hi, i'm here with carl, he is the operations manager for solar city. we decided to take a little break from the cls room to so we could see some of the solar panels in action. carl, how are you? >> very well. nice to meet you. >> how do you like the weather? >> not too bad. >> kind of sunny. how does that impact our solar panels when we have lots of sun versus fog which we are typically accustomed to in san francisco? >> well, contrary to popular belief, solar panels will produce electricity when it's foggy out. how much depends on the density of the fog. on a day like today it's hazy for typical san francisco weather. on a day like talking, you can expect 80% of your what would be your full production on a clear sunny day. >> so if i were thinking about getting solar panels and i lived in san francisco and i was worried about haze versus full sun and how that will impact what jets yated, are there any tools or tricks that i can use to determine what the production is going to be like? >> the first thing you need to do is look at what available area do

a report from environment california say it is solar leasing programs do work, solar city where you end up paying less each mother than you would be paying pg&e for electricity make a huge dent in the market. >>> turning to wall street, not sunny there. once again europe weighing upon us. italy now paying so much on interest on debt it can't hope to continue without a bailout. we could lose 200 points on the dow at the hope. >>> add to be bee will cut hundreds of workers despite expectations it will make $1 billion in revenue this quarter alone. adobe rethinking its product lines and apparently will need fewer people. >>> they're giving up on mobile flash. you say why do i care? i will remind you that ipads and iphones don't use flash. you'll recall steve jobs had a huge fight with adobe over this. adobe giving up on the flash. that is part of what the lay-off -- the causes behind the lay-offs. back to you. >> thank you very much, scott. >>> 6:26 right now. still to come on today in the bay, should you be taxed for shopping online. congress will debate that very question today. >>> five

city hall will be having new solar panels on the south side. of the total is $6.6 million low-cost borrowing in order to fund those key projects for the city. the vendor has been selected through a competitive process and we set out a request for proposals to 20 firms. we selected bank of america because they were the lowest cost firm. we had the most experience in dealing with the renewable energy bonds. they worked with us in 2008 when we issued our power bonds. the two items before you today relate to power, specifically anticipated sale later this year as well as more next year. we will be coming back before you sometime in may to visit about water revenue bonds for our planned issues and also we will be looking at our waste water enterprises well to keep on track with our capital improvements in waste-water. before you today are both power bonds. i would like to think the budget analyst for the report. >> a quick question on the qualified energy conservation bond. can you tell us how the federal tax credits were there? >> the way that they

solar. i made sure my friends and neighbors received anit. all the city departments should have solar. my light bill is $4 a month. this would make sure that those of you who do not have solar will not be paying $400 a month. you may be paying $30 a month for electricity. thank you for inviting me to come. i am still going to be there. i want to be part of the committees set up talking about solar and the rising of the see coming into my area. that area is landfills. people do not want to realize that it looks good, but it is not good. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you for your dedicated energy to help us achieve this goal through the closure of those power plants. to wrap things up, we have those who have made this building what it is. the manager of sustainability programs for the academy of sciences. we want to congratulate them for recently achieving double leed platinum status, the largest such building in the world. [applause] >> thank you for joining us this morning on our living rooms. it is a bit of an exaggeration to say i am responsible for this building and all o

in september, solar city had a setback when it's application for a federal loan guarantee was rejecteds the -- in the wake of the solyndra bankruptcy . >>> right now an estimated 2 million people are staging a one-day general strike. unions call it the biggest walkout of this generation by public sector workers. they are upset over government demands that they work longer before receiving a pension and contribute more money to that pension each month. some of the places affected, include schools, hospital, government offices and heathrow airport. the government is urging more negotiations say a walkout achieves nothing. >>> if you like to travel, you might want to consider visiting vienna. a consulting group ranks the austrian capital as the world's top city to live. it's followed by auckland, new zealand and munich, germany. according to the survey, the worst place to live is baghdad. >>> 8:16. in just about ten minutes from right now, closing argue mountains are due to begin in the civil lawsuit against former b.a.r.t. officer, johannes mehserle. jury deliberations are also expected

. >> protesters brought in solar panels after the city cut powers t to the square two weeks ago. the city's stance is that the square is not intended to be used as a campground and that overnight camping is prohibited. demonstrators say they have applied for a permit that they hope will allow them to continue the 24 hour per day occupation. >> i hope we have a two-way street of communication, which we do not currently have. i would like to see us working together to improve our community. >> wbal-tv 11 news. >> fire investigators are trying to determine how a trash truck caught fire this morning. fire crews responded to philadelphia and mayflower roads to find the truck fully engulfed with flames. everyone was able to get out safely. the man accused of burning down the baltimore tire store where he worked as a free man this afternoon. 35-year-old jason hicks pleaded guilty. in september, prosecutors say he flicked a lighter that sparked a massive fire at the belvidere tires in northwest baltimore. the store owner testified that he did not want hicks to go to jail. baltimore city

solar panels. if you remember the city cut off power to the square here so they were actually donated. these two solar panels. that's what they're using to keep their laptops up and running, their cell phones up and running so they can stay in touch with what's going on with the other movements. tell us about this. you actually were donated these packages. >> occupy wall street got a large donation of panels and they had distributed them to other occupy movements across the country. >> reporter: the army tents, where did you goat those? >> we purchased them from a supplier somewhere down the east coast. i'm not positive where we got them and brought them back in. occupy wall street actually bought tents from the same people and we took them up to them, too. >> reporter: i'm sure you've heard some of the movements across the city getting violent. police moving in with riot gear, the one in new york just this week, they were told to remove all their tents. any inkling of what the city might be doing here? >> it's disappointing because i think all of us would love to have a more open line

solar panels on top of city hall allows for us to have a very efficient cost or service. this will be more expensive on the kilowatt issue. where this benefits both people of san francisco and system reliability, they have the complementary form of generation, to complement the hydro-electric facilities. so this is really the best that we can get right now, based on the mix of energy that we have in keeping with the standard of being green, and as affordable as possible. >> in terms of the city government usage of electricity, do we exceed this capacity? >> we would have to purchase the electricity. we have had a great deal of rainfall and we have had extra hydro-electric energy that we were able to send to the market to create revenue. we have some surplus, but in the typical year, we have to buy and we will benefit from this. and in the drought years we will benefit from having our own reliable, renewable energy in the city. >> thank you. we have opened this item for public comment. and these two items are before us. we have a motion to send these items forward with rec

. >> process is broad and solar panels after the city cut power to the square at two weeks ago.ans to bring it bicycle power electricity in the future. says overnight camping is prohibited. demonstrators said they have applied to a permit so they can continue their 24-hour day occupation. >> i hope we have a two-way street of communication, which we do not currently have. i would like to see us working together, to do what we're both here supposedly to do, which is to improve our community. >> approaches say they have had a concert planned over the weekend but was canceled because of police concerns. they are planning to of that concert on saturday. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> california authorities are trying to determine whether a shooting at the university of california at berkeley has anything to do with the occupied protest their. this happened on the east side of the campus. a funeral staff member said she saw the man take a gun from a backpack and he raised the gun when police approached him. >> dramatic video captures the scene as federal agents raid in sout

. >> protesters brought in solar panels after the city cut power to the square two weeks ago. organizers tell us about plans to bring in bicycled-power electricity in the future. the city's stance has been that the square is not intended to be used as a campground, and that overnight camping is prohibited. demonstrators say they have applied for a permit that they hope will allow them to continue their 24-hour-a-day occupation. >> i hope we have a two-way street of communication, which we do not currently have. i would like to see us working together, to do what we're both here supposedly to do, which is to improve our community. >> a concert is being planned here this weekend. they are rescheduling it for this saturday. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it thank you. police have identified the man killed in a crash on the beltway tuesday morning. investigators say lemuel johnson died at the 795 exit on tuesday morning. the court overturned and struck a tree. the morning commute was slowed for hours. >> hispanic groups what the mayor to hold true to her campaign promise

she is also described as a key ambassador for solar and clean energy in the city. espanola jackson. [applause] >> thank you very much. i would like to give thanks to josh. he could not be here. he just had a little boy, 8 pounds two oz. i also want to thank the puc past commissioners that were very helpful. it took us seven years to get those two plants closed. i want to give thanks to the people who live in public housing in the south the sector.

the advertisements might go on the city's electric light boxes as well as the solar trash compactors ements and sponsorship deals could generate $25 million for his $6.3 billion budget. closing chicagos budget shortfall is a top priority for mayor rahm emanuel but some protesters at city hall today said that balancing the budget should not come at the expense of city services muriel clair is live at city hall with that story >>citizens took their concerns to the street as a group of protesters organized by grass- roots organizations marched debts at city hall this morning proposing that the cuts on library budgets as well as police precincts make city hall a budget crime scene ... >>there's $300 million not being appropriated and spent >>they want to see more slack being given to nonprofits they don't want cuts in library or police budgets and other city services >>i believe this will pass in its present form i think the mayor heard what the alderman were saying i think he truly wants to make this a partnership and not a dictatorship ... he listen to what our concerns were as well as

solar panels, four bedrooms. luxury underground, basically. >> cities could easily turn into jungles. >> this thing is like somethingou see in a movie or in a cartoon, you know? >> i would never live in one, but i think it's kind of neat. >> are we going to end up like everybody is going to perish in these cities? wow. i really wish i had bought one of those bunkers. >> this whole thing is just weird. >> i love it. >> it's so weird. >> love is the only engine of survival. the only hope. >>> it's a different kind of high-speed chase. >> that must have been moving. >> this man was not alone, find out what happened to his friend. >>> it was itsy-bitsy, teenie weenie pink bikini. yes, it's creepy and of course it made our countdown. >>> he shot up an i-hop. >> freeze! >> now new surveillance video catches the crazed gunman going after a woman in the parking lot. you'll hear what saved her life. >>> two guys on a train fight for space and spark an internet debate. >> why didn't he just get up and let the guy move? >> why didn't the guy just sit there like an adult and keep his mouth shut and ride the damn train. >>> baby

tioga energy, its solar development company, moved their headquarters from silicon valley to our financial district. their main reasons included the city'strained in financial- services, the robust talent, and of course our cities and matched policy leadership on sustainability issues. and the reasons for this success is clear. san francisco has led the way, with all the environmental policies and aggressively seeking to address the environmental problems of our age. people are taking note of this. san francisco was recently named the greenest city in north america by vehemence corporation an economist. we leave this corporation in carbon reduction, recycling and composting, the adoption of solar, energy efficiency, and vehicle technologies. water conservation in green building. if that is not enough happening in our financial district, i also want to let you know that we're going to rebuild that all u.s. mint right there it fit than mission, to make sure we have our san francisco historic museum alive and well, so we can connect our history to where we're going as a city. let me speak a moment about our transbay terminal. the transbay t

a big part of the cost of installing a solar system actually relates to the cost of inconsistent standards across different cities to get the stuff on the roof. >> and he believes it would eliminate that rerock crassy. >> if we had a standard and permisting process in the bay area for a solar energy installations it could be more affordable. >> and i think we need to continue to maintain our spending on education and then near herm i think we need a long term debt solution that is credible. >> but local and state governments have struggled. the number of jobs created has fallen. >> over the past year and a half public spending has fallen norkt gone up. because the amount of money has been more than offset in the declines in state and local spending. >> it's cheap for the government to borrow these days. and long term treasury bill is about 2% yield. unbelievably cheap costs. >> take the money, spend it on domestic investment. make sure money gets spent now. >> and there is a question for you. do you think the federal government could do more to improve the economy? dave writes this, change the tax code and kimber

big part of the cost of installing a solar system actually relates to the bureaucratic cost of inconsistent standards across different citiese stuff on your roof. >>reporter: randolph believes that unified regulation lake solar pan well eliminate the bureaucracy putting more people to work. >> if we had a single standard and yep fight permitting process in the bay area for solar or other renubble energy installation. >>reporter: that combine with investment in infrastructure lick roads and schools could benefit the work force as well. >> domesticcly i think we need to continue to maintain our spending on education infrastructure near term private sector isn't in a position to support demand. i think we need long-term debt solution that is credible. >>reporter: but local and state government have struggled to balance the budget. in fact number of jobs created to work on public projects has fallen. >> over the past year and a half public spending on frbing has fallen not gone up because the small amount of money the federal government lodge entered infrastructure has been more than offset by the decline in state local spendin

solar system. >> reporter: this is a hybrid car on the water. it is electric and diesel. annapolis cityved $400,000 in grant money for the epa to promote to the special hybrid use. it can run on diesel or electric at any given time and the diesel mode can go 35 miles per hour which is plenty fast for what it needs to do. it can go about 5 and a half miles per

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city in north america by siemens and "the economist." and we lead the nation in carbon reduction, recycling and composting, the adoption of solar energy efficiencyctrical vehicle technologies. water conservation and green building. oracle open world is committed to supporting our environmental goals and is working hard to make this conference one of the greenest in the nation. let me tell you some of the examples that you are a part of. you are a part of this week, diverting enough trash from landfills to fill 37 garbage trucks. you have avoided emissions equivalent to taking 190 cars off the road for a year. you've conserved enough water to fill three olympic sized swimming pools. and you're saving enough energy to power 62 american homes for a year. prevention, as you know, of cutting our trees, your example here has prevented cutting 1,363 trees. environmental sustainability is a priority for me, for oracle, and for my fellow san franciscans and we hope that all of you can take some of these simple, sustainable practices with you and implement them in your home and in your businesses, helping to spread the impact of oracle open world and san

city's trash collector does they're sorting at the '96. they take them together and sort it on our behalf. what is great about this compactors is that they are solar operated. as they start to get filled, they have a sensor that will compact the waist and recyclables. they will notify the port means division when they need to be emptied. we are hoping that this results in a greater efficiency with respect to the port's ability to pick up the garbage. particularly in a fisherman's wharf so, at the end of the program, we will likely come back with a look at purchasing these big bellies, or other places in the waterfront. it should be an interesting venture, on our part. >> [whispering] i have a question. >> very soon. [laughter] says the man from vacation who is only back for four hours. >> [inaudible] >> so, i cannot decide whether to be sad or happy about my next item our beloved kevin carroll, the executive director for the fisherman's wharf community benefit district, has been recruited away. happily, not too far. so, it took us about one month to stop grieving. now we are ready to celebrate his accomplishments at the port. kevin, it seems like

the city will install 1 new new solar powered meters that will be able to takes abilities and from smartccept coins and credit cards. the meters will be installed in downtown walnut creek next year. parking in oakland could be getting a little more user friendly. later on this morning, the city council rules committee will take up an item proposing a five-minute grace period before your car is ticketed. the change would only apply to the city's park and display meters. >>> a heads up for drivers, a golden gate bridge offramp will be closed overnight as part of the ongoing reconstruction project. the last northbound exit on the 101 -- on 101, not in southern california -- before you reach the bridge will be shut down. the closure starts at 10:00 tonight, will reopen at 5 tomorrow morning. >>> sal still watching the commute. you still watching san bruno, right? >> that's right. we still have el camino real closed in the vicinity of interstate 380. this accident happened at 4 in the morning, and it will have this area closed for at least another hour or two as they do an investigation of wh

solar company that went bust. >>> and we understand that the press conference is just begun in the city of vallejo about the policefficer who was killed in the line of duty. let's join that now. >> the area. officers en route to the call were able to locate this vehicle, attempted to stop this vehicle. we were led on a vehicle pursuit at roughly three or four miles which terminated in the 100 block of janice street. the pursuit was terminated because our officer employed a pit maneuver which spun the vehicle out and he then pursued the suspect on foot into a residential neighborhood. shortly after exiting his vehicle and chasing the suspect, officers who were arriving just moments later heard several shots fired. they discovered our officer down in the backyard and he was mortally wounded. he was transported at that time to a local hospital and emergency medical doctors an technicians and nurses worked on him for about an hour with emergency medical procedures which were ultimately -- failed. the officer next of kin has been notified. he is identified as officer james capu of the vallejo police department. he has

the city council spent five hours last night discussing whether to give its support to occupy oakland. >> reporter: i'm katie marzullo. solyndra may not be the only troubled bay area solar company. another shop that got a government loan is showing big losses. >>> live look downtown san francisco skies clearing, showers lingering i'll show you where. >>> roads are slick and wet causing a few problems. i'll have details, coming up. >>> good morning it is friday. let's say it again it is friday you've made think far. thank youífor joining us i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze oakland city council unable to decide what to do next after a contentious meeting last night which a fired up public ripped the council and the police chief. amy hollyfield is live at frank ogawa plaza. >> reporter: the city councilwoman says she wants to pass a resolution that says the city supports the protesters' rights to be here camping in this plaza. the council heard several view points during a five hourlong meeting last night. many pointed out this movement is peaceful and an international movement. others say they are concerned about some of the violence that it an tracks and that com

city renewals that we might want to. that was a hard choice. we had to take a $32 million cut. we had to take a cut to go solar of $29 million. and a cut to energy efficiency. all three are important public our programs that are important to you as a commission and other shareholders. he those are 10-year numbers. the shortfalls on the previous page are only as good as they are because we did make these cuts. we are still running out of money, even when making these cuts. what it told us is that the -- is that they are not enough. it only gave us enough money to get to 2014-2015. we knew we would have to revisit this. in addition, we have also done some deferrals for transmission upgrades. we are still funding of the essential facilities maintenance and the essential rebuilds that would upgrade transmission lines that we have a deferred. the options to bring this back into balance and to look at the restoration of some of those public our programs that we had to cut or defer on the previous slide are twofold. the first is, if we take the 10- year plan as it is today, with those hard cuts we had to make previously and we assum

city renewals that we might want to. that was a hard choice. we had to take a $32 million cut. we had to take a cut to go solar of $29 million. and a cut to energy efficiency. all three are important public our programs that are important to you as a commission and other shareholders. he those are 1ye

city. you actually lost them. >> and how does this system help these women to become financially independent? >> the community has to make a decision in how much their willing to pay for the solar l, the solar unit. they usually pay the amount that they already pay for kerosene candles. $5 to $10 a h. this is put into a village committee and the committee manages this fund. and the 30% of the total contribution goes into the salary of the ma gndth sorenne. so she is supposed to look after about 100 houses and she gets paid by the community for looking after these 100 houses. so she's financially independent. these are the first technically and financially self-sufficient solar electrified villages in the world where you don't depend on any engineer from outside. we asked a woman what is the benefit you had from solar energy and she thought for a moment and said it is the first time i can see my husband's face in winter. and it is minus 40 outside and they are with candles for six months of the year because it is so cold and they have no lights. so the light has been a blessing for them. it has been a total blessing. we have found that if you use solar light -- solar electrified

city. so you actually lost them. >> how does the system help these women to become financially independent? >> the community has to take an immediate decision in how much they're willing to pay for the solarel, for the solar unit. and they usually pay the amount that they already pay for kerosene, candles, and diesel. about $5 to $10 a month. this is put into a village committee, and the committee manages this fund. and the 30% of the total contribution goes into the salary of the woman, grandmother, solar engineer. so she is supposed to look after about 100 houses and she gets paid by the community for looking after these 100 houses. so she's financially independent. these are the first technically and financially self-sufficient solar electrified villages in the world, where you don't depend on any engineer from outside. we asked a woman what was the benefit she had from solar energy, and she thought for a moment and said, "it's the first time i can see my husband's face in winter." in the dark when it's minus 40 outside. and they are with candles for six months of the year because it's so cold and they have no light. so the light has been a blessing for them. it's been a total blessing