. >> he is with the san francisco international airport. next up we have barbara smith -- no, we actually have domenica henderson from the san francisco housing authority, one of our community leaders. we have rhonda simmons, who heads up the office of work force development. rhonda, give a wave to the people. thank you. do we have a representative from america's cup? the port authority, the port? [inaudible] maybe they will be joining us a little bit later. so, i think, if i am not mistaken, we are going into a question and answer session that is going to be moderated by mohammed nuru, who had to leave earlier. so who is going to do it? [inaudible] no problem. let's get started. i hope you brought your thinking caps because we have thought leaders up here who can answer questions. let's go ahead and begin. thank you. >> hi. i am sarah. i am the chief financial officer with the trance bay joint powers authority. i do want to apologize on behalf of maria caplan, she is our executive director, and she did want to be here, but had some other ap

the traffic is picking up as he move closer to the ups building and eventually the san francisco airport. for the most part we're problem free around the bay area. a minor weight of a toll plaza of. traffic is moving pretty well on the incline and across the project. southbound 101 is smooth and easy all the traffic is a bit heavier approaching its laws of this morning. >>mark: to people were injured in separate shootings last night. they had eight blocks from one another. the first shooting happened on east 15th street just after 8:00 p.m.. john sculley and threw for three touchdowns, ariz. one for the fifth time. the 49ers have now dropped into a tie with new orleans for the second-best record in the nfc. >>darya: their raiders were beaten by the packers. it was horrible. a tough game to watch. this time, the packers won the game 46-15. erin rogers threw for 281 yds. the no. 1 team in the nfl took the lead and never looked back. carson, was picked off four times. that is not death. oakland is now trailing the denver broncos by a game in the afc west. the denver broncos with tim tebow,

the bay area fog is unusually persistent today. tonight is still delaying travelers at san francisco international airport. the cloud cover is causing ground delays of up to one hour and 40 minutes for incoming flights. the chp urged drivers to slow down. mark tamia will be here in 15 minutes with a look at the forecast. >>> ski resorts had a dry december in the country. the california ski industry association report ace 40 to 50% drop in visitors so far this holiday season. only resorts that can make snow such as north star are bucking that trend. >>> today sears identified 24 stores to be closed. no northern california stores on the list. three in southern california. two in san diego and one in los angeles county. the company announced earlier this week that it plans to close as many as 120 of the sears and k-mart stores following a disappointing sales report this holiday season. florida will lose the greatest number of stores with 11. >>> on the economy watch tonight. with ask silicone valley to weigh in with their list of winners and losers in 2011. apple was the year's biggest winner despite the loss

is the los angeles to san francisco commit. because of the capacity of our airports we no longer have any capacity to expand, we need to move up on to rail. san francisco can be successful by inviting more infant -- international travel that we are known for. it is vital for our future. it is a great neighborhood being designed and built. you are going to see this being one of the most sustainable projects you will ever see. it is the center of 11 different transportation districts. a project that had been identified as one of the controversial once during the campaign over the last three months is the subway. it has been supported by our city, every federal official, and the state transportation agencies for two decades. it is the second phase of the first phase that was completed. we're getting linked up with new stations for people going to union square or chinatown, no.- south. all of our new homes and additional residents that will move into the city, over 10,500 new homes are being built in the southern part of the city. that is going to be our new area of livi

us work with the contractors and the teams to help us develop the packages and create meaningful work. at the airport, it is san francisco interpret airport, and it should be all about san francisco. with the success of our terminal two project and how that worked. we are moving forward with a number of exciting projects. i want to touch on some of them. boarding area e, part of american airlines. they have moved into the new terminal two building, which has created an opportunity to remodel and do a seismic retrofit on an old build. it will be similar to what we did on terminal two. it is a $90 million project. we selected hensle research-phelps as a design and builder. those trade packages for that contract should probably start going out in the next 2-3 months. another problems we have going is actually a data center project. it is a smaller project, a there are 6 million project. it also will be a design build contract. it will have small mechanical pradges, concrete flat work and civil work, things that would be appropriate and targeted. wold like your input so we can target those packages toward you. one of the pre

the natural material was reclaimed land, because it was the original airport for san francisco. it was about 4,000 feet long. in those days, they had small propeller planes and it was adequate. the bridge itself is supported on case sounds that go to rock. -- is supported on casings that go to rock. it is predominantly sandstone and shale. it was the shape of a dome. it was dome shaped. because san francisco was growing, because they needed the dike, that allowed miners to come in and open quarries. and they blasted. they had no concern about environmental issues, no concern about how they would leave the quality of the rock. as a result, they opened up fractures in the rocke. even today, we are paying for their mining negligence. we read it just last year where 455 vallejo, there was a rockslide that affected properties on broadway and montgomery. at rock slide occurred because of blasting that occurred back in the turn-of-the-century that left the rock week. 100 years later, the weak rock cannot stand there anymore and it fell. this slide is a long sansome street, where the ci

the current temperatures. it's 46 out to san jose, 47 at the san francisco airport, 50 in oakland and now livermore and concordlow 40s. napa40 and again look at the extent of that freeze warning, extends throughout the central valley. the difference -- between that and say a frost advisory is that you have freezing temperatures for more than a few hours, you will have an area that will see below 32 or at 32 for more than a few hours and some case that can break pipes, especially the pv pipe. that's mainly a north bay valley event tonight and tomorrow morning. frost advisory for the rest of the bay area and frost -- slows you up because we have frost reports this morning. not just in the east bay, in the south bay as well. frost doesn't need to have freezing temperature. you strength to we at 32 degrees. the wind shield on the car, more frost tan that, the wind shield cool faster than anything around it. itl koss down to freezing then freezing the air and moisture and turns it into frost. the air temperature could be 38 and you will get frost. temperatures very cool out there as we go into the forecast for toni

the current temperatures. it's 46 out to san jose, 47 at the san francisco airport, 50 in oakland and now livermore and concordrning, extends throughout the central valley. the difference -- between that and say a frost advisory is that you have freezing temperatures for more than a few hours, you will have an area that will see below 32 or at 32 for more than a few hours and some case that can break pipes, especially the pv pipe. that's mainly a north bay valley event tonight and tomorrow morning. frost advisory for the rest of the bay area and frost -- slows you up because we have frost reports this morning. not just in the east bay, in the south bay as well. frost doesn't need to have freezing temperature. you strength to we at 32 degrees. the wind shield on the car, more frost tan that, the wind shield cool faster than anything around it. itl koss down to freezing then freezing the air and moisture and turns it into frost. the air temperature could be 38 and you will get frost. temperatures very cool out there as we go into the forecast for tonight no fog, the winds are dying out. the winds die down that's

yes. >> bill walton of the san francisco national airport. we're having our annual aircraft exercise. we're doing it with the office of emergency services. we're partnering in that respect. thank you. >> more good news. i'm sorry, mayor's office on disability, san francisco is continuing to lead the way in many ways on disaster and disability prepareness. just last week a team from san francisco was chosen to present at a conference in d.c. the head of office disability and coordination and the head of fema were there addressing the conference and reflecting a real change in our current administration's emphasis on disaster preparedness for disabilities as a civil right. the team that came from san francisco included ben ames from the human services agent si. rod stengel from the department of emergency managements. carle and jill from the mayor's office on disability. they highlighted not only the wonderful things the mayor's office is doing but also collaboration with so many community groups and nonprofits to have a really grassroots ground

the right place. >> fog delayed flights in and out of san francisco's airport. the delay lasted as long as 30 minutes. in san jose, fog caused one flight to divert to rene moch passengers -- reno. passengers landed in san jose two hours late. no delays in oakland. >>> numbers show 952 arrests for dui this season. and two fatal collisions. alameda has 317 arrests reported between saturday and christmas eve. santa clara, 243 arrests. sonoma 88. contra costa 77 arrests. >>> the cold weather continues here in the bay area and tonight is going to be no exception. ktvu's robert handa is in san jose to us how a home was saved from a fire. >> reporter: many people are trying to escape the cold. first, more on that fire in san jose where one family has an interesting story to tell about how their home was saved. >> reporter: the san jose fire department helped board up this home tonight after putting out flames here last night. it was the latest in a rash of fires. >> damage to the inside of the chimney. when they hitlit it up the fire entered the walls of the house and g

improvement of major projects such as i-80, u.s. 101 auxiliary lanes, the central freeway, the san francisco international airportsion project ramps and roadway improvement. i'm sure all of us, when we go to airports, you basically send a thank you for making it very easy for everybody to get in and out. and as you recall, many years ago before the improvement, there was a tremendous bottleneck, and what he has done, he has made it really easy for disability concerns. in addition to the tremendous responsibility he has as a district four director, he's also serving as a commissioner on the metropolitan transportation commission. she also served as ex-official member of the joint power authority. it's truly an honor to have him here as our guest speaker, and please join me to welcome him to the podium. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you for that introduction. it is really an honor for me to be here with you today. i want to thank the supervisor for having this town hall meeting put together and thank all of the city agencies who are participating in this. i want to thank zola jones, who found me and let me kn

the address, 3650 -- 21st 21st street. reporting live, abc-7 news. >> thank you so much. holiday travelers are flying in and out of san francisco in record numbers. the airport has a 134,000 people passing in and out of the gates. between last week and monday, two million people will have pass thyroid the -- passed through the airport. >> tonight, a restaurant in san francisco is helping out some people who lost their homes this year. they packed up food and presents for victims of thursday's large five alarm fire in the western addition. the fire affected 32 units and a lot of christmas dreams went up in smoafnlgt but fire and police personnel came the rescue. >> they picked up food, toys, and displaced numbers of the fire, and they are bringing christmas to them. the police. >> more than 40 people were left homeless. three people were injured in the fire that began in the garbage chute in one of the buildings. >> a fire that started in a lightwell displaced 15 people in the bay view district this afternoon. firefighters were called to a multiuse building on third street around 4:00 p.m. took ten minutes to contain the blaze but there was extensive water da

san jose. according to a.a.a., average price is $3.55. a month ago, they were paying in the $3.70s. it's $3.64 in san francisco. a year ago, they were in the $3.30s. there are airports seeing much lower numbers. but that is not the case at san francisco international numbers. numbers at sfo are on track to pass its 2000 record of 41 million travelers just this holiday. that boasts a 5% increase in traffic and friday was the busiest day with more than 134,000 passengers and from now until january 2nd, and they're expecting more than 40 million travelers pass the gate. >>> take a look at those waters. thousands of dolphins in the waters of that country. they migrate there because of the climate and the environment. there are more than 15 dolphin varieties that can be found in that water right now. >>> well, two well-known bay area charity groups are making the holiday a little lighter. enjoyed a hot christmas meal at the memorial church yesterday. hundreds of volunteers cooked large portionsover turkey, ham, potatoes. but much more needs to be done to help everyone during these tough times. thousands serve in san francisco. well, tonight at 5:00, bracing for the cold

we have a live look at the terminal outside of san francisco international airport. it's the holiday travel rush here. there are a lot of lines as we have been reporting last night, this morning, throughout the day. likely to see a lot of people. get there early. we have another live report coming up soon. >>> it was a wild bus ride in the east bay that left seven people injured. it all happened when a delta transit bus lost control, crashed through a fence. that all happened yesterday afternoon. one witness waiting for another bus told us what she saw. >> she started hitting the curb and knocked out a light. she had a full bus. she came this close to hitting our bus. the bus driver said to get off the bus. get off the bus fast. >> fire officials say a loot of the passengers on the bus were thrown around. they reported neck pain and dizziness and other injuries. an investigation is under way. >>> 6:25. a very sad discovery. yesterday the bodies of two missing santa barbara men were found in a ravine. they were last seen sunday when they road off to test all terrain ve

facebook compiled a list of the top airports for people getting social. san francisco here. sfo, number four in the entire world. a few statistics for you, the top six spots taken up by domestic airports, airports like denver, atlanta, chicago, number one by the way for social check-ins, los angeles international. facebook says check-ins are up 20 times the normal volume on the 18th of december. on christmas day there's la built of a blip. then people check in for new year's travel. airports are starting to take advantage of this. including here in san francisco. they will give you a little deal. maybe some cash. maybe some cash off a flight. it's similar to check-ins at places like starbucks and the gap and mcdonald's where if you check-in and tell your phone, i'm here getting a hamburger or cup of coffee or taking a flight, they'll reward you can cash. not only at airports but individual airlines are starting to get into the act. so travel with one of these. it may save you money for being social. i'm scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> good incentive there. thanks. >>> it

and he checked with his counter parts at the other major airports the weather is looking pretty good. it's a good day for air travel today. live in san francisco allie rasmus. >>> if you are heading to the airport, you can health care for flight delay -- you can check for flight delays also at ktvu.com. you can also get the latest weather and traffic delays sent to your phone. >>> 5:38. sal, i don't know if you can give the folks a friday light on a holiday weekend like this. >> i think i can. i think i can today. barring any unusual circumstances i think we will have a pretty decent commute out there for you. well, you know if you have to go to work, at least you know it will be lighter than usual. we do have people out there. some people believe it or not are getting up and going shopping. i don't know why you would find that hard to believe. but just be careful as you drive anywhere you can going today. it's dry. it's not foggy. this is a look at westbound bay bridge. it's light at the toll plaza. no problems on the bridge. there is a new crash reported northbound 101 it's on the shoulder. not causing major delay. traffic is moving along pr

the 30-mile-per-hour range in san francisco. let's look at my graphics and you can see the top wind gusts. mt. diablo close to 60 miles an hour, san francisco airport, also winds in the low 30s and this also includes livermore with a 33-mile-per-hour top wind gust and in san jose it's been gusting into the south bay. wind watch and warning for the entire bay area where winds could top 40il mes per hour through tonight and the worst once again for the hills above 1,000 feet. that is primarily here for the east bay where we do expect these winds to just continue to ramp up here as we head throughout tonight. the worst wind right now is right across mt. diablo with a current wind gust at this moment of 55 miles per hour. you can see those winds from livermore back intoro hayward o 580, sustained in the upper teens but gusting into the 20s, so very gusty on your commute tonight. so here's what you can expect. some of the worst wind for the hilltops, 50 plus miles per hour. for the interior valleys, we're not going to get 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts and isolated power outages are possible. we'll have more on the timing and what your weekend looks like c

the numbers are in. chri . >>> tonight story of three airports. now that the year is closing, the numbers are in. chris on the one airport that is going above its competition. >> that airport is san franciscoe have heard the stories about cash strapped airlines and empty airports. places like oakland or january associate international which are taking a live look at in just a moment. those have all reported steady or declining travel over the past ten years, at san francisco it's a different story. at a time when airlines consolidating and the number of traveler social security sagging things taking off here. >> its been a really good season. him they are on track to break records. a 5% increase over last year. the most in more than a decade. it's a stark contrast to other airports. thehe chronicle reports in 2000 travel has fallen at oakland and san jose. sfo is the exception. >>

. >>> holiday travelers also took to the skies today, san francisco airport officials say they anticipate today will be the busiest of the christmas holiday season. 134,000 passengers are expected. that is up about 5% from last year. >> we had more carriers come in this year and more available seats. our mass traffic has gone up a little bit. all of the factors and some of the airplanes to one airport in the bay area which we are the beneficiary. that is where we have seen our growth right now. >> the number of people using oakland and san jose airports is up as well this year but with the weather cooperating around the nation there are no reports of any significant flight delays for bay area passengers. >>> traveling was not theom thing people waited until today to do. just before christmas coming up at 10:00 we will show you people where they went buying their last-minute gifts. >>> berkily police are searching for clues tonight in a shooting that sent two people to the hospital. the shots rang out at 66th and wolsey streets in berkeley at 12:40 this afternoon. the police say the office

. >>> all the crowds at san francisco international airport are adding up. on pace for a record setting year. it projects more than 41 million travelers by the end of the year, top the mark set in 2000. the traffic this year projected to be up 5% to more than 2 million passengers. friday was the busiest day of the holiday season as 140,000 people used the airport. >>> and definitely going to be a cool night tonight. no freeze warnings. no spare the air night. had a lot of those this year. the frost turns tomorrow morning just not as cold as it has been. and that's because it got a little bit of a west wind. you may notice the fog at the coast today. it was a coastal fog, not a valley fog, and believe it or not, it's warmer from the inland bay valley. in napa and vallejo and the area, it increases the overnight lows, okay? so it's still cold. napa, 34. just cold, just not 25 degrees. coming back a little bit. the next few days, more of the same. freezing temperatures toward san alina, but most around 30s. sunny and dry tomorrow. the long range forecast, there

the bay. >>> san francisco airport is on track for a record year. more than 41 million passengers have traveled through store this year and the airport expects to see a 5% increase. many airports across the country are actually seeing few urpassengers. >>> a utah family was expecting santa on christmas eve but they got an unexpected visitor instead. >> it's in the room! >> there is the visitor. a deer crashed through the family's basement window, traveled through their home and ended up in a bedroom. for about two hours the family was able to take photos of the deers, be waited for -- they waited for animal control. but sadly, wildlife officials had to put the deer down to get him out of the house. >>> rosemary is talking about fog and i want to get to tara about some icy roads in napa county? >> that's right. in the anguin area. multiple vehicles are spiking out. the chp want -- spinning out. the chp wants you to drive carefully. let's take a look at the three accidents. 8 0 southbound at mission boulevard -- 8 0 southbound at mission boulevard. an

san francisco. it is one of five lines into san francisco, and the incident site itself is highlighted there. it is in the city of south san francisco, just a bit north of the airportably one of the things that is unique about our system is how spread out it is. in our particular case, this is where a wsip project was taking place, and there had just been a replacement of one

san francisco. it is one of five lines into san francisco, and the incident site itself is highlighted there. it is in the city of south san francisco, just a bit north of the airport. probably one of the things that is unique about our system is how spread out it is. in our particular case, this is where a wsip project was taking place, and there had just been a replacement of one of the connections at that location. on the 25th, there was a leak that was reported at 9:45 in that vicinity, so we have a timeline of that. initially, there was a small leak that grew very rapidly into a larger leak, and we are investigating the cause. i will talk about that in a little bit. the timeline shows it takes a while to work through the different factors of what you find that a leak site, respond to it, start to shut down the system. you are closing 5-foot diameter balls, which you cannot show one like that due to what is called water hammer that will cause water damage if you shut too fast. it will take a long time to isolate those. it took roughly about three hours to completely isolate this and get the leak completely shut off. on one level, it sounds like a long time. as

it hit the bird and returned to san francisco international airport. the airline rebooked passengers on other flights. that bird strike was a second incident involving a southwest jet in sacramento in a 12-hour span. another had two tires blow out while taxiing down the run way. no one was hurt in either incident. >>> they are hoping a red light camera will make a busy intersection safer. it says the intersection of fail street and masonic avenue is a hot spot for collision. rush hour drivers turning left often tangle with cyclists and pedestrians in the crosswalk. >> people want to get through the light before it changes, so they'll come right here, and then the bikers are supposed to cross too. so i saw someone get hit that way. >> we've learned the cameras will be turned on in early january, with signs posted, warning of fines up to $350 for illegal left turns. >>> up next, peter mcgowan signs off about a revival of a turf war. >>> meteorologist mark timile tells us if the end of the year holds any surprises. >>> you can watch bay area news at 7:00 a

the runway by 1100 feet. marin county supervisors say that will make the airport safer for pilots and bringing more business. >>> san francisco international airport's terminal 2 is now lead gold certified in sustainability and it is the first airport facility in the u.s. to achieve this ranking. the award ranks buildings according to energy efficiency, water conservation and environmentally beneficial details like floor to ceiling windows to reduce the use of lighting and organic food. it opened in april and it is 15% more energy efficient than building codes require. good afternoon to you, a live look there at the bay area and into the city. all right sitting in the low 70s at this hour. wall to wall sunshine across the bay. the winds have died down in many spots although still blowing in some areas. >>> the temperature 72 santa rosa, mid-70s napa, 71 fairfield. 71 in the city. 72 mountain view. widespread 60s out there as well, 69 in concord. the winds have been the driving factor in these temperatures. the overnight hours we didn't see temperatures fall as cool as we typically do and now, because of it we are watching per

the transportation security administration at u.s. airports last year amid an uproar over the perceived privacy invasion. at the university of california san francisco, biochemist and imaging expert john sedat was and is concerned about the small amount of ionizing radiation from the x-rays. this the sort of radiation that damages our d.n.a. and can cause