the trees went unused this christmas and donated to the east bay regional park district.grabbing the trees getting ready to throw them into the water. why? the trees will provide a habitat for the bass, blue bill and sun fish in horseshoe lake. >>> there are reports that lance armstrong may admit to using pempg mans enhancing drugs -- performance enhancing drugs. the "new york times" citing anonymous sources reports that armstrong is considering publicly admitting to doping in the hopes that officials will allow him to resume his career. armstrong's lawyer denies any knowledge of such a plan. >>> time is running out for the players in the nhl to salvage any the part of the season if in deals made. they negotiated for 12 hours and they started another session. two get a 48 game season, a deal needs to be reached by january 11th. >>> wildcard weekend gets underway today. and one game, the packards are hosting the minnesota vikings. fans showed up to help shovel snow from the stabbed as they often do. if they win tonight, they'll hid to san francisco to play the 49ers. >>> w

. >> hundreds of unused christmas trees chained together to go into this fremont lake. the purpose behind this unique project. . >>> four people are dead in aurora, colorado following a police stand-off. a s.w.a.t. team stormed a home this morning, after police say a gunman fired shots at officers. inside the home, officers found the bodies of the gunman, two men and a woman. the gunman had been shot by police. a fifth person escaped from the home. aurora is the same denver suburb where 12 people were killed inside a movie theater last july. >>> today, president obama's weekly address focused on his next challenge with congress. the debt ceiling. >> one thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a bill they have already racked up. if congress refuses to give the united states the ability to pay its bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic. last time congress threatened this course of action, our entire economy suffered for it. >> republicans say a deal must include spending cuts, but the

but courage unused becomes weaker. determination unused gets smaumer. passion unexpressed gets smaller. like any muscle, the more you use it. he's been using it for years. his son, here's the other thing, he had a reason larger than himself. you see the pattern of all the people who have overcome. at the time he said he was worried about his employees and he really cares about his people. but you have to make that shift where it's no longer an excuse. if you give yourself an excuse, humans will take it. if you're going to take the island you burn the boat. and he burned the boat and said i'm going to find the answer. he shifted to psychology and got the skills. like i said earlier, it's not just confidence. you have to have skill. he had both. show them what you did. >> after that particular business mastering program, as tony said, 80% of it is psychology, and 20% of it is mechanics, or the strategies. unless you get the psychology down, the mechanics don't matter. i can tell you, from that day in november of 2008, where i made that decision, that i wa

it simply sat unused for years, a reserve of money with no purpose.wsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: changes coming to the forecast with rainfall. tomorrow and a lingering showers for sunday evening. monday, drier conditions it is going to be cold overnight. clearing skies and these clouds are right offshore. associated with this system in notice spotty cloud pattern in the wake of this main band. indicating showers. they look at the futurecast with the rainfall moving into the north bay. moderate over santa rosa. this will continue to press to the east with rain over the north bay. and the inland valleys. a lingering showers by 4:00 p.m. in the same apply six notice things are going to clear out by sunday but we are going to see that spot the shower activity. the time frame will largely be 1/2 inch but the coastal hills, the mountains conceit different amounts. this could also lowered the of our local snow fl levels f 4,000 ft.. it should be smooth sailing. >> catherine: in sports. possibly the greatest coach in bay area sports his

sometimes someone we didn't know would put something under the mattress, making the cot unusable for several days. someone would come by and take the hardware away in a shopping bag and that would be it for a week or so. there was often a black photographer who would come to the shop with an empty shopping bag. when he left, he with leave in a zigzag and eventually get on a bus going south. >> i wanted to read a poem that was sent by the poet that i invited to the recent san francisco international poetry festival from iraq i've been in touch with for more than a year and a half. after the united states would not give him his visa, i asked him -- i told him about mutanabbi street and he wrote a poem and he wrote it in english, though he writes in, of course, in arabic. but this one he wrote in english. so i'll read it. one figure in the poem you should know, humbaba, which is an ogre, a monster of immemorial age. that was a special big garden, a forest, where all types of trees and flowers grew. the trees bending down gently flinging branches. our orchard grew like a crown on the sun

the project will transform previously unused public land to affordable housing. this project was considered in 2010. many of the commission finds that you approved discuss the provision of affordable family home ownership housing that will be provided. at the time of your approval it was anticipated there would be four affordable units and this was widely lauded. since that time this is been bought by habitat for humanity which has kept the family size transformed hundred percent of the units to affordable housing. this is not even more compliant with the general plan including the 2009 update. there has been no reason as to why the lot lines should not be drawn as proposed in with that we urge you to support this project. >> president: any questions from city staff? supervisor avalos. >> supervisor avalos: emory can you talk about the permit and environmental review about this project. you know what public process this is gone through? >> planning commission approved the conditional use; sql foundings. the rezoning was sent before the board of supervisors which

that means there is a big pool of talented but unused labour. >> there are other people out there with other problems that can be integrated very fine in society if only the problems can be solved. that means it can help society in general. >> his job is to look at software, find faults. his strength is a special perspective. if society stop finding fault with social part as, he said they would also find strength and a new perspective. >> almost 20 million people watched the golden globe awards on sunday. one of the surprise winners of the evening, argo based on the iranian hostage crisis. the best director was from that film. lincoln managed to win one award for its star, daniel day-lewis. american cars have made a comeback at this year's detroit auto show. the

very same people also concocted a vacation buyout for dozens of park employee who's got cash for unusedleave. state senator mark menno chairdz the budget committee. >> we need public trust. when this situation arises it's detrimental in a department we all love. >> in the end, lawmakers sent money on parks and policies were put in place so that this deception doesn't happen again. >> thank you. reality tores and homeowners are seeking state tax relief. a state senator introduced a bill to bring california in line with federal law. congress gave home own yairz break this week, waving taxes on forgiven mortgage debt another year as part of the fiscal cliff deal. but the california exemption lapsed at the end of%+] 2012 so it's considered taxable income. >> for lenders to do principal reduction and encourage borrowers and last thing you want is at the end of the year to get hit with a tax bill. it will be a boon to homeowner autos but homeowner woz have paid taxes on amountsing for given through short sales, loan modifications and foreclosures. >> still to come jentsing day for a man that

the prize you have is too costly and unstable well why do they call it unstable why they call it unusable how can you persuade these people to well to to change their mind god. is a famous scientist and. yeah his. new toy from the sun so i mean this year for as you mentioned not stay over. before either one is a show was. created two thousand and seven more than ten years. i asked for then there was a sham of the project cost or size or the final it is site selection therefore i guess i did not qualify. and that is a point to mention not sterile but already in coverage cost reduction stuff that. i think. come back to the light truck and are now trying to increase. its barest to god well as you remember the true novel disaster and it led to years of public debate of public opposition to nuclear programs the focus humor tragedy in japan intensify the negative feeling great and well a spotlight the limits the media has more so that. you can the power plants exist only in thirty countries of the world forty five more states want to join the club well some of the current members have announced

it is one of 450,000 unused buildings in london, and more and more often, people are making themselves at home in them. >> it is kind of a subculture underneath that. something bubbling under the surface of what seems like a very pretty city. >> workshops, skill shares. it is quite huge. it is a building that has been mothballed. it has been left and the for quite some time. >> these squatters used to occupy private properties, but that was made an official offense in september of last year, but office space in industrial areas are not mentioned in the new law, so they moved here instead. arthur found a derelict building in one of the most expensive areas of london. the windows were open so they did not even have to break in. the law was meant to put an end to squatting. instead, it has added new headaches. the squatters found a loophole, and the government is none too happy about it. >> we do not live in a state where property is theft and resources are allocated essentially by some central committee. that did not go very well on the other side of the aisle when they tried it, and i t

that film went from unused to unwatched and to unwanted. much of it, perhaps most of it was just thrown away. >> i went into an archive and a bunch of film had just been thrown away, because the film was restricting people's access to get to pallets of toilet paper. >> the archive though is dedicated to not just saving the physical film, but uncovering and sharing its secrets. the first challenge for alex is figuring out what is on it. labels, if they exist at all are often generic or flat out wrong. >> there's one that says, old con-mon, that could be really cool. or it could be really serious. i have no idea. >> once alex has decided what to work with. each reel is cleaned, repaired and digit ittized. >> it's a different type of history and it's a history you can take part in. >> the process can be pain-staking and slow. over the years alex has made it through roughly 200 hours of film or just 5% of the archive. still, he is uncovered treasurers of bay area history. >> you know you are lying! >> harvey milk debating. and dianne feinstein

it is one of 450,000 unused buildings in london, and more and more often, people are making themselves at home in them. >> it is kind of a subculture underneath that. something bubbling under the surface of what seems like a very pretty city. >> workshops, skill shares. it is quite huge. it is a building that has been mothballed. it has been left and the for quite some time. >> these squatters used to occupy private properties, but that was made an official offense in september of last year, but office space in industrial areas are not mentioned in the new law, so they moved here instead. arthur found a derelict building in one of the most expensive areas of london. the windows were open so they did not even have to break in. the law was meant to put an end to squatting. instead, it has added new headaches. the squatters found a loophole, and the government is none too happy about it. >> we do not live in a state where property is theft and resources are allocated essentially by some central committee. that did not go very well on the other side of the aisle when they tried it, and i t

there was 9,000 schools destroyed or rendered unusable. 1/2 million kids displaced out of school. in earthquake, they call it the coy mot that means this apocalypse. at first there was a very heroic effort. infer natio international community helped. after katrina red cross got 2,000,000 for help and for this earthquake red cross received 6 million dollars. the united states sent in helicopters that conductd the greatest air lift in the history of mankind. moved about 20 thousand on thes in the mountains to keep 1/2 million people a hive during the wintertime. it was very heroic and people were grateful. aid has dropped 70 percent after a year in the wake of that void many jihad and people labeled terrorists have set up camps. this is one here. in pakistan. and in that camp, there are many kids that are previously were going to school and now they have no school and the cost to help them go would be about one month per month per child. fifth grader 20 bucks a year. first grader five bucks a year. they get their food in the back on the mess tenth and then on the left is an extreme

doesn't mean the design specks, it all looks great, if you try to put boats into those berths, they're unusable, those berths are rendered impassable for a boat unless you're going out at high tide or going out in low tide, you can only go in or out, you're limited, you can legally charge a 35% increase in rent only when the renovation is complete. i think the other part the commission needs to come clear on and be succinct about is the security issue, right now, i don't believe that there will be adequate fences, gates to prevent homeless people from walking on the docks and decide to take up residents in whatever boat they choose to live on or steal things from it, it's paramount that also be addressed and if it's not complete, that there be firm commitments and some binding means by which -- that will be done by a certain date because frankly, we're paying a lot of money. this is one of the few park facilities that you have in your general management that is a profit center, the money being taken in under the harbor trust dictates that money's supposed to stay in there and it's supposed to b

been modernized, that's an excessive amount of rent to be paying for something that effectively is unusable, there are a lot of berths at low tide, that needs to be addressed and taken care of. the second item i'm going to bring is in regards to park and rec taking money and in some respects jumping the gun and not being good about returning money and specifically in moving boats out of berths out of renovation or the gas house cove, there was a decision made that those boats should not be playing the longer berth fee and that money should be returned to the berth holders, park and rec has not acknowledged credit for that or handled it, i sent a letter to you regarding the premature increase of rent for west space and berth holders dated august 1, park and rec is in violation of their own park code 12-20 in terms of how they applied cpi without meeting the dead -- deadlines by your own code. i think a response needs to be made. would you like the letter? >> yes, i would. >> next. >> next speaker. >> testing, 1, 2, 3, testing, 1, 2, 3, thank you. frank, seiu1021 with members and staff here s

about 400 students arrived at an unused junior high school. they are using the building at a neighboring town as their new campus. their old school remains closed. a gunman entered sandy hook elementary last month killing 20 of their school mates and six adults. the attack prompted president barack obama to push for tighter gun control. he suggests he wants to ban assault rifles and strengthen background checks. a recent poll suggests many americans still oppose a ban on the sale of assault rifles. the national rifle association carried weight across capitol hill and many republicans too are against further restrictions. >>> al jazeera has set its sights on one of the world's biggest tv markets, the united states. the satellite television network has acquired a cable channel founded by former u.s. vice president al gore. al jazeera is buying current tv. gore and a partner launched the network in 2005. it's available to about 60 million households. the government of qatar owns al jazeera. executives hope to double the number of their employees

the peace corps for geeks will build an app to help families connect to unused public assistance benefits. the group says the app will help cut red tape to get money to those in need. the city will help pay for the programmers who will create the program. the project is expected to be completed by this spring. >>> today was long rumored expected to become official. the sacramento winkings looking lock in a deal and move it to seattle. majority owners expected to announce they completed terms to sell controlling interest to chris hanson and microsoft ceo steve ballmer. the franchise right now valued at 525 million. the new owners expected to move the team to seattle and then rename them the supersonics. any deal would still have to be approved by nba owners and league officials. >>> staying on the topic of buying things, there's a reason it's called a retail therapy. today is often referred to as blue monday and some consider it the most depressing day of the year. many will be turning to shopping to cope with their mood. more than a third of americans say winter is the season they most li

the president says it has more than enough money set aside for employee healthcare because unused fundser from previous years. >> all the money that have been collected remain in a cash reserve account for the employees to draw upon. >> the tavern's general manager says it stopped charging customers for it in december 2011. it funds more than the industry standard. there is a loophole in san francisco's universal healthcare law. it allows the restaurants to legally keep any surcharge money to collect if it's not used in two years. there's an effort to close that loophole. cbs 5. >> well, it could soon be harder to get a popular painkiller. much harder. cbs news reporter tells us the feds are targeting hydrocodone. it is the most prescribed drug in the united states. it's also one of the most abused. hydrocodone is in the same family of drugs as morphine and heroin. it's an effective painkiller and a go to choice for doctors. >> it's a pain medication and it is also easy to prescribe. one can prescribe it over the phone, call it into the pharmacy without having to have the patient come t

the institution also points to the huge amount of water that is devoted to growing these unused crops. here in ghana, families are making use of every grade they've got but in many less developed countries, food is wasted because of poor harvesting, transport, and storage facilities. in some countries, a report says 80% of the rice produced is lost each year although the buyers insist progress is being made. >> we do a lot working with farmers in developing countries, both in the production of food -- like use of water -- but also storage when it comes off the field to ensure more of it gets on the shelves and is not wasted. >> but there is also still a problem with both your countries, oil with supermarkets rejecting perfectly edible fruit of vegetables because they are just the wrong size or don't look like a good look right. retailers say they are complying with do you regulations but this is still waste. many consumers buy much more than they can eat. although campaigners say britain is an example of a nation trying to do better. >> the great british public have actually reduced t

why some want an obscure and relatively unused law enforced from now on. >>> and president obama's taking a time-out today to watch a little tv. why he might recognize what he's seeing on the screen. >>> feeding birds and squirrels out in the open in san francisco could soon cost you. bay area animal watchdog groups want city leaders to strongly enforce its law banning that practice. currently anyone caught feeding wild animals in san francisco faces a $187 fine, but activists say it's rarely enforced. it says feeding wild animals could spur a population explosion or lead to aggressive behavior toward people. the city is addressing the issue by launching an educational campaign. >>> all right. my favorite story of the day. he's not a lion, but he certainly looks like one. one virginia dog triggered 911 calls while out on a walk. take a look. this is charles the monarch. he's a labradoodle with an interesting cut. recently police in norfolk, virginia, responded to calls about a lion on the loose. the local paper says officers even called the local zoo to make sure everything was okay. it w

lot of unused international consulting the former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament says he's not surprised by the developments in mali. what i hear now is how this surprises me i mean that first of all the million army does hold a grudge against the people who owes them from the part of the country and secondly the soldier of very low grade and that's very little dominance at such as a they're not really a regular army in that sense there's only. hardly a state apparatus functioning how can you really just have people and examine what they do you can't you just ground in a country like that so the only thing you can do correctly is if you think people might be terrorist is hold them and arrest them and detain them but you certainly don't do it this kind of extrajudicial executions but eternally surprises me that this is going on right now this country needs support yes this country needs are on the move why is it that this help only comes in the form of military invasions that's a basic question usually we should ask ourselves. and there are also fears of sectarian revenge at

many have found accommodation in unused school buildings or private homes, but others are not so lucky. >> they are having to stay in small, unofficial camps where aid supplies from the united nations refugee agency is sporadic at best. we paid a visit to one such agency, meeting the people who have no such choice -- no other choice than to cope with the hardships they face. >> these syrian refugees are repairing their tent. in flats two weeks ago, the family lost almost all of the emergency supplies given to them by united nations -- mattresses, cooking stove, clothing. the 17-member family is from the region around the city a lot of -- teh city a -- the city aleppo. the farmer and his children fled three weeks ago from the advancing syrian army. none of them wants to give their names. >> look at this -- we had just got everything set up. but then the floods came and destroyed everything. we lost it all. we were promised a stove and a tent, but so far, no aid has come. >> initially, the united nations was providing aid to the unofficial camp, but no supplies have arrived for two weeks

president of the amina group has more than enough money set aside for the employee health care because unused funds roll over from previous years. >> all the money that have been collected remain in a cash reserve account for the employees to draw upon. >> reporter: the general manager said that they stopped charging customers for it in december of 2011 and the cheesecake factory funds more for their employees health care than the industry's standard. there is a loophole in san francisco's universal health care law. it allows the restaurant to legally keep any surcharge money they collect if it is not used in two years. some city leaders are trying to close that loophole. sharon chin, cbs 5. >>> we're getting word tonight that brian stowe has taken a turn for the worse. he has been receiving treatment for a large blood clot. his doctors are amazed he even survived the clot given its size. he suffered severe brain damage after a beating outside dodger's stadium nearly two years ago. >>> the san francisco's d.a. will not file sexual assault charges against the 49er wide receiver michael crabtre

. >> the unused low-voltage wiring. they put that code in a number of years after there was a large fire in london that caused structural damage to a high-rise building due to the accumulation of come dustable materials. >> they have to have more wiring for computers and phones. if you cycle through, pretty soon you have an enormous amount of low-voltage wiring. >> that has been a problem in the past. we're trying to address it. >> great. >> one question we were just asked, if you want to get really clean power for home video, theater, or computer, how would you go about doing that? does it help to have better armored cable or how would you go about getting really clean power? >> that's a very complicated question. there are a lot of answers to it. one solution would to have a dedicated circuit, a kyr kit that comes from the panel board that only supplies the receptacles that you're going to be using for the computer or sensitive equipment is one answer. you want to make sure that you install that circuit, the wires are