the spring equinox, to come into its fullness in may, to reach its pinnacle right now at summer solstice. and then, as all living things do, begin to offer itself back to life, with our celebrations of harvest - august, lamas, the first harvest, when the first tomatoes are ripe at your own gardens, and peaches. fall equinox, when we gather together for the larger harvest. then in november, samhain - or halloween - when we recognize that all things die, and that the energy goes to the root, to the unseen source beneath the surface, that gives way to the conception at winter solstice for another cycle of life and becoming. so it's a love story between earth and sun, and the endless children that are life. >> and we can mythologize that not just as earth-based in terms of what are we growing in our fields, which a lot of us are not quite as in touch with as our ancestors may have been, but what are we growing in our hearts, what are we growing in our souls, what are we growing in our lives. and what has come to fruition at this point in our lives? and what is it time to let go of? so we wor

these great houses are often aligned in a certain way so that at certain times of year, say summer solstice, light comes through certain windows. i have sat in these at different times of the year and watched this light show start at sunrise where lights start appearing on the walls all around me and you realize this is how you tell time out in this landscape. this is the way they did calendars. this is the way they understood the larger sphere, the moving of the heavens, was by setting up structures that could receive the light in certain ways. i mean, it's happening everywhere. i was just in salt lake city

these great houses are often aligned in a certain way so that at certain times of year, say summer solstice, light comes through certain windows. i have sat in these at different times of the year and watched this light show start at sunrise where lights start appearing on the walls all around me and you realize this is how you tell time out in this landscape. this is the way they did calendars. this is the way they understood the larger sphere, the moving of the heavens, was by setting up structures that could receive the light in certain ways. i mean, it's happening everywhere. i was just in salt lake city and i took a walk downtown and i saw a pillar that had been built in the last 4 years that a big block of sandstone that i recognized. it was probably wingate sandstone that had been hauled up there from about 200, 250 miles away, but i noticed in the pillar that was a gap at the bottom and i walked up and looked through the gap and i saw there were some posts in the distance and i looked around and there was a circle around the gap and there were signs around it and then each post a pr

the national weather service says from december's winter sole season solstice, it was 2 degrees higher than 1989 to '90. of course, it stands to reason that after a warm winter, the first day of spring would bring snow somewhere in the u.s. this is video from oregon. no one close to us, skiers and snow boarders found themselves with a few inches of fresh powder to hit the slopes, but the road to get to the resort, a little less fun to navigate. >> it's been snowing there for four days. >> has it really? >> five days really. >> wow. >> pretty cool up there. >> it is. i know a lot of people in this area who are snow lovers did miss it this year. >> go back to that warmest winter, only 32 days we hit 32 degrees or lower at national. only 20 days did we go below freezing. as we have this battle of winter and spring, it's getting more like a normal spring weather map and that produces big thunderstorms and flooding and we'll take you down to louisiana. a place called prairieville and they got a lot of wind. they have strong storms, possible tornadoes, and also up to four inches of rain. the

the parlor, a solstice, schuyler, the coffee bar, the parlor, a vessel, hustle club, and the ambassador. it gives you an idea of who we're watching and what is going on out there. if you read the list of incidents from report, i will not read through that. officer mathias is here tonight and he will go over the side -- over the highlights out of central. i am open to commission questions. >> are you saying an increase in incidents? is there red flag we should be aware of? but that would not say an increase. this is over a month worth of information here. if you divided this up, we have had the last meeting, if used with this in half it would be normal. the volume was more attributed to the time. commissioner hyde: the jack in the box that is on here, we already heard about this incident. >> this is a different location. this is 400 gary. it is closer to union square. >> same sandwiches, though. >> regarding the economic impact report, are there any plans about giving a similar report for daytime entertainment like the festivals and parade in san francisco? >> at the moment, no one has r

bloomberg has waged a full on war against who i read labels for the calories and more so than the solstices study and contents i will admit whether it's helps my waistline is a debatable wind up with a lot less sodium in the food what we eat is really crucial to our health and our government levels must make healthy solutions with social. now recently gloom found a new or demographic to force his food regulations on the homeless and now look i get it there's a very real obesity epidemic in america people are shutting their faces with food eating themselves and that it's hard it's incredibly hard to get access to healthy food but don't you think that of a little too far when we're trying to monitor the sodium intake of the people who live their lives on the streets never knowing where their next meal is coming from now apparently bloomberg has really think that it's too far new regulations in new york ban the donation of food to homeless shelters and you heard that right it is now illegal for churches and other businesses to donate leftover food to people that are homeless and hungry and the

the sunset is a little farther north as we head to solstice.t like today's daytime highs. mid-60s upper 60s and low 70s. so some of those jackets are going to have to be remember at school or at work. clouds until the bay area weekend only helped to cool us down a little bit. the jet stream driving up a lot of subtropical moisture. it's a big deal because we haven't seen a lot of it this year. there's a storm system developing out in the pacific. high latitude storm which wants to merge up with moisture. that would bring us perhaps our wettest week yet this winter. not hard to do. significant rain possible. next week not this weekend. so let's think about that. we'll watch mark tamayo be here this weekend. in the meantime we're talking about friday. beautiful day, mostly sunny and warm. might see a mid-70s up in santa rosa. down in morgan hill. cool as this next weather system comes in. as you get into saturday and sunday this thing just increases the clouds. maybe a sprinkle on sunday. don't change your plans though. maybe just a sweatshirt or

the sunset is a little farther north as we head to solstice.ures a lot like today's daytime highs. mid-60s upper 60s and low 70s. so some of those jackets are going to have to be remember at school or at work. clouds until the bay area weekend only helped to cool us down a little bit. the jet stream driving up a lot of subtropical moisture. it's a big deal because we haven't seen a lot of it this year. there's a storm system developing out in the pacific. high latitude storm which wants to merge up with moisture. that would bring us perhaps our wettest week yet this winter. not hard to do. significant rain possible. next week not this weekend. so let's think about that. we'll watch mark tamayo be here this weekend. in the meantime we're talking about friday. beautiful day, mostly sunny and warm. might see a mid-70s up in santa rosa. down in morgan hill. cool as this next weather system comes in. as you get into saturday and sunday this thing just increases the clouds. maybe a sprinkle on sunday. don't change your plans though. maybe just a swea

solstice sun glass stores bring in the smell of coconut. >> gives you the feeling that you arrived ats starting to romance their customers with the aroma of mandarin and rose buds. it's a marketing technique. >> they identify, they linger longer and they buy. >> reporter: i followed my nose to this lab where one of the largest scent marketing companies comes up with unique ways to brand products. >> we recently came up with a small for a well known motorcycle store. sun and sky, dirt. >> dirt. >> dirt smells like something. >> reporter: at casinos like the bellagio and mgm grand you might detect notes of lavender and sage. >> smells like a westin. >> reporter: they'll smell that. >> i thought fall opened ouptown first floor. >> reporter: to demonstrate how it works, they asked us for a list of words that best capture the "today" show. we chose bresh, bright, timely, and family. scent designers say fresh might be citrus notes, bright, floral, family, a warm amber aroma. >> we as human beings are capable of smelling over 10,000 different scents. >> reporter: it's a trend that's growing

we've got the spring solstice or the spring equinox on the 20th. and it could start on a wet note.ove been enjoying a pretty good ride around the bay area. we haven't had any hot spots. and things are improving for the west bay bridge drive. the backup is near the macarthur maze. nimitz freeway is the easiest approach to the bridge. your ride to the san mateo bridge has been fairly consistent all morning long. an easy ride off the nimitz freeway. crowding from 101 through san mateo. and the newt to the golden gate bridge is delay free and problem free. 680 has been a great ride out of walnut creek and into the san ramon valley. 101 northbound, slowing and a lighter than usual ride from 85 up to the montegut expressway. and continuing up to mountain view north of cupertino. >>> a man in livermore is getting the help he needs for his weight. he's headed to the dr. phil show. the young man began the journey to change his life. >> reporter: you're watching 23- year-old robert gibbs do something he hasn't done for six months, leave his apartment complex. 3 emts and a paramedic were ther