefit san francisco glide memorial foundation. keep in mind, the last four winners paid more than $2 million each to sit down with warren. but all of that spending of money could pay off. he hired last year's winner who coughed up $2 million for that. >>> a concert takes off to celebrate queenut b lizabeth,ut b ee may not be listening to the music. >> we'll show you why just ahead. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with mor

i call the sun set, not because it goes the whole length of the sunset from lincoln all the way to sloat. it is about 50 feet wide and it is a huge area. as john over here has said, because of the way it is cut, the bush's hide in cabins and a lot of illegal activity. is an unsafe situation and i want to know if there is some provision in the budget being made so that we can continue to make that area transparent and i think it would help to beautify the area for walking and for the enjoyment of our favorite. >> i can just answer briefly that we are well aware of the public safety challenges in that area. you are correct that having it well maintained to make sure that area is as safe as we can. the best way to keep not just that area with the west and of a golden gate park safe is through activation projects like bringing more kids. we want more kids and play in that area. >> thank you. i look forward to working with you and muhammed and of the mta because we have issues in regards to that. we are just getting our coalition organized and a look forward to working with the city in the fu

the grove at 19th avenue and sloat is an institution in an unrivaled setting. sanchez shows us what a to expect. >> the san francisco ballet is a regular at the stern grove festival. ♪ >> so too the san francisco opera and the similar than any symphony orchestra. for 75 years the stern grove festival has offered free con seventies in this outdoor amphitheater. they pack 14,000 people in here. it goes from classical to pop. ♪ >> anita baker opens the program on sunday. and because it's admission free, we don't have to program to sell tickets. so we can take a little bit -- we can be a little more adventurous with the programming. >> what makes this place such an attractive venue is the redesign they did six years ago. right now the landscape architect created this look with terraces, stones, grass. >> as it fills up you can go up to the hillside where the hillside holds thousands of people, and yes, as with concert in nature listen to the beautiful performances and sit on a log. >> don't worry the logs are bolted to the ground. you won't end up in the front row.

stretch between lincoln way and sloat boulevard closed between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. through friday afternoon. commuters are being asked to use sunset boulevard as an alternate route. every year, crews have to remove all that sand which piles up between the highway and ocean beach. just blows up there. >>> all right. little heads up, might be tough getting a cab as cabbies protest plan today in san francisco. drivers stage a caravan one day ahead of an mta board meeting. right now cabbies are required to accept credit cards, but because of fees, many drivers avoid plastic carrying passengers. the new plan would cap that transaction fee charged to cab drivers to just 3.5%. right now that fee is set at 5%. >>> 6:09. an unhappy electorate goes to the polls. a survey by the public policy institute of california shows that only 17% of voters approve of the job the legislature is doing. 88% believe much of the money we give to the state government is being wasted. governor jerry brown recently announced california's budget deficit had ballooned to $16 billion. stay with nbc

yoran slander -- yoran shander sloat won't be extradited here to the u.s.his 28-year sentence for killing stephany flores. van der sloot was arrested but everrer -- never charged -- charged in the case. peru's supreme court says van der sloot will have to finish his sentence before he can be extradited here in the united states. the man accused of killing unarmed teenaged trayvon martin said he was confused when he allowed his wife lead misleading figures. george zimmerman was out on bond. but the judge ordered him back. zimmerman turned himself back into the semiknow county jail on sunday. his lawyer now plans to seek a new bond hearing. >>> nine minutes before 9:00. it's a new trend among commuters all over the country. the reason more people are choosing buses and trains over the comfort of their cars. >>> and we're looking live at traffic. sal will have one more look at the morning commute. we'll check out what's happening in the south bay. you're going down! it's all over! no! it's not over yet! sofas that can take anything life throws at them. do a lo

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