U. S. Excels in and continues to excel in, and, you know, theres been a lot of job growth in the area, a lot of innovation. Some of the stocks are up, not all of them. Its a good time right now especially in an economy that has issued all over the place. One of the things that came out in the state of the valley report is San Francisco has grown as a tech hub and its now really san jose, San Francisco and everything in between is really the tech center. Talk more about that. How did that happen . Did it happen overnight . Well, some of the lovely ed lee tax cuts are nice. For twitter and things like that. Theres a certain class of people in these new company like twitter, like zingo, some of the others, many, many, others that want to live in a city, live in a urban environment. Dont want to get on a google bus and drive down 101 every day. Google and others want to serve the population of their employees. Its food to have opportunities in both places. So this urban, i call them urban
Break it. Okay. Shall we . Lets break it. You guys already know that Justin Bieber was arrested. What we have are results of a News Conference that just ended moments ago. Okay. So this is what happened. They say around 4 11 this Morning Police officers saw a yellow lamborghini drag racing down the streets of miami. Okay. So they pulled over the car and they smelled alcohol. That is the alleged yellow lamborghini. Then, they said he was put under arrest, Justin Bieber was put under arrest and they say that it was a 30mileanhour speed zone. According to cops he was going double that. They also say he was this is what they say, bieber acknowledged according to cops he was using prescription medication, he had been smoking marijuana and drinking beer. Okay. So and it was a rented yellow car. So first of all, what about a yellow lamborghini yells im subtle . I know, right . Like youre going to get pulled over if youre going 30 miles over in a yellow lamborghini, forget it. Yes. Youre yelli
23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today at 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a thursday. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer alongside Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer in for al. 11 states including right here in new york, take a look at central park, 16 degrees at this hour. Dylans going to have more on the cold weather coming up. Well also have the latest on some breaking news overnight. Justin bieber has been arrested. Police held a News Conference just moments ago. Well have more on that in a moment. We begin on a thursday morning with the Olympic Games. The opening events are just 14 days away now, and mounting security threats are becoming a growing concern for athletes, their families and spectators alike. Nbcs chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, is in sochi for us. Richard, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. You can imagine what an agonizing choice th
U. S. Excels in and continues to excel in, and, you know, theres been a lot of job growth in the area, a lot of innovation. Some of the stocks are up, not all of them. Its a good time right now especially in an economy that has issued all over the place. One of the things that came out in the state of the valley report is San Francisco has grown as a tech hub and its now really san jose, San Francisco and everything in between is really the tech center. Talk more about that. How did that happen . Did it happen overnight . Well, some of the lovely ed lee tax cuts are nice. For twitter and things like that. Theres a certain class of people in these new company like twitter, like zingo, some of the others, many, many, others that want to live in a city, live in a urban environment. Dont want to get on a google bus and drive down 101 every day. Google and others want to serve the population of their employees. Its food to have opportunities in both places. So this urban, i call them urban
And other improvements. Well talk with the head of the San Francisco bicycle coalition. Plus, california takes the first step to grant special protection to the oceans top predator. Coming up next. Good evening, and welcome to this week in northern california. Im scott shafer. Well, we hoped wed be talking about this weeks super bowl victory parade for the San Francisco 49ers, but it didnt quite work out that way. The good news, well, we still have plenty to delve into. Joining me on our news panel tonight are paul rogers, San Jose Mercury news environment writer. Peter hecht, Sacramento Bee reporter and author of weed land due out later this year from university of california press. And kara swisher, editor of all things digital. Well, Silicon Valleys Economic Growth is outpacing the rest of the state in terms of jobs and per capita income. Posting some of the highest numbers since the recession. That according to a Study Released today at the annual state of the valley conference in