you will have exercises at the transamerica building and at city hall? >> that's right. we'll have scenarios at the transamerica building and also at city hall and at the muni railroad, along with other places in oakland and berkeley and hayward and fremont. we're all over the bay area. it's a warn together citizens, if you are seeing tactical s.w.a.t. teams out it's probably because of the urban shield. >> tell me what you will be doing at transamerica building. >> it's a long ways down. when they get out there and they are only held up by loans -- ropes, it should test their skills for year. and when you talk about the major critical event, i guess there's no way to practice for it except just do it and -- how have you been doing it in terms of -- i mean, communication is always a huge element in handling situations. >> well, urban shield -- this is the fourth year for urban shield in the bay area. you are exactly correct. it does test our own capability to respond to a situation in a practical sense when the johannes mehserle verdict came out and the city of oakland s

when we get done with this, we will be talking about not just the transamerica icon, the golden gate bridge, the new span on the bay bridge, but a new icon intent to go in and around the world. the tallest new tower on the west coast of the united states that will anger this neighborhood with real focus on street level vibrancy, outdoor cafes, expanded sidewalks, tree- lined boulevards, outdoor merchants. connecting a sense of community with a sense of place. the third thing we are celebrating, live near pringle is here, we are going to be building a box. we are building a box that will accommodate something that is arguably a generation overdue. i am sick and tired of hearing how wonderful the transportation system is in france, do you know what they're doing in beijing? finally, california will get it right in with this. this project that so many people have talked about will finally start to take shape. the fourth thing we are celebrating go to my first point, leadership. stewardship. we would not be here if it was not the work for willie brown and others. don perotta and his extr

next to the transamerica pyramid. north beach is a wonderful place. so let's not put a cork in the bottle. not just yet. if you look at the dimaggio playground plan, the library sits here with an unused, understory space. part of it could be rec center. about 660 square feet. batter -- part of it could be a program room, about 700 square feet. or new steps space here. when you go up from that existing lower library staff level, you come into the main reading room. in this plan we would not do anything other than upgrade the finishes as they were originally intended, replacing in kind and restoring where possible. there is a solution that meets the a.d.a. it can be accessably upgraded. president miguel: thank you. is there additional public comment on this item? just leave it on the -- thank you. >> howard, friends of appleton library. i'm an architect and a native of north beach who grew up with north beach library when it was first opened. and played at the children's playground and the playground when i was at francisco middle school, particularly w

here's a look out toward the transamerica building there with a few clouds in play. forecast for this afternoon, just a few clouds in play. partly cloudy and mild temperatures inland with highs up to the mid-70s. mix of sun and clouds around the bay from 63 to 69 degrees. and sun and clouds for the coastline, temperatures ranging from 60 to 64. here's a look at what we are still watching. it is a low pressure system. i like to say it's kind of meandering, kind of jogging to the west, jogging to the east, back and forth, really kind of keeps us with cooler-than- average temperatures and that's keeping the fog -- well, not really the fog but keeping the clouds -- we haven't had any fog because of those winds so that's been a good thing. temperatures lower 70s in union city and fremont and palo alto and redwood city. lower 60s in daly city and pacifica. and moving just a little bit farther inland, 74 san jose, 47 in morgan hill, 74 in los gatos. more mid-70s from antioch to brentwood. those temperatures close to 10 degrees below average but hey, still nice and mild. 72

and now, let's take a live look at downtown san francisco, lots of gray clouds over the transamerica building. so is the weekend going to be a total washout? we have halloween coming up. let's head to tracy in the weather center. hi, tracy. >> we have a whole lot of trick or treaters out there who don't want to get wet. they don't want to be soggy asking for candy. looks like halloween isn't so bad. partly cloudy skies, pretty nice. toward the coastline, we have some clouds out there. we do still have some rainfall but for right now it's playing favorites with the north bay. that's where we're seeing the bulk of it today. inverness picking up more than an inch of rainfall and san francisco more than a half inch. you can see some light showers just moving through the daly city area. and also impacting sfo. heavy rainfall off the coast that has not yet made it to the bay area. so our forecast for this afternoon, cloudy with showers still possible and likely. temperatures ranging from the upper 50s to the lower 60s along the coast. mid-60s around the bay and near 70 degrees inland. ther

>> reporter: teams of armed law enforcement rapel down the smoke ventilation shaft inside the transamerica tower. from the 48th floor down to the 44th, they're sneaking up on an intrude wer a gun. >> -- intruder with a gun. >> but them in real life buildings and raoeld life airplanes and boats and whatever they would really face and so if they have to face it, they will be ready. >> reporter: bart of a large exercise called urban shield. police and sheriff's departments from all over the bay area, and the fbi and international agencies participate. officials say the training works. like when the bart shooting verdict came down for johannes mehserle mehserle. >> not only did about 25% of the urban shield participants knew oakland, they knew where to go and what to do. >> reporter: they will re-enact dozens of different scenarios in 48 hours, without sleep to terrorism to hostage takeovers. >> very selective. and the guys you saw today, they're the best of the best. >> there are four hostages. two county supervisors. and two civilian employees. >> reporter: at san francisco city hall the dri

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

. >> reporter: teams of armed law enforcement rapel down the smoke ventilation shaft in the transamerica tower and sneaking up on an intrude wer a gun. >> put them in real life airplanes and boats and whatever that would actually happen, so when they do face it, if they have to face it, they will be ready. >> reporter: it is part of a large exercise called urban shield. police and sheriff's departments from all over the bay area, the fbi, and even some international agencies, participate. officials say the training works, like when the bart shooting verdict came down for johannes mehserle. >> most of them had gone through urban shield and they knew where to go and how to get there. >> for 48 hours, the teams will barely sleep, re-enacting dozens of different scenarios from terrorism to hostage takeovers. >> very skhrebg tive-- very selective. and the guys you saw today, they are the best of the day. >> four hostages. two county supervisors and two civilian employees. >> at city hall, the drill starts with a debriefing after several supervisors are said to be taken hostage. teams move in

this is a nice shot, transamerica building there, and mostly sunny skies here in the bay. and we have one more shot for you, this is the ocean beach camera, and boy, that looks good, too. and coastline, plenty of sunshine expected, but temperatures today are going to be cooling down, just a bit. and here is a look at the afternoon high, partly cloudy conditions expected. and breezy, winds out of the northwest at 15-20 miles an hour and cool temperatures, from 56 to 58 degrees. and partly cloudy and cool around the bay with the temperatures in the lower 60s. and sun and clouds, with cool temperatures expected inland. 60 to 65 degrees for this afternoon. and here is a look at the satellite and our radar, and all of the clouds, and the rainfall, pushing well out of the bay area, and back behind it, clearing sky, and improving conditions, and mostly sunny conditions, across the many parts of the bay area but don't really expect it to impact our temperatures and north west winds coming in, and cooler winds, and the temperatures cooling down a bit. lower 60s in palo alto to redw

they rapelled down the elevator shaft in the transamerica building, a fake intruder with a gun. the drills will go on for 48 hours with dozens of different scenarios from terrorism to hostage take overtimes. toss t overs. >> a little rain maybe. >> we may see showers after record-breaking temperatures. we are going to see things shifting gears in the atmosphere the next couple of days here. let's take you out there right now, check it out. how about that. glowing a little extra bright after that giant victory tonight. looking good out there, a lot of clouds moving overhead though too, more on the way, even a chance to have some of those raindrops. doppler radar is thinking about some activity now for the most part. we have been looking at this coming down and forming virga across the skies. a pretty good batch off the coastline, may be enough to stretch out a couple of showers along the peninsula in the next hour or so. leaping unsettled. partly cloudy, there is a chance we could see some showers here, doesn't look like a washout, could use that, temperatures going to be cool. p

you are looking at transamerica building.ure we have clouds up ahead and sprinkles making their way through the bay area. lisa argen will tell you more. but it looks like you won't get rained on for halloween. >> tomorrow is halloween but in some parts of country, parents and children are being urged to celebrate early. >> this halloween the question is just trick-or-treat. it's saturday or sunday? some cities don't want to mix goblins and ghosts that many designate for god. >> i don't think it goes together. >> and some parents would avoid the sugar rush on that night. >> i would prefer to it happen on saturday. >> that is why leaders in chatham, georgia to dress up tonight. >> we had references from all cities and discussed we would have this the trick-or-treating saturday night as opposed to sunday night. >> they are not alone. oklahoma city is opted to make sunday sacred. >> in some cities, the showdown isn't over religion or schools but sports. on halloween, arlington, texas has game four of the world series. and the sai

they will be doing and why residents may see swat teams swarming san francisco city hall and the transamerica building this weekend. >>> placidities piet the down economy business -- plus despite the bad economy business is booming for one bay area company. >>> san francisco police arrested a man accused of impersonating famous musician. investigators say this man 58- year-old allen young would they say most recently pretended to be song writer lamont doser. >>> we're going to go back over to tara. road closure now. what is going on? >> in themen low park area. we have a power outage. not sure if it's due to a car accident or we're just not sure at this time. we're checking with chp. we want to head up to an even bigger accident. it has been issued for this 101 northbound. all lanes were blocked. they were getting access through one lane. that's not happening anymore. you want to avoid 101 northbound if you can use side streets really bay shore and that type of thing. all right up next we have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. back up is quite extensive mast the parking lot and across the

this is live look from the roof cam shotgun you the transamerica pyramid and some of the skyline.at later this afternoon between 3:00 and 4:00. thanks for joining us on this morning with a rather rare date 10-10-10. >> an investigation reveals you may be paying illegal fee for calling a cab. michael finney has been looking into the fee charge. here is what he found. >> he travels frequently on business he took a cab and paid his $68 fare by credit card. >> i noticed there was a $74 charge. >> his receipt said. but his charge was 74. he called the 8 hundred number and told a six dollar voucher fee had been added. >> i don't think it would be obvious to anyone to looking in the cab or talking to the cab driver i would be paying a voucher fee. >> but there it was in small print. voucher fee, $3 per passenger and even smaller print rides over $50 additional voucher fees automatically apply. the fee is assessed by a company called taxi path. >> they provide payment options for passengers by allowing them to buy a prepaid vouper. >> but he said he didn't buy a voucher. he gave him his c

you may spot them in san francisco scaling the transamerica pyramid. responding to a mock terrorist attack in livermore or checking for make believe dirty bombs in berkeley. police departments from around the bay area, the f.b.i. and three international teams will take part in this drill. urban shield is considered the largest tactical exercise in the nation. >> now we know. >> that's what it is. >> we're expecting a cooldown this weekend as well. >> yeah, meteorologist here with the weekend forecast. >> we figured today, temperatures dropped places like san francisco, 21 degrees cooler. we'll just keep that going as we head into the weekend. let me show you a live picture from the high definition camera. you see the sun glowing there. we do have some fog right near the beaches. mainly san francisco southward. here are your current readings. san francisco is 60 degrees. hoffman bay, 54. you get out towards the inland areas and it's still pretty mild. low to mid 80's inland east bay. 24-hour change, 18 degrees cooler in santa rosa. 15 degrees cooler in

the transamerica building, 88 degrees. that humidity is extremely low.keeping that fire danger in the moderate level. but those winds are on the calmer side. that's what's keeping us out of that red flag fire warning status. we do have cooler changes already starting. we're starting to get more of a southerly push. that's helping to stack up this pacific moisture here down around monterey. also into santa cruz. that's where temperatures are beginning to drop at this hour. then we're going to look out towards pacific. for the cooling weekend changes. we have a frontal system out here. that cool air tucked back behind it, it will drop temperatures some 10 to 20 degrees as we get into saturday and sunday's forecast. it will feel a lot more enjoyable as we head into this upcoming weekend. for tomorrow, it's still going to start off here with temperatures near 60 at 6:00 a.m. that's comfortable. by 11:00 a.m., it will warm up quickly with mid-70s for you in the south bay. temperatures for tomorrow, you'll see by 11:00 a.m., it will warm up rapidly in the east

>>> take a live look at the sunrise over the transamerica building in san francisco.ovely way to start the day. you know, though, new york is better than us in one way today, their series is all wrapped up with a sweep of the minnesota twins. they won that last night. they have to see who they'll play in the american league championship series. it will either be the texas rangers or the tampa bay rays. the giants have to win two more games to throw their own party and they get a chance to win one of those games today. nbc bay area's lauren scott has that and also some pretty exciting college football highlights in your morning sports. >> a very good morning to you. the giants are ready to rebound in atlanta. game three against the braves and laura filed this report late last night from atlanta to bring us the very latest. >> reporter: thanks. it's been a wild 24 hours for the giants. first there was the extra inning heartbreaking loss last night at at&t park and then bright and early this morning they flew across the country here to atlanta and as soon as they landed

francisco, good evening, i'm roberta gonzales, take a look outside, live, cbs5 weather, pavarotti the transamerica building where we do have low clouds and patchy fog due west. temperatures across the bay area and seize nah blow cool from 59 to half moon bay. 73 degrees in concord, right there in san francisco, currently a very chilly 54 degrees after realize agriculture high today of only 60. we do have the influx of the marine layer pushing on-shore temperatures tonight. partly cloudy skies, better sleeping weather in santa rosa to the low 50s across the silicon valley. bayside tomorrow, southwest wind, 10 to 20 miles per hour, under the influence of high pressure. the departure of a low and to the north of us a little bit of a stormy weather pattern setting up that trains off all the way out over the pacific ocean. tomorrow's high pressure sunny skies will pan out to be the warmest day of the workweek. 70s peninsula. mid-70s in san jose. to the east of the bay. 65 in richmond, low 80s in brentwood. tracy, oakland, north of the bay. a little clearing, to 81 degrees in fairfield. how about this.

here's a look outside towards the transamerica building. here's a look at our seven-day forecast. the 60s along the coast, lower 70s at the bay and upper 70s inland. temperatures are warming up saturday and sunday, and we will take those warmer temperatures well into next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, mid- to upper 80s, inland. upper 70s at the bay and the lower 70s along the coast. [ male announcer ] barbara boxer. she fought to get our veterans the first full combat care center in california. her after school law is keeping a million kids off the street and out of gangs. and she's fighting every day to create new jobs. i'm working to make california the leader in clean energy. to jump-start our small businesses with tax credits and loans to create thousands more california jobs. i'm barbara boxer, and i approve this message... because i want to see the words made in america again. >>> good wavers this morning. >> yes. >> yes. very good wavers. >> hey, spongebob is here. a fabulous crowd. >> you know what? i made a mistake that is not spongebob. looks like sponge

looking out towards the transamerica building, blue skies, plenty of sunshine, it looks good, as wellpper 60s inland. more sunshine wednesday. chance of rainfall thursday, friday and saturday. sunshine sunday and monday. so i can't believe the sacramento politicians cut a backroom deal that will give our state's wealthiest corporations a new billion dollar tax give-away, a new handout that can only mean larger class sizes and even more teacher layoffs. but passing prop 24 can change all that. prop 24 repeals the unfair corporate give-away and puts our priorities first. vote yes on prop 24, because it's time to give our schools a break, not the big corporations. after another. and another. just a dishonest politician, trying to hide his record of failure. the real brown plan? more spending on out-of-control state pensions. more favors for the big teachers union, blocking education reform. more job-killing taxes and regulations. more of the same old failure from sacramento. job killer jerry brown. always more taxes, more spending, and more lost jobs. >>> well, all right, then. >> welcom