the $4.2 billion project will be the northern end of the california high-speed route system. it will serve as the bus terminal for the 11 bay area transit systems. nearly 48,000 jobs are expected to be created during the construction. >> just in the rescue effort under way for a man who fell into a river this is happening in washington state. this is a bridge above the area where the man fell. these are rescue workers there arrived on scene a short time ago. for people in washington state this is happening near the town shall then carried are being told the man is not hurt but he is trapped in a canyon below this bridge. f- 15 year-old girl by the way fell into the same can in last august's so crews have been here feel a bit about rescue team has been called them looking at members of that right now live on the same. the man was reportedly hiking with a friend when he fell into the river and a friend called authorities for help. >> california lawmakers are spending millions of dollars on cars, new cars all as the state sloshes billions of dollars from its budget. in a decade

i'm from berkeley, co-founder of the northern california recycling association and there were nonprofit called sustainability, parks, recycling and wildlife legal defense fund. the fact is that every city no matter how beautiful has about 1% of its gross domestic product involved in waste and recycling. the city and county of san francisco is unique in not having a landfill anywhere within its confines. you are required by state law, assembly bill 939 passed in 1989 to have 15 years assured and landfill capacity for that you do not recycle. while san francisco's rate of 7% is "the expendables" particularry and much cred -- exemplarry and must is claimed by some people, it is not perfect. basically the other law which you probably are not going to be in compliance with is aan arm of san francisco government if you go ahead with the action today is ab-32, to eliminate as quickly as possible the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions. thank you very much. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is susan and spike to you as a board member of the haight-ashbury of upper haight. hanc once offere

we will see the clouds streaming and rain continued in northern california were watching to see when this will stay down to the south that will mean rain for the bay area. here's a look at tonight into tomorrow cloudy and warm conditions this evening. temperatures in the upper '40's and even the low 50s at 7:00. it will stay warm and dry and mild temperatures in the '40's back to where were used to having the morning temperatures. in the afternoon rain chance of a pickup in the north bay we do of rain set for the bay area through the weekend. we'll talk all about that us know when tahoe coming up. stay with us will be right know when tahoe coming up. stay with us will be right back carrie. [ bell rings ] what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah. you got time for that? you got time to earn more on your savings, online at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! instead of earning squatootski... your savings will be earning three times the national average. now, let's review. capital one interestplus savings... at three times more. go to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet

california, you will be seeing delays. bay area, nice break right now. you can see the tail end of the storm and it's approaching the northern california coast line, it will effect us tomorrow afternoon, evening. here in the morning a few light sprinkle. your morning commute will be dry. come 6:00 you will need the umbrella. showers entering the north bay. moderate to heavy rain about 9:00 and the possibility of thunderstorms with this band of rain. 11:00, you see the orange here, napa, san francisco, oakland, this is the areas we could see small hail, gusty winds and the heavy rain. and thunderstorms. so, midnight pushing quickly over the east bay, santa cruz mountains and 3:00 a.m., pushing out of the bay area. 8:00 in the morning high and dry. conditions start to clear into wednesday as well. rainfall totals impressive. inch and a half in the north bay. once again the santa cruz mountains bearing the brunt of the storm. if you are planning on heading up to tahoe, let's look at the temperatures. 54 in san rafael, keeping it on the cool tie, tahoe torcast -- forecast, snow flurry, wednesday afternoon into thursday is your w

and locally, to connect with professionalism, the northern california chapter. they put together class's brought to the bay area, and they are the most local and specific. you can find networking resources and great stuff through that website. >> there is a whole lot more to talk about, but it is 1:30. thank you for coming, and see you next month. thank you very much.

the northern california chapter of the immigrants lawyers association.he commission would also like to thank our symposium partners. the asian american justice center from washington, d.c. the center for state and local government law. the chief justice earl warren institute. the consulate general of mexico. the quality federation. -- equality federation. the national center for lesbian rights. san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco department of children, youth, and their families. san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. we would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of

on going to fast forward to monday and tuesday, the heavy rain is all taking aim at southern california really, not really the northern california area ricky and heavier showers down through l.a., this could change to. estate to to make our way through the weekend. rifle totals for the weekend, to a half inches in the north bay, 3 in. plus in the santa cruz mountains, rainfall totals will very quick bit through central east and south bay ought to an inch and a half expected in most locations. it could be little bit less or a little bit more, that's why we have a wide range for the location. it also imagine this zero see a very powerful still push through. but the winter storm warning in effect for this year. periods of heavy snow expected to 4 in. expected at the highest peaks of heavy snow. this will bring it copious amounts to the higher elevations. 7,000 ft. plaster the higher elevations saying up to 8 ft. of snow. this is raises a concern for avalanche danger in the fog to live in the higher terrain getting stoned and terry had very windy conditions expected to pick up this week and which will make nearly impossib

. >> i am the executive officer of the northern california carpenters. i want to go through this. should i use the -- i got this note that says a legislative digest -- and to speak in general terms and have you and your staff go to the specific ordinance? just a couple of comments. on page 2, bullets no. 5 and 6, it is a local hiring requirement with a mandatory produce a patient of 25%. there is additional language which says no less than 12.5% of project work hours in each trade performed by disadvantaged workers. then you have total hours where it says no less than 25% of all project work hours within each trade performed by disadvantaged workers. it is very difficult even for the union, let alone a contractor, to determine who is a disadvantaged worker and who is not. that is a city function in the recruitment and assessment coming through, for example, in this case, city built. city build does that assessment. right now, to put it frankly, 100% of the folks that come through city build our disadvantage. but i put in this language in the -- by putting this language in the ordin

the mountains. dry day not only there but all of northern california with the exception of the fog.ow looking at a live picture of hd from ballmer peak and the berkley hills. looking back at the bay bridge and bay city. light and good visibility. we have a few high clouds out at this hour and those clouds are in advance of the storm system that really is winding up. in fact, we have just seen flash flood watches posted for sonoma, napa and marin county. that's why we're expecting heavy rains but it's still offshore. this is just light rain moving in this hour and moving into the central valley and into the sierra where we're seeing light snow. just some hit and miss showers. it's going to be the north of san francisco today but all of the areas seeing that rain later. 45 redwood city, 48 million view, san francisco 46, 44 los gatos. pockets of fog in the south bay this morning. 47 in napa. santa rosa 47 and just a little rain right now. as the rain picks up throughout the day with readings in the 40s and 50s around the bay, south also 52 degrees, 52 santa cruz. as you move into the

shoez should arrive towards wednesday and thursday. 15 to 20-foot waves in the northern california coastline. no worries about rain this morning. patchy fog could show you down out to the trivalley and the north bay. the afternoon looks good. san jose southward in the 60s. 50s across the north bay and come this time tomorrow, the rain comes back. we will see a cool down for the week and we will clear out and warm up into the weekend. >> thanks a lot, rob. a bay area factory is busy making unique toys for kids that they say are safe for children and the environment. bob redell is joining us live from san leandro with the story. bob? >> they are using the type of tharl is probably sitting on your breakfast table. this is the milk jug. this is an injection. they are melt and put into a dye. you see the two pieces right there are fuel-injected with the melted plastic. it's about to separate and we can get a good idea about what's inside. it will be two more minutes. bear with me. three more minutes. is it worth the wait? do you want to see what's inside? >> i can't wait. what do we have? >> the

we proudly celebrates the diversity out northern california by commemorating american indian heritagehan 60 programs this year -- this month, in fact. these programs are highlighted in a guide along with listings of community resources and local events, and you can find that actkqed.org/ -- at kq ed.org/heritage. i wanted to point out a couple of films we have coming up on our films series. one is called "real injun" and it is an interesting trip through the history of north american native people as they have been portrayed in the history of movies from silent did today. the second explores the life and death of fred martina's and the spiritual nature and gender. two spirits is going to come on kqed television in june of 2011, but we are also sponsoring the american indian film festival this year, and that will be premiering at the festival i think next week. then, just this past month in october, helped dialogue with a special theory from kqed public radio did a report on the current condition of native american health with interviews from health care providers, community leaders, a

the next big storm? already plowing onshore here in northern california. you can already see all the rainfall, and this is just connected out here well into the pick, just like the last storm system. it's got a hose of moisture moving onshore for about 36 to 48 hours. the snow levels for the most part are on the high side, but we'll get nailed. a lot of high elevations, nevada, up through idaho, northern rockies, a ton of snow from this storm system. so ski resorts are loving in again, but we've had enough rain. we could use a break. radar this morning shows it here off interstate 5, crescent city, up near mount shasta, eventually working into sacramento during the morning. later on today down towards san francisco. so how much rain this time around? you notice that the rainfall is focused for the most part in northern california. if you look at the chart here, two to three inches. further to the south, in southern california, it looks like lighter rainfall amounts. san francisco, you have a good chance to pick up maybe a half inch to three quarters inch of

. >> thousands of farmers in afghanistan are voluntarily sign up with the northern california group of roots of peace. they are learning they can make more money growing grapes than growing opium poppies for heroin. >> they are in a desperate situation. you have a perfect situation for civil unrest. they need to see there is a right out of their hole. improving their yields because it dramatic rim proves are income. >> many farmers are being trained by of a gangs hired and trained by roots of peace agricultural experts. average athe farms average about two and a half acres. it's called a hector. >> it will generate about $2100. grapes seven to eight times as much. grapes is dramatically. they are making much more than the poppies. >> so the executive director and the founder say they are using the same market force to show afghan farmers the enormous price they will get by switching. this chart shows what they can earn from poppy crops but fruit crops especially trellis grapes can bring afghan farmer thousands a year. >> they are making $4,000 and up on their crop. they can buy cars an

. >> there is only a small percentage will be done off the northern california coast. and this congressman thinks expansion is moving too fast. >> the navy seems to think that because they're the navy, and because they have a mission, that everything else be damned they're going to do what they want to do. >> the national oceananic and atmospheric administration issued a permit and the agency is starting a comprehensive review of the affects of sonar. thompson wants the navy to wait for result autos science has to drive this, i'm not willing to take a wink and a nod from the navy then, everything is fine. just trust this. >> and the navy insists their training can not wait but they may change procedures depending on what research shows. there is public meetings schedule forward fort bragg over two days. you'll find a number of links at abc 7 news.com. >> and coming up a time line for next round of construction on the new bay bridge project. a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. and we r

saturday moderate to heavy rain in the bay area and most of northern california. on saturday, the insulate not just a little bit and parts the bay area. into sunday the really heavy rain shifting down over this year also have the snow in the have to have your elevations. will get to that in a moment this storm is tapping into subtropical moisture. the rain coming up offshore it's called a hose and is taking is trading at the bay area up into monday 10:00 tonight you will notice moderate to heavy rainfall throughout the bay area and parts of northern california. if continuing into tuesday and shift it south. still continuing with the heavy precipitation over the mountains, 7:00 on wednesday also continuing to the south. he ought to stay tune for the long-range stuff but saturday are really heavy day of rain expected. here's what rainfall totals will look like. at to 3 in. in the north bay, a little more in the santa cruz mountains, an inch and a half in the central bay and an inch and a quarter in the east and south bay kurdish their impressive rainfall totals and

the north. northern california, oregon where they have more moist conditions in the merger will rotate through withoverage. and keeping us under the influence of chances of rainfall. the chance of 40's, 50's. virtually the same of what we're seeing, today. 60 in novado, and 59 degrees in san francisco, 60 degrees in concord. and at low 60s and the south bay. and 63 degrees in los gatos. kron 4 7 day around the bay and tomorrow is going to be cloudy, will of the chance of isolated showers. and into the weekend things wrong to deftly warm-up nicely. 60s. plenty of sunshine, things are or to definitely--warm-up nicely. things are going to death a warm-up and. >> and the east coast is getting walloped with 4 ft. of snowfall! and the frigid temperatures in florida are taking its toll on crops. >> and the huffing and puffing of people s shoveling of 4 ft. of snowfall in some areas. painstaking for people up to their waist line and the winter's worst. >> symbols of the of not >some able have said that this is perhaps just a bit much. >> and some cooling of seven nights a below freezing have threatened cro

the. right across northern california, it's u.s. slow to -- with several. it's just one storm. not a strong storm, at least by our standards. 6:00 a.m. we're looking at scattered showers from the through the afternoon hours. four tends to -- right around a quarter of the inch what you'll find once again is that tenth to an inch of a kurt as we transition into tonight, temperatures will be in the 40s here to start off with. and we're alsoly looking to peninsula as well. as we earned heaviest, more measurable. and out our peninsula and into the inward locations, like fairfield, concord, and napa, on cable. now, then -- we get a break in the pattern as we head into wednesday. saturday, sunday, monday, we could have flooding concerns by the time we hit railroad comfort. just. >>> up next, rock with me one more time. michael jackson's new album coming out tomorrow. not everyone is happy about it. so, we book a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. and we really hit it off. we play

de la salle a winner as the 13- 0 spartans set themselves up on the the northern california representativestate's open division championship. >>> and other ncs final games, concord was the 40-37 winner in the division ii game. >>> the cal basketball program today announced it is sanctioning itself for ncaa rules violations committed in 2008. the school released the statement saying internal and external investigations determined rules ant phone calls to recruits had been violated. coach montgomery and members of his staff appeared before the committee on infractions yesterday in indianapolis. by reporting the infractions and imposing sanctions, the bears hopeful the ncaa will take no further action. >>> bruce pearl and tennessee taking on pittsburgh. two man game with scottie hopson and harris as hopson goes to the hoop. he lead with vols the 27 points. and tatum hits the three, vols led by 12 at the half and won. tennessee now 7-0 as the panthers, their first loss in 11 games. >>> a snowstorm weeks havoc with the nfl -- wreaking havoc with the nfl. we'll tell you about that when the [ fem

that truck will take the trophy all over northern california, central california, oregon, nevada, and it is also going down to spring training. in january, it is " to have its first visit to new york. then it will go to cooperstown where the franchise was founded years ago. as the mayor said, we will be back here january 4 for the first thought on that door and then off to 35 cities where we will hear more about the details. before closing, let me just tell you what we have been up to since we saw you here on november 3. there is no off-season in baseball in terms of the amount of work that has to be done. most people's celebrations ended right after the parade. some people had put in long hours before the landing of the plane from arlington and everyone was hard at work on november 4. the point is, there is no room for complacency. this is too competitive of a game. we have raised our fan base and want to deliver by continuing to be contenders for postseason baseball you're in, year out. the baseball folks immediately turned to an analogy for the season, how can they do it again? the

as i mentioned we've been seeing that cloud cover stream through the bay area wrote all of northern california and plenty of moisture on the. if it does reach the ground it's falling very light. that will certainly change to the weekend is certainly tomorrow and a series of heavier showers especially into sunday it will time out in future cast look rifle totals and your extended forecast in just a bit. >> students and teachers and 65 different schools in the oakland unified school district are having a said there classes' without heat. because what this school district is calling for planning on its part. they took cost-cutting measures to save money by turning off the poorly maintained furnaces during the thanksgiving break. when the staff and students returned the furnaces failed. the school district expect all schools to have heat by the end of the year. i live look outside at traffic in the headlights' are northbound this is the 680-24 split in walnut creek and you did you traffic pretty heavy on the northbound side. moving slowly and both directions. will be back for news ahead. [ female