basically sharing the experience for the awareness of the high tide, and what they will do to us as a waterfront city. this is nothing that is frightening, this is actually the invitation to observe this when nature is making this happen. i thought that this would be an interesting thing, and so, the next article that you have seen, on january 30, was something that concerns all of us. and there is a real sign that the foreclosure crisis is showing up in san francisco real estate. and this seems to cut across all the neighborhoods and income levels. i found this a little bit more alarming because we do not go by the homes, but are facing foreclosure. these are not outlined any more. if you go to fresno, or even los angeles and into the suburbs, you can see this on every street. i have not noticed this and this article was a little bit, not so happy. >> commissioner? >> i have a couple of items, and they also have an origin in the press. many of you may have seen an article in the chronicle. the public safety building that will be retaining the existing fire station, there was a lot of mention about t

environmental groups are concerned about the bay and the massive construction plans for the waterfront. the city will build several viewing sites at fisherman's wharf at&t park and other places. >>> a san jose neighborhood is being invaded by seagulls with scenes that could have come outs that classic movie. the birds show up in a school on dartmouth driver every morning around 8. biologists say they're probably attracted to nearby ponds used to refill underground wells. but residents say they're a nuisance, leaving droppings and squawking all day. >> we do sometimes get a smell over here, and they do make a bit of a mess. >> they're not sure what can be done with the problem. the ponds are needed for groundwater but the seagulls can cause long-term damage especially since their numbers are growing. last year 46,000 were counted in the south bay alone. now they're worried the gulls will wipe out the other birds. >>> still ahead, another proposed state law dealing with marijuana in california. >>> today's report on new home sales last month shows they fell 12.6%. the commerce department says 284,

. >> reporter: a group of vallejo residents peered down the city's waterfront watching and waiting for the delivery of the "ss soul and". >> the building is where he spent a lot of his time. he was a rigger, shop 72. >> reporter: in the end, the ship's arrival from benicia's famous mothball fleet was delayed until thursday. >> it makes my heart feel good to know there's something going on. >> reporter: to understand the ship's importance, you have to understand maher island's ghost. the navy closed the island in 1995. former vallejo city officials al better lavetzo remembers it torpedoed the city's economy. >> we had foreclosures. we had a depressed economy because of the loss of jobs. >> reporter: the city recovered, but then plunged into bankruptcy during the recession. now for the first time the federal government has hired a private company on the island to dismantle the aging mothball ships rather than tow them out of state. >> we walk this path every day down at the waterfront. you never see anything over on maher island. today i actually saw people over there. i was excited. hey

environmental groups are concerned about the bay and the massive plans for the waterfront. the city will build several viewing sites. >>> i'm worries about the toll plaza. sal, how are things shaping up? >> on thursdays it tends to be busy. a lot of people tend to work from home or do something else because this is the peak of the week. westbound a lot of people coming in. the weather tonight and tomorrow morning kind of iffy for driving. you might want to plan ahead. that accident at 92 is gone. southbound not all that go.d 880 northbound is worse driving up to 23 continuing to slow into downtown oakland. let's take a look at southbound 101 in marin county to the civic center. let's go to steve. >> a great tweet from camie. show says mighty gray skies. it's all over the bay area. we can see the system getting closer. a little bit of ran. some towards danville, looks likal a most. the system is getting it's act together. the front itself has to drive south. that will be tonight into early friday. behind that is when the cold air arrives. you can see areas where the radar is pick up.

city. [applause] he worked diligently, creatively, tirelessly in making sure that we felt welcomed, that we had a place on the waterfront where we could do the engineering and building the sailing village in time for the event in 2013. and then he rallied all of the other force is necessary throughout the city to support this. it is an unprecedented 11 to 0 vote in the board of supervisors. [applause] the mayor mentioned some of the many people that worked over their holidays to get this agreement signed. now the work has just begun. there's a lot of engineering to do. there's a loss of construction to do. in 2013, i believe we will have more than 14 teams. we have 16 teams here representing more than a dozen countries from around the world, contesting for the oldest trophy in sport, the america's cup, which is that last year in san francisco -- here in san francisco. thank you. [applause] [laughter] >> larry for in interim mayor. i like that. thank you. most importantly, we want to thank everybody in this room for all the tremendous support in bringing the america's cup to san francisco bay. it is because of our great

waterfront. each of our members is invested in this part of the city. four of us are all of the waterfront, three of us are headquartered. this is a longstanding commitment that existed far before sales force came along and make a big splash. it is a belief that we have had for a long time, and we voted with our feed and investment dollars. we have been waiting for the opportunity to see the next that take place, which is pier 70, and we are excited about it, and we want to be your partner. this is the opportunity we believe would come for a long time. that is what you want to work on pier 70. i can sit here and try to summarize a detailed rfq where our design team came up with an amazing plan, but the reality is, that groundwork was already late for us by the park commission. the community as well. they work together for a long time to envision what the site should be about. instead of spending my time telling you our refinements to that, i want to talk about what is different about our part -- approach. we are a master developer. we coordinate these la

makes an economic contribution to the city, and where residents of the city want to go, whether it is for lunch or a walk by the waterfront, or boarding one of these wonderful books to go for a sale. we want to in view that life into the city. >> there was talk about putting a hotel on pier 50. is that something that you would consider for one of the others? >> we have focused on the sailing village, not a hotel. our big focus by 2013 is to make sure, if we have 16 teams here -- which is what we are planning for. i hope we get that many. we want to make sure we can house those teams, boats, their equipment, make sure all of that is in place so they can focus just on competitive sailing and not worry about logistics, problems with their facilities. >> behind the scenes, we are working on visas, providing the resources for these teams. there is an enormous amount of work that does not get attention. san francisco is very good at those things. our village is already built. our stadium is already built. we have to spruce up these facilities, and a lot of them you do not even have access to it. there will be investments made,

waterfront. as we all agree for the city's finances, for the viewership of the event, really for the entire world, citing the america's cup here was a tremendous decision, and i want to thank my colleagues on the board for the unanimity that a very good process lead to. i want to thank the former mayor as well as current mayor for their ongoing commitment to making sure that this happens. we still have a lot of work did. just at the board, we will be reading hundreds of pages of legal agreements in the coming months to make sure that the t's are crossed and tehe i's are dotted. we will be talking about things we still need to focus that hand-in-hand we will be doing to move things forward. in recent months, i'm very proud that i think the legislative branch and executive branch have been moving forward together on many fronts. this is epitomized by the work we have done on the america's cup, and i look forward in coming months and years to that work coming to fruition of not just an amazing event, but many bottles of champagne being uncorked with mayor lee. thank you all for being here. >> as sup

waterfront, historic downtown. there's more potential here than any other city. >> facebook is now officially on the move, today the tech giant announced it will relocate its headquarters to menlo park in june. the cfo told us the company is outgrown its palo alto campus and will settle in the currently vacant campus. it's 1 million square feet and occupies 57 a.. the nine building campus can accommodate 3600 people. right now facebook has about 2000 employees. the cfo said they continue to hire and expand over the next few years that simply means they need the extra space. >> need a place to put our current employees and give us an opportunity to grow. we wanted to be in a community that we would be pleased to be a part of for a long time. we looked at a lot of destinations but this on campus in menlo park is one of our first choice. >> kimberly sakamoto shows us what the new campus looks like. >> the families pictures on a social media block, some pictures from outside and inside. as we said before the property is huge 1 million square feet, lots of areas for parking and also several large buildings. lots of tree

. >>> final environmental report on a proposed waterfront casino hotel in richmond has been released. city council will decide in the coming months whether to accept the report. and if they do, a band of indians can develop a fuel depot. several officials including the marrow pose the project. voters defeated a measure to approve the casino last november. >>> cal train will hold a series of public meetings around the bay area to get the public's input into proposed service changes and fare increases. the service changes involve reduction or cancellation of service and among the proposals suspending weekend and holiday service and extending services to special events such as giants games. they want a 25 cents fare increase. >>> egypt, military rulers are reaching out to the protestors who helped bring down president hosni mubarak. members of the youth movement met with the military in an exchange described as encouraging. scott goldberg now on the dismantling of the former regime. >> reporter: traffic is flowing through tahrir square in cairo for the first time in days. most protestors have

waterfront. that is what the state land commission is. the port does not share a budget with the city. they cannot collect any tax revenue. they do not have any taxing authority. the port lives and dies by the revenue it generates on the port property. >> how is the ferry building doing in terms of creating revenue? >> it has been phenomenally successful. we are fully leased. the active merchants are incredibly happy to be part of the vibrant community. >> this is one of the most see places in san francisco. anybody who comes here from out of town, you have to walk through the ferry building. >> there are a lot of visitors here. definitely a lot of locals, too, who feel strongly about the connection to the marketplace. >> you were mentioning that this is pierre -- pier 14. >> first, it was a brick water for the downtown ferry terminal, constructed in 2001. after that, we added public access on top of it and connected it to the land side. now is eight 637-foot-long public access pier to enjoy the day, watched the very activity. there is a little bit of art on top of it. there are swivel

waterfront eir. also, the san francisco marina eir. the firm is highly qualified. they have a depth of skills and knowledge to meet the city's addressed scheduled to meet the eir by the end of this year. if you have other questions, i would be happy to answer them. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: mr. benson, thank you for being here. it really has to be, for extraordinary reasons, we elect to waive against the process of competitive bidding for of this contract. i would like you to expound just a little bit more. i think that the pursuit of us making sure we have our ducks lined up on ceqa is companion to the notion that the city and this event has to be in full ceqa compliance. there can be no mess up in timeline. there can be no mess up in teaching the process so the net effect is san francisco and america's cup is in full compliance. it is a big role of the dice, one that i co-sponsored and am willing to make happen, but i want to hear more about the fact that we're not just gambling on this idea that san francisco along the way, because we sold- sourced, somehow we decide we have to

reasons it's a great place to be right now. >> scott the waterfront, the ferry, the historic downtown. there's more potential here than any cityn. >> here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> what is life like in the market street corridor? pay attention and i will show you. i'm recording the sounds of life here on market street. he along with other officers of arrested them for boosting a laptop at the civic center station. hear, san francisco police got report of a naked lady and it turns out she wasn't a good but she was indecently exposed. the offer to ride to the hospital was an offer that she did decline. this is a cigarette man. he sells one sees. it and know not close for babies he sells individual cigarettes to the public. knows more about what happens on market street and david addington. he owes the warfield show dogs restaurant employees market street can be cleaned up the right business. even with all the problems the area has. but some people call the section of market street and st.. i was even offered something called purpled turns out to be weak. over the crow jr. the police were called b

. >> cheap, waterfront, ferry, historic downtown. there is potential here than any city>> will: coming up, he won it, you got another edition of people behaving badly. here's a live look at the james lick, better looking than 20 minutes ago. no problems in that area. >> louisa: debbi lee wednesday is off t better of ththat he btemperatures are in the mid-40s, near 50 degrees, high temperature of 62 but died of 45 degrees by 8:00. this is how much cooler temperatures are, compared to 24 hours ago. nine degrees cooler for half moon bay, seven oakland, redwood city 15 degree drop in temperatures. we don't have those winds warming those temperatures up. overall, a much cooler start. temperatures are in the mid-upper 40's and the south bay. if we make it to the afternoon 63 for santa rosa, internet but about 60. we might even warm-up a few degrees from yesterday temperatures into the low 60s reagan to the east bay. clear conditions as well, pretty pleasant there. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. clear, dry, sunny conditions lasting rate do their work week, tomorro

waterfront in pittsburgh -- we have a landfill. i also want to take the opportunity. i used to work for the city and county of san francisco. probably the most memorable experience i had there is that i was leading the way to review process in 2001, in fact when the program -- i was leading the rate review process, and it essentially gave noorcal -- norcal more profits. creating the diversion rates that san francisco currently has. and i wanted to say, in my experience, i worked with some really great people who used to be with a solid waste program, and i learned from them that what you do is you introduce an idea early, and you keep on it for a long time, and, eventually, you can change people's minds, and in this case, they worked with norcal for a long time about diverting it. i think in this case, over 10 years later, it is now 2011, there may be a new paradigm shift, and it would be to relocate the transfer station to the porch, and right there at the pier, there is access to the waterfront, and there is a rail, which could provide alternative transportation, which could be part of the new vision. [bell] chair chu: th

waterfront maintenance dredging. we also are pleased that we will be responsible for we bit -- rebuilding west marina, another city project, which ties in with the america's cup. the reason i wanted to come to the microphone is that the -- i realize the central issue is the agreement between the city and port, with respect to the issue of potential revenue loss. to a certain extent of being a contractor, we think of revenue loss in terms of down time associated with repairs and improvements, and to the extent that that is something that bears on down time, i would like to get a clarification as to what the process will be in terms of the port's review and consent of the various activities, which may lead to some of this revenue loss. i'm not sure who can come into that, but anyhow, that is my inquiry. thank you. >> thank you. >> did you want me to comment on that? ok. i understand the question correctly, you are asking us if we will be involved in the decisions that affect the loss of revenue to the port. the answer to that is yes. we have already been involved in the negotiation of the host city agreement. much of those

waterfront. there will be a public hearing at san francisco's pier one tonight. that follows one last night at city hall. >>> tonight uc berkeley will hold a public hearing on a big construction project that many neighbors say has become a noisy nuisance. that's the sound people living near cal's memorial stadium say they hear from morning until night seven days a week. and complaints about the massive stadium renovation project don't end there. neighbors say they are also worried about the dust and possible health problems along with the noise. >> really been trying on one's nerves and people are really agitated. it gets to you. it kind of gets right into your body. it drives me crazy. my wife can't take it. she has to leave the house. she can't stay here during the day. >> the university hopes tonight's public hearing will help find a way to make the big projectless noisy and more neighbor friendly. >>> senator diane fine stein plans to repeal the beal of the marriage act once and for all. follows an announcement by eric holder to stop defending the act which defines marriage as only between a ma

anything along the waterfront that basically becomes a stumbling block for what is a timeline that has a deadline that has no need for a hiccup? >> this is an excellent point. of course, the city is embarking on environmental review for activities related to the america's cup, not being intimately familiar with what the proposal is or what the level of review is, i can't speak to the details, but certainly we are compelled again under state law to examine the range of potential impacts, if there are any, from the america's cup and prepare a suitable document. i would say that experience would suggest that whatever level of review, whatever document is produced would be subject to review by third parties. my colleagues in other agencies may speak to later, there are avenues for appeal to the board of supervisors and subsequent opportunities to revisit the issue through the courts. issue through the courts. with respect to the northeast