tell people everything they need to know about you, sound city and the music. >> well sound city wasstudio in van nuys, california, in the valley. they opened in the late' 60s and it wasn't until the early '70s that bigger artists started recording there. neil young went there and did at after the gold rush" and fleetwood mac made their record with stevie and lindsay there. it was actually where mick need wood joined fleetwood mack. and i went there in 1991 with nirvana. (applause) thank you, we booked into that studio because it was cheap. it was $600 a day and they had sort of kind of passed their prime, their heyday. in '73 they were state-of-the-art it was brown shag carpet on the walls, it was cool. by 1991 it was -- so we walked in, it was a dump. it looked like a burned out chi-chi's. (laughter) it was a terrible place. but if you put the drums in this space in a spot in the big room and hit "record" it sounded like -- you know, you would just get this huge sound and so the 16 days we were there changed my life forever. so i stayed friends with the people that owned the studio

you have a group called the sound city players.ou got you, chris, stevie nicks, john fogerty, sir paul mccart knit, sir rick springfield, sir rick nielsen. >> yes. >> stephen: are you doing tours. >> playing as many as we can. logistically it's hard to get one of guys and stevie nicks in the same room. >> stephen: but mccartney is always available. >> we're doing a show tonight at the hammerstein ballroom where we are going toll roll out three and a half hours worth of music. >> stephen: you need a back-up singer. >> you want to come and sing? >> stephen: that would be great. i'll be there. dave grohl, the movie is "sound

my guest tonight made a new documentary called sound city.ow he's about to sit down at the studios and record some of the greatest interviews. please welcome dave grohl. [cheers and applause] hey, dave. nice to see you again. >> good to see you. >> stephen: how are you been? last time you saw you we were hanging out in the white house together. >> that's usually where we bump into each other. >> stephen: that's what we do. >> you wouldn't imagine i would be let into the white house. >> stephen: you were fantastic, incredible for the kennedy center honors rocking led zeppelin. >> i was. >> stephen: drummer for nirvana, lead of the f.a.o. fighters but -- foo fighters now you are a document dlrks arian. you sold millions of copies of nirvana never mind alone. why not phone it in and get fat? >> i decided to make this movie because the studio where we made nirvana's never mind was closing. that studio changed my life. when we went there we were there for 16 days and those 16 days that we made that record, never mind completely changed my life. >>

sound city was a place musicians would go to make truthful honest pure albums. >> reporter: the sound musical mecca from 1969 until it closed in 2011. so to memorialize and celebrate the music created there, groll has recorded an all star tribute record with artists like stevie nix and paul mccartney. all to honor the studio where nirvana created their album never mind. a place stevie nix credits with giving birth to fleetwood mac. >> i spent a lot of time at sound city, so that really, had it not been for that, there wouldn't have been a fleetwood mac. >> reporter: where dozens of other stars recorded their songs. >> seeing those platinum records on the wall -- >> tom petty. >> neil young. >> reporter: it was that con thaekz led these stars to appear in the documentary. >> stevie nicks, neil young, tom petty. these are people i don't hang out with every day. i would send them an email and say hi, my name is dave. i'm making a movie. everybody wanted to be in the film, because of what that studio represented. >> reporter: despite it's grand

sound city was a place musicians would go to make

history, even at its peak stars like rick springfield knew sound city was not a glamorous space. >> we thought there were cockroaches in the wall. it was pretty filthy, that was part of the charm. >> reporter: ultimately the technology that made the studio special became out of date. >> when you came to work, it was a tape based studio. you knew what you were getting. >> reporter: the analog sound city became a casualty of a digital age. >> like many things, there's no bookstore, there's no music store, and there's no sound city. >> reporter: groll salvaged the recording console to use in his own studio, ultimately he says the moving and the album are a celebration of musical and perfection. >> you don't have to sing exactly on key. it's the emotion of being a passionate player. and it's those imperfections that give you personality as an artist. ultimately having an appreciation for what it sounds like to be a human being, that's what sound city represents. >> reporter: nischelle turner, cnn, hollywood. >> thanks for watching, everyone. news room international with michael holmes star

stars hitting big screen but for a documentary sharing their love for legendary recording studio, sound cityhis is like rising from ashes again. the board is still alive, making great music. >> it's in select theaters now. and it's february meaning it's officially oscar month. check out otrc.com to make friends on facebook. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 airport security alert. questions being raised about the job that bomb-sniffing dogs are not doing. >> and a scare for passengers after the pilot passes out in flight. what is behind the/vy/out. >> the first program of its kind in the nation. id cards used as debit cards. and... on the brand new bay bridge we'll give you >>> the city of oakland is launching a first ever id prepaid debit card program designed to help people who need services but cannot get them because they don't have an official form of identification. >> oh, yeah. they charge for everything. >> eric just left a store on international boulevard in oakland. he heard the city along with financial institution is offering a city id also have a debit card function.b?hd >> i

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. >> stephanie rawlings bleak unveil details of her solution to keep the city from -- financially sound as part of her state of the city. this comes after commission report forecast the threat of bankruptcy in a decade of budget deficits continue. joining us live from city hall. sacrifices with the mayor is stressing. >> details focused on her 10- year financial plan. she did not call to raise taxes but contribution. >> she proposed a new fee for trash pickup. >> we could cut this property tax now and that would be a major victory for the citizens of the city. >> the deficit will hit $750 million in 10 years. the mayor and her supporters say those who do not currently contribute should. whether that target is tax- exempt nonprofit. >> $4 billion of non taxable property of the city, and meeting nonprofits. >> the pension system for civilian workers is the only system in maryland that does not require an employee contribution. that must change. >> another change. fire and police retirement plans moving toward a 401k contribution system and longer working hours but with the promise of high

the plan was to play for the whole month listening to how the elements changed the sound, but the city said he didn't have the proper permits. hundreds of people came out to enjoy the impromptu concerts. he played one last time this evening. then his plan was to take it back to his studio, light it on fire, and play as long as he could. we're not sure if that has happened just yet or not. >> we're listening to the scanners. if we hear fire responding, we'll head that way. >> probably need a permit for that too. a live look over san jose right now. a live look at san francisco. things are going to be changing. >> they are going to be changing. and if that gentleman waited until tuesday, the rain would have put out that fire. but we see 50s outside right now. as we expected, the sea breeze starting to strengthen. one reason it will be cooler than we saw today. plus clouds spilling in. leads to a drop in temperatures. bring you up to date on seasonal rainfall averages. the bay area had 150% of average rainfall. now after relatively two dry months we're roughly 80% of average. not too bad.

if you have the day off, it will be a pleasant day to get out and enjoy the sights and sounds of the cityur seven-day forecast calls for a chance of iciness tuesday morning. i don't think there's a huge threat in the immediate metro area, but this needs to be watched real close. this is going to be a close call for tuesday morning early. by tuesday afternoon with temperatures near 50, whatever may start as little ice will end as rain. >> a.m. ice. >> i can't get all the words on that little graph. >> thanks, chuck. coming up in sports, the nats, their >>> this will take the chill out of anything you are feeling. >> it's nice to see the gang back together. the favorite team to win the 2013 world series hit the field today. the washington nationals holding their first full squad workouts down in florida. it's one thing to have the to talent on paper. now they have to prove they can get it done on the field. dan hellie has more. >> reporter: the first full squad workout felt more like winter than spring. 34 degrees when you factor in the windchill out here today, but still everybody smiling,

sound. but the city said he didn't have the proper permit to do that. minor detail. hundreds came out to enjoy the impromptu concerts. ffortissimo says the piano will be played one more time at the harbor this evening before he takes it home to his studio, listen to this, for a cremation of sorts at sunset. sunset is at 5:50 tonight, so he plans to light it on fire, then play it until, i suppose, he can't play it any more. >> till the music gets too hot. >> sunset tonight would be -- >> he's got 20 minutes. >> to haul it away? >> apparently so. you can't keep a piano out there by the beach. >> what a wonderful thing for that community, although it will start raining on tuesday anyway. >> thanks for watching. >>> on this sunday night, the frantic moments after the girlfriend of olympic runner oscar pistorius was shot in his home. the calls to police, the attempts to save her. tonight, what the athlete's father is saying about the murder charge. >>> border war, as the white house proposes a path to residency for illegal immigrants, w some americans along the border are

sound. but the city said he didn't have the proper permits. e artist says he may use the piano's charred remains in a sculpture. >> so artistic of him. >> it sounded beautiful when he was doing it last week. >> very artistic. it's a good thing he burned it now, because the rain coming his way, right? >> exactly. there would have been that much piano playing at least for tomorrow in that forecast. let's get a look at the satellite radar picture. we had cold front move by today. we did have some areas of drizzle across portions of the central bay, and also the north bay. but that's just about it. we're waiting on another round of rain to come our way as a ehead throughout tuesday. right now windy, 5 to 10 miles per hour. that is giving us a slight windchill this hour. feels like 39 santa rosa. 43 in livermore, and 47 in san mateo. let's take you out of the live hd sky network camera. there is palo alto looking towards the dunbarton bridge. right over the bay we will encounter areas of drizzle before the heaviest rain moves in. from emeryville, yo

city. it sounds like maybe they will not need all that solalt. >> they have plenty, but the crews are on alert and the trucks are ready to roll, but not everyone is worried about this upcoming weekend's weather. >> just too tempting. with the sunshine and temperatures reaching 56, these guys say it's a perfect opportunity to get together. >> the weather is fantastic. i'm a student at baltimore city community college. and this month to come down and play some disc golf. >> finding and hard to believe the weekend forecast calls for a winter remix. >> that's just par for the course in bbaltimore. you can have a 60 degree days and then you can also get extremely cold. >> because of the possibility, state highway crews are loading the trucks with salt and they're ready to roll out to handle slippery roads. >> we always have to play it safe and be prepared. this winter has been challenging. the biggest challenge is if it comes in as rain, we cannot pretreat. you have to react once it starts actually snowing. >> they're also getting prepared. they will send kreuz out at 10:00 p.m. >> we will be out a

. >> here's what a high powered magazine sounds like on a city street at night. >> i live a mile awaytion. >> bay area police chief and mayors of los angeles and san francisco join democratic law makers as that you a nowed the new proposed -- announced the new proposed gun laws. >> now is time to close the loop rolls in the education related to the gun and gun ownership. >> among the 10 pieces of legislation, a ban on detachable rifle clips, a, and requiring background checks on ammunition sales. >> a way that we see something fashion able and we all want to get on board. >> democrats are grandstanding. democrats say they want california to have the toughest laws in the nation. >> the problem is we really need to ask congress to act. >> democrats say they want these gun bills to move through the process quickly. republicans think some of these bills will have a hard time making it past the governor, much less the court. >>> us customs agents announceded they prevented the -- announced they found 23 rounds of ammunition of 3 vehicles headed to mongolia. he was likely not transporting t

sound problem in the past. we have added a safe, fun, entertaining and positive image. we asked the city of san francisco support this good, wholesome venue. without this all the out-of-town and local musicians would lose a place to perform. i am proud to be a part of the japan town community; we hope that the the city of san francisco will open their arms and welcome this venue. i want to thank the neighbors, and the japan -- copmmunity. can i also introduce my professional sound man, mr. balluny, (sounds like) if you have questions. >>: good afternoon my name is -- ballunny. on dec. 6, 2012, we conducted sound tests in the loung and above to comply with section -- not to exceed 8db above ambient levels. we measured levels. under both circumstances we do not exceed 98db. the lounge also installed a sound limiter limits the noise levels to 94 decibels. do you have any questions? >> president fong: we may have questions after public comment. go ahead and call public comment. (reading names) >>: good afternoon r president fong, commissioners, my name is nancy -- i am the vice president of

she unveiled details of her solution to keep the city financially sound. she proposed a new fee for trash pickup which would pay for a property tax cut. >> baltimore's pension system for civilian workers is the only large system in maryland that does not require an employer contribution. that much change. >> fire and police retirement plans moving to a 401(k) contribution. >> 45 degrees at the airport. 5:06. >> north korea turns heads once again after what they call a successful nuclear test. >> this is the beltway at >> this is the beltway at greenspring >> news of a new nuclear test in north korea. north korea said they had a more powerful test today. it was registered as an earthquake. the white house calls this a highly provocative acat that threatens international peace. los angeles is offering a $1 million reward to help capture an ex-cop wanted by police. so far the department has received 700 tips in the search. >> many residents in new england are still stranded in the snow. residents strain to clear some paths around their home. most people are s

and there have been so many changes if you think about that have happened in each of these cities and sounding bay area it is last 14 years and if you look at the activity the cranes until the air the hospital building activity the activity ature ports and airports and hospitality sector the booming tech sector and all of the future plans, think about the changes that will happen in the next 14 years and each of these cities and in our region so we are going to hear a little bit about the future and some of the priorities and what the outlook is into this coming year and we are really delighted to have awful you here with us this morning. i think there is more than 600 and we are glad that you gathered with us. our tradition at this event is to alternate between the two cities from year to year and last year we hosted the event in oakland which, is why here here in san francisco this year and is to mayor lee thank you for being the host city this year andmary khan thank you for traveling across the bay that very short way to be here in san francisco. so how many of you are feeling optimistic a

regulations and their lobbying expenditures and then cities can use the grades to choose from whom they actually guy their police guns. it may sounde bit familiar, and that's because it's the same strategy that the nra has used for years in grading congress on how gun friendly they are. one of the cities which has taken the lead on this initiative is minneapolis. today's it's mayor said . . . >> jennifer: this is just the latest move in a series of successful measures that minneapolis has taken to curb gun violence so from 2003 to 2006, minneapolis was rocked by a crime wave that killed 80 people under the age of 25 making homicide the leading cause of death for minneapolis's young people. the city has been stuck with the unfortunate nickname of murder-apolis. but it launched a youth violence initiative that showed tremendous success. they have seen a 66% decrease in youth-related incidents, and on the state level there is a bipartisan push to improve the buck ground system the success of these programs got some very high-level tension, and today the president paid minneapolis a visit. he called on congress to follow the city's le

. >> there is a sound ordinance in the city and you have to control noise. but you know it has to be reasonable. it does not necessarily cover you in speech, but you have to be cognasent of your neighbors otherwise they are going to get a set of symbols at three in the morning. and so, have you got to be cognasen if you are as community-based as you are, you have to be of the community around you. >> okay. >> all right. >> thank you. >> yes, are you... >> i just want to say thank you for your time and considering this. it is our ten-year anniversary and actually when we got the call from the city, i kind of welcomed it. because it sparks us to rethink what we are doing, and the issue with our neighbor has been a chronic one. we need to resolve it because i personally do not feel good about it. i have not felt good i like to have a better relationship with her. i think that this will help us move in that direction. >> okay, thank you. >> ma'am? >> well the one woman that has already spoke we don't let you come back again, you only get one shot at it. and for

dedication for five years, whereas supervisor chu was happily crunching numbers and keeping the city fiscally sound as a deputy budget director when she was appointed in september 2007. whereas supervisor chu not only brought her trustical klatch era long with her to the board of supervisors, but also her budget prowess, all of which were of incredible importance as she served four out of her five years on our board's budget and finance committee and i would just add to this surpassing the expectations of her toughest critics. whereas supervisor chu served on the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board, the county transportation authority, abag, health system board member. whereas supervisor chu has always been a class act with a level professionalism that has been unmatched on the board. and whereas supervisor chu appears calm, cool, and collected on the outside, but she has represented her district with fire and determination at every turn. whereas supervisor chu has broken new ground in district 4 with the nation's largest solar facility, park lets movie night series, workin

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. >> reporter: boston's mayor sounding the warmer as his city braces for snowfall that could surpass the record of 27.5 inches set in 2003. in massachusetts and connecticut, states of emergency declared, with blizzard warnings issued. >> we're going to get wind gusts from 40 to 50 miles per hour. we're going to get whiteouts. >> reporter: a powerful nor'easter also carrying the risk of coastal flooding. >> hopefully it won't be anything drastic and it's certainly not going to be a hurricane sandy. but that doesn't mean you can't get badly hurt or killed if you're not careful. >> reporter: with that concern, many schools closed. roads and mass transits shut down in some areas. and thousands of flights are now grounded. so many people now are stuck, bracing for the worst of this monster winter storm. >> this completely messed up my entire day. i hate the snow. i thought i liked it until now. >> reporter: and this is not only an inconvenient and powerful storm, it's also slow moving. some of these conditions are not expected to let up until tomorrow. marci gonzalez, abc news, boston. >>

city of richmond. >> reporter: it is typical to see high powered weapons on display but today richmond police chief played a recording from the shot spotter system on what it soundson a city street at night. >> i live a mile away. >> reporter: police chiefs and mayors joined lawmakers as they announced new gun laws. >> the time is now to close those loopholes in the circulation, in the regulation and education relating to guns and gun ownership. >> reporter: among the legislation a ban on detachable rifle clips, closing a magazine loophole and requiring background check on ammunition sales. >> just another way sacramento functions. we see something fashional and we get on board. -- fashionable and we get on board. >> reporter: democrats say they want california to have the toughest laws in the nation. >> the problem is, though, we really need to ask congress to act. >> reporter: democrats say they want the bills to move through quickly. republicans believe they will have a hard time getting them passed. in sacramento, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> lawmakers put aside their differences today, we will tell you about new legislation entired by the connecti

it sounds like the city might be making a slight turn your. do you see improvement? >> i do. are making money. we are routine on corruption. trade with canada. all we have to do is fix today. gerri: thanks for coming on. great book. appreciate your time. >> thank you. cool to be year. gerri: detroit is also back on top of the forbes list of the most miserable cities in america. there lelas no one wants to be on. everything from violent crime to falling home prices. detroit is a tough place to live. in tonight's top five, the other major cities on a list. number five, vallejo, california. this city is in dire financial straits. spending nearly three years in bankruptcy. starting to recover in 2011. modesto, california. spending a lot of time in california. unemployment tops 15 percent, and nearly 4 percent of all homes in the city erin foreclosure. number three, chicago. well many people proud to be from the windy city, there are ridiculously long commutes and plummeting and prices. according to forbes immigration right out of chicago is the sixth worst in the nation. the weat

cities? three years later he sounded like that i might not only want to put a picture of him in.i might want to put video clips into the e-book version of this book, and the multimedia version. then i'd have to say, what do i want to do that's different than just enjoying the movie? that's right, i make in a comment about historical significance or the treatment or whatever i'm going to say about them or the role that disney has played in copyright -- as a copyright stakeholder or the way disney is historically taken work in the public domain such as folklore and turned it into a corporate product and is copyrighted. i can say all of that and make references quoting specific work or disney. i might show snow white they would cut from the grimm brothers. and i would have the right to make those references and so far doing something different than just ensuring the folktale or just enjoying the movie. i am not taking away anybody's enjoyment of the movie. nobody's going to read my book and say i'll never need to watch snow white in the seventh worst because i got it because i am ma

that when i was mayor of new york, i had to cut 2.3, 2.4 billion and they tried to make it sound like the city was going to disappear. we cut it, the city is better off than it's been before. and fiscal discipline is something that a president is going to have to bring to government. if he couldn't, it's hard for the legislator to do it. he's been fiscally the most undisciplined president in the united states. >> couple of things, the fact that he doesn't seem it remember it was his white house idea and he okayed it on the sequester and either means he has a bad memory, which is not a good sign or he's trying to be petty or trying now that he finds himself in hot water to blame somebody else that looks petty. the second thing for the life of me, i don't understand this and see if, if i'm correct, but as i understand this so-called cut is that-- is that february 28th we have a certain level of spending, on march 1st, that spending is supposed to go up. and what the sequestration does, it says it doesn't go up as much as we wanted it. so, it really isn't that we're cutting anything, so if we're

city. she made amazing sounds. >> ain't nobody got time for that. >> guess what?ebody else else is catching in on the fame. >> this is fake. ain't nobody got time for that. >> somebody put sweet brown in a real commercial. this is a commercial for a dentist office. short line, dental. we reached out to the manager david rigs. he said so far he's received a ton of calls about this commercial to find out if it's real. he said, oh, yeah, it's absolutely real. sweet brown is a very, very nice lady. he said the one thing he liked about it, usually dentists office feature people with perfect teeth, which is a change. makes people realize, you don't have to have perfect teeth. come in here and we'll fix you up. >> i got time for that. >> one person internet famous to something funny she said to becoming famous for sort of a mishap. these photos all over the place. this guy dyed his hair. watch what happens next. this doesn't look right. looks like he's starting to have a reaction to the hair dye, now looking like -- >> yes. >> we're just getting started. there's more pic

that 51 in kansas city we'll see later. >> does sound good, 51. i would take it. >>> a cozy three bedroom home is up for sale in west hollywood. the only catch is freddie krueger may end up haunting your dreams. it is for sale and listed for a cool $2.1 million. >>> robert de niro cemented his place in history when he placed his hands and feet in concrete at the chinese theater. the oscar winner had this to say. >> you know, joe pesci always said i'd end up with my feet in cement. i don't think is what he had in mind. >>> speaking of joe pesci has settleded a lawsuit. he ended up gaining 30 pounds for a role that never happened. >>> "snl" alum kristen wiig has officially joined the cast of the long awaited archerman sequel. >>> and finally, a feature of guests, amy poehler, blake shelton even bill clinton. >> do you like anchorman -- the nightmere on elm street house freaks me out. i don't like it. >> i don't like scary movies in general, aren't you excited for? >> we'll see. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," this, your first sto

. >> reporter: at baltimore city hall, they are putting up sound towers and risers, as they prepare to celebrate. city employees are showing their true colors today. >> my favorite clothes, they're purple. go ravens, we're proud of you. they're the best. >> reporter: they're having a parade tomorrow start the at city hall. they're heading to the stadium, where the ravens will speak and share their super bowl trophy with fans. the public is invited action and it's all free. add baltimore's inner harbor, the signs say ravens town, destiny, the ravens flag flies proudly above the city. the name ravens comes from a poem by edgar allen poe who lived in this house and died mysteriously, the cause of death never determined. but the ravens have become a big part of the charm city. >> we're grateful to be a raven in a raven nation. we're going to celebrate at the parade tomorrow. we just thank the ravens for everything they have done for this city. >> reporter: this will not only be a super bowl celebration, but a retirement party for ray lewis. there are billboards all around baltimore that sa