some walked, others ran up all 48 floors of the transamerica building this morning. they raised money for three local organizations that work on the treatment and recovery of burn victims. additional money was raised for their own toy drive. some climbed the stairs in full gear, which adds about 50 pounds to their load. climbers said it was worth the challenge. " i'm pretty sure i ...when i m done (laughing) 3:15:02 " although it wasn't a race, the first person to finish did get a trophy. they're not as popular as the x- games but the u- games might be catching on. about 100 unicyclists participated today in both fun and competitive rides around several downtown san francisco streets. a small group of fans cheered them on as they passed by. . top riders reached speeds of over 25 miles per hour. they finished the day with a ride across the golden gate bridge. next: they've got quite a following. "they are freakin delicious." one east bay couple's recipe for success, next. the bay area's first mobile cupcake shop has set up in the bay. cbs 5's brian yuen tells us how t

--el reto sera llegar al ultimo piso de la torre transamerica usando las escaleras. una buena causa pues ellos buscan recaudar fondos para varias organizacione sin fines de lucro. --si usted desea apoyarlos vaya con toda la familia al famoso edificio ubicado sobre la calle wasington entre las calles samsome y montgomery. esto es a partir de las 7 de la maÑana. ahora que si sus hijos l gustan los dinosaurios... el mÉrcoles 21 de julio abra diversas actividades sobre estas enigmaticas criaturas. la cita es en el "lawrence hall" de ciencias a las 12:30 y a las 2pm. para Ás informacÓn visite www. lawrencehallofsciennee org por cierto... este fin de semana los museos en san francisco no cobraran la entrada.-el viernes podra entrar gratis de 5 a 8:45 pm al museo "de young" del parque golden gate.el sabado de 10 a 5pm la entrada gratuita sera en el "asian art museum" localizado en el 200 de la calle larking --y el domingo de 11 a 4 pm usted y su familia pueden entrar al museo judio de arte contemporaneo , al museo africano de la calle mission y al de arte moderno que esta e

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. >> transamerica building. >> definitely unusual. cost $19 million to build this and 853 feet tall. 48 stories. >> and it's on the bay mud and did something novel and cut out equal amount of dirt to equal the weight of the building and dug it out to equal the amount. >> so it won't settle. >> and no piles. >> this is a landmark

take a look at the transamerica building this evening. we cannot see the top of the sphere. this leads me to believe -- i like using it as a barometer, i'm believing right now the ceiling is down to 600 feet n. will impact your saturday morning. in fact, right now in san francisco totally socked in at 53 degrees. san jose clear skies at 71. and still balmy in brentwood. sounds like a movie. at 82 degrees. here's your pinpoint forecast as we walk you through the morning hours of fog, low clouds, reach out all the way good 45 miles inland due east. peel back towards the bay during the lunch hour. and then begin a retreat towards open waters. i got to tell you it's very spotty. if you're in the dillon beach area you're not going to see the sun at all. triple digits coming for your get away saturday in throughout the central valley. very hot in redding. thunderstorms a possibility in yosemite. 60s across the immediate seashore tomorrow. 80s around the peninsula. back into the santa clara valley where we top off towards campbell. east bay stack up into the 70s. due east up to 97

if you come out of the terminal, right then you have a view of the transamerica building and quit tower -- coit tower. it is a portal for arrival at san francisco. the idea is having a way to come up on to the piazza. i should not that accessibility is a challenge along these areas where there is a change in grade. entering at this corner is a natural way to enter the park. with that, i will hand it over to john unless you have any questions for me. president fong: i have one. first of all, i think this is fantastic. does. b have more window -- does option b have more window view toward the bay then option a? >> yes. with square footage, and they are comparable. they are configured very differently. b is long and thin. a has a larger body between the two zones. president fong: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am from the planning and development staff. i want to reemphasize that what you have seen is a master plan. we do not have available money for everything in the master plan at this point. some of these project elements are going to be greater defined as time goes on and money become

first the transamerica building with some sunshine in there, some blue skies as well as again plenty of clouds. this is what you can expect today. sunshine, north bay clouds, partly cloudy conditions around the bay, low clouds for the coastline and temperatures in the upper 50s to the upper 60s around the bay to the mid-70s inland. afternoon highs plenty of sunshine inland but clouds to the north and still unseasonably cool upper 70s. sun and clouds around the bay with again cool temperatures. mostly cloudy along the coastline and more cool temperatures. here we go. let's look at our satellite. this is where we are still seeing a few clouds in the north bay. we'll keep more clouds for that location in the bay area and that's going to also temper your temperatures a bit, tamper, hold down your temperatures a little bit and more clouds in the bay and at the coast. we'll take a look at some of those unseasonably cool temperatures. concord, average daytime high this time of the year, the end of july, 90 degrees. lower 80s in santa rosa, san jose normally at 85 degrees. san francisco at 6

there's san francisco looking toward the transamerica pyramid.f you were with us at 5:00 you can barely make out the building and at times we can't make it out. look at this. the golden gate, here's a better perspective of it. headlights are on some cars and at times you may need to put your windshield wiper on to get rid of the mist. it hadn't reached oakland yet but the hayze is out there. the south end of the bay, there's a live shot over san jose looking to fremont. we've dropped to 58 degrees in san francisco. all that cold air covering most of the city. 36 in oakland. 80s on the other side of the hill closer to livermore. from they va to. and we have the wind picking pup. mostly from the northwest. 10 to 20 miles per hour so a lot of cold air is getting blown in. we have the feature off the kohl's spinning that in so that's why we're getting that throughout the evening. temperature vls drops from where we were this time yesterday, an indication of what's to come. i wanted to show you this monsoon, what we have going on now. monsoon in the s

we're looking live now, the cameras off our roof is high definition, and we're looking towards the transamericayramid. you can barely see the top point as the low clouds and fog have started to settle. in still, warm evening, in antioch, clear skies, 73 right now. 61 in concord, 55, overcast, san rafael. san francisco, 53. we have 54 with fog at half moon bay, mountain view, and san jose sitting near 60 degrees. so the low clouds and fog we have out there will continue to push on towards the bay over night tonight. for the marathon tomorrow morning, we will go with a cloudy start. temperature around 56 degrees or so. and this cooling trend will cool down a few degrees tomorrow, and then continue in through monday and tuesday. you can see the low clouds and fog just already making their way through the golden gate bridge, heading towards san francisco, and will center over the bay area. overnight, mild, ant yoke -- antioch, 60. and look for some mist and drizzle developing near the coast as well as the bay overnight tonight. the culprit the past couple of dies -- days has been this low pressure.

we have plenty of clouds especially in the bay, still cloudy looking toward the transamerica buildingany sunshine in the forecast today and what about your temperatures? i have your complete forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, benefits. the ex cently >>> just minutes ago the u.s. senate voted to extend unemployment benefits. now, the extension had been in doubt because of a republican filibuster. but with the new democratic senator from west virginia sworn in today, democrats got the final vote they needed. the bill does restore benefits -- or would to 2.5 million americans who have been out of work for more than six months. i say would because the house has to vote on the bill. they are set to do that tomorrow. >>> do it yourself projects can get expensive if you have to go buy tools to get it done but what if you could borrow from your neighbors and they could borrow your stuff? there is a good neighbor website that's helping people do just that. and it makes sure you get your stuff back. >> this ladder, great, like i said, does all sorts of different things. >>> reporter: from tools

transamerica. this is a major -- so these are -- those are buildings. but what else might you think about? bart, transportation. we'll talk about that. hospitals. city hall. these are possible target areas. as we mentioned, civilian safety is the most important. point to yourself. your safety is the most important. when you are sizing up what are the dangers, what are your capabilities, what are your limitations. terrorism is no different from a natural disaster. you are going to respond the same way. be nice is not nice. b stands for biological. n is nuclear, i is incendiary and c is chemical. on the bottom scale, we have a likelihood it's going to take place and this scale here is the impact. so nuclear device, think of a nuclear bomb taking place, impact will affect a lot of people, yeah. high impact, what's the probability that a nuclear attack will take place? not that great. as you move on, as the season progresses, then add a chemical release, over here, likelihood gets higher that would take place, less impact biological and explosive incendiari

to home and here we are, san francisco, and in the financial district, and looking out at the transamerica building, and boy, still got a whole lot of clouds out there, and we're going to keep the clouds in the forecast, well into the afternoon. and here is a look at the planner. for your lunchtime. and we will talk about what will be going on weather-wise. you probably already figured it out. well inland. sunshine for many. but for the north bay, clouds in there with temperatures in the mid-70s and partly cloudy around the bay with temperatures in the upper 60s and cloudy and cool, with areas of fog for the coastline. and afternoon highs in the lower 80s, with sun and clouds north, east bay and south bay, we will reap more sunshine today. and partly cloudy conditions around the bay and temperatures to the upper 60s, and remaining cloudy and cool along the coastline with temperatures in the upper 50s. for tonight, drizzle, along the coastline, and then you will see the low clouds spreading into the bay and also well inland overnight tonight. and here is a look at the satellite, and this is

look right now the transamerica building. that is roughly down to 600 feet. that's how we begin our morning tomorrow you can count on delays at sfo on arriving flights. that's pretty much the criteria right there at 600 feet. so let's go ahead and crunch our models together and come up with your pinpoint forecast. currently, san francisco at 53 degrees. mid-50s and overcast in mill valley. san jose. 68 after a high today of 83. and brentwood has now tumbled 20 degrees after their triple digit reading today. we will kick start your morning tomorrow with the sunup at 6:01. 9:00 a.m. in the morning the marine layer reaching out a good 45 to 50 miles. begins to retreat out over the bay waters during the lunch hour. then partial clearing around the media sea shore. no clearing in coastside communities like dylon beach. high pressure is a key component providing us with ample sunshine in our inland areas. around the central valley into the triple digits. thunderstorms because of a southerly surge around yosemit and downright sizzling hot in redding at 109. so 60s t

alto in the mid-60s and then we started to see a little hint of the stratus moving in towards the transamericauilding. you could see it in the foreground. so tomorrow morning for your commute we will have a little bit of patchy low clouds and fog lining the coast. otherwise pretty clear skies from the bay into our inland areas. your pinpoint fog cast kick starting with the morning commute a very shallow layer playing tag with the north bay beaches, trying to fill in around the city, but then backs off very rapidly. we will have warmer air mass and for your get-away friday triple digits anywhere from fresno through merced into sacramento 109 redding, triple digits in yukaya, mid-80s in palo alto, 91 degrees in campbell, east bay up numbers up to the triple digits. brentwood, tracy, oakland, pleasanton, livermore, somebody's backyard will hit 101, mid-80s in n naff and mid- 90s in sonoma. extended forecast calls for barely any dent in the temperatures saturday, partly cloudy skies with a return of the marine layer over the weekend and make sure you keep your animals, your pets, cool because this

here's a look outside the transamerica building, plenty of clouds out there this morning again.orecast for today clouds at the coast again. lower 60s. lower 60s around the bay and the upper 70s inland. these temperatures well below average, folks. also for wednesday. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday and monday, yeah, we finally start to warm up. where's my halleluia, john? >> halleluia! [ laughter ] >> you will finally start to feel temperatures that are more like what the bay area typically feels like this time of the year. at&t park sent in by robin, beautiful weather and the giants win. i wish i could make it look like that today. but if you have a photo go to cbs5.com/connect. >> good deal. >>> in this age of short attention spans, look, a shining. >> one rock and roll band is scoffing at logic. they have record what they claim is the longest single ever downloaded. ♪ [ music ] >> we're nearly out of time. [ laughter ] >> so we can't play the entire 43 minutes. the band is from britain, called the hoosiers. they have asked for verses for the song. the song is called "choic

. >>> low clouds and fog this friday morning in san francisco covering up the top of the transamerica pyramid. i caught some fog, too, along the caldecott tunnel. >> a little drizzle maybe? >> tracy is waiting to tell us about it. >> mount vaca, but no fog. >>> it is 5:51. how much would you pay for a used set of choppers? >> are you selling yours? >> dentures. >> that was a joke. [ laughter ] >> i'll be nice. someone will write in and say you're being mean to john kessler. isn't he so nice? we like him. >> they are real. all four of 'em. one man paid more than $23,000 for a used set of dentures. that's them right there. >> yup. >> the reason, these teeth used to belong to former british leader winston churchill. they were bought by a british man who collects churchill memorabilia. it's like elvis presley memorabilia. the man paid three times more than the estimated price, and the buyer also owns like the microphone that churchill used to announce the end of the war in europe in 1945. >> that would be a cool thing to have. not the dentures. >>> what were 6200 children doing on the bea

we have low clouds and fog not true fog at the ground but low clouds over the bay area over the transamericauilding and well inland today. it's going to take some time to break up so temperatures again, cooler than the average. headed out the door today, you will see those low clouds and fog well inland, well, looks like it's going to take some time for the fog to dissipate. we have 50s and 60s but by the afternoon, mostly sunny skies, cooler than normal but comfortable. 70s and low 80s warmest spots inland. 50's and 60s at the coast with the patchy fog. and yeah socked in again with low clouds stretching well inland today. but it will break up leaving plenty of sunshine inside the bay and the valleys. at the coast, touch and go as you will see a lot of clouds at the beaches. with that in mind, of the temperatures going to be cool. numbers around the state you will find 95 in fresno, 93 in yosemite with thunderstorms. 77 santa clara. 72 fremont. east bay temperatures maybe low 80s towards antioch and brentwood, 60s toward parts of oakland and berkeley. and then 60s and 70s in the north bay.

there's certainly some clouds outside, as you can see from this live shot of san francisco and the transamericauilding, and they're going to be hanging around for most of the day. it's going to be keeping the temperatures down quite a bit. so we're barely going to be getting into the 60s in the city, but it is going to be warming up in other areas. i'll have more coming up in the full forecast. we'll see you then. >> we'll look forward to that. thank you very much. >>> new this morning, a groundbreaking decision in oakland. late last night, the city council approved a plan that could make oakland the first city in california to allow industrial pot approximate. nbc bay area's christie smith is live in oakland this morning with how much money the city expects to bring in and where it could go. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. well, this is big money when oakland needs it most, considering the city was just forced to lay off 80 police officers to try and save some money. now we're talking about $5 million to $8 million in tax revenue once this new cultivation system for them are up

in oakland kron 4 news >> still ahead a climb of 48 flights transamerica in building zero we will explainid it. a live look the golden gate bridge look at that fog this looks, and we've been seeing this for several weeks now that's for the summer of forecast. we'll have more on that. >> about that time (laughter) 840 we are back it was not an easy task but 300 firefighters trekked up that building to the top. all for charity there were supposed to run up work time. 48 flights of stairs they were in full gear 50 lbs.. he had to take his helmet off. money raised goes to burn charities and firefighters toy program. imagine what it tough trip that was. he's actually in hailing a lot of air. >> we cannot think them enough this and it's an example of the great work >> it took them about 13 minutes to make that. they look like they were moving along. >> the big cleanup project this weekend in san francisco the college this summer sweet volunteers walked garbage cut down trees and branches along the embarcadero it is the 10th year of the program moves around to different areas of san francisco ve

here's a look out toward the transamerica building. plenty of clouds out there. the coastline today with fog expected. highs in the lower 60s. sunshine in the bay with the mid-60s expected. and temperatures inland, plenty of sunshine, temperatures near 90 degrees. saturday and sunday, a lot like today. similar temperatures as well as conditions, fog for the coast, sunshine inland, and cooler temperatures expected monday, tuesday and wednesday. ♪ >>> we a ♪ we are turning up the temperature here on the "early show" friday morning. it is very nice. you are going to love this. ber national superstar enrique iglesias will rock the "early show requests plaza. his new hits and classics. welcome back to "the early show." >> just when you thought the ongoing battle between mel gibson and his ex-girlfriend couldn't get any more bizarre, frankly, now text messages have been released. reportedly between the two. what's this do to the investigation to the possible case here? it is a new day and new detail. >> something new every day. a trip to yellowstone national park turne

cloudy skies looking out toward the transamerica building. about the temperatures later on today? well, still cool along the coast with minimal sunshine. upper 50s as highs. upper 60s around the bay with a mix of sun and clouds. and the mid-90s inland with plenty of sunshine expected. fog and drizzle at the close through sunday. >>> we're back, "early show" on a monday morning. and it is sunny and warm outside in the northeast right now. but dave price says, thunderstorms potentially. >> potentially. >> which would be great. cool things off a bit. >> it would be very nice to cool things off a bit. speaking of cooling off, if you are on vacation to cool things off or warm up, luggage can be a huge hassle. checking your luggage can be a huge hassle when you fly. you may need to pay a fee and the airline could still lose your bags, but that headache might be a thing of the past, thanks to our travel editor, peter gren burg, you don't want to miss his money-saving tips. peter says he's not checked a bag in eight years. >> if peter says to do it,

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caller: let us talk about the transamerica highway. high-speed rail. i can answer the question why people say they cannot understand why drugs are not legalized, why we cannot put more money into our infrastructure. about the fact that bankers took over the country in 1970 and are looking to take over all borders. host: a tweet -- guest: the equipment will be provided to various federal agencies in mexico. the federal police in mexico will be getting a large portion. the mexican navy is getting some aircraft. mexican army is getting some armored vehicles. the rest will go primarily to law enforcement entities. host: auburn, alabama. tyler, you are next. caller: it is pretty obvious here marijuana growing is virtually nonexistent. helicopters can fly over and spot a leaf of marijuana. we have almost squashed it, even in the rural areas. business is probably booming in mexico. people do not understand, yes, it is very profitable right now to bring drugs from mexico. host: can you speak to the profits? guest: government estimates are that the amount of il

annual fire fighters don't climb it will involve 300 firefighters it will go up 48 flights of the transamericall be in full gear the event benefits the burn center at st. francis. 957 on o'clock we will take a break. as we go big board the dow below to under points for the day 10,00140 current level a little reprieve fuel rushed for your information coming up. officials sing the catch up on the oil spill working right now live look no oil spilling into the gulf for the first time in three months. details ahead we're watching wall street a big drop dow jones down 2% 218 points to 10,00141. the latest news coming out of new york. check gone bay of the old area weather over san francisco fog lifting temperatures baking once again. >> been looking into the troubled digits this afternoon temperatures up for you the golden gate bridge things looking foggy they're looking cool later today we warming up those inland spots are going to feel the heat fairfield 101 later this afternoon back down to 92 into triple digits today continuing trouble digits in to tomorrow temperature once they look like your e

and the transamerica building, as you can see, folks, plenty of clouds out there. it's another day of cloud conditions. some patchy fog and along with a little bit of drizzle this morning, but that will be drying up. things will be getting better. let's take a look at your seven-day forecast. the good news is, a little bit warmer every day this week. it's going to be pretty nice. 60s on the coast. 70s and 80s inland today. >>> and a good looking family. what's your name? >> the jacobs family. >> two good looking boys there. all right. now let's head back to matt. >>> thanks so much. you think people would learn by now that if you leave something on a voice mail it can come back to haunt you. billionaire media mogul sumner redstone has just learned that lesson. nbc's mike taibbi explains. >> reporter: the article on "the daily beast" website was about a media mogul strong-arming a subordinate into producing a show he wanted on an all-girl band called electric barbarellas. then this voice mail. >> sumner redstone. i think you know i run viacom, and cbs, and mtv. >> r