north beach construction. i want to bring your attention to a letter written on may 28th by former supervisor erin preskin it was copied to this board and letters also available at the website no north beach dig.org. >> many problems with the pagoda option are pointed out. one that needs the immediate attention is you will spend a maximum of 6 million dollars on the option and march first, contractor estimate came in at 10.6 million dollars. and there were a lot of exclusions and it is likely that these will go higher *. so the board needs to adopt a new resolution raising the construction cap above 6 million. muni posted a number to build a theater demolition that will begin by the end of the month. the sunshine request for plans and cost of the project, came back with no responsive documents. and we did a sunshine request for a geo tech report based on april test and it came back with no responsive documents. and as far as i know the demolition contractor has not been selected. so there are nine businesses i

in new jersey beach, beach would beach and ocean county new york, ontario beach in monroe county. how come things get better? >> well, we have seen the rate cut pollution nationally is easily stagnate for many years now. and what that tells us is that the policies that clean up our polluted beaches need to be improved. and, as i said, what the big problem here is is this urban slobber, the storm water that is coming off of our cities and towns. clean that up takes action and leaders, especially by the national epa. gerri: interesting stuff. if you want to know about the status of beaches in your area get to the nrdc website. put in years ago and it will tell you the queen is peaches around. thank you for coming out tonight. >> thank you. gerri: appreciate your time off. we will be right back with an answer to the question of the day. does it pay to complain about customer service. stay with us. ♪ gerri: earlier this hour, todd martian consumer reports offer tips aplenty but customer service. do you think that it pays to complain? here is with some of your posting on my facebook

. >> lieutenant commander mike kress, operations officer at naval beach group 1, i was a coach during the exercise. we supported the exercise with 3 subject matter experts from amphibious construction battalion 1, their expertise is in route clearance, they actually played in the exercise and i was the coach for the exercise. >> good morning, i'm colonel alley, marine operations officer for the marine expedition briged. i was responsible for the planning and (inaudible). >> good morning, my name is (inaudible), superintendent pe department of public works, i'm responsible for street cleaning, trees, landscaping through the city. on the day of the incident i was the operations chief at the incident command poach at ocean beach. >> good morning, i'm captain houston with the california national guard. i'm with first marine briged. i've been coming to san francisco since may for the planning efforts and i got to participate in the com drill with 6 marines and we were dispersed from all 3 different sites. >> good morning, everybody, my name is michelle geddis, i'm with the san francisco de

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,

to have a plan. >> north beach is not necessary, for phase two. and nor is it a prerequisite. >> thank you. >> one last sentence. >> we have to limit everybody to two minutes or is not fair. >> thank you. mark gruberg united taxi cab workers. a couple of years back there was a simple and powerful idea this was at the time that the taxi apps were first making the presence known in the industry. give the public access to all cabs that were single cell phone app and the agency and discarded this idea at that time that the cab company emerging had that happen we might not be facing the mess that we have today. this idea has come back and with much greater urgency and now that we have all of these rogue services out there. it was immediately watered down so that there could be multiple apps but all of the cabs would have to appear on those apps. now, even that idea has been discarded in favor of a purely voluntary system in which there will be multiple apps that the company will not have to join and that the apps can veto the company and drivers from p

right now we are at ocean beach and it is chilly and the beach is empty but that is expected to change tomorrow. three factors are coming together right now to make the next two days risky, especially here. >> reporter: even on this cool day many people in the water despite the risk. >> i feel safe. i don't know how taswim i am not going to go in -- to swim, i am not going to go in there. >> he took these pictures this afternoon. the water is cold, 52 degrees. waves, and rip currents deadly. >> this is one of the most dangerous beaches in the united states. >> he was busy today warning people. >> the rip current can pull you away from shore. that shall why we ask you stay in shall -- that is one reason we ask you to stay in shallow water. >> giving you a big wave out of nowhere. >> she worried whenever she sees small children at ocean beach. >> waves could be twice as big as it is in an incident. >> i know there are some here and i wouldn't let my kids swim in it. >> reporter: big waves over underwater sand bars are responsible for the rip currents here. if you are pulled out, don't fi

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some of the top include gulf shore beach and newport beach. you want might to think twice if you're headed to avenue lodge beach in california and beachwood beach in new jersey. both have been listed add the dirtiest for the past five years. let's get the conversation going on twitter at dr. sanjay gupta. time now for a check of your top story maxing news now. >>> it's the top of the hour. thanks for joining us. here is what's coming up on the cnn news room. 120 degrees and rising. west coast bracing for some of the

not for the local beaches but down in the virginia beach area right now where some of the winds even along the coast without the warnings could still gust in that 40, 45, maybe 50 mile an hour range. our day planner calls for rain all day long. low 70s by noon. highs in the mid-70s. winds east, northeast 10 to 20 miles an hour generally here in the metro. again a little bit higher along the coast. as we look at the doppler locally, heavier rain bands coming through overnight. that's now toward the upper part of the bay, southeast pennsylvania, extreme northeastern pennsylvania. a little bit of light shower activity across prince george's county and anne arundel county at the moment. while we're in a lull now, over the next few hours, all the water to the south comes over us. a bit of rain overnight especially west and southwest. we have a flood watch for everybody east of the blue ridge except frederick county, maryland that will be till 10:00 tonight. one to as much as four inches of rain will be possible. some may get 5 or 6 out of this. flooding could be a real, real concern later

. >>> the warm weather is expected to bring big crowds to the beaches this weekend. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is live at ocean beach with a warning about big waves and strong currents. john? >> that's right. it is chilly right here. even though it will get warm tomorrow. peach here have abandon. a few surfers right now. the swell is getting bigger. now surfers say they are excited about tomorrow's big swells but on ocean beach today life guards were warning warning when the waves get big from the south, and with the tides, even wading can kill. >> chillychilly at -- chilly at first. >> rip current could pull you quickly way from shore so stay in shallow water at this beach. >> he was warning that things can get riskier tomorrow. the next two days the risks go up, the swell increases to 10 feet, from the south and strong tidal currents. that increases the risk of rip currents that sweep people out to sea. he took this video today. 10 people have drowned here in the last 15 years. they are urging people to be safe. keep your eye on the water and chil

when in myrtle beach, as a civilian, he's a firefighter. he teamed up with the fire department to pull off this very special welcome home surprise. the folks of wnbs talked to the father and daughter. >> we got on the bus last night at 7:30, 14-hour drive to get here. >> she thought he was still in afghanistan. >> called my number, i answered to those in the states. so we pulled it off. i didn't think we would. >> a lot of moving parts there. a lot of people had to coordinate to make it come together. beautiful. >> every day he's away from his family. itis hard for him and hard for us. >> i'm happy my daddy is home. >>> if i ever get the chance to go sky diving, i think this is the way to do it. from the basket of a hot air balloon. this is in colorado. early morning hours, getting everything set up. a basket full of skydivers. >> get me in a hot air balloon, you have to strap yourself to it. >> the fastest skydivers. a couple people hanging by their knees. a couple of them stand on the rim of the basket before they take a beautiful plunge.

the state wants to start charging for parking at 14 sonoma county beaches. but that plan is running into rough waters. in fact, the county says that's against the law. >> beautiful day. cold this morning but nice now. >> reporter: this day like every day brought breathtaking views at bodega head state beach. >> i feel like i have to come here every once in a while to get my ocean fix. >> reporter: and this day as always, the ocean fix was free. >> think we pay the price to live in california without having to pay to park our car to look at the ocean. >> reporter: about 30 miles away, sonoma county supervisors were being asked to end the free ride. >> the governor and the legislature have directed the department to increase revenue generation. >> reporter: the state wants to collect that revenue with the so-called iron rangers, drop boxes that would collect a $7 parking fee. >> just like having a driver's license is a privilege, the facilities were put there by the people of california and they are telling us we need to raise funds in order to maintain them.

it's taking you all the way down the beach. if you get in a little bit, you can feel it pulling you all the way down the beach. >> reporter: dangerous as andrea heads on down the coast, taking with it another potentially active hurricane season. andrea is a fast-moving storm expected to go through florida bringing heavy winds to the east coast tomorrow afternoon. jay gray, redding beach, florida. >>> veronica johnson, our meteorologist, is here to tell us when tropical storm andrea will be in our area. >> thanks a lot, barbara. of course, it's important to say the rain we've been getting around here today, some showers not associated with tropical storm andrea. but let me show you how big that storm is down to the south of us. we told you about andrea yesterday. look at the rains from miami all the way to jacksonville. it's florida through georgia and through south carolina. also look at the circulation and the spin right here, real easy to see where the center of circulation is and it's right there, and very, very soon it will

it has already affected gulf coast beaches. lifeguards had to save 10 teenagers swimmers that were caught in a rip current. it will continue to up the coast past maine. " we feel the effects of the storm? >> there could be a tropical storm conditions at the maryland beaches this weekend. thes about 200 miles to southwest of tampa. let's talk about today. temperatures in the upper 50's and the low 60's. it will be tried this morning. there could be some rain showers this afternoon. seven-day forecast momentarily. >> thank you. not bad as you start out. parkway,with the b-w 55 miles per hour down towards 100. as you make your way south on 95 to the fort mchenry, seven minutes from the 895 split. north side, 11 minutes. 12 minutes on the west side. the harrisburg expressway is running smoothly. problem free on the j.f.x. into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. degrees at the airport. >> a popular site to use is amazon. they want to deliver food to your table. putting people more in the baby-making moo what do you think?

. >>> as many people head to the beach to escape the heat, there is warnings of rip currents and we will tell you what they say to watch out for. >>> plus a top secret government order requiring a major phone company to turn over all call logs, it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> good morning, thank you for joining us on this thursday morning, june 6thth, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, steve, is the coast clear? >> no, there is a lot of fog over there, dave and pam and so much fog we had some drizzle but the beat goes on and coast and bay don't change much on the temperatures and we get back to mid-to-upper 80s. >>> good morning, it looks good heading out of pleasanton and fremont and san jose and today we are looking at the san jose bridge and it looks good out to the high-rise. let's go back to the desk. >>> president barack obama is heading back to the bay area, janine will attend the first of two fund racers -- fundraisers and what else is here? >> well, you can see here, this is where he is supposed to arrive and th

he went out every morning, walked along the beach. whatever washed up he brought back to his shed and created quite a large little compound of old bottles, shoes, anything that washed up. a ship wreck. provided a bunch of lumber. he made a sleeping loft in his cabin. for a while he had a wife. she didn't wash up in the waves. but she did eventually wash out. she couldn't handle cooking in the sandunes every night, creating a fire. so she left him sometime in the late 18920 -- 1890's. but daley took one of those cars we were talking about and opened this little coffee saloon where he sold sandwiches, doughnuts, and little items to the picnicers who came out to the beach on the weekends. and soon other people, they kind of were charmed by this little old horse car that was being used as a store. and they asked if it was possible that they could rent a car on his land. and he said, ok, $5 a month you can have a little car clubhouse in the land that he owned at the beach. so you see off in the distance that white shed. that's the colonel'

tell us about that. >> that had to do with really establishing my beach battalion that i had on the beach and the success that they had in bringing boats in and repairing boats. >> let me just say as so many have, thank you so much for your service and thank you for coming in and joining us. we appreciate it. top. >> we have the first tropical storm of the season, andrea. it's probably never going to become a hurricane. it is a minimal strength tropical storm with winds at 30 miles per hour. it is moving offer at 3 miles per hour. not exactly flying. we are looking at the potential for heavy rain across west coast of florida and florida panhandle tonight and tomorrow. let's put this in motion. probably make land fall tomorrow afternoon. this may be delayed just a little bit. it is a tropical storm. not filled in the center. it moves along the coast. almost like a nor'easter that hugs the coast. this is at friday at 2:00. just to the north of wilmington. put it back in motion, it will pass to the east and south of maryland and then on and off of nantucket as we get into saturday and saturd

(applause) >> howard wong, native of north beach. i have not been in my alma mater's auditorium for a long time so thank you for holding this year. some great events that i saw in from this stage when i was in high school. it is to be known as high school for o.j. simpson, and recently learned that richard goldman came to galileo. i am an architect by training; i have worked in many city projects. when i work with city departments we always weigh different options; we look at how to spend money. when things do not make sense to do not proceed with the project. when they made sense you try to make them as efficient as possible. as a previous speaker said, the central subway, when their word the largest contract on tuesday of this week for 840 million dollars, the project will be essentially over budget by a large about. the muni's internal memo says that they'll have 60 family dollars contingency left. our numbers indicate worse shape than that. we know the big infrastructure projects will go over budget. the federal transit station e

here's a dead whale on the beach. crazy. >> reporter: for those nearby, the smell was hard to miss. >> it was scary. >> gross, old fish. >> in the spot where the whale washed 77, it's a half mile south of the resort. -- washed up, it's a half mile south of the resort. >> that's part of the course of what happens. >> reporter: according to the marine mammal center, this is a juvenile gray whale and the second time it's wash add shore. it was found last week. samples were taken. because of the terrain where it washed up there was not a safe way to conduct a test. they had it towed back out to the ocean. a crew will try to figure out how the whale died. it could be tough because it's been decomposing about two weeks. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> governor jerry brown joined by democratic leaders signed a $96.3 billion funding plan. it begins restoring social policemans cut during the recession. governor brown called today a water shed moment for millions. >> it's a big day for school kids and california residents that don't h

i thought this was the pet resort, and a beach front pet resort. >> they are running and playing ball and rolling around in the sand like humans. >> at one point, it looked like they were playing volleyball. >> well, it is doggie style, but they are. >> it is incredible that they put it together for dogs. the price is not as steep as i expected. per night, it is $47 and to about $80 depending upon the package you buy for the dog. they have several houses around the area. if you have a low key dog that is not as active as these reason the beach, there is another woman who will watch it, and another dog. >> it is amazing that they do this, because the dogs love the beach. >> the dogs have the run of the house, and they can sleep wherever they want. >> who is going to the give the dogs a bath afterwards? >>> i can say right now i can't condone a car keying prank, unless it is this kind of car key i keying, and then it is funny. >> you left the keys in your door, man. they are in your door. >> yeah, these are the guys from ross creations who have had pranks on our show before and going ar

is another surf spot in santa cruz. >> the flyer suggests surfings go to another beach. >> and apparent lee the surf is good are in the next 48 hours. >> a big swell is coming in and will last the next two days. >> a person behind the flyer wanted those waves all to themselves. >> it's a pretty big ocean, i think there's room for everyone. >> and with that i'm going to go put my wet suit on. >> there is a serious side to this. >> the parks department said posting a flyer is the same as posting a false report. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the first name storm of the hurricane season, top ral storm andrea made landfall in the cost of florida in palm beach county. >> people who live there got the warning and then went for cover. >> i got everybody in the bathroom and we all just got in the tub. >> it just sounded like there was explosions, the whole house started shaking. >> a lot of wind and rattles. >> there were no reports any of injuries. >> tropical storm and re-a is expected to last through the night. >> here's a live look at what's happening outside. >> quality managers are

fort myers beach, virginia beach has the neptune festival. >> less than a minute. tell me a few secrets to doing o this right.is >> i have one secret. the bottomless bucket right here. >> bottomless bucket.t. how zit work? >> turn it over here and fill it with sand and water instead of filling it and trying to turn it it over but this is the easiest secret there is. sometimes i put a child in there. it works that's the secret. >> you will let me work on thist a little bit? b >> you want to try? absolutely. you want to make circles aroundd there. >> okay. oka >> tell me what is the biggest danger to the sculptures oncetue they are on the beach. is it the wind and wave?ave >> it's negative? it's vandalism. it's by far the biggest danger to sand sculptures. we put a fence around them. armed guards on these things too keep people from wrecking them i believe there's two kinds of of people in the world. builder and wreckers. it only takes one wrecker too destroy 100 builders work. watch out for the wreck imhers in life. >> amazing. tony has a question for you hee wants

beach and one other beach. it is not clear what caused it. anyone who comes in contact with the water should immediately clean off with warm water and soap. it's that time of year, beach time. definitely feeling like summer out there. >> yep. now, we haven't had many days of 90 degrees heat. only three so march. but i have a hunch we are getting more. let's start off with the videographer. we are looking back toward arlington. it's only a couple miles wide. prince jordan county, pretty heavy downpours. if you weren't under one of these, it was a nice night with a nice sunset and gorgeous evening. let's get on with everything you need to know weather-wise. at reagan international airport this afternoon, 86 degrees. the average high 85. 73 was the morning law so very close to averages. some late night storms on the upper eastern shores of maryland. a few showers hang on right now. they are drift to go the east-southeast. they should diminish overnight. few and far between. still warm out there, 79 degrees right n

. >> we begin with jay gray in north reddington beach in florida. >> reporter: florida's gulf coast as the tropical storm made landfall thursday afternoon. the storm surge flooding coastal communities while the driving rains of winds, with gusts of almost 60 miles per hour, caused problems inland. streets were swallowed by water, power lines and trees pulled down, homes damaged by both straight line winds and a handful of tornadoes spawned by the system. >> it's just a lot of devastation for 15 seconds of fear. >>> as the storm pushed across the peninsula, business owners packed away what they could, andrea getting their attention just six days into the hurricane season. >> you don't expect it so early in the year, like i said. usually a month down the road you get the tropical storm or tropical depression and then you start watching. >> reporter: now everyone along the coast is watching closely, including tourists, most looking at andrea as an inconvenience but not the end of their trip. >> we came for a sunny beach vacation but ended up having a tropical storm and making the best of

. >>> and there's a warning for anyone going out to the beach. at ocean beach in san francisco swells could reach up to 10 feet high. south facing beaches in santa cruz and monterey are set to be among the most dangerous. now life guards say if you do get caught in a rip current or being pulled out, don't fight it. rather swim parallel to the beach until you are away from that rip current. then either try to swim to shore or signal for help. >>> only on 2, ktvu has learned that oakland police has begun a massive reorganizization this weekend but we've also learned tonight that won't change one startling fact. the small number of officers who are actually out on the streets patrolling. ktvu's jana katsuyama here to show us exactly how short staffed the oakland police department really is. >> reporter: this might surprise a lot of people. the chief tells me there's just about 35 officers at any given time of day patrolling the entire city of oakland. and its population of roughly 400,000 people. layten violence is urging -- >> that's the action we'

as we head through the afternoon, the beach is the place to be. that's where you'll get the room temperature readings where it's not too hot, not too cold. this is the warmest day in the extended period, at least for now. we'll see highs in the upper 80s in the warmer cities across the bay. we have an area of low pressure headed our way. that will bring about more change. we'll warm you up into the upper 80s. tomorrow we'll drop you right back off to the low 80s inland. 88 in livermore, 82 in fremont, 83 in redwood city and 83 in los gatos. meanwhile, 75, you can't beat that, in santa cruz. we don't have any risk of rip current. that's the good news. if you actually want to get in the water, you can. we still advise you go to a guarded beach. that way you stay safe. always good to have a buddy with you. bring an extra set of eyes to watch you. maybe dad this year, mike, maybe dad. >> buddy system, good stuff. looking over here toward our buddies at the dublin interchange where 580 and 680 meet up. that's a smooth flow right now at the interchange.

to the beach you are being asked to use extra caution, here is a warning about powerful waves, here is more. >>reporter: high temperatures over the next few days and many will be headed here to the beach to cool off and that's why the national weather service and coast guard are warning beachgoers to be very careful. here at ocean beach it can be very difficult to surf and swim and i checked with them and they say that you should always have somebody waiting on the sand just in case you need help. you may remember, a missing man at the bay to breakers and since then nothing washed ashore. his family has been checking in with them regularly but of course no sign of him yet but as for beachgoers, they want people to remember to be careful with pets dogs are also in danger here. reporting live at ocean beach, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> president barack obama will be attending here and before leaving, the president will make a policy speech in san jose. the president will highlight california as proof that the new affordable healthcare act is working. >>> and he is scheduled to arriv