have taken pictures, they might suggest you e-mail them to the san francisco police department graffiti unit. their e-mail address is sfpd_ graffiti_unit@pacbell.net. you have all of this information in your packet. officers might come to your door to get the information, depending on how busy they are. you could be eligible for a $250 reward from the city's graffiti reports on that you provide information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of a graffiti vandal. to qualify, call 5 -- call 311 and ask for a reward claim form. you can download -- download one from the district attorney's website. be sure to get the police case number to apply. be willing in the future to cooperate with the prosecution of that vandal. there is one final you i would like to address. that is you, the perpetrator. the graffiti vandal. there might be one or more of you in this audience today. san francisco citizens are becoming less patient with your kind. they are learning more about you. they're learning that many of you are teenagers with low self- esteem. you become a tagger to achieve what your gang of v

units. an annual budget of $2.5 million. i will not go over their programs again, but you heard that they focus on cleaning, graffiti removal, working with police officers, and in terms of district identity they focus on the informing of the community through their web site and newsletters. they have a small grant fund called the community benefit fund. our role is to review what they have done. we have worked with at the comptroller's office and the service auditor division, looking primarily at the financial portion. together we reviewed their annual budget, sources of income, variants between budget amounts and actual expenses, and plans for carry over from year to year. as you can see, in terms of their annual budget, yerba bueana cbd stayed pretty close to their annual -- original budget. 60% goes to the sidewalk operations and beautification. about 15% for district identity and streetscape improvements. in terms of other sources of funding, they do not meet the requirements of raising five% of their budgets from other sources. they raise between 1% and 4% for the first two years. only in operation for three months of 2

unit at northwest prep. two of the boys reportedly confessed to torturing a class hamster that authorities say died from the abuse. they also damaged furniture and spray painted graffiti on the walls. deputies tracked them down after a neighbor called police. >>> time now 5:17. the family of a woman killed by a city vehicle in san francisco is expected to receive a $1 million settlement. the 63-year-old woman was hit in a crosswalk by a public utilities commission employee on february 9. the $1.5 million settlement is being proposed today to the board of supervisors. the board's rules committee will take a vote on that next week. >>> a bill that would have added a special tax to sodas and other sweetened drinks here in california, well, it was voted down by a committee of state lawmakers. this bill would have taxed sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas and other sugar drinks with the money going towards obesity prevention programs for children. critics of the bill say parents should regulate what their kids drink. >>> 5:17 is the time right now. back to sal for a look at traffic. how does it look, sal? >>> looks like a pretty good day so far, pam and dave. looking good her

unit at northwest prep. two of the boys reportedly confessed to torturing a class hamster that authorities say died from that abuse. they also damaged furniture and spray painted graffiti on the walls. deputies tracked them down after a neighbor called police. >>> police in chicago are looking for the thieves who broke into a beauty salon. these burglars didn't touch the cash register, they made off with real human hair worth tens of thousands of dollars. investigators believe the thieves will now try to sell the stolen hair to beauty salons across chicago. >>> time now 6:19. triple a just released overnight report about gasoline prices and believe it or not prices at the pump actually went down just a little bit in the bay area's three big cities. here's the latest numbers for san francisco, san jose and oakland. drivers here all pay about $4.25 a gallon. that's down about a penny from yesterday. however, bay area gas prices are still about 35 cents a gallon higher than the rest of the country. >>> time now 6:19. some new tests showed two rechargeable cars are earning top marks for more than conservation. wow. the insurance institute for highway safety says the nissan

unit at the school. two confessed to torturing a hampster who starts -- who authorities say later died. vandals damaged furniture and spray painted graffiti>>> there is a big mess at jordan middle school in palo alto. police say someone broke in, poured hot sauce and other material on five computers, ruining them. a printer and fax machine were as you dis-- were also destroy destroyed. >>> a father says officials at his son's high schools ignored his complaints that his son was being bullied. the father says his son was injured when other members of the football 'em -- football team pushed him backwards on top of someone crouching behind him. the father filed a claim against the school district but it was denied. the son ended up changing schools. he says he left because his teammates verbally attacked hill. >>> a flag fight is developing in san francisco's castro district. the focus is the huge flag at market and rainbow. last month, residents wanted the flag flown half-staff for elizabeth taylor. but the merchant group that maintains the flag says no -- said no. that's only happened five times in the past few years. >>> a proposal to tu