all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it has these quotes from roosevelt on the wall. he said in one of his talks to the people, "the test is not whether we have more, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little". it's a different philosophy than that which we have become used to. what i am going to show you is a lost civilization. it's a strange place. and yet, it becomes oddly familiar after a while because we built it and use it every day without knowing it. it has been buried. the living new deal project is like an archaeological dig. we are going after the new deal in california, but hope to extend throughout the u

all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the

. >> public schools, the uc system, and community colleges say they are also feeling the pinch. they haven't received full payments from the state since june. >>> after an early slide stocks rebounded on wall street today following news that industrial production grew last month. the dow gained 46 points, the nasdaq rows 11 1/2. >>> it's been declared an epidemic and it has taken another life in california. who is most at risk an what people are being asked to do. plus ... >> reporter: the tea party set out to shake up the political landscape and the conservative group is succeeding, but, coming up, we'll show you why the tea party's impact has both parties shaking. >>> and i'm still tracking a fairly strong form for this time of year in the pacific's. i'll tell you when you can expect some showers. >>> also ahead, a new effort to get governor schwarzenegger to sign a bill aimed at preventing oil spills. what local lawmakers want done. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. in

until this year neither workers or the uc system had made any payments for 20 years. >>> well, despite a ban on texting behind the wheel, a new study shows more california drivers are doing it. the survey, conducted in orange county, found that nearly 3% of drivers texted from behind the wheel. that's twice the rate of drivers surveyed in january of 2009 when the ban went into effect. drivers caught texting are fined $20 for a first offense. nearly 6,000 people died in car accidents in 2008 that were blamed on distracted driving. >>> the bay area has a new clean air blueprint. the air quality management district comes up every three years with ideas to make the air healthier. up for consideration now requiring that homes with open heart fireplaces be upgraded to low-emitting inserts or stoves before they are sold. that's been considered before. starting a bay area version of cash for clunkers to get more polluting cars off of the streets. another idea would require dairy farmers to give their cows special feed to reduce the amount of methane gas they emit. not all measures get adopted.

budget cuts, so i'm hoping i'm going to hear more about how the budget's going to work into the uc system. sfwl i just want to hear something new because a lot of it to me has been the same mishmash. there hasn't been new ideas. i want to see something refreshing. i'm not swaying to either side. >> you should know this, that we will be televising our own debate on october 12th. it your chance to hear them talk. tom brokaw will moderate the debate in san rafael. the debate will begin at 6:30 and on our website as well. >>> the calendar says autumn, which frequently means summer in these parts as we know, but we don't expect this kind of heat. the bay area is in the heat wave. another day of record breaking temperatures. jeff ranieri is in the weather center with today's numbers and please, some relief. >> we have some relief coming. it was hotter today than yesterday. here is just four of the nearly ten records. san rosa, 104. livermore, the hottest day of the year. san francisco airport even popping up to a sweltering 95 degrees. still i triple digit heat range. but we are starting to see

here's my plan for the uc and csu system. higher education is one of the gems of our education system in california. of the top 15 public universities in the country, we have 6 of them. so while we are fixing k-12 education, which i'm sure we'll talk about in a minute, we cannot lose our innovation edge, which is uc and csu. so i want to reduce costs of this government and take $1 billion and put it back in the uc system. i want to streamline the size of government. we've got to get back to an employee count of where we were just five years ago. the state now has more bureaucrats than active duty personnel in the u.s. navy. we have got to reformal our pension program as we've talked about. we've got to reform our welfare program. today we have 12% of the population of the united states and 32% of the welfare cases. we've got five times the welfare cases of new york, and only twice the population. frankly, it's a budget issue but also a strength of our community issue. eve got to put californians back to work. welfare can't be

uc system is trying to meet a 12 billion dollar obligation to its pension about plans. >> environmentalrgest water shed restoration project in the country is now upped way hear in northern california. ground breaken on the project this week along battle creek just outside of redding. it's a rare environmental success story where everyone seems to agree on what needs to happen. for nearly a century dam along battle creek have turned water into power. but they have also kept endangered salmon and threatened steel head from reaching prime breeding ground. >> this project has been in existence for many, many decades. and this uses spring fed water from volcano rock in the southern cascades to produce hydro-electric power. >>reporter: 5 dam along battle creek are being torn down or modified to make way for fish. it's ambitious project being headed up by the bureau of reclamation. the project manager says this in its entirety the restoration project will restore approximately 42 miles of hand at that time. along with about 6 miles of habitat on tributeary to battle creek. >>reporter: creek re

i want to reduce costs of this government and take a billion dollars and put it back in the uc system. we have to get back to an employee count of where we were just five years ago. the state now has more bureaucrats than active duty personnel in the u.s. navy. we have to reform our pension program as we have talked about. we have to reform our welfare program. today, we have 12% of the population of the united states, and 32% of them welfare cases. we have five times the welfare cases of new york, and only twice the population. and it's a budget issue, but a strength of our community issue. we have to put californians back to work. welfare can't become a way of life. i have some very specific plans to reform welfare, take some of that savings and put it back in higher education. and last, we have to run the government more efficiently. i know what's ironic? we have the most dysfunctional state government, and i come from a part of the state where we have the most innovative companies in the world. we need to take some of that expertise and innovation and run the government more effic

francisco. [ chanting ] >> angry demonstrators have hit the treats with a message for the head of the uc system. >>> and the free giveaway that's preparing hundreds of students for class. we're part of nature, and as we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. it's a selfish thing to want to protect nature. i never intended to be a businessman. we made the world's best climbing equipment out of here. we realized that putting in and taking out of all these pitons was causing damage to the rock. so, i made these little soft aluminum chalks that you just put in with your fingers. and i'm a dam buster. we've been working for years to take this dam out. the reservoir behind it is only 4 feet deep-- the water gets real warm, kills a lot of the life in the river. when you take out a dam, that's a real victory. i mean, a concrete victory so to speak! when i get an idea to do something, i like to take the first step. if that feels good, i take another step. to do good, you actually have to do something. no matter what you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. v

that just completely undermines all confidence in the system. >> uc berkeley and cal tech are creatingt they call a virtual seismologist computer program. >> we really don't want to wait until after the first big earthquake. we really want to do this before. >> when we come back on "second look," mapping quake danger in the bay area. we will show you a map which traces which parts of the bay area could suffer most in a major quake. . >> which parts of the bay area are most prone to damage in a major earthquake. over the years, the u.s. geological survey have issued maps aimed at answering that question. we have two reports filed when those maps were made public. the first in 1995, focusing on san francisco. the second is in 2006 looking at the larger bay area. >> this is the ground shaking in san francisco map, a color coded guide to the city's safest and potentially most dangerous areas during an earthquake. >> there is a 2-3 chance of a large earthquake occurring in the bay area in the next 30 years. >> the red represents the bay mud or landfill areas which are the least stable and,

facilities in california could go unused because of a lawsuit winding through the federal court system. uc san francisco, stanford, us y and ucla will open near 400,000 square feet of new work face funded by state taxpayers by the end of november but scientists say the delay and court case is costing money and slowing the pace of discovery that could help millions of patients. >> we have got breaking news right now, 6:20. we are going to florida. look at this. live pictures. you have got a swat team outside of a bank of america in coral gables florida, there is a hostage situation right now. this is happening near there coral gables university. you can see a swat team in place. we are told this started as a bank robbery and again, now it -- look at -- look at there police are in position, swat teams are everywhere and as the camera pulls back you get a wider picture of what is happening at this bank of america in coral gables florida. again this is breaking news. started as a bang rockery. it has evolved into something else but the swat team is in place. they are ready to jump in there. we

system. one of the options to fix the problem is increasing the amount workers have to pay into their retirement funds. uc is also looking at looking at the retirement age for some new hires. regents may vote on a new solution by september. >>> more than 100 park workers could lose their jobs next month unless a federal budget gets an extension. jobs now has helped find jobs for about 3,800 people since it began sometime last year. gavin newsom is pushing for an extension. >>> the weather is expected to heat up which means pollutants could be trapped closer to the ground, to help prevent smog, officials want to encourage people to use public transportation. you can feel it warm up today. let's go to bill martin in the weather center. >> you could feel it heating up. you can also see it heating up, i guess if you will. what i'm pointing at here is the fog now. you can see how it's come away from monterey bay. see how it's taken the fog and scoured it out. it's cleared to ocean beach, starting to see sunshine there. this north wind will clock a little more easterly tomorrow and thursday, you have yourself a

uc- berkeley, this is an investment in your future. >> reporter: johnson adds there was a lot of resistance. the whole system cost billions originally. nobody would say it's a bad idea. they are trying to line up the dollars to pay for it. >> thank you, simon perez. >>> anyone who rides bart knows those trains can get loud. we are getting an idea of just how much noise they make, too. >> it's almost ear shattering so i have to wear ear plugs all the time. >> reporter: the "chronicle" surveyed all 280 miles of bart tracks with a sound meter and found noise levels can reach 100 decibels at some spots. that is the equivalent of a jackhammer. >> when it comes to the final stop your ipod is up so loud it's blasting you can't hear what station is at when you miss it. >> it's ridiculous in the tunnels, screaming and screeching. >> the loudest spot on bart is the transbay tube heading westbound. the ride is nearly as loud between glen park and 24th street mission stations going east. quietest ride you might want to know between hayward and south hayward southbound. bart points out a recent study named the transit sy

learn about our system and then encourage our retirees to volunteer sometimes so they can share their experience. yesterday, i was in the park and i was listening to this professor from uc-berkeley who bring students here to talk about sfpuc and all of the politics, the bonding. i was really surprised that a professor from berkeley has taken it upon himself to share information like this, because as you know, commissioners, you do what you have to do, but what leads things to happen is politics. and our young people should know about all the politicking that goes on and how sometimes if you pay attention to the maintenance of our infrastructure it pays good dividends, and if you do not pay attention to the maintenance of our infrastructure then we have rapid issues. jon is a great guy in all the time i have known him. it is really said that he is leaving, but i suppose you have to retire sometime. i am requesting that we tap into his experience, bring him back sometimes, though he may enjoy his retirement sometimes, and share his experience with the students. and i think he will say yes if you do it the right way. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. dacosta. >> next

uc berkeley. the money woes forcing cuts in five big sms. (announcer) while there are some home disasters you can't avoid, there is one you can. septic system breakdowns affect 1.2 million homes each year. septic backups can cost about six thousand dollars in expense, and countless hours of repair. rid-x. help save yourself from disaster. our state has a huge deficit. meg whitman's plan will make it billions worse by eliminating the capital gains tax for wealthy investors, including herself. economists say her plan will "rip a hole in the budget" and is "deeply flawed". analysts for the l.a. times say whitman's plan is a "pure handout" to the rich creating a "huge risk" to schools and public safety. jerry brown's against this unfair giveaway because it will take billions from our children when we can least afford it. get california working again-for all of us. >>> a live look at oakland this morning where we will still see temperatures in the 90s in concord and livermore. high in the east bay of the just 75. we'll check in with jennifer on that. the number one public university in the country cutting sports, and it's all because of californ

system. caltrans has sensors embedded in the roads. they count cars, trucks. they monitor traffic patterns, and that information is sent to a ucter about twice a minute. pems is designed to predict optimal traffic routes and travel time, but here, it can give us an idea of the speed and movement of traffic at the time that rausch got on the freeway. projecting from that information, as well as the time elapsed... oh, this is the part of the s.a.t.s that kept me out of harvard. the train is leaving the station at 5:00, right? i'm applying constructal theory: point-area and point-volume flows. see, traffic moves like any other fluid system. there are imperfections, obstacles that force the system to optimize performance by reducing its resistance... now, martin rausch knows this area pretty well, and if he's like any of the rest of us, he'll reduce his resistance by choosing the least congested route to arrive at his destination. still not seeing how you can tell us where he's at. i can't exactly. well, at least not yet, not right now. but what i can do... you say this is the 101 south? yes. what i can do is give you a bounded a

uc executives. >> the fact that most of my coworkers are already working just above poverty level. they've been working hard for the students and patients of this university system >> the regents say the pension contributions are necessary to save the retirement plan from an unfunding long term liability of $24 billion. >>> unemployment claimants in the u.s. have dropped for the third time in four weeks. the labor department says new claims for unemployment benefits fell by 3,000 this week. in economists ists have predicted an increase. the pace of economic growth has slowed since the beginning of the year. >>> a police foot chase ended early this morning with concord police shooting and wounding a man. officers say after the suspect ran from officers he stopped and pulled out a realistic looking fake gun. today concord police released this photo showing that fake weapon that they say was found on the subpoena. ktvu's jade hernandez has our report now from congress. >> reporter: john sineburger lives a block away. >> i heard about four or five shots. and then i heard another one about 10 minutes after. >> reporter: steinburger drove away from where officers were

system? "the washington post" has an excerpt modified from "obama's wars." uc and in this year, president obama visiting arlington national -- you see in this here, president obama visiting arlington national cemetery. the peace in "the washington post" says -- so, we are seeing a little bit of the behind-the-scenes give- and-take, the discussions happening as president obama tries to decide what direction to take last year, plotting their strategy. it starts off by saying the president was on edge. for two exhausting months he was asking commanders to give a range of options for the war of afghanistan. instead, they felt -- he felt they were staring into one outcome. and their goal was to get 40,000 troops and an expanded mission in afghanistan. let's get to your calls. right here in washington. ralph, good morning. caller: yes, ma'am. i think we ought to be more worried about losing the war in the united states. we nominated a new fda director whose husband was involved in three hedge funds. the made off case, the guide testified said the fda was captured. we

systems. now considering issuing $30 million in bonds to pay for improvements which rate payers would pay back over time. >>> new developments in the ongoing saga about the uc berkeley grads held in iran. there's word another country is stepping in to help secure the relief of the remaining two. >>> and the controversial issue that could soon be back up for debate in san francisco and how it's connected to a deadly officer-involved shooting. >> reporter: and looks like the president's chief of staff will be leaving the white house sooner rather than later. i'll show you what recall manuel is doing. >>> tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> welcome back to the morning news. new developments overnight involving the two remaining uc berkeley graduates still detained in iran. iran has indicated that the country of oman may be trying to secure the release. an iranian newspaper reports that delegation will visit iran as early as sunday. iran's foreign minister wouldn't confirm the report but said delegations from various countries traveled to iran. oman helped secure sara's release. >>> president obama's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, may be

system save money concluded that the school has too many managers. the campus could save about $20 million by eliminating jobs through attrition, retirements, voluntary separations and layoffs. ucpositions since last year. 922 we will be back in a couple of minutes the golden gate bridge. traffic is moving well friday light and lots of sunshine. [ 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. i'm barbara boxer, and i approve this message... we are fourteenth in line for take off. beep, beep, beep. looks like its bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! should have skipped that second soda. remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag co