we do not have a huge negative impact on people's accessibility to the ballpark. it is a balanced, responsible approach that we have and we think we can essentially shrink the footprint of the parking to the size of the parking structure and enable us to build on most of the site and generate financial return and do it in a strategic way so that you can realize economic benefit because people are walking through and enjoying the experience is on their way to the ballpark, much as they do today. with all the other businesses and restaurants. >> it goes without saying there will be an eye toward following the state of the art green building practices, energy efficiency, water reclamation? >> yes. we know that we need to meet the studies expectations with respect to sustainable development and that will be part of what we are about in this project. >> any other questions or comments? >> thank you for the update. i'm looking forward to the new concept. >> thank you. >> item number 10, new business. any public comment on new business? >> item 11, public comment? any pub

of course, interaction with the ballpark. if you have 2000 cars on a parking structure at the southern part of the site, and those folks will walk through the project commentate advantage of different opportunities and open space opportunities along the way to and from the game. as a result, they will reduce traffic congestion before and after because people will leave over a broader spectrum of time. we also want to integrate public transit into the site. we have an entrance to the site from the existing muni stop along third street. we're also proposing bringing the historic streetcar line through so that it feels like a continuation of the waterfront experience we have in front of the ferry building. we also want to upgrade pier 48 and make it a vital part of the project and create an asset for the city. we think there is a great market for regional trade shows and other exhibitions, and pier 48 can meet that market need. of course, we want to sustain a lot of other values here, including financial return for the project sp

if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, it goes from rock to week bay mud. -- weak bay mud. this is on the folsom? >> the old wonder bread bakery. a little bit higher up. >> that particular building, if you look closely, the rock has actually receded back because of rockfalls. it was too expensive to put in foundations, so the foundation for that building is right on the surface. over the years, the rock face has receded to the point now where the flooding in the face of the bluff come together -- the footing and the face o

great wines are being poured at the ballpark. at the wine bar in the center of the food court you can even find a so many'llier. they say they'll even help you match a wine to your veggie dog or garlic fries. >> didn't know there was a hot dog wine. you learn something new every day. >> you don't have to go to the bart, though, to watch the giants game. you can watch it here on nbc bay area. tomorrow night the giants and rockies. our coverage begins at 6:00 with john miller, mike kruko, and myself. >>> and finally tonight we have brent cannon with us. we're still getting used to the fact that brent for ten years woke up early on our morning show. >> 11 1/2 years on the morning show. and now i'm at the other end of the clock. >> are you sleepwalking? >> i'm a little delirious. i'm pretty good, though. i got to sleep like a normal person. lots coming up in a couple minutes. flip over to comcast 186 tonight. we're checking out a couple of different things. one thing is al student journalist who's been in trouble with the law before i

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exciting at the ballpark. ful at the tank today. >> that's stressful at the end of those games, too. thanks, lawrence. >>> still to come at 5:00, the unusual fire engines in san francisco. >>> these bright pink fire trucks are part of a pink heals tour. they rolled into san francisco this morning and stopped at pier 22. a group of volunteer firefighters travel around the country to inspire local communities to raise money for women with cancer. >> it's kind of like the good old-fashioned in the 18th century, drive across the country and spread love wherever you go and hope you empower people to help their own people. we don't collect a donation. you don't give us money.

>> reporter: giants fans are not talking about losing at the ballpark. they're talking about buster posey on crutches with a broken ankle and torn ligaments. some say catchers need more protection. giants fans are singing support for buster posey. while the rookie of the year recovers from a slam at home plate that left him with a broken bone and torn ligaments in his left ankle. the trainers stay ligaments will most likely require surgery. >> it's severe. we're still going to gather more information, some other experts. we've got great doctors here that we've already seen. but you know, we're going to gather more and to appease myself, mostly buster. >> reporter: on crutches, the giants catcher moved junkerly into a car with a trainer earlier today. a sad sight for teammates like jeremy affeldt. >> i texted him last night. i love him. he's a good friend of mine. >> reporter: scott cousins that he feels awful about the jimpl he tried to help him up. was it a clean hit? giants fans are divided. >> i thought it was dirty. >> towed scohe had to score. >> rep

back live outside of the ballpark, the giants have arranged a nice birthday celebration for him.t's going to start at about 6:50 p.m., he's going through the first pitch for the colorado rockies. 46,000 people singing happy birthday to willie mays. a great time tonight. will be back with more. >>catherine: the score is 2- 0 red wings of the san jose sharks tried would dance to the western conference finals. the taking on the red wings in detroit. san jose is leading the series 3-0. two injured sea lions are making their first public debut at the san francisco suit. visitors got their first glimpse of silent night and henry today. both of them are blind. silent night was rescued from the beach and sausalito in december. he had been shot in the eye. henry was found on a beach in crescent city in may. not clear what caused his clients. they say both sea lions are now healthy and happy in their new home. >>jacqueline: our extended forecast, much cooler that will continue this weekend. dense fog and drizzle tomorrow and a chance of light rain on sunday. i will have details coming up i

many of the staff that you saw, people working at the ballpark, we saw marching at the beginning of the parade. i hope you were able to pay due to them as well. thank you, 2010 giants. you will give us more than you will ever know. [applause] >> thank you. it is my pleasure, and we need a big round of applause for the next speaker, the giants a senior vice president and general manager. he put this team together, brian sabean. [applause] >> i do not know about politics but our outgoing men know how to throw a party. it is an emotional time for all of us, especially me. my knees are we, my heart is racing, a lump in my throat, but without overstating the obvious, we deserve this. northern california deserve this. san francisco deserved this. the organization, the fans. it is the most interesting life experience that anyone could ever have. i can only think of another word, and it is closure. this team, for our was, friends, family, they understand what we go through, they understand why we go through this. we are so blessed to have experienced but we have with this group of people. there

h >>> this is always a great night out at the ballpark. the bay bridge series begins just in a few minutes right here on nbc bay area right after this newscast. >> let's go out to at&t park where comcast sportsnet jamie sire has a look at tonight's game from the giants' perspective. jamie? >> reporter: this is my fourth season covering the bay bridge series. and it's very exciting for the fans and the media certainly. but the players even get excited about it as well. especially guys like nate schuerholz who grew up in the bay area and grew up going to these series as a kid. >> for me, i grew up in the east bay and came to a lot of a's/giants games. i can always remember packed houses. it's exciting. it's exciting to come to the yard knowing that it's going to be a lot of a's and giants fans. >> i think it's exciting because we're facing such a good pitching staff. every game is important. that sounds -- it's a cliche. but it's true. and we just have to go out and continue to play good baseball. >> it's exciting for us because the fans get

you can see there's rainfalling down toward the ballpark and out toward oakland. out toward fremont, union city, milpedas. rain in the mountain, winter storm warning there, and the reservoirs on the west slope of the sierra nevada here's a shot of this. we may see water in the next few days because of snow melt and recent rain. i suspect that this isn't the only reservoir releasing water from shasta to oroville. we have had more rain than we know what to do with. it is snowing in the mountains and there's more rain to come. when i come back we have the latest computer model, we're going to roll you into tomorrow and show you how this rain will impact your wednesday. >>> we go to robert handa who's live in the santa cruz mountains to tell us about people concerned that this rain is going to aggravate the landslides. >> reporter: it is still coming downright now and it's bringing road projects to a haul. but more people are worried about a landslide that can still move. there is rain, wind and chilly conditions for mountain and coastal communities still dealing with

in the dugout after serving a two-week suspension after he allegedly said, kids don't belong at the ballpark in addition, i would like to apologize to anyone who was offended by my actions. i am not proud of the way i acted. and i know that will not happen again. >> mcdowell did not address the incident that happened on april 23rd. but he did say he called justin quinn who raised the red flag and apologized. quinn says he hopes mcdowell learned his lesson and has no plans to press charges. >>> there was a moment of silence for daryl hawks. daryl worked here with us for several years and died suddenly on thursday. >> please join us in a moment of silence in honor of daryl hawks. >> daryl was just 38 years old and is survived by a wife and three kids. always had a beautiful smile. >>> as for the game, madison bumgartner had a solid outing. the cubs break the game open with five runs in the seventh inning. cubs rout the giants 11-4 ending their six-game winning streak, not good news for the giants. >>> over in oakland, the a's hosted the white sox. bottom of the eighth, coco crisp decides to st

ramirez stays he has witness who say he was at home and not the ballpark. >>> the series of storms have killed at least 135 people. >> it's a half-mile wide, killer tornado -- >> this video was taken yesterday of a tornado near oklahoma city. it was one several twisters that tore through oklahoma, kansas and arkansas and killed at least 13 people. that's in addition to 122 people killed by the tornado in joplin, missouri on sunday. the oklahoma governor says she has never seen so many tornadoes in a row. >> i've been in office 20 years. i've been through a lot of these natural disasters. but i've never seen this many in a short period of time. >> the national weather service upgraded the rating of the joplin tornado to an e-f-5 -- ef-5. there are still 1500 people missing. right now the joplin tornado is classified as the eighth deadliest single tornado on record. >>> a menlo park search team is prepared to join the rescue in missouri if they get the call. >> every hour that goes by, the hope of finding survivors alive is gonna diminish and there will be a time where they need to go to

mess. >> do you have the talent to win the next three games in we're going to find out. >> oakland hung in there against sanchez, but they can't win in this ballparkjosh willingham at the plate, just gets it over the 382-foot marker for the as first home run in a week. talk about a power outage. in the 7th, coco crisp line as double off jeremy afelt afelt. crisp turns on the afterburners and oakland stretches it 4-2. 8th inning. schierholtz facing -- who had not allowed a run since april 16 april 16th. schierholtz, mccovey cove. we go to extra innings, tied at four. steals the fifth base of the season. then emmanuel burrows at the plate. here's how it ended. here comes ford. here's the throw home. it is not in time. the giants have done it again. >> he scored from second. the giants sweep the as and lead the west by three and a half games. the as drop to last place in the american league west. >> i didn't think it was going to get that close. he made a great throw. it would have been a bang-bang play at home, and he hangs onto it. >> that kid can run. he came in. i thought if i had the ball there was a chance he would be out. >> tour of california

>> i do when to add that this will affect all the way to the ballpark and south. the north is a little more challenged. i think it is more car dependent than other parts of the city, so we do need to talk about the traffic impact, and i think it is a little bit disconcerting when the fisherman's wharf koran or -- wharf area -- there are some strong impacts coming, and i think we should look at it. >> commissioners, i think what is appropriate is that you are beginning to hear some concerns. we are still early enough in the development for you than to ask the of authority and the department about what their plans are and what they can do to mitigate the concerning issues, and that is your role, to ask them for recommendations. president o'brien: ok, i got you are saying, and i will move in that direction in a moment. commissioner adams? commissioner adams: people spending money when it is desperately needed. let's talk about what commissioner clyde got at, them relocating fairly soon, and i think it is important to get this out there now and to have someone come fro

news of the arrest was the plain topic of a conversation at the ballpark. we got reaction from the fans and the giants' organization at at&t park. >> a cheer for a giants play, and expressions of relief at the news that a suspect has been arrested in the brian stow case. >> that's great. i'm glad that there's some consequence. somebody had to have seen it. >> good. progress in the case. >> bring some justice to the stow family. >> i was very pleased that they finally caught somebody. i hope they find the other person, and i hope that the stow family gets justice. i wish him a speedy recovery. >> giants fan brian stow has been hospitalized for more than seven weeks. the giants organization raised $75,000 for medical expenses. tim lincecum pitched in $25,000 of his own money. the giants welcome news of the arrested. >> this has been a cloud that's been hanging over in many ways the baseball season for a lot of us since opening night. to the extent that we have a little bit of -- i wouldn't say closure, but a little bit of recognition that the people who perpet

that one is out of the ballpark. the first homerun of the season. the solo shot to left tied the game. second inning, bases loaded for aubrey huff. miguel tejada scored. 2-1 favoring the giants. that led the way for that guy. he likes to see that guy. that's right. they are buddies. they like each other. brian wilson low to the bases in the 9th and struck out adam la roche to end the game. the gitis win 2-1. and finish april .500. 13-13. and bobblehead day at the coliseum. and they would like to see the real rickey henderson in this one. the long ball. suzuki second homerun of the year. and brett anderson had not allowed a homerun in the first five starts but mike young made a quick end to that. and nelson cruise blew the game wide open with a three-run shot down the left field line. next batter. mike napali whacks a curve ball to right center. he says i will take it and deliver it out of there. it is gone. and he gave up seven on the day. that is anderson. the rangers pound the a's 11-2. >>> the nfl draft is finally in the books. the raiders took s

tonight is military appreciation night at the ballpark. active or retired military personnel can get free tickets to the game this evening. the promotion has been planned for months. in light of recent events, timing could not have been better. >> you are right [ male announcer ] looking for a complete pictu of your money? meet pnc virtual wallet. it comes with a calendar that shows you ll your finances at once. it lets you know when your money going out. and when it's coming in. it even tells you when you're running low. we call that danger r days. it's built to help you see your money in a whole new light. experience everything virtual wallet has to offer at pncvirtualwallet.com. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. ♪ ♪ >>> this past week has sparked one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in history. we will tell you why tornado warnings may be on the rise in how new technology is helping us better forecast tornadoes. join us at 11:00. >>> what is the latest for us? >> one more warm day. 82 tomorrow with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.

last night at the ballpark, nats park military appreciation.spond and that is a cool night at the ballpark. >> they won three out of four against the world champs. >> they had a really good pitching series. long season, they are 500 but they still have a problem at leadoff hit are and they are not hitting the ball. so nice weekend but it is a long season. >> the good news is, steve, all of this stuff that is going on in the world with bin laden and everything else of course it puts everything in perspective. you know what? even if the caps don't win, even for the nats struggle to the most part this year, there are bigger fish to try. >> we want the caps to win. >> love the nationals uniforms last night. enjoy the game tonight. hopefully, we'll have good things to talk about tomorrow. >>> local elementary students with a special interest in bin laden that is coming up next. today's fan of the day, alicia geohagen. she has been trying for a long time. findous facebook by searching for fox5 morning news and most a comment under alicia's photo. rex

(laughter) yes, i can't believe there was children that had to hear that vulgar language at the ballpark. (laughter) clearly it's suitable talk only for law office. at least the kid don't have to watch those obscene gestures again because... really? (laughter) (audience reacts) (laughter) girls, you you getting this? are you seeing this? because i, gloria allred, want t to make sure that the younger girls brought here today want to see me (bleep)ing daddy's hand with a baseball bat. if there were any tennessee sex ed teachers that want to get around the whole "don't say gay" thing. you can get around it nicely by saying "sometimes when two men love each other very much (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back with my guest tonight, very funny guy, we found him on the internet and he just seems terrific. he's got a new movie out called "everything must go." >> hay, bro, i'll give you ten bucks for that right there. >> aren't you young to be drinking beers. >> aren't you a little old to be dripping that slippery there, gray ball? >> is that what they teach you in school you little (blee

the dogs are just one of several major league baseball teams welcoming man's best friend to the ballparkall proceeds went to charity. oh, that's great. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's meteorologist ginger z. good to have you back. >> i guess the west coast is the only reprieve we are getting. >> today you are going to be fine in the southwest. it is not the case throughout the rest of the nation and not in parts of the mountains. you see that north-south orientation. well, the cold is on the back end. and i would say cool. we have to make it relative. these are current temperatures. we will see a 15 to 20 degree on top of this. take the surface map and you have the issues here. in parts of montana. but behind it, it leaves clear, skies for lost angeles and not a whole lot of rain. you have to add a little bit. now we look at the forecast. yes, you expect showers with 66 in medford. 74 and sunshine. and phoenix has 86 with the sun. we will go somewhere that doesn't have sun. salt lake city 57 and we will go into a little bit of la. i think better than the

the ballpark. >> there is a schedule in the building code. it goes from zero to $5,000. it is based on the -- if it has to disciplining as well, i think they also increase their fees if it is a higher valuation. but there probably would be -- i would say you're talking hundreds of dollars more, not thousands, for the extra fees and the difference. >> so for a contractor or whoever submits the permit and estimates the work at 40,000, but the work ends up being over twice as much, the differential on the permit fee would be a couple of hundred dollars? >> probably in this case -- if i took a rough estimate, you are probably talking between $500 thousand dollars. that is my experience doing work in the permit bureau. but looking at these and what permits cost, i would estimate between $500.1000 extra dollars. >> -- $500 and $100,000 extra. commissioner hwang: that would affect -- $500 and $1,000 extra. commissioner hwang: that would affect property tax, correct? it uses the amount you stated on the permit application. >> the city assessor's office would use the valuation on

especially for some service members that we spoke to earlier tonight who were honored here at the ballparkfew things seem more american than baseball. >> ♪ oh, say can you see ♪ >> reporter: and at tonight's national's game ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ >> reporter: a very special mention. >> it brought a sense of closure a little bit to the country and, yes, it's really special to be here tonight. >> reporter: the current and retired service members not only got a free ticket to military night at the stadium but a seat of honor at the celebration. one that is more meaningful this day after. >> i was very happy. that's our goal for the last ten years. i think all of us owe a huge debt to the intelligence teams and special forces guys who actually performed that operation successfully. >> reporter: navy lieutenant mike hanzel says the capture and killing sends an important message to the world. >> it shows we don't quit. and that's a great message, especially when you're fighting a war on terror that kind of can extend for a long time. we've won one battle. the war is still going on. so it'

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fans turned their attention to their cell phones and celebrated at the ballpark in philadelphia. >>> late pope john paul ii is one step away from saint hood. more than a million people gathered in vatican city yesterday for john paul's beautification he is credited with one miracle certified with the catholic church one more official miracle is required for saint hood >> i pray that he will be kainitessed soon -- kay nonniesed soon i also tell my friends about his holeness. >>> in the u.s. some victims of sexual abuse by priests protested saying john paul presided over a mass cover up of the scandal. >>> it is 4:48 a.m. president obama signed a disaster declaration to help the south recover from all those deadly tornadoes last week the twisters killed at least 342 people making it the deadliest natural disaster since hurricane katrina. his signature paves the way for tennessee to get federal disaster assistance. janet napolitano visited over the weekend. >>> state department of water resources will conduct its fifth and final survey of the snow this season. it determines how much wate

(laughter) yes, i can't believe there was children that had to hear that vulgar language at the ballpark. (laughter) clearly it's suitable talk only for law office. at least the kid don't have to watch those obscene gestures again because... really? (laughter) (audience reacts) (laughter) girls, you you getting this? are you seeing this? because i, gloria allred, want t to make sure that the younger girls brought here today want to see me (bleep)ing daddy's hand with a baseball bat. if there were any tennessee sex ed teachers that want to get around the whole "don't say gay" thing. you can get around it nicely by saying "sometimes when two men love each other very much [ male announcer ] for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. or...you can get all this. kfc's $5 everyday meals. like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink. 5 for 5 bucks every day. today tastes so good. at allstate, safe drivers can save forty-five percent or more on car insurance. protect your home with allstate, too, and you can save an extra ten percent. dollar for dollar, nobody protect

you can get from the ballpark over to the embarcadero without a whole lot of trouble. the problem is that according to this study san francisco has a higher than average rate of pedestrian fatalities compared with other large cities. now, the study is done by a group called transportation for america. in most big cities people who walk account for about 12% of all traffic deaths, but here in san francisco it's nearly 52%. the group behind the study's coalition of transit and planning groups and they say the high rate could be tied to the city's efforts to transform streets from busy thoroughfares into slower moving roads, which could actually make it safer for drivers but not so much for walkers. they found that in their opinion money is key to improving things and mayor ed lee has approved or is pushing for a $250 million bond for better roads and street scape improvements. they think that is the key for making it safer for people who walk. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >>> well, this morning an east bay officer is out of a

. >>> also today, a serious tone at the ballpark as the news began to