as is named for the green city index, we do think it is necessary for us to lead by example and had agoal of approaching the platinum interior. lead stands for leadership in energy and environmental design. it is a point base system for achieving sustainable and green neighborhoods. leed provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying practical solutions for green building design, construction and operation, and maintenance. in san francisco, we have a minimum requirement in the environmental code drop -- chapter 72 reach leed goals. our leadership goal is to reach platinum, which would require 80 points or more. as you see on the side, our initial take at reaching leed platinum status in the current status right now is that we can count on 75 points, and there are five more that are not secured. considerations for reaching leed in this interior are the hvac systems, electrical, lighting, the type of flooring, interior walls, as well as furniture. and using an existing building is consistent with overall sustainability. in sum, we have been working with real estate

as is named for the green city index, we do think it is necessary for us to lead by example and had agoal of approaching the platinum interior. lead stands for leadership

as is named for the green city index, we do think it is necessary for us to lead by example and had agoal of approaching the platinum interior. lead stands for leadership in energy and environmental design. it is a point base system for achieving sustainable and green neighborhoods. leed provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying practical solutions for green building design, construction and operation, and maintenance. in san francisco, we have a minimum requirement in the environmental code drop -- chapter 72 reach leed goals. our leadership goal is to reach platinum, which would require 80 points or more. as you see

the swimming facilities, families, and french ships produced at this location. of what is your plan for green space? what happened to the ordinance is that the promises the city may years back when we want to keep her green space. it should be considered just as important as the densely populated cities. [chime] it should have the separation in those terms. president chiu: thank you very much. >> good evening, president chiu and supervisors. my name is ray, i live at golden gate way and i have been there for over 25 years. what i am asking you to consider is an obligation that you have as legislators and lawmakers to try to leave this city a better place for our children and our grandchildren. and for the life of me, i can't figure out how to get rid of nine tennis courts and two swimming pools is going to make this city better for children and grandchildren. i urge you to think about not your generation, but the generations to come, and what are they going to do to replace something as wonderful as this activity? thank you. houg>> have a small business owr in san francisco. my apologies to the labour community here, i appreciate the need to create more jobs.

thousands of empty regime activists have taken to the streets in the green syrian city of aleppo where human rights groups say people have been injured by. violence continues in the town of ras down we asked our forces attempted to break up defense lines set up by the opposition meanwhile the un chief says al qaeda militants were behind the deadly suicide car bombings that killed fifty five people in syria last week. puts the death toll from the crisis at ten thousand. california as a space x. company is set to make history sending a capsule carrying supplies to the international space station it will mark of the first time a private company has launched into space the unmanned dragon cargo ship is set to leave from cape canaveral in florida the u.s. government has given space x. and another company contracts to keep the eye is that stocked with food and equipment. next to russia and the similarly mundane everyday act of filling your car up at the petrol station except the men in this c.c.t.v. footage according to the person who posted the video decided to use a match to look into the

. >> good afternoon, i represent the san francisco green party and our city. i just wanted to touch on a couple of things staff raised, the main on the polling data, mixed in with the p.g. in the announcement, and what this program is looking like. the stake holder meetings between lafco, sfpuc, a local power, and the advocates have been going pretty well. the local power information about the rollout is maturing. well, indicating a lot of very good things. it looks like there will be a lot of creative ways that we can use to build out to, for example, reduce the opt-out rate, which was raised at the beginning by very specifically targeting consumers who are willing to buy into the program at the beginning, to become part owners of that, things like that, renewable energy shares. if local power is able to come up with what it believes that it can, that also will give those customers a comparable rate to pg&e's correct rate, so it actually would not be higher, and that changes the whole dynamic with the polling. if we get that to happen, we don't have to pick an

the swimming facilities, families, and french ships produced at this location. of what is your plan for green space? what happened to the ordinance is that the promises the city may years back when we want to keep her green space. it should be considered just as important as the densely populated cities. [chime] it should have the separation in those terms. president chiu: thank you very much. much. >> good evening, president ch

. >> reporter: the city has a much hyper tax rate than surrounding counties. the baltimore city council last night green lit the plan by 20% by the year bring propert ag wag this is an important first step and i'm looking forward to signing it. >> reporter: the mayor said the decrease will be paid for boy budget cut been -- for by budget cuts. it's a trend that the city hopes will attract new buyers and keep the families it already has. >> it's already been so expensive here. we all live in the city. i have three children. >> reporter: you don't want to move. >> we don't want to move. >> reporter: this will make it easier. >> we're happy about that. >> reporter: the plan passed because many city council members believe it will not interfere with other credits like the homestead tax credit. >> thanks a lot. >>> tonight you can expect some road closures around arundel mills and anne arundel county. abc2 news jamie costello joins us with the latest. hard to believe a month ago. >> reporter: the core discompany is behind the project. the diverging diamond interchange, the first of its kind in the state. it'

green who's a second generation built the truckdaro club house. there was a hotel then. it was said this was the place to go if you were weary of the dirty city and the police. there were a couple of gun fights the front door has bullet holes. i don't ever repair them. 1931 stig mond bought the property from the green family. she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody can come out. it's a great way to spend a sunday. >> goes to 1-2 in the afternoon and runs until 5. [music]. thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000 people. and the meadow next to the concert meadow is full of people even though they can'

rainy around the twin cities to green bay and the upper peninsula of michigan. thunderstorms in florida into the carolinas. a beautiful day meanwhile in the northeast. >> 75 degrees here in new york. 85 in atlanta. 88 in new orleans. 83 in kansas city. and 72 in chicago. another triple day in phoenix, unfortunately. 77 in sacramento. and 81 in salt lake city. >>> coming up next after the break, mounting losses for jpmorgan chase. think the letter "b" again. that grand tally getting worse. >>> and a new warning of foe closures across the country. >>> plus, what's that horse doing so far offshore? that and more, when we come right back. >>> there's mixed news on foreclosures this morning. nationally, fewer homes were seized by banks last month. down 7% from the previous month and 26% from a year ago. but in about half of the states where a judge has to approve foreclosure action, there were big increases. >>> another big story this morning, the losses suffered by jpmorgan chase on those trades gone bad reportedly, now, are growing. the total is up to $3 billion. t

the area roads. let's keep you up to date. an accident in jarrettsville is still clearing at route 23. a crash in glen arm at long green pike. in the citymadison street at ensor street, watch for an accident. 27 miles per hour in the west side outer loop. an accident in westminster at uniontown road. this is greenspring. outer loop traffic building as you get closer to the west side. those delays start to develop near 795. slowing southbound on the j.f.x. towards the construction zone. closures tonight from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. and every night until monday. follow those detours. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie is talking shopping again. we loved it when you do that. >> we will embarrass all of the man at home. we're talking about a big girls might happening next thursday at greenspring station. it is a good night to get some good discounts on the shops and boutiques. there'll be free gifts with purchase. you can bring donations for ruth's closet. there will be collecting women's clothing and accessories. i'm alive at bare necessities. nd of a boutique. this is amazing. this to be great for it bridesmaid purchase.

the red and purple dots -- you'll notice the green dots are more heavily in the northeast area of the city, and the red and purple or on the west and southern areas of the city. we are also looking at seeing if we can feed some of those through groundwater and/or recycled water as a way to fight fires. this is a total of 26 reservoir on top of 20. it was just recently cleaned out. we added a large new intake from some reservoir that we could put water in rapidly and also cleaned it out. the voter does not show the large pile of debris which came out of this. unlike our drinking water reservoirs, this is uncovered so it does accumulate stock over time, but we found it to be in strikingly good condition. it is actually in pretty good shape. lastly, the schedule, we are looking at designing about 15 cisterns, developing the cost for pump station one, conceptual engineering on pump station two, and a draft study report, the implementation study that i referred to. all of that willnext year, desiw sisters, looking at proposed language for a november 2013 bond to follow up on what we have found

driver michael andretti stepping in to save the baltimore grand prix and he's sure it will be a success. baltimore city has just given his company the green flag. >> reporter: after many twisted turns, the baltimore grand prix is officially back on. the city board of estimates approves a new deal with new groups. >> we've believed in the city for a long time. this is a world-class that deserves world-class events. >> the new organizers are well aware of last year's race managers went broke failing to pay the city and numerous local contractors. up until andretti. >> we are going to make sure we get everybody behind this thing. we are going to help them. instead of it being a hindrance, we are going to help. >> the new contract with ayers and up front payment for city services and guarantees admission and a amusement tax payments. >> you believe baltimore could be the second best indie rice. why is that? >> if you look at how huge it was last year, it's an amazing event. that was the first year. >> last year's race brought 160,000 spectators to downtown baltimore. an economic impact of almost $50 million filling city and state with almost

park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the greenpace on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. to understand them, you have to understand the topography of san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of san francisco bay. they can't see it where they are. they get the idea to build a giant wooden structure. the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the begi

. >> he open the first weed superstore in the country and now accused of taking a different kind of green from the city of oakland. >> for giants fans, owning this would be the ultimate prize. there you see it. why the gear used by your favorite player is now yours for the taking. >> oh, my gosh! oh, my gosh! >> tense moments at sea. a woman's camera keeps rolling as a boat makes an unexpected stop. >> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. the "weather center." that weekend's going to get warmer, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s for the south bay. warmer, temperatures in the thr quality. we'll talk about how hot it's going to get coming up in that seven-day forecast. >> the founder of the so-called walmart of weed is feeling heat from the city of oakland tonight. dar mann is facing 13 counts including fraud, forgery. he is the founder of the we grow marijuana superstore and now accused of pocketing $44,000 of grant money he received for upgrades to his oakland properties. city auditor courtney ruby tells us he submitted copies of phony checks for reimbursement and then redeposited the money into his own

you have been part of the life blood as we walk them -- welcome in the biotechnology and green tech. the people of this city and every neighborhood and who have experienced all the great, positive dialogue but has also been concerned about-dialogue -- about negative dialogue. many of you joined with me weeks ago when we celebrated 50 years of tony bennett and his wonderful song. we have much more to celebrate in the coming years and i hope you join in the chamber in making sure we share this prosperity. having said that, and knowing that our economy is improving, i want to make sure you know i will be at the helm with the board making sure we are not attempted to return to spending habits and to short-term traces that got us into trouble in the first place. we have to your budgets now. we have a renewed sense of obligation responsibility. we talk about things like our infrastructure. things that allow our tech companies to be successful or what sarah talked about. we have to solve some serious transportation issues in the city and that is why we spend an hour saturday morning at a technology hackathon or un

the most convenient locations. striving to become green is one of the city's biggest goals, and this project is -- [chime] i am here to express my strong opposition to the project. >> my name is suzanne radcliffe, i have been a citizen of san francisco since 1969. i have had a business in this city, i have employed hundreds of san franciscans in that business and i have raised a child here. i am now retired. i have been a member of the golden gate tennis and swim club for over 25 years. i need this when there every day. i cannot use the public pools because they are not open and available for swimming every day. the cost is about the same. i don't like to hear it mentioned as a private club because it is a club you have to pay for, but anyone can belong. this has been fraught with dishonesty, it is inappropriate. i want to tell you one thing. i have a daughter that will not move back to san francisco because she said, mom, the city is not kid friendly. i grew up there and i knew from the time i was in school -- the only fun i had was that the golden gate tennis and swim club because you can be there with me in the

the green turtle. and it is in the city. >> it is quiet over there. >> never too late to learn something we are learningat lesson from an 89-year-old after the break. but first, here is what is coming up after abc 2 news aat 11:00. >>> coming up other on night line from hidden cameras to cell phone tapping evening wiring the kid's clothe, how custody battles are going high- tech. >>> plus a startle new study about sleep walking, the surprising things people are doing while they're fast asleep. that's coming upright after abc 2 news at 11:00. >> you know somebody graduating but did you know somebody 89 and graduating. arkansas tech university back in '41, but duty called. he went to war and this weekend he received his degree 71 years later. he did it for his family. >> they thought it was good. i said the reason i am doing it is to get them enthused. >> 89, the oldest person ever to graduate from arkansas tech. how about that, charlie. >> there you go. that's a reason -- >> that's right. you are never too old to teach and never too old to learn. >> that's right. rain up and down the coast continuing tom

the green light. nothing complicated between dale city and baltimore on 95 in virginia and maryland as well. >> thank you. montgomery county expanding its speed cameras per gram,. >> the plan to add cameras in 18 more locations and will begin to use them within the next two weeks. new approach will be implemented this month. entire roadways will be monitored by speed cameras and will be continuously moved up the roadway. for complete list of locations log on to wjla.com. a heads up for drivers heading into the district this weekend. the ramp from the 12th street expressway to d street southwest will be closed from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on saturday. a detour will be in effect. the closure is necessary so crews can prepare for road work in nearby areas. 4:43, 65 degrees right now. >> trouble for a principal in prince william county. why she was arrested. >> and why the capitals will have to pay metro tens of ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] the vertical chair-climb. it's not an olympic sport, but it takes real effort and it takes a diaper that fits their every move. pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at

the grand prix. the city gave the green flag to a group that includes world famous driver michael andretti. >> reporterthe next grand prix is letsz than 5 month -- is less than 5 months away. >> after several false starts with previous organizers, the baltimore grand prix is officially back on. >> all those in favor say i. >> the city board of estimates approved a new deal with race on and andretti sports markets. >> we believe in the city for a long time. this is a world class city that deserves a world class event. >> they want to avoid their predecessors mistakes, failing to pay the city an local contractors. >> we want to make sure we get everyoning -- everybody behind this thing. >> the new 5-year contract requires an up front payment for city services and guarantees admission and amuseumment tax payments. >> this could be the biggest race for us. >> last year's race brought 160,0 00 fans to downtown baltimore with an economic impact of almost $50 million. >> race fans, race drivers all thought baltimore was the best race in the circuit last year and looking forward to it this year. >> reporter: t

the key point. we need awful development to stay vibrant as a city. the project addresses green space needs, lead concerns, housing and retail, and does so in an unusually balanced way. the project has been in the works for seven years and many modifications have been made to it. on behalf of susan and myself, i wish you would please all told the eir and approved the washington project. thank you very much." >> good evening, supervisors. i am here representing spur. since it is 11:10, i figured we are spending our evening together. i would like to have a real conversation with this board about the people we are actually talking about. the last nine years, i spend my time advocating as it shows co- worker -- as a social worker for the people we are referring to, the lower income residents we are -- of the city who are not living at 8 washington, living in our shelter beds, jail beds, hospitals. the individuals we are talking about in terms of affordable housing delivery in san francisco, they care about that $11 million that week bawk at. that is money that if i am working with a

. -- jade green, city grids, the last bite of an ice cream cone. these are all my names. savor these words on the tip of my tongue. a book of lives lived in my right hand. i caught your pen in the other. all the rivers flower into the sea. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> next up is -- next up is marcela ortiz. >> ok. this is the first time i'm reading in front of people. ok. all right. this is a poem to my mom. you're nothing but a group of coffee klatching women. 19 years and the only image that i can think of what i hearl my mother's voice is rosie the riveter with he hand balled up in a fist and her hand underneath her face. coffee klatching women? a bunch of old grandmothers who sit in sewing sirgles and talk about the best blueberry circles. we banned my mother from the kitchenen -- because of an incident where she had burnt water the the only person who cooked was my father. please keep your peace, mom. yes, my mother say woman but coffee klatching? the term was worse than nails on the chalk board. oh, yes, a coffee klatching woman who has raised three children

the colorado rockies. showers from fargo to minneapolis and green bay. >> 63 in the twin cities. 70s from omaha to detroit. 68 right here in new york. 81 in atlanta. 86 in new orleans. and 76 in dallas. phoenix climbs to 90. sacramento, 88. and seattle, 67. >>> and coming up after the break, some business news this morning. the girl scouts and your sweet tooth, coming out with a new treat. and get this. it is not a cookie. >>> and massive money troubles for oprah's struggling cable network, as lost $300 million. >>> and the future is almost here. cars that drive themselves, being tested on streets and highways. so, when can you buy one of your own? >>> welcome back, everybody. well, looks like we are borr borrowing more again. americans used their credit cards more often in march and took out more education loans, as well. the increase in debt was the biggest in a decade. more borrowing is generally considered a healthy sign for the economy. >>> exxon mobil is tops among the fortune 500 companies in the u.s., knocking walmart down to number two. apple, the world's most valuable company, is only 17th. but t

the city will increase each year. and they will provide $50,000 each year in community impact fees, which will include cleaning and green efforts. the city will have a base return of $1 million each year for the contract. and the city may face on it at any time. >> it is an exceptional deal with a really good promoter. new have a legitimate chance at success at this point. this is the third agreement the city has struck for the grand prix. the first group, baltimore racing development, failed to pay $1.5 million in taxes and fees. now comes andretti sports marketing and a new message, downtown baltimore and its surrounding neighborhood will be open for business. >> we are making changes within the gates to be sure that people are able to go to places like little italy and to harbour east and federal hill and into mount vernon. >> mayor stephany rawlings-blake declined to comment saying it has been a difficult process, but they have what it takes to move forward and make this world-class sporting event successful for baltimore. the agreement goes to the board of estimates for approval may 16. >> the man convicted of shoo

evening, commissioners, eric brooks, i'm here representing the san francisco green party and also the local grassroots organization in our city. first, i would like to point out that this process would not have taken 10 years had sutter health sat down with the entire community and negotiated in good faith to reach consensus on all of the things that we're raising as problems with this thing. i would like to also start out by speaking to all the trade union members that were in here, the building trades. no one is talking about building less than 635 beds and hopefully we're talking about building more. what we're talking about is where and how to build those beds, not whether or not you all are going to get jobs. you're going to get those jobs. we need to build this system right. the broad issue here, the issue that covers this whole thing is that this is not just the rebuilding a hospital and building a new one. this is rebuilding an entire network of hospitals and changing the way they operate across the entire city that is going to affect the health and welfare of hundreds of thousands of people who need to use those hosp