reporting live along the embarcadero. abc-7 news. >> alan: and for complete coverage of the bay bridge closure, stay with abc-7 news and go to abc7news.com or check abc-7 news new bay area on twitter anytime for the very latest. >> coming up two teenagers brutally attack a police officer and broke his leg after a wild house party in livermore, a 19-year-old and an unidentified 17-year-old male were arrested for choking and punching an officer. he was trying to break up a street brawl that erupted outside the party about 1:30 this morning. >> tonight a cringe-inducing headline has espn responding to take disciplinary action. the head lynn read "ching in the armor" in reference to an american player last night. he is the first player of asian or chinese dissent to play in the nba and said it was inexcusable. >> it's been a great american story and racist language, and at the same time insulting millions of people. not just asian-americans but all people who believe in basic fairness and common decency. >> lin has set the lea

we do not want tacky metal and plastic and we do not want them lining the embarcadero. thank you. >> any further public comment? >> do i have a motion for adjournment? second. >> all in favor? happy valentine's day. >> when stephen de staebler died, he was working on one of the biggest shows of his career, matter and spirit. it is a retrospective look at the many faces and faces of the life of an innovative artist from the california clay movement. stephen de staebler's developed in an area dominated by abstract expression. even his peers saw his form. >> he was able to find a middle ground in which he balanced the ideas of human figuration and representation with abstraction and found it even more meaningful to negotiate that duality. >> another challenge was to create art from a meeting that was typically viewed as kraft material. his transforming moment was an accident in the studio. an oversized vertical sculpture began to collapse under its own weight and spread onto the floor. he sought a new tradition before him, landscape sculpture. >> you feel this extended huma

we do not want tacky metal and plastic and we do not want them lining the embarcadero. thank you. >> any further public comment? >> do i have a motion for adjournment? second. >> all in favor? happy valentine's day. "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." >> please direct your attention to the roll call of commissioners. president mazzucco, president. vice-president marshall, president. commissioner de jesus, president. commissioner hammer, present. commissioner slaughter, president. commissioner sherman, president. -- terman, present. we have the chief of police and sam ramirez. president mazzucco: welcome to the police commission meeting. could you please call line item #1. >> the consent calendar. police commission report, disciplinary actions, fourth quarter, 2011. the fourth quarter status report on general orders and policy proposals. >> thank you. you have this in your packet. a review of the quarterly reports. any questions or r

i remember where a pedestrian was run over by a bicycle italy on the embarcadero. do not want to see this event repeated again. the chances of repeating this again occur with greater bicycle traffic. what is going to be done to address pedestrian safety? these are really concerns we have to look into. this is, it will raise money for the city and it may be approved -- a blueprint for bicycles in the city and the rest of it but you have a responsibility to the citizens of san francisco and the pedestrian to walk the streets. this is not a utopia. these are hard questions that have to be answered. i think the residents of the neighborhoods definitely have a stake in this. thank you. >> last person who turned in a speaker card. >> i assume the presentation is on the mta board website or will be? great. although i have avoided being involved in america's cup and intend to continue to avoid being in its planning, i have a brief comment. i sort of agree with mr. winer on this one. to the extent that there is additional muni service added to this event, i very much hope i

you folks you have obligations to maintain the fairly formal and the elegant architecture on the embarcadero and these tacky prominent restaurant extensions are not ok. i pointed out at your last meeting of the ports of known deviations for the income park restaurant created a lose/lose /lose situation. the developer was allowed to violate the restrictions by building a second restaurant, exceed the square footage by over 50% and adding a second stories and exceeding the height limit. the epic restaurant is completely outside the area shown on the map in the rflp -- in the. the owner is crying he needs more room and if you stuck to your guns, there would be more than enough room. to build the current addition which i have a schematic of, the port staff told the operator he would have to go to the south beach for approval. they shot it down. keep in mind this is a very conservative, pro development. i know because i served on it for two years and they usually rubber-stamp everything but they said this project is too much. so they started calling this addition a canopy. they were doing that be

that big triangle of parking -- that would be the embarcadero. mmissioner antonini: i think we could check with the city attorney. we went through this thing and if one single ownership -- even with a large area, i guess it is enough @u( into that issue. i would suggest the following. if you think it's appropriate, we have a continuance for three weeks or one month for that range. whenever you feel is enough time to get what i have in mind done. what we get is the parts he won approval from on that hearing a week have time so we can review what we are actually going to be voting on in two or three weeks. the deleted parts would come back at what ever time they will be taken up as separate legislation. am i right on this idea? >> i was just thinking about the comments -- lead to publish our report so that we can advance, staff won't have time to add any commentary to that. commissioner antonini: at least we would have a clear indication of what's going to be before us. the deleted parts would not come back, but the parts that you want approval for

you have the traffic lights all along the embarcadero. if you're trying to keep trucks going down the street, it is going to be a mess. the common say it is not a problem, do not worry about it-- the comments say it is not a problem, do not worry about it, but you have to wonder. even if they said we are wrong by 100 percent signed, they went from 20-mad to 90. there is no explanation about what the discrepancy is all about. the only conclusion one could come to is the discrepancies are the only way you get to keep the seven-month time. remember, these trucks going out every two minutes are going to go out during the america's cup. if you go down and see a truck right now, there is a truck coming from the pier 27 site. the trucks are on the right. everyone pulls out of the left lane because they are so frustrated. and so the whole left lane gets clogged up. it is going to be a mess. these traffic lights are all the way along the embarcadero. i would encourage you to read the page. things you. -- thank you. president miguel: any additional

you are looking live at a picture from our rooftop camera towards the embarcadero, ferry building andthe bay bridge which we thought was going to be closed, the upper deck, but caltrans finished their work very early. it is wide open this morning. keep that in mind throw out plan b and ride the bay bridge into work. >>> egypt is now the latest in a series of arab countries to withdraw its ambassador in damascus in protest of the syrian government's brutal crackdown against protesters e 23 were killed yesterday in attacks by syrian forces. claims that syrian presidential assad's regime lashed out over the killings of a state prosecutor and judge. >> u.n. nuclear inspectors arrived in tehran this morning the latest push to hold talks with iranian officials over concerns that iran is developing nuclear weapons. iran denied those charges. similar trip last month produced no results. u.s. and are urging israel to give sanctions time to work with. >>> carnival -- carnival fever continues in bra little. -- in brazil. the parade started yesterday at dusk and ends at dawn. >>> 4:48. coming up

he is live on the embarcadero right now. >> reporter: throughout the day we have been asking customers and businesses if there has been any effect so far by this part of the bridge closing, and the answer is, not really. now, along market street near powell, the crowd of shoppers are normal for a mild, sunny saturday. all of the shoppers came in from the east bay, and avoided the oakland bay bridge, said they didn't see too much of a problem getting here. i talked to two different couples from sacramento who said they heard about the bridge closing so took alternative routes to get into the city for the long weekend. >> the bay bridge was closed so we planned to avoid it by getting in before 8:00, and we knew if we didn't, there's going to be a horrendous traffic jam. >> wow has the drive? >> it was surprisingly really easy. we got here in 2-1/2 hours. the golden gate wasn't busy at all. >> reporter: traffic on market street is of course pretty normal, and the same goes for foot traffic here on the embarcadero. for the last hour or so we have been here, we have seen presentee of people

he performed outside of the embarcadero bart station for years and was recently tracked down by the marshals service. >> our agency was contacted by the cold case unit. we were able to confirm the tip and track him, that he was living here in the bay area. we revel to address them at the embarcadero bart station. it looks as if he was using possibly several aliases. this son hall and >>jaqueline: here is a slap at current conditions. pay attention to what is up north. rain offshore headed towards northern california. the system continues to rotate and wicked cease fighting showers into friday and possibly saturday. >>grant: and chuck reed give an update to the current state of the city. his address just wrapped up. he says 2012 will be year for hope, optimism in a recovery. >> the measurable process we are making on reducing crime, it game violence and homelessness phil is one of the reasons i am filled with hope for 2012. we will miles of these problems without a stable economy instead jobs. >> the mayor talked about jobs, crime and plans to rebuild services for the community. in 2011 there

we have to ma sure that the event day is really wonderful and shows the potential and takes us on to an embarcaderothat is a great-great straight for breaking. a great street -- a street we have been talking about compulsory. looking at the parking map you see that we have the civic center that is in a prominent location. people will buy canned park there. how we get them up the street matters. polk street is key. we want to make sure we can take people on the shared paychex upholstery. you will hear us talk more about trials and moving people. it is a bicycle priorities straight. accomplishments i.n.s. -- van ness. we love the idea of combining that. the team is talking about this. when i walk up to sign there are many choices. let's give people some good information and they will what can buy. >> our next two speakers. >> board of directors, i was in auckland where tehe last america's cup was. i reviewed the environmental impact reports. very familiar with ceqa. what i would like to impress upon the city is that we have four rooms in the various neighborhoods so that the people understand exactly

>>jaqueline: here is a live look outside from the embarcadero. is evening, a pretty clear picture but we are seeing all the of cloud cover moving in overhead, especially close to the closely. here's a look at storm tracker 4 radar. we are also seeing fall close to the calls light which tap -- cap temperatures cooler. into tomorrow, here is where you can expect. foggy conditions close to the clothesline. into the afternoon, sunny skies it warmer conditions with more 70 degree readings. here's a look the neighborhood by neighborhood. >>pam: a golf course and alameda becomes the center of a controversial plan. what a developer wants to build the as why many people are against the plan. new fallout from the nuclear power plant damage during the earthquake did some of the if japan a of how far the radiation has spread into the specifics -- pacific ocean. >>grant: the price of the nook tablet into the nook color e. reeder is being lowered, that is coming up in my tech report. >>pam: pop stars chris brown in riyadh are back together. we will tell you why

you have the traffic lights all along the embarcadero. if you're trying to keep trucks going down the street, it is going to be a mess. the common say it is not a problem, do not worry about it-- the comments say it

we will be back at five >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can

this is the southern embarcadero freeway. we talked of two sections, and then we don't all the traffic down on to sixth street and on to the embarcadero, where it forms in the barrier. weekend and into the all city back together at the street level. mission bay with soma, birch river district with the central waterfront. we should look ahead boulevard alternative the beginneth cesar chavez, terminating the freeway there. it could be a lot cheaper. if you bring the train underneath and but the freeway of above, it means you have to dig under the freeway. it gets expensive because you are shoring up the said acquitted freeway while trying to put a train line underneath. removing the freeway can make the whole thing to ever give up and look forward to this discussion and some kind of public process. this is the biggest infrastructure project we have ever had. there has been in the zero public participation. we really need to think about a public engagement strategy for this project, to let folks know what the options are and what

. >> in the embarcadero, after midnight the man was going to buy pylon. he was cleaning. now, this shutdown restaurant was caught on fire. the fire was contained. nobody was hurt. >> great weather, sunshine and temperatures into the 60s and most places oakland almost 70 degrees. we of another's nice day shaping up for tomorrow. it was a beautiful sunset this is from mt. tam. beautiful. tonight we should see the moon with clear skies look for a sunny start tomorrow. temperatures in the low 30's in the low wcoldest locations. once again, 60s and even the highs and to 70's. increasing clouds from this weather system right here. this will produce clouds, no rain. however, the second system will produce rainfall monday night. look for increasing clouds on monday with the chance for rain fall on tuesday. i will talk more about that. vicki nevada are going to the polls. [ male announcer ] for some reason those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. fantastic! pro-gresso ] they fi

we're talking about the same thing on the embarcadero. i know that some of you asked what is going on with the piers. they are a wreck. we could just improve, it could not be worse. there is other good that comes with the cup. my wife and i run the sailing, the youth sailing, and i am finding more and more kids are getting a greater cross-section of high-school sailors, from balboa, galileo, instead of just sacred heart and other schools. it is making a difference with the kids, and the kids are showing it by their support. supervisor kim: thank you. >> my name is john. i work for port supplies, a wholesale marine distribute later -- distributor. i have been reading the press, and i'm a little worried we will lose the america's cup. i have listened to a lot that has gone on today, following the newspapers and the press. i really appreciate all the work that you are putting in, the staff, the america's cup folks. there is so much work to bring to this city, but i am worried that we're losing the vision of what the opportunity is here. i was

a night shot of the embarcadero. christina loren is telling us not to worry too much about that rain today. >>> whitney houston's family will hold a private funeral at the new hope baptist church where the legendary singer first started performing. >> this is their private time. they have shared her for 30-some years with the city, with the state, with the world. this is their time now for their farewell. >> houston's exact cause of death will not be released for weeks until toxicology results are complete. prescription medication was confiscated from houston's room at the beverly hilton on saturday when she was found unconscious and under water in a bathtub. >>> the highly debated payroll tax cut may be extended through 2012. after all, the republican leaders in the house of representatives have tentatively agreed to a deal that would allow the cost of the tax cut to be added to the debt. extending the payroll tax cut would keep $40 in each paycheck for some 160 million americans. >> at the end of the day the more am

>>reporter: to libya also known and as demand is running out at the embarcadero bart station for lawyers who knew him he was recent write-down by the united did marshall served as minister of to to talk to erica and, and who >> our keynesian san half a pound of cocaine at a residence. >>reporter: creek bridge and the suspect is still in the hospital listed in stable but critical condition the injured officer heard his hand and leg and locate. and a host of myth buster remarks planning a return trip. you may remember if the discovery channel show responsible for a study that caused a cannon ball to clean through a dozen neighborhood.--dublin neighborhood. or they won't be at a local high school to teach students about their passion for engineering and science. they will hold a panel discussion taking questions from students. the event is free and open some of it. and shoppers are usually rushing to apple stores for the latest product as soon as they hit the shelves and but as we report today, some stores are seen crowd for a totally different reason. >>reporter: apple is facing a demonstr

in the water side and a landslide of the embark -- embarcadero. we have invested in the ferry building with private daughters -- dollars. we have invested in a ball park. in addition it gives us another source of funding to address that $2.20 billion in need. that is the big picture of where the development can go in the event can help us a lot in the long term to create as i said we would call horizontal development to help us with our maritime resources and allow them to be reused after the event has passed for other purposes and that is the mission of the port of san francisco. that is to promote public access and recreation. it seems like there are loose ends to tie up for this hearing. i wanted to urge you to consider the big picture and the benefits of the board and support us in this effort. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. but go to the fund-raising component. -- let's go to the fund-raising component. >> thank you. i will ask terry mcclellan to give the substance but i want to frame the issue. if you will pardon the analogy, we're

he is heard playing the sax at the embarcadero station. he is accused of murdering his ex-wife 25 years ago. his real name is ronald brewington. they say the cold case squad tracked him down here in san francisco. >> dan: a mother may face child endangerment charges when she left her newborn twins inside her suv. a passerby called police after noticing the two infants inside her cadillac escalade. they also report that she told officers she went into the mall to use the restroom but security cameras suggest that she was there for about 40 minutes. >> carolyn: occupy protestors protested against police. at one point they marched into a center surprising shoppers. >> reporter: they all gone. they led police in the downtown area, yelling and blocking traffic. they were loud and intimidating but no arrests. >> occupy protestors begin at the foot of market and embarcadero at about 7:00 p.m. they walked up market street blocking all westbound traffic including muni and buzz. they turned and then blocked traffic for about 10 minutes. >> i'm not op

. >> after waiting in a line that stretched down the embarcadero. giants fans could not wait to get their first peek at the zwrients. >> baseball season starts today. the place to be right now. >> we just wanted to have fun and get autographs. >> the event features something for everyone. face painting, batting practice and a chance to be a sports net central anchor for the day. >> we are huge giants fan. >> i think they will do good this season and hopefully they win a lot of games. will the be another good season like last season. >> of course the main reason the fans wait in line and brave the crowds is the chance to meet their favorite players who are just as excited about the season ahead as they are. >> lot of people and black and orange and excitement. >> they are definitely excited and ready to go. too long of an off season this time. >> that's awesome. people lining up at 6:30 last night. shows how support everybody they are. >> after the world series it was awesome. and we didn't do what we wanted to do on the field this year but the fans a

the tearing down of the freeway, the rebuilding of the embarcadero. this is a great opportunity for us to make another move like that. the america's cup is very exciting. it will create chaos in my area, my business, but i am not afraid. change is great. i think we should look for to making a good deal for the city of san francisco, and welcome to cash flow to rebuild our piers. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good evening. my name is kevin carroll, the executive director of the hotel council of san francisco. i thank you for bringing the america's cup to san francisco. i have had the pleasure of working in this industry, and we are ready, willing, and able to bring an end welcome the visitors who will come to san francisco and do it at our hotels. someone spends $300 in the hotel, they spend $700 in the neighboring businesses, both large and small, and the fluctuation of additional people helps all of us and grows the business for the city and the city of san francisco. also, the opportunity to market san francisco as a global destination, which

this is a live shot from the embarcadero and san francisco. our forecast >>> brad pitt and judi dench walked the red carpet in london. the british academy film award are seen as a precursor of the oscars so let's look won. won. the black and white silent film "the artist" took best picture. meryl streep took home best actress for her performance as prime minister margaret thatcher in "the iron lady." >>> and we are two weeks away from hollywood's big night with the oscars air on abc7 of the you can get in on all of the action right now on oscar.com. predict the winner, watch exclusive video from the red carpet, and go back stage during the academy award show on february 26th. you can also download the exclusive oscar app for i phones and ipads. it of oners live video back stage on oscar sunday. >>> the highly-anticipated thriller "the river" premiered and focused on the rescue crew working for a lost adventurer in the amazon. >> he stopped by and spoke with brian copeland about what it is like to be a part of the hot new show. >> you ever seen

right now you can see some of the slickness on the embarcadero there towards the bay bridge, it is openoday that was so nice to go to bed last night knowing the bridge was open and didn't have to get up a half hour earlier than normal. live doppler, -- so much better -- you can see how quickly showers are sliding to the south there's a few radar returns around you will run into a little light rain more likely drizzle during the morning commute. very nice temperatures in the mid to upper 40s outside hopefully your heater didn't run much last night. around the monterey bay inland temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. afternoon clearing, cooler than average, warmer trend tomorrow through friday. cooler this weekend also remains dry after the rain this morning that's about it. san francisco, fremont three and two degrees warmer everybody else cooler one degree oakland in san jose, all of us will be in the mid to upper 50s you can see increasing sun into the afternoon. as we head to the south, a little longer, but you will see sun mid to upper 50s around the monterey bay upper 50s to even 60

the embarcadero in san francisco, a few puddles there and you will be dodging some puddles for the earlymmute. you can get a sense of what i am talking about, and a band of showers continuing to move in. we are seeing some breaks here and there. we will take you a little closer. you can see 101 from petaluma and novato and down to san rafael. they are picking up a little light rain. on the east bay rain in san leandro, hayward and over toward san ramon and for san jose points southward, morgan hill, and even santa cruz is picking up rain. you can see some of the darker greens denoting 134* moderate rain moving into the region. we will continue to have the showers overnight. we are in the 40s and a few 50s scattered about. 51 in oakland. san francisco you are at 48 degrees and 50 in san jose. so we will keep the showers overnight. it will be breezy at times. scattered showers for the early morning commute. and then these showers will wind down by tomorrow afternoon. we will get on the back sifted system and the northwesterly winds will pick up. get ready for a windy afternoon on monday. w

he is heard playing the sax at the embarcadero station. he is accused of murdering his ex-wife 25 years ago. his real name is ronald brewington. they say the cold case squad tracked him down here in san francisco. >> dan: a mother may face child endangerment charges when she left her newborn twins inside her suv. a passerby called police after noticing the two infants inside her cadillac escalade. they also report that she told officers she went into the mall to use the restroom but security cameras suggest that she was there for about 40 minutes. >> carolyn: occupy protestors protested against police. at one point they marched into a center surprising shoppers. >> reporter: they all gone. they led police in the downtown area, yelling and blocking traffic. they were loud and intimidating but no arrests. >> occupy protestors begin at the foot of market and embarcadero at about 7:00 p.m. they walked up market street blocking all westbound traffic including muni and buzz. they turned and then blocked traffic for about 10 minutes. >> i'm not op

>>> live look at the embarcadero indicative watch is happening everywhere with the rain. scattered showers and snow for the bay area in your forecast. i'll have the details. >>> good morning i'm frances dinglasan a lot of trouble on the roads new overturned crash reported in san francisco south 101 at paul. chp en route. very windy across the san mateo and bay bridge. >>> firefighters still hunting for hot spots after a wildfire -- a fire gut as apartment complex in san jose. >>> another massive wind driven fire seriously damaging a 3500 square foot home in napa. [ inaudible ] good morning on this wednesday, 5:00 i'm kristen sze. >> we got weather potpourri out there, wind, rain, what else would you like? >> you can see the bay bridge wet. meteorologist mike nicco with the details. >>> a lot of shifting of the winds. ponding on the roads, not an easy ride some of the winds gusting around 26 miles per hour in livermore, 30 in oakland, 31 fairfield, 37 napa, 43 at the airport, sfo 28 around half moon bay the winds are one story you can see the steady rain from novato, napa