it is a tough city. the city has been very generous to the court and to the needy. we will do the best we can to preserve services that provide the core services like food, housing and at risk the services. there will be reductions that will be painful. and the deputy director for finance and administration. >> good morning. and the deputy general manager for the public utilities commission. he by no less as the san francisco water department or the municipal power agency. for example, electricity comes from what the system. we are an enterprise department. he'd gather all of the revenues from the rate payers. most of the water users are outside of san francisco. we have customers that contractually a supply water to. the budget is quite large. it is a hundred and $60 million. i wanted to highlight the rebuild we are doing right now. the largest public works project in california today. as a stand here, we have $2 billion in completed construction. we will have $3 billion in construction. we just received bids on our signature project on friday. the engineer estimat

this is a tough city. the people are tough. it is highly competitive. a lot of people wish to live here. the fruits and vegetables are stronger because of the climate. the weather makes people tougher. a lot of this city is like going through a diamond mine. a little bit wet, cold, scared, and then you hit a diamond like city hall. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, a good evening. my name is lawrence. i have been a resident of the city and county of san francisco for 41 years. i am on the list of candidates running for mayor. you have it all backwards. you should be expanding social services, not contracting them. the budget problem with the city and county of san francisco does not come from social services, a role. it comes from budgets related to pension and medical. that is your biggest problem. even if you saw the deficit this year, it would be twice as large next year. the next year, it would be three times as large. social services will not make a dent in the problem. you cannot put up enough parking meters to mak

city says it isn't liability. >> the homeowners are in a tough situation. >> reporter: city leaders have also turned down homeowners plea to use emergency reserves to help. >> how do we justify to the san pablo taxpayer the other 30,000 folks that are going to spend this amount of money you know millions of the dollars to repair these folks backyards. >> reporter: we spoke to the city attorney who says the city did offer a band aid fix but changed its mind. >> the city said to the homeowners, the only way we'll do these repairs will be if you agree never to sue us. >> reporter: now fema has denied federal emergency funding. and the state is ready to see if they can help. meanwhile they are hiring a soils expert to test the soil here. >>> another northern california wine region is under quarantine for a destructive pest. today they placed santa cruz county under restrictions to stop the spread of the european moth. the total state quarantine now covers more than 2,000 square miles. >>> yeah, definitely a wet day around here, it's messing with the afternoon commute. we have a lot of slow traffic out there especially

the big picture for us -- it has been a tough couple of years for the city, as you all know. it has been a tough couple of years for all of us individually in the city, struggling with the economy. we are starting to see some signs of hope and good news out there in the economy, but we are in the very early stages. the city government is, of course, depended on tax revenues, which are driven by economic activity. when we look out into the economy, we are starting to see things stabilize. we are not seeing the big losses that we have over the past couple of years, but it is the beginning of a slow recovery, so there is some good news out there, but it looks like it is going to be a slow recovery that is going to happen over the next couple of years. also, while our local tax revenues are recovering and while our economy is recovering, we also are taking a loss from the state and federal governments, as the mayor said. they are cutting revenue to local governments as they try to balance their own budget and deal with their issues in washington and sacramento, so that is taking a

or a hotel room, even walking down a sidewalk may get tough. the city is bursting with people. the largest of them, the pride celebration. we are joined in san francisco with a million of her closest friends. >> reporter: the frenzy is already beginning tonight. take a look behind me. dozens of bikers meeting here for critical mass. at any moment they are going to take to city streets and take over the streets. it's one of a dozen events planned. starting with a fever pitch at at&t park where the giants play the cleveland indians. >> it's warm and sunny. it's all nice. >> reporter: and the giants are playing. >> yeah. >> reporter: to critical mass taking over the streets of san francisco. the opera? >> we cannot get a cab home. >> reporter: and the pride parade and festival. you could ask, hoefr for no traffic or maybe a cab. >> it will be like, i guess, like, i get buried tomorrow. so, very busy. yeah. ed >> reporter: cops are on the 5 6ets. >> incre ut come2 and2gí.ter:h great8 lkanytim?o h it could bring up to $1 million. live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> thank yo

. >>> for some kids, this is going to be a tough summer as cities and states struggle with painful budget cuts that may close parks and pools. and come fall will keep a brand-new school in california from opening. the story tonight from nbc's tom llamas. >> reporter: at the foot of the lake hills in southern california sits a new school and a new problem. there's enough money to build hillcrest high, but not enough to staff it or run it. >> just on the other side of this building is a six-classroom building that is designed for flex technology labs. >> reporter: four years ago, voters approved construction. then came the recession which crippled education funding. now this $100 million state of the art school in a district with overcrowded classrooms could stay empty for two years. >> it's not a case of a mistake. it's not a case of somebody to blame. if you want to blame something, then you look to the economy. >> reporter: the school district says they're going to save $3 million by not opening the school. but it's still going to cost them $1 million to maintain the facilities like this

the city is faced with tough budget decisions. including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will he make these tough choices -- will you make these tough choices? supervisor campos: the budget is the most important policy document that the city can pass. it reflects the priorities of city government. i believe we have to be creative in how we look at the issue of the budget. it is important for me that certain things happen. i think that public safety has to be a priority in the budget, the public safety cannot be compromised to save a few dollars. but i think the public safety goes beyond funding the police department and the fire department, as important as that is. it includes funding violence prevention programs, after- school programs so someone has -- and people have something to do after school, funding our department for recreational opportunities for young people during the summer or after school. if you do not do that, that will have implications on public safety. the safety has to be protected,

. >> with murder after murder in san jose the city faces a tough task. tting violent crime with fewer police officers. robert shows us tonight the city took the knowledge is power approach. >> reporter: it's become the council chamber of worry. last night how many cops will be laid off. >> it won't change us, i'm not giving up. >> reporter: the new worry, who will stop the swelling spike in gang violence. >> the word has gotten out among the criminal community. >> reporter: san jose police say 100 cops have pink slips and the criminally mind reasonable doubt taking the opportunity. >> get away with it. >> reporter: the anti gang task force said there have been 27 murders since new year's. >> we could be pushing 14, gang related homicides, last year for the entire year we had six. >> random shots. . >> reporter: that's how a 24 year was gunned down sunday night. a 19-year-old died 24 hours later. >> if they died that you have the wrong color on you are a target. >> reporter: so they used tonight to turn parents in to gang cops, schooling them on the signs

the city says it just doesn't have the money in these tough economic times. one redwood city family told us they piled into the car to go see fireworks last year but won't be doing that again. >> we try today go to foster city one year and it was just traffic was terrible. everybody in the whole bay area i guess was heading to foster city and there was no space. >> now there will be an independence day parade and festival on monday. street closure signs went up last night in redwood city. the star of the show will be the redwood city fire department as it celebrates 150 years of service. that festival starts at 9:00 a.m. parade starts at 10:00 . >>> time now 4:48. a bay area community files the first appeal against the 2010 census. the unusual reason it is disputing the count. >>> and a gruesome discovery made in a public pool that has a whole community in shock this morning. >>> welcome back to the morning news. time now is 4:50. and 30 public swimming pools in massachusetts are now closed after a woman drowned in a pool but wasn't discovered for several days

. >> chuck reed released the final budget proposal and the city faces tough choices and in order to close the gap, the city will have to cut 600 jobs on top of the 800 cut last year. the mayor calls it a breeze budget. they are across the board and affect departments. the union leaderships agreed to a 10 percent pay cut. >> we'll end up with more than a hundred officers losing their jobs. we should be hiring more officers and not laying them off. >> the final budget needs to be ratified later this month. >> a lot more to come. a new marijuana club opens in san francisco's mission district not far from a neighborhood school and another club. >> well, there is no rain yet and no wind for the racers out here f. you plan to do something out doors this weekend, you could be in trouble because of the june rain. we'll have a live report coming up. >> when you are in weigh negligent air park cutrust the scales. i am michael finney. >> and 30th anniversary of the aids epidemic and the >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> supports call it a medical canibas and opponents cal

. >> the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including where to make cuts and whether to raise taxes and fees. how will you approach the difficult choices? >> i think the biggest challenge in the budget is the cost associated a city employee pensions and benefits. those are the single biggest driver to our expenses, far exceeding our revenues. i have a single-minded focus dealing with that. for the last few months. we have been sitting down with our various public employee unions trying to come together on a way to balance the city's needs versus respecting the rights of the employees. if we are able to come to some sort of agreement and present the voters in november with a fair proposal, that will address a lot of the smaller budget issues. we are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. on pension and benefits alone, we will be spending just shy of 1 million -- $1 billion. that was with a b. if we can get a handle on that, some of the other issues will stand down. >> do you feel like we're on the right track? >> we are on the right track. it is february. we're where we

. >>> with murder after murder lately in san jose the city still faces a tough task. cutting violent crime with fewer police officers. tonight the city took the knowledge is power approach and informed neighbors about gang activity. but the city is still cloaked in fear. >> reporter: it has become the council chamber of worry. last night's worry how many cops will be laid off. tonight -- >> they ain't going to change us. i ain't giving up on my community. >> reporter: who is going to stop the swelling spike in gang violence. >> the word has gotten out amongst the criminal community. >> reporter: cops with pink slips in hand and the criminally minded are seizing the opportunity. the mayor's ante gang task force says there have been 27 murders since new year's day. >> onwards of 13, 14 gang related homicides. >> random shots like pop, pop. >> reporter: that's how a 24- year-old was gunned down sunday night. a 19 year old would fall to a gang member's bullets 24 hours later. >> if they decide that you have the wrong color on and they happen to have a weapon they will use

. >> once again, the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including whether to raise taxes and fees or whether to make cuts. how will your approach these choices? supervisor kim: the budget is tough this year. even though our deficit is not as large as it has been, it is tough because we have made these cuts already, and did this point, we are cutting things we really do not want to cut. and it is painful. we will lose more potential services. we will also not be able to support our residents. we are looking at weekend meals for seniors. it is painful. i think we have to look at it as a combined approach. it has to be cut within city government that we can bear -- services that are less essential. second, you have to look at raising revenue in the city. i think it needs to be a combination. and third, need to be much better informed, and we have to ask our public employees to look at the budget. and they already have, but also to look back. it is a threefold approach to me. >> what are the city's housing needs him much of the board of supervisors to to address them? supervisor

reed says a $15 million budget deficit and the retirement cost skyrocketing he and the city council had to make some tough decisions. >> we have a series of bad choices and have to balance it out. the council and i decided instead of closing libraries we'd make cuts. >> it will shift officers from the units such as investigation and property crime to patrolling the street. the union president is going so far to say the city leaders are responsible for put the city at risk. >> whatever ill happens to the citizens of san jose moving forward, they own it. >> the mayor is looking ahead to next year. he says the budget problems will be even worse than they are now. he wants to take pension reform to ballot so voters can decide how to handle it. >> i believe we have to reduce the cost of pences by increasing the retirement age a little bit. slowing down the rate of recruel a little bit. doing things now to save us a lot of money for next year's budget. >> reporter: the mayor wants it on march ballot. it will cost $1.3 million to get it on the ballot and the police union says that money could have been spent on

that report slides that's when san pablo sold two lots but the city says that doesn't mean they're liable. >> the homeowners are in a tough situation. >> reporter: the city has also turned down energy reserves to help. >> how do we explain that to the san pablo taxpayer. the other 30,000 folks that we're going to spend this amount of money, millions of the dollars to repair these folks backyard. >> reporter: barbara scott's deck has been red tagged, she says she feels like she's living in a house of sticks. if you look over her deck you can see why. we spoke to the homeowners attorney who says the city offered a temporary fix but then changed its mind. >> the city said to the homeowners, the only way we will do these repairs, we've been told need to be done will be if you agree never to sue us. >> reporter: federal aid has been denied and requests from the state are still pending. scott and others will consider filing a lawsuit against the city depending on what their own soil engineers discover. in san pablo, tara moiyarti. >>> and the council has yet put off a vote when it comes to voting on at&t boxes. supervisor scott

that report slides that's when san pablo sold two lots but the city says that doesn't mean they're liable. >> the homeowners are in a toughter: the city has also turned down energy reserves to help. >> how do we explain that to the san pablo taxpayer. the other 30,000 folks that we're going to spend this amount of money, millions of the dollars to repair these folks backyard. >> reporter: barbara scott's deck has been red tagged, she says she feels like she's living in a house of sticks. if you look over her deck you can see why. we spoke to the homeowners attorney who says the city offered a temporary fix but then changed its mind. >> the city said to the homeowners, the these repairs, been told need to be done will be if you agree never to sue us. >> reporter: federal aid has been denied and requests from the state are still pending. scott and others will consider filing a lawsuit against the city depending on what their own soil engineers discover. in san pablo, tara moiyarti. >>> and the council has yet put off a vote when it comes to voting on at&t boxes. supervisor scott weiner asked to postpone the vote until next

traffic in and around the city will be tough this weekend. >> it is. and also in sonoma county, pam. this may not as you mentioned this may not be the day or weekend to wonder up to some of the wineries along highway 121. sunday 5:00 probably not a good idea. keep that in the back of your mind. let's tick a look at westbound 80 as you head out toward the mccarthur maze it looks good getting out to the toll plaza. also westbound toll plaza approach that looks okay getting into san francisco the whole way. if you're on northbound 280 that traffic is fine getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. >>> happy friday sal. good morning, everyone. we had a cool down yesterday. it looks like we will level off here. dip a couple degrees inland. fog, sun and breezy. the fog is still there but nothing like we saw yesterday. it gets chewed up pretty fast. breezy and 60 on the coast. 60s and 70s for the bay. it's warm inland but breezy with very low 80s. fog disappeared yesterday. it was a beautiful day. there is still patches of fog around the bay. 49 san rafael.

tough on morale. sadness as they let go of the officers, but they said their focus is on doing the job at hand even though that pleons slower response time, fewer services for the city of san jose. again, a tough day. the mayor telling me he agrees. he knows if's tough but the city can't afford to keep these officers on the job. >> a major story. thank you. >>> there will soon be more police officerses patrolling the streets of oakland's highest crime area. they will exstand in east oakland. oakland is also dealing with a big budget crisis. however, police officials said they can still increase patrols with a more efficient use of the officers they already have. >>> tonight the oakland city council will try to pass a new city budget, hours before the new fiscal year starts. tonight's meeting is a follow-up to tuesday's meeting. they couldn't agre on which one to pass. president deadline to pass a budget is midnight tonight. >>> we are getting some new information about some phone calls reportedly made from missing nursing student michelle le's cell phone after she disappeared. ktvu reporter jade hernandez just talked to police. jade, what are they saying about the p

and we are keeping an eye on muni as well, getting through the city may be tough this morning. some delays on some key lines that could affect you. >> for all of your news, weather and traffic check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area morning news, then today in the bay will start on tv in two minutes. >> new this morning, why the man accused of beating giants fan bryan stowe could soon walk out of jail. muni scrambling to get things back on track after a number of line closures. and a live look outside at the beautiful bay bridge on this friday morning. yep, you made to the friday. good for you. june 17th. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. i said you made to the friday d

no major issues getting into the city this morning. it's been a tough one. out to the second love shot at 880 near the oakland coliseum. also been talking about the livermore valley. 580 busy coming up to castro valley with slow traffic on 238. san mateo and dumbarton bridge to the bayshore freeway and highway 101 looking good. 92 up near half moon bay gonna be a little bit slow. >>> let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. sid, our photojournalist, out at the beach. the sun is out. 55 degrees. the financial district, at third and king, is 64. it's a beautiful day at the beach. that's for sure. i would go today because by form, i don't think we'll be able tomorrow, i don't think we'll be able to see this. it will be close. high pressure is in. it came over us. yesterday, it had the addition of the north wind. we don't really have that. temperatures, we're starting off warm. there is a lot of fog out there and a rather strong system is going to dig into the system. 55 to 70 on the temperatures here. by noon, won't be a problem for some areas. 65 to 92. the only

. >> san jose mayor reed released budget proposal and with budget deficit the city faces tough choicesin order to close the gap the city has to cut about 600 jobs. that's on top of the 800 cutlass year keep in mind. new cuts are across the board and will affect all department even police. they will lose more than 100 positions despite yawn leaders agreeing early today to a 10 percent pay cut. >> so we end up with more than 100 officers losing their job. if that's bad thing for the city we should be hiring more officers not laying them off. >>reporter: final budget still needs to be ratified later this month. >>> you have heard so much about the state budget problem and effect on social programs, cops firefighters and rest but another casualty of this dilemma a.oakland public library in real trouble. as cecelia reports, to deal witness the city may be forced to take a drastic step. >>reporter: these faces from the past hanging in oakland african american museum and library might one day be a thing of the past. this institution is on the chopping block. potential victim to oakland budget

citi can help you write it. >>> new this morning, it's a very tough day for the city of san jose as 70 police officers are laid off. some of them turning in their guns and badges this morning. i'm christie smith. i'll have that story coming up in a live report. >> and the review of how alameda police and fire handled a man's drowning is moving ahead. the latest coming up. >>> and a live look at the golden gate bridge on this thursday, june 30th on "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, reporting what matters to you, this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning. welcome to the last day in june. it is 6:30. i'm marla tellez in for laura gar garcia-cannon. here's christina loren with your forecast. >> we have coastal fog developing right now. it's not that bad. not yet impacting your drive over the bridges. mike is covering that closely for you. the big story is the warm-up. if you want to get outside to do anything, maybe take the dog for a walk, a jog, right now is the time. the fog is still above the highways and also we have good air quality because of those rain showers that came

reed says a $15 million budget deficit and the retirement cost skyrocketing he and the city council had to make some tough decisions. >> we have a series of bad choices and have to balance it out. the council and i decided instead of closing libraries we'd make cuts. >> it will shift officers from the units such as investigation and property crime to patrolling the street. the union president is going so far to say the city leaders are responsible for put the city at risk. >> whatever ill happens to the citizens of san jose moving forward they own it. >> the mayor is looking ahead to next year. he says the budget problems will be even worse than they are now. he wants to take pension reform to ballot so voters can decide how to handle it. >> i believe we have to reduce the cost of pences by increasing the retirement age a little bit. slowing down the rate of recruel a little bit. doing things now to save us a lot of money for next year's budget. >> reporter: the mayor wants it on march ballot. it will cost $1.3 million to get it on the ballot and the police union says that money could have been spent on o

the city does take a tough stand against illegal fireworks but apparently there are some that they haveproblem with and blast victims say they are nervous. the neighborhood is coming back but the emotional scars from the pipeline blast are taking a little longer to heal and the prospect of exploding fireworks on july 4th is making people jitter re. >> for a lot of us the noise because we were home. the noise scares us. any time we hear a fire engine or police car or ambulance we jump. >> reporter: last september a pg&e gas pipeline rupture killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. many remember how the sky turned orange and the intines heat as they choked for air. >> i see a fire ball hit a house and i'm like have you to be kidding. we ran in to the house and got the animals, threw them in the car, pulled out. >> reporter: neighbors begged the city to ban fireworks this year. the city is one of only 12 bay area city that allows the sale and use of them. the sales help charities and athletic programs. >> it causes us worry. >> it does. we get people who come by and are against the fire

city will pay him a nearly 400-thousand dollar severance. the s-f-m-t-a says his departure was mutually agreed to. no replacement has been named. the time: 6-- toughuck for people in one bay area city. why catching a cab... could be nearly impossible next week. and later... get paid to sleep! who's hiring for a "snooze director." weather ad libs here's a look at today s top stories: a 20- year- old is facing several ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, charges today in san mateo county court this afternoon... after a confrontation over his saggy pants. a u-s airways flight attendant told him to pull up his pants as he got on a plane. he was eventually taken off the plane, and arrested. governor brown plans to hold a news conference in los angeles today... likely to offer his first public comments on a newly-passed plan to balance the state budget. the state senate and assembly passed the bills yesterday... giving the governor 12 days to either sign or veto them. anthony weiner will be the topic of a house democratic meeting today. they will consider what action might be taken.. against the new york congressman. weiner said he wants to talk to his wife first... be

. >> once again, the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including where to make cuts and where to increase taxes and fees. how will you approach these difficult choices? supervisor chu: we know that our budget deficit is a significant one. at the moment, blooms are around $380 million -- at the moment, it looms around $380 million. we could not meet that gap. i think the city needs to take a balanced approach, and if you take a look at previous years, we have taken a look at things like where are fee revenues, what do those look like? where are the changes in other revenue pictures, whether it is transfer tax or hotel tax or other things that help to improve the picture. in addition to that, how is it that we can really control some of our expenses? i think that in order to address the $380 million budget deficit, we really have to take a look at both sides, revenue side as well as the cost side of things, and i think there are certain things that the city can do right now that might that not impact this year's budget or -- that might not impact this year's budget for next year