with the delta protection act clearly is headed to court. to court. last year we ended up with odds not only with the building industry of california but also the legal cities and county organizations not wanting us to interfere and we think we have a different relationship this year and we want to continue to push the issue of land use plans and processes not just some ste rile plan on a shelf. fully use this and even more importantly disclose those kinds of things as they proceed to develop properly. one issue is when we issue grants from onee and 84 to perhaps flood jurisdiction we want the local land use that protects that to adopt a formal flood risk associated with it. very controversial but that fight is not over. >> all right. over on this side in the back, yes. >> i'm laura lee from the san francisco chamber of commerce. i have two questions. one your welcome to ignore and answer the second one. the first one is, this conversation today seems apposed to issue about draining hetchhetchy. if you could assure me somewhere in your plan that you've

the delta's got tremendously healthy and good, deep soil. >> the sacramento delta's pear district actually can boast to being the world's most extensive plantings of pears, most of which have gone to the canning industry in years' past, but at tim's farm, his go to the fresh market, juice industry and to baby food. but always striving to do more, tim is hoping to turn this once rich farming area into an educaional oasis for visitors of all ages. >> we're slowly transitioning to agritourism to get people to come out and enjoy the farm, see what goes on in agriculture. ag-education is a big thing on farms these days to let people know where their food comes from and how it gets to their table so they can enjoy it. >> also enjoying the food that makes the delta famous is one of the sacramento area's most respected chefs patrick mulvaney. his restaurant mulvaney's business and loan has become a popular hangout for folks hoping to take advantage of mulvaney's culinary consciousness. the more seasonal and local, the better. >> our restaurant is a little different than most other restaurants beca

to restore the ecosystem of the delta. >> diverting water for decades has been blamed for channg the delta and flow. to restore, it's based on water flow alone, sending water supplies downstream to souern california could be reduceed by one this third. north of the delta deliveries could be slashed 70%. >> cutbks are already happening to deal with the three-year drought and toave the endangered smelt. where else can they get water? >> water agencies there is nowhere else to get water and the rert isn't meant to be implemented on its own, pointing out that he don't ha any regutory clout. >> we have to find something that works to balance the water supply and ecostem. >> still, they warn the findings can't be dismissed because water flow is a major part of the problem. >> flow is one part of the ecosystem that we have affected the most. we have changed the flows more than we have polluted it and about as much as we destroyed habitat. >> the report will be forwarded to the council and they hav a tough job to find solutions that considers nature and people's needs. >>> there is some comf

the delta and flow. to restore, it's based on water flow alone, sending water supplies downstream to southern california could be reduceed by one this third. north of the delta deliveries could be slashed 70%. >> cutbacks are already happening to deal with the three-year drought and to save the endangered smelt. where else can they get water? >> water agencies there is nowhere else to get water and the report isn't meant to be implemented on its own, pointing out that he don't have any regulatory clout. >> we have to find something that works to balance the water supply and ecosystem. >> still, they warn the findings can't be dismissed because water flow is a major part of the problem. >> flow is one part of the ecosystem that we have affected the most. we have changed the flows more than we have polluted it and about as much as we destroyed habitat. >> the report will be forwarded to the council and they have a tough job to find solutions that considers nature and people's needs. >>> there is some comfo

we could see in the delta. ime chance of rain will push off to the east of us. 7 day around baker shows changes moving in we will replace warm weather with cooler temperatures more cloud cover and raindrops. >> new for you'll morning for his parole pg&e will work on a gas line at 7:00 a.m. here's a map of show you where were working. it is further south on to a nearby black mountain road they will be purged in the pipeline at 10:00 a.m. it is part of the work they have to purge line before the work on it will cause loud noises and smell the scent of gas so that is why that is happening. in order to return the pipeline into service they will have again have to purge the line and it will result in the same sound and smell. service will not be disrupted will they do the work. there is a court order forcing gas stations to remove the latch that holds the palm open. it doesn't affect all nozzle's only ones made by the company vst those king gets back it affects the third of the ponds they have to remove those bombs f

are we building another katrina in the delta and are we doing so that increases the delta failure that has profound water shortage implications and we have them claiming yes climate change is real, yes, it has implications, but, no, they would not evaluate them. so being the reasonable people we are, we sued them. but we think it require as real analysis especially when agencies are making long-term issues with profound effects for public safety and we hope the courts resolve that rapidly and the legislature can do that as well. >> as far as regional exercises, i think i'm all for it. they do have their limitations but the way to improve these models and to understand their capabilities is to use them and try to confirm that they work on big events that we actually have observed, and so you know, typically, we look retrospective simulations and try to introduce as much independence in the tests that are used, in order to gain confidence that the models work in future situations. i'm not familiar with the environmental quality act or activity that you mentioned but i think it's worth di

there may be areas, particularly in the delta, where it's better to halt planned development than it is to allow the development to be built and then face the cost of trying to protect it from inevitable flooding. clearly, what we have to do is figure out how much it will cost to protect everything that's vulnerable to flooding, figure out how much everything that might flood is worth, and then develop a thoughtful regional strategy that effectively deals with this issue. the choice of moving aggressively to reduce green house gasses so the sea level rise we have to deal with is at the lower end of the spectrum that the scientists tell us we should be planning. it's too late to prevent climate change and sea level rise. they are already happening. and even if we shut down all the power plants and park all of our cars, there is so much green house gas in the atmosphere it will continue to get warmer. in many ways we're in the same position as the captain of the titanic was. what was his name? edward j. smith. at the speed he was going, by the time he saw the iceberg, it was inevitable

. >> this march, cameras captured san joaquin river water flowing from the sierra to the sacramento delta the first time in more than half a century opening the flood educate on the largest river restoration project in u.s. history. >> in 15 years we will have begun making releases. >> jason is with the bureau of recla makes, the program manager for the san joaquin river restoration program. it's expected to cost 250 to $850 million to restore it. >> the channel improvement includes in some areas, seback s back levees to allow for overflow. >> new bypasses will need to be built to let fish pass by. and salmon breeding habitat will have to be restored. > al is to have a naturally reproducing self-sustaining population. >> a saw hatchery willing in. but all of the changes will not come without a cost to central valley water users. >> some of our districts are totally dependent upon water supplies. >> it depends on the users and many are farmers and ranchers. under the settlement agreement, those customers will likely be fine in average years but the dry years will be the true test of the se

ferry through the delta and the napa valley.eeping patches of fog in the north bay fifth 11:00 hour fog hanging on to the peninsula. we are sitting back to the coastline headed into the afternoon we will see the fog clinging to the coast today into the afternoon. 61 for san francisco 66 in oakland upper 60s for concord senate to enter fields so kind of form your afternoon highs cooling off so getting into the low eighties for santa rosa '70s through san rafael novato 723 richmond 66 and francisco. from the peninsula in the '70s. '80s into the south bay in places like san jose morgan hall and los gatos. we will continue with a cooling trend headed toward the weekend here sunday will be much cooler the warmer spots the upper 70's around the inland spots upper 60s for the bay upper 50s for the coast. >> your traffic right now the traffic is moving at the limit right now the bay bridge toll plaza the casino problems for your westbound ride heading towards the city right now keeping drive times he minutes now from the foot of the maz

upper 70s and mid- to upper 80s into the delta and the upper half of the east bay valleys. keep a close eye on the forecast. most of the showers will see likely south of livermore and it scoots through central california. scott? >> thank you much. coming up today in the east bay, help wanted. how to get a day of work with pretty good pay and free stuff. how to win tickets, free ride passes and more by taking bart next week. the raiders getting ready for a trip across the bay. we will have an update on the quarterback situation. 4:40 as we take a look at the bay bridge. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. as ceo, she laid off 30,000 workers and shipped jobs to china. china. india. russia. poland. i know precisely why those jobs go. [ male announcer ] because fiorina shipped them there. to shanghai instead of san jose. bangalore instead of burbank. proudly stamping her products "made in china." 30,000 workers gone while fiorina took $100 million for herself. carly fiorina. outsourcing jobs. out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer, and i approved this message. >>. >

more diverse supply portfolio that is no longer solely dependent of the hydraulics coming out of the delta and colorado river. the second piece of the strategy is authorities capitol improvement category. we recently recosted our program which is a 20 to 25 year program and it will cost us 24 billion dollars to do that. if we truly want water supply and reliability we need to pay for it. it does not come cheap. someone asked earlier in the earlier panel. what if the projections are wrong. we're talking a lot of money. my concern is what if the projections are right? are you willing to jeopardize your communities water reliability by saying we may not have to do that? some of ourcip? what we're implementing may make no sense in other areas. where we're spending our money may make no sense in seattle where they have a different portfolio, supplies and timing. so we have a variety of components that we're doing and, we're going to be spending between 2 hundred and 4 hundred million a year for a really long time. what's important though, is that our community understands it and we - our commun

down in to san jose and the delta. the bulk will stay to the east of us. the afternoon chance for showers staying east of the bay. maybe some pop of showers throughout the day there's always possibility. here afternoon highs getting up to 73 santa rosa, napa 70, 64 san francisco, a few degrees warmer than yesterday. temperatures around the bay upper 60s for oakland school around the coast at 66. 75 through livermore, 74 san jose. 7 day around the bay continues to show as cool temperatures for the next couple of days and then we warming up for your friday, saturday. back into the 80s by the weekend continuing to stay warm into next week. >> >> good morning not a whole lot going on on the roadways yet. here's a quick bridge check very few cars headed westbound towards the city right now no backups that any approaches. a good drive time. san mateo bridge looking good tail lights and the commute direction c,gv)+pvzsé÷hz46>r4se8mhppr,jsú across the span. still quiet atú the golden gate bridge just a few cars for your south bound ride. and not calling it a hot

. >> reporter: the small towns of the mississippi delta have a tempo of life all their own. he landscape is dotted with rural enclaves like lambert here in the northwest part of this state, population 1,700. it's the kind of place where everybody knows each other. ♪ lord, today is fine... >> reporter: on sunday morning, the good book rules supreme. so people here have no trouble getting their souls nourished. the problem is getting nourishment for their bodies. lambert is what's known as a food desert because finding a place that sells good fresh food is like looking for a needle in a haystack. if you live in lambert and you need groceries, your only option is this convenience store. on the day we were here, there were no fresh fruits or vegetables, a few cold cuts, and the prices were high. the department of agriculture says 23.5 million americans-- including 6.5 million children-- live in low-income areas more than a mile from a supermarket. life long resident jennifer hoskins says it's not easy to find healthy food for her family. >> it's really hard because when i was com

that will follow you up towards the delta.ere is the delta towards fairfield and right around ve nearbyia. wait about a half hour or so and the rain will spill into the south bay. temperatures with the cloud and it is raindrops, not as warm as yesterday. we did manage upper 70s around the bay area. mild, but not as warm. low 60s for richmond and oakland 65. mid 60s for san ramon and pittsburgh. rain at times with a slight chance of thunder. saturday a few more scattered showers. we warm up big time early next week. >> all that matters. new this morning, one of america's great movie studios could be headed to bankruptcy. for more on news before the bell, let's go to courtney reagan. good morning. >> good morning to you. futures are lower as we wrap up the week. stocks did fail to hold on and investors poured on the mixed set of earnings. they had a grim view about the z and european economies. europe is in the red as well right now. how the economy performed this summer, growth is expected to pick up, but not enough to bring do

breezy to windy conditions, even out to the delta for the weekend. big change.reezy, cooler conditions, today, 50s, 70s for many. low to mid-80s. it will be cooler on sunday. cooler on monday. tuesday could be very windy around here. >>> 8:27. the death of a uc berkeley student gets a closer look now. we'll tell what you police are now saying about their investigation. >>> also -- the reason oakland police say they were forced to shoot and kill one family's beloved pet. >> reporter: and the san francisco giants are just one win away from the title. we'll tell you about a few players that have gotten them this far. >>> claudine wong is getting reaction from students now about a fire on deanza campus. >> reporter: the fire investigator just back on scene. really if, you walk by the build, cau miss it. from our vandage point you can see the -- vantage money you can see it from the top of the building. you are looking at $1 million to $2 million in damage from the estimate we've been given but it is contained to just the cafeteria building behind us. we want to show

also light showers and not bob, fairfield and along the delta. ain possibly closer to the coastline though as a system is starting to ship down to the southeast. were seeing a continued spread of moisture into the north or seeing the showers notice out gradually edging ever so much down this way. that means heavier rains down the screen that went over the santa cruz mountains have edged down in the south bay. if the storm sitting off shore it's moving very slowly. the rest of the rain is going to clip the south bay. let's to look at tomorrow we're going to see a lingering showers till eight or 9:00 tomorrow in the afternoon temperatures rising comfortable 50 cap on bay 64 oakland, 65 antioch, 66 in san jose, 61 in santa rosa. q. the dry weather in the forecast so for halloween 6:00 in the evening partly cloudy conditions and a cooler side too low sixties for the most part cooler than that of the coast line. a few clouds on the cooler side at the o'clock or bring the jackets. a look your kron 47 day around the bay for cash showers lingering into ea

even portions of the delta could pick up some redress. chances of raindrops round to the peninsula livermore valley. we will keep raindrops and the evening as work in the forecastle the evening as well. we also do have the winter weather revise wrapped until about 11:00 a.m.. about seven 500 ft.. really the higher elevations to the light to moderate snow fall. i should see in this radar we are getting some is a snow itself the highway 50 at this hour. here's your 7 they're around the bay, by thursday friday, it will start to dry up and friday will start tomorrow, and ashley the weekend will be pretty pleasant at this point. upper seventies around the bay and mid-60's around the coast. >> 2010 news this debate between jerry brown made whitman for has been counseled. it was to take place in the bay area radio station. this after a heated debate last week which would mean clashed and brown clashed over many issues including immigration. the debate came on the hills of when his former housekeeper saying that women knew she was in the country

jump to the delta, seeing rainfall rates there. we will continue to see the heavy rain through the evening. tomorrow is the rain going stick around and effect halloween? i will have the answers coming up. >>> even though the giants left today for texas and the next three games, bay area fans were still flocking to at&t park today. this is the scene today. the store was mobbed all day long. the line stretched around the store as employees rang people up as quickly as they could. people were spending big money. >> we just getting world series gear. can't get it anywhere else. >> i stocked up. i had no idea i would spend this much. i went crazy, like a kid in a candy store. stocked up for the family. >> a lot of people were outside snapping pictures, trying to capture the world series spirit. here is the schedule, game 3 tomorrow, game four on sunday in texas and game 5 if necessary in texas. game 6 and 7 if needed back at at&t park. gary will have more later. we will be right back after this break. state budgets cuts are crippling my

the delta breeze is there. showers possible to the south, maybe even to the east later on. 50s, 60s, 70s and low 80s for many areas in the 100s just 48 hours ago. cooling continues into sunday. little change on monday. windy on tuesday. >>> there's another recall, this time affecting some luxury cars. bmw of north america is recalling 200,000 cars because of a leak in the power steering system. the cars are from the 5, 6 and 7 series and have v8 or v12 engines. the model years are from 2002 to 2010. bmw says there are no reports, though, of accidents or injuries because of the problem. let's check in on wall street, so far pretty good day, we had uh, economic news coming out this morning. consumer spending, and uh, consumer uh, personal incomes, that is, both for august. of course, consumer spending affects about 70% of economic activity, so analysts were hoping for a good reading there. the response was good. 60 points for the tao on the upside, 10,849. >>> one month from today, hewlett packard's ceo will take

and especially, overnight. 1:00 a.m., pockets of heavy rainfall pushing to the east bay, the delta, andontinued until 5 pm 7:00 p.m., saturday it would be more scattered rain activity. and what we can expect the north they will get perhaps up to 1 in.! through the santa cruz mountains and the central bank, three-quarters of the bench. and right now, the south bay is seeing mostly sunny conditions. and to take a look at your kron 4 7 day around the bay the shower is continuing tomorrow. and into saturday. things will be mainly dry and into halloween is going to be great. great for deaf trick or treater and it will be continuing for post- great. we will have continuing mild temperatures. stay with us, we will be back, right after the break. ♪ >> continuing our coverage of the world series the start of game 2 is less than 10 minutes away. and kron 4 sports director, gary radnich is there. >> that is okay, my hair. and many people lose their hair and i am blessed that line is growing and. with fireworks, and a big shot. and the boats. you know, i'm going to give you a full disclosure. this

it has lifted through the delta also north bay we are seeing low cloud cover into these big as well. fternoon continuing to see it hanging on through the sunset and the golden gate bridge. fear temperatures right now slope toward staying put in the '50s for san francisco starting to warm up interest san rafael getting temperatures into the '60s, 61 '60s in the south bay as well 63 down in mountain view your afternoon highest low eighties for san roosevelts where staying into the '70s even cooler that as san francisco comes in are on 66 the south bay temperatures in the '80s for the most part temperatures staying in the '70s. your 7 day around day cooling-off each day towards the weekend sunday, monday temperatures and not getting out of the '70s and some warmer inland locations high and the aunt's livermore in the '70s around the bay staying in the sixties and fifties. a check on some part delays. >> word that bargain is it is experiencing technical problems most likely related to a computer system problem they are saying they are systemwide delays. the term they used is major delays.

in the pay delta, it's not just sea level rises but the fact that we have fresh water floods. this is the level that ice street water gauge in sacramento. darn this thing. okay. those are tides. mostly a summer period, but these are floods so you can see, you know the water levels get up to nine meters there. there's a book called, conquering the inner sea which is a history of levies in sacramento valley and trying to contain the water. the fact is, this sort of thing could potentially get more frequent and potentially higher. i don't want to sound like the national inquirer here and when you count, you take one of these climate models and look at exceedings and this is open coast and now we took an hourly record and counted the number of times in our simulation where we included tides and elnonos, in a moderate this is 30 centimeters over the hundred year period. not three feet about. little more than one foot. these are exceeding above a level that happens less than once a year and you can see, over time how often those get exceeded. i won't go into the filigree here. let's

the outside number will be towards the delta. otherwise mid-70s, pretty common, across the santa clara valley, 79 degrees, not too far off the mark. headed to the baseball game tomorrow? lucky you. matt cain on the mound for the good guys, sunny and mild conditions, in fact, tomorrow, warmest day of this workweek. we do have a slight i want to emphasize slight chance of a region drop by thursday's game, at around 5:00 p.m. here you have the extended forecast. we have cooler temperatures. albeit sunny wednesday, we begin to cloud up thursday, leading to partly to mostly cloudy skies. a slight chance of rain friday. over the weekend both days got to tell you it's a very complex weather pattern, likes like the bulk of the precipitation to the north of the bay area, i have to say right now a chance of rain, doesn't mean we're out of the rain, just a chance right now, then that chance will linger all the way through monday. mypix was sent to us from jim flat earthy of fremont. clouds over that portion of the bay area. thanks jim. we in

doesn't tell you genius to figure out that it's related to the delta rated chemicals the hydrogenated oils and the toxins in the additives that are put in the food supply. when world war two ended in one thousand nine hundred five a new processed food revolution began the depression was over the troops were home and back to their domestic jobs the economy was finally stable and everyone was happy. these prime conditions led to a population explosion creating a new generation of consumers and a brand new packaged food market. shelf life uniformity consistency and convenience were the new standards and market forces responded appropriately. in one nine hundred fifty six congress passed legislation to build the interstate highway system which by linking the forty eight states with state of the art roadways forever changed how americans would shop can view and. manufactured hydrogenated oils which gave long life to margarine and vegetable shortening like christgau could be used to preserve the processed packaged foods being trucked across the country. unlike butter the manufactured hydrog

the delta program has to help clean up this debris before the rainy season-health department.hristine connolly shows us that working crews have been successful. >> in san bruno, let me show you the blast zone is empty. a clean slate. just a few working crews left over this weekend and the health the park and was here making sure that no problems of the rainfall. health-department, as you can see all of this debris had been removed. left over from the fire, and the trees that were in this section have also been removed, hauled away. those trees are gone. also, they have been able to rtake soil samples. you can see those let the little yellow flags were there taken the soil samples, all 35 pieces of property have been taken back as clean. they are done with the clean-up here and this area of san bruno. all of the homes, destroyed and now they're going to lay down grass seed. at that point, that will happen, tomorrow. christine connolly in san bruno, kron 4 news. ♪ >> a bit warmer out there today and that is going to carry over into tomorrow. good news for the giants game. 1:19 a

showers up through the delta spotty showers throughout the morning and added to the south bay as welle east. >> 9:19 a.m. serra pailin is in sacramento today she is rally and gop last night she spoke in front of hundreds of people at a san jose event. she talked about what she talked about the leftist a leak mainstream and media. she also pointed out issues affecting california such as taxes and high employment. >> california has a tough to bring back people who lost their jobs but also to employ all the new workers. california would need to create more than 4 million jobs over 10 years to keep up. does anybody seriously think that the liberal policies of president barack obama m brown and boxer will turn this around and get the job done? >> she urged to vote for new elected officials in the upcoming general election. she will start or stop at orange county. she said november 2nd is coming around very quickly in fact i can see from my house on not letting she actually said that. >> three men have been released from the hospital for rest of a are expected to be released within the next

dangerous species on all aspects of the river and the delta as well. there are two wild cards. what happens with fires in the upper basin especially with the beetle kill in colorado. the international forest says we will lose 90 percent of the dominant tree species and if you have not been to grand lake or any of those places you will be shocked at what you see. it's clearly a change. i know all the messages today are apposing and i look at this sort of like mountain climbing as a former and pretend mountain climber, thankfully when you climb mountains the levels of steps are right when you begin and that's what we all get to deal with. i take t comfort from the writer that said we were not really lost, merely where we shouldn't have been without knowing exactly where that was. thank you. [applause] >> i'm not going to repeat it all. but you can't take the climate out of the climatologist eventhough this is a strategy session. let me - i think i missed part of the discussion in previous panel and i think, there was something that i frag mentally caught about water. i wanted to p

it was sent in by clyde of the delta , beautiful, and we invite all of you to send your pix to mypix@s5.com. don't want to cloud up the issue there. all right, dennis? >>> okay. it was win or go home for the new york yankees and a stadium not coming to a city near you. next. ,, i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. he worked his whole life, served his country defending our freedoms, and depends on social security. so, who would want to privatize it? corporate lawyer david harmer. harmer's social security privatization plan would cut guaranteed benefits and gamble with social security on wall street. while we worry, harmer's wall street friends would make billions in profits from privatization. david harmer. a social security privatization plan we can't afford. >>> 49ers stadium? >> probably as bad a time as you can try to construct one of these. not just the economic downturn but obviously nfl with no deal. we can have work stoppage next year. so no money no stadium. that's the word from 49ers owner jed york who safes the team's new digs in santa clara may have been sidelin

provision for interdepartmental transfer to make sure the port was able to capture from the city the delta at in terms of increased revenues to the city. let me go ahead and make a correction. if everybody can cross out that party, i was not thinking. that should be 24, because that is all the income i have reflected into the general fund from this event in terms of hotel, payroll, and sales tax. i do not think the port or city revenue authority should do the transfer of more money than what is generated through this activity, to that charter section. let us make that 40 to 42. that 108 has turned into 92, and the 52 goes down to 36. that is better. this is helpful. this is what i like. >> we could take our analysis and just use the general fund. it is kind of a mess. hotel sales in payroll taxes -- we are going to give 24. >> your number is there. supervisor daly: i just took that right out of the report. >> we think the city service costs are somewhere between $8 million and $12 million. we do not know exactly what this event looks like. if you look at the pga tournament, which conservat

tomorrow night before in santa rosa, 86 and it francisco, and that is along the delta up and our inlandleys 93 antioch but again it's a mistake cooler to the coast lotta special with the fog surging from the south low 90s in the south bay. a look at your kron 47 day around the bay forecast extensive heat stay with us through thursday temperatures in the name the the upper 80s and low 90s will finally start to see some relief with temperatures going about 10 degrees and especially into the weekend temperatures kill lot closer to the '60s and '70s bay area wide. >> to and how to decision 2010 and the final debate between meg whitman and jerry brown gets underway in less than two are spread its at the dominican university in san rafael. a former tom brokaw will be the moderator just three weeks remain before on such a day and the most recent public opinion polls show whitman a round and a virtual type. meanwhile few choice groups along with democrats rallied at san francisco city hall they announced their support for jerry brown and bubba boxer for u.s. senate. they save the planet what it