we will recognize the seven individuals in the presidio division, working towards of the city's zero waste bills. the climate action plan has largely been achieved by the fact that we provide public transportation to this city, doing so largely through fuel- efficient and zero-emissions vehicles. ourself phones are operations that generate its own waste and emissions. this gets the folks out. taking the reins of the presidio division, driving at the waist down to zero. one metal indicator that i've of give you, that they did, whose efforts were the monthly trash bill, bringing it down from $13,000 per month to $3,700 per month a 70% or so reduction. that is just one indicator of the work that they did. i will just read their names and asked mr. john haley to introduce them. we have frank lem, an electronic minutes system supervisor, here for 21 years. the able leader at the presidio. wun wong, with 18 years of service. douglas glee, electronic trances it -- assistant supervisor of the 21 years. ms. peterson, 21 years of service. more years than i have days. [laughter] myra tellabs and nim

atomic bombs laid waste to japanese cities of hiroshima forcing a japanese surrender.orld war ii was over. but only four years later on july 16th, 19499 soviets shocked the world. >> an atomic explosion occurred in the soviet union. >> for the next 40 years the united states and soviet union faced off. ordinary americans live with the threat of mutually assured destruction. human missile crisis brought the world closer to nuclear annihilation. >> one path we shall never choose is the path of surrender. >> ken disease predecessor launched a program that supplied nuclear technology for nonmilitary purposes such as energy and research. >> the united states does not wish to present strikes but also the desire and the hope for peace. >> this program helped build asia's first nuclear reactor in india in 1956. pakistan joined in 1965 and iran's research reactor had enriched uranium in 19 r5 7. >> he was interested in participating in the adams for peace programs begun by general eisenhower in the 50s. >> thomas gram advised 5 u.s. presidents on nuclear nonproliferation. as a

waste facilities here." didn't really know that before, and discovered that this one would have brought an additional 40% of the city's, you know, waste to our waterfront. we were already handling about 40%. >> hinojosa: so a lot of people are like, "waste treatment facility," they don't even know... so... being in the south bronx, you have seen, you have lived around them. >> yeah, i just thought... >> hinojosa: what do they look like? what do they sound like? what do they smell like? >> oh, gross. you know, there's... with 60,000 diesel truck trips that go through the area because of all the food, you know, distribution place. i mean, it's... we have the world's largest food distribution center in my neighborhood; of course, the food is just trucked in and trucked out, which means, like, huge fumes... >> hinojosa: huge trucks. >> huge fumes and trucks. you don't get the good food; we just get the diesel pollution. we've got two different kinds of sewage treatment plants-- one that, like, most of the bronx's sewage literally goes to it. there's a huge methane flame that's burnt, because they burn off all the methane

they say if the stadium never gets built the city will have wasted the money.he entire cost is estimated at $1 billion. >>> the 49ers could make their playoff dreams come true. they host ed eli manning and th new york giants. smith blocks the final pass of the game to secure 27-20 win. the 49ers are now 8-1 for the season. a disappointing weekend for stanford football. the fourth ranked cardinals dropped to ninth in the polls. stanford sustained the first loss of the season against oregon saturday. it was billed as the biggest game in the university's history. they're now fourth in the bcs stanley. occupy oakland movement, we're going to stay on top of that. possible bart closings. >> because of the activity there at 14th and broadway we have one station directly affected. we have the 12th street city center station that is closed by bart. what that means is trains will go through the station. you cannot enter or exit at any of the station entrances there. and you can use the 19th street station nearby. bart is traveling through the area, just not stopping at t

as you may know, the city has a zero waste policy. as part of the plastic bag are very difficult to recycle and they contaminate san francisco's recycling and composting programs. they interfere with san francisco's official goal of zero waste by 2020. i want to give you a little history of how the problem has been addressed in san francisco. i mentioned the 2007 ordinance. i will tell you more about that in the 2010 revolution. as a result of supervisor mirkarimi's legislation, san francisco became the first american city to ban plastic bags from use at large grocery stores and pharmacies. all other san francisco stores or restaurants currently may still offer single use plastic bags. supervisor mirkarimi, the department of the environment, and others, have always contemplated since 2007 that the legislation would be a first step and imagined event at all stores and a charge for bags. that has now been done overseas for many years and now-in number of california communities as well. san francisco was in the lead on the issue in 2007

tonight's decision is a waste of money. the city can simply not afford the stadium's total price tag. they are expected to cost nearly $1 billion and the 49ers say they will pay for the bulk of the cost. >> i chased them and said what are you doing? >> it's the sms, sos. a south bay woman's stolen car returned because of a text message sent to the thief. >> lipitor, a cheaper version is just a few weeks away. how things are about to be different for the thousands of bay area patient who is stake statens every day. >> it will be a touchdown. >> nothing to do with football. retired 49er jerry rice tries out for a very different role. >> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. a warmer day with plenty of sunshine across the bay area. we topped out at 66 in san jose and 64 in san francisco. tonight more chilly conditions. plenty of 40s. details on how cold it will whand heen tnai r rur etanwhen the rain rn ur i nus.miet ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your plate at thanksgiving. which is why safeway has everything you need

at city hall.../ waste watch. tonight's... o maae ccts in areaa many say are mucc more valuable. 3 as mayor stephaniee rawlings-blake braces the city for ore red inn .04:25'we're we can."04:29the city's yway - department of transportation is moving forward with a neaaly 2-million dollar overhaal of their downtown officess and now it's not just physical remodeling being done. today the board of estimates approved a 220-thousand dollar contract with a private p-r firm to spruce up the department's iiage. deeuty directtr jamie kendrrck would not talk with us on ccmera to explain why his agency needs it alreedy has tto full-time employees already for the job. he ddd issueissued this statement, telllng fox 45 the d-o-t will only spend money when it's needed. he says of the $220,000 will actually be spent.07:59:55"why do we tte contract still bothers "bu city council president jack on public relations when the services like recreation ther - centtrs.08:00:15"i think in these tough economic times we should really depend on thee poeple

the city estimates it spent approximately $1 million on that one day effort and it was for nothing. >> i think money was wasted on tuesday. they cleared the park. and engaged in unnecessary actions. but it's hard... objectively to reach the conclusion the city is wasting this funds. >> the encampment continues. about 35 students from lincoln high school visited this morning. >> people may say we're younger and our voices aren't as powerful. youth is like the future with, out us, the world won't keep going. >> that is on the conversations between business leaders and the city within just the past few months, the person you heard there was frustrated and came out of a meeting with both the mayor and police chief, we're aweight word on whether there was a better dialogue. and another reason those downtown banks might be boarding up in the afternoon at 5:00 there is a rally scheduled here at the plaza to mark the one-year anniversary of the sentencing of johannes mehserle the former bart police officer that shot and killed as skor grant. oscar grant plaza is what demonstrators renamed this area n oakland laura ant

and engaged in unnecessary action but it's hard l objectively to reach the conclusion that the city is wasting its funds. tm. >>reporter: in the mean time the encampment at city hall continues to draw supporters and the curious. about 35 students from lincoln high school visited this morning. >> people may say that because we are younger our voices aren't as tm important. without us the world wouldn't keep going. >>reporter: on the conversation between business leaders and the city within just the past few moments the president of the chamber who you 33rd was so frustrated actually came out of the meeting with both the mayor and the police chief. we are waiting word on whether there was a better dialogue in that meeting. another reason the downtown bank might be boarding up tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 o'clock there ace rally scheduled here at the plaza to mark 1 year anniversary of the sentencing of messerly. he's of course the former bart police officer who shot and killed officer grant. oscar grant plaza is what the demonstrators have renamed this area. in oakland, abc 7 news. >>> only about

as haaziq madyun reports, one oakland city council member says that she is concerned about wasting taxpayer monday--taxpayer money. >>haaziq: this city council member says she is concerned about fat how the city will pay for costs associated with the occupy protests. >> i read that it is one to come out of our reserve. we would much rather see that money goes towards services than to pay police overtime. >>haaziq: the $2.4 million estimate for occupy oakland protest cost does not include paid for police overtime to remove cameras on two separate occasions. >> clearly there were mistakes made. >>haaziq: for earthquakes, fires or unexpected a sense, >>catherine: the mayor is facing increasing scrutiny for her handling of occupy oakland. at a number of news conferences she is accused of flip flopping on issues. here are some recent responses >> i did not know when it happened. >> do you want to apologize to oakland taxpayers for having to foot the bill twice? >> oakland is not the only city that has had to move or continue to move encampments. >> no apologies to taxpayers? >>catherine: some pe

there are wastes where i don't think we need it, but there are wastes in the city -- money gets -- youw, was spent on empty office space or -- i mean -- if you look at services. there are really, really horrendous waste and not a single person disagreeing with it and we never seem to go after that. >> the general accounting i. the one in march! senator coburn. >> senator coburn worked on. lots of waste. >> was anything done with that. >> you can put these thing on the floor for a vote and you can't get a majority. >> how can you not get people to vote on things like, it's basically, should we put billion dollars in the toilet? >> this is why we can't compromise with the democrats. people don't like to hear it. democrats depend on dependent people, particularly government workers. any cut in i government program, no matter how wasteful -- >> some of it isn't jobs, it's empty office space. >> we do have billions of dollars of empty federal buildings we need to sell. >> trump would probably buy them. >> but to get the democrats to cut spending is against the culture of their party right n

will defend the public from special interest and eliminate inefficiencies, cronyism, and waste we all know exist in cityent. above all else, i will be a mayor committed to pursuing the best solutions to our challenges, not the most expedient. revitalizing our city will require strong leadership and a pragmatic vision. with your help, we can tackle these difficult challenges and do what is best for san francisco. please cast one of your three votes for me and visit my website. thank you. >> election day is november 8th, 2011. that is the last day to vote in person and the last day for receipt of a vote by mail ballots. >> hello. i am michela alioto-pier, former district supervisor and candidate for mayor. my grandfather came to san francisco from sicily. he got his very first job at eight years old lighting street lamps at fisherman's wharf. he eventually bought himself a boat and by the time of the great earthquake in 1906, he had several fishing boats. when the fire began to destroy san francisco, he loaded neighbors on to the bow. it was on that last boat he was introduced to my grandmother as he led

critics say last night's decision is a waste of money because the city can't afford the stadium's totalrice tag, expected to cost nearly $1 billion. however, the 49ers say they'll be paying for the bulk of the cost. >> time to check the morning commute with mike. >> out on antioch, highway 4, westbound direction has a closure scheduled but should be picking up any second between loveridge and summer dale. westbound 580 through livermore, easy drive out of the altamont pass. no problems westbound. we do have a changing configuration. 580 at 84. there's a new transition there. that's where the old portola avenue on-ramp used to be in effect. that will be officially retired today. folks traveling the area, be aware of a slight reroute. >>> what's in a name? apparently there's a lot at stake for a small texas town. >> that's right. the town's name is turkey. peta wants the town to change the name to tofurkey. people there not too keen ton idea. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> it's dumb. >> we still eat wild turkeys and tame turkeys. we don't make tofu out of it. don't mess with turkey. >> pu

city desperately short of cash. >> we just ran into economic situation -- that would be conducive to that kind of development. >> that is putting it mildly. next door is a wastencinerator burning and metaphorical hole in the city's finances. >> this is why they had to file for bankruptcy. the debt payment last year alone was $65 million. they cannot burn enough trash to make the debt payment. >> of the retrofit was a disaster. this cost more than $300 million of debt. it happened on the watch of the previous mayor, a man with a fondness for big projects like this civil war museum, one of several schemes that did not see the light of day. >> there was one mayor for 28 years and the happened to be someone who believed in borrowing money. we have three times the debt of any other city in pennsylvania. >> the result was a fight over whether harrisburg should accept bankruptcy or be taken over by the state. this is hardly what the city needs. >> they have lofty ambitions and thought nothing of running up high levels of debt. the cold hard reality was always going to bring them to their knees, as they try to deal with the wreckage that the state capital finds itsel

city desperately short of cash. >> we just ran into economic situation -- that would be conducive to that kind of development. >> that is putting it mildly. next door is a wastencinerator burning and metaphorical hole in the city's finances. >> this is why they had to file for bankruptcy. the debt payment last year alone was $65 million. they cannot burn enough trash to make the debt payment. >> of the retrofit was a disaster. this cost more than $300 million of debt. it happened on the watch of the previous mayor, a man with a fondness for big projects like this civil war museum, one of several schemes that did not see the light of day. >> there was one mayor for 28 years and the happened to be someone who believed in borrowing money. we have three times the debt of any other city in pennsylvania. >> the result was a fight over whether harrisburg should accept bankruptcy or be taken over by the state. this is hardly what the city needs. >> they have lofty ambitions and thought nothing of running up high levels of debt. the cold hard reality was always going to bring them to their knees, as they try to deal with the wreckage that the state capital finds itsel

we do about 80 million gallons of waste water here in san francisco, which means we basically fill up 120 olympic sized swimming pools each and every day here in the city. we protect public health and safety and environment because we are discharging into the bay and into the ocean. this is essentially the first treatment here at our waste water treatment facility. what we do is slow down the water so that things either settle to the bottom or float to the top. you see we have a nice selection of things floating around there, things from bubble gum wrappers, toilet paper, whatever you dump down the toilet, whatever gets into our storm drains, that's what gets into our waste water treatment and we have to clean. >> see these chains here, this keeps scum from building up. >> on this end in the liquid end basically we're just trying to produce a good water product that doesn't negatively impact the receiving water so that we have recreation and no bad impact on fish and aquatic life. solids is what's happening. . >> by sludge, what exactly do you mean? is that the actual technical term? . >> it's a technical term and it's used in a lot of different ways,

the train was carrying about 150 tons of nuclear waste that had been processed in france to a temporary storage facility in a northern city. this was the country's first shipment of nuclear waste since the government announced plans to abandon nuclear power by 2022. in response to the nuclear accident in furyk. fukushima. the police temporarily detained 1,000 protesters who had occupied the tracks. germany has yet to identify a permanent storage site for the country's nuclear waste. >>> curates have created a somber memorial in geneva. it educate visitors about the bombings on hiroshima and nagasaki. the son of the survivor on attack at nagasaki helped make the exhibition happen. his story is the first of two reports about people try doing rid the world of nuclear weapons. we report from geneva. >> reporter: this exhibition shows the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. it will be seen by representatives of countries all over the world. >> one, two, three. [ applause ] >> more than 20 items convey the horrors of the atomic bomb. a photo of a woman burned in the attack on hiroshima. a damaged statue from a cathedral in n

crews also picked up more than 27 tons of debris and 8 tons of green waste from the former camp site. city leaders say people can still protest but not set up tents. >>> arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords says she will not return to congress until she is better. she talked with abc news about the shooting that left 6 people dead and 13 others wounded. >> sad. oh, sad. a lot of people died. >> hurts your heart. >> yes, yes. >> giffords struggled to form her words at times. her husband, former astronaut mark kelly, sometimes completed her thoughts for her of the the couple is out with a new joint memoir called "gabby, a courastf courage and hope." >>> a retired prosecutor from the casey anthony murder trial is not holding back in his new book. jeff ashton's book entitled "imperfect justice, prosecuting casey anthony," hits book shelves today. in it, ashton called anthony's lead lawyer, quote, smarmy. in july a jury acquitted anthony in the killing of her daughter caylee. anthony is currently in florida serving probation for an unrelated check and fraud case. coming up on the "today" sh

critics say for the stadium never gets built the city is wasting money on unnecessary prep work.lara will borrow most of the $10 million from the 49ers. also at tonight's meeting a special order of business to talk about when the venturescan take place. >>> coming up next, "today" goes in depth on the penn state scandal. here's more on the interview that has everybody talking. >> jon and laura, good morning. coming up on a tuesday morning, an exclusive interview with jerry sandusky, the former assistant coach accused of molesting young boys. what about the allegations against him? is he a pedophile, and what really happened when he was caught in the shower with a young boy? you're going to hear jerry sandusky answer those questions in his own words. also herman cain takes a long pause when he was asked about president obama's libya policy. is it a damaging blow to his presidential dreams? then we catch up with a servicewoman who brought justin timberlake as her guest to the marine corps ball. >> thank you, ann. it's 6:54. parts of the southern california streets are slowly crumbl

wasteful, and innovative. those three principles have distinguished our city and partners working together. that is why we are on top of the roof of a building that our academy of sciences. together years ago. we got to help oversee it as the public works director. i want to congratulate the academy of science for being the largest double platinum leed certified building in the world. we want to announce our carbon reduction accomplishments right here at the pristine and exciting building that has also done its share of contributing to our reduction of the missions. we're going to be talking about how we are able to get to the carbon reductions. it is without a doubt the great partnerships and leaderships we have had. i will say confidently that the lieutenant governor and mayor newsom led the effort with great community leaders like espinola jackson. you have been a wonderful advocate. i have heard you over the years articulate and very passionate way as the community desired to be less the victims of wasteful use of our energy when we close to the hunters point plant and the other. those

. >> unless something else is done it means that all the city's yard waste and food waste will be trucked south to san jose and gilroy which is about 440,000 truck miles a year. >> reporter: that's a lot of greenhouse gases. supporters say putting a halt to that would be like taking 1700 cars off the road. >> the technology they wanted to use has never been done in the world. >> reporter: says this opponent who wants that buried landfill to instead be more of byxbee park as it would become under current law. >> this is not the time to be eliminating parks. you should be getting more parks. you should be doing everything you can to protect them. >> reporter: this is not a democrat or republican issue. this place is palo alto. it's bluer than blue. what measure e asks is, is it green or is it greener? >> smells a little like poop over there but otherwise pretty nice. my dog definitely likes it. >> reporter: paul doesn't want more of that smelly stuff around although the dog may like it. a lawyer is for it, too, for other reasons, like cutting the carbon footprint. >> in 10 years if it doesn

critics say if the stadium never gets built the city is just wasting money on a unnecessary prep work. they will borrow most of the $10 million from the 49ers. also tonight the council will discuss whether to approve the sale of the great america theme park for the record it's located next to the 49ers site. it's a san francisco company in which the 49ers are major investors. >>> finding a place to light up in alameda could get tougher. they will hold a vote on an anti-smoking measure stricter than current straight laws. it would be prohibited on sidewalks, outdoor restaurants and in parks. >>> the city council will decide tonight whether to outsource policing of the city to the san mateo county sheriff's department. another option is to pay an additional $410,000 a year to maintain the current police force. some residents are concerned it would only lead to fewer officers patrolling the streets. >> time to check in with meteorologist christina loren. a cold start to the morning. it's much colder in santa rosa and novato than the south bay. meanwhile, you're in the upper 30s in the no

city as a desperately short of cash. >> the economic situation is not conducive to that kind of development. >> that is putting it mildly. next door, a wastencinerator burning a great big metaphorical hole in the city finances. >> the debt payments on this incinerator on the last year alone were $65 million. they cannot earn enough trash here to make the payments. >> the city was saddled with more than $300 million of debt. it happened on the watch of paris birds previous mayor, stephen rhee, a man with a fondness for big projects, like the civil war museum. >> we had one mayor for 20 years to do anything he wanted. nt happen to believe in borrowing money. -- and he happen to believe in borrowing money. we have three times the per capita debt of any other city in pennsylvania. >> the result -- an acrimonious row over whether harrisburg should declare bankruptcy. with a third of the citizens living in poverty, it is hardly what the city needs. even when not the economic downturn, cold hard reality was always going to bring harrisburg to its knees. as it tries to deal with the wreckage, the state capitol finds itself in a humiliating bind. b

litter patrols that go out every three hours to pick up the litter waste. >> following last week's destruction after the general strike, the city officials are asking for any home video that might identify the vandals. today the staff members in the mayor's office met with some of the protesters in the plaza and are planning more talks. >> we are asking the camp itself, whatever form they take in the future, wherever they are to really disassociate themselves in the violent demonstrators, and they haven't done that yet. that's basically what we are asking them we had a little talk today and hopefully it was a good beginning. >> the city says the occupy protest has cost oakland more than $1 million and hurt local businesses. they would like to see the protesters leave on their own, but no one has a game plan on how that might happen. live in oakland, abc7 news. >> thanks a lot. in the meantime oakland police call it a view from their perspective. four new videos made public show hundreds of occupy oakland protesters on october 25th, hours after officers removed the encampment outside city hall. in one of the officers an officer

>> reporter: the video is meant to poke fun at police harassment but some west covina city officials say it's a waste of resources. >> in today's world with a lot of the things that are happening with police services and stuff, certainly it is an embarrassment and puts us in a bad light because that's not how things really happen. >> reporter: an investigation is now under way here at city hall. one councilman plans to propose the possibility of a city lawsuit and even criminal charges at a city council meeting on tuesday. >> i want to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: west covina city officials won't say who is the focus of their investigation. but the mayor pro tem says all the actors in the video are sworn members of the local law enforcement agencies outside of west covina. >> i believe other cities, school districts, and potential state agencies will be involved in this in the end. >> reporter: the video called save miranda was created by venice production company. it's already received nearly 1 million hits on youtube. >> i'm appalled that everything that has taken place here, i

litter patrols that go out every three hours to pick up the litter waste. >> following last week's destruction after the general strike, the city officials are asking for any home video that might identify the vandals. today the staff members in the mayor's office met with some of the protesters in the plaza and are planning more talks. >> we are asking the camp itself, whatever form they take in the future, wherever they are to really disassociate themselves in the violent demonstrators, and they haven't done that yet. that's basically what we are asking them we had a little talk today and hopefully it was a good beginning. >> the city says the occupy protest has cost oakland more than $1 million and hurt local businesses. they would like to see the protesters leave on their own, but no one has a game plan on how that might happen. live in oakland, abc7 news. >> thanks a lot. in the meantime oakland police call it a view from their perspective. four new videos made public show hundreds of occupy oakland protesters on october 25th, hours after officers removed the encampment outside city hall. in one of the officers an officer

officials say it puts the city on track to reap 0 waste by 2020 and will call on residents to help outosting scrapes from thanksgiving meals. >>> we have been talking about rain around thanksgiving, sort of got a finer tune on that; right? >> the models switching up a bit. we'll show you the latest outside the doors, nice skies, partly cloudy skies for most of us. dealing with high clouds from time to time today and you can see on storm tracker two in northerren california bringing the high clouds down and temperatures up a few and we have the south, southwesterly breeze ahead of the storm that's beginning to move a little closer. 54 right now at san francisco and 57 oakland and low 50s san jose and 50 liver more so chilling 50 in concord and 47 napa and 52 santa rosa and warmer than yesterday but again, we're beginning cooldown and we'll cool down, patchy fog, clouds will be back tomorrow morning and satellite radar so you can see the specific north wes active and california getting a lit the rain and the system begins to move a little bit closer. it looks like it will split and that

waste in 2020. in the meantime, they've set another goal to reduce the city's garbage. here's joe rosato jr.ith why. >> reporter: from the crush of photographers at fisherman's wharf today, you'd think paris hilton was touring the crab boat. turns out, center of attention was kelly bennett's garbage. the sudden fame surrounding this particular load of trash is it represents the one millionth ton of garbage composted since 1996. bennett, the chef where this stuff came from, couldn't be prouder. >> really, it's an honor. we're part of something that's really important. >> reporter: if you think it's a stretch to say the chef is excited about composting, just take a tour of his kitchen. >> anything that was ever alive and grew or that you could grow something in ends up in here. one, two cans right here. we have another one on the other end over there. >> reporter: bennett, who launched the restaurant's compost program eight years ago, is almost as excited about what he recycles as what he serves. >> we've taken people from all over the world on tours to visit our dumpster. >> reporter: san fra

city authorities say justin herman plaza where the tents are now set up is a public health nuisance. officials walked through the camp on thursday citing instances of human waste, tents too close together and portable toilets not serviced. the city issued 11 demand including how to handle food, waste, as well as rules regarding illegal drugs. i spoke to a few protestors this morning. they say they are trying to make the necessary changes. i walked through the camp with the "occupy sf" janitor and he pointed out recycling bins and a closed kitchen. he said they are doing whatever they can to get into compliance. the san francisco public works director says there has been progress especially since getting rid of the animals. >> we have not seen any pets here. that is a huge improvement from what we are seeing in previous weeks. >> no pets? >> no animals. does anybody see any dogs or cats? and you know, a few weeks ago there were as many as 25 here so that's a huge improvement. >> reporter: here are live pictures of market street. as you can see the tents along market street will be taken down which was part of the city's demand. both sides say they want this to

when oakland city council member told us that she is concerned about wasting taxpayer money. >>reporter: oakland city council member jane brunner says that she is concerned about how the city plans to pay for costs associated with the occupy oakland protest. >> i just read that the city says it is going to come out of our reserve in this the first time that we actually put a lot of money in the reserve, think it is we did that. so we would much rather see that money go towards services than paying police overtime. >>reporter: the $2.4 million estimate for the occupy oakland protest cost is not include pay for police overtime to remove the campers on two separate occasions. >> i think that there were clearly mistakes made going in letting people go back. >>reporter: she says outside of monday's planned evacuation of the plaza, dipping into the fund to cover real emergencies is why the reserve capital was there. >> it is used for a earthquakes, fires, or some unexpected expense. you do not build in massive demonstrations least time. >>catherine: the oakland mayor jean quan is fa

city hall. they've laid waste to a lot of these tents as they rooted through trying to make sure there was nobodyg out in them. these tents have been overturned. they are no longer suitable to be occupied and presumably city workers will come in after the police officers and sweep most of them up. here you can see a large gathering of police officers have an bulled in a ring -- have assembled in that ring in that small ampitheater area to the main entrance to oakland city hall. there seems to be a gathering of police and media that have assembled right on that area in the middle of the plaza. in the fiddle of frank ogawa plaza where so many -- in the middle of frank ogawa plaza where so many protesters have assembled before over the past few weeks. there seems to be some sort of dialogue between police and a protester. that protester making sure he doesn't have weapons prior to being arrested. here's wearing some sort of hat. police are checking his legs and giving him a patdown as they tie his hands behind his back and take him into custody. another protester appears to be getting the same treat

. >> city officials hope to reach their goal of zero waste by 2020. >>> it's a remodel 45 years in the makel. a new rest stop along i-80 and donor summit is open to the public. the facility is bigger with more bathrooms than the one back in 1916. it also includes a on site generator and heat the sidewalks as well as a new office for the chp. >> tracking next weather system and it's not a big one but it's all over the map. you see it off shore here. the clouds, will increase tomorrow. that is your wednesday with some drizzle showing up. the real activity is back in here behind the front or right around near where it is. that doesn't show up until late wednesday night. early thursday morning. it's not a big one. quarter inch much, half inch would be a lot especially in to the coastal hills, tomorrow the get away for wednesday. a lot of people driving out of town. light drizzle. that light drizzle will spread south around six, seven. it'll slowly move across the area. in the models -- come back tonight at ten but come back tonight and i will have the latest model update and we will see if

as you know, 2009, the city passed a law regarding the goals for the conversion of waste. we responded with our own zero waste program. we have come across something called the big valley contractors. a cute name. looks like this, for all of you that have not seen it. we are going to be looking with big belly compactors to do a pilot program in fisherman's wharf where we have the highest density traffic and wait time. what they do, first of all, instead of garbage cans there are two compactors. one is for composting. one is for trash and recycling. as you know, the city's trash collector does they're sorting at the '96. they take them together and sort it on our behalf. what is great about this compactors is that they are solar operated. as they start to get filled, they have a sensor that will compact the waist and recyclables. they will notify the port means division when they need to be emptied. we are hoping that this results in a greater efficiency with respect to the port's ability to pick up the garbage. particularly in a fisherman's wharf so, at the end of the prog

waste any longer. >> reporter: groesbeck mayor jackie levingston decided the city had to take action. acting on her recommendation, the city council voted to pipe water from a nearby quarry. the emergency project could cost the city as much as $225,000. the same amount of money that funds groesbeck's public works department. do you think you're going to make it? >> yes. >> reporter: you're optimistic? >> i'm very optimistic about the fact that we will make it. we have to. we just have to. >> reporter: the city has banned all outdoor watering. so hawkins saves used water... this is your shower water? >> this is my shower water. >> reporter: ...to water the few plants he has left. restaurant owner joey armstrong's plan is simpler. >> say a little prayer. say a lot of them. >> reporter: a lot of prayers here and in other communities as well. a dozen other texas cities have notified the state they too may not have enough water to make it until spring. anna werner, cbs news, groesbeck, texas. >> pelley: joey armstrong's prayers were answered, the area around groesbeck got about two inches

to this city single protests were targeted against their rival train every week processed waste and. police also removed activists are staging a sit down protest in the old truck train. order. is the first shipment to pass through egypt for instance and susan to suck down one of the city's twenty twenty. two police officers were hospitalized after a violent clash with a group of think it's. interesting. they blocked a highway with framing barricades and it was mostly shots so. police used tear gas to disperse the crowds were dismantled. some amazing pictures now from switzerland where. rossi gave this incredible line display using a tale of bait. he asked for helicopter a series of aerial acrobatics a snake that's. going to do the simplest flights rossi's previous aerial feats include flying. around. but aiming even higher than the nasa scientists were dead set on discovering traces of life on mars just that it is going to take off within hours kara huge array of high tech tools are crucial to its success is a cutting edge water park built by russian scientists. who made the device. t

recology says it now collects 600 tons of organic matter a day. >> the city is it now diverting 78% of its wastem landfills. >> reporter: san francisco's garbage is wine country gold. it's sold to napa and sonoma wineries to fertilize vineyards. >> what we're collecting mostly is a lot of food scraps from local businesses. >> reporter: it took recology 15 years to reach the million ton mark and expects to reach the second million in five. in case you're wonder noug it's because now adays -- >> this is our compactor where all the green compost go. >> there are more people like bennett who never met a green bin they didn't like. >> it looks gross, but it's so vital. >> it is so vital. very good. you know what's also vital? the fact that jeff ran hieri ha updated his forecast. >> i'm fielding requests and who wants what and when do we need if? we'll start off with the bad and get a little good and better stuff coming in the seven-day forecast. we are expecting potentially major airport delays. if you head to the airport tomorrow, maybe do a hopper flight, we know how these residual delays in the ea