graffiti. report to the vandalism. finally, prevent future graffiti tagging. let me take each one of them one by one. we will have some concrete ideas. first, be prepared to remove it in advance. have a can of matching paint and brush or a good graffiti remover on hand to remove it quickly. two, take a picture. sometimes come investigators will recognize the graffiti tags of specific vandals. that can help them. for the police department, i acre-feet the abatement team maintains a database of information and they take pictures of common tax and other tips that identify habitual offenders. that helps them build a case against them. beef -- be sure to report the cost. damage to the property in excess of $400 as a felony. a vandal who commits a felony can face jail time or 96 hours of community service. third, remove the graffiti as soon as you can. within 48 hours would be ideal. that usually discourages more graffiti. if you remove it, it is much less likely to spread. how do you clean it? here is good advice. at the graffiti is on a painted surface, keep that

when you call to report graffiti in progress, please do not confront the vandal. it may not be dangerous, but it could be. avoid that. the next thing you should do is try to take a picture of that graffiti act in progress. without the vandals seeing you, of course. a still picture or video. still is easier to work with, but if you can get the deal, right. that can help authorities prosecute. if the criminals leave the area before police arrived, call the police department. 553-0123. tell them about the crime that has been committed. if you 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

but our research and the rest of statistics point out that graffiti vandals are not just kids. in fact, from the data we have looked at, vandals are mostly adults who come from other cities and have made this a behavior or a way of life. most vandals have been arrested more than once. so i want you to think about that. financially, i also know that this graffiti hurts all of us. it causes our properties' values to be lower. graffiti and etching devalues many of our vibrant corridors, shopping corridors, and it costs a small business owner sometimes as much as a month's rent to clean the graffiti up. graffiti is costing us millions of dollars. money that we could otherwise use to help our city, educate our children, or even use for other critical services that we desperately need. you have heard the number -- we are spending in excess of over $20 million a yeerk every year, and the number is growing. and these vandals are also growing. so we have our work ahead of us. as we face many of these challenges toward becoming a zero graffiti city, i must say that i'm also proud to say t

accomplish the following educational outcomes in the interest of graffiti education and vandalism prevention. the students understand. they will understand through this curriculum the concept of public and personal space and the importance of differentiating between the two. the students exposed to this curriculum will examine the differences between creating art in a private space and vandalizing a public space, and the creation of public art. students will develop a basis for future decision making about achievement of public and private property. students will express the values of caring for public space and creating public art for their community. at the end of participating in that curriculum, they will be creating portable public murals that they will either have that the school or will be mounted in spaces that will be designated for that purpose. this will be another form of recognition for these and people. you know, already, as a result of the interview that we did this morning, the arts commission has gotten several calls from private property owners volunteering walls for our st

experience has shown that surface-mounted utility boxes are a magnet for graffiti, vandalism, and other forms of light. i have spent most -- spent many volunteer hours painting out graffiti on such utility boxes, while the city is spending our precious tax dollars to do the same. the addition of 726 boxes on our side or provide new opportunities for vandalism and make more work for public works staff and concerned citizens who care about how our city looks. we urge the city to follow the department of public works order 175,566, year 2005, which regulates that this equipment replaced underground or on private property, as it impedes travel on public streets, inconveniences' property owners, and creates visual blight. thank you for considering this appeal. >> linda chapman from not hill -- nob hill. supervisor mar said he wished he had more opportunity to look at this. some of you are lawyers. i had to study the ceqa guidelines in connection with writing a support document for the appeal about live nation. it is very easy to read. it is plain english. it is very vanilla. it would be very

a high-profile museum exhibition starts a new debate over whether graffiti is art or vandalism. and the common touch. with the big wedding less than a week away, the young royals are going all out to show they're in touch with the british public. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening, residents of st. louis tonight are still sifting through the aftermath of a tornado that took out homes and forced the city's only passenger airport to shut down. in the past 24 hours, violent thunderstorms have raced from oklahoma to indiana, but the damage in st. louis could have an impact on air travel for days. the good news? amazingly, no one was killed. cynthia bowers has the latest. >> go back inside! >> reporter: witnesses say it was bedlam. and even though lambert field was under a tornado watch, no one expected the powerful twister to barrel down a runway and slam into the historic airport. enormous windows shattered, sending glass flying into lambert's main terminal. this surveillance video shows the time of impact with t

. >>> and in a story you will see only on 2 graffiti vandals going to dangerous heights to tag certain parts of the south bay. why it has taken officials almost a year do clean . >>> san jose is experiencing a surge in graffiti that can be seen on freeway overpasses and bridges. some of it has been visible for almost a year. but today the city took action. and in a story you will see only on 2, ktvu tells us why it took so long. >> i've never seen them but i would assume they will hold like this and spray like this as they walk. >> reporter: that's how this giant graffiti tag on 280 was created. senior officials estimate it has been here for eight months. >> it looks really bad tagging across the entire bridge. we were getting calls from citizens for months. >> but it took months for the city to coordinate cleanup efforts because the bridge is caltran property. the highway patrol and caltrans were needed to close the freeway exit ramp to bird avenue. today and tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. drivers to use a detour so towers can scale across the bridge and paint. a place where graf

. >>> and in a story you will see only on 2 graffiti vandals going to dangerous heights to tag certainarts of the south bay. why it has taken officials almost a year do clean up the problem. >> and chief meteorologist bill martin is next with your complete bay area forecast. . >>> san jose is experiencing a surge in graffiti that can be seen on freeway overpasses and bridges. some of it has been visible for almost a year. but today the city took action. and in a story you will see only on 2, ktvu tells us why it took so long. >> i've never seen them but i would assume they will hold like this and spray like this as they walk. >> reporter: that's how this giant graffiti tag on 280 was created. senior officials estimate it has been here for eight months. >> it looks really bad tagging across the entire bridge. we were getting calls from citizens for months. >> but it took months for the city to coordinate cleanup efforts because the bridge is caltran property. the highway patrol and caltrans were needed to close the freeway exit ramp to bird avenue. today and tomorrow between 10 a.m. and

and part of the discussion was graffiti art, is it vandalism? is it ok? is it not? he made a statement to the effect that, well, a lot of what i did was i just looked for out of the way places to do it. and he named a few places and one of the places he named was hunter's point off of third avenue, off of third street. and, i mean, think about what kind of statement that's making. people live in hunter's point. it's a neighborhood. it's a community. there are kids. there are older people. there are younger people. and the mentality that it's ok to do my vandalism in this other place if it's not a real place where people are. it was just mind boggling to me. and that really represents the challenge of that level of arrogance and disrespect and disregard for fellow residents and human beings in the name of free expression or whatever euphemism you want to use there. that's our challenge here today. so it's been bothering me. i think it will continue to bother me. but i think you all know better than i even about the problem, and rather than being all doom and gloom ab

is brewing in russian society but how do you draw the line between saying this art and vandalism this is just graffiti. that street art is minor vandalism but it's not hooliganism a disorder it may cause is compensated hundreds of times by the meaning of their pictures which is painting could be restored on the bridge to become a symbol of some petersburg's culture because it's the first work that is proof of a civil society. controversy usually at the expense of the authorities whether it is or not they've achieved what they wanted to. see they say they'll do prize money to political prisoners i didn't see. for about a version of stories that ignited debate in society log on to our website that's our team. of russian boss is returning to the past for a new look by being to wait for victory day with portraits of stalin but his mixed legacy remains a prickly issue. and one rule for them and another for everyone else and her decision to whisk russian government officials to moscow airport by helicopter while the public struggles to get there on the traffic choked streets all the sudden. well it may have

graffiti. i can tell you, it's made a huge difference. the green walls look nice and we could do other things nice with them. for now, at least we are fighting off those vandals by using this green color. >> three more minutes. right there? >> if question is for mohammed. there's a whole lot of graffiti between caesar chavez and silver. there's this one doughnut shop on silver that i'm very close friends with the owner. it gets hit like once or twice a week. and also those vans and trucks over there, like box trucks, they always get hit. and, yeah, i work with northwest alliance as a volunteer to get rid of it. however, the question is what can y'all do it about it to help

take a look at one of the most prolific graffiti taggers stephen freeze pleaded guilty to vandalism.vious investigation he was arrested in october--2009 pin $38,000 to restitution to san jose and owners of private property. he must also have three years of probation. >>pam: the air tracker fall out, the to keep hearing about this. >>catherine: yes we keep hearing about this, with planting and small airports at late at night that reach air traffic controllers. this time, the pilot was curing a critical year-old patient desperately trying to get direction to land. this went on for over 15 minutes. in any effort to reach the tower here is a little of what was said. >> we are just going to have to land. >> they're not answering. >> we're going to need to lead. >> rett roger, you are going to be landing at your own risk. >> this is ridiculous, this is an outrageous, this is behavior that we're not going to stand for. that control has been suspended and we're conducting an investigation. >>pam: >>catherine: this is been and in parand in paris mid-can and in reno, this this recent with reag

versus the law, 32-year-old san francisco man graffiti artist here faces three years of probation after pleading guilty to felony and misdemeanor vandalism. he defaced city and private property in san jose. steven free is his name. he was arresteded in late 2009 on ten counsts of felony vandalism. the investigation revealed he's been one of the most prolific taggers in the bay area. as part of his plea agreement he must pay restitution to the owners of the property as well as the city of san jose. prosecutors dropped several counts of vandalism in exchange for his plea. >>> some residents in san mateo are asking a judge to declare county wide elections illegal. a group claims the county's at-large balloting system is racially polarized and dilutes for voting power. according to the lawsuit, it makes up a quarter of the county's population, but only one latino and no asian-americans have been on the board of supervisors since 1995. lawyers for the county say there's no evidence that the at-large system encourages racial buy illinois or affects elections. >>> hunkering down waiting for bulldozers to arrive at a sacred burial site in va lay

the moment the battle of artistic merit is a giant piece of graffiti scoops of top russian of award any person whether what's essentially vandalism should receive such an order to find out more authority dot com. who gave coalition forces in libya the right to eliminate gadhafi well that's the question let me put it has been asking during an official visit to denmark the russian premier also said nato is effectively joined one of the warring sides in the conflict and more responsible action should be taken instead of these daniel bushell joins us now live for this in brussels. so the russian prime minister is effectively lashed out on the operation there in libya. yes he's made a speech in denmark and he was very angry he says that gadhafi is not the best person in the world sure he's made many mistakes done many bad things but that does not give the coalition the right to bomb indiscriminately his words were that they'll pull meaning could have his palace is in tripoli every night now coalition said their plan was not to get rid of gadhafi so his question was mr putin's question was why are the coalition forces obviously making

dot com there's a giant piece of graffiti scoops the top russian of war many question whether what's essentially vandalism should receive such an offer find out. britain has become a hotbed for terrorism extremist preachers and most of my. freely able to operate there and use has come to light in the latest wiki leak which reveals at least thirty five guantanamo detainees have been trained for terrorism in london mosques the secret files also suggest an alleged al qaeda bomber worked as an informant for british intelligence parties at least france has more from london. eighteen of the detainees reported lead to of come out of britain were from abroad seventeen of them were either british nationals or at the documents said they were asylum seekers from arab countries who then filtered into the u.k. and received their training here in london now most notably in the documents finsbury park mosque was cited its northern london mosque here that was cited as quote an attack planning and propaganda production base and this was not new to the u.s. military officials who actually drafted these documents this mosqu

vandalizing. it's not okay. >> reporter: not only not okay but the graffiti at the airport may carry federal penalties. tampering with an airplane is considered a federal crime. police are looking at surveillance video. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu. >>> and a 53-year-old man from el cerrito is recovering after being trapped in his car in a cliff. an east bay regional parks ranger says he noticed something that didn't look quite right as he was driving along grizzly peak this morning. what he actually spotted turned out to be a honda civic. the car has plunged 150 feet down an enbankment. rescuers said it was quite a shore to free the driver and pull him up the hill. tay also said -- they also said he was in and out of consciousness. >>> union city police are looking for a woman they consider at risk. he said he last heard from his wife between late last night and early this morning. the woman's abandoned vehicle was found on tuesday in san mateo. police say she left behind medicine she takes on a daily bay sit. . >>> alameda prosecutors charged a newark man with murder today for killing their two children. whe

merit that's a story for the web site is a giant piece of graffiti scoops of top russian art of war many question whether what essentially vandalism should receive such an order you can put up more on that story and i'll take the call. who gave coalition forces in libya the right to eliminate gadhafi that's the question of let me putin's been asking during an official visit to denmark russian premier also said nato has effectively joined one of the warring sides in the conflict and more support and action should be taken instead of these daniel bushell has more now from brussels he's made a speech in denmark and he was very angry he says that gadhafi is not the best person in the world sure he's made many mistakes done many bad things but that does not give the coalition the right to bomb indiscriminately no coalition said that their plan was not to get rid of gadhafi so his question was mr putin's question was why are the coalition forces obviously making this effort to go off colonel gadhafi himself now we also heard that the expose here in brussels have confirmed that there is forming going on by the coalition forces which is n

on the battle of artistic merit giant piece of graffiti scoops a top russian are toward any question whether what is essentially vandalismshould receive such an honor in the first place. r.t. dot com. now britain has become a hotbed for terrorism with extremist preachers and masterminds freely able to operate their produce has come to light in the latest wiki leaks which reveals at least thirty five guantanamo detainees had been trained for terrorism in london mosques secret files also suggested and alleged al qaeda bomber worked as an informer british intelligence. lindsay françoise multi-dose on this lindsey going through these weekly documents up with some pretty shocking revelations that. that's right rory eighteen of these detainees reported lead to have come out of britain or from abroad seventeen of them were either british nationals or at the documents said they were asylum seekers from arab countries who then filtered into the u.k. and received their training here in london now most notably in the documents finsbury park mosque was cited it's in its northern london mosque here that was cited as quote an attack p

vandals got the wrong message. police removed the chains with bolt cutters. >> san jose is seeing an increase in graffiti. today they were finally covered up. janine delaunay got tells us -- jeanine delavega tells us why it took so long. >> reporter: officials say it has been here for close to eight months. >> it looks really bad, we had tagging across the entire bridge. the. >> reporter: it took months because the bridge is caltrans property. today and tomorrow between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. drivers have to use a detour so crews can paint. graffiti has doubled in the last six months. >> we are seeing an uptick on these bridges knowing that efforts are extremely expensive and take a lot of time to put together. >> reporter: this project alone cost $40,000 in a majority comes from tag teams interested in notoriety while the other 20% is gang related. >> it costs the city and the people who live in the city a lot of money because someone has to go and clean up all that stuff. >> reporter: here is another bridge that has been tagged on highway 87. part of the freeway will have to be closed to paint over it

vandalizing. it's not okay. >> reporter: not only not okay but the graffiti at the airport may carry federal penalties. tampering with an airplane is considered a federal crime. police are looking at surveillance video. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu. >>> and a 53-year-old man from el cerrito is recovering after being trapped in his car in a cliff. an east bay regional parks ranger says he noticed something that didn't look quite right as he was driving along grizzly peak this morning. what he actually spotted turned out to be a honda civic. the car has plunged 150 feet down an enbankment. rescuers said it was quite a shore to free the driver and pull him up the hill. tay also said -- they also said he was in and out of consciousness. >>> union city police are looking for a woman they consider at risk. he said he last heard from his wife between late last night and early this morning. the woman's abandoned vehicle was found on tuesday in san mateo. police say she left behind medicine she takes on a daily bay sit. . >>> alameda prosecutors charged a newark man with murder today for killing their two children. whe

vandals damaged furniture and spray painted graffiti. >>> there is a big mess at jordan middle schooln 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 turn a -- to turn a san rafael park into a baseball

graffiti artist is paying the price now for defacing public and private property. steven free, who goes by the moniker gerafa was arrested in 2009 with felony counts of vandalism with damages totalling $30,000. he faces three years of probation after pleading guilty to felony and misdemeanor vandalism charges for tagging property in san jose. as part of free's plea agreement, he must also pay $38,000 in restitution to the owners of the properties as well as to the city of san jose. prosecutors dropped several other felony counts of vandalism in exchange for his plea. >>> well, charter schools are popping up everywhere across the state, but tonight a new bill could limit how many of them can open in california. the assembly's education committee approved the new bill, and it would cap the number of charter schools that can open each year at 100. charter school officials says the state should allow local districts to make the decision on building new schools. charter school officials say the demand is growing and that it's coming from parents. >> parents are coming to charter schools. charter schools are coming forward with a lot of innovative ways to get through the