we have tried to find a less easy to use meters on the market. where you just walk up and we had very few complaints. 3000 or so already have those new meters. they will be released this year. it is an urgent problem. >> i know that it is user friendly and not everyone carries a credit card. it is not appropriate to carry a credit card with a value on it for a 7-year-old. my point is, there is a universal system, a debit system, however universal the card is. i would just like us to take a look at that as well. like there is a stored value card that is great. you can order them at no charge of mine. we tried to make easy for a lot of options. >> but again, this does not work at a credit-card reader. >> by are supposed to work with all meters. if you find one that does not, please call 311. that helps us to go in and fix them. >> thank you. >> go ahead. >> i guess i have some familiarity with the dog patch area. it has a few businesses and is mostly along the 21st or 22nd. >> just for your benefit, like i said, as much as possible we like to coordi

in the surrounding areas you will see the dots that -- represent existing parking meters. redlines represent completely on managed parking. the green lines are the areas of existing residential parking permits. pretty dense red -- residential areas. what this really says, and shows you, is that a lot of the parking in the surrounding area is a relic of another kind. 20 years ago, not managing parking in that area may have been fine. as this has become a dynamic area, it is only becoming more so. the time is ripe to manage parking effectively. one of the effects and consequences of the current approach, or the lack of any sort of parking management, is this map. systematically, weekdays and weekends, we went to look at parking occupancy. how hard was it to find a space? these red lines mean that the occupancy is over 85%. as a driver is not what we want to see, that it is difficult to find a parking space. this must read, we do not see it anywhere else in the city. it is where we have on manage parking next two large trip generators. there are a significant level of people t

we have tried to find a less easy to use meters on the market. where you just walk up and we had very few complaints. 3000 or so already have those new meters. they will be released this year. it is an urgent problem. >> i know that it is user friendly and not everyone carries a credit card. it is not appropriate to carry a credit card with a value on it for a 7-year-old. my point is, there is a universal system, a debit system, however universal the card is. i would just like us to take a look at that as well. like there is

them to the metering lights for activated early. traffic is slow from the edge of the macarthur maze in the westbound direction faugh they have stayed right about that number for a while. a complete traffic check coming up. >>mark: here is a live look at the golden gate. traffic is moving smoothly. the possibility of a record- breaking temperatures for a few spots around the bay. greece is scrambling to adopt emergency laws to cut income and reduce government spending. this comes one day after they were able to secure a new bailout. fitch is downgrading their credit rating even further down to junk status staying in the fall this highly likely in the near term. so we are seeing the effects on wall street. the dow jones is down six points. >> existing home sales rising in january. the fastest pace in nearly two years. >>mark: a quick break as the kron4 news continues. we're watching weather. maybe some spring skiing in the sierra. for friday will be really great with temperatures getting to 60 by the afternoon. a look at your snowbomb

we may want to soften the transition for areas going from no regulations to meters. that was the reason for our decision on capping the rate for the first 12 months. >> we're trying to eliminate circling. people may decide to partita blocks down. it is a very confusing experience -- people may decide to try to partita blocks down. it is a very confusing experience. depending on the hour of the day, your rate could change. when we park, we think it is the same rate now i am hearing we may be charged after 6:00. it is going to be a changing experience. it sounds like they're going to introduce over the city different ways of handling parking in the future. >> we're trying to be consistent across the board so it is not confusing. >> i appreciate we want to make a softer experience. been consistent -- being consistent, i think most people would find that easier. >> if i could respond to the comment about average. i want to reiterate david's point. it hurts to hear criticism. we have done our best in terms of meeting with every group possible. over the last eight months, w

it was cleared with an 6-7 minutes but the metering lights or activated early. the wind advisory on the san mateo bridge in the early morning hours and is back in effect now. there is also a wood adviser for the dumbarton bridge. this exodus from is the denver indian and that just moments ago, a new outlook on california's economy was released. i have some of the highlights for you. the forecast is showing that california will add a half million jobs over the next two years. that would draw unemployment to 10%. the anticipated improvement in california's economy is based partly on continued budget cutting. right now the unemployment rate in the state is at 11.1%. that is what we are following it kron4 is. >>mark: the search continues for human remains in linden in the san joaquin valley just east of stockton. here is the degree that has been going on for several days as were the 1000 those fragments have been discovered here and in calaveras county. this discovery could be closer for dozens of families with missing loved ones. the mother of mckayla garrett holds

so it could be concealed except for the meter, but the idea is that the meter persons don't have to enter into private property any longer. so excuse me, it's sort of unfortunately, they are insisting on it. and it's really not pleasant, but what is interesting about this, pg&e aside, they also put a hose bib-- >> all these things are attached. >> the mailbox is inappropriate for the window and then the carriage lamps are also out of character. >> and then the numbers out of it. >> is there a way to conceal that gas meter? >> you could put it behind something, put it inside the house with a glass partner where the meter itself is. >> here is another brand new building with no gas meter. these guys have figured it out. >> unless they have no heating. >> right, no gas. no heat. i wish i remembered the street name, except for the light over the garage, which is totally out of scale. >> too high. >> and too little. it's really quite beautiful. the narrowest building in san francisco, 9'11.75", does somebody remember? >> i was sitting there and then watching somebody buy this piece--this tiny

delays are because of the fog and slow metering lights. >>mark: if you are not seeing sunshine already, highs in the mid-60s. warmer tomorrow near 70 with mild weather on tap. >>darya: that is it for us today. figure for joining us. join us again beginning at 4:00 a.m.. dr. phil is next.

a good cycle rate on the metering lights. the drive times are running 11-12 minutes for the westbound as a bridge. a quick look at the golden gate shows it is still in easy trip heading in from work out to marin county from san francisco. >>darya: a developing story out of oakland, police are on the scene of a shooting that happen over night at 580 near the emeryville border. will tran has the details. >>will: whoever did this got a clean shot. police investigators are still on the scene at 32nd and adeline. one direction is closed off for now. it happened in front of this store. there is one witness. they went around door to door hoping to find any witnesses. so far no witnesses or motives behind the shooting. >>darya: a highly contagious provirus has said dozens of schools and contra costa county. officials believe the case was continued to what classroom but the crews have cleaned to the entire school. the officials are advising people to stay home and keep their kids home for at least two days after symptoms have gone away

remember that begins after the metering lights. sphere your ride on the san mateo bridge still looks good. no problems in >>terisa: county. the delays are light on 101 southbound with no problems as you had to central's ever felt. >>mark: gas prices seem to be going up almost daily. >>darya: but we have been talking about the bay bridge all morning long. we also have noticed that there was a small earthquake, it was a 2.2 magnitude that shook about 4 mi. west northwest of the san francisco zoo. it had a death of 5.5 mi.. >>justine: we are also following a another earthquake near the illinois, tennessee and kentucky border. it was a 4.0 magnitude earthquake that happened at the border of those four midwestern states. people there reported feeling the ground shaking but no damage to report. we're back attitude is with an update of a new cancer drug. >>mark: a live report on gas prices coming up. >>darya: >> we have tried everything to gulf of. our system is such, they're wonderful people in the field of mental health but we have incor

of the meters along the waterfront. commercial and industrial read group but $2.4 million. we see increases in those revenues and we want to make sure we were capturing it in the budget so that when we were looking in the long term, we could really see revenues are keeping up with the expenditures better than we expected. maritime as an exciting story. we're all invested in the cruise terminal and making sure that industry is sustained. already, our maritime division is reflecting 44% growth in passenger volume through san francisco in 2012 and 13. that has added benefit of about a million dollars to that division. another key story is fund balance. fund balance is critical to our capital program. i don't know what each of your individual backgrounds are in understanding this funding, but it is replenished every year by operating a surplus. it is critical for supporting our operating reserves and capital projects. we were able to assume another $3.5 million in this balance and it has an impact to the capital spending. t

>>george: everyone is focusing on the bay bridge and metering lights. we're 15-20 minutes away from the normal activation time. yesterday we had a huge backup that have been attributed to the metering lights running in manual mode. looking at your ride on the golden gate, still very light traffic. >>mark: bill trend is on the scene of a transformer fire, we will check in with him for a live report of the next few minutes. we are also following the latest in the search for human remains. >> and he said he is not connected to that and he does not think investigator should be looking there. >> the third well, the location was just revealed by shermantine. all three wells are about 1 mi. apart from each other. >> ross mirkirimi is due back in court for a pretrial hearing regarding applications -- allegations of domestic abuse. the 50 year-old was charged last month on domestic violence, battery, child endangerment in the dissuading a witness. he has pled not guilty and requested a speedy trial. >>mark: tonight will be the 20th debate between presidential can

light traffic westbound route for the metering lights for insisting defense staff for food for fish if they will advise it. allman golden gate, a pretty calm conditions with no delays the >> . >>darya: it is live be painful to fill up your car. the latest survey shows that gas prices are up 125 a gallon since late january. the average nationwide is $3.51 which you will find nowhere is jackie sissel is live with more. >>jackie: i am in san francisco, the price for a gallon of regular hill here is $3.91. january was the highest recorded month ever, this year it was that the reader laugh fast asleep dollars for the fifth 54 since then we have seen gas prices go up fifth if after in california the actual average is $3.83. let's take a look at some of the numbers around the bay area according to aaa. in san francisco, $3.87. it is a little higher than the california average. it is a been as bad news thing. the economy is doing better witness of people are spending more, the demand for gas is up for, that means gas prices go up. oil is hovering around one of about >>mark: here in the bay are

constituent has promised to replace the old meter was new automated system in the next couple years. >> all the meter also be replaces, there will be no meter reading, the meters will directly report in realtime the readings and i can access those it readings myself with my internet or my smart phone and see whether -- what's going on and catch it before a bill even arrives. >> reporter: mary said one woman got a 6,000-dollar water bill that was reduced to $134. the audit turned up new customer who never received a bill at all. those people owe the city money. >>> baltimore city firefighters and hazmat teams on the scene that have underground fuel tank leak going on right now in cherry hill. you are getting a live look. it this will put you near south side academy. nobody has been hurt but workers are trying to figure out what caused this leak. we will keep following it and bring them to you as soon as we find out. >> weather wise its been very knight, well in to the 06's. 20 degrees above average is and some spots at or above 60, just below at the airport, downtown still at 6o washi

would you rather have them focusing on the meters, rather than double parking? i think -- i would like to find out the deployment numbers. how many people do you have today versus yesterday, sunday, or saturday. if you do not hire more pco's to handle these issues or focus on certain violations more than others, i think it is useless to raise fines. first, we need to review publicly the number of violations given now for these types of issues. it is more lucrative to give a double parking violation. >> motion to approve. >> is there a second? on the topic itself, i strongly support this. it particularly bothers me about bicycles on sidewalks. after all of the efforts that this board has made to improve bicycle safety around town, it is unconscionable. i hope that a strong message goes out. >> i will just remind the board, and the public, that it was referred back at the last meeting. we had more presentation about the number of citations on the number of pcl's. -- pco's. we brought it back to the board. >> i want to second my support for this locally, as well as

there's been a lot of lane merging past the pay gates and metering lights across the area. once again the traffic alert traffic alert on the upper deck of the bay bridge. san mateo bridge is fine, if you are looking for an alternate. >>> muni metro trains are on schedule this morning. service though was stopped for much of the day yesterday on the k, l and m met though lines between van ness and west portal but was fixed a few hours ago. a train somehow pulled down the overhead electric line near the church street stakes and then a semi truck took down other lines in the area. it was a messy commute even with a bus bridge. >>> another court appearance this morning for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. this time, he will be in family court to get permission to see his 2-year-old son. the judge in mirkarimi's domestic violence case has issued a stay-away order until the trial is over but did say family court was the place to challenge the order. >>> tonight police in walnut creek plan to beef up patrols in downtown bars after a number of late night fights there. nine peop

then when you come out you are out of breath and there is the meter made standing there issuing you a ticket. most will keep writing you the ticket even if you are a minute late but in berkeley and oakland both considering ordinances that would forbid parking officers from writing tickets if the driver is present. in oakland city council woman jane bruner says she has been innundated with calls from residents since she introduced it. >> they are tired of the got you, they run out of a store and get to their car and there is one or two minutes late and there is a big fine on their car. >> now the city collects $1.5 million each year from parking tickets. an expired one will run you 68 bucks, it is not a huge part of the budget but the main goal is not that but rather to stimulate parking turn over. >> i could use leeway. i think i am parked illegal now actually. >> do you feel like you are under a time crunch once you put those coins in. >> definitely, it is a race against time. >> they currently get a 5 minute grace period but if you park in a disabled space or a bus stop you will not

, the latest one so they turned on the metering lights early. right now it is jammed almost to the macarthur maze. so pretty slow ride this morning into san francisco. of course we continue to follow this breaking news out of newark. an officer shot early this morning and there are street closures in that area. this is at mayhews landing road and bettencourt street. so the area is closed mayhews landing shut down both directions, we understand, between hazelnut and buckeye street. again, breaking news this morning an officer shot in newark. let's head back outside show you what conditions are like on these roads. this is live look at the golden gate bridge. very slick. we're seeing some puddling especially in the middle lanes there. it looks like things are cleared out a bit. there you go. there are some splashes there closer toward the bay gates. one of our slowest spots is the right out of the altamont pass. we had a multi-vehicle accident closer towards grant line road. that was just cleared from lanes within the last 10 minutes or so, so now

. >>> you now have the power to say no to smart meters. here's a catch, find out how much the city going to cost you. >>> wall street is friending facebook. the interesting new details this ipo filing is revealing about theo$o$o$o$o$o$o$o$p p p ú the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 calories. do the swap today. . >>> good morning. live look from our sutro camera towards san francisco and the bay bridge. this is what punxsutawney phil says we are going to have six more weeks of winter. have you seen any winter around here? i haven't. mike will have more on why punxsutawney phil is wrong coming up. >> maybe mistranslated what the groundhog is trying to say. it is now time for more news. t

you have the meter. that's how pg and e /khrarpblgs us. you have the big main. usually there are 60 or a hundred or 50. the little guys are 20-15-30. if you want to shut off the power you shut off the little guys first than the main. when you throw a switch there is the arch. like water when water flows in an old house any you shut it off quick you get the hammer effect? that's like electricity. is it safe to do it if you smell natural gas? show of hands. >> nobody has their hands up. it's not safe to flicking any switches if you smell natural gas. how about if there is smoke coming out of an outlet. if you shut this off in an area where there is no gas, good idea. >> just about anything can be a hazardous material, cleaners, solvants, hair products anything can be hazardous. they are every where. the only time they are hazardous if they are misused our there is a disaster. do you see these in san francisco? that's probably propane. we have a port. in an industrial area. it identified where they are stored. are there hazardous storage places in this air? no. are

>>erica: thoughts the metering lights have not been activated just yet. on the san mateo bridge, a smooth and easy ride. traffic's beads seem to be picking up westbound towards foster city. we do not have any delays on the traffic maps but we have reports of people hydroplaning on the roadways. >>darya: a man is behind bars accused of kidnapping an ex-girlfriend. she was able to get away by them the man track down the woman and her friend than attacking the friend with a knife and, he was cousin after by police. >>darya: a man was shot and killed in san jose last night in the 4300 block of blackford ave. the victim was found in the parking lot of an apartment complex. so far police have no suspects in the shooting. >>darya: analysts say that san jose police could do with your fire fighters and police departments. an ibm study said if productivity was increased they would need 400 was officer's into the city would save 60 million. >>darya: 6:21 a.m., we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the james lick in san francisco. we wil

the metering lights reactivated as an early precaution. your commute on the san mateo bridge is still a problem free. on the golden gate, your ride to and from iran, volume is definitely taking out southbound. your north bay ride through marin county into central san rafael is a delay free with a 25 minute drive time to the golden gate bridge. >>mark: it has been a terrible winter across europe. a cold snap killing hundreds of people and stranding thousands more. snow from the netherlands to the ukraine. hundreds of small towns have been isolated and many farmers have said animals are dying because they cannot reach the barn scanned staples because of the deep snow. 135 people have died and about 2000 have been hospitalized. >>darya: the proposal to expand the plastic bag van has expanded. the money would go to the store involved, not to this city. >>mark: a man stabbed to death inside of a homeless shelter just before 7:00 p.m. died at s.f. general. >>darya: the cost of getting a pass for will be going up. starting next tuesday, first time

it did, sort of. >> the metering lights and a sensor. they weren't processing traffic as fast as they would normally. >> reporter: that's because repaving work had changed the sensitivity. the -- our crew drove in traffic like this and eventually ended crossing the bridge after over an hour delay. >> we're predictable. 90% i would say are predictable than driving. >> reporter: now caltrans say it is lights are fixed but of course we will be here tomorrow morning and i'll be doing the traffic. we'll see what happens. let's say this morning we knew very early on in the coverage that something was wrong. caltrans says those metering lights should be working as normal tomorrow. live in oakland, sal castaneda. >>> the north camino ramon area covers the danville city line, executive parkway and costa boulevard. the plan calls for mixed use buildings, and public space. a final vote is expected in may or june. >>> the 350 member reoriented wants to build a 66,000 square foot sanctuary in a neighborhood. contra costa county supervisors tell ktvu t

surfaced a few moss ago the department of public works only had two inspectors to read water meters and the impossibility of the task read to widespread guessing at bills. he is washing his car even though he said he knows he will be paying for it when he gets his water bill. >> just say there is a hundred, two hundred more than what it was last year. go figure. >> reporter: figuring out how much water customers use lies at the heart of a critical audit the which is forcing the department of public works to refund tens of thousands of people more than $4 million in over charges. city councilwoman mary pack clark said she fielded hundreds of complaints including an elderly woman in ed their gardens. >> she opened the water bill and it was $6,000 for a two story row house. >> reporter: her real bill was $134. the audit revealed the city didn't have the manpower to physically check the meters each quarter so it started estimating water use based on previous readings. some meters went unchecked for more than four years. >> that's why -- the legislation that's been approve that you can't get

on the bay bridge we're at the time when the metering lights will normally be activated. there are no problems on the approaches to the bridge. your ride on the san mateo bridge looks good. it is a smooth traffic flow eastbound and westbound with no problems across the stand. the golden gate also looks pretty good for your commute on highway 101. that is both northbound and southbound. let's take a look at your ride through the east bay as we pick up on traffic maps for a look at your commute on interstate 80 in the east bay freeways, highway 24 looks good. here is some slowing on 580 coming out of the livermore. the south bay freeways are still problem free. >>mark: a gunmen intercepted a tourist's minivan in egypt snatching to female american tourists along with their egyptian tour guide. this happened near sinai. the tourists were returning from a monastery visit to the red sea resort town. right now helicopter is leading the search and rescue efforts. word that tool american female tourists snatched at gunpoint in egypt near the sinai peninsula. >>darya: new detail abo

here's a picture from 1947 of the first parking meter in san francisco. a great day in san francisco. [laughter] you can see that we have been doing it the same way for seven years. meters that are the same every day. if history is empty and it is in the afternoon, it is a good reason to lower your rates. the time line, someone pulls in, as their business, and leaves to make room for the next person. it has worked ok. it is a bit -- what a lot of other cities do, focusing on turnover availability. we do not know how much turnover there is. but we want one as a driver or store owner. this is a tectonics' shift for us. recognizing parking as a tool. not just a way to balance budgets. achieving the goals of the city and transportation agencies. part of that is better information about where parking is available. we even have real-time areas -- real time parking information in some areas. being smart about pricing, boiling down to our legal of birgit -- obligation to achieve that one open space, most of the time. wednesday afternoon, 2:00 p.m., two dollars per

they turned on the metering lights. 's difficult to tell how far the backups extend with the fog but it's beyond the west grand overcrossing. so at least 10, possibly 15 minutes or getting close it 15 minutes to get you on the bridge. they turned the metering lights on because it's crowded up the incline. down the eastshore freeway not too bad, 22 minutes still in the green from the carquinez bridge to the maze. there's a new accident just reported southbound 880 right before highway 92. apparently it's in the center divide. so if you are heading towards the san mateo bridge, heads up there. we're not seeing any slowing yet up and down 880 where that accident has been reported. across the san mateo bridge, right side of that camera you see there, that is westbound 92. should be still about a 13 or 1- minute drive time out of hayward towards the peninsula. so here's a live look at the nimitz. busy both directions but no delay in the drive time, 16 minutes between 238 and the maze. coming up we'll have a check of mass tran

as you can guess, i am speaking to the parking meter issue. t is a very serious concern to many of us too, have, for a long time, lived and worked in that area. the feeling is that the plan came to us at the end of november and i did not have a clue that it was actually going on until i got back to town in early january. the matter was supposed to be decided in the first week of february. i believe that there has not been enough time to consider the mixed use quality of this neighborhood. it is very mixed use. it is not a commercial area or a transit hub. those of us with cars, there are 35 people in my building. currently in the plan there is no parking meters scheduled for the front of my building, but everywhere else around. the impact on those spaces that we all use as artists, many of us daily. myself, i need a car because i personally load in and out every day a full load of circuits equipment. i teach at five elementary schools. you probably know that as our providers, we are now paid a big salary. so, i have to use my car daily. if i ha

there is no backup of the approach of the toll plaza although the metering lights should be activated in the next 10-15 minutes. >>darya: since most people take the bay bridge, let's take a live look of yoli aceves to see how it is being affected by the wind and rain. >>yoli: we are getting a bit of a break from the rain right now. the wind is still pretty strong and i believe the advisory is still on for the bay bridge. it still seems to be whipping up quite a bit but at least no rain for now which is a good thing. there is some puddling between the toll plaza and metering lights. that is something for drivers to be aware of when it is coming down hard, be aware of some of those titles. >>darya: at least it is a drying out. stay with kron4 throughout the morning to stay up-to- date and check in with our web site www.kron4.com and our facebook fan page. >>justine: here are live pictures out of the nashville, tennessee. some really bad weather is about to hit. flags are blowing pretty steadily. a line of tornadoes just rocked over the midwest in it being blamed for one death overnight.

customers were literally standing in front of the meters begging pg&e. >> public utility's commissioner says charging customers is fair and that the commission voted for lower fees than what pg&e initially proposed. >> so that meter you're still going to have to send somebody out to go read it. that's the cost. they're getting special treatment. 99% of the people are having special treatment. >> special treatment is not how customer who is say they're sensitive to smart meter radiation described their experience. >> i can't sleep. i -- headaches, nausea, i've lost 8 pounds. >> reporter: the commission voted today out of respect for the health concerns of pg&e customers even though he says the data does not show that smart meters are any more dangerous than a cell phone. in san francisco, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we're looking occupy protesters inside city hall mass demonstrations. oakland police released this video late this afternoon. it appears to show protesters opening the doors to city hall and they're just pouring inside. it shows protesting grabbing an american flag tak

commissioners told us he voted to approve the plan even though data doesn't prove smart meters are dangerous. >>> washington state is on its way to legalizing same-sex marriage. >> 28 yea's, 28 nay's. >> now it heads to the house. governor christine gregoir said she will sign it into law. washington would be the seventh state to allow same-sex marriages. the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco says it will rule tomorrow on whether or not videotape of the prop 8 trial should be released. in that trial, federal judge, vaughn walker ruled california's same-sex marriage ban violated the constitution. they say releasing it will cast those who testified in a bad light. >>> now to the campaign for president. republican mitt romney appeared to stumble today. fresh off his decisive win in florida's gop primary. romney took center stage again with some controversial remarks about poor people. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: mitt romney positively sparkled today, but it wasn't because of his big florida win. a gay rights protester just hit him with a glitter bomb. that came after som

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so most of my power is excess and being sent back into the grid. my meterinning backwards and banking credits to my account. when i come home at night, then i'm buying back electricity from the utility, drawing off my "virtual battery" in a sense. think of it as an economic transaction. you sell back during the day and buy at night. and that's how it works. hi, i'm here with carl, he is the operations manager for solar city. we decided to take a little break from the cls room to so we could see some of the solar panels in action. carl, how are you? >> very well. nice to meet you. >> how do you like the weather? >> not too bad. >> kind of sunny. how does that impact our solar panels when we have lots of sun versus fog which we are typically accustomed to in san francisco? >> well, contrary to popular belief, solar panels will produce electricity when it's foggy out. how much depends on the density of the fog. on a day like today it's hazy for typical san francisco weather. on a day like talking, you can expect 80% of your what would be your full production o

commissioners told us he voted to approve the plan even though data doesn't prove smart meters are dangerous. >>> washington state is on its way to legalizing same-sex marriage. >> 28 yea's, 28 nay's. >> now it heads to the house. governor christine gregoir said she will sign it into law. washington would be the seventh state to allow same-sex marriages. the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco says it will rule tomorrow on whether or not videotape of the prop 8 trial should be released. in that trial, federal judge, vaughn walker ruled california's same-sex marriage ban violated the constitution. they say releasing it will cast those who testified in a bad light. >>> now to the campaign for president. republican mitt romney appeared to stumble today. fresh off his decisive win in florida's gop primary. romney took center stage again with some controversial remarks about poor people. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: mitt romney positively sparkled today, but it wasn't because of his big florida win. a gay rights protester just hit him with a glitter bomb. that came after som

so we'll let you know when they turn the metering lights on. right now looks like slight delays again. you can see the delays in the cash lanes. >>> silicon valley commuters problem-free this morning. usually around 6:45 on typical day we usually see brake lights closer towards just before 7:00. other bridges the san mateo bridge looking good starting to get busy though in the commute direction of westbound 92. once again, remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. >>> talk about a bizarre coincidence. a firefighter is responding to an emergency in vacaville and he came across some of his own stolen property in the home. >> that's right. louis jones arrived to help a man having a medical emergency. jones then spotted his own stolen stuff. jones and his colleague took the man to the hospital and then called police. >> when the police went back and did some further investigation, they found my washer and dryer in the residence and my lawnmower. >> took some big stuff. >> yeah.

at the bay bridge you are looking at the area just west of the metering lights. this is where the new way configuration is. we have heard from both da lin and will tran and that the new improvements are easy accommodation. on the sanity of bridge, but eastbound and westbound, light traffic. we are not looking at in the hot spots this morning. we have only seen the light traffic around the bay area. thought the golden gate, a three lanes available southbound to but more than enough to handle the flow. >>erica: we are seeing some remaining drizzle. the bulk of the wet weather hit us overnight. you could encounter some day of roadways on the james lick but as i walked into the weather headlines, it looks like any showers we see will be residual in nature. the big story is the temperatures, mostly mild with those locations in the upper '40's. as we head into the afternoon we will see temperatures cooler than the seasonal average. most locations in the upper 50s in the low 60s and overnight mostly clear conditions would temperatures back into the '30's and '40's. here

the meters on the port property were not as strongly contested. what is not going ford is how it filters out into the city's streets and neighborhoods. >> -- going forward. >> one very broad question touching on some of the impact of the america's cup, but are there any projected costs we might be incurring and never accounted for those that do we have funds? >> we have an annual funding and the budget. it's not an annual expense. it does account from everything from doing environmental mitigation review to in starling -- installing parks to any regular operating cost we would otherwise have not assumed in the budget but otherwise there's a risk that might come back and we might need those funds. but by setting those costs aside, it allowed us to keep a look at our funds separately and just account for that potential cost this one time. >> thank you. >> any further questions? we will move onto the next topic. >> public comment? >> any public comment? i will be used to this. we will move onto the next topic. >> informational presentation on the cou

they argue that the meters emit harmful raidation, and they shouldn't have to pay more to keep the analog models. >> you cannot discriminate against people with medical conditions. and you go against federal and state laws that do not allow such discrimination. >> i will not be silent and unprotesting. that this agency is used to gouge and harm the public. >> as rebuttal, pg&e says the wireless smart meters are safe and they save the utility money. while the commission will allow customers to opt out, it also approved pg&e to charge a fee and $10 per month for those who don't want the smart meters. >>> the stunning story about the local dog walker is spreading to capitol hill. congresswoman jackie spears, demanding answers after the dog walker was tased by a worker. he claims a park ranger used a stun gun to subdue him, while he walked two dogs off-leash at the open space near montera. the 50-year-old man allegedly gave him a false name and attempted to walk away. he told the ranger not to stun him because he had a heart condition. >>> honda motors will appeal a decision of a lawsuit from

but here at the bay bridge toll plaza they have not turn on the metering lights yet and so far there no major delays. we have noticed in the last half hour or so these temperatures are getting quite a bit chillier. what's up with that? here's lawrence with more on your weekend forecast. >> a little chilly to begin with today. i think the the temperatures by the afternoon still going to be running above average but cooler than yesterday. yesterday spectacular some of those temperatures in the 70s and low 70s. outside now passing clouds moving by high clouds up above an patchy dense fog in the valleys. toward the afternoon a mix of sun and clouds but changes tonight and into the weekend maybe showers over the weekend too. high pressure breaking down somewhat right now. you have a couple of lows to the north of it starting to run over the top of this ridge so bringing a few clouds now. this one here is going to break down somewhat still holding together to possibly bring drizzle tonight or light sprinkles tomorrow morning. so if you plan on traveling around the state running into some ra

well, crews will finish paving a connection between the metering lights and the incline section. they will also install new barriers and railings as well as deconstruct part of the old bridge. >> what our demolition work will begin this weekend is the surgical removal of that structure. so we'll be torching the steel and taking it out of place. >> reporter: having this bridge closed for more than one day is a huge inconvenience especially when the bridge has hundreds of thousands of cars crossing it each day. now, this is the last time the bridge will be closed during the construction phase. the next time it will be closed is 2013. but they will be closing at that time in order to finally open it. back to you, frank. >> gil, there were some concerns about the weather but even if it rains a little bit, they are going to be okay? it's still a big green light this weekend, right? >> reporter: yeah. according to caltrans's spokesman, it is all contingent on the weather. they say it's going to be good weather this weekend. the national weather service says it's going to be less than a