the 1.6 million yellow page phone books delivered every year in the city, it would be as tall as 300 transamerica buildings. >> i think the yellow pages were a very relevant tool in the 20th century. >> reporter: chiu says the books clog upland fills and cost up to a million dollars a year to recycle. part of his proposed ordinance would allow yellow pages to be delivered only in the company confirms you actually want one. >> the current five to ten pound book of yellow pages is really an obsolete tool. >> i think three million small businesspeople would disagree with mim on that. >> reporter: amy healy with the yellow pages association says small business would be hurt. she argues the yellow pages are using more recycled paper and that the industry also redesigned yellow pages opt out.com to make it easier to stop deliveries. >> to single out yellow pages when there are free community newspapers and direct mail and other classified advertising out there, we believe it's unfair. >> reporter: still, the heavy books seem to be a tough sell. >> i don't know if it's, you know, accurate. i have used i

staff up all these yellow page phone books on top of each other, you would have a height of almost 300 transamerica pyramids for over eight mount everest. this is a staggering amount of natural resources. it is estimated that over 5 billion trees a year are needed to make phone books in our country. in addition to the environmental impact, though, this has a real cost to san franciscans. the total cost to dispose of or recycle foam books in san francisco is estimated to be over $1 million a year. this is a cost borne by residents and ratepayers. the ordinance i am interested in using would allow all phone book distributors to distribute yellow pages to any san franciscan resident who wants them. it would also allow distributors to contact every resident the it -- via mail, phone, or e-mail so anyone who wants a phone book can have an opportunity to receive it. this ordinance, though, does not allow distributors to leave unwanted yellow pages in front of buildings or doorways without permission. this lot is not a ban on yellow pages. we simply want to make sure that everyone who wants the informatio

the 1.6 million yellow page phone books delivered every year in the city it would be as tall as 300 transamerica buildings. >> i think it was a relevant tool in the 20th century. >> they cost up to a million dollars to recycle. part of his ordinance would allow them to be delivered only if the company confirmed they want one. >> the current 5 to 10-pound book of yellow pages is really an objection some liter tool. >> i think 3 million small business people would disagree with him on that. >> reporter: apartment hely with the yellow pages association says small business would be hurt. she argued the yellow pages are using more recycled paper and that the industry also redesigned yellow pages opt out.com to make it easier to stop deliveries. >> but to single out yellow pages when there are free community newspapers and derek mail and other classified advertising out there, we believe, is unfair. >> reporter: still the heavy books seem to be a tough sell. >> i don't know if it's accurate. i've used it in the past and a lot of times the businesses are out of business. >> reporter: if the ordinance p

transamerica. this is a major -- so these are -- those are buildings. but what else might you think about? bart, transportation. we'll talk about that. hospitals. city hall. these are possible target areas. as we mentioned, civilian safety is the most important. point to yourself. your safety is the most important. when you are sizing up what are the dangers, what are your capabilities, what are your limitations. terrorism is no different from a natural disaster. you are going to respond the same way. be nice is not nice. b stands for biological. n is nuclear, i is incendiary and c is chemical. on the bottom scale, we have a likelihood it's going to take place and this scale here is the impact. so nuclear device, think of a nuclear bomb taking place, impact will affect a lot of people, yeah. high impact, what's the probability that a nuclear attack will take place? not that great. as you move on, as the season progresses, then add a chemical release, over here, likelihood gets higher that would take place, less impact biological and explosive incendiari

a little partial clearing out there as we take a look out towards the transamerica building. but we still do have a little bit of light precipitation in and around the bay area. let go ahead and fire up our live high-def doppler radar. we do have some light precipitation in the northern portion of our bay area primarily around san rafael. this cell is now beginning to disintegrate. we also have that little light cell right there over the mount tamalpais area which means we could see a little light snow falling this evening, as well. light rain lining highway 101 from morgan hill out of the gilroy area. we have seen up to 3" of rain in the wettest spots of the highest locations of the north bay. otherwise winds the big story 63-mile-per-hour wind gusts throughout foster city. other wind gusts there you have it in san francisco, up to 35. everybody was talking about just how gusty those winds were. out and about this evening, we still have some more rain showers. the possibility of a thunderstorm. and winds will continue out of the southwest 15 to 25 miles per hour. temperature

oh, my gosh, it's everything as we look through a glass wetly at the transamerica pyramid. we'll have a wild, wintry mix forecast after a break. ,,,,,,,,,,,, it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months. in the network, everyone can get along. new kids on the block at convenience stores, grocery stores and pharmacies. >>> move over, energy drinks. some new kids on the block at convenience stores, grocery stores, even pharmacies. on the healthwatch dr. kim mulvihill looks at new relaxation drinks. >> reporter: you might call them the anti-red bull. they are loaded with n

. >>> clear and cold out there this morning but as we look up the side of the transamerica building, we see temperatures will be warming through the day into the upper 50s and may see a low 60 or two. >> and we'll take it. okay, jim. happy tuesday, everybody. it is 4:42. >>> bay area home sales are up in early 2011 compared to the same period one year ago. prices are down, though. the biggest jump in sales was up in napa county rising 35%. across the bay area, just under 5,000 homes were sold in january. that's a slight uptick from a year ago and the median price dropped from $350,000 to $338,000. the typical mortgage is also down by about $100 a month. separately, the "wall street journal" reports that the u.s. housing trade association is examining the possibility that the data it releases underestimated the collapse of the housing industry. >>> blockbuster is putting itself up for auction and the movie rental company hopes to go for at least $290 million. that's starting bid put in by an investor group to start auction process. the hope is that the offer will be the floor for futu

if stacked up, would equal the height of 300 transamerica pyramids. >> in addition to environmental impact this has a real cost to san francisco. this total cost is estimated to be over $1 million per year. >> hs su. proposing a law requiring distributors to get permission from customers for example, by phone or mail, before dropping off books. the industry is threatening a legal fight. >> we think penalizing one form of advertising is unfair. >> brar bra's company advertises and she believes if it isn't in every home it would impact her business. >> who wants to call and ask for it? not many people. >> many san franciscoins considered hand bills an annoying blight. they're flyers left almost daily in neighborhoods by restaurants, house cleaners and vendors. david hsu has a proposal to require they be securely fastened. under this measure you can opt out of receiving flyers by posting a large no hand bills sign. and violateors would be fined sm. say the crack downs are another example of san francisco as a nanny state. but hsu says litter is the number one complaint for constituents. >> we

you stack all of these yellow page phone books on top of each other, we're talking about almost 300 transamerica pyramids. >> with seven out of ten americans still using print product, asking them to take these steps is unfair. >> reporter: the yellow pages already has an online system in place to opt out of the phone book. >>> a man who used suction cups to climb up to a san francisco high rise was sentenced this afternoon to probation. 55-year-old dan goodwin better known as spider dan was arrested for climbing up to tower. he faced a $5,000 fine. instead a judge sentenced him to two years probation, 100 hours of community service and a $260 fine. >>> the world's oldest woman has died in the texas town of jacksonville. eunice sandburg accredited her long life to her faith and her participation in the choir. >>> why police believe this man's wife was shot on fisherman's walf and what a stunned community is asking for. >>> he was just announced san jose's new police chief. coming up the specific changes he already has in the works for the department. >>> much more visible in the sense that i'll

welcome back to abc 7 news, this is a live picture from the abc studios on front street towards the transamerica pyramid as well as some of the financial buildings along the embarcadero, one of the places we did not see snow although we showed ayou a lot over the course of the morning, a couple of blue skies and puffy white clouds in downtown san francisco. if you own a burglar alarm you may know about the fines many cities impose for false alarms. in san francisco, there's a fee just to own a burglar alarm. one couple found out they were not only paying the fee, they were overpaying. 7 on your side has the story. >> crystal has one alarm system in her san francisco house and so she wondered why was she getting two bills. >> and the city, they both charge. >> first, the city sent this bill for $45 to cover her annual alarm license registration fee. then another invoice came, this one from bay alarm, demanding $55 for what it called a city alarm permit. it sure seemed like two bills for the same thing. so, she called bay alarm. >> and i even said, well, i think i paid this before and they're like

. >> if piled up the stack is 300 times higher that the transamerica pyramid. almost 48 mi. high. it costs the city thousands and thousands a month and it comes over a million dollars a year. those that want the book can still have it delivered. dave for kron4 news. >> at&t is being sued for overbilling the eye passed and the hype phone for overuse. davis is here. >> it is interesting that they figured it out. california man was looking at his bill and he really believe that he was being overcharged for data usage. data usage as anything weather related, you will, the text, the public /uploading. he goes to a law firm and will likely that hires them. the law firm thought it was interesting and he might have something there said they hired an independent consulting firm who bought and i found and disabled everything in data related. no internet or e- mail or alps. let it sit on the phone for months not doing anything and they claim that they would still be charged for 35 data transactions spending over 10 days. their charge for not today anything data related. they said their inves

if they were stacked up, the books would equal the height of 300 transamerica pyramid. according to supervisor david chu. >> in addition to the environmental impact, this has a very real cost to san francisco. total cost to dispose of phone book to recycle phone book in our city is estimated to be over 1 million dollars a year. >>reporter: he's proposing new law requiring distributors to get permission from customers for example by phone or mail before dropping off the books. the industry is threatening a legal fight. >> we think penaltyizing one form of advertising and not others is inherently unfair. >>reporter: bail bonds company advertises in the yellow pages. she believes that if the phone book isn't in every home it could impact her business. >> another form of advertising is also under scrutiny. many san francisco consider hand bill an annoying blight. the fliers left almost daily in some neighborhoods. but restaurants, contractors, house dleen cleaners and other vendors. david chu has proposal to require they be securely fastened so they don't blow await a minut

chiu said that about 1.6 million of these phone books are delivered yearly, enough to stack up to the transamerica building three times. he proposes and ordinance that bans delivering the books unless specifically specifically asked for. the trade association calls it unconstitutional because it targets a specific industry and they dispute any notion that the book is a 20th century relic. >> current five to ten-pound books of yellow pages is really an obsolete tool. >> certainly our companies have diversified to providing local search information through print advertising, through mobile applications, through online yellow pages, so small businesses are using a variety of means to market themselves. and print still provides a high return on investment for them. >> reporter: we'll hear the language for the proposal later today. we do know already that the yellow pages could be fined up to $500 each for each unsolicited delivery. back to you. >> thank you, christin ayers in san francisco. >>> the san jose city council could decide today on a new police chief. that closed-door meeting starts at 10:00

. >>> and looking up, the transamerica building, we see blue skies, temperatures warming today in the mid- to upper 50s. ,,,,,,,,,,,, da dan: i had a biopsy and i had high-risk prostate cancer. i was depressed. i was shocked. sometimes cancer makes you feel very lonely. the doctors can do their best to cure the cancer, but it takes all of the other stuff to make you a whole person again. i've been given a second chance. announcer: at sutter health, our story is you. for more stories, visit sutterhealth.org. >>> welcome back. tow crews are working hard to clear a hit-and-run injury crash that we're following in redwood city. this is southbound 101 the ramp to whipple avenue the off-ramp there. just a couple of minutes ago they were able to partially re- open the ramp but you can see there are still flares out there. and we were following it looks like one of the cars involved in the crash is still off to the shoulder on its side. again, tow crews just got there. so they are working to completely clear it. but we also learned from chp that the other driver involved in this crash took of

transamerica pyramid there and also the golden gate bridge. and looking live from one of our other cameras bouncing around, a breezy start to this sunday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. and you said the it was going to be windy, and that is windy. >> notice the scene there? camera hanging on for dear life this morning, especially the san bruno mountain. it is gusty this morning. look at the effects of those offshore winds, 66 degrees in san francisco. could be a record high low temperature this morning out there. northeast wind at 9. we'll be seeing temperatures soaring through the day. look at the coastal temperatures around santa cruz, 64 degrees, cooler around concord where the wind is light. you're waking up to the 50s. if you have the gusty wind, you'll have temperatures waking up this morning in the 60s. hour by hour, lunchtime, gorgeous day, just a little gusty especially in the hills, highs today in the mid-70s in the cooler locations and low 80s once again today breaking records to

. >>> a live look outside this morning at the transamerica pyramid on the left side of the screen. a soggy start to the day. when will it turn into snow? we'll check in with christina coming up. >>> the fate of barlt b.a.r.t.'s general manager is up in arms this morning after the b.a.r.t. board voted to fire dorothy dugger during a closed session two weeks ago. but the vote violated state open meeting laws. so the board directors took back the vote but now her future with the transit agency is still up in the air. "the chronicle" reports the committee is in negotiations with her now. >>> thousands of bay area teens will go without food today to raise money for victims of the haitian earthquake. almost 5,000 teens throughout the bay area are participating in world vision's nationwide 30-hour famine event. during the 30 hours teens cannot eat food for 30 hours to experience what the poorest children and families face every day. they also do hands-on local community service projects. >>> the giants are in action today. they are going to play the first exhibition game of spring trainin