their new home was fort carson, on the outskirts of colorado springs. since the start of the iraq war, this city has experienced an unprecedented murder spree. in the last six years, 15 fort carson soldiers have been charged or convicted in 14 murders and manslaughters. on friday nights, downtown is full of soldiers from fort carson-- some trying to forget what they've experienced, others celebrating their homecoming. ( music playing ) ( siren wailing ) >> narrator: the soldiers of third platoon hit the bars of colorado springs as soon as they got home. >> in the first six months, you know, you're just happy to be home. and then, after that six months, i just... problems started-- depression, anxiety, paranoia. getting the feeling that you're in iraq all over again. seeing people that you know died in iraq in crowds. constantly checking the rooftops as you're walking down the street. ( chuckles ) oh, man. >> narrator: between 2002 and 2009, the number of fort carson soldiers diagnosed each year with post-traumatic stress disorder, or ptsd, rose from 26

expected this spring for the crane park with rfp for project assistance. as i said, planning is ongoing. the first and second issuance is provided with $6 million for the project. the third issuance is $8.6 million. the final has a value of $7 million as anticipated. combined with existing waterfront parks, pier 7, gary bridge plaza, pier 14, southeast part, the 2008 geobond supported the development of new public parks and open spaces. the next day of project and implementation cs project 43 constructed along with brandon street. we will work with stakeholders, the mayor's office, the board of supervisors, and a capital planning committee for a financing proposal appeared 27, china basin park, bicycle pedestrian improvements for the achievement of a vision of public parks and open spaces along a continuously walkable waterfront. we will back very shortly in march with supplemental appropriations for the third sale. i am here with the project manager for pier 43. also with larry brown from financing. thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on

it will play 33 games this spring. spring's scheduled burger dance friday february 25th. >> snow from a plan that down to tennessee, georgia, alabama, all the way to the northeast. i want a show this you can find a link to this on the web site. you can see this snow totals, as well as the wind. chester massachusetts 22 in., which reports it came and with the interactive google map. we have a link to this on our web site. whether in the bay area and james fletcher watching. >> no snow here but we have sprinkles. in san francisco mile over the city right now 49 degrees, 56 the expected high, we are starting to see showers north of the city in the north bay, also the east bay as well. it is not a lot. storm tracker 4 shows you in the north bay, between petaluma and fairfield, seeing some showers in the east bay as well. really light stuff as we zoom in we can see the cells. napa, fairfield, i actually took the reading in the darkest area to see how much rain was falling. for 100 of an inch. now lot of great but it is show

>> looks like spring has arrived. patchy dense fog around the bay this morning, mainly in the north bay and some of the east bay valleys, with visibilities reduced in those areas. the fog will clear throughout the day, as we see already. a little haze out in the bay this morning. south bay's clear. vaca, top of the fog bank from that perspective. but we'll see more sunshine working its way out. looks like we're in for a prolonged dry stage here with warm temperatures continuing to prevail. much more, coming up a little later on. >> it's going to be fabulous. >> looks like a nice week. >> thanks, jim. >>> in the news this morning, a first look at a bizarre video apparently made by the tucson arizona shooting suspect. pima county community college released the video. take a look. >> this is pima community college, one of the biggest scams in the country. [ indescernible ] >> this is a police station. this is where the whole shaboozi goes down with illegal activity. all the teachers that you have are being paid illegally

earlier ones mean spring is coming earlier and things are warming up. we see an earlier footprint of the flows and something of the timing of a week to three weeks averaged across the whole network probably about a week earlier in this period since 1948. next one please. coleagues that university of washington and coleagues have looked at snow courses across the west, and looked that april one measurement from snow courses and reconciled that there has been a trend in the april one water content which red here is a trend towards lower amounts, the blue is higher. you can see most all of the elevations except the really high ones in california and some of the southern rockies have lost snow on april first - about 75 percent of the snow courses are showing this decline. when you map out these declines, this is this plotted - the trend is plotted from negative to the left and positive to the right that bottom there and elevation is traced on the vertical scale here, so lower is down and higher is up and lower is warming and higher is cooler - you can see t

in the sunken spring as in winter and fall and every season that our teak of spring with souro and jubulation are fragile hearts are as children grabbing drink tumblers spilld and milky. teach finger tips reaches for the stars and night clouds hopeful that we might give respite to our orbegans our earth bound regrets. we ask or wonder in the moments when we catch ourselves breathing where do the beloved go. in the warm cham bers of the living. we imagine how they might wallow away our earthly number of days playing gin rummy with another grand mother. ladies of historical footnotes. telescope the heavens on capurncus's shirt tales. wounds and so spots pounding out quiet inner drum beats while we traverse the gravity boots. warmed bite disassistant c.j. hunt inner spaces is dusted with enchantments of what love has left us. this is tile. consider the corn's ear a tiling of pale yellow pillows, tiny. or hexagonal pearls addressed on the bathroom floor. i flip through a 12 month calendar each tile numbered, each 30, each sheet of a dozen passing, passing. thank you. [applause] >> our next speake

palm springs already 70 degrees, so somebody is starting to get in on this high pressure building in and warming us up. 68 san diego, los angeles 65. 50s and 40s. light rain is moving through. cloudy and cooler with light rain. by tomorrow there will be another system but all these systems over the next couple days will continue to push in, we'll see clearing tonight and fog forming. no doubt about it tonight into tomorrow morning. the next system will give us mostly cloudy skies and the possibility of rain on friday. mainly, mendocino county, lake county north. any time you see systems lined up like that, it's a strong low, running into resistance, but keeping the possibility of light rain thursday. after that it looks like high pressure builds in and everything builds and goes north, i mean way north up to seattle and vancouver. but we will have clouds coming from that system. clouds and rain, cooler, the heaviest rain where we expected it in the north bay. highs 50 to 62. there are mild conditions out there, upper 50s. low 50s at best, north bay, parts of the east bay and also san

. >> construction of a new house at 1710 claremont drive in san bruno, could start as early as spring. it will be the upper house to go up in the neighborhood that was devastated by the gas line explosion. many neighbors are delighted. >> i am really happy, happiness in his eye cannot wait to see the house are going up. >> neighbors say the plants marked an important step in what has been along and difficult recovery process. >> the people that have passed away, i think about them all lot. there are a remembrance is down there. when you go down there you see that and it's sad about it. nothing's going to bring them back, but it's nice to see something new coming up. >> the owners of the new house, submitted a plan to build this two-story all of their lot. sandbur nosair believes the least a dozen families will follow in the coming weeks. city officials want to make it easy for the victims to rebuild the neighborhood, they have pledged to streamline the planning process of building all will take half the time normally takes. also they have agreed to waive all building and permit fees f

so this is indicative of what happens in spring of 06. the dark bars are what it was on april 01 and this is may one a month later. most of these lost 50 percent of their snow on one month period. many my favorite is went from 176 to normal and 0 percent in one month. this is a spring time warming trend that's quite son certain. this is provided by the national resource office in new port land. the trees are containing the manager's and it's been my pleasure to work with connie and she a long with dave and a few others reconstructed this going back five years and we're looking at a 20 year average dating to about 1500. what's interesting is the tree ring is 13 point 5 acre point feet and historical is 18 point 1. with this no one cares about individual years and what's more important is the run, the sequences of drought and this is where the trees na >> some of them use temperatures and some use global climate models and some both. there are lots of future greenhouse gas predictions. there was a brief period of time around the time of the

it's not until dusk when the heat subsides that the streets spring to life. [man singing in italian] everyone pours outside for the evening stroll or passeggiata. the large proportion of older citizens bespeaks the vast amount of emigration that's occurred here. in the 1950s, 10% of the population left the island in just 3 years. perhaps the best reason for a visit to enna is the nearby villa romana del casale, possibly once the summer residence of one of the emperors of rome. colorful, festive mosaics give a unique insight into the daily life of the ancient romans, their festivals, rites, and mythology. of all the glorious scenes, the corridor of the great hunt is richest in detail and observation. the ruthless capture of the great beasts that were brought to the games in roman amphitheaters is told with relish. the scope, the drama, and movement of the scene, coupled with details like a tiger seeing its reflection in a crystal ball make these mosaics among the finest ever discovered. known for its depiction of women in bikini-like outfits, this famous mosai

they are all cranked back up again, getting in shape, ready to to spring training.cannot wait to start in scottsdale. we cannot wait to have a championship season here next year. thank you for being here. thank you for your support. larry? [applause] >> thank you very much, bill, thank you, once again, to the mayor of san francisco, mayor newsom, and special appreciation from the giants to the city department heads, members of city agencies, board of supervisors, who were so integral in helping us with all of the civic activities around the giants this year, and especially that day on november 3 where you were willing to turn the city inside out to accommodate a wonderful celebration. so thank you to the city and county of san francisco. we could not have asked for a more beautiful showcase and a more beautiful setting to showcase the trophy than here in city hall. in a little bit, we will have the chance for all of you to come here and have your picture taken with the trophy. we wanted to acknowledge -- bill mentioned that wonderful truck. we want to acknowledge ou

in one hour tickets will go on sale for spring training. lit are more excitement around spring training than normal. >> reporter: people are excited about the tickets going on sale for the world series champions the san francisco giants. i recently took a look at the website. you'll pay between $9 and $35. as demand increases, so will the price. as the demand rises for certain games, so will the prices. some of the big games are the dodgers, the a's and a rematch of the world series where the giants take on the rangers. >> if you're thinking about a game at the latter part of spring training or the beginning, making those decisions earlier is in your best interest. >> reporter: you're getting a live look at the demand. tickets will be available in the dpugout -- dugout store and at&t ballpark. the first one is against the diamond backs. of course, as you can see, people are lined up and are ready on their phones and computers getting ready to see the giants in action. reporting for ktvu news. >>> in las vegas one casino is providing a new t

i'm back out here live, as for willie brown school, it'll close in the spring. this coming spring it'll be leveled down and they'll build a state of the art building in its place. they will use money provided but the funding to do just that. >>> the university of california has received a record number of applications for the 2011 fall semester. the number of applications increased from last year. actually there were 142,000 people who applied. that's up 6%. other interesting figures, applications from out of state are up 10.7%. international applications jumped 22.5% and there was an 18% increase in applications from latino students. on average about 70% of applicants are accepted to at least one university of california campus. >>> a san francisco judge has struck down a class action lawsuit over furloughs imposed on state correctional officers. the california correctional peace officers association argued that self-directed furloughs violated the federal labor laws. the association claimed employees aren't paid in full for hours worked with a given pay cycle.

chris: so, in the huge democratic debate that spring, fritz mondale's staff wanted him to use that line and he rehearsed and rehearsed and found his chance. >> when i hear your new ideas, i'm reminded of the ad, where's the beef? chris: and in joe lieberman showed up with this. >> in the bush administration, the foxes are guarding the foxes and the middle class hens are getting plucked. i want to make sure i said, "plucked." >> roger that. [applause] >> roger that, senator lieberman. noted. chris: that was brian williams. and the same year john kerry came prepared for this question. >> the wrap on you is that you're a northeastern liberal elitist and you have a problem connecting with people. how do you dispel that notion? >> wait until you see my video, "keri gone wild." chris: back in 2007, it was the g.o.p.'s turn at the stage. mike huckabee had this pearl ready. >> we have a congress that spent money like john edwards at a beauty shop. >> and the winner, john mccain waited for the perfect moment to remind everyone of his p.o.w. days. >> senator clinton tried to spend $1 million on t

. >> i think they are all going to increase their prices in spring because that's when china expectsraise their prices at least an additional 30%. >> reporter: one of the biggest brand names, levis says they are planning price increases in the spring 2011 and the dramatic prices of cotton around the world is forcing the apparel industry to respond. everyone is affected but not everyone is expected to hike prices. >> they will have to get the money from somewhere, out of the trim, buttons, fabric. >> reporter: many manufacturers will be forced to skimp on quality because it can't afford to lose customers to high prices in a recession. >> so they will use polycotton. >> reporter: do you prefer jeeper jeans or cheaper quality? >> i would pay more for better quality. >> pay the same for less quality. >> i'll probably just suck it up and, you know, and buy some jeans but it all depends on how much of a markup it is. >> reporter: but it's still not clear what that markup will be. levi's won't give specifics and gap declined to comment. bottom line if you need new jeans, now's the time to b

she has identified two big innovations for the spring season. >> we have a military look going away. that has been there for the past two years now. it is going toward the biker look. it has been reinterpreted, with shoulder pads and fine leather in accentuating its sheen to make it appear more feminine, along with extreme narrowing at the waist. the trend for spring-summer is a lot of colors and patterns. >> but many of last season's fashions will be back on the catwalks this year. large tote bags are still all the rage, as our great scars. as far as blacks are concerned, mid-calf is the thing. >> this is the new trend in trousers, chinos. these mid-calf pants, pedal pushers. they differ from last year's models in that they are looser at the top, and have diagonal cut pockets. and the legs are a little tighter. >> big fashion chains are going with a retro 80's look in spring. at mango, shoulder pads are back. bold colors are seeing a revival. why cut loose garments are back in after the muted palette of the last couple of years. >> we are going for a lighter, looser look with very f

by the spring of next year should have major renovations to the mark thal make it an outstanding park. i don't ever refer to it as my park. all the parks belong to all the people. this park belongs just as much to the familin

and we talk giants and a's beforehey hehead to spring training in a couple of weeks. all that and more coming up in "sports sunday." >>> mcdonald's and starbucks may have more in common than breakfast on the go. the world's fast food giant chain is planning to raise prices on menu items to make up for more spiff ingredients overall. you might remember it was couple of years ago when starbucks hiked prices for some specialty drinks because of the hike in coffee beans. diehards say it won't scare them away from the golden arches, but other says this on top of the recession could drive them to take their business elsewhere. >> yes, because they're now in competition with jack in the box. and jack in the box is coming out with deals like their three for $4.99. >> with the recession i can't believe they would start spieng fast food like that. >> mcdonald's isn't saying yet what will cost more or when analysts say other fast food chains could likely follow suit. we'll be right back. >>> some young musicians shared their love of music with the people of oakland. the acclaime

. >> but looking forward to the spring-like temperatures coming our way. >> very spring-like this weekend. a little humid because of all the moisture in the ground. temperatures running above average. we should have plenty of sunshine to go around. unlike this morning. yeah, coming up on 5:17. southbound from emeryville. you can see the thicker fog off in the distance. expecting flight arrival delays into sfo today. as far as live doppler 7 hd, two-thirds of the state covered. pretty dry. sprinkles around crescent city. most of those are heading to the north and not going to cause us any problems. let's talk temperatures. very, very mild this morning. upper 40s for fairfield, antioch and livermore. everybody else when you step outside, low to mid-50s. around the monterey bay and inland we have mid to upper 40s, even 50 watsonville and the fog is thickest down here. visibility's less than a quarter of a mile. mild this afternoon with those sunny spots poking through the fog. we'll have more fog and mild lows again tonight and dry afternoons and even warmer weather for the middle parts of n

of 20 democrats whose districts were lit up in crosshairs on a sarah palin campaign website last spring. giffords and many others complained that someone unstable might act on that imagery.

it is spring in january. >> it is spring-like, and the spring-like conditions will continue for today. in fact, all the way throughout this weekend we are talking about a lot of sunshine as high pressure is firmly in control of our weather pattern keeping all this activity, all the systems of low pressure well off to our north. now, as a result of high pressure, we still have a pretty moist layer at the surface in the san joaquin valley. we have a dense fog situation shaping up here. a dense fog advisory is in place until 11:00 a.m. today. high pressure for us is making for a beautiful afternoon with temperatures in the 60s. upper 60s for some cities. i'm going 70 degrees in santa cruz. watch out for fog creeping in from the delta for fairfield and concord with reduced visibilities. getting closer and closer to sunrise at 7:30 that situation will probably get worse before it gets better. keep that in mind, drivers. take it easy out there. 66 in oakland. heading throughout the next few days, not a lot of change. i hope you like the sunshine. we'll see what i'm expecting to be when i lo

and palm springs. you can see the fog form again

as a matter of fact, temperatures in the 50s and lake tahoe with a spring-like temperatures and january. a storm will be to the north of us with breezy conditions, high clouds and temperatures going to sunday. again, dry conditions through next week. here, and through lake tahoe. kron 4 7 day around the bay chilly. because of that clear skies, the fog has been wiped out it is to tryin no-fault because-of the- dryness, and a great time to get out site. no fog. >> a wrongful death lawsuit has been killed with a hit- and-run. masonic and last august, but changes. and when of the most dangerous for by cyclists, pedestrians. stanley roberts takes a look at what drivers are donau in this edition of people behaving badly. >> and this is the masonic ave. and with bicyclists, it is called on the saf00--unsafe e average speeds are 40, even though the posted is much lower. and residents are urging changes. to promote safety. for example, the speed of monikers on both sides of the street. with mindful drivers, with the speed on both drivers high- speed monitors, instal, 15 m.p.h. over the posted sp

feels like spring it feels like spring. it looks like spring. the blooms think it's spring.ard probably coming alive as well. 69 degrees in redwood city today. 71 in santa cruz. now that the sun is out temperatures are climbing into the 50s. as we head through the afternoon it will stay nice and warm. 68 degrees in your forecast. as we head through friday a little bit cooler with a little more cloud cover moving into the area. but we're over all looking really good, unseasonably warm through tuesday and no rain on the way until the end of next week so enjoy this warm stretch. let's find out about your traffic now. >> there is a slow stretch past the coliseum. a live shot will show you what it's like. from before you get to the coliseum approaching 98th all the way up pretty much san lorenzo pretty slow up toward high street where things start to break up. let me show you the travel times approaching. 880 over a half hour drive from 230 up to the maiden. so 580 alternate, a lot lighter flow of traffic. down on the carcinas bridge still a 32-minute drive and things are getting

right now, let's look for a little spring-like traffic from gianna. >> not too bad this morning. in fact, we'll go live right now to the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are off. traffic is fairly light for this monday morning. only 18 minutes for the eastshore commute. there are construction projects in san francisco to plan for. first of all, the broadway tunnel is scheduled to be closed tonight between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. also, union square construction today starts in front of nieman marcus down stockton to market then back to chinatown so there are detours in place and closures. it's also going to affect muni lines 8x, 30 and 45. so definitely plan for that. over to 880, where traffic is light. no delays to report. southbound 880 clear to hayward. you will find construction along 880 at high street. that on and off-ramp is still shut down. it will be re-opened in 10 minutes. if you are working your way along the coast, pescadero roadwork on highway 1 between bean hollow and pescadero creek a 24/7 project. so expect one way traffic control until they wrap it up

a new surge to prepare for a spring time offensive by the taliban.t's when the snow melts in the mountains, allowing the fighters to return. nato's estimates is 25,000 of their strength. they are fighting against 140,000 u.s. troops and 300,000 afghanistan soldiers. the estimate of taliban numbers haven't changed in the past year. the united states spent $65 billion on the war and 499 american troops died. the obama administration plans to start drawing down u.s. forces by the end of the summer. one commander predicts the afghan government will buyable to take over. >> i don't think they will be out of this battle station. but there are key areas that we have focused on, district support teams, under the umbrella of security we provided we will be able to transition over. >> on to sports now, andrew luck turns down millions to stay in school and the 49ers chances of bringing jim harbaugh in got tt . >>> all right. good evening, everybody. the 49ers or stanford for jim harbaugh, we guess. the word is the dolphins told their coach tony we will have you

spring lake which is santa rosa 38. petaluma 39. ratherton 39. that's the only 30 i could find on the peninsula. that must be a wind protected area. couldn't find any 30s in the east bay. i found one towards gill roy also at 39. there are some cool readings. fairfield's in there. sonoma county airport 37. a lot of 40s and 50s. oakland 55 degrees. that's because they have a wind coming right out of the oakland berkeley reezy, windy in the hills. gusts to 70 miles per hour plus. forecasted highs upper 50s for some but a lot of 60s here. 59 pacifica. 60 antioch and brentwood. mid-60s for much of the peninsula, south bay. cooler by the coast. five-day forecast, no rain in sight until maybe february. but a combination of lots of sunshine and occasionally some wind. pam. >>> thank you, steve. chrysler announced it is working on a new hybrid minivan that does not use batteries or electric motors. the automaker says by the end of next year it will have a town and country van built on a hybrid system that relies on pumped up hydraulic fluid rather than ex

this is truly spring like weather. almost nine weeks in advance of spring. >> 72 on friday. >> that is wonderful. >> amazing, isn't it? >> thanks, spencer, very much. >> coming up, could the space station astronauts grow their own food some day? a local school science experiment that aims to find out. >>> the real worth of a penny. i'm michael finney. 7 on your >>> toyota agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over head lights in the 2006 to 2009 prius hybrids. owners will be reimbursed for costs to fix the head lights around war ranties extended. >>> san francisco school officials suspended middle coolers who they say encouraged fellow students to eat rat poison. it happened last wednesday at martin luther king academy. seven students were checked out at the hospital as a precaution. all were okay. in a letter to parents the district says a group of students purchased the poison and told peers it was candy. officials are still investigating who bought it and how it got into the classroom. >>> a japanese rocket is sch

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albert pujols is set to start spring training with the dead thereon get a deal done with the cardinals if an agreement isn't reached he will become a free agent. buster olney tweeted today that san francisco would be one of several interested clubs, including the cubs, angels and dodgers. pujols is set to make 16 million this season. >>> a day after adding a player to solidify their bull pen, the ayes are looking to find brian fuentes. the 35-year-old lives in merced. he led the american leave in saves in 2009. >> the first full event of the pga this season, the sony open, is battling the elements in hawaii. 'east of waikiki beach. shot of the the day from sean mcehl. he is going to like this a lot. into the cup for a hole-in-one. currently 3-over for the tournament. your leader, maruyama. rocking the yellow ball. back-to-back 65s. 10-under. a two stroke lead. >> we're here -- we hear from the steelers and ravens at 6:00. stanford and washington state. and packers and the falcons tonight. >> terry: just ahead, honoring >> terry: coming up in half hour at 6:00, we're going to have more

that is likely to occur in the spring. supervisor chu: thank you. i see the executive director of the transportation authority wanted to chime in. good morning. >> let me take a second to welcome -- welcome commissioner wiener to the board as well. i wanted to speak to your question about process, emphasizing the fact that even these small allocations are not simply floating out there. they are part of the five-year program that this committee reviews and approves of a periodic basis. you may recall that there was an entire slew of them over the last nine months. each one has listings of projects. this was one of those in that particular category, the only distinction that we would make is that it was originally listed as mta and is now being done by dpw. that is the clearest picture of the process that we have. a five-year look at what those projects are. in each of the 22 categories, vehicle safety, traffic signals, etc., you get to see those ahead of time. obviously there are variations, but it is an organized process to get you to an outlook for

it will feel more like spring. so if you been getting down on the dumps with the fog and rain, hold on. it's about to get a whole lot of sunshine. >> the benefit of getting up this early is the light conditions of bay area roadways. if you're headed to the bay area we have the dense fog of advisory but not really affecting your dry no problems at the pay gates meter lights still cycled off. an easy ride up the recline. towards their francisco this morning. san mateo bridge a good alternative. those taillights and the commute direction towards foster city. bright lights headed eastbound and hayward. i checked you don't have any back up but the toll plaza. 13 minutes across the span. golden gate bridge looks good couple of cars on this band making their way to san francisco. no problems out of the north bay, extending a bridge check the courteous bridge, very light conditions here no problems with any dense fog advisory's. no problem in that direction. public transportation no problems for them. >> the plenty of prob