. >>> you can look below and see sort of from a bleak angle this mural which was painted in 1791. >>> and how a group of san francisco artists are renewing a longorgotten painting. >>> and wre seeing a very nice finish to the weekend. 64 degrees in oakland. but we're going to see some rather big changes showing up in your seven-day forecast. a warm-up to start the workweek, and mountaintop snow? whgo iatonins .g we'll show you that in the forecast, coming up when we come >>> a strong earthquake rocked indonesia today, setting off a tsunami warning. the 6.7 quake hit around 1:00 this afternoon about 200 miles of java island's southern coast. thousands of people ran from their homes and away from the ocean, but so far there are no reports of serious injuries or damage. and the tsunami warning was canceled after an hour. indonesia, like japan, sits on the pacific's ring of fire. >>> in japan today, the massive three-day search for people missing since the devastating earthquake and tsunami has ended. about 25,000 japanese and american troops took part in the search to find those unaccoun

some of the murals suffered wear damage. through the arts commission and various other sources to restore the murals. they don't have that connection or thread or maintain that connection to your history and your past, what do you have? that's one of the major elements of what makes quality of life in san francisco so incredible. when people ask me, and they ask me all the time, how do you get to coit tower, i say you walk. that's the best way to experience the gradual elevation coming up above the hustle and bustle of the city and finding this sort of oasis, if you will, at the top of the hill. when i walk through this park, i look at these brick walls and this lawn, i look at the railings around the murals. i look at the restoration and i think, yeah, i had something to do with that. learning the lessons, thank you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being deve

josef started kid serve in 1998 after taking a job creating a mural with schoolchildren.ed with grants and donations he worked with many children in high risk neighborhoods. >> these project really are about kids being able to do something very visual, public, permanent out in their neighborhoods and being able to say in a positive way, we're part of this city and we matter. >> reporter: principal jean robertson can't thank josef enough for multiple murals on the walls of grattan elementary. >> the fact that he can come in and roll out his program completely with the teachers, so collaborative, they do everything together and it runs like a machine. >> reporter: fifth grader steven saks just smiles. >> just gives me a really happy feeling. >> i'm hoping that these projects plant a seed that it gives them ideas of how they can make a difference. >> reporter: for helping thousands of young people serve their communities community through public and the, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to josef norris. sharon chin, cbs 5. >> absolutely beautiful. >> they are

it was presented to me as a mural by heidi.video presentation being shown] [applause] >> i want to thank harry, who is here, with the special ed department to make sure we got the dvd here and chief technology officer who provided the technical assistance to get this shown. so i don't know if the board has any questions or comments for heidi and/or artistic director, who is on hand. >> i would like to point out that that video was created by students in the media department . our school has so much talent. thank you for having me here and showing the video. as rachel norton said, we are a community-based class that focuses on life skills and getting students prepared for after public education and getting ready for adult programs. and we look for our students' passions and learn to foster those passions. this was an incredible example of finding a talent and fostering that talent. being a community-based program, we are lucky we get to find the san francisco master arts program. we are volunteering, working, learning life skill

it features many of -- minerals -- murals. it is a location for recognizing urban and graffiti esthetics of san francisco. it is in the mission area. it is also the host of an annual block party that celebrates the newest miro contributions. that is an example of work that is done with permission. the idea is that we will identify property owners who will offer their walls to the street smart program and allow us to link them up with urban artists and the youth team to create their works on those walls. the goal is to channel creative energy that is out there and to channel it into a permission- based urban arts program that will get recognition to the young people. that is a fundamental element of motivation for attackers -- taggers. the second element of our approach is the where art lives school curriculum. next september, a number of elementary schools will be implementing a new curriculum that is designed to reach students in grades 4 through 6. the schools will be selected in areas where there is a concentration of taggi

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how ou

they also painted a mural in san francisco. finally, it's on the outside of the berkeley community theater. all people brought together through the arts. unfortunately, it was not the last. the war came along. and anton refurgie. there were controversial. there were tried in washington in 1953. he had a panel showing the arts and sciences. there is luther burbank and jack london. there was a thing on the side. it says federal art project and has beginning and ending date. that is a wall which becomes a tomb stone. the artists themselves are becoming ghosts. that's what he's doing there. joseph danish. head of the projects, it is it was a wonderful time that he woke up every morning wondering how long it would last. they were being paid to produce public art. well, what happened of course is the war. the war came along. and roosevelt could see it coming. so, very few people understand the new deal segways into war. they beefed up the military bases like fort mason. my 1943, they are all killed. the war did what the new deal coul

murals -- are they signs? are they regulated in the planning code? >> no. there are allowances and projecting murals but generally can be considered art and it's something that we definitely want to encourage for that area and people would come and tag my door and i wish i would have a nice mural on it and they would think twice and it's important fabric of the city. >> is there anything in the code that encourages art -- >> part of the planning code has things for art depending on the size of the project and we open everyone would do it on their own and enjoy it. >> this is fantastic. >> i mean one of the interesting things and the mission bay and that obviously the mission is a really rich place to find murals but that a lot of what gets called the mission school in the art world today came out of people who really were very interested and celebrated old signs and cataloged them and encorporated them into their work and several artists and from their early work went around the mission and sketching the old signs and the hand painting them and doing them i

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic.any of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> welcome to culturewater. in 2001, the san francisco arts commission and tampa does go public library established an arts master plan for the city soon to be renovated branch library. almost 10 years later, the san francisco arts commission has integrated a collection of vibrant new artworks by bay area artists into five new libraries, and there is more on the way. here is a closer look at some of the projects. >> the branch library improvement program is a bond funded program undertaken by the san francisco public library to upgrade each of the branch libraries throughout the neighborhoods. one of the great benefits of this opportunity is that each of these branches has a unique artwork that has been created specifically for that branch, based on input from people who live ne

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic.any of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> welcome to "culture wire." today we're headed to smpling f. camera works, a premiere venue for artists working in photographer, video, and digital media. the latest exhibition lists clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities that it is behind the sphere of dominant gay and lesbian culture. the curator fills us in on the process of creating this thoughtful exhibition. and what she would like you to take away from it. >> i co-cureated with danny, a chicago-based writer and curator. the conceptual framework is what it means to be clear and radical for our generation. clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities, not necessarily related to institutions of gender and swam formativity. danny and i wanted the show to feel funky and to have a really ta

joseph started kid serve in 1998 after taking a job creating a mural with school children. armed with grants and donations, he has worked with many children in high risk neighborhoods. >> these projects really are about kids being able to do something very visual and very public and permanent out in their neighborhoods. and being able to say, in a positive way, we're part of this city and we matter. >> reporter: principal jean roberts can't thank joseph enough for multiple mules on the walls of the elementary. >> the fact that he can come in and roll out his program completely with the teachers is so collaborative. they do everything together. and it runs like a machine. >> reporter: fifth grader stephen sacks just smiles. >> it just gives me a really happy feeling. >> i'm hoping that these projects plant a seed. that it gives them ideas of how they can make a difference. >> for helping thousands of young people serve their community through public art, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to joseph norris. sharon chin, cbs 5. >> and nominate your local heroes f

id servet. 1998 after taking a job creating a mural with schoolchildren. armed with grants and donations, he worked with many children in high-risk neighborhoods. >> these projects really are about kids being able to do something very visual, very public, permanent out in their neighborhoods and being able to say in a positive way, we're part of this city and we matter. >> reporter: principal jean robertson can't thank josef enough for multiple murals on the walls of grattan elementary. >> the fact that he can come in and roll out his program completely with the teachers, so collaborative, they do everything together and it runs like a machine. >> reporter: fifth grader steven sachs just smiles. >> just gives me a really happy feeling. >> i'm hoping that these projects plant a seed that it gives them ideas of how they can make a difference. >> reporter: for helping thousands of young people serve their community through public art, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to josef norris. sharon chin, cbs 5. pgh >>> >>> >> the alcoholic beverage in

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit

part of an older tradition that harkens back to the 1930's when the city embraced several public murals, like the beach shall lake that was greeted in 1936 that was greeted as part [unintelligible] american artists were joined by international artists in creating murals in both private and public spaces. they helped to set a high standard that we use in measuring public art today. through the heart and richmond law, san francisco has added hundreds of artworks to these of the collection, a collection that adds up to more than 3000 works. the ordinance provides for 2% of the construction costs of civic buildings like the new recreation center that we see here to be allocated for public art. san francisco's international reputation as a cultural center and a haven for creative expression is directly linked to this tradition of public art, a muralism, and is a friendly home for artists and arts organizations. visitors to our city see it and feel at the moment they get off the plane. as we discussed today, if possible set of responses to the assaults by graffiti taggers on civic space, we c

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> 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 woul

design for this mural. here's a closer look at the current condition of the wall and some of the attagging that we get there. the thematic design would look like this. through the student body out reached, they came up with this. this was deemed to be inappropriate topic. they have come up with an artist, mr. victor reyes, who has designed and installed the mural. he has tremendous street cred with the local tagging and skater community in san francisco. san francisco general would be responsible for repairing any damage to parts of the mural for the life of the peace. it will be done withnon-fading pigments. it also has au u-v protectorate. sf general will be responsible for cleaning up or getting rid of any tagging, should it occur on the wall. that's pretty much the summary of the project itself. this is not on rec and park property. under the jurisdiction of the parks commission. we thought it was prudent to at least bring this to you for informational purposes so you can see what is going on and provid

i think there's, there's a mural program that they work with kids after school and they -- they take children that are interested and -- in painting and they actually teach them how to make murals and things like that. there's that avenue, hope 234i with this curriculum through the school district, there will be the added component of the art program from what we're creating today. >> actually, one of the things that we feel is an important step forward in helping to educate young people about learning the difference in this area is that we have created, the arts commission has created the curriculum that can be given to each of the teachers in the public school system. we're targeting the teachers in the fourth, fifth and sixth grade this coming fall. and it is a curriculum that lets them take -- you know, helps guide them through various exercises that is, so they don't need to necessarily be an art teacher to do it. it is an opportunity to across the board, in all communities, be able to -- to engage the young people and exercises that will help them to understand the difference b

this is the part of the mural that shows child laborers in maine. as you can see, these children look very forlorn. because it's child labor. of course they're forlorn. maine passed its first child labor laws in 1847. and back then laws restricting child labor were almost always tied up with laws about schooling. there used to be this totally crazy idea in america that tiny people, not yet full grown, should be diverted into some sort of learning to read environment rather than being shunted down into the coal mines, or whatever. you know, that could wait until after childhood. and granted, i mean, the temptation is clear. children have very tiny hands. they're very nimble. they eat so little. but the commie pingo bleeding heart liberals of, say, 1840s maine took action to keep kids out of the mines, out of the sweatshops, and in school instead. so we have laws in maine and in the rest of this country that restrict what kind of jobs kids can do, how many hours they can work, et cetera, and a lot of those hours are tied to schooling. for example, kid

some people wanted to preserve the mural. others wanted to get rid of the mural. and we believe in a dialogue. so we brought together in mediation everyone so we could come to an understanding of what our common ground was and to see if we could agree on certain basic things, and we were able to come up with a solution that makes sense for the entire community. in a sense, it reflected larger issues that are impacting the city as a whole. so, there are issues like that that would require a knowledge of the neighborhood, and knowledge of what is happening on the ground, and knowing the difference is of how all bernal heights may look at an issue vis a vis the mission or portola. as a supervisor, i do have to be able to balance managing citywide issues, which is very important, but at the same time, focusing on the specific needs of your neighborhood. that is really important to us. one of the things we need to prioritize is that making sure we focus on the nuts and bolts of government. a lot of the calls we get involved fixing alights, replacing a pothole. i think

historical murals in the original laguna honda building. it features to large tile walls. by observing residents, the gardens created a public artwork in the form of tan

a mural can beautify your property and it is less likely to be vandalized. the arts commission and the city have a new program called street smarts where artists will be paired with property owners who want to have a mural on their wall. if you do all of these things, you will see a decline in graffiti attacks on their property. you will also avoid getting graffiti notices, which nobody likes to get. if you keep up the good work, you will avoid graffiti. you will see the results and the city will be more beautiful. if you do feel that excess of graffiti might be creating unfair hardships for you, you can ask for help. if you would like to request a hearing to explain your situation, to air your complaints, you may write to the director of public works. where is he? ed still around? by the way, call the telephone number. call the telephone number on the graffiti notice of violation. you can get more information and possibly get a hearing. that is the advice for two of you. the homeowner and the business operator. let's turn to many of you in san francisco. a

at the state's department of labor, a mural that offended the governor. i don't know if the workers got paid double-team for working on the weekend. but it was over the weekend when this multipanel piece of art showing interesting and defining moments in the history of people who work for a living in maine, when this mural got pride off the wall and shoved into storage at the ordersf he veor iss e rtfhemul atho cld lors in asouan se tsehire lo vy n.estied up with laws abo schooling. there used to be this totally crazy idea in america that tiny people, not yet full grown, should be diverted into some sort of learning to read environment rather than being shunted down into the coal mines, or whatever. you know, that could wait until after childhood. and granted, i mean, the temptation is clear. children have very tiny hands. they're very nimble. they eat so little. but the commie pingo bleeding heart liberals of, say, 1840s maine took action to keep kids out of the mines, out of the sweatshops, and in school instead. so we have laws in maine and in the rest

. >> item 14, potrero del sol mural presentation. >> good morning, commissioners.re you is an informational discussion-only item regarding installation of a mural adjacent to potrero del sol park. potrero del sol park the 101 south exit. it was renovated about three or three and a half years ago and has been heavily used by the community and by skateboarders, which was the design. part of the problem we discovered, there's a large wall that's not part of the park. it's not part of the park. it's under the jurisdiction of sf general hospital. has become a very large graffiti targets. this is potrero del sol park. the wall we are talking about is right along the northern boundary of the park. it's the southern boundary of what is the community health network building owned by san francisco general. there has been a very robust neighborhood and community process that was sponsored by the bueno vista elementary school pta and sf general. they came

. >> item 14, potrero del sol mural presentation. >> good morning, commissioners.re you is an informational discussion-only item regarding installation of a mural adjacent to potrero del sol park. potrero del sol park the 101 south exit. it was renovated about three or three and a half years ago and has been heavily used by the community and by skateboarders, which was the design. part of the problem we discovered, there's a large wall that's not part of the park. it's not pa o

the original mural is hidden from view inside mission dolores. the artists told us they decided to paint it at the original currently looks not how it looked in its prime. >>> terminal two takes off, what airline passengers were treated to today as they boarded the first flight out of the newly renovated terminal at sfo. >> i think it's beautiful. i'm really excited. >>> airline passengers were greeted with champane this morning as they boarded the new terminal two this morning. it features a play area for kids and a freshly designed security gate. >> sparkly arrival. >> mark joins us now. sharks are in the play offs. >> yeah, they are every year. but this is the year. >> i think, yeah, i think. >> we always say that and we hope it's true. the sharks need to move on. get a little further. get over the hump in the nhl play offs. great team and they have to get past their rivals from down south the l.a. kings. first greg inglis is live at the tank. why do you think it might be a different year for the sharks? >> mostly because they're balanced and

sam haskins, who owned the building with the mural artwork. after several meetings with mr. haskins, his wife mary lou and the mural artist, we were able to reach a positive agreement with her neighbors. on behalf of my client and the project sponsor, i respectfully request that you approve the project as proposed and i'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. thank you for your attention. president olague: thank you. public comment? i have one speaker card, judy west. >> afternoon, commissioners. i live in the immediate neighborhood. i'm really glad to see a presidential project finally making its way through the is. i think that it's a real disservice to the city that industrial protection zone that we've installed upon our neighborhood. i think that you all should take some responsibility for the lack of middle income housing in this town. we funded a lot of affordable housing in the last decade with high-end condos downtown, and this is the kind of housing that we actually need in a part of town that is not so expensive to build. i think you're responsible for

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> welcome. we are here doing our building san francisco tour. we're going to have a very interesting tour of elevators in sanford cisco. we have all gotten into an elevator, the doors have closed, and it has carried us to our destination. have you ever wondered how elevators were -- work? we check out the need outside the elevator using current technology and we learn about the latest destination elevated technology all here in san francisco. we will also visit the machinery where all the behind- the-scenes gears control these incredible machines. we are very fortunate today to have an expert with those who is going to walk us are around elevators in san francisco. can you tell us about the history of elevators in san francisco? the measure -- >> sure. the history of elevator

in the opposition capital, it's crooked daffy as been punished in graffiti murals all over the city. most are not very good, it probably done in a few minutes to to get the message. there are some graffiti murals that are works of art, a brilliant color, detailed if you could tell the artist had talent. this is the artist, 31 year- old, this is his mother. >> he loved his are during much and he was everywhere. every time someone asked him to draw something he would do it. >>reporter: his mother said he was drained of doing caricatures of colonel khadafy when the uprising happened he made his dream come true. he calls this the monkey of all monkeys. the people have had their say says this new role and their say is they want from the khaddafi in and use. no one knows if there's going to be libya without the gadhafi regime any time soon. if there is, they will be here to see it. on the night of sunday march 20th, the mother said he was driving home on this road after penning another mural when he was shot and killed. if was the height of the conflict here, his mother is convinced the gu

it is a huge mural of incredible works. >> the san francisco civic arts collection has been in existence since the turn of the century. it consists of everything from monument to golden gate park to market street, other works in the collection, from the wpa era, the quite tower, the works from the george washington high school. we have the contemporary education, where they depict some of the vocational arts that were taught at george washington high school. what is interesting is the artist's and corp. of some of the -- incorporation of some of the architectural elements. they used the speaker from the p a system as part of the design. on the opposite side of the library, we have a large fresco which depicts the academic subjects that were taught at the time. it serves as a foil to the other fresco in the library, we have academic subjects on one side, vocational subjects on the other, and result is the concept of a well-rounded education. additionally, what we plan to do is the academy of hospitality and tourism will be part of, so the students can share with other students, faculty, t