i'm an architect and a native of north beach who grew up with north beach library when it was first opened. and played at the children's playground and the playground when i was at francisco middle school, particularly when we had our softball lunchtime tournaments there. and i too came out ok. first of all, as an architect and as plan

we need more open space in north beach. because it is a dense neighborhood in the city with the least amount of open space per capitalia. in addition the draft e.i.r., one of my concerns was about traffic and there were no significant impacts on traffic when they close the street. i was there. i saw it didn't change anything. and it didn't impact public transportation or emergency vehicles. my neighbors and i were actively engaged in the community input process leading to the plan to build a new library on the parking lot and we gathered as a community, provided our input, voiced our support of the new design when it was unveiled and we thought we would soon have a new library and more park space. we had been shocked by the amount of time that this process has entertain to make this community vision of a reality. we are busy parents on the frontier of urban living, trying to make some community space for our children and speaking up actively and vocally at every opportunity afforded us. the draft e.i.r. is complete and accu

i'm an architect and a native of north beach who grew up with north beach library when it was first opened. and played at the children's playground and the playground when i was at francisco middle school, particularly when we had our softball lunchtime tournaments there. and i too came out ok. first of all, as an architect and as planners you a all know that there are -- you all know that there are many possible design solutions to any problem. what we want to do as a community anded a a -- and as a city is to satisfy all the requirements and needs of the community and the city. and that is possible. the environmental impact report needs to study several things. one, that we do have an acknowledged resource and it can be renovated and expanded. there are alternative designs that haven't been explored. some of them you have seen a glimpse of tonight. but also the entire lower level expansion of the existing library is very, very possible because mr. appleton, the architect who designed it, once told a 80-year-old architect who grew up in our neighborhood, who works in our neighborhood, tha

the beach. your looking at video of people enjoying the weather on crown beach. in alameda county kron 4 was there to see what was like in san francisco's ocean beach. >> a lot of people had the same idea to come out here to ocean beach and take advantage of the warm weather. take a look over here the parking lot is full of cars and the people who came in those cars are out there enjoying the weeks. and the sun. the warm october weather made it too irresistible for these people who were able to come out to the shore and brush up on their soccer skills or to do nothing at all but lost in the sun and relax. many people bought their kids up to the beach to play in a large shallow pond that illustrate the middle the beach. dogs were having a good time to check out this the dog having the top of his life chasing a ball into the cool pacific ocean trade after talks on new and exciting creatures to check out. watches this dog tried to make sense of a crowd that came ashore. it was a nice day for a long

and 50s along the beach. not a great beach weekend. probably a good weekend to head over and maybe catch a movie. as we look at the seven-day forecast, the rain will be around for the weekend, but just in time for the workweek we're going to clear things out. high pressure will build in briefly, but then we're expecting some more rain to come in for thursday and friday. talking about that shark attack> a lot of surfers going to go out early next week because big swells are coming in. >> all right. >> thanks, jennifer. >> thank you, jennifer. >>> still ahead, the ideas for halloween costumes connected to a picture of tiger woods. >>> judgment day once more for lindsay lohan. m rehab or in jaing the next n >>> president obama has now joined the chorus of celebrities and politicians speaking out against the bullying of gay teenagers. in a new video posted on youtube, the president promised teens that it will get better. >> you are not alone. you didn't do anything wrong. you didn't do anything to deserve being bullied. and there is a whol

please join your fellow commissioners and approve the north beach e.i.r. so we can use this ground wisely for our children for the future. thank you. president miguel: thank you. >> do you want to have that? >> commissioners, my name is dawn and i'm the planning and capital manager for the recreation and park department. thank you for taking time tonight to hear about this important project. the draft e.i.r., the recreation and park department feels provides an excellent analysis of the proposed master plan for the joe dimaggio playground and its various alternatives. the e.i.r. carefully evaluates the various impacts including potential historic resources, open space and recreational resources, traffic impact as well as views and esthetics. it's a thorough and complete document. the plan reviews and presents the advantages of the preferred plan which replaces a parking lot with a new library branch, plaza and unified park adding an additional 12,000 square feet of open space in a highly dense, high open space neighborhood. north beach chinatown residents

this is the dirtiest beach in southern california. doheny beach. i've surfed this twice -- i've gotten sick both times. narrator: san juan creek, a concrete flood control channel, flows directly to doheny beach. moriarty: the concrete you can almost think of as a big water slide for pollutants to go to sea level. man: if it rains more than 2/10 of an inch, the county puts out a health advisory for all beaches in the county. that totaled 75 days in 2006. so it's sort of a frightening thing that it's so polluted that every time it rains, we have to stay out of the ocean for three days. moriarty: to be sick after surfing isn't like, "oh, i have a runny nose," and tomorrow it's gone. can be a lot of different things. nelsen: they include gastroenteritis, which is an upset stomach, and sinus infections, ear infections, eye infections, and there's also virulent versions of streptococcus that can actually cause severe illness and even death. moriarty: our goal with surfrider foundation is essentially to have the city understand that the water is, in fact,

jeff bush shows you what was like san francisco is ocean beach today. >> take a look at the ocean beach parking lot on tuesday. it's packed from the looks of things a lot of people at the same idea made it to the coast. this is what october looks like a san francisco while the rest of the country is cooling off for a warming up but everyone knows it will last long and that makes it even more special. the did was for the dogs and kids at anyone else who did have to work. check out this little dog having the time of is like choosing a ball into the cool pacific ocean trade the stock wasn't sure to think about this crop it came ashore. the sky was blue and it was a perfect day to kick a soccer ball around or take a walk on the august long sand beach. some people can look to the beach but did nothing and lay on the sun which is a luxury in san francisco standards. they created the spot in the middle of beech it was a popular spot for people with kids. it was nice and cool without the danger of the ocean waves. of course the servers are no strange ocean beach but isn't too often that the way

i have been a resident of north beach continuously since 1962. i want to thank you for being present for our issue. when the kerry of the machine was requested of the planning commission, it did not sound too threatening, and we didn't make a protest at that time. it has come out that the new owners concealed the restrictions on their behalf and the previous activity about restricting this site. i have been here long enough that i will remember la ventura. everyone i ever met eight there, going back to the 50s. i arrived in san francisco in 1948. it is -- the situation was explained, but it is complicated. the current owners concealed the restrictions on their deep, and i think as elected representatives, it is your responsibility to support the planning department particularly in these very unusual situations where there are reversing themselves. thank you. >> i am a resident of north beach near the corridor. written agreements would know this as special restrictions. the special nature of north beach and any commercial district, you have very d

i'm a 23-year resident of north beach. and a teacher at a pre-k through eighth grade school in north beach. the opportunity for a new library has really been a reallyying cause at our school -- rallying cause as our schoolso, please picture next to me at least 200 parents and 200 children in their pajamas, standing next to me. i've been involved in this project since my son was 6 years old. he's now 13. i have felt very involved and very informed about this project. i've been to meetings, presentations, brainstorms at the library, at the clubhouse, on the playground and even at my school. i've watched the street closing, i've studied the plans and i also can honestly say i read the e.i.r. online. so i feel that this e.i.r. well documents our neighborhood's urgent needer to more park sfathe space and a new library. the e.i.r. also documents that this elegant and efficient solution was developed with enthusiastic seven-year-long community involvement. please support the e.i.r. and make our involvement worth while and meaning

we are live at the beach with this report, jana? >> reporter: well, gasia it has been 10 months since they closed this. and that forced drivers to take a detour down neighborhood streets. well, today, we learned that they are planning to reown the road, take down this sign by 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. but, drivers should be aware there are major changes that have taken place on the road. >> reporter: the sunny day drew droves of people to ocean beach to walk, bicycle, catch a few waves ... or do a little drumming in the sun. tents were popping up for sunday's nike women's marathon where the course is set to end along the great highway and construction crews are racing to finish the emergency repairs. the great highway southbound lanes to highway 35 have been closed since last december. that is when unusually large storm surgees ate along the block, creeping inland seven to eight feet. crews put in large rocks to reenforce a 900 foot stretch of the coast and removing the shoreline by removing trash and debris. today, crews put the final pa

, surf, minuteman and wall beach, after a fatal shark attack all those three beaches were closed. >> amy johnson from santa barbara. >>> our bay area is the prime gathering spot for sharks especially great whites. last mon the "chronicle" detailed the area known as the red triangle. sharks travel mostfully that zone from monterey bay to the farralons to bodega. attacks on humans are rare, just over 100 confirmed attacks off california since 1952 but experts call this time of year shark to beer because big sharks swarm in to feast on prey. >> a large amount of marine mammal traffic of all sorts and intermixed with that is the big sharks which come in from the open ocean and take advantage of that. >> expert say the best way to avoid sharks, stay out of the water. but especially, they say, dawn and dusk. always bring a buddy if you can. never swim alone. >>> the autopsies were performed. that they know. but if the bodies were buried, the hearts were not buried with them. anne makovec on the edgar allen poe-type story at a bay area cemetery. >> reporter: it's not unusual to notice an ai

mid to warm afternoons and beach weather, it will be nice this weekend, warmest days at the beaches monday and even tuesday. we could be pushing 80 degrees ocean beach. >> so it looks like the fog not going to be with us the short term. notice today it is paralleling the coast and with a north-northwest wind it's going to stay off shore. plenty of 70s around san francisco yesterday. it was 64 half moon bay and more 80s and santa clara valley. didn't see much of that yesterday but they are moving in from the sacramento valley. it's going to be even warmer through early next week. in fact we're talking high fire danger. are a for right now, to the north and west of us, we have a pretty strong storm system, spreading clouds and rain and some wind in the pacific northwest. with high pressure to the south that is keeping to the north and winds around the high, lots of fair skies but wants the high moves to the east we are looking at off shore component and that will take us to some of the warmest days we've seen in october by early next week. high clouds today with some of them spilling off fro

down at the beach things looking a little more stormy as well. from our weathernet camera in ocean city. nearly empty beach. wind gusts have been pretty stout at times. a peak wind gust in westminster 37. gusted to 24 in glen burnie and 29 in colesborough. on the eastern shore. so fairly windy, not much rain out there at the moment. maryland's most powerful doppler radar perhaps a little bit of drizzle here in southern dorchester county. renegade shower possibly just showing a few drops here in northern cecil county like north and west of elkton, then a stray shower out towards hagerstown but there's not much rain out there at the moment. winds though pervasive at the moment, gusting to 25. the winds pick up tomorrow by the way and stay rather stout through wednesday as a front blows in. temperature-wise, this is very warm stuff. 68 at the beach. 74 in baltimore. you have to get out towards deep creek lake to find temperatures in the 50s. that is unusual for late october. highs today pushing the old record values, 75 at the inner harbor. old reco

francis racy say in north beach. you were the force that brought the potruncula here do you want to tell us about the video. >> we made a video about it, in my opinion, just me that says this, so much was prove den shall. so much of it was going to happen no matter what we humans have to say about it. i believe that. there is one part of the video where i say it dawned on me in the middle of creating it what a servant i was and it is so true i mean we were just total servants in creating this amazingly sacred little space in the heart of our city. >> tell us briefly it is what? >> it is the little cabella st. francis himself rebuilt in 1206. >> in assisi. >> i call him francesco he is my best friend. >> he is. >>> he befriended the bishop because the bishop understood he wanted his real father to be the father heaven not the earthly father he goes down the hill and starts building san domiano. they said to him francis go rebuild my church it is in ruin he rebuilds it and then goes down further into the valley to sant

right down the beach you will. temperatures tomorrow, you can see forecast highs cooler than they have been. the cooling trend continue, i'll have specifics in the five day forecast. >>> san francisco police have arrested a man suspected of impersonating motown celebrities in order to get free food and lodging. alan young was arrested monday at the hide out bar in san francisco. young pretended to be famous musicians to get free services from impressed business owners. he most recently impersonated lemont losenger. >>> a dip in violent crimes in san francisco but >>> opponents of oakland's gang injunction protested today. police say the injunction helps them fight crime but protesters say it violates civil rights. inside the courtroom, a judge took no action to end the gang injunction covering north oakland which means it will stay in place at least for three months. >>> san francisco police released a report that shows how san francisco is doing in fighting crime. areas such as the tenderloin district continue to

there is served beach along with this long beach next end minutemen beach as well for the next 72 hours. >> this just did to kron4 news new video of the 19 year-old victim's, you concede that huge bite taken out of the board it is nice to know it is read some, he was a student at santa barbara. police say the fire that caused millions of dollars was set by hamas men his it life was spiraling out of control >> 23 year-old alexander piggy has been charged with setting the blaze in the game stopped video store. he is described as a transient who met recently been fired from his job at an inn in alberta. friends say that he is living in a homeless shelter in struggling with mental problems where he was booked in that county jail and faces charges of arson, burglary and making criminal threats and at the mall today firefighters were still putting out hot spots this morning. >> it is a very disheartening thing to see, it is a gym to us and when you out our it saturday look up at that area you concede right through the roof to the sky >> fire and water damage about one-quarter of the 1.3 milli

. >> in san francisco temperatures and 80 is one of the best places to be was here in ocean beach. was a perfect day for those who didn't have to work or those who played hooky and from the looks of the parking lot there's a lot of people who had this same idea. hundreds of people came out to the coast to soak up some rays enjoy the water show that the ocean was putting on. a small pot has developed in the beach and is a popular spot for people to let their kids in box plate in a safe environment. of course the surfers were in full force

at the beaches on tuesday, we'll be in the 70s. fleet week forecast more of the 70s for san francisco tomorrow. we talked about a little bit of wind during the morning hours. if you're going to be out there during the morning hours or afternoon, a light breeze coming on through here. this will be the story tomorrow, not until next weekend we start to cool down. 7:13. sunset at 6:39. 72 for a high, at the beaches, more of those 60s. concord is 84. sonoma 83. you notice the numbers are coming up just a couple degrees, 83 through los gatos. as we go through the remainder of the week ahead. there's the 7-day forecast. we talk about 70s at the beaches tuesday and wednesday. >> it has been a lovely october. >> gorgeous. >> thanks a lot. >>> dozens of people came out today to help rebuild the community of oakland. the worl work was in the peralta hacienda site. it's important to the neighborhood because it was built in 1870 and listed in the national register of historic places. tom sinkovitz and jeff ranieri were there to help out as wel

director nolan: director beach? commissioner beach: a couple of questions >> know the sfmta would be a new bond issuer. do we have any current obligations? >> all of the sfmric has been repaid. the parking authority has outstanding bonds at this point in time. obligations other than the public benefit corporations also related to parking garages. director beach: does that have an impact on our ability to issue bonds since there is outstanding debt? >> yes it does. that would also be a part of the comprehensive finance plan that we would be creating to look at that debt following conjunction with any new proposed issuance. director beach: and can you explain for me what the difference is between a bond and a revenue anticipation note which i know has also been uses to finance transit projects. >> hum hum. it's usually a short-term vehicle whereby you are looking for specific revenues to come in to actually pay those bonds off basically as short-term financing. where as your longer term or permanent financing would be

this business serves as a gateway to ocean beach. they have two locations, and the ever present the perfect bookends for the sunset district, java beach cafe. it has been in love and life work of patrick and buffy mcgwire, known to everyone in the neighborhood as pat and buffy. java beach does not just serve food. they are great in the community. every time we have had a neighborhood cleanup event, the have been the first to donate their time, their resources, bagels, muffins -- whatever is needed to help at the committee. they are set apart from other places in the district. for many people in the district, java beach service at a second home -- serves as a second home. they will meet up to reconnect. it is a second home for many in the sunset district. pat and buffy our family folks. they have three great boys and their place represents that. they do invite the atmosphere of a family-oriented business. if you go on any holiday, you will see they have this great christmas party every year, kids running around, karaoke for everyone.

it will reach the san mateo coastline not quite to ocean beach below. red flag warning in effect for the north bay helos and our diablo range because it's hot and dry and windy. the gusts of up to 20 mi. an hour expected through tonight into tomorrow morning it's raising fire concerns and excessive heat warning of our bay shore is including san francisco. possible record- breaking temperatures that we saw yesterday and expect to see it today and again tomorrow. obama blow to low 80's and 90's. tomorrow night before in santa rosa, 86 and it francisco, and that is along the delta up and our inland valleys 93 antioch but again it's a mistake cooler to the coast lotta special with the fog surging from the south low 90s in the south bay. a look at your kron 47 day around the bay forecast extensive heat stay with us through thursday temperatures in the name the the upper 80s and low 90s will finally start to see some relief with temperatures going about 10 degrees and especially into the weekend temperatures kill lot closer to the '60s and '70s bay area wide.

and response date close this search beach and they close the beach next to get and they also closed minuteman beach as well for the next 72 hours. >> it was a gruesome discovery, two human hearts buried in glass jars at a colma cemetery, pinned with the photographs of two couples. the maintenance worker who saw the tops of the jars sticking out of the dirt at holy cross catholic cemetery on oct. 12 and knelt down to take a look. he called police when he saw what was inside. now, police are trying to determine the couples' identities, the source of the organs and whether the find is related to some sort of ritual or is simply a prank. >> nearby there was a second jar continuing at a human heart and a picture of a different couple. i corner was called to this scene and immediately ruled out the possibility of homicide. >> both of the arts had previously been autopsies and both of them and quitted the embalming fluid so leads us to believe it is either from the black market or possibly more jury >>. they have no reports of grade's being disturbed and around the jars the police found burned cigar

as for the county there are a couple of nearby beaches a few miles north of here. those have warnings that are posted. they are not closed but want people to be aware of the danger. as for the shark, it's out there somewhere. it could be long gone. nobody saw it yesterday. hopefully, it's long gone and we don't see this happen again. >> let me ask you about that shark. i mean, judging from the bite mark on the boogie board you saw there, that lucas was on, what did that tell you guys about the size of this shark potentially? >> well, the witness originally told us between 14 and 20 feet, at the report said about 18 feet. the size of the teeth and the width there is going to help the experts determine what kind of shark this is. we have not determined the type. the witness did say that the top of the shark was gray, the bottom was white. this is typically a great white but we're not in a position to confirm that, hopefully by monday we'll be able to determine what type of shark this is but, yes, the teeth marks will help that determination. >> we heard from the repo

meanwhile, base officials have closed surf beach and two other base beaches for 72 hours. locals who come here often were shocked by the attack. >> i never knew sharks was up hear. i've ben in this water lots of times, i never dreamed there was a shark out there. >> it's shocking. i'm sure they're out there. i've been fishing out here, in gaffe yoeta when i've actually caught baby sharks and put them back. they're out there. >> reporter: meanwhile, fish and game officials are working to figure out if the shark was a great white. now, officials say shark attacks are very rare. the last one that happened here was in 2008. no one was injured, but a shark bit a surfboard back in 2003 a great white shark killed a woman about 30 miles north of here at avila beach. at this point surf beach remains closed. also several beaks in santa barbara county, there have been warning signs placed at those beaches. that is the latest live at surf beach at vandenberg air force base. stephanie stanton. back to you guys. >> rare but always frightening. thank you, stephanie. >>> nine san francisc

i represent the city of long beach's efforts in sale long beach, a bid package that unfortunately was not chosen. i want to impress upon you the opportunity you have. long beach spent some resources in time on their bid package. while we were disappointed, we were thrilled that the golden gate yacht club have taken such a hard look at hosting the event on san francisco bay. i was privileged to sail with dennis in the '87 and 92 america's cups and have had the joy of sailing on your day in at least a dozen big boats series. it is spectacular and i know your city will host a tremendous event. time is of the essence. bids for this are serious, real, and competitive. i hope that through your leadership you will move quickly and affirme the presentation. thank you. chairperson maxwell: thank you. thank you for coming. next speaker, please. >> my name is robert mozina. my wife and my children started the golden gate youth program. we did it in such a way where it would cost something much more than money. it is without charge. it costs much more. it illustrates constructive friendship and p

it happened yesterday morning at surf beach on the property of vandenburg air force base. he had been body boarding when he held out for help. his friend was two feet away on a surfboard but the two men were hundred yards from shore. >> they say his buddy go