Photo bombed by costumed characters. Its just a wednesday in times square. We felt trapped, yes. Had we known it was for tips, we would not have done it. Reporter a tourist felt pressured into paying. It is confusing, though spider man says he always asks for tips up front. How much do you ask for . Tips dont have a price, sir. Its a tip. Reporter a bill heard today by City Council Proposes specific zones that the Times Square Alliance says would clear up the question of tips. In does isneyland getting your picture taken is free. Reporter in many cases those misunderstanding have turned confrontational confrontational. To limit that the proposal would allow zones. He wants to put me in a box . Im the naked cowboy, this isg my occupation reporter the naked cowboy calls the whole thing scary. I honestly think that if they just organized it more, it would actually work out better for them. Reporter but there are still some who have no problem tipping for a picture. When you have small kid
Traffic is doing very well. We will start off with the east shore freeway as you come up from the carquinez bridge to the mccarthur maze. It is a very nice drive. There is a little bit of road work eastbound as you approach university. But its not really causing any major delays. Also if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic looks good. It is a nice drive getting into San Francisco. And lets look at the south bay on our maps. You can see nice and green. They are not always this way but the green road sensors mean the traffic is at the speed limit. It is 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. 4 31 is the time. Happening today a concord teacher accused of child molestation is due back in court for his retrial. He is speaking out. Tara moriarty is joining us now from the courthouse with more on what he is saying about the case. Tara. Reporter the retrial is set to begin at 8 30 this morning. When ktvu spoke to Joseph Martin in jail, hes be there for a year and a h
At 5 00, lets go back to the desk. We are following developing news coming in from hayward where a high speed chase ended with a violent crash. A child in the car seat was found in the car after the driver ran away from the scene. Alex savidge is joining us live now with more on the search for this driver. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, to you. The good news in all of this the child involved in this pursuit was restrained in a car seat and did not have to be transported to the hospital. So that is the good news this morning. This car that was being chased by officers did a lot of damage when it was crashed. You can see the road remains shut down here at russ road as chp officers repair a pair of power poles that were taken out during this crash. There may have been another person in the car as well. Chp officers came in and searched the area for the driver but we do understand that man remains on the run still this morning. This pursuit first started just after 2 00 in the
Some pretty close. Mostly sunny. I did go 39 on the low. We will go 71 for a high. The only source of the high clouds is this little system spinning in. That is about it. The system to the north 40s for some, 30s for others. We are not expecting any 32s or 33s. That is it. Im reaching here. Sunshine, nice to warm on these temps. A little cool, cold for some. Upper 30s are cold. Patchy morning fog. We will see about the weekend if we can maintain this. Already richmond, san rafael bridge. We just saw the road sensors go from very good to very bad very quickly. We are going to start off with the map. I want to show you that is the end where the arrow is. I want you to avoid using the Richmond Bridge. There is a truck fire although its not getting through. There is a huge traffic backup. And right now there is not a big bag so pretty soon this is pee are gob to drive into a sea of traffic. Dont try to use the Richmond Bridge. Use the bay bridge as an alternate or go up to highway 37. The
Of me will not attend. Suzanne giraudo, please. Good afternoon, supervisors to understand a little bit about who i am i have been on the commission, i am a practicing child and adolescent psychologist and i am director of the Child Development center at california Pacific Medical center, were the largest provider of Child Development services in San Francisco and in northern california. Last year, serving, we had over 20 thousand visitors of children in the birth to 18 age range. I have an increased concern with birth to 5 services. Since currently, one in 68 children are now diagnosed on the autism spectrum. At our Pilot Program at nems that we started in july, we screened 2000 children under the age of 5 and 16 of these children were in the high risk range needing further services, assessment and treatment. First five needs to continue the work in both developmental and Mental Health services for kids. What first five has done since developmental and Behavioral Services have signific