and there was the poetry slam at the north side auditorium that was the first organization besides what sidney does. if you guys get an opportunity it is beautiful she's done a fabulous show. 6 winners will go to chicago and the grand slam warn or winner was out of richmond. and thank you for all the work you do for our kids. i said to congratulate the united way and san francisco unified school district and the mayor's office and the fair was held and over 8 hundred kids

came out we have employers and peoples who work with our kids and the 8 hundred kids went through mock interviews and training they logged into all their information for the system to sent them out for real job interviews and several kids were hired on the spot starbuck's hired kids couldn't hire them face enough. and one other thing college track congratulation is this friday. so this is thought northern california so congratulation. >> i want to mention that gateway to excellently a

partners at the city college may 17th at 12 noon and also i'd like to mention that mission graduates will have their march to cologne or excellently on may 22nd and they'llal mark to the city college. >> can i add one more piece to mine. so sf u s d will start their summer program on june 1st to august 11th we encourage all our students to participate there's lots of prizes. >> and i'm sorry two other things that on may 22nd they'll

be having their lunch and congratulations for the chinese of affirm active action and they'll be celebrating at 11:30 an saturday may 18. yes. i really wanted to thank commissioner mendoza - it was amazing to see executive women to mix with our middle school students and secondarily i want to congratulate the jewish services together with the commissioners winning and han i didn't we celebrated their award winners and just a sheriff deputy out to one of the employees of the year that's a

graduate of our downtown high school. and tomorrow is the filipino educators scholarship meeting. saturday is the asian american street fair event in front of which the library you it's the largest street fair in the country. there will be a special teacher award ceremony. and from 11:00 o'clock at the asian art museum. and 15 just a shout it out to mckinley elementary who wrote

their commissioners to join their jr. olympics on may 23rd. >> thank you for all the announcements attention tomorrow with the cheefrz scrip award for african-american gotten off to excellently and the award is funded and it's an amazing scholarship for men and women african-americans going out to excellently. i will be out on the street celebration but later on in the day i'll be helping out with the screening and to get more people tested. thank you

>> okay. any other announcements from board members. seeing none i'm going to recess the meeting if i can ask the members of thet reported closed action. the closed sections action which was read out and i am reading them tonight t board approved the expulsion of go high school students. the board by vote of 7 ayes, two principals and one supervisor. in a public employee discharge case the board adopted the recommended officer of the determination many in the

matter the board will pay up to the amount. the board approved by a vote of 7 ayes up to the stipulated amount in the amount of kc, mendoza the authority to reimburse the homeowner up to the property. in the matter. the board approved the 7 ayes to reimburse the homeowner up to the stipulated amount. in the matter of the liberty mutual insurance in sf use. now the close session actions. the board approved by a vote of 7 ayes the expulsion of one middle school student and voted for one assistant principal and

one director and one executive director. the board approved an aye of one not approve one executive director. the board an approved of 5 ayes the employment of one prips -- principal. the board approved the 7 highs -- ayes up to the stipulated amount. we are now in item u. the informational notice of classified personnel transaction. item d adjournment. >> we would like to an adjourn this meeting this evening in the memory of harvey schultz who was the fads -- father of our soup uperintendent of high

school harvey schultz. he obtained a high school diploma but was not a college graduate. he even built one of his daughters homes. he'll be remembered. he passed away suddenly and we join in wishing best wishes but in the sorrow with dr. schultz and his family. we would like to an adjourn this meeting in his memory. >> thank you. meeting adjourned.

>> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program

as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a like

this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san francisco had to regain it's place in the world. he decided to have the tallest dome built in the united states. it's now stands 307 feet 6

inches from the ground 40 feet taller than the united states capital. >> you could spend days going around the building and finding something new. the embellishment, the carvings, it represents commerce, navigation, all of the things that san francisco is famous for. >> the wood you see in the board of supervisor's chambers is oak and all hand carved on site. interesting thing about the oak is there isn't anymore in the entire world. the floors in china was cleard and never replanted. if you look up at the seceiling

you would believe that's hand kof carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. there are no records about how many people worked on this building. the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today.

>> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants.

you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can a licensed street artist go to? >> they can go to the

fisherman's wharf area. they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is

retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of products that use cell? >> we have these lovely constructed platters.

we make these wonderful powder bowls. they can have a lot of color. >> york also using your license. -- you are also using your license. >> this means that i can register with the city. this makes sure that our family participated in making all of these. >> this comes by licensed artists. the person selling it is the person that made it. there is nothing better than the people that made it. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that

i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. i have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in san francisco. >> what is it about being a street artist that you particularly like? >> i liked it to the first day that i did it. i like talking to mentum people. talking about art or anything that comes to our minds. there is more visibility than i would see in any store front. this would cost us relatively very little. >> i am so happy to meet you. i wish you all of the best. >> you are the wonderful artist that makes these color coding.

>> nice to me to. >> i have been a street artist since 1976. >> how did you decide to be a street artist? >> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- it was a pleasure to share

this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do. ?oo hi, i'm holly lee. i love cooking and you are watching quick bites. san francisco is a foodie town. we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. there are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart

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producer of gourmet cookies in the biarea and thank you for joining us on quick bites. how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> so i want to get to the bottom of some very burning questions. why cookies? >> it was a recommendation from a friend. hard to believe that's how it all started. >> why not pies and cakes? what do you have against pies and cakes, anthony. >> i have nothing against pies and cakes. however, that was the recommendation. >> you were on the road to be an account apblt. >> actually, an engineer. >> even better. and it led to making cookies. >> in delicious ways. >> delis ways.

>> this is where the magic goes down and we're going to be getting to the truth behind cookies and cream. >> this is what is behind cookies and cream. >> where were you when the idea came to your mind. >> i was in my apartment eating ice cream, cookies and cream ice cream. how much fun, cookies and cream cookies. their cookies and cream is not even -- it took a lot of time, a lot of fun. >> a lot of butter. >> a lot, a lot, a lot. but it was one of those things. all right, now behold. you

know what that is? >> what is that? >> cookies and cream. >> oh, they are beautiful. >> yes, so we got to get --. >> all right, all right. we treat the cookies like wine tasting. i don't ever want anybody to bite into a cookie and not get what they want to get. we're training staff because they can look at the cookie and tell if it's wrong. >> oh, here we go. >> you smell it and then you taste it, clean the plat palate with the milk. >> i could be a professional painter because i know how to do this. >> i can tell that it's a really nice shell, that nice crunch. >> but inside.

>>oh, my god. so you are going to -- cheat a little bit. i had to give you a heads up on that. >> what's happening tomorrow? these cookies, there's a lot of love in these cookies. i don't know how else to say it. it really just makes me so happy. man, you bake a mean cookie, anthony. >> i know. people really know if they are getting something made with love. >> aww >> you know, you can't fool people. they know if you are taking shortcuts here and there. they can eat something and tell the care that went into it. they get what they expect. >> uh-huh. >> system development and things like that. >> sounds so technical.

>> i'm an engineer. >> that's right, that's right. cookies are so good, drove all other thoughts out of my head. thank you for taking time out it talk to us about what you do and the love with which you do it. we appreciate your time here on quick bites. i hope you've enjoyed our delicious tale of defendant 93 and dessert. as for me, my search is over. those reviews did not lie. in fact, i'm thinking of one of my very own. some things you just have it experience for yourself. to learn more about anthony's cookies, visit him on the web at anthoniescookies.com. if

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>> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of