we should go here then by the lake to get there on time. with seventy kilometers still ahead of them the expedition just side to use name of eels to cover the remaining distance the dogs to save the trouble of crossing the harsh terrain. the arctic circle come across to different points around the globe the aim of the expedition is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty nine seconds north of the equator there is only one way to reach this geographical point any deviation from it will instantly change the figures thank. you for wanting to receive a massive shift we have been registered. as the next excuse me what does it mean it means we have done it and we are here. now the gaiters pinpoint the right coordinates in a forest amidst asia all pine trees following a six hour marathon in snowmobiles the group checks their position within the arctic circle with a special satellite navigation device they're the first to come here and the gist of the coordinates of leisure suit is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty seconds

flows back into the first lake. where. even in the twenty first century when many villages have tap water locals prefer to take it from rivers for their daily needs just as their fairy tale ancestors on the color of olive folk affected when the rivers are covered with ice in winter people make holes in it with an axe the water of creating lakes and rivers is so clean it is safe to drink straight from the source even the lowest temperatures can do nothing surprising amounts from streams the hills are not high they are almost entirely overgrown with trees in up from the good the region's highest point is over there beyond the horizon according to the caliber of folk epic that's where the old and vicious which he lived. good girl go go go mush mush great job guys nicely done. low he the which has given the expedition a frosty welcome bitter cold on a grey sky and developed in snow a shroud a recent snow for the lays the dog teams. go. the time table is now in tuttle's. the slopes have to cover the distance to the next s

there is nothing that runs into the lake so there is nothing to regularly maintain the lake level. we have been working to try to come up with ways to have water bill in their the most natural way we can as opposed to something that just drops every year substantially. >> the problem of ground water, that has been alleviated? >> -- >> of course use of ground water has been eliminated. we are proposing to utilize the groundwater basin, but we won't be able to do that unless we have other means to keep the lake level stable. that is why is very important to come up with a way to have the water go into the lake that will keep it up. >> has that been achieved? >> there is a report of the that describes a flood control project that will provide for water into the lake. that looks like a very promising alternative that might be a solution. we are still looking at the details. the project development, our support of the project provided certain questions can be answered relative. >> i was not quite sure about that. president vietor: what happened with the concession did? -- bid? >> there w

bottom of the lake. >> that fault runs north up the side of lake tahoe and it could produce the next big one. >> it's capable of what we now know to 7.3 earthquakes. >> if you happen to be near the lake when the quake hits. shaking could be just the beginning. tahoe is 22 miles long with an average depth of thousand feet. siepts scientists believe a quake in the tahoe basin might produce a giant wave as high as 30 feet. >> tahoe is unique in lakes because it is so deep, it could make a tsunami like wave or a wave like you imagine in bathtub that goes back and forth and that wave could be moving for hours. >> what are your chances to get away from the wave. remember the tsunami that hit indonesia in 2004. >> everybody who went down to check out the wave pretty measure perished and everybody turn around and ran survived. you just don't know how big it's going to be. you just need to get off the beach when the shaking stops. >> that is one reason it's so critical. people need to know what could happen, even is something as simple as warning signs on the beach could help. >> informing th

we had to the lake's northern shore, to macedonia. here we see the water level has fallen alarmingly. this person has recorded the level from the wall of his house. >> in the past 30 years, the water level has dropped more than 8 meters. this is the high water marks. global warming is to blame. that hardly ever rains any more. >> that is not the only reason the lake is drying up. macedonian and greek farmers use the like to irrigate their fields. since fishing is banned, there are plenty of farmers. >> people from six villages in the area worked in the fishing industry. no private investors stepped in when the state run companies closed down. >> he now makes money by poaching. tourism is still rare around lake prespa. this family want to attract more guests. they show us their favorite island, an enchanting place where people were already living 2500 years ago. how much longer will it take before tourists discover this natural pearl? >>> the italian mafia has traditionally limited its activities to sicily and the south of the country,

it was snowing on the road to shaver lake in fresno today. three inches fell at the lake.s decided to pack up and leave, others stuck it out figuring a weekend at the lake was better than their other options. >> we rented a boat, but obviously we were wearing jackets and pants yesterday. >> did you take the boat out? >> of course we did. >> reporter: usually there are a lot of boats out in the lake but not so this weekend. the camp sites were booked but many were empty. >>> storms spanned flames. the fire started yesterday afternoon and is now out. for a time flames came close to a few homes but firefighters kept them back. fire crews kept a close watch for any hot spots that could flair up again. calfire blamed two power poles that came down for starting this fire. in all, 325 acres burned. >>> vallejo schools are votes on cuts. the board already voted to cut $7 million but it needs to negotiate with the districts two employee unions to go through with part of those cuts which include furlough days. district officials say they can't admit a final budget if negotiations ar

now they are all dead. >> accidents of this kind are commonplace on the lake were rickety boats are themeans of transport across the water. the countries prime minister visited the village in the southeast of the impoverished country and brought promises of government assistance to the relatives and survivors. however, as the people cope and struggle to come to terms with the accident, they must prepare for many more funerals around lake togo. >> the government of cuba has announced plans to let its citizens leave the country as tourists for the first time. the communist party approved the measure two weeks ago. one unexpected part of several expected reforms. >> two weeks ago, cuba's communist party met behind closed doors. the president is pushing to the first major overhaul of the state run and restrictive soviet-style system. a lot of the details had been discussed in advance, but there is one major surprise -- the government says it is considering letting cubans travel abroad as tourists for the first time. it is a deeply resented frustration. it is a very bureaucratic system. you

it was snowing on the road to shaver lake in fresno today. three inches fell at the lake.ilies decided to pack up and leave, others stuck it out figuring a weekend at the lake was better than their other options. >> we rented a boat, but obviously we were wearing jackets and pants yesterday. >> did you take the boat out? >> of course we did. >> reporter: usually there are a lot of boats out in the lake but not so this weekend. the camp sites were booked but many were empty. >>> storms spanned flames. the fire started yesterday afternoon and is now out. for a time flames came close to a few homes but firefighters kept them back. fire crews kept a close watch for any hot spots that could flair up again. calfire blamed two power poles that came down for starting this fire. in all, 325 acres burned. >>> vallejo schools are votes on cuts. the board already voted to cut $7 million but it needs to negotiate with the districts two employee unions to go through with part of those cuts which include furlough days. district officials say they can't admit a final budget if negotiation

geological survey team on one of their trips out onto the busy 24 mile long causeway that bisects lake ponchatrain. they're taking water samples to test for things like pesticides and petrochemicals. they're also looking for the level of salt in the water. >> the salinity is 1.5. normally, that would be double or triple that. >> reporter: demcheck says ponchartrain is really an enormous lagoon connected to the gulf, and the water is brackish- - a mixture of fresh and seawater. >> for the next couple of months the character of this lake is going to change. it's going to go from a brackish water lake to a fresh water lake. so some of the fish that are normally in the lake, prized by sportsmen, they're going to swim away. they're not going to die, but they're going to swim away. >> reporter: demcheck says another concern is that all that fertilizer will provide food for a huge algae bloom later this summer. that will deplete the oxygen in the water. >> there could be a minor or transient dead zone, really, oxygen depletion at the bottom of the lake. the saving grace for this is that the l

a beautiful day on wednesday mostly sunny little milder, a high of 61 with 50 at the lake shore. ay friday. we will have the mother's day forecast coming up in a bit. >>, and at the ticket counter not on purpose. those baggage scales are weighing on our mind. jackie van finds those skills don't whoa, i should get mom a samsung fascinate. bright, colorful screen, high-speed downloads hd video. she'll want videos of grandkids. i'm not ready for kids. what would i name it ? brian's good. a brian will make eye contact work with his hands, return e-mails. okay, mom's getting a phone. get mom a new samsung fascinate for $99.99 and unlimited data for only $29.99 on america's largest high-speed wireless network. verizon. >> summer travel season is coming upon us but it seems that we all pay a fair price or do we? >> weighing your luggage on an airport scale tipping the scales over 50 lbs. will add more feet to your flight and airlines say it's to offset handling costs and higher fuel consumption but how accurate are those scales? pulling out his clothes on the floor of o'hare airport was

in the '40's right now across the area in winter blowing in off of the lake. l for low 40 wind chills and parts of the area northeast winds 50% in waters of 49 at o'hare. " cross part of the country the tree pollen as high that report from the staff got leave hospital. heading back into the thirties tonight. tomorrow will turn beautiful and then down to the '40's again tomorrow night. ponce moving up the easton will rain towards the end of that loo coming in on thursday but if you watch this did this is a 7 day forecast and there's a shower system on thursday and friday becomes beautiful again. another shower system will come in on saturday in yellow there goes our wins so they picked up some from the south. if you what happens next week a full blown spring storm taking shape in the plaines setting up a big batch of southerly winds with warm air in here. i think we're headed towards another 80 degree day. we can cool off and then moderate a little bit. it does get into the sixties later this week. . >> that by monday afternoon when showers and thunderstorms wit

monday features one of the late part of the area may still be being pulled by the lake. hink much of the area west of the city may be in the west end of the city will get up to 80 yen tuesday and into the the wind may have taken on a self southwest component to shut down lakeland all together. storm clusters but it's not bad. we will talk some more about that in the days ahead i am sure. >> experience today in tonight's photos of the chicago tribune. >> as always more photos on our web site wgn tv. , and chicago tribune. com. >> the nba's best team finally looked like it for the first time in the playoffs. >> cubs win three straight for the first time this season. highlights next in sports. look, we've all dealt with the itching of athlete's foot. i can't just wash it away. killing it takes clinical strength. i only use lotrimin ultra. its powerful formula can even cure severe cases of athlete's foot. nothing cures better. lotrimin ultra. the killer cure. at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car and how much the people in your life count on you. that's wh

the lake. not the lake. big river. wow. what? many bridges. the bridge is very old. so, don't go plenty more all right. so. this is a real birds eye view. very good. someone is flying like me. i remember his face in my japanese history book. his real name is,foto shim. hi. good to see you. so, many messengers down there. so, they are waiving you. why are they waiving me. to take me. the end of my life. i'm dying now. oh, my god. so, any way i don't want to - that the river. must be the sticks i don't want to cross the sticks and die because i have no money. so, six months for currency in japan. cost of six bucks. i have no money so see you later. hey! so go to this. go to the east. [birds chirping] any way i'm safe as long as i still with birds. okay. wow. what's that coming towards me. okay. i should grab it. a kind of pole. hey, hey! i'm safe. so, any way, let's get to the - got to get out of here. go. get out of here. where am i? whoa this morning the sunrise is very beautiful. that mountain. i'm still in japan. wow i'm lucky. and there's a place to the temple gat

you'll be in the '50s with arise during the afternoon hours into the upper 50s winds coming off of the lake cooling the sell-off. tomorrow night temperatures go to the low 50s and mother's day with sixties again beaucoup by the lake particularly on waukegan in kenosha work comes in over a larger stretch of water and will be cooler. here is where our models tell us disease and green areas some spotty showers and they're now widespread. early cloud across the area and some clouds begin to comment here we are with some showers in the region in the morning more numerous in the afternoon may include a copy of founder it big low pressure and this what energy shooting added it organizing is to step in. this thing is going to get bound up by a huge installment of high pressure. it opens up the gulf and waves of showers and thunderstorms will come in the area. the lens will become more suddenly everything this lattimore tuesday and wednesday. our dupo is " around 70 many gulf coast level warm and humid any point this season. by this time last year we had 16 '70s and this year we've only had three so

given the alternative the decision has been made to a sled the lake instead. they're pulling out from the spill way and allow water to flow in from the mississippi to the lake. hopefully drop the level of mississippi river by several feet. >> louisa: cool start this morning temperatures in the '40's, bricks of sunshine out there this morning, still cloud cover as well as we head into the afternoon mostly sunny conditions, the northerly breeze will help to assure warm up a few degrees from yesterday's. your shirt current temperatures in the '40's, 48 degrees in downtown san francisco, snowfall this morning up along i-80. your highs should be in the '60s and '70s today 61 in downtown san francisco, '70s today in some of the the inland spots, down in the south bay looks like we will stay into the low 60s. warming up to more on them by the weekend a slight chance of rain. >> george: george mitchell hot spots for this commute, we will start at the bay bridge westbound all back up or delays, meter lights not active. san mateo bridge looks good lighter than usual here

drivers will exit and take highway 16 to jackson. >> it will probably take an extra hour to get to the lake. >> reporter: the old rockwall could not stop a car from crashing through and the new barrier will. that hole is to make room for this, a huge concrete slab under the payment and attached to it, a retaining wall made of concrete. the safety upgrade and resulting detour will cost some businesses. >> very dead probably. >> reporter: her boss expects to lose thousands of dollars this weekend that caltrans is hoping they detour does not scare off tourists. >> the message is, lake tahoe is still open for business. >> ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> for detailed maps and detour information, look at the traffic section on our homepage at ktvu.com. >>> for the first time that are independent ratings ratings of football helmets. the best can reduce risks by half but most players use one that is ranked second from the bottom. the best use air pockets and a phone to protect the brain. >>> a pet shop is asking for help that they believe -- for help to find a puppy they believe was stolen

hazy sunshine, showers, light showers up at the lake. more showers up at the lake.'s just not the memorial day you would expect. still not a bad one. and it's not going to rain on us per se. it's not going to shut down your plans. it's going to be chilly, it's going to feel like march not may. just grab a jacket and stick it in the car wherever you go. and be prepared especially in the evening when you go for the bar-b-ques. >> we're waiting for those warm temperatures. >> thank you, bill. >>> a call today for the federal government to do more to contain the spread of the herpes virus among horses. more than a thousand animals have been infected. it poses no threat to human but it can be deadly in horses. >>> if the skies are clear, we will be able to see the space shuttle and international space station in a couple of hours. at 5:15 tomorrow morning and then again at 4:27 on sunday morning, they will appear as a bright star. the spacecraft will come from the southwest and then move directly overhead. >>> setting sail into history. a new attraction ride in san franc

hazy sunshine, showers, light showers up at the lake. more showers up at the lake.s here. it's just not the memorial day you would expect. still not a bad one. and it's not going to rain on us per se. it's not going to shut down your plans. it's going to be chilly, it's going to feel like march not may. just grab a jacket and stick it in the car wherever you go. and be prepared especially in the evening when you go for the bar-b-ques. >> we're waiting for those warm temperatures. >> thank you, bill. >>> a call today for the federal government to do more to contain the spread of the herpes virus among horses. more than a thousand animals have been infected. it poses no threat to human but it can be deadly in horses. >>> if the skies are clear, we will be able to see the space shuttle and international space station in a couple of hours. at 5:15 tomorrow morning and then again at 4:27 on sunday morning, they will appear as a bright star. the spacecraft will come from the southwest and then move directly overhead. >>> setting sail into dad, i was wondering if you've --

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this is the queue at heavenly, look at lake tahoe. xt few days partly to mostly sunny skies. things will warm up into the middle of next week. future cast shows you 6:00 a.m., watched the colors light up, 67 coast by 4:00 p.m., abc warm inland spots. sunny skies, things getting breezy for the afternoon. winds of 20-30 mi. an hour. all in all fantastic. upper 60s close 70 degrees, 755 vs. though, castro valley 75, low 80s the east bay with walnut creek in concord 82, 80 antioch, south bay in san clara, cupertino look for upper '70's and low 80s. really beautiful weekend whether to enjoy. it is not going to end with the weekend is over. by monday will cool off a few degrees, temperatures start to pump up by the middle of the week. by wednesday, thursday upper 80s maybe even low 90s in land. >> vicki: 2 billion people around the world watched the prince william mary catherine milton. if you missed the ceremony to worry we have highlights. prince william says after the archbishop: i, william arthur philip louis, take thee, washed around th

cool 40 set the lakeshore and tomorrow paul the county with high temperature of 53 and '40's at the lakerow. the outlook for wednesday is mostly sunny and mild air inland high readings up around 63 degrees northeast winds of the lake. when sicklied of lake shore areas. and what we're saying earlier is me warm-up passed fm out march and april of the two fastest in may is pretty quick to. april and march for about 12 degrees on average this month will gain about 10 degrees. . >> the month of maybe we should call it. with all this rain i hope we of plenty of mayflowers. , a gorgeous spring if we ever warm-up. see you guys later than a time for trivia. what is another name for this the paddle on a piano ? the answer still ahead on the news. [ female announcer ] love the look of freshly colored hair? now you don't have to wait 6 weeks to get it. introducing natural instincts with our first color refresher. get healthy looking, ammonia-free color then let the new refresher boost your healthy look 2 weeks in. it helps restore color pigments so you can get a freshly colored look once again. natu

just a few blocks from the lake. has learned that the victim haazig madyun was killed just before reaching his front door. >> you can see the whole. haazig madyun a scare >>reporter: >>39 year-old was recently shot to death in broad daylight outside of his lake merritt neighborhood and residents. bullet holes can be seen here on the exterior walls outside of a home. the victim's family declined to speak but if happened last friday. he just returned home from work at a local body shop, parked his car, and out of nowhere, bullets started flying. he died a short time later. with morals of set up with his family members that they have no idea why somebody would want to kill him. in open come off haazig madyun kron 4 news. >>pam: oakland police said that he was in fact the target of that shooting and the homicide investigators say that there's still no apparent motive (music) >> jacqueline: a live look outside from our roof cam. sunny skies but temperatures are cooler. especially close to the coast. the weather headlines w

one side and both our east end boundary and southern endry of the river and western boundaries of the lake. >> this water threat surrounds you. >> absolutely. well, you can see, itser just starting to lap up under the planks of the warf, so the water is just getting here. it will touch this wall and extend all the way to that wall over there. those buildings right there that you see across the way, those will be under water. >> it's just a staggering amount of water, isn't it? >> when you look at it from this perspective and, like i said, our people and nor has anyone else seen anything like this. not here. not in this spot. >> you're confident about these walls holding up? >> i have to be, yes. have to be. >> and if for whatever reason they fail -- >> total catastrophe. there's this entire city would flood without a doubt. >> are you angry that they're opening up the morganza spillway? >> am i angry about it? no, i think we all live with this potential and this is what this whole floodway system is for. i wouldn't want to live any place else, but that's part of what comes with it. certain

but caltrans is hoping the detour around 50 will not scare the tourists. >> lake tahoe is still open for business. you just have to find a different way to get here. >> reporter: again the cars behind me are waiting to get over the summit. tomorrow begin s a two week shut down of 50. you will see a map of detours to get to tahoe. and caltrans says it timed the completion of this project to end before the memorial day weekend before the busy summer tourist season here at tahoe. in el dorado county, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> leaders in one bay area city tell ktvu tonight they are shaken about the unexpected death of their mayor. san carlos mayor died this morning from a heart attack. amad was elected in 2007 to the council and became mayor in november. san carlos was trying to decide what to do with its fire department. we will outline who is taking over and the circumstances he or she will face coming up on bay area news at seven on tv 36. >>> the first family to rebuild their home broke ground today. the hensel family celebrated with champane and a ceremony to begin rebuilding the

you can see it moving over the lake .moving over the lake and hitting the lens of the camera and it will start to melt. winter weather continues in tahoe but not for long. high pressure building in here and give us a dry pattern and it will be dry starting tomorrow. and dry weather tomorrow . 54 degrees and warming up in the central valley and high temperatures tomorrow in the mid-to upper cents inland and we'll see similar readings by monterey bay. we have a string of dry days and the weather is getting milder. >> this is interesting that the nation's divorce rate is down. join me on coffee tv 20 to find out why more couples are staying together. >> and graduating class of 20-len. hope versus reality as they hit the job market. >>> and now the sharks. fist or no fist they are hoping to even the sevees in vancouver. he took a stick to the face. he laughs at pain. early first period. diagram the exshark left alone . canucks to a lead. they tied it up. two-two in of the first approximate. cavs were represented boy a son who

you have to use the north tahoe route and travel along the coast of the lake. i'll post another link to the maps and reroutes on facebook. we are looking at the east shore, 18 minutes off the carquinez bridge. very light volume of traffic. friday starts a later back up. it's lighter in the morning commute and they see the build up around the city. it's a great city to go to around the weekend. >> thank you much. 4:38, the price of beauty. how young is too young for botox? we'll hear from a mom injecting her 8-year-old daughter with the drug. plus, keeping safe on facebook. the security changes you'll see when you log on. live pictures of 880 this morning. we'll check back with mike in a bit. - working out can be totally cool. - that's right, so we've got a list of things you can do to get active. - like jumping jacks. - or how 'bout push-ups? - sit-ups? - uh, maybe jumping rope? - yeah. or jogging. - uh, how about like a wheelbarrow race? - oh, yeah, that's a great idea. - but imagine actually trying to use him as a wheelbarrow, like stacking bricks on him and d

and then a violent shooting on a seventh avenue just a few blocks from the lake and lake merritt. azig madyun the victim was killed just before reaching his front door. >> you can see the bullet holes. it >>reporter: is there we were dealt with belittles. on seventh avenue, 39 year-old was recently shot to death. in broad daylight with a-- bullet holes. more bullet holes can be seen here on the extra walls outside of the home. the victim's family declined to speak but say that it happened last friday. he just returned from working from an auto body shop. he parked, went upstairs and out of the where the bullets were flying. a short time later. a moral, with candles, flowers set up with friends, family a memorial--was set up in the have no idea why he was targeted. in oakland, haazig madyun >>pam: the homicide investigation to not have a motive. >>jacqueline: temperatures were bit cooler. as we go towards tomorrow and next week we are really going to warm up. details on the warming trend coming up. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room president obama is trying to appeal to the peo

all of that isn't the lake, it's farmland. these are some areas of manitob farmland. probably 10,000 head of cattle need to be moved. >> if we can't get the cattle off of here, we talked about euthanizing part of the herd. >> reporter: people here feel forgotten and they're frustrated. chief garnet said they never told them. he said it's as critical as in the south. >> we see it on tv what's happening over there, every step they take. what about this area? >> reporter: if it wasn't for flood control, he's confident he wouldn't be leaving. >> they cause so much damage. what can you say? >> reporter: at current flow rates, it could be months before all that water recedes. >> wow, incredible flooding all throughout north america. big winter has a lot to do with it, all that snowfall in canada and the northern united states also. it's hard to believe they did the same thing that we did here, and that was just yesterday. so our neighbors to the north are suffering just as much as the united states. 3,000 homes have been covered in water in that area. many people have been f

a winter weather advisory for the lake tahoe area. i will let you know what the weekend will be like in a bit. >> thank you. >> straight back to the sierra where chris is in the snow. looks like the middle of winter up there. >> feels like a winter storm than a may spring storm. crazy day. noon today sprinkles, rain, since that time it has pounded us with snow. fluffy stuff on top. here is the problem, highway 80 is shut down because there is slush and there is a wet pavement, icy conditions. it has been shut down because of major accidents, it created a wild day in the sierra. >> reporter: mid-afternoon the sierra getting pound would a winter storm, not something typical of late may. the roads went from being wet to completely iced over. making driving conditions dangerous. both directions of 80 have been shut down because of a major accident. two big rigs slided. it caught up a couple cars behind it. >> when i came up these guys were like this and i couldn't get around them. >> reporter: the accident already occurred? >> yeah. just h

well level winds will blow it off the lake. it will be cooler here as the wind goes on about us.ther's day monday. tuesday's deal chari. -humid air more than 1 in.. we could chalk up pretty good reins before the cool air comes salford and pushes the warmth out of here. 63 tomorrow is in bad better than before. 64 friday. 66 saturday. couple showers saturday afternoon. better coverage tomorrow night paid friday seize the reins and help them come back on saturday and rebuild on sunday amid strong southeasterly winds sunday and monday. i yukky pattern that looks like. well put. we will keep watching for warm air that lacks the make it. >> gratitude praise and the city's bid farewell. >> take a look at the chicago tribune's voters of the day. photos of the day. >> first of all i think for history's sake this is the longest i've ever sat in his seat. every alderman knows that. use them up and down during a round. this is history. >> thank you for the opportunity to represent you. it's a great honor to be the mayor of the city of chicago. i think all those that helped me in so many dif

and that's the problem for the town of eagle lake. which is kind of like what we saw there in david mattingly's spot, in that you have a community of well over a thousand people that have been totally evacuated. the area is completely isolated with one exception, the main route in is now riding on the main mississippi levy. not the usual form of transportation, but that's how we traveled to get in. and once you arrive, it is a ghost town. there is nobody or very few people there. and the water is not in that city at al. however, you have the mississippi levy on one side. you have the backwater levy on the other side. they're just considered to be too great a threat. and it takes too long for emergency responders to get there if there was an emergency. so take everybody out. in the meantime, sheriffs patrols routinely go through the streets. they're there, even if the people are not. john in? >> martin savage for us tonight near vicksburg, mississippi. this is a blue collar place. sugar cane is biggest farm crop. the parish president is

and county of san francisco and parkmerced investors, llc, for certain real property located in the lake merced district of san francisco, commonly referred to as parkmerced, generally bounded. item four, ordinance reflecting the special district. item #5. supervisor mar: thank you. before i introduce supervisor elsbernd, let me just say we have a lot of public comment today. we will limit it to two minutes per person. i urge people to keep it as short as possible. brief remarks in the mibeginning 39 yen, he will talk about amendments or changes. supervisor elsbernd? mr. yardeni, would you like to make opening remarks? >> good morning, supervisors. i will keep my remarks very brief. i think this committee has received several informational presentations. i will focus today on the revisions to the draft development agreement that was submitted to the clerk on friday. supervisors csupervisors cohen:k that members from the public restraint supervisor mar: conversationsmar thank you. please continue. >> i'm going to highlight key sections where there are red lined changes. the red lined docu

this is out in the pasadena lake shore area. owings mills, garrison area park heights closed at green spring valley road because of a downed tree. they've detour posted. now back to you. >> still waiting for you to do the dougie for us. >> reporter: it's coming. >>> news time is 5:12. a big honor for chemistry instructor at the urbana high school in frederick. michelle sheirer was named -- sherer did -- sheirer was -- shearer was named the national teacher. >> as teachers, we advocate for students and as teachers of the year we represent our colleagues. there are millions of teachers in america and we could all be pursuing different careers but we choose to use our gifts and talents to benefits students in the classroom. >> the president says she represents all teachers who are committed to improving their skills to better education their students. >>> a widespread flooding across the south and midwest. up next, an elderly woman trapped in her car crowneded -- surround i by shalled by run -- surrounded by rushing water r crews ab

it is a serious and extended the lake for bayshore freeway. it southbound lanes blocked. likely of affecting north model one traffic. cp are unclear about opening lanes. we are also looking at a problem on the san mateo bridge as well. i will have that for you coming up. >>james: here is a look at the james lick freeway. looking fantastic out there this morning. we will walk to what we're expecting this morning. temperatures in the mid-70s. upper 70's. wednesday-friday looks good. a hair cooler. the changes coming. widespread it light rain all day sunday. >>mark: 930 this morning of vallejo man was accused of trying to break into a cockpit. on sunday night the 28 year-old suspect had to be set date. there was 30 minutes until landing. will tran is the federal courthouse and he tells us what his church with. >>will: if convicted roget al-musis would get 25 years. pete walk to the cockpit and then down the door. it took a retired law enforcement officers who happened to be passengers on the plane to wrestle him to the ground and handcuffed him. when they are arrested him he

the summer heat could have depleted oxygen level in the lake where the fish lived.t has become a smelly disposal problem auction see, with some 800 tons of dead monk fish and tilapia. and still to come, another hangover in theaters. you might be surprised by the numbers. >> come on. get up. we've got a situation. >>> coming up hear, we'll look at this weekend at the movies. first facebook co-founder mark zuckerberg hunts for his new personal challenge. >> here's a look at the temperatures. some 70-degree temperatures in and around napa and sanity rosa but it is certainly windy. look at that. a west wind at 33 miles per hour. how it will impact your memorial day plans. >>> earlier this week facebook foirn mark zuckerberg announced his new personal challenge for 2011. when zuckerberg talks, people tend to listen for better or worse. nbc bay area has more on his new diet. >> you cut mark zuckerberg's meat. >> reporter: meet jose diaz, the butcher of facebook. for about a year he's been cutting up pigs and chickens at live oak in santa cruz for none other than mark zuck

the latest happened friday evening not too far away from the lake. somebody shot 25 shots at a man walking into his hands. the victim was struck multiple times and died. the victim was the intended target. it prompted some people to become pro active in fighting crime. take a look at this have to concede there are two surveillance cameras in the backyard. the family wants to deter would-be criminals from burglarize of the house and catching them in the house and is well. other neighbors on the block also plan to install surveillance cameras simply those cameras towards the street. the idea is anyone who walks or drives into this area will be seen. >> marty: it has been a week since two men were murdered in to side of sweet jimmy's restaurant. we have a report from a rally aimed at stopping the violence. >> we know that what goes on here is going across the nation. >> reporter: members with soldiers against everywhere pray for peace. they rallied to bring about an end to the violence plaguing oakland. the murders of 27 year-old william jenkins and adam

and even in the lake tahoe area -- this is a live shot from the heavenly cam.t of those snow clouds are moving out. they even enjoyed a little more sunshine today. here's a look at wind speeds, overnight they were howling across the bay area. started to die down this afternoon, but still get something pretty good gusts out of west. the indian -- nap nap pa -- napa valley, windy right now. the winds will continue to die down this evening. temperaturewise, it was terrific. a much better day today than yesterday. napa, 70 degrees. 72 in santa rosa. concord, 7 2. 69, livermore. 68 in san jose. san francisco, 62 degrees. so, overnight tonight, we'll call it clear, all though we'll see a few passing clouds here and there. the clouds will increase tomorrow afternoon. temperatures will come down slightly, and then we'll bring in a chance of more showers tuesday and wednesday. this is how we were today. you can see the clearing that took place overnight. those showers starting to move out of the sierra, and here's a look at the clouds that will pass by the bay you're ov

science on your left in the one to run the park and on your left will be the polo fields and that is the lakeou take a right- hand turn, go past the golf course and just pass the 1 million make a hard left hand turn on to the great highway and right there is the finish line to bay to breakers. one thing i want to mention is there are several water stations and first-aid stations along the course. if you need a drink and our need help you will be able to find those of every other mile. also there are 1200 back and spread throughout the course. the consensus go, charles kron 4 news. your >>pam: could see the street closures indicated on the map, all streets will be rolling closures but most it said near the end should be reopened by noon. how were street will be open by 10:00 a.m.. local transit agencies will accommodate bay to breakers participants. muni has pre raise service available starting at 4:45 a.m., cow train is running for train starting after 5:00 a.m.. special trips are also planned for the golden gate, vallejo and now the lead off ferries. for more information go to our web site,

government claims the lake and its subsidiary lied about quality of the loans insured. they sold the loans of at a profit leaving the government to cover the costs when the borrowers defaulted. they denied the charges and because of unreasonable and unfair. a letter the colts ultimately decide, it won't improve the battered image in the u.s.. many homes are not occupied because the owners were evicted with a defaulted. they are already dealing with lawsuits relating to those evictions. >> shares took a hit on the stock exange with the ne emerged. who saw this wrap the of tuesday's trading there. >> it was thought that the financial crisis is over. this mortgage fraud lawsuit against them in the u.s. means a very negative surprise. shares tumbled here and they lost a to 3% the market in general stop the rally. there was profit-king going on ter it headed higher eight days in a row, heading from one type to another. investors thought it would be time. >> because they for a closer look at tuesday's closing numbers. the stock's close a 7500. the leading blue chips closed do

so far, they won't say how he may have ended up in the lake or if they think he was the victim of a crime. >>> we now know an east bay explosion was most likely fueled by illegal drugs. the chronicle reports this morning that police seized evidence from the apartment building on silver oaks way. officers say it appears drug activity played a role in the blast. the apartment unit wasn't being used as a meth lab. police who lived nearby tell police it rattled their windows and rumbled their floors. >> i was sitting in my room on my computer and i felt the first wave of the shock of the explosion go through the window. it rattled everything. then, like screaming. >> right now, two men, one woman all in their 20s and 30s are in critical condition being treated at burn units in sacramento and san jose. >>> l.a. police named the man they arrested and accuse of beating giants fan bryan stow. he instigated the attack. s.w.a.t. officers arrested him, towed away a black honda civic after storming his apartment. his roommate says it's bringing the stow family some comfort. >> it was a big sur prize.

there's the clouds, saturday afternoon see here. we have spotty showers up in lake tahoe. o the north of us. it's going to feel like march not like may. late may. sunday at 1:00 looks better. sunday afternoon looks better. this weak system wants to tweak through as we head into late monday into tuesday. so we'll watch it for you. these are the numbers for tomorrow. a little bit of drizzle, we're going to see a little bit of everything but this is what you need to know. the weekend is not going to be a wash out. it's not going to be full raining, you're not going to need umbrellas. it's just going to be chilly. so what i would do is keep a jacket in the car if you're going to baseball games or whatever. i have your weekend always in view. you can see the clouds just keep oncoming. temperatures, look at the lower tier, low 70s. they should be in the 80s. >> one of these days it's going to be 80s and sunny. >> and we're going to be wishing it were 70. >>> the arnold sports festival will keep its name for now. organizers of the ohio sports festival bearing the name and imagine

the lakes getting swamped. nothing zen-like in what happened to the lakers in four games.his one a blowout. the mavericks move on to the western conference finals to face the winner of the oklahoma city/memphis series. the lakers will need to take a long look in the mirror this off season. back to you. >>l sttoilom c >>> still to come at 5:00, the e cause that attracted ted turner and hundreds of youngsters to the streets of san francisco today. >>> starting tomorrow, pg&e plans to begin testing its natural gas pipelines. pg&e is expected to test in mountain view and antioch starting tomorrow morning. officials are warning that those who live in the area may smell gas, but that the gas should dissipate quickly and should not be considered harmful at this point. the tests are part of the company's plan to check 150 miles of pipeline with similar characteristics to the pipeline that exploded in san bruno last september. >>> hundreds of children and their families took to the streets of san francisco today to march against climate change. the i matter march was led by the 16-