west coast here in 1879. to the hundreds of people who call this park home after the 1906 earthquake, to controversial mind troops. to controversial park renovations. lafayette park has many stories to tell. but its views, locations and one of the city's most desirable neighborhoods in the city, it has -- this park has a way of igniting people's passions about green space. and we've got the permit appeals to prove it. >>> yea! >> it is this passion that made la fay it park what it is today. and i want to talk about the community and partnership involved. so, in 2008 san francisco voter displayed their passion for this park by approving an $185 million bond to improve parks, rec centers and play grounds like this one all across the city. more than $10 million of that bond were invested here in lafayette park and you're going to see even more improvements around the city as we start implementing the 2012 parks bond. yeah. (applause) >> by the way, if you're wearing a rec and park sticker today, raise your hand. yeah, woo, look at that. but government can't do it alone, we know that, right? and it's the passion of groups like the friends of lafayette park and t

creek at highway 24 and that is the drive at highway 24 from lafayette to orinda clear and top speed into the caldecott tunnel and to the west into oakland and emeryville we are seeing heavy buildups along 580 pushing to the maze at 12 miles per hour at the bay bridge toll plaza and i-80 is looking clear with a couple of spots of slowing through berkeley but if you come in from highway 4 a pocket of slowing in san pablo things out at the hoffman split and you thin out at albany. >> next, super bowl hangover a big slow down expected at offices across the country today. >> the lone star state is honoring snipers would live is depicted in "american sniper." stay tuned. ring ring! progresso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress uh-huh... you don't love the dress? i love my sister... 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. you say avocado old el paso says... zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand 'n stuff tortillas . (record scratch) you say stand n' stuff tortillas old el paso says... start somewhere fresh >>> covering sa

lafayette, mike mibach, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> long time "60 minutes" correspondent bob simon was killed today on a crash on west side highwaynew york. the driver rear ended a car that had stopped at a red light, then slammed into the median. simon was unconscious when police arrived and had to be rescued from the car. he was pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital. bob simon was 73 years old. he won a number of awards during his long career at cbs. he was also captured by iraqi forces in the iraq war, and spent 40 days in an iraq prison. >>> tonight's winning numbers, and late word just in, as three tickets match all 6 numbers. >> he walked 20 miles every day to work until donations started pouring in, including a new car. >> why this man says all the attention he's getting is too much, and he's now become a target. (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the 2015 subaru forester (girl) what? (announcer

parkway and we're still tracking some delays on 680 south and west five aiding the ride to the semi valley and also what the creek out toward lafayette bridge still not much of the way of improvement is still backed up into the maze and not on to high with a to 4. >>george: drive times are back down to 11 to 14 minutes that said over next to the weather center with your update. >>erica: you not know by looking at the live shot from sfo today will be gorgeous we're talking about lots of sunshine and temperatures above average but that fall will be spilled into bay this morning pretty overcast conditions it will be low visibility is tested for the east bay interior spots if you're heading to as the fall if you're catching a flight or to assume a from the airport keep this in mind timber just early in the '50s with warmer ways to the '60s as a guess about 2:00 this afternoon as investors flock to see a few seven is popple by about 2:00 today about five degrees above average low seven it for campbell and the almost and valid every hitting a high of 71 fremont hitting 67 for mountain view to mrs. will be as warm and he stayed we do have t

lafayette, i'm tara moriarty, back to you >> pretty good attitude out there. >>> today the pacific maritime association is shutting down organizations at 29 west coast sports,land. operators say they will reopen tomorrow, but then close down again saturday, sunday, and monday. the operators say they're doing it to avoid paying high wages on holidays and weekends. the longshoremen's union says it's a setback for workers who want to move cargo off the docks and people who rely on those ports, including truckers who are stuck with empty shipping containers. >> we have no place to take them. the ports won't accept them, the term unless. a lot of the steamship lines are just saying, "deal with it. the the trucking companies say they are being charged between 2,000 and $20,000 a day for not returning the containers the shipping companies. contract talks between the terminal operators and dock workers union are scheduled to resume this afternoon. >>> president obama is expected to arrive. now, his visit comes as the u.s. debates stepping up the fight against islamic state militants. ktvu fox two reporter brian flores in our newsroom. you have more details about th

lafayette and the walnut creek interchange. look at the slowdown there seems to be a stalled vehicle that turned into a crash scene right here west 580 around north flynn. most of our viewers and commuters are west of there but this will slow folks coming out of the altamont pass. they're just going to buzz straight through and head toward the rest of the bay, back to you guys. >> thanks mike. >>> there will be a public meeting to talk about phase two of the b.a.r.t. extension to the south bay. the six-mile extension will start at the barryessa station and run into downtown san jose and santa clara. the dta will outline its plans and look at the environmental impact. the meeting starts at 5:30 at the vta customer service center on santa clara street in san jose. >>> it's 5:10 on your tuesday. the new contender that could jump into the race today to fill senator barbara boxer's seat. >>> plus pets on amtrak. the new efforts to allow to you take your little best friend along for the ride. >>> plus a very serious hack found inside all kinds of computers but who's behind it? we'll take a look coming up in business and tech. this... i

amelia ehrhardt worked in west lafayette for the later part of her life. it was during her last flight for purdue that she disappeared. >> from an airplane, even the watchful purple hills that hold the lake could not see as well as i the evening. increasing from its heart neither the hamlet filling with miss. she would have been about 23 whenever she was writing these. you can see that she has kind of a romanticized view of the able to see nature below her. when she became an aviation contributor for cosmopolitan magazine, she would talk about the beauty of flying. she loves seeing the flies up there and the serenity of being on her own and be able to look at the beauty below. amelia ehrhardt was an early pilot when many women do not have careers outside the home. she is most well remembered today for having disappeared. it is still a mystery what had happened to her. she was such a pioneer for women's rights and women's education. a quality of the sexes was very important to her. as well as promoting aviation as a legitimate form of traveling. many people